Note: I know this chapter is pretty gross towards the end... but I don't regret writing it! This is my style and I am proud of it in every way possible!
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It had taken him very little time to get the gloves back to Beam and check out with Hammerhead, the pegasus in shock that they'd managed to pull off the job without Derpy burning herself again. The look they had shared showed Hammerhead that Josh had the same disbelief.

He'd flown over Sweet Apple Acres and watched as Gilda and Big MacIntosh put Applejack and Rainbow Dash through their physical exercises in preparations for not just that days consuming, but in helping them build up their overall endurance. As soon as the two mare had seen Josh flying above them, they'd both given him a wave and shouted out to him happily, even though the boy coulldn't make out what they were shouting to him from his height. But just seeing them waving to him made him feel happy and watching Gilda bark at them to go back to their exercises left him feeling a little hurt.

They were going through so much for Ponyville... especially Rainbow Dash. He could tell from the way she'd been crying after each vomiting session that this was an unbearable feeling for her, even with her natural strength. He wanted to be able to do something for her, but he knew that Gilda and Big MacIntosh had them on a tight leash, althought they knew to keep within the boundaries of training and abuse, since if Josh, Twilight, or Pinkie Pie found out they were abusing their powers, they'd find themselves needing almost as much surgical work as Josh had needed, Josh even openly saying that "Not even Dr. Whooves most powerful magic would be able to completely heal the beating he would give them." The fact that he'd punched out a mirror in the hospital room as he said it gave even the brash Gilda a very clear indication that Joshua James Rocket was NOT an individual to be fucked with.

As he flew up towards the cloud castle he, Rainbow Dash, and Meowth called home, his mind was abuzz with thoughts of any way he could both help their training and maybe do a little something nice for his sweetheart, Dashie, at the same time. Maybe one of her diaries would give him some sort of hint. The pegasus had given him and Meowth express permission to go through private documents as she considered them family now.

But as he approached the cloud carrying their home, he found someone else had beat him up there... or rather two someones...

"Meowth? Spike??"

As he landed upon the cloud carrying their home, he saw that his Pokemon companion was entering the front door with Twilight's companion and loyal assistant, Spike, clutching his paw tightly. At hearing Josh's voice, they both turned and gave him a wave.

"Heyas, bud!"

"Hey, Meowth. Spike... what are you doing here??", the teen asked as he retracted his wings into his body, a feat that never ceased to amaze Spike or Meowth in the fact that he was able to do it through his jacket.

"Oh, Meowth and I were gonna check out one of Rainbow Dash's movies. She said we could before their overeating training."

"Ok, that I can understand... but the bigger question is...... HOW'D YOU GET UP HERE?! I thought only pegasi could walk on clouds.... well and Meowth."

"Well...", Spike started to reply, but a sharp pain in his tummy cut him off, "Oogh... Ugh..."

"Spike?", Meowth asked in worry.

"Spike, you ok?"

Suddenly, they could see Spikes cheeks begin to bulge and immediately Meowth shirked away in panic.

"He's gonna spew!", he screamed, turning his head away.

Before Josh could do the same, Spike opened his mouth and...

"Beeelcch!!"

A gout of green flame erupted from his mouth, shaping itself into the form of a scroll which the dragon weakly caught before rubbing his stomach.

"Ugh, that always hurts my tummy...", he groaned before he held the scroll out, "I think this may be for you."

As Josh slowly crept forward and took the scroll from Spike's claw, him and Meowth couldn't stop looking at the dragon in pure shock.

"What the hell was that?!", Josh blurted out wide-eyed, "How'd you do that?!"

"Urgh... whenever Princess Celestia wants to send Twilight or somepony a scroll, she sends it through Dragon mail.... which consists of it coming out of my stomach in a belch of fire."

"How does that not make you sick?!", Meowth asked, still a little creeped out.

"Actually the first few times she did it, I did throw up. It took a while for my gag reflex to steady itself."

Wincing, Josh slowly opened the scroll and examined its message, imagining the princesses voice narrating its words to him.

Dear Joshua,
I heard Meowth was going to have Spike join him in Cloudsdale for a movie and knew he'd need some assistance staying on the clouds. I set up a small safety barrier around Rainbow Dash's house that will allow Spike or anyone else to walk upon the clouds as long as they stay within 10 feet of where the house lies. I obviously don't need to have the barrier work inside Rainbow Dash's apartment since that is all solid matter. Plus this way it would be a lot simplier then having to give every unicorn and earth pony wings just to fly to Rainbow Dash's house.

