If one were to have an image of a teenage girls' slumber party in their mind, then what now transpired in the bedroom of Pinkie Pie would not be too far off the mark. Aside from Pinkie, all of her closest friends were here. Sunset Shimmer, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Twilight Sparkle all sat together in a circle, right in the middle of the bedroom floor. Around them were a selection of snacks and drinks and other goodies that people would expect to see at such a gathering, which Pinkie especially felt the need to stuff her mouth with whenever nobody was looking at her. The girls were all clad in the usual pyjamas they had been known for wearing at such meetings, with the exception of Applejack, who had apparently replaced her onesie with a simple set of green shirt and brown shorts, something Fluttershy was soon to comment on.
"But what was wrong with it, Applejack?"
Looking to her, the young farmer raised an eyebrow.
"It was a onesie, Fluttershy. Ah didn't mind it, but it was only cause I had nothin else that day."
Nodding, Fluttershy took a sip of water from her nearby cup, thus opening the way for Sunset to speak, looking over to Pinkie as she did so.
"Thanks for inviting us over, Pinkie."
After swallowing a particularly large mouthful of marshmallow, Pinkie smiled to her Equestrian friend.
"No problem, Sunset! I figured we haven't really had one since this Twilight started being our friend, so...why not?"
At that, the spectacled girl, who had taken to wearing her hair down for the evening, smiled in an appreciative manner to her host.
"I've never really been to something like this before. It's...nice."
Chuckling, Rainbow, who was sitting right next to her, slapped a hand down on her shoulder in a friendly way.
"Don't worry about it, Twi! You're one of us now, remember? Just kick back and relax!"
Smiling to her rather loud friend, Rarity nodded, adding her own voice to things.
"Indeed. As exciting as our lives can be, it does help to just...unwind a little bit."
Sunset too nodded to this.
"Yeah. Just the seven of us together? You'll never see me tired of this."
There was a general murmur of agreement amongst the girls at this, and after a while, many of them settled back into their respective groove of sampling whatever snack food had taken their preference at this point. However, after slurping some soda from a can, Rainbow, who everyone knew from experience would not be satisfied with such silence forever, soon took on a frown before speaking her mind.
"So...what do we do now?"
Looking to her, Pinkie raised a hand, before then starting to count off her fingers as she replied.
"Let's see...we've done snacks, drinks, pin the tail on the donkey, even had a pillow fight."
Placing a hand in her hair, Rarity, looking a little irritated, pulled out a small white feather, frowning at it before addressing her party-loving friend.
"Yes...and the less said about that, the better."
Many of the girls had to stifle a giggle at the fashionista's remark, but, after that had come and gone, it eventually fell upon Pinkie to speak yet again, scratching her head as she did so.
"Huh...not really sure what we should do next."
There were looks of thoughtfulness after hearing this, as many of them starting to think over what activity they could possibly do at this point. However, amidst it all, Rainbow started to get a somewhat mischievous-looking smirk, clearing her throat and gaining everybody's attention.
"You know...there is one thing we've never really done at these get-togethers."
Her eyes widening, Pinkie leaned closer.
"Oooh! Really? What?"
Turning to her, Rainbow gave one of her customary cackles before answering.
"Isn't it obvious? How about we have a little game...of truth or dare?"
Immediately, everyone seemed both concerned and taken aback by this suggestion, looking to one another with worried expressions. Eventually, it fell upon Sunset to speak to her athlete friend.
"You sure that's a good idea, Rainbow? I mean...you know how games like that can go, right?"
Turning to her, Rainbow's smirk persisted.
"Yeah...that's the point. It'll be fun."
Looking to her, Pinkie, after taking in those words, started to join in.
"Yeah! Besides, nobody here is gonna start spreading those kinds of truths around school and stuff."
Again, the other girls looked to each other, and at the end of it, it was Fluttershy who spoke up, albeit in her usual meek manner.
"Um...well...it could be fun."
Sighing, Sunset gave a nod.
"Okay, fine. Truth or dare it is."
Rainbow and Pinkie looked to one another with looks of victory upon their faces. But, as soon as they did this, Sunset raised a hand, gaining their attention.
"Some ground rules," the ex-unicorn declared.
Hearing that, Rainbow nodded.
"Sure, fire away."
Like Pinkie before her, Sunset started counting off her fingers.
"First, as Pinkie said, every truth revealed tonight stays within these walls."
There was another round of everyone looking to their closest neighbour, before they all nodded back to Sunset.
