Rainbow Dash tilted her pith helmet back and wiped a sheen of sweat off of her face. Even in the shade provided by the forest canopy, the summer day was unbearably hot, made even worse by the thick blanket of humidity hanging in the air. Sweat matted Dash's shorts and button-up safari shirt to her body, making the cotton twist and chafe against her skin.

As an athlete, Rainbow Dash was used to sweat. Though that was earned sweat, from a workout, or a game played hard. Instead, merely standing outside in the heat was enough to leech the moisture from her, without the satisfying feel of victory. It was like the weather was cheating, somehow.

“Where the hell is she?” Rainbow Dash said. She unhooked her canteen from her belt and took a sip-- the water had gone warm and tepid, but Rainbow Dash knew she had to keep herself hydrated in this weather. Rainbow Dash gulped down the last splash of water in the canteen, and then slid it back into place. At least with all the thick foliage, she knew there had to be water somewhere nearby, giving her a chance to refill.

Twigs and dry leaves crunched beneath Rainbow Dash's boots as she pressed on. The weather was bad enough, but the thick vegetation made it worse. Branches and brambles whipped at her limbs with each step, drawing faint red scratches over her skin. Her sweat would invariably seep into these tiny, superficial scratches, making them sting. And then there were the omnipresent, scuttling bugs, intrepidly exploring their way over Rainbow's skin just as she explored the trackless wilderness. She'd lost track of time long earlier-- she didn't have a watch, and it was hard to tell where the sun was in the sky due to shadows cast by the trees. Still, she knew she had to keep going, and pressed on.

Rainbow Dash pushed through a clump of ferns-- only to step out over a steep, loamy slope, hidden by the thick foliage. Her whole world twisted and turned over itself as she tumbled down the incline, careening a dozen feet until she splashed into the stream below.

The shock of the cool water would've been pleasant, if it wasn't so unexpected. Rainbow Dash pushed herself out of the water, sputtering, and flopped back onto the edge of the stream.

“ … at least I can refill my water bottle.” Rainbow Dash said. Optimism was important for this sort of thing, someone had told her. She couldn't remember exactly who it was, but she was at least pretty certain that anonymous advice-giver had never had to hike through miles of untrammeled wilderness in wet socks. Rainbow Dash took off her pith helmet and ran a hand through her sweaty, multi-hued hair, grumbling obscenities beneath her breath.

“Watch your language, please.” A soft voice said behind her.

Rainbow Dash's heart leapt in her chest, and she spun around-- only to backpedal and tumble into the cold stream once more.

“Holy crap!” Rainbow Dash flailed her way out of the cold stream. “Don't sneak up on a girl like that, Fluttershy! I know you like being quiet, but--”

Rainbow Dash finally registered something as she looked at her friend.

Fluttershy was naked.

Very, very naked.

Fluttershy crouched atop the slope leading down to the stream and watched Rainbow with a predator's intensity. Fluttershy looked the exact opposite of what Rainbow felt. Which was to say, good.

While the lithe young woman had either lost or abandoned her clothes, she wasn't completely bare. She was more 'decorated' than 'dressed.' Feathers, beads, and flowers had all been braided into Fluttershy's long and luxurious hair.

Fluttershy's pale, delicate skin didn't show a single scrape or blemish from a hard-living wilderness life. Even her delicate feet remained remarkably, improbably clean. She'd painted herself from toe to temple in dark, tapered stripes, akin to those of a tiger. The dark streaks didn't offer any sense of modesty-- in fact, it was almost as if some of the stripes were carefully placed to draw attention to Fluttershy's perky, upturned breasts, or down over her belly to the tangle of pink hair between her thighs.

Slowly, Fluttershy rose from her crouch, each movement graceful and deliberate. A ballet-worthy leap carried Fluttershy out into the air-- she caught a low-lying branch and swung off of it for a moment before finally dropping down to the streambed in front of Rainbow Dash.

“Fluttershy!” Rainbow Dash squeaked, doing her best not to stare at her friend. “Are you okay?”

“I've never been better.” Fluttershy smiled, and Rainbow Dash relaxed a little. She recognized that blissful, dreamy smile of Fluttershy's … even if it was in a completely different context.

“But you're … y'know.” Rainbow Dash felt her cheeks blush as she looked Fluttershy up and down. She gestured vaguely, incomprehensibly with her hands. “Naked.”

“I know.” Fluttershy's smile went a little slyer, and she twirled in a slow circle, showing herself off for Rainbow Dash. More tiger-stripe warpaint decorated the gentle lines of Fluttershy's back-- Rainbow Dash briefly wondered how Fluttershy managed to reach those spots.