Signed,

Princess Celestia

All Josh could do was just shake his head in pure disbelief as he rolled the scroll back up and looked at the two creatures before him.

"Why do I even QUESTION things here anymore??", he muttered to himself before heading through the open front door with Meowth and Spike on his heels, "Ok, Meowth can you show Spike to the living room... I'm heading to the bedroom to do a little thinking."

The cat-pokemon nodded astutely before turning to the green-spined dragon. "C'mon. I know where Dash keeps the good movies!".

"Lead the way, catboy, lead the way!", Spike grinned, earning a cold look from Meowth.

"Call me that again and I WILL drop you off the cloud.", he whispered darkly as he led the dragon into the living room to find a good movie for them to check out. Puffing out a sigh of air upwards, Josh made his way upstairs and opened the door to the bedroom that he hadn't been in for days, a hospital bed being his resting area.... if he'd been able to sleep that is. Looking around the cloud-motif wall of the room, he quickly found himself looking at a silver box resting on a wooden shelf right above the small TV at the foot of their bed. He didn't know what was compelling him towards the ornate box, but it was almost as if he could hear it call his name.

Joshua.... Open me..... Open me....

Walking towards the box and picking it up, he sat back down on the large bed and used his thumbs to pop open the top, revealing a white leather-brown book bearing in gold-studded letters..

The Diary of Rainbow Dash, Future Wonderbolt

"Heh heh, that's my Dash. Everything to do with that Wonderbolt group.", he sighed.

It was then he noticed the lock on the tome was undone, as if the cyan keeper had forgotten to refasten it after her last entry. Maybe it was a sign that an answer could be found inside.

"She DID say I could look through whatever she had....", he thought to himself as he unfastened the loose clasp and opened the journal. Prying it open, he found himself immediately reading the entry listed at the top... one assigned to a few weeks before he'd entered Ponyville.

June 12....
I am so annoyed right now! Every single time Applejack and her family make another batch of that delicious creamy cider... Pinkie Pie buys so much that by the time I get to the front, there's none left! Does that pony NEED any more sugar?!
I really like hanging out with her, but this is getting on my nerves....
Everytime they run out, I wind up flying back here thirsty and sad. I can't remember the last time that yummy liquid went down my gullet.
But the worst part was when I found out what kind of sleep Pinkie Pie had from all that cider....
She---

What he read next in the journal made him do a double-take, nearly dropping the book in shock. He closed the book and opened it again, as if expecting the words to change themselves. But no matter how many times he looked at it, the passage read the same.

"Holy shit...", he thought, closing the book and setting it on the bed beside him, "I knew she loved that cider, I could tell from how she chugged it down during the training, even if it DID come back up... but... wow...."

Suddenly, the gears in his head began to turn as he began to realize what he could do to not only help Rainbow Dash get more training in, but to allow her a chance to live out a fantasy...

But it would require a lot of convincing from Gilda and the Apple family....

Gently, he placed the book back into the silver box and put the container back on the shelf before walking out of the bedroom with a slight whistle. He'd gotten all the info he needed.

As he walked down the stairs, he couldn't help but gaze into the living room where the two youth were laughing happily at a cartoon movie on the tv. He didn't know what compelled him to do it, but Josh walked into the room and tapped Meowth on his shoulder.

"Um... mind if I join ya for a few minutes?"

The cat-pokemon smiled and nodded, allowing the teen to pick him up and rest him on his lap, the three of them just relaxing with a good comedy movie, oblivious at least for a few minutes to all the worries of the world.

As he sat there, running his hand along the back of the cat-pokemon's ear and making him purr he knew that while it would soon be time for any remote shred of what he had originally imagined Ponyville to be like to be destroyed....

For now... it was just a time to be a kid again...
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"Ugh.... Applejack, this is borderline torture!"

Rainbow Dash groaned as she and the cowpony rested on the big green couch in the Apple family living room. The two equine had been through sheer Hell at the hands of Big MacIntosh and Gilda Clawden, their already worn-out bodies being put through enough jumping jacks, hindhoof squats, and push-ups to give any normal muscle pony cardiac arrest. If it weren't for the both of them already having enhanced physical endurance, they knew they'd be resting on a stone slab right about now.

"Ah know, Dash.... I'm more exhausted than a---", Applejack started to say, but the pegasus cut her off.

"AJ, you're my best friend.... but if you give off one more western metaphor, I swear I'll puke!", she muttered, "and I've already done enough of that this week.... let alone what'll go on from here on out!"

