Sunset Shimmer, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie, were all huddled fairly close together, scooching close To Rainbow Dash’s fence to get a peek into her back yard, and hopefully inside through her back door.

“Ugh it is filthy back here,” Rarity complained as she attempted to adjust herself somewhere in the bit of brush that was behind Rainbow Dash’s house where she wasn’t touching anything.

“Well when you’re sneaking getting dirty is kind of unavoidable,” Sunset replied annoyed. This was Rarity’s idea, and her complaining about the conditions on the sneaking expedition she wanted to go on wasn’t sitting well with Sunset.

“What are we looking for anyway?” Pinkie Pie asked happily.

“We’re trying to see if Applejack is still here,” Rarity stated. “And see if we can determine why she and Rainbow Dash were being so cagey last night."

“I think I see Applejack,” Sunset Shimmer said squinting in between two of the planks in Rainbow Dash’s fence. Sunset couldn’t be sure, but she could make out two shapes on the other side of Rainbow Dash’s glass back door, and she assumed the second shape was Applejack. “I can’t be sure. They're too far away.”

“Boost me over the fence,” Rarity offered.

“No boost me!” Pinkie Pie countered excited.

“I’m not boosting anybody,” Sunset said angrily. “When you get over the fence how do you expect to get back?” Their argument was interrupted by the sound of the door opening. “That’s them keep it down.”

The three could hear Applejack and Rainbow Dash talking, but they couldn’t hear exactly what they were saying, only that they were both talking a little strangely. They waited for a moment too scared to move. After a long moment Pinkie speaks up.

“Can you see anything?” Pinkie said loudly. Sunset Shimmer and Rarity angrily shushed Pinkie. In a panic Sunset looked to see if their cover is blown. She’s sees that it’s just Applejack alone, but she was looking right in their direction, seemingly held back by something but she couldn’t tell what.

“Well?” Rarity asked.

“She’s staring right at us,” Sunset Shimmer said panicked.

“Right at us!” Pinkie exclaimed too loudly.

“Pinkie!” Sunset scolded. It was too late though. She could see Applejack making her way over to them. She was almost there when.

“Applejack what are you doing?” Rainbow Dash yelled. The three were shocked both at what Rainbow Dash said and how she said it, and Sunset was shocked when Applejack winced when Rainbow Dash spoke. Rainbow Dash pointed for Applejack to head inside and the two disappeared from sight.

“They went back inside?” Sunset reported.

“What was that about?” Rarity questioned. “Why is Rainbow Dash talking to Applejack that way?”

“And why is Applejack letting her?” Sunset added.

“We need to get closer,” Pinkie Pie said adventurously.

“Ok,” Sunset said determined. “Rarity, I see a gate on the left side. I’ll boost you up, then you open the gate to let us in.” Rarity nodded in affirmation.

*****

“What were you doing Applejack?” Rainbow Dash said sternly. Applejack looked at the floor.

“I heard a noise,” Applejack said wavering.

“A noise?” Rainbow Dash questioned. “Well you shouldn’t have taken off your leash, you should have waited for mommy to come back, or at least come back inside, not run towards it.” Applejack didn’t say anything, just stared at the floor. “Come on,” Rainbow Dash said motioning for Applejack to lay across her lap.

“Please mommy, I’m sorry,” Applejack said sobbing.

“I know you are,” Rainbow Dash said seriously. “You need to learn your lesson though.” Applejack moved closer, but Rainbow Dash took control and laid the girl over her lap by grabbing wrists and pulling them forward. Applejack quivered as Rainbow Dash pulled Applejack’s diaper down, exposing her bare bottom. “Now when I ask what color you are, I want you to say green if you’re ok, yellow if I need to slow down, and red if you want me to stop.”

“Ok,” Applejack said uneasily as Rainbow Dash started to rub her bottom.

“Remember what we talked about, only use yellow or red if something’s really wrong. Now what color are you?”

“Green,” Applejack answered back. The first smack came suddenly, and Applejack yelped out of surprise more than pain, but Rainbow Dash followed with several more quickly. The pain in Applejack’s rear was rising exponentially with each one. Soon she was sobbing with each smack, and quickly the pain became too much and she would cry out with each hit. She squirmed attempting to cover her rear with her hands, but Rainbow Dash held her wrists firmly with the hand she wasn’t hitting her with.

“What color are you?” Rainbow Dash asked, pausing after 20 or so hard smacks. Applejack was a crying mess. She was wailing and squirming as much as she could, and her bottom was on fire. Through all of it though Applejack knew that she was fine. It hurt but it was part of the deal, and part of her enjoyed how much Rainbow Dash had control of her.

