To dare or not to mare?

by Lime Overtime

Rating: teen
Tags: Romance, Original Character, Octavia, Rainbow Dash, Comedy, Random, DJ P0N-3, Gore, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 4703

After a night of DJ-ing, Vinyl goes for a walk through the Everfree forest. However, she accidentally falls down into a cave and gets badly injured. She is then found by a certain pony. Later on, Octavia finds the 2 ponies, who appear to be drunk.

After yet another night of kicking it of in the club, Vinyl decides to go for a walk in the Everfree forest. While looking around, she comes upon a cave. An accident happens, and Vinyl falls down the steep pit, getting badly injured along the way. She is then found by a certain pony, who looks after her until she gets better. The two ponies quickly get tied by a bond of friendship. After 2 days, Octavia finds Vinyl and her new friend, however, both of them appear to be drunk. The gray mare decides to spend the night in the cave with Vinyl, and help her get home in the morning. However, Octavia doesn't suspect that she's gonna become an amusement for drunk ponies, as they try to make her feel uncomfortable. When the morning finally comes, and Octavia heads off home, the pony tells Octavia a secret. A secret that leaves Octavia feeling ashamed and disturbed.

This story may not be too good, but it isn't meant to be filled with action. It's more of an "get to know my OC before my action filled stories" story.

However, I hope you enjoy it. I tried my best not to spoil anything ^w^

Published 2015-07-27 22:50:02 UTC
Last updated 2015-07-27 22:50:02 UTC

Attacking the cave

It was a beautiful morning here in Ponyville. The sun, that was just summoned by princess Celestia, was shining, waking up ponies with it’s warm, bright sunbeams. The dead looking town started to come back to life. But as the town started to crawl with ponies, the Everfree forest was still an undisturbed place. The mammals were still asleep in their cozy caves, the birds were still piled up up in the trees, and it was quite hard to spot a living creature. The forest became even more void as the quiet and peaceful landscape got hit by an enormous amount of unbelievable, unbreakable, deafening sounds. And as Loons, Toucans, Bitterns and humming birds were beginning their singing routine in sluggish town, here they were clearing out as quickly as possible to hide from THEM.

-WUBS OF DESTRUCTION!

The trees bent away as a new song came to life, and refilled the surroundings with a continuous wave of music. In bare seconds, all that had feathers, hoofs, horns, scales, fur and claws emerged from it’s slumber and fell into retreat. All except for a white mare with a twisted smile, who shouted out with amazement:

-DAMN, THAT WAS DA BEST ONE YET, YEEEEEAH!

The mare was making her way through the forest, and by saying “making her way through”, I meant it literally. She was walking through the wilds while head banging to the music that her bass amplifier was blasting. What was an amplifier doing in the middle of the forest you ask? Well, she brought it with her of course! All the way from the club. The view was truly a work of art. A dark and mysterious forest, a white mare and a bass amplifier. The mare and the electronic device were tied together with a 39-foot long rope. The pony clearly didn't see a reason for bringing a carriage, a hoofcart, attaching a few wheels to the electronic device or even putting it on a skateboard. She was just dragging it, leaving a long trail of mud and destroyed grass all the way from the club.

-Man, it’s cool in here! I dunno what everypony is so freaked out about. Sure, it’s a little gloomy, but nothing a little music can’t fix!
…
-WoOohoOHOooO, that’s some freaky looking cave!

The mare approached a small cave with an excited expression on her face. The cave was indeed really tiny, and it was barely seen behind those great trees. The cave seemed to be an underground one, with a humble entrance of just a few dozen feet. It didn't stand a chance besides those other Everfree forest’s caves, but the mare had her own opinion about it.

-DJ PON DA BEST!
-dj pon da best! - the echo replied
-Yep, this cave has got some good taste - said the mare with a smirk.
The purple sunglasses wearing unicorn approached the cave hole even more, staring into the darkness. The hole of the cave was pretty steep, so when the blue-maned pony leaned in and put her front hooves in the air, she basically left herself hanging above the dark pit. The only thing keeping her above the darkness was the fact that she had a rope tied to her back and the other end of the rope (which was about 21 feet from her) was tied to the bass amplifier. The weight of the device was more than enough to keep the mare in place.

