After the first two matches, the teams were told that the third match would be in an hour. This was so the clean up crew could come in and get rid of the mud pool. While Spike and the others headed to the showers to clean off the mud, Pinkie and Dizzy went off on their own. The pair walked hand in hand along the beach; watching young ponies play with their parents and others taking a swim.

“Hey Pinkie, are you feeling okay?” Dizzy asked

“Sure, why do you ask?” she wondered.

“It’s just that.....last night with you and Rarity.......” he started.

“It’s okay.” she interrupted. “I talked about it with Spike. I’ll.....i’ll try to talk with her and settle things out.”

“That’s good. I can’t stand to see you so upset.” Dizzy sighed in relief. The two of them stopped walking with Pinkie looking Dizzy in the eyes. Her facial expression was one of sadness and remorse.

“Dizzy, i’m sorry.” she said. “Whenever I got upset at Rarity you’re the one I took it out on.”

Pinkie’s mane and tail deflated a little while tears started to form in her eyes. Dizzy gave her a warm smile and wiped her eyes. “I’m sorry.....I.....i’ll never.........” Dizzy silenced her by planting his lips against hers. Pinkie closed her eyes and melted into the kiss; wrapping her arms around his neck and releasing a soft moaning sound. The two pulled away from each other smiling before going back in for another kiss. After breaking away again, Pinkie buried her face into Dizzy’s neck. Dizzy held Pinkie close; enjoying the feeling of her luscious F cups against him. Pinkie soon pulled back from the hug and looked Dizzy in the face once again. “D-Dizzy, there’s something you need to know.” she said. “It’s about Spike.” Dizzy figured she was going to tell him that both she and Spike had sex last night; which was no surprise to him since he begged Spike to do so, but the look on her face said that she was going to tell him something else.

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Just off the beach about a few feet away from the Sidewalk Market, was a no roof building with many cubic shower areas. It was a public shower so you didn’t have to get naked. Spike was washing off all of the mud he’d gotten when when he lost to Sentinel during first game. He was disappointed that he lost. He really wanted to get the win for the team. Even though they still won because of Big Mac, he still felt bad that he lost. Spike stood there letting the warm water run over him when he suddenly felt a pair of arms wrap around his neck.

“GAH!” he yelped in surprise.

“Calm down Spike, it’s me.” came a female voice.

Spike instantly knew who it was. “T-Twilight! W-what are you doing in here?!”

“Shh, you don’t anypony to hear us do you?” she said teasing him. “I came to see how you’re doing and possibly cheer you up. You were pretty down about losing to Sentinel earlier.”

“So that was Sentinel?” he asked.

“Oh, that’s right, you’ve never met him.” Twilight realized. “Yeah, he’s a real piece of work. I think he wants me, but it’s not gonna happen, cause i’m already taken.” Turning Spike around to face her, Twilight wrapped her arms around Spike’s neck and brought him in for a kiss. Spike’s urges started to flare up and he began to lose control. Admittedly, Spike was kind of hoping to spend some time with Twilight again, but the downside was that he wouldn't remember doing any of it once everything goes black. It wasn’t just Twilight he wanted to be with. Parts of him was telling him to be near Celestia also. Spike wanted to be near the two of them for some reason. He understood why he wanted to be near Twilight, she was his first after all, but why Celestia? Maybe it’s because of all the doting she’s been giving lately. She has been known for being clingy towards him in the past, but never this much.