“Green,” Applejack answered through crying.

“Good girl,” Rainbow Dash said rubbing Applejack's red bottom. “Five more ok.”

“No,” Applejack began, but she was cut short with another smack.

“Do you know why you are getting spanked?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Because I took my leash off when I wasn’t supposed to,” Applejack said through crying. Rainbow Dash gave another smack causing another wave of sobs.

“Why is that bad?”

“Because I could wander off and get hurt.” Another smack.

“And what are you going to do next time?”

“Wait for mommy to get back.” Another smack. “Please,” Applejack begged.

“Just one more, you’re being very brave,” Rainbow Dash consoled. “What are you going to do if you don’t feel safe while you’re tied up?”

“Run back inside to mommy,” Applejack could only whimper and tense as Rainbow Dash delivered the last hit.

“You’ve been very brave,” Rainbow Dash said pulling Applejack's diaper back up and adjusting it to where it was tight on her again. Once it was over Applejack somehow found a way to cry harder. Rainbow Dash quickly brought Applejack close and Applejack snuggled inside Rainbow Dash and continued crying. “There there. What a good girl, what a sweet girl,” Rainbow Dash cooed softly as she rubbed circles in Applejack's back.

With the extra comfort from Rainbow Dash Applejack calmed down rather quickly, her once full on weeping was reduced to only occasional hiccups and sniffling.

“You’re still a good girl sweetie,” Rainbow Dash said reassuringly. “You just made a mistake, and you made up for it, so now everything is ok.” Applejack removed her head from its location buried in Rainbow Dash’s chest, and scooted back so she could look her care taker in the eyes, wincing slightly as she put extra weight on her still sore bottom. “You were very brave to take all of your spankings like that, I’m very proud of you.” Applejack was silent, but she rested her head on Rainbow Dash’s shoulder. “Talk to me baby. Are you ok?”

“Yeah,” Applejack said quietly. “Booty hurts,” she added quickly.

“Yeah,” Rainbow Dash giggled. “It’ll feel that way for a while.” Applejack began to grow limp as she fell on Rainbow Dash.

“Tired,” Applejack said plainly.

“I’ll bet,” Rainbow Dash said sympathetically. “You ready for a little nap?” Applejack groaned out a yes. “You’re going to have to walk, I’d carry you if I could.”

“Snuggle a little longer,” Applejack protested.

“Whenever you’re ready,” Rainbow Dash said quietly. Applejack sighed contently as she nestled back into Rainbow Dash.

“Are we going to do this every time?” Applejack asked.

“Of course baby,” Rainbow Dash said seriously. “I’m always here for you when you get hurt, even if I’m the one that hurt you.” Applejack gave a happy moan.

“Ready for bed now,” Applejack said tired. Rainbow Dash led her to the guest bedroom and helped her down on the bed, raising the guards on the sides. “Paci?” Applejack begged.

“I didn’t forget,” Rainbow Dash said giving Applejack a pink pacifier. Applejack opened her mouth for the nipple and began suckling once Rainbow Dash put it in.

“Sleep tight,” Rainbow Dash said giving Applejack a final kiss on the forehead. Applejack snuggled into a teddy bear on the bed and began drifting off. Rainbow Dash turned the baby monitor back on and left the room.

Rainbow Dash slowly returned to the living room, and made her way to the kitchen to pour herself a glass of water. She returned, cup of water in hand and looked out of the glass door to her back yard to see a surprising sight. Rarity falling flat on her face after a poor attempt of running away, and Sunset Shimmer and Pinkie Pie attempting to quickly get her up obviously trying make an escape. Rainbow Dash quickly opened the door before they got very far.

“What are you doing here?” Rainbow Dash yelled quickly, shutting the door behind her so as not to wake Applejack. Rainbow Dash angrily approached Rarity and yanked her to her feet.

“Ow, don’t be so rough,” Rarity whined.

“Shut up!” Rainbow Dash countered. “What are you doing here?” Sunset, Rarity, and Pinkie all looked at each other nervously before Sunset finally spoke up.

“We heard Applejack inside screaming bloody murder,” Sunset started.

“Oh so you just happened to be in my back yard to hear that,” Rainbow Dash said seriously. The three trespassing girls looked at each other anxiously again. “You were spying on me weren’t you?”

“It was Rarity’s idea,” Pinkie Pie blurted.

“Well I’m glad you stopped her Pinkie Pie,” Rainbow Dash replied quickly. Pinkie Pie shushed herself at this.

“I’m sorry Rainbow Dash,” Rarity said calmly. “This started as just curiosity, but we all heard Applejack screaming in there.”