Fluttershy turned back to Rainbow, and ran her fingers through her lush pink hair. “It's wonderful. I've left behind the trappings of the outside world. Here, deep in the forest … this is where I was meant to be, Rainbow. Out there, where you came from, I'm just a scared little girl. But here … here, I don't have to worry about clothes, or school, or popularity, or tests … here, it is just a matter of survival.”

Rainbow Dash blinked. “How long have you been out here?”

“Long enough.”

“Too long, if you ask me. C'mon.” Rainbow stepped forward, trying to both look away from her friend's nakedness while also trying to grab her by the arm. “It's time for you to come home.”

“No.” Fluttershy's voice bordered on a growl. “I'm staying.”

“Alright.” Rainbow Dash braced herself, and took another step forward. “Looks like we're gonna do this the hard way. I will carry you back if I have to.”

“You can try.” Fluttershy said, and pounced.

Rainbow Dash sputtered out a quick obscenity, and then toppled to her back. The impact of her back on the ground was enough to knock the wind out of her. She'd taken harder hits before, both on and off the field, but the shock of the surprisingly strong Fluttershy knocking her over just stunned Rainbow Dash even more.

“You don't get it, do you?” Fluttershy purred from where she straddled Rainbow Dash. “Why would I want to be just another girl, when here … here, I'm a queen.”

Rainbow Dash met Fluttershy's hungry gaze, and felt her heart beat faster. “Uh.”

“This is where I belong, Rainbow. Everything in this forest is mine.” The tip of Fluttershy's tongue ran over her lips. “And since you're in my forest … “

“Whoa whoa whoa, what are you--” Rainbow Dash sputtered into incoherence as she felt Fluttershy's tongue lick up the side of her cheek.

“What do you think?” With surprising strength, Fluttershy yanked Rainbow Dash's safari shirt open, sending buttons scattering in all directions. She sinuously slid down Rainbow's body, and again tasted the sheen of sweat over the athlete's belly. Teasing, Fluttershy worked her way upwards, and her strong, rough hands soon pushed back Rainbow Dash's black bra, exposing her tight little breasts to the humid air. Fluttershy's white teeth gleamed in the sunlight as she nibbled playfully at one of Rainbow's nipples, drawing a lusty moan from her.

“See?” Fluttershy said, “I knew you'd like it.” She briefly moved to tease Rainbow Dash's other breast, and then smiled. “Back home, I'd never be brave enough to do this.” Fluttershy slid downwards a little further, and undid Rainbow's belt. Rainbow could only watch in heated shock as Fluttershy slid her shorts down the length of her legs-- it took a little bit of fidgeting to get them past her boots, but Fluttershy was certainly determined. “Besides, it's too hot out here to wear clothes anyway.” Fluttershy giggled a naughty giggle, and then leaned back in. She took Rainbow Dash's plain cotton panties in both her hands and simply tore them off of her. Rainbow Dash blushed, and craned her head to look down at Fluttershy.

“I know you want me.” Fluttershy cooed, and traced gentle fingers over Rainbow's exposed, shaven lips. “You haven't been able to keep your eyes off of me since I found you.”

“It- it's not like that!” Rainbow Dash stammered.

“No?” Fluttershy parted Rainbow's lower lips. “Because you feel really, really wet.”

Rainbow Dash looked away, even while she spread her legs a little wider for Fluttershy's exploration. Her heart beat harder and harder within her chest, as each time Fluttershy's skin came in contact with hers, an electric jolt coursed through her body.

Without warning, Fluttershy pushed two fingers into Rainbow's pussy. Rainbow Dash let out a helpless, lusty mewl, and felt her tight, sodden walls clench down around the oncoming digits. Fluttershy just smiled, and then raised one of Rainbow Dash's legs upwards, draping it over her shoulder. She turned her head and kissed the side of Rainbow's knee (eliciting another moan), and then smiled. “Lucky for you, I'm a good queen. I make sure to take good care of my … subjects.” She laughed again, and then curled her fingers just-so into Rainbow's pussy to draw yet another little squeal from her. Fluttershy soon began finger-fucking her friend in earnest, hungrily watching her friend squirm and writhe in pleasure.

Rainbow Dash gasped for breath and arced her back, pressing her shoulders into the soft dirt as she let Fluttershy pleasure her in the middle of the forest. Before long, her whole body shivered as she reached a quick and desperate climax … but Fluttershy kept going. The pink-haired girl shifted her thumb slightly, running it up the length of Rainbow's sex 'til she found the athlete-turned-explorer's lust-firmed clit. Merciless, Fluttershy worked her thumb in loose time with her delving fingers, working her hand faster and faster until Rainbow Dash's body was wracked by another orgasm. Then another. Then another still.

