Rarity was shaking by the time she got back to her shop, carrying Sweetie Belle was non-negotiable, however. "What happened? How did you become a diamond dog?" The filly in her arms kept asking her the same question, over and over.

"Shh, when we get home." Rarity was not happy about putting it off, but it was far too embarrassing to talk about outside. Besides, she needed tea, sleep, and above all a bath.

Sensing their friend's reluctance to speak, Aloe and Lotus kept to themselves as they all made their way back to Ponyville and, once inside the cozy little boutique, they looked at each other and nodded. Moving swiftly, Lotus made for the kitchen and Aloe the bathroom.

"Some ice cream would be good," Sweetie chimed in, calling to Lotus, "not the chocolate one, though." She couldn't help but giggle at that and to her delight her big sister joined her.

"We should probably head home…" Apple Bloom scuffed a hoof. "Are you sure you will be okay?"

Rarity puffed up her chest. "With the support and dedication of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, how could I not be?" It was costing her to keep up appearances for the foals, and as soon as she was left with just her sister and her two friends she almost fell in a heap.

Sweetie landed on the floor easily, her four legs taking the short fall. "Rarity?" She spun around to find her sister doubled over, crying into her paws. "Rarity, I can sing for you…"

The diamond dog reached out and pulled her sister into a hug, feeling the filly's strong forelegs wrap around her. "Maybe once I have had some tea-" The smell of brewed tea was strong, stronger than Rarity had ever noticed it before. She lifted her head to see Lotus looking at her, standing beside her bathroom door.

"Mizz Rrarity, yourr bath iz rready!" Aloe's voice gave Rarity strength and with Sweetie's help, she staggered along to the bathroom. The smell of soap and scented water hit her at the door, but the strong odors were not unwelcome and she almost ran the distance from the door to the tub before she climbed over the edge and sank into the water.

The tea service was set beside the bath. "Would ourr Mizztress wish the help?" Lotus, divested of the tea, was examining more oils and beauty products than she had ever seen in a private bathroom. "You have exquizzite taztes."

Sweetie had been gone for but a moment, but was back with a big tub of cherry ice cream. She giggled when she saw her sister pick up a brush she had used many times before, in a canine paw. "You remember how Spike used things?"

Rarity snapped from her ruminations, to focus back on the brush. "I do, this is all a little strange…" One of her paws settled on her belly and she sighed in thought. "If what that brute," her brain summoned an image of Growl then, flicking it from him giving her gems to him screwing her, Rarity shook her head to banish the image, "said was true, I am… I am pregnant with his… pups."

Silence filled the room, each of the two mares continued their tasks, Lotus working on Rarity's tail while Aloe had a little file out and was tending to her claws. "They will be… diamond dogs?" Sweetie Belle knew the basics of how foals were made, but this seemed a little odd. "Is that why he turned you into a diamond dog?"

"The turning was a side effect." Rarity had realized, of late, that her little sister was a lot less naive than she had given her credit for. "He said that when a mare gets pregnant to a diamond dog, they become one until the pups are raised. I assume the ghastly beast would then breed again to keep her that way… keep me…" The odd image of him screwing her completely fled Rarity's head now, with her anger kindled.

"Then you need to be extra careful when raising them, to make sure they are perfect gentlecolts." Sweetie gave a little nod of agreement with her own plan. "That way, even if they do find a special somepony, it will be with love." She almost felt herself swoon at the thought of love until the filly caught herself and mentally berated her emotions. Colts weren't nice, they were big meanies!

Sweetie gasped in surprise when she was lifted off her hooves and pulled into the bath. Being hugged tightly by a wet canine would not normally rate very high on her things to want to do, but right now she snuggled down into her sister's grip.

"What would I do without you?" Rarity was both proud and delighted in her sister's adult thinking. "Oh sweet Celestia, this is going to make dressmaking a little strange." She held up the one fore-paw that wasn't being worked on, wriggling the fingers on it.