"Deal," Rainbow agreed.
Sunset continued.
"Second...no daring anyone to do...that stuff."
Rainbow raised an eyebrow.
"What stuff?"
Sunset responded with a slight frown.
"You know what stuff."
Instantly, realisation crossed Rainbow's face.
"Ah...understood."
Chuckling, Applejack started to speak up herself.
"Don't y'all worry, Sunset. Ah reckon only Adagio would get upset if we didn't do that stuff."
Sighing, Sunset's face relaxed somewhat.
"Yeah...I just needed to make sure."
Then, before she had a chance to say anything else, Sunset was interrupted by Pinkie.
"Oooh! How about we make this game a little bit more...interesting?"
All eyes were upon her, as were their shared looks of confusion.
"Um...interesting how?" Fluttershy asked.
A mischievous smile crept onto Pinkie's face, and she gently placed a hand on her animal-loving friend's shoulder.
"Oh...how about...whoever refuses to do a dare, or tell the truth, has to eat that entire cake I've got at the back of my fridge."
Again, confusion was the order of the day for many of the girls.
"Er...pardon me for saying this, Pinkie...but getting a whole cake to one's self doesn't seem all that bad...even if some of us are trying to watch our figures," Rarity commented.
Pinkie opened her mouth to speak, no doubt reply to her friend's words, only to be stopped when Rainbow chimed in again.
"Wait...isn't that the cake in that sealed container? The one covered in green frosting?"
Suddenly, a rather guilty look crossed Pinkie's face.
"Yeah...that's not frosting."
Immediately, all the other girls scooted away from her a little bit.
"Ugh! Pinkie, what?! That's disgusting!" Rarity replied.
Sunset nodded.
"Yeah! You'd honestly expect us to eat that?!"
Pinkie looked to each of them, then, to the surprise of them all, started to look as if she was having a hard time holding in her laughter. Eventually, she burst out into giggles, eventually wiping away a laugh-induced tear from her eye.
"Wow! You guys really believed that, didn't you?!"
Slowly, realisation dawned for the other girls.
"You mean...it's fine?" Fluttershy asked.
Looking to her, Pinkie nodded.
"Yep! I've just been wanting to do that to you for a long time!"
There were grunts of annoyance at this, to which Pinkie retained her obliviously-amused expression. But, when the moment had passed, Sunset, who was rubbing her temples at this point, addressed her host yet again.
"So...what's actually wrong with that cake?"
Slowly, Pinkie took on a more serious look.
"...It has marzipan in it!"
Silence fell, and all of them looked to her as if this were some other joke. But, it quickly became apparent that this was not, in fact, a jest on her part, as she apparently considered this to be an immensely serious issue. So, slowly, and after glancing at each other again, the girls all nodded to her.
"Okay then, Pinkie...we'll eat it if we say no to any of this," Sunset agreed.
As before, Pinkie smiled widely.
"Great!"
Then, a thought occurred to her.
"Oooh! But first...you all have to Pinkie promise!"
There were some in the group who rolled their eyes at this, but even so, they all did as asked, placing one hand upon their chest and raising the other in the air, almost as if they were in a courtroom, before speaking up in unison.
"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."
Pinkie nodded to this, looking pretty satisfied.
"Good. And remember, if you don't keep it..."
She frowned, her eyes darkening as she leaned forward.
"...I will find you."
Instantly, a shiver went down the spines of all the girls, expect for Pinkie, who simply resumed her earlier smile. Rainbow, looking around to her comrades, soon whispered under her breath.
"Okay...kinda starting to regret this suggestion now."
But the others hadn't heard her, and instead, it was Rarity who broke the silence between them.
"So...who goes first?"
There were general looks of uncertainty about this, but, as per usual at this point, it fell to Pinkie to add her voice to things.
"I know!"
She stood up from her spot, before then heading to the door of her room. To the confusion of her friends, she left them entirely, leaving many shrugged shoulders in her wake. But, mere minutes later, she returned, and held in her hand what was clearly an empty wine bottle. Sitting back down, the party-lover placed the thing right in the middle of their circle, before leaning back and looking quite pleased with herself.
"A game of spin the bottle for a game of truth or dare. Pretty neat, right?"
Sunset looked to the idle bottle for a few seconds before glancing back up to Pinkie.
"Why do you have an empty wine bottle. Do you...?"
But Pinkie just let out a snort to that.
