As happens across the world, after a few weeks of summer vacation it seemed like an age since the girls had seen some of their friends from school and Pinkie had picked up on something Sunset had said. She’d been talking about how, in Equestria, the Summer Sun Celebration was the biggest day of the year and everypony would watch as Celestia raised the midsummer sun. As she described the events taking place across the land, everyone noticed the sad smile on her face. It was then Pinkie decided they should do a Midsummer party, partly because Sunset seemed to need cheering up and partly as an excuse to see their classmates again. The fact it was already past midsummer did nothing to dampen her plan.

Only a few days later they were all in the Sweet Apple Acres barn which had been cleared out and was already set up with tables along one wall for the drinks and snacks. Rainbow was helping Vinyl set up her equipment as she had volunteered to run the music. Lemon Zest was coming for the party and would be helping on the decks as well. There had been some rumours that she and Vinyl were closer than just friends but no one wanted to pry. They were also setting up a stage area for some live music courtesy of the Rainbooms as well as Trixie and the Illusions.

Twilight had been a little nervous inviting her former classmates but had been encouraged to do so by Rarity and Applejack. As well as Lemon, who was always coming as Vinyl’s guest, Sugarcoat had said she would come as well. There had been a distinct change in tone at Crystal Prep after the Friendship Games when they had realised just how awful they were to each other and were now being a little nicer to one another. Synch had retired at the end of the year and the news of that had certainly helped.

Having finished setting up Vinyl’s equipment, she and Rainbow had grabbed a drink and were sitting chatting in front of the speakers. Fluttershy, who had been helping Rarity with the decorations stopped and watched the two of them.

“Her sign language seems to be improving,” said Rarity looking at Rainbow hands. “Her movements seem to be very fluid.”

“She’s getting really good,” said Fluttershy. “She can hold a full conversation and she rarely needs to stop to think of the next word.”

“Who’d have ever thought Rainbow Dash would be good at a language? This is the girl who nearly failed her English.”

“I know why,” chimed Sunset from behind them.

Fluttershy and Rarity turned to see Sunset and Applejack laden down with food and drinks. They let them drop their loads by the table before pressing Sunset for an explanation.

“Its muscle memory,” explained Sunset. “Learning languages usually requires you to connect the word you know to the word you don’t and we all know Rainbow doesn’t do well with that. She’s very physically oriented and finds it very easy to connect a physical movement to a word. She’s thinking in spoken words and her hands are just doing it automatically.”

“You’re probably right,” said Fluttershy before turning back to look at her fiancé. “She’s amazing.”

“Decorating’s done!” shouted Pinkie from the other side of the barn.

The girls turned to see Pinkie and Twilight covered in copious amounts of glitter. They’d been making banners and there was probably as much glitter on them as all the banners combined. Pinkie skipped over to join the group shedding glitter like shimmering scales with every bounce while Twilight walking behind her trying to shake as much as she could out of her hair.

“They’re… lovely,” was the best Rarity could manage as the rest murmured their agreements. ‘Gaudy’ was the word she’d have used herself but it was best not to criticise Pinkie when it comes to parties. You could probably use the banners as a disco ball there was that much glitter on them.

“So what’s left?” asked Twilight as she shook the last of the glitter from her hair that would willingly leave.

“Just the sound test,” said Rainbow as she and Vinyl joined them.

“We should wait for Trixie before we get everything set up,” said Sunset. “You know she likes to be included.” Sunset looked at her phone for the time, “she said she’d be here by now.”

“It’ll be break time then,” said Applejack. “Who’s up for some drinks and taste testing the snacks?”

That struck a chord with the group and they all immediately headed for the buffet table. They settled in on some of the chairs and hay bales and waited for Trixie. After about five minutes they heard a car pull up and shortly after Trixie and her friends came in laden with bags and their instruments.

“Wow, the place looks great,” said Trixie as she dumped her bags at the door. “Are there spotlights?”

“No, there’s enough electrical equipment in a flammable barn without super-hot lights,” stated Applejack firmly. “We’d better get started on the sound test, can’t still be doing it when folks start arriving.”

