My Little Tactics

Chapter Forty Eight: A Sight to See.

Beyond adjusting to the human form and exercising, one of the other issues that came up was bathing. Rainbow Dash had wanted to wait to try to bath while a pony but the other two said it would help them get used to them if they cleaned during the spell. With a two to one vote they all got to use the master shower in Patrick’s room, this prompted Dustan to ask his friend a question.

“Dude, why is your shower big enough to hold five people easily?” The brown haired lord of territory in another world ask him.

His friend simply scratched at his cheek looking embarrassed. “Ok, so it’s a bit of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes I just like to lie down while the water is going, you know stretch out, feel the warmth just coming down. It’s soothing.”

“Yeah ok I get it.” Dustan told him which shocked his friend.

“What really?” He leaned forward and gestured with his hand. “That’s not weird or anything?”

“Nope.” Then Dustan grinned. “I understand cause we have a public style bath at the castle it’s a hot spring. I sometime just like to soak and relax.”

Patrick sucked at his teeth. “Lucky dick.”

“Hey that thing cost a pretty bit I will have you know. Its maintenance isn’t bad as everyone pitches in to keep it clean, but I do have to order a weekly cleaning just to make sure it doesn’t get too dirty.” Lying back against the couch he sighed as Patrick turned on the TV which turns out was on the news.

“-ourists are flocking into the town to watch the annual air show that is happening during the weekend. Many are expected to take to the hills nearby as the show’s seats are already sold out. Local authorities are making sure to post where it is ok for visitors to camp out so that-” Dustan had forgot about the Spring Showcase, where many top private pilots come to show off their skills. Many ex-Navy and ex-Air Force are among their numbers.

“Hey that sounds like something the girls would like. Want to find a good spot for the weekend and show them the air show?” He asked turning to his friend.

Patrick simply grinned and nodded. “Holy shit I forgot that was happening this weekend. Yeah dude let’s do it. Show those girls what humans can do with tech.” Holding out his hand the two high fived. “Yeah, I will go to my computer to-” Dustan glared at him. “I mean, I will use your computer to look up places to set up for a good view.” The Lord showed his approval with a nod.

As Patrick left to go look up a place Dustan looked at the TV. “Wow, it’s been a while since I enjoyed TV like this. I do and don’t miss it. Equestria keeps me plenty busy for sure.” However that wasn’t what was on Dustan’s mind. They were there for a week so he was thinking about what he could do with the girls now that they could go out. It had pretty much messed with his already thought up plans, but this was a good thing. Much more they could do. ‘Rarity will be happy if she can go clothes shopping so that is an easy fix but that can’t be the only thing we do for her for the week. Might want to take her to a crafts store as well get some fabric and such that can only be gotten here. Still that is a day’s worth at best. Each girl deserves a day to themselves at the very least as well as some group days with everyone. Ok, so one day for each, not including the day to adjust to their bodies, this leaves three days for them. One of these is going to be the air show, so two days for group activities. One day should be a shopping day for them all, likely the first day to get them clothes that can fit properly instead of the accidental misfit clothing. This leaves one other day for a group deal. What can I do that they would like? I will think about that later, got to think about Twilight and Dash now as Rarity’s day is pretty much already thought out.’

So lost in his thoughts he barely noticed the shift of the couch. “Whatcha doing?”

He jumped at hearing the voice and turned to see Rainbow Dash in just a towel though it did cover everything. “I thought you were in the shower?”

“I was. But Rarity and Twilight are exploring everything that means to be human and so keep examining one another. I got tired of being poked and prodded so washed up quickly and came out.” She looked down at the towel and said. “I came out naked but apparently that isn’t good or so Patrick told me so he gave me a towel and tried to wrap it around my waist but he said it has to cover what it covers now.”

‘Thank heavens.’ Dustan thought to himself, having three S tier girls that tended to walk around naked was hard enough as it was having a wet one next to him might be a bit much. “Yeah, see Humans have issues with nudity and…wait…didn’t we have this talk…like several times?”

