“Okay okay that’s ENOUGH!” Hurricane shouted, laughter tinging her voice.

Dash chuckled as she pushed Pansy and Pinkie away. Feeling slightly off balance from the push, she attempted to regain herself before she fell of her Commander’s back. “Come on. I’m gonna fall over guys. We'll do stuff like this again sometime.... Hopefully when I’m not all, you know, injured.”

“Aw, but Dashie, Pansy and I were winning!” Pinkie chirped, humming happily.

“Actually...” Hurricane began, looking past a group of clouds. “We probably should. We’re nearing base. I’m sure that Rainbow Dash would receive a very warm welcome...”

“Especially after Hurricane nearly destroyed the tribe.” Pansy snickered softly, glancing over at the grey mare.

“Pansy! She doesn’t need to know that!” Hurricane gave Pansy a false panicked look, a small smile tugging at her lips.

Dash felt her mind go blank. “Destroyed the TRIBE?! The hay did you do Hurricane?!”

“Many things. One of them not bathing. That, and sending Defense Shield to the clinic. Oh, as well as maybe sending various others to the clinic for bloody noses and various other things.” Hurricane gave a nervous laugh. “I was..... Very stressed.”

“Isn’t that what a parent normally does when a child goes missing?” Pansy asked carefully, flying her and Pinkie a safe distance away from Hurricane. “Become worried and stressed...?”

Huffing in annoyance Hurricane looked over at Pansy, “S-shut up...”

Pinkie giggled softly, “Somepony’s a little defensive...” She muttered quietly into Pansy’s ear. An amused smile slowly formed on the green mare’s face.

As they neared the tribe, Hurricane paused, hovering in midair causing the other two groups to stop.

“Why are we stopping?” Fluttershy inquired quietly.

Applejack shrugged, “Maybe miss Hurricane has somethin ta say.”

The two groups approached Hurricane with identical looks of confusion.

“Are there special orders you have for us Hurricane?” Pansy recognised the look that formed on Hurricane’s face...It was the same look she held whenever she was leading troupes to battle.

Hurricane addressed the group with a stern commanding voice. "Chief Sergeant Fluttershy, Private Pansy, protect the earth ponies. Some may not be so welcoming of them."

"If they lay ONE hoof on Pinkie I'll rip them apart limb by limb!" Dash growled.

Pansy nodded, shifting her weight. "Yes, Commander Hurricane!"

Fluttershy saluted quickly, mentally preparing herself for the shock of returning to the tribe after being attacked and humiliated by many of them. Fear crawled down her spine, making the yellow mare shiver involuntary.

“You alright Fluttersha?” A concerned voice drifted softly into the yellow mare’s ears.

“I-I’m just a little....nervous.. Applejack.” Fluttershy squeaked out, staring at the tribe with growing anxiety.

“Now don’t you worry none sugarcube. Me an everypony else here won’t let no nasty varmints do anything bad to ya.” Applejack calmly spoke, comforting the agitated mare.

The odd group slowly descended into the Pegasi tribe. Many immediately stopped what they were doing, watching the odd spectacle dumbfounded. Dash groaned in annoyance, she didn’t like that everypony got to see her looking so vulnerable. Many of the pegasi immediately locked onto the two groups behind Hurricane, eyeing the earth ponies with suspicion and hostility.

The second they landed Pinkie and Applejack leaped off of the backs of the pegasi that carried them. Dash slid off Hurricane slowly, attempting to keep her stomach wounds from tearing open. Her facial bandage caught on Hurricane’s armor and ripped the bandage off, exposing the partially healed gash that dug into her face.

Ignoring what happened, Hurricane, Rainbow Dash, Pansy, and Fluttershy surrounded the earth ponies at all four points with their wings flared defensively at the increasingly confused and hostile crowd.

“What the hay is going on?”
“Why are there dirt ponies here?”
“Aren’t those two the traitors?”
“Why did the Commander come back with them?”

A blur of orange cut through the crowd and screeched in front of Dash, halting many of the questions.

“Rainbow Dash! You’re BACK!” Scootaloo cried in elation, hugging Dash’s foreleg in excitement.

Nearly stumbling back in surprise, Dash smiled kindly down to the small filly.

“Hey Scoots! How have you been while I’ve been away?” Dash smirked, ruffling Scootaloo’s mane happily.

“Great! But I was worried about you. Hurricane said you betrayed the tribe by being with an earth pony. She said you were a liar and a traitor and then she said you were dead , but I knew you weren’t any of those things.” At that, Scootaloo glared at Commander Hurricane and snorted softly.

Dash scratched the back of her head and chuckled nervously. “Eh, yeah... about that.”

