As the gryffin left the hospital room, her mind was left in a daze after all she'd heard. This human.... he was an actual loner... and he'd been nearly killed twice... yet he refused to leave Equestria... It didn't make sense at all...

"How is it possible?", she thought to herself, shutting the door and feeling a tear welling up in her eye, "How is it he's so indebted to Dash.... to all these dorks... that he'd give his life just to protect them......"

"You ok, Gilda?"

Clearing her throat and not ABOUT to let the others see her emotional, Gilda turned and put on her normal stoic visage, her eyes looking to her side as if she'd heard nothing more than a wimpy love song.

"Yeah, yeah. Just talked to Dash's Sweetie-wing..", she replied mockingly, "That's all."

"Watch it, Gilda...", Rainbow Dash growled, letting out a snort of smoke through her nostrils, "Just because we're friends for now doesn't mean you're completely forgiven. What I said earlier goes... you do anything to hurt Josh or any of us... and I'll make sure you're put on a fryer with a nice array of spices to make you taste REAL good...."

At this, Applejack, Meowth, and even Gilda just looked at her in horror.

"I thought you ponies were vegetarians! Yet you BOTH threatened to eat Gilda!!", Meowth cried, "What the hell?!"

"Meowth, hun...", Applejack muttered, "At a time like this... especially after Josh's attack... tensions are exceedingly high... and if she does anything, I know Dash will make her life a living hell."

"Jeez, Dash. You act like I'm gonna eat or fuck the guy! I may be mean, but I don't play THAT way!", Gilda insisted, holding her claws up in defense.

The pegasus just sighed and rubbed her hoof through her mane. Her mind was still frazzled from seeing her lover nearly killed on live TV. That face.... the way his eyes were staring into space as all the life was drained from them.... it was unlike anything she'd ever seen before.

"Look... I'm just stressed out... plus I'm wondering what you've got planned with that giant order of food..."

At this, the grin on Gilda's face grew very wide... and as she looked over Applejack's shoulder it got even wider!

"ALRIGHT PIZZA'S HERE!", she called out, "WOO!!"

As the three of them looked where Gilda was pointing, they found themselves looking at a blue earth pony dressed up in a red and black pizza uniform pulling a MASSIVE cart of what all 4 of them knew had to be the gargantuan order of food. Almost immediately, Rainbow Dash swallowed nervously, wondering what the gryffin was planning...

"I've got an order here for Gilda Clawden?", the squeaky-voiced pizza pony sputtered, his uniform slipping a bit to reveal the cutie mark of a keyboard on his flank. Immediately the avian reached into the brown satchel around her neck and pulled out a clawful of gold coins, quickly giving them to the pony who whistled. "300 bits.... you weren't joking, were you???"

"You got the order here quick, you deserve every bit!", Gilda grinned, refastening her satchel and nodding to Applejack to help her get the large cart opened so they could bring in all the pizzas and sides and whatnots. The inside of the cart was a variable TARDIS, the depth and space inside completely contrasting it's relatively benign exterior. Just looking inside as she grabbed a few bottles of black soda, Rainbow Dash knew Twilight Sparkle would have question after question regarding how the heck it was so spacious inside its crate when it looked so small on its shell.

"There's enough space here to fit ten of Pinkie Pie's giant multi-layer neopalitan ice-cream cakes!", the pegasus marveled, peeking her head inside and gazing at its depth, "Even WITH the chocolate brownie stacks on top!"

"Speaking of which...", Meowth murmured, holding the boxes of cheesecakes in his paws, "Think after this we can stop by Sugarcube Corner an' pick one up? I'm craving something sweet!"

"Somehow by the end of what I've got planned for tonight, I don't think that'll be the case for you, hairball...", Gilda smirked inwardly as she got the last few pizza boxes in her claws, the pies stacked atop one another like a tower of blocks. It was to the sheer astonishment of the pizza pony, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Meowth that she was able to balance them all as she strolled into the hospital room, not a single pie falling out of place.

"Gilda...", Applejack whistled as she took the last few giant boxes of side dishes out of the cart and shut it tight, giving a nod to the pizza pony, "Ya'll ever thought about getting into buildings? Way you're holding all those pies is mighty impressive!"

