Twilight looked around the library one last time, ensuring that everything was ready for tonight. A few months ago, she had suggested to her friends that they all get together once a month for an evening in, just to cut loose. They had all eagerly agreed, and tonight was her turn to host. The six mares had quickly learned that these parties tended to get out of hoof, so Twilight had sent Spike off to stay with Apple Bloom and her friends for the night over at Sweet Apple Acres. Just as she was beginning to wonder where her friends could be, a knock at the door signaled somepony’s arrival. Giving a little squeal of delight, Twilight trotted over to the door and swung it open with her magic, smiling at all of her best friends gathered there.
Ushering them inside, Twilight locked the door behind them, not wanting anything to ruin their fun. Once they were all settled and chatting amicably, the librarian turned to Applejack with an eager grin on her face. “Alright AJ, so what’s this special brew you’ve been going on about?”
The farmpony gave her friend a smirk before trotting over to her saddlebags and pulling out two large jugs with her mouth. Setting them on the table on the side of the room, Applejack stood to the side as her friends all gathered around. “What we got ‘ere are a couple new concoctions o’ mine. They might not have quite the ‘zing’ that yours do, Twi, but I guarantee ya they’ll knock you flat on your rump! The red one here,” She said as she gestured towards the glass container on the left that held a brownish-red liquid, a number of apple slices suspended in the liquid. “Is the Apple Cider Gut Bucker. Take the usual cider and pretty much double the alcohol content. On top ah that, them apple wedges you see floatin’ round in there have been soaking in rum fer round about three days now.”
Her friends all gasped and giggled alternately at the potential this night held before Twilight pointed a hoof at the glass jug to the right of the Gut Bucker. The liquid it contained was neon green, and gave more than one pony in attendance the notion that it just might be radioactive. “What about that one, Applejack? I can’t believe I have to ask this, but is it actually glowing?”
Applejack chuckled at Twilight’s question before responding, “Shoot no, Twi, that’s just the color of it playin’ tricks on ya. This here is somethin’ that my Pa came up with before he passed, rest his soul; boy howdy could that pony drink though! Y’all should feel privileged that I’m lettin’ ya try this. In fact, I think this may be the first time that anypony besides an Apple family member has had the chance to taste this. I give you, the Sour Apple Face Smasher! Now I ain’t gonna go inta everythin’ we done put into it, but I will say this. Don’t y’all go blaming me iffin yer face gets stuck for a couple days after.” Applejack had a rather smug expression on her face by the end of her little presentation, and everypony was rather eager to get started on the evening’s festivities. Without further hesitation, they all took a glass and filled it with their drink of choice, Applejack being the only pony brave enough to take on the Face Smasher on the first round. After a quick clinking of glasses and a toast ‘To Friendship‘, each of the six friends took a sip of their drinks and reveling in the wonderful flavors of their drinks.
Rainbow Dash in particular seemed to be having a profound experience with her cider, downing it in almost one huge gulp before going back for a second round. Looking around at each other, the six friends shared a smile at the mutual feelings of friendship that surrounded them until all eyes fell on Applejack, whose face seemed on the verge of imploding upon itself. At the sight before them, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie began laughing so hard that they had to lean on each other to remain upright. Twilight and Rarity broke into fits of laughter as well while Fluttershy attempted to unscrunch Applejack’s face, lest it actually get stuck, as she had warned.
Within moments the farmpony’s face was back to normal, allowing her to join in the laughter as well. The six friends were soon going back for their second rounds, a few more getting the nerve to try Applejack’s Face Smasher, eliciting further laughter as they each had their own reactions to the potent concoction. Soon they were all seated once more and allowed the conversation to simply come freely as it does among such close friends. As the evening wore on and the drinks flowed freely, everypony began to show the effects of their intoxication, from swaying and slurring their words, to lowered inhibitions and easier discussion of topics that they may otherwise avoid. Eventually there was a lull in the talk and gossip, upon which Pinkie Pie seized, a wonderfully brilliant thought coming to her felt-filled mind.
“You know what we should do tonight girlsh? We should totally go and free Dishcord again!” Even in their inebriated state, everypony quickly turned and looked at Pinkie as if she had just grown a second head and it had started speaking French.
“Pinkie Pie, you’ve said some pretty crazy things before, but I really think we should have your head looked at if you think bringing him back ish a good idea!” Twilight exclaimed incredulously, all of her friends nodding in agreement.
“Aww, but Twilight, his chocolate milk was SOOOOOOOO good! When I drank it, I could smell colors, no other chocolate milk even comes close. Believe me, I’ve looked.” Pinkie said, putting on the best serious face that she could before bursting out into giggles once more. Seeing that their friend wasn’t about to go out and commit treason, (or at least hoped she wasn’t,) the rest all joined in Pinkie’s laughter for a few minutes, the alcohol dragging out their laughter longer than the moment truly warranted.
Gaining control of themselves once more, it was Rarity’s turn to speak up, another memory about that day striking her. “You know girls, even with Discord trying to sub-subjer…to make ush all go crazy,” she said brightly, attempting to hide the fact that her intoxication was limiting her vocabulary. “that whole adventure wush rather enjoyable. In fact, I seem to remember a certain earth pony giving Princessh Celestia a rather unmistakable wink.” Rarity gave Applejack a knowing smirk, cocking an eyebrow at the now flushed mare, though it was hard to tell if it was from the alcohol or from another emotion. “So tell us, Applejack, what was that all about, hmm?”
