Rainbow was the first one back. Using the excuse of wanting to get their other selves their food, she paid cash for all their meals and rushed back. Twilight and Dash both snapped their heads in her direction when the girl entered the room.

Rainbow had a smile on her face at the sight before her, “Hey, look at you two.”

“What do you…” Twilight went to ask before she truly took in what they must look like. Dash’s coat was pressed up next to hers so they could both view the laptop at the same time. “It’s just so she could see what I’m doing.”

Dash got up and stretched. “Yeah, nothing more,” she said with little conviction.

“If you say so,” Rainbow said with a giggle as she placed the food down on her bed and turned to Twi’s closet. The girl reached in and pulled out a large bag to start packing items that she thought that they might need.

Twilight went back to the computer, too busy making notes she would need to get them there to pay attention to what Rainbow was doing. When Dash found the food, she opened the top styrofoam container to see a large waffle waiting for her. “Ahh, no syrup?”

“Beggars can’t be choosers,” Rainbow said with a groan.

“What?” Dash asked.

“It means if you’re not paying for it, don’t bitch about it,” Rainbow replied as she reached in Twi’s locker for more items before moving to her locker.

“Alright, I think I have everything I need,” Twilight said as she got up from the laptop.

“Already?” Rainbow asked.

“Trust me, that was the easy part. First things first, though, I need to eat.” With that said, Twilight levitated another container over to herself.

Rainbow finished grabbing items from her locker before she, too, grabbed a container and started to dig in. Dash eyed her warily—it seemed that Rainbow packed light, really light; however, the pegasus said nothing about it. Whatever she was up to, Rainbow knew more about their world than Dash did.

“So what are you hoping to find there anyway?” Rainbow asked through a mouthful of waffle.

“LIke I said, I’m an alicorn, as such I have access to a large amount of magical power. While it should be enough to send a signal back to my world I need a focusing place to anchor the signal,” Twilight said before she noticed the glazed over look in Rainbow’s eyes. “If I find someplace that has magical residue in your world, I can send a signal to mine and they can open the portal allowing us to go back.”

“So you’re hoping that Easter Island has some magical properties to it?” Rainbow asked after blinking three times.

“Exactly,” Twilight said as she took another bite of her food.

“You know it probably doesn’t, right? I mean we would’ve found something like that by now.”

“You don’t have magic like I do. I’m hoping I’ll be able to sense something you couldn’t,” Twilight replied between bites of food.

“Umm, dumb question, if you do somehow find something, will you be able to get us back home?” Rainbow asked.

Twilight thought about it, “It shouldn't be an issue, I’ll just need to make sure to return here as soon as possible after sending the signal.”

“They won’t open the portal to the anchor?” Dash asked, suddenly interested.

“Celestia will lock onto my magical signal, not the anchor. I just need to find an anchor to ground my magical signal to,” Twilight replied as she finished up her breakfast.”But before we worry about that I need to create a teleportation lock on this room.”

“A tela- what?” Rainbow asked.

“A teleportation lock. Something that I can focus on from a great distance away,” Twilight said as she jumped off Rainbow’s bed and started to look around the room.”Something we can park right in the middle of the room.”

“How about Twi’s doll?” Rainbow asked as she made to go under the girl’s bed.

“Rainbow, no sex toys!” Twilight shouted.

Rainbow laughed at that, “Relax, those are under my bed. Here, use this.” She pulled out a small, ugly doll with polka dot pants on.

Dash started laughing at that. Twilight just blushed.

“What?” Rainbow asked.

“Smarty Pants! Been awhile, huh, Twilight?” Dash said between giggles.

“Ha ha, you have one too,” Rainbow said with a laugh as she caught on to the joke..

“No ‘want it need it’ spell this time around, Twilight,” Dash said as she poked the alicorn in the side.

“Funny, Dash,” Twilight said, sighing, as she picked up the doll with her magic and concentrated on it. She focused, transferring just enough magical energy to make the doll easy to spot with her magical sense but not so much as to impact other things around it.

She was unsure if too much magical energy would have an adverse effect on things in this world—it may do nothing—but it wasn’t a risk she was willing to take. With a smile, she finished imprinting on the doll and set it down in the center of the room. “That should do it.”

“So now we can go to Easter Island?” Dash asked.

“As soon as Twi get’s back,” Twilight replied.

As if saying her name was enough to get the girl there, at that moment Twi opened the door and walked into the room. “Rainbow, you give them their… What are you doing to Smarty Pants?”

“I hope you don’t mind. I need a teleportation lock to focus on to get us back. Rainbow offered him up. I promise it won’t do anything,” Twilight said.

“Oh, okay,” Twi replied.

“Hey, we can go now!” Rainbow said, grinning..

“I gotta pack first.” Twi said.

“Nope. I took care of it,” Rainbow replied as she gestured to the large bag at the edge of the bed.

Twi took a look at it and instantly knew that Rainbow had barely packed anything. The bag was large, but it was mostly empty. “Yeah, let’s make a checklist first.”

“Twi, you’ll spend hours making a checklist, double, and then triple checking it. They don’t have that sort of time. Trust me, I took care of everything we’ll need.”

“I’ll just pack a few more things,” Twi said.

“There’s not that much time, add in the time difference and they’ll lose too much daylight. Let’s just go,” Rainbow said as she lied about the time difference.

Twi thought about this. “You sure you got everything?”

“Yes alright, it’s just for a night anyway, we don’t need that much stuff.”

“... Fine, let’s go then.” Twi gave in. She knew from experience that with a girlfriend like Rainbow, sometimes you just had to go with the flow, even if she couldn’t lie worth a damn.

Twilight sensed there was more to this, but she shook the thought off. Her first priority had to be to find a way back. “Okay, stay close,” the alicorn stated, “We’re going to appear in sky. High enough that we shouldn’t be seen. You might fall a little bit before I catch you with my magic. Dash, if I can’t get to them on time, I need you to be ready.”

“On it!” Dash stated with pride as she jumped down off the bed.

“What do you mean if you can’t get us in time?” Twi frowned.

“Call it, plan B,” Twilight stated, “If we get separated in the teleport or it’s too magically exhausting for me to levitate you to the ground, I just want to make sure that everyone’s safe.”

“Wait… I don’t think…”

“Don’t think, let’s just do it!” Rainbow replied as she wrapped her arm around Twi’s waist.

The small girl glared up at Rainbow; the frown on her face spoke volumes about how she felt about this, all of this. She had—somehow—agreed to teleport over five thousand miles, without making a checklist, without letting anyone know where she was going, without her shots, and now she was risking everything on the possibility of falling to her death.

What did you do to me, Rainbow? Twi thought with a smile. She shut down her brain and simply wrapped her arms around the tall girl. “You’ll hold me?”

“Always,” Rainbow replied as she gestured to the bag. Twilight got the hint and levitated it to the girl’s arm. Rainbow took it and squeezed Twi tighter in her grip. “Keep your eyes shut,” she said to her girlfriend.

With a nod Rainbow let Twilight know that they were ready.

Twilight nodded back and looked over to Dash. The pegasus simply moved to the side of the two humans and nodded that she was ready.

