*Trigger Warning*
sexual assault, rape, grooming, pedophilia

August 14

Dear Fluttershy,

I got your letter. You were right to double envelope it. Rainbow Dash opens anything she thinks could be hers. But now you have my address so there should be no problems.

I am so sorry to read about your pet. I do remember meeting him. He bit me when I tried to feed him. You scolded him before leaving to get me a band aid. You left me alone with him and he glared at me he was crouched and he thumped periodically. I was actually a little afraid. That is my strongest memory of Angel.

As for me, I had a pet dog for a little while but then winter came and the only homeless shelter I could stay at didn’t allow dogs… it was hard to give her away. I found her a good home.

The team function was tonight. Rainbow Dash boiled in the melting pot like I thought she would. All the freshman did. We found out she doesn't like pie very much. I can’t wait to play truth or dare with her.

Greta pulled me aside to talk to. This is hard to admit but I have a massive crush on her. I have for a while. I don’t know what to do about it! Do I talk to her? Do I try to start something? She knows I have a condition that is a massive pain in the but she doesn't know the details. Should I tell her?

I think I’m going to ask her out to lunch tomorrow. Start small. How bad can it go?

Sorry this letter has been about me. I just don’t know what else to say. I feel bad about your pet but what am I supposed to do? I hope you feel better.

Gilda Norton

A rooster woke Moon Dancer up. She found several messages from Twilight on her phone. There was going to be another friendship meeting. They were going to Pinkie Pie’s house again.

Upon standing up she felt sore and stiff. Her inner thighs hurt. She waddled awkwardly to the bathroom and took a quick shower. She needed to loosen up but she didn’t want to waste their hot water.

Moon Dancer ate breakfast with the apple family minus Applejack. After breakfast Big Macintosh left to take Apple Bloom to work. Cheerilee left to make phone calls in the office and Granny Smith went outside to do something.

Moon Dancer was left in the kitchen. She was bored. Her mind wandered to Sunset. Where was she? Was she safe? Panic overtook Moon Dancer and she took several deep breaths. No I am not ready yet. There had to be something productive she could do. Something nice she could do for the apples as a thanks for taking her in. something to taker her mind off her wife a little longer. She racked her brain for a moment then sat up. She had an idea!

Applejack woke to the sound of her alarm going off. She jumped out of bead and stumbled to the floor.she sighed and stood up slowly. It was going to be along day.

Applejack carefully wrapped a wide ace bandage around her chest before she got dressed. She went into the bathroom and locked the door. She pulled her mooncup out of her pocket, washed it and placed it on a washcloth. She contemplated her reflection in the mirror. She pulled out her makeup kit and carefully covered her bruises. Her hair was complete disaster again. Oh well she didn’t have the time or energy to deal with it right now.

Applejack packed her bag went to go find Moon Dancer.

Applejack looked around the house for Moon Dancer. Where was she? Applejack went outside and called for her. She found Granny Smith in the garden. Granny Smith didn’t know where Moon Dancer was. Applejack shouted. She ran to the barn and shouted. Nothing. She ran into Big Mac and asked him if he knew where she was. He shook his head. Applejack ran to the sables. No one was there. She started to panic. Where was she? She ran into Winona and Winona helped her find Moon Dancer in the tractor shed. Moon Dancer had tools strewn about her. She was working on Old Dan.

“Moon Dancer! We have to get going! We are going to be late for the friendship meeting!” Applejack tried not to sound to exasperated.

Moon Dancer raised her eyebrow at Applejack’s appearance. She looked disheveled.

“Can we be a little late? I’m almost done fixing this.”

“Why? This is a meeting to about where your wife is? Don’t you want to get there?”

Moon Dancer flinched. “I do. I just… please let me pretend everything is fine for a little longer. I’m not ready to be stressed out again.”

Applejack sighed. “Fine. Meet me inside. I’m be on the couch. Don’t take forever.” Applejack walked away.

Applejack walked back into her house. She texted Twilight saying that she and Moon Dancer were going to be late.

Twilight texted her back immediately. Try to get here as soon as you can.

Fifteen minutes later Applejack was getting twitchy. She was about to go back out when Moon Dancer walked in with triumphant smile.

“Finally.”

Moon Dancer gave Applejack a concerned look. “I think we should take my car and I think I should drive.”

Applejack stared at Moon Dancer. Moon Dancer was wondered if Applejack would argue with her. She looked gruppy. Finally Applejack nodded. She looked so tired.

Moon Dancer drove into town with Applejack giving her directions.

“Are you okay? No offense but you look like shit.” Moon Dancer asked.

“I’m okay. I’m just tired. I didn’t really sleep.”

“What time did you get home?”

“Take this left.” Moon Dancer did as she was told. “I got back at seven this morning.”

“You mean you got about four hours of sleep?”

“Even less. You all woke me up.”

“Applejack! You need to sleep!”

“I will. Take this right.”

Fluttershy dragged herself out of bed she stretched her stiff muscles. She went into the bathroom and took a shower. She winced as the water hit her skin. She took a scrubber and scrubbed vigorously. She got out and carefully dried herself and rubbed lotion all over her skin. Fluttershy got dressed for work.

Fluttershy ate leftover carrot soup for breakfast while checking her phone. Twilight and Sunset had texted everyone about a meeting. Sunset said they could not have it at Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie protested a little. Rainbow Dash chimed into the group chat which Fluttershy was not expecting. Rainbow Dash was so far away what could she do? To Fluttershy’s disappointment Applejack did not partake.

Fluttershy packed for work and set off. Her drive was uneventful. She pulled in to the parking lot and when inside. She was greeted with the sounds of barking dogs and squawking birds. Fluttershy set about feeding everyone. Her boss came in with a dog that had been rescued from an abandoned house. Fluttershy suited up.

At the start of her lunch break, Fluttershy took another shower. Seeing the parasites on that dog made her squirm. It had a bot fly in a hole on it’s head! She shuddered at the thought. She rushed to get dressed she wanted to get to Pinkie Pie’s house as soon as possible.

Fluttershy got into her car and checked her phone. Everyone had said they would be there and Rainbow Dash had told them to let her know what happened. Everyone except Applejack.

Why hasn’t Applejack responded? Is something wrong with her? Maybe she got hurt! Maybe she got in some horrible accident yesterday and it was so bad her family hasn’t had time to tell us. What if she is in a coma? Calm down Fluttershy it can’t be that bad. Maybe she just broke her leg. That would still be bad. If she broke her leg she wouldn’t be able to work .if she can’t work how can she make a living? She works three jobs to help support her family!

Fluttershy ran a red light. She pulled over and took a deep breath. There was no one around but she felt awful. She set off again driving slowly.

As Fluttershy drove up to Pinkie Pie’s house she spotted Pinkie Pie letting Twilight and Sunset inside. Fluttershy walked up to the door and was greeted by Pinkie Pie. Sunset set about making nachos for everyone while Pinkie Pie prepared ingredients for a taco making assembly line. She had cupcakes ready to put in the oven.

Rarity walked in the door. Rarity did not look too happy. She went and busied herself in the kitchen with Pinkie pie.

Once Sunset was done making nachos she left Pinkie Pie’s house. Fluttershy stared in confusion.

“Where is everyone?” Rarity said in a slightly annoyed tone. She walked into the living room.

