Introduction

Dusk Shine’s purple horn illuminated and created a sparkling aurora around the yellow-covered book. He smiled and set the large collection of words before the excited, cyan-coated stallion.

“You sure?” The stallion asked his multihued friend. “You want to read book one for the, oh I don’t know, twentieth time?”

Rainbow Blitz smiled and snatched the book from the magical mist surrounding.

“Of course I’m sure!” He exclaimed. “It’s only the Daring Dew book that got me into this series! Not a big deal or anything.”

Dusk Shine’s purple eyes rolled to the back of his head. Stating Rainbow was obsessed with Daring Dew would have been a dramatic understatement. He read even his least favorite Daring Dew book nearly nine times. As much as the pegasus despised having broken wings, he owed the discovery of something he’d loved the most to one.

“Well, you just have fun with that. I need to get some things organized for Prince Saloris. You know how things are.”

“Yeah, yeah, Prince Saloris ‘n’ stuff.” He said with a smile, tucking the book into his saddle bag with his wing.

Dusk Shine smiled. “Just don’t mess this copy up, alright?”

The stallion guiltily smiled. “Haha….yeah….sorry about that…”

“It’s alright. I still can’t imagine what made you think it was a good idea to read while bathing.”

“Hey!” He snapped. “It’s not my fault those books are so hard to put down!”

The two stallions had a moment of silence to smile at each other. The awkward, sustained quietness was suddenly broken by three loud knocks at Dusk’s door.

“I’ll get that…” The unicorn announced as his horn illuminated and engulfed the wooden frame. He trotted over to the door and used his magic to open it.

“Good day, Dusk Shine.” The white unicorn greeted. “Doing anything interesting this morning?”

“Uh…. Not specifically.” He replied as the stallion invited himself into the librarian’s tree house. “Rainbow Blitz was just about to leave, and I was going to start my assignment from Prince Saloris.”

The lavender pony smiled. He wasn't trying to be rude, but he sort of needed some time to think and get things organized. Having company wasn't planned, but certainly appreciated.

“Well, that doesn’t sound too crazy.” Elusive commented. “Oh, and, uh… I highly advise you stay out of Bubble’s way.”

“Why?” Both Dusk Shine and Rainbow Blitz asked in nearly unison.

“Oh, it’s nothing to do with his usual crazy antics, but he’s just been over the moon about losing his virginity!”

Rainbow Blitz blushed and Dusk smiled with a chuckle.

“That colt really does not know the proper things to talk about it." Elusive continued. "He should know it’s a more… inappropriate subject to discuss.”

“That’s just him being Bubble Berry!” Dusk Shine said, then thought for a moment. “Maybe somepony should teach him proper etiquette one of these days.”

“Oh, you know I wouldn’t mind teaching Bubble some manners. He really needs to think before he speaks, sometimes.”

Dusk Shine nodded his head. “I know, I know… he can be a bit… Random, at times.”

Elusive chuckled. “I’m simply in awe that he took this long to finally do the deed.”

Rainbow Blitz perked his ears up, and silently listened to the rest of the conversation.

“I know!” Dusk agreed. “Especially considering he’s one of the most outgoing ponies we know!”

“Oh, for certain! I couldn’t even imagine what’d it’d be like to wait such a long time. As reserved as a pony I tend to be, I lost mine nearly two years ago!”

Blitz blushed heavily and whispered under his breath quietly. “Two…years ago?”

The whispers of the young pegasus went ignored by his friends. He shamefully looked at the ground as the two continued.

“Well…” Dusk finally went on. “I think it’s time to change subjects…”

“Oh, but of course, Dusk! I’m so sorry I got you involved!”

“It’s fine…So, what brings you around her, Elusive?”

The stallion perked his ears up as he suddenly remembered something. “Oh! Right! Well, I was just hoping to return a book I borrowed quite some time ago. You know, the one about the history of certain fabrics?” The stallion’s horn illuminated and he pulled a book out of his saddle bag. “I was considering making my next line of suits to reflect the history of the materials they’ll be constructed from! I can just tell this will be one of my best lines yet!”

Dusk Shine gladly took the book from his friend with a smile. “Thanks. I can’t wait to see you’re next line!”

“Oh, it’s nothing special. I just-“

“Hey you guys!” A pink-coated, hyper stallion bounced into the house with no warning or even a knock. His sudden disturbance gained the attention of the two unicorn’s in mid-conversation. “Did you guys here about what happened? Huh? Did ya? You didn’t tell Dusky anything did you, ‘Lusive?”

Elusive’s white face grew into a dark shade of crimson. “I, uh… you know how I am with gossip.”

“Ugh!” Bubble grunted. “Well, I’m still going to tell you! So, there was this pretty mare last night and she said it was her birthday, but nopony bothered to get her anything, so I was like, ‘Hey, maybe I could do something!’ So I took her back to Sugar Cube Corner and I-“

“We get it! We get it!” Rainbow Blitz snapped in a surprisingly aggressive tone. “You lost your virginity! Big whoop! Nopony cares!”

Bubble stopped and looked shocked, as well as Elusive and Dusk. All were agape and staring directly at the pissed pegasus.

“Rainbow Blitz!” Dusk snapped. “You just can’t say that to somepony! Especially Bubble Berry! Now apologize to him!”

Blitz snorted and growled, then sighed. Behind gritted teeth, he spoke.

“I’m sorry, Mister Just-Had-His-First-Time!”

“Oh, by Saloris, what has gotten into you?” Elusive defended the pink earth pony, whom was starting to tear up at his friend’s rude remark.

“Nothing! Nothing at all!” The cyan pegasus spread his wings and quickly flew out a window, and straight out of the library in an angry huff. The remaining ponies stared blankly.

“What’s up with Mr. Grumpy Pants?” Bubble asked. The two unicorns exchanged awkward glances.

“I, uh… Don’t know…” Dusk finally said after a long moment of hesitation. He then turned to Bubble Berry. “So… What were you saying? I’m sorry about Rainbow’s little conniption.”

Bubble smiled. “Gladly! It was just about to get good!”

Author's Note

I'm aware of the way I spelt Daring "Dew". I simply did it that way to make it seem more masculine.