Applejack was waiting by the window when Rainbow swooped in. They’d been sleeping together for a while now, but AJ still hadn’t quite gotten up the nerve to explain to her family that they were together. She hated lying, even by omission, but there was no other choice if she wanted to share a bed with Dash. Kinda wish we could spend the night in her place for once, but that would require unicorn help. It wasn’t that she thought Twilight wouldn’t help out, it was just a matter of explaining why she needed the cloudwalking spell cast on her.

Rainbow wrapped her forelegs around AJ and kissed her. “I missed you...” she muttered hotly as she began to kiss her lover’s neck.

AJ nickered softly at the kisses. Somepony’s feeling frisky tonight! The farmpony just enjoyed the attention for a bit, then nipped at the base of Rainbow’s wing playfully; she gasped in response.

“Shhhh, not so danged loud, Dash. Yer gonna wake everypony up.” She giggled a bit as Dash got to her ears. “Mmmm, that’s nice. Mind if we lay down for this? Mah knees are getting a little wobbly.”

“Sure... Um, AJ would you mind—” Rainbow’s voice trailed off into inaudibility.

“Wanna run that by me again, Sugarcube?”

“C-could you do my wings?” Rainbow blushed heavily.

Applejack smiled. Never knew it was so danged embarrassing for her. Would explain why she moans when I do it... “Sure thing, Sug, just relax.”

Applejack was just about finished preening Dash when they both heard a quiet knock on the window. Annoyed, AJ released the wing and let her lover get up to see what was going on. A very red-faced pegasus fluttered just below the window ledge, trying to look anywhere but the window. “Um... boss, I am so sorry to bother you while you’re with her, but there’s a freak storm blowing through Ponyville. There’s lightning strikes everywhere... We’re doing our best, but we can’t keep up with the fires—”

“One sec, Icy...” Rainbow looked apologetically at the farmpony. “AJ, I hate to leave you hanging just as things are getting good—”

“Go on, Rainbow, they gotta be havin’ trouble if they sent somepony for ya in the middle of the night. I’ll be waiting for ya. Go play hero a bit.” The words stung her to say; she hated the idea of her special somepony out there at the mercy of the elements. Unpleasant images of seeing her laid up in the hospital sprung to mind. That was just her showing off; yer turning into a worrywart. She knew Rainbow would return to her safe and sound. Besides, she lived for moments like this. Maybe if I let her have enough of ‘em, she’ll finally forgive me for putting on that danged costume. Applejack snorted at the thought. Yeah, and pigs might start flyin’ again...

“I’ll be back soon, then we can pick up where we left off.” Rainbow kissed her goodbye before climbing out of the window.Applejack watched the two weather ponies fly off into the night, trying not to worry. Don’t go doin’ anything stupid, Dash.

The wind began to howl as the edge of the storm rolled over the farm. A blinding flash filled the sky; when her vision finally returned to her, she stared in shock at the sight of the tall shade tree just outside her home burning fiercely.

She ran out into the hallway and began to pound on her siblings’ doors. “Horseapples! Big Mac! Apple Bloom! Wake up! We got a fire outside!”

Rainbow wearily flew back to Sweet Apple Acres, feeling physically and emotionally drained after the long night spent fighting the flames and the storm. She should have been relieved; there was really no reason not to be relieved... Rarity was okay the whole time, everything’s fine! So why was her heart still heavy with this sense of dread?

This is so stupid! Not only was she okay, she and Shy finally hooked up! Rainbow squealed just a little bit again. So cute! She ignored the hollow feeling, flying resolutely back to join AJ. She’ll be up by now. Rainbow scanned the farm urgently. I-It’s not like I need her, I just... miss her. That’s all.

Flying over the Apple Family’s barn, she spotted something that made fear clutch her heart in an icy grip. A tree not ten strides from AJ’s bedroom was blackened and bare of leaves. Visions of the whole farmstead on fire sprang to her mind, and she shook her head angrily. E-everything is fine! Nopony got hurt, I need to stop stressing over this! Ohh, where are you, AJ?

