Fluttershy spent the afternoon bouncing from shop to shop looking for estrus medicine or advice on how to handle it without medicine. Most shop owners told her the best way is to take a anti-pregnancy pill and just find a nice colt to hang out with, some told her she shouldn't be asking perverted questions and others just went beat red and stood silent. The same advice everywhere, what do other ponies think I am, a floozy? Fluttershy caught something out of the corner of her eye, a shop down a alleyway between sugar cube corner and what looked like a old brick storage building.

"I don't remember this being here" Fluttershy said as she walked up to a large paper covered glass door that read "Feeling Kinkie-Keen" in pink lettering. As Fluttershy entered and strolled past the foyer entrance she realized that the store name was a badly disguised metaphor. Oh my , It's that kind of shop. Dildos of all sizes lined the walls, machines of dubious origin were on display and a top row of boxes behind the counter contained some extremely expensive erotic wares, including the new Mare Breaker four thousand.

"Hello, is anypony there?" chimed a cheery voice that Fluttershy recognized immediately as Pinkie Pie's.

Uh oh, gotta hide, I can't let Pinkie see me in a place like this. Fluttershy looked around the room for a suitable hiding spot as the sound of hooves hitting wood on the stairs grew louder and louder. Fluttershy started shuffling her legs nervously, her heart racing as she tried to find something to hide behind. On the far side of the room was a large rod hanging many lengths of yellow and pink anal beads. yays perverted camouflage? Fluttershy thought to herself as she ducked behind them just as the pink earth pony rounded the corner.

"Hmmm I could a swore I heard someone...come in." Pinkie pie noticed something blue over by the yellow and pink anal beads. As she got closer she could smell a musty odor in the air and a small blue butterfly though one of the bead hoops. "Oh hello, Fluttershy." Fluttershy shot up from behind the rack of beads with a surprised look on her face.

"Pi..Pinkie Pie I uhh, didn't know this was a toy shop. I'll be..be leaving now if you don't mind." The shy Pegasus tried to make a B-line for the door but was blocked by Pinkie Pie. "Can..can I leave Pinkie and can you not tell any of my friends I was here please?"

Pinkie walked up and put a hoof over Fluttershy's shoulders, pulling her in for a hug. "I know what time of year it is, Fluttershy. Even if your mind didn't know what this shop is you body knew what it was all along. Let me show you around, maybe we can find something to attract a lucky stallion or relieve some tension." Fluttershy sighed deeply and followed Pinkie around the shop as she pointed out objects one at a time, each more perverted than the last. "This little toy is called the sex slinky, you get in the center and it humps you every stair you fall down. I have had a few returns on them, saying they don't go down stairs very far though. Oh and these" Pinkie Pie pointed out to another rack of anal beads. "There have a funny story to them, rarity has a few lengths of them at her place and she told me her boyfriend tried pulling them out like he was starting a lawnmower."

Fluttershy laughed out loud at the thought of her prissy friend being started up like a common garden tool. Despite her nervousness about hanging around a porn shop, Pinkie always seemed to get a smile out of her. "Pinkie Pie, you are so random."

"Thanks!" She beamed "I think? Anyways what else can we look at." Pinkie Pie headed off behind the counter and started to dig in some boxes. "Oh this might interest you" Pinkie pulled out a ball of leather with a tag on the side that read "Submissive-tron 1000."

"What is that thing?" Fluttershy asked meekly.

"Well it's a BDSM suit, you press this little black button on top and it puts itself on you."

Fluttershy reached out, pressed the little black button on top and pulled back quickly. The little ball of leather melted into a black puddle and slowly moved itself under Fluttershy. "Umm..Pinkie, what's going on?" The substance started to move up Fluttershy's legs covering them in a thin layer of what looked like latex. "Pi..Pinkie, I'm scared, this stuff is really cold and feels creepy."

"Just breathe deep Fluttershy, it won't hurt you. It's just a creepy black suit that's hugging you like its hungry for sex."