Twilight levitated her notes directly in front of her. This was by far the longest teleportation she had ever attempted. She shut her eyes and focused her power on the world around her. She focused herself south by southeast and moved her awareness in that direction. Over five thousand miles south.

Dash’s eyes grew wide as she saw her friend’s body overflow with magical power. A lavender aura surrounded the alicorn, her eyes became white, and she levitated slightly off the ground as she focused her power.

“Um, is... is that normal?” Twi asked as she peeked out between her eyelids.

“Now,” Twilight spoke in a deep voice.

At that word, a bright flash of lavender magic filled the room as two ponies and two humans were transported over five thousand miles in the blink of an eye.

The rush of wind was all Twi could hear. Her entire body felt hot, and then cold, very cold. She cried out into the wind, her voice lost amongst the gale, her breath stolen by the sudden displacement of her person. The only recourse left to her was to squeeze onto Rainbow tighter and tighter. Not wanting to let her go in case this was it.

Dash spread her wings and caught herself in a massive updraft. She blinked her eyes clear three times, trying to quickly make out whatever was going on. Her brain instantly adapted to the new situation. The human versions of themselves were falling fast through the air. She couldn’t see Twilight anywhere she looked.

“I’m coming!” Dash shouted as she dove down as fast as her wings could take her. She latched around Rainbow with her hooves and struggled to arrest her fall.

They were too heavy to fully stop, but she was able to slow their descent. “Dash, where’s Twilight?” Rainbow asked when the wind permitted her to speak.

“I. Don’t. Know,” Dash grunted, struggling to keep them up in the air.

“Up there!” Twi shouted as she glanced up and to the right.

Dash looked up, she saw exactly what Twi had seen. For some reason Twilight had arrived after them, and to make matters worse, she was falling. The alicorn was either unconscious or too weak to fly. “Twilight!” Dash shouted.

“Dash, what are you…” Rainbow asked.

Dash looked around; directly below them was a huge volcano. She stopped trying to slow their fall and moved to a controlled fall, angling them down to the mountain edge. “Tuck and roll!” Dash shouted.

“Got it,” Rainbow said as she figured out what Dash was about to do.

“Wait, what?” Twi asked, disbelief on her face.

“Just hold tight,” Rainbow replied as Dash let them go as close to the ground as she could get them.

Together they started to roll down the side of the volcano at a steep angle. Rainbow did her absolute best to ensure that it was her body that hit the ground every time she could.

Dash had no choice but to let them go. Twilight was falling, and quickly. She angled herself back up at speed as she shot to the alicorn’s future location. She poured her heart and soul into covering the distance, forcing herself to fly faster than ever before.

Rainbow grunted when her body impacted a large rock. While painful, it did have the advantage of making them come to a stop. “Are you okay, Rainbow?” Twi asked.

“Yeah, I should be…” Before she could finish the sentence, a loud boom overtook the sky. Both humans looked up to see an expanding circle of rainbow engulf the heavens.

They both looked up in total awe at what they saw. Wonder and amazement filling their eyes. That is until the shockwave hit. When the wind pressure from the sudden sonic rainboom overtook them, Rainbow rolled back over onto Twi, forcing her body down upon the small girl’s to protect her from harm.

It was over as quickly as it begun, the wind finished blowing over the two of them. However, Rainbow refused to relax, she kept her back taut just in case there was something else coming. “Are… are you okay?” she grunted through the bruises and cuts.

Twi opened her eyes to see Rainbow directly above her. “Am I okay? What about you,” she said through tears.

Rainbow started to chuckle and then laugh at that, only to grab her side when a sharp pain shot through her, “Oh you know me, it only hurts when I laugh.”

“Rainbow,” Twi stated as she reached up a hand to the girl’s face.

Rainbow pulled back, not wanting Twi to worry about it. She moved off Twi and sat down on the dirt, allowing Twi to get up as well. “What was that anyway?”

Twi didn’t answer her question; she sat up and lifted the side of Rainbow’s shirt up to see what the damage was. Twi cringed when she saw the dark bruise on Rainbow’s side. “Rainbow, you’re hurt.”

Rainbow glanced over. “That plus a million cuts, I’ve had worse on the soccer field, trust me.”

Twi ran her hand’s down the bruise, noting with some dismay how Rainbow would cringe when she’d press down too hard. “Well, the good news is nothing seems to be broken. But still, that was too risky.”

“It’s not me I’m worried about,” Rainbow said as she glanced up to the sky. Twi’s gaze followed hers, trying to find any trace of the ponies that got them here.

“You see them, anywhere?” Twi asked.

“No,” Rainbow replied with a frown.

“That was them though? No?”

“I don’t see how it could be anything else.”

“It doesn’t look like magic. I think it was Dash,” Twi said with a thoughtful look to the sky.

“Dash? But she’s a pegasus, she can’t use magic, can she?” Rainbow asked, confused.

“The rainbow though,” Twi said as she kept looking around. She stopped looking when she saw a trail of red make its way down Rainbow’s arm. “Rainbow, you’re bleeding.”

“Hu’h? Oh, look at that,” Rainbow said as she glanced down to her arm.

Twi moved the girl’s arm sleeves up to find the cut. On Rainbow’s left shoulder was a rather deep cut that was the main culprit. “Rainbow, did you pack a first aid kit?”

“Uhh, no.”

“Towels?”

“No.”

“An extra shirt?”

“No.”

“WHAT DID YOU PACK?!” Twi shouted, kicking herself for letting this happen more than anything else.

“Look you can yell at me later, first we need to find them,” Rainbow said as she made to stand up.

She got nowhere. Twi pushed her back down with a hand, “No, first we need to deal with that cut.”

“How?” Rainbow asked.

Twi looked down on the ground. After a few seconds she found what she wanted to find. The girl picked up a sharp rock and lifted the hem of her shirt up. Cutting into the shirt with the rock, she tore the lower portion away in a strand of cloth.

“Twi, you liked that shirt,” Rainbow said.

“I like you more,” Twi replied as she wrapped the torn cloth around the cut.

Rainbow simply watched as Twi tied the cloth around her cut. She felt it then, that heaviness in her chest, that feeling of knowing someone cared about you so much that when you were hurt, it hurt them. Her eyes followed Twi’s arms up to her own body. Compared to Rainbow, Twi got off relatively easily; however, even she had her fair share of cuts.

It was the face though, the face of worry that really got to Rainbow. She saw what appeared to be the makings of tears on Twi’s face. Lifting up an arm, Rainbow placed her fingers on Twi’s chin as soon as she was done tying the cloth. “I’m sorry, this was a stupid idea, we never should have come.”

Twi looked up to face her, then did something that surprised Rainbow, she started to giggle. “Like you could do anything else, Rainbow. They’re our friends, they’re us. No world exists where you wouldn’t go out of your way to help a friend.”

Rainbow closed the gap between them; she captured the girl’s lips in a kiss that all but said, ‘thank you’. Twi was quick to return it, savoring what could have been a kiss that might have never happened. She had spoken the truth. Even with the risk, even despite what happened, this was just Rainbow. This was simply the girl she fell in love with and she wouldn’t want her any other way.

