"...Heat," Flash said.

"...Heat," Sunset agreed, nodding as she did so.

It had been a few minutes since the incident with Rainbow, and Flash was currently sitting opposite both her and Sunset at a table, set up right in the middle of the music room. The boy looked over to his music partner for a moment, seeing the look of sheer embarrassment upon her face as she desperately tried to avoid looking at him. As he sat there, he was, naturally, deep in thought over all of this, with the wheels in his head practically visible as Sunset watched him. Eventually, and after a hellishly long and awkward silence, Flash let out a sigh, leaning back into his chair and folding his arms.

"You know...just one week. One week of you girls having normal days without any magic to turn things upside down. Maybe hanging out and getting milkshakes, or practising your band and stuff. That...that wouldn't be unwanted, you know."

Sunset twiddled her thumbs together as she looked down at the table.

"Sorry you got wrapped up in all of this, Flash."

Looking to his ex, Flash let out another sigh and gripped the bridge of his nose before speaking up again, his tone far more relaxed than before, albeit somewhat tired.

"No, it's...it's fine. I mean, you guys are probably going through worse than I am right now."

Turning, the boy looked over to Rainbow.

"Rainbow, I'm sorry that my being near you caused you so much grief."

Again, the athlete seemed hesitant to look at him.

"Ugh! For the love of...! Flash! Could you please stop with that whole knight-in-shining-armour thing you've got going?! Because I'm really struggling to keep myself under control here!"

Needless to say, Flash was a little taken aback by that kind of aggressive response.

"Erm...sorry?"

Looking to Sunset, he took on a look of clear confusion, prompting a brief giggle on the part of the latter. But, that laughter soon vanished as soon as Rainbow looked to her herself.

"Sunset! I'm really hoping you've got that potion or whatever sorted out! Who knows how much more of this I can take!"

Turning to her friend, Sunset's smile vanished, replaced instead by a look of hesitance and concern.

"Rainbow...I wish I could tell you I've got good news, but..."

She didn't finish, for Rainbow now looked at her with utter horror in her expression.

"Argh! I knew it! I'm gonna be stuck like this!"

Immediately, she smacked her face right down into the table, shocking both Sunset and Flash to no end. As the latter two shared concerned glances at one another, they then looked down to Rainbow once more as she kept on groaning under her breath. Eventually, Sunset let out a sigh, reaching over and patting her friend on the back.

"Look, Rainbow, I...I know things seem bad now, but I think I have a way we can fix this."

As soon as she heard that, Rainbow looked up to Sunset, seeming more than a little hopeful. Seeing that, Sunset took on a small smile before starting to explain herself.

"I haven't been able to find the plants we need here in this world, but, I do know the plants must still exist over in Equestria. I'm going to get in touch with Princess Twilight. I'll let her know what's going on, and hopefully, she'll send over some of what we need."

Hearing that, Rainbow lifted herself up, brushing aside some of her hair, which had become a bit messed up with her face-banging, and took on a smile of her own.

"Alright then! Sounds good!"

Sunset nodded, but said nothing further to her, for she was instead distracted by the sound of Flash clearing his throat. Turning, the former unicorn looked to the boy as he spoke up, his tone showing clear concern.

"That's all well and good, Sunset. But what are we supposed to do before Twilight sends that stuff over? I mean, if you girls are going to be suffering with this heat stuff, and letting off those ferry...er...phero..."

Raising an eyebrow, Sunset finished the word for him.

"Pheromones?"

Flash looked a little embarrassed for a moment before getting right back to it.

"Right. Those. It sounds like you girls are gonna be in a lot of trouble until Twilight can send that stuff over. So what are you gonna do in the meantime?"

Sunset now looked deep in thought, obviously thinking over what had just been asked of her.

"Well...the only real thing we can do is avoid incidents like what nearly happened between you and Rainbow. We need to minimize the amount of contact between our group and the other guys here at CHS, at least for now."