-MARES AND GENTLE COLTS, LEMME HEAR YOU SCREAM!

Swinging left and right, making all kinds of poses and gestures, the mare eased the knot of the rope on her back. Distracted by her new-found amusement, she didn't feel the knot slowly untying. She finally spotted the problem when it was too late to do anything about it. Slipping off of her body, the rope released the cave exploring pony.

-… Celestia damn

iIIIiiiiIIIiiiiiiit!

The mare zigzagged into the depths of the cave putting up quite a show. Firstly she sled with her face on the rocks, cracking her purple sunglasses, then she did a few flips, followed by sledding on her stomach like a dog trying to get rid of an itch. She even managed to do a back-flip before stopping at the bottom of the cave.

All blood-stained and muddy, the mare was lying on the rocky ground. Her sunglasses fell off on her way down, and now all blood marked were laying besides her. Some pieces of the purple lens from her broken glasses dug themselves into her face right above her left eye. She pretty much looked like that DJ Neon after he had insulted the white mare on stage - blood stained muzzle, throbbing ripped muscles, some scratches, a lot of cuts, badly damaged left side. Her left front hoof and stomach were a mess. They were bleeding pretty badly. And quickly. The left eye wasn't a pleasure to look at neither - the broken pieces of glass were twitching in the beat of the pony's pulse, slowly changing their color from purple to red.

All sore and not being able to move, the victim opened her eyes. At first she couldn't make out anything. She’d just lay there, listening to her own breath, while a chill covered her wounded body parts. She didn't feel the pain at first, just a chill. Apparently her brain didn't process what just happened yet. As her eyes adapted to the darkness, she finally made out something in that gloom…

There was… A creature, standing right in front of her. It’s huge, red eyes looking down at her. It had a big face and wide shoulders. Something in a shade of green was hanging from it’s head and neck. The unicorn wouldn't be able to see all of that if not the fact that this creature’s face was just inches away from her own. At first the sore mare thought that her mind is playing tricks at her, that she is all alone, but a warm breath exhaled from the nostrils of this "thing" reassured the pony, that she’s wrong.

As if the unicorn hadn't had enough on it’s hoofs, the pain started to kick in. The feeling of chill was slowly replaced by a feeling of burning flesh, as the pumping wounds twitched on the ground. The image of this unknown beast started to fade out before her eyes as the injured pony whispered to herself

… T… Tim... Timberwolf..?

I thought you were taller...

As the blue - maned mare regains her consciousness, she finds herself in a complete silence. The cave seems to be so quiet, that she is able to hear her own breath. Not only that, she can hear her heartbeat. Not being used to such quiet surroundings, she tries to break the silence up with her thoughts.

“Good, hearing the sound of my heart beat means that I’m still alive”

As she tries to open her eyes, the pain above her left eye hits her like a whip, so she unwillingly gasps in pain.

"The glass cuts are known to lead to that special kind of disturbing pain..."

She lets out a deep breath and opens her eyes. To her surprise, she finds herself laying not on her chest like she passed out, but on her back. Well, almost. She’s leaned on her back in a half-laying, half-sitting pose. What’s more, she is able to see in the once pitch dark cave.

“ What the… ” she thinks to herself as she tries to look around
“ A torch? The hell is a torch doinn here?”

As she reaches for the torch with her left hoof, she gets another surprise

“ Bandage? ”

Indeed her hoof seems to be carefully bandaged. Not only that, her chest is bandaged as well, her sunglasses are laying right next to her right hoof. The lenses from the glasses are shattered, but it seems like all the pieces are carefully collected into a pile. The mare decides to take a piece into her hoof.

“hmmm… They’re cleaned…”

The unicorn also notices that the lenses aren’t the only thing that seems to be cleaner. Her own fur should look a lot worse after such a fall, but it doesn’t look half as bad. Surely, there are some bruises, some dirt stains and blood drops here and there, but apart from all that and a few fur hairs sticking out here and there, she looks fine.
She suddenly notices a turquoise blanket, on which she is laying and she randomly decides to stroke it.

