The Heart of Pleasure
By Haunter Rayne
Ch 94 – A Date Reversed

"Dash...! What's gotten into you?!"

It was a lovely Autumn day in Ponyville. The sun was shining and the breeze was warm. Many ponies were out to enjoy the nice weather while having a leisurely walk around town. It was during one such excursion though that a pair of pegasi found them snickering. "Hey Sassafras, hehe, take a look over there. Look at, haha, look at that dark cloud in the distance!"

Well beyond the range of sound but not entirely out of view they saw a rain cloud that was behaving quite peculiarly. The billowy tuft of water vapor would darken and lighten almost rhythmically while water dropped from the pressure pulsing within. While the few other clouds in the sky we're soft and white, this cloud was darkening by the minute while hovering far from the ground about a quarter mile off from town.

"Alright, come on Cloud Kicker. Let's give whoever's over there some privacy." Sassafras smiled as they both knew what it meant to see a cloud like that.

Off in the direction of the stormy tuft two ponies tumbled between each other's hooves in that low hanging cloud. A loud slurp caused Rayne to groan in pleasure as he could hardly stand the tension that Dash's mouth was giving him. "Hey, be careful you don't tear it off Dash!" Rayne laughed as the pegasus leaned her head all the way down until her throat was extending around the shape of his cock.

"MMMmmmssslllppphftt, auhhh! Mmmm hehe, what? I thought you'd enjoy me getting better at doing this. Are you saying you don't like having a hot blooded mare like me obsessively downing her mouth around your stallion pole?"

"Heh, are you kidding?! This feels amazing!" Rayne praised her as he watched her sit up from where she had been kneeling in his lap. "I'm just wondering what inspired the sudden-"

"Look, are we going to fuck?! Or are we just going to talk?!" Dash snapped at him from out of the blue. Rayne was surprised that from the expression on her face she actually looked mad. "What's wrong? You don't like me no more or sumthin'?" Dash was now laying back in the clouds displaying her open legs lewdly for him. But as seductive as her body language was, her face was still turned away from him with a pout.

"Fuck, something's really bothering her." Rayne thought to himself. "Better to not keep her waiting though and just ask about it later." Relief and joy seemed to refresh on her face the instant the stallion maneuvered himself between her legs.

"Just do me Rayne." Dash ordered. "Look, don't read too much into it. I just need a stallion right now and that's all you need to know. Okay? Now come on..." She hastily encouraged him.

Rayne just nodded and surprised Dash by taking a hoof-full of her hair. Then after driving his cock forward he savored how she grunted as his hips collided in with hers. "You mean like this Dash? This is what you need?" He grinned, savoring the rare opportunity she was allowing him of being rough with her.

"Yesss!" She hissed through her teeth. "Let me feel it! Give it to me! Every in-NCH AAUHH!" She screamed into her hooves as Rayne started to really pound her.

"Heh, if she wants it then let's let her have it." Rayne smirked to himself enjoying how Rainbow Dash was still one of the tightest mares that he had ever had sex with.

"Yesss! That's, it! I… Love… Taking… Your… Cock!" The squirming pegasus grunted between thrusts. "I… Want… To Be… Your… Cock… Slut!" She winced out with her eyes closed as she fervently began rocking her hips with him.

"Fuuuuck Dash! You're being so vocal this time! I don't know what's up but I'm loving it!" Rayne exclaimed feeling her tighten her already vice like vagina around him.

"Oh yeah? You're liking that?" She asked with a seductive look in her eyes. "Well maybe I've finally come around and decided I want to see how much fun devoting myself to a stallion's cock can be! I want to have all the sex that you want to have with me, alright? Anytime that I'm not busy, you just let me know and I'll be up for it!"

Rayne was feeling confused because Dash was seemed a little over the top about wanting him, even with the fact that his cock was currently buried inside her. "Heh, well if you want it then you got it." He agreed. "If being a cock slut is what you're wanting then come over here. Suck me clean before I bend you over again." Pulling off from the missionary position they were in Rayne reached under her tail to begin playing with her as Dash crawled forward to reinsert his dick into her mouth. But as soon as she had Rainbow suddenly froze before eventually flying away from him. "Hey, wait a minute. What happened?"