Rainbow ran her other hand along Twi’s legs, noting just how bruised her skin was. With an inward sigh she made to get up, “C’mon, we need to get some medical attention.”

“Yes you do,” Twi said back. She knew Rainbow just meant for her, but she wasn’t going to stand for that.

“Yeah, you first,” Rainbow replied with a scowl.

“How about we both agree to be seen?” Twi said in a compromise.

“As long as you get seen first,” Rainbow said again.

“Fine,” Twi said in a huff as she stood up. “Where did you put my purse anyway?”

“In the bag,” Rainbow said.

“Which is where exactly?” Twi asked.

“Umm... “ Rainbow said as she looked around to see where the bag had fallen to. She let it go when they were about to hit the ground. Of course finding it would be quite the challenge now.

“I’m guessing that means you don’t know.”

“Hey, it was it or you, I stand by my choice.”

Twi couldn’t really find fault with that logic, but it still left her with the fact they had no money, no identification, and no way to get back. “We need to find that bag.”

Rainbow started to trek back up the hill. “It’s gotta be around here somewhere.”

Twi followed her, for the first time since they arrived, she was able to get a good look around. They had arrived in the middle of the spring for Easter Island. The temperature was unusually warm for the season, but bearable. If Twi had to guess she figured it was around 80 degrees fahrenheit, but with the cool breeze blowing in from the Pacific Ocean it felt considerably cooler.The landscape was simply amazing. Twi couldn’t help but stare wide-eyed at the gorgeous, lush green hillsides covered the land with lovely trees set in the distance. The local flora was starting to come into full bloom, standing out against the waving green hillsides pockmarked with rock walls, boulders, and the occasional pond.

She was at once amazed and uncomfortable with the whole situation. It was a once in a lifetime sight, but Twi’s natural habitat was definitely in a laboratory, not in nature. Something that Rainbow was easily able to pick up on.

“Hey, it’s okay, Twi,” Rainbow said as she made her way back down the hill.

Twi turned to face her, she hadn’t even known that Rainbow had found the bag already. “You okay?”

“Yeah… I’ll be fine,” Twi replied with an attempt of a reassuring smile, but her worries over their situation was bleeding through any expression of joy right now.

“Egghead, you know you can’t lie to me.”

“Well… if we can get to a town, I’ll be a lot happier,” Twi said with a slight shrug and faux grin.

“Yeah, we can work on that,” Rainbow replied as she wrapped an arm around Twi. Together, they made their way down the hill to a trail. “Where are we anyway?”

“Seriously Rainbow?” Twi asked as she pointed at one of the huge head statues sticking up in the distance.

“What?” Rainbow asked, not sure what that was supposed to mean.

“You’re lucky you’re cute.” Twi shook her head slightly with a sigh.

“Hey! I’m not cute, I’m awesome,” Rainbow said in a playful manner, pretending to be offended.

“You’re that too, but how about radical?” Twi asked.

“How about cool?” Rainbow asked with a laugh.

“How about my little Dashie?” Twi grinned with a wink, and formed a heart shape with her hands.

“Hell no!” Rainbow laughed as she started tickling Twi.

“Hey, stop that,” Twi said through giggles and then, as if someone had flipped a switch in her, she suddenly stopped.

“What’s wrong?” Rainbow asked, noting the change in Twi’s demeanor.

“I’m just… just worried about them is all.”

The two started walking in silence after that. Rainbow felt the same way that Twi did. She kept one eye on the trail they were following, and one eye on the sky, looking for the two ponies that had gone missing.

It was another five minutes before Rainbow’s mood picked up at what she saw in the distance, “Is that a…?”

“A road!” Twi shouted as the two of them saw several cars driving down the concrete.

“Oh thank god,” Rainbow replied

“Think we can get a taxi?” Twi asked.

“Let’s see, two hot American girls needing a ride. I don’t know, that might be asking too much,” Rainbow said with a roll of her eyes and a heap of sarcasm.

“Point taken, lets go.” Twi replied as she started to pick up the pace.

“What language do they speak here anyway?” Rainbow asked.

“Seriously, you wanted to come here and you don’t know what they speak?”

“I leave that sort of stuff to you.”

“Spanish, Rainbow, they speak Spanish.”

“Soo… pesos?”

“Yes, Rainbow, they use pesos.”

“You got any?” Rainbow asked with a sly smile.

“It’s doubtful they won’t take some form of the dollar, or at least Visa.”

“Yeah, but if you use your card, your parents will know you were here.”

“Also a good point… how much cash we got?”

Rainbow put down the bag and opened it up. She fished out her wallet and Twi’s purse. “Let’s see… I’ve got three hundred sixty-three dollars. You?”

“Three hundred,” Twi said as she opened up her purse, “and a broken phone.” With a sigh she pulled her red phone out, the screen and parts of the shell were shattered from the fall.

“Ugg,” Rainbow said. “One thing at a time though.”

Twi sighed and put the phone back. She didn’t even want to know about the mirror in her purse; she was sure that would be just as shattered as the phone. “What about your phone?”

“Umm…” Rainbow quickly pulled her cyan phone up. Switching it on, she cheered, “It’s working!”

The welcome screen appeared, but then with some sad sounds, the screen flickered and died. “Damn, I guess it’s not working,” Rainbow muttered and started to shake her phone. “Come on, you piece of crap!”

“It’d probably cost us an arm and a leg to use them out here anyway.” Twi admitted.

Rainbow sighed as she put the broken piece of tech back into the bag. “Let’s just… let’s just get to town.”

“What about our other selves?” Twi asked.

Rainbow put her head down. “They’ll either find us or they won’t. There’s nothing we can do about it one way or another. C’mon, we should be able to get a taxi easy enough”

“Yeah, Rainbow, I’m sure it’s going to be tha—”

“Taxi!” Rainbow shouted as she waved down a passing cab. As if to prove Twi wrong, the very next Taxi that passed stopped for them.

“Usted niñas necesita un paseo?” the cab driver asked.

“Umm, what?” Rainbow questioned.

“I told you to take Spanish class, Rainbow.”

“Yeah, yeah,” Rainbow said with a roll of her eyes as she moved to the side.

“Hospital?” Twi asked the driver.

“Sí sí, hospital.”

“I thought they spoke spanish?” Rainbow asked as Twi opened the door for her to get in.

“They do,” Twi replied as she walked around to the other side.

“But you said hospital.”

“It’s said the same in both languages,” Twi said as she got into the car.

The trip into town was rather uneventful: Twi kept looking out the window at the scenery and for any signs of their pony selves. Rainbow, on the other hand, started to look over her skin, noting with some dismay just how bruised it was; it didn’t help that her side hurt like a bitch as well. She kept that part to herself, Rainbow didn’t want to worry Twi with something so petty.

“I hope they’re okay,” Twi mumbled.

“I just hope it didn’t attract too much attention,” Rainbow said back.

“You’re not worried?” Twi asked.

Rainbow turned her head and looked at Twi; the look of concern on Twi’s face, to say the least, was almost heartbreaking to witness. “No, I’m not. I know that Dash caught her before she fell. So I know they’re both fine because Dash would never let anything happen to Twilight.”