“Oh yeah we have, but you were talking about yourself. I guess it’s different for mares huh?” She said looking to herself and cupping her breasts. “Mares don’t have these and you stallions are a lot more muscle-y then girls it seems.”

“Typically yeah. Here its backwards, the males tend to do the approaching and the females are the ones that wait for invitations.” Dustan told her with a chuckle. “Back in Equestria it would be mares that do the inviting right?”

“Yeah normally.” Poking his side she asked him teasingly. “Hey you still didn’t say what it was you were doing.”

“I didn’t?” She was right, it had slipped his mind. “Honestly with you girls all humanized now, I am trying to think of what to do with you all. I had plans before, which weren’t the best but they made due, but now you are human so I am trying to make the most of it to make sure you girls will have fun and enjoy yourselves.” Laying his head back and closing his eyes. “But I am having trouble trying to come up with something to do for you and Twilight. Rarity is easy in this case as we already know she is interested in human fashion.”

A silence fell between them after that and even though his eyes were closed he could feel the couch shift as Dash’s voice was a bit closer. “Hey Dustan, do you wanna go on a-”

Whatever she was going to say was cut off as Twilight called out. “There you are Rainbow Dash.”

Dustan opened his eyes as he felt Dash shift away from him and turned to look towards the stairs. “Oh good, you also are wearing a towel correctly.”

She giggled and pulled out a piece of paper with a drawing of a woman and showed where a towel was supposed to go with the words ‘proper way to wear a towel’ and it also showed that one could be applied to the hair if it was long enough. “This was tapped on the door so we got the message pretty quickly.” She then looked to the pega-human. “Come on, let’s go get dressed, unless you want to be naked all day?”

“Fine, fine.” The short girl called out. “I have been told why, but I still don’t get it at times. It’s just us here, not like we are in public, why can’t I go nude?”

As Dustan watched her walk up the stairs he noticed that from his angle that he could see her-‘Nope, bad brain bad. That is why you can’t go around naked Dash.’

The sleeping arrangements were another issue though not much of one. The guest bed was large enough for two and Dustan volunteered his room for the left over as he would take the couch. For a moment there was almost a discussion on who would take what except Dash was already moving towards where his room was.

“Those two will want to discuss human things, maybe even change into human forms again to sleep with for a bit. I’m not going to get any sleep with either of those two so I will take the solo bed.” She said that as Dustan was setting up his blankets and pillows on the couch.

Since all three were ponies again by this point Dash was flying up the stairs as Rarity took one final chance to get a dig in at her. “Oh, all by yourself? You must want some privacy I get it; you needed that early today as well for some reason.” That head turned so fast there was a bit of a rainbow trail following her as the pegasus glared at her friend before she flew into the bedroom and shut it, not responding at all.

“I think you might be teasing her too much Rarity, what has been up with you?” Twilight asked to which Dustan agreed, even Patrick who was getting things set up by pulling out extra blankets from a closet.

“I don’t even know you girls and even I agree, you have been pretty much barbed up this whole time. What gives?” Patrick was showing his blunt ways with that question.

Rarity opened her mouth for a moment before closing it. “Huh, I have a few ideas but I will tell you in private Twilight as they are a bit personal. I suppose combine that with the fact that everyone can agree that she is rather adorable when she is pouty it is making my normal jokes a bit more often and slightly harsher as a result. I promise I will do my best to tone it down.”

“Ok then good. I am all for friendly poking, but you were throwing out some actual jabs there.” Yawning a bit and looking at the time. “Alright people and ponies, I am out. See you in the morning.”

“We are too, good night Dustan, and thank you again for bringing us.” Twilight smiled and lit up her horn carrying the remaining bags that they had not moved to the room as she and Rarity left.

Dustan would strip down to his boxers as he was ready to sleep yawning, he couldn’t help but wonder what Rarity’s problem was.

“Ok Rarity, what is your problem?” Twilight asked once the door was closed.

