Everypony on the beach quickly gathered their things and proceeded to head for home before the weather hit. Moonstone and the crew met up in the parking lot where a van pulled up. Stepping out was an orange elderly unicorn stallion with a yellow mane and tail around the age of 50 or so. “You kids need a lift?” he asked.

“Gramps!” said Moonstone.

“How ya doing old timer?” Gravel asked as he received a fist bump.

“Never better.” the elderly stallion answered. “I may have to take it easy for a while, but other than that, I’m still my young self.”

That statement earned him a laugh from Nami and Aqua. “Hey, what’s so funny?” he asked. “I’ll have you know I was quite the mare’s stallion back in my day. They couldn’t keep their hands off me.”

“Whatever you say.” said Nami as she and Aqua continued laughing.

“So, any news on the stallion who attacked you?” asked Gravel.

“None." he said. “But i’ll never forget his face as lo..........” He stopped mid sentence as he noticed a group of ponies on the other side of the parking lot. Well....one to be specific. A look of unimaginable fear crept on his face; alerting Moonstone and the others.

“Gramps, what is it?” Moonstone asked.

“I-it’s him.” he said. “The stallion who attacked me, he’s right over there. The white stallion with a yellow mane.”

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“Okay, I just called my old teacher, and she said to expect a call from her this evening.” Sunburst explained. “She needs to get all her notes in order.”

“We’ll have the meeting in our room.” Starlight suggested. Before the conversation could continue, Cadence screamed bloody murder catching everypony’s attention. They all look in the direction she was looking in just in time to see a car flying towards them. Acting fast, Blueblood encased the vehicle in a bubble and placed it down. “BLUEBLOOD!” Cadence screamed just as somepony appeared out of nowhere and knocked the prince to the middle of the parking lot. Blueblood got up just in time to see Moonstone launch himself at him. With a glowing right fist, Blueblood quickly rose to his feet and and punched Moonstone into the ground.

“I don’t know what you were trying to accomplish, but that’s one mistake you won’t live to regret.” Blueblood said coldly as he charged up his right hand.

“BLUEBLOOD WAIT!” yelled Cadence.

“Why should I?” the prince yelled back. “He threw a FUCKING car at us!”

“You tried to kill my grandpa!” Moonstone yelled.

Blueblood looked at him with a confused look before turning the direction he was pointing. It was then the prince saw the old stallion from the other day. The stallion who cut him off on the highway. The stallion whom he forced to crash into a gas station and lit on fire. “That old bastard who cut me off is you grandfather?”

“WHAT DID YOU CALL HIM?!” Moonstone yelled as he tried to attack from the ground. Blueblood grabbed the unicorn by the mane and pulled him up to his eye level.

“Okay you, listen and listen closely.” he said in a cold tone. “I’ve been in a really, really bad mood after what that friend of yours did to my aunt and it would be a shame to take all this anger out on a pony who had nothing to do with that incident. But if you really want to fight me, then it’s your funeral. Pick the time and place and maybe, just maybe, i’ll go easy on you. Oh, one more thing, tell your bitch ass friend, I know what he did, and i’m coming for him.”

After that little speech, Blueblood then threw Moonstone, with all of his might, back to his grandfather and his friends; hitting the van and knocking over on it’s side. Blueblood stared coldly at them before turning away. Swift and Ebony quickly ran to their friend while Nami and Aqua held each other; afraid for their lives. “Dude, what were you thinking?!” yelled Gravel. “Attacking the Prince of Equestria?! Are you nuts?! That’s a death sentence!”

“He........h-he put my grandpa in the h-hospital.” Moonstone explain.

“You’re lucky he didn’t put YOU in the hospital.” Gravel scolded.

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Blueblood and the others made it to the hotel just as the heavy rain started to fall. “Made it.” said Pearl. “Wow, it’s really coming down.”

“Blueblood, what was that all about earlier?” asked Starlight.

“That stallion’s grandfather cut me off on the road and the two of us had a little disagreement.” he answered.

“A LITTLE DISAGREEMENT?!” screamed Cadence. “You threw him into the van and flipped it over! How was that a “little disagreement”?!”

“Because if it wasn't, it'd be a lot worse.” Blueblood said as he turned to leave; Cadence facepalming as he did so.

“Maybe we should change out of our swimsuits.” Fluttershy suggested. “We could meet up in Starlight’s room later.”