The two groups headed over to the stage with the Rainbooms setting up first and proceeding with getting everything set right for their performance later. Trixie then made sure everything would be fine for her while complaining about the lack of lights and pyrotechnics with Applejack again pointing out the fire hazards. Thanks to Vinyl everything was sorted out and done in minutes.

With plenty time until the first guests would likely start arriving, the girls sat down and Trixie filled them in on what awesome things she’d been doing since they’d last seen her. She may have mellowed since Sunset’s reign but she still enjoyed showing off. While talking about how her magic act was coming along she produced a pack of cards, shuffled them like a master, and proceeded to show off.

After six successful identifications of her card, Sunset was getting very annoyed that she couldn’t figure out how Trixie was doing it. She’d checked the cards for marks and made sure no one was behind to give signals and still Trixie got it right. Eventually Rarity had to put a hand on her arm to calm her down as Twilight pointed out that just because she’s a genius doesn’t mean she should be able to figure out what is, after all, a deception.

Rarity then took charge and tried to usher the group into the house to get changed. Rainbow pointed out it was just a casual party and was perfectly happy in her normal outfit as were Applejack, Vinyl and Pinkie, hers did show a bit of cleavage anyway so it’s perfect for a party. As they others headed off to change the four of them decided they would choose the music list.

After ten minutes, Fluttershy and Twilight were the first to arrive back at the barn. Fluttershy was wearing a simple knee length, sleeveless green dress with her traditional pink butterfly decorations, pink shoes and a rainbow coloured hair clip. Twilight seemed to only own clothes that were very similar to her Crystal Prep uniform and she was in a dark skirt with a white blouse and waistcoat.

Eventually Rarity and Sunset reappeared and it was no surprise that they were over dressed. Sunset was wearing the same pink skirt with her cutie mark on it from the welcome party at the Friendship games paired with a contrasting blouse with a pattern resembling three diamonds over her heart. Rarity was wearing a blindingly white and dangerously short dress with a crimson belt sitting canted on her hips featuring Sunset’s cutie mark as well as crimson lipstick and nail varnish. Everyone found it adorable that they were wearing each other’s cutie mark.

They didn’t expect Trixie to appear until a lot of people would be here to witness her grand entrance and were all hoping she hadn’t brought any smoke bombs with her.

As the scheduled start time approached Vinyl took up her station and started the playlist as the others did some last minute adjustments to the decorations. As guests began arriving the first task seemed to be to catch up with how everyone else’s summers were going as some hit the dance floor.

After twenty minutes, Twilight saw a black Range Rover pull up outside the barn and, nervously, went to greet the two Shadowbolts who had accepted her invite.

“Twilight!” shouted Lemon Zest as she leapt from the nearest rear door. “Dude, how are you!”

She bounced up to Twilight and hugged her, revealing she was shouting because she had her headphones on and they were loud enough for Twilight to hear every word being sung. She had also taken the casual dress on the invitation seriously and was wearing denim shorts with a T-shirt for some, presumably, rock band Twilight had never heard of.

“I’m fine,” said Twilight loud enough for Lemon to hear.

“Awesome!” shouted Lemon as she let go and headed inside to find Vinyl.

At that point Sugarcoat appeared from behind the car wearing a gorgeous ankle length pleated dress in a deep red that featured a large bow around her waist and a classy amount of cleavage. She was also wearing a pair of red 3” heels, not idea for a rough barn floor, and a matching handbag.

“I’m overdressed, aren’t I?” she said looking at Twilight and the others she could make out in the barn.

“Maybe just a little?” suggested Twilight.

Sugarcoat opened her bag, took a pair of flat shoes from it and quickly changed into them before putting her bag and heels back into the car. She saw Twilight looking at her as if she had no idea what just happened. “You should always bring flats to a party where you’ll be dancing to change into if your feet get sore,” explained Sugarcoat.

“Oh, good idea,” said Twilight who had never worn heels to a party in her life. Not that she’d been invited to many.

