Fluttershy sighed contentedly as Celestia's sun peeked over the horizon and made it's presence known to the sleeping pegasus. Cracking one eye open, she saw that she was nose to nose with a lightly snoring Rainbow Dash. The mere sight of the cyan pegasus caused Fluttershy to feel butterflies in her stomach all over again. She remembered what had transpired over the past few days and nights and smiled. Leaning closer, she gently kissed Dash on the nose.

The action caused Rainbow to stir slightly and grumble as her eyes slowly cracked open. Once she saw Fluttershy's smile though, her she stopped grumbling and she smiled back.

"Hey 'Shy... How'd you sleep?" Dash whispered groggily.

"Like a foal... you?"

Dash leaned forward and kissed Fluttershy on the lips before she responded.

"I haven't slept that good in months 'Shy."

A big smile grew on Fluttershy's face as she wrapped her hooves around Dash and pulled her close.

"I'm glad."

Dash wrapped her hooves around Fluttershy and started stroking her mane. She could have stayed there forever... Until a sound reached both of their ears that quickly got their attention.

"Aah! P-Pinkie! No, n-not ther-Uuuh."

Before Dash could crack the first rather crass joke that immediately came to mind, she heard the incredibly terse voice of Rarity shouting from the other tent.

"OH FOR THE LOVE OF CELESTIA!! EITHER BE QUIET OR SOUND-PROOF THE TENT!! I AM TRYING TO GET MY BEAUTY SLEEP!!!"

"... Oh buck meEEEE!!" Twilight said, her voice raising in pitch and volume as only Faust knows what Pinkie did got her... attention. An instant later, a dull thud was heard followed by "Ouch, Twilight that smarts!"

"Oh don't even start!" Twilight said irritably before the unmistakable sound of a spell being cast reached their ears, followed by silence before Rarity could be heard muttering.

"I swear, those two are incorrigible!"

Dash and Fluttershy looked from the direction of the voices back into each other's eyes and broke down into a fit of quiet giggles.

"OH, HONESTLY?! ET TU?!" Rarity said, her voice clearly exasperated.

"Heh, no worries Rares. We just woke up to that, same as you did." Dash said with a chuckle.

Looking back to Fluttershy, Dash smiled. Fluttershy smiled back until her stomach gave a growl that caused both of their eyes to open wide.

"Need to feed the manticore there 'Shy?" Dash asked with a chuckle, only to have her stomach groan louder than Fluttershy's had.

"I could ask you the same thing Dashie." Fluttershy teased, poking Dash with a hoof.

Rolling her eyes, Dash sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. As she moved to stand up, Fluttershy's hoof stopped her.

"Oh no you don't. You're not going anywhere with your wings like that." Fluttershy said, nodding towards Rainbow's wings. Looking back at them, even Dash was shocked. There were feathers pointing every which way, some were rotated wrong and even some of her primaries were out of alignment.

I have sex wings... Not cool.

"We'll have to do something about that." Fluttershy said, drawing Dash's attention back to her. Looking at Fluttershy's wings, Dash saw that her new marefriend's wings hadn't fared much better. It wasn't until a slight tug at her wing made her breath catch in her throat that she figured out what Fluttershy had in mind.

Preening.

"Oh Fluttershy, I-" Rarity stopped as she caught the two preening pegasi by surprise as she poked her head into the tent flap only to see them in the fairly intimate position. Both of their heads snapped to look at the shocked unicorn.

"Oh... hehe. Hey Rares." Dash said, blushing profusely.

"We... That is... Oh my." Fluttershy said, starting to hide behind Dash. Her blush was deeper than Dash's.

A sly smile crossed the unicorns face as she looked from each of the mares wings to their faces and put the pieces together.

"Preening is a bit, oh how should one say... intimate, for a "first date". Isn't it?" She asked, her voice clearly showing the risque nature of her thoughts on the activity she had stumbled in on.

"However, looking at your wings, I'd say that it would be for the best... wouldn't want anypony getting any wrong ideas now, would we?" Giving the two pegasi a look that only caused them to blush further.

"Hey, that-" Dash started only to be interrupted by Rarity.

"Well, who am I to say what is proper amongst lovers. Don't mind me dears, I just came to tell you that breakfast will be ready in a moment. Now... Carry on." Rarity said with a wink as she pulled her head out of their tent.

For a moment, neither mare moved. It was Fluttershy who shook out of it first and continued preening Dash's wing, startling the cyan mare as she did so. Giving Fluttershy a quizzical look, Dash silently asked what Fluttershy was doing.

Slowly pulling away from the last feather she had aligned, Fluttershy nuzzled Dash's neck and said.

"Just finishing what I started."

.

After eating a breakfast, which had been a more-than-slightly awkward affair, packing up and thanking Applejack and the Apple family, Rarity, Pinkie and Twilight headed their own respective ways.

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash lingered in the orchard though. Walking through the many trees that had already been bucked of their apples and who's leaves were showing that autumn was in full swing. Though the beauty of the scenery around them was not entirely lost on the two mares, the majority of their focus was on each other.

"Dash... thank you..." Fluttershy said as they neared one of the ponds that dotted the apple orchards.

Giving Fluttershy a confused look, Dash asked her "For what?"

"For everything." Fluttershy said with a smile.

Smiling back at her, Dash brought herself closer to Fluttershy, that their sides touched as they walked.

As they walked towards the orchards main gate, they caught sight of Big MacIntosh leaving the barn with the wagon having just unloaded it. When he saw the two pegasi, he gave them a big smile and nodded to them.

"Later Big Mac!" Dash called out as she and Fluttershy walked past.

"Eeyup." MacIntosh said with his trademark drawl and smile.

As they crossed through the main gates though, an uneasy feeling began to well up in Big MacIntosh's gut. He had felt that same thing on many occasions, it never bode well.

Big MacIntosh looked up into the clear sky with a hint of worry in his eyes as he spoke to nopony in particular.

"Storm's coming."

As Dash and Fluttershy walked back towards Ponyville, Dash felt a sudden sense of unease washing over her. Almost as though she was being watched. Glancing over her shoulder, Dash looked around for anything out of the ordinary, but didn't see anything that should have made her feel off.

"Is something the matter Dash?" Fluttershy asked her as they walked.

"Hm? No... I guess not." She said, turning to Fluttershy and smiling as they hit the outskirts of Ponyville.

As she looked forward again, Dash missed the shadow of a pony that passed from one cloud to another before landing in the field behind them as they rounded the corner.

With a smile, the pony who had landed behind them started walking into Ponyville. After all, today was going to be a good day.

Author's Note

Well, It's been quite a while since I put a chapter up for this one! Sorry about that. Honestly, writing hasn't been at the forefront of my attention due to a number of things. That said, For those of you who worry about me finishing this fic, I do intend to finish it and I have at least a couple more chapters lined out. In the meantime, enjoy!