"Not helping Pinkie!" Fluttershy shuffled her legs and flapped her wings uncomfortably as the black substance moved up belly and around her back. The substance soon found its way creeping over her flanks and over her already sensitive sex making her jump up a bit. "Cold, cold, cold!" The substance made its way up Fluttershy's neck, stopping just below her mane. "Pinkie, this kinda feels a tad tight and just...weird."

"You will get used to it. Anyways you wanna try out a few commands?" Pinkie Pie asked with exuberance.

"Commands? What do you mean by commands?"

"Here lemme show you one. Suit activate ball gag!" The black latex on Fluttershy's neck moved up around her jaw and came together in a little round ball in her mouth.

"feeffer dis mouuta my mfff"

"Okey dokie loki. Suit remove gall gag!" The suit reacted to Pinkie Pies command and removed the ball from Fluttershy's mouth, resettling with the rest of the suit by her neck.

"That's kinda neat I guess. What else can it do?" Fluttershy asked apprehensively, full well knowing she was going to possibly regret what was coming next.

Pinkie Pie beamed. "Oh I know, how about something to relieve stress?"

"Oh that sounds nice, what do you have in mind?"

"Suit, warm up backside, sensual massage level two!"

"Wait, sensual what..Oh my!" The backside of the suit slowly began to move, rubbing tightly against her flanks in smooth broad strokes, each swipe sending shivers down Fluttershy's spine. "Oh that feels nice Pinkie." The suit moved up and down her flanks moving slowly inward until it was rubbing the outside of her sex. "Oh dear...that feels....Hmmm good." Fluttershy felt her breathing become more ragged and labored as the suit worked her backside. This feels amazing...all the tension down there is just melting away..

Pinkie Pie let the suit do its work for a few moments before shouting the command for it to stop, much to Fluttershy's displeasure. "So Fluttershy, do you like it?"

"Like it? I almost want to give up stallions forever for it." Fluttershy gave a hearty laugh. "It won't solve my whole..estrus problem though and this is probably well out of my price range."

"Hmmm, well its five hundred bits for the suit but I can loan it to ya for a couple weeks if ya like. That's a older model and it has been sitting on the shelf for months now. I would rather at least see it used than go to waste."

"Well five hundred bits is a bit much but I will be glad to take it off your hands for a couple weeks, still doesn't solve my problem though."

"I know a few colts that could help you out of that jam if ya want" Pinkie said energetically.

Fluttershy pondered for a moment if she really wanted a colt or not. "Are they trustworthy Pinkie?"

"Well, no, not really. They do have a guarantee to ride you until you can no longer feel feelings anymore though. They even managed to wear out Applejack last year."

If they wore down AJ there's no telling what they would do to me."I kinda already told Zecora I would go to her as a last alternative if I needed it. I'll have to pass on the colt friends offer, Pinkie."

Pinkie arched her head back with a quizzical expression on her face. "Zecora? Really? Why not Rainbow Dash or even Big Mac if you're that desperate."

"Oh well you see, Rainbow dash is busy with Soarin and Big mac is helping Cheerilee with her estrus at the moment. I kinda didn't want to ask Zecora for help but she was really nice about helping me."

"Why haven't you taken some anti-estrus pills yet?"

"I spent all day looking for some, Ponyville is out, Canterlot is out and even Hoofington is out. My only options before the heat hits me full bore tonight is Zecora or some random stranger colt I don't know. I would much rather it be someone I know than someone that could take advantage of me."

"I would help you out Fluttershy but I have a meeting tonight and tomorrow morning about this seasonal shop I opened up."

"I don't mean to pry but who is the meeting with exactly?"

"The mayor of Ponyville, she wants to restrict this store to adults only, Like foals are idiots and have never seen other animals doing it in the wild. I could kinda almost not really understand city foals and fillies in Manehattan but out here in the country you see that kinda stuff everyday. I mean honestly I'm not going to sell them anything but at least if they got curious about their own bodies I have some brochures I could give out. I mean honestly watching that gory Robomare movie is fine but learning about your own body isn't?"

