"That was so awesome..."

Peter smiled, his eyes closed as he listened to Rainbow Dash's gentle breathing.

And, as Peter lay there on the hammock, his right wing and foreleg around Rainbow Dash, the left equivalent of the latter resting on his chest, a horrible realization hit him. His eyes shot open, and he directed his gaze towards Rainbow Dash.

"Shit, 'Dash, what if you get pregnant?"

The cyan Pegasus smiled, and looked up at him, sincerity gleaming in her eyes.

"Then you and I would raise the foal, as mommy and daddy, husband...and wife."

He blushed, and smiled at her, knowing full well that if she became heavy with child, he would have no choice but to marry her. Then again, he wouldn't hesitate at all. In all honesty...deep down, he kind of hoped that she would get pregnant.

"But...what if it comes out as a human-pony mutant?"

"I'm pretty sure you're a pony right now, Peter. Maybe not forever, but until Twilight's spell wears off, you are."

Peter nodded.

"Yeah, I guess you're right...I mean, in order to turn into a pony, every strand of DNA in my body would have to change at the same time, which probably includes the Deoxyriboneucleic Acid in my sperm..."

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, ya' egghead..."

They shared a small laugh, which did nothing to calm the tempest in Peter's mind.

"But...back on Earth, I'm still fifteen. What if I turn out to be a bad father? Or a bad husband?"

Rainbow Dash giggled, and kissed him on the cheek.

"Peter, you'd be a great father. And, you'd be a wonderful husband. Don't you remember what you said in the hospital? Loyalty isn't based on your actions, but how you act. You questioning yourself...it shows that you'd be an amazing father, and husband."

Peter smiled, and kissed her back, his mind quickly falling into a state of sleep.

"I love you, Rainbow Dash..."

"I love you too, Peter..."

Peter fell asleep, but Rainbow Dash stayed awake, staring at the sunroof, petrified of the future, and of how quickly everything was taking its course.

I want to marry him...but I've known him for less than a month...I mean, he obviously feels the same way, but...this is just so weird...for the first time, I think I'm in over my head here...

She looked over to Peter, and sighed. In two hours, he would return to his human form.

What we just did...it was amazing. It wasn't like what Gilda told me about...it was amazing, and it was love. But...what if I can't bring myself to do it when he's a human? Would he be...disappointed?

She shook her head, and gulped, uneasily closing her eyes.

I guess...I'll just have to wait, and see...

Rarity's eyes opened slowly.

Oh, my...where am I?

She looked around. She could hardly make out anything in the darkness. However, she did feel something holding her. She nestled in the grip, smiling.

Ah...it must be Spike...

She opened her eyes, and looked around for the dragon. When she couldn't find him, she decided to magically enlighten her surroundings, and thus herself, ignoring the slight throbbing as the beer took its toll.

At least I didn't have too much last night...

She smiled, chuckling as the orb of light sputtered into life.

Or...perhaps I did...

She looked down at the 'vine' holding her, which now moved slightly, bringing her closer to a horrible stench.

Oh, I must be seeing things...

She looked around at her dark surroundings. Many vines sprouted out around her, all of them going in random directions, coming out of a strange, bud-shaped plant.

Hah...is that a giant mouth? Oh, Rarity, you do have the strangest dreams...

And then, the pain kicked in, as the vine squeezed her tighter, slowly bringing her closer to the strange object in the center.

Oh...I'm not dreaming...how did I get here?

She looked around, the orb of light at the tip of her horn showing her how horrid her surroundings were.

Oh, my, how squalid! There's dirt everywhere, it's practically a jungle! And...oh my...

The vine that was holding her began to solidify, becoming incredibly cold, before ultimately shattering. She fell to the ground, which was not too far, and stood, eying the dirt with a hateful passion.

"Ugh...dirt...now my hooves will have dirt in them for weeks..."

She looked around, searching for a way out. However, she heard a small snapping noise that gave her halt.