“Oh, how do you know that?”

“Because I’d never let anything happen to you.”

“Rainbow,” Twi said as she leaned over and placed her head upon Rainbow’s arm. The girl hissed a little as pressure was placed upon her wound. “Sorry, sorry.”

Rainbow placed her arm around Twi and brought her back when she tried to pull away. “I’m not.”

Rainbow caught sight of the taxi driver out of the corner of her eye. The guy was smiling at her with a look that was a little inappropriate for a customer service job. She thought about giving him a little show, but wrote that off. With Twi cuddling next to her, it would only ruin the moment.

The drive ended in front of a big building that took Twi and Rainbow by surprise. Instead of the run down, sun bleached building they were expecting stood a surprisingly modern--yet rustically designed-- facility spread over several acres. Almost not believing it, Twi looked up above the doorway and saw “Emergencia” in bold, silver letters, indeed confirming this was a hospital.

Twi hesitated at the sight, not quite sure what to believe, but Rainbow grabbed her and pulled her out of the cab. Searching a few seconds in her bag, Twi pulled out her purse and paid the driver. He eyed the banknotes skeptically for a few moments before grinning, leaving them with a really badly spoken “Thank you”, and then driving off.

“That was strange,” Rainbow noted.

“I gave him forty, you think that’s enough?” Twi asked.

“You probably overpaid,” Rainbow said with a laugh as she wrapped her arm around the small girl. The laughter died in her throat when she really took in the building. The only true sign this was a hospital was the Spanish sign above the door. “You sure about this?”

As if in answer, Twi poked Rainbow in her bruised rib, causing the tall girl to pull back in pain. “Yep, I’m sure.”

“Point taken,” Rainbow said with a sigh as she followed the girl into the building.

The entry room itself stunk from the smell of the bodies crowding the waiting area, and there was a small line to be seen, but it wasn’t too bad. Twi walked up to the back of the line, and Rainbow was forced to come along if she wanted to keep holding onto her.

There wasn’t much of an option as far as Rainbow was concerned. When they reached the front of the line, the lady working behind the counter gave them both one quick look over before saying, “Es que ustedes dos hablan español?”

“What?” Rainbow whispered.

“Ehh… No... hablamos... Inglés”

“Americans?” she asked in an makeshift English accent.

“Oh thank god,” Rainbow said.

“What can we do for you?” the lady asked.

“We got into an accident a few miles away. Suffered a few scrapes and a bruised rib,” Twi replied.

“You’ll be paying, how?”

“Cash?” Rainbow answered.

“Ahh, sí sí. Please, head follow the nurse.”

“Just like that?” Rainbow asked as another lady in a white overshirt approached, ready to take them in the back room. Twi simply shrugged as she followed the nurse, Rainbow permanently fixed to her side.

Contrary to the front room, the back room was surprisingly well kept. It wouldn’t match the hygienic standards of an American exam room, but it was leagues better than the waiting room. With one exam table, Twi gestured for Rainbow to take it first, only for her to give her an ‘are you serious’ look.

Sighing, Twi jumped up on it.

“El médico estará en cuando puede,” the nurse said before turning to leave.

“What’d she say?” Rainbow asked.

“Admittedly, my spanish is a little rusty, I think it was just that the doctor would be in soon.”

“Soon.” Rainbow sighed. “Why don’t I like that word.”

“Because you and waiting go together like Applejack and relaxing,” Twi said with a laugh.

“Hardy har, har,” Rainbow replied with a grunt. She looked around the room and found a seat right next to the table. Moving it, she sat down next to Twi who proceeded to lightly tap her with the edge of her foot. “What was that for?” Rainbow asked.

“Making me do this, I know it sounds kinda strange, but it’s been a little fun.”

“Fun?” Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Yeah, we can’t just stay in the room and fuck all the time.”

“You keep saying that, I still say we should give it a try,” Rainbow laughed, "I mean, as a scientist, you can't really make that claim without having that data to back it up, and you refuse to try it for even a week."

"As a self-respecting scientist, I can see that ‘just staying in the room and fucking all the time’ is a subset of the ‘not going out and doing what needs to be done’ situational group which is known to cause problems."

"I don't know what you’re talking about, Twi. I have everything that I need to do right in front of me,” Rainbow said with a grin, then stopped grinning when she saw some of the cuts on Twi’s legs. “Those hurt?” Rainbow asked.

Twi looked down, “A little,” she admitted.

Rainbow got up and started to search around; she found a few items she was looking for. Returning with a wet cotton swab, she grabbed Twi’s left leg and started to lightly run it in circles over the girl’s injuries. The tender care she displayed surprised even Twi.

“Rainbow you don’t have to do that,” Twi said with a loving smile.

“You’re right, I want too,” Rainbow replied.

“American girls?” a voice interrupted them.

“Oh, hi,” Twi replied as she looked up at the doctor. He was a short man, roughly fifty years old dressed in blue scrubs and a not quite clean lab coat. When he spoke he did so in a rough, English tone.

“You two not want to be seen separate?” he asked.

“Nah, that’s okay,” Rainbow replied as she stood up to shake his hand. The girl was impressed at his strong grip; the mark of someone who knew what he was doing. “We had a bad fall out in the country, just need you to clean up some cuts.”

“And look at her ribs,” Twi added.

“I’m fine, Twi.”

“Sure you are,” Twi said as she moved to poke her in the side. Rainbow dodged the blow before Twi could hit her again.

“Okay, name’s Martias, yours?”

“Rainbow and this is Twi.” Rainbow unwittingly giving out their nicknames instead of full names.

“Her name is Rainbow Dash and my name is Twilight Sparkle,” the small girl corrected.

“Nice meet you, Miss Sparkle. What brings you to Island?” the doctor asked as he sat down on the chair Rainbow had occupied and started to look over Twi’s legs.

Twi let him pull a leg out and examine it as she placed her hands nervously on her skirt. “Just… just on vacation.”

He smiled at her. “Had a few injuries because of the explosion.” He Presumed.

“Explosion?” Rainbow asked.

“Some big explosion in the sky. It broke many windows and knocked a few people down. Lots of sprained limbs, cuts, and shattered glass. Few serious injuries too.”

Whether or not anyone else knew what it actually was, was still a concern. “Do they know what caused it?” Twi asked.

“Some military test,” the doctor replied, earning a relaxing sigh from both girls.

Twi and Rainbow gave each other knowing looks. They had experienced that very same explosion themselves, but unlike others, they knew the cause.

After the doctor finished examining both legs, he moved to Twi’s arms and gave them a cursory once-over. “Hmm, doesn't appear to be anything serious, but we should get wounds cleaned up. Unless there is anything else I need to look at?”

“I think we’re fine, Doc,” Rainbow interrupted him before he could look over more parts of her girlfriend.

“Okay, lie back and I’ll clean up the wounds on your legs,” the doctor replied as he turned away and pulled out a bottle of rubbing alcohol from the cabinet, causing Twi’s eyes to go wide when she saw it.

Rainbow showed a grimace before reaching Twi an arm. “You might want to hold on to me,” she said with a bitter smile.