Hopping down from the cloud now Rayne stepped over to where Rainbow Dash had landed and was now bracing herself against a tree. She was huffing hard and looked a little panicked but Rayne couldn't tell if it was from sex or from something else. When Dash eventually spoke her tone was very direct as she reached behind her pulling her flank apart to reveal her slit. "Don't talk anymore Rayne… and I won't either. I just want you to fuck me and don't stop into you're done. Alright?"

Rayne could tell that Dash needed this for some reason and it had nothing to do with him. She was frustrated and was trying to burn it off through carnal lust. Rayne didn't speak as he just grabbed her by the rear before shoving himself back inside her. Dash screamed from his second thrust when the tip of his length bottomed out inside her. Then he braced Dash's shoulder against the tree and started to fuck-crush her against it. Even if they were only dating Rayne still cared about the mare and if she had something that she needed to be beaten out of her then that was exactly what he intended to do.

- About Forty Minutes Later -

Dash let out a comfortable sigh as she lay with Rayne under the tree. The stallion had his back against the trunk and Dash lay sprawled out along the grass with her head laying sideways in his lap. "Wow... that felt… so good." She sighed just idly enjoying the feel of Rayne's cum leaking out of her and down her flank.

"Heh, well it was my pleasure." Rayne chuckled as he felt thoroughly satisfied from getting to rut his urges into the pegasus so thoroughly.

But after some blissful sighing Dash's voice tightened a little as she lay in his lap. "Rayne… you're not as dumb as I'm hoping you are right now, are you?"

He gave a pause before admitting, "No Dash, I'm not. You made it pretty obvious that there's something eating you and that all this had nothing to do with me."

A few leaves trickled across the ground in the breeze as the two continued laying together. "I know that I owe you an explanation. I totally just used you and I wouldn't hold it against you if you were mad at me for it. But, I just don't want to have to explain what that was about! I don't suppose… that I could just tell you that you helped me and leave it at that?"

Rayne reached out to stroke her mane behind her ear. He smiled at the blissful sound that came from her lips before saying to her, "It's a shame really. The idea of a new, slutty, cock craved Rainbow Dash would have been a very exciting adventure to explore… but that was never really going to happen now was it?"

"No, it wasn't. I'm sorry that I even said that. I know that I can be a bit of a tomboy. Am I sporty? Sure. Competitive? Definitely. Horny? Well obviously. But slutty? I'm sorry, I'm just not that kind of mare."

"And I know you're not Dash. Don't be sorry about that. I wouldn't ever change a thing about you." He reassured her.

Dash had no idea how long the two of them laid together for after that. While relaxing with him she was relieved that Rayne didn't push for her to explain her earlier behavior. But after a serene moment's rest the pegasus eventually looked up to him and asked, "What time is it?"

"Hmm? About noon maybe?" Rayne supposed but he wasn't sure.

"What time's your date?" Dash smirked as she felt a shift from the stallion in his surprise.

"Hey, how'd you hear about that?" Rayne chuckled playfully.

"Oh well, she's kinda been going around town asking about ya. Not obnoxiously so but... you know I can hear everything from up there." Dash said while pointing up at the clouds. "So, you and Trixie huh?"

"Heh, yeah well I don't think anything serious will come of it. But yeah I'll be seeing her later." Rayne admitted.

"What time?" She asked him again as she nuzzled her face into his fur enjoying the musk of their scents mixed together.

"Oh don't worry, I don't have to leave anytime soon. It won't be until tonight." He reassured before scratching behind her ear again.

"So you're saying you're free for this afternoon?" She asked with a bit of a grin. "If so then do you think you could help me with something?" As the two looked at one another Dash reached her hoof down to rub against her side while saying, "Do you think you could take me to Ponyville Hospital? I think you might have broken my hip."

"I did not!" Rayne shouted as he quickly sat up looking the pegasus over in alarm.

"Ahahaha! Gotcha! No don't worry, it's probably just a muscle sprain. I'm sure there's no permanent damage done… but seriously though. I do need some painkillers or something. This really hurts." She chuckled up to him. Although even as she winced from Rayne loading her onto his back, he could tell from the smile on her face that it was a pain that she was happy to have.

- Grassy Hillside East of Ponyville -

It was late in the afternoon when the stallion approached the designated meeting spot. But even before he arrived he could see that his date for the evening was already there and laying out preparations in advance. The breeze was soft and the sky was filled with an orange hue from the setting sun as Rayne approached to see what surprise the traveling magician had in store for him.

