*1 Month Later*

Alex and I are walking out of school after our last class, discussing what had happened this morning.

"Seriously? You actually left her alone after all the shit you've both been through with that gang and everything? Matt, I'm your friend, but I'm gonna ask you this... are you fucking stupid!?" Alex says as he criticizes me for leaving Rainbow at home alone while I went to school. She had said something about being really sick, but wouldn't tell me what was wrong. Anyway, Its been a month since that whole body swapping incident. Turns out Rainbow truly does have it hard here. While that was a weird little adventure, not much has really happened since then.

"She said she was sick man. I've already missed a bunch of days last semester, I need to keep a clean slate this time. I almost failed a couple classes because I got kidnapped for a week, then I got trapped in another world for two days, not to mention the couple of sick days I've taken off. Besides, who am I to force her to come to school with me when shes really sick?"

"Well, that is a good point I guess. Whats wrong with her anyway? Fever? Flu?"

"No idea actually. She refused to tell me what was wrong, just that she didn't think she was able to come to school today. A little odd if you ask me, because she always tells me EVERYTHING. Sometimes a little too much if you know what I mean." I say with a chuckle as I elbow Alex in the side.

"Maybe she just doesn't want to seem too weak in front of you Matt. If you haven't noticed, she kinda wants to look strong and tough in front of everyone."

"I don't know. That could be the case, because what you said is definitely true. But on the other hand, she doesn't do that to me when we're alone. When nobody else is around, she gets all cuddly and emotional. So, really, I don't know what her deal was. It actually kinda makes me mad that she wouldn't let me help her."

"What do you mean by that?"

"I tried to get her temperature, and whenever I got close to her, she would scoot away and blush like she was scared or embarrassed about something. Almost like she was trying to hide something."

"What would there be to even hide? You two are together literally twenty-four seven. There is nothing on this green earth that you don't know about her."

"That's true I guess. I don't know, maybe she'll speak up when I get home. I hated having to leave her alone like that but... school comes first I guess..."

"Well, this is my street, I'll catch you later man." Alex says with a wave as he walks onto his street. Since Rainbow wasn't with me this morning, I decided to walk to school, which I am now starting to regret as it is a little chilly out here. I keep walking down the street that leads to my neighborhood. I still want to know what the deal with Rainbow is. She NEVER hides anything from me. Was Alex right? Maybe she was just trying to look tough...

When I approach my house, I see that I'm the first one home. Makes sense since I got out two hours early today. Thank God for teacher planning periods! That means two or so hours alone with Rainbow, sounds cool to me. I walk up to the front door and unlock it with my key.

I swing the door open, and open my mouth to announce my presence, but I'm hit immediately with an extremely strong odor. It isn't that it smells bad, in fact I kinda like it, but its so strong that my nose is burning. I gag and pull my shirt up over my nose and cough. Maybe she had been throwing up all day and the smell had spread through the house? I don't call out so I don't scare her, and try to follow the scent. It gets stronger as I head upstairs, and see that the bathroom door is closed. I press my ear up against the thin wooden door, and listen in.

"The hell?" I quietly mumble to myself. All I hear in there is grunting and some other sound I can't really distinguish. Maybe she was sicker than I thought. I push the door open, and try to see whats up.

"Rainbow? You oka- HOLY FUCK!" I guess she didn't see me come in, but she definitely heard me. There she is, mane ruffled up, eyes bloodshot, and covered in sweat and... other stuff, laying in the bathtub. "Why is my shampoo bottle half way up your ass!?" I yell angrily as I storm over to her. I did not leave her alone all day to get off in my shower!

"Matt! No, you can't be in here!" She yells as she throws the shampoo bottle. I cringe and dodge it, not wanting to touch it considering where it just was. The hell is wrong with her!

"No! Get out of there!" I try to pull her out of the tub, but she fucking bites down on my hand! I cringe back and give her a confused, and angry look. "What the hell is wrong with you!"

"Matt, please go away! NOW!" She yells as her eyes water up even more. "I don't know how long I can control myself!"

"What the fuck does that mean!? Do you know how worried I was all day? I was thinking of what was wrong with you, and here you are getting off with my shampoo bottle! I don't get it Rainbow what-"

"I'm in heat!" She cuts me off rather suddenly.

"...What?"

"You heard me! I'm in heat and I can't help it! Now get out before I try to do something stupid! I know how much you don't want to... y'know, do that..."

"Rainbow, I just-"

"GET OUT!"

I stumble back, actually offended that she would yell at me like that. I slowly close the door and stumble into my room. I sit down at the chair by my desk, and place my hands over my mouth as I lean back and scream into them. Its muffled, so hopefully she won't hear me. I'm so frustrated right now. Heat? Really!? I didn't know she went through that! How was I supposed to know that? And then I yelled at her for it... and that probably didn't help any.

An hour later, and I'm still sitting alone in my room, thinking. If shes been in there doing... THAT all day, then shes probably dehydrated. I get up slowly and head down to the kitchen. I open up the fridge and look around before finding a water bottle. I pour the contents into a glass, and bring it back upstairs. I knock on the bathroom door and wait for a response.

"I said go away..." She says with a sad voice. I ignore her and go in anyway. I kneel down next to the tub where shes just laying there, panting heavily, covered in different mystery fluids.

