Just an Experiment

"I can't believe I agreed to this," Rainbow Dash mumbled to herself as she flew to Twilight's castle. Despite that she agreed to help Twilight with this... "experiment"... she felt somewhat uncomfortable about this.

Soon enough, she was at the castle doors. With confidence, she showed herself in. Once inside, she noticed a well dressed Spike. The outfit he wore can be best described as a butler uniform. It took a moment for Rainbow to process what she was looking at. Suddenly, she burst into tears and laughed at the little dragon. "Hahaha! Sp-Spike? Hahaha! What the h-. Hahaha! What the hay are you wearing?" Rainbow asked between laughs.

Spike gave an irritating look at Rainbow. He then ran into one of the rooms, leaving the door slightly open. Rainbow hovered to the door and heard loud whispers, "Forget it Twilight! I'm not doing this!"

"Oh please Spike. You look great and-," Twilight replied.

"I am not doing it," Spike interrupted.

"Fine, then I guess that crystal cupcake will go to waste."

"Crystal cupcake?"

As soon as Rainbow heard that, it was followed up by quick steps heading towards the door. She backed away and landed on her hooves. The door opened quickly; enough to knock Rainbow on her flank if she remained by the door. Before her, stood a well postured dragon, "Right this way Miss Dash."

Rainbow used much of her strength to resist laughing. She took a deep breath and then proceeded into the throne room. She couldn't believe that she was worried about this. Of course Twilight did something as silly as making Spike a butler. She went from feeling uncomfortable, to being curious to what else Twilight had in store.

As she proceeded, she was once again shocked at what she saw. A dark room with a dining table in the center. The table was set with silverware neatly placed, lit candles in the center and of course food. On one side of the table, was a bowl of salad and a glass of water. On the other, there was a hay burger, crispy hay fries and a mug. Even though she was at a distance, she was sure she smelt apple cider from the table. Great hope grew within her that the smell was coming from the mug. What caught Rainbow's eyes the most, however, was what Twilight was wearing. She sat there with her mane up in a bun and in a red dress.

"Rainbow!" Twilight called.

"Huh? What?" Rainbow replied.

"You aren't wearing anything? Ugh. You were supposed to dress nicely to impress your date. It is written here in Hearts and Hooves Magazine." Twilight raised the magazine, covered in her magical aura. Rainbow Dash is already annoyed as she recognized the name. The magazine was popular with young mares. It provided advice on searching for relationships, maintaining relationships, etc.

"Twilight, you don't really believe in all that do you?" Rainbow questioned.

"It wouldn't be in this magazine if it wasn't true. Oh never mind. We'll just continue this the way you are."

"Fine. Whatever." Rainbow said in annoyance as she walked to the empty seat. Once there, Spike dashed to her chair and pulled it out for her. Rainbow rolled her eyes, no longer finding the situation funny. She took her seat and Spike pushed in her chair with little trouble.

"Will that be all Miss Dash?" asked Spike.

"Umm... yeah. Just stop calling me Miss Dash."

"Oh thank Luna. You got it Rainbow. Just shout if you need anything."

Twilight cleared her throat.

"Uh I mean, please let me know if there is anything else I can do to make your evening more pleasant."

"Okay, this was all funny at first, but I just might puke if this keeps up," Rainbow thought to herself.

Spike bowed as he left the two alone, but was near in case they needed anything else.

Rainbow then redirected her attention back to Twilight, "Twilight, why are you wearing that?"

"I just told you, an article in here says that you have to impress your date by dressing nicely. It strongly recommended wearing a red dress. It is proven by collected surveys that it is guaranteed to entice any stallion."

Rainbow stared at her in awkward silent, looking rather annoyed.

"What?" Twilight questioned.

Rainbow raised a brow. "To entice any stallion?" Rainbow asked.

"Yes."

"I bet it didn't say anything about enticing mares."

Twilight lets out a gasp and flinched in shock and horror. Of course the dress might have worked on stallions, but the magazine said nothing about mares. In fact, Twilight thought back on what she read from the magazine. There was nothing in there about attracting mares at all. The magazine was specifically for young mares looking for a strapping stallion.

"Oh no!" Twilight thought in fear, "I made an error! A big BIG error! Everything I have planned is ruined! Okay Twilight, just remain calm. Keep it together."

Rainbow continued to stare at Twilight and waited for an answer. "Uh Twilight?" Rainbow questioned, but no answer came. Instead, Twilight kept mumbling to herself in a low voice.

"Uh oh. Now you done it," Spike stepped in.

"What did I do?"

"You found something wrong with her plans. Now she is having one of her freak outs."

Rainbow looked at Spike unamused, "You're joking right?"

"Nope. Unless you do something, you two might be here all night. In the meantime, I am going to find that crystal cupcake." Spike left the room in search for his prize.

Meanwhile, Rainbow tried to bring Twilight back to reality. "Look Twilight," she started, "Let's just get this over with."

"No no no! We can't. Don't you see? I only read stuff on attracting stallions. There is no way this would work now."

"Oh for Celestia's sake! You are freaking out all because I'm not a st-." Rainbow cut herself off as she had an idea. She saw that this project of Twilight's was important to her. As an element of loyalty, she wanted to help her friend. Despite this being one of the most ridiculous things she ever volunteered for. Without saying another word, she flew out of the room at an amazing speed.

Although she was quick, she wasn't fast enough for Twilight not to notice. "Now Rainbow left! Ugh! This whole night is ruined. There was so much preparation, so much work put into this, I wasted Rainbow's time, all this food will go to waste... Actually, Spike and I can eat the food."

Left with her thoughts, she jumped at the gust of wind that brushed her mane bun. The speed was almost enough to blow out the candles. She almost immediately took notice of somepony filling in what was an empty seat. It was Rainbow Dash, wearing a male dress uniform of the Wonder Bolts. Plus, she was wearing a wonder bolt hat, where it looked like she kept most of her mane hiding.

"R-Rainbow? What are you wearing?" asked Twilight.

"Okay look, you don't want to ruin your night and I want to get this whole thing done and over with. As dumb as I think this is, I had an idea of how this could work. I dashed back to my place and put on this uniform."

"How did you even get that?"

"Spitfire gave me two uniforms when I graduated. She gave me the original uniform for the females, but I thought the male uniform was cooler. So as a favor, she gave me this one, but the deal was I wasn't allowed to wear it during practice or at the academy."

"Rainbow, I appreciate you putting on something nice, but this whole pretend date is ruined."

"No it's not."

"Huh?"

"You have heard Rarity say that I don't act like a proper mare right? So for tonight, just pretend that I'm a stallion."

Twilight thought about this plan. In a way, this was a good plan. However, she didn't think she couldn't convince herself of seeing Rainbow as a stallion.

"Come on Twilight, it is kind of hot in this uniform."

"I... guess we can give it a try."

"Finally. Oh, and one more thing." She leaned closer to Twilight, "If you call me Miss Dash this date is over."