Maidens Day

Rainbow Dash watched from the balcony as the moon climbed higher in the sky. Below on the clouds, the wild pegasus party was in full swing. Farther below, and in the distance, she could see the bonfires of the earth ponies still lit. And just beyond that, the clouds set in a swirled pattern were illuminated by the moonlight, marking the site of the ritual.

The loud horn cut through the still night. It made her flap straight up, even though she’d been expecting it any minute. It was the cue for the Maidens to enter the ritual space.

It was her cue.

She glanced nervously at Fluttershy, who smiled, her eyes shining, and straightened Dash’s crown. “Good luck. You’ll be perfect.”

Dash smiled uncertainly. “Thanks. I guess it’s time.” She hovered there, making no move towards the ritual space.

“Um, yes. Yes it is.” Fluttershy looked between Rainbow Dash and the clouds in the distance.

“So I should, uh...” Dash swallowed and motioned to the clouds.

“Yes.” Fluttershy nodded.

“Okay,” Dash said. She turned to face the ritual site, then glanced back at Fluttershy. “Well, here goes...”

Dash took off, soaring through the night sky. Once again, the feeling of wind in her feathers calmed her nerves. Below, the party had paused to watch the Cloud Maiden leave, and a cheer went through the crowd. Emboldened by the flight and the support of other ponies, she did a quick loop before flying in earnest towards the ritual.

The whole flight only took a few seconds before she landed on a cloud in the middle of the pattern. She glanced over the edge at the hilltop, scanning for a sign of the Flower Maiden. The scene was almost eerie, the ritual space was silent and still, but there was a feeling of lying in wait. The clouds in the moonlight cast a shadow on the ground, the swirling pattern that the pegasi had built. It seemed designed to move, for the clouds to twist in a kaleidoscope of moonlight. On the ground, Rainbow Dash could make out the scattered flower petals and seeds, and even she could tell they were itching to grow. Only the magic of the ritual would make the clouds move and the plants take root, so the whole hilltop seemed eager for the arrival of the Maidens.

Dash rolled over on her back and breathed deeply. She was the Cloud Maiden. She was in the ritual space. She should be feeling that magic any minute now. She wondered if the magic felt like the trembling that she couldn’t stop in her body, and the cold sweat she was feeling on her forehead...

Scrunching her face, she tried to stop that. The Cloud Maiden of the pegasi didn’t get nervous! She was all the pegasi, and pegasi were never scared, always ready, capable of conquering any task, no matter what. Sure, maybe a few mere ponies here and there couldn’t live up to that, but the pegasi chose Rainbow Dash because they thought she could. They thought she could be the Cloud Maiden, so the magic had to come to her and make her stop acting like some loser pony.

After several moments of this line of thought, she heard something; hoofbeats climbing the hill. Peeking over the edge of the cloud again, she saw a pony coming through the shadows. Dash could make out a long, flowing mane that glinted gold in the moonlight, and a sturdy, muscled body with a proud posture. Something gripped Dash’s heart but she couldn’t tell if it was excitement or terror. The Flower Maiden was perfect, and that left the Cloud Maiden a trembling wreck.

Below, Applejack stopped in the center of the ritual space, her heart pounding in her chest. The edges of the cloud pattern above were glowing in the moonlight, and from beneath her hooves came the sweet scent of flowers and herbs. She smiled, realizing this was just for her and her lover, no other pony would see this view. Only the two of them were special enough for both tribes to build them a perfect spot to join together.

Applejack felt as though time was standing still for her; no pegasus would ever appear, and she would stand there in anticipation forever. But the glow of the bonfires danced in the distance, and a warm breeze drifted over the hill top, catching her loose mane and tale. All of this indicated that the world was still in motion, every second drawing her lover closer to her.

Gazing up at the clouds, Applejack heard the soft flap of a pair of wings, then saw the lithe figure of a pegasus drift down in a beam of moonlight between the clouds, a few feet in front of her. At first silhouetted, she quickly came into focus as she neared. Applejack’s heart seemed to stop, and her eyes went wide as first mane and tail, then face and cutie mark became recognizable, even familiar.