"Ok, ok!", She nodded, "But I'm still mighty exhausted. I woulda neva' thought me, a rodeo champion and Applebucking pro, would find myself on the verge of collapsin'!"

Rainbow Dash just sighed and let her head fall back with a groan. "Cloud Duty is sounding better and better each day, I swear...."

But back in the kitchen, Gilda Clawden was busy trying to cook up the days edibles with Granny Smith, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy, all the while the other ponies fetched more supplies with Twilight Sparkle even going to Gilda's home in Gryffindale to pick up some special ingredients only located in her lands. While ponies weren't exactly common there, Gilda'd been "kind" enough to send Twilight with a medal from one of the gryffin's prize-fighting tournament wins as a way to identify her as one of Gilda's allies and keep her safe.

Fluttershy was busy helping Rarity with preparing a couple exotic salads, having let Meowth take a few days off to hang with Spike and sleep in. She'd felt bad about all that Meowth was enduring in his attempts to help her, the chickens still choosing to peck at his paws than at the feed and Angel Bunny inadvertantly kicking a bucket of water right into his groin the day before. She felt even worse that she'd been unable to hide a loud laugh at seeing the look of surprise on his face as his knees buckled and he collapsed to the floor, holding himself. But a warm bubble bath and a pitcher of lemonade had helped Meowth's pain subside, as well as him being able to rest with an icepack between his legs.

As he watched the ponies doing their cookery work from the window of the back doorway, Josh took a few breaths before opening the threshold and calling out.

"Hey Gilda? Granny Smith? Could I talk to you two?"

Looking at each other puzzled, the gryffin and pony followed the human outside, Granny Smith shutting the door behind her.

"What's going on, dude?", Gilda asked, "We're in the middle of preparing their courses!"

"Look, Gilda... Granny Smith... I wanted to pitch to you guys an idea for today's second half. You've filled them both up with solid foods, right?"

"What do you think we've been filling them with?", Granny Smith muttered irritably, "Wicker baskets and tree bark??"

"No no! I believe you, Granny Smith!", Josh reassured, putting his hands up in defense, "I was just asking if you've been mostly filling them with the kinds of foods that require forks and knives!"

"Yeah... why?"

"I'm wondering if tonight we can train them in consuming not solids, but liquids."

Seeing the looks of confusion on Gilda and Granny Smiths faces, Josh thought it wise to explain more.

"I was thinking since they are probably going to have to be drinking large amounts of water during the contest to wash down all the food that it may be smart to get their bodies and bladders capable of holding not just large amounts of edibles, but large amounts of drinkables as well."

"Go on, go on.", Gilda remarked, scratching her chin contemptlatively.

"Well, I know that the Apple family Cider is considered by a lot of the ponies here to be equal to drinking precious nectar from Canterlot, am I correct in that?"

"Awww, heh heh.", Granny Smith blushed, "I wouldn't say it's THAT good... but darn near close!"

"Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.", Josh agreed, "From the way Rainbow Dash swigged down that mug, I could tell it was a prized delicacy here. Sorta like certain wines back where I'm from."

"You do know some of the bigger cities in equestria HAVE wines too, right?", Gilda added, "Canterlot alone makes fantastic Chardonnays!"

"At this point, I'm not surprised...", Josh murmured before continuing, "What I was thinking was maybe we could give them each like 5 of your biggest barrels of Cider and see how much they can drink before they have to.... well...."

"Pee like a Wonderbolt?", Granny Smith offered, getting another wide-eyed look.

"Ok, seriously... now I'm starting to get more than a little alarmed. How are you ponies so nonchalant with these bodily functions?!"

"Josh, you still have a lot to learn about Equestria... a LOT.", Gilda remarked, "But your idea seems good. Let's go with it!"

"Really?", Josh asked, "I was kinda expecting more of a resistance to it. I had a whole speech ready!"

"Why would you think that, child?", Granny Smith asked.

"I think I know.", the gryffin replied, "I'm a hard-ass. I would think how I've been barking at not just them, but you ponies in the kitchen had given some sort of indicator to that!"

"Yeah... and I even had threats planned.... I wasn't really expecting an instant agreement!"

"Hey, it'd give that brainy unicorn more time to get supplies from Gryffindale... plus I'd get to watch them wet themselves! That'll be hilarious!"

"Watch it, birdo..", Granny Smith warned, "That's my grandaughter you're talking about!"