“ Oooh, so soft… Kind of reminds me of Octavia’s mane, her double conditioned, silky mane…”

As the white unicorn strokes the blanket, all focused, she keeps on trying to make out what happened to her. In that deep moment of concentration she, all of a sudden, hears a knock, continued by another one, and unexpectedly memories hit her like a thunderbolt.

“TIMBERWOLF!”

The mare quickly turns her gaze in the direction of the continuous knocks. Her glance locks up with HIM.

Not too far from her, on a rock, that sticks out of the cave’s wall, she saw…

A pony.

The sound of knocks was made by the pony’s back hoofs, which were dangled by him. He was sitting on a rock, that was sticking out from a cave’s wall. The rock was a few feet higher than the white mare. This stranger had black fur, a green-ish / yellow-ish medium length mane. The manedo was really similar to Rainbow Dash’s, however his was crazier, messier. His legs were black, but his hoof tips and mouth were again in a green-ish / yellow-ish color, a bit darker than his mane. He was wearing a hoodie and hiding his eyes under pegasus goggles. The hoodie was as black as his fur, but the inside of the hood was red. The goggles were also in deep red shade.

Having noticed, that the injured mare regained her consciousness, the black pony jumped down from the wall and started walking towards the DJ. As he moved closer, the white mare noticed, that she had made a mistake in defining the pony’s gender, for it seemed like the black pony was also a female.

The black mare sat down right in front of the white one, facing her. With no expression on her face, with no words or movements, she just stared at the white pony’s face.

In the next few minutes, both mares did nothing accept staring at each other. No movements. No words. Just exchanging odd glares. At last, the silence was broken by the unicorn.

-Well, this certainly is awkward…
-Oh, good, you can talk

Raising her eyebrows, blue maned mare asked

-Why wouldn’t I be able to talk?

-Nah, you know, I just thought that after polishing up the rocky ground with your head, you would be… Well… Dead-er.

The red goggled mare gave her new friend a sneer. Hearing those words the other mare closed her eyes and snickered

Ain’t no cave that would beat Vinyl Scratch that easily! – Shouted out the mare while opening one eye and pulling out her tongue.

-And ain’t no cave that would escape the wrath of her face... – quietly added the mare in a hoodie while covering her mouth with her hoof. Although she said it quietly, she said it loudly enough for Vinyl to hear. The two mares then exchanged their “I see what you did there” looks and started to laugh.

-Sooooo… Do ya, by any chance, know what time it is?
- Mmmmmm… I think It’s about 11, maybe 12 AM…
- You mean I was out for 1-2 hours?? – Asked the unicorn without hiding the alarmed expression from her face
- Try days…
- I was out a day?!
- Nope.
- Phewww…
- Two.
- ?!?!?!

As Vinyl’s jaw dropped, the black pony’s face got decorated with a simper

-Anyway… After I scrubbed you off of the ground and walls and patched you up, I heard some freakish tunes outside. I went out and found your amplifier, so you needn't worry about it. It’s right there next to the barrels of cider.

Saying that, the mare twitched her head in a direction where the huge, black amplifier, some wooden barrels filled with cider and about a dozen of apple pies were standing.

-Oh man, dude, you saved it!

As for those barrels… Want me to crack them open while you go and put up some tunes?

I’m right ahead of ya!

The DJ Jumped up on her hooves as if she was never hurt. However the expression on her face killed that sensation, as it reflected both satisfaction and pain. As she was dragging herself to her electronic wonder, she got an idea.

Dude, you a dare-mare?

How about I drag this barrel to ya, and we find out?

And once again the devilish smiles appeared on both of the faces.

And so, the fun begins!

The two mares got along pretty well. Chocking down delicious apple pies and drowning themselves in refreshing cider, while playing “truth or dare” with hoof-made dubstep in the background, sure made the time fly. Hours passed one after another. However, at one point of this day, the unicorn’s laughter was cut off by a sudden sound of approaching hoofsteps.

-Vinyl!! Viiiinyyyyl?!

