Redheart leaps into your arms and plants her lips onto yours. You wrap your arms around her and pull her in tightly.

Then it's settled. It's just you and her now. This is the start of a whole new chapter. A whole new story. And this time, you're in the driver seat.

You feel her tongue push into your mouth, and you taste the sweetness of her saliva mixed with yours. Soft, wet kissing noises fill the tiny room as you feel her hind quarters rest on your lap. She breaks away, and looks down into your eyes. She giggles lightly.

"You know," she teases. "We do have a little more time before the train stops..."

You raise your eyebrows and your smile morphs into a smirk.

"Why Red," you say coyly. "Are you suggesting something lewd?"

She bats a hoof against your chest, then lets it rest there on top of your shirt. Red bites her bottom lip as you feel her press herself down on your pants. Her warmth can be felt all the way through your jeans. Your mind begins to run wild with arousal, both filled with sensual, lustful desires and empty of any other thoughts. You lean in close and plant your lips against the nape of her neck.

And then there are three soft knocks on the compartment door.

You freeze in place. Red's expression fades and she whips around at the door which has its curtains pulled down. Silence comes from the other side of the door.

"Do you think?" she whispers.

You place a hand on her hoof and remain completely still, watching the doorknob. You and Redheart breathes in shallow breaths of the stagnant air around you. Red moves off of you as you rise to your feet. You place a hand on the doorknob.

You take a deep breath, then let it out slowly. You feel your heartbeat ring through your ears. The hair on the back of your neck stands on end.

You turn the handle and pull open the door.

And the only thing outside is an empty hallway. You look both ways down the train car, and aside from a few closed doors of other passengers on the train, there isn't anypony in the hall. You feel your hand shake as you close the door.

Checking the other rooms doesn't feel like the right thing to do. Even if you did find Fluttershy on this train, what would that solve? Would you throw her off the train? And risk hurting your child? If she has your child? Would you scream at her? Because that's done a lot of good before.

How? How would she have known you were heading to Baltimare? It doesn't make sense.

Is this what it's going to be like? Constantly looking behind your back? Peering around corners to see if she's there? Constantly weary of the next big fear?

It's at times like these you wish there were more locks in Equestria.

You sit back down and look back up at Redheart.

"Maybe just a weird coincidence?" Redheart says lightheartedly.

You look up to her with a light smile, then fold your hands. The silence fills the room once more and her smile fades as she looks down to the floor. Her ears fold over.

"She'll never leave us alone, will she?"

You let out a deep breath, and close your eyes.

"We can only hope she will," you mutter. "We can only hope.

The train's whistle sounds loudly, signaling the approach of their destination. Even now, as Ponyville was likely days of flying off in the distance, Fluttershy's mental grasp holds strong over you and your life.

All you have to do is escape Equestria. Once the two of you are ready, then all of this can finally come to an end.

You just have to keep pushing.

Author's Notes:

Feeling sick today. Sorry for shorter chapter. Maybe I'll do a second to make up the difference