"Pfft! No! It was my Mom and Dad. It was their anniversary last week and...well...let's just say it made them a bit less stone-faced than normal."
More than a few blushes were displayed over that remark, and Pinkie was among them. So, desperate to get the ball rolling and get away from that topic, Applejack cleared her throat before gesturing to the bottle.
"So...shall we?"
There were plenty of nods to that, and so Pinkie leaned forward, grabbed hold of the bottle, and then spun it around vigorously. Many eyes were watching it eagerly, seeing it go on seemingly forever. But, it eventually slowed down, and the open top of the thing soon fell upon none other than Fluttershy.
"Eep!" she exclaimed.
Folding her arms, Rainbow chucked as she looked to her lifelong friend.
"Sorry, Flutters. Looks like you're going first!"
Nervousness crossed Fluttershy's face, complete with a loud and noticeable gulp on her part. But, after a few moments of silence, she nodded.
"Well...okay...I guess I should pick who I ask?"
She reached out, taking hold of the bottle herself and giving it a spin. It wasn't as fast as when Pinkie had done it, so it soon slowed down, landing upon Applejack, who seemed taken aback by this, before then breaking out into a friendly smile.
"Well shoot, Fluttershy! Go ahead. Ask."
Timidly, Fluttershy nodded.
"Okay. Um...Truth or dare?"
Applejack paused, considering this for a time before smiling back to her.
"Dare."
Fluttershy nodded back, then took a moment of silence herself to think over her options. After a brief while of this, she looked back to her farmer friend.
"I dare you...to...stand on your head."
At that, many of the girls groaned in irritation.
"Seriously, Fluttershy!? That's what you're going with?" Rainbow remarked.
But Applejack frowned at her after hearing that.
"Come on now, Rainbow. That's all well and good. And besides..."
Before she finished, she began to get underway with her dare, getting up and taking a few steps backwards before then kneeling down and leaning forward so her head now touched the ground. All of them watched as she, rather effortlessly, began to stand on her head, with a triumphant smirk on her face as she did so.
"...ah could do this all day!"
With that, she lowered herself back down, standing up again before returning to her previous spot.
"Guess it's mah turn now."
And take her turn she did, reaching for the bottle and spinning it well. All eyes looked to it, and it eventually fell to Sunset, who sighed at this.
"Alright then...ask away."
Applejack put a hand to her chin, pondering this, before eventually speaking up.
"Truth or dare?"
Sunset looked down to the ground, then took in a deep breath before glancing back to Applejack.
"Truth."
Applejack nodded to this before getting straight down to business.
"Alright then. What was the most embarrassin thing y'all have ever done?"
A question like that caused all of the girls to fix their gaze upon the ex-unicorn. But, contrary to what they might have expected, such a question did not, in fact, take long for Sunset to figure out, as she let out a deep sigh before explaining.
"Okay...but remember, we agreed that nothing leaves this room, alright?"
She got the expected round of nods to that, prompting her to continue.
"Alright...well...it happened on the night me and Flash first...you know."
As expected, that kind of talk led to a lot of them leaning in closer, much to Sunset's irritation as she continued.
"Well...in the heat of the moment...I kinda forgot how humans were supposed to do it together and I...I...sort of entered into a more...pony mind-set when getting onto the bed."
At first, none of the girls knew what she'd meant by that. But, eventually, Fluttershy erupted into a massive blush, clasping her hands over her mouth.
"Oh my! You mean you...presented yourself to him?"
Sighing, Sunset nodded, leading to looks of embarrassment for most of the other girls. All, that is, except for Rainbow, who snorted in an amused manner.
"Seriously?! So, you just laid on the bed and wiggled your butt to him?"
Again, Sunset nodded.
"It wasn't until I saw him staring that I realised that I'd made a mistake. Not the best way to start our first night together, I'll admit."
That, at the very least, Rainbow could agree on, judging by the nod she now gave.
"Okay then...go ahead and spin."
Sunset smirked slightly to that, before then taking the bottle as instructed. After another brief spin it landed upon Rainbow, much to Sunset's satisfaction.
"Well, well, well. Okay then, Rainbow...truth or dare?"
The rainbow-haired girl thought on this for a while, then smirked right back.
"Truth!"
Sunset leaned back slightly, thinking hard on how best to get back at Rainbow for the prior laughter. Then, as she stared at her, she noticed that Rainbow, probably out of a brief bout of itchiness, started scratching her left ankle. This immediately gave Sunset an idea, as evidenced by the grin she now bore.
