The night went on rather calmly compared to the past few days

Babs and Sweetie watched the show in silence, chatting during commercials only to stop mid-sentence and pick it back up the moment the commercials returned

Scootaloo pulled out her laptop and busied herself with video editing, grumbling about missing frames every few minutes

Silver walked into the bathroom with the ring and didn't return for an hour, her clothes wrinkled and her usually immaculate ponytail undone, dragging her bag to a spare room to sleep

Applebloom slept on Diamond's lap, the aforementioned girl completely content where she was, still petting Applebloom's shiny mane of crimson. Indeed, this was a moment to be immortalized forever

So Sweetie did just that, pulling out an old billowing camera to capture the moment

After the TV was cut off, all but Applebloom and Diamond left for bed, both girls asleep and dead to the world

Little did they know what was coming

Slowly Applebloom stirs, softness wrapping around her whole being "Mwah?"

Blinking away sleep, she takes stock of where she is Okay... Sweetie's place, Diamond hugging me tight, we're both dressed, and ah feel warm... so far so good

Diamond stirs and rests her chin on Applebloom's head, muttering in her sleep as she is prone to doing

Applebloom blushes a little, having figured out exactly what she was resting her head on but then mentally shrugs, assuming that Diamond had placed her this way on purpose

Nuzzling the squishy softness of her girlfriend's chest like a cat would a hand If Applejack saw me like this, she'd call me a sissy or somethin'

Out of the corner of her eye, Sweetie skips past with a happy smile on her face, remote in hand

"Mornin' Sweets" Applebloom whispers, the cheery girl settling down at the end of the couch "Morning Applebloom!" she whispers back

Diamond grumbles and blinks "Wha- Oh, right, sleep over... good morning Applebloom"

"Mornin' Diamond" Applebloom says, wiggling free of the now awake girl's grip

Diamond whimpers at the loss of warmth before Applebloom kisses her, heating her body like a fire immediately

Sweetie turns on the TV and sighs "Saturday morning anime, nothing finer for me"

Diamond jumps, landing next to Sweetie "Wait, you're watching "'Cartoon Stream'? The only good thing on there are the CD original shows. We should watch the WC and we can catch an episode or two of classic 'Turbo the armadillo'. Sheesh Sweetie Belle, have some sense of priorities"

Sweetie grabs the remote, changing the channel back "I don't like the classic shows! We're going to miss 'Space Battles: Rebellion'!"

Diamond looks at her as if she had just suggested that Ketchup was a refreshing soft drink*

"You actually watch the new Waltney shows? I myself prefer the classic ones of just a few years ago, 'That's so crow', 'San Diego Drake', 'Carmen in da house', a surprisingly good spin-off by the way, and 'Lunch break'. I'll concede that 'Diamond Shark', Lab Mice', 'Physics Decent' are superb shows among the rotten attempts of modern culture. In fact, I would say that it might be the fourth best of the big 5 channels"

Applebloom smiles, wanting to see Diamond flustered and the funny nerdy side of her "Th' big 5? Ain' that food?"

Diamond groans "No, It's the big 5 channels of a growing mind's staple diet. in ascending order, Pickelodeon, Waltney, Cartoon Stream, Teen Pickle, and finally, BASE"

Sweetie's hair seems to raise up in anger, much like a cat's "Waltney is the best! BASE just puts on bad spin-offs of old shows and junk! Like the modern incarnation of MPP!"

Diamond gasps, her hair standing up in a similar way to Sweetie's "You. Did not. Just say. That."

Sweetie grins, showing her teeth "I did. And I meant it"

Diamond snorts out steam "You will regret that dearly"

Sweetie grins, flaring her nostrils "It. Is. ON!"

before Applebloom can get a word out of her mouth, both girls pounce, Diamond throwing a right hook at Sweetie's side which the smaller girl deflects and knees Diamond in the ribs, right where Applebloom had punched her before

Diamond falls to the floor, gasping for breath "That... wa-was low..."