Spike broke away from Twilight’s kiss; breathing hard while trying to maintain control. Twilight herself let out a cute giggle once she saw Spike’s gaze travel downward to her round DD size breasts sitting comfortably within her yellow bikini top. “You wanna see them?” she asked seductively. Reaching behind her back, she undid the knot that held her top together; letting it fall to the ground. Spike’s eyes started glowing immediately as he placed his claws on Twilight’s shoulders and brought her underneath the warm running water. Bending down, Spike slowly ran his tongue over her right nipple; causing her to gasp before going over to the other one. She giggled as she felt Spike grab her lift nipple with his teeth and slowly tugged on it while his claws slowly roamed down her back and onto her round butt. After squeezing the cheeks for a while, Spike started to pull down her bikini bottom; which she held no protest against. Now standing fully naked, Spike pulled back from her breasts, lifted her left leg, and pushed her up against the wall with the shower head pouring on top of them. Twilight took this time to grab Spike’s shorts and pull them down just far enough to where his massive dragonhood poked free. Upon looking at the thick digit, Twilight bit her bottom lip as she waited for it to enter her once again. She shuttered as she felt it rub up against her pussy; slowly prodding it making her think it was going in when it wasn’t.

“S-stop teasing me Spike, pleeeeeeeeese.” she moaned.

Spike let out a soft growl before he finally pushed himself inside her. Twilight gasped as Spike slowly and deliberately pulled out then pushed back in; over and over until he started a good rhythm. He soon picked up the pace causing Twilight’s breasts to bounce hypnotically. With her arms wrapped around Spike, Twilight looked upwards while keeping her eyes closed; trying her hardest not to moan out loud. Spike growled again as he felt her inner walls closing in on his member; trying their hardest to milk him for everything he’s got. Twilight dug her nails into him as she could quickly feel her orgasm rising.

“S-Spike, Spike, i’m close.” she whispered.

Panting heavily, she looked down at Spike and smashed her lips against him. Her muffled moans of pleasure caused the dragon to move even faster; pushing Twilight over the edge. The Princess of Friendship had received another powerful orgasm from her dragon lover. Her body shook almost violently as her inner walls squeezed Spike to no end; causing him to release a huge load inside of her. Knowing that he would probably want to go for a second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth round, Twilight separated herself from him and quickly turned on the cold water from the shower. Both Spike and Twilight shrieked as the cold water hit them, with Spike reverting back to normal. Just like always, he had no idea what just happened. All he saw, was a naked Twilight clinging to him and the two of them were exhausted. Barely able to stand, Twilight used her magic to conjure up a small bench for them to sit on. She sat Spike down onto the bench before moving to straddle in his lap; making sure the cold water continued to pour on top of them.

“T-Twilight?” Spike spoke up. “What happened?”

Twilight was dishearten at Spike question. She knew that once he lost himself to his urges, he wouldn't remember anything that happened beforehand, but it was heartbreaking to know that Spike doesn’t really know what sex feels like. When he loses himself, it just basic animal instincts. It’s one thing when she feels unbelievable pleasure when they do it, but it’s another when Spike doesn’t even remember it; let alone feel anything when they make love. She started to feel as if she wasn’t truly pleasuring him. Twilight buried her head into Spike’s neck and held him close; exhaling heavily when he held her back.

“When this is over Spike, I promise you’ll know how it feels to make love.” she thought as the two of them sat there.

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“And that’s what’s going on.” Pinkie had just finished explaining to Dizzy about the fact that Spike, for the first time in his life, is experiencing his estrus cycle. She told him that when he loses it, he can’t control himself and he’ll pretty much bang the closet mare next to him, and after he was done, he’d mark them as his mate. She even went so far as to tell him that she and Spike somewhat had sex, even though all he did was stick his fingers in her until she came.

“S-so, Twilight and Princess Celestia are........” Dizzy started.

“They’re his mates.” Pinkie interrupted. “The only way to stop him is by splashing cold water on him, but there’s no telling how long that will work.” Seeing distress in Pinkie’s eye, Dizzy went to her and held her. “I try to keep a brave face around him, but the truth is, i’m scared for him. I’m scared that when he loses it again, there won’t be anything we can do about it. I........I wanna help him, but I don’t............I don’t know how.”

“Pinkie, if he was this bad, then why bring him along to the beach?” Dizzy asked. "With all the mares here in swimsuits, you're basically asking for trouble to happen."

Pinkie broke from his embrace. “Are you kidding me?! After everything he went through, leaving him behind would be the absolute WORST thing to do!” Dizzy could clearly see anger in his marefriend’s eyes. “I failed him once, I don’t want to again.”

