“How about this one? I think it has a nice touch to it.”

“No, not that one… somehow it doesn’t say Rainbow to it. Ah wan’ it ter be special!” Applejack said shaking her head.

“Well do you have anything in mind?” Twilight asked as she and Applejack stood in the jewelry store examining all the available engagement rings that Karat put out, “I think all these are beautiful and a quite expensive too.”

“Ah want something that ain't too fancy but has a nice touch of gemstones, maybe like rainbow colored or…”

“I think I may have something here.” Karat said and reached to the glass case below.

“Wow! Look at that one!” Twilight exclaimed and Karat put out his final piece. The loop was made of embellished gold and small iridescent diamonds layered all around.

“That’s it Twi!! It’s perfect!” Applejack said excitedly. She didn’t even realize she was squeezing the life out of the alicorn through the giant bear hug she was giving, “I’ll take it!”

“It’s 16,000 bits! More than 4 months’ worth of salary of a pony!!!”

“Hey, the love of mah life is all worth it! Besides I’ve been saving up fer this! An’ a few other surprises!” Applejack smirked thinking about the polychromatic mare. As Karat packaged the ring Applejack and Twilight caught sight of Dash flying off in the distance tending to some clouds, “Twi?”

“Yes?”

“It’s a pain having to come to you all the time ter get that cloud walkin’ spell done. Is there an easier way?”

“I’ve been reading up on a few things, and I came across a book on enchanted items. If my theory is correct I can do something for you. Come by the castle later, I’ll see what I can do!”

“Thanks.”

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The rapping rhythm at the castle door automatically told Spike who was there.

“Hey Applejack!”

“Hey Spike!”

“Twi’s in the throne room doing something weird again.” The dragon said looking confused.

“Thanks Spike.” Applejack gave the dragon a little nuggie on the head and then headed toward the throne room. As the crystal doors opened with a slight creaking, the blinding light ahead made Applejack cringe her eyes just to see. Soon the blinding glow diminished and all that was left was a glowing object on the crystal table. Applejack approached the alicorn.

“Hey Twi.”

“Applejack. I did it!! Look!” Twilight pointed a hoof at what looked like glowing horseshoes, “Presenting skyshoes!”

“Uhhh…come again?”

“I enchanted these horse shoes to make you walk on clouds! It’s a permanent spell! So you can go anytime you want!”

“Really?” The alicorn confirmed once more by the nod of her head. Applejack’s big wide grin and “thank you” was all Twilight needed instead of the giant bear hug that she was now receiving.

“Sooo what are you planning?” asked the inquisitive princess.

“Ooooh nothin’ special, a dinner at that fancy restaurant in Canterlot, a private wonderbolts airshow just for her and do the proposal there.” Applejack said smiling warmheartedly thinking about it. Twilight also smiled and gave Applejack a hug.

“I’m sure she’ll love it!” Twilight assured. But Applejack looked a little sad, “What’s wrong??”

“Well….” Applejack said hesitantly as she walked over to her own throne and sat down, “Ah’m sure ah’m just over thinkin’ ‘bout it but Rainbow been goin’ ter Cloudsdale almost every day for the last three weeks. She thinks ah ain’t noticin’ but ah went ter see her a couple of times, ah even took a day or two from mah usual schedule and she wasn’t around. In mah usual off nights that I spend together with her, I think she behaves ‘different’.”

“Different?”

“Yeah, like she’s out of it. Like completely uninterested.”

“You asked her about it?”

“Ah did one time, and she said that she’s helpin’ her dad. It doesn’t explain the weird behavior though.”

“I see. It is possible that you might really be overthinking it but…. there is also another possibility….”

“What?” Applejack braced herself. At the back of her mind she knew what Twilight was implying.

“I think you should talk to Rainbow gently. Find out what’s bothering her. I mean she’s going to be your fiancé soon, right?”

“Yeah, I guess.”

“Cheer up!! I’m sure everything’ll be fine!” Twilight smiled. After a few more minutes of talking about other things, Applejack rose from her seat and headed out into the blissful afternoon.

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Rainbow anxiously watched the clock. It was almost time for her to leave. Suddenly, a familiar country voice was heard from outside.

“RD!!! Yer up there??!”

Dash popped her head out from the clouds and saw her mare friend standing below.

“AJ! What’s up? I mean I’m up…. What’s going on?”

“Yer busy? Can we talk?”

“Uuuh… sure” Rainbow said and flew down to the ground below. Applejack walked a few feet away with Dash following her. Applejack sat down watching the evening sun. The orange glow of sunset seem to make her sparkle and it seems that this time was when Applejack looked most beautiful. Dash couldn’t help but swallow a lump of guilt at what she was doing but it felt so good, having the best of both worlds.