“I made a mistake.” Hurricane interrupted, stepping forward still with her wings flared out and covering the two earth ponies. “A huge one that I regret even now, but this is not the place to talk about it. These ponies need medical attention, and I plan to give it to them...”

The Commander looked around at the shocked and slightly angry faces of the pegasi as they stared on at the new ponies, and she growled deeply. “With or without the help of the tribe.”

Seeing the usual threatening gleam in Hurricane’s eyes, the other pegasi stepped aside and relaxed their gazes on Pinkie and Applejack.

“You-you’re hurt Rainbow Dash?” Scootaloo replied, suddenly noticing the scar on Rainbow Dash’s face and looking worried. “What happened to your face?”

Dash started walking forward through the crowd and spoke from over her shoulder at the young filly. “Gotta go squirt. I’ll talk to ya later okay? When me and my friends are all better.”

“Your... friends?” Scootaloo raised an eyebrow and looked behind her at Pinkie Pie and Applejack. “Dash is friends with earth ponies? W-well if they’re friends of Rainbow Dash, then they’re friends of mine.”

Seeing Dash walking on ahead towards the tent, Pinkie started bouncing forward, until she noticed the small pegasus staring at her curiously.

Pinkie stopped and smiled brightly, turning to face the filly. “Hi! I’m Pinkie Pie, are you friends with Rainbow Dash?”

Scootaloo nodded slightly, “Uh huh. How long have you known her for?”

“Oh since this year’s food trade. We kinda bumped into each other unknowingly.” Pinkie giggled at the inside joke, with Hurricane smiling slightly from behind, and the pink earth pony started bouncing. “Well, it was nice to meet you Scootaloo. I’ll see ya after me and Dashie get fixed up by these nice ponies.”

Pinkie bounced away with Pansy following quickly behind her to guard her until she caught up with Dash at the tent. Scootaloo stared intensely at the pink mare, mouth agape. “Dashie?”

Pinkie leaned against the cyan mare carefully, smiling warmly at any Pegasi she happened to meet eyes with. "Everypony is so nice Dashie!"

"Once they know going against Hurricane's order will most likely get them killed, sure." Dash muttered, rolling her eyes. "Just be careful, Pinks..."

"Duuh!" Pinkie chirped back, leaning forward to kiss Rainbow's ear before smiling brightly at a group of shocked Pegasi.

“Stop polluting our tribe Rainbow CRASH!” A brown, male pegasus shot up in the air and chucked a large stone straight at Dash.

In a rush of movement, Hurricane deflected the rock into the ground and pinned the unruly pegasus to the ground; blade pressed against his neck.

“What do you think you are doing, Staff Sergeant Dumbbell?” Cold fury flashed in Hurricane’s eyes as she stared menacingly down at the terrified pegasus.

“C-Commander...s-s-she’s with an...” The brown pegasus pauses to gag dramatically, “A DIRT pony!”

Hurricane freezes, looking down at the colt in shock. Was...was this how I acted...

Sensing the dark grey mare’s change in mood, Dumbbell became bolder, “She’s bringing trash into our tribe! She’s not fit to even be called a pegasus anymore!”

A small murmur of agreement came from a few of the pegasi in the crowd. Some slowly advancing toward the small group of pegasi.

A sharp crack resonated throughout the area, followed by a garbled scream of agony. Hurricane lifted her blood splattered hoof away from the wounded colt. The rebelling pegasi halted, many returning back to the crowd meekly.

Hurricane glared down at Dumbbell, her eyes colder than ice, “That is no way to talk about your commanding officer, Staff Sergeant.”

Hurricane released the trembling colt. He scrambled away desperately, holding his broken muzzle. Turning to face the crowd, Hurricane growled.

“Anypony else want to say something?” Her dark eyes scanned the crowd. Many pegasi wilting under her gaze. “I’d be happy to hear it, if you would like to speak up.”

A gentle nudge broke Hurricane’s concentration. Turning towards the source, her eyes locked with soft purple ones.

“Commander, they learned their lesson. Please...stop..” Pansy pleaded quietly, looking up meaningfully at Hurricane.

Hurricane’s wings twitched. Huffing, the grey mare returned to the group of injured ponies, followed by a smiling mint green pony.

“Is the medical team ready Pansy?” Hurricane asked, stepping aside to allow the smaller pegasus entrance to the medic tent.

Pansy nodded to her Commander and the others as she walked on ahead and peeked inside, speaking urgently to the ponies within. She pulled her head back out and opened the tent’s flap, directing the injured ponies in.

They all filed in quickly, feeling piercing eyes on them, but ignoring them all the same. As Hurricane neared the entrance, she glared out at the group of gathered ponies, causing most to disperse except for ponies eager to see if they were alright.

