The Derpy I Know And Love Volume 4: And The Children Shall Lead

Dinky Sparkle, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were in the old Cutie Mark Crusader clubhouse. Now that all had their cutie marks, all but Apple Bloom, the club had folded, and there were no more remarks about ‘Blank Flank’ especially with Apple Bloom being so proud of the fact of lacking one. Somehow it made her feel special after Twilight Sparkle explained it must be a very special talent if it was taking this long. The tree house was now their hangout and place for overnighters, like this evening.

Ever since Twilight Sparkle had come to the defense of Diamond Tiara and prevented her from being expelled from school and shamed, Diamond had softened up on her treatment of the CMC. Silver Spoon was the first to come over to being friends because of how Diamond had first treated her when she spoke against the way Diamond was ranking down Cookie’s mother.

Then after a new colt moved to the school and started belittling Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon because of, in his words, ridiculously vain and useless cutie marks, Dinky Sparkle, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo came to their defense, not wanting to see anypony bullied. Diamond did concede, however, wearing a tiara all the time was a little over the top, and now only wore it on special occasions.

The six fillies were now inseparable.

That next month was the graduation dance; they’d all be moving on to the Ponyville High School. All were excited because this would be the first year that they’d be allowed to go to a school dance accompanied by a colt, a real date. Thanks to Sweetie Belle, they’d all be getting fancy new dresses by the now Equestria famous designer Rarity.

They were all talking a-mile-a-minute about how exciting it was going to be and how many colts had asked them out. Then as it goes when girls get silly, they started talking about holding hooves and kissing, who’d kissed whom and at what age. As it turned out there were a lot of stories about a little peck on the lips behind the school or down by the swimming hole. But none had taken it any further.

“So none of you’ve done a tongue kiss? You know, like you see in the movies,” asked Silver Spoon.

“Who has to watch movies? My moms kiss that way all the time.” Said Dinky, “you’d think they were school fillies. Even Sparkler and her coltfriend never kiss like that in front of Dawn and me. It’s gross... Almost.”

“My parents aren’t that wild,” said Silver, “but they do get carried away sometimes.”

“That’s only because they love each other,” said Sweetie Belle, “my sister and Applejack behave the same way, don’t they Apple Bloom?”

“Oh yeah.”

“You think that’s something?” said Scootaloo, “I sometimes have to get a crowbar just to separate Rainbow’s lips from Pinkie’s so I can get a flying lesson.”

All laughed except Diamond, this didn’t go un-noticed.

“What’s wrong, Diamond,” asked Apple Bloom, “don’t your parents kiss in front of you and your brother?”

“No,” Diamond replied sounding a little down, “dad says that public displays of affection are improper. Even in the home.”

“I’m sorry,” said Sweetie Belle. She was feeling sorry, no, she was feeling compassion for her one time adversary who now was a close friend. “We didn’t mean to say anything to upset you.”

“I’m not upset,” said Diamond, perking up a little, she felt a flutter with Sweetie Belle showing concern about her feelings. “I do kind of wish they’d act a little more romantic. I know if I had a pony to love, I’d not act like I had to hide it from everypony.”

The two looked at each other, an appreciative smile on both faces.

“Well I don’t know if’n the dance leads to kissin’,” said Apple Bloom, “ but I’m kind of ‘fraid if’n it did.”

“Why's that,” asked Silver Spoon.

“I don’t wan’a date to think that I’m some little filly who doesn’t know anythin’ ‘bout datin’.”

“But we don’t know anything about dating,” said Dinky.

They all laughed.

“We could practice,” said Sweetie Belle.

“What do you mean?” asked Diamond, intrigued.

“My sister told me when she was our age, she and her friends would practice kissing.”

“Seriously?” asked Apple Bloom.

“Seriously!” Said Sweetie Belle, “she said it was kind of fun. They played a game called Spin the Bottle. They’d sit in a circle one pony would spin a bottle in the middle of the circle. The pony it pointed at when it stops they had to kiss.”

“Gross!” said Silver Spoon. “Kissing another filly! That isn’t right!”

Dinky Sparkle, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo looked at Silver Spoon.

“Really?” asked Dinky.

“Oh yes,” giggled Silver, “I forgot. Didn’t mean anything by it.”

