Through the Cavern

The inside of the building was clearly some kind of fashion studio, with pony mannequins, sewing machines and other seamstress-related items. Most of these had been pushed off to the side, though, with ornate tables containing bottles of cider and other party favors.

"Ladies!" Rarity announced, and the other mares in the room looked at her "I hope you don't mind, but Rainbow Dash has brought company with her. May I introduce Ricky, Equestria's first and only human?"

"Oh! Hey, Randy!" Derpy Hooves waved from over in the corner, and Rainbow rolled her eyes.

"Ricky, actually. How's it going, Derpy?"

"Pretty good. I came with Lyra and Bon Bon."

Ricky knew he had heard the name before, and thought for a moment "Wait...weren't you that unicorn in the bar last night? The one that-" but Lyra interrupted him "Oh, that! Sorry, I was a little tipsy when I walked by you guys. I'm a bit of a human enthusiast, myself. I just wasn't expecting to see you at a singles bar, so I thought I'd humor you a bit."

"Really? So...wait, that was a singles bar?!" Ricky was surprised and slightly disgusted at the thought a human and a pony...he sat down on the couch in a daze.

"I'm gonna kick the shit out of you, Biceps..." he muttered, but the moment passed. Meanwhile, Lyra's blue maned Earth pony friend walked up to him.

"Hi, name's Bon Bon. I'm Lyra's roommate. So, how are you liking Ponyville so far?" she asked, joining Ricky on the couch.

"Well, so far, I've been enjoying myself. Everyone's at least ten times nicer than the people back in my world, and I'm amazed at how great the job market is."

"BOOOO-ring. Here, get this into you, dude." Rainbow stuck a bottle of cider into his hand, then tossed one over to Derpy, who nearly dropped it "I can't get it open..." she said, slightly annoyed.

"Here, let me." Ricky used his lighter to pop the top off their bottles, and the others appeared to be impressed at this.

"That's pretty cool. Where did you learn that?" Rainbow asked. Ricky thought for a moment, then shrugged again "Honestly, I have absolutely no idea. I probably saw it in a movie or something."

"Well, it's unique regardless. Can you do anything else?" Rarity asked, sipping her cider.

"Really? God, I don't know...not unless any of you know who Elvis was." Ricky offered, but was met with blank stares "Never mind, then. I got nothing. How about you, Rarity? Why don't you show us something?"

"Oh my...I think I have a marvelous idea..." Rarity was already looking a little tipsy "I think we ought to have a pony-human game of Truth or Dare!"

"What? Oh, hell no!"

"YES!" Lyra said, while Bon Bon rolled her eyes. Derpy tried to inch out of the room, but Rainbow got her by the tail "Oh, no you don't, Hooves! You've skipped out every time, but not tonight!"

"I can't believe I'm actually doing this..." Ricky moaned, sitting between Lyra and Rarity, who took a huge gulp of cider and said "Right, so I believe that we ought to go clockwise, here...so, Ricky: Truth or Dare?"

"Oh, great...ok, truth, I guess." Ricky planned to sneak out for a toke the first opportunity he got.

"Right...so, back home, was the most embarrassing thing you ever did at school?" Rarity asked. Ricky groaned "Oh, Christ....well, I was in the school library, and I had my cell phone sitting on the table in front of me, right?" he took a sip, and the others nodded.

"Well, I thought that it was on silent mode, but turns out it was on maximum volume, and I...well, let's just say that my ringtone wasn't exactly appropriate." Ricky sighed. Rainbow rolled her eyes "Oh, come on, how was that embarrassing? That's pretty-"

"ASSHOLE CALLING!!!! ASSHOOOOOOLE CALLING!!!!!!!" Ricky played his ringtone for her. Rainbow stared, stunned, and then began laughing her ass off. After a moment, the sight of her rolling around got Lyra, then Bon-Bon going.

"I don't get it..." Derpy said, which made the others laugh even harder.

"Okay, then...Lyra, truth or dare?" Ricky turned to the green unicorn. Lyra thought for a moment, and then chose dare.

"I dare you to..." Ricky racked his brain, and then his eyes fell on the snack table, where a bottle of hot sauce sat "...take a shot of that hot sauce over there!"

"What?! No way, man! I changed my mind." Lyra tried to back out, but Bon-Bon and Rainbow held her down while Ricky got the spicy condiment.

"Sorry. Dare's a dare." Ricky opened the bottle and approached the struggling unicorn.

"Why do we even have hot sauce here?!" Lyra whined, screaming as Ricky took the opportunity to drop some into her mouth.

"Oh, yeah! I brought nachos!" Derpy said happily. Rainbow howled with laughter at this.

"I changed my mind about humans! They royally suck!" Lyra broke free and ran into the kitchen, the sink going full blast.

"Oh, man, that was rich." Bon-Bon wiped tears away while Rainbow writhed on the floor. Lyra came back into the room and sat, glaring at her best friend.

"Alright then, Bon-Bon! Truth or dare?" Lyra asked, shooting a dirty look over at Ricky, who glanced away.

"Oh, fine...dare."

"I dare you to kiss Ricky on the lips!" Bon-Bon turned beet red at this, while Ricky tried to comprehend what he just heard.

"Hey! What did I do to you?" Bon-Bon asked, to which Lyra smirked and said "You helped Ricky with his dare, he can help you with yours."

"My, darling, I had no idea you were so...bad!" Rarity was pretty tipsy by now, sloshing cider on the rug.

"Hey, don't I get a say in this?" Ricky asked "I mean, no offence towards you, Bon-Bon, but I'd rather not be known as the guy who made out with a horse. I mean, that's not exactly normal or acceptable from where I come from, so with that in mind..." He never got to finish, because at that moment Lyra pushed Bon-Bon's face onto his own.

"Oh, my Celestia!" Rarity giggled, while Rainbow continued to convulse with laughter. Even Derpy seemed to be getting a kick out of it.

Ricky pulled away, gasping. Bon-Bon turned as red as a tomato and sat down. Lyra took a couple of deep breaths and asked "So, how was it, you two?"

"Um...it was certainly interesting..." Ricky staggered over to the window and pulled out a joint. Lighting it, he took a couple of deep puffs.

"I'm going to kill you, Heartstrings." Bon-Bon muttered angrily.

"Join the club. Wanna hit? It'll calm you down." Ricky offered. Bon-Bon sighed "What the hay. I could use it."

"Exactly what DOES that stuff do to you?" Rarity asked "I mean, I've heard Applejack talk about it with Vinyl Scratch, but I've never actually heard WHY she likes it." She staggered over to join the others.

"It basically makes you slow down. You feel like you're floating, yet you're on the ground. Here, try it for yourself." Ricky handed the joint to her. Rarity held it with her magic, taking a small, ladylike puff. She almost instantly started to cough.

"Try to take it a little slower. Here, like this." Ricky took a slow draw and passed it to Bon-Bon.

Rainbow, Lyra and Derpy had joined them by this point. Ricky thought for a moment "You know what, I'm gonna roll one of my special joints for this occasion." He pulled out his papers and removed three of them.

"What are you gonna do with those?" Derpy asked curiously. Ricky chuckled "Oh, you'll see. Just you wait."