The Crushes That Bind

by TheSuperTransformerFan

Rarity's Lurker

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At the Las Pegasus casino inside the hotel, Pinkie and Diane were already figuring out their plan to be famous. Meanwhile, the other ponies were having some adventures of their own. The barrel twins and some of the Mane six were already scouring the place to find out some new activities to do, before they all went to their friend’s wedding.

Cozy, Pickle and Barley were wanting to play the extreme ring toss that was just set up and open in the game room, so they were looking for it. “I think the extreme ring toss is that way.” Pickle said.

“Ahh.” Barley sighed with relief and excitement. As she was flying by, some colts and fillies were laughing at her. But the silly thing was...she didn’t know about what her brother did! He had secretly drawn a beard and moustache on her face with a sharpie, and sooner or later, she would find out.

Barley saw the kids who were laughing at smiled. “Ohh, kids love me.” she said warming.

They saw Rarity who was about to go to one of the Casino slot machines and zoomed over to her, who noticed them. “Hey, Cozy, Barley and Pickle, Darlings!” Rarity said happily to them as she hugged them tight, before letting them go.

“Rarity!” The fillies said as they hugged and let go.

“This is extraordinary, Darlings!” Rarity said with complete excitement. “We got lots of time to hang out! We can go play some games on the slot machine, got grab some food to eat, we can...” just then, she noticed Barley’s fake face drawn on her. She giggled. “Why, Barley Darling? Did you go to a costume party? Let me guess...Pancho Vila?“

Barley was confused. “What are you talking about?” She asked. “I don't…” she then turned to see one of those crazy mirror you’d see at an amusement park, and saw herself with the face that Pickle drew on her.

She was shocked! “Oh my God, you drew on me?!” she asked in absolute horror.

Pickle and Cozy saw that she found out, and all they could do was let out a stifled giggle. “Uh...gotcha?” He managed to say.

Barley was a little miffed at him. “Guys, I have been walking around like this since we left our hotel room! I can—you two have so crossed a line.” She shouted at them and went for the men’s bathroom.

“Barley! Wait! The girl’s room is that way.“ Pickle said, pointing in the direction of the room, which made his sister turn around, and head for that room. But, not before she hit him HARD in the gut. While Cozy giggled a little.

As Pickle was trying to go to a game, Rarity saw a pony win at a slot machine and was disgusted. “Ugh!” She said.

“What?” Petunia asked her.

”That's like the third time that mare’s won on a machine I was playing.” Rarity said, pointing to the mare that won on said machine.

“Oooohhh.” Petunia groaned. “I'll bet she's one of those people.”

“M-M-Mole people?” Rarity asked, getting scared.

“What? No-no, a lurker.” Petunia said, calming her down.

“Oh.” Rarity said in realization. Then asked. “What's a lurker?“

“Okay, when you're playing a machine and it hasn't paid out, a lurker waits for you to give up and then…” Petunia started to explain.

“Kills you?” Rarity finished in shock.

“No.” She told her. “They swoop in and steal your jackpot.”

“Ohhh!” Rarity realized. “How do you know about this?“

“My mom used to do it.” Petunia explained. “That's how she paid for all my dance—karate lessons. It’s a deadly but beautiful sport.”

Just then, Barley came back as Pickle came back “All right, it won't come off!” She complained.

“What?!” Pickle and Cozy both said in shock.

“It won't come off!” Barley repeated.

“Oh, Sweet Celestia!” Pickle said in complete shock. “Sis-sis, are-are-are you sure?”

“No.” She said to him jokingly. “Actually, I took it off, so it looks like we’re good.”

“Good!” Pickle sighed in relief. Just then, Pinkie and Diane both came over to their friends.

“Hey-hey-hey you came back!” Pinkie said.

“PINKIE!” The barrels said in excitement.

“Who's your friend?” Pinkie said sarcastically as she looked at Barley’s washed up beard and face. “He's hot!” That earned Pickle another playful nudge from his sis.

“Thanks man.” He said jokingly.

“And speaking of which. I found my identical hand twin!” Pinkie said which made everyone confused.

“I think what Pinkie means to say is that...she found me!” Diane told them. “I’m Diane! Pinkie’s long lost mirror pool clone sister!”