“Applejack and Moon Dancer are going to be late for some reason and Sunset left to go pick up Princess Twilight.” the human Twilight said calmly. She took off her glasses and cleaned them.

“Okay.” Rarity sighed and sat down.

Pinkie Pie put the nachos on the table. She put bowls of prepared ingredients on the table. She set out a plate of soft tortillas and stack of plates.

“Everything is ready! Wash your hands and make yourself some tacos!”

The group slowly meandered over.

Fluttershy was half way through her first taco when Sunset and Princess Twilight walked in the door. Princess Twilight was a little wobbly on her two legs. The two made a beeline for the food. Pinkie Pie intercepted the princess and hugged her.

“Where is Applejack and Moon Dancer?” Sunset asked.

“They are going to be late.” the human Twilight said flatly.

“Hello Fluttershy! Hello Rarity!” Princess Twilight hugged them both.

“Hello Twilight. How have you been? Are things well in Equestria?” Rarity asked.

“Yes things are well. Lots of little friendship problem to solve but nothing major.”

“Anything from Celestia yet?” the Twilight on the couch asked.

“Not yet. I’ll explain it when everyone is here.” the princess said.

Everyone ate.

Applejack and Moon Dancer finally showed up at Pinkie Pie’s house. Everyone was sitting and waiting. Fluttershy did a double take at Applejack’s appearance. She looked like a wreck. Her hair was a matted mess full of knots and sticking up funny in places. She had bags under her eyes. Her normally bright eyes were half open. She looked like she had had the worst day possible. She wore a baggy light sweatshirt. And baggy sweatpants that were much too warm for this hot weather. She slouched a little as she walked.

Applejack was making her way over to a couch when Moon Dancer gasped. There were two Twilights.

“Greetings Princess Twilight.” Applejack curled up in the corner of the couch and looked like she wanted to fall asleep.

“Good morning Applejack. Good morning Moon Dancer.” Princess Twilight said calmly.

Moon Dancer stopped dead in her tracks. “How did you know my name?”

Princes Twilight shifted. “I know your pony counterpart.”

Moon Dancer sat down between Applejack and Rarity still eyeing Princess Twilight. “Do you both have nicknames?”

“What do you mean?” the pony princess asked.

“Something else we can call you so we don’t mixed up.” Moon Dancer said. “When my wife and I when out with you friend and the other you we used nicknames to keep things clear.”

There was silence as everyone looked around. The two Twilight’s tried not to look at each other.

“We could go with Midnight and Princess?” Rarity finally suggested.

Both Twilights cringed. They looked at each other.

“Fine.” Midnight said. “So what news do you have?” she took of her glasses and cleaned them.

“What about check ins?” Asked Pinkie Pie.

“Yes let’s start with check ins. Who wants to go first?” Princess said sitting down on the end of the couch next to Rarity.

“I’ll go.” Sunset said. “Today I feel somewhat stressed. I can’t shake the feeling that one way or another I’m the reason that Rai was kidnapped. I just can’t think why.”

There was an awkward pause. No one could figure out how to comfort Sunset.

“My turn.” Midnight said. “ I feel optimistic. I feel motivated to solve this problem. Me and Sunset have some news but we will share it later. Next.”

“My turn!” said Pinkie Pie. “I feel both happy and sad. I’m happy you all are here and that we are about to try to fix a problem but I am sad I had to tell the Cakes that I had to take this afternoon off. I don’t like having to call in personal days or sick days. As for news I found a hot dog duffel bag* on the internet last night. I ordered one! I can’t wait for it to arrive!” Pinkie Pie looked giddy. She bounced up and down in her seat. “Next!”

“I feel fine.” Fluttershy said. “My boss brought in a dog that had been abandoned. He was tied up and left to die. We spent all morning cleaning parasites off of him. Don’t worry I decontaminated myself. He is much happier now.”

“Left to die? People just abandon dogs like that!?” Princess asked.

“Yes. Sometimes people abuse or neglect animals.” Fluttershy said flatly.

The Princess looked horrified.

After a moment of processing, Princess took a deep breath. “I’m okay.” she said. “I spent most of yesterday trying to talk to Celestia and complaining to Luna. Luna has no idea what is going on. Normally Celestia keeps Luna informed. Anyway I am also optimistic for today. Next.”

Rarity sighted. “I don’t mean to sound rude or uninterested. I am determined to do my part to reunite Moon Dancer with her wife but… I had scheduled a lunch date for today and having to cancel it was frustrating. I’m a little upset. I feel bad but there is a part of me that wishes I was somewhere else with someone else. I know that this is selfish of me but- never mind.”

Everyone gave Rarity sympathetic looks.

“Who are you dating?” Princess asked.

“I’m dating Octavia Melody.”

Princess had an odd look on her face. “Oh. Congratulations.” she said in an odd tone. “How long have you been dating?”

“We started going on sort of dates just after the Solstice and we started really dating a week ago.” Rarity explained.

“Nice.” Princess said.

Everyone turned to Moon Dancer and she realized it was her turn. “I had a good day yesterday. I rode horses with Applejack and helped with farm chores. I fixed a tractor this morning so I feel accomplished. I am still very worried about my wife. I have just found some distractions. I am ready to take the plunge back into my stress.” Moon Dancer said with a solemn face.

Everyone turned to Applejack. “I’m tired. I didn’t really sleep.” Applejack snuggled into the couch. She looked miserable. Everyone gave her sympathetic looks.

“Do you want me to brush your hair?” Rarity asked.

Applejack said “sure”. Rarity stood up and Moon Dancer scooted over. Rarity sat next to Applejack. Applejack shifted so Rarity had a better view of her hair. Rarity brushed her hair gently.

“Pinkie… I hate to be demanding, but can you please make me some scrambled eggs? I really want scrambled eggs with lots of salt.”

“Okie dokie wokie!” Pinkie Pie bounced into the kitchen.

“What’s wrong with tacos?” asked Princess.

“Nothing I just want scrambled eggs.” Applejack said in a slightly defensive tone.

Fluttershy stared at Applejack. In her currents position Applejack was facing away from her which was frustrating. She made a mental note that Applejack liked scrambled eggs more than tacos.

“Okay.” Princess said pulling out her notebook. “As I said before I have gotten nothing from Celestia but I have been able to problem solve with Luna. I visited Canterlot and did some problem solving. Also no word from Cadence. She deserves a break though. Anyway, Luna interrogated a lot of the guards and found some with gaps in their memory during that patch of the day when we know Sunset… the other one, went missing. This is suspicious and leads me to think that they could have done it. The question is who ordered them. Now-”

“Hold on a second.” said Sunset. “You are confident it wasn’t Celestia?”

“Of course I am! Why would she kidnap someone.” Princess said like that was obvious.

“There are plenty of reasons!” Snapped Sunset.

“Like what?” Princess challenged.

“If Celestia saw kidnapping as the best way to get something done she would do it.” Sunset said dismissively.

“No she would not. Celestia would never unless there were no other choices!” Princess said angrily.

The two ponies glared at each other.

“How about a compromise” Rarity suggested nervously. “We keep Celestia on the list but we put her at the bottom.”

“Fine.” the two ponies said together.