All started to laugh.

They thought about it and decided to give it a shot. They had all settled down in a circle.

“If we are going to do this, we have to do it the right way.” Said Sweetie Belle, “tongues and all. No need to do this if we don’t”

They all agreed, and decided to spin the bottle and what ever pony it stopped on would go first, Sweetie Belle gave the bottle a spin, it stopped and was pointing at Scootaloo.

“Okay, let’s do this right!” Said Scootaloo, trying to sound like Rainbow Dash.

Scoot spun the bottle around and around. ‘Not Diamond Tiara,’ thought Sweetie Belle. The bottle slowed and stopped pointing at Dinky.

Scootaloo and Dinky blushed, leaned forward, they put their lips together. Then it was evident when they went to the tongue part. Then after a moment, they parted.

“That wasn’t as bad as I thought.” Said Dinky with an odd look in her eyes.

Scootaloo just blushed and smiled.

All laughed.

“Your turn Apple Bloom,” said Sweetie Belle.

She spun the bottle with gusto. ‘Not Sweetie Belle,’ thought Diamond Tiara. It took a bit for it to slow down, and then it stopped on Silver Spoon. Silver blushed and looked nervous. But she leaned quickly into Apple Bloom and planted a large wet one on her. Apple Bloom wasn’t ready for such an aggressive start, but she soon recovered and was performing as close to the way she’d seen Applejack and Rarity. They quickly broke the kiss; Silver blushed even more, and giggled.

“That was different,” said Apple Bloom.

“I guess that leaves us,” said Sweetie Belle to Diamond Tiara, she was trying not to show how happy she was with the situation.

“I guess so.” Said Diamond Tiara, making sure that her face didn’t give away how happy this made her.

Slowly Sweetie Belle and Diamond Tiara’s lips met. Sweetie felt Diamond’s lips part, her tongue tentatively entered her own mouth, and she did the same. They explored the other’s tongue back and forth. She’d hoped for this from the first suggestion of the kissing game. She was afraid that Diamond wouldn’t respond. Sweetie could feel however, that Diamond was in no hurry to stop. Sweetie Belle felt the impulse to pull Diamond closer, but fought it. Her heart was starting to pound. She realized that they had taken longer than the others and pulled away. It was hard to hide that she was having trouble breathing normal.

“Ewwww!” exclaimed Diamond.

All laughed. Sweetie laughed as well but was disappointed with Diamond’s reaction.

The night went on with more gossip, talks about the latest colt-bands and of course, lots and lots of snacks. It was getting late and at last the yawns became infectious. So they decided it was time to roll out the sleeping bags and turn in.

Sweetie Belle had trouble going to sleep, she kept thinking of Diamond Tiara and the kiss. It had to be well after midnight, she couldn’t go to sleep. It’d been a couple hours when she decided that she couldn’t lay there anymore. Sweetie listened to the slow breathing around her, after she was sure all were asleep, she crept out the door and stood on the little porch that surrounded the clubhouse. Propping herself up on the railing with her forelegs, Sweetie watched the little wisps of clouds floating past the face of Luna’s moon.

“I couldn’t get to sleep either,” came a voice from the other end of the porch.

“Diamond, I didn’t see you there.”

Diamond walked over and propped herself on the rails by Sweetie Belle. They stood there’s silence; both could tell the other had something to say.

“Don’t hate me Sweetie Belle,” said Diamond.

“Why would I hate you? We worked through all that stuff in the past. We’re best of friends now.”

“But I’m afraid I embarrassed you when we were playing Spin the Bottle,” said Diamond, not able to look Sweetie Belle in the eye.

“What makes you think that?” asked Sweetie.

“Because I held the kiss so long and then said ewwww afterward.”

“It’s okay, everypony laughed.” Said Sweetie Belle, becoming intrigued, “I wouldn’t keep thinking about it.”

Diamond finally looked at Sweetie Belle, there was confusion in her face and it was hard to tell in the dark, but Sweetie thought she saw a tear on Diamond’s cheek.

“That’s just it,” replied Diamond, “As I lay there, I couldn’t get your face out of my mind. I can’t stop thinking of, of....”

“Of what?”