Hurricane turned back and saw Pansy smiling at her to enter. Walking closer to Pansy, the grey pegasus nuzzled her gently. “Thank you... for helping me so much, Pansy.”

The icy blue eyed pony walked briskly into the tent, leaving Pansy to question the inner machinations of Hurricane’s mind even more.

“You...you’re welcome.” She whispered and stepped into the tent as well, seeing that all the injured ponies were seated comfortably in the beds.

The nurse pegasi stood off to the side of the tent, glancing around worriedly at the four injured ponies as they each became settled into the beds. Hurricane sat in the middle of them, glancing at each of the beds occupants worriedly.

Pansy walked in slowly, stopping next to Commander Hurricane and addressing the pegasi she had asked to set up the tent.

"Now... I know you’ve never had earth ponies here to treat before... and I’m sure you’re not exactly eager to help them either, but...” Pansy looked to Dash, staring at her reassuringly, and then at Hurricane, before continuing, “... they are friends of Lieutenant General Rainbow Dash, and I think you could make an exception.”

"But she was banished from the tribe!" A pale purple stallion mumbled, looking bravely at Hurricane. "Plus you sent a quarter of the tribe after her to kill her."

“I have recalled her to duty, as well as Fluttershy.” Hurricane started, smiling at Dash and Fluttershy kindly. “The earth ponies are their friends... and... why I became so upset with Rainbow Dash in the first place wasn’t something she or the others deserved, even if they are dirt ponies.” Hurricane smirked jokingly at Pinkie; the pink earth pony grinned back at her. “So, would it be alright if you could attend to these ponies’ injuries immediately?”

At hearing the Commander’s surprisingly soft words of help, the nurses nodded firmly and began examining the ponies’ injuries. With Dash’s wounds seeming to be the most pronounced, and with a little encouragement to help her from Pinkie Pie, the doctors focused mainly on the cyan mare, while Pinkie and Hurricane watched.

“Do you think she’ll be alright?” Pinkie asked quietly, so as not to disturb the nurses.

Pansy stood next to them, concern for the cyan pegasus etched on her face. “It’s hard to say, those injuries were pretty bad, but that was back in the cave. We didn’t have all the supplies necessary to treat such wounds. Now here, we are much more prepared, and these were some of the most qualified nurse and doctor pegasi I could find other than Fluttershy.”

“She’ll be alright. I know for a fact that Dash would never let an injury beat her, even a bunch of them at once...” Hurricane spoke calmly, but suddenly she was smirking again and looking at Pinkie in her seat, “and I think a certain somepony might have something to do with it as well.”

The pink mare stared confusedly at the Commander before a realisation struck her, and she raised a hoof to her chest. “Me?”

“Yes you.” Pansy gestured to the seated earth pony, “She’s been fighting for you this whole time.”

Pinkie blushed, keeping her eyes trained on Rainbow Dash. Hurricane watched the pink mare, curious. "I wonder why, though. You must be pretty special for her to fight for you."

"I'm nothing special," Pinkie chirped in reply, smiling happily at Hurricane. "Really lucky, more like."

"Either way. I suppose we're going to have to find a home on the ground now, assuming you'd be willing to stay." Hurricane looked ahead of her, watching the pink earth pony out of the corner of her eye. "I don't think that house in the mountain is quite suitable, especially after what happened... And assuming you have no where else to go."

Pinkie and Pansy each sat in stunned silence.

"Me? Stay here?! But I'm not a Pegasus!" Pinkie squeaked in response, her eyes wide. "A lot of ponies looked like they wanted to kill me! I'll just be in the way, and everything is all clouds!"

"I'm pretty sure the only way Rainbow Dash would stay is if you stayed," explained Hurricane, turning to smile at Pinkie. "And think of it as the beginning of my apology to you both."

Tears of joy burst from Pinkie’s eyes. She launched herself forward and nearly knocked over a startled Hurricane with a tight embrace. I...I finally belong somewhere...

Everypony in the room froze, watching the scene with curious and horrified eyes. Patting Pinkie’s back awkwardly, Hurricane looked up and glared at the prying eyes.

“What are you looking at me for? Get back to work!” In an instant all the medical pegasi returned to work, a little more frantic than before.

Clearing her throat, Hurricane gently pushed the pink mare away. “You should go see how Lieutenant General Rainbow Dash is doing. I’m sure she would like to see you... so you can tell her the news.”

Leaping in the air, Pinkie gasped loudly, drawing several curious eyes at the pink mare. “Oh my gosh you are so right!” Grabbing and hugging Hurricane a little too tightly around the neck in thanks, Pinkie rushed over to Rainbow Dash to tell her the news.