Rainbow Dash landed in front of her, the golden crown of the Cloud Maiden on her head, her eyes squeezed shut. She took a deep breath, then said, “Hi-I’m-the-Cloud-Maiden-you-look-pretty-let’s-get-start-” Dash finally opened her eyes, looking into the shocked face of her Flower Maiden. “YOU?!”

Applejack just stared in confusion. There was a small part of her that wanted nothing more than to laugh at Dash’s pathetic display. But a much louder thought roared through her mind: Rainbow Dash was NOT her Cloud Maiden! Her Cloud Maiden was supposed to see her as a special pony. She was not supposed to give some speech she’d memorized then look like she just met a changeling. This wasn’t right, and it wasn’t fair.

Applejack felt tears stinging her eyes, and wished for her stetson to pull over her face. Instead she fought back the tears and fixed her mouth in a stoney line. “Me.”

“But you’re not-- I’m not supposed to be-- how can I--” Dash grappled for something to say as everything fell apart. She did not have the power to restore magic to Equestria. Applejack would see that Dash was a fraud. Her ears drooped, the charade was over, she was a failure.

Both ponies looked away from each other.

Applejack looked towards the bonfires of the earth ponies, her friends and neighbors counting on her complete the ritual, to make love to Rainbow Dash so that the plants would grow. She sighed, feeling a weight on the job that she hadn’t felt or imagined since her rose had bloomed.

Rainbow Dash’s gaze fell in the direction of the cloud temple, where her life as a pegasus had ended. She would be fired from the weather patrol, she could never set hoof in Cloudsdale again, and Pinkie Pie had a better chance of becoming a Wonderbolt. Her only hope was that maybe she and AJ could eek out some tiny bit of magic, enough that ponies didn’t starve at least.

After too long, Applejack sighed and said, “Well, I reckon we gotta do this.”

“Yeah.” Dash cringed, entirely missing the hurt in AJ’s eyes.

“Where do ya’ want me to start?”

Dash let out a huff of a sigh. “I dunno. We should kiss, I guess?”

Applejack nodded and stepped forward with determination. She planted her lips on Dash’s in a dry, motionless kiss. After a few seconds they both shifted, lips parting to see if their tongues could supply whatever ingredient was missing, but the strange invasions ended in an uncomfortable battle when neither could work out whose tongue was supposed to be where.

The whole time, both were glancing around the ritual space, looking for some clue that magic was actually present. The only movement remained a warm breeze, and neither felt anything inside of them that could be remotely called magic.

Finally, Dash pulled away and put her face in her hoof. “This isn’t gonna work!”

“That ain’t an option,” Applejack said, frowning.

“It’s the only option! I’m not the Cloud Maiden, AJ, and you’re not the Flow--”

“Shut up!” Applejack roared. She glared at Dash, then looked away quickly to hide the angry tears.

“Look, you don’t have to yell at me! I’m just trying to tell you why it can’t work. Twilight says we’re supposed to be, like, princesses or something. I thought that would happen when we got here, but it didn’t, we’re just a pegasus and an earth pony.” Dash said, as Applejack stomped across the top of the hill and sat down, facing away from the camp and the temple.

Dash would have been content to let Applejack stew, it wasn’t like anything was going to happen, were it not for the obvious sob that the earth pony couldn’t hold back. Despite the hopelessness of the situation, a friend crying was something Rainbow Dash couldn’t let pass.

“AJ, I’m sorry. I know this is more to you than something we’ve gotta prove. You’ve gotta do this for your family and the other farmers. We’ll think of something, I promise.”

This was only answered with more sobs, as Dash carefully approached. She sat down next to Applejack, not sure what else to do to comfort her friend. Finally, she settled on wrapping a wing around the earth pony while glancing in the other direction so that AJ didn’t think she felt sorry for her.

“I hate myself,” Applejack said softly between sobs.

“I totally understand,” Dash said, sighing. “I mean, I’m supposed to be the Cloud Maiden, the best pegasus in Equestria. They all thought I could do that, and I failed. The Cloud Maiden doesn’t fail. Pegasi don’t fail. I’m not even a pegasus right now. I’m nothing.”

