Conflicting Emotions [Remastered Edition]

by Eclipse

Rating: teen
Tags: Owlowiscious, Main 6, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Romance, Spike, Comedy, Caramel, Big Macintosh, Random, Sex
Length: 17774

When Twilight comes upon something she wasn't meant to see, she's surged with a flow of emotions...

Twilight is a sheltered unicorn that was raised in Canterlot, so when she discovers feelings she doesn't know exactly what to do with them. Having never felt such emotions before, she explores herself and her friends to find out what exactly is going on with her.

This is remastered from the original Version which had no plot stream. I'm going to be legthening the first chapters and omitting some things. Rob WILL be a character in this, but will also be accompanyed by Big Mac most of the time for some humorous effect.

Plus, Fic Pic that's not creepy!

Update: 12/2/12: chapters have been edited slightly, the only one really edited that most is chapter 1 where I added a new scene into it, chapters are basically the same, but i've updated them just a smidge.

Published 2011-11-15 20:08:25 UTC
Last updated 2012-02-04 21:16:27 UTC

Feelings

Twilight Sparkle usually spent most of her days studying or reading, but hung out with her friends any chance she would get. For the longest time, she was happy to be around her friends, but she started to change, she had urges she couldn't control, feelings she couldn't contain. Spike took notice, and tried to comfort her, to no prevail. Twilight started to stop going out with her friends, and eventually stopped coming out of the library, everypony worried about her, mostly her friends. She just stayed confined in the small hollowed out tree, only creature knowing how she was couldn’t speak words; Owlowicious was owl, and could only say ‘hoo’ which Spike still misinterpreted as ‘who.’

"Oh Spike, these feelings, are they real? Or are they just perceptions of what I think I want. I've never dealt with such conflicting feelings before! I don't know what to do!" Twilight was defeated; she lay helplessly on the bed, her limbs limp, and her mane and tail frizzy. Her thoughts were racing faster than they ever had before, and she didn’t know why. Her heart was beating, and she was always wearing a light blush on her face, no matter who she was talking to; mare or stallion. But she was now blushing more than she’d ever blushed before, and she didn’t understand in the slightest bit why.

"Twilight, don't be so hard on yourself," the small little dragon replied, "I'm sure if you talk to them, they'll help you through this time. I'm sure they've probably gone through the same." Spike was trying to persuade her to talk with her friends, but Twilight was too ashamed of her feelings to tell anypony. Spike could see she was distraught and lost, her eyes were filled with a small film of tears that were starting to fester up in them. “They’re your friends, I’m sure that they can help you, but then again, I’m just a baby dragon and know nothing of what you’re going through.” Spike said shrugging slightly, Twilight’s head quickly shot up and looked at Spike.

"I can't do that Spike! What if they laugh at me! What if they decide to kick me from the group! Oooooh I can't deal with this kind of pressure right now Spike! I have work to be done, studies to conduct, and friends to try and avoid. UGH! What does it have to be this difficult!?" Twilight lunged herself into the bed, burying her face in the covers and pillows, trying to hide her 'shame' from Spike. Her voice was filled frustration, and complete and utter defeat. Small drops of tears escaping from her eyes softly as Spike looked at her sadly.

Spike could tell she was in distress, but didn't know how to comfort the lavender unicorn. "Oh, Twilight, your friends will understand, if you talk to them, and only if you talk to them. Maybe they can tell you something your books can't." Spike's words finally persuaded her, but only to go out of the library. But that was good enough for Spike, at least she was getting out of the library after being sheltered inside of it for the past couple of weeks, almost a month now.

"I'll leave the library, but I-I can't talk to them yet...I'll need time before I can confess this to them. It's just such an embarrassing and helpless feeling, knowing you can't do anything to stop the constant stream of hormones and emotions. But thank you for sticking with me through this; I appreciate you talking with me." Twilight smiled, her smile stretching across her face softly, and happily.

Twilight opened the door and was immediately greeted by the sun, shining bright into her eyes, which had been inside for the past couple of weeks. Twilight had not written letters to Celestia in a while, for she wasn't hanging out with her friends to learn anything from them. But she started taking a walk down the streets of Ponyville, as she walked, a smile began forming on her face when she saw a familiar face at an apple stand, and she was kind of hungry.

Twilight approached the stand, "Um, excuse me?" she said, and a light brown pony got startled letting out a small yelp and knocking over a plant put on the stand to add appeal. It fell on the ground with a small and distinct ‘crack’ as the stallion just looked at the ground in disbelief of what he’d just done.

"Oh horseapples, why, why, why can't I do anything right!" the stallion said to himself out loud, making almost everypony look at him, "Oh, uhm...err.. Sorry 'bout that. Wha'dya need?" He asked calmly, slightly embarrassed from his little outburst just a second ago, his face showing a slight awkward smile that he had almost permanently pasted on his face.

Twilight laughed a little bit, "Oh nothing much Caramel. I'm looking to buy some apples; I'm having a day to myself today. I'll be out for a while so I’ll take a small sack of apples please." Twilight finished smiling at the clumsy stallion as he fumbled the apples into a small sack, and handed it to Twilight.

"Small sack a' eight apples comes out to be 16 bits please." Caramel, stood looking at Twilight as she dug the bits out of her saddlebag and handing them to him. Caramel dropped one coin, and he bent down to pick it up and knocked the apple cart, unlocking the wheels causing it to rocket down the street. "Oh horseapples..." he said before running after the cart that moved through the middle of the streets in Ponyville.

Twilight couldn't help but chuckle at Caramel, but the extent of the situation wasn't funny any longer when the apple cart crashed right into the side of Carousel Boutique. Caramel was greeted by an angry Rarity, who then began helping him clean up the apples and pieces of broken glass. Twilight decided to move on before she got spotted by any of her friends; she ducked away in all the commotion and made her way away from the town.

Twilight stopped trotting slowly bringing herself to a stop, and tried to find out just where she had run to, but for the life of her, she’d not really ventured this far into Ponyville before. She approached a small looking pony, one that she had thought looked like a mare but she wasn’t all too sure about her thoughts. “Um, excuse me; I seem to have gotten myself lost. Could you please tell me just what part of town am I in?” Twilight asked as the pony turned around, their light violet eyes meeting with hers leaving her speechless for a while. “Oh, uh… I’m very sorry to bother you, I’ll just ask some pony else then.” Twilight started to trot slowly away until she was stopped by the pony, and she now knew her thoughts were also wrong, his voice was just strong enough to be distinctly male, but was higher than most stallions that she’d heard talk before.

“Yeah, this is the eastern part, places over here are still kind of being built up; but if you’re looking for a way back to the town square and market, just take that path over there. But seeing that you just came from the town square, I’d infer that you’re making your way to the park to get away from your troubles in some way shape or form, just go ahead and take the dirt path over there and you should be there in no time.” The stallion smiled softly, as Twilight shook her head snapping back into reality to reply to him.

“Yes, thank you but I’m curious on how that you knew all of that. I mean, I didn’t tell you anything and there’s no way in Equestria that you could’ve just inferred all of that correctly!” Twilight said defensively, her brainiac side shining once again over her.

The stallion just chuckled slightly, “Well in the professions I was in you learn to read ponies easier, still sometimes hard as hay and takes a little bit longer to figure them out, but I can read almost any pony nonetheless. Bu--” the stallion was cut off in the middle of his thoughts by a large brownish figure speeding past the both of them, “Dude, I swear if you keep doing that I’m going to sever your wings and then create a nice snug noose for you to where you’ll hang as a warning outside our house…”

The large chestnut coated pegasus spoke with a large deep booming voice, “Yeah, yeah, you know that you really are kind of a buzzkill right? I mean every time I try to have some damned fun you always have to do something like that, but whatever, I just came back to ask you for some bits anyways.”

“Dude! I gave you 275 damn bits! How the hay did you spend all of that in less than an hour?!”

“Dude, I used it for building those stupid bucking ramps on that new building! Ramps are expensive you know! Seriously bro, you really need to take a chill pill, and see a therapist for that dark mind of yours, oh and… you really should start locking your door; I mean that journal of yours has some pretty deep and disturbing things in it, now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go make some copies. Later!” The pegasus then sped off leaving a trail of dust in his path.

“Oh no you don’t! Get back here you stupid son of a bitch!” The light brown stallion yelled as he rand after the chestnut coated pegasus desperately trying to catch up to him, “Just follow the path and you’ll be fine! Just watch out for potholes!”

Twilight looked confused, but couldn’t resist chuckling at the two, she’d met them before but Paint had changed his looks since they’d last met. His mane was short and a golden blonde color while his tail was the same color with red dye at the end of it. Paint Splatter was his full name, and his coat was a mix between a light gray and an almost pure white coat. Dark had changed slightly too, he seemed to be one of the only stallions in the town that actually wore clothes, which Rarity liked, but she wasn’t too into the style of clothing that he liked, he would always wear T-shirts, ripped jeans and a chain that inadvertently lead to nothing anyways. He was a large dark gray pegasus with a pure black mane, and had an attitude that made every pony else stay ways away from him. But Twilight listened to him and followed the path that he said led to the park.

That way to the park was much quieter than the way that she usually took, so it definitely gave her time to think to herself. Walks to the park always cleared her mind, no matter the situation; the park calmed the atmosphere and put her battling thoughts at bay. Her way to the park being the best and most calming time she’d had in the longest time. Considering that she’d sheltered herself inside of the library for that past couple of weeks, this was the only time she had to be herself without the worry of being judged.

She found her favorite spot sat on a bench and opened a book and began eating one of the apples, and enjoying her nice time. But she hears a rustling nearby, she decides to investigate the noise; she approached a bush which she hid inside. She peeked out on the other side, shocked to see Rainbow Dash and Applejack kissing! Not just small pecks, full on lips connected making out, kissing. She was embarrassed about the scene she'd just come upon, but she couldn't look away. Her eyes felt as if magnetically locked to the kissing mares, their body language speaking for itself; they were truly in love. Their hooves passionately moving over each other’s bodies, groping every feature that each of them had.

"Rainbow Dash..." Applejack said, her face overtaken with a soft blush. She laid on her back, spreading out her legs and lie in a provocative pose; Applejack’s muscular legs gave way to what she was hiding between them, anticipating whatever Rainbow Dash had in store for her in that pose. Applejack's face was blushing a bright, light red, "Take me..." she said softly. Rainbow Dash got up on the top of Applejack, and their lips connected once again, though Twilight was just watching; she could feel the sparks between the two, their passion overtaking the atmosphere, igniting the very air with their love. Twilight just kept watching, unable to look away from them, and truthfully; she kind of didn’t want to anyways.