"Nah.", the gryffin shook her head, "All those architectual jobs are boring. I'd have more fun combing the leaves out of my tail!"

"Even WITH getting to demolish stuff?", the cowpony grinned as she watched the delivery pony trot out of sight with the now empty cart. At this Gilda gave a contemplative sigh.

"I don't think anyone sane would want me within two feet of a detonator, AJ.... I'd be WAY too tempted to try blowing up things like schools and libraries during the summer when the colts and hatchlings are out."

"You'd wait til' the kids left?", Applejack smirked, "Mighty nice of you."

"AJ, I'm a bully... not a monster like Champagne.", Gilda remarked, "Not to say I wouldn't love to blow stuff up!"

At this, the two animals shared a chuckle with Gilda even giving Applejack the faint trace of a grin as they went inside the room.

"Maybe there's hope for her after all...", the two of them thought of each other as Gilda used her foot to shut the door behind her... but what Applejack didn't see was her tail taking the key on the chair nearby and using it to lock the door behind her...
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"Woah.... just... woah..."

That was all Rainbow Dash could say as she looked at the same thing Gilda, Josh, Applejack, and Meowth were all gazing at, wonder in their eyes.

The pizzas, sides, sodas, and cakes were all piled up neatly against the wall by Josh's bed, set up almost like a wall of a colloseum. The steam and aromas rising from the cracks in the boxes hit them all square in the nostrils, a fact made even more impressive by Meowth not even HAVING a visible snout and Josh's nose being damaged nearly beyond all repair. Just the combined scent of all the pies and wings and cakes made AJ and Dashs stomaches lurch and mouths water at the same time. Even for Rainbow Dash, whose main diet consisted usually of take-out pizzas on days when she didn't feel like cooking... which was pretty much every other day... this was more cheese, sauce, and bread than she had ever seen. Not to mention the toppings there had to be. She didn't even KNOW what kind of specialties ThickCrust's Ultra Pizza had! She'd usually just ordered pies from Little Celestias... this ThickCrust's place was new to her, although she HAD heard rumors about them having pizzas the size of barns.

"I see you're quite impressed, Dash...", Gilda grinned.

"You kidding? I'M impressed!" Josh admitted, "I've never seen so much take-out pizza!"

"Apple Bloom would have a fit if she knew all this was here....", Applejack added.

"So I'm guessing you all want to know why I just wanted you guys to stay here?", Gilda remarked.

"Yeah, sugah... We DO!", Applejack replied, giving the avian a cautious look, "I know this has to be involving Dash and I getting fat and full for the eatoff.... but why couldn't Twilight, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie be here??"

"Because they would object to what I'm gonna make you two do....", she grinned before walking over to where the private bathroom in Josh's hospital area was and, fetching a key from the nightstand next to the teen, locked the door tight before placing the silver key in her satchel and tightening it up. "You two... are going to eat EVERY single bit of food here... and you are not leaving this room UNTIL you finish every bite!"

"WHAT?!?", the two equine yelled before they both rushed to the door and tried to open it, only to find the knob wouldn't budge even an inch.

"GILDA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?", Applejack gasped, starting to hyperventilate. She didn't consider herself claustrophobic in the least, but being trapped in a hospital room with a very devious gryffin and no way out... it wasn't exactly the most relaxing situation for the blonde-maned pony.

"I've got both keys to this room put in my satchel. Only when every one of those boxes is empty will I unlock the doors. There's about 10 pounds of food in that pile and I expect it all to be either in your bellies or in a half-digested pile on the hospital floor!"

"Gilda, you're SICK!!!!", Josh seethed, sitting up and revealing his scalded eye to Meowth, Dash, and AJ for the first time. Immediately the 3 of them recoiled with Applejack even covering her mouth with her hoof.

"What happened to da gauze coverin' dat?!", Meowth yelled, "That thing looks like the flesh is nearly bubbling off!"

"Meowth, burns dont really have an effect anymore... I got fried by a religious cult, a demented eating champion.... my...."

Josh stopped and turned away, hiding the grimace on his face before he turned back towards the group.

