His Little Pet

The Daily Life of Twilight Sparkle, and Spike, and Fluttershy and Company - Volume 15

So it seems that I will be writing down this conversation as it happens, as I'm the quietest and probably won't say much, and while I'm honored I'm also a little offended that Twilight thought I wouldn't want a part in this discussion, I mean, I know I usually don't add much, but I'm in this relationship as well.

Spike sits across from me in a high backed chair that usually sits in the corner. Twilight is on my right, pacing in front of the couch. Applejack is across from her, on a loveseat. I'm across from Spike, sitting on a bean bag chair that they had in the children's section. Twilight is pouring drinks and an assortment of snacks lay on the table. Apparently Twilight thinks this is going to be an all night affair, though I think it's not going to take more than an hour or so.

Twilight starts us, "So, Applejack, we've heard some of your concerns regarding joining our herd, and I've called the four of us together to see if there's a way that we can come together by either putting those concerns to rest, or seeing if we can work around them for the happiness and welfare of us all."

Applejack replies, "Ya know ya don't have to be so formal, Twilight, this ain't an interrogation."

"Well, excuse me if I think this is serious." Twilight huffs a little.

"It is serious, sugarcube, just not that serious. Sit down, relax, we have all night."

"You really should settle down, Twilight, we wouldn't want to have to take you into the hospital for high blood pressure meds this late at night, after all." Spike adds.

"Fine, fine, I'll sit down." Twilight sits, "But I think you are all underestimating the gravity of the situation."

We take a break from talking about the potential relationship between us and Applejack for some snacks and small talk.

"I heard that your brother is finally putting himself on the market?" I ask at one point.

"Yeah," Applejack says, "And about time, too. Granny's been breathing down our necks about grandfoals for a while now. But runnin' the farm ain't easy. There wont be a lot of time for datin' or anything but Big Mac being one of the better lookin' stallions this side of Canterlot I doubt he'll have much trouble."

"I hadn't heard that," Twilight says, "Maybe you'll have some competition, eh, Spike?"

Spike sips some cocoa and chuckles, "I don't think Big Macintosh and I have the same... Taste in mares, if you will." He says, smiling at Twilight and I. And he is right, I couldn't see the docile stallion taking much of an interesting in the more... Risque things Twilight, Spike, and I enjoy. Though perhaps the same could be said of Applejack. Would she enjoy BDSM in any form? She's a strong mare, and would, of course, like a strong stallion, which doesn't really fit Spike at all. Sure, he can be firm, and when no one else is around he's quite take-charge, but he's quite small and almost childlike outside of our little circle. Even now he sips cocoa and eats snacks, letting Twilight do most of the talking for both of them. Will I ever have a connection that strong with either of them? I almost feel like a third wheel, seeing how they get along so perfectly together sometimes.

"Point taken," Twilight replies, "But it'll be interesting to see who he chooses to be his first."

"Interestin'? It'll be down right amazing, and profitable to boot if'n he picks who I think he'll pick."

"Profitable?"

"Dash's got a bettin' pool for who Mac ends up with, an I got ten bits on a certain yellow filly who works in the south fields in the late summer, they've been givin' each other the kinda eyes that seems downright pornographic when they think nopony's lookin'."

"Really? Well, I'm not much of a gambler, I prefer facts to chances, whenever possible. How much did Rainbow put in herself?"

"Rainbow's got twenty on the school teacher, Cherilee. Her an' Mac had a bit of a thing when she first came to Ponyville, and Dash's sure that they've been on again off again all this time, but I don't think my brother would wait this long if he already had a mare in mind."

"Maybe they'll get together again. One of the colts from flight school had this on again off again relationship with a fillies in my class and they're together now." I speak up.

"Nah," Applejack says, "I'm bettin' he'd've hooked up with her again by now, but only time'll tell."

I'm going to leave off writing down out chatter, and try to remember to pick this up again when we get to something serious.

Fortunately I spotted that Fluttershy had stopped writing or we would have lost the most crucial part of this argument. I'm about to lay down a "doozy".

Twilight and Applejack have been arguing back and fourth about the pros and cons of the herd for a while now. I'll sum it up here.

Pro: We won't drift apart with our significant others if we are each other's significant other.

Con: Most of Ponyville with be either weirded out or disgusted because A: Spike looks like a foal and B: Twilight it like his mom/sister.boss

Pro: We know each other so well by now that even the things that surprise us about each other don't get in the way of accepting each other, so no chance of a weird fetish coming up and there being a break up over it.

Con: Spike will most likely outlive us by millenia.

Pro: No surprise foals.

Con: Maybe no foals at all.

Pro: We are all probably sexually compatible.

Con: If one of us moves we all might have to move.

Applejack's recurring complaint is that nopony knows what's going to happen and that kind of uncertainty is very emotionally draining for a mare.

Twilight walks up to her and says, quietly, "You're just scared."

Applejack replies with, "No I ain't!"

"You are." Twilight is backing Applejack across the room, since they were both standing, "You're just a scared little filly who wants to hide under her covers until mommy and daddy come home to scare away the monsters."

Ouch, I don't think Twilight realized Applejack's parents are dead, and Applejack is kinda starting to tear up at this. I might have to step in if this gets more out of hoof.

"What are you afraid of Applejack, that things won't work out? Fine, maybe they won't, but isn't a chance at happiness better than nothing!?" Twilight seems to be almost in tears at this point. "Can't you see what we're offering? We're offering family, something that you should know the value of more than anyone!"

Applejack is backed into a corner now, and stands there, looking angry and hurt by Twilight's words.

"Ya know what, fuck you Twilight! You don't know shit about fucking family, growing up in Canterlot where they toss you on your ass the minute you turn eighteen, you don't know what it's like to watch your fucking grandmother slowly lose her mind, you don't know what it's like to have your gods damned parents come back from my mom's parents in caskets!" Applejack is crying openly now, "So maybe I want something concrete, maybe I want something stable in my life, for once! Don't you talk to me about scared Twilight Sparkle, you've never been really scared in you life."

Twilight just stands there, stunned, tears pricking her eyes while Applejack storms out the front door into the cool night air.

"Uh, guys... I think you too should go after her. I... I need a minute." Time for Spike and I to go on a chase.

Well. That was more... Intense than I thought it would be. I never knew that about Applejack. It's so... sad, I guess, that she's had to go through that. Maybe going after her was a bad idea. But maybe, I don't know, maybe something like this would be good for her. She seems so calm and level headed most of the time. In the end, I think she wants this, and so do I.

In the end I want to be there for her, for Fluttershy, for Spike, for Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Pinkie too. I love them all, some romantically, some as just friends. One, I'll admit, with a fervor bordering on obsession. But in the end I want what's best for them, and if that means I don't get to have everypony in one bed, I think I can live with that.

But I'd rather not, of course.