“S-sorry Pinkie.” he said; not wanting to anger her more than he might have done already. “Look, i’m sure we’ll figure something out. Spike’s a tough dragon, I mean, if he can fight off a bunch of horny mares in the middle of “Black Week” with a broom while basically being confined to a wheelchair, then this should be a piece of cake.”

That last statement earned a small giggle from Pinkie and reassured her that everything will work out. It has to, for Spike’s sake.

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With an hour passed, both teams met up at the place where the third match would be held. In front of them were two large circles, one red and the other blue. About 200ft away from the circles were two archery targets.

“ALRIGHT EVERYPONY, THE THIRD AND FINAL MATCH OF THE DAY IS AN ARCHERY MATCH!” Hotspot announced. “TWO MEMBERS OF EACH TEAM WILL STAND ON THEIR DESIGNATED SPOT AND FIRE A TOTAL OF FIVE ARROWS AT THE TARGETS! THE WHITE OUTER RING WILL EARN YOU 10 POINTS, NEXT TO THAT THE BLACK RING WILL EARN 15 POINTS, THE BLUE WILL EARN 45, THE RED WILL EARN 50 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE BULLSEYE WILL EARN 100! THE TEAM WITH THE MOST POINTS WILL WIN THE MATCH!”

With the rules now set in place, all the teams had to do now was choose two players. On the Red team it was Gravel and Sentinel, while on the Blue team it was going be Rarity, and Spike. With the players chosen, both teams stepped forward; ready to compete. Since Sentinel’s crew are defending champions, they went first; starting with Gravel. Stepping up to the red circle with a bow, Gravel grabbed one arrow, took aim and fired. The arrow flew through the air and hit red ring. He fired two more; hitting the red ring again. Now on his fourth arrow, Gravel took aim and fired. Unfortunately, he missed his target and hit the blue ring instead. “Shit.” he mumbled. Gravel grabbed his final arrow and fired hitting red once again.

“Red Team, 245 points!” announced the ref.

Now it was Rarity’s turn. Stepping up, she fired the first shot and hit red. Her second shot wasn’t all that lucky since it hit the blue ring. Going for her third arrow, Rarity fired and hit blue once again. Her fourth shot was the worst one. She fired and hit black; earning 15 points. “Dammit, calm down Rarity.” she thought. Rarity grabbed her final arrow, took aim, and with a deep breath, fired her last shot; hitting red.

“Blue Team, 205 points.” announced the ref.

Rarity lowered her head and growled at her performance. Turning back to her friends, she was met with praise from all of them which made her feel a bit better.

Now it was Sentinel’s turn. Before stepping up, he noticed that Spike was the next one after him. He smiled cockily; seeing this as another opportunity to humiliate him in front of Twilight. Sentinel stepped up to the circle, grabbed three arrows and fired them all at once in an attempt to show off. All three arrows flew threw the air and each hit the bullseye; earning him 300 points right off the bat. The crowd were amazed at what what he’d done; even the refs. Twilight wasn’t impressed at all. She could easily tell that he was doing this to "impress" her and she wasn’t having any of that. Sentinel grabbed his last two arrows and fired them both at the same time; hitting red with each of them.

“That’s 400 points bringing the Red Team to 645 points!” announced the ref.

Before going back to his team, Sentinel looked over at Twilight with a cocky smile and winked at her. The Princess of Friendship rolled her eyes and turned towards Spike who was about to take his turn. “Good luck, Spike!” she said; causing Sentinel to growled in jealousy.

“Hmph, no matter.” he thought. “He’d have to get the bullseye five times in order to beat our score. We’ve got this in the bag.”

Little did Sentinel know, dragons have keen eyes. To Spike, the target is basically a few centimeters from his face. It’s next to impossible for him to miss, which he proved when it fired two arrows within seconds of each other. The first one hit the bullseye dead on and the second one split the first one in half. Spike fired his third arrow; splitting his second in half and did the same thing to the third arrow when he fired his fourth. At this point, Sentinel, his crew, the judges and the crowd of ponies all watched in shock as Spike prepared his fifth and final arrow. He fired; hitting the bullseye and splitting his fourth arrow in half.