“Yer got any plans next week? Still helpin’ yer dad?”

“Uuh, yeah. It’s a big…. thing… that he’s doing.” Applejack closed her eyes. She knew the touch of that lying tone and Dash was lying to her.

“Ah can’t help but think RD that there’s sumthang yer ain’t tellin’ me. We’re going out fer over a year now and ah want yer tuh know that yer can talk tuh me yer know. About anything.”

“Nothing’s going on AJ.” Dash felt a tight knot in her stomach. She knew she should come clean but now she’s in too deep. She was addicted to her playful nights. And now how would she tell the love of her life that she’s cheating on her?? Or that she’s an absolute bore in bed?

“Yer sure about that?” Applejack looked dead straight into Dash’s eyes. Dash felt as if Applejack was looking into her soul with those piercing green eyes.

“Y-yeah. Sure.”

“’Kay then. Anyway, that’s ain’t the real reason I’m here. Will yer go out ter dinner with me next week Friday?”

“Friday?” Dash repeated nervously while in thought. Fridays were the best days to be at ‘The Dive’, “can’t it be another day? Friday I may have to be in Cloudsdale again.”

“No RD. Friday.” Applejack said in a very insistent tone. That was the last straw for Applejack. She was going to find out what was going on and she had already planned.

“Okay fine. Anyway I gotta go. My dad is waiting on me.” Dash said as she gave Applejack a peck on the lips and flew off. Applejack watched as her mare friend fly off in the direction of Cloudsdale and she herself ran back towards the town.

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As Dash landed at Cloudsdale she was greeted by a few familiar faces she knew. She flew off in the direction of the main square and while she disappeared into the crowd, a pink hot air balloon emerged from the cloud base.

“Welcome to Cloudsdale!” said a greeter.

“Thanks!” Applejack said and looked down at her new shoes smirking. She hopped out of the basket.

“WAIT!!... uuuuh..” the greeter said but was instantly confused.

“Magic cloud walkin’ shoes! Compliments of Princess Twilight!” Applejack said and trotted off smiling at the pony’s reaction. She suddenly turned around, “Say, didja see a rainbow maned, blue pony come by this way?”

“Uuuh yes!” said the greeter snapping out of his shock, “She went toward the main square just a little while ago. That way.”

“Thank yer kindly!” Applejack said and walked off toward the direction. Rainbow Dash soon landed at the red light district and looked around, hoping that no familiar faces were nearby. She approached the old looking cloud building that had the half broken neon sign that said “The Dive”. Suddenly she remembered her earlier conversation with Applejack. She swallowed once again a lump. “Too late to go back” she murmured to herself and entered.

Applejack took in all the sights of Cloudsdale. She felt a lot better being here than before as now she had the shoes. She always thought Twilight’s temporary spell could wear off at any time which made her skeptical about coming here so often. She gazed around some more watching billboards of the wonderbolts and a few stores. Higher in the near vicinity, she could see the exhaust channels of the Weather Factory and a generous amount of heavy dark, grey clouds were exiting their way into the sky. A storm was due and another exhaust was charging up, releasing lightning bolts into the clouds. She stopped a few pegasi who were walking instead of flying inquiring about her quarry. Finally one stallion who was hesitant answered.

“Yeah I saw her.”

“Where?” Applejack asked but the stallion held out a hoof. Applejack knew too well that gesture. She whipped out a couple of bits and placed it in his hoof.

“Umm…” he said with more hesitation, “at ‘The Dive’ in the red light district.”

“Come again?”

The stallion rolled his eyes, “She at this place called ‘The Dive’ in the red light district. I see her there whenever I go there. She always goes to the back in room six.”

“What she’s doing there??” but the stallion flew off before he could be questioned further.

“’cuse me! Where’s the red light district?” Applejack asked another stallion who was absolutely taken aback by the question.

“It’s six blocks from here. Turn right at that corner, and then left after four. Why? Wanna have some fun w—” but Applejack darted off toward the direction given to her.

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Rainbow Dash was feeling good by the time Flitter led her back to room six for another round. They had been seeing each other almost every night for three weeks by now, and every night had been something new for Dash. She was quivering with excitement and breathless with anticipation. Her little box of toys seemed quite extensive and Dash was sure she hadn't seen all of them yet.

"Are you feeling up to being more assertive today?" asked Flitter as she looked back over her shoulder. Dash nodded energetically.