Everyone was now shocked. Rarity was the first to break the ice about this Pinkie Pie “imposter”. “Did you again used the Mirror Pool?” Rarity asked. “"W-what?! Pinkie! I said you NOT to use the Mirror Pool! Why wouldn't you even understand after a warning?”

Pinkie was surprised that Rarity even SAID such a response to her. "NO, RARITY! I haven't even used the Mirror Pool!” She said.

“Then, why Is SHE here?” Rarity asked.

“Because, she’s my identical hand twin, Duh!” Pinkie explained. “I found her at the casino earlier. She’s the pony whose hooves are exactly like mine! This thing is a gold mine!”

“What?!” Rarity asked her in shock. “That's not gonna make you any money!”

“Okay.” Pinkie said beat.

“Well, if that's how you feel about it, fine!” Diane said strictly to the fashionista. “None of you get to live with me and my sister in our great big hand-shaped mansion!” She then pointed to Petunia, and the barrel twins. “Except uh, you guys. You can live in the thumb.” The barrels were surprised.

“Oh, well. That’s swell, don’t ya know?” Petunia said warming as the pies smiled and went over to execute their plan.

Rarity was still confused on how to wrap her head around this, however.

Meanwhile in Rainbow’s hotel room, Rainbow, Starlight and Spike were going over their plans for the wedding, with Starlight and Spike waiting while trying dresses and suits, Rainbow calling the chapel to book the plans.

“Yes, hello. I have a question. Umm, I am trying to plan this place for my friend's wedding.” Rainbow called. “Yeah, a unicorn to dragon and Pegasus pony.” Starlight and Spike overheard the conversation and giggled. “Thank you.” Starlight blared at her before shifting back to whistling and not looking at anything. “No, they didn't think so. I know it's like...anyway, umm well, we’re trying to get married. What-what do you suggest we do?” The two were still listening “Yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah. Oh! Okay. Okay, thank you!” Starlight and Spike both got excited at this tone as Rainbow hung up. “Yeah, we’ve got our wedding booked at the little white chapel.” She explained.

“What else did he say?” Starlight asked.

“Umm, he said he thought I was funny. So…” her two soon-to-be-wed friends flared at her. “Okay, look-look umm, let's just go downstairs, and we'll have some fun before tonight.”

“Rainbow Dash, no!“ Starlight said seriously.

“Oh, come on! Guys!” Rainbow tried to tell them

“Rainbow, we are unprepared!!” Spike pointed out.

“Look, just because you guys aren’t prepped yet doesn't mean you shouldn't have any fun! Okay? And besides, This is Las Pegasus! Hello! There is tons…of…funhere. No other. No. Come on! No one will notice, I swear!” Rainbow left the room, while Spike and Starlight followed.

They later came back with Rainbow giggling sheepishly and her other two lovers glaring at her angrily. “Okay, there was some staring...” she started to explain.

“What the hell was all that about?!” Starlight spat out to her.

“You just can’t see it, can you Guys?” Rainbow tried to point.

“What is there to point about?” Spike asked her. “We’re totally unprepared, we’re at the casino and ponies were staring at us!”

“Well...” she started to say. “Maybe, they aren’t used to seeing a baby dragon around these parts and I love the way you waddle so much.” She said lovingly to him in her baby-talk.

“Waddle?!” Spike shouted as he let out a disgruntled yell.

“Wait, Spike!” Rainbow tried to say. “I was only saying those things, because I wanted to get you guys ready for the wedding, because...I love you!”

The two stopped and turned to their friend, with sly grins on their faces. “You really love us, Rainbow Dash?” Spike said heartwarming as tears of joy came out his eyes.

“Rainbow, you sneaky mare!” Starlight said as she wrapped her legs around the wonderbolt and kissed her. “That was a sly trick you used.”

Rainbow blushed happily. “Well, it’s a role I was destined to play.” She said.

“Okay, if we’re gonna prepare for our wedding, we’ll have to do a few things!” Starlight started.

“Right!” Spike said.

“First, we gotta put on our nice dresses and suits...” Starlight continued.

“Then, let’s put them on!” Rainbow said, and brought out their dresses and suits. When they put them on, Rainbow and Starlight were both in white wedding dresses, with Rainbow’s being a little aerodynamic, like a wonderbolt, and Starlight’s a little more sorcerer-like. Spike ogled at them, and was so surprised that he almost drooled.