The sound of hoofsteps was getting louder and louder each second, and by the rate of them, it was easy to assume, that the surprise guest was running.

-Vinyyyl?!

-Yo!

Vinyl answered without thinking her actions through. As she let out that word, the mysterious hoofsteps quiet down for a moment. Then, with an even faster tempo, the hoofsteps came back to life. They got louder and louder, and stopped only after revealing tired, sweaty and messy Octavia.

-Sweet Celestia, Vinyl, where have you been?!

The worried look on the mare’s face stepped down for the confused one, as she pointed at a black mare, who was caught up in licking the ground.

-Is… Is THAT alright?

The hoodied mare stood up and smiled at the gray earth pony with her tongue still out, and then came back to her fascinating activity.

With an upstanding smile, the white unicorn let out a scream

-Tavi! Y.. Yeah, she’s alright.

With a derisive laugh she added

-It’s a mare, by the way. I’m guessing you had troubles defining her gender too.

-Oh my Luna! Vinyl, what happened to you?

Octavia came closer to Vinyl, who was standing next to a big mug of cider, and started examining her injuries.

-I’m alright – said the blue maned pony as she threw a leaf into the cider – I fell down the cave and got a little hurt, but she took care of me.

Vinyl twitched her head at the black mare as she said those words. Then, she threw some more junk into the mug while Octavia started to freak out.

-You have no idea how worried I was! Usually you come back about 11 AM, you sleep until the evening and then go back to that uncultured club! When you didn’t come back two days ago, I thought that you stayed at the club, too tired to walk home. Yesterday you didn’t show up again, so I waited until the evening and went to that noisy building. There I got the news that you weren’t there for two nights straight, so since 3 AM this morning, I’m running around Ponyville, looking for you! It’s a good thing you left that path of destruction, all I had to do was follow that trench in the ground…

Her voice lowered and she started speaking slower, as if she was trying to make some kind of a point

-BUT…
When I came upon this cave and saw blood and pieces of fur laying around, I didn’t know what to think! I thought you were attacked by a timber wolf or something you imbecile!

The two stunned mares watched Octavia huffing and puffing in anger, blasting out the words. When she was finished with her lecture, trying to catch her breath, the black mare leaned to her white coated friend without breaking the bond between her eyes and Octavia’s face, and said with an unexpressed voice

-“Digginn you” alert!

The black maned pony growled with anger while the black and white coated mares bro hoofed.

-Octy, chill out! I’m OK, aren’t I? To tell the truth, I thought I was attacked by a timberwoolf too at first, but as it turned out later, I had mistaken our friend here for one. Her green-ish hair made me think of leafs from timberwolf’s head. Her shoulders and head hidden under that hood made her look bigger. And those glasses… You played quite a trick on my mind ya moron.

The mare in a hoodie pulled her hoofs closer to her face and hissed. Making a funny face while doing so was pretty brilliant. Then she glanced at their new companion and asked

Tavi? I thought she was Octy?

She’s both Octy and Tavi

I am Octavia.

Thank you for saving my roommate miss…
-Dude, Tavi! You should totally call her Lime! Look what she can do! Look, look!

The unicorn grabbed her friend around waste with her hoof and started swinging her other one around, facing the black mare

-Hey Lime, I dare you to do that thing again!

In a blink of an eye, the black mare reached somewhere behind the barrels of cider and pulled out a lemon. Then, she started taking bite after a bite out of the fruit, eating it so casually, as if the lemon was really an apple in disguise. After a few moments she finished it with a straight face, and seeing the faces of her audience, she gave the two mares a little smile

As Octavia’s jaw got agape, Vinyl burst out in laughter.

-OhmYCElestia Tavi, you should have seen the look on your *hiccup * face! HahaHA!

The mare wiped off a tear, still unable to resist the urge of laughing her guts off

-So… So anyway miss…

-Call her Lime!

-Vinyl, stop it. A proper mare deserves to be called by her own name.

-Do iiiit!

-No. And even if - she ate a lemon. Why would I call her by another fruit’s name?

-Cuz her personality and the colors of her mane, tail, muzzle and hoofs totally reflect it! Plus, she can eat a lime just like that… Wanna watch?