The two girls stood looking at each other.

“So... How’s your summer been?” asked Twilight as she turned to suggest they should go inside.

“My parents have hired several tutors for me and much of my time has been spent with them.”

“I always used to wish that would be how I spent my summers,” said Twilight as they settle into a free space just along from the door. “Now though, I sort of like just spending time with my friends.”

“I would like to do that too,” said Sugarcoat with a note of dejection in her voice.

“Can’t you tell your parents you want to spend less time studying?”

“They believe they allow me too much time socialising as it is.”

At this point Sugarcoat was distracted by the arrival of Trixie who, as predicated, had waited until more guests were here to make a grand entrance. She stood silhouetted in the door for a few seconds. She knew she looked stunning in her white trousers, white wedges and a black shirt with wisps of blue smoke that snaked around her chest, subtly suggest that the shirt was straining to hold her in, everyone looking at her would agree she did look stunning. They were also relieved that there hadn’t been a single smoke bomb.

“What a great turnout,” said Trixie to the room in general as if this were her party before walking through the crowd trailed by her friends and clearing a space on the dance floor.

As the party went on it was noticed by several that Trixie was flirting with anyone who came near her long enough. She did restrain herself enough not to flirt with those in relationships but it did seem that she was keen on getting some action tonight. There was great discussion going on about exactly what kind of action she was after.

After about an hour the Rainbooms decided it was time to hit the stage and were cheered like heroes when they were getting into position and again when they all ponied up during the first song. The two Shadowbolts in attendance were rather nervous at this as they still vividly remembered Twilight using that same magic to rip the world apart. Lemon Zest quickly settled back down to her rhythm behind the decks while Sugarcoat stayed at the back of the crowd in case she needed a quick exit.

The Rainbooms played half a dozen songs, ending on ‘Awesome as I Wanna Be’ before heading into the big finish. They signalled for silence and Rainbow Dash gave up the centre stage to Sunset. She readied herself, looking down at the ground ready to start.

“You're never gonna bring me down,” sang Sunset into the silence.

There was a few whoops from the crown which were quickly silence by those around them. This song was an unofficial anthem for Cantrelot High after its defeat of the Sirens and it was given great respect.

“You're never gonna break this part of me. My friends are here to bring me 'round. Not singing just for popularity.”

Rainbow then joined in taking over Princess Twilight’s role as this worlds Twilight hadn’t wanted to sing on front of such a crowd. As the others then came in with their instruments, the crowd started to join with the words and start dancing. A lot of the audience were expecting the full magical laser show but with nothing to fight, this was just a song.

As Rainbow played out the last few notes there was a roof shaking applause from their friends as Sunset felt her smile would never leave her. This song was the manifestation of best moment of her life, when she had been accepted by everyone again and truly forgiven.

“Top that Trixie!” shouted Rainbow as the applause dies down.

“Easy!” came the response from the crowd, even though she knew there was nothing that could ever beat it for this crowd.

“You were amazing, Darling,” said Rarity to Sunset as they left the stage before giving her a peck on the cheek.

This caused a whoop from the crown at the sight of some girl on girl, followed by a loud exclamation of pain as Lyra and Sweetie Drops simultaneously smacked the offender on either side of his head.

As Vinyl and Lemon took over the music again they slipped in a slow number for all the couples and it was always good chance to see if any single people asked someone up to dance. As the number ended, Applejack, who had turned down a couple of offers for a dance, went onto the dance floor to tell Lyra and Sweetie Drops the song was over. They were engaged in a rather passionate kiss and seemed unaware that they were the centre of attention.

“Song’s over. You can stop that now,” she said as she tried to separate them.

“What?” they both asked as the snapped back to reality before noticing they were being watched. They left the dance floor to find a corner out of sight. Lyra leaned against the wall as Sweetie Drops immediately picked up where they had been interrupted. Her hand also found its way between her girlfriend legs.

“Get a room you two,” said Applejack who had suspected this would happen and followed them.