“Why darling, honestly I am happy for Rainbow Dash, she has a nice crush going on.” That didn’t seem to answer it at all and Rarity knew it. “Alright, I wasn’t lying earlier when I said she was adorable to tease. The fact that she gets even poutier and blushes more just makes me want to do it more.”

Twilight wasn’t buying it. “Rarity, I have seen when you want to be playful, this is more like those times you see mares who are wearing designs that are fantastic but you can't wear as it doesn’t work for you. You get snippy.”

Sighing as her fellow unicorn was right. “Sorry, truth is, when we were playing truth or dare I realized I was happy that she had a crush like this. I won’t lie in that I personally thought that she was a mare who only played for one side. Then I thought about it and realized she currently is crushing on an actual pseudo prince.”

Tilting her head the purple unicorn could only let out a confused. “What?”

“Think about it Twilight.” She gestured past the door downstairs. “Dustan owns a castle, large enough territory that if he wanted to be his own country he could, his own HIGHLY trained forces. He has capital especially from the tidbits you have told me, and what is more, in many ways once you get past the shape and hairlessness factor, he is what most mares would want in a stallion physically. Well almost everything, we all got to see a bit of him here and there when accidents have happened. True he isn’t as big as a normal pony but it isn’t that much smaller.”

Suddenly Twilight was blushing. “Actually about that. Last time I was here, and it’s backed up by some books, the mating time for a human on the short end, not counting inexperience and medical conditions, is about the upper end of ours.”

“On the short end?!” Twilight nodded at that and suddenly Rarity had to know. “What…what is the average or the longer times?”

Downstairs Dustan jumped when a loud. “WHAT?!” was heard.

“Yeah, umm and that isn’t all. You see, Patrick might have slipped in a few books for me to read of his own as a gift.” Just mentioning the books had her blushing up a storm. “They have a rather…extensive mating position roster. One of the books he gave me was called the Kama Sutra, and well, I only cracked it open once and never again. That thing is perverse and lewd.”

Rarity sighed at that and laid her head upon the bed. “That just makes me even more jealous of Rainbow Dash, now she has a near perfect Prince to woo.”

“Even more jealous?” The question rang there for a moment as Rarity’s eyes went wide.

Turning her head slowly she almost whispered out. “You heard nothing.”

“That is why you have been teasing her? You are jealous? Why?” It didn’t make any sense to the librarian at all.

Rarity bit her lips as her eyes filled up with tears. “I have been looking for my own prince charming for so long Twilight. I ignored Dustan except as a client to start with while Rainbow Dash befriended him. Then he started to get more and more popular and gain more and more support. Next thing I know he owns a castle, has servants, and is a Lord. Meanwhile I keep myself in lovely shape, make sure I look my best all to attract any stallion and it seems like the only one who even remotely thinks of me this way is way too young for me. Whereas Rainbow Dash doesn’t take care of her looks, focuses on training, fun, and pranks. She is a tomcolt, has a horrid manecut, and has a body like a lean colt’s. Yet, she is looked at, touched, and the one to make someone like Dustan have to distract himself. Am I ugly and no pony has said anything?”

There it was, that was the real reason. Rainbow Dash was the exact opposite of what Rarity felt should be attractive yet she clearly was the one being looked at. Sure Dustan had looked at all of them, but he was looking at her the most and it hurt the pristine pony’s pride. She pulled her friend into a hug as she started to pet her mane gently trying to whisper soothing words of comfort to her. The mare being comforted couldn’t hold back her tears at that and ended up crying herself to sleep that night.

“So, why are we here again?” The rainbow haired human asked. “Patrick has agreed to pay for everything sure, I get that, but I still don’t understand why.”

“Dash, you are in exercise shorts and a top too big for you.” Dustan leaned in close and whispered. “That combination, while ok to cover up with and is ok with me, makes you look a bit…trashy. No offense.”

She got a look on her face and stared down at her clothing and picked at them. “So you don’t think I look good in this?”