"Rainbow...why didn't you want Flash to give you a foot rub?"
As soon as she'd said that, Rainbow's face lost a few shades of colour.
"Um...what?"
Sunset folded her arms.
"Back when he gave you that massage, you stopped him before he got to the foot rub that was supposed to end it. Why?"
Slowly, Rainbow noticed that everybody else was staring at her. So, after giving Sunset a dark look, she relented, her shoulders slumping slightly as she answered.
"Well...the thing is...my feet kinda feel...good when people touch them?"
Looking to her, Applejack raised an eyebrow.
"Good? What's the problem with that?"
Turning back to her, Rainbow frowned.
"As in...really good."
As before, it took a while for the subtext to settle in for the girls, but when it did, it hit them like a sack of hammers, leading to yet another round of blushes. Meanwhile, Rarity looked to Rainbow with a look that could only be called amusement.
"Well now, Rainbow. I'd never have thought you of all people would have that kind of...sensitivity."
Embarrassment covered Rainbow's face now, and she looked away with her arms folded.
"Look, I just...it's weird to me, alright! So let's just drop it!"
Raising her hands, Rarity nodded.
"Very well my dear. But if you ever feel the need, I know a few people down at the spa who could work wonders with you on that count."
Rainbow grumbled in annoyance at this, but, realising that it was her turn, immediately grabbed the bottle and spun it. It took no time whatsoever for it to land, and when it did, Rainbow's embarrassed expression was soon turned into one of victory as her target revealed itself to be, of all people, Rarity. As soon as this was known, the young fashionista, started to look a little nervous.
"Ah. Well...I see the universe has a sense of instant karma today."
Rainbow clasped her hands together and rubbed them devilishly.
"Okay now, Rares...truth or dare?"
Knowing that she was probably damned either way, Rarity sighed.
"Very well...dare."
Rainbow smirked with glee over this, then leaned in closer to her friend.
"Then I dare you...to spend the rest of the night...topless."
Rarity's head snapped in Rainbow's direction, her eyes wide.
"You...you can't be serious?!"
But Rainbow merely nodded.
"Oh, I'm serous alright! Now...are you gonna do it...or lose?"
Rarity stared at her, and Rainbow stared right back. There was a silence like a graveyard amongst all of the other girls, each one looking from one friend to the other. Then, at the end of this uncomfortable moment, Rarity took on a look that very much seemed as though she had been beaten at this. So, rather slowly, she reached up to the straps of her nightie, before gently sliding them down her shoulders. As she did this, the other girls seemed to not really know if it was okay to look or not, but Rarity herself simply ignored them as she got on with it. Eventually, it came to the moment of truth, and after letting out yet another sigh, Rarity simply let the top of her nighty fall, exposing her chest for all. Naturally, the others just couldn't keep their eyes off her, looking as if they didn't quite believe what they were seeing. But, as usual, it fell to Pinkie to break the ice on the matter.
"Hm...perky."
Rarity looked away, her face as red as a tomato right now.
"Let's just get this over with!"
She grabbed the bottle, spinning it vigorously, and when it stopped, it did so upon Pinkie.
"Well, Miss Pie, truth or dare?"
Pinkie considered this, then looked back to Rarity with one of her customary big smiles.
"Dare!"
Seeing a chance to get people to pay attention to someone else for the time being, Rarity thought very hard on this matter. Then, she gained a look that would not have been out of place with a light-bulb upon her head.
"Alright then, Pinkie...I dare you...to kiss one of us!"
There were gasps all around at that, and for a brief moment, everyone expected Pinkie to throw up her hands and admit defeat to this. However, to the shock of all of them, the party-lover simply shrugged her shoulders and smiled.
"Sure thing."
And with that, she turned, looking over to Fluttershy, who at first seemed very confused by this. Then, with everybody else's eyes growing wide, Pinkie gently took both hands to the sides of Fluttershy's face, then brought her lips to hers in a tender kiss. Immediately, several jaws dropped upon seeing this, and Fluttershy herself blushed harder than she probably had done in her life. As for Pinkie, she seemed to have no trouble with this whatsoever, and when she parted, she looked to her kissing partner with an affectionate smile.
"How was that?"
Fluttershy mumbled something incoherent, but soon offered an awkward smiled and nodded, prompting an even wider smile on Pinkie's part.
"Great! I was kinda worried I wouldn't be all that good at it. But, guess I am!"