“Why are you all meeting in Starlight’s room?” Pearl asked; causing all the mares to freeze. “Another one of your “secret mare meetings”?”

The mares all laughed nervously before continuing on. Reaching their floor, each of the mares went their room, except for Luna. The princess of the night walked towards her sister’s room and found that the door was no longer glowing. Slowing opening it, she walked in to find Celestia fast asleep with Spike in her arms with a cute smile on her face. Luna walked over to her sister and gently ran her hand over her head; taking a quick peek at her dreams. And of course, it was the same dream she always has. Celestia sitting at a table eating the world’s biggest chocolate cake; having the time of her life. Luna giggled then left her sister to her dream. Luna’s smile quickly disappeared after she walked out the door; thoughts of how her sister was debikinied earlier today. Her anger rose ever further once she discovered that it wasn’t an accident, but a deliberate attempt at sabotaging their chances of winning. Luna thought about all the torturous things she would do to that stallion who hurt her sister once she got her hands on him, but was brought back to reality once she saw Twilight approach her. “So how’s Celestia doing?” she asked.

“She and Spike are asleep right now.” Luna explained. “I don’t want to wake her so let’s tell her everything later.”

Twilight agreed and nodded before heading off to her room to change. Luna did the same thing while thinking about the stallion who humiliated her sister.

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All the mares and Sunburst gathered together while Big Mac and the stallions went over to the arcade. The mares didn’t really do much while waiting for the call from Sunburst’s old teacher. Rarity spoke with Luna about some ideas she has for the Grand Galloping Gala next year, Twilight, Cadence, Pinkie, and Fluttershy were playing a card game, Rainbow and Applejack cuddled up in the bed and watched whatever was on tv, and Sunburst and Starlight stood outside on the balcony and watched the rain fall. About twenty minutes passed before the phone started ringing. Sunburst and Starlight came back into the room with everypony watching them. Sunburst made it to the phone and answered it. “Hello........yes, everypony’s here.........okay, i’ll put you on speaker.” Sunburst pressed the speaker button before placing the phone on the hook.

“Okay you’re up.” he said.

“Oh, I am, great. Can everypony hear me?”

“YES!” everypony announced.

“Oh, goodness me, it sounds like there’s a lot of you. Oh my, where to begin?”

“How about from the beginning.” said Luna.

“Yes, of course. Well, as you already know, a dragon’s estrus cycle, or rut as some like to call it, can last throughout the entirety of summer; unlike ponies who can only last a week. And when a dragon, or well, a male dragon mates, he bites down upon his lover upon orgasm; marking them as his forever. Well first off, after marking his mate, the dragon will have a strong desire to want to be next to them at all times. He’ll pretty much follow them wherever they go. It’s kinda cute in a way. And when it comes to marking a future mate, I found out that this can be reversed.”

Everypony in the room sat there in shock upon hearing this bit of information. “Once a male dragon is no longer in heat, all he has to do is bit the lover upon orgasm and the mark will disappear. It's very rare that happens because knowing how greedy dragons, especially male dragons can be and the fact that they are the only ones who can give and take away the mate mark, he’ll most likely keep her all to himself; against her will. Unlike mares, both male and female dragon are in full control of their actions during this time. Some can even suppress their urges throughout the entirety of their cycle. Which brings me to this. If a dragon is experiencing a rut for the first time, they won’t be able to control themselves and are just as bad as mares in heat. However, if the male dragon mates with female long enough, their bodies will eventually get use to the activity and they’ll gain full control. ”

“I have a question.” Pinkie spoke up. “What if the dragon tries his best to suppress his urges because he doesn’t want to hurt his friends?”

“*gasp* Oh, no no no no, he should never do that! It’d be like opening a bottle of soda after shaking it too much. It’d be a disaster. And never, never, NEVER expose a dragon in heat to cold water. Sure, it would stop his urges in it’s tracks, but it does so at an incredibly fast pace that instead of the bottle of soda analogy, it’d be like a super volcano. And using magic on him, like a sleeping spell, would be way worse.”

The room was filled with silence at the realization that they shouldn’t have douse Spike with cold water. “Oh.......shit.” said Cadence.

“Any other questions?”

“I have one.” said Twilight. “Just how many times would Spi.....I mean, the male dragon have to have sex to gain full control of himself?”