Applejack scrunched her face to try to stop the tears. “Well, I reckon I’m nothin’ too. I sure ain’t an earth pony. I can’t believe I’m such a fool, the Flower Maiden oughta be doin’ this for her family and friends and everypony in Equestria. No wonder it didn’t work, if I ain’t even earth pony enough to do that.”

They sat united in silence and self-pity for a while, before Dash said, “So, if you weren’t doing this for your family or Equestria, why are you doing it?”

“I wanted to be the Flower Maiden.” Applejack closed her eyes and slumped a little. “I wanted to be special and magic, and have somepony see me that way. I sound like a starry-eyed filly, don’t I?”

Dash smirked, but managed to suppress a giggle. “A little. Wow, I never woulda thought it. Everything you do is so boring and important, I never thought there was a little diva in you trying to get out.”

“Don’t matter now, I reckon. I learned my lesson, I’m givin’ those dreams up for good. Good ol’ dependable Applejack is here to stay,” Applejack said flatly.

Dash shook her head. “You’re crazy. Everypony should try to shine as bright as they can. That’s how awesome things happen.”

“Yeah, awesome things like this.”

Looking to Applejack, Dash’s ears drooped and her face fell. “AJ, this isn’t because you don’t shine. You totally shine, when I saw you walking up I thought you were the perfect Flower Maiden. This is my fault, I’m not the Cloud Maiden. I don’t feel the magic I’m supposed to feel. I’m a failure...” Dash bit her lip, and smiled a little. “I’m a failure as a pegasus. But know what? I’m not gonna let you down.”

Dash took Applejack’s hoof and flew up, pulling AJ to her hooves. “Come on. Even if I can’t do the ritual, I can make you feel special. We can pretend I’m the Cloud Maiden, and maybe we’ll get something out of this.” Dash grinned and lead Applejack to the center of the ritual space.

“Okay, I reckon I can give it another go,” Applejack said, smiling at Dash’s enthusiasm. She leaned in to try another kiss, but Dash stopped her lips gently with a hoof.

“No,” Dash said, sliding her hoof to Applejack’s cheek. She took a deep breath, smelling the roses from Applejack’s crown, and really looking at her friend’s strong farmpony body with the soft golden mane flowing over the muscles of her shoulders. “First, I’ve gotta tell you that you’re totally special, and strong, and pretty, and you always take care of everypony. You’re everything an earth pony should be. You’re, like, the perfect Flower Maiden. I can feel the magic coming off you. You belong here.”

Applejack beamed, and felt something in her heart start to glow. She looked at Dash the way she should have seen her the first time, all that boundless drive and energy packed into one little pony, the lightning crown on her head seeming to show it shooting out of her. “You belong here with me, Dash. I dunno ‘bout the magic, but anypony can see you’re the best the pegasi have to offer, and you got all the crowns and medals to prove it. If you ain’t cut out to be a Cloud Maiden, I can’t think of a pony who is.”

Leaning forward, Applejack completed the kiss she’d attempted. As their lips met softly, the warm wind picked up and both ponies felt a surge of powerful magic pulse through them; a warm dizzying feeling that seemed to turn the hilltop into an extension of their bodies. Applejack could feel the scattered seeds throb with the desire to grow as Dash gently probed her mouth with her tongue. As the Flower Maiden yielded her mouth to Rainbow Dash, a shaky excitement flared the Cloud Maiden’s wings and set the clouds in motion, swirling above them in spirals.

As they parted reluctantly both ponies gasped for breath, eyes wide and glancing around, taking in the effects of the simple kiss. Excited smiles formed on their faces.

“AJ... the magic... ” Dash’s eyes were shining, looking up at the clouds she was moving without laying a hoof on them, with barely a thought.

“I’m feelin’ it too, Dash.” Applejack grinned, pawing the ground and feeling every blade of grass, every unopened seed for miles.

Dash looked at Applejack and opened her mouth to say something, but stopped. She just stood there staring with her mouth hanging open. She was vaguely aware, from Flight School classes, that lightning traveled as fast and hard as it could towards some kind of ground. She’d never imagined what the lightning was feeling, but now she didn’t have to. “AJ?”

“I know, Dash,” Applejack said. Then she looked up casually, and her eyes went wide because she really knew. She knew why tree roots would move earth and crack stone to get to water. “Uh... wow.”