Twilight couldn't resist, seeing them made her lightly blush; and start to touch herself. But she backed up and broke a branch breaking the two apart from each other. Rainbow Dash stood up, and looked around cautiously, as Twilight shot back, her breath condensing as her blood ran cold. She’d just ruined their act of love, and she felt truly horrible about it, but kept her mouth shut trying not to make even the slightest peep that would give away that she was there.

"Come out here you peeping tom! I'll sock ya!" She said with aggravation being broken up from making love to Applejack. Applejack now blushing more than before, knowing somepony had seen them together. The two ditched their position in the park, and quickly ran off into the direction that Twilight had come from, but Twilight didn’t notice, she was just happy they didn’t find out it was her that was peeping on them. Twilight hadn't noticed how dark it was, so she decided it was best to return back to the library and forget all about what she had just seen, though it was hard; the two mares' passion set ablaze the atmosphere… and Twilight.

Twilight came out from the bushes and headed to the bench she'd left her saddlebags, to see Applejack and Rainbow Dash standing over her stuff. Applejack noticed Twilight and ran over to her. "Twi! You've finally come out of that darned tree!" Applejack exlaimed hugging the unicorn. "Uh...err... Did you see anypony run by, looking suspicious?" she asked Twilight.

Twilight lied, and replied, "No, But what are you guys doing at here in the park so late?" A question Twilight had already found the answer to. But she was still trying to keep up the act of her ‘innocence’ with them, straining herself to not spill the huge secret that she’d just found out.

Applejack looked at her, "Oh i was just takin' a walk when Rainbow crashed inta' me. So we just sat around and talked. Musta really lost tracka time." Applejack obviously lying, replied. "What are you doin' out here sugar cube?" she inquired of Twilight. Twilight ducked a bit lower, but eventually shot back up and looked right at the bench she had sat on coming into the park.

Twilight showed Applejack a book, "I was reading until I decided to take a walk that way. I left my stuff here knowing nopony really comes out here at night. I was eating an apple, but the apple made me sick. I got a rotten, soft apple, so my stomach is really turning right now." Twilight wasn't lying about the apple part; the rancid apple was twisting her stomach like a washing machine. But she didn’t show it in her face much

"Caramel," Applejack grumbled softly, "Ah'll be sure to talk ta him 'bout that Twi', sorry about the rancid apple ya got. We'd be happy ta’ refund your money if so ya'd like." Applejack's voice was sincere, trying to make Twilight feel better, and show that she was truly looking out for one of her best friends.

"On no, it's quite okay. Anyways, I have to go, I have some studies to do, and Spike wanted me back before dark, which already makes me late." Twilight said insincerely, she didn't like lying but she didn't like losing a friend either.

"Alright sugar cube, y'all don't get too into those books now ya hear?" Applejack said jokingly getting a small smile from the lavender unicorn as Rainbow Dash and Applejack turned away and galloped the direction back to Sweet Apple Acres.

Twilight forced a smile, and then awkwardly galloped back to Ponyville, now feeling the same awkward emotions she had before. Twilight now knew what these feelings meant. She brushed off what she felt just wanting to return home after a long day. Twilight felt no better than before; she actually felt worse, but that wasn’t the primary concern now. Now her emotions were churned, and her perception of her dear friends twisted beyond belief. Why do these emotions have to be so complicated….

Confusion

Twilight finally returned to her home in the library, she'd just run all the way from downtown, and felt short of breath; her breathing having no pattern just deep puffs, almost gasps, of air. She tried to get the image of the two kissing mares out of her mind, but she couldn't. The scene had permeated itself inside of her brain, and she couldn’t shake the images from her mind, and a part of her didn’t really want to anyways. Feeling defeated, her emotions spiraling her out of control, she couldn't help but frustratedly scream at the top of her lungs. "WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO DIFFICULT!" she screamed, waking Spike with a thud as his shocked form arose from the ground, his face cringing as he got up, sore from unexpectedly hitting the ground.

Spike walked up to Twilight, "T-Twilight? Are you feeling okay?" he asked here, genuine concern in his voice. "The only time you really screamed like that was when Pinkie had some ponies throw you up in the air and she wouldn't listen. And just what is so difficult Twilight?" Spike looked at her, she was blushing slightly, and he noticed she was out of breath; and her mane was an absolute wreck. "Twilight, you look horrible! What happened? Did something attack you!?" Spike gasped, "Did somepony get eaten?!" Spike came over to the mare as she brushed him off, gesturing to move back to where he was before.

Twilight sighed, "It's none of that Spike, and it’s a more... Personal issue..." She looked down, pawing at the carpet. Spike looked at her, as if he didn’t really understand what she was talking about, but didn’t want to show it. “It’s a really personal issue…” she said, Spike scratching his head in small amounts of confusion, baffled at why Twilight wasn’t acting like herself now.

Spike raised an eyebrow, "You want me to call you a thereapist?" he inquired reaching for the phone. Starting to dial the numbers before Twilight looked up at him her face slightly angry at him for not getting what exactly she was hinting at in the first place.

Twilight used her magic to put the phone back on the receiver, and looked at Spike. "I mean a really, really personal issue." She was still a soft light red in the face from her exhaustion and 'experience' seeing Applejack and Rainbow Dash. "I just need someone to talk to..." her head lowered. “I just feel like there’s something I really need to tell you. You’ll probably think me crazy if I told you; then lock me up, because I might be crazy then.”

Spike scratched his head, "So you wanna be locked in a mental hospital? I've heard those places aren't pretty you know, especially the crazies pawing at the padding in their cells looking for what isn't there. I don't think you'd like it there Twilight." Once again her true meaning sailing over his head, and him not noticing, making her shoot an even angrier look at the little baby dragon for still not understanding the hints, and small amounts of sarcasm, that she was telling him.

Twilight looked up to the ceiling in frustration and blurted out, "I SAW RAINBOW DASH AND APPLEJACK TOGETHER!" she shoved her hooves into her mouth preventing her from spilling another word. Blushing, embarrassed she'd just spilt her two best friends' secret. But once again her meaning sailing over the innocent little Spike's head, making him scratch his head and bat up his right eyebrow baffled once again by this new stream of behavior from the usually nice, calm, and collected lavender unicorn.

"Friends are supposed to be together, that's why they're friends. You sound like a train wreck Twi' you really, really need to get some sleep." The baby dragon finally finished. Twilight getting up and moving over to him, sighing and parking herself next to his position in the middle of the library, making him look at her even more baffled than before. “Come on, you can’t be serious about that being the big, secret. Friends hang out, so what?” he said, making Twilight shoot up frantically.

Twilight began to speak almost incoherently, "B-But Spike! You don't get what I'm saying!" she was pacing about in a circular pattern, her breaths slow and loud. "I saw Rainbow Dash and Applejack together." She blushed after visualizing the two mares once again locked together kissing passionately; making her close her eyes and shudder slightly, trying to brush off the scene once more. But Spike just didn't seem to understand, he'd just stand there looking at Twilight with a concerned look. Twilight sighed, "Spike, I saw Rainbow Dash kissing Applejack in the park today..." she blushed once again, as Spike's eyes constricted, making him fall back onto the floor and just stare up into Twilight’s eyes.

"YOU SAW WHAT?!" Spike blurted out, his voice loud and sounding almost as frantic as Twilight’s had said just moments before, "APPLEJACK AND RAINBOW DASH?! KISSING!? NO WAY, NO HOW!" Spike screamed, making Twilight jolt back slightly as Spike ranted on. "Twilight, maybe you imagined it, you know. Those feelings and hormones are really getting to your head. I think you just need to relax and sleep it off. You'll feel better in the morning, now I’m going to bed. Good night Twilight." Spike went back to his little bed at the foot of Twilight's and covered up, trying to not instigate the situation any longer, not wanting to make Twilight worry about it anymore.

Twilight began, "But Spike...!" She managed to say before getting a loud 'shhhh' from the baby dragon, him sticking up his pointer finger and pressing them against her lips. Twilight sighed, maybe Spike was right, maybe she'd just imagined it all. She was under a lot of mental stress, making her thought process noticeably slower also. The hormones raging through her really were getting to her head, making her feel much less like herself than she ever had before. She sighed and then lied down upon the bed, the soft warm embrace of her sheets and blanket comforted her, she smiled and closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

"Rainbow Dash, Applejack..." Twilight said blushing as the two came towards her slowly but friendly, with smiles on their faces and a look in their eyes as they saw Twilight lying there in the soft green meadow.

"Hey Twi', there's somthin' me an' Dash wanna' 'show' you." Applejack said and smiled at the lavender unicorn, her smile comforting in an odd way; making Twilight blush and smile back kindly. Coming closer to her, Applejack proceeded to connect her lips with Twilight's, making both of the mares blush a hard and hot red. It was like the force of a thousand spells washed over her, she could feel the sparks generating from their kiss, like how Twilight felt when she completed a spell successfully. Their soft bodies touching one another, providing another source of warmth to the already tingling sensation she felt as Applejack stroked her mane. Twilight felt a heat coming from her haunches, the same feeling she’d felt before when she’d seen Rainbow Dash and Applejack kissing behind a bush in the park.

The two continued kissing, both of them enjoying it as much as the other as Rainbow Dash took her turn with the lavender mare. Connecting her large mouth with Twilight’s soft lips, making Twilight blush an even more solid red as the cyan pegasus explored her body with her hooves, sending soft and gentle ripples of pleasure through the unicorn. Rainbow Dash got up and Applejack came back down upon Twilight, now almost trapping Twilight in the large grip of her muscular hind legs. Applejack’s mouth came back down onto Twilight’s lips, making Twilight close her eyes and move with Applejacks’ gentle caressing kisses.

Applejack slid her tongue between Twilight's teeth, and Twilight blushed a solid hard red. Twilight closed her eyes and embrace the touch of her friend, her hooves softly caressing her body, making her feel warm and tingly; a sensation Twilight had never felt before, like this. Applejack’s muscular build felt good rubbing across Twilight’s upper body, and Rainbow Dash softly caressing near her haunches, making Twilight blush a more solid red, now overtaking her entire head. The two mare’s hooves rubbing in multiple places sending ripples of pleasure throughout her body, her mind subconsciously letting out moans, letting the two mares know of her pleasure; she didn’t want this to end, she never wanted them to stop. The three were lying in the green meadow, kissing, and sending sparks into the very air around them, Twilight feeling the same love that Applejack had in the park, she was now starting to understand what she was going through.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack smiled at each other and then laid Twilight on the ground, "We're going to show you what true pleasure is Twilight. Something your 'books' will never be able to teach you." Rainbow Dash Smiled, getting on top of Twilight, mounting her friend to where there haunches gently touched. Twilight let out a satisfied moan, as Applejack continued to make out with the Lavender unicorn, the Pleasure she felt was immense, and the two mares knew just how to get Twilight excited. Making her moan with amounts of pleasure that she’d never felt before. This level of pleasure was making Twilight feel hot, especially in the areas between her legs, which Rainbow Dash was happy to explore.

