Accidentally on Purpose

Rarity was practically hanging off of Twilight as the purple unicorn paced around the room, trying to think of a logical reason to explain her friend’s behaviour.

“Is there something the matter, my snuggly wuggy kissy bear?” gushed Rarity, as she planted a kiss on Twilight’s right cheek.

The unicorn blushed as she became flustered and annoyed; a very bad combination. Twilight thought of Rarity as no more than a very good friend, one of her best friends. She had nothing against Rarity if she was a filly-fooler, but to put it in laypony’s terms, ‘Her barn door didn’t swing that way.’

Rainbow on the other hoof was practically rolling on the floor laughing, “Oh, Luna, you should see your face, Twilight! You’re all red! Redder than a red bartlett, as Applejack would say!”

“Rainbow, this isn’t funny! Rarity probably banged her head really hard against the wall. She might have a concussion, as she’s certainly not thinking straightly…no pun intended.” After a moment she added, “And a red Bartlett is a type of pear!"

The white unicorn hugging Twilight let go and stared up toward her with sad blue eyes, “Y-you don’t like me?” She wailed, collapsing to the floor.

Twilight sighed, even for Rarity; this was being a little too dramatic, “Rarity, you’re one of my best friends, of course I like you, bu-”

“NO! No more lies, my darling Sparkle Bun. You don’t love me!” Another wail was heard as tears began to flow from the white unicorn’s eyes.

“Rarit-”

“I thought we had something special!”

Twilight facehoofed, “We do. Now please be quiet.” she muttered through grit teeth.

“Of course we do! I don’t know what I was thinking. Come here, my fluffy wuffy tuffy bun!” Rarity’s tears instantly dried up and began to pull the purple unicorn back into an embrace, getting uncomfortably close to Twilight’s mouth, her own lips pursed. Twilight grimaced and teleported a few metres away, next to Fluttershy.

At this, the cyan Pegasus broke down laughing again, “Her nicknames for you are just so cute, don’t you think, wuffy tuffy bun?” Another round of giggles filled the library.

Spike was staring at the ponies uncomfortably, he knew exactly what was going on; the love potion. He knew he should probably come clean and tell Twilight what he had done, but to be honest, he was just too embarrassed.  Clearing his throat slightly, Spike began to stretch and yawn, “You know what guys, it’s kind of late, I think I’m going to go hit the hay. Good night everypony.”

The other ponies merely nodded in acknowledgement of his departure as Rarity started to play with Twilight’s mane. Muttering under her breath, Twilight levitated a book off the shelf toward her. It was the big book of Pony Psychology, and in it was hopefully a way to treat a very unique sort of…concussion? For the love of Celestia, she didn’t even know what was wrong with her friend! Twilight could only hope that the effects weren’t permanent.

As the lavender unicorn feverishly scanned her book, as well as try to ignore the love struck unicorn who whispered sweet nothings into her ear, Fluttershy prodded Rainbow Dash in the back with one of her wings, catching the pegasus’ attention.

“Something up, Fluttershy?” asked Rainbow, “You want to go home or something? I don’t mind taking you; you probably need some rest after that little accident.”

The yellow Pegasus seemed to ponder this for a moment before nodding, “Okay, let’s go back to my place.”

Rainbow Dash extended her wings and flew toward the still gaping hole in the middle of the library wall, “Hey, Twilight, I’m going to bring Fluttershy back to her cottage, and then probably go home myself. Have fun with your little fillyfriend.” She said with a wink.

“Thank you, Darling!” smiled Rarity, wrapping a forehoof around the studious unicorn, “Say good bye to our friends, Sparky Pie.”

“Good.Night.” growled the purple unicorn, trying to brush off the annoying pony snuggling against her neck.

With another mischievous nod, Rainbow Dash flew off with Fluttershy trailing after her. The rainbow pony made sure to fly slowly, despite her teasing, she was a bit concerned for Rarity. The fashionista had always struck her as a mare with eyes only for stallions; it had certainly seemed that way until just today. Who’s to say that Fluttershy hadn’t been affected someway by the crash as well? After a few minutes of flying, the two pegasi landed in front of the peaceful cottage just outside of the Everfree forest. Rainbow Dash always liked it here; it was nice and quiet, perfect for naps.

“Dashie?” came the soft voice of Fluttershy.

“Yeah?” asked Rainbow Dash, turning around to get a good look at her friend.

The yellow Pegasus moved slightly closer to the cyan pony. Her face was no longer covered by her pink mane, her bright blue eyes were half lidded, which were staring right at the pony before her.

“Dashie?”

Rainbow Dash swallowed, getting a bit antsy, “Yes, Fluttershy?”

Fluttershy moved even closer to her, their muzzles almost touching, “Dashie?”

“Y-yes?” Their proximity was getting much too close to be comfortable, no matter how good of friends they were.

“Will you be my very special somepony this Hearts and Hooves day?” Whispered the yellow peagsus, blushing furiously.

Just then, back in Sugarcube corner, Pinkie Pie accidentally bucked her old gramophone, causing the needle to slide off the record, creating a horrible scratching sound.