His experience with women was lacking sure, but even he knew not to tell a woman her ass did indeed look fat in that outfit. “Like I said, I think you are fine in it.” His brain chimed in. ‘Quick play up to her ego!’ to which he was thankful for. “But I think you could look a lot cooler if we got things that matched you and fit you know?”

That did the trick, crossing her arms over her chest she nodded as if it were sagely advice. “No, I totally get it. I clearly can make human fashion look a lot better if I want to.”

“Also Dash, humans are the only sentient species, so we don’t call it human fashion or human views, just fashion and views things like that.” That got an ‘oh’ from her and she whispered that she would join the others and to let them know about that as well.

“You did let them know that they aren’t supposed to change in front of others and that there were booths for that right?” Nudged Patrick from his side.

Moving quickly Dustan called out. “Girls!” as he went to take care of that, even if he heard his friend chuckling at him.

After relaying that bit of advice Dustan and Patrick were made to sit down as the girls and two reps from the store went around and helped them pick out things as well as to help them measure out a few things which included panties and bras. The girls at the desk looked a bit confused but he tried to explain that the girls were raised by a single father and that seemed to satisfy them. Watching them happily pick out clothing though it was easy to forget they were ponies, as right now they all looked like women in their early twenties.

What came next was a bit of a surprise, something he had seen in TV shows, movies, anime, manga, hell everywhere, but never seen in real life. “So what do you think?” The girls came out showing off their outfits giving them both a show. Part of him was very much embarrassed, and other parts feeling very alpha male as between them showing off he caught a few guys looking through the window to the front of the store where they were and looking very jealous.

In the middle of one of the displays, Patrick suddenly jumped up. “Idea. Need, to speak, with girls.”

‘Oh no. Either he just had a great idea or a stupid one. He only talks in the ‘Great need’ voice when it’s one of those…or both.’ Suddenly this was no longer about the show as he watched Patrick go talk with one of the store girls that had been helping them out and asked something that he couldn’t hear. The girl clapped and smiled before heading back to the back.

When Patrick came back around he was smiling. “Dude, enjoy, I also came up with what we are doing on one of our days.” It took a few more than a few minutes but when the girls came out, Dustan heard Patrick say one thing. Two simple words and he both hated his friend and felt his fist go and bump his. “Beach Episode.”

The girls each came out in a swim suit suited to them. Twilight had a once piece outfit that was closer to a two-piece as it had strategically placed holes to show off her sides but kept her front covered that came in a light magenta. Rarity had on the more classical two-piece tied bikini in a deep purple. Dash went off the traditional cuff wearing a bikini top but tight swim trunks that almost showed her form a little too well.

It seems that while Twilight and Dash were a bit embarrassed Rarity took to the show with ease. “Well boys, what do you think.”

Dustan couldn’t help what he said next, it would be a crime to say anything else. “Pay them, pay the counter girls now. If you don’t, I am going to go back to your place and break your pc.” He waved to his friend towards the aforementioned counter. He wasn’t sure if Patrick heard his threat or not as he was up and going as soon as the words ‘pay’ were said.

The flashes of a few phones went off as well. “I would say they like it girls but so do a lot of people it seems.” There were now about a dozen guys all standing at the window taking photos with their phones.

Twilight covered herself up a bit. “I don’t know. I don’t like being looked at like this.”

“I'm awesome so I'm used to being looked at.” Dash said hands at her hips and chest slightly puffed.

Rarity, however, looked a bit thoughtful for a moment before looking to the crowd and striking a pose herself, the multitudes of flashes that went off after that had her smiling and standing a bit taller then she had before now that Dustan thought about it.