"I took off the bandage since it was bothering the hell outta me! My eye isn't damaged, it's just the flesh and unless someone pours battery acid or something on the wound, I don't think its gonna get worse! But that is not important here!!!"

Josh strugged to prop himself up to where he could sit on the side of his bed without causing himself more pain. He just considered himself lucky they didn't need to put an IV in him or his arm would be spraying blood everywhere right now.

"Gilda, what the hell do you think you're doing, trapping them in this room! What if they get nauseous and need to puke?!?"

"Like I said...", Gilda crossed her arms and turned away coldly, "They can always puke on the floor if they need to regurgitate before they finish!"

"So you're willing to let us DIE if we can't handle all that food?!", Rainbow Dash seethed, "What if we have a heart attack or something?!"

The avian sighed before turning to her cyan ally. "If you girls look like you're in life-threatening danger, I'll call off the training and get you medical help. But if you're just needing to blow chunks, you're not getting to that toilet before that whole pile of food and drink is in your stomaches!"

"Gimme one good reason why I shouldn't put my back hooves in your head right now, Gilda... ONE good reason!", Applejack seethed, approaching the bird menacingly, Meowth pulling back her mane to prevent her from leaping on the gryffin.

"Easy, AJ! We already had one person nearly die, let's not have two!", he yelled, even though he couldn't help but give Gilda a pissed-off look as well.

The look on Rainbow Dash's face as she looked at the giant stack of take-out went from one of horror to fear to nausea to shock before she turned to Gilda again in defeat. When the gryffin gave an order like that, trying to talk her out of it would have just as much effect as throwing a rubber brick at a fire-breathing dragon. She knew she had told the boy that she knew she'd be throwing up often during the training and that it was all part of getting her insides stretched and ready to take on that creep and especially after seeing him nearly die at his hooves on TV, she knew she should be more than eager to stuff herself to bursting.

But in reality, the pegasus was scared out of her wits! She knew Applejack had to be feeling the same that she did... vomiting wasn't even remotely fun. The smell, the sight, the feeling... it was all unpleasant.... at least when it was coming out the other end, she could read a new Daring-Do book or even get in a nap... but when she was launching it from her throat, all that could be done was just praying for it to end.

Josh could see her look down and he whistled for her to come by his side. "Dashie, c'mere."

Immediately, the pegasus crept towards her lover, curious what he had to say. As soon as she got near him, he leaned down to where his mouth, dried plasma around it, was right near her ear.

"You're scared about throwing up, aren't ya? Even though you know I'll be here when it happens???"

"It's just painful, Josh.... I know I have to overeat to stretch my gut out... but I'm scared...."

"But you're Rainbow Dash, ain't ya?", Josh whispered, "The bravest, boldest, most confident pony I know!"

"Yeah, well when I saw you get fried... maybe part of my bravery died a bit.... knowing I had something to lose...."

It was then that the world become almost silent to the human as those words sunk in.

"Knowing I had something to lose...."

He knew Dash loved him, but he didn't know he meant THAT much to anyone.... and at the same time he knew a way he could help the pegasus get more comfortable with what she had to do.

"Rainbow Dash... I want you to throw up on me."

Hearing Josh's whisper made the pegasus nearly whinny in shock, having to cover her mouth with her hooves to subdue the noise. "WHAT?! Josh, you want me to do WHAT?!", she asked the human.

"Dashie, if you just allow it to happen on me, at least then I can help it all come out by stroking your stomach... I KNOW you're not going to be able to hold it all in before you get to that toilet, so at least you can have comfort while doing your business.."

The look that the tomboyish pegasus gave Josh was one of pure confusion, so her lover sighed and explained, his voice staying at its low pitch to where only the two of them could hear.... although the fact that Applejack and Gilda were arguing with Meowth acting as a mediator helped mask their conversation.

"Rainbow Dash, I'm going to assume you've never thrown up before to the extent you did yesterday and it startled you. I'm also going to assume you never saw a friend nearly killed like I was.... and both instances shook you up. But you know as well as I do that all the suffering we're all going through.... it's all going to be worth it in the end. Am I exactly happy with Gilda's idea, fuck no! But I do see where she's coming from, as much as I hate to admit it. She's putting you in a situation where overeating is the only way to freedom and she's said that if it gets to where you and AJ look like you're close to death, she'll call it off. We might as well go along with it and just get it over with instead of trying to fight it."