"Drink this. Maybe you'll feel better." I say calmly as I hover the glass inches from her lips. I tip it back slightly, and a little gets into her mouth.

"I'm not in control of my body Matt... I-I already feel it coming back just looking at you. P-Please don't make me do something I'll regret."

"That doesn't matter Rainbow. If something happens, its not your fault. Now please, drink this... for me."

"Matt." She says through tears. "Stop talking like that, its only making it worse." Now shes full on sobbing.

"I want to help you Rainbow! Please!" I say back. Then its like a film goes over her eyes. Almost like shes losing the battle against her body.

"Then help me!" She quickly jumps at me and goes straight for my shorts. She gets them down, but my boxers protect me as I fall backwards on my ass. Shit, shes lost control! Ugh, I should have listened to her! Now shes right on top of me, pawing at my boxers with her hooves. How is she so strong!? Curse her damn pony strength! I can't push her off!

"Shhh, just let it happen." She manages to pull my last wall of protection down. I lift my head up slightly to see just what I feared.

"Great, its already up." I say with a grunt as I let my head fall back to the ground. If this is gonna ever happen between us, its happening now, whether I like it or not!

We both pant heavily as Rainbow sits there on top of me. Did... we seriously just... holy fuck. Rainbow is still coming down from cloud nine while I try to push myself up. Holy crap, what did we just do!? Rainbow slides off of me, which makes a weird popping noise, and sighs in happiness as she opens her eyes. The film over her eyes is gone, and I can tell she finally came back to her senses. Her pupils shrink down to pinpricks when she sees me laying there half naked on the floor, panting heavily. Its not like I did much, she practically pinned me down and didn't even give me a choice.

"Oh Celestia... I-I, Oh no..." Rainbow chokes up and places a hoof over her mouth. She cries into her leg for a moment before running out of the room screaming and crying. I try to reach my arm out to her as she runs by, but with no luck. I quickly pull myself together and pull my shorts back on. I wash my face in the sink with freezing cold water, and stare at myself in the mirror. Son of a bitch, she actually did it...

I quickly flip the lights off and look around for Rainbow in the hallway. I see my bedroom door is closed, and I hear faint sobbing from behind it. I lean up against it and try to talk to Rainbow. I could just walk in, but I remember what happened last time I did that.

"Rainbow? You okay?" I ask calmly. No response. "I'm not mad, if that's what you're thinking."

"Are you bucking kidding me!? I just raped you, and you say everything is okay!?" I hear from inside my room.

"Rainbow, just let me in so I can talk to you. I'm not mad at you, I swear!" A good minute or two goes by before the door slowly swings open. How did she open a door with a knob? I guess her mouth... Wait, why am I thinking about that? There's more important things to talk about. I walk past her and sit on my bed. I pat the spot next to me to signal I want her to hop up. Thankfully, she complies and sits next to me, though she puts a little distance between us. She sighs and pushes her face into her hooves before groaning.

"So what, are we over now?" She asks with teary eyes. "Seriously, there is no way you could forgive me for that."

"But I do! Rainbow, I know that wasn't your fault. Please believe me when I say I still love you."

"But..."

"And I mean... it was kinda fun." I say with an awkward smirk. As much as I hate to admit it, in that moment, I had actually be having a little fun. Of course, I would never admit that to anyone else, so shut your mouth!

"W-What? Matt, no, I practically raped you. You should hate me now! Go ahead, stop acting nice and yell at me!"

I suddenly pull her into me and push my lips onto hers. I'm not going to be able to do this later once the heat comes back, so I have to do it now. We fall back onto the bed, and I laugh as I pull away from her slightly.

"You really think I could ever be mad at you?"

"I... thought you would want to get rid of me after that. You've always been so protective of yourself, what gives?"

"I guess it was just time for it to happen. Everything happens for a reason, maybe this was to open my eyes and to show me not to be so strict to myself.

"So does this mean it will be a common thing now?"

"Hey, I never said that." I say with a laugh. "But I'll definitely be more open minded from now on. I promise." We lay there for a few more minutes in an awkward silence. Then I decide to speak up.

"So, Rainbow... Was that your first time?" I say with a chuckle.

"Um... yeah." She says with a blush.

"Well, you were good, I'll give you that."

"Matt!" She says with a smile as she punches my shoulder. "Was it your first time?" She asks back.

"What do you think?" I say as I pull her on top of my chest. "Duh, of course it was. And it wasn't as bad as I thought..."

A few hours later, and Rainbow started to get worked up again. I put her back in the bathroom, as she insisted on being alone through this. Apparently, it'll last for another four or five days before it passes. That means almost a full week without barely seeing her at all. My dad and I have to avoid that bathroom whenever we pass by it. My mother is the only one who goes in to feed her and bring her water, since Emily is too young to know about all the stuff going on in there. I had to explain to everyone what was going on, which was super awkward. Of course, I left out the whole getting it on part, and I intend to never tell ANYONE. Not even Alex or Skyler. No, nobody can know about this. Its our little secret from hereon out.

An idea comes to me, and I pull my phone out of my pocket after dinner. An image of the center of Ponyville comes up on the wall in front of me. I smile as I slowly walk up to it. I intend to ask Twilight if there is anything I can get to help Rainbow out. If I can do that, then maybe I won't have to go a week without seeing her.

I smile as I walk forward, and disappear into a flash of light.