“Doc, don’t you have some antiseptic you can use instead?” Twi asked, her voice full of concern at what was about to happen.

“Is expensive, so we use this,” he replied before opening the bottle.

Rainbow looked down and saw the absolute horror on Twi’s face as the doctor poured out a little bottle of alcohol from the cabinet. She reached down and lightly placed her hand on the side of Twi’s head. “Hey, I’m right here, Twi. No different than when we got the tattoos.”

Twi shot her a flat glare, but kept silent as the doc started to drench some absorbent cotton with the alcohol. Rainbow could feel her pulse beat faster and faster as the doc approached one of the deeper cuts. Twi closed her eyes right before the contact was made.

The pain came as a sharp burning sensation on her legs. Twi cringed when she felt the alcohol come into contact with the open wounds on her legs. She did her best to bite back her scream, to not cry out like a little girl.

Her best was simply not good enough.

When the pain grew too extreme she opened her mouth and eyes for the first time since the doctor started to clean her wounds. What she saw took her breath away. Rainbow was bent down right before her, holding her hand, squeezing it with all her might. As if that could take away all of the girl’s pain.

She half expected to see a look of indignation on Rainbow’s face; instead, all she saw was the concern of someone that loved her, that wished more than anything else she could take the pain away, that she could experience that for her love.

Twi did not yell out, she no longer felt the need too. Although she did cry, it was for an entirely different reason. She cried because she saw the side of Rainbow that was reserved just for her, the side of the girl that she only showed to Twi. She saw the side of concern and love, of caring and worry.

Rainbow raised her other hand and wiped a tear from the girl’s eye. “I love you,” she whispered the words just for Twi, just for her.

“I love you too,” Twi said back with a smile as the doctor continued his work.

None of the wounds were serious and only two would leave scars once the doctor was done. When Twi looked upset at that, Rainbow just responded with a sly smile and a quick kiss. “Scars are sexy on you,” she whispered.

“You’d say that if I was stuck in diapers, Rainbow,” Twi said with a frown.

“And it’d still be true,” Rainbow giggled back. As much as it made her grin to imagine, Rainbow had to work hard to dispel the thought of Twi walking around the dorm room wearing nothing but diapers. It was at once disturbing and strangely arousing.

She shook it off and replaced it with a mental image of Twi walking around with just panties on. That was a sight she got to enjoy on a... regular basis.

The doctor soon finished with her legs. “Okay, sit up please,” he said.

Twi found herself wishing she didn’t have to. She loved being caressed like this by Rainbow. Rainbow seemed to sense this and jumped up on the bed behind her. Twi soon found herself with a pair of arms wrapped around her waist as the doctor started to wipe down the cuts on her arms.

These didn’t hurt quite as bad as the ones on her legs and were, fortunately, a lot less numerous as well. “Okay, that should do it,” Martias said before either of them were aware of it.

“Done already?” Twi asked, more to herself than expecting any real answer.

“You… fine… should heal in three days,” he stammered a little over the English words.

“Thanks,” Twi said as she stood up to make room. “Rainbow, you’re next.”

“Twi, I’m fine,” the girl said.

“You are, but not health wise. Now quit trying to get out of it. Let him clean up your wounds, that cut on your arm is as bad as the bruised rib.”

Rainbow looked ready to pout, then thought better of it. When Twi got this way she learned to just go with it. Otherwise she’d never hear the end of it. With a sigh, Rainbow scooted to the edge of the bed to let the doctor get a better look at her injures.

“Take off the shirt,” Twi said in a no-nonsense tone.

“Well, since you asked nicely,” Rainbow replied with a sexy smile as she pulled her shirt off.

Twi watched as Rainbow removed the remains of her light blue overshirt and took off her white shirt revealing a nicely toned stomach. Her abdominal muscles toned and defined by a lifetime of exercise and sports. Much to her surprise, Twi found herself a little disappointed that Rainbow had on a black sports bra under her shirt. She quickly hid that disappointment though, from Rainbow, and herself.

Seeing the strip of cloth tied around Rainbow’s arm, the doctor started with that one first. He untied the cloth, causing Rainbow to hiss in pain as the skin was pulled back with the cloth. “Hmm… you need stitches for this.”

“Figured,” Rainbow mumbled.

“What about this?” he asked, gesturing to the bruise on the side of Rainbow’s neck.

“That one’s old, isn’t that right, Twi?” Rainbow asked with a smile and a wink.

Twi just blushed, but said nothing about it. It did remind her of another thing, “She also hurt her ribs.”

“Oh?” the doctor said as he moved his hands down to Rainbow’s side. He saw the dark bruise on the side of the girl, and gently ran his hands down, feeling the outline of each rib through her skin.

“Hey, this isn’t a groping session,” Rainbow said snarkily as he lingered a little long on her flesh. Her words earned her a light tap on the side of the head from Twi.

“Rainbow, he’s a doctor, not a date.”

“Tell him that,” Rainbow mumbled as the doctor chose to ignore her comments and concentrate on the work.

“Hmm… two bruised ribs. I get you some pain meds, and you get rest.”

“Nothing more you can do?” Twi asked.

“Sorry, just need time to heal,” Martias said.

“Don’t worry about it, Doc. I’ll get it taken care of when we get back,” Rainbow said.

He shrugged at that. “We can stitch up your arm now.”

“Fine,” Rainbow sighed.

“Don’t worry, I’ll hold your hand,” Twi said with a smile. To her surprise, Rainbow did hold out her right hand for Twi to grasp. The girl took it and walked over to Rainbow’s right side, not wanting to see her girlfriend actually get the stitches.

Rainbow took the stitches like a champ. Only twice did she squeeze Twi’s hand, and that was during the insertion of the needle in her arm. Twi smiled at her the entire time, proud of the way she was handling this. Soon, they were done and the doctor cleaned up the last of her cuts, letting her put her white t-shirt back on.

“You want this?” Twi asked as she looked at the cut up overshirt.

“Toss it,” Rainbow said as she saw the holes. Rarity might be able to fix it, albeit if Rainbow were to guess, Rarity would probably just make her a new one. One that would be simply divine on her. Rainbow shuddered at that thought.

“Anything else?” the doctor asked.

“Nope, I’m good,” Rainbow replied.

“No cuts on your legs?” Twi asked.

Rainbow just gestured to her dark-blue jeans in an answer. They were banged up, but Twi didn’t see any tears that might have cut through to her skin.

Martias cleaned up his supplies and moved to the sink to wash his hands. Afterwards he wrote down some notes on a pad and handed them to Twi. “Give this to front desk.”

“Okay,” Twi said as she took the notes and shook his hand in thanks.

Rainbow did likewise, grabbed their bag, and they left the room together to head back to the lobby. Just as before, the front room was crowded, mainly with people that had minor cuts and bruises, most likely caused by the incident earlier. Twi walked to the receptionist and handed her the note. She took it and went to the register.

“Four hundred,” the lady said.

“Pesos?” Rainbow asked hopefully.

“Dollars,” she corrected.

Rainbow huffed at that, “Well, at least that part’s like our hospitals.” She placed the bag down and pulled out Twi’s purse and her wallet. “You know this only leaves us with less than two hundred for the rest of the week,” she mumbled.