“Well, what’s all this? A picnic date Trixie?” Rayne asked as he saw a lengthy blanket spread out upon the grass with a basket to the side and some candles ready for after it had gotten dark.

“Well, that’s part of it.” She hinted as she was still setting out the collections of items which she had brought with her. After producing a glass pitcher of what appeared to be orange juice Rayne was surprised to see Trixie also levitate a quill and notepad from the basket as well. This definitely sparked his curiosity for what she had planned this evening.

“I hope that I arrived on time for you?” He said with a gentlemanly smirk knowing full well that he had not kept her waiting.

“Like clockwork.” She smiled back to him appreciatively. “In fact, maybe a couple minutes early.” Next came a pair of blankets that were set to the side in case if got cold and Rayne was feeling impressed with how much forethought she seemed to have given for their date.

“Oh well then please allow me to be of use.” He smirked as he stepped over to help with the unfolding. However he was caught off guard when the blankets were suddenly levitated away from him.

“Nope.” Trixie said shortly.

“Nope?” Rayne asked while giving her a puzzled look. She set the blankets aside for now and then began unpacking the food she had brought in the basket.

“That’s right. Just nope.” She said again while hardly even glancing at him as she worked.

“What is going on here?” Rayne thought to himself. “She isn’t being aggressive with me. She doesn’t sound upset at all. If I had to call it anything then I’d say she’s sounding playful with me. But why wouldn’t she want me to help her with anything?”

“You’re probably wondering why I am just leaving you to stand there while not allowing you to help with anything.” Trixie stated to which Rayne immediately failed to resist balking in surprise at her. “Hehe, I thought so. You see the fact is that you aren't going to be assisting me with anything all evening long.” She stated matter-of-factually which made Rayne’s curiosity for their date rise to almost infuriating levels.

“Why is this mare getting under my skin?!” His thoughts screamed before saying aloud, “Ahem, well… is that so?” He asked politely after clearing his throat to recompose himself.

“Yes.” She again answered as short as could be. Finally laying herself down upon the blanket to face him she then patted the space before her. "Come and sit."

Rayne had to crane his neck to the side to avoid grinding his teeth where she could see. Then with as charming of a smile as the frustrated stallion could muster he laid down so they were both facing each other. “So, is our entire evening going to be this short spoken together?” He asked to comment upon her quick quipped little responses to him.

“Oh no, definitely not.” She answered quickly and with her signature devious smirk. “In fact, it is my hope that the two of us will talk a great deal tonight. You see, this will not be a date that is full of stallion charm where you attempt to impress your way into my heart. You will not be serving me this food tonight and there will be no serenading me with songs. This will not be a cheesy trip to an amusement park or even to catch a performance while the two of us sit idling beside each other in silence.”

Rayne had no issue with being faced by a strong female presence, but her insistence to definitely control the evening left him burning to know what she had planned. “Then what am I to do for you this evening for our date?” He asked, still refusing to give his gentlemanly tone a rest.

That was until Trixie completely shattered his expectations by saying, “Not a thing, if it means doing it for me. I want you to rest. I want you to simply relax and enjoy yourself and nothing else. I hereby forbid you from doing anything to impress me on this date! And should I at any point feel even the tiniest bit flattered by you then I will take it as a personal insult to my character and leave." Rayne just sat there and blinked having not a clue how to respond to that. "All I want is to talk with you tonight. Just sit, enjoy each other’s company, eat a bit, and talk.” She ended with a point of finality to her voice.

Rayne sat there for a moment and contemplated the situation he found himself in. He stared at Trixie feeling no inspiration from his pleasure pony abilities nor did he have from his own creativity. “I… don’t know what to say.” He thought to himself. “I don’t know what the right response is to this. How do I react to her while coming from a basis of nothing?”

“Don’t panic… it’s okay.” She suddenly reassured him which would have made Rayne worry that she could read his thoughts if he didn’t already have all the meta knowledge of her character to know better. “If you don’t have anything to say then don’t feel that a silence is a failure on your part." She told him, showing off her unintentional crass side once again. "Please, eat. Enjoy yourself. Not for my sake, for your own.” All the while Trixie’s smirk never left her lips. She had the advantage over Rayne from how she had constructed their date and she knew it.