Dash looked at her lover, then at Gilda and AJ fighting, then back and forth and back and forth.... until she lowered her head with a sigh and nodded as she looked up at the human pegasus.

"Thank you....", she whispered. Josh just smiled and ruffled his hand through her mane.

"Now go find out what she has planned, you ol' goose!", he quipped. The pegasus knew he was saying it affectionately and merely giggled before trotting over to Gilda, Meowth, and Applejack were arguing.

"You're outta yer apple-pickin' MIND, Gilda! How is FORCING us to eat all that food and not letting us leave gonna help us get trained!?"

"You think they're gonna let you just get up and walk away during the contest?! Heck, Twilight was doing the same thing, wasn't she?!!!"

"Yeah, but she let us go to the bathroom when we couldn't take anymore... SHE DIDN'T MAKE US EAT THROUGH OUR OWN VOMIT!!!!!"

"APPLEJACK, PLEASE RELAX!!!"

Watching all the arguing and commotion, Rainbow Dash placed her hoof to her lips and let out a shrill whistle, gathering everyone's attention. Even Josh had looked over towards the cyan pegasus in bewilderment.

"Applejack, let's just get this over with. It's no use trying to argue with Gilda... BELIEVE ME I KNOW!"

"But Dash, what about...", Applejack started to ask, but her friend held up a hoof and cut her off.

"If it has to come out, it'll come out on the floor or the wall or wherever. I'm sure the hospital has had its fair share of ponies losing their apples in the hallways."

"Yech...", Meowth squirmed a bit, "Tanks fer da image."

"Glad you're finally startin' to see it my way.", Gilda sneered. Even if Rainbow Dash and Applejack grew to hate her guts, at least this way they'd be prepared and in prime plump shape and able to put Champagne in his place.

"But know this...", The pegasus warned, "I am NOT taking the heat if you get in trouble for forcing us to eat til' we bleed.... GOT IT?? That will be all on your feathered head!"

Gilda didn't respond, but merely achknowledged her friend with a simple head nod before she looked over to the stack of boxes.

"Ok, now that we're done with all the whining, There's 30 pizzas, 6 orders of breadsticks, cheesesticks, pizza rolls, pinwheels, and boneless wings, 10 bottles of soda, and 5 giant cakes... I want yo---"

It was then Gilda heard the sound of drooling and looking down, she saw Meowth licking his lips hungrily. Immediately Applejack and Rainbow Dash started giggling and Josh couldn't help but let a snicker creep along his bloody lips.

"Relax, cat.... you'll get to eat soon too...", the avian-lion hybrid groaned, rubbing her claw through her hair, "But I want our two equines to each take 14 pizzas, 3 of each side dish, 4 bottles, and 2 cakes... that will be what they each need to chow through in order for me to allow them to leave this room."

"Gilda, correct me if my math is wrong, but don't that leave 2 pizzas, 2 bottles, and a cake unaccounted for...", Applejack remarked, raising an invisible eyebrow.

"Good eye, cowpony...", she smirked, getting a glare from the blonde-maned pony, "I thought I'd order an extra for each of your friends. I'll pick myself up something after we're done here. So go on and get your boxes of food, go go!"

Hesitantly, Applejack and Rainbow Dash walked over to the stack of boxes and divvied up the food between them. Even with the order split in half, it looked like a massive amount of food they'd both have to stuff down and the grimace on their faces was broad and wide. Josh could see they were both hesitant and he had an idea how to ease both of their moods. Scooting against the headrest and throwing aside all the blankets, he patted the mattress invitingly before climbing out of his bed and clearing off the spare. It may not have been exactly the smartest move on his part since he was just recovering from severe brain damage and the rapid movement made him woozy, but he bit through his pain much to the bemusment of the gryffin.

"Uh, dude?", Gilda asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Josh had to shut his eyes to stop the slight spinning, but it only took him a second before he could turn back to the creature with a small grin. "I just thought i'd get the bed cozy for Applejack to lay in as she eats, while you're bringing her the boxes of food."