Finally spotting Applejack, Rainbow dove quickly to meet her. She landed with a flourish and grinned her best ‘I’m awesome, I know it, and you know it’ grin. “I’m back! Sorry I had to leave so quickly last night, AJ, but we did it! We saved everypony!”

“Land sakes, Dash, that’s mighty good to hear. As y’can see, we had a little trouble out near the house ourselves.” She took off her hat and solemnly lamented. “Poor ol’ Linden. He was a good shade tree. Granny Smith planted him herself. We’re gonna miss him come summer.”

Rainbow took two steps towards her before stopping herself. “...You okay, AJ? I could, um... hug you if you wanted, but only if you want...”

AJ waved a hoof to placate her fillyfriend. “Ah’m fine. Sorry, Dash, ya know how it is. Ya plant a tree and watch it grow, ya can spend yer whole life tending to ‘em, but they’re gonna outlive ya. Ya get to thinkin’ ‘bout ‘em like foals, and it makes losin’ one like losin’ a member of the family...” She chuckled at Dash’s look of confusion. “Guess it’s an earth pony thing. Oh hey, did ya eat yet? We finished breakfast a while back, but there’s some leftovers in the kitchen. Granny made up some apple fritters.”

“No... I already had pancakes. Uh... so you’re sure you don’t need that hug? I don’t mind! I know it’s gotta be bothering you to lose a... tree.” Dash smiled weakly.

Gosh, she looks tuckered. Nice to know she cares,though. “Nah, Ah’ll be fine. You gotta be tired, Dash, you wanna go grab a nap at the house while Ah finish up here?”

Dash looked oddly disappointed. “...Okay. B-but if you need that hug, it’s waiting!” She sped off without another word.

AJ scratched her head. “Where in the hay did she get pancakes?”

Rainbow Dash flew desperately to the Boutique. The wind howled and wailed around her as if it was trying to attack her. She could make out the shop in the distance easily through the gloom, however. The hellish flames were spreading across the whole structure now, and there was nothing she could do to stop it. Rarity opened with window and gasped for air. “Rainbow! Please, help me! I don’t want to die!”

She flew faster than ever, but no matter how fast she flew the Boutique got no closer to her. “DASH! HELP ME!” The fire spread into the interior and backlit Rarity with dancing tongues of heat. First her mane ignited, then the rest of her, and she began screaming, and screaming, and SCREAMING!

Dash woke with a start, realizing the screaming in her head was coming out of her own lips. She sat up in AJ’s bed, panting. It was so real! Why? She’s okay darnit! The door burst open and AJ stood there, chest heaving. “Rainbow! What’s wrong?”

Rainbow clutched the blanket to herself and huddled underneath it. “I-I’m fine! Sorry I scared you, AJ. I’ll be okay. It was nothing!”

AJ stared at the shivering—almost cowering?—pegasus in her bed. That ain’t fine, that’s about the furthest from fine Ah’ve seen ya in a good long time. AJ lay down behind Rainbow and embraced her carefully. “Sugarcube, ya don’t sound fine. Ya think Ah can’t spot a lie this close?”

Rainbow shuddered again. “I-I’m okay, really! I just... had a bad dream.”

Applejack sighed into the multihued mane. Like pulling teeth. “Oh yeah? Sug, Ah ain’t never heard you make that much racket. What’s got you worked up? Ah won’t tell nopony but can Ah at least know what’s wrong?”

“Nothing! I’m really okay now. J-just leave me alone!” Without warning, Rainbow tensed her hind legs and kicked AJ out of bed, propelling her into wall and causing her to slump to the floor with a dazed expression. Dash’s eyes blurred with sudden tears. “I’m sorry! I... I have to go!”

AJ rubbed her head where it had struck the wall. “Dash...” She lay there for a moment, still dizzy and unable to follow her lover.