"Well that's good then," she giggled, "I don't want you to think I'm some kind of domarenatrix and you're just my submaresive."

"Oh no," replied Dash awkwardly. "I'm just glad that you've been showing me the ropes."

Flitter giggled. "I take it your mare friend hasn't been allowing you the same choices?" she asked as she began unlocking the door to room six.

"No," she answered, "Ah... She doesn't. Not since the first time we... slept together."

"I see," came the response as the door opened. She walked into the room slowly as she waited for Dash to follow her in.

"Look," said Dash as she suddenly moved forward, "Enough about my sad stories. Tonight should be about us. That's why I've been wanting to forget..."

"Sorry if I was prying," she interrupted as she climbed on the back of the bed, "Let's just worry about tonight." Then she said, "Why don't you look under the bed and see what you want to use yourself."

"Oh," replied Dash very alluringly, "I already know what I'm going to use."

"Really?" Flitter said as she bit her bottom lip in excitement, "You sound pretty sure."
Dash leaned under the bed and came up with the double headed strap-on. It looked as impressive to Dash now as it did the first time she saw Flitter wearing it.

"Good choice," she said with a grin, "So how are we going to get it ready?" Dash replied by sticking out her tongue.

"Ah," she mused, "I suppose there's a certain charm to doing things the old fashioned way." Dash nodded as she climbed onto the bed. Pushing Flitter onto her back, she climbed over and turned around to that they had their mouths over each other’s mareslit.

"Let's do this," she moaned as she was enticed by the tempting musky scent of Flitter's pussy, "Make it 20% cooler."

"Would you settle for 20% wetter?" she replied before her tongue began licking and lapping at Dash's sex.

"As good as any," she mused as she starting her own slobbery licks at Flitter's pussy. She wasn't sparing the spit and felt that Flitter was doing the same. Soon Dash was panting through her nose as she was growing hotter and wetter between her hind legs. She could almost taste Flitter's heat growing as well.
Flitter tried to speak, but it made no sense with her mouth sealed around Dash's pussy.
Moments passed as she licked and lapped, and received the same herself. But suddenly Dash stopped. She rose her head up and said, "Enough. Let's go on before one of us cums in the other's face."

"Alright," Flitter replied as she stopped.

Dash got off and went back to the end of the bed. Flitter watched as she pushed her end of the dildo up inside her. She was amused by the changes in Dash's face as the minutes passed and the dildo made its way up her birth canal slowly. Gingerly, she almost looked like she was afraid of hurting herself even though she had taken it from the other end just a night or two before.

"What?" asked Dash suddenly, "What's with the goofy grin?"

"Oh," she replied, "It's nothing. I'm sorry." Then she finished pushing it into herself and tied it off around her thigh.

"Wow," she said at last, "I didn't think this would make me feel... so full inside."

She lifted and spread her legs as she replied, "Well are you going to come get some, tiger?"

Dash looked down on her hot, wet and dripping mareslit as she gulped and nodded. But as she started getting on the edge of the bed to mount Flitter, there was a ruckus in the hallway.

"Now Missy," said Manehatten, "These back rooms are supposed to be private places. You just can't come barging back here!!"

"RD! Rainbow! We gotta talk!"

"AJ?!" she replied in alarm, "No WAY!!! In Cloudsdale?!"

But the door suddenly burst open as the familiar voice said, “RD, I just wanted to say…”

Just then, time seemed to come to a complete halt. Applejack stood at the door, eyes wide in shock and mouth agape as she saw Dash was about to mount another mare. Dash looked at Applejack, and in a split second, noticed that she was wearing strange new shoes that glowed softly in the dim light. They looked almost regal and most like made of pure silver.

Dash had just got Flitter's legs over her shoulder and was about to press the head of the dildo against Flitter's hot slit. Without the expression of the earth pony’s face changing, her eyes glistened, brimming with tears. She drew down her hat over her face and slowly turned away from the scene.

"A-AJ…. I…" sputtered Dash now scrambling to remove herself from the compromising position with Flitter yanking at the covers to hide her embarrassment, "I... can explain..."

Before Dash could say any more, Applejack turned and bolted back down the hallway. She wasn't looking where she was going with her eyes closed and watering so.

"Miss!" called Manehatten as he followed, "Stop! You'll hurt yourself like that!"

There was crashing sounds as chairs were knocked out of her way and tables skid in the distance.

"Look sorry," said Dash awkwardly, "I gotta go..."

"Better take off the strap-on first," said Flitter, "You'll make quite the scene if you don't."

Author's Note

okay i know i placed a tag for flitter and cloudchaser which is always a package.
it's actually only flitter in this story.