They dove for each other at the same time, Applejack catching Dash’s jawbone in a biting kiss as strong wind started to snap around them, whipping their manes and tails like flags. Dash gave a desperate moan as Applejack traveled down her throat with firm kisses, giving another love bite when she reached Dash’s collarbone.

“What is this?” Dash gasped, feeling every press of AJ’s lips shoot through her body.

“Magic... ritual... nature... dunno... can’t talk while I’m kissin’.” Applejack muttered as she nuzzled and kissed over Dash’s body to her wings. Her mouth gently bit at the base of one, gnawing it lightly.

Dash groaned as a roll of thunder shook the sky. “Uunh! More, AJ! More everything, please!”

Applejack’s mouth released the wing and nuzzled behind it, licking the base firmly before planting kisses along Dash’s side, across her flank to her cutie mark. “There’s a storm comin’, Dash.” Applejack said with a smirk, eyeing the clouds in the sky as she traced the edges of the cloud on Dash’s flank with her tongue.

Another low rumble of thunder shook the sky as Dash’s whole body trembled in anticipation. “Yes,” Dash panted. “Yesyesyesyes...”

“I know that storm’s gonna give me just what I need...” her tongue flicked sharply down the blue stripe in Dash’s lightning bolt, sending a teasing wave of pleasure to Dash’s core. “But I know the longer I can hold off, the stronger and wilder this’s gonna be.”

Applejack’s tongue flicked down the yellow stripe, drawing a whimper from Dash as the wind picked speed, whipping around the two ponies. The air against Dash’s wings almost made it feel like she was flying, and she knew that glorious feeling was somehow connected to the magic Applejack was pulling out of her in that slow, teasing way. The Flower Maiden was playing her body, playing her magic, playing the whole sky like a virtuoso. Whatever she was doing, Dash only wanted more.

Dash felt Applejack’s warm breath on her flank. “I want this storm wild, Dash. I know you’re gonna give me wild. That’s why we’re here, the two of us. We ain’t scared to make it rough.” The lick that followed wasn’t a flicker, it was slow and hard, tracing down the red stripe, then up and around the outline of Dash’s cutie mark. Thunder rolled, and the clouds above had turned black, ready to release a torrent any second.

Rainbow Dash held her breath as Applejack nuzzled around the curve of her flank. The wind died down, a pressure built in the air around them, the sky was silent and it felt like the whole world was waiting for the unleashing of Dash’s passion.

Applejack carefully nudged Dash’s tail to the side, finding the gleaming marehood beneath it like the storm clouds above; swollen, wet, and more than ready. She ached to drink from it more each second, but she knew that just her breath and the wind touching it had to be making the Cloud Maiden crazy.

After what Rainbow Dash could only count as entirely too many seconds of nearly painful anticipation, Applejack plunged her tongue into the bottom of the slit, running it roughly up the length as Dash threw her head back and screamed in pleasure. Lightning bolts crashed to the ground all around them, a blinding demonstration of exactly what Dash was feeling.

The electricity in the air put Applejack’s coat on end and sent a light charge through her body. Far from unpleasant, the pulse just added to the mounting pressure of her own desire, driving her towards Dash’s soaked sex in hopes of earning more. Her tongue dove in, searching out spots that changed the tone and pitch of the Cloud Maiden’s cries.

The sky opened up in a deluge of rain, instantly soaking both ponies, but they were entirely too focused on Dash’s pleasure to care. As rainwater mixed with the delicious taste of Dash’s juices, Applejack firmly ran her tongue over the slick nub again and again, earning desperate grunts from Dash and a loud peal of thunder that seemed to actually come from within the pegasus.

Rainbow Dash screamed her incoherent song of pleasure into the storm. It was the storm. She was the storm, every jolt to her body from Applejack’s attention forced thunder, lightning, and rain from the sky, and forced raw magic from Dash’s body. A shift of sensation from her clit to the desperately twitching confines, where Applejack plunged her tongue and massaged the opening with her lips, caused a crash through Dash’s body that cleared her mind and her vision, leaving her with only an incoherent cyclone of thoughts and the thick smell of ozone in the air.