“Dammit, I am being played!” Rayne thought to himself silently. “This is a mental game she is just playing with me. In fact she’s been dominating me at it.” Reaching out the stallion plucked a grape from small banquette that Trixie had arranged and popped it into his mouth without saying a word. “But what’s her game? What's she getting at and why this elaborate setup? Trixie does everything for a specific reason, she’s not the whimsical type… but she’s not bad either. She wouldn’t be doing this if she didn’t think it was the right thing to do.”

“Tasty?” She asked him while lowering her smiling face into her hooves.

After swallowing Rayne looked to her and asked, “So what did you want to talk about?” He had dropped the charming act and asked her plainly. Immediately upon doing so Rayne saw the first genuine looking smile of the evening on her face and wondered if Trixie really did desire to have an honest interaction with him after all.

“You.” She said lightheartedly. “I want to know about you. All about you.” She stated with what seemed like real modest enthusiasm.

“Me? And what makes me such an intriguing topic to want to know about?” Rayne queried in a curious tone. All his charm, flirtation and scheming was laid aside. It wasn't even until after he’d spoken that he'd realized that his tone was of someone who honestly didn’t understand what could be so interesting about themselves. Almost instantly a pang of guilt struck in his gut as he hadn’t allowed for a single instance of his human self doubt to carry over into his pony self since he’d arrived. At least not until this very moment.

Trixie didn’t miss a beat as she replied to him as if she were discussing the simplest truth in the world. “Oh well it’s true that you’re an attractive stallion. And yes it’s true that I’ve heard you have quite the savvy business sense. I mean it only took me a matter of minutes after arriving in back in town to find that nearly every pony in Ponyville knows who you are and has only great things to say about you. But honestly rumors and hearsay mean next to nothing to a pony like Trixie.”

“So…?” Rayne asked, accidentally showing a break in his patience as his curiosity was demanding an answer.

“So...” She replied, “with all of that meaning nothing to me all that leaves is that you are a stranger who did a kindness for me not once but twice now. And for that, I think you are a pony who is worth asking about.”

It was as if thunder had struck in a soundless room as Rayne sat there feeling dazed now. “O-oh.” He found himself blushing and actually turned away as a shade of embarrassment clouded his face. “Well I...” But even he knew he looked ridiculous while fumbling to levitate over the pitcher and glass to himself to for a distraction. “Trixie I, well I mean that is very nice of you to say and all-” He gently ranted as he took a sip while the mare sat looking like the cat who caught the canary. “I just... wait a minute-” He suddenly paused as he took another sip. “This isn’t orange juice.”

“No… it isn’t.” Her smirk was growing by the second as she watched the stallion return to his glass and gulp heavily with a blissful expression.

“Ahhh! That’s so good!” He sighed in satisfaction. “How did you know that I really enjoy apricot juice?” He asked her in genuine, pleasant, enthusiasm.

“Oh because every time you stop by the Cafe Hay here in Ponyville you always order the same beverage almost every time.” She answered and gave him a wink as he looked to her incredulously. “I bribed one of the staff who works there to let me know what you liked.”

Raising his brown the stallion looked to her and asked, “Now not that I don’t appreciate it, but why would you do that?”

“Well because...” She remarked with a heightened tone to her voice. “I didn’t know anything about you. We’ve hardly even met but I wanted to make sure I provided an evening that was worth it for you to enjoy. Like for instance, the sandwiches here are avocado and tomato slices both salted but with a touch of mayo.”

“Heh, my favorite.” Rayne blushed and Trixie nodded.

“I did it because I thought you were a stallion worth doing something nice for. That’s it.” She reassured him and beamed at the smile that spread across Rayne’s face. He was touched and it only made her happier as there was another long silence between them as they ate together.

“So, you wanted to ask about me?” He eventually repeated. But this time his tone had a welcoming feel instead of being curious and inquisitive.

“Mhm.” She nodded excitedly.

“Well then, what would you like to you?” He offered now giving into the spirit of the evening and allowing Trixie to take full control of how their night went without him interfering.

- Later -

“Oh come on, really? A big stallion like you? I have a hard time believing that you were bullied when you were young.”

“Oh no, it’s true. I had a miserable childhood. I mean I was happy but it was bliss in ignorance that I didn’t know until I was older.”

“How bad was it really? I mean come on.”