When her eyes finally realigned themselves, AJ wearily stood up and rubbed her head ruefully. What’s gotten into that girl? She shook her head in annoyance, wincing a little as it caused the pain to flare up again. Much as she loved her, AJ just couldn’t understand Dash sometimes. Something is up. Ah ain’t never had a dream that had me screamin’ at the top of mah lungs like that.

I gotta find her. She may not want ta say it, but she needs somepony bad right now....

“...You okay,AJ? I could,um... hug you if you wanted, but only if you want...”

“No... I already had pancakes. Uh... so you’re sure you don’t need that hug?”

“...Okay. B-but if you need that hug,it’s waiting!”

She facehoofed in frustration. Dangit,AJ, how’d ya miss that? Dash don’t ask when she wants a hug, she’ll come up and get it. She didn’t want one, she needed one! Too danged wrapped up in mah own self to see she was shook up about something.

Ah can feel sorry for mahself later; right now Ah got a fillyfriend to find. Trouble is, Dash has wings. My options are kinda limited in the whole searching department. She could cover a lot of ground before she got tired, but that was just it; ground. She sighed. Having a pegasus fillyfriend wasn’t easy at times. If she don’t wanna be found,she’s probably up in the clouds somewhere. Dang it all, what I wouldn’t give for a set of wings right n—

Well hay, there’s a thought! I bet Shy would help me find her! Satisfied, she grabbed her hat from the floor and set it back on her head. Hold on, Dash. Ah don’t know what’s eatin’ ya, but Ah aim ta help ya through it. She quickly trotted off to find Shy.

Just mah luck, she’s off gallivantin’ somewhere! She’d searched Fluttershy’s cottage high and low, but she wasn't anywhere to be found. Finally, Angel had taken pity on her and pointed towards Ponyville, annoyance clear on his little face. She waved in thanks and ran in that direction, only to realize she was no better off trying to search for Shy than she was searching for Dash, albeit Fluttershy tended not to roost the way Dash did.

Horseapples... Ah don’t have clue one where she might be. Granted, Shy’s more likely to be down here but Ah need to find Dash! Huh, need a new plan Ah guess... She still had to find some way to search the skies. Got it! Twilight’s balloon! She ran at full gallop towards the library.

Arriving at last, she noticed some scorched branches high up on the house-tree. Huh, guess that storm was a real bad one. She looked around town, noting several buildings with signs of fire damage. Dang... Dash wasn’t kidding! Least nopony was hurt. Regaining her focus, she banged on the door with a hoof. “Twi, Ah need your help!”

She heard movement inside, followed by a crash and some muffled cursing. The door opened and a very tired-looking Twilight Sparkle stood in front of her. “AJ, what’s wrong?”

“Ah don’t have time to explain; can Ah borrow your balloon?”

The librarian gave her a look of concern and confusion, but did not waste time before answering. “Well certainly, but it’s still in storage and it’ll take awhile to reinflate it. What’s going on?”

The farmpony grunted in frustration. “Consarnit! Ah need to find Dash. She just flew off after having some bad nightmare. Ah’m worried about her. T’aint like her to run away like that.”

“...How did you know she had a nightmare?”

AJ blushed hard. “N-nevermind that, Ah need to find her! Horseapples, where’s a pegasus when ya need one...”

Twilight cocked her head to one side in bemusement. “Um... well, I have been practicing the spell I cast on Rarity—”

“The one that gave her butterfly wings?” Horrifying images of Dash laughing her head off ran through Applejack’s mind. Ah swear to Celestia, if you laugh at me, Ah’m gonna buck yer teeth in, Dash. Applejack threw herself down at Twilight’s hooves. “Please, Ah gotta go find her! Can you cast it on me?”

“Um... sure. Let me get the book out...”

AJ fluttered the wings at her sides in amazement. They were nothing like what she remembered Rarity having; they looked like normal wings, only you could see through them a bit, and for some reason they were blue. "Hay... these are kinda... well, they ain’t what Ah expected. What gives, Twi? You mess up?"