“Can we?” asked Lyra

“I didn’t mean...” began Applejack before realising she dug her own grave. “Oh go ahead. Use mine, just don’t get the sheets... you know.”

“We didn’t bring any toys,” lamented Sweetie to Lyra who was clearly dismayed by this news.

“Why in the hay do you need toys? What’s a tongue for?” asked an exasperated Applejack.

“It’s just better with something in you,” stated Lyra.

“Well we’re not having you fingering on the dance floor,” said Applejack sternly.

“We so need to do something,” said Sweetie Drops returning her hand to Lyra’s crotch.

Applejack sighed and held a hand to her face. “I have some meticulously cleaned things if that’s what it takes to get you to stop,” admitted Applejack.

“You do!” shrieked Lyra at this fantastic new gossip.

“Tell no one of this,” said Applejack threateningly and standing up straight to her full six feet to remind them that she’s physically intimidating if she wants to be.

“Deal,” said Lyra and Sweetie in unison.

“What have I done?” asked Applejack of herself.

“So can we use them?” asked Sweetie.

“Take the bottom drawer out,” said Applejack as she walked away wishing none of that had just happened.

The two dashed into the house and up to Applejack’s room. As soon as she was in, Lyra began undressing while Sweetie Drops removed the bottom drawer as instructed where she found a black bag.

“Oh! My! Goodness!”

“What?” asked Lyra as she took of her slightly damp panties.

Sweetie stood up with a twelve inch dildo in her hands and watched her girlfriends jaw drop. “I guess we know AJ likes it big,” said Sweetie as she dropped it on the bed and went back to the bag. “There’s a bunch more of different sizes. OMG, there’s a latex suit in here as well. That’s not just for herself. Have you heard of her dating anyone?”

“No,” said Lyra dreamily, she’d picked up the massive dildo and was stroking its length and found herself rather absorbed in it.

“There’s a harness, I think these are attachments for a strap-on. Who’s putting it on?”

“Well I need to be fucked so you are,” said Lyra. “Use the eight inch one. The twelve might be a little big.”

Sweetie took off her dress and underwear as Lyra figured out how to attach the dildo to the harness before handing it to her now naked girlfriend who stepped into it. She’d realised its double sided and put the small six inch dildo on the inside for Sweetie.

“She really has good stuff,” said Sweetie as she slipped the smaller dildo inside her. “We totally need to ask where she got it.”

“Totally,” echoed Lyra as she knelt down and used some of the lube on the dildo presented to her. When it was lubricated to her satisfaction she wrapped her lips around the head and bobbed her head along the shaft until the dildo hit the back of her throat.

“There’s nothing hotter than a gorgeous girl sucking my cock,” said Sweetie as she grabbed Lyra’s head and pushed her down hard on it, forcing her to swallow the whole length.

After a few deep thrusts Sweetie let go of girlfriend, who gave another thrust on her own, before relinquishing the dildo. The movement of the little dildo was doing wonders for Sweetie, theirs couldn’t do that and she knew they had to have this.

“Fuck me,” demanded Lyra as she stood up and bent over the bed.

“Pussy or ass?”

“Pussy please. It’s a little big for anal without a warm up”

Sweetie positioned the head at her girlfriend dripping pussy and pushed in one smooth motion causing Lyra to groan and yelp as the base hit her clit.

“I think this is the perfect size for me,” she said as Sweetie drew back out.

Sweetie slammed it in hard and began fucking her desperate girlfriend with such ferocity she was momentarily worried that the slapping sound would be heard over the music. As Lyra’s moans grew louder she leaned over, grabbed her chest and pulled her upright, slowing her pace but keeping up the power. With the added stimulation of Sweetie’s hands on her chest and the warmth of her against her back, Lyra was seconds from orgasm when Sweetie pulled out and let go.

“I don’t want it to be that quick,” she purred over Lyra’s shoulder.

“You tease.”