“So Luna and I came up with checklist to determine whether or not a suspect could have kidnapped Sunset. They need three things. First they need a familiarity with the guards themselves, not as a unite but as ponies. Most of the guards are unwavering loyal to the princesses and will not for any reason betray them. It doesn't matter how much gold you offer they will refuse and tell the princess you tried to bribe them. The pony has to know which of the guards would be willing to betray the princesses for a price. Second the pony has to be rich. Even the most corrupt guards wouldn’t be swayed by a small sum. They have to have the money to afford a dozen guards breaking their orders. Third they have to be magically powerful enough to cover it up. Luna says the way their memories were tampered can only happen with Starswirl the Bearded’s most complicated memory spell and not just any unicorn can do it.”

“What about a team of people-ponies?” Moon Dancer suggested.

“Yeah. What if one rich pony paid someone else to research the guards and enchant them afterwards?” Midnight asked. “Can you just enchant someone into believing a lie for a little while?”

“Yes you can.” Sunset said.

“But it is illegal!” Princess Twilight protested.

“Kidnapping is illegal!” Sunset pointed out loudly.

Moon Dancer felt her panic return. They didn’t have a plan. I shouldn’t have hidden from my problems I should have spent yesterday helping! But having a break had felt so good. I needed a day to relax. Moon Dancer took a deep breath and tried to calm herself.

“We could argue all day. Me and Luna think that it is a single pony. Let's pretend it is that simple and if that doesn't work we can try something else.” Princess pleaded.

“Fine.” Sunset said.

Pinkie Pie came back with a plate of eggs. Rarity sifted so Applejack could reposition herself.

“So me and Luna made a list of people who we thought could have motive. I checked them against my criteria and then I tried to figure out if they were in Canterlot around Sunday.”

Sunset paled.

“We came up with quite a list of ponies but only three of them made it all the way through and all of this is based on guesswork. One of the reasons I came here today is to ask you to make suggestions. This is my list of people Luna and I herd you pissed off.” Twilight showed Sunset her notebook.

“My beef with Grapeseed was a simple misunderstanding we cleared up in a few minutes…” Sunset crossed off several names for similar reasons.

“Do you have any names to add? I can look into people tonight.” Princess asked.

Sunset sighed. She looked distressed. “I guess a couple. I don’t know. I angered a lot of ponies but that was a long time ago and most of my conflicts were minor. I can think of a few people who may still have an ax to grind but… lets see… I pissed off Zesty Gourmand once when I told her she was full of shit and that if she wanted to be taken seriously as a critic she could become a better critic in front of a lot of Canterlot royalty.”

“Geez!” Princess said.

“I was quite the twerp when I was eleven.” Sunset said with a chuckle.

“Who else?”

“I pissed off a stallion named Onion when I was chosen to be Celestia’s stare pupil instead of his son.”

“Really? Getting chosen pissed people off?” Twilight said.

“Uh yeah. You being chosen didn’t?” Sunset said with a well duh attitude.

“Of course not. Who would be jealous?” Princess said defensively.

Sunset rolled her eyes.

Twilight wrote down the names. “Anyone else?”

“Hold on. Why do you write with the pen in your mouth. That seems… unnecessary.” Moon Dancer asked.

Twilight blushed. She stuttered trying to explain.

“We are ponies.” Sunset cut in. “before we came here we had only ever had hooves. One big nail connected to a wrist. We could hold somethings like a plate or a book but a feather pen? Most ponies use their mouths to write.” Sunset said calmly.

“Most?” Moon Dancer Enquired.

“Unicorns and alicorns can learn magic spell and so don’t need to hold everything in the same way the other… races have too.” Sunset explained awkwardly.

“Oh. Dose that ever cause problems.”

“Does what cause problems?”

“Unicorns can do magic and hold things and the others can’t. If I were a Pegasus that had to hold a pen in my mouth I might get jealous if I saw a alicorn effortlessly write.” Moon Dancer said.
“That won't’ be a problem for you.” Princess said quickly. Everyone stared at her and she shrunk back.

“There have been wars in Equestria that fell down racial lines but for the most part those are in the past. Nowadays ponies try to emphasize their unique strengths and similarities with others to work together. Each race has a strength and individuals have talents they can use to better their lives and their communities.”

“Okay.” Moon Dancer said. It seemed too simple and yet still confusing and complicated.

Applejack set her empty plate on the floor.

After a pause Princess repeated her question. “Anyone else?”

“There is Tree Maker.” Sunset said quietly.

“Excuse me. Who?”

Sunset sighed “Tree Maker” she said louder.

“And their problem with you is… ?” Princess said offhandedly.

Sunset looked away. “I don’t really want to talk about it.”

“How come?” Princess asked.

Sunset looked distressed. “Do I have to say?” she said shyly.

Princess was confused as to why Sunset was being so shy. This wasn’t like her. Midnight understood.

“Well I guess not but it would help me and Luna track this pony down if we knew more about him.”

“I was twelve when we met. He was twice my age. I was almost thirteen when we started getting close. I would sneak out of bed to go see him. We would talk for hours. He told me not to think about our age difference, to consider him a peer. I began to see him like a big brother. He began to replace my actual sibling in my head. He encouraged me to not think about my family or my life with them. It was nice to let go.”

“Eventually Celestia noticed that some nights I didn’t sleep enough. Against his wishes I told her about him. She said there was no reason to be afraid he was a former student of hers and she trusted him. She encouraged us to setup our meeting during the day so I could sleep. We hug out some in the day but we still mostly met at night.” Sunset took a shaky breath.

“Okay. So a former student and he is twelve years older then you and you are like twenty three right? So he like thirty six.” Princess reasoned.

Everyone stared at the two ponies.

Eventually Rarity spoke. “I thought you were twenty one.” she said cautiously.

“I am in this world. Equestria has a slightly different time system. I am a little older.”

“Yeah you're like two years older than me.” Princess said. Sunset nodded. “I still don’t get why you think he would want to kidnap you. It seems like you had a nice friendship? Do you think he misses you?”

Sunset winced and Midnight glared at her. Princess was getting confused.

“We parted on bad terms.” Sunset said stiffly.

Several people wanted to ask why but refrained.

Finally Applejack spoke. “He hurt you didn’t he.” It was a statement not a question. Applejack had a sympathetic tone.

Sunset looked up and met Applejack’s eyes. “Yes.” Sunset almost whispered.

“What did he do to you?” Asked Applejack softly.

Sunset burst into tears. Several people tried to calm her down.

Applejack watched her friends try to comfort Sunset but she didn't move.

Finally Sunset calmed down. “A few days after my thirteenth birthday we met at night and he asked about the future. What did I want to do with my life. I happily talked about my plans for a while. Eventually he cut me off and asked me whether or not I wanted to have foals when I was older. I was very taken aback. We never talked about family. Eventually I said yes. And things seemed to go back to normal. Our day time meetings were normal but our nighttime meeting changed.”

“He would talk about love and the future how lucky we were. And I listened. He seemed so wise. One night when I was thirteen and a half he invited me to his house. He said he wanted to share him home with me because I was his friend. But he also said he didn’t want anyone to know. He said he had a surprise. I said okay. When the day I lied to Celestia. I told her I was sick. After it got dark I snuck out. It was August. He showed me around his place and cooked for me. After that he showed me his bed room.”

“Wait a minute.” Princess said. She had a worried look on her face.

Applejack was very pale. Everyone else was still confused.