Twilight was trying hard not to blush. "No... the spell worked fine, AJ. I did some more research into the spell after I had a similar experience... it turns out the spell manifests itself a little differently for everypony."

AJ scratched her head. "Huh, okay. That's kinda weird."

Twilight nodded. "It creates wings as a sort of reflection of what you view wings to be. For most ponies it just ends up looking like a pair of normal pegasus wings with their own coloration, made of mist and magic. However, sometimes certain, um, differences show up."

"How do you mean?"

“Well, the magus major who created the spell was courting a very beautiful pegasus general. He wanted to flatter her, so part of the spell’s design lets your heart dictate how the look and coloration will come out...” Seeing AJ’s glassy look she grunted in frustration. "Okay, let me put it to you like this: when I cast it on myself I ended up with cotton candy pink wings, and for some reason they looked like they were made out of twisted balloons. Pinkie's were giant purple alicorn sized wings. Rarity's—I think she was thinking of something very specific when I cast it. You saw how she reacts to Fluttershy, right? Do you see the connections here or do I have to spell it out?"

The farmpony’s face was starting to resemble her brother’s in hue. "So wait... Rarity? Butterfly wings... she was thinking about Shy’s—” Then she somehow blushed even harder. “Horseapples... Did Ah just get outed by a spell?"

Twilight had the good sense not to laugh, but she couldn’t quite keep the smile from her face. “If it makes you feel any better, you’re only the second pony I’ve told about me and Pinkie. Also I’m probably the only pony alive besides the princesses who would know that you having blue wings means something.”

AJ blushed. “Sorry, Twi, A-Ah woulda told you awhile back but Ah was kinda worried about what everypony else might think. Mostly Ah was worried about Bloom and Granny. Ah just wanted ta keep mah mouth shut about it until Ah could get my head on straight—”

“AJ, it’s okay, I understand. I felt a little weird about being with Pinkie at first, too. We can talk about it later. You should go find Dash.”

The farmpony nodded gratefully. “Thanks, Twi.”

This... this is how Dash feels all the time. She’d been flying for several hours now, but still could not believe how freeing it felt. Maybe it was part of the spell, making her body feel like it was meant to be in the air, but it felt wonderful. It’s like the first time Ah bucked a tree and managed to get all the apples to fall. Like the first time Dash and Ah... okay, not quite that good, but Sweet Celestia... Just wish Ah could enjoy it properly. Getting dang near sunset, not gonna be easy to find her in the dark.

She scanned the clouds below her, looking for signs of the prodigal pegasus until... There! AJ dove for one particular cloud and gently alighted next to her. Dash was sleeping fitfully, mumbling broken phrases: “I’ll save... No! NO!”

The farmpony shook Dash urgently. “Sugarcube, wake up!”

Dash woke with a start, looking around in confusion. “Rarity! Where... what? AJ?” At first she seemed happy, but quickly let out a frustrated groan. They were both standing on a cloud, and AJ had a pair of wings, so... “Awww, I’m still dreaming! This sucks!” She flopped down onto the cloud heavily. “I don’t want to dream anymore...”

Applejack lay down beside her and gently bit her ear.

“Ow! AJ, quit—” Dash rubbed her ear with a hoof in irritation, then stopped as a thought hit her. “Wait... that hurt. Things aren’t supposed to hurt in dreams...”

“You ain’t dreaming, Sug.” The farmpony kissed the top of her head softly. “Ah got worried about ya, so Ah went looking. You didn’t make it easy for me.”

“Sure, I’m not dreaming. So you just happened to grow a pair of wings?” Despite feeling the pain of the bite, Dash still looked skeptical.

“No, Ah got Twi to use the spell she cast on Rarity. How else was Ah gonna find ya?”

Rainbow turned and studied Applejack, her expression curious as she looked over the blue, ephemeral wings that fluttered nervously at the farmpony’s side. “Huh? I thought that made butterfly wings. Those look pretty awesome on you. Shouldn’t they be orange though?”