The shock from the lightning bolts only feet away seemed to dart straight to Applejack’s own marehood, a promise of things to come. For now the delicious hole, from which her tongue was releasing some of the most powerful magic of Equestria, remained her focus. Her tongue pressed into the tight opening, lapping at it, searching for new displays of magic to unleash.

Finally she found one, her tongue hit a place inside of Dash that caused a shout of pleasure like she’d never heard from a pony. The already strong winds began driving the rain within the ritual circle with a force that Applejack was sure would have blown her away, but the magic in the Flower Maiden reached deep within the earth. Rooted there, standing firm against Dash’s storm, she drove into the spot with determination.

Pleasure was all Rainbow Dash felt. A swirling force of unstoppable pleasure wracking her body and mind, pumping out of her into the world. Thunder, lightning, wind and rain weren’t even capable of expressing it, but the closest she could come was to drive all of them with all her power. Lightning flashed and crashed around the two, bolt after bolt, and the massive cracks of thunder made the sounds that Dash was incapable of making superfluous anyway. The hurricane-force winds swirled buckets of rain as something even more powerful built inside of the pegasus at the center.

At last, a wild surge shook her body, pulsing out into the sky, breaking through the storm, through the bounds of the ritual, reaching the far corners of the world with the magic of the sky and weather. Dash stood frozen in ecstasy as it poured from her, her mind somehow touching every air current and cloud in the world before rebelling and fading to black.

The ritual space suddenly went still as Rainbow Dash’s legs gave out, and she fell to the wet ground. Applejack blinked, then rushed to Dash’s side. The Cloud Maiden was still breathing, and nuzzling her face produced a whimper.

“Dash?” Applejack whispered. “Sugarcube, you okay?”

Rainbow Dash opened her eyes slowly. She smiled, and said with a voice even scratchier than normal, “That. Was. Awesome.”

“Not bad, for a pony who ain’t really the Cloud Maiden.” Applejack smirked.

“I’m the Cloud Maiden, AJ! Did you see that? The hurricane and the lightning...” Dash was grinning, and at the mention of the lightning she noticed Applejack blush and squirm. “You liked the lightning.”

“I reckon I could feel that,” Applejack answered, smiling hopefully. She was as soaked as the ground in the ritual space, her loose mane clinging to her body.

The sight brought back Dash’s energy, as well as reminding her that she hadn’t been alone in that whirlwind. She got to her hooves and nuzzled Applejack. “I’m glad you liked it. It was because of you. It was all because of you, the things you did to me, ohmigosh...”

“It was nothin’.” Applejack grinned and straightened her rose crown.

“No way. I came so hard I supplied magic to Equestria, and you’re the pony who did that to me. That’s amazing, AJ.” Dash smiled softly.

“Well, I reckon you get a turn now.” Applejack pointed out.

“Oh yeah, I do. And I can’t wait...” Dash eyed the gleaming wet muscles of the Flower Maiden. “But, I’m gonna wait. Come here.”

Dash sat back down on the ground, and motioned for Applejack to sit next to her. AJ looked confused, but joined Dash.

“Lay back, and look up at the sky,” Dash said, pointing at the swirling cloud patterns. They both laid back, and Dash wrapped a foreleg around Applejack as the clouds seemed to come to life. They danced in circles, spiraling one way, then the other. A space cleared in the center, then bits of cloud floated into it and arranged themselves into a shape.

Applejack gasped, then laughed. “It’s an apple! Rainbow Dash, are you usin’ the most powerful pegasus magic in Equestria to put on a puppet show for me?”

“Maybe?” Dash said with an innocent grin. The clouds in the center broke apart again, and reformed themselves into the shape of a pony. After a few seconds it became more detailed, with a flowing mane and a crown of flowers, and three freckles on her cheek.

Applejack blushed. “What’re ya’ doin’ that for?”

“It’s the Flower Maiden.” Dash smiled, looking into Applejack’s eyes. “One of the most special ponies in Equestria tonight. She deserves to be honored.”

“Thanks.” Applejack grinned and nuzzled Dash’s cheek. “I feel honored.”

Dash nuzzled Applejack back, and whispered, “Not as honored as you’re gonna feel. You have no idea how much I want to do to that sexy wet body of yours right now.”