Once the girls had their clothing paid for, as well as their swim suits, they came back in some of the new outfits they had gotten. Rarity was now wearing a royal purple colored skirt that was longer on one side then the other, going down to near her ankle. Her shirt, the same color as her previous one, had a much lower neckline but was near the same style as her last one the only difference was the cuffs were open and loose but now had a short cut long sleeved jacket the same color as her skirt all of which was completed with a pair of dark stockings to show off her legs. Dash was next wearing a short skirt slit up both legs that also functioned as a pair of shorts colored cyan, same as her new top which held no sleeves and showed off her shoulders with their straps. Twilight was last coming out in a lavender blouse that buttoned up in the middle with a white shirt under it and a knee length skirt to round out her look.

Dustan stood up as it was about time they leave, today was a group day that was for group shopping, so he planned to take them to a few places but also to sight see. As he did Dustan noticed one of the shop girls whisper to Rarity who then relayed it to the other two. He wasn’t sure what was said but Twilight looked unsure and Dash looked unconvinced. It didn’t last long as again she got a whisper this time from the store rep girl that made Dash blush slightly and rub the tip of her shoe against the ground before nodding. Patrick and Dustan shared a look between each other not sure how to feel about this.

That shared look vanished as Patrick was the first to feel the effect of things as Rarity held his arm and pressed against him in a bit of a showy way to which the blonde man didn’t seem to mind at all. Dustan was about to question things when he felt not one but two bodies press against him, one on each side. As he looked down to them Twilight looked as if she were more embarrassed at being seen doing so then actually doing this act. Dash however was refusing to look at him with a blush on her face.

Regardless of what they were told to make them do this, the Lord of the Everfree couldn’t help but puff out his chest some when he walked out to the jealousy of all the guys that had been taking pictures, even more so when he heard them mutter about what a lucky bastard he was.

The best part of this deal, the store they went to was in the mall, a good place for a day to just fool around and enjoy one’s self with the company of friends. First stop though, escorting the ladies some place private as the timer for the spell was getting close to running out. Dustan and Patrick had both set timers on their phones and they were cutting it close. The girls made sure a nearby bathroom was empty while Dustan and Pat remained outside the hallway leaning against walls to pretend to be waiting for them. Dustan was prepared to rush in to save them while Patrick was resetting the timer.

Both of them were happy to see the girls coming back out and smiling to them Twilight even giving them a thumbs up. Huh, she was learning. While that was a good sign he knew she would need more than just that for what was to come. They approached it, Dustan’s home away from home, one that was slowly fading away from many places but there was still one there. Flashing lights, thrilling sounds, bells, whistles, alarms, the sounds of tickets pulsing out, coins being distributed into machines and from them. It was the sounds of-

“Welcome to an arcade ladies. We have games of all shapes and sizes so we are sure to find something you all will enjoy.” Patrick told them gleefully.

Amongst the three the prim and proper purple haired human was the most nonchalant about it. “These do look fascinating, but are you sure there is something there for me?”

The other two ponies turned humans looked on with fascination though for two different reasons. “TECHNOLOGY! I need to see how they work!”

“GAMES! Imma win them all!” Dash called out tugging at Dustan’s arm.

Dustan on the other hand was holding Twilight by the scruff of her shirt. “No Twi, no taking apart things owned by other people. Bad purplesmart.”

The pouting face and big eyes made the twenty something year old unicorn in a human’s body look a lot younger as she practically pleaded with him. “But…but…technology. Look at it.”

“Think of it this way, would you want someone to come to your library to tear apart the books to figure out what words are in them?” A silly comparison sure but hopefully it would get the point across.

“GASP!” The unicorn’s face was of shock and rage at that. “What kind of monster would go to another’s home and start taking apart the things that-oh I see what you did there.” That face had switch to an instant bland look as she glared at him somewhat. “Well played mister.”

“Uh would you two stop talking about playing and let’s go actually play?” Dash said tapping her foot impatiently.

“You heard her.” With that they headed inside.