As Rainbow Dash’s tongue moved over Twilight’s backside, she let out muffled moans, still having Applejack connected to her lips, both of their tongues exploring the insides of their mouths. Rainbow Dash continued to tease Twilight, licking around her soft lavender haunches, her saliva getting embedded into Twilight’s soft lower body. Twilight’s blush was now even more solid than before, a hot red had overtaken, and plastered itself on her face; and she didn’t know why, but she loved it. She never wanted to go back to how it was before, she wanted the mares to continue on until she felt satisfied; and Twilight was far from it right now.

Rainbow Dash started to move lower and lower, finally connecting with Twilight’s private parts, making Twilight’s eyes shoot open, and making her moan even more passionately than ever before. Her tongue exploring the areas that was always hidden from everypony between her legs, and she was actually letting Rainbow Dash just go to town with her. Her tongue was soft and warm against Twilight’s areas, and it made Twilight go crazy, starting to thrash around with pleasure from the two mares that were softly caressing her, ans pleasuring her in ways she didn’t think was possible without a colt or stallion there; the two were definitely proving her wrong though, and she was glad they were.

"Twilight. Twilight? Twilight!" a small voice called. Twilight looked up from the two mares that were pleasuring her, to realize it was Spike's voice. She looked around frantically, thinking Spike might be watching from somewhere. She was embarrassed to check around andywhere else, as Spike had already probably seen much more than he’d bargained for. “TWILIGHT SPARKLE! COME ON! GET UP!” Spike yelled again, making Twilight look up again as she felt herself shaking slightly.

Twilight gasped, "S-Spike?! Spike... Spike..."

"TWILIGHT!" Spike yelled, finally getting Twilight to awaken, confused as to where she was at the moment. Her mind cleared and it occurred to her that it was all just a dream. She sighed, not of relief; but of minor sadness, she didn’t want the experience to end, but unfortunately, it did, and rather abruptly at that. She looked at Spike, too dazed to really say anything, but spoke it all through her eyes.

"Twilight, what is up with you? You over slept by three hours! You've never over slept by that long! A-Are you sick?! Do you need a doctor pony?! I-I'll go get one of the nurses to help!" Spike was frantically speaking. Twilight just smiled at him, making Spike calm slowly down, by putting her hoof over Spike’s small scaly lips.

"I'm fine Spike; I was just tired. I appreciate you letting me sleep. You can take the rest of the day off. Maybe, go spend the day with Rarity. I don't know; just do whatever you want to my number one assistant. She smiled, and Spike smiled back. When suddenly a knock at the door depleted their moment entirely, the knocks heavy and impatient, like a large manticore was smashing in the door, the knocks becoming more and more impatient the longer she waited to answer it.

"TWILIGHT SPARKLE Y'ALL BETTER OPEN UP THIS HERE DOOR RIGHT NOW!" Applejack screamed her voice of pure anger, the irate earth pony knocked heavily on the door.

"Uh-oh....."

Sexual Conflicts

Twilight sprang up fearfully from her bed, and she now pacing around in circles afraid of what Applejack would do to her if she found out it was her who was peeping in on them in the park last night, "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no." Twilight just repeated the phrase over and over again, her voice grew more and more frantic as she repeated the phrase, now doing it even subconsciously. "Do they know?! If Applejack knows she'll have my hide for sure! I mean, Applejack will take me to the barn and skin my very coat off and then hang my body as a warning to every pony else showing what happened to the last pony that thought that they could get away with watching her! And Rainbow Dash, she'd tell every pony I'm a no good peeping tom! That can’t be good for my reputation, she’ll ruin every single root I have here in Ponyville!" Twilight gasped loudly, “I might have to even move back to Canterlot and Celestia will be so disappointed in me, she’ll remove me from her academy. She might even send me all the back to… Magic Kindergarten!” She slumped onto the floor, afraid of what her friends or soon to be former friends would do to her, and the long term consequences of what they would say. "I really wish I'd have just kept to myself. Minded my own business! Now I might lose two of my best friends over this! I-I didn't mean to stumble upon them!" Her voice started cracking, she looked a mess; her face was scared, scared of what she thought to come.

Spike stopped the panicking unicorn, and nodded. "Twilight, just talk to them, I'm pretty sure they'll understand what you have to say to them, I mean, peeping in on them is a pretty serious thing, and knowing those two they’ll most likely kill you in some of the worst ways possible.” Spike said, as Twilight’s very heart skipped a beat and her face wore a very big fearful look. “But they are your friends by the way, I’m sure that if you just, you know, talk with them, they would understand just what you are going through, and maybe they can even help you get over these feelings." Spike's words soothed Twilight's racing mind, but it still didn't put her worries at bay. She would have to face the infuriated Applejack face to face, and most likely take a couple back hooves to the side of the head, in order to understand.

Twilight gulped and opened the door, "Yes Applejack?" Twilight awkwardly looked at Applejack with Rainbow Dash, sharing her fury, standing behind her, both of them wearing a large scowl, almost a pure deadpan look at Twilight, "You've caught me right in the middle of a critical study for Princess Celestia. I'm afraid I’ll have to get back to you guys whenever I can, so would you please go away so that I can continue my studies so that Princess Celestia doesn’t come after me wondering why I haven’t been working on what she’s asked me to." Twilight said, as she tried to close the door, but Applejack stopped it with her large and muscular foreleg. Twilight lightly gulped at Applejack's gesture, afraid of just what Applejack would do next, but she was prepared to take a couple of hits to her head and body if need be.

Applejack sighed, "Twi' I reckon we need to talk." She said her fury suddenly subsiding. Applejack and Rainbow Dash entered the library and sat down in the kitchen. "Hey, Twilight, can you get me some coffee? That Manehattan roast kind, I have a feeling we're going to be here for a while. For some reason, Applejack has been talking a lot more nowadays, literally nearly talked my ear off a couple of times." Twilight nodded, and went and made a pot of coffee quietly, trying not to show in her body language what she knew about the two mares. As it brewed Applejack began to talk, "Twi'...Was it you who spotted us at tha’ park last night?" Applejack said calmly, her voice had a hint of confusion to it that just lingered in the very atmosphere for a while.

Twilight blushed lowly able to just barely hide her blush from the two, as she was bringing the coffee to the cyan pagasus and orange earth pony, "Uh... Heh... I... Well... You know..." Twilight was put on the spot, her cheeks sustaining a light blush, that was dark enough to show itself, making both of the mares standing in front of her to shoot another signature deadpan stare at her. Twilight gulped then sighed knowing that she had been defeated and her lies seen through, "Yes, It was me... Who saw you two in the park… I was hiding in the bush that was adjacent to you, I lied so you wouldn't get mad at me… You probably must despise me now... I understand if you guys want to drop me as a friend..." Twilight lowered her head, knowing that she was most likely about to get the largest tongue lashing of her entire life.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash looked at each other and burst out laughing making Twilight look back at them with a baffled stare, not knowing just what they were laughing about, "Oh sugar cube we’re sorry ‘bout all that, we didn't mean to scare the livin' heck outta ya. But it's just kinda awkward when you know somepony's watchin' ya... You know, with somepony else. But we get your curiousity, We can tell you have a lot of sexual tension built up. Ya really need to find yaself a nice pony to release that, or you're never gonna feel better, and by the way you’ve been acting, you really need a rather loving one to release all of this onto." Applejack was reasonable, as always; her smile calming the air, but her smile receded as she started examining Twilight’s features slowly contemplating them in her mind.

Rainbow Dash looked down, "Sorry for saying ‘I’ll sock ya’, you didn’t deserve such a comment, though you do deserve a nice pop in the head for spying on us. But you know how awkward it is for somepony to watch you having sex right?" Rainbow Dash and Applejack laughed in sync, their laughs loud and almost simultaneous to each other’s. But Twilight didn't laugh, because she didn't know how awkward it was, the fact of the matter was, she'd never ever had a relationship that ever led that far, and she didn’t know if she ever really wanted to.

Twilight sighed, "So, what do I do then? I can't just go up to any pony and casually say; 'Hey, you, me, sex right now.' Can I?" Twilight laughed a little, and the snickers of her two friends followed suit, their laughs echoed throughout the room, almost seeming to make the very ceiling shake above them. "Well, it seems I'm going to need a bit of help then, I've never really been with any pony, so I have extremely limited experience in the matter. But I have read a lot of romance novels! D-Does that count?" Twilight said ducking her head slightly as the two mares deadpanned her once again.

“No, no it doesn’t” Rainbowe Dash said, her deadpan was the strongest looking in the entire room, making Twilight feel rather uncomfortable seeing it.

Applejack looking into the hopeless unicorn's eyes, " Oh sugar cube, you are going to take a lot of work, I can tell already, but hay maybe you'll fine yerself a nice stallion or mare of your own. Or maybe even a mare, not sure which one y’all would like, I have a feeling stallions though." Applejack Patted Twilight on the back. "Yeah, and, the romance novels don't count for the record, not even in the slightest bit. Them things are fiction Twi', no wonder yer still single, you’re livin’ in your own little romance book fantasy world. I can tell you like books, but books are not yer life Twi', yer life could be so much more! Full of excitement, and no Twi’, action novels do not count in this area either." Applejack looked at the time, "Oh shoot! Come one Rainbow, we gotta go!" Applejack said.

Twilight's look saddened her face seemed to droop lowly, "Why? You were just explaining all of these things, now you're just going to leave me here with my partial knowledge?! How very rude and unprofessional of you two, leaving me here with a little taste of this ‘true romance’ type of conversation, and then just leave like nothing had happened!" Twilight managed to sit down, but couldn't get back up for whatever reason, as if her hind end had become magnetically attracted to the floor. "Please don't leave girls! You have to explain these things to me! I'm sitting here with partial knowledge you know!" Twilight started to weep, her eyes showing hints of sorrow, confusion, and most of all, a lingering depression from her.

Applejack put her foreleg around Twilight's neck, "Sorry Twi' but me and Rainbow have some 'business' to attend to back at Sweet Apple Acres. We'll come back with more knowledge fer ya later sugar cube, knowledge that would blow yer mind at that. Uh... Just try not to peep on other ponies okay? Kinda creepy if I do say so myself, but I have been considered kind of a creeper myself though." With that her and Rainbow Dash rushed out the door, leaving Twilight sparkle alone, and curious.