Turning, Rarity came face to face with...

A Stallion Eater.

Twilight walked between Spike and Applejack, feeling dwarfed in the giant pneumatics block.

"This way. The greenhouse is over there."

Twilight looked up at Spike, confused.

"But...how do you know that?"

"I was in here before....I know my way around here, if only a little bit..."

Twilight nodded, remembering the time she had seen Spike pop out of Pinkie Pie's mane...

"This is so weird...that we're in her mane..."

Just then, a bloodcurdling scream cut through the silence. The three looked between each other, and ran forward...

Right into the chest of a giant Stallion Eater.

"Oh, my Celestia! That thing is huge!"

Spike frowned in confusion, watching as Twilight charged up her horn.

"This Stallion Eater is going down!"

Suddenly, Spike noticed something. Jumping between Twilight and the Stallion Eater, he spoke.

"Twilight, wait! Don't hurt him!"

Strangely enough, the Stallion Eater shrank back slightly, its voice coming out clear and crisp.

"Don't hurt me, me Plant Guy. Me good Stallion Eater. Me help."

Twilight raised an eyebrow, and observed the strange being.

First off, it wasn't exactly a Stallion Eater. Rather, it was more like a giant, plant version of Peter, albeit without feet, arms, or eyes. In place of feet, were roots, and in place of arms, were leaves. Its head was red, with white polka-dots, and orange leaves spanning the rim of the oval. In the center of the head, was a large mouth.

"Well...Plant Guy...would you mind staying here? Two friends of ours are going to come in after us, and they're going to need your help, seeing as how they don't have a map. Then again, this map isn't very helpful..."

The large plant nodded its head, and Spike raised a claw to a leaf, and shook it.

"Hey, Plant Guy! It's me, Spike! I'm not sure if you remember me, but you chased me through the pneumatics area."

The...'Plant Guy' smiled, and patted the dragon on the back.

"Me sorry. Friends?"

Spike smiled in return.

"Friends. Now, just wait here, okay? Uh...you can sense things, right?"

The plant nodded.

"Yes. Sense things in air, with leaves. Living beings make good gas, make me live."

Spike nodded.

"Okay. Thanks, Plant Guy! We'll see you soon!"

The plant smiled, and stood aside, allowing the three friends to continue on towards the greenhouse, Twilight and Applejack simply staring at Spike as they moved on towards the greenhouse, which seemed to be incredibly far away.

As they walked, the brick walls keeping the hair of Pinkie Pie's mane out of their paths, while dimming their surroundings, Applejack broke the silence.

"So...Twilight...last night...did we do anything...odd?"

Twilight's eyes opened wide, and she immediately remembered the moment when Applejack and Pinkie Pie had locked muzzles...

"Uhhh, nooo..."

Applejack raised an eyebrow towards the lavender unicorn.

"Y'know yer' a bad liar, right?"

Twilight smiled, unable to resist the truth.

"Yes, yes..."

"So...did Ah do anything weird?"

Twilight gulped, and decided to tell her.

"Well...you...kphd...mph...mie..."

"Ah'm sorry, what?"

"You kphd...mphie...mie..."

"Ah 'kphd mphie mie'? Twilight, what're you sayin'?"

"You kissed Pinkie Pie!"

Applejack stopped in her tracks, staring ahead, her body totally rigid. Her eyelids creased upwards, her expression that of incredulity.

"Ah...Ah what?"

Twilight stopped and turned, sighing as she faced her friend. Spike stopped and leaned against the wall, breathing a small amount of fire in impatience.

"You were really drunk, and it only lasted for a split second, okay?"

Applejack closed her eyes, and looked to the ground, shaking her head.

"Well...as long as that's all Ah did..."

"It's all I saw."

"Okay...well...let's just...never talk of this again, y'hear?"

Twilight nodded, and Spike interrupted.