Thinking on that, Flash nodded.

"Right. Leave that to me."

Looking to him, Both Sunset and Rainbow seemed more than a little worried about what he'd just said. But, after seeing those looks on their faces, Flash raised a hand, giving them a friendly smile.

"Don't worry. I'm not gonna go around telling them about all this heat stuff. I'll just say that you're all going through some personal stuff right now and need some space. Trust me, the guys'll listen to me on that one."

Breathing a sigh of relief, Sunset took on a look of appreciation.

"Thanks, Flash. We owe you one."

To that, Flash shook his head.

"We're friends, Sunset. You don't owe me anything."

Sunset's smile widened after that, as did Rainbow's, and together, both girls watched as Flash rose up from his chair, making his way over to the door of the music room. However, before he got the chance to open it, he was stopped by it sudden bursting open right in front of him. There, looking far more worried and fearful than most would expect of her, was Aria Blaze, the middle Siren sister. While Rainbow and Sunset looked to her with confusion, Flash regarded her with that usual friendly smile of his.

"Hey there, Aria."

But Aria, as soon as she saw him, instead side-stepped around him immediately, looking to him as if he were a monster or something.

"Argh! Get away from me!"

As one would expect, both Flash and the other girls were a little startled by such behaviour. But Flash, being Flash, simply blinked a few times before shrugging his shoulders and placing his hands in his pockets.

"Um...okay then. See ya later...I guess."

And with that, the boy moved off, making his way out of the music room at last, at which point, Aria rather abruptly slammed the door behind him. She panted for a bit, almost like how someone would if they'd just got out of a life-or-death situation. Rising up from her own chair, Sunset walked over to the Siren, looking quite confused about all of this.

"Aria? What's wrong?"

Looking to her, Aria took a step forward, still looking more than a little fearful.

"Sunset! Something weird is happening to me!"

Looking over her shoulder, Sunset gave a brief glance over to Rainbow, who promptly shrugged her own shoulders, before looking back to Aria.

"Okay. What's up?"

Likewise, Aria looked around, making sure that nobody was here to hear her, save for those already in the room. When she was satisfied that they had real privacy, she started explaining herself.

"Well...you know my boyfriend, Wiz?"

Sunset nodded, prompting Aria to continue.

"Well, I was hanging out with him at Sugarcube Corner, like we usually do at this time of the week, when...when I suddenly just...just lost it!"

Sunset raised an eyebrow.

"Lost it?"

Aria nodded.

"Yeah! I was all over him, looking down at him like...like...like I needed him. And I mean physically needed him! I didn't care if people were watching, I just watched to get on him right then and there!"

Hearing that, Sunset's eyes widened.

"Oh no."

Aria nodded again.

"I know, right? I don't know what happened! I mean, luckily, I was able to pull myself out of it, but...but I have no idea where that came from!"

Leaning forward, Rainbow finally added her voice to the mix.

"What did Wiz think about that?"

Aria looked to her and shrugged her shoulders.

"How do you think he felt about it? He was freaked, that's what!"

In this moment, Aria let out a sigh.

"He said it was fine. That it didn't bother him. And I believe him. But at the time...well...let's say he was pretty shocked by the whole thing."

Hearing every word of that, Sunset took a step back, and even started muttering to herself.

"No. Oh no! No no no no no!"

Seeing this, Rainbow looked to her friend with worry.

"Sunset? What is it?"

And like Rainbow, Aria started looking at her the same way.

"Yeah...do you know what's going on with me?"

Raising a hand, Sunset slapped her forehead with frustration.

"Ugh! How could I have been so stupid?!"

Aria and Rainbow looked to each other with a mutual sense of confusion, before looking back to Sunset, the latter giving Aria a tense look.

"Aria...I need you to get your sisters together."

Aria retained her look of confusion, but said nothing as Sunset turned to Rainbow.

"I think our problem is even worse than I thought."