Rainbow Dash had technically lost, well, hadn't clearly won, but when it came to the bet, she had won big. Wearing her tight and naughty maid outfit, she felt particularly giddy with delight. "Welcome to Sweetie Drops Candies, how can I serve you?" The last few words had been her own addition, and the blue mare adored saying it.

"Hi Dash, didn't expect to see you here." Spitfire adjusted her glasses up so she could see the other mare properly. "Or wearing that. You lose a bet or something?"

"Or something." Rainbow smiled. "What can I get for you?" She really hoped she wasn't putting off any scent, every customer seemed to be just a little more important than the last and it was really starting to tickle her kink.

"An excellent question." Spitfire circled around the shop, looking at all the sweets. "Anything you would recommend for a sweet-toothed stallion?"

Dash nodded. "I got just the thing!" She turned and bent down, knowing full well why Sweetie had left these down here. Rising back up after giving the Captain quite the show, she set the tray of toffee on the bench. "Mistress Sweetie made these earlier as samples." The blue pegasus blushed hotly, but Sweetie Drops had been very particular in how she was to speak.

"Mistress Sweetie is it? Must have been some crazy dare you lost." Spitfire grinned at Dash's discomfort. For a full minute the flame-colored pegasus couldn't talk, she closed her eyes in bliss as she chewed at the toffee, not wanting to rush and end the experience. Finally, she looked at the mare behind the counter. "Okay, if that doesn't get me some I don't know what will. A bag of those."

Curiosity filled Rainbow, even as she grabbed up one of the prepared bags of the treats. "He will love them, I bet." She wanted to ask, she really wanted to just ask.

Spitfire tucked the candies into the pouch hanging at her side. "It's not Soarin." She grinned as she saw the shock on Dash's face. "What? I am not going to date a fellow Wonderbolt, it wouldn't be right."

"Then who is he?" Rainbow blurted the question out before she realized what she was saying. "I mean, if you don't mind sayin'."

"Yer a hero of Equestria, Rainbow Dash, you get to say what you like and ponies should be grateful for it. He's a thestral, in the Lunar Guard. Grimwing Glide." As Spitfire said the name, Dash could see her eyes lose focus. "Big, strong, a great flier… and damned if he doesn't have a brain in his head. That was what snared me."

Rainbow Dash knew the look, she had seen Twilight wear it when talking about Gel or Applejack, she had seen Sweetie get it when she talked about Lyra. She knew she got it when she spent too long thinking about Muffins and her big wings and sure touch.

"Dash? Dash!" Spitfire had left her own daze to find the shopkeeper in her own. "Don't tell me the legendary Rainbow Dash, Scourge of the Skies, has a stallion she can't keep her mind off?"

It took a bit for Rainbow to get her brain off Muffins but now the topic was squarely back on her. "Uh, a mare… actually." She blushed without realizing it. "She has the most amazing wings, they are huge and can lift her so easily, she flew, non-stop, clear across to the dragon lands."

"Oh you got it bad." Spitfire chuckled, knowing it was her own failing at the moment as well. "I would love to see this flier, she got a name?"

"Muffins." Dash had to fight not to sigh, she was on one of her favorite subjects. "And her magic, she does stuff with her horn that you wouldn't believe!"

Spitfire, however, had gotten an incredulous look. "M-Muffins?" Memories attacked her. "Clumsiest mare in class, Muffins? Muffins who could barely fly straight?"

"You know her?" Rainbow was broken from her daydreams by the reaction.

"We were in the same classes in school. She was clumsy as a… well, she wasn't allowed to fly near anything breakable. You sayin' she got it together?" Spitfire was both surprised and a little shocked. "Wait, hold on. Horn?"

Rainbow grinned, her smile turning a little silly again. "Yup, things got complicated for her. She is technically an alicorn, but has told the others she doesn't want to do the princess thing, that might be why they are keeping her ascension quiet."

"This I gotta see. Muffins, with a shiny horn and… did she get the crazy-wavy mane thing?" Spitfire had drifted toward acceptance of this, from what she knew of Dash the mare wasn't a liar.