“Well, to phrase it one way, I had more games to play at home than any other youngster in my entire town put together. But I didn't realize until I looked back when I was almost an adult that it was because none of the other neighborhood kids wanted to play with me. I’ll spare you the social and political dynamics as to why.”

“Yeowch. Heh, that bad huh? Oh wait, I’m sorry I probably shouldn’t laugh.”

“No, it’s okay. I can laugh at it too looking back on it now.”

- Much Later -

“Wow… I never would have guessed. I know what it is like growing up with only a single parent. For me I was raised by my mom who did all she could to get me into Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns. Things were tight sometimes but even with growing up without my father I could never imagine having made it through my childhood without a mother.”

“Yup, that’s how it was for me. Just my dad and I. He worked, went to school, and somehow always made time for me at the same time. Now as an adult I have no idea how he managed it all by himself.”

“And he never remarried? Ever? Not even after you grew up?”

“Nah, I’m pretty sure he couldn’t. He loved my mother so much and when we lost her I think that part of his heart that requires companionship was lost with her. I was all he had left so he put all his heart into loving me.”

“Well good on him then. I wish my father had given half that effort that yours did to actually be around when I was growing up.”

“Oh I don’t know, I think that your mother did a pretty good job of raising you all on her own. I mean judging by how you’ve turned out that is.”

“Thanks… I appreciate- … HEY WAIT! Oh no, none of that! This date is about you. No flirting or else!”

“Haha, okay alright.”

- Far into the Evening -

“Look, I get it. I’m a performer too okay? I know what it’s like to enjoy the feeling of making ponies happy. But seriously, you should have heard the way everypony in town was talking about you today. You’re trying WAY too hard to make everypony happy Rayne.”

“Really? I mean it’s not like it ever felt to me like I was putting too much effort into it. I was just doing what comes naturally to me.”

“Trust me… Life isn’t exciting without a little drama. Take my show last night for instance. You think that I didn’t know in advance that the bit with the hat was going to be a dud with the crowd? Sometimes you’ve got to lower a ponies expectations a little so that you can get an even bigger reaction with your big finish!”

“Huh, I never thought of it like that before.”

- Well Passed Midnight -

“Rayne...” Trixie whispered softly as she lay on her back looking up at the stars. “I really enjoyed myself tonight. Thank you for making this an excellent date.”

The dark stallion gave a chuckle and glanced over from where he was laying on his back next to her. “Me? What did I do? You’ve been the one giving me all the spoiled attention here.”

She turned to face him as she spoke softly, “No, you did. You enjoyed yourself. You were your real self with me and not this facade that you put on to make every other pony in this town happy.” Rayne blushed again as she reached out to stroke his cheek. “You let me see you tonight. And from the sound of things... despite all the ponies you’ve helped, despite all the mares you’ve dated, you’ve let me be the first one to ever see that side of you before.”

Rayne held back the thought of sharing that Maud knew him like no pony in Equestria ever would but instead he just gazed back into her mused eyes and said, “Well thank you for giving me a reason to show it. I’ll admit, I’ve never had another pony take such an invested interest in me since I moved here.”

After that he saw a look in her eyes and it was a look that he definitely recognized. “Rayne...” She whispered as she bit her bottom lip while staring at him. “I wasn’t sure before about whether I wanted to do this or not. But laying here with you now I’ve decided that I do. Not because of anything that you did or said. But just because you let me see the real you and I liked what I saw… it made me decide that you are a pony worth doing this with.”

Rayne didn’t say a thing, not wanting to take her thunder away. He just watched as she scooted in closer to him and they closed their eyes together. She delicately ran her lips across his. Soon coiled within each other's arms together. The two of them submitted to a calm gentle embrace, tenderly making out with one another with no emotional or social strings attached to their motivations.

- A Little Over an Hour Later -

“Well this has been a night to remember.” Rayne said appreciatively as he walked the mare back to her wagon.

“It was interesting to say the least.” She teased him while playfully sticking her tongue out.

“Hey!” He shouted back but was smiling all the same, even if it were at his own expense.

“Thank you Rayne. I do mean it when I say that I had a good time tonight.” She told him as she climbed her short staircase but then lingered as she stood in her door way. “And thank you for being a good sport for my antics tonight… and my teasing, heh.”

That was when Rayne smiled at her but was thoughtful enough to leave his usual charm aside. “Well it’s like you said right? Lower their expectations before your big finish?”