Sunset began to cry again. “He told me I was sexy and then before I knew what was happening we were having sex.” she choked out.

Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie gasped at the same moment. Rarity and Princess both looked pale. Applejack didn’t seem to react at all. Fluttershy stared at her but she didn't move or make a sound.

“So he raped you.” Moon Dancer said quietly.

“He didn’t see it that way.”

“What do you mean!?” Rarity demanded.

“He said we were meant for each other. That it wasn’t rape if we were meant to be.” Sunset said in a defeated tone.

“He was what twenty five? And you were thirteen and a half! Unless the laws are drastically different in Equestria thirteen year olds are not supposed to have sex. Meaning he raped you.” Rarity said.

Princess made a face. “It’s complicated in Equestria.”

“What do you mean?” asked Rarity.

“Well we reach sexual maturity sooner and become sexually active sooner.” Princess started to explain. “In general. I waited.” Princess hastily added.

“So it is legal for an adult to seduce and have sex with a thirteen year old?” Moon Dancer asked.

“No it is not.” Princess said. “Kids can and do have sex with other kids but no adults. It would be exploitative.”

“So what he did was illegal.” Rarity said. She looked right at Sunset but Sunset refused to look up.

Princess glanced at Sunset. Realizing she wasn’t going to speak she said “yes.”

“So I wasn’t wired for someone your age to have sex but it was wired for you to have it with someone that age.” Moon Dancer asked cautiously

“Yes.” Sunset said flatly.

“So what did Celestia do when you told her what happened?” Asked Princess.

Sunset flinched. Fresh tears trickled down her face.

“You didn’t tell anyone did you.” Applejack’s voice was emotionless.

Sunset nodded. “I was so confused and scared. I trusted him. I cared about him and he told me he loved me. I didn’t want him to get into trouble. So I did nothing.”

“Did Celestia ever find out?” Princess asked.

“Eventually.” Sunset looked up at the ceiling.

“How did she find out.” Princes asked tentatively.

“Celestia had me go to bi yearly doctor's appointments. Did she do this with you?”

“Yes.” Princess confirmed.

“I had an appointment for November and the doctor discovered I was pregnant.” Sunset said sadly.

Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie, and Princess gasped. Moon Dancer did a face palm.

Moon Dancer cowed in the confused and disapproving looks she got. “I’m sorry. I was just remembering our conversation… I’m sorry!” she rambled.

“What conversation?” asked Princess.

“Uh. We meet up for dinner last Saturday.” Moon Dancer explained.

“Oh. And you talked about this?” Princess looked skeptical.

“Well soft of… not really.” Moon Dancer blushed and fidgeted uncomfortably. “We were talking about children because my wife is pregnant and Dusk-Sunset said she had been pregnant twice. Once was when she was thirteen. I was embarrassed that I had forgotten and failed to put the pieces together as she told her story.” Moon Dancer chartered nervously.

“You've been pregnant twice!?” Rarity and Princess said together.

Sunset buried her face in her hands. Moon Dancer felt terrible. Fluttershy noticed that Applejack still hadn’t reacted.

Sunset sighed. “Celestia was displeased that i had hid my sexual activity from her and that I was had chosen someone so much older then myself. She asked me what I wanted to do. I told her i didn’t want it and she helped me have an abortion.”

“And you second one?” Princess asked.

Sunset paled horribly. “It was my seventeenth birthday. Flash took me to his house to make out and we ended up having sex.”

“Flash Sentry!” Princess shouted.

“Yes.” Sunset looked away.

Several emotions flashed across Princess’s face. She took a deep breath. “Okay. you and Flash, a human were able to conceive?”

“I think so. The moment I realized I could be pregnant I started doing lots of research on human pregnancies and I started displaying the symptoms. The day before I was going to try and an abortion pill, I bleed badly form inside my uterus. It hurt so badly. And then twenty four hours later I felt better and all my pregnancy symptoms vanished. I think I miscarried.”

“You bleed from your uterus, that sounds dangerous and uncomfortable.”

“Really? It’s a normal thing for us.” Fluttershy said.

Princess looked surprised. “Do you know about this?” she asked Sunset.

“Yes it’s called menstruation. Humans have what they call a menstrual cycle. It starts with the shedding of the outer uterine lining and then the prepare for ovulation and possible conception and then eventually it’s time to shed again.” Sunset explained to a bewildered Princess.

“Are you telling me you ponies don’t get your period!” Rarity demanded.

“Yes. We don’t menstruate.” Sunset said plainly.

“Well that’s lucky” Moon Dancer said before she could stop herself.

“Definitely.” said Fluttershy.

“I wouldn’t get too jealous. We still have a heat cycle that caused us some discomfort.”

“Please explain.” Rarity asked.

“Do you remember last August when I told you I was going on a two week long trip and I would be out of touch and then failed to bring back many souvenirs or pictures?” Sunset asked.

Rarity, Fluttershy Pinkie Pie and Midnight nodded.

“Well I didn’t go far. I spent most of that time cooped up masturbating.” Sunset admitted. “I was in heat and I didn’t trust myself to be around anyone.”

“What do you mean?” Pinkie Pie asked.

“When ponies, mares, young adult females go into heat they experience an intense and incurable sex drive. We literally are sex crazy for about two weeks.” Princess explained as if she was explaining the science of anything else. “We go into heat twice a year. Our summer heat is much worse than our winter heat. August and February are the most common months for this to occur but different ponies have different schedules.”

There was a collective “oh.”

“So your like that for two weeks.” Fluttershy asked. “That is quite a long time to be fertile. Eggs and sperm don't last that long.”

“When we go into heat we release an egg every forty eight hours unless one is fertilized in which case it release hormones to tell the ovaries to stop releasing eggs but the sex drive doesn't stop. Which is why it can be hard to know if you got pregnant right away.” Princess said in a very matter of fact way.

“Oh.” Fluttershy filed that away in her animal mating habits information. There were some interesting differences between magical Equestrian ponies and her worlds ponies.

“So twice a year everyone is super sexually active and then what nothing happens the rest of the year?” Rarity asked.

“I suppose for some ponies. I think most couples have regular sex lives. They just get more intense or frequent when at least one of them is in heat. But I could be wrong.” Princess said.

“Do mares lock themselves away during their heat?” Rarity asked.

“No not usually. My mother always took time off work but she was still active and when out and about.” Princess said.

“My mother couldn’t afford to take time off. She would just rush home after work to have sex with my father.” Sunset said.

“Really just like that? Your parents were open about it?” Rarity asked.

“Well it is hard to hide.” Sunset said.

“What do you mean?” Rarity asked.

“Well we are ponies. We have a better sense of smell. Heat smells. Mares release all kinds of pheromones and sex juices when they are in heat. You can’t miss it and our culture adapted. You notice but no one makes a big deal about it. Stallions may ask you if you have a… um friend with benefits yet but that’s it.”

“Random stal- men ask you for sex!” Rarity said indignantly.

“Well normally they are stallions you know. But yes. Sometimes you get strangers asking you. And by the way they tend to be good at taking no for an answer.” Princess said.

“Wow this conversation got derailed.” Pinkie Pie observed.

“What are you talking about?” a dull flat voice said. Everyone looked at the intruder. It was Marble Pie.

“We are talking about sex.” Pinkie Pie said excitedly.

“Pinkie!” Fluttershy hissed.