Sweetie pushed her over to the wall so her back was against it then lifter her legs, which were eagerly clamped around her waist. Lyra loved this position because Sweetie always gave her tits a lot of attention and she could see every tongue movement. As the strap-on slipped slowly into her, Lyra brought her girlfriend’s hands up to her tits to get her started immediately before wrapping her own round her girlfriend’s neck. Sweetie gripped both very hard before giving her a love bite on each one, Lyra liked it a little rough and Sweetie had no problem giving her girlfriend what she wanted.

She started pushing up into her, causing Lyra to throw her head back against the wall and squeeze tight with her legs. It wouldn’t take much to bring over the edge. With a hard thrust upwards and a twist to each nipple Lyra yelped as she came, crushing Sweetie’s head into her chest. She kept up her thrusting as she could feel cum Lyra’s dripping down her legs. It was maybe good she’d pulled her away from the bed.

As Lyra came down she allowed Sweetie up for air. The strap-on was still inside her as she pushed her tongue into Sweetie mouth as a thank you. “That was great for a quickie,” she said as Sweetie lifted her off the dildo and set her down.

“When we get ours you are so doing me first,” said Sweetie as she unbuckled herself.

“We’d better clean up,” they said in unison. There was toy cleaner in the bag so they went to the bathroom to clean the dildos and make sure their hair and makeup hadn’t been ruined. With the puddle on the floor cleaned up with a cloth, they headed back to the barn

They got back just in time for Trixie’s set and watched as she took the stage with a black and white cape over her outfit and her traditional blue starred hat. As she began playing, Applejack appeared next to them.

“Tell no one,” she reminded them as she grabbed both by a shoulder with a very firm grip.

“But we have so got to talk about what you’ve got up there,” said Lyra.

“We so do not,” said Applejack as she walked swiftly away.

“We’ll get her later,” they said in unison.

As Trixie was singing, she was watching the crowd enjoying themselves on the dance floor. She’d written some new songs which weren’t about how great she was that people could dance to and it seemed like she had done a good job by the numbers enjoying them.

As she was looking around the crown, it happened to part to direct her gaze towards someone. She’d flirted with over half the guys here but when she saw the swish of deep red, the two lengths of beautiful white hair and a glint off her glasses she couldn’t focus on anything else. She was stumbling over her lyrics before she was prodded in the back and was brought back to the present. No one seemed to have noticed her slip so she continued her set.

During the climax to her final song she readied her show stopping trick. She swished her cape across herself and as it fell away again two doves flew out and over the crowd to some amazed gasps. She paid close attention to Sugarcoat and saw the girl giving the doves and then her a critical eye. Did she like the trick?

Applejack’s thought as she saw the doves was how she was going to get them out of the rafters. Thankfully after the music stopped they flew down and perched atop Trixie’s guitar case.

As Trixie was leaving the stage she was scanning the crowd for Sugarcoat. She didn’t really know why but she wanted to know if she liked her songs. She spotted a flash of white near the buffet table and quickly dumped her guitar, trusting her doves to stay put, and swiftly made her way through the crowd to where she’d seen her.

She spotted her getting a drink for herself and noticed that she had quite curvy hips. She wasn’t sure why she noticed that but her beautiful dress really accentuated them. As Sugarcoat turned round Trixie pretended she was decided what to have while avoiding looking at the alluring cleavage on display.

“So what did you think of my songs?” asked Trixie with a quaver of nerves in her voice.

“Some of your lyrics are quite poor,” replied Sugarcoat.

“You, um, you think?” stammered Trixie, she knew in her head she would normally just brush of criticism like this but she felt like she needed to give a reason for not impressing the beautiful girl in front of her. “I’ve not written that many songs, I will get better.”

“I’m sorry that was rude of me,” said Sugarcoat as she realised she had only focused on the one negative aspect of Trixie’s performance. “Some of your lyrics were very good and the song structure as a whole was good.“

“You think?” was all Trixie could get out.

“Yes, I’m trying to be more sensitive to people’s reception of my opinions,” explained Sugarcoat. “Where were you keeping the doves?”

Trixie felt her confidence return just in time for Rainbow Dash to interrupt their conversation.

“So, you think you outdid the Rainbooms?” she said with a touch of glee.