Gilda started to nod, but then the second part of what Josh had replied entered her brain and she let out a piercing squawk!

"WHAT?! Are you outta your mind???"

"Well I figured if we're trying to get them at least comfortable with all this eating, then they shouldn't have to get up to get the food.... since that's not how it'll be done in the contest, is it?", Josh answered with a sweet smile, making Applejack, Meowth, and Rainbow Dash all titter. Gilda just grumbled and turned towards the pegasus.

"What about you, Dash? You want me to spoon-feed you?"

She shook her head calmly before nuzzling it against Joshs leg. "Not if Josh wouldn't mind allowing to sit by him as I gorge?"

Josh merely smiled and picked up one of the pizza boxes, opening it up to reveal the apple-covered pizza pie and nodding for Applejack to take one and do the same, an action the cowpony did without hesitation knowing that she could just lay in the hospital bed while Gilda brought her the foods to chow down.

"You are so fucking lucky you're recovering, Josh...", Gilda whispered, "You snide little bastard...."

"I try.", Josh whispered back before laying back to allow Rainbow Dash to climb up onto the bed and get herself seated on his chest. As she climbed onto the mattress and got ready to rest her rump on Josh's tummy, she looked into her lovers hazel orbs and gave him a grateful smile.

"Thank you, Josh...."

"Sie sind uns herzlich willkommen ...", he replied with a smile, getting a confused look from the pegasus. He giggled before he spoke again. "It means you're welcome in German. I spent a summer there and try to use a bit of it when I can... to remind me of happier times..."

"Sounds like a lot just to say two simple words.", Dash grinned as she slowly sat her big flanks down on Josh's body, sitting on him like she would a saddle and giving Josh a close-up of her pudgy belly. The teen couldn't help but blush at the feeling of her rump pushing into his chest. The slight squelching sound her cheeks made as she wiggled around made him have to suppress a chuckle. Finally, the pegasus was seated comfortably and she picked up one of the gooey slices of apple-studded pie. Turning to her side, she could see Applejack doing the same.

"Ready, AJ?"

The cowpony sighed and nodded. "Ready, Dash..."

Without wasting another second, the two equine got to work scarfing down the pizzas and consumables, Gilda bringing box after box of food to the cowpony and Josh rubbing and massaging Dash's stomach as she ate.

"Just chew and swallow Dash.", Josh coaxed, "Just chew and swallow."

Meowth just sat on a nearby chair, watching the action and eating the pie he'd taken for himself, all the while goading the gryffin.

"HEY GILDA! DON'T SLIP! YOU DON'T WANNA FALL AN' BECOME A PIZZA PIE YERSELF! I CAN'T IMAGINE TOMATO SAUCE WOULD COME OUT EASILY!"

Applejack found herself nearly choking in laughter but Gilda was far less amused.

"Yeah, keep talking like that and I just MAY get a craving for a catburger!"

Immediately, Meowth pursed his lips shut and just ate his pizza silently, Gilda giving a satisfied grin as she continued bringing the cowpony the boxes of take-out.

Thanks to the training the day before, it didn't take long for either of them to stuff down nearly all the ordered food, but by her eighth pizza, Applejack was again starting to notice her room spinning around, the pieces of chewed up pie and rolls in her stomach starting to feel like balls of lead.

"Ungh...", She groaned, patting her bulging belly and reaching for her 4th bottle of pop. She'd already poured down her gullet 3 full bottles of black beverage, letting out some very hearty belches, as had Rainbow Dash, but even pouring the fizzy liquid down wasn't seeming to settle the quiver in her gut, "Dash, I ain't feelin' so good..."

The pegasus turned to her friend, a pained look in her face. She herself had polished off nearly all the sides, nearly all the pizza, and put down her two full giant cakes, her speed naturally faster than that of her friends. The fact that she had her lover massaging her tummy helped a little, but even that was beginning to give way to the quaking in her stomach. "Neither am... hic... I...", Rainbow Dash admitted.

"That's good! That's good!", Gilda grinned leaning against the wall with her arms folded across her chest, "Eat through that pain!"

"Gilda, can't we stop?? We're both feeling sick!!!", Applejack asked, "I'm not one for quitting, but this is getting mighty painful!!!"