“I can’t stop thinking of kissing you!” She said, rushing her words, she was having trouble looking Sweetie Belle in the eye, “when you suggested the game, I really wanted to get to kiss you. You’ve always been a good friend since we put the past behind us. You’re cute and I just feel so happy when you talk to me or laugh with me. I’m glad our desks at school are next to each other. When you aren’t looking, I watch you work, just to see the little smile you give when you figure out a problem. I think how much I’d like it if you gave me that smile.”

Diamond paused and looked away.

“See, you hate me.”

“Diamond,” said Sweetie, not sure how to continue, “I’m out here because I couldn’t sleep. I had you in mind when I suggested Spin the Bottle. I know it sounds silly, but I was even trying to figure how to cheat so I could get to kiss you. And I really enjoyed the kiss, and I can’t stop thinking about it, and you. I watch you at school too. When we’re on the playground, I’m really disappointed when I don’t get chosen to be on the same team as you. I don’t know if you notice at lunch, I try to sit by or across from you all the time. When I can’t, I don’t feel that hungry for my lunch. I’d rather watch you and listen to you than eating.”

Diamond looked back at Sweetie Belle, her face looked happy, she put her hoof on Sweetie’s then the two looked deep into each other’s eyes. Both sat back on their haunches, as close as they could to each other. Sweetie put a foreleg around Diamond’s neck they both leaned in, their lips met, their tongues exploring the other’s again. Diamond’s forelegs wrapped around Sweetie Belle, Sweetie Belle’s did the same.

The world vanished; they couldn’t tell if it was warm or cold outside. The only thing they felt was the warm filly they were holding and a hunger in their soul they’d never felt before.

They couldn’t tell if they’d been at it a few minutes or hours. But they broke the kiss, panting and sighing.

“Wow!” whispered Diamond.

“I felt it too,” said Sweetie Belle. “I don’t want to stop.”

“Me neither.”

They kissed again, perhaps not as long.

“We better go back inside before they catch us out here.” Said Sweetie Belle having trouble controlling her breathing.

“Do you think they’d make fun of us?” asked Diamond.

“No, but I don’t think I’m ready to deal with what others might ask. Our friends are trustworthy, but I don’t know if I want to answer questions I don’t understand right now.”

Diamond agreed, they kissed quickly once more and then the two went back inside stealthily. They placed their sleeping bags next to each other and on laying down, fluffed them up so nopony could see they were facing each other, happily holding hooves.

The next morning the girls were up early, after gathering their things they walked to the main house at Sweet Apple Acres. There Granny Smith had a breakfast of apple pancakes and fresh milk waiting for them. After thanking Granny for the breakfast and Applejack, Rarity and Big Mac for letting them stay. All but Apple Bloom headed out. Scootaloo flew off to her home at the Ponyville Children’s Home. One by one they dropped off until it was only Diamond and Sweetie. After the others had gone, the two walked as slow as possible, not wanting to rush away. They walked close enough that their flanks would touch, the contact felt nice.

“Diamond,” said Sweetie Belle, not sure what she really wanted to say, “I feel funny asking this, but if I don’t now, I don’t know if I could work up the nerve later.”

“Ask me what?”

“I’m not sure how this is done, but I’d really like it if you’d be my (mumbled)friend.”

“I am your friend,” said Diamond.

“No, I mean would you be my fillyfriend.”

“Oh!” said Diamond. “I want to say yes, I really do, but I need to think about it. You remember how my dad acted with Bon-Bon and Lyra, not to mention Twilight and Muffins or your sister and Applejack. I’d not be rushing home and announcing it, but I don’t want to be dishonest.”

Sweetie looked dejected.

“Oh Sweetie don’t, I’m not saying no. I really, really, really like you. I’d like nothing better to stop and kiss you some more,” Sweetie Belle perked her ears up some, “and I’m not saying I’d not like to go the movies with you, or have some sleepovers. But for right now, we need to think about it or at least think about how we are going to do this.”

“Okay,” said Sweetie Belle, “I can respect that. I guess we both need to think about this. Would you mind if I talked to Rarity about this. She can keep it a secret, and I’d feel a lot better talking to her instead of mom and dad.”

Diamond nodded, and then the two of them looked around to see if any pony was near, seeing the coast was clear. They exchanged, in their opinion, too small of a kiss.