AJ laughed nervously and quickly changed the subject. “Uh, yeah, Twi kinda got it wrong. Must have had a cold or something. Look, Dash, much as Ah enjoy chatting about spells that definitely messed up and have nothing at all to do with how Ah feel about ya, Ah kinda wanted to figure out what had you screaming like a foal fer its momma earlier.”

Dash looked at her quizzically, but made no further comment about the wings. “I-I’m fine, just lemme get some sleep...”

“Sure, ya got a nightmare calling yer name, right? C’mon Dash, what’s bothering ya?”

“It’s nothing, everything was okay after all. She was fine!”

“Who was fine?”

“Rare.”

“Okay, Ah’ll bite; why would she not be fine?”

Dash mumbled something inaudible.

“Try that again?”

“Her house was on fire, okay?! I thought she was inside it. But she wasn’t.”

“Uh... yeah, let’s back that up a bit. What happened?”

Horseapples. Dash told her every detail of the night. How she found the Boutique on fire. How hard she worked to put it out. Dash shuddered a bit as she described the room, then she burst into tears. AJ held Rainbow tightly, soothing her with caresses and murmured endearments as she slowly calmed down. Dash went on, telling her about catching the cat and taking it to Fluttershy’s house, then about her complete breakdown in front of Rarity. “That’s why this is so stupid! Everything was fine. Rarity was with Shy the whole night!“ She angrily tried to wipe the tears from her face.

“Sug, let it out, it’s okay.”

Rainbow snorted, and fresh tears streamed out from her reddened eyes. “No, it’s not! I shouldn’t feel like this! She was okay the whole time! I-I worried for nothing!”

“It wasn’t nothing! You were pretty dang sure you lost her. It’s okay to be a little freaked out about that.”

Dash finally let herself cry freely. “She could have died, and I couldn't have saved her! I couldn't even stop the fire in time to prevent it ruining her home! What kind of friend am I? I caught her after she fell from five miles up, but I could have lost her because of a measly bucking lightning strike!”

A new and more horrifying thought struck her. “It could have happened to you too! That tree was all of ten strides away from your house. I couldn't have saved you either!"

AJ shook her head ruefully. "Don’t go thinking like that. Even y’all can't be everywhere at once!"

Dash sobbed into her shoulder. "I should be able to be! I’m the fastest flier in all of Equestria! What's that worth if I can't even save my friends?"

AJ was silent for a time, mulling it over. She wanted to reassure Dash, but it would just be false comfort. Bucking Element of Honesty. "Dash, I hate to say it, but... yer right."

Dash tilted her head up to look at AJ in confusion, and a touch of anger. "Right about what? B-being useless?"

"No, not that.” AJ stroked her mane gently, pushing the forelock from Rainbow’s face. “Fact is, one of these days something's gonna happen ta one of us. We live dangerous lives, Dash. Discord might get out, the Gates of Tartarus might break open. Heck, maybe Ah fall off’ve a roof and break my fool neck. Yer not gonna be able to stop everything that might ever happen to us. So Ah need ya ta do something fer me."

"...What?"

"Love us all while we're here. Don't take us for granted. All yer friends are alive and well today. Tomorrow, who knows? But ya got us right now. Make it count."

“AJ?”

“Yeah?”

“That’s the corniest thing ever.”

“Don’t make it less true.”

They were silent for a long time, just huddled together on the cloud. AJ finally broke the silence.“Ya asked me a question once, and Ah didn’t have an answer for you then. Ya asked me about that whole Mare Do Well mess. Remember?”

Dash rubbed her nose angrily with a hoof, not quite sure where AJ was going with this. “Yeah, I asked you why you went through with it. The other girls I guess I understood, but we were always pretty close, and I thought I knew you better than that. The rest I can get, trying to teach me a lesson because I was ‘going overboard’. But I thought you at least understood how a pony can get a little proud of what she does. I was a hero to those ponies, and you took that from me.”