"Do your hearts feel ok? Are you having trouble breathing?"

"No...", Dash admitted sadly.

"THEN LESS WHINING, MORE DINING!", she roared, clapping her claws together.

Josh didn't respond except to take one of his hands off of Dash's stomach and use it to give a little sign language to the gryffin.

"Yeah, very cute.", the avian remarked with a sarcastic chuckle, "Like I haven't seen THAT before! I've been given that by so many fighters it's lost all meaning to me..."

Josh just shook his head and resumed rubbing the cyan mare's blue bulge. "You're almost there Dash... just a few more pinwheels and slices left."

She reached for another one of the roll-like slices of pizzas, but immediately she felt a spasm in her stomach and her eyes shot wide open. It wouldn't be long before some of the pizza made an unwelcome return and she hugged her stomach tightly, struggling to hold in what was beginning to fill her cheeks. Applejack heard her starting to gag and immediately set down the nearly empty bottle of pop, keeping her eyes closed as she knew if she saw Rainbow Dash gagging, she'd start gagging too.

"Dash, honey... you ok?"

It took all of her willpower to be able to swallow down the vile liquid in her mouth before she could stick her tongue out in disgust and give the cowpony a weak response.

"No... Not exactly... I'm almost done... then look out toilet, here I come..."

Applejack gave a weak chuckle, but felt the food in her tummy start whirling and churning and before she knew it, she had to purse her lips shut to keep from losing it on the bed. But she felt horrible and knew she wouldn't be able to down anymore edibles until some of it came out. Looking weakly at Rainbow Dash, she swallowed and quivered to her equine friend.

"Ya... ya mind if I...", Applejack started to ask, but Rainbow Dash cut her off.

"Just... let me plug my ears first...", she replied, covering her ears to block out the ugly sound she knew was about to ring through the room and closed her eyes tightly. Seeing Dash do so, Josh didn't hesitate to mimic her, having a feeling what was coming. As soon as she saw their ears covered, Applejack felt her stomach completely turn over, sending its contents shooting into her throat and she braced herself on her hooves and.....

Bllllurrrggghhhh!!!!

She opened her mouth and vomited on the edge of the bed, a thick red and yellow stream erupting from her stomach and creating a puddle on the foot of the mattress. The sight was grotesque and even with her ears covered, Rainbow Dash could still hear the disgusting noise of her friend getting sick. She knew it was her stomach clearing room to allow the pony the ability to continue polishing off the remaining edibles and she also knew soon she'd be having a similar revisit with all the food she'd stuffed down.

Josh got a glance at the mess coming from Applejack's mouth and found himself being reminded of spewing out that mound of blood after Gilda's water brought him back from death's embrace. He'd thought his gag reflex had been destroyed after what Dr. Whooves had told him.... but apparently even he couldn't be infalliable all the time. Even Gilda and Meowth had to turn away, the sight just revolting.

After a few minutes, Applejack felt the stream die down and managed to let out a thick ugly belch before reaching for one of the remaining slices of pizza and forcing herself to shove it into her mouth and stuff it down into her gullet. By now, the smell of it entering her snout alone made her nauseous and she just wanted to get it all out of her sight as quick as she could. The fact that there was now a pool of her own puke nearby made her feel all the more miserable, even IF she did have a little bit more room now inside her gut to put away the remaining take-out.

Rainbow Dash wasn't faring much better... even though she was down to just a few more slices of pizza, her stomach was screaming at her to stop and even with Josh massaging and carressing it in an attempt to calm the sloshing, she wanted nothing more than to be able to just rush to the bowl and give a major prayer. Her mate could even see the pain in her face and just cooed to her gently.

"It's ok... when you get done, you don't have to get up... just let it all come out here... I won't be mad...."

Taking another bite of her slice of mushroom-coated pie, the pegasus just winced as the taste in her mouth felt akin to one someone would have after a massive hangover. But she knew this would all come to fruition when she and Applejack beat Champagne.... The vacant look on Josh's face as he laid slumped against the table in a puddle of blood was all the fuel she needed to keep eating through all the sickness.