-…

-Cm’on Tavi!

-Octavia.

-Don’t be such a boring flank

-… I’m ok with you calling me Lime…

-HA!

-Stop it Vinyl.

As the mares were talking, the mug of cider that was standing next to the white mare’s back hoof made a weird sound. All the mares eyeballed it in a blink of an eye.

-What is that liquid?

-It’s a mug of cider. Lime here dared me to make it tastier using only the stuff I could find in the cave.

As Vinyl finished her explanation, she dropped a twig and some sand into the mug. As soon as the sand disappeared in the cider, the drink caught on fire.

All mares quickly backed away from the mug.

-Brooo, that is the coolest thing I ever saw…

-Right on dude – answered the DJ with a proud face

...

-What… what did you put in there, Vinyl?

-Well, the Cookbook here added some rocks, twigs, leafs and sand into it. *hiccup*.

-Cookbook?

Yeah… She came up with that nickname after I told her about that kitchenfire I started while trying to get some juice…

-You mean the Wednesday one?

-No Octy, the Friday…

As the fire in the mug went out, a devilish smile appeared on unicorn’s face

-Lime, I dare you to drink it!

-Vinyl Scratch, stop your foolishness. You are making a bad impression. No one in a right mind would do something so careless, so idiotic, so … STHAAAP!

The mug fell on the ground and the cider spilled as Octavia slammed it from the black mare’s hoofs. The contents of the mug once again caught on fire, after what the glasses loving mares high-fived.

-Well, at least now we won’t have to start the bonfire – giggled the white mare

-Yeah, and some of the *hiccup* torches had gone out…

-Are… Are you two… Drunk?!

-Hey Scratch, you get comfy with Octavia here and I’ll go find some twigs to add to this fire!

-Sure thing - yelled the unicorn while tripping over her own hoofs and knocking down her gray coated roommate. The unicorn landed on her victim’s chest, just inches from her face. She then peeped at the fallen mare with a sexy expression

-Well, hello there…

-Vinyl?

-Mhmmmm?

-Get. Off.

A pie got you into this mess, a pie will get you out!

Done!

D’aw maan… I thought for sure you will drop it!

Nah, I prefer my pie without the dirt, thank you

Tavi, see that? She just ate an entire pie using only her back hoofs and mouth!

Yes Vinyl. It was really entertaining.

Cm’ on Tavi, why the long face? Have a turn! Cm’ on truth or dare?

For the seventeenth time Vinyl, I am not playing this game!

You also said that you won’t drink the cider, but you did. *hiccup*

Yes, because I was thirsty. I was running around the whole day, looking for you, you imbecile!
…
Speaking of cider… How much did you two have?

Oh – giggles - not much *hiccup* -giggles again

Octavia rolled her eyes

So let me get this straight miss Lime: you came to Ponyville just a few days ago?

Yup.

And you got all of this cider and pies from… A card game?

Yup again. I came across two ponies, who were having a fierce battle. If my mind ain’t fooling me, their names were… Apple Jack and Rainbow Dash *hiccup*. So anyway… That blue mare talked me into joining them, and we made a deal that we will attack Apple Jack. Since I’m new here and neither of them has ever seen me before, Apple Jack didn’t suspect a thing, and lost the game. Then, RD took her share of the cider and left, leaving all of the pies to me. She said something about being in the game only for the beverage.

Right…
…

So, Octavia, you sure you won’t join us?

I am positive – answered the mare as she took a bite out of a pie.

Suit yourself…

Ok, Vinyl? Come here.

Lime color maned pony whispered something into the white mare’s ear. As the mare listened to her dare, she blushed a little.

No, cm’ on!

So what? Am *hiccup* I the dare mare?

No!... Ok… I’ll do it…

Vinyl came back to her place next to Octavia and took a seat. She then loudly exhaled, putting all of her frustration and embarrassment to that breath. Then she started to hum “Ode to joy” by Ludvig van Bethoofen.

Pleasantly surprised that her roommate knows this piece, Octavia faced the displeased mare and finished off her pie.