Coughing and gingerly rubbing her neck, Hurricane felt another pony press slightly against her as they sat down. “That was really nice of you, Commander Hurricane.”

Pansy looked up at Hurricane, eyes sparkling with an emotion that the larger grey mare couldn’t quite identify. Fidgeting slightly under the green mare’s gaze, Hurricane looked away from Pansy with a slight huff.

“Yea well...they deserve it after all the things they went through...” A small smile crepted its way onto Hurricane’s face. Pinkie and Rainbow were embracing happily, looking as if nothing in the entire world could ever bring them down.

Pansy smiled happily at the couple for a few minutes before a small frown formed on her face. “Commander...there is a serious matter I think needs to be discussed.”

The sudden change in atmosphere weighed heavily on the two pegasi. “What is it, Private?” Hurricane calmly addressed Pansy, turning toward her giving the green mare her full attention.

“There’s something wrong with the clouds. None of the weather pegasi can manipulate them. The clouds continue to get worse and worse, and have begun snowing heavily without any sign of stopping...” Peering out of the tent, Pansy sighed in slight relief, “The snow seems to not be nearly as bad as it has been but...it’s still rather bad.”

A serious expression clouded Hurricane’s face, “Why wasn’t I told of this before, Pansy?”

Pansy looked at her hooves, embarrassed, “Because before you were depressed. I didn’t want to put more pressure on you than what you already had.”

Hurricane stared critically at the nervous pegasus before sighing heavily and moving slightly closer to the mint green mare. Hurricane gently set a hesitant fore-hoof over Pansy’s. “... I’m sorry I worried you so much. I realise now that what you were trying to do was cheer me up about what I had done... so thank you... and that bathroom thing was a sneaky little trick..... but it was fun.”

Pansy’s heart fluttered at the contact. A light blush covered her face as she looked at the dark grey hoof covering her own. Why...am I feeling this way?

A messenger pegasus burst into the medical tent, effectively ruining the moment. “Commander! We are running low on food! Some of the storage buildings got seriously damaged and all the food in there has been ruined!”

A grim look covered Hurricane’s face. “How much food did we lose?”

The messenger visibly drooped, “O-over half of our stock...”

“Over half?! Oh no, does that mean you’re gonna have to borrow more food from the earth ponies?” Pinkie spoke with a worried tone. She had been shooed away from Dash so the pegasi doctors could continue their work.

Sighing, Hurricane turned toward Pinkie with a serious expression. “Yes...we are going to have to get more food from the earth ponies. Pegasi aren’t skilled enough to grow food. It’s some kind of magical connection earth ponies have with the ground that gives them such abilities. Besides, Pegasi are meant to be airborne..."

“But we need that food Hurricane.” Applejack trotted over to Hurricane, her injuries already treated and re-bandaged. “We don’t have enough for yew.”

“Well if you dirt ponies didn’t try to hog most of the food every year we wouldn’t be having this problem.” Hurricane’s eyes narrowed slightly at the orange mare.

The room seemed to become deathly quiet. Almost everypony in the room watching the two ponies snarl at each other in their heated argument.

Growling, Applejack met Hurricane’s glare with one of her own. “Taint mah fault yew got faulty buildings. Besides, Ah just deliver the food to Chancellor Pudding-Head. She always has the ponies that work for her separate the food into different piles for each tribe.”

“So this is all your leaders fault...” Angry thoughts sped through Hurricane’s mind, “The clouds must be the good for nothing unicorns trying to control everything so we have no choice but to bend to their will.”

Face contorting into a snarl, Hurricane stormed out of the tent heading straight for the military base. In her haste she nearly trampled a small orange filly waiting outside of the tent for her hero.

“Watch it, Scootaloo.” Hurricane snapped.

Hurricane’s anger built with each step she made toward the base. By the time she made it into her office she was practically livid. Crying out in fury Hurricane did the only thing she could think of. She smashed her hoof into her desk, making the stone surface crack and crumble slightly from the force.

“Please don’t break another desk, Hurricane.” A timid voice floated into the furious grey mare’s ears. Whipping around Hurricane came face to face with Pansy.

"Why should I listen, Private?!" Hurricane snarled, spinning away to stare at the wall behind her desk. "This is a nightmare! One mistake after the other! Those other two tribes are ruining everything for everypony!”

Pansy felt a pang in her heart at the harshness of the grey mare’s words. Slowly approaching, Pansy began pleading softly. "Hurricane, please ca-"

"Don't you DARE tell me to calm down Pansy!" Came a sharp reply, only momentarily followed by a desk smashing into the wall right above Pansy. "How DARE you! If I don't do something the tribe's going to die!"