"Jeez, calm down Gramma!"

"Actually, I was hoping I could do Rainbow Dash's part of the liquid intake personally. I haven't gotten to really do one-on-one training with her at ALL! You two can monitor Applejack, but I'd like to help Dash alone."

"Ok...", Granny Smith and Gilda shrugged to each other before the former turned to Josh, "I'll have Big Mac fetch some barrels. Luckily we keep some extra in the cider cellar for the family and emergencies."

"Good, good. But just put some of the barrels in that spare hayloft. That's where me and Dash'll train."

"What about cowpony Jane?", Gilda asked.

"We can use Apple Bloom's bedroom. It wouldn't be the first time someone had an accident in that bed!"

At this, Gilda AND Josh found themselves sharing an uncomfortable wince.

"Granny Smith, don't ever tell anyone else that."

"Yeah, she's just a kid!"

"Look, do you want to do this drinking training thing or not?", the green pony asked with a tone of irritability in her voice.

"Yes, yes I do!", Josh insisted.

"Alright. I'll go have Big MacIntosh get some of the barrels into the hayloft and Bloom's bedroom. Gilda and Josh, you go let my granddaughter and that pegasus know what's going on. Got it?"

"Got it!"

But as she turned to head into the cellar, Granny Smith asked both the gryffin and human one more favor.

"Oh and if you two can, maybe you can get rid of that beehive in that giant apple tree by the hayloft. It's hanging there like an ugly black and yellow eyesore. I could have SWORN Celestia made it so none of them grow here.... Something about a sensitivity to those with allergies."

It wouldn't be a strange thing to ask and normally, the two flyers wouldn't have given it a second thought.... if Gilda hadn't remarked something to the teen.

"I would think a place like this would be completely rid of those things!"

"Yeah.... and if my teachers were right, they're not usually dual-colored...", Josh replied before heading to the hayloft with Gilda right behind him. Almost immediately they found the tree in question, a large yellow orb hanging from one of it branches. But as Gilda and Josh looked intently at the ball, the same thought crossed through both their minds.

"That is way too yellow to be a natural hive...."

Cautiously, Gilda flew up to the orb and put her claws upon it... only to have her talons go right through the balls exterior and tearing open its center, revealing what appeared to be a makeshift camera and microphone... and immediately the creature knew what that meant.

"Oh Champagne, you cheating little scum...", she growled, tearing the remainder of the paper-maiche hive down and bringing the device to the ground, her claws clutched around the camera nearly tight enough to puncture the plastic covering.

As soon as Josh saw the camera in her claws, a dark scowl ebbed onto his face.

"That's Champagne's, ain't it?", he asked. Getting a sullen nod back from the gryffin, Josh took the machines from Gilda and walked over to where Big MacIntosh was bringing the last of the barrels of cider up from the cellar entrance. As the colt went to close the door with his hoof, he saw Josh put his hand up as if halting him at a duck crossing.

"Sumtin' wrong?", he asked.

Calmly, Josh popped open the battery case and, after pocketing the batteries and tape from the device, chucked the empty camera down the cellar stairs, listening with glee at the sound of it breaking as it bounced down the wooden planks and shattering into pieces. He watched as the fragments of the camera vanished into the shadows and gave Big MacIntosh a smile.

"Nope. Just disposing of some garbage.", he smiled as he closed the cellar doors for the colt and walked off humming with his hands in his jacket. Watching as the teen went off towards the hayloft, the large red stallion just shook his head and muttered to himself.

"Humans, still can't understand 'em."
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As she approached the big red barn the Apple family used as a hayloft, Rainbow Dash was feeling a mixture of relief at not having to eat until she puked that night and confusion at what Gilda had planned. All the gryffin told her was that she had set up private training exercises for her and Applejack in seperate locations and knowing what that devious avian was capable of just made the cyan pegasus even more nervous.

"Private training, private training..... what could it be?", she thought to herself as she trotted to the giant red building. Her girth had gotten to where flying became too much of an effort for her, leaving the blue mare earthbound for the time being. "What does that bird have in mind? More exercise? Pie-eating? Projectile vomiting? What?"

But as she pried open the large red-and-white doors, what she found herself looking at something that made an expression of sheer orgasmic joy spread upon her face....