As Pinkie continued to look over to Fluttershy, Twilight leaned over to Sunset, whispering to her.
"Do you ever get the feeling that Pinkie inherited the lion's share of Adagio's genes?"
The former unicorn nodded to this, but stayed silent as Pinkie then reached for the bottle herself, leaving a very dazed-looking Fluttershy behind her.
"Alright, bottle...spin!"
And spin it she did, with everyone looking to it to see where it would land. When it DID land, it was, yet again, on Rainbow, much to the latter's annoyance.
"What?! I've already had my turn!"
But Pinkie frowned.
"It's a random bottle spin, Rainbow. There are no set turns!"
Rainbow grumbled to this.
"Ugh! Fine! Go ahead!"
Pinkie nodded.
"Okay...truth or dare?"
Sighing, Rainbow answered.
"Dare!"
As before, Pinkie pondered this, then looked to Rainbow with an expression of pure innocence.
"Okay...I dare you...to go to Flash next time you see him...and ask him to finish the job...and give you a foot rub!"
Like the last time, Rainbow lost all colour in her face.
"What?! But...but...but...!"
But Pinkie raised a finger.
"Ah ah! You Pinkie promised, remember?"
To that, Rainbow frowned.
"Oh yeah? Well what if I break it?"
Slowly, Pinkie frowned right back.
"...You won't."
Like what had happened previously, everyone gained a sudden chill down their spin, leading to a gulp on Rainbow's part.
"What...so...you'll just follow me until...?"
She left the question open, and Pinkie merely nodded with a smile on her face, leading to a look of sheer devastation on Rainbow's face.
"Right...well...that'll be a surprise for my brother, now won't it?"
Meanwhile, the other girls didn't know whether to look at Rainbow with pity or amusement, and so, Sunset cleared her throat, gaining Rainbow's attention.
"Well...it IS your turn now, Rainbow."
Grunting again, Rainbow nodded, leaning forward and taking the bottle, spinning it hard.
"I need something to get my mind off this!"
On and on the bottle spun, and when it stopped, it did so pointing straight at the surprised face of Twilight, who looked up to Rainbow when she realised it was her turn. Smirking, Rainbow thought on this, then snapped her fingers as soon as an idea popped into her head.
"Truth or dare, Twi."
Looking away slightly, Twilight answered.
"Er...truth?"
Rainbow smiled, making it clear that this was exactly what she wanted to happen. So, after clearing her throat somewhat, she spoke.
"Tell us...what's the most embarrassing you can say about yourself?"
To this, Twilight raised an eyebrow.
"You mean apart from becoming an evil she-demon?"
Rainbow nodded.
"Yeah, besides that."
Sighing, Twilight folded her arms and glanced at her other friends before just coming out and saying what she needed to.
"Well...when I was younger, I...I kinda maybe had a little crush on...my brother."
There was a pause, during which, Rainbow looked to her eagerly, waiting for her to continue. But, when she didn't, the girl instead frowned.
"Wait, is...is that it?"
Twilight, taken aback, nodded.
"Um...yes?"
Leaning back, Rainbow slapped her forehead with frustration.
"Ugh! Seriously?! A little crush on your brother? Is that all?!"
Looking back to the spectacled girl, Rainbow frowned, raising one hand and putting her thumb and forefinger close together.
"I almost came this close to having sex with mine!"
Twilight shrugged her shoulders.
"I'm sorry, Rainbow, but...that's all I've got."
Sighing, it wasn't long before Rainbow nodded back to her.
"Fine...fine. Just...just take your spin."
Looking down to the bottle, Twilight did as she was asked, spinning the thing eagerly now that it had finally become her turn to do so. Unfortunately, she soon ended up as the only one happy about this arrangement, as, in a cruel twist of fate, the bottle's end eventually pointed, for the third time tonight, to Rainbow. The athlete stared at the bottle with a look very near to outright contempt, and her tone of voice was not that far off that sentiment either.
"Sure...why not?"
She looked up to Twilight, awaiting her question, which the former Crystal Prep girl was quick to give.
"Rainbow...truth or dare?"
Rubbing her temples, Rainbow answered.
"Truth, I guess."
Nodding, Twilight soon continued.
"Are you regretting suggesting this game for us tonight?"
Rainbow stared at her, and Twilight to her, for quite a while. Then, to the surprise of all those watching, Rainbow let out a hearty chuckle, nodding to her friend and letting out the longest sigh thus far.
"Yes, Twilight...I really...really am."
