On The Wings of Love

Reaching the outskirts of Ponyville, Rarity and Fluttershy stopped for a moment to sit on a conveniently located bench. Despite the lovely fall weather, the distance the two had covered had made them quite tired.

Speaking first, Rarity said "I don't know about you darling but I am FAMISHED!"

"I... I'm a little hungry myself." Fluttershy replied. Just as both of their stomachs grumbled.

Both ponies went wide-eyed, halfway horrified that their stomachs had given away just how hungry they were before they started giggling at the coincidence.

"Ah, well darling... given the stress you've gone through today, lunch is my treat today." Rarity said, waving her hoof in the general area of the local restaurants. "Where would you like to go?"

"Oh! You don't have to do that Rarity, I can pay."

"Nonsense darling! What kind of friend would I be if I didn't treat you to something nice after what happened back there." Gesturing towards the general direction of Sweet Apple Acres.

"Now, where to?"

Uttering a resigned sigh, Fluttershy quietly suggested "How about the Open Range Cafe?"

"Sounds splendid!" Rarity said as her stomach grumbled again. Wincing at the unseemly sound, she stood up and started trotting quickly towards the patio, hoping her stomach wouldn't embarrass her further with Fluttershy right behind her.

After getting a table, the two friends started talking about the weather, Fluttershy's animals, Rarity's latest designs, anything to keep the subject of how she was going to talk to Twilight, Pinkie and Rainbow Dash.

"Oh, you simply MUST stop by the boutique to try on the dress! With your figure, your poise, your personality... This dress will look simply STUNNING on you darling!" Rarity said as the waiter came to their tables, orders in hoof.

They where regulars and only needed a wave at the manager to let them know what to make. It was almost comical seeing the other patrons faces when the former supermodel and the fashion designer be served without a word.

"It... it does sound lovely Rarity." Fluttershy said, just barely picking at her food with a fork.

After taking a few dainty bites of her own food and observing the distracted nature of the pegasus before her, Rarity couldn't help but ask why her friend seemed so forlorn.

"Dear, you've barely touched your food... What's on your mind?" As if she didn't already know the answer.

"I... I'm still so worried Rarity. Mostly about how... how to talk to Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy said as she closed her eyes and hung her head, letting her bangs fall in front of her eyes.

Clearly she needed someone who she could relate to.

But who could they talk to about such a... touchy subject? That would be something she would have to ask Pinkie Pie about. She seems to know EVERYTHING about EVERYPONY.

"Oh, dear I know you're worried about that... however you really should eat. I know you must be positively famished." Rarity bluffed, trying to buy some time so as to think of who to ask. Maybe on the way to Twilight's she'll think of something.

With a small sigh, Fluttershy looks up at Rarity. Her eyes portraying her innermost terror.

"I know... Thank you Rarity. For everything. You've been helping me since you found out and I really appreciate it." She said, giving her friend a small smile before she started eating.

Score one for Rarity... now who to ask for advice on this matter??

Having finished lunch, the two friends had started walking towards Twilight's tree. A light breeze had blown in, courtesy of the weather pegasi.

Rarity was still wracking her brains to figure out who to ask for advice. Perhaps one of the local "studs"? Her nose wrinkled at the idea. Most of them only fed mares the lines they wanted to hear until they got between their flanks. Fluttershy definitely did NOT need advice from those tail-chasers.

Normally, she would consider asking Aloe or Lotus since they where such... sensual... ponies. A shudder runs up her spine at a borderline steamy memory.

Lotus had offered to let Rarity have a mane-grooming free of charge if she didn't mind it being rather... intimate. Her reasoning being that they had heard of certain well-known spa's using more species-oriented "treatments." Such as preening for Pegasi and mane grooming for Earth Ponies. Giving in to the heat of the moment Rarity had been surprised at just how intimate the spa pony had gotten in grooming her mane. Or was she...

She shook the idea from her mind... Lotus was a professional.

Yea, a professional in pleasure

Again, she shook the idea from her head as they reached the tree where Twilight lived. Opening the door and entering without so much as a knock, Rarity was surprised to find the lights inside the tree off save for the light let in by the windows. Arching her eyebrows, she glanced left and right. Looking for a sign that somepony was home.

About to call out, she felt Fluttershy tap her flank and turned to see her point to a sign on the door that Rarity apparently hadn't seen.

Out of town for the day, will re-open tomorrow. -Twilight Sparkle

Having read the note and reaching to close the door, Rarity was surprised to see Fluttershy over by the door to Twilight's room. Her hoof was on the knob and she had only just cracked the door. She seemed... frozen in place?

Fluttershy had seen the sign on the door as Rarity walked in. Tapping her friend on the flank to get her attention, she pointed to the sign and stepped back to let her friend read it.

Suddenly, she remembered that she had been meaning to pick up a book from Twilight on first aid and that Twilight told her it was on her night stand by her bed.

Trotting quietly across the library's main room, she opened the door that led to Twilight's room. Stopping as she heard what sounded like a... moan?