AJ sighed heavily. “Sugarcube... do you know what happens ta heroes?”

“Sure, they get plaques and applause and all kinds of awards.”

“Well, sometimes all they get is a stone marker, and a lonely filly wondering why her parents had ta be heroes. A filly that wished she’d cherished ‘em a little more while she had the chance.”

Dash was stunned; she hadn’t expected to ever get an answer. The question was asked mostly to show just how hurt she’d been. I don’t get it. AJ never talks about her folks... “AJ, what happened to...?”

The farmpony stroked Dash’s mane absently. “Ah’ll tell ya sometime, Ah promise. Fer now, let’s just say Ah know how it feels to lose somepony, and have nightmares about how ya could have stopped it.”

She sighed, deep in remembered sadness. “Ya got this idea in yer head that ya can save anypony from anything. Yer good Dash, but yer one pony. Ah helped the girls with Mare Do Well because Ah needed ya ta stop trying ta be a hero all by yerself.”

Rainbow snorted in irritation. “I was doing fine! I didn’t need help!”

“Yeah, ya were, but eventually you were gonna get yerself hurt. Ya know how we showed ya up? Wasn’t because any one of us was faster, stronger, and smarter than ya. We worked together. Ah’m mighty proud ya want ta be a hero, but ya don’t have to go it alone. We’ll always back ya up, if ya let us. Ah’ll always be there. Make no mistake about that.”

Rainbow drew a long, shuddering breath. “I-I never knew. I always wondered if you just hated me showing off that much...”

AJ nipped at Rainbow’s ear playfully. “Nah, that’s part of yer charm. S’like we told Twi: it’s fine ta have talents, and ta be proud’a those talents. Ya just got a little wrapped up in praise. Heck, Ah went a little overboard once myself, if ya remember. Thought Ah could help the whole town and harvest the whole farm all by my lonesome. Didn’t turn out so well. Good thing mah friends were there.”

Silence reigned again for a time.

“AJ?”

“Yeah?”

“That costume...”

AJ chuckled and blushed a bit. “Still on about that? Ah guess Ah can dig it out if ya really wanna make out with Mare—”

Dash turned around and silenced her with a long kiss. She finally broke the contact and smiled. “Don’t need it. I already have a hero to make out with.”

The farmpony had no response for that.

Rainbow grinned cockily. “You know, we could settle something here. You keep going on about how nice it is to make love on the ground. Let me show you how soft a cloud is...”

Dash began to kiss her gently. This was very unlike their normal loveplay. That was two parts fight, two parts submission, and it was hard to tell who was doing what, when and to whom. This was sweet and gentle, but no less loving for it.

Applejack did not resist her in the least on this occasion, feeling that what Dash needed now was to make love to her, not to dominate or be dominated. Ah’m all yours Sugarcube. Just this once though; next time... yer mine. She returned the kisses passionately, but tried to hold back her urge to fight Dash for control, letting the pegasus decide the pace.

Dash rolled them both over, and Applejack found herself in a most precarious position - she was prone on her back, something she normally never allowed. Rainbow looked down on her, the gleam in her eyes very different from other times they’d shared a roll in the hay. This was more sultry, but there was a softness and a fire to it that spoke volumes.

AJ felt she should say something, and cursed inwardly that nothing romantic came to mind. Fine then, nothing more romantic than Celestia’s honest truth. “Dash Ah... Ah love you. Sorry if Ah don’t say it enough.” She leaned forward and kissed the pegasus, blushing hard.

Rainbow smiled triumphantly. “I finally got you to say it first. You keep leaving me hanging when I say it. I know you do AJ... but I like to hear it.” They shared another long kiss.

“I love you too,” Rainbow whispered softly into the earth pony’s ear. She began to lightly nibble the sensitive tips of the ears, while her tail wrapped around AJ’s own, both appendages quickly becoming wet with shared arousal.