Pansy stood frozen in her spot, eyes locked on Hurricane. "Would you please-"

"GET OUT PRIVATE!" A vase flew at Pansy, with the green mare only having enough time to duck quickly in order to prevent herself from being knocked out. "GET OUT RIGHT NOW!"

Pansy bolted, fear and hurt clenching her heart. As much as the past week had changed Hurricane, it still wasn't enough to cure her from her anger. She raced towards the medic tent, determined to speak with Rainbow Dash. If only to prepare her for Hurricane's fury.

"Rainbow Dash...!"

Dash was sitting outside the tent, talking to a group of pegasi that surrounded her, Pinkie right at her side. Both mares looked up as the green mare as she skidded to a halt beside them.

"What's up? Something happen?" Pinkie chirped, looking at Pansy with wide curious blue eyes. "You look reeeeeally upset! OH I should throw you a party to cheer you right up and-"

The pink pony’s voice cut off as Dash placed a wing over her mouth, her magenta eyes focused on Pansy. "Hurricane's going on a rampage again." The cyan mare stated, a frown growing on her face. "Because of the clouds and the food storage buildings been destroyed."

Pansy gaped at Dash in shock, "How did you-?!"

A slight grin formed on Dash's face, before she looked around at the crowd. "Take a guess.”

The smile faded quickly and was replaced with a stern serious expression. “Lightning Bolt, take a group of twelve to round up any food that isn't spoiled. Speed Flare, I want you to take a group of ten to the forest and gather up material to either repair the storage buildings or build a new one. Morning Dew, get your weather patrol team ready to try and figure out what’s going on with the clouds. If needed, I'll send a group of military to assist you."

"Yes, Lieutenant General!" The three pegasi saluted, before bolting off in separate directions.

"Wow!" Pinkie muttered, glancing at Pansy with wide eyes. "Dashie is SO good at dealing with everypony!"

"She isn't next in line to be leader for nothing..." Pansy smiled at the pink mare. Turning to face Rainbow Dash her smile fell into a frown. "What are we doing about-"

"First off, give her time to calm down. Second, have a huge tray of those sandwiches she likes ready. After that, we need to deal with her, then the other two tribes to see if this is happening to them as well." Rainbow interrupted, frowning. "After that, who knows."

Several hours went by before Pansy attempted to see Hurricane. Carrying a tray of hay sandwiches on her back, courtesy of Pinkie Pie, she slowly pushed open Hurricane’s office door. Just like when Hurricane found out Dash was secretly seeing an earth pony, Hurricane’s office was a disaster area. Almost everything seemed to be smashed or broken, debris cluttering the entire area. Small streaks of blood stained some of the destroyed objects.

Hurricane sat in the middle of the rubble, head bowed and ears flat against her helmet. Hearing movement, the grey mare peered over her shoulder, too drained to do more than that, and spotted the mint green mare.

“What do you want, Pansy.” Hurricane spoke with a hoarse croak.

Pansy moved slowly into the room, carefully shutting the door behind her. “I wanted to see if you were ok Commander...I even brought your favorite food.”

Hurricane’s ear twitched, the sound of Pansy’s concerned voice confusing her emotions, “I don’t want them...”

Ignoring Hurricane’s words, Pansy moved around the subdued pegasus and faced her, shock forming on her face. Blood-dried fore-hooves rested in a small puddle of dark red blood that had slowly started to dry and crack. Hurricane never became physically hurt from her rage fits before.

"Hurricane your-!" Pansy sighed, setting the sandwiches down. "You need to be more careful, Hurricane....."

"Didn’t I tell you to-" Hurricane began with a half hearted glare.

"Well I'm not listening. Please, Hurricane... You're hurt. I'm not going anywhere until you're patched up." Pansy groaned, nudging Hurricane’s hooves out of the puddle of blood. "I won't let those wounds get infected, Hurricane."

"..... Why are you doing this....?" Hurricane asked, accepting the help. "I don't deserve this..."

Pansy remained quiet, quickly trotting out of the destroyed room to return with some medical supplies. "I... don't know... I don't want you hurt, Hurricane...." Because I care about you...

Pansy shook that thought from her head, carefully cleaning the dried blood off of dark grey hooves and carefully breaking the formed scabs off to treat the wounds for any infection. "We already have Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy injured... We don't need our Commander injured too....."

Hurricane just continued to watch Pansy, her mind blank. "Worry about them. Not me. I don't deserve anything....."

"Yes you do." Pansy retorted, looking at Hurricane. "You deserve it just as much as anypony else does. Okay...?"