"I know! I'll visit Fluttershy! Her calm and all around timid ways of handling situations should take my mind off of things!" with that Twilight had her destination in mind, and she started making her trek to the pegasus’ cottage. She wanted to use her teleportation spell, but just popping in on her would be rude, and kind of creepy for her to do. So the unicorn decided to walk, and enjoy the nice day that the weather pegasi had scheduled for today. As she walked she once again passed Caramel, she decided to stop and say hello to him, though she still couldn’t shake the image of an angry Rarity yelling at him for breaking her ‘fabulously decorative masterpieces of windows’. Twilight approached the stand once again greeting caramel in a calm, sweet voice, "Hello Caramel, I'm sorry about your apple cart yesterday." Twilight's voice sounded sincere, remembering it was partially her fault anyways.

The caramel colored pony turned around, "Huh?... Uhhh...." He looked at Twilight as if he'd never seen her before, his eyes lost in total confusion. "I-I'm sorry... You are... Who exactly?" he asked as just then he knocked the safety locking mechanism on the cart, unlocking the wheels sending his apple cart downhill once more. "Oh, horseapples..." The stallion sighed and went after the apple cart not appearing to be in a big hurry, but was still annoyed that he kept losing his applecart like that.

Twilight didn't let that bother her, she continued on her way to Fluttershy's cottage, the nice day persuading her to keep going, no matter how much she just wanted to turn back. She didn’t mind that the day was somewhat cloudy; her day was going along just as she’d planned it to, except for the fact that RD and AJ had found out it was her watching them in the park. But she couldn’t help but feel like she was just missing something. She didn’t try to worry herself in finding what it was; she just wanted to get some answers, and she thought that Fluttershy would be able to alleviate some of the confusion and depression that the mare felt.

She finally got to Fluttershy's cottage after what seemed like days of walking, her hooves hurting from trotting on the dead and prickly brown grass. But the strange thing was that no pony appeared to be home, the lights were dimmed, if they were even on at all, and the house was quieter than usual. Twilight pressed her ear against the door and distinctly heard voices; she couldn’t make them out at first until they started actually conversing. One was unmistakable as Fluttershy's, with her low sound level and all, but the other, was definately one that Twilight had heard before; but she just couldn't remember who it belonged to. The situation baffled her, so she decided to listen in to see if she could get a name to be said.

"Are you ready Fluttershy? Ready for the most mind blowing steam session in the history of all of Equestria?" the first voice said, Twilight hearing where their conversation was going, and let out a fake and exaggerated gag upon hearing it.

"Oh yes... Um, but... O-Only if you are too..." Fluttershy replied back, her voice as timid and mild as it ever was, even when being talked dirty to.

The voice just chuckled, "You aren't as much of a dweeb as I thought, but we've really gotta work on the shyness thing. It’s kind of cramping my mood you know, not dissing you and your shyness any, but… You get what I’m saying." Twilight could feel the dots connecting, but still couldn't remember the voice’s owner. She listened a little bit longer, and heard Fluttershy reply back, this time finally with a name.

"Whatever you say Gilda..." Fluttershy said softly. Twilight moved back from the door in utter shock from the name that she’d just heard. Gilda? GILDA?! Why in all of Equestria would a pony like Fluttershy, be doing with a mean spirit like Gilda! The whole thing made her head spin like she’d just come off of a merry-go-round that spun a bit too fast. Most ponies couldn't stand to be near Gilda, let alone have that troublesome beast around them almost all of the time. And after how badly Gilda had treated Fluttershy that one day in Ponyville didn’t exactly show the best first impression ever.

Twilight knocked on Fluttershy's door, though not intentionally, her hoof clacked upon the wooden door as Fluttershy came to answer the door. "Oh, hello Twilight, um, d-do you think you can come back another time maybe? I'm kind of, you know... in the middle of something... But um, I-I'll leave that up to you... Um, i-if that's okay..." Fluttershy's voice was as weak and soft as ever, but she knew what Fluttershy was embarrassed about.

"Don't worry, I'll come back another time. You can continue, whatever...it is...you're doing..." Twilight started to blush knowing what they were about to do, and she apparently didn’t hide the blush very well, Fluttershy shooting a look at her. "Sorry to bother you for no reason then Fluttershy." Twilight turned to leave but was stopped by Fluttershy’s timid voice.

Fluttershy quickly said before Twilight was out of view of her, "Come back tomorrow and I'll formally introduce you to my girlfriend... Umm... If you want to that is..."

Twilight smiled falsely, already knowing well enough about Gilda and her mean spirits, "I'd love to sometime, but I must be going. Tell her I said hello though." Twilight started to prance off into the distance, now unsure of where she would go next but then again, she was kind of afraid to find out what just random thing would happen next...

Forbidden Desire

Twilight sighed, no pony to comfort her, just an enveloping depression, a constant funk that started hanging over the studious mare's head, making her start to give up on what she thought she wanted from life. She didn't care to check up on Pinkie, she just walked to Sugar Cube Corner to get something to ease her depression, if only just making it recede for a bit. She walked in to be greeted by the happy and fairly active Pinkie Pie; bouncing around happily, without a care in the world, her antica always used to cheer Twilight up when she was feeling down, but it didn’t really work today. Unfortunately, Twilight could not feel that same feeling of free-spirit as Pinkie Pie could; though she's always wanted to. Twilight sighed loudly and walked up to the front counter where she was greeted by Mrs. Cake, who proceeded to ask what she wanted. "I'll take a whole cake, marble, with extra frosting. Could you make that an ice cream cake too? And I’ll have a couple dozen cupcakes, whipped icing and cream filling please. And could you use a cream cheese icing, the other icings really don’t taste right to me, and as for the filling, I’d like buttercream icing if you can." Twilight sighed, knowing that the pleasure foods would only curb the feelings for a little bit, and they would really take a hit to her stomach. Mrs. Cake wrote down the specific instructions, because she knew how Twilight was about perfection, being last time she ordered cupcakes she had to have the cupcakes perfectly frosted, and fidgeted around with an icing spatula until the icing was basically gone anyways.

Mrs. Cake looked into the depressed mare's eyes, "Okay, just about got it, was there anything else you needed from us dear?" she said with a calm and soothing voice, "Or will that be all you required?" she finished.

Twilight looked up, "That's all I want from here yes." she looked down and sighed unhappily. She looked up at Mrs. Cake, "And yes well, could you please point me in the direction of the nearest liquor store? I'd really appreciate it if you could..." Twilight looked shyly down, hoping her request wouldn't set Mrs. Cake off too much; which it did anyways, and also as she said that, Pinkie took notice and came over to her, but said nothing. All she did was give an ominous stare at Twilight, as if she didn't know that side of Twilight that results to comfort food and booze to cheer her up, but the stare from Pinkie wasn’t making Twilight feel too much better either though.

Mrs. Cake was slightly shocked, "I-I never took you for that kind of pony Twilight... But there's one over by Quills and Sofas, coming from here, it's on the left side it’s a small building with a little neon sign out front. Dear... Are you okay? You seem... Well, distraught, like something's been eating at you, just remember this, you can talk to us anytime you have a problem dear. That'll be forty-seven bits please, will that be paid in cash, or would you like us to start you a tab?" Mrs. Cake's face was disappointed that Twilight, undoubtedly the smartest pony in all Ponyville was going to ruin and waste her brain cells with the influence of alcohol. But she knew she would be unable to get through to her, so she just let out an exasperated sigh and looked upon the lost mare’s face. Her eyes were screaming for help, and her heart was just screaming for a little love.

Twilight happily complied, and took the bits from her saddlebags and paid her, laying out the bits in a perfect stack upon the counter. But when Mrs. Cake counted she looked back at Twilight slightly confused, her eyebrow raised up slightly at the lavender unicorn.

"Dear, this is fifty-seven bits. Are you sure you're okay?" Mrs. Cake's voice was now concerned for the lavender colored unicorn. "I'll just go ahead and give you the extra ten bits that you overpaid with back." Mrs. Cake tried to return the money, but Twilight wouldn't take it, the elusive unicorn backing away from the flailing arm trying to return her money as if she didn’t want anything to do with it.

Twilight responded, "It's for the extra icing, I mean I want a lot of icing with these, I really mean as much as you can put on it and still be able to close the box." Her face ducked lower, as her expectations for herself grew much lower by the moment, and she didn’t know why she was resorting to all this. "I won't take it back, and I highly thank you for the information. I'll just go ahead and head on over there right now and get out of your manes." Twilight sighed, and lowered her head in shame knowing she was about to indulge two things she didn't think she'd ever do; overeating her usual amounts of sweets, and giving in to the call of the bottle. But she just couldn't resist herself, she'd read in her books that alcohol dims brain cells by blocking certain nerve endings and brain passageways, but will also take away almost any kind of pain; mental or physical.

Mrs. Cake nodded, "Well, okay dearie, just please don't drink too much okay? We'd hate to have to see the smartest pony in perhaps all of Equestria, to be running around like a maniac, screaming at random bystanders as if they belonged in a mental asylum. You do not want that, trust me dearie, I know from estensive amounts of experience on the matter." Twilight looked at Mrs. Cake, her innocent face; Twilight never thought that Mrs. Cake had ever touched alcohol, let alone abused its influence. "I was a heavy drinker when I was younger; being that I was just old enough to drink, so I turned to liquor, any kind of liquor actually. I wasn’t very picky when it came to the bottle, I drank Hoovshire, Buck Daniels, Shiner Bock, and almost every type of vodka out there. And then, soon enough, I drank more and more, starting fights, causing quite the ruckus with the ponies around Ponyville. I quit because one day I kind of decided to start a fight with one of Celestia's guards, I was so heavily drunk when they got me on the ground I sort of, maybe, passed out? When I woke up, I was in prison, though Celestia was going to let me go, I still needed to perform some community service. Though I was young and rebellious, I knew better then to defy a direct punishment from Celestia, being the last one was her sister and we all know where that little disagreement led. So I served my time, that's when I met Mr. Cake, I was cleaning up around a shop, it was a bit of a dump though, but I saw that Mr. Cake was out there, our eyes locked and it was like love at first sight. We talked a bit; I found out that he was a custodian for a snooty pair of ponies, and that he absolutely despised his job with them, but it was his only way to make money for the moment. I told him everything I'd done, the drinking, the fights, and what got me on the clean-up team in the first place," A smile emanated from her face, "He didn't care in the slightest sense, he was just an all-around kind colt, and when I’d served my time, we'd formally started dating. And one thing led to another, and here we are happily living together so many years later. Without alcohol, I’d have never met him really; he worked in a secluded part of Ponyville I never really seemed to have reason to venture into. And without him, I would've never gotten over my addiction, funny how these things work themselves out like this huh? So I ask you to please not make the same mistakes I did, I mean, alcohol is okay from time to time, but only in smaller amounts. If you start drinking like a Stalliongrad guard, you might never know what may happen after the world starts fading around you." Mrs. Cake had been talking for about ten minutes, and Twilight was interested in her story, but she was too depressed to heed the old mare's warning near the end, so it just seemed to soar over her head.