“Oh there is no question there,” said Trixie falling back into the normal banter she had with her chief rival. “You were good but no match for the Great and Powerful Trrrixie.”

“I’ll admit the doves were a cool touch but you need more than tricks to beat my- our sheer awesomeness.”

Sugarcoat was watching the exchange with interest. Trixie seemed to have been a different person to the one she had seen flirting with everyone until Rainbow Dash arrived. That was odd. What she knew of Trixie from Twilight was that she was always sure of herself, often too sure of herself. Before she could continue that thread, Lemon Zest appeared out of the crowd.

“Suga! This song’s awesome!” she shouted over the music she had just turned up before leaving the decks and dragged Sugarcoat onto the dance floor.

Trixie broke out of her banter with Rainbow as Sugarcoat was dragged away. Rainbow knew that was odd and also noticed a slight look of longing in Trixie’s eyes as she watched Sugarcoat leave. She got the feeling she may have interrupted something and left Trixie looking into the crowd.

A little after Trixie’s performance, Applejack realised that Rarity and Sunset had been missing for a few minutes and when she spotted them coming back in, wandered over to them to have some fun.

“Been out having fun you two?” she asked.

“Come now Applejack, you know we wouldn’t do such an uncouth thing,” stated Rarity.

“So why does Sunset have hay in her hair,” she questioned, looking at the back of Sunset’s head

“But I got it all,” protested Rarity as she darted behind Sunset and began looking for the offending piece of dry grass and found nothing.

“So you have been for a roll in the hay,” said Applejack smugly.

“Making out in the hay,” admitted Sunset.

“I ain’t judging, I just wanted to see Rarity’s cheeks match her lipstick,” said Applejack with a chuckle. Rarity had indeed turned a little red and Sunset joined in the laughter.

“Pinkie was out there too,” said Rarity trying to deflect Applejack's attention.

“Was I?” asked Pinkie appearing next to them and causing her friends to jump.

“Yes you were,” said Rarity sternly. “And don’t scare people like that.”

“And you’ve got frosting in your hair,” said Applejack reaching out to remove it.

“No!” shouted Pinkie swatting away Applejack hand. The other gave her quizzical look as that was very out of character for her. With an embarrassed grin, Pinkie sucked her hair clean. “Yuck,” she said, sticking her tongue out, “cum and hairspray do not go well together.” Her friends just stared. “What? It’s not a party without at least one blowjob.” At that she skipped away leaving the other to stare at one another.

“She said...” began Rarity.

“Eeyup.”

“She did,” agreed Sunset. “Should we pretend none of that happened?”

“Who wants to dance?” asked Rarity pulling them both to the dance floor to distract herself.

Trixie had tried to speak to Sugarcoat a few times over the course of the evening and each time she hadn’t been able to think of anything interesting to say and was too relieved that Rainbow jumped into the conversation each time to wonder why Rainbow was always there. When the next slow song came on, she spotted Sugarcoat on her own and considered asking her to dance before bottling it and going outside for some air.

During that song Vinyl and Lemon put themselves at the centre of the party gossip by having a slow dance behind the decks looking deeply into each other’s eyes. The fact both kept laughing throughout it and were clearly having a laugh at the expense of the couples escaped many and the existing rumours of their relationship gained momentum.

This was also the song Flash Sentry, after several failed attempt at flirting with this world’s Twilight, asked her up to dance. She accepted as her friends had warned her he would probably flirt with her but she hadn’t realised the awkward conversations they’d already had were flirting. She found the dance just as awkward and accidentally stepped on his feet several times. That seemed to put him off for now at least.

It was half past eight when Trixie, having again tried and failed to engage Sugarcoat on conversation, saw her, Lemon, Twilight and Applejack leaving the barn. She followed after them to try and overhear them in case Sugarcoat mentioned her.

“Sorry you have to leave so early,” Trixie heard Twilight say.

“I would have stayed longer if I could,” replied Sugarcoat. “This is the first party I’ve ever enjoyed.”