“Hey, if it’s eating or you, I choose you,” Twi said back in a parody of Rainbow’s earlier words.

“It’s not like you can’t eat me,” Rainbow said with a grin.

“Rainbow, that’s not funny,” Twi responded.

“Depends on your sense of humor,” Rainbow replied with a loud laugh.

“Worst case scenario, I’ll just call Shining, He’ll loan me some money until payday.”

“Assuming him and Cadance aren't screwing so much that he actually answers the phone for a change,” Rainbow started laughing again.

“Rainbow!” Twi shouted as she hit her in the arm.

“OWW! Twi, stitches!” Rainbow said as she rolled up the sleeve on her arm, checking to make sure that she wasn’t bleeding again. Thankfully she wasn’t.

“I don’t want to hear about my brother having sex,” Twi mumbled, torn between being offended and being sorry she hurt Rainbow like that.

“Oh grow up. He’s married to a supermodel, you’d think he’s not sticking it to her every chance he gets?” Rainbow said with a laugh. “Hell, I’d do her, I’d do both of them honestly.”

As Twi paid the receptionist, she commented, “You’d cheat on me like that?”

“No one said that you couldn’t join in.”

“That’s disgusting!”

“Admit it, you’ve thought about it.”

“I have not!”

“Really, you grew up with Cadance and you’ve never once, not once, ever thought about her like that?”

“NO!”

Rainbow smiled at that, “If you were anyone else, I’d say you’re lying.”

As they walked out of the hospital, Twi did her best to remember that Rainbow wasn’t always this bad. A thought that was destroyed when Rainbow next opened her mouth.

“I’m amazed you're okay with fucking your brother and not Cadance,” Rainbow said with a snicker.

Twi turned and yelled at her. “That’s the disgusting part!”

“Oh, so Cadance is okay then? Sweet!”

She had to dodge Twi’s attack.

“I have no idea why I put up with you,” Twi said in all seriousness.

“‘Cause you know that I love you, and that I’m not serious.”

“Yeah you are, you’re just testing to see if I was cool with it.”

“Okay, you got me there.” Rainbow laughed as she moved back to Twi’s side and put a hand over her shoulder. “I do love you though.”

“I know, I love you too. Even with your… eccentricities.”

“My what?” Rainbow asked.

“Your strange behaviour,” Twi clarified.

“Hey, I’m not strange, I’d like to think I’m just simple.”

Twi started to laugh at that.

“Not like that!” Rainbow growled. “I mean…”

Twi silenced her with a kiss. “I know what you mean,” she said upon pulling back, “I’m just giving you shit.”

“You really are taking after me,” Rainbow said with a smile.

“Eww, I’m getting Rainbow cooties,” Twi laughed.

“I’ll give you more,” Rainbow said as she started to kiss her cheek several times, causing the girl to giggle and move away, acting like she didn’t like it. Soon she started to run, moving as safely as she could away from the tall girl.

It was to no use, Rainbow kept up her chase down the street, staying just on her heels. She stopped running when the pain on her side from her bruised rib became too much, “Hey, wait up.”

Twi paused when she heard it, turning around she saw Rainbow grabbing her side, still grinning. “Are you okay?” she asked.

“I will be, just give me a minute,” Rainbow said through grunts.

Twi knew that when Rainbow said minute, she really needed a few days. Concern overtook her as she moved back to Rainbow’s side. “We should sit down.”

“No, I’m good, we need to find the others.”

“But you’re hurt,” Twi stated.

“I told you I’m fine,” Rainbow said as she stood up, holding back the pain in her side. “We gotta find Twilight and Dash. C’mon, I know you got an idea where they’re at.”

“I have no clue where they’re at,” Twi admitted, “but I think I know how to find them, or how they can find us more precisely.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, whatever happened to Twilight, Dash would want to get her someplace safe while she came to. It stands to reason that once she’s awake, they’d be watching us until it was safe to make contact.”

“So… all we gotta do is go someplace without people?” Rainbow asked, looking around to the huge crowd in the town.

“Admittedly, we might have to leave the town for this.”

“Works for me,” Rainbow said with a smile as she started to walk out of the small town.

She made it a whole six steps before having to place her weight upon Twi’s shoulders. Something that took the small girl by surprise. “You’re not okay, Rainbow.”

“Don’t worry about me.”

“I always worry about you,” Twi said.

“Right, egghead. Don’t worry about me now. We really have to find the others.” Rainbow looked in the sky, but of course there was no sign of the ponies.

“Rainbow, we can’t continue if you're hurt!”

“Twi, please don’t argue with me. We find them, then we can rest.” Rainbow gave her a small peck.

Twi could only watch as she kept walking. The girl was stuck and she knew it; she couldn’t stop Rainbow even if she wanted too and to try would only piss her off. Sighing, she had no choice but to help Rainbow on this crazy endeavor.

Rainbow grinned as Twi took more and more of her weight. She hated being so injured, it just meant her plans for today were shot. Still, there was something about Twi’s insistence that put a smile upon her face. The girl was truly worried for her.

That thought killed her grin. She hated it when Twi was worried, especially over the dumb shit she kept doing. Still, their best option was to find the ponies, and she wouldn’t let Twi go off on her own. With a torn shirt and dirty skirt, it was too easy to imagine someone trying to take advantage of her.

“What do you think, we just go into the forest?” Twi asked as she gestured to a group of trees a quarter-mile away.

“I don’t know, are you just going to lure me in there to rape me?” Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Of course not!” Twi said.

“Damn.”

“Rainbow!”

“I was just joking…”

Twi wanted to answer something but stopped, a small grin on her face. “Besides, we don’t rape each other. We’d just have really fantastic and long sex.”

“Don’t fire my imagination, Twi,” Rainbow replied with a laugh.

“Trust me, I don’t need to,” Twi said back, “Your thoughts never actually leave the gutter.”

“That’s true,” Rainbow said as she squeezed her tighter, her hand moving slightly down until it rested on Twi’s left tit.

“You really can’t help yourself, can you?” Twi asked.

Rainbow squeezed once. “Nope. And don’t tell me that you don’t like it.”

“Hm, true.” Twi smiled a bit, intimately familiar with Rainbow’s sexual antics.

Together, the two closed the distance from the town to the forest. Rainbow was forced to rely on Twi as they walked, but, in a way, she kinda liked it. It was nice to know that there was someone that had her back, or her weight in this case.

Sure they each said they loved the other more than enough, but it was times like this that showed it, that truly demonstrated that love. Actions really do speak louder than words, Rainbow thought with a smile.

As they reached the forest Rainbow gestured to a huge rock for her to sit down on. “That’s a good spot.”

Twi looked relieved to find one so soon, and she led the girl over to take a seat. “You okay?”

“I think you know the answer to that question,” Rainbow said with a grimace.

“I meant are you any worse now?”

“Oh, no, I’m about the same.” Rainbow replied.

Twi looked around, really wishing she wasn’t in a skirt right then. She had already felt a few things brush her legs that she wished she could forget. In the end there was no place for her to sit, not without creepy crawlies on her legs.

“How long do you think until they…” Rainbow started to say.