Applejack attempted to stammer out an excuse, though was quickly cut off by Twilight giving an excited gasp next to her. “Oh my goodness, Applejack, do you have a crush on the Princess? You do, don’t you! You know what we should do? We should write her a letter telling her all these emotions you’ve been hiding for her! Oh she’ll be thrilled, and then you two schould totally start dating!” Twilight gave a little giggle at this as the thought flew through her mind of Applejack and Princess Celestia sitting in a café talking about the weather, or whatever it was that ponies talk about on a date. Come to think of it, I don’t even know what ponies talk about on a date, maybe I should look it up. Then again, would a regular reference guide even work with dating a princess? What about…
“Ah DON’T have a crush on Princess Celestia!” Applejack proclaimed hotly, cutting off Twilight’s train of thought and forcing her to look back over at her agitated friend.
“Well then why were you winking her then?” Twilight asked with an innocent curiosity.
This only caused Applejack to blush further and place her hoof over her face in a vain attempt to hide it. “Ah don’t wanna talk about it.”
Before any of the others could respond to this avoidance, Pinkie Pie had zipped across the room and was mere inches from Applejack’s face, a fire burning in her eyes that none of them had had even wanted to see again. “Applejaaaaack,” Pinkie said warningly, her gaze locked on the farm pony’s. “We all Pinkie Promised that we wouldn’t hide things from each other at these parties. We didn’t just Pinkie Promise, we Pinkie Party Promised!”
Applejack sighed in defeat and hung her head, knowing that she truly had no way out of this now. “Fine Pinkie, I’ll tell ya.”
The party pony’s demeanor shifted almost instantly back to her usual cheerful self as she stumbled her way back to her cushion across from Dash’s and looked expectantly at Applejack. With all of her friends now looking on, the farm pony only blushed harder at what she now had to tell. “When I winked at the princess, it was answerin’ something that we had talked about before the ceremony.”
“And that was?” Rainbow Dash encouraged before taking another sip of her Gut Bucker Cider, only having tried one glass of the Sour Apple before going back to her beloved cider.
Applejack groaned slightly as the truth was dragged out of her. “I was askin’ her the best way,” She then turned her face towards the lavender unicorn at her side, directing the rest of the response towards Twilight. “The best way to ask you out, Twi.” Applejack’s cheeks flushed more hotly than ever as she revealed her feelings for her friend, a collective gasp going up from the rest of her friends. “Ah’m sweet on ya, Twilight. Ah’m not sayin’ I understand it, or even if I expect anything from it. I just, ah just…Oh BUCK it!” Before anypony could say anything else, Applejack put her hoof behind Twilight’s head and pulled the unsuspecting unicorn in for a deep, passionate kiss. As much as Applejack had expected Twilight to reject her and push her away, she was amazed when the unicorn began to relax and started returning the kiss. Before anypony could comment on this unexpected revelation, Pinkie Pie jumped to her hooves in uncontainable excitement and started jittering where she stood.
“Ooh, did our ‘Fun Time Friendship Party’ become a ‘Sexy Time Fun Party’? I wanna play too, c’mere Dashie!”
“I, wu, HUH? WHAAAAAAA!!!” Was all that Dash could exclaim before being tackled from across the room by what her senses could only recognize as a pink blur that sent both of them tumbling into the kitchen with a resounding crash.
Fluttershy and Rarity gave each other a glance, trying to make any kind of sense out of what had just transpired. Rising slowly to her feet, Rarity walked over to her pegasus friend and lowered her voice so as to remain unnoticed by the still enamored new couple who were still locked in each others embrace. “Well, this has been a most…unexpected, turn of events. I suppose we should simply leave them be and head upstairs to get some sleep, hmm?”
What she heard next shocked the unicorn to her very core. “Oh, I don’t know, Rarity, I think they have the right idea.”
“I, wait, you mean you?!”
“Yes, Rarity. Why do you think I go to that pushy, stuck up spa with you every week? I’ve been trying to get you to notice for weeks now, but you always just go on about your business and what you’ve been doing. Well now we’re going to do what I want to.”
Perhaps it was the alcohol making her bolder, or those assertive lessons that she had received a few weeks ago, but with Fluttershy being so aggressive and feisty towards her, Rarity felt a little chill go up her spine at the dominant presence before her. “A-and what is that, Fluttershy?”
The normally timid pegasus took a few steps towards her friend and leaned in close to Rarity’s ear, Fluttershy’s warm breath causing the unicorn to shudder with anticipation, her words barely more than a whisper. “Go upstairs and wait for me.”
“Y-y-yes Fluttershy” Rarity turned and quickly started to trot up the stairs to the library’s bedroom, her legs feeling like jelly at being ordered about by such a forceful presence.
As she reached the top of the stairs, the unicorn heard a soft voice call out to her from below. “Oh, and Rarity, one more thing…”
“Call me Mistress”
Author's Notes:
Thanks for taking the time to read this everyone, this idea honestly just popped into my head while I was recovering from heat exhaustion brought about from work, and it cracked me up too much not to write it. Hopefully now that I got this out of my system I can get back to my more serious story idea. Please let me know what y'all think, and if I see that people actually like it, then I think I might make a follow up for the morning after.
As always, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and all characters belong to Hasbro, The Hub, and Lauren Faust