“It was awesome!” said Lemon over enthusiastically before getting serious. “You’ve got a really good group of friends here Twilight. I hope you’ll be happy as Wondercolt.”

“Thanks Lemon,” said Twilight as she was unable to stop herself from hugging her.

“You do seem more confident in yourself. It would be good to see you again this summer,” said Sugarcoat.

“That would be nice,” agreed Twilight as the Range Rover parked behind them blasted it’s horn to get the girls attention.

“Thank you for inviting us,” said Sugarcoat as Lemon bounced off to the car.

“Thanks for coming,” said Applejack “Safe travels.”

As she and Twilight turned to head back in they were met by Trixie walking swiftly towards them and then past. They saw Rainbow at the barn door signalling them to quickly come back in.

“Sugarcoat,” called Trixie to get her attention. Sugarcoat turned round and stood waiting “I, um, it was nice talking to you...” was the best Trixie could manage.

She was only half a step away from Sugarcoat who was looking curious as to what was going to happen. As she tilted her head slightly the sun glinted off of her glasses and Trixie couldn’t stop herself darting forward and planting a kiss on her lips. Sugarcoat's expression didn’t change as Trixie’s mind desperately sought for something cool and clever to say.

After what felt like an hour of awkward silence, which was in fact two seconds, her brain threw the best it could manage to her mouth. “You’re so pretty,” she said, immediately realising she sounded like a moron or a child. Sugarcoat’s curious expressions still hadn’t changed and Trixie felt like she was beginning to melt under her gaze.

“Twilight has my number,” said Sugarcoat before turning and heading for her lift.

Trixie just stood there, trying to get her thoughts working properly again.

“That was smooth,” said Rainbow appearing next to her.

“No it wasn’t,” protested Trixie before turning to Rainbow. “What happened to me?”

“I think you like her.”

“I’m going to do something and you will tell no one.” Trixie looked around to make sure no one was watching or filming her before grabbing Rainbow’s shoulders and jumping up and down, giggling like a maniac before something new struck her. She landed flat with an expression of unmistakable fear.

“What?” asked Rainbow. It was getting a little disconcerting seeing Trixie so unlike herself.

“Did she give me her number to ask her out or just to talk as friends?” she said with clear worry in her voice. “And if it is a date what do we do. She’s rich. What can I do for a date that she couldn’t just buy! Does she want me as a trophy wife or -”

“Trixie!” shouted Rainbow shaking off Trixie’s hands from her shoulders and swapping round to shake some sense into the girl.

“I’m fine,” said Trixie talking a deep breath and looking a lot more like her normal, confident self.

“You could ask Rarity or Twilight what rich people do,” suggested Rainbow.

“I will,” said Trixie calmly. “And I won’t go rushing off like you were hoping I would.”

“You sure you don’t want rush?” asked Rainbow with a grin. She wanted to see childlike, excited Trixie again.

The party began to wind down as the sun was setting and eventually only a handful of guests remained. Derpy and Pinkie had taken to the stage and were giving it all they had as the last few cheered them on. Applejack, Twilight, Sunset and Rarity were beginning to tidy up the rubbish now littering the barn with Applejack tidying up a bit of the leftover food every time she passed the tables. It would only be a matter of time until Pinkie descended from the stage and devoured the lot.
A little later Rainbow Dash and a winged Fluttershy reappeared and started tidying as if they’d been there the whole time.

“You’ve got straw in your hair,” hissed Rarity from behind Fluttershy who immediately began trying to find it. As Rarity burst out laughing Fluttershy realised she’d been tricked.

“I’m sorry Fluttershy, Applejack did that to us earlier and it turns out it is actually funny,” laughed Rarity.

At that point Pinkie and Derby’s song ended on a crescendo and Pinkie fired her confetti cannon causing everyone to jump and Derby to nearly fall off the stage.

“Pinkie Pie!” shouted an angry Applejack. “I just swept that!”

“Oops. Sorry,” said Pinkie with an embarrassed smile. “I’ll get it.”