"Sweet Celestia's crown...", she whispered tearfully as she gazed upon what was spread out before her. A stack of cider barrels, 10 in all, was piled in a pyramid, droplets of the sweet apple liquid inside spilling from the tops in honey-colored rivlets. Next to the stack was what appeared to be either an exact replica of her bed or the real damn thing, modeled to the exact details from the cloud-covered sheets to the sky-blue pillows. It was as if someone had moved her into the loft with an endless supply of her favorite beverage, just leaving her to her books and juices. The pegasus had to bite her lip to keep from shedding the tears of bliss that were dying to spill from her magenta orbs... "Gilda... did... did she really do this for me?"

A calm voice from behind the barrels gave her an answer. "Well it wasn't just her..."

As Dash watched in shock, a familiar figure stepped out from behind the stack, brushing off the wood chips and bits of hay from his jacket and hair. The bandages that had once covered his skull were gone, letting his black mane flow out in the breeze like puffs from a dandelion. Where there should have been a t-shirt was only his bare flesh, giving the pegasus a view of his hairless, smooth chest. He looked hotter than the surface of the sun...

"Josh?", Rainbow Dash quivered, "You did this?? How?!"

"I did some... co-ercing...", the human grinned, idly checking out his nails, "Got a duplicate of your bed from Mr. Breezy, had Granny Smith supply the barrels, got Gilda to agree to allow me to supervise your training mano-a-pono, then got the Apple family to allow me to use this hayloft as our training ground.... no big deal."

"You did all this?", the pegasus gasped, "Why?!"

Josh knew it was time to let the pony out of the stable, so he just sat on one of the barrels and rested his hands onto his lap. "I read your journal, Dash. Seriously, I found the lock broken... we may wanna see Twilight Sparkle or someone about getting it replaced. I know about... well... I know about your envy...."

"Wha... what are you talking about?", she asked, beads of sweat starting to form on her head out of pure anxiety at one of her secrets coming out.

Josh motioned for Rainbow Dash to come closer and cleared his throat before repeating what he'd read into her ear... in full.

June 12....
I am so annoyed right now! Every single time Applejack and her family make another batch of that delicious creamy cider... Pinkie Pie buys so much that by the time I get to the front, there's none left! Does that pony NEED any more sugar?!
I really like hanging out with her, but this is getting on my nerves....
Everytime they run out, I wind up flying back here thirsty and sad. I can't remember the last time that yummy liquid went down my gullet.
But the worst part was when I found out what kind of sleep Pinkie Pie had from all that cider....
She....

Josh stopped and cleared his throat again before he continued to repeat to the shocked flyer what he'd read.

She had drunk so much of the cider that when she woke up, her whole bed was covered in her juices. Pinkie Pie wet her whole bed!
She was able to shrug it off without so much as a tear... and everyone just laughed it off as if it was normal for anypony to have such an accident.
I may have laughed, but inside... my heart hurt knowing I may never get that chance. I have to act so tough, yet I've got such an unusual desire... I wanna be the one whose laying in a puddle of my own urine... as weird as that sounds.... I wish I knew how to explain it other than just getting a chance to lay down my guard and go back at least a little bit into my fillyhood!

The two pegasus looked at each other, tears welling from Rainbow Dash's eyes, as Josh placed a hand gently on her wing.

"You must hate me....", Dash sniffled, trying to hide her embarrassement, "Finding out something that disgusting about me..."

"Rainbow Dash, I walked in on you picking your snout in your sleep. That didn't disgust me and neither does this!"

"You.... saw me digging in my nostrils??", Rainbow Dash gasped.

"Apple Bloom AND I both did, she nearly got sick. She told Hammerhead, but I got them both to swear to secrecy not to tell anyone else... and considering I've got stitches in my skull, I think they both know I'm in no position to be screwed over...."

"How... how does none of that gross you out!? You've let me barf on you, you saw me picking my nose, you know I wanna be able to wet my bed.... yet NONE of that fazes you?!"

Josh just rubbed his hand on the barrels side and blew out a gust of air, letting it lift up a tuft of hair before he spoke again. "Rainbow Dash, everyone saw my flesh burnt to a crisp and witnessed me get impaled on a TV camera... you think ANYTHING can gross me out!? Besides.... you're my sweetheart. I don't care if you pick your nose, your ears, even your flank! I love everything about you, strengths, flaws, and all! It's what lovers do..."

The cyan mare swallowed hard to keep herself from crying at hearing all this from the human. He knew about some of her most disgusting habits, one of her deepest secrets, and didn't even bat an eye... It was then she finally began to realize why she wanted that fantasy to come true...