Sweetie smiles triumphantly "I lack stamina like you, but I'm much faster and know all your weak spots. give up now and we can enjoy some quality programming"

Diamond stands back up, one hand holding her side "Not until you take that back"

Sweetie sighs and shrugs "Your funeral then"

Diamond measures up Sweetie Okay, she has no stamina, so I will win if this drags out but It's going to be hard what with her last attack... she obviously fights inside her head, rather than in her body... that makes her a challenge because I favor swift strikes backed up by spamming my opponent with close combat techniques.

Okay, what styles do I know that will work? Maui Thai? No, that's constant close combat. Karate? My balance is out because of that kick. Tae Kwon Do? She obviously is a reactive fighter so waiting to retaliate against her is out until I counter her retaliation somehow. I know she deflected my punch using her elbow like in a street fight so she must have some wins or experience under her belt. If I go out there blindly and without a plan, she'll floor me before I can prossess it. Time to channel my inner ranger I guess

Diamond relaxes her stance and focuses her mind on her core, expanding it outwards and into her limb, throwing a fast punch at Sweetie's solar plexus

Sweetie ducks into Diamond's blind spot and lands a precise wrist strike on Diamond's side as she sprints past before hooking her striking hand around Diamond's waist band, her momentum spinning her around Diamond's back to land a mix of a tornado and bicycle kick to Diamond's throat, knocking her onto her back, grasping her throat and gasping for air

Sweetie picks herself up, breathing hard "You... lose... Diamond..."

Applebloom rushes over to Diamond, the girl's face red and contorted in pain "What the hay Sweetie belle?!"

Sweetie glares at Diamond before returning to the couch to watch her show "You need to plan out your fights before hand, it makes it hard for your opponent to get you while you're thinking. You'd lost the fight before it even began. Learn from this and you may best me at some point, but not today. Now, I'm going to go make waffles, eggs, and bacon. But just so you know, I didn't want to hurt you but you started it and thus I ended it"

After carrying Diamond back to the couch Applebloom rubs her back and side tenderly "You alright?"

"I just had my butt handed to me by Sweetie Belle. But otherwise I'm peachy"

"Ah thought you were Diamond"

Diamond stares at Applebloom "... Really? You're going to make a bad pun?"

Applebloom smiles weakly "Sorry, couldn't resist"

Diamond sighs "I don't even know why I got so pissed off. I've heard that hundreds of times online before, why did I get so defensive?"

"Maybe it's 'cause it was a friend who said it, and ya thought that she was attackin' your opinions or somethin'"

Diamond stares at Applebloom dumbfounded "What? Mac watches that show with all th' old ladies who talk about stuff, ya pick up some ideas from there... and that one bald doctor's show too"

Leaning up, Diamond gives her a kiss "You always now what to say, especially with that cute accent of yours"

Applebloom blushes "Stop it or ah'll slap you silly"

Sweetie Belle walks over, pouting

"What's the matter Captain Falcon?" Diamond asks

"Silver kicked me out of the kitchen..."

Applebloom rolls her eyes "Well, what happened?"

"The stupid eggs decided to explode! I was trying to crack them so I could make some omelets but when I tried, she grabbed the egg and it exploded!"

Silver walks in, most of the hair on her left arm missing, as well as the sleeve of her shirt "I made breakfast. Where's the Novocain?"

Sweetie points to a box hanging from the wall before walking into the kitchen "Don't start eating until the morons come down"

"We ain' morons, we jus' don' see th' point in bein' a smartypants like you" Babs says, yawning

Applebloom covers Diamond and Sweetie Belle's eyes "Why ain't ya wearin' clothes?"

Scootaloo scratches her hair, a stained pair of boxers the only article of clothing on her "We were up all night playing strip blackjack... I won"

Silver rolls her eyes "Breakfast is on and in good taste unlike your clothes"

Diamond holds back her laugh as both naked girls sit down, tearing into the food like savages

"Have some manners! Were y'all raised in a barn?!" Applebloom asks

Scootaloo looks up "Weren't you?"

