"What the fuck?" I say as I quickly jump out of my seat and drop my menu. "Where did that come from? Rainbow, fly up and see if you can see anything."

"Got it." She says as she hovers up about fifteen feet above me. She spins around looking for the source of the scream, then points over a building and yells. "Scoot!" Then she's gone in a flash.

"Rainbow! Wait!" I yell back as I sprint in the direction she flew. I almost plow into a couple ponies, but I'm able to maneuver around them, despite the bow and quiver on my back. I slide around the corner of a building and spot the source of the scream. Rainbow is standing defensively in front of a little orange pony. What was her name? Scootaloo or something? I run up to them and spot why she had been screaming. In front of the two is a thing that looks like it jumped out of a Greek mythology book. Its part lion, part... a bunch of other stuff, point is, the thing looks real dangerous.

"Stay behind me kid!" Rainbow says as she pushes Scoot behind her with her back leg. The creature roars at Rainbow and charges her. Rainbow jumps on top of it and starts punching the top of its head. Yeah, like that will do anything. The creature flips over and pins Rainbow to the ground. She screams in surprise as its about to bring its claws down on her.

"Hey fuck face!" I yell before it can attack her. Rainbow has her legs over her face, but she peeks through them to look at me. The creature lunges away from Rainbow and starts to charge me. I don't move a muscle as it barrels towards me.

"Matt! Run!" Rainbow screams as she picks herself up. But I don't. I wait for the perfect moment. When its only a few feet away from me, I roll to my side to dodge it. The creature's momentum carries it farther than it intended to go, and it rams into the back of a building. It shakes itself off and starts running towards me. I pull the bow off of myself and load a single arrow into it. I get down on one knee and take aim. When its about twenty feet from me, I let the arrow fly. A direct hit to the eye. It drops instantly and its body shakes violently before it comes to a stop. I pant heavily as the adrenaline starts to fade out of my body.

"Matt! Are you okay, are you hurt!?" Rainbow says as she flies up to me and grabs me around the waist. Shes crying a little, but I don't point it out since it would probably just embarrass since just about everyone is staring at us with mouths gaping open.

"I... I'm fine. Really. But are you two okay?" I say as I grab Rainbow's front leg. There's a bloody cut going horizontally down it. "Jesus, Rainbow, did you have to get yourself hurt?"

"Its not that bad... really I'm fine." She says as I drop her to the ground, her leg gives out under her, and she grunts as she hits the ground.

"Um, thank you sir... for saving me." Scootaloo says as she slowly walks up to us.

"All in a days work." I say with a smile as I kneel down and ruffle her hair. "Maybe we'll run into each some time soon, but I need to go fix up my girlfriend." I say as I point over at Rainbow who's still failing to stand.

"Rainbow Dash is your marefriend!?" She yells with a large smile. "That's so cool! You're officially awesome." She says as she holds a hoof out towards me.

"Ha, you know it." I say as I make a fist and bump it against her hoof. "See you around." I say as I walk back over to Rainbow.

"C'mon Matt, I'm fine!" She tries to protest as she keeps falling on her ass. I laugh at her as I kneel down and put my hands under her side.

"Come on already, I'm taking you back to the library. That cut's pretty nasty... Gees its deep too!" I yell in surprise as I look at my hand which is now covered in blood. I wrap Rainbow around me like a hug, and start to jog back into down. Her head is over my shoulder, so I can't see her face, but its most likely got an embarrassed expression plastered on it.

"This is so embarrassing..." She says as she confirms my suspicions.

"What is? Me or being hurt?"

"Being hurt... I can still fly Matt, you don't have to carry me."

"Maybe I just want to take care of you. Would you rather I put you down?"

"Uh, no... no keep going." She says as she sighs and pulls herself tighter into me. I knew it, shes just trying to cover up her soft side again. I continue jogging through town until I reach the library. I open the door by slamming my shoulder into it.

"Matt! What the hay are you doing!" Twilight yells as I almost barrel into her. She gasps when she sees Rainbow in my arms. "Oh my Celestia! What happened!? Why are you covered in blood!?"

"Its not mine, its hers. I say as I lay Rainbow down on the floor. "Oh my God, Rainbow wake up." I say as I see Rainbow's eyes closed. Her breathing has slowed noticeably, and her front left leg has basically turned red. "It must have hit an artery or something!" I say as I rip my shirt off. I wrap it around the cut and start putting as much pressure around it as I can.

"Hold on! I think I can fix this!" Twilight teleports into thin air before appearing back in front of me only a few seconds later. She has some kind of medical kit, and pulls out a needle and thread. "I'm going to stitch it up. You need to hold the cut open Matt so I can reach whatever it is that's bleeding in there."

"Okay... Okay I got it." I say as I open the cut with my fingers. Twilight uses her magic and lowers the equipment down into Rainbow's leg. I'll hand it to her, she stayed awake longer than I did when I was bleeding out. I doubt she's going to need a blood transfusion if we can get it closed up now.

"Okay, I got the internal bleeding to stop, now I need to close the cut on the epidermis. You can let go now."

I let go of Rainbow's leg and sit back. I wipe my arm on my forehead which is now covered in sweat. I end up spreading blood on my forehead, but I don't exactly care right now. I'm already covered in it, so what's a little more?

"Alright... that should do it." Twilight says as she backs away and lets out a few heavy breaths. She casts a spell over Rainbow that seems to scan her body. "Her body is returning to normal status, it looks like she should be fine..."