Finally, Rainbow Dash collapsed to the ground, feeling her bones go to pudding from the force of her orgasms. Fluttershy withdrew her sticky fingers from Rainbow's pussy, and made sure her friend could watch her licking them clean.

“I hope you're not too tired.” Fluttershy cooed, voice as gentle as if she were talking to a bird with a broken wing. She reached out and stroked at Rainbow Dash's sweat-sodden hair. “Because you still have work to do.”

Rainbow Dash blinked her eyes. “Hu-wha?”

Fluttershy stood, standing tall over Rainbow Dash, proud and regal in her naked, body-painted glory. “Like I said. I'm the queen here. And a queen requires … tribute, from her subjects.” Fluttershy stood with her feet shoulder width apart, giving the prone Rainbow an unhindered look at her heated, wet pussy. “Kneel.” Fluttershy said. “Kneel and please your queen.”

Despite the fatigue from the day's hike (and from Fluttershy's fingering), despite some little ashamed voice at the back of her head telling her how dirty all this was, Rainbow Dash found herself rolling up to her knees, putting herself at eye level with Fluttershy's sex. So close, she could smell the sweaty, musky scent of Fluttershy's arousal-- something she'd never smelled before, but she knew she'd never forget.

Impatient, Fluttershy grabbed a handful of Rainbow's hair and pulled her in between her legs. Needing no other prompting, Fluttershy opened her mouth and met Fluttershy's pussy with a long, tongue-filled kiss. She pushed her tongue in deep, tasting and teasing at Fluttershy's slick inner walls. Rainbow Dash savored the taste of Fluttershy's sex-- each pass of her tongue and lips just made the jungle queen all the wetter, which fueled Rainbow Dash's desires more and more.

Fluttershy lewdly ground her hips into Rainbow's waiting mouth, eager to feel lips and tongue on every inch of her heated pussy. Despite her earlier teasing of her friend, Fluttershy was just as horny, perhaps even moreso-- and so, when offered the chance to quell her lust, she took it with both hands. More specifically, she took Rainbow Dash's hair with both hands, holding her in place as she messily came over her friend's face. Fluttershy threw her head back and cried her pleasure out to the wilderness, loud enough to scare a handful of birds from their perch.

She finally pulled Rainbow Dash's mouth from between her now-sticky thighs, and sank to the ground, mashing her lips hungrily against Rainbow's, savoring the unique sensation of her own taste upon Rainbow Dash's delicate lips. Panting, sticky, and sweaty, the two young women settled into a comfortable, satisfied embrace, content to enjoy the mere feel of each other's bodies. The cuddling didn't last for long, however, as wandering hands soon encouraged the pair to crawl over each other once again, mouths soon following in their wake. They made love over and over again in that forest glade, until finally even their youthful endurance and enthusiasm gave out when the shadows grew longer, and the setting sun turned the sky a lovely shade of red.

“Y'know,” Rainbow Dash said, staring up at the canopy in a blissed-out state. “When you said you wanted to play 'The Explorer and the Jungle Queen,' I thought it was a video game or something.”

“Oh. Um.” Fluttershy sat up, concerned. “You didn't mind, did you? I … I didn't mean to get carried away.”

“No way!” Rainbow Dash propped herself up on her elbows. “I mean, it wasn't what I was expecting, but seriously. Wow. That was super hot.” She leaned in and kissed Fluttershy on the cheek. “This 'naked jungle princess' --”

“Naked jungle queen.” Fluttershy corrected, and pushed a pink braid behind her ear.

“Yeah, it's a good look for you. It'd just be nice if we didn't have to hike so far before we could, y'know … “

“Oh, that's easy.” Fluttershy stood up, and gave a languid, shameless stretch. “We can just take the shortcut. See?” She pushed a few branches out of the way, and, sure enough, there was the back of Fluttershy's cottage.

“Wait, what?” Rainbow Dash sat up. “We've been in your backyard this whole time?”

“Not in the backyard, but close.”

“But I was hiking for hours!”

“In circles.”

“Really?”

Fluttershy smiled, showing just a little bit of her perfect white teeth. “That's why you're just the lost explorer.” Fluttershy turned, and effortlessly slid through the underbrush, heading back towards her cottage. She put a little extra sway in her step, causing her stripe-painted bottom to bounce with each stride. “And I'm the jungle queen.”