Pinkie Pie blew a angry raspberry in the direction of a dart board with mayor mare face pinned in the center. "Old fashioned snooty coot."

"Oh, I see. Well Pinkie it was nice of you to loan this to me but I need to be going if I'm going to find a solution."

Pinkie Pie put her hoof to her chin thinking deeply. "Hey! I got a idea, I heard rarity keeps gems that can hold off estrus. You might want to stop by there before Zecora, maybe she has something that can at least hold it off till you find some medicine."

"I'll go ahead and do that. Err...by the way how do I take this thing off? Does it have a manual or something?"

"Lemme get that for you" Pinkie dug around under the counter and popped up with a small yellow handbook, setting it on the counter. "This handbook has all the commands the suit uses, including some kinky ones if you're into that sorta thing" she said with a sly grin on her face.

Fluttershy opened the small handbook and slowly shifted through the pages. Most of the commands were simple like balls gags, leg spreaders but others were far more complex and interesting. "What's this sensitivity setting thing about Pinkie?"

"You might not want to use that, it does exactly what you think it does, make your body more sensitive to touch and penetration. It's strictly for experienced mares only."

Fluttershy read over some of the other suit abilities. "Oh it looks like it can solo play a bit."

""Pfft it can but that functions busted, they fixed it on the two thousand prototype I hear."

"I see" Fluttershy flipped through a few more pages before asking Pinkie pie for a bag. "I would love to hang out more Pinkie but I must get to rarities and see if she has any of those gems you mentioned left." Fluttershy set the manual in the bag Pinkie gave her and tossed it over her right wing. As she opened the door to exit the shop Pinkie cried out her name.

"Fluttershy, be real careful out there. With so many mares in heat this time of year some of the younger colts will have a hard time controlling themselves around with how you smell at the moment."

"Don't worry about me Pinkie, I fly almost everywhere so I'll be sure to keep my distance from any suspicious colts."

As Fluttershy walked out into the dark alley and took flight towards Rarities shop a shadowy figure was busy smelling the air around the alley. "Shes about ready to pop, this is gonna be too easy" the shadowy figure said.

Fluttershy spent the next twenty minutes in flight and despite her being fairly far up in the sky she still managed to turn a few stallions heads below, though if it was the increasing strength of her musk or the tight latex suit she couldn't tell. As Carousel Boutique came into view a few colts below were yelling cat calls at her.

"Hey baby I smell you're ready to rumble. Why don't you bring those sexy flanks down to my flat and we can rock till the break of dawn" Said a red colt.

"Hey baby wanna see something swell?" said another.

"Want to come see my disk drive? I promise it isn't 3.5 inches and it ain't floppy" Said a particularly acne covered colt.

This is bad, they can smell me. I must be really close to estrus She thought to herself as she landed outside Rarities shop. As she knocked on the door Rarity popped it open, quickly ushering Fluttershy in. "Quickly Fluttershy, dear before all those nasty colts get whiff of me." Rarity grabbed Fluttershy before she could protest and pulled her into her shop, slamming the door behind her with authority.

"Rarity is something wrong?" Fluttershy asked although smelling the air around her nearly answered her question for her.

"Wrong? Oh nothings wrong just every stallion in Ponyville that thinks they are worth the skin they are born in wants to ride me like bull. Did you see all those stallions outside, it's like a carnival out there. Plenty of mares go into heat around this time of year and all the creeps come of out the woodwork looking for a free ride."

Fluttershy Blushed "Yeah I..I know what you mean, I can smell you're going into heat in a few days too. Have you found yourself a mate or taken any medicine for it yet?"

"I managed to delay it with some special Gems until the drug store resupplies their anti- heat pills. How about you darling? you smell like you only have a hour or two left until it hits."

"Well umm, Pinkie Pie mentioned the special gems you have and I was wondering If I could maybe borrow one?"