"I don't-"

In one swift movement, Pansy grabbed the neck of Hurricane’s armor and yanked her down at her eye level. “Yes. You. Do.”

Flashing purple eyes locked with wide dark blue. Hurricane’s jaw hung open in shock as she searched the hard determined face of Pansy. A quick fwooshing sound startled the two mares. Looking over her shoulder, Hurricane stared in a mixture of horror and embarrassment at her outstretched wings, feathers flaring dramatically.

Blushing brightly, Hurricane shoved Pansy away from her and carefully lowered her wings. A irritated and disgruntled expression forming on her face as she sat with a straight and rigid posture. Looking down at her bandaged hooves, Hurricane sighed softly.

“.....Thanks...”

"N-...... No problem, Commander......" Pansy muttered, looking down.

Hurricane stood up, walking carefully to look out the window. She ignored the tray of sandwiches, and Pansy for that matter. "Bring in Rainbow Dash. I need to speak to her about organizing pa-"

"She's already got those sent out." Pansy interrupted, keeping her eyes closed. "She sent a group to gather up the remaining food, a group to get building supplies to fix the storage buildings, and she sent a weather patrol out to try and figure out what's going on with the clouds."

Hurricane paused. "I...... Great. I want a full report on everything every half hour."

Pansy looked up at the dark grey pegasus, eyes shining with emotion."Hurricane I......"

"And this will never be mentioned, Pansy. Ever...." Hurricane sighed, shaking her head. "Understood, Private?"

Pansy’s voice wavered as she softly replied. "............. Loud and clear............."

Hurricane closed her eyes, shaking her head. "N-.... No wait......."

Pansy froze, "What, Hurricane.... Make up your mind..." She spat out the bitter words, her eyes narrowing.

Hurricane took a deep breath, and turned to face Pansy. "Forget..... I said that..... It happened and...."

Say it, Hurricane thought, closing her eyes. Just say it already.

"I'm..... Sorry I'm making you worry..." Keep going. "I.... I really care about you....."

It was Pansy's turn to sit in shock, her eyes wide as she stared at Hurricane. "Wh-..... What?"
*****

Pinkie bounced around Dash excitedly as Fluttershy slowly lead them to her home.

“Dashie, isn’t it so great to be out of that cave? I think its really awesome! I get to make all kinds of new friends now too!” Pinkie seemed to vibrate with excitement.

Shaking her head at the pink pony’s antics, Dash turned her attention to Fluttershy. “What happened to that bunny I gave you?”

Fluttershy froze, her hoof just resting on the door to her home. “H-he died...” Tears slowly fell from her eyes. “Dumbbell got a hold of him...a-and...”

Dash froze, slowly turning to look at Fluttershy. "He.... Killed him?"

A nod. Dash felt fury build up inside her. "That. Bully." She snarled.

"O-oh don't worry Rainbow! It's.... Fine. I promise. Please don't hurt him...." Fluttershy faced Dash with pleading eyes.

"Dashie.... Take a deep breath of air, okay? We can really throw him off with AWESOME partying skills and stuff okay?" Pinkie smiled brightly, her eyes shining with worry.

"But he KILLED your pet, 'Shy!" Dash nearly shouted in exasperation.

"It's fine. I promise..." Fluttershy placed a reassuring fore-hoof on Dash’s shoulder, giving her a meaningful look.

"Dashie. Deep breath." Pinkie instructed, bouncing right in front of the cyan mare. "Don't lose your temper, Dashie."

Rainbow Dash sighed. "Sorry....."

"Okay uhm... This is my home...!" Fluttershy announced, pushing her door open. "Feel free to come in..."

"Oohh! It's so pretty Fluttershy!" A loud whoop escaped from Pinkie as she bolted inside, nearly knocking the yellow Pegasus off her hooves. "There's so many animals! It's like.... Like..... GASP! A PETTING ZOO!"

Fluttershy rushed in after Pinkie, trying to keep the excitable mare from causing too much of a racket. "Oh do keep it down the mice are trying to sleep...."
*****

“You heard me, Private.” Hurricane huffed in embarrassment, turning away from the green pony and crossing her forelegs across her chest.

Pansy slowly approached Hurricane, pressing against her side gently. Hurricane bristled at the contact.

“Hurricane I-” Pansy began softly.

“Well look at that, my office is a mess! I guess I better clean it up.” Hurricane rushed away from Pansy, cleaning up the rubble and scavenging for items that weren’t too broken. She was on edge, unsure how to deal with these new feelings.

Feelings she was surprised to have.

Pansy watched as Hurricane ran around the office, picking up everything that wasn't broken and putting them back on the bookshelves, moving the remains of her desk back into it's place, doing everything in her power to not look at the green mare.