Every game was a different challenge, every game was something one of the girls had questions about, and every game no matter if single or multiplayer was tried. Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash all had different skill sets that made them rather uniquely good at certain games. Memorization skills made Twilight get nothing but perfect scores after the first few tries on the DDR games though tired her out immensely both from the concentration needed to make her body move at the right times, and because she was not used to exercise of any kind. Rarity’s eye for detail made her rather great with the fishing games as she could spot where the fish were once she learned a few details about fishing in general. She could flick that lure out and every time get a hit. Because of Dash’s reaction time those pop up enemy shooters were her bread and butter.

Patrick had his own niche as well which annoyed the speedster of the group as he was the racing king. “The fastest right here ladies.” That declaration caused Rainbow Dash to lose more than a fair share of her tokens trying to claim that title for her own only to lose every time.

Dustan found he was good at a lot of games because of how his body had changed so that did take some enjoyment out of many of those games, but then there was the skill based ones he had to try to control himself with like skee ball. Whereas other games like the shooters his own reaction time was enough, or the DDR where his speed could get him to the right position quick enough, games that required skill and control were where he enjoyed himself the most even if he wasn’t the greatest at some. However the trade off was that those skill based games tended to give the most tickets to trade in for prizes.

At the end he had quite a bit of tickets to share with the girls for when they were deciding on prizes. Twilight got a small stuffed bear that was hand held and a small little note pad as she had the tickets for them herself. Rarity didn’t really want anything but did get a hair clip she liked and then gave all the rest of her tickets to Dash. Patrick also didn’t want anything so he gave them to her as well and with Dustan also pitching in it meant she had quite a bit to spend ending up with a large turtle pillow plushy that was as large as her torso.

“Oh hey there is something we didn’t get to do.” Patrick pointed to a small booth. “Can only fit two normally, but if we squeeze in, three people can go in.”

“What game is that? You know what, don’t care, going to be it!” Dash called out rushing towards it.

“So what game is it?” Twilight asked her companions as they steadily marched towards it.

Chuckling as Dash held open the curtain and was trying to figure out the controls, he called out loud enough for her to hear. “It’s a photo booth. It takes pictures rapidly in succession and is meant to be one of those things you make funny faces for.”

“Oh…lame!” the disappointed pegasus told them before thinking about something. “Then again, unless we show other-” she looked around for a moment and seeing no one whispered. “-ponies our human forms, which is a lot of trouble to get Twi to do every time, they won’t believe us, so pictures would help. I’ve changed my mind, it’s not lame, come on lets go.”

Motioning for Twilight and Rarity to go in, Patrick told them how to activate it. None of the girls were prepared the first time and ‘eek’ed when the flashes startled them making them indeed make funny faces, but not intended that way. The second version was a lot better and more controlled with Dash making the weirdest faces she could, Rarity looking a bit embarrassed at her friend, and Twi just kind of shyly waving. Next the girls all took turns taking photos with the two guys in turn. Patrick went all in on every one of his Photos but Dustan never knowing what to do just held up the peace sign behind the girls heads to give them bunny ears.

“Think we can all fit in there?” Dash asked as she slipped back in.

“I don’t know.” Twilight called though she did join her friend. “It was pretty cramped when it was just the three of us not to mention when we were taking the photos with Patrick and Dustan, they are wider and taller than us.”

“Oh I know everyone out, I will organize this.” Rarity called out and then ordering Dustan to be the first on in the booth. “Now, Twilight, you slide in on the seat next to him and Patrick you next to her.”

That filled out the booths butt room fully between them as Dash pouted. “And where are we supposed to sit?”

Rarity held up a finger and ticked it back and forth. “Tisk tisk Rainbow Dash, we have two nice seats upon which to sit now, why don’t you go sit on Dustan’s lap and I will claim Patrick’s.”

That just caused the pegasus to look unsure of herself for a moment and give a tiny blush before mareing up and moving in. With this seating arrangement they were all able to fit even if there wasn’t much elbow room at all to make faces or poses. Didn’t mean that they weren’t tried causing groans as some moved around into others space or elbowed them, Rainbow Dash even getting into it again and bouncing around a bit.