"Darling you should have come to me sooner, you're too close to estrus for my gems magic to have any effect. You do have a backup plan I hope."

Fluttershy kicked the ground. "Well yes, Zecora has a plant that can help but its well...kinda scary and I was hoping to find a alternative before nightfall. Maybe me and you could..you know..help each other out, I mean if it's okay with you that is."

Rarity gasped at Fluttershy's request. "I'm...not that kind of mare darling." Rarity stopped herself as she noticed Fluttershy's eyes welling up some tears. "Darling I... I wish I could help you but you are far too gone for the gems to help. I should have gone into heat myself two days ago, If i do anything now I will break the gems spell and I dare say that filthy entourage outside will pounce on the opportunity to get a piece of me while I'm not sane of mind."

Fluttershy wiped her eyes as some tears hit the floor. "I'm just so scared Rarity. I..I don't want some colt I don't know mounting me and Zecora's alternative is scary. In less than a hour I won't be me anymore, I don't like that side of me at all."
Fluttershy was sobbing loudly as Rarity pulled her into a comforting hug.

"Now, now darling, I know it's rough but it's part of being a mare."

"I know but I didn't want to have to resort to Zecora's cure if I could help it."

"What is the cure if I may ask?"

"It's this plant called 'Hungry Eyes' that well...sticks itself up your backside. Zecora said the younger ones are perfectly safe but it's still pretty scary..and weird."

Rarity thought for a moment. " Well...shes certainly old fashioned. Using the plant anti-estrus medicine is derived from instead of the actual pill itself."

"I want to trust her but that thing looked frightening" Fluttershy said as she wiped some tears from her eyes.

Rarity pulled Fluttershy out of the hug and held her cheeks with both forelegs. "Fluttershy, Zecora's one of our friends, she wouldn't do anything to hurt you. I know her cure is scary but you are in perfectly good hooves with her, So go to her and get this heat business taken care of."

"I..I will but, it's still scary." Fluttershy absentmindedly kicked the floor, breathing deeply to try and calm herself down. "I guess she wouldn't do anything to hurt me, maybe I can talk her into you know, the old fashioned way."

Rarity gave Fluttershy another hug. "Atta girl. Are you sure you want to go to Zecora's alone darling? With all these hoodlums about I'm would hate for you to be harassed all the way there or Celestia forbid one of them try and mount you against your will."

Fluttershy broke the hugs. "I should be fine Rarity, all those colts and stallions outside are earth ponies, I can just fly over them."

"Still I don't want to leave you with no protections...aha!" Rarity trotted into the back room and came back with a silver chain inlaid with brilliant opals. "Wear this dear, the opals turn black if someone near you has less than pure thoughts. It's something like a proximity alert and has literally saved my behind from unwelcome suitors more than once."

"Wow Rarity its gorgeous, are you sure I can barrow it?"

Rarity wrapped the necklace around Fluttershy's neck with her magic and secured the pins just behind her pink mane. "What kind of friend would I be if I put a silly necklace over the safety of my friends?"

"Thank you so much Rarity" Fluttershy arced forward and planted a kiss on the fashionistas snout, making her go beat red. "Rarity, I'm off to see Zecora. Wish me luck." Fluttershy opened the door and ignoring the colt hecklers below, took off in the direction of the Everfree Forrest, Rarity yelling behind her.

"Be safe dear, hope it all works out for you."

One of the colts approached her door waving his stallion-hood at Rarity. "Hey baby cakes, it's a carnival out here and we are given free rides all night long."

Rarity puffed out her cheeks angrily. "Not in a thousand years would I let you anywhere near my backside you filthy knave" and Rarity slammed the door angrily, silencing the heckling colts outside.

"So Bronze Hoof, That makes two years in a row you been rejected. Maybe it's high time you picked a easier target?"

"Oh I have Iron tail, I have" He said looking at the yellow Pegasus soaring high above. "I most definitely have...." Bronze Hoof said before running off at top speed toward the Everfree Forrest.