"Hurricane...." She began, attempting to step in Hurricane's path.

"N-.... Not now you're in my way you're standing on the sandwiches I was going to eat those can you please move so I can-" Hurricane rambled, biting her lower lip. "Can I just-"

"Fine..." Pansy muttered, leaning forward and kissing Hurricane's cheek. Hurricane felt her face flush with heat, her wings twitch. "Fine. I'll leave you alone.... I'll be back with the reports..."

Spinning around, Pansy quickly left the office and it's owner. She closed the door, before bolting away as fast as she could, making as little sound as possible.

Hurricane sat in the middle of the floor, her eyes glued on the door.

"What's going on.... why do I feel like this...." She whispered to herself, closing her eyes.

It had been a LONG time since she had felt anything like this. A very long time. The last pony she had ever cared for, before she began training Rainbow Dash, had been killed in battle. Hurricane looked at the few paintings that remained on the wall, her eyes stopping on the one that sat just above the door to her office.

Her dark blue eyes softened a bit as she continued to look at the painting, a smile forming across her face. "Yeah, I know, Blizzard..." She mumbled, getting up to pick up the tray of slightly squished hay sandwiches. "I know exactly what you'll say. ‘Don't push her away, Hurricane’, right?"

She shook her head, picking up one of the sandwiches to take a bite. "I won't anymore..... Mmm, perfect..."
*****

"I wonder where my new home will be...."

Rainbow Dash bit into the cookie she was holding, watching as Pinkie and Fluttershy chatted. She blinked a few times, completely forgetting what the pink earth pony had told her earlier.

"Wha?" She asked, her mouth full of cookie.

"Rainbow Dash!" Came a stern scowl from Fluttershy. "Swallow what's in your mouth before speaking!"

"Oops." Dash muttered.

Pinkie giggled, bouncing up. "Hurricane said I can stay in the tribe with you, Dashie! She said she'll build a house and everything! All on the ground!"

"Yeah guess my home’s really out of the question since it's a bunch of clouds... A bunch of REALLY awesomely sculpted clouds, if I do say so myself." Dash beamed proudly at the two mares sitting in front of her.

"Rainbow Dash is pretty talented with cloud shaping..." Fluttershy smiled, nodding to Pinkie.

"Hurricane's always joked I should have been a weather pony..." Dash chuckled, making a grab for another cookie. "These are really GOOD, 'Shy! I didn't know you baked!"

"..... Pinkie made them." Fluttershy spoke with a small smile on her face.

"Silly Dashie!" Pinkie giggled, bouncing up. “Don’t you remember me making these cookies?”

Dash put her hoof to her chin in thought. “I remember you rushing into Fluttershy’s kitchen and the explosion of flour everywhere...but then I got distracted...” She glared down at the sleeping monkey that had decided it would be fun to leap onto her back and yank on her mane.

Sensing Dash’s sudden change in mood, Pinkie yanked the cyan mare into a tight embrace. “Will you stay with me Dashie?”

“I dunno Pinks. The tribe may need me to stay in my home. It’s much closer to base so if there’s any emergencies I can immediately respond to them.” Dash calmly replied.

Turning her head to face Pinkie, she froze at the big watery cyan eyes staring back at her. A small trembling frown on her face. Rainbow Dash felt her wings twitch, instantly hating herself for making Pinkie upset.

"Maybe we can get it built close to base....?" She finally muttered, glancing away quickly.

"REALLY?!" Pinkie squeezed Dash, nearly cracking some bones in her excitement.

"Y-Yeah." Dash choked out.
*****

The better part of half an hour was spent devouring the sandwiches Pansy had brought in. The other time had been spent cleaning, yet as Hurricane looked around it really did not look any better then it had when she started.

"Oh horseapples," Hurricane muttered, dropping her face down so it made a dull thud against her.... Very destroyed desk. "This place is a mess still..."

"Hurricane.....?" A soft voice came from the partially cracked door.

Hurricane bolted up, vaguely aware of her wings spreading instantly at the voice. "Come in!"

The door opened, and Pansy stepped in, her eyes glancing over the still destroyed office. "Uhm.... The reports.....?"

"Oh, right." Hurricane nodded.

Pansy walked forward, keeping her eyes trained on the desk. "Well.... We managed to salvage at least three quarters of the food, and the storage is being rebuilt and reinforced. The weather patrol says that nothing they do can move the clouds. It seems like there’s an unknown force controlling them.”

"Magic." Hurricane grumbled, sighing. "Anything else?"

"Oh, uhm, no." Pansy shook her head. "That’s it, as far as the three that Rainbow Dash had put in charge of the patrols had to say, at least."