After a few minutes of hiccup interrupted humming, the unicorn faced her entranced friend. She squinted her eyes as she noticed something

You’ve got a *hiccup* little something right there - said the white mare as she raised her hoof to her face, pointing on her top lip

The gray pony wiped off her face with elegance

Did I get it?

Noooope, It’s still there… Ya know what? Here, lemme get that for you…

In a sudden move, Vinyl grabbed her roommate by her shoulders and leaned in real closely. Octavia didn’t even have the time to react as Vinyl pulled out her tongue and sled it through her unexpecting friend’s face. All the way from her gray chin, through the lips, the nose, in between her eyes, finally stopping at the bottom of her forehead.

Feeling her best friend’s warm and slobbery tongue gently sliding through her lips, the gray mare’s blood ran cold. As she felt Vinyl’s tongue making it’s way up on her face, Octavia felt her blood piling up in her cheeks. She felt the blush coming up on her face, and she knew that there is nothing she can do to stop it.

As the violated mare sat there moveless, Vinyl licked her own lip

There, it’s all gone.
…
Damn, that’s some good pie… Hey Lime, throw me a piece!

As the blue maned pony faced her citrus fruit maned friend, she saw that the mare is in that “OOOOH” pose – her hoof covering her mouth, her body leaning away. She couldn’t see her eyes, but Vinyl could bet her life on it that they were wide – opened.

The mare finally let out a word, the one that was written all over her face

Oooooh, somepony’s gonna get iiit!

Wada ya…
Mean?

As Vinyl turned around, she saw Octavia drowning in fury. Pissed, but still accessorized with that blush. The DJ wided her eyes and started to back away slowly

-VinyyYYYyL?!

And the shock was beaten.

-I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU DRANK, AND I DON’T WISH TO KNOW. I AM GOING BACK TO OUR COTTAGE. I’LL COME BACK FOR YOU IN THE MORNING, WHEN, HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL NOT BE SO DRUNK NO MORE. I BID YOU MARES FAREWELL AND A GOOD NIGHT!

Dramatically walking towards the cave’s entrance, Octavia let out some howls. As she was walking away, Vinyl jumped up and tried to chase her. However, having those injuries made it quite impossible.

Octy, come on! Please don’t goo!
Aww, please come baaaack

Vinyl, chill. I have a pretty darn good feeling, that she’ll be back sooner than you know it.

Really? – Asked the disappointed mare- What makes you say that?

Hmmm… Just a hunch, I guess

Lime gave Vinyl a smirk while saying that

Hey, you mind waiting here for me for a second?

Nope, not at all. Go for… whatever it is you are going for ya crazy

Cool. I’ll be back in a jiff. Try not to cook anything while I’m gone!

Hearing that Vinyl laughed out loud

Yeah, yeah. Just go already

The hoodied mare returned a few minutes later, with a half-smile on her face

Whatever it is you did there: I do not want to hear any details – said Vinyl noticing that weird smile.

As they sat down and filled their mugs with cider, they heard familiar hoofsteps.

All soaking-wet, Octavia reappeared in their sight.

What happened to ya, Tavi?!

It’s raining cats and dogs outside…

Well *hiccup*, looks like you’re staying with us tonight baby! YEAH! – Shouted out Vinyl as she reached out her mug to Octavia

Excuse me once more – said Lime as she stood up and walked towards the barrels of cider, disappearing behind them in near seconds

Yeah, RD? You did great, thanks so much. I Ove you one, bigtime!

No prob dude, when the cause is good, I’ll always help. And this one fits the great causes tab perfectly!

K, I gotta go. Stay awesome!

YOU KNOW IT!

The black mare hid her walkie-talkie in her pocket. She knew, that giving Rainbow dash a walkie-talkie would be a good idea, but she didn’t expect that she’ll need to use it so soon.

“Rainbow covered the sky above Everfree forest with rainclouds pretty fast… Guess it’s true that she’s the fastest flyer around!”

She smiled to herself as she lifted a pie from the ground

“ Guess I gotta get back to them, or they’ll start suspecting stuff”

Walking out from behind the barrels, the black mare shouted:

Yo, girls! I’m bringing you some more pieee!