"Listen, I understand that this is all very pressing to you, Applejack, but we need to get a move on. Rarity is stuck in the center of that jungle, with a giant Stallion Eater about to...eat'er."

The three of them sighed. Even as an adolescent dragon, in a pressing situation, he couldn't resist the puns.

"Sorry. Anyway, let's go."

Applejack and Twilight nodded, and they pressed forth, the greenhouse's glass walls finally coming into view.

"Well, let's just go through this without a problem, okay?"

Applejack and Spike nodded, and they walked on for about fifteen more minutes, before finally arriving at the entrance. They walked in, still amazed that this much...stuff, fit into Pinkie Pie's mane.

They walked on the walkway (you don't say), which made slight ripples in the green, algae infested waters. A few lily pads sat upon the surface, their green leaves almost as large as Twilight in certain cases, or as small as the dragonflies that manifested around them.

Twilight took a deep breath, the warm interior of the greenhouse acting almost like a sauna...

"Come on, don't dawdle. We've got to save Rarity."

Twilight nodded, suddenly realizing that both she and Applejack had stopped in their tracks.

And then, something rose out of the water, unheard by either of them as they walked on, the metal stairs echoing with the falling of their hooves as they walked onto the higher platform, careful to avoid touching the strange flowers that grew on the vines wrapping around the railings.

Unheard by the three of them, the lily pad rose steadily higher up out of the water, liquid dripping into the murky water below.

And then, Spike turned around, and stood completely still.

"Spike? Are you-"

Applejack and Twilight followed his gaze, turning. They screamed, the monster advancing closer. Its head was the lily pad, the two buds its eyes, the sharp, razor blades on the leaves making its entire head a mouth. Its body was simply many dangling roots, which seemed to move of their own accord in the murky waters of the greenhouse.

"Run!"

Twilight, Applejack, and Spike turned and fled, Twilight not wanting to waste time and magic on the beast.

That is, until a second one snatched Spike up in its mouth, forming a perfectly closed bud as it angled its head upwards.

"Spike!!"

Twilight gathered her energy, ready to destroy the plants, when...

A gash appeared in the side of the plant. Purple claws raked at the inside, white fangs gnawed at the fabrics, rendering small and large holes in the bud.

Spike jumped out, his heart ablaze with fury. He sent the blaze from his heart to his mouth, sending fire at the plant that had dared to eat him, a dragon! How dare a plant eat a dragon!

He turned, gritting his teeth as the plant fell into the water, dead.

Spike landed on the walkway, and turned to face the second plant, his eyes ablaze with fury. He launched forward, diving into the mouth of the plant as he scorched it with fire, descending into the murky waters below as he tore, bit, kicked at the mouth of the plant, air bubbles escaping from his own mouth.

Above, Twilight and Applejack smiled at each other.

"Three...two...one..."

They expected Spike to burst out. And he did.

Albeit, with fifty vines holding him as he tried desperately to escape their hold.

"Help!"

He sent fire back at his constraints. They were too wet to be burned, and they redoubled their efforts to pull him into the water.

"Shit! Twilight, help!!"

He raked at the vines, but he missed, the strands too thin to accurately snap them, and when he did hit them, they were too wet and pliant for him to actually snap them.

More vines whipped around his wrists and ankles, and slowly began to pull him in four different directions, agonizingly painfully, and slowly.

"Aghhh!!!"

Just then, the vines grew cold, and shattered, just as the Stallion Eater had.

"Oh, buck..."

Spike fell into the water, and surfaced quickly, panting as he pulled himself out onto the metal floor of the greenhouse. After a moment's respite, he climbed up to Twilight and Applejack, immediately sitting down in front of them.

"What...was that!?"

Twilight shook her head.

"I honestly don't know..."

Applejack, Spike and Twilight exchanged glances. Applejack stated the painfully obvious. Spike would have done so, if he wasn't still catching his breath.

"So, wait...if y'all don't know what in the hay that was, then...what else could possibly be in Pinkie Pie's...mane?"