“Good....Pansy, there’s something else I would like to talk to you about...” Pansy’s head shot up, her eyes taking in a nervous, fidgeting grey pegasus.

“...Well...” Hurricane hesitated, feeling increasingly uncomfortable as the seconds ticked by. “I just...you see...uh..”

Pansy watched the scene unfold with wide, unbelieving eyes. Never before has she ever seen Hurricane act so vulnerable. This moment easily topped the strange sight of seeing her and Dash hugging.

“..Never-mind, Pansy..” Hurricane’s grumbled, annoyed at herself for being so nervous. She almost didn’t notice the green pegasus circling the desk, slowly moving closer to her.

Sitting up as straight as possible, Hurricane held her head up high, almost afraid about what could happen. Pansy stopped in front of the grey pony, their chests nearly touching. Her bright purple eyes locking with blue, freezing the larger mare in place.

Green forelegs carefully wrapped around Hurricane’s neck, pulling her head down to Pansy’s height with relative ease. Pansy’s eyes fluttered closed as she slowly moved toward Hurricane.

Hurricane felt as if her heart was trying to beat out of her chest as Pansy slowly closed the distance between them. Not being in control of the situation was seriously disorienting Hurricane. Lifting a bandaged hoof, she gently placed it against Pansy’s chest, halting her movement.

Pansy opened her eyes, a mixture of hurt and confusion swimming within them. Hurricane let out a shaky breath that she didn’t know that she was holding in, her eyes closing in a mixture of relief and frustration.

The gentle grip on Hurricane’s neck suddenly became tight and forceful. Dark eyes shot open, locking with purple eyes that flashed with determination. Pansy darted forward and aggressively kissed Hurricane, nearly toppling the dumbstruck mare.

A few seconds went by, and then Hurricane was returning the kiss with just as much passion as Pansy. Bandaged hooves wrapped tightly around the slim waist of the green pony, holding her firmly in place. Several minutes went by before the two ponies broke the kiss, gasping for air.

Both pegasi’s wings were fully extended, eyes dark with lust. Frantic hooves tore armor from their companion’s body, pausing long enough to explore and grope the exposed body. Locking themselves in a heated kiss, Hurricane forcefully pushed Pansy onto the ground. Pansy’s hind-legs wrapped tightly around the grey mare’s waist, her fore-hooves buried in a bright yellow mane.

Hurricane pulled away from the kiss, diving down to the nape of Pansy’s neck and biting it roughly. A strangled moan tore its way from Pansy’s throat, her hooves digging into Hurricane’s scalp. Pansy’s hind-legs trembled and loosened around Hurricane’s waist.

Gently licking the bright red mark, Hurricane grabbed and moved one of Pansy’s legs in-between hers, angling their vagina's together. In one smooth motion, she ground down into Pansy. A shared groan, thick with pleasure came from the two pegasi.

A steady grinding rhythm began between the two pegasi. Engorged clits rubbing against each other. Hurricane threw her head back in ecstasy, exposing her neck. Gasping, Pansy darted forward and bit almost hard enough to draw blood, her hooves digging into Hurricane with each thrust.

Nimble green hooves quickly drifted to the large grey wings outstretched above her and began rubbing and yanking on them vigorously. Hurricane nearly collapsed on top of Pansy, legs weak with pleasure. She ground desperately into Pansy, the new angle rocketing new sensations through the two pegasi.

“H-Hurricane...” Pansy moaned out the grey mare’s name, bringing her full attention to the mare writhing beneath her. Eyes locking once again, their movements slowed to a more gentle pace. They slowly drew closer, lips touching in a soft and tender kiss.

Bright yellow and pale pink tails curled around each other as they slowly parted from the kiss. Hurricane slowly planted soft kisses down Pansy’s neck, eliciting a soft coo from the mint green pony. A wet squelching noise came from their connected vagina’s rubbing together, the gyrations speeding up to a fast and steady pace.

Green hooves stroked the entire length of both wings, massaging the joints and knots out of the sensitive appendages. Hurricane let out a low whine, trembling in pleasure. She buried her face in Pansy’s pink mane, dragging her tongue along the shell of Pansy’s ear.

They simultaneously ground into each other, becoming more and more desperate until they both orgasmed. Pansy clamped her teeth down on Hurricane’s shoulder yanking hard on her wing, letting out a garbled moan. Hurricane clenched her teeth, collapsing on the smaller mare with a whimper. A satisfied smile grew on Hurricane’s face as they lay there, comfortable in each other’s grasp.

"I love you..." Pansy muttered into Hurricane’s ear, gently kissing it.

Hurricane froze, her eyes growing wide at Pansy's statement. "L-love?”