Flare nearly took off Cerulean arm dragging him to the shopping district. By the time they got there Cerulean looked more like a mound of dirt than a pony. "Oh gosh, I'm so sorry are you ok?" she asked picking him up and dusting him off. Dazed he nodded and shook his head loosing clumps of dirt and grass. "I've been through worse." he said with a sly smile. Suddenly an idea popped into Twilight's head, "Oh I know lets take you to the spa for a bath and grooming!" and with that they were off Cerulean this time managing to keep his footing as to not be dragged.

The mares at the front desk imediantly took Cerulean back to be cleaned upon seeing him coated in blood, dirt, and various other things that had been lying on the ground that Twilight Flare had dragged him through or over. They instantly set to work scrubbing and busing until they at last felt satisfied and Cerulean felt like he had been scrubbed with sandpaper. He sat down in a sauna and let out a deep sigh. Even though his body could withstand extreme cold he still loved to relax with heat now and again. He must dosed off for a few minutes because when he opened his eyes Flare was sitting on the bench beside him. Her eyes closed enjoying the sauna as he had she lay back he head against the wood a smile shadowing her face.

He looked at her, a small layer of perspiration glistening off in the low light given off by the coals in the center. He looked over her body thighs melding perfectly with her flank, well toned muscle covering her making her gentle curves even more attractive. Her head rolled over to the side and she opened her eyes sleepily at Cerulean and she said, "Like what you see?" He withdrew at this statement and turned away his horn beginning to glow as the spell containing his magic kicked in. Flare sat up and looked over to him "What's wrong? I'm sorry I didn't mean.." he looked down shamefully "It's not you. It's me, I-I just.. A few years ago I was learning at the royal magical academy for talented unicorns. I loved it there until a mare named Bangles forced me to have sex with her. She was the headmasters daughter so there was nothing I could do about it, a few days later she claimed that I had raped her and there was a big trial but the charges were dropped. Still I was expelled and everypony in Canterlot thought I was a rapist. I've been on my own ever since."

Flare looked at Cerulean and placed a hoof on his shoulder and gently turned him around, "You'r not alone anymore. What she did to you and continues to do to you is unforgivable but you have friends now. And I wont let anypony hurt you nor will I. You see I knew who you were when we found you in the Everfree forest, you probably don't remember me but I was your first period in collage. I always had a crush on you but never could work up the courage to say hi. When you were kicked out I did everything I could to help you but you were already gone. I never forgot you nor have my feelings receded. I-I know it was foolish of me but when we found you I had hoped that we could.... be......" She broke down into tears and this time it was Cerulean's turn to comfort, but he didn't know how. Everything was coming to him in a rush of memories, a shy girl in the back of class with a few awkward encounters in the hall. And something else. Feelings long buried under grief and suffering, feelings that had made him sick to his stomach but happy at the same time. This mare who's name he only caught a few times... Flare.... his secret crush.... his savior and friend who now had admitted feelings of love for him.

He sat in stunned silence for a few seconds until he ceased to think hi emotions taking control of him and he lifted her chin and in a fit of passion brought his lips to hers, the spell containing his power fell. He opened his eyes only to find a pair of crimson eyes looking back at him. The room was filled with a thick cloud of steam as his ice magic met her fire. They resumed kissing passionately their horns touching generating another cloud of steam. They explored each others mouths for quite some time until they were interrupted by one of the spa mares coughing and saying "Would you kindly do that in private." Blushing madly they ran as fast as their legs would take them from the shop dropping the money on the counter before bolting out the door past a pair of mares on a yellow pegasus and the other a sterling white unicorn who stood in a daze as they ran as fast as they could for the library. When they arrived Naga, Twilight, and Silver were no where to be seen. Looking at a list Twilight Flare determined that her twin sister had left on a scheduled walk. They went to a room downstairs that held nothing but a bed and a place that looked like it held a large box that had recently been moved. "Dr. is out." concluded Flare with a smile. "How do you know?" Cerulean asked puzzled. "Oh the T.A.R.D.I.S. isn't here so hes probably doing something stupid and fun, so that mean we have some time to continue where we left off." she said walking up to him forcing him onto the bed and kissing him. Cerulean broke the kiss a smile on his face, "But what if you sister comes home?"

She waved a dismissive hoof, "Oh her schedule said she won't be back for an hour and she never breaks schedule." she said in her best attempt at seductive witch came out more as masculine and hilarious. Gasping for breath over the fit of laughter he looked over at Flare who had joined in on the laughter after a few seconds of thought. The smile on her face took Cerulean's breath away, any doubt before about his feelings for her were dispelled as he looked into her eyes glistening with laughter and love. How he ever thought he could have tried to turn her away suddenly filled him with gut-wrenching horror, because for the first time in years, he felt loved, at home, at peace. She crawled up next to him and they lay down on the bed heads on the same pillow. and in this manner they stayed talking of nothing that mattered laughing and holding each other, never wanting to let go and eventually drifting into slumber wrapped in the sweet embrace of each others arms. forever each others they knew in their hearts even if their minds did not that they were bound to each other in love.

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