“Spike?” His two lovers said.

“You girls look...gorgeous!” Spike said as he smiled.

His lovers did the same. “Awwww...thanks, Spike.” Starlight said.

“And, you do too!” Rainbow said, pointing at Spike’s outfit. Spike looked down at his suit, and she was right. Spike did look good. His suit was the one he had worn at the Grand Galloping Gala with Twilight and the others, only Starlight had adjusted it to fit the drake’s wings.

“Thanks, girls.” Spike said as she smiled.

“Okay. Before we have our big night...” Rainbow said. “We’re going to have a special toast. So...” she made a beeline for the mini bar in their room, and got out a few alcoholic drinks. “Here you go, guys!” She said as she handed them to her two lovers.

Spike was confused as to why she got some beverages out of the minibar. “Oh, hey y'know, they-they really overcharge you for that stuff.” he said, unsure about all this.

“It’s alright, Spike!” Rainbow said, as she opened Spike’s bottle and put it in his mouth. “We gotta get prepared, so drink up!”

“Wait, what?!” Spike asked in shock. “So, to prepare for our wedding, we basically drink a lot of alcohol until we get dizzy?”

“Yep!” Starlight said, smiling. “In fact, a lot of couples who get married here ARE drunk!”

“And, In fact...” Rainbow said, taking Spike’s bottle, opening it, and pushing it into his mouth. “We’ll make sure our Spikey-Wikey gets his just desserts.”

“Huh?!” Spike asked. “Wait...wait!” But, Rainbow had already shoved the bottle in his mouth, making the drake guzzle it down. “Rainbow Dash...what are you doing?” Rainbow kept feeding more drinks to give him that dizzy feeling. “You know they overprice you for—Mmph!” Spike could talk as Rainbow giggled while she fed him the alcoholic beverage.

Starlight saw her friend force feeding him drinks, and giggled drunkenly. She walked up to him and caressed his chest, rubbing it down to the groin. “Starlight?! Hey! Get your hooves off me!” Spike said. Starlight responded by slapping his belly hard, yet playfully. “Hey! Watch it!” The drake yelled, starting to feel drunk. “You know...I was going to share, right?”

“Sure...” Starlight said, drunk. “We’ll make sure the lover drake deserves the whole thing.”

“Well, Duh!” Spike replied. He was force fed the alcohol, until finally he hiccuped.

His two lovers smiled at this, as this was a good sign. “I think we wasted him good, Starry.” Rainbow said.

“Eeyup.” Starlight replied. “We sure did!” At that moment, they all hiccuped and were woozy in the room. “Don’t worry, Spikey! It’s all on us!”

Rainbow went to the minibar and got out a package of macadamia nuts. “Macadamia nut?” she asked.

“Umm… Wow! That's-that must be some pricey nut!” Spike said, woozy as Rainbow opened the container, And replied with a “Hm-mmm!”

“Really like those Macadamia nuts, huh?” He asked.

“Nope!” Rainbow replied happily as she put one in her mouth and spat it out, and did it again in another direction.

Meanwhile at the Casino, Rarity was having problems of her own as she was trying to get her locker out of the casino slot machines.

The lurker stuck her head around one of the aisles, which really made her perturbed. She had finally had enough as she shouted at her. “Get out of here, you lurker!“ she didn’t move. Rarity threw a quarter to make her go away. “Go on! Get!”

Just then, Stormy Flare and Windrider arrived to her, arm in arm. “Hey, Rarity!” Windrider said.

Rarity turned to them, as was excited. “Ooh!” She said. “You’re ready for the big night?”

Stormy just smiled. “Yeah, couldn't live without the Love.“ she said as they started to kiss.

Rarity smiled. “Ohh, get a room.” she said.

“We have one.” Stormy said, confused.

“I know. Use it.” she said seriously, to which they understood and went over to a craps table.

Meanwhile back in Rainbow Dash’s, Starlight’s and Spike’s room, the three soon-to-be-married lovers were enjoying life with Spike drinking a beer, and the two mares examining themselves in the mirror lovingly, and ready for their wedding.

“Oh my God.” Rainbow said happily. “I look like my mom, Windy Whistles.” Starlight smiled in agreement.

