Snow Daze

If there was one building that was more different than Rainbow Dash’s cloud mansion amongst the houses in Ponyville, it was Princess Twilight Sparkle’s castle, which resembled a large treehouse made out of blue and purple crystals, making Rainbow Dash’s mansion look puny in comparison.

Inside the gigantic structure, laughter sounding like it came from a group of fillies was heard.

The laughs came from a group of five mares sitting on the inside of a nest made out of pillows and blankets on the floor of the castle’s library.

“Alright! That’s the last word, ready to hear the story you guys?” Twilight asked the other four mares as she levitated a quill pen and some sort of booklet with a mystic, purple glow emitting from her horn.

“Mhmm!” The four other mares responded.

The five mares were playing a game called Pony Libs: A game where you fill in the blanks for a story with different nouns, verbs, adjectives, and so on.

“Alright!” Twilight said; excited to read what she and her friends had come up with.

“A very fat Rarity was at home farting on her couch.” Twilight read the first line and heard snickers coming from all but one mare.

“Ack! How repulsive!” A white unicorn with a long, shiny, purple mane argued in disgust with a posh accent.

“Relax Rarity, it’s just a game, no harm done.” An orange Earth pony with a blonde mane, freckles, and a brown Stetson hat told her friend in a country accent.

“Ugh, I suppose it’s all for good fun.” Rarity said, now feeling a little bit better about the whole situation.

“Heehee! Yep! I looooveee this game! It’s so silly!” Pinkie Pie giggled.

“Hahah, alright shall I continue?” Twilight asked as she chuckled.

“Mmhmm!” The four other mares nodded.

Twilight cast her gaze back towards the booklet that she levitated with her magic.

“She then heard a knock on her door, and skipped towards it and turned the knob with her nostril, and found that her lazy friend, Applejack was standing outside.” Twilight continued.

Pinkie Pie snorted then laughed, and began hitting the floor repetitively with a fore hoof, unable to contain her loud laughter.

“Relax Pinkie Pie.” Applejack tried to calm down her giggling friend. “And Ahm not lazy!” She smirked and rested a hoof on her hip.

“Now darling, it’s just a game.” Rarity said as she smirked.

“Just then, her other two friends, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, entered the house by swimming in through the toilet.” Twilight continued on with the story as Pinkie Pie, once again, began to laugh nonstop.

Fluttershy, a quiet, yellow Pegasus with a long, light pink mane began to chuckle softly.

Pinkie Pie calmed herself after hearing the ridiculous made-up story then gasped.

“Hey! Where is Rainbow Dash?! She’s late!” Pinkie Pie’s eyes grew wide.

As if right on cue, the five mares heard a tap on the library’s frosted window pane, followed by a familiar, raspy voice.

“Hey you guys!” Rainbow Dash called out to her friends as she hovered outside the window.

The five mares turned to look at the window.

Pinkie Pie’s face beamed when she saw her colorful friend outside the window, and remembered the plans that they talked about earlier with each other.

“RAINBOW DASH!” Pinkie Pie yelled as she sprang up from her spot on the floor and aimed herself towards the window, opened it, grabbed Rainbow Dash by the shoulders, pulled her in, and quickly seated her down on an empty spot on the floor.

“OKAY TIME FOR TRUTH OR DARE! I’LL GO FIRST I CHOOSE RAINBOW DASH TRUTH OR DARE?! DARE? OKAY I DARE YOU TO TELL US WHO YOU LIKE!” Pinkie Pie shouted loudly and hurriedly.

“Uhhh…?” Rainbow Dash looked at her hyper friend with a raised eyebrow.

“Hi Rainbow Dash, glad you could make it!” Twilight smiled. “And Pinkie Pie, don’t we already know who Rainbow Dash likes?” Twilight questioned.

“WHAT?!” Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy shouted in unison.

Rarity, a lover of juicy gossip and romance was a bit hurt that Rainbow Dash, one of her best friends, didn’t tell her about the shocking news.

“Darling, why didn’t you ever tell me about this?” Rarity asked as she hovered her head over Rainbow Dash who began to slowly scrunch down to the floor.

“Or me!” Applejack, then too hovered her head over her Pegasus friend who shrank back a little more.

“I didn’t know either!” Fluttershy said in a hushed voice and flew over to Rainbow Dash and hovered over her as well.

Rainbow Dash, whose body was now fully on the ground looked up at her friends who stared at her with wide, shimmering eyes and huge, eager grins upon their faces.

Rainbow Dash grunted, “Pinkie Pie!”

Pinkie Pie turned to look at Rainbow Dash.

“Whoops! I guess I got carried away! Heehee!” Pinkie giggled as she brought up her two fore hooves halfway and shrugged.

“EEEE TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME!” Rarity squealed, sounding possessed as she shook her arms in front of her face in a vibrating motion.

“Girls!” Twilight called out to three mares that still crowded Rainbow Dash.

Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy turned their heads to look over at Twilight.

“I think Rainbow Dash would appreciate it if you would all give her some space.” Twilight told them kindly.

The three mares looked at each other, then gave awkward chuckles as they rubbed a fore hoof on the back of their necks, then backed away.

“Thank you.” Twilight thanked them as she smiled and gave a single nod.

Everypony was quiet for a few seconds.

“Eeeee I can’t take it! Please do tell us who it is!” Rarity squealed once again.