“YOU’RE HERE!” Dash shouted as she zoomed down from the sky. Twilight flew in seconds behind here.

“Oh thank Celestia, they’re fine,” the alicorn said.

Both humans gave her a flat look. “We might have a different definition of fine than you,” Rainbow said with a laugh that cut off when her side started to hurt.

Twilight looked at her with concern. “You’re hurt? Let me take a look.” Without even waiting for Rainbow’s answer, she stepped closer, her horn shining brightly as her magic aura touched Rainbow. “I don’t know too much about human anatomy, but it seems like you got a few bruised ribs.”

“Two actually,” Rainbow replied as she lifted up the side of her shirt to show the bruise, “and four stitches on my arm. But it’s Twi I’m worried about.”

“I can’t fully heal the bones, but I can minimize your pain and help them heal a bit faster with my magic if that’s okay with you.” Twilight smiled awkwardly.

“No, I’m fine,” Rainbow replied, but Twi nudged her hard, showing her a glare.

“Please, do it, Twilight, my small cuts can wait.” Twi insisted.

“Twi first,” Rainbow said, “no… wait, do me first. Just to make sure nothing goes wrong, again.”

Twilight blushed at that. She lowered her horn and aimed it at Rainbow. The spell she chose was a basic healing spell: It wouldn’t fully heal the ribs, but it would heal a lot of the cuts and bruises on her body. She forced a bit more power on the ribs to help their healing as well.

Rainbow blinked three times as she felt the magical power envelope her. It felt almost like a tickle over her skin as her body’s natural healing was amplified several times over. The cuts on her arms, the scrapes on her knees, and even the deep gash on her shoulder all healed as if a week had passed since she got them. Her ribs felt better, not fully healed, but better.

When Twilight stopped channeling the spell, Rainbow stood up. “Wow… that was… wow.”

“Are you okay?” Twi asked.

“One hundred and ten percent!” Rainbow lied, her side still hurting; she could, however, keep it to herself. “You’re next, Twi!” the girl said as she started to pull the stitches out of the side of her arm.

“What are you doing, Rainbow?!” Twi yelled.

“I’m removing the stitches. Twilight’s magic made them unnecessary,” Rainbow replied.

Twi gave her one last look before she sighed and turned back to the alicorn. “Okay, go ahead.”

She soon felt the same aura that Rainbow did. Her arms and legs got goosebumps as the magical energy went to work, causing her own skin to heal a week's worth of injuries. Twi looked at her arms when she was done. “That’s amazing.”

"All I did was exponentially accelerate the metabolism of the cells of your skin via an infusion of modulated magical energy. Simple stuff, really. Now teleportation. That is a much more interesting spell. First you have to scan the whole bo—"

Rainbow cut her off. "Speaking of magical energy, what happened with you up there?"

“Hey, she did her best,” Dash spat.

Twilight looked down, ashamed of what happened. “No Dash, they’re right. When I cast the spell, I was lax in my concentration. You three made it as planned but it took a lot out of me. I’m afraid that I messed it up. I know what I did wrong though, so it shouldn't be an issue anymore.”

“Shouldn’t?” Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

Dash immediately went in front of her. “She. Did. Her. BEST!” the pegasus said, putting emphasis on each word, causing her human self to take a step back.

“Alright, alright. Geez, you don’t have to act like a love-blind teenager.” Rainbow chuckled.

Before Dash could respond to that, Twi bent down next to the pegasus. “Speaking of someone doing their best, we owe you our lives, Dashie,” the girl said as she kissed Dash on the top of her muzzle.

Dash blushed furiously while her hoof tapped on the ground nervously. “It was nothing.”

“It was more than nothing,” Twi said with a grin, “and that sonic boom was you, wasn’t it?”

“The sonic rainboom? Yeah, that was me,” Dash said.

“Wait, you did a sonic rainboom here?” Twilight asked with a shocked expression on her face.

“You were falling to your death, Twilight,” Dash replied.

“Wait… but…”

“Shush, egghead! Without that sonic rainboom, you would be a small stain on the ground right now and regardless of what you say. I would’ve risked being seen, even in front of every human in this world,” Dash softly continued, “Not being seen isn’t worth losing your life,” the last words were spoken in a tone that caused Twilight’s heart to jump up in her chest.

“Dash…” Twilight said smiling, with a small tear falling from her eye. Dash fully understood the risks and what it might mean for her, and yet she did it anyway.

Of course, Rainbow had to ruin their heart-touching moment. “Awww, look at the softy that says she doesn’t feel more than friendship.”

“Rainbow!” Twi nudged her side, causing Rainbow to flinch away. “Remind me to teach you the definition of tact!”

“What’s that, some kind of breath mint?” Rainbow asked in a sarcastic tone.

Twi rolled her eyes before turning back to the two ponies. “So, what now?”

“Well now we start searching the island for real,” Twilight said.

“For real?” Twi asked.

“When I woke up, I sensed magic on this island, but now I know that was nothing more than the residual energy from the sonic rainboom. That means I need to search closer to the ground. Try and find something that’s not that. It… it could take us a while,” Twilight admitted.

“What should we do?” Twi asked.

“We could go exploring, you know, see the big, ugly heads sticking out everywhere, maybe check out the beach,” Rainbow suggested, slyly adding that last bit in.

“How are we going to stay in contact? We don’t even have working phones,” Twi asked.

“Maybe Twilight can fix em?”

“Fix what?” Twilight asked.

Rainbow opened up the bag by her feet and pulled out Twi’s purse. Fishing around, she pulled out the girl’s broken phone. Her phone came out next, still just as broken as when she threw it in. “These are communication devices. They kind’a broke in the fall,” Rainbow explained.

“And you want me to fix them?” Twilight asked, eyes wide.

“If you can. We don’t know what your magic can do besides what we already saw,” Twi replied.

“I don’t know if my magic can fix any of your modern electronics. I’m sorry, I just don’t know enough about your phones to even begin to try,” Twilight said after another look at the broken phones.

“We need some way to stay in touch though,” Rainbow said.

“Well if that’s all, I’ve got an easy spell for that. Dash, search for a small, round rock or something. Not too small, but not too big and without much weight,” Twilight said to Dash as the pegasus quickly started looking around.

It wasn’t long as she came back with two rocks. One of them a small, white one with a round surface, the other black and a bit bigger with sharp edges. “Are these okay, Twilight?” she asked.

Twilight picked the smaller, white one of the two and eyed it. “These should work,” she said before powering up her horn. The rock glowed in her magic before the light disappeared. “Take it,” she said and offered it to Twi. “There is a simple spell on it. If you need help just tap it to an object three times, and my rock will vibrate and let me know.”

Twi spun it around in her palm before handing it over to Rainbow. Rainbow took it and simply placed it in a pocket. “Cool,” she said, “So we seperate from here?”

“Unless you can think of something else?” Twilight said.

“We’ll get a hotel on the side of town at sundown. Will you two be able to join us without issue?” Twi asked.

“I can find you easily enough,” Twilight replied.

“What about food?” Rainbow asked.

“We can look after ourselves,” Dash said.

“Or each other,” Rainbow added with a wink and a smile.