Wanting a second set they went in one more time but as they were getting out both Dustan and Dash had blushes on their faces, which Patrick couldn’t ignore. “And what do you two have to be blushing about.”

“Nothing!” They both called out as Dustan was heading to the pictures that came from this one only to be stopped by Rarity who had already gone ahead to them as the first one out.

“Oh what do we have here?” She grinned as she looked towards the photos. “Oh I see.”

“Hey I am sure that we can talk about this Rari-” Dash never got a chance to finish.

“Yoink!” The pictures of that series were quite telling it seems as Patrick started to laugh once he examined them. The series of pictures began where the last one left off with Dash coming back from pressing the button and seeming to tell everyone to get ready, though she herself wasn’t so it seems. The next showed her quickly having shoved back to sit down on Dustan’s lap as the pictures were taken with only a second between them. It seems the press was a bit too much as in the next picture while Dash made a funny face and it continued into the next, Dustan’s face got red as he seemed to be trying to concentrate on something. It didn’t work as in the next picture it showed a confused Dash looking down, and then in the next it showed her looking at Dustan who looked away as she was now blushing as well. The pictures all after that showed no funny face from the pega-human as she just seemed to closer her legs a bit more and looked down blushing wildly.

“Look she bounced back a bit hard, I felt her quite well and well…normal guy reaction.” Said the Lord as he looked embarrassed at what happened.

“Yeah, normal reaction.” Dash muttered also embarrassed and red face before she looked at Rarity and Patrick. “What about you two, how come you didn’t get hard?”

“Oh I was, the moment she sat on me.” Patrick said unashamed only to have Rarity blush heavily and look towards him.

She seemed to want to say something at first but then smiled. “Thank you for the complement Patrick.”

The blonde just grinned as they headed back to his car to buckle up and head home. “Ok you all behave.” He had called that out after he opened the door and was heading back to the car.

Dustan looked to his friend curiously. “Where are you heading?”

“Look, you guys caught me off guard showing up like you did and while I had enough to cook something up last night, doesn’t mean I can do so again. I am going to the grocery store and pick up salad stuffs, vegetarian things, as well as meat items. If the girls are going to be in human forms, they can try it right?” His voice told them all before pulling out of the driveway.

The girls had changed back to ponies on the drive over so Twilight was stretching her body out while Rarity yawned. “I think I am going to take a quick beauty nap.”

“I think a shower sounds good for me. All that dance revolutionizing I did made me really sweaty as a human.” Twilight told her friends as Dash climbed onto the couch.

As she did she gestured to the TV. “Hey Dustan, show me some cool stuff on this thing.”

Chuckling and moving to sit next to her, the human tried his best to remember what stations showed what and to steer clear of certain ones. After channel surfing for a bit he settled on an action movie: Predator, a classic for sure. It was a tiny bit into the movie but not very far. Seems she was enjoying it for sure even the parts that showed the soldiers dying in horrible ways and often their bodies being displayed.

“Hey Dustan.” Turning his head he gave a ‘hmm?’ sound. “Thanks for today, it was really fun.”

Smiling to her he reached over and gave her a hug. “No problem Dash, anytime.”

“Good.” For a moment silence hung between them, nothing said, nothing done. Dash chose her moment. “Do you want to maybe do it again, just you and me? Not just here but maybe Equestria?”

There it was, the moment that could change from any friendship. “Dash, I won’t lie. I am very new to the idea of Equestrian dating.”

“Pfft, what I am not asking you on a-” The tomcolt tried to bluster her way out of what was said.

“I am not saying ‘no’ Dash, in fact I would love to go on a date with you.” Dustan said that with as much confidence as he could but he could feel how red his cheeks were.

What he said not only made the stunt mare blush but smile a bit shyly. “So…you would like to go on a date with me? That is what you are saying?”

“Yes Dash, that is what I am saying, I just need to say a few things first.” This is where Dustan knew that the tricky part came as Dash settled down and looked at him. “I am not from Equestria obviously. I have no clue about a lot of things, so if it seems obvious to you that something should have happened or been done then there is a good chance I am in the dark about it.”