"I... I just want to feel that sense of vulnerability... of inner security... the same I can feel around you. Picking my snout, wetting the bed.... all things nearly any filly or pony can do without anyone so much as giving a second thought over than keeping them from handling food... yet I'm forced to act all tough 24/7. It's hard being the strong one and with you, I've been able to allow myself to show some of my sensitivity..... Yet... I was scared if you found out about some of my habits.... you'd wanna leave me..."

"Dash, I would never leave you.... Hell, I'VE been the one left behind so much I could never bring myself to do it to anyone.... especially somepony I loved. Someone whose got a heart as big as yours, willing to put themselves through this nightmare to try and save their friends home... you and Applejack, you both are epitomes of what it means to be pure and loyal.... if more people in my world were as kind as you two, maybe it wouldn't be in such a state of disarray. But for now, all I can say, Dash..... is welcome to my world... you're always gonna be in it and that makes this stranger very happy."

The lump in her throat overtook her and before Rainbow Dash knew what she was doing, she was crying harder than ever before. The tears were almost never-ending as Josh just held her, just like he had after those nightmares and the shaking in her body was just as bad as before, even as the human held her and stroked her mane gently.

"Shhhh...", he whispered, "C'mon, if Gilda hears you crying, she's gonna wonder why we haven't started yet...."

At this, a chuckle escaped from the pegasus' lips as she turned towards her lover, tears still welling and streaming down her cheeks as she held Josh's hands in her hoofs protectively. This was the one, the being she wanted to spend her life with.... the one she knew she could trust implicably... the one that maybe someday, she'd even become a mommy with.

"Josh... I...", she started to say before Josh leaned down and placed his lips upon hers, giving the pegasus a warm kiss and lightly letting their tongues intertwine against each other. The human could still smell bits of stomach acid on her breath and even was able to taste a chunk of half-digested carrot that had gotten stuck between her teeth. Slowly, he used his own muscle to loosen it and lift the piece into his own mouth before breaking the kiss and spitting it into his hand. Admittedly, he'd never really liked the taste of carrots before and one that had been resting in a pegasus' tummy didn't help to improve his opinion.

"I'm guessin' you were a little sick earlier?"

The pegasus gave a sad nod. "I threw up after those exercises. He had us doing so many sit-ups my stomach couldn't handle it and I lost it in a bush. I thought I'd washed my mouth out completely..."

Josh just shook his head and held the pony close. "Don't worry about it... all the cider should help put a better taste in your mouth. So let's get started!"

Breaking the hug, Josh's eyes widened as he remembered he'd set aside a little something extra. "Before we begin, I picked up a little something from my world earlier today to help ya with the cider consumption!"

"Oh?", Rainbow Dash asked, raising an invisible eyebrow as the teen went to the haypile by the barrels and fetched a large box from the yellow straw depths, using his teeth to tear the tape of the top and revealing a set of steins and what looked to Dash like one of the soda squirters that she'd seen at some of the burger joints in the bigger cities in Equestria.

"I picked up some large steins from a restaurant near my home, as well as this little thing. It's an extract-dispenser!"

"An extract-dispenser?", Dash repeated curiously, "What the heck is an extract-dispenser?"

"Well it's a little device that can add shots of all sorts of flavors to any liquid, including cider! Normally, I wouldn't use something so primative, but Twilight's out at Gryffindale at Gilda's request----"

"Whoa! Wait up... Twilight Sparkle's in Gryffindale?! Is she nuts?!", Rainbow Dash said in alarm, knowing the rough-and-tumble reputation of the suburban area.

"Relax, relax. Gilda mentioned giving her some sort of medal signifying that she was one of her crew. Besides Gilda knows if anything were to happen to her that she'd find herself on a date with a meat grinder. So c'mon, why don't we get ya seated on the bed and filling your bladder with creamy cider so you can lay in your nectar."

Rainbow Dash couldn't help blush as she sat her big flanks on the bed and watched the teen take down one of the barrels and, setting it down on a large crate, set a tap against the edge of it and karate-chopping the tap just enough into the barrel to prevent the liquid inside from spilling out. Placing one of the mugs underneath the tap, Josh turned the faucet and let the honey-colored drinkable inside fill up the stein, Rainbow Dash drooling as she watched the liquid pour slowly into the glass receptacle. It was almost moving in slow-motion the way that ambrosia was spilling into the stein and all Dash could do was lick her salivating lips as the foam from the cider began to spill over the top, running down in amber rivulets down its sides signifying that not a drop more would fit into the large mug.