"C'mon Dash.... just a few more bites... you're almost done... then you can just have a nice big puke and get it over with.....", She told herself as she raised the last slice to her lips. But as she started to open up her mouth, her stomach gave her a major kick and she dropped the slice right onto Josh's face as she covered her mouth with her hoof. She knew it wasn't going to be much longer before she became a volcano and she clenched the bedsheets looking into both the face of her lover and the slice of pizza that now laid upside down between his eyes. Looking up, Josh could see she was in agony.

Her eyes and cheeks were bulged and widened to the point where he felt like if he pricked them with a pin, an explosion would occur. Her lips were pursed tightly and still allowing a few droplets of vomit to trickle between them. Her nostrils were flared and pulsing as she tried desperately not to lose it all over her lover. Even after he'd said it was alright if she needed to release on him, she still had one thing preventing her from doing so.... Her pride.

She'd felt humiliated after vomiting all over Rarity and even more so after learning how the unicorn had snapped a bit, leading Josh to having to slap her back to her senses and nearly drawing blood. But at the moment, the temptation to just open her mouth and let the rancid contents of her gut come out to rid herself of the disgusting feeling was so enticing.... yet she forced herself to swallow down her mouthful and quickly pick up and shove half the last slice in her throat, giving it a few good chews to the point where she could let it slither down her throat like oatmeal mush.

"One bite... one bite.... one bite!!!!" Josh coaxed, "Almost there Dashie!"

"C'mon, Dash! One bite! Ya can do it!!!", Meowth cheered.

Hearing the words of encouragement to her friend, Applejack forced herself to pick up the pace as well, wolfing down the remaining pieces of food as fast as she could. Her belly audibly complained as she forced more food down into an already quaking stomach, but the cowponys ears were deaf to its screams, her mind focused only on cleaning the metaphorical plate in front of her.

As Rainbow Dash looked at the last half-slice of pizza on her hoof, she could feel her body shaking from the sheer amount of caffeine and chocolate and cheese that she'd consumed, not only making her nauseous, but spiking her energy level to where it would make Pinkie Pie look like a poster pony for decaf. She didn't know where she wanted to puke or climb up the walls...

"C'mon Dash.....”, she thought to herself, “Just one more bite....”

Trembling, she raised her hoof with the slice to her mouth and put what was left of it onto her tongue. It took her clenching her mouth shut and Josh holding her hooves for the pegasus to finally manage to swallow down the slice. It tasted terrible and she knew she was about to vomit. But at the moment, Gildas cheers were ringing inside her throbbing head and she couldn’t help but give a wavery grin even as she felt her insides churn.

“Way to go, Dash! You got it all down!!!”, the gryffin cheered, a tone of genuine pride in her voice.

“Y-yeah...”, Rainbow Dash managed to get out before her abdomen spasmed and she had to cover her mouth to hold in the massive wave that shot up her throat. She knew she couldn’t hold it in until Applejack was done with her food and from all the quivering and rumbling Josh could see, the pegasus was in an excruciating amount of pain. She had to do her business and Josh wasn’t about to deprive her of the chance to relieve her illness.

“Go ahead, Dash... you earned it.”, he smiled as he pushed in on her stomach to help the cramped mare get ready to spew.

Slowly, Rainbow Dash lowered her hooves, allowing Josh to see her puckered lips and before she opened her mouth, her magenta eyes gave him a look almost begging for forgiveness.

“Meowth.. this is gonna get ugly...”, Gilda shuddered, turning her head. The cat-pokemon knew what she was getting at and immediately did the same.

Two seconds later, the pegasus opened her mouth gratefully as she hugged her stomach and......

“BLLLLLEAAAAAARRGGHHHHHHHH”

Rainbow Dash leaned down and threw up all over Josh’s chest, much to the disgust of the others in the room. The cyan pegasus was helpless as she retched and disgorged the contents of her stomach onto her lover. She was heaving so painfully some of it was coming out her snout and coating his chest in multi-colored vomit and now there were colors in her mane that never should have been. But Josh didn’t even try to fight it, only rubbing her quaking belly to help her bring up as much as needed to help her feel better.

“Just let it all come out, Dashie.”, he cooed to the sick pegasus, “It’s all gotta come out...”