AJ struggled against her instincts all the more. Every part of her wanted to match Dash’s aggression.

Never knew it was so danged hard to just lay here and be seduced.

Yet somehow this was so much hotter than normal.

Never saw mahself as one of them frou-frou princesses waiting on a knight ta come ta the rescue, but somehow being laid down and just... rutted feels so danged good!

She moaned lightly as Dash tugged hard on her tail while nipping her neck.

Rainbow looked into AJ’s eyes and smiled. “Now, I don’t want to hear another peep from you for a bit, unless it’s the words ‘more’, ‘harder’, or ‘faster’!” She nipped her ear playfully, and with her wingtip began to gently tease Applejack between her thighs. They were slow, soft caresses, and Dash accompanied them with hot kisses and nips on her neck and chest. Surprising both of them, the wings at Applejack side sprang open. Dash stared at the wings; she hadn’t expected that.

Whoa... that spell is awesome!

Applejack blinked at the movements to her side, then gasped a bit as she felt the caress.

Whoa nelly. Little quick on the draw there Dash. Still, we did leave things unfinished last night.

“M-more.”

Rainbow smiled and complied, inserting the wingtip gently into AJ. She began a slow rhythm of thrusts, gradually increasing speed and depth. The farmpony was rocked back and forth by the powerful pinions, and she began panting hoarsely. Her blue wings fluttered helplessly against the cloud. “H-harder!”

Rainbow kept her pace slow, occasionally shifting the remiges around inside Applejack. She began to put more of her weight into each thrust, forcing the primary feathers deeper inside. AJ began to whimper softly, biting down on a hoof to muffle it. Rainbow paused for a moment. “You okay AJ? I don’t wanna hurt you...”

Applejack momentarily lost her head and wrapped a foreleg around Dash’s neck, pulling her into a kiss. “Ah’m an earth pony! Ah can take whatever you got, hot shot. Now, for the love’a Celestia, please rut me!”

“That was more than a peep. Oh, it is on filly! You wanna be bucked? You’re getting bucked!” And now the thrusts came hard and fast. AJ’s rump was soaking wet, and the force of her being pushed into the cloud was making it drizzle on the ground below. Her fantasmal wings were at near full mast, showing the extreme state of her arousal.

AJ’s forehooves began to dig into the soft and pliable mist, desperately trying to find purchase. She moaned every time Dash’s wing moved, as it flexed and spread the heat in her loins through her body like wildfire. “Faster!”

Rainbow began to thrust even quicker; the nips had turned to sharp love bites that were nearly hard enough to draw blood. She leaned into the thrusts heavily, and AJ’s moans gradually became desperate screams. The earth pony’s eyes began to roll back in her head, and her nostrils let out desperate snorts of air as the intense pleasure built up in her lower half.

Almost there...

In a last incredibly deep thrust Rainbow locked lips with her lover and forced her tongue inside AJ’s mouth, reveling in the feeling of the rippling pulses surrounding the wingtip. The wings on AJ’s back spread wide and locked in place. As one quake passed Dash pulled back and thrust again, bringing a scream to AJ’s lips that could be heard for a good half-mile around. Good thing we’re two miles up or that might tick off some of our neighbors, Rainbow thought with a mental smirk.

She continued to withdraw and thrust, again and again, and each time the farmpony cried out gratefully. After several minutes of this the earth pony lay panting, finally spent and happy.
“Phew, you sure know how to make a girl work, AJ.” Rainbow pulled her soaked wingtip out and collapsed at her lover’s side. She nuzzled AJ, wrapping a foreleg around her torso. “You convinced yet?”

Applejack gasped for air, letting her heart rate slow down gradually. “Ah still like a little soil under mah hooves. Ah mean, this is nice an’ all, but it’s gonna take more to for this earth pony to say fer sure.”

“Oh really? More, eh? You got something in mind?”