“I reckon I do,” Applejack whispered breathlessly. “And I reckon if ya’ think back a bit, you know how I’m feelin’ like a seed tryin’ to break outta its shell, all tucked in tight and just waitin’ on one more push to burst.”

Dash’s lips met Applejack’s, and the grass around the ritual space rippled. The kiss was soft and lingering, and Dash continued it as she rolled on top of Applejack. She finally broke the kiss and grinned down at the Flower Maiden. “Just one push, huh?” Dash picked up one of Applejack’s forehooves and gave it a soft kiss right in the center. “Then I guess I’m gonna have to be extra gentle ‘til I’m ready for that plant to grow.”

Applejack gasped and squirmed at the feeling of lips on one of the most magical points of her body. Earth pony hooves were normally sensitive, but tonight it sent a jolt of magic through Applejack, straight to her already damp marehood. She felt the wave of magic continue out of her, into the earth, and seeds around her that had been driven into the earth by the previous storm opened and sprouted amidst the grass.

Grinning at Applejack’s reaction, Dash swirled her tongue around the hoof, tasting the wet grass. She dropped the hoof only to pick up the other forehoof, licking a teasing spiral from the edge to the center.

“Dash... please...” Applejack pleaded; shivers ran down her spine, and the magic was now a steady trickle flowing into the earth. Grass grew higher, and the tiny seedlings pushed up over it as their roots grew deeper into the wet earth.

“You know it’s coming.” Dash teased, leaning over to cover Applejack’s collarbone with light licks that made the Flower Maiden writhe beneath her. “Your whole body knows it. The whole world knows it. The plants, the earth, they’re wet and ready.” Dash could have added the Flower Maiden to that list as her tongue traced slowly down the center of Applejack’s torso. “But I’m taking it slow this time...”

Applejack groaned, sending another shiver of growth through the plants on the hilltop. “This ain’t the time, Dash. I need it bad...”

Dash’s tail moved to flick at Applejack’s marehood. Applejack just whimpered, and Dash smirked down at her. “I know you need it. But the stronger I make that pressure in you, the more amazing it’ll be when you get that push.” The Cloud Maiden shifted down, kissing her way across the orange belly and pausing over Applejack’s nipples. “And I know that, coming from you, this is gonna be really awesome.”

Dash leaned down and flicked a nipple with her tongue, then bit it lightly, prompting a gasp from AJ. Dash’s tongue continued toying with the hard nub, as Applejack let out her breath in a low moan, and buds formed on plants around them. When she finished with the nipple, the Cloud Maiden started to kiss her way lower, towards the source of Applejack’s aching desire, before moving back up to tease the other nipple with playful strokes of her tongue.

Applejack tossed her head against the grass, unsure whether to curse or beg as the force of nature built inside of her. It was leaking slowly out of her body into the earth, but that seemed to offer no relief from the delicious, maddening pressure of her own magic.

Finally reaching Applejack’s marehood, Dash proceeded to lavish the lips to either side of her obviously damp slit with licks and nibbles. Dash smirked as she was rewarded with pleading whimpers, she knew perfectly well that this was past the point of pony endurance, and bordering on delicious torture for even a Maiden. Without warning, Dash’s tongue plunged into the wet folds, aiming directly for the Flower Maiden’s bud. She sucked it gently, firmly into her mouth and began massaging the delicate spot with her soft tongue.

Applejack cried out in ecstasy as a ring of flowers burst open in the grass around her, the blossoming of the plants rippling outward like a living rainboom. The magic seemed to throb through her into the earth like a heartbeat. She thrust her sex toward Dash’s mouth in time, and the Cloud Maiden matched it with her actions, uniting the world in the rhythm.

Rainbow Dash rocked her body with Applejack’s motions, working her tongue to send jolts with every beat. Small plants grew into vines and bushes, saplings surged toward the sky, all with the same steady pace that the Cloud Maiden was using to draw constant cries of pleasure from her lover.

Lost in that pulse, Applejack felt nothing but wave after wave of pleasure, which she fed into the living earth beneath her. But each wave seemed to add to the pressure inside of her. She quickened her motions and Rainbow Dash followed suit. More waves, more pleasure, more pressure. Growing, always growing.