Just watching the pegasus lose her pizza made Applejack and Meowth feel nauseated, the former close to puking again and the latter having to cover his bulging mouth until he could swallow down his own meal.

Gilda’s expression never changed, even as she watched half-digested wings come out of Dash’s throat, her mind desensitized to the vomiting. She was more disgusted by the looks of pain on Dash’s face and knowing that they’d likely be going through this every day until the eatoff if her training were to be implemented to its fullest.

“It’s for your own good, you two...”, she thought to herself as she watched nature run through the pegasus again until finally the last wave of bile erupted from her mouth and allowed her to take a deep breath and wipe her mouth off on her hoof.

“Urgh...urp!!! Ugh.... that feels better...”, she panted, looking tearfully at her sweetheart, now wearing her meal on his bare chest, “Josh I’m so---”

But the boy cut her off with a grin. “Hey, how many humans can say they’ve had two pegasi ralph on them. heh heh.”, he joked, eliciting a wavery smile from the mare, “You emptied out?”

She shook her head sadly. “No..... but I should be good until Applejack’s done...”, she replied and gagged before turning to her cowpony friend, “You almost... Ulp.. done, AJ?”

“Just... one... more.... wing...”, Applejack groaned, shakily bringing the last boneless sauce-covered wing to her mouth and popping it in, pursing closed her mouth until she could chew it up and swallow it all down, “Done.... Gilda.... for Celestia’s sake, PLEASE open that bathroom up...... I need to throw up and I need to throw up NOW!”

The gryffin shook her head and loosened the satchel on her neck before withdrawing the keys and walking to the doorway to the toilet. “You two have a long way to go, but you’ve made a pretty impressive start... go ahead and puke your guts out.”

The avian had BARELY unlocked the door and gotten out of the way before Applejack and Rainbow Dash barrelled past her, covering their bile-filled mouths and collapsing onto the toilet before pouring what was left in their stomaches into the water-filled porcelain god. Trying to block out the vile sounds of the two ponies hurling, Gilda turned to Josh and gave him a look of impression.

“That was actually pretty cool of you to let Dash puke on you like that.”, she admitted, “None of that acid even bothered your injury?”

Josh shook his head before reaching into one of the empty pizza boxes and pulling out a few napkins to attempt to clean some of Dash’s dinner off. “Nah, most of it just got on my chest.... But when they get done puking, can we end the training for today? I think they both need a nice long rest...”

“Yeah....”, Meowth winced, pushing away his half-eaten pizza. After what he’d seen, he’d lost his appetite completely, “Plus, I wanna get outta here an’ hit da shower.... I need ta take a nice long bath after seeing all dis....”

“Fine, fine...”, Gilda relented, “I’ll take them back to the cowponys farm....”

“Actually...”

Josh looked towards the bathroom where he could see Rainbow Dash and Applejack still violently puking.

“Can you leave Dashie here...... After what happened last night, it may be better if I’m by her side.....”
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A few hours had passed since Gilda, Meowth, and Applejack had left the hospital room, the former two having to help the cowpony stagger out due to her nausea. The gryffin had let the nurse know about Dash and AJ being sick and a couple ponies had since come in and given Josh and the beddings a good cleaning before putting the two pegasi to bed. The only reason they didn’t get angry at Josh for causing all the hassle was that they had seen the severe damage to his skull and considered it nothing short of a miracle that the teen was still alive.

But even now as Dash laid by his side, his hand idly brushing her mane as she slept off the remaining throes of nausea, Josh was far from being tired.... even in the dark of the room, his lovers serene snoring ringing in his ears, all he could think about was one thing....

That look in Champagnes face before he’d bashed him with that bottle.....

He’d never seen anything like it.... it was as if there was no soul inside the pony.... no remorse.

He wouldn’t stop until Ponyville was destroyed.... and he’d almost been the cause of his own demise....

“I have to help them... I have to make sure Ponyville is safe.... I won’t lose my home again...”, he thought to himself as he laid there, looking idly up at the ceiling.

Yet even he wasn’t sure what he was dealing with.... and the thought that this pony would gleefully allow the small town to fall to pieces at his hooves....

It was all too clear to the human that sleep would not be coming to him that night.... and if they failed in stopping Champagne... he may never sleep soundly again...