Diamond giggles, earning a pinch from Applebloom "Yes, but ah also have decent manners. So stop stuffin' your faces and eat like civilized people! Ya two may be two of the three biggest perverts ah've met, but at least have some-"

Babs pulls out a revolver "Shut it. Not had my coffee fix yet. No talky"

Silver sighs "Put your lighter away Babs"

She pulls the trigger, a small flame appears at the end of it "... Bring me my coffee Silv, and I won' pull out my 'mergency gun"

Rolling her eyes, Silver stands and retrieves a pot, unceremoniously pouring it over Babs' head

" Verdammte Scheiße!! Was zum Teufel?! Das ist zu heiß!!" She yells, rubbing her eyes

Diamond blinks "You speak German?"

Babs blinks, rubbing her skin "Yeh, my old man is from dere an' I learned it from him when I was in diapers, don't use it too much 'cause of my accent an' junk. S'posed ta use 'talian an' junk. No one 'spects th' krauts no more"

"Robotics, medicine, physics, and other complicated sciences are often revolutionized by the Germans, even after the war they furthered science by leaps and bounds" Sweetie says, cocking her head

Diamond nods "Yeah, and I speak German too, along with other languages from across the pond"

Babs rolls her eyes "Know dat already, don't mean I'll be speakin' it in public. 'Sides, I got things dat talk for me, my guns"

Silver shakes her head "Yes, Babs has a whole cache of guns back home. One time I found a dud grenade in the garbage disposal"

Sweetie backs away, fear on her face "Why?"

"Ta see if it'd go live if we put it in dere... forgot that I live dere too" Babs explains, setting her plate in the sink "So! What's on the agenda fer today? Terrorize th' populace like a 'zilla? Oh! can we make a zilla?! Sweetie! Tell me that we can make a 'zilla!"

Sweetie shakes her head "Sorry, Radiation-based mutations aren't my forte. Besides, where would we put it?"

"Duh, We'd put him in dragon gorge! Then we can summon him to protect us and then he'd breath fire on our enemies! Oh! Could we make that giant turtle... what's his name? CAMERA!" Scootaloo says, rubbing her hands together

"You mean 'Gamera', right? and no, we aren't making any yokai or anything like that" Diamond says, crossing her arms

"Oh come on! Haven't you ever wanted to ride on top of a monster, watching as everyone runs around screaming 'It's Godzilla!!'? I mean, we go to Tokyo and-"

Diamond rubs her head "We aren't going to Tokyo via Godzilla or Gamera in order to see people scream. That's cruel and just plain stereotypical"

Babs groans "Yer no fun"

Scootaloo smiles "Then can we have superpowers? I want-"

Applebloom holds up a hand "If you say x-ray vision, ah'm gonna punch you"

Scootaloo shakes her head "I was gonna say flight, but X-ray vision would be cool"

Babs laughs "Yeah right! If I had powers, I'd make sure it was right off th' A-list. Immortality, invulnerability, an' super strength!"

Diamond shrugs "I wouldn't mind having the ability to wield energy or something. Or be a lantern, that'd be cool"

Silver rolls her eyes "Guys, those types of powers don't exist. And Babs, Immortality isn't a power, it's a curse. To watch as everyone you love ages and dies while you're stuck being the same. And most of all, you'd go mad from loneliness"

Applebloom stares at Silver "Ya practice that speech?"

"No, I've read tonnes of books on philosophy and that's the culmination of the knowledge I gained and my own philosophy on the subject. If I were immortal, I'd spend all my time after my friends and families died trying to find a way to die. Or at least that's what I think I'd do"

Sweetie coughs "I can't give you guys superpowers, I don't have the right equipment and it might not work at all even if I did have them. And I don't want to burden you guys like that, I'm a good scientist and won't use science like that"

"Could you make a super soldier serum?" Diamond asks

"NO! I'm not making you into Captain America or Red Skull! I watch those movies"

Applebloom rolls her eyes "Can we stop talkin' about this? It's givin' me a headache"

"What type of power would you want?" Sweetie asks Applebloom and Silver

Silver puts her hand to her chin "I guess Ferrokinesis would be good"

Diamond stares at her "Metal bending? You want to control metal?"