“That much I don’t know, but what I do know is that if it’s with a female he’s already mated with, then the process would take a while. However, if he were to mate with several different females, then the process would go even faster, but the downside is that he’ll most likely mark them and keep them as his.”

“One more question.” Luna spoke up. “Just how do you know so much about dragon anatomy?”

“Oh.....I.....um......look at that, my stove is on fire, good to hear from you Sunburst, gotta go!”

*click*

Everypony sat in silence once again; pondering on what to do with this information they’ve been given. “Spike would have to have sex with a bunch of different mares in order to have full control of himself?” Twilight said.

“Well, he already banged you and Celestia so that’s covered.” said Rainbow.

“I don’t think two will be enough.” Twilight said with uncertainty.

“So where are you gonna mares who’ll willingly sleep with Spike?” Rainbow asked.

“Ah’ll do it.” Applejack spoke up; catching everypony off guard; especially Rainbow. “Rainbow before y’all say anything, let me ask. Are y’all really comfortable with Spike bangin’ some random mare?”

Rainbow lowered her head before answering. “Well.......no but.......”

“Me neither. Especially if that mare turns out to be just like.......y'all know who.” Applejack said while placing a hand over Rainbow’s. “Ah rather it be one of us.”

“I agree with Applejack.” said Luna; a small blush appearing on her face. “I-it should be us.”

“Um wait, I understand that you want to help Spike in all but.......don’t most of you have coltfriends?” Sunburst spoke up. “Don’t they even know about Spike’s condition?”

The mares all looked at each other before Fluttershy spoke up. “Big Mac knows. I told him the day Rainbow signed us up for the beach games.”

“I told Dizzy yesterday.” said Pinkie.

“So Shining Armor, Blueblood, and Pearl are the only ones who don’t know?” Sunburst asked.

“Leave Shining and Blueblood to me.” said Cadence. “Not sure how they’ll take the news of Spike sleeping with Celestia. Blueblood would probably die of shock.”

Cadence chuckled at her attempt to make a joke while Rarity looked away. “I.......I don’t know about Pearl. For a while now, I get the feeling that he doesn’t like Spike very much.”

“Why would you say that?” asked Starlight.

“Well, whenever the subject of Spike comes up, he makes this weird face like he doesn’t want to hear about him.” she explained.

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Before their conversation could continue, a huge sound of thunder caused all the mares to shriek; Starlight grabbing hold to Sunburst and Fluttershy grabbed hold to Twilight. Luna looked out the window and saw the rain coming down extremely hard. She figured that it might continue all the way through tomorrow; making returning to the beach impossible. While everypony else were calming down, another thought came into Luna’s mind; this one concerning Spike’s situation. If Spike sleeps with enough mares enough times, then there's a high chance that he could regain control of himself; meaning they wouldn't have to worry about triggering him, but could she do it? Could she bring herself to sleep with her own nephew like her sister did? She wondered if Celestia had these thoughts before making that ultimate decision. Did she wonder what other ponies would think if the news got out of what she did? She had to have. She had to have known that ponies would think badly of the situation, but still........she went along and did it. Most probably because she wanted to help Spike at all cost and damn the consequences that would follow. That seemed to be Celestia’s response when Luna chewed her out after finding out she and Spike slept together. Luna started to wonder if she could have the same resolve her sister did. Truth be told, Luna was kind of jealous of her sister’s relationship with Spike. Not to say that she and Spike weren’t close, because they were, Spike just wasn’t as close to her as he was with Celestia. Which makes sense seeing as how Celestia was the one who found Spike as an egg, and was the first face he saw when he hatched. Celestia was his mother, and she was his aunt.

It was clear from the thoughts Luna was having that she wanted to same type of relationship Spike and her sister had, but then thoughts of what other ponies would think started to creep in. Luna was at war with herself in deciding on what to do when she got the feeling that somepony was by the door.

“Luna, what is it?” asked Twilight.

“Somepony is at the door.” she answered. “I think we have an eavesdropper.”

Twilight carefully got out of bed and went to the door; being careful as to not make a sound; the mares doing their best as to not alert whoever it was behind the door. They probably figured it was the stallions wondering what they were up to. Grabbing the handle, Twilight slowly turned it and in one swift move, opened the door at lightning speed. Her eyes widen just as her heart started pounding like crazy once it was revealed who was on the other side.

“S-S-Spike?!”