Dash growled, but to her surprise, Twilight unfolded a wing and covered her muzzle, slightly giggling. That only caused Rainbow’s smile to spread wider.

“We will be fine,” Twilight simply said before retracting her wing.

“Okay then, we’ll see you two tonight?” Twi asked, answered by a nod from Dash and Twilight, “then take care until then. And Dashie, thanks again, I owe you one.”

Dash blushed as she took flight, followed by a confused Twilight that knew there was a subtext there she was missing but didn’t quite understand what it was. “Take care you two,” Twilight said before she flew out of range.

Twi and Rainbow looked at each other as the ponies left. “Told you they’d be alright,” Rainbow said proudly.

“You are physically incapable of shutting up, aren't you?” Twi asked, accusingly.

“Hey, it is me!” Rainbow shot back. “Besides, don’t act like you’re any better. If there's any egghead-stuff you can talk about, you won’t shut up for hours!”

Twi simply put her head in her hands. There were some things it was better to just not argue about. She loved Rainbow, but that didn’t mean she had to like everything about her. Still, as Cadance once told her: You have to take the good with the bad, for it’s the entire package that makes a person who they are.

Those words had echoed true throughout their relationship. With a sigh she pulled her hands away from her head to see Rainbow smiling at her, it was that same smile that was always so damn catchy.

“What do you want to do first?” Twi asked.

“Check out the beach?” Rainbow asked with a grin.

“Why? We don’t have swimsuits,” Twi said.

“That’s a surprise,” Rainbow replied with a peck on her lips.

“Well, I wanna see one of the heads.”

“You know what? I give you that one, egghead, but after that we go to the beach!”

“Deal,” Twi replied with a kiss of her own.

Rainbow smiled when she pulled back. She reached down and grabbed their bag, noting just how sexy Twi looked right now in her torn and dirty shirt that showed off her cute stomach, not to mention her skirt that looked so wrong out here, yet so right on her. It all added up to something that reminded Rainbow of one more thing. “Oh, and since when did you start going without a bra?” Rainbow asked with a grin.

“What… I… I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Twi said slyly as she blushed and walked away.

“Yeah right, egghead, I think you're forgetting that I have ‘grabby hands’,” Rainbow said with a smile as she wrapped her arm around Twi again, her fingers running across the girl’s nipples through the shirt.

“Is it obvious?” Twi asked.

“Not unless you feel for it,” Rainbow said with a laugh as her fingers ran back over the perky nipple.

“Rainbow!” Twi said with a frown, but she couldn’t—and didn’t really want to—escape from the fingers. “Save that for later…”

“You’re no fun, egghead,” Rainbow replied with a huff.

“I did say later,” Twi added.

“Promise?”

“Pinkie promise,” Twi agreed with a smile.

“SO BORED!” Rainbow muttered after what felt like hours to her staring at a line of big dumb stone heads. She had found a nice spot to put their bag down and was currently laying on it like she was a torture victim that had just suffered through twenty hours of hell.

“Rainbow, it doesn’t count as doing what I want to do if you complain about it the entire time,” Twi informed her.

“Since when?” Rainbow asked.

“Since ever!” Twi replied.

Rainbow mumbled something under her breath, but Twi let it go, some fights were just best avoided. “Alright, we can go.”

“Really?” the tall girl asked as she perked up at that.

“Really, we can go and see the beaches now,” Twi replied in a deadpan expression.

“Great!” Rainbow said as she jumped up and grabbed the bag. She started off at a brisk walk to the sea.

“Rainbow, wait up!” Twi shouted as she was forced to run after her.

“Why are you in such a hurry anyway?” Twi asked when she caught up to Rainbow.

“You’ll see,” Rainbow replied with a sort of smile that worried Twi.

“Rainbow, what are you…”

“I said, you’ll see,” Rainbow restated, picking up her pace.

They arrived at the beach in ten minutes time; Rainbow kept a brisk enough pace to prevent Twi from asking too many questions, but not so quick that she’d fall behind. A few years spent with the girl gave Rainbow intimate knowledge of Twi’s physical capabilities, and not just in the bedroom. Although, the bedroom ones were her favourites.

At last, Rainbow stood at the top of a small hill and looked down at the true reason she wanted to be here. With a smile she saw exactly what she was hoping to see on the beach. We won’t be the only ones, Rainbow thought. With a glance back to Twi, she saw the girl just a few feet behind her. “You done trying to rush here?” Twi asked between breaths.

“Yeap, we’re here,” Rainbow said with a grin as she reached into the bag and pulled out the few supplies she did pack. These included two pairs of flip flops, sunscreen, and a large beach towel that could easily fit two.

“Rainbow, you said you didn’t pack a towel!”

“I didn’t, this is a beach towel,” Rainbow replied smugly.

Twi sighed at that, “What are you planning to do with it?” She asked before realization came in the form of Rainbow’s actions.

Rainbow gripped the lower end of her shirt and pulled it up slowly, slow enough that Twi would get quite the show. First her stomach was revealed, then the black sports bra she loved so much. Twi was taken aback; the poor girl was so shocked that she nearly forgot what Rainbow was doing.

“What are you doing? We’re in public!” Twi scolded.

“And the beaches on this island are clothing-optional, egghead,” Rainbow replied with a smirk before pushing her jeans down. As she stood up in just her black sports bra and matching panties, Twi was left with quite the sight in front of her.

It wasn’t exactly true, they were just a lot more lax about nudity than America. Rainbow knew that with others doing the same, no one would care.

“You… You planned this!” Twi huffed.

“Of course. Thought you might be willing to try it with me.” And with that, Rainbow slowly pulled off her bra and removed it, revealing her breasts to the world. She could sense that Twi was in her last vestige of self control, she just needed one final push to go over that edge.

Twi bit her lower lip as she watched her girlfriend strip in front of her; Rainbow’s nude skin slowly revealed bit by bit. As Rainbow gripped at her panties and teased Twi by pulling them slowly down and quickly up again, she looked at her and asked, “Are you going to join me, or do I need to find someone else to apply my sunscreen?”

That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Twi lost it. In a blink, Twi’s lavender shirt was missing and she pushed down her skirt.

“I know how much you enjoyed yourself yesterday, this is simply… taking that to the next level. Besides, what did I tell your other self yesterday? When in Rome?” Rainbow asked with a grin as she watched Twi quickly pull off her panties as well.

“You made me,” Twi said before walking to the top of the hill with her clothes in hand. Rainbow smiled and pulled off her underwear as well. She took all their clothes and placed them in the bag.

“I didn’t make you, this is just another aspect of you, my sweet, little, egghead.”

Twi simply smirked, eying her girlfriend completely. “I think we’ll both enjoy this.” She was already feeling that same sensation she got when she wore that outfit the day before; it was, without a doubt, exciting her.

“You think so?”

“Besides, I still have to pay you back for that stunt in the room,” Twi replied as she pressed her nude body to Rainbow’s, letting their mouths connect in a kiss.

“How so?” Rainbow asked when she got her breath back.

“How quietly can you moan?” Twi asked with a wink as she led the way down the hill, Rainbow hot on her heels.