Silver shrugs "I actually meant the ability to control iron and all of its other forms and alloys. And I could asphyxiate foes by ripping their iron rich blood from their bodies. Or tear out their marrow, leaving them with a gaping wound and no way to make more blood and also help do surgery by pulling blood out of someone while everyone else works and then I can just put it back. I have put some thought into this"

Babs shivers "That sounds like a thing a super villain would do"

Applebloom shakes her head "Don't need any powers, Ah'm already strong, what else would ah need?"

Scootaloo grins "Yeah, you're the hulk in overalls"

Applebloom delivers a punch to Scootaloo's face before gathering the dishes "Sweetie, d'ya want me to wash the dishes?"

Sweetie shakes her head "No, I'm the only one here who knows Rarity's system so why don't you guys wash up?"

Scootaloo stands and stretches "Nah, not the third Wednesday of the month. I'm gonna go capture a turtle and a lizard for reasons completely unrelated to our conversation. Bye!"

Sweetie chases after her "Your clothes!"

Scootaloo pauses "Right, need those"

Silver rolls her eyes "How about Diamond and I take the first two showers? You and your sister have separate ones right?"

Applebloom shrugs "Sounds like a chance to talk to my cousin sober, and not tied to a tree"

Babs grins "Hey, I wanted to tie your wrists an' ankles together an' put on some scary masks wit' voice changers an' shit"

Diamond sighs, gathering up her own change of clothes "Sure you want to be left alone with her?"

Applebloom nods "Yeah, ah'll be fine. You go bathe, but hurry, if she keeps talkin' like this she may not be able to bathe without help"

Diamond smiles, kisses Applebloom's cheek, and heads towards the shower

Babs whistles "Ya want fries wit' dat shake?!"

Applebloom rolls her eyes "Stop that, how's your job workin' for the police?"

"Not too good, got shuffled ta domestic after a slow month at narcotics. Hopin' ta get moved back ta narcin' or homicide. Th' most action I get on th' job is tasering a few thugs wit'out guns. So I took up a job workin' for a relative of that baker girl... Pinkie!"

Applebloom blinks "Ya'll work for Inkamena Pie? She's a PI right outta black an' white films"

Babs shrugs "She's a strict boss, but she lets me carry as much heat as I want so long as I don' use them 'cept in self defense. An' she loves her sister an' their wife too much ta stay away from home so I usually do most of the work during the night and weekends"

"Wait, their 'wife'? As in, three people?" Diamond asks

Sweetie walks over, drying her hands "Yeah, they married Trixie Lulamoon a few years ago. Turns out if you're twins and want to marry the same person, you can in some cities like Manehatten"

Applebloom scratches her head "Their parents must've been against it. I mean, they're rock farmers an' that has to be stuck in th' stone age, no pun intended"

Sweetie shakes her head "They actually thought it was a great idea. Turns out that rock farming is a very progressive field"

Babs nods "Yeah, it was in all th' papers! 'Super model marries magician marries PI marries super model sister' was my favorite. I mean, I guess in th' womb they were th' same person an' all so..."

Silver Spoon walks past, dressed and drying her hair "You're up gossip girl"

Babs claps her hands and stands up "Coo' see ya in a few"

Diamond taps Applebloom's shoulder "How do I look?"

Applebloom blinks "You look ridiculous. Why're ya usin' my bow anyways?"

Diamond shrugs "Thought I might try it on for size, It doesn't look good?"

Sweetie shakes her head "No, you look like your head has a bowtie on. And not the cool kind"

Diamond pulls it out, starting to braid her hair "What about dreads? I think I could rock dreads"

Applebloom shivers "No. No ya can't"

Sweetie claps her hands "We could give you layered curls!"