Listening again, she heard a sharp gasp, followed by another low moan.

Looking through the crack in the door and up at Twilight's bed, she felt her jaw drop and her eyes bug out. She couldn't tear her eyes away from what she saw.

Walking over to her friend, Rarity was about to ask Fluttershy what was wrong when she felt a hoof lightly pushed onto her lips, keeping her from speaking.

Without looking away from whatever she was looking at, Fluttershy motioned Rarity to come and look through the crack in the door. Obliging her friend, she lined an eye up to look in the space between the door and its frame. Casting her gaze up to Twilight's bed, her eyes grew wide and she quickly reeled back and gasped loudly, covering her mouth with her hooves the instant she realized what she had done.

"Hey, did you hear something?" Both ponies heard come from within the room. They needed to get out of there before they where-

"Who's there?!" A very assertive and visibly mussed Twilight Sparkle asked as she threw the door open. Shocked to see her friends staring at her wide-eyed, her face went blank as she put two and two together, her own eyes starting to bulge as the full realization hit her. Using her magic to close and lock the front door, she looks at both of her friends before sitting on her haunches and scratching the back of her neck. Her face conveying her embarrassment.

"I'm guessing you two saw us huh?" she asked as Pinkie Pie came and rested her head on Twilight's neck. Nuzzling her affectionately.

"Uh, well... yes we did darling." Rarity said, having half broken out of her shock.

Fluttershy was still frozen and bug-eyed, it seemed as if she was barely breathing.

Twilight sighs as she looks back and forth between her two shocked friends, her hoof absent-mindedly reaching up to caress Pinkie Pie's cheek.

"Lets talk about this in here, shall we?" she said, gesturing into her room with her head. Her embarrassment still clearly conveyed.

"Ahem, indeed." Rarity said, regaining her composure and nudging a still-shocked Fluttershy towards the door. This was going to be interesting... However, it did take care of her problem of who to ask for advice.

Walking up the stairs, Twilight led the trio of ponies up to the loft where her bed was. As she crested the staircase, she felt a light nip on her flank and jumped slightly. She whipped her head around to see Pinkie Pie wink at her before jumping onto the bed and laying back onto the pillows, putting her hooves behind her head and giggling.

Fluttershy and Rarity followed, their expressions not having changed much since they where "caught" downstairs. Taking a seat, if apprehensively, at the foot of Twilight's bed, they both stared at Pinkie Pie, then back to Twilight, seeking an explanation.

"Well... um... where to start?" Twilight deadpanned. This was going to be awkward as buck and she knew it.

"Um, try where you where nibbling my-"

"PINKIE!!" Twilight whirled on her lover. A furious blush painting her features.

"I'm just kidding Twi" Pinkie said through half-hooded eyes. Rarity could almost feel the lewd heat of that gaze.

Clearing her throat, Rarity brought both of their attention back to the present.

"Ahem, so then... Twilight. Pinkie Pie..." Rarity was straining to keep her composure.

"Will you please explain to us what we just saw?"

"Well... I... uh-"

"Twilight and me where makin' loooove" Pinkie said, waggling her eyebrows suggestively.

PINKIE PIE!!! Twilight shouted at her. She was now a shade of red that made beets seem quaintly light.

Rarity's and Fluttershy's eyes got as big as dinner plates. They hadn't expected such a blatant confession. Both ponies now had a blush to match Twilight's. Fluttershy looked like she was ready to explode.

"So you're..." Rarity hesitated to say the final word.

"Fillyfoolers... yes." Twilight said, her head sinking as she continued her confession.

"We've been seeing each other secretly for a few months now."

"Yea, the sex has been GREAT!" Pinkie Pie blurts out.

Though Twilight turns and gives her a glare, she doesn't verbally scold her this time. Sighing, she looks back to her two friends. "I was just hoping we would be able to come out to all of you at some point. I know you probably think its not right for us to be doing this but-"

Twilight was cut short by Rarity raising her hoof. She looked at Twilight with understanding eyes. "My dear, you have no idea how much easier you've just made things."

Both Pinkie and Twilight glance at each other before staring back at the white unicorn. A confused look on both of their faces.

"Uuuhm... come again?" Twilight says, trying to wrap her head around what Rarity just said.

Rarity glances over at Fluttershy, who had finally come down from the shock of "walking in" on two of her friends having sex. Catching Rarity's glance, Fluttershy shuffles her hooves and quietly says.

"I... I'm a fillyfooler too..."

Twilight's and Pinkie's eyes go wide and their jaws fall to the ground.

Suddenly, Pinkie Pie is right up in Fluttershy's face, cupping it in her hooves.

"Say Rainbow Dash."

"R-Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy nearly whispers. Her heart caught in her throat.

Pinkie's eyes bug out even more.

"Oh Dear Celestia, I was right! Fluttershy is in love with Rainbow Dash!"

Three ponies stare at her wide-eyed.

How the buck could she have known that?!

Fluttershy broke the silence first.

"H-how...?"