“WHAT?!” Rainbow Dash’s pupils shrank into pinpoints as she darted away from the Pegasus, the sudden motion causing Fluttershy to overstretch and fall forward.

Fluttershy however thought nothing of it. She got up and did something nopony, nozebra, nobody in all of Equestria would ever thought she was capable of doing. The shy yellow Pegasus launched herself at Rainbow Dash and pinned her to the ground.  Blushing, she leaned forward and whispered into the cyan pony’s ear, “I said, will you be my very special somepony? Be my snookie wookie honey bunch?”

This was too much for the rainbow pegaus, Rainbow Dash scrambled out of her friend’s grasp and zipped off, “My barn door don’t swing that way!” she shouted, flying off back in the direction of which they came.

Fluttershy’s feathers bristled, “Snookums! Come back!” she pleaded, darting off and flying after her. She took off with speed rivaling Spitfire of the Wonderbolts, causing the little woodland creatures that lived around her cottage to poke their heads out in curiosity.

The rainbow Pegasus didn’t dare look back, she could already hear the pony’s wings flapping heavily behind her.  She was fast. Much faster than Dash had remembered. Who was this creature that had taken sweet, timid little Fluttershy and replaced her with a filly fooling Pegasus who called her, her…snookie…wookie honey…bunch. It sounded more like a breakfast cereal than anything. Dash shivered, she knew how Twilight felt about Rarity’s nicknames now. Blargh.

Dash decided to fly toward Sweet Apple Acres, if there was one pony anypony could count on, it was Applejack with her level headed reasoning and mediator skills…well, level headed to a degree.

“AJ! Help!” shouted Rainbow Dash, zipping quickly through the apple trees of the farm, hoping to lose the mare chasing her.  It was no use; Fluttershy was keeping in perfect pace and sync with her, and was even starting to catch up.

“YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE ME!” shouted Fluttershy, pushing forward in a burst of speed.

A set of tired green eyes cracked open as a drowsy orange earth pony was slowly awaken by the ruckus on her farm. With an exasperated groan she sat up, “Fluttershy?” she muttered, clearly stressed and exhausted. She trotted to her window and opened it, “Go home!” shouted the pony.

“Applejack! Make like an apple and…er…apple…what do apples do?” muttered the cyan pony to herself, “Never mind, just come outside!”

The tired farmer stumbled down a flight of stairs and half fell through her front door, tired and grouchy, “Rainbow! It’s two in the mornin’! What in tarnation are you doing out here, shouting and causing a ruckus?!”

“Make like a peach and accept your friends for their faults! Look out below!” Rainbow bellowed. The Pegasus crashed head on into the earth pony, sending the two flying back into the house.

Applejack’s apple green eyes glared into Rainbow dash’s own, obviously not amused. Dash gave her a sheepish smile, “Hey, fancy meeting you here…” she said weakly.

“Ah live here.” came the cold response.

The glare continued. Even after another Pegasus landed gracefully at the front door, Applejack continued to glare at her cyan friend. It was two in the morning. Two in the bucking morning, and these two were flying about, wreaking havoc. They better pray to Celestia, Luna and whatever other deities out there that they hadn’t waken Granny Smith. A Granny Smith woken up from her sleep was worse than an angry Applejack getting rammed into a wall at two in the morning by her stupid blue friend.

“What are ya’ll doing around here…AT TWO IN THE BUCKIN’ MORNING?!” she hissed.

“I’m so sorry to disturb you,” came the soft voice from the door, “But Snuggle Bunny insisted on playing tag. Oh, I told her it was a dumb idea. I’m sorry, Applejack.” frowned Fluttershy.

Rainbow stared blankly at the Pegasus, “What?”

Fluttershy clip clopped over to the two, giving Rainbow Dash a look one would give a young filly after catching her stealing cookies from the cookie jar, “She just wanted to spend some time with me; we didn’t mean to bother you.”

Rainbow’s jaw dropped to the floor, “Y-you’re lying! That’s a lie! You don’t lie! You’re Fluttershy! You…you badly cover for my lies!”

Fluttershy raised a hoof and touched Rainbow Dash’s cheek, “Oh, don’t be that way Dashie Pie.” The hoof slipped upward and brushed the rainbow mane back, stroking it gently, “I promise to give you more attention from now on.” she smiled sweetly at her.

Applejack stared at her two friends; her groggy mind had not exactly comprehended what was going on, “Snuggle Bunny? Tag? Dashie Pie?” she repeated.

The cyan Pegasus knocked the butter coloured hoof away, “Fluttershy, you’re making me feel awkward…” she whined, “Stop being awkward!”

The gentle Pegasus pouted, “But I just want to show you how much I care! I love you, Dashie Washey! And with that, she leaped onto Rainbow Dash, happily hugging her neck.

“Oh…erm…” Applejack shuffled her hooves on the wooden floorboards, “So…you two…are…”

The sentence was left hanging in mid-air, just long enough for everypony but a giggling Fluttershy to feel awkward with the whole situation.