Almost hypnotized by the primal throb of magic from her Flower Maiden, Dash didn’t notice the tangle of bushes and vine the ritual space was becoming until she felt something tug her tail. She glanced back to see a vine curled around it, the tendril inching closer to her own marehood with each thrust. Dash shivered at the thought, and a soft rain started to fall as the vine slowly crept down her rear and wrapped around her hind leg, the length of it resting against her slit.

She blushed and refocused on Applejack’s body, never breaking the rhythm, but speeding it up. Dash released the clit from her lips to switch to licking kisses that let her lips capture her whole sex, grinding her mouth tenderly into AJ’s most sensitive parts. With every quick, slurping movement of Dash’s tongue Applejack cried out and the vine between Dash’s legs twitched, both together spurring the Cloud Maiden to go faster in the increasingly heavy rain.

Feeling the increased speed and the attention to even more of her own erotic flower, Applejack’s cries grew to wild screams of passion. Her magic pounded into the ground, saplings grew to full trees in quick bursts, the small jungle growing around the ponies forming a shelter that seemed to be drinking up the rain as quickly as it could fall.

The frantic pace continued until Applejack’s mind lost all control. With a final shout of pleasure she thrust her sex wildly, Dash taking the cue to drink the Flower Maiden’s nectar with desperate abandon. All order was lost, there was nothing left for Applejack but magic and pleasure and life.

The Flower Maiden felt like she was falling through the earth, into the earth; she was a force pushing into the seeds and plants with all her might. Thick vines grew with snake-like motions, tangling the bushes and trees as they burst into fruit and flower. The ritual space couldn’t contain the magic, Applejack felt it travel the world, deep underground, pushing the raw essence of life into every plant and creature in Equestria and beyond. She could feel roots everywhere drinking her unending supply of magic until she faded into them, and the world went black.

Applejack’s body fell limp, like one final beat, and then the hilltop was still again. Rainbow Dash stopped the rain in the sky and fell forward on top of her. Taking a minute to look around, what was once a grassy plateau and now seemed to be a small clearing in a thick and wild forest. Applejack had grown a nest of sweet smelling honeysuckle for them to lay on, in addition to that sneaky vine wrapped around Dash’s tail which still sat in just the right place to drive Dash crazy if she tried to move.

Dash rested her head on AJ’s chest, listening to her heartbeat as Applejack stirred.

“I see what ya’ meant...” Applejack murmured hoarsely. “That was awesome.”

“I know!” Dash grinned, then spotted a tree behind AJ, “Hey, look, you came apples!”

Applejack propped up on one foreleg and turned around, and sure enough there was a full grown apple tree laden with fruit. She laughed. “Ya’ know, I think that’s the most fun I ever had farmin’...”

“Feeling special enough now?” Dash asked, smiling.

“I reckon I am.” Applejack turned back to Dash, laying back with her forelegs behind her head. “Thanks, Dash. I couldn’tve felt this good without ya’. Other ponies mighta made me feel special and magic as the Flower Maiden, but you made me feel like the Flower Maiden is really me.”

“No prob.” Dash grinned. “You’re the one who convinced me I was the Cloud Maiden, I don’t think I would have really believed anypony else. So we’re even.”

Applejack gave a happy sigh. “The magic knows who it wants to work though...”

“The magic has really good taste.” Rainbow Dash shifted just a little, and licked her lips with a smirk as a light drizzle started.

Applejack looked at the sky, then raised an eyebrow at Dash, “You’re ready to go again?”

“I’ve got some help.” Dash explained. “There’s this vine by my tail... you were getting pretty good with it, and every time I move, it-- oooh!” The vine began to grow again, pressing and twitching against her marehood. “Applejack!”

Applejack smirked. “Yeah?”

Dash smirked right back. “How about if you stop using freaky earth pony magic to molest me, and get back to using that sexy earth pony body to molest me?”

Applejack grinned and used her forelegs to pull Dash farther up her body, giving her access to the Cloud Maiden’s face for a deep kiss. The wind began to rush through the trees and vines and grasses surged back to life as the magic started to build again...