She came down from the stage, grabbed the brush and swept up her mess giving Applejack an apologetic grin. At this point the remaining guest’s lift arrived and they headed for home after complimenting their hosts. With all the guests gone, Vinyl turned her equipment off and began dismantling it. She was staying at the farm tonight with the others but she wasn’t leaving everything in the barn so it needed to be packed up and brought into the house. Seeing her starting on such a mammoth task, Rainbow came over to help.

It had been a while since Vinyl spent this much time with them and had really enjoyed her day. She’d hung out with them a lot after the battle of the bands but had since drifted back to her own group. Aside from Rainbow Dash’s irregular signing lessons she hadn’t really spent much time with any of them for over a month and had been eager to get involved today’s events.

“So I’ve gotta ask,” began Rainbow as she brought one of the cases up to Vinyl. “You and Lemon Zest. Just friends?”

Vinyl broke out into silent laughter for a few seconds before composing herself. ‘Yes, we are just friends,’ she signed. ‘I didn’t think you’d believe that rumour.’

‘It was seeing the two of you tonight. You were in perfect–‘ Rainbow realised she didn’t know sign language for ‘sync’ so changed to verbal “- sync and you didn’t type or sign anything.”

‘We might be the same person,’ joked Vinyl. ‘And this is ‘sync’.’

Rainbow signed ‘sync’ a few times to get it into her head. As she was doing it she spotted Fluttershy watching her. ‘What?’ she signed.

“What?” asked Fluttershy as she didn’t know what Rainbow had signed.

“Exactly.”

“Exactly what?” asked Fluttershy getting confused.

“You got ‘what’ exactly,” said Rainbow struggling not to grin like a maniac as she wound up her fiancé.

“I’m confused.”

“And I love you anyway,” said Rainbow sweetly but allowing her grin to take over her face. Seeing this, Fluttershy realised she was being messed with and gave Rainbow a disapproving look and left.

‘You’re cruel,’ signed Vinyl jokingly.

‘She’s easy,’ replied Rainbow.

There was a pause as Rainbow realised what she just said about her fiancé as Vinyl fell onto the floor in silent laughter.

“Something’s funny,” chirped Rarity leaning over a speaker to see Vinyl taking her sunglasses off to wipe the tears from her eyes. The neckline of her dress was hanging down and giving a Rainbow a very impressive view.

“Nothing’s funny,” said Rainbow struggling not to laugh at Vinyl crying on the floor and averting her eyes from Rarity’s cleavage.

“You didn’t get onto the dance floor much, Vinyl,” said Rarity ignoring the pair’s behaviour. “No one take your fancy?”

At this question, Vinyl froze up momentarily before shaking her head.

“There is!” exclaimed Rarity excitedly. “Is it Lemon Zest?”

“No,” answered Rainbow as Vinyl waved her hands in front of her face to signal the end of that conversation, got up and resumed her disassembling.

“You can tell us when you’re ready, dear,” said Rarity knowing Vinyl didn’t want this pushed further.

The barn was as tidy as it was going to be tonight so the girls took Vinyl’s equipment in to the house so they could finally sit down and rest. It had been a busy day and they were all glad to get off their feet. They exchanged the best gossip and stories they’d each picked up over the evening but it wasn’t long before Applejack was snoring underneath her hat, Rarity asleep cuddling into Sunset and Fluttershy asleep with her head on Rainbow’s shoulder.

As even Pinkie was starting to fade, the five that were still conscious decided they should all probably head to bed now. They’d all brought their sleeping bags and pyjamas over with them and all were needing it. As they headed for her room, Applejack suddenly remembered two people had sex in it earlier and they had her bottom drawer out. There was no way she would be able to get in and make sure everything was hidden again without arousing suspicion as she was at the back of the group on the stairs. She was relieved to find that Lyra and Sweetie Drops had tied up after themselves but insisted that she needed to change her sheets.

Author's Note

For Sugarcoat's dress, take a look at her here https://www.deviantart.com/uotapo/art/Taking-Her-Glasses-Off-579694142.
Not commissioned by me, just a beautiful piece.