“Yeah... lemme see how it feels from this side of things.” She leaned up and shoved Dash onto her back, grinning predatorily. Applejack’s wings were tilted into a classic - if unconscious - attack position now, and Dash was only too happy to let AJ take charge. “Do you-” She kissed Dash hard on the mouth. “-have any-” She ran her tongue down the length of Dash’s wing from base to tip. “-idea-” She nibbled on the primaries that were still covered in her own juices. “-how good that felt?”

Dash’s wings both unfurled and she groaned as AJ began to aggressively preen her, plucking damaged feathers and realigning others skillfully and lovingly. This went on for several minutes, with only occasional gasps and moans to mark the passage of time. When the preening was done Dash caught her breath, then grinned happily. “Uh... I’m guessing pretty good?”

“Good guess. Now hush up.” AJ locked lips with her, and began working a forehoof down the soft coat of her chest until she reached... Sopping wet. Dash gasped into Applejack’s mouth as the farmpony began to gently tease her, building up a nice rhythm before easing off slightly, each time bringing her closer to the edge.

Dash broke the kiss. “AJ... please...”

Applejack grinned salaciously. “Shhhh, lemme work here. Ah won’t leave you hanging, Ah promise.” A quick flick of her head launched her hat into the air to land squarely on Dash’s head.
Dash looked at her, then up at the hat on her head, confused and adorably cross-eyed. “What-”
“Hold onto that fer me, wouldya? Ah’d set it down but it would just fall. The brim kinda gets in the way.”

With that, Applejack shimmied down Dash’s body and planted her muzzle right inside those moist folds she’d been teasing a moment ago. She hummed with satisfaction as she lapped up every drop of the pegasus’ arousal. Dash moaned loudly and AJ noted with gratitude that she clamped a hoof on the hat to keep it from falling.

Good girl! Now fer your reward.

She pressed her muzzle deep inside Rainbow and licked in long, deep strokes. Now it was Dash’s turn to try to stifle screams. She grabbed a tuft of cloud in a forehoof and bit into it, hard. AJ patiently licked and nibbled, holding onto Rainbow’s legs to get better leverage. She knew Dash was close, and intended to deliver as good as she’d just got.

Dash watched in half-distracted fascination as her lover pleasured her. Just as satisfying emotionally was the position of AJ’s wings; they were spread wide and conveying dominance to her in a way that every pegasus instinctively understood. In a language as old as ponykind itself they spoke to her, demanding obedience and respect. She was helpless to do anything but obey their commands.

This was incredibly hot to her, she’d always wondered in the back of her mind what it might be like to make love with another pegasus. It had been very hard to resist the urge to nip those wings at AJ’s side while she had been making love to her earlier. Rare’s burned up in the sun after all, so I’m pretty sure biting them would be bad. Yet even seeing them react to her efforts had added a whole new dimension to her pleasure. Now, admiring them majestically splayed out while she was being licked was getting her so very wet.

Dash bucked her hips and came, screaming out loud as she hit her first peak. AJ, though, rode out that initial spasm and each subsequent buck with ease. Feisty, but she ain’t got nothing on a bull, she thought slyly as she continued to pleasure the pegasus. At long last, Rainbow weakly gave one last buck, her voice nearly gone after screaming so many times.

AJ pulled herself up to lie beside Rainbow. They both snuggled into each other’s embrace, kissing tenderly. AJ’s wings had returned to her side, relaxed and furled. Rainbow extended one of her own wings and wrapped it around the farmpony. Together they watched the sunset, allowing the tranquility to calm them down. Ah... could get used to this.

When she finally caught her breath, Rainbow leaned in for another kiss. “Convinced now?”

AJ smiled and returned the kiss. “Ah reckon so. Any place is home with you in it.” She lay happily in Dash’s embrace, deciding then and there that tomorrow night she would be sleeping in Rainbow’s cloud house.

Author's Note

Assuming you are reading this as part of the main story, the link to the next chapter is here, If you read this as a standalone and would like to read the story it is a part of, it begins here.