Twilight put on a fake smile, "I'll be sure not to abuse the substance, I thank you for the warning though." And with that, Twilight left in a haste to get to the liquor store, she just wanted to get there and get out before any pony saw her do so. Though she had unknowingly ingested alcohol before at one of Pinkie’s ‘special events’, she had stopped once she found out what she was drinking. She had never had the sensation of being drunk, her mind contemplated, battling with its own thoughts; was turning to drinking really the best idea for her? She shook the voices from her head, when she found herself in front of the liquor shop; the only thing distinguishing it from any other structure were the bars on the windows and doors, and a small sign saying I.D. is required for the purchasing of alcohol along with a very dimly lit neon sign above the other smaller signs. And slightly above the other signs was a larger one with the royal Equestrian seal saying, 'Consumption of alcohol on the premises is strictly prohibited by order of Celestia of Canterlot.' Twilight shook her head and went inside; and immediately the smell of alcohol filled her nostrils. But for some reason she liked that, the smell luring her inside; making her start to inch slowly into the small market of liquor.

A large gray stallion cleared his throat trying to catch Twilight's attention, "Identification if you would please ma'am," he said demandingly, making Twilight cringe at his loud and eerie sounding voice that boomed inside the small shop.

Twilight felt stupid, "Oh yes, very sorry about that, but of course sir," Twilight shuffled around in her saddlebags, the sound of coins jingling around as she frantically searched for mean of identification until she finally was able to pull out her I.D. "Here you go sir, extremely sorry about that setback." she blushed slightly, embarrassed that she'd forgotten to get her I.D. out in advance.

The stallion nodded, "Everything seems to check out ma'am, feel free to browse our wares all you want. If you're relatively new to drinking, you really might wanna start small. I'm just making a suggestion, but you should maybe try something like a light alcohol, don’t start with anything too heavy beforehoof," he said as he went back to the front door, but was stopped by Twilight, who was still kind of mystified by the exotic smell filling the room.

"What is that smell anyways? It's sweet, but it has a hint of alcohol to it." Twilight's nostrils flared up in the exotic scent, smelling the air passionately, making that large stallion chuckle with a mix of confusion and worry for the small lavender mare before him.

"That is something relatively new that we just got in stock, Sweet Apple Acres, spiked cider. Apparently Applejack and Macintosh started fermenting in their apple cellar a while back, and still they forgot that they’re actually supposed to check on the apples while they ferment. So all I’m saying to you is it can be strong as hay, but besides that, it certainly is quite the pleasant drink. But if you aren't used to alcohol, it can be a real kick in the teeth when you first try It." the gray stallion said, not shifting much position, just stood there looking at Twilight, "There's a free sample of it at the front desk, all you have to do is just ask my brother if you want to try some. I’m pretty sure that he’ll be more than happy to comply with your demands." After finishing, he then moved back to his position beside the door, looking almost as if Twilight had never spoken to him, but she brushed just it off and moved on to the front counter.

"Excuse me, but your um, brother over there told me you had a sample of that new apple cider. I'd truly like to try some, if you don't mind that is..." Twilight listened to herself. Her depression had started to make her sound a bit like Fluttershy, but she quickly snapped out of it when the cashier replied to her.

"Oh well sure, I’d be glad to give ya’ a sample. Try to keep from yelling or anything, it’s some pretty strong stuff, buckin’ extreme if you ask me." He said jokingly as he grabbed a bottle which he had made especially for the cider, and poured the cider into a cup and handed it to Twilight. He smiled while Twilight grabbed the cup with her magic and put it up to her lips, and took a sip.

As she took that first sip her eyes widened, and she felt a slight burning sensation in the back of her throat. But as she swallowed, it spread out through her body giving her body a very nice and even warmth to it. "Wow that really is a kick in the teeth! I’ve never drank such a strong bucking thing in all of my life!" Twilight exclaimed, getting a chuckle from the cashier. "How much is it for a case?" Twilight inquired of him.

He looked at a chart posted, "Well there's bottles and cans, which would you prefer? Bottles are in a pack of four, the cans in a pack of six. But the bottles are 30 fluid ounces each, for those who like to drink quite a bit at a time, and the cans are 20 fluid ounces for those who like to drink a little at a time. Both equal out in total to 120 fluid ounces, and both are the same price, so take your pick." he smiled waiting for an answer from the unicorn, who still felt the warmth of the sample inside her.

"I'll take one of each thank you, I suppose I’ll ease into it with the cans, and work my way up to the bottle." she replied getting a soft-hearted chuckle out of the stallion behind the cash register. "How much will that come out to be anyways?" Twilight inquired, having never purchased alcohol before.

"That comes out to be thirty bits ma'am," he said calmly grabbing the cider from behind the counter and putting it in a big brown paper bag; wringing up the purchase on his register. “Will that be cash or credit?”

Thirty bits?! Twilight thought, anything for comfort I suppose, plus everypony kept telling me to try new things, thought this isn't exactly what they meant by it. "I’m going to be paying in cash,” Twilight replied, digging the money from her saddlebags and handing it to the cashier, who then put the money in the register and packed a small bottle of whiskey into the bag. "Why'd you put in the other thing?" she asked, "I'm pretty sure I didn't buy that... D-Did I?" she thought maybe the alcohol was getting to her, but the stallion smiled at her.

"You get a free small bottle of the best-selling whiskey with a purchase of twenty-five bits or more," he replied handing the bag to Twilight. "Have a nice day ma'am, hope to see you again soon. But not too soon ya’ hear?" he said chuckling slightly at his own joke.

Twilight smiled, "Oh yes thank you, and have a nice day yourself." she walked out of the liquor store, which she'd been inside of for thirty-eight minutes, the longest that she’d ever spent in one place. "Oh, wow. I really lost track of time. Mrs. Cake said the cakes should be ready in twenty minutes. She tucked the newly bought alcohol in her saddlebags hoping that no pony had seen that she had bought something from inside the store. She then made her way back over to Sugar Cube Corner to get her sweets, still feeling slightly disoriented from the alcohol earlier before, but brushed it off as she entered Sugar Cube Corner.

Mrs. Cake smiled, "Your sweets have been done for a while, they’re in the back I'll go ahead fetch them for you dear, I'll be right back." She said as she left into the back room, where Twilight knew there was a fridge and freezer. She came back moments later with the two dozen cupcakes and ice cream cake. "Just like you asked, we put as much icing as we could and still be able to close the box. We had to have Pinkie spread the icing though, we couldn’t get it just right, but she did it without breaking a sweat. She really seems to know you, nice to know she has an interest in such a great pony." she said handing the sweets over to Twilight, as Twilight grabbed them with her magic and smiled at Mrs. Cake, who shared a smile back with her.

"Thank you very much Mrs. Cake, I appreciate you taking my request seriously." she replied, her breath still smelled slightly of alcohol, but Mrs. Cake didn't seem to notice. That or she really had one hell of a poker face, preventing Twilight from seeing what she truly was thinking.

"Anytime dearie, now run along home, it's getting dark you know." Mrs. Cake said jokingly, smiled, and left from behind the counter to hang a 'closed' sign in the window after she left, then she turned the lights off, and went casually to bed.

Twilight thought the day was going pretty well, she'd discovered she had a secret love for strong alcohol, and she'd heard a story from Mrs. Cake, who rarely ever tells tales to any pony. But she couldn't wait to get home so she could open a nice can of apple cider, have a cupcake and relax. Relax... Something she hadn't done for weeks, but with all these ingredients she would make herself relax. She trotted home contently opening the door to the library and taking out the brown paper bag. Little did she know, Spike had not yet gone to bed and was still hanging around in the main room of the library.

Spike looked at Twilight, "What's in the brown bag Twi'?" he asked with curiosity in his voice. Twilight shot her gaze to him, and quickly hid the bag behind her back.

"What bag? I see no bag! eheheheh..." Twilight was sheepish and anxious, but Spike's gaze made her sigh. "Don't tell any pony, but..." She brought Spike closer to herself, "I bought myself some alcohol today... B-but it was only a little bit!" Twilight said defensively and stood back, while Spike stared at her dumbfounded. "I know it doesn't seem likely, but it's the truth... I swear on my apprenticeship to Princess Celestia." she said shyly to the little dragon, staring at her confusedly.

"No seriously, what's in the bag." Spike didn't believe her story, which made her roll her eyes and take the alcohol from the bag. Spikes was shocked that Twilight the one who said ‘alcohol is bad’ and kills brain cells, and that she would never, ever consume it willingly, was actually saying that she not only liked it, she would drink it with any chance she could get! "Twilight, since when did you resort to drinking?" he inquired with pure shock in his voice.

Twilight chuckled nervously, "Just today actually, I got myself some spiked apple cider at the liquor store just a while ago. It's pretty good, but extremely strong, I don't know if I could drink a whole can by myself." She then turned to the sweets, " Oh yeah, I got some sweets too, just some comfort food really..." She took one of the cans of cider and opened it, as Spike watched her to see if she would back down or not. She didn't, gulping down the strong cider, and eating cupcakes, it was like a bad horror movie where the ponies eat and drink and a killer comes out of the randomest place and kills them all, but the likelihood of that happening is close to none in this case.

Spike didn't believe it, Twilight was actually drinking! And she was gulping down the liquid without even batting a single eyebrow. Though he was saddened that she chose such an addicting thing, he was happy she'd finally started to liven up a bit. He decided to join her, substituting the alcohol with a bottle of root beer that he liked so much. Both of them were devouring the sweet cupcakes, but then Twilight turned to the cake. She'd forgotten all about it, she didn't want to waste it, so she stood up and grabbed two plates, two forks and a knife and started to set the plates in front of her and Spike.