Pinkie Pie didn’t seem to notice.

Maud walked passed Marble and to the table. “Boulder wants a taco.” she said flatly. She made two tacos on a plate and left. Marble pie also made a few and left.

Moon Dancer felt her stomach growl and glanced longingly at the table.

“So…” Twilight looked at her notebook. “We have a list. Of people who had a motive. Even though it seems likely let’s still explore the possibility that she is still here in your world.” Princess suggested. “So have you thought of any people that you may have angered in this world?”

Pinkie Pie groaned. “I vote for a break.” she stretched.

“Yes.” Moon Dancer said. “I’m hungry.”

“Fine we can take a break.” Princess said.

The group took a break. Moon Dancer made herself a few tacos. Rarity continued to try to fix Applejack’s hair. Pinkie Pie washed Applejack’s plate and Princess Twilight stretched and walked back over to the table to eat nachos and cut lettuce. Fluttershy walked to the bathroom. She didn’t know what to make of Sunset's confession. Fluttershy washed her hands vigorously.

Rarity worked another knot out of Applejack’s hair. It was hard to tell that she had been working. She had made so little progress. She wondered what Applejack had done. She knew that Applejack had a different lifestyle and was always getting roughed up but this was the worst she had ever seen her hair. At least that she could remember. If she didn’t know better she would have thought Applejack had used hair spray on it.

“How are you doing Applejack?” Rarity asked a sweetly as she could.

“I could be better. “ Applejack said in a tired voice. Applejack shifted. “Just a second.” she leaned over and grabbed her bag off the floor. She pulled out an envelope. “Here are the Coloratura tickets. I figured I should give them both to you.”

“Oh thank you so much! I’ll be sure to keep them safe.” Rarity tucked the envelope into her purse.

Applejack leaned back into the couch and Rarity when back to brushing her hair. There was comfortable silence.

“I don’t mean to pry but what happened?” Rarity asked in a calculated yet casual tone.

“I had a rough night at work.” Applejack admitted.

“Forgive me but I don’t understand. What part of being a security guard means getting your hair messed up?” Rarity asked.

Applejack sighed.

“I’m sorry darling you just look dreadful. Your so pale it hurts to see you like this.” Rarity fussed.

“There were a few armed thieves that put up a fight.” Applejack said simply.

Rarity gasped. “Are you hurt? Did you get stabbed? Or shot?”

“No of course not. You would know if I got stabbed or shot. I wear a bulletproof vest anyway. I’m fine. Just tired.” Applejack yawned.

Rarity sighed.

Sunset walked over. “Thank you for understanding.” she said.

“Of course.” Applejack said.

“I appreciate it.” Sunset took a deep breath. “So you got in a knife fight with some thieves? Those martial arts classes paid off.”

“Yeah. You should consider taking Tai Chi in college. The meditation training helped me through stressful tests and I think you would be good at it.” Applejack said earnestly.

Rarity was about to chuckle and then caught herself. She did her best to turn it into a cough.

“Are you okay?” Sunset asked.

“I’m fine.”

The group came back together.

“So” Princess Twilight said. “What did you discover on your end? Could some human people have kidnapped the other Sunset?”

“I don’t think so.” said Sunset. “Twilight and I looked at the police report of the theft and couldn’t find any connections to a bigger organization. The two men are in their early twenties and come from poor families. They are still in jail and have not had any incidents.”

“How do you know?” Asked Applejack.

Twilight and Midnight exchanged glances. “We did some hacking” Midnight said simply. She took off her glasses and cleaned them.

Rarity and Fluttershy both looked shocked.

“Hacking?” Princess asked.

“Information is stored on virtual storage systems and I broke in a got what we wanted.” Midnight explained simply. She put her glasses back on.

“You know how to hack?” Fluttershy asked.

“Yeah.” Midnight said with a well duh tone.

“What makes you certain that they are not attached to any group? Lots groups keep their fringe members records clear so they seem completely disconnected from the outside.” Applejack said.

“I guess that's true. But the police hired a detective to do a really thorough report on them and they didn’t find anything.” Midnight said.

“Alright.” Applejack conceded. Rarity didn’t think she was convinced.

Twilight dug a new journal out of her bag she wrote in it.

Dear Princess Luna,

I am currently in a meeting with the human group. We have a few new names to look at. It looks like the human Sunset is in Equestria. Have you finished searching the castle? Did you find anything? Any more guards with a secret?

I was thinking we would start talking about what a trip into Equestria for a human is going to mean. Please write to me!

Sincerely Princess Twilight

Princess shut the book and then opened it and read her letter aloud.

“So if you are going to come to Equestria you have to get things settled here. We don't need any more missing person cases.” Princess twilight said.

Rarity felt Applejack’s core muscles flex suddenly. A few seconds later she convulsed again.

“Applejack?” she said tentatively.

Applejack scrambled off the couch and into the nearest bathroom. After a moment the sound of vomiting could be heard.

Moon Dancer was the first one to react. She instinctively jumped off the couch and followed. Moon dancer entered the bathroom and found Applejack kneeling over the toilet. The sight reminded her of her wife. Raid would kneel and hold her stomach in exactly the same way when her had morning sickness.

Moon Dancer walked over and knelt next to Applejack and rested her hand on her lower back. Applejack startled and lost her balance.

“Oh it’s you.” she managed before leaning back over the toilet bowl and throwing up.

Moon Dancer quietly rubbed Applejack’s back and whispered soothing words. Memories of comforting her wife flashed through her head. This relaxed her. Moon Dancer was confident in her abilities.

The other’s peered through the door to check on them. Moon Dancer gestured with her free hand for them to leave them alone.

Applejack was dry heaving now. She didn’t stop even though nothing was coming up. Applejack knelt over the toilet for a half hour.

Rarity and the others sat back down. There was silence. Everyone felt back for Applejack. Rarity wondered if she had caught a cold last night. What terrible timing she thought.

“So… who is going back to Equestria with you?” Midnight asked Princess.

“Well I was just thinking about that. I would imagine that Sunset will want to go though and Moon Dancer will have to come but I don’t think the rest of you should go.” Princess said simply.

Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy all nodded but Midnight looked indignant.

“If Sunset goes then I would like to go. I can be useful.” Midnight said glaring at the other Twilight.

Princess Twilight sighed. “I’m not going to try to stop you.”

There was silence. “I will need to talk to both you and Moon Dancer about going through the portal and then you can have the rest of today to prepare. Unless we hear otherwise we will leave tomorrow morning.” Princess said. “Meeting adjourned.”

Pinkie Pie went and got the cupcakes out of the oven and handed some out.

Fluttershy too hers and left to go back to work. Rarity ate one slowly while she watched the Twilights and Sunset talk.

Eventually Applejack and Moon Dancer emerged from the bathroom. Applejack didn’t look worse which surprised Rarity. Moon Dancer looked surprisingly calm. Rarity realized that if her wife was pregnant then Moon Dancer was probably used to comforting people while they through up.

“Applejack I’m going to drive you home.” Rarity informed her.

“Excuse me?” Moon dancer asked.

“I’m going to drive Applejack home” Rarity said flatly.

“I can drive her back.” Moon Dancer said. Rarity noticed Moon Dancer grab Applejack’s hand protectively.