Rainbow Dash felt her ears heat up from embarrassment; she didn’t know how to deal with all this new pressure that came from liking someone.

“Uhh, Rainbow Dash?” Said a boyish voice that completely contrasted with the girly squeals came from outside the window.

Right then, Soarin cautiously poked his head in through the window.

All six mares stared at the stallion.

Rarity gasped. “Oh my! You even brought him along!” She began to quickly clap her hooves together as she grinned.

“Uhh… Hi?” Soarin said a little awkwardly.

“Here darling, do come in, I insist.” Rarity told Soarin as she patted a spot on the floor next to where she sat.

Soarin hesitated for a moment, but then obliged and flew in through the opened window and sat down, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

“Oooo!!! Is he invited to our sleepover too?!” Pinkie Pie questioned cheerfully.

“Why of course!” Rarity replied.

“Uhmm, but… He’s a boy.” Fluttershy said quietly.

“Yeah! No stallions allowed!” Applejack joked.

“Ughhh you guys!” Rainbow Dash was starting to become frustrated with all the commotion that was going on.

Applejack looked at Rainbow Dash.

“Heh, sorry sugarcube, it’s just that somepony’s getting a little too carried away.” She said as she glanced over at Rarity with a playful smirk.

Rarity blushed and shrank her shoulders back.

“So sorry, Rainbow Dash.” Rarity apologized quickly.

Rainbow Dash sighed, “It’s okay Rarity.” She then walked over to Soarin.

“Well yeah, just in case you were all wondering, this is Soarin.” Rainbow Dash pointed a fore hoof at the stallion.

“Oh yes! I remember you! The Wonderbolt, correct?” Rarity asked as she batted her eyelashes.

“Yep!” Soarin replied happily.

“Okay you all met, now come on, Soarin let’s go.” Rainbow said as she found herself starting to grow impatient and more embarrassed by the second.

“What?! You’re not staying, Dashie?” Pinkie Pie asked as she frowned.

Rainbow Dash shook her head. “Nope, sorry girls, but there has been a change of plans; Soarin and I are going to head over to Sugarcube Corner.”

The other five mares were a bit saddened that Rainbow Dash was choosing to leave, but they all thought it was for the best, especially Rarity.

“Alright, ta-ta!” Rarity said and ushered the two Pegasi out the window where they came from before.

“Uhm, alright, bye guys!” Rainbow Dash waved goodbye and gave her friends a crooked smile before closing the window behind herself.

The five mares in the room were silent for several seconds.

“Wow. Who would’ve guessed Rainbow Dash out of all ponies huh?” Applejack chuckled.

“Mhmm.” The four other mares nodded.

“Indeed. It sure is quite cute though.” Rarity said softly. “So they’re not a couple yet? And how come the only ponies who knew about this were Twilight and Pinkie Pie?” Rarity cocked an eyebrow at Twilight.

“Weeeelll It’s kind of a long story.” Twilight replied with a sheepish grin.

“Yeah! And she didn’t even admit it at first and kept denying it! Guess she was just trying to keep up her “cool” image, heehee!” Pinkie Pie said as she giggled.

“Heh, yeah... That’s our Rainbow Dash.” Twilight said a bit uneasily as she cast her gaze towards the side.

“So who’s up for another game?! We can play hide n seek!” Pinkie Pie suggested as she covered her eyes with her fore hooves. “Or hopscotch!” She then took out a stick of chalk from nowhere and drew squares on the floor of the library. “Maybe tag!” Pinkie Pie somehow teleported behind Fluttershy and tapped her demure friend on the shoulder which resulted in Fluttershy letting out a tiny squeak. “MAAAAAHHHJONGGG!!!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed as she took out a game box with a weird, foreign-looking design on it.

The four other mares in the room stared at Pinkie Pie with quizzical looks.

“Uhm, Pinkie Pie, how about we call it a night?” Twilight suggested.

Pinkie Pie dropped the box which sent game pieces flying across the floor.

Pinkie Pie frowned. “Awhh!! But I’m not even–”

Soon after not being able to finish her sentence, Pinkie Pie was out like a light and began to snore loudly as she remained standing up on all fours.

The four mares that were still awake tittered at their hyperactive friend as Twilight levitated a yellow blanket and threw it over the sleep-standing Earth pony.

“Dear, you can't expect us to just go to sleep when there is so much more that we need to know!“ Rarity complained. “It's still so early!”

Twilight looked at her unicorn friend in misunderstanding.

“What are you talking about?” Twilight asked the white unicorn with a raised eyebrow.

“About Soarin!” Rarity zealously replied. “We need to know more about him to see if he's right for Rainbow Dash!”

Twilight gave a wry look. “Uhhh, I don't think that's such a good idea.”

“Yeah Rarity, as much as I would also like to know more about it, I think it's best to just leave 'em alone.” Applejack spoke up.

“Pft, but we're her friends and we must make sure things go well!” Rarity told her friends. “Now off to Sugarcube Corner!” Rarity cantered towards the library's exit.

Applejack and Fluttershy shared an unsure look, then followed Rarity out the door.

Twilight stayed behind as she watched with her mouth slightly agape.

“W–wait! I'm coming too!” Twilight quickly trotted in attempt catch up with her friends.

“Mmm... Cotton candy... Chocolate milk...” Pinkie Pie mumbled as she eccentrically licked her lips in her sleep.