Twilight cut the cake into equal slices, an amazing feat since she had already gone through, half of the six pack of cider. Twilight added gems to Spike's piece, even when drunk out of her mind she knew what Spike liked, and he didn’t spend a single second before burying his face in the slice of cake, devouring it and the gems upon it. They talked for a while, eating the cake until Spike has decided it was about time he went to bed. Twilight looked around, her and Spike had appeared to have eaten all of the cake, and all of the cupcakes. Twilight was amazed, never thinking she could eat so much. Not only that, but twilight noticed she had drank every last bit of the spiked cider, bottles and cans! She was swaying side to side, hiccupping, "Maybe *hiccup* I should *hiccup* go to bed now..." she said.

She spotted the small bottle of whiskey, and asked herself why not? She gulped down the strong liquor and clumsily stumbled up the stairs and laid down in her bed, her thoughts were numbed, the emotional pain, gone just like that, and that brought a smile to her face. She felt warm and tingly, and her mind was completely and utterly dumbed, and she loved that, now her thoughts were at bay, and she was in a state of peace. She drifted off to sleep piss drunk, or more so passed out in her bed. Her day had worked out pretty nicely in her opinion... But that would be more than she could say about what the morning might bring her...

Drunken Aftermath

Twilight sparkle awoke her head pounding like a pony was giving straight, rhythmic kicks to her temples, the pain reverberating around in her skull like too loud of music. She got up, and immediately shot to the bathroom, and regurgitated the cupcakes into the toilet. She was in immense pain, her throat burning, her head pounding, and her thoughts were slightly cloudy for some time afterwards. If only she'd known this is what alcohol did to you afterwards! She'd have never drank that accursed alcohol if she'd known this was her fate after consuming it! Her mind was clear, but under pressure, like some pony was standing upon her head, applying steady pressure to her skull and brain. "Oooooh.... Sp-Spik--" she threw up again, the sensation burning her throat as the alcohol forced itself out of her body, sending up partly digested cupcakes up with it.

Spike came in and saw Twilight crouched over the toilet in immense pain her face having drool spilling from it as she threw up everything that she’d had the previous day, "Twi'! Are you okay?!" he asked with great amounts of concern in his voice. "W-What's wrong?! A-Are you sick or something?!" Spike's tone was frantic; he was now pacing around in circles in the white tiled, newly cleaned bathroom, which was now ruined with spots of regurgitated hay fries, daffodil sandwiches and cupcakes. Twilight threw up again, and nodded at Spike, signifying she was okay, but in quite a bit of pain from the stomach acid and alcohol that she was throwing up. But the way she was throwing up was concerning Spike even more, her friend in pain in front of the toilet puking brought a sadness over him. "Are you sure you're okay? You look sick as a dog!" Spike hadn't known where that expression had come from, but he’d used it anyways.

“I'm fine... I’m absolutely--” she turned her head and puked again, “J-just f-find me the book...” She kept throwing up, she could barely complete a thought without her body rejecting what was in it, and expelling it from out her muzzle. "The book, 'Effects of Alcohol Poisoning'..." she turned and threw up into the toilet again, flushing it and puking once more. Her eyes were wracked with pain, her body twitching slightly; she was in more pain than before, but couldn't give up on alcohol. She'd figured out she'd become addicted to the sweet liquid, but she didn't care. It's an acquired feeling I suppose, drink more and it'll eventually go away... she thought to herself, throwing up again, the constant gag and puking patterns starting to hurt her throat.

Downstairs Spike frantically threw books all over the place looking for the book Twilight mentioned. "You're friend Alcohol, no... My buddy Beer, no... Alcohol, nature's love juice, no! Ugh! Where is it!” Owlowiscious Swooped down with the book, having found it with ease. "Show off..." Spike muttered running the book upstairs to the still sickly looking, and puking, Twilight Sparkle. She looked horrible, even more so than she had before, her mane encrusted with vomit, and her eyes were in agonizing pain. She had nothing left to throw up, but the Alcohol in her body was still causing her to dry heave, Spike could see the pain radiate through her eyes. "Uhhh... Here's the book you wanted. I’m not sure exactly why you wanted it, but here it is anyways." He said taking a step back from her, trying to not crowd her as she took the book.

Twilight smiled, "T-Thank you..." she said letting out another loud bellow of a dry heave, and then opened the book. ‘Alcohol poisoning; a serious poisoning that attacks the stomach and nerves, evntually causing death if not purged from the body.’ Twilight's eyes constricted, and she dry heaved again she let out a small scream. "Spike! This book says I'll die if I don't purge the alcohol! WHAT DO I DO!" Twilight's fright made her cut a few words from her speech, "WHAT DO, WHAT DO, WHAT DO!" she screamed, making almost absolutely no sense what-so-ever.

"Uhhh... Errr... Twi’?"

"I'M GOING TO DIE! OH PLEASE SAY IT AIN'T SO! THE WORLD I'VE COME TO LOVE! I JUST CAN’T LEAVE IT NOW!"

"Twilight..."

"ALL MY FRIENDS! THEY'LL ALL BE CRYING AND LOST WITHOUT ME! WHY ME!”

"Twilight..."

"THEY'LL CLOSE DOWN THE LIBRARY! ALL THESE BOOKS WILL GO TO WASTE! THEIR KNOWLEDGE NO LONGER THRUSTING ITSELF UPON THE WORLD! AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PAST MAY BE LOST FOREVER!"

"TWILIGHT! DAMN IT YOU AREN'T GOING TO DIE!" Spike finally snapped at the pathetic looking bawling mare.

Twilight looked at him holding back the dry heaves, "I-I'm not? How can you be so sure?" she inquired of him pathetically.

"I found it in this book, one called ‘Alcohol Related Sicknesses’; it says here that what you’re experiencing right now is something called a 'hangover.' Something you get by drinking too much at one time. It's common and every pony gets one after getting piss drunk, and you didn’t just get piss drunk, you just about got as hammered as you can get without dying. But Twi' don't you ever drink like that again! It's not healthy for you. Okay Twilight? I should’ve stopped you, but I was happy that you were finally branching out into something new, but you kind of took it a little far there… Like that incident with a certain energy drink. That ‘encounter’ with Rainbow Dash and the Red Pegasus?" Spike's words were sincere except for the last part that was trying to make Twilight feel guilty that something like this had in fact happened before, when a sudden knock at the door snapped him from his cheering Twilight up. "Oh, uh, I'll get it, here read up. It says there's a remedy to make you feel better and tame the dry heaves and all." Spike gave Twilight the book and proceeded downstairs into the library itself.

He opened the door to reveal Rob, a stallion that had just come into town a while ago. "Beat it, library's closed today." Spike said, unamused, being taken away from his one chance to really impress Twilight, making his attitude become bitter.

"Ex... Excuse me?" Rob stood in the doorway dumbfounded, his eyes crossing in confusion. "I just needed to check out some books you know... This new job and all..." he finally managed to mutter, as Spike just mocked his words with his hands.

Spike sighed, "You know what? Unless you wanna see a sad, pathetic mare with a hangover spew her internal organs out into a large white porcelain toilet be my freakin' guest pal." Spike's words were mean, and they got to Rob.

Rob moved back shocked on how he was getting spoken to by the baby dragon, "That's certainly... a vivid... image..." He sat down slightly confused still. “Okay look, can I just check out the damn book so we can both get on with our lives?” he said impatiently to the baby dragon. Big Macintosh was accompanying Rob, but not really saying a whole lot about what was going on.

Spike stared at him, "Hmmmm... Yeah, nope, now get outta here before I pop you for talkin' to me like that! Now scram, get outta here!" he replied, trying to be intimidating, and it obviously wasn't working for him too well.

Big Macintosh finally decided to speak, but what he said didn’t alleviate any aspect of the situation whatsoever, “Ya’ just got dissed by a little baby dragon, that must really hurt ya’ pride huh Rob?” he said as Rob shot an angered look to Big Macintosh, as he stopped smiling and coughed nervously.

Rob stood up now, his body language speaking that he was getting extremely annoyed with Spike. "Dude, what the hay is your goddamn problem! I just want to check out a book so I can do my job!" He screamed at the Baby dragon, "You know what, forget it, but this ain't through little man, not by a bucking longshot. You best sleep with one eye open you little runt, or I’ll get ya’ while ya’ sleep." He started to walk off when Spike, enraged, threw a cupcake landing right on the side of his head. He turned around and wiped the cupcakes and frosting off his face. His look sternly pierced into Spike's soul, scaring him slightly. He turned and left muttering to himself, "Who throws a cupcake... Honestly..." He then turned to see Big Macintosh laughing at him and said, “Oh shut up you big oaf…” as he disappeared into the morning light.

Spike closed the door, and shuddered at the icy stare of that stallion, he could feel the remnants still peering into his soul stealing his very security with himself. He shrugged it off and returned upstairs, Twilight up and around already feeling better. "Wow Spike, that recipe really did the trick! I feel just fine now, better than before actually, by the way... Who was that at the door?" Twilight inquired cleaning the bathroom and running a bath to clean all of the vomit and saliva out of her coat and mane up. Spike just rubbed his "Spike, I'm still waiting for an answer you know?" she said dusting behind the toilet, trying to make the room as clean as possible.

Spike raspberried, "Just that new stallion, Rob, or whatever..." he said with an unamused and uncaring tone.

As he said that Twilight's eyes opened wide and she blushed slightly. "He was here? Why'd he leave though? He told me he'd come back, but I didn't expect him today." Twilight put down the duster she was levitating. "Spike, tell me. Why did he leave? If he was coming to check out a book, I would've heard the stamper." Twilight's face grew restless, "Spike... What did you do to him?" she asked Spike casually, but with a stern tone that made him shiver.

"Uh... Well... Funny story about that! You know... He... Uhhh… Had someplace to be! Yeah, that's it! And he had to leave in a major hurry and didn’t have any time to chat!" Spike's tone always changed when he was lying, and Twilight knew that he was lying. “W-well, that’s my story and I’m… St-sticking to it?” Spike said as he let out a small nervous chuckle, making Twilight deadpan her little violet scaled friend.

Twilight hardened her gaze, "Spike, you will stop lying to me this young man! That is not how mature folk do things! You will tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth; and you're going to do it right now!" Twilight's voice echoed in the bedroom, giving Spike an uneasy feeling.

"I-I threw a cupcake at him!" Spike cowered from the now enraged Twilight.

"YOU DID WHAT!? WHY THE HAY DID YOU DO THAT?! Wait... I thought that we ate all of the cupcakes..." Twilight's anger was washed out by her confusion. "Hmmm...." Twilight sat scratching her head with her hoof.

Spike confessed, "I… may have hid one or two... or... like seven..." He smiled awkwardly at Twilight hoping she, in her lapse of anger and attention, had forgotten what he'd just confessed to.