“I’m sure you a good driver but you have more to talk about with the princess and potentially a very full afternoon. I am free for the rest of the day. Let me take care of my friend.” Rarity said pointedly.

“Fine.” Rarity lead Applejack to her car.

Applejack bucked herself and stared out the window.

“How are you feeling?” Rarity asked gently.

“I’ve been better.” Applejack’s tone was emotionless.

“Oh sweetheart.” Rarity had to resist the urge to fuss over Applejack. She was driving. “Is there anything I can do for you?”

“Just driving me home should be enough. I need to sleep I’ll be fine.” Applejack closed her eyes.

“How much sleep did you get?”

“About four hours.”

“Oh Applejack you need more than that!”

“Well normally I sleep in after a late work night but I had to come to the meeting today.”

“I appreciate your thoughtfulness but shouldn’t you have slept in. are we really worth that much?”

“Yes.” Applejack said simply.

Rarity groaned. “You and Rainbow are so stubborn. We all appreciate your loyalty but… just take care of yourself!”

“I am fine!” Applejack snapped.

Rarity was surprised by Applejack’s tone. She was probably just tired. “I’m sorry Applejack. I didn’t mean to upset you. I am just worried that you are sick. What awful timing with the wedding this weekend.”

“I think I’ll be okay.”

Rarity shot a worried glance at Applejack. She stared out the window. Rarity pulled into the driveway of Sweet Apple Acres.

“Thank you.” said Applejack as she got out and set off for her house. Unfortunately she tripped and hit the ground. Applejack groaned in frustration more than pain.

Rarity ran over. “Jaclyn Apple!”

Applejack winced. Rarity was the only one who ever used her real name.

Rarity tried to lift Applejack to her feet. Applejack stood up. Rarity pulled out a bandana and began dabbing at the aberrations on her cheek. There was a little blood. Applejack sighed and allowed Rarity to fuss over her. Rarity pushed her inside and up the stairs into her bathroom.

Applejack snapped out of her daze when she felt hands trying to take her pants off. “Don’t touch me!” Applejack shouted. She ripped herself away from the hands touching her.

“Applejack darling I was just trying to check if you had any other scrapes from your fall.” Rarity was confused. This wasn’t like Applejack.

“I’m sorry Rarity. I spaced out. I can take care of myself. Thank you for your help.” Applejack tried to sound as reasonable and confident as she could.

Rarity gave Applejack a skeptical look. “I’m sorry Applejack but I’m worried you’ll trip again or slip on the shower floor.”

Applejack sighed. Applejack was about to get undressed when she remembered the ace bandage around her chest. She couldn’t let Rarity see it. She frantically searched for a way out.

“Rarity do you think you could go into my room and get my shampoo and conditioner? They should be in a basket next to the door.”

Rarity gave Applejack a scrutinizing look. Applejack tried not to squirm.

“What’s wrong Applejack.”

“What do you mean?” Applejack tried to sound relaxed.

“Something is going on. I want to know what it is.” Rarity said flatly.

“I still don’t get what you mean?”

“Applejack!” Rarity snapped.

“What!?”

“You are not behaving like yourself. You won’t undress in front of me you won’t let me touch you and your temper is much more noticeable.”

“I’m just tired!” Applejack said in stressed out voice.

"This didn't start today. Now that I think about it, something has been off about your for a while." Rarity said angrily.

"I'm fine nothing is wrong!" Applejack shouted. She was stressed and confused.

“Really?” Rarity glared at Applejack. “Never in all my years of knowing you did I ever think you would ever lie straight to my face.”

“What!?” Applejack looked both panicked and disoriented.

“If you don't want me in your life then I’ll leave.”

Rarity watched Applejack. Applejack stood frozen with her mouth open. Applejack tried frantically to process what was happening.

After a moment Rarity turned and left.

Applejack began to cry.

Moon Dancer sat on the couch. Fluttershy had gone back to work. Rarity had taken Applejack back to her house and Pinkie Pie was off somewhere else doing chores. The Princess sat next to her and the human Twilight and pony Sunset sat on the other couch across from them.

“So I think the most important thing is to get everything settled here. You may be away from home for a while so I would set it up like you are on a vacation. Have someone check your mail and water your plants and take care of your pets.” Princess said.

Moon Dancer nodded. It felt so real all over again. Sunset was missing and no one knew where she was. She tried not to cry.

“So I’ll be back tomorrow morning at around ten O’clock and I expect you three to be ready. I’ll let you know anything I’ve found out. We need to leave a journal here with someone. Someone who will not be leaving Canterlot for more than a day. Just in case something happens. Like she turn out to be over here or anything else important come up. Okay?” Princess asked.

The others nodded.

“So Luna and I came up with some terms and conditions for you. These apply to the two human. I have a different promise I want you to make Sunset. You will be entering a foreign land that you are not native to. Things work very differently in Equestria. We have different customs, and we have different dangers. In Equestria we have something that Celestia calls a Princesses order. These are serious I’m not messing around commands. I want your word that you will follow any Princess’s orders I give you. Including if I order you to return here without the human Sunset.”

Moon Dancer paled.

“With this I will give you my word that I will not abuse this power or make any order that is unnecessary to be best of my knowledge. I don’t mean to scare you but… there are dangerous creatures in Equestria and some bad ponies. You two will be inexperienced at magic and maybe uncomfortable in your new bodies. I want to know that you will leave if things get bad. I want to out of harm's way. Understand?”

She looked between them

Moon Dancer felt dazed. This was real she was going to another world with magic and unicorns. She took a deep breath. She would freak out when she got there. She had to focus. She had to be productive. Sunset could be counting on her. She had to be strong. “I give you my world.” she said as formally as she could.

“I give you my word.” Midnight said.

Princess nodded and smiled at them. She took a deep breath and turned to Sunset. “So Luna and I decided that we need to keep track of you. No offense but Luna doesn’t entirely trust you and I don’t balm her. You don’t have to tell me everything just let me know if you are going out and and were you’ll be so I can find you easily. Also you need to promise that you won’t hurt anybody or try to mind control ponies. You won’t steal ANYTHING and you won’t lie about important things.”

Moon Dancer wondered why the Princess had to demand Sunset to be a good person. But then she realized there was a reason that this pony lived in this world. She had assumed she just liked in here but maybe she was kicked out. From the list of things it sounded like Sunset did something bad.

“I give you my word.”

Sunset drove Princess Twilight back to the portal. The human Twilight and Moon Dancer sat in Pinkie pie’s living room making phone calls. Moon Dancer called her post office and told them to hold her and her wife’s mail for two weeks. She called her brother and told him she would pay him to go to her apartment and water the plants twice a week. And so on.

Twilight called Cadence. Cadence somewhat understood the magic situation. Twilight explained that Sunset, one of Cadence’s favorite students was missing and that she and Moon Dancer, another one of her favorites were going to go look for her and may be gone for while. Cadence said she would try to make arrangements for her. Twilight said she would try to get her a means of staying in touch.

Sunset came back.

“How are you two?”

“I’m okay. I just called cadence and she said she would do her best to take care of things for you and I while we are gone. Also Moon Dancer she says hi.” Twilight said

“Awe tell her I say hi back.”

“I was wondering if maybe the other Twilight could bring back another journal set so me and Cadence could be connected?” Twilight asked.

“We can write her.” said Sunset. She turned “How are you doing Moon Dancer?”