"Sheesh, where did you learn to do that Twilight?" I ask as I grab Rainbow's hoof in my hand and stare at her closed eyes.

"I read A LOT of books if you can't tell." She says with a light chuckle. "And I used a little healing magic that should help."

"I can't thank you enough Twilight." I say as I lean over and ruffle her mane.

"I would do it for anyone. Its definitely good that you got her here when you did, or she might have ended up needing a transfusion. Say, what happened to her anyway?"

"Some creature attacked her and that little filly Scootaloo. Rainbow took the blow trying to protect her. I killed the thing with this bow, but it was too late I guess." I say as Twilight levitates a couple towels over to us. We being to scrub the leftover blood on the floor.

"You really are perfect for her aren't you?" She says with a little smile. "I wish I could find somepony as amazing as you Matt."

"Don't you worry about that, you'd make an amazing girlfriend for any guy here. You'll make someone really happy, I know that for a fact." I smile as I continue scrubbing the floor. I'm not even looking at her when Twilight wraps herself around me.

"That's the nicest thing I've been told in quite a while." She says as she pulls back and looks at me.

"Anything for a friend." I say as I tap the tip of her nose. "Now, I need to clean up, like really bad. Are those stitches waterproof?"

"Should be, I'll clean this mess up down here while you do that."

"Alright, I'll see you in a few." I say as I scoop Rainbow up in my arms, holding her like a newborn baby. I carry her up the stairs and into the bathroom where I place her down on a towel in the corner of the room. I take the crumbled up shirt I brought up with me and unravel it in front of me. Great, my only shirt is torn up and bloody. I toss it in the garbage and sigh as I rub my face. I look at myself in the mirror, shirtless, dirty, and bloody. I guess I can just wear my jacket like a shirt until I can get back home.

I start up the water in the shower, but plug the drain so that it will fill up like a bath tub. Its freezing cold outside, and a hot bath sounds like a damn good idea to me. Despite Twilight being smaller than me, her tub is surprisingly big, its actually bigger than my own. I'll just clean myself off, then I'll wash Rainbow's cut off so it doesn't get infected. I assume Twilight already cleaned it, but you can never be too safe.

Once the water is warm enough, I slowly get in and sigh in relief. The water feels amazing after being outside in the cold for so long. Then I notice a pair of eyes looking back at me.

"How long have you been awake?" I ask as Rainbow slowly stands up. Her leg twitches a little, but she catches herself and adjusts her balance.

"Um, just a minute or two." She says, a little bit of nervousness in her voice.

"You saw me take my clothes off didn't you?" I say as I facepalm.

"Uh, what!? I um..."

"How does your leg feel?" I ask, trying to change the subject.

"It hurts, but not too bad. How long was I out?"

"I'd say about twenty minutes, give or take. I need to clean the wound when I'm done in here. Twilight is downstairs if you want to wait down there with her."

"Actually..." She says as she slowly walks over to the tub. "Can I just join you?"

"Um..." I stutter.

"Please? Just this once? I won't try anything." She says with a little smirk.

"I... fine, get in." I say as I shift over. Its a good thing Twilight's tub is huge, or else we'd be really cramped. Luckily there's more than enough room for both of us. Rainbow gets in, spilling a little water over the side onto the floor in the process. She sighs as the water washes over her. She sinks down and lays down in a similar position as me. She rests her head on my chest and her legs rest a little too close to my crotch.

"Comfy?" I say sarcastically as I start twirling her hair around my finger.

"Very." She says with a light laugh.

I lean back and sigh. I'll admit it, this isn't all that bad. I thought she'd try to be all over me, but shes acting like she always does. I close my eyes and actually almost fall asleep before Rainbow starts to laugh.

"What's up with you?" I ask as I open one eye to look at her.

"I'm not the one who's UP." She says as she points one hoof down to my nether regions. "I didn't know I was that good."

I look down to see that I am indeed... aroused. How the hell did I not even notice that? I shift my legs so my left leg covers myself, and sigh in embarrassment.

"You never saw that." I say as I groan in frustration.

"Oh but I did see it Matt. Stop being so stiff."

"Was that a pun?" I say as I look over at her.

"Ha! Yeah it was!"

"Well it sucked." I say as I close my eyes again. "... Oh son of a bitch! Now I'm doing it!" I facepalm myself in response to my accidental sex pun.

"You know... I could help you get rid of that." Rainbow says, her voice changing tones rather suddenly. Her leg starts to move towards my lower regions, and her head starts to rub against the side of my face.

"Holy shit, really?" I laugh as I rub my face. "You're gonna try that on me? My will is too strong for you little rainbow pony."

"Oh come on!" She moans as she crosses her front legs and pouts. I almost feel bad for her. I know she'd love that, but I'm not sure I'm ready for it. Call me weird or whatever, I know most guys would jump at the chance to get off with some girl, but I want to make sure I do it only when I feel the time is right.

"Ugh... maybe later... if I feel like it..." I sigh as I lean by head back against the wall.

"Really!?"

"I said maybe. That doesn't mean yes." Its really just more of a way to get Rainbow to stop trying to get all over me. I love her to death, but this is something that I personally want to think longer about.

"Well, for now you can give me this." The says as she moves on top of me. Her tail brushes across my you-know-what, and it doesn't really help the cause too much. Now shes laying on her stomach on top of me. She wraps her front legs around my neck and pushes herself down towards me. Our lips meet, and I wrap my arms around her back, pulling her into me.

Now this is something I won't object to.