“Well, I suppose that makes two of us.” She told him shyly rubbing her hoof on the material of the couch. “I was never good at the dating thing either. Mostly it was just me and Gilda hanging out and she ended up kissing me and I didn’t mind at all. I enjoyed it and came to really like it. But normal dating stuff, yeah, no clue.”

“Ok we are the same on that front, oh that is going to be awkward isn’t it?” He laughed a bit and looked to her.

“Oh it’s going to be a hurricane of weird for sure.” She laughed as well but looked happy too. “If we ever get another mare in its going to be worse they might have to help us through it.”

“No kidding, problem is there is another mare who wants to date me, and from what I know about Equestria it isn’t awkward to do so, but for humans normally dating more than one girl at a time is bad.” He told her and she nodded, which was good as Dustan though she would take it badly.

“Yeah that is normal; Gilda was dating a few other mares at the same time as me but stuck with me in the end.” Suddenly looking at him playfully she poked his side. “Don’t expect me to get all cuddly now that we are dating though, the Dash doesn’t do cuddles.”

“Oh really? So I should keep my hands to myself, no more pets, ear scratches, or anything?” Smirking as he said that he watched her eyes light up realizing what she had said.

Shaking her head rapidly she waved her hooves in front of her. “Woah no, no need to go crazy. I said I wouldn’t get cuddly.”

“Which is different than all that how?” He asked trying to stifle a laugh.

“Well you see…its…ok look here.” She tried a few times to figure out something to say before bursting out laughing. “Wow, I blinked and for some reason I am a cuddler, when did that happen?”

“Likely the same time you figured out fingers are awesome. Hands down beats hooves.” He would then wiggle said fingers and wave her over. “My lap is free right now though if you want to.”

Rainbow Dash looked at him, then up at the stairs then back at him biting her lip and going red. “But what if they see?”

“So?” Dustan motioned to his lap once more for her. “Offer going once, going twice-”

“Fine, sold.” She said moving quickly to plop on his lap spreading out over it before she sighed feeling his fingers at her ears. “Oh yeah, fingers are totally awesome.” She enjoyed those touches for about five minutes before asking him something. “You said another mare was interested, who is it?”

“Zecora. I haven’t told her that I have finally figured it out yet though.” He told her, combing his fingers through each separate color of her mane.

“Zecora huh?” Dash said eyes closed. “That's fine, Zecora is hot.”

That caused Dustan to choke on the air that he was breathing in. “What?”

She looked up at him and smiled. “Remember, I told you I am attracted to awesome not gender. Once I got past the whole evil enchantress thing found out how good she is with potions living out in the wild, and then saw her in that match you all had, I saw that she was awesome and thus hot. So yeah, good choice. Just you might have to explain a rhyme or two to me sometimes as what she says leaves me confused sometimes.”

Giving a ‘mhm’ sound Dustan looked up at the movie. “Same, but you just have to think a bit more to figure out what she means.”

Squirming a bit on his lap she looked up to him and asked. “So um, does this make us Marefriend and Coltfriend? Or is it called something else for a human?”

“Boyfriend and girlfriend, but means the same thing.” Dustan clarified for her as she moved from his hand and sat on his lap.

Looking up at him she blushed heavily and rubbed her front hooves together. “So um…I could kiss you right? If you want to I mean.”

Despite blushing himself Dustan leaned in as she got the message and leaned forward. “Aww would you look at that.”

And that is how Rarity caught them.

Author's Note

OH DAMN *Wolf whistles.*

*Need to party intensifies.*

Huh does this mean he will be talking with Zecora about things and forming a herd?

*NEED TO PARTY INTENSIFIES!*

Also, I will be taking a week or two off from posting just so my editor and I can relax some.

Edit: Sorry its taking so long, a few things have come up IRL that have required my attention/stress where I have not been able to focus on writing. Sorry about that.