Twilight rolled her eyes, "Spike, please, please, please don't anger Rob... I... I like it when he comes around." Twilight said slightly blushing thinking about the stallion. "J-Just... Don't ruin this for me Spike... I've never really felt... attracted to any pony before, so this feeling is new... And since he's new here, he hasn't been chased off by my eggheadedness... well, yet I suppose…" Twilight lowered her head, blushing, still thinking of the new stallion and his thick muscular body, his beautiful eyes, and his excellent personality. Twilight hadn't really noticed just how she felt about this stallion until his return today, she'd thought of him, one time during something she's not particularly proud of though...

Spike faked an exaggerated gag, "You seriously can't like that arrogant stallion! He's from Stalliongrad, that makes him trouble Twilight! I couldn't ever let him hurt you." Spike said thinking his words would calm Twilight knowing he thought of her; but no. This made Twilight just as worked up and angered as before, actually, a slight bit more than before.

"Oh, so he's trouble by comparison?! Spike, you know that you just can't judge ponies like that! You barely even know him anyways! Why do you think he's sooooo bad huh?" Twilight squinted her eyes angrily at Spike, "Spike, I'm sorry, but you're really getting out of hoof nowadays. Ever since he showed up that one day, you've been nothing but a spoiled little brat! Well no more Spike! You are a baby dragon yes, but you need to learn to grow up!" Twilight was infuriated at Spike, "Ugh! Spike, I'm going out for a walk and some fresh air..." Twilight said grabbing her saddlebags, "Now can you just try not to screw anything else up while I’m gone..." with that Twilight went out the door, she wasn't going for some fresh air, she was going to buy more alcohol. With it she felt happy, like there was no more pain in her life. She needed the alcohol, she thrived for it. Even just after getting over a massive hangover, she felt compelled to drink more now! She even thought of buying mass quantities to have stored at the library, for whenever life gave her a little too much stress.

She made her way through town to the liquor store, and looked around so that no pony that knew her would see her enter. After making sure no pony she knew was looking, she slipped inside the doors, showing her I.D. right off this time, and moving over to the counter. Bon-Bon and Heartstring, which they nick-named Lyra, were at the counter buying wine, it seemed they went through a bottle a day. But compared to Twilight's alcohol consumption, a bottle of wine was absolutely nothing. The two left the counter leaving it free, as Twilight approached it. The familiar face of the cashier emanated a smile on her face, even though she barely knew him.

"So, what brings you back today?" he asked in a soft calm voice. Looking at the mare, he could tell she'd just gotten over a hangover, and was still pretty shaken up about the whole ordeal. He chuckled slightly, "We warned you that stuff was strong, how much of the can or bottle did you finish before you stopped?" he asked her calmly.

Twilight looked up at him and softly replied, "All of them..." a chuckle coming from the stallion behind the counter.

"You managed to finish a whole can? I’d have never thought I’d see the day." He said with a chuckle.

Twilight blushed, "I managed to finish a whole case... Well two to be exact... And the little bottle of whiskey..." she pawed the ground slightly looking up to the shocked cashier. She knew that he didn't believe her. But that didn’t matter, all she wanted was the alcohol, the one thing that brought meaning to her life, if only a temporary feeling of security; she liked it nonetheless.

The cashier snapped out of it finally, "Err, sorry, how many cases did you want today?" he asked her.

Twilight looked him right in the eyes, "Ten cases... bottles and cans. Not combined, ten cases of each." Twilight had a stern look in her eyes. She was determined to get as much as she could, "Actually make that all bottles. It tastes a lot better coming from the bottle because the alcohol isn't reacting with the aluminum in the cans."

The stallion's jaw dropped, "What can one mare do with all that alcohol?" he asked Twilight seriously.

Twilight looked at him, the same look in her eyes and sighed, "I'm going to drink to my little lonely heart's content. Drown out my sorrows with the warm embrace from a cold bottle." She replied seriously, shocking the stallion ever more.

"That comes out to be three hundred bits though! No pony ever to come in here has had an order this large! We've never even got an order this big for a party! Are you sure that you can pay for it?" he asked her, his eyes for an odd reason widened

Twilight nodded, jingling her saddlebags around, the jingling of coin filled the room. "Deliver it to the library, here are the bits. I counted them precisely. Just send the saddlebags back with the delivery." Twilight walked out of the store, satisfied.

Twilight spotted Rob, looking around, when he spotted Twilight. He trotted over slowly; Twilight could tell he was wet, and cold by the way he was shivering. "Rob! What happened to you?" She asked, looking at him while he shivered slightly.

Rob looked up at Twilight, "Your little dragon friend soaked me with water... I knocked on the door to get that book, hoping you were feeling better, and I brought you some flowers... But they all got washed away when that little dragon shot me with the water... Now if you want them, you can probably fetch them somewhere from the sewer pipes…" He was shivering quite a bit now, "Anyways, just thought you should know. And I’m gl-glad that you're f-feeling b-better," the cold air made him start to stutter.

Twilight helped him up, "Okay come on, you're coming back with me. I just can't leave you out in the cold like this. It’s immoral and wrong of me to deny any pony that needs help, now come on." She said starting to direct him with her towards the library. They approached the door, Twilight noticed the door was locked. "Ugh, I must've forgotten my key inside." she knocked on the door, and waited for an answer. A minute later the door swung open, and Twilight was ambushed with a cold pail of water to her body. Her eyes consticted, and squinted, they could almost see the steam she was creating, and she was blushing immensely, having been completely embarrassed like that, she screamed with a loud a noticeable bellow, "SSSSSPPPPPPPPPPPPIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" she yelled angrily, her voice carrying over and echoing throughout all of Ponyville.

The baby dragon gulped nervously, "Whoops...."

Returning Desire

An infuriated pacing and wet Twilight stood taking a towel to dry herself off with. She shot occasional glances at Spike, "You know what Spike! I've have had ENOUGH! Of you, your selfishness and your DAMN MOTHERBUCKING ANTICS! I'm sorry Spike, but you've forced my hoof down upon this matter. You have given me no further decisions Spike, I'm sending you to stay with Fluttershy for the next week or two. Maybe you’ll figure yourself out or you'll never, ever, set a single foot in this library again!" Twilight's words hurt spike, piercing him like knives he tried to speak but was cut off by Twilight. "Don't even talk to me! Your negligence and jealousy have gotten the best of you! Now pack your things and go." she finished with a snort.

"B-But Twi'..." Spike said, once again cut-off by Twilight still enraged.

"NO! PACK YOUR THINGS AND GO! NO MORE EXCUSES FROM YOU SPIKE, NO MORE ANYTHING. YOUR FACES AND TRICKS WON'T WORK ON ME ANYMORE!" Twilight started to tear up kicking her friend out, but she felt that she no longer had any choice. "NOW GET OUT!" She screamed, taking Spike and throwing him out of the door harshly; making him land on his scales and on some of his jewels he'd packed along. He felt alone now, kicked out by his best friend, his eyes started to water lightly. But he eventually got up and started walking slowly away, completely unsure of where his feet would take him.

Twilight gave Rob, whom was sitting soaking wet on the floor in the middle of the library, a towel, "I'm very sorry about his actions. I don't know why he's acting like that..." Twilight finished wiping her face; lightly blushing having the dripping wet stallion standing in front of her, fulfilling her strongest fantasies of him. She quickly turned away, trying to hide her blush as the stallion started to wipe himself off.

"It's fine, just... Well… Just try to keep that scaly little bastard away from me. He doesn't seem to be too accustomed to me really..." He said wiping off his face his hair becoming messy as he did. He then sniffed the air randomly making Twilight look at him with a baffled face, "Is that alcohol I smell?" he inquired of her. Twilight blushed immediately, trying to push off the question as long as possible she went back to drying herself off. Rob caught on to what she was trying to do, "I mean it's absolutely none of my business, but why the hay do I smell alcohol?" His nostrils were flaring, trying to pinpoint the smell's point of origin. "Being from Stalliongrad, you were either a heavy drinker, or anti-alcoholic. In any case, I was neither, I liked having alcohol; but I can't hold the shit, just goes straight bucking through me. I don't think you would be able to get the meaning out of what I’m saying but still. Point is, I can't take alcohol, it gets me drunk almost instantly; I’ve not got a very high tolerance to it I guess." He chuckled continuing to wipe his eyes as a blushing Twilight watched him.

Twilight was enthralled and yet at that very same time extremely embarrassed but wanted to know more about the stallion, "Tell me more about yourself Rob. Oh, and your life in Stalliongrad, I mean what's it like there? Who did you know? Was there anything like super cool there that we don't have here?" Twilight's eyes were lit up bright and curious, questions kept flowing from the mare's mouth. "Did you have a girlfriend there? If so, what was she like? And why just 'Rob', I mean, well… Don't you have a last name you can use too?" Twilight's last question sparked something in his mind, his eyes saddened and he lowered his head. Twilight boasted to herself thrashing her head around whilst Rob was lost in his thoughts, 'You idiot! You’re driving him away! What is your problem Twilight Sparkle! Get it together, you can do this... You can do this.' Twilight sighed lowly as Rob picked his head back up, his eyes becoming level with hers once again.

Rob looked up slowly, "You know, I... I'd rather not talk about it. Just 'Rob' that's all, no last names, no nicknames; just 'Rob'..." His words were pressed against a thick wall of depression hanging around him; as if all the happiness had been sucked out of him by that single stupid question that Twilight had asked. "I'm sorry, I'm just, kind of, you know, venting in my own mind... I'm not really being very responsive am I? I'll answer absolutely all of your questions but the last one, that one I'd really rather steer clear of..." He sighed and started talking to her, his face was no longer showing emotion, and Twilight took notice in this, but didn’t want to blow any other chance that she might have with him. So Twilight sat and listened hoping that having somepony to talk to would comfort the stallion; which it slightly did seeing as she hadn't started bursting into laughter yet.

"Well Stalliongrad..." He began, "It's not really the best place to live you know? Not everypony is as nice as they are here. Actually, a lot of the ponies over there are either obnoxious tourists, or just babbling drunks going around town looking for a fight, so there was plenty of violence over there. Nopony who got taken out on an alcohol abuse charge ever showed up again, we were thinking that they took them away to a special prison. But, we found eventually we were just being naïve; they’d actually been taken out and shot by the officers. That's how it all goes down over in Stalliongrad, it's not the most efficient way. But there are guys overrunning that place; most of them are nice guys, but then again, a lot were just coming in for the booze, hoping to get away with a fight or two. Didn't happen, tourists, or residents; didn't matter, they shot you anyways. It's not like they cared about their lives anyways, most of the police were just assholes. They always tried to pick a fight with me; I couldn't really fight back because I kind of valued my life. But it's pretty gruesome over there, the real reason I started anew was because they wanted me to do things that I really didn't want to, so I saved money for a ticket here. But I didn't bring enough, so that's when I got the job offer. I’ve been a happily employed stallion since I got here. Well, until my boss passed away, but that’s another story," His smile lightly picked up, dimples forming slightly in his cheeks. "I guess it does feel pretty good to get that off my chest now, nopony's really ever cared for my story. Thanks for listening to me, I appreciate you listening and not losing interest." He smiled at the lavender unicorn, making her blush slightly.