“No!” Blurted out Rainbow Dash, “We’re not together! Fluttershy just hit her head really hard. Really, really, really hard. Into Rarity. And books. A lot of books.”

The farmer nodded knowingly, “Ah. Books, ah understand. Those things ain’t to be trusted.”

Fluttershy pouted, “Applejack, are you sure you’re not just saying that because you can’t read?”

The Pegasus received an indignant glare, “Ah can to read! Some parts! Ah can read some parts of…the language…”

“W-what’s going on?”  cut in another voice. At the stairs was a small yellow filly, rubbing her tired orange eyes. Her mane was dishevelled from sleep and her voice was groggy and low.

“Applebloom, go back to bed. Adults are talkin’.” chided Applejack.

“Ah’m not sleepy anymore!” retorted the yellow filly, blinking rapidly to compensate for her heavy eyelids, “Ah wanna stay up now!”

“Oh, let her stay up.” smiled Fluttershy, “Dashie Washey and I will take care of her, Aj.” A sudden squeal erupted from the Pegasus, “It’ll be like taking care of a foal of own! We’ll be a big happy family!”

“What? No! Why are you doing this?! You’re acting wackier than a kiwi in a coconut!” groaned Rainbow Dash.

Applejack furrowed her eyebrows, “What’s with you and yer fruit puns today?”

The gentle pony was practically bouncing up and down now, “Oh, but that means we have to get married first! I’ll have to ask Rarity for a nice wedding dress, oh and one for you too! Unless you rather have a suit. I’m so happy, snuggy bun!” She cooed, cuddling up to Rainbow.

Rainbow Dash was frowning intensely, when had Fluttershy become so…assertive? Where was the quiet yellow Pegasus that didn’t make such ridiculous suggestions?

Applebloom looked at Fluttershy curiously; the mare was acting weird, like a few apples short of an apple pie weird. In fact, it reminded the filly of last year’s Hearts and Hooves day, where she and her friends gave her brother and teacher a love poison, causing them to act ridiculously lovey-dovey, with the worse, absolute worst nicknames ever. It was a horrible day, a day the Cutie Mark Crusaders promised to never talk about again.

“Snuggy Bun?” she said slowly, eyeing her older sister for any clues on what was going on.

Applejack shrugged, “Apparently, Fluttershy hit her noggin hard, real hard on some books.”

“And Rarity!” added Rainbow Dash, “Actually, Rarity was acting super…gooey with Twilight too! In terms you can understand, Aj, the two are a few apple seeds short of a blueberry fritter!”

The orange pony nodded, deciding to ignore the terrible usage of fruit and fruit related terms, “Then it’s decided, tomorrow we visit Twilight and see if she’s got any idea what’s going on, but for now, I’m going to bed. It’s two… somethin’ in the buckin’ mornin’!” She growled, starting to trot back up the stairs to her room, “C’mon, Applebloom, bed time. And Rainbow?”

Rainbow Dash perked up, “Yeah?”

“Get the buck outta mah house.”

The Pegasus snorted, “Fine, whatever.” Flying out of the humble abode, she soared high above the clouds, heading north. After a few minutes of causal flying, she reached a moderately sized cloud residence, with bright rainbow waterfalls flowing around it.  Even in the darkness of the night, they were still bright and colourful to look at. Rainbow Dash landed at the front door of the cloud house and pushed the door open, she was finally home. Smiling, she trotted up to her room and crawled into the nice fluffy cloud bed. The Pegasus closed her eyes and tried to forget the events of the day, focusing on only her breathing.

“So, we’re finally all alone, huh, Snookums?”

Amethyst eyes exploded open as  the yellow Pegasus behind Rainbow Dash smiled, casually resting her chin on the cyan pony’s shoulder.

Rainbow Dash nearly jumped out of her coat, “Get out!” she yelled, flying to the door and opening it, “Out, out, out!”

Fluttershy’s wide eyes started to brim with tears, “But we’ve always had sleepovers, I thought you…loved me, Rainbow Cakes.” she whimpered.

Dash groaned in frustration, “Y-you…you’re being…stop that!” she yelled, her voice cracking slightly, “You’re clearly not thinking straight, Fluttershy. I mean, you want to marry me. You were talking about raising a family with me. I’m not comfortable with that!”

The yellow coated Pegasus sniffled, and for a moment, Rainbow Dash could almost see the meek and gentle Fluttershy again, the one who wasn’t obsessed with naming her after pastries. In a moment of weakness, Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and sighed.

“Fine. You can stay over, but we are not sharing the same bed!” With a huff, the rainbow Pegasus flew back downstairs, and settled onto her couch.  Sighing contently, she closed her eyes and tried dream her favourite dream; flying with the Wonderbolts as their Captain. Suddenly she felt a warm body being pressed against her in an embrace, opening her eyes, she saw none other than the pink maned Fluttershy.

“You said nothing about sharing the couch.” she said innocently.

Rainbow Dash facehoofed, this was going to be a long night.

A/N: Thank you for reading and thank you for any constructive criticism!