“Applejack is fine,” Rainbow Dash said firmly.

“She didn’t sound fine,” Sunset said pushing back.

“Well she is fine, and regardless it’s none of your business.”

“Well can we see her then?” Rarity asked. Rainbow Dash’s mind flashed to Applejack, still wearing her short dress from earlier in the day, in her diaper, and likely her cuddling a stuffed animal suckling her pacifier.

“No you can’t see her.”

“Why not?” Pinkie Pie asked.

“Because she’s tired and doesn’t want to be bothered,” Rainbow Dash said unconvincingly.

“I think we’d like to ask her ourselves is she doesn’t want to see us or not,” Sunset said approaching Rainbow Dash’s door.

“Well you can’t,” Rainbow Dash said blocking her.

“Rainbow Dash, I don’t want to think you did anything to Applejack, but you aren’t exactly convincing me.”

“Just trust me on this. She’s fine, but she doesn’t want to see you right now. Doesn’t want to see anyone right now.”

“Well it sounds like she needs to see us, whether she wants to or not,” Sunset said opening Rainbow Dash’s door.

“No it’s not like that,” Rainbow Dash said quieter now that they were in her house. “She’s fine and she’s also fine, like mentally.”

“Why are you whispering?” Pinkie Pie asked loudly as she followed Sunset into the house.

“Because she’s asleep and I don’t want to wake her up.”

“Why is she asleep at this time of day?” Rarity asked again in a normal speaking voice.

“She’s taking a nap,” Rainbow Dash answered in a whisper.

“A nap?” Sunset asked picking up a whisper at Rainbow Dash’s request.

“This whole situation seems weird,” Rarity said also whispering. “Can you please just tell us what’s going on Rainbow Dash?”

“I can’t,” Rainbow Dash began explaining but she was cut off by some grumbling form the baby monitor that was sitting on her table. Rainbow Dash lept to grab it and turn it off.

“Ok something is definitely up,” Sunset shimmer said taking the opportunity of a distracted Rainbow Dash to walk past her.

“No! Stop!” Rainbow Dash said grabbing Sunset Shimmer’s arms. Rainbow Dash succeeded in halting Sunset but not Rarity who walked past.

“Honestly whatever it is can’t be worth all of this fuss,” Rarity said annoyed as she opened the door to the guest bedroom. She was greeted to the sight of Applejack groggily getting up from the bed, holding her teddy bear in one arm and suckling on her pacifier. Her dress had ridden up during her sleep and left her diaper uncovered.

“Huh?” Applejack said still not awake. Rainbow Dash darted to action and shut the door quickly, but the damage was done. Sunset, Rarity, and Pinkie stood shocked processing what they had just seen. Rainbow Dash was breathing heavily blocking the door not sure of what to say. There was a thud from the other side of the door.

“Dash?” came Applejack’s muffled voice from the other side of the door. “Was that Rarity?”

“And Sunset, and Pinkie,” Rainbow Dash said. There was silence from the other side followed by light sobs. “Do you want me to come in?”

“No!” came an angry cry, and more crying, but louder. Rainbow Dash glared at the other three angrily.

“If you three don’t get her to let me in that room.” Rainbow Dash threatened. Rarity quickly stepped up to the door.

“Now Applejack,” Rarity said delicately. “I know that we caught you in a compromising position, but we just want you to know that despite this we’re still friends.”

“Yeah, we’re not going to think any less of you because of this,” Pinkie Pie added happily.

“Why did Dash let you in?” Applejack said through tears. Rainbow Dash stared angrily, demanding the girls give an explanation.

“She didn’t,” Sunset admitted. “We were curious, and we kind of let ourselves in when we heard you crying.” There was a silence.

“Have anything to add?” Rainbow Dash asked angrily.

“We’re sorry,” Sunset added.

“Sorry,” Rarity and Pinkie added quietly.

Applejack unlocked the door and opened it, and Rainbow Dash ran to her and hugged her. Applejack wiggled out mildly annoyed.

“Not now,” Applejack said quietly. Applejack looked at Sunset Rarity and Pinkie who attempted to avoid eye contact.

Author's Note

Alright here's another chapter for you guys. I kind of liked how I split up this and the last chapter with the change in perspective, and I hope you guys appreciate it to. Also I finally got everything off of that Chekhov's gun list I made a few chapters ago. I'm sure if I missed anything from that, that I forgot about you guys will let me know. The next chapter will probably be the last in this ark of Applejack and Rainbow Dash's first little time together. Stay tuned for that. As always hope you guys enjoy.