Applebloom rolls her eyes "Ah know what those are, and... well..." Her imagination starts up, imagining Diamond with curls

"Well? How do I look?" Diamond asks, pushing up the curls up to accent her face

"Ah... uh... ya look..." Applebloom stutters, her face growing warmer

Diamond gives her a sultry grin, sashaying closer, fluttering her eyes "How do I look?"

"..." Applebloom bites her lips, trying to resist "St-stop..."

Diamond cups Applebloom's chin with one hand and presses a hand to her breast, kissing Applebloom's lips teasingly "Stop what?"

Applebloom's will crumbles and she reaches out, grabbing Diamond's shirt and tear- "Applebloom? Are you okay? You spaced out for a sec"

Applebloom blinks "Huh? Nah, that sounds like the type of thing ya'll should use for special occasions"

Sweetie nods "Good point. How about... a bun? Rarity has a whole drawer full of kanzashi!We mostly use them during onsen, tanabata, and when we're going out cosplaying as a Geisha and a Miko. Last time we even gave Spike a topknot and seeing as how he already had a Mohawk... I'm rambling aren't I?"

Applebloom nods and Diamond stares at her "How does that work? You don't even look Japanese"

Sweetie giggles "My mom's grandmother was a Japanese immigrant. That and my dad's French-Italian ancestry covers most of it"

"Isn't your great grandfather a Japanese immigrant Silver?" Diamond asks but the girl is nowhere to be found "Where'd she go?"

Sweetie and Applebloom shrug

"I'll look upstairs, maybe she went to grab something" Diamond says

"You go with her Applebloom, I know the first floor and basement well, she might've gotten bored and went to check out some of the rigging"

"Rigging?"

"The stage's compartments, gears, the hidden stages, junk like that" Sweetie clarifies, shooing them away

After checking Rarity and Sweetie's rooms, a soft sound echoes through the hallway

A moan

Diamond walks towards it, her eyes nearly popping out of her sockets

Up against the wall is Babs, wet and naked, pinned by Silver "Give up Babs, this'll end when you do"

Babs grits her teeth "N-never..."

Silver sighs before licking her lips, grinding her elbow into the small of Babs' back before moving her hand downward, eliciting a moan from the captive girl

is she-

Applebloom taps Diamond's shoulder, making her jump "What's goin' on?"

"Babs is... I mean- Silver is pinning... look" Diamond stutters, Applebloom shrugging and looking for herself before darting against the wall "Holy rains!" she whispers, blushing

Diamond nods before slowly looking around the corner again, trying to commit each detail to memory

Applebloom follows her example, staring intently

"Let... me go Silver..." Babs grunts, her legs shaking

Silver rolls her eyes "Or what? I have all the control here. All you have to do is say it"

Babs tries to kick but Silver just grabs her leg, pinning it between her chest and Bab's back and once again her hand massages Bab's weak spot "Bad seed, trying to kick me. I think I'll just keep you at your peak for as long as it takes for you to admit I'm better than you"

The girl moans louder, her arms straining to escape the one-handed hold silver had them in "Ya ai-ain' playin' fair..."

Silver grins "Would you expect me to? You know that I know how to make you either happy or..." she licks the back of Bab's ear, earning her a coo of pleasure "unhappy" she presses between Babs' shoulder blades, a pained groan escaping from her clenched teeth

Babs whimpers "Yer... yer better than me..." she sais weakly

Silver smiles and nips Babs' ear tenderly "See? was that so hard? how about I make you happy? Hm?"

Unlike before, Silver's hands wrap around Babs' waist and with a few quick motions, Babs whimpers and falls to the floor, panting tiredly

Silver smiles and wipes her hands off on Babs' face "Do you need me to carry you?"

Babs half growls, half moans "I got dis... dirty cheater"

Silver shrugs and yawns "well, if you need my assistance, you know where I'll be"

Applebloom snaps her fingers in front of Diamond "Ya did it again"

Diamond shakes her head "Wha- Oh god, did I space out again?"

Applebloom nods "An' judgin' by how ya look, it was perverted right?"

Diamond nods slowly, ashamed "I'm sorry..."