As gently as he could, Josh brought the mug over to the pegasus and placed it in her hooves, doing his best to make sure not a drop of it spilled. Dash took the full stein and gazed into the liquid inside. She'd only gotten to have a quick swig of it back during that training session, not even really getting the chance to TASTE the liquid, almost as if she was scared Applejack would take it away. But now it was just her and Josh with barrels of the cider and she was finally gonna get a chance to savor every drop.

Bringing the stein to her snout, Rainbow Dash took a deep sniff and let the aroma of apples and spices slowly fill her nostrils, murring to herself as she took in the heavenly scent. She was beginning to see why Pinkie Pie would always save up her bits for when the Apples sold their liquid. Gently, she brought the full mug to her lips and tilted the cup just so a little bit of the cider would go in, allowing her to savor the taste. She knew she had a stack of barrels full to enjoy, but the other mares had always said the first bite or drink of anything was always the most special... and for her, this was her first time getting to enjoy a private stash of one of her favorite drinks.

As the first bit of cider hit her tongue, she shivered in bliss at the tangy, creamy flavor and held the mouthful in her cheeks for a bit, letting the flavor seep almost into her very soul. Looking at the human with her, she saw him just sitting against the stack of barrels cross-legged and watching her with a warm smile. This was the first real enjoyable time they'd been able to share since the whole mess started without either of them being unconcious or recovering from massive regurgitation. She almost wanted to keep the mouthful in her cheeks forever, the taste was so blissful, but she knew she'd have to breathe soon and so she gulped the mouthful down, shutting her eyes in almost utopian pleasure. It was worth the wait just getting to enjoy this... what she had craved for so long....

"You like it, Dashie?", Josh asked calmly as he watched the pegasus slowly open her eyes and pour the rest of the stein slowly down her throat before licking off the froth from her lip.

"M....more please...", she shivered happily. Without wasting even a milisecond, Josh took the stein and refilled it to its brim before giving it back to the pegasus and allowing her to down the drink.

Every single swallow was like a party going down her throat with all of Equestria being invited, each gulp better than the last. It took less than a few steins for Rainbow Dash to start manually filling up the cups herself, swigging them down as fast as she could fill them. She even started using the dispenser device to add shots of vanilla, lemon, cherry, and chocolate! It made her feel like the drink was made only for her pallet alone and it felt great!

As he watched the pegasus consuming mug after mug, the barrels beginning to grow drained of their contents, the human noticed her already growing belly bulging with all the liquid she was downing and knew that soon her bladder would need to release. He was just waiting for her to give him a sign so he could get her tucked into bed and allow her to do her business. But at the same time, his thoughts were stuck back on that face he'd seen at the restaurant. His mom had always told him that a persons eyes were windows to the soul... and he'd assumed the same principle would hold true for ponies and dragons, especially after being able to see Twilight Sparkle's wisdom just through her lavender irises.

But when he and Champagne had locked eyes.... Josh had seen nothing.

Just an empty black hole, devoid of compassion and warmth. He realized that Champagne could watch them all die and he wouldn't even have a second thought about spitting on the corpses. All he cared about was his own personal status as the alpha pony. But the worst part of it all.... was the aura that came from him... one like he was looking at a pony that had been a part of some horrible deeds. He remembered Twilight Sparkle giving him some of those old reports on Champagne when he was resting in the hospital, Josh having requested to learn about the champions history so he knew what kind of monster they were up against.. and his attention had been caught by an article telling about how the mayor of Albaneigh was found dead days after last year's competition, a note by his hanging body saying that he couldn't handle the shame of losing his town to Champagne's glory. Yet the officer ponies who'd found his body had shared doubts that he'd actually written the note himself. The night he'd read up on that, he'd stayed awake thinking and trying to comprehend the possibly that.... the mayor's death wasn't exactly suicide.

He reasoned to himself that it was just his brain recovering from the traumatic injury and eager to villify the one who'd nearly ended his life.... yet deep down he'd wondered if maybe there was truth to the rumors..

The sound of Rainbow Dash trying to squeeze out one more drop of the liquid from the barrel's tap broke him from his thoughts he could see both that she'd drained nearly all the barrels of their contents and, from the way she was crossing her hindlegs, that her bladder was stretched to capacity.

"Ungh... Josh, I need to go... BAD!", she whimpered, "But I want more of that cider....."

The boy merely smiled and got up, leading the pegasus to the bed. "Well, let's let some of the cider out then.... C'mon, I'll get ya nice and cozy."