He had to stifle a laugh as that definitely made Trixie's ears perk up. With her sly grin returning she looked back from over her shoulder at him. “Oh? And what makes you think that this night between us isn’t already finished? Huh?”

The two of them chuckled playfully at each other but then there was yet another silence between them. While Trixie remained at her door hesitating to go inside, Rayne stood below her stairs and started shuffling one of his hooves across the ground. “Well, this is your date after all. You’re the one making the rules tonight so you tell me. Is it?”

Trixie turned her face away from him at that point. She looked on into sanctum of her small wagon home and said, “I want you to know something Rayne… I had fun tonight getting to know you like I did. And I hope that I gave you an enjoyable evening like no other.”

Rayne scoffed and offered her a nod even though she wasn’t looking at him. “Trixie, I can without a doubt say that this has been one of the most amazing dates that I have ever had. I dare say it was a great and powerful date.” He snickered and she hid her mild blush at that.

Then however her voice became serious again as she stated, “But just because this was a good date doesn’t mean that I’m automatically in love with you. We had a good time, but that's it. There’s never going to be a future between us for the simple fact that I am a traveling magician and you are a townspony. And honesty, long distance relationships just don’t work for Trixie.”

“Trixie, I understand completely.” Rayne responded to her as he stared up at the mare from the ground below. Then after another moments pause still neither of them had moved.

“Do you? Well I guess we’ll see.” She told him with a glance from over her shoulder. “I’m going inside now and you are welcome to do as you please. Thank you for allowing me to repay the kindness you showed me last evening... and good night Rayne.” Then with that the blue unicorn mare walked herself inside to the dark of her wagon interior.

She paused in the dark and released a deep breath that she had been holding. She waited listening to the sound of silence in her wagon and hesitating to illuminate the lantern that sat before her on a shelf. After a half dozen count of her breath she looked back behind her to the empty doorway which she had purposely chosen not to close as she came in. “Small town ponies Trixie. They aren’t like the stallions you meet on the road.” She thought silently to herself as she raised a hoof and turned the dial on her mechanical lantern.

“Trot, trot… trot...”

Suddenly Trixie’s eyes opened wide at hearing a stepping sound from the wagon stairs behind her. Turning around she saw a dark stallion with a long flowing mane standing in her doorway after taking the initiative to invite himself in. The two stared at each other for a moment without either of them saying a thing. Then with her hoof still on the dial Trixie turned the lamp back down again as Rayne stepped inside using his magic to close the door shut behind him.

Author's Notes:

Hello all! I hope that all my readers are still enjoying my story. I'm sorry about the delays but even while I haven't been feeling well I still have been working on my writing. Anyways, lots to cover here because a lot definitely just happened.

Cutting back to the beginning Rainbow Dash was definitely outside of her normal character for herself in this chapter. Saying that she was agitated by something would definitely be an understatement. And yet, she never actually said what it was that was bothering her that threw her into such a wild lust for Rayne. Oh, don't be alarmed by the her joke towards the end of their scene there. Rayne didn't really break Dash's hip while he had her pinned against that tree. She is just feeling very sore. But I hope you all enjoyed that short sex scene.

Sassaflash and Cloud Kicker are both canon pegasi. Both of those two are regular background ponies who both live native to Ponyville instead of Cloudsale. I know because I checked, haha.

Okay now about Trixie's date... I was definitely going for more of a psychological play here and I'm sure there was plenty of content for those of you who enjoy seeing Rayne lose his shit. Trixie was definitely holding the advantage over Rayne here but that begs the question as to 'why was she doing it?'

If you remember back, Dash revealed that Trixie had been going around asking everypony about Rayne. And what do you think they all had to say? Probably a lot of 'That guy is great' and pretty much not a lot else. It was already established that all of Rayne's girlfriends never really asked him about himself to really get to know him. Well except for maybe Maud that is. Once Trixie saw this, she knew exactly what she wanted to do. She wanted to put who she saw as a 'flirty playboy' in his place and found out about the real him who he is inside. And that is just what she did.

So yes, Trixie in not so many words did invite Rayne into her home. But she did so without saying it. A more naive or skittish stallion might not have even realized the invitation. But Rayne being human doesn't suffer from the more two dimensional mindset that plagues most of the citizens of Equestria. And you can expect the next chapter to pick up from right where this chapter left off.