"Oh no, It was my pleasure really. It must've been hard living in those kinds of primitive conditions." Twilight's eyes widened. "Plus you still never told me if you had a girlfriend there, you're skimping out on the stories Robbie buddy." Twilight chuckled slightly as Rob's face changed to one of embarrassment.

"I-I knew that! I was just waiting, is all..." He cleared his throat and brushed his cheek trying to hide his embarrassment from Twilight, "Yeah, well, the conditions of the town or city, or whatever that bucking place is considered, were as you would say, shitty. The accommodations were pretty bad too, I mean like nopony there was truly happy, they were only there to either drink heavily, or just because they just couldn't go anywhere else. For the record, there was this girl I was interested in; she didn't really take notice in me a whole lot though." Rob sighed looking to his side, "It appears nopony's really taken an interest in me except for you. I've never been asked how my life was really, everypony assumed I'm always okay. I'm really... just... not though. I hated my time in Stalliongrad, besides a few memorable moments I’d had there. Like there was this awesome painter that showed up one time, he said he was looking for a model and would pay quite a bit, so I accepted. His style of art was amazing; it really captured the atmosphere around the pony he drew. I haven't seen him since though. He was a cool stallion; I wish I would've asked where he lived..." He lowered his head remembering the mare-framed stallion, that he’d not seen since he arrived that one time in Stalliongrad.

Twilight cleared her throat, "Would his name happen to be Paint Splatter by any chance?" She asked, Rob's ears perking up at the sound of the name.

"Well, yeah... Is he really that popular that everypony knows him?" His eyes looking into the mare's awaiting an answer from her.

"Well no, not really but, he's been a resident here in Ponyville for a couple of months. He lives with his 'friend' on the edge of town. I use the term 'friend' extremely loosely though, because his 'friend' is always blaming Paint. That's not what friends do, but he's sticks with him, thick and thin they stayed together. He has kicked him out before, but he usually let's him return after a few days, sometimes on the very same day. Not sure why he would want to let that degenerate stallion back in though." she concluded, her face turning to a stern look.

Rob's eyes shot a cocky look at Twilight, "Kind of like Spike and the incident tonight?" he said as he chuckled a bit.

Twilight blushed, "I would suppose so," she said blushing immensely embarrassed at what Rob had just pointed out to her.

Rob chuckled light-heartedly, "I don't mind, he's just protective of you Twilight. I could see it in his eyes, thinking I’ve come to whisk you away from him."

Twilight blushed, for that's exactly what she wanted, for Rob to confess he likes her so it isn't too dreadfully awkward. Rob just kept staring at the mare, her eyes focused on him, unchanging showing complete interest in him.

Rob cracked a awkward smile, "I really should get going now," he said standing up and beginning to walk to the exit of the library.

Twilight ran to him, "Please don't go... Couldn't you stay here...? With me?" she asked him, her question coming off as slightly awkward as the stallion got a worried look in his eyes.

Rob blushed slightly, "Well you know... I really should get back to work you know... A lot to do... you know how it is right?" he said awkwardly, now making excuses to get away from the mare. Looking into the mare's eyes, seeing how sadness and depression emanated and formed inside of her.

Twlight sniffled, "I understand... I won't hold you up any longer then..." she plopped onto her hind legs, and then laid there on the ground. Feeling the very lonely and sad feeling she had a week ago. She felt so helpless. She'd thought she'd finally found somepony to curb her feelings, and she's letting him waltz out the front door. But she figured straining the atmosphere would only hurt the 'relationship' more so than she already had with the one awkward question about his last name.

Rob's eyes connected with Twilight's, their faces sharing each other's despair. Rob looked up and spoke, "Twilight, I'm sorry. It's late, and I really should be going. I'll come back tomorrow for the books I need, no point in troubling you tonight. I'm sorry I wasted so much of your time tonight Twilight." Rob with that turned out the door, leaving the mare to look pathetic upon the cold, hard, library floor. Rob getting one last glance at the lavender beauty before the door closed abruptly by Twilight's magic. He kept walking home, harboring feelings he'd not done something right; maybe he should have stayed with her. He shook the thoughts out of his head and blushed, as he proceeded home to prepare for his next few days at work.

Twilight was left on the floor of the library, crying her eyes out she'd probably ruined her one chance to get a stallion to like her. 'STUPID! You let him walk right out the door, you didn't put up a fight! You have to fight for what you want! Twilight Sparkle, you need to start being a fighter!' The lavender mare sighed, and turned to the alcohol that had arrived while Rob was still lost in his stories. Twilight stood up looking at the bottles of cider, she hadn't thought of drinking any while Rob was over, but now that he had left her crying, she felt she needed the sweet soothing liquid to calm her nerves and dry her tears.

Twilight grabbed a bottle, "Cider, you'll always be my favorite friend...." She gulped down the cider in one go and felt nothing, developing a tolerance from the cider; after ingesting it like water. "You'd never leave me alcohol... You'll always be there for me, you'll never grow legs and walk out the door. You'll never try to ruin my love life... You're all I need now alcohol..." She kept drinking one after another of the cider, which inadvertently had no effect on her. She kept drinking her sorrows away, trying to cleanse them in the sweet nectar, hoping that she would drink all of her thoughts and memories away. Destroying the images of Rob leaving her hopeless and crying on the floor of the cold library.

She started swaying, she thought she had a nice buzz going on. She'd noticed she had drank ten of the twenty cases of alcohol. She thought she was getting used to it, but she felt a pain, a sharp pain stabbing into her stomach. Her face cringed and conterted in as she sway around the library knocking around books, dropping notes, and letters to Celestia. Twilight started to sway lightly and all she managed to say before passing out cold onto the floor was, “Oh motherbucker…”

Short Chapter; Mornin' Woes. (Start of Season 2)

Twilight awoke face down on the floor in a pile of her own vomit; she slowly got up and looked around the library. Twilight gasped and shot up when she saw the pure discord of the situation, the library books were strewn all over the room, and cans and bottles of alcohol laid down on the ground. Twilight sighed lowly and picked herself up slightly and called out for her assistant until she finally realized that she had rudely kicked him out just the other night. “See what you’re doing to yourself Sparkle? You’re drinking yourself to a slow and painful death from sclerosis of the liver and driving your very best friends in all of Equestria away from you…” Twilight started to pick up the cans when she looked around, the library was lying in ruin, and Twilight couldn’t bear to stomach the situation.

A knock at the door drove Twilight away from her boasting thoughts as she put down the broom she’d been levitating above her. Twilight opened the door slightly to see Pinkie standing at the door with her usual ‘invitational get-up’ symbolizing that Pinkie was inviting Twilight to one of her famous and wild parties. But Twilight couldn’t make heads or tails of her friend’s vibrant costume because she could barely stand up straight and see past her own muzzle. “Sorry Pinkie, I’m feeling rather sick today, I’d absolutely love to go to one of your parties, but I really think that it’d be best If I were to just stay inside today.” Twilight said, covering her eyes from the sunlight that was now penetrating the room from the small crack in the door.

Pinkie hopped up and down, “Oh silly! This party is for you! How silly would it be if the mare that the party is being thrown for isn’t there huh? I mean duuuuh, of course we’re going to invite you, but then again, if you’re sick I guess you can’t go. I was sick one time, I was sneezing all over the place and eating tons and tons of soup. I tried to make soup one time but it didn’t work out so well, Mrs. Cake came in yelling, ‘How in Equestria do you manage to burn soup?!’ But the day turned out great once I washed my mane!” Pinkie finished as Twilight returned a bewildered look at her pink friend. “So you gonna go or not?”

Twilight shook her head trying to make sense of everything that her friend had just said, an almost impossible feat when Pinkie Pie was around. “Yeah, okay, okay, I’ll go. But try not have the music up too loud, or have the lights on too bright, right now my head is pounding and I don’t need any more aggravation to that.” Twilight said as Pinkie nodded and giggled.

“Oh Twilight, it must be horrible for you to know that no pony understands what you say most of the time, but we still like you anyways! Another thing I like is cupcakes, the sweet frosting and taste of them, though everypony seems to stay away from the cupcakes I make nowadays. I stay away from a lot of places because the Cakes don’t like me roaming around all over creation, but that’s another story! Maybe next time I see you I’ll tell you about what I did yesterday!” Pinkie said as she skipped away once again leaving Twilight in total bewilderment, and only one thing could come to her mind.

“Why do I continue to hang out with these lunatics?”

Author's note, Yes, short chapters will start every new season as a bit of a teaser 'til I can write more. I've been on a hell of a hiatus so, don't kill me. But, enjoy.

Bonus Chapter: Twilight Sparkle's Drunken PonyTube Prank Video

This was written purely for fun.
Enjoy though

Twilight stumbled up to the camera drunkenly, “Oh my Celestia, oh my Celestia. Guys, guys, th- *hiccup* this is going to be purely awesome.” Twilight said as she walked up to a sleeping Rainbow Dash and Applejack. Twilight was giggling drunkily as she took the camera with her magic and pointed it up to the ceiling showing a complicated scientific contraption that hade more confusing twists than a movie directed by Michael Bay. Twilight screwed the Video camera back onto the tripod and stood back away from the two peaceful sleeping mares and pointed the camera at herself.

Twilight was wearing a drunken smile as she held up a small air horn can that she’d found lying around her room at the library. She then took the camera and walked up to her two sleeping friends showing that they had nearly invisible wires that she’d attached to their forelegs that will trigger the contraption above then. Twilight turned the camera back at them, and stood back a good distance chuckled lowly took the air horn in hoof and pressed down the top making the two mares shoot up faster than a fat dog runs to the food bowl. As the two mares shot up, the contraption clicked and released a lever that dropped a pound of foal powder right on their heads.

Twilight grabbed the camera and ran out the door laughing hysterically as her two friends chased after her. Twilight turned the camera to herself, “And that’s how you piss off your very best friends in all of Equestria.” She said as she dropped the camera and ran off into the distance as her enraged friends chased after her.