“I’m a little bit in shock. Tomorrow I am going to a magical world populated by horses. I’m going to be a horse!” Moon Dancer said.

Sunset chuckled. “At least you know what is on the other side. “When me and Princess Twilight bother first came here we were going in blind!”

“Really?”

Sunset explained the whole story.

“You were a demon?” Moon Dancer asked.

“Sort of yeah.”

“Wow. Between that and the friendship games you two…”

“We have definitely had some magical adventures.” Sunset said.

Twilight laughed. “That’s not even counting the vampire disaster!”

“There are vampires now!?” Moon dancer said alarmed.

Sunset facepalmed.

Twilight set about explaining*.

“So that’s why everyone calls you Midnight.”

Twilight winces. “Yup.”

Moon Dancer checked the time. To her surprise it was almost four O'clock.

Moon Dancer got into her car she put the address of Sweet Apple Acres into her phone and hoped she’d have enough coverage to make it. She took a screenshot of the map just in case. It didn’t help. She got lost.

Moon Dancer pulled up into a random farm she realized it wasn’t the right one and stared backing out when someone waved at her. A man in overalls covered in mud walked over. A dog barked happily next to him.

“Howdy neighbor! My name is Lycopersicum.” the man said. A small kid rand from the porch of the house over too. “And this is my son Cepa.” he gestured.

“Nice to meet you . my name is Moon Dancer.” Moon Dancer said politely.

“Well Moon Dancer, What can I do for you?” she smiled genuinely.

“I’m lost I’m a trying to find Sweet Apple Acres.” Moon Dancer explained.

“Sweet Apple Acres! If that is your destination then you are definitely lost. I can help you though. Let me go get a map!” he took off inside.

The little boy walked up to her car window. “Why do you want to go to Sweet Apple Acres?” he asked innocently.

“I am a friend of Applejack’s-”

“You know Applejack.” his eyes were wide.

“Um.. yes.”

“I’ friends with her too! She brings us food every week and she plays with me sometimes. He said happily. She bought me this toy!” He pulled out a toy car out of his pocket and showed it to Moon Dancer. It looked like the kind of toy car her brother used to play with when he was six.

Lycopersicum came back. “Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! She is friend with Applejack!” Cepa shouted.

Moon Dancer smiled. Kids were so entertaining.

“Really you know Applejack? That would explain why you are trying to get to her house.” Lycopersicum said. She showed her the map he got. “We are here.” he pointed with a pencil. “You need to take this road to this intersection. And then you’ll take this rode to her house. They have a sign on a post at the entrance of their driveway. Keep your eyes out it is easy to miss. Keep driving though and there is an archway with Sweet Apple Acres in big letters that is hard to miss.”

Moon Dancer nodded and looked at the map. “What about this rode? It looks much faster”

Lycopersicum laughed. “Your right it is fast but that road is under construction. You’ll just get turned around.” he explained.

“Can I take a picture of this map?”

“Sure!”

Moon Dancer arrived at Sweet Apple Acres twenty minutes later. She was greeted by Big Macintosh.

“Thank you for fixing the tractor. We really appreciate it.” he said.

“The pleasure is mine.” Moon Dancer insisted. “You have been so wonderful to me and I really appreciate it.”

He smiled and walked away. Moon Dancer when inside to escape the sun and get some water. She ran into Cheerilee in the kitchen. She agreed to help Cheerilee make a batch of applesauce.

At eight O’clock Moon Dancer sat down at the apple dining table. A bowl of soup was placed in front of her. It smelled amazing. The rest of the apples except Applejack sat down. Granny smith made another long rambling speech about how they were thankful and then they started eating.

“So Granny Smith how was your day?” Apple Bloom asked.

“My day was mighty fine.” Granny Smith launched into a story about finding her special trawl.

The apples ate quietly and so did Moon Dancer.

“Once I had my trawl that stink weed didn’t stand a chance! I ripped it all up before it could flower.”

“Wonderful.” Cherrilee said.

“How about you Big Macintosh. How was your day?” Granny Smith asked.

“My day was fine. Lots of apple picking. I rode my horse over to All Barry Farm and traded them some of our apples and tomatoes for raspberries and blueberries.” Big Macintosh said.

“Oh wonderful! We can have blueberry pancakes tomorrow!” Cheerilee said.

The door opened and Applejack walked in. She carried a high school duffel bag. She was wearing work out cloths. She walked into the kitchen and served herself and sat down between Apple Bloom And Cheerilee.

“How was your day Applejack?” Big Macintosh asked.

Applejack stirred her soup. “My day was fine. I went to a friendship meeting with Moon Dancer. Rarity drove me home and I slept. I slept well. I got up and did a few of my chores before heading out to my Tai Chi practice. And now I’m here.” Applejack smiled. She seemed so happy. If Moon Dancer didn’t know better she would have never guessed that Applejack had looked like a disaster that morning and seemed really tired. “How about you Moon Dancer?”

“I had a fine day. After breakfast I fixed the tractor. It was a simple problem. And I didn’t get too messy so that’s a bonus. The friendship meeting was good.” Moon Dancer hesitated. She decided not to talk about it. “ I got lost on my way back. I ended up on another farmers property. His name was Lycopersicum and he had a son named Cepa.”

“You met Lycopersicum and Cepa!” Applejack exclaimed excitedly.

“Yeah. they said you bring them food.”

“We do.” Applejack said. “That family is poorer than us. I work at the food bank once a week and I pick up food for that family. I always try to put some sort of surprise in the box for Cepa. that family has it pretty rough and he usually doesn't get anything new. He is such sweet kid and I just want him to be happy.” Applejack said fondly.

Moon Dancer was touched by Applejack’s compasion. “Anyway. I finally made it back and I helped Cheerilee make applesauce.” Moon Dancer paused for a moment. “I want to let you all know that tonight will be my last night staying with you. I just want to thank you for welcoming me in and making me feel safe and comfortable. I really couldn’t have asked for more.” the apples beamed at her. Moon Dancer picked up her spoon to eat but stopped. Everyone was still looking at Moon Dancer. “Um… oh yeah. Apple Bloom how was your day?”

“My day was long. I cleaned cages all day. Messy smelly cages.” Apple Bloom made a face. Everyone laughed. Apple Bloom smiled. “I went out to lunch with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. That was fun. What else happened.” Apple Bloom asked herself as she stared at the ceiling. “They had to put a dog down. It got hit by a car. They also neutered and spayed a litter of kittens. They were so cute! Have you ever seen a litter of kittens wake up from anisea! They would wobble a little and then cuddle more. It was so adorable.” Apple Bloom gushed. “Anyway how was your day Cheerilee?”

“It was fine. I spent this morning doing wedding preparations. Pinkie Pie is still going to have to pull a miracle out of nowhere to pull this off but the miracle is becoming more and more possible day by day.” said cheerilee. “After I exhausted myself in the office I did some gardening. Checking on the plants. Two of the mole traps went off. And then I started a batch of applesauce which Moon Dancer helped me with.” Cheerilee smiled at Moon Dancer. “And that was my day.”

The group finished dinner. Big Macintosh had made an apple raspberry pie for desert.Moon Dancer thought it was amazing.

Moon Dancer stretched and stared at herself in the bathroom mirror. She contemplated taking a shower. It was late. Applejack walked in.