“T-that's 500 p-points, bringing The Blue Team to 705 points!” announced the red. “Winner of the match, The Blue Team!”

Twilight was the first one to run over and hug Spike once he returned to the group; followed by Celestia and the rest of the mares. Sentinel was dumbfounded by how easily Spike got the win for his team. “You’ve got to be kidding me!” he said.

“There’s still seven more matches.” said Moonstone. “We can still come back from this.”

“That’s not why i’m angry.” Sentinel replied; gritting his teeth.

“ALRIGHT EVERYPONY, THE SCORE FOR TODAY IS; THE RED TEAM, 100 POINTS! THE BLUE TEAM 125 POINTS!” Hotspot announced. “WILL THE BLUE TEAM REMAIN IN THE LEAD, COME BACK TOMORROW AND FIND OUT WHEN THE BEACH OLYMPICS CONTINUES!”

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As the sun was going down and everypony was on their way home, Spike found himself walking in between Celestian and Twilight. Again, he felt this strong desire to want to be next to the two of them for some reason. As they walked, Spike grabbed both their hands and held them close; causing the two princesses to giggle. Upon seeing this, Blueblood raised an eyebrow. “What’s up with those three?” he asked Shining Armor.

“What do you mean?” Shining asked.

“They’ve been acting weird for sometime now.” the prince explained. “Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed it.”

“I just figured that they wanted to stay close to Spike, considering all that’s happened to the poor guy.” Shining explained.

“Hmm, I guess you’re right.” Blueblood admitted. “Maybe just it’s my imagination.”

Blueblood wasn’t the only one who noticed this. Dizzy and Pinkie watched as the princesses moved closer to Spike. “Pinkie, are you sure Spike has no idea that he marked them?” Dizzy asked.

Pinkie nodded. “Twilight doesn’t know how to tell him. She doesn’t want to cause him any more distress than he already feels when not knowing what happens when he loses it.”

“That’s understandable, I mean, how do you tell somepony that they slept with their own mother then marked her to be theirs forever?” he said. “Wait a minute.......Pinkie did he........”

“No, he didn’t.” she interrupted.

Dizzy sighed in relief. Had he’d known about Spike’s cycle, he’d never would have begged him to take his place. Come to think about it, that was probably why Spike was so hesitant on doing it in the first place. Not because of his honor as a dragon, but because he has no control over himself when his urges takes over. Like Pinkie told him earlier, it’s all animal instincts. Extreme guilt soon washed over him as he realized that he basically put Pinkie in harm's way. Looking at his mare, Dizzy wrapped an arm around her waist and held her close as they walked. Pinkie did the same thing in kind.

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Sentinel and his crew stood outside the infirmary tent as Swift walked out. “You doing okay?” asked Nami.

“Yeah, my head is pounding me though.” he answered. “So, did we win?”

“Not the first match.” Nami explained. “Sentinel won the second round, but then lost the final.”

“What happened?” he asked.

“He just stood there with a stupid look on his face and got knocked out the same way you did.” she answered.

“He was probably thinking about banging some mare he saw.” Swift joked. While everypony laughed at his expense, Sentinel ignored them as he thought about earlier when Spike showed him up. The way he fired those arrows and hit the bullseye like it was nothing angered him. So much for his plan to humiliate him in front of Twilight. “No, there’s still time.” he thought. “Seven more games, that means seven more chances to prove to the princess just how worthless he really is. She will be mine.” While Sentinel was thinking of ways to humiliate Spike, Ebony was constantly cracking his knuckles; his thoughts were on Big Mac.

“A new rival. I can’t wait.” he thought.

Both stallions stood there chuckling evilly at their thoughts as Gravel watched them with a raised eyebrow. “What the Tartarus is wrong with them?” he thought.