“I dare you, Rarity, to... brush your teeth with mint toothpaste, and then drink a glass of orange juice!” Rainbow Dash said, pointing her hoof at Rarity.
Across the circle, Rarity started to pout. “Oh, Rainbow, you are an animal!” At which everypony, including Rarity, started to laugh.
The six friends were having a massive sleepover party at Twilight’s castle, and Twilight had suggested playing Truth or Dare. So now they were all huddled in a circle in their pajamas, on the floor in Twilight’s room.
“It’s my turn now,” Twilight said. “Truth or Dare?”
“Dare!” everypony except Fluttershy yelled, not sure who she was talking to. Fluttershy hid herself behind her hair.
“Okay, then. I dare all of you-” Twilight pointed to each of her friends “-to reveal your biggest secrets.”
Silence.
“I’ll go too, so it’ll be fair. My biggest secret is-”
“I’LL GO FIRST!” Rainbow yelled. She was fluttering to the left of Twilight several feet off the ground.
Everypony stared at her for her sudden outburst. She cleared her throat. “Well, one time, we had a family party, and, well, I got a bit drunk, and…” She looked down at her hooves. “I made out with my second cousin.”
Everypony visibly cringed. “And I liked it,” Rainbow added, smirking. Rarity actually gagged.
Rainbow chuckled. “What? Don’t tell me you guys haven’t hooked up with the wrong pony before!”
“Not our cousins!” Rarity cried. She was fanning herself with an exquisite looking fan, in an attempt to not throw up.
“Second cousin,” Rainbow said, rolling her eyes. “Barely even related!”
“My turn!” Twilight said. She took a deep breath. “I’ve… had five arrests.”
“Five, Twilight?!” Rarity’s eyes bugged out. "When- how-?"
“You’d think you of all ponies would have a perfect track record, Twi,” Applejack stated, disappointed in her friend. "Ah mean, come on! You're Celestia's prized pupil, for pony's sake. Or was, anyhow."
“What for?” Rainbow asked, curiously.
“Illegal magic use,” Twilight whispered, almost inaudible.
Rarity stomped her hoof on the floor. “Whatever happened to responsibility, Twilight?”
“Well, how am I supposed to know how to avoid dark magic if I don’t even know what it’s like?!”
Rainbow grinned. “Even I’m not that bad!”
Rarity shifted her glance toward Rainbow. “Oh? You’ve never been arrested?”
“Well, I got charged for drinking underage once, and a few speeding tickets, but that’s not that bad!”
“I have a crush on Dashie!” Pinkie suddenly cried out. Rainbow, who was hovering next to her, fluttered a bit closer to Twilight.
Pinkie saw the shocked expression on everypony’s faces. “What? You said to reveal our deepest, darkest secrets!” She giggled. “Don’t worry, Dashie, it’s not really a crush. It’s more of a physical attraction, really.”
Rainbow chuckled nervously. “Uh, wow, Pinks, uh, I mean, I guess I’m flattered that you find me hot, but… you realise this can’t go anywhere, right?”
Pinkie giggled, her face turning a darker shade of pink. “Of course I knew that, silly. That’s why I never pushed it!”
“Well then!” Twilight interrupted. “What about you, Rarity?”
The unicorn huffed. “Well, if you insist.” She took a breath. “One time, I didn’t get enough sleep, because I was working on a project the night before. And I had an event to go to, so naturally, I had to get dressed. And I was so tired I didn’t even realise until the middle of the party that I was wearing… stripes with plaid!” Rarity brought her hoof up to her forehead for a dramatic effect. When nopony said anything, she opened one of her eyes and saw that they were staring at her with a disappointment. “What?” She stomped the floor with her front hooves. “Why are you all staring at me like that? It was a fashion catastrophe!” She crossed her hooves. “Hmph!”
“Ah’ve never eaten a hayburger in mah entire life,” Applejack said. "Or gone to a fast food restaurant for that matter. We make all our food ourselves."
“That’s it?” Rainbow said, exasperated. “That’s your big secret?”
Applejack shrugged. “Ah tell ya gals everything. Ah have no secrets.”
“That’s fair, I suppose,” Fluttershy said quietly, speaking for the first time this evening.
Pinkie, who was next to her, suddenly appeared behind her, causing Fluttershy to squeak. “What’s your big secret, Fluttershy?”
“Yeah, Flutters, come on!” Rainbow joined in. “You have to, it’s a dare!”
“No, she doesn’t,” Twilight said, abruptly silencing them. “It’s alright Fluttershy, I know you hate talking about yourself-”
“No, I have to.” Fluttershy cut her off. “For the sake of our friendship.” She turned to Applejack. “Do you remember, Applejack, when Big Mac missed that one Apple family reunion?”
Applejack brought her hoof up to her chin, thinking. “Oh, yeah, Ah remember that one. He said he was runnin’ some errands and would be late for the family photo.” She narrowed her eyes at Fluttershy. “Why do you ask?”
“Well, um, he wasn’t actually running errands. He was with me… and we were doing… stuff. Like… sexual stuff.”
“You, Fluttershy?! How- what-?” Rainbow fell on her rump, her face contorted into an expression of shock.
“Well, I suppose it is true what they say: It’s always the quiet ones.” Rarity said with mild surprise. Pinkie was mumbling incoherently while Twilight just stared.
Applejack was burning holes into Fluttershy with her eyes, one of them twitching. Finally she stood up and stomped her hooves, making the whole room shake. “You did WHAT with mah brother!?!!??!”
It took all of Rainbow, Pinkie, and Rarity to keep the enraged earth pony from lunging onto the terrified yellow pegasus. Even then, it was near to impossible to keep her down, her years of bucking apple trees giving her amazingly strong leg muscles. Twilight just sat and stared, as Fluttershy was on the brink of tears, and Rainbow, Pinkie, and Rarity had finally managed to calm Applejack down, although she was still glaring daggers at Fluttershy.
I have some really weird friends, she thought to herself. I still love all of them though, maybe even more.