Twilight nodded, horror-stricken, thinking of Rarity and what could be attacking her at the moment...

"Let's go..."

Spike raised a claw as the two of them galloped along, panting as he fell onto his chest in a meager manner when he attempted to stand and run with them.

"I'll...I'll be right with you...just...just, give me a second...okay...?"

Rainbow Dash opened her eyes, refreshed by her sleep.

And then, she looked down.

"Uh...I see you're back to being a human again, Peter."

The human stirred, and immediately covered himself with his hands.

"Oh, shit..."

Rainbow Dash sighed.

"Look, Peter, I don't know if I can bring myself to do it with you, y'know, when you're a human..."

Peter nodded, relieved that he was no longer a pony.

"I understand perfectly. But, for now, could you go get my clothes?"

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow.

"Why can't you just put it away, and we lay down and forget that you took it out again?"

Peter took a deep breath, and exhaled.

"Uh...'Dash...there's something you need to know...about humans..."

She raised an eyebrow, curious as to what he had to say.

"We...we can't put our...dicks away..."

He immediately hung his head in shame.

Wow. Smooth. Almost as smooth as a skeleton's ass.

"Uh..."

Peter simply nodded.

"So, every time we've hugged, kissed, or just lay down together, you've been...'ready'? And...even when you're just sitting by yourself, you're...'ready'?"

Peter shook his head furiously.

"No, no...just because it's there doesn't mean I'm going to use it. When it get stiff, that's when I'm...'ready'."

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow.

"Stiff? What is it now?"

"Flaccid. When I'm aroused, it get stiff and grows bigger, in something called an 'erection.'"

He sighed.

I'm doing fucking sex-ed...

Rainbow Dash blushed brighter.

"So...so...every time we've slept together, that thing has been there?"

"Yeah...but not to be used, just...to be there. It's weird, I know, but it's not like I'm constantly thinking through my...head."

He smiled at the pun.

"Uh...where else would you think?"

"The tip of it is called the 'head'."

"Ohhh...weird. Anyway, I'll get your clothes. I'm guessing that, since your clothes are on, it's not like we're actually doing anything, right?"

Peter nodded, and Rainbow Dash kissed him on the cheek.

"Well, whatever. If you can't put it away, you can't put it away. I'll get your clothes, be right back..."

And with that, she descended from the hammock, making sure not to allow the screens to fly back into place. She returned quickly, his clothes in her forelegs. Peter took them from her, smiling at the cyan Pegasus as she landed next to him.

"Thanks, Rainbow Dash..."

For understanding...

He quickly pulled on his underwear, then his undershirt, and then the rest of his damn clothes.

"Uh, by the way, Fluttershy needs to talk to us."

"Okay..."

They descended, and Fluttershy immediately packed them full with information.

"Twilight, Spike, and Applejack went into Pinkie's mane to save Rarity. She fell into a jungle, in the center of a giant Stallion Eater. They need you two in there. 'Plant Guy' will meet you there. Now, get going, you two!"

Rainbow Dash and Peter exchanged glances, and decided that Fluttershy wasn't simply pulling their legs. They walked over to Pinkie Pie, and she bent down, holding the tip of her mane up for them to enter through.

Peter elbowed Rainbow Dash.

"I'll meet you in there!"

He jumped in, and his entire body disappeared, shocking Rainbow Dash to no end.

"Wha...how..."

"Just get in, Dashie!"

Rainbow Dash cringed as Pinkie Pie used the nickname, but took to the air all the same, flying directly into the pink, unruly mane, following Peter into the odd world it contained.

And so, our adventure begins.

It will be a tale of daring conquest, horrifying enemies, and...

Ah, who am I kidding?

It's going to be hilarious.

BTW, Plant Guy FTW. I don't know why, but you guys seem to love him.

Oh, by the way...

I dropped a screw in the mayonnaise.

Have fun!