“Hey Moon Dancer what are you thinking about?” Applejack asked casually.

“Just how wonderful you family is.”

“Awe thanks!”

“I’m glad your feeling better. I was a little worried about you.”

“It was fine. I slept it off.” Applejack smiled.

“So you still do Tai Chi huh. Do you do any other martial arts?”

“I do Kung Fu. Northern Shaolin Kung Fu.”

“Wow. My wife used to do Taekwondo and Karate.”

“Cool.”

“Are you going to be taking time off soon?” Moon Dancer asked.

Applejack made a face. “At some point.”

“You shouldn't wait too long. You don’t want to hurt yourself.” Applejack and Moon Dancer had something of a staring contest.

Applejack sighed. “Have you and your wife thought about names?”

“Well of course I think it is impossible not to but we haven’t decided on anything. We don’t know the sex of our baby. We wanted to wait.” Moon Dancer explained.

“That's fair.”

“Honesty Applejack I am so scared for the delivery. It is probably going intense and stressful. I’ve been doing research and first time mothers can be in labor four days! I don’t think I can handle Sunset in pain for days!” Moon Dancer whined.

“Do you have a plan?”

“Yes. there is a midwife with a private practice who specialized in LGBTQ+ couples.”

“Really? Those exist?”

“Yeah. We found one in Crystal County.”

“Cool.”

“Yeah. So when Sunset goes into labor that is where I am going to drive her. I have even practiced the drive like they say you should.”

“You're going to do great.”

“I just hope we get her back here in time.”

“You will. I have confidence.”

The two stood in comfortable silence.

“So do you want a boy or a girl?” Applejack asked.

“I don’t think I care. I think Sunset is leaning towards a boy but I really don’t care.” Moon Dancer said.

“My parents prepared for both when my mother was pregnant with Big Mac. the doctors told them he was going to be a boy but they wanted to be ready if they were wrong. Mother said they were going to name him Jaclyn if he was a girl but he wasn’t so they named him Bright Macintosh the second.”

“Bright Macintosh? Really? Where did the big come from.”

Applejack laughed.

The door opened. Cheerilee walked in. “what are you ladies talking about?”

“Why Bright Mac the second is called Big Mac.”

Cheerilee laughed.

“Yeah everyone thinks it is a nickname he picked up in high school but no.”

“What do you mean?” Asked Moon Dancer.

“People think that it refers to his penis size. That it is massive because his name is big.” Cheerilee said.

“Oh. um is it?” Moon Dancer asked cautiously.

“It is big but not noticeably big when you measure it.” Applejack said. “It’s actually smaller than our fathers.” Applejack chuckled.

“Really?”

“I don't care I like it. It’s unique!” Cheerilee said happily.

“What do you mean?” Moon Dancer asked.

“My brother has a condition known as Peyronie’s Disease. Basically the connective tissue in his penis is inflexible in one spot and cause his penis shape to be very different it is a bent upwards at almost ninety degrees.” Applejack explained.

Moon Dancer just stared. “It is normal?”

“His is. Peyronie’s Disease can be caused by trauma to the penis or just by the natural development of the body.” Applejack said.

“But he can still perform in bed?”

“Definitely!” Cheerilee said enthusiastically.

Applejack and Moon Dancer laughed.

“When I was a teenager I a hard time getting off with dildos and later boys. I thought something was wrong with me. I thought maybe I had some sort of sexual dysfunction. And then I started having sex with Big Mac and It was amazing. My body responds just fine I just need a certain shape and he has it.”

“Wow that’s really fortunate.” Moon Dancer made a concentrating face.

“What up?” Cheerilee asked.

“I am trying to picture putting an on condom* on someone with a penis the bent ninety degrees half way down the shaft.”

“I use and in condom*.”

“Ah that makes sense.”

“So you don’t have to answer this but since we are on the subject I am curious, is Big Mac a grower or a shower because he always looks like he is tenting.”

“He’s a grower” Applejack and Cheerilee said at the same time.

“That bulge you see is just his bent rod.” Applejack said.

“Okay.”

“Well it was nice talking to you ladies but I really shouldn’t keep Big Mac waiting!” Cheerilee winked and walked out of the bathroom with a towel in her hands.

“You better not be at it all night!” Applejack shouted after her.

“What?” Moon Dancer asked.

“Big Mac and cheerilee are going to go have sex.” Applejack said.

“And why do you care how long they go at it?”

“Cause I can hear then from my bedroom and they aren't quiet.” Applejack let out an annoyed groan. “You should be fine. You are at the other end of the house. I am right above them so…”

“Ah. my wife makes noise in bed but she isn’t so loud. I am almost completely silent.”

“Nice.”

“How did we get on this topic?”

“Let's see…” Applejack thought. “ We were talking about why my brother is called big. And I haven’t told you yet. He is called big because he was a large baby. He was over ten pounds when he was born. My mother said she had to keep waiting for her vaginal to stretch for him.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. She said she would have to push and wait. And push and wait. She said it was tiring but well worth it.”

“So they named him Big Macintosh?”

“No they named him Bright Macintosh the second and gave him the nickname Big Mac.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah. Applejack is a nickname too actually.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. my parents were told I was going to be a boy and since the doctors were right with my brother my parents trusted them. They were going to name me after one of my mothers great grandfathers but then I turn out to be a girl. So they decided to name me Jaclyn, the name they were going to give my brother if he had been a girl.”

“So that begs the question… where did the name Applejack come from?”

Applejack laughed again. “Right so my parents had been trying to conceive for a while and they had had a miscarriage a few months ago. One night they got really drunk and decided to have some fun. My mother said she woke up with the worst hangover she had ever had. A few months later they realized what had happened that night.”

“Did they just not have sex before and after that?”

“Pretty much.”

“So they called you Applejack because they were drunk when the made you. Well it could be worse!”

“Yeah.”

“My parents combined their names when they named my brother and me and my sister don’t know why our parents choose our names.”

“Okay.”

“Well I think I’m going to take a shower. Do you mind?” Moon Dancer said.

“Not at all. Just let me know know are done.” Applejack smiled and left.

Sunset woke with a start. She glanced around her dark bedroom. She heard an ominous creek of the floorboard but she couldn’t tell if the person moving was in her apartment or the one next to it. Curse this cheap apartment. She couldn’t wait to move out.

She heard someone open her bedroom door. Sunset panicked. This was her room why in the world was someone else in it! She lunged and turned on the lights. Everyone was blinded but Sunset still had the home field advantage. While her enemy was confused she lunged towards her door. Her eyes adjusted.

She punched and kicked. She caught a man in the chest and winded him she felt a sharp sting in her arm. She didn’t pay attention to it. There was more than one person in her apartment. How did they get in! After a minute of fighting she started realizing that her movements weren’t very coordinated despite her training. She looked at the spot of her arm where she had felt the sharp sting. There was a tiny dart in her arm. All too late she realized what was happening. She turned to try to reach her phone which was plugged in by her bed. Her legs gave out. The last thing she remembered was someone grabbing her arm.

Author's Notes:

1 this is a Steven universe reference, for fun.
2 insert Sunlight by the Albinicorn
3 Latin Name of the tomato plant
4 this is a more inclusive term for what most people call a male condom
5 this is a more inclusive term for what most people call a female condom

What do you think! So much happened. I might go back and edit this chapter a little.

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