"Uh, not… not exactly. You know how alicorns are earth pony, pegasus, and unicorn combined?" Rainbow got a nod from the other pegasus. "Well, she skipped the earth pony bit, went for changeling instead. Uh… don't tell anypony, but I think it looks way cooler."

"We should catch up. You free tomorrow?" Spitfire looked at the dress Dash was wearing, the question serving a double purpose, as it would let her know how big a 'thing' the other pegasus was paying for.

"Uh, I got two more days here." Rainbow lifted a hoof to rub the back of her head. "What about next week?" Her mind raced, Spitfire was literally one of her heroes, but she seemed like a cool pony, and without her stressing about becoming a Wonderbolt it meant they could just talk.

"Sure. Bring your special somepony, I'll bring mine." Spitfire passed over some bits for the candy and turned. "Nice dress by the way, I like the stockings especially."

Rainbow was blushing hard as she watched the other pegasus leave the store, getting a good look at her plot. There was some movement around her back hooves that startled her and Dash bounced to the side.

"Please! I am thirsty!" Nuzzles was sniffing the floor and looking up at the pegasus. "It won't even take long!"

Used to dealing with a needy pet, Dash stepped back over and used a hoof to ruffle the critter's head. "I told ya, no. Didn't you have a thing with Fluttershy? I mean, the one from the other world?"

"She had to go shopping! And I am so thirsty…" Nuzzles used his best puppy eyes, gazing up at the mare with two sets of them. "Pweeese?"

The bell rang as the door opened and a very conspicuous mare trotted in. "Sunset!" Rainbow giggled. "Come over here for a bit, pet."

Her eyes widening, Sunset Shimmer ruffled her wings and did just that. The last word her special friend had used sparked ideas and thoughts. "Mistress Dash, what may I do for you?"

Wearing the silly and degrading outfit only made this sweeter for Rainbow. "This little guy is thirsty. Head on into the back room and lay down for him. He'll know what to do."

Sunset blinked a few times, the creature looked a little strange, sort of like a tiny dog, tinted green… with two heads. "Uh, okay… what does he want? A drink?" She stepped into the back room, Nuzzles padding after her. Dash heard the alicorn settle down on the floor. "He is poking around my back legs and… Ow! He nipped me, it-"

"He find what he needed?" Rainbow poked her head back, seeing Sunset nosing mutely at Nuzzles while the creature fed from her teats. "Ah, good pet."

She wasn't sure if this was pure bliss or just odd, but hearing Rainbow tell her that she was good made Sunset smile. She poked the little creature with her nose as he suckled and squeezed at her teats. Then the milk started to flow. "Oh poop…" Sunset's head lay down on the floor, her eyes glassy. Without thinking about it she lifted her leg a little to let the beast have easier access. Part of her wanted to fight it, but that part was the same, dominant part that loved it when her Mistress gave her commands.

The bell rang again and Rainbow spun around to see Sweetie herself come into the shop. "Hi boss!" She giggled and tried to cover her snout with a hoof.

"Everything going fine?" Sweetie trotted over to the counter and looked behind it. "Where is Nuzzles? He should be crawling up the wall for milk by now…"

"Got it covered, boss." Rainbow's smile told the mare nothing, and everything.

"You do, huh? So if I left to go to the spa for the day, you could keep him from jumping out and attacking random customers?" Sweetie Drops was about to take a look into the back room but was blocked by a dress-wearing pegasus.

"Yup, take as long as you need to, I. Have. Everything. Covered." Dash grinned wide, saying the words slowly and deliberately.

"I don't know whether to be worried or happy." Sweetie tapped her chin with a hoof. "I'll take happy. You will see me around closing time." The mare swung around and trotted off.

"Bye!" Rainbow waved a hoof after failing to do so with a wing that was trapped in the dress. "How you doing, Sunset?" She poked her head into the back room and saw the mare, wings limp, a happy smile on her face. "Good enough."

Author's Note

No! Sunset, run... too late.

This is a bonus. Finished it early so I will cook something else up for tomorrow, later.

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