Without a second's hesitance, Rainbow Dash climbed onto the mattress and let the human tuck her in as if he was putting a filly to sleep; tucking her in nice and tight, fluffing her piillow, even slipping off his jacket and climbing in next to her as a parent would to a scared child. He placed his hand on her stomach and could feel it gurgle and rumble, the liquid inside sloshing and filling her juice-maker and knew she was ready to pee.

Yet something was stopping the pegasus from just letting her bladder open... She was still nervous about giving in to her desire and wetting the bed. Josh could see she was straining and groaning, trying to get her liquid to come out and an idea came to his head as he pulled the pegasus close to him, wrapping an arm around her body and whispering in her ear.

"When you're flying... do ya ever take the time to stop and just admire the rain?"

A gentle smile began to spread on her face as the thoughts of rainclouds entered her mind.

"All the droplets of water coming down in buckets.... filling up ponds and rivers with the teardrops of the sky, streams flowing across parks and forest floors, soaking the grassy fields and flowers iin their watery wake?"

Dash could feel her bladder beginning to weaken and she rested her labia on the mattress in anticipation for her golden release.

"All that water just flowing down mountaintops and hillsides, making nice... big.... puddles..."

Imagining all that water rushing down mountaintops was all the pegasus needed and, with a contented sigh, she pressed her moistness down and let out the yellow river inside her. The sharp chemical aroma of pegasus urine filled the air as Rainbow Dash began to wet the bed, coating not just her bed, but her mate as well, in her honey. Droplets of her yellow nectar were even getting onto her rainbow tail, the warm sensation of resting in her own liquids filling the young pegasus' body with a sense of peace.. like she was able to shake off having to be the tough tomboyish mare all of Equestria knew for a little bit and just let her innocent side shine through. But as she scrounged her snout, sniffing and feeling its insides bothering her, she raised her hoof to her nose and gave the teen a look that he could read without any trouble.

"Go ahead, Dash.", he smiled, "Dig away. You've earned it."

With a grateful smile, Rainbow Dash placed her hoof in her nostril and started picking, a warm blissful smile on her face as she dug, her bladder having the best release it had ever had, her river soaking the bed though to its springs. As he watched as the pegasus dug for gold in her snout to clear what was inside, Josh began to realize why it meant so much for the pegasus to be able to just have an accident in her bed and be able to pick her snout without a worry.... She prided herself on keeping up a reputation of being the perfect pegasus; athletic, clever, kind... yet it left her craving to be able to let her lazier qualities come out from time to time. It was like the old saying...

"Even the strongest heart needs to cry from time to time."

As happy as Dash felt when she was doing her flips and slick moves in the air, practicing for the Wonderbolts and showing off for the ponies... just being able to make a mess of herself gave her a different kind of peace. While she knew she would have to revert back into her rugged tomboyish persona tomorrow in preparation for the days training, for now... she was just able to give in to her more childish desires and fill herself with a different kind of peace.

In fact, since her and Josh had become a couple, she found herself having an easier time letting down her guard to where her sensitivity could rival that of Fluttershy.... and as she laid there, digging in her snout and letting her cutie mark get soaked with her yellow spray......

She felt lighter than air.....

But she wasn't the only one...

Holding Dash in his arms as she finally pulled out a big booger and wiped it on the side of the bed with a sheepish grin and rested his head near her mane, Josh felt his heart blossom. Ever since he'd entered Equestria, his life was beginning to change... and even with some of the hardships he'd gone through... he was having one hell of a time... he was beginning to feel like he had a family again....

Which made his thoughts about Champagne all the more troubling. He hadn't even told anyone about the device him and Gilda had found earlier and he'd put the tape and batteries he'd found underneath Meowth's small bed... yet he still didn't know how much of their training and conversations Champagne had caught on tape. Tomorrow, he'd ask Gilda if she could go and help him find out what Champagne had heard... but for now...

For the first time in almost a week... he was beginning to feel sleepy... and as he looked into Rainbow Dash's magenta eyes, the pegasus giving him a playful smile and a yawn from the cider-induced drowsiness as he tussled her mane...

He realized the worrying could wait for one night.... for now.... it was all about him and Rainbow Dash in one bed in each others embrace...

An embrace he would never let anyone break....

And as the last of Rainbow Dash's honey covered their bed, soaking them both in her warm juices... they both let their eyes shut and let their dreams take them into another plane of existence.... where there was no Champagne, no hardships, no nothing... just Rainbow Dash, Joshua, and all their friends...