“All right.” Spike clapped his claws to catch the girls’ attention. “Before we go to the little white chapel to get married, we can bring Las Pegasus up to us!” He got out a deck of cards. “All right, come on, come on, we'll play some blackjack. Here we go.”

“Okay!” The girls said as Spike dealt out the cards to everyone in the room.

“13.” Spike called out.

“Hit me!” Rainbow said. Spike did so.

“Oohh, 23.” Spike said. “Which is what we play to at this casino! You win 10 bits!” He handed 10 bits to Rainbow, as Starlight was excited and ready for her turn.

“I bet 20.” Starlight said in excitement.

“You're right!” Spike said as he gave her the 20 she won.

Their game went on for many minutes, and still the three lovers were still going at it with Blackjack, at Rainbow’s ideas to ‘Bring Las Pegasus up to them’. All three have finished consuming the drinks from the minibar, and needless to say, they were feeling no pain and were still going on.

“Hit me.” Rainbow and Starlight both said, as Spike did the same. They kept saying it, and Spike kept decking the cards out. The two mares said it slowly with each turn.

In a matter of time, Spike ran out of cards. “We need more cards.” he said weakly. All three of them started laughing.

They then heard a knock on the door. “That must be our alcohol and beers.” Spike said as he slowly got up to answer the door. It was Pinkie who replied “Hey!” to them.

“Ohh, it's Pinkie!” Spike said in drunken glee. “I love Pinkie!” He hugged her.

“Ohh, I love Pinkie!” Rainbow said, as she and Starlight hugged her.

“Pinkie lives with a gator! Hey!” Starlight said, drunkenly as she hugged her with Rainbow.

“Hi!” Pinkie told them. Diane also was with her as well as she said “Hi.”

“Look-look-look you guys, Pinkie and I need some help! Okay?” Diane told them. “Someone is going to have to let us perform at the big stage.”

“I'll do it.” Spike said groggily. “Hey, whatever you need me to do, I'm your drake.” He started to sit on the bed, not realizing that he was 2 feet away from it. He missed, and fell on his butt. He was okay, however.

“Whoa-oh-whoa! Are you, are you okay?” Starlight asked drunkenly.

“Yeah! We’re fine! Thanks!” Diane said. “Come on, Pinkie!” She started to head out to the stage where the trapeze artists were.

Pinkie was about to join her, but as she left, she got an idea. She turned to Rainbow Dash. “Hey Rainbow, how you doin'?” She asked.

“I'm doin' good, baby. How you doin'?” the wonderbolt replied, seductively and drunk.

Pinkie giggled for a second before she smelled something fowl. She turned to Spike. “Spike, don't let them drink anymore!” She said. Then, she left.

“Ohh, here's that Macadamia nut!” Spike said as he picked it up into his mouth. “Nope! Something else.” He threw it under the bed.

“Oops! All right, so what do you want to do now?” Starlight asked jokingly.

“I wanna get out of the room!” Spike told them. “Y'know, I…I‘m bored. I want to actually have a night on the town.”

Starlight nodded while Rainbow opened the door, and checked to see if no one else was there. Sure enough no one else was. She quickly turned to them. “Okay, y'know what guys? There's only one way to leave this hotel room.”

What happened next was that Rainbow and Starlight in the wedding dresses and Spike in his wedding suit...who were all totally drunk were walking arm and arm through the casino greeting ponies along the way.

“Well hello! I'm Spike!” The drake said out loud, drunkenly.

“Good luck to ya!” Starlight said out loud, drunkenly.

“Excuse me sir, you've got a little something right here.” Rainbow Dash said, as she pointed to the corner of a pony’s mouth, and all three of them laughed.

Then then made their way to a statue of a naked person and oohed and Ahhed at it. “Wow!” Starlight said, groggily.

“Hello!” Rainbow said, bowing down.

“Hello!” Spike said, bowing down.

“Hello!” Starlight said, bowing down.

“Hello!” All three of them, said bowing down at the statue before leaving With Spike meowing like a cat. They were out on the town, and drunk alright, but they were ready for their big night! And this would be a big night, no one would forget!


Author's Note

And, that’s it for this chapter! Rainbow, Spike and Starlight are all...drunk?! Why are they out on the town in the casino? And, what about the other ponies? What about Stormy Flare and Windrider? These and other answers will be revealed in the next chapter! Find out soon!

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