Applebloom rolls her eyes "Look, ah ain't mad at you, just try to keep that pretty little head of yours in this world okay?"

Diamond nods again

Sighing, Applebloom kisses her forehead "now let's see what's goin' on with Silver"

"Why am I dealing with this?"

"'Cause ya screwed up wit' th' stitchin', dat's why" Babs replies, wincing

Silver glares at her "I didn't screw it up, you just put too much stress on it and then the string breaks! I'm using plastic cord this time, not as comfortable but should hold until I get some surgical thread"

Babs sighs "What ever ya gotta do ta keep me in one piece Silv"

"Like take all your guns away?"

"I said keep me in one piece, not take away my livelihood!" Babs yells, wincing "Ya stabbed me!"

"I'm sewing up your thick skin, I'm supposed to sew your skin up like a tear in a blanket. Stop moving so much, I'm not using a suture needle this time so it's a little harder than usual"

Babs sighs "Whatever ya say Nurse. But seriously, what would I do wit' out you?"

Silver pauses "Probably fall to pieces or bleed out"

Diamond knocks on the door "Are you decent?"

"Nothin' ya ain' seen before!" Babs yells

Applebloom walks in "What happened to you? Lose a knife fight?"

Silver shakes her head "No, a slug from some thug she was hired to tail shot at her with his rifle"

Diamond nods "Looks like it. Didn't have much of an aim, did he?"

Babs chuckles "Kinda hard ta aim when yer bein' chased and carryin' a two handled rifle. Surprised he even hit me at all"

Applebloom stares at all three girls "How can y'all be so calm about this?"

"I go bow hunting with my dad in the winter and I watch a lot of gory TV" Diamond replies

"Occupational hazard" Babs says with a half shrug

"I live with Babs so I'm used to it. In fact, I've done surgery on her whole arm once. I opened up her arm to relieve the pressure of the bullet when I found two small caliber rounds, in her muscles and a pellet stuck in her bone. I have them in cases above my bed along with the other things that I've gotten from her adventures" Silver says, picking up Sweetie's hairdryer "I need to melt the plastic a little so that it doesn't unwind"

Babs nods "An' after dat, she made me go to a hospital an' have an x-rays. They found a few more-"

"It wasn't a 'few' more, it was four bullets in your chest, one in your thigh, a whole slug in your other arm, two razor thin shards of metal in your abdomen, two pellets that just missed your heart, and a sewing needle in your thigh! How on earth did you get a sewing needle stuck in your thigh?"

Babs rolls her eyes "I lost a bet when I was drunk. Shut up"

Silver sighs and shuts the hairdryer off "Fine... I just worry about you, that every time you go to work, it'll be the last time I'll ever see you whole instead of reading about you washing up on a beach somewhere pumped full of lead..."

Babs blushes, turning her gaze to Silver "I... I didn't know ya cared Silver..."

Diamond clutches her mouth, trying to hide her smile and tears Is... is she saying what I think she's saying?

Applebloom however stares at them with amusement Yeesh, we Apples know how to catch us some rich folk ah guess

"I mean... who'll pay the other half of the rent? I can't pay it on a professor's salary!"

Everyone gives her a flat look "Gee, good ta know dat I have a special place in ya heart Silv"

Bags slung over their shoulders, all five girls look towards town "I wonder what type of fun adventures await us today!" Sweetie cheers

"Ah jus' hope that we don't have to deal with anything too out there" Applebloom sighs

Diamond rolls her eyes, kissing Applebloom's cheek "Don't worry, nothing could possibly go wrong!"

"In my experiance, Murphy's law always pays a visit to those who say that" Silver monotones

Babs grins, inserting a magazine into her pistol "Don' worry Silv, if anythin' comes at us, me an' Applebloom can handle it"

Sweetie smiles and skips ahead when a loud explosion rips through the air, knocking her down as a large plume of fire and dust erupts from town

Silver blinks "Told you so"

Author's Note

*Everyone knows it's tomato juice, duh