Twilight slumped down into her throne in the Castle of Friendship, looking around at her five best friends, trying to judge their expressions. “And, well, that’s how we made peace with Nightmare Cadance … and that’s why you’re still at least a little bit under her spell.” She’d left out the part about Shining Armor, of course, substituting in a random Crystal Guard pony from her own imagination … but she wasn’t entirely certain they’d believed her.

Rarity was the first to respond: “But I don’t understand, Twilight. What ever was it that made you think that we were under Cadance’s control?”

“Yeah!” Rainbow Dash shouted, darting up into the air above the map table. “She was way too scared to show her pink butt in Ponyville!”

“Hey!” Pinkie shouted back. “There’s noting wrong with having a pink butt!”

“Actually, her butt is gray now,” Twilight corrected.

Rainbow did a quick – very quick – loop around the room. “We would’ve power of friendshipped her and kicked her tail right back to the Crystal Empire if she dared come around here!”

Applejack cut in, trying to settle the others down. “Seriously, Twilight. Why’d you think Cadance had already gone and hornified Ponyville?”

“Well, it’s a little um...” Twilight shook her head. “Well, in the spirit of honesty, I suppose I had better just say it.”

Applejack nodded approvingly.

“We – the princesses and I – looked into a crystal ball in the throne room. We used it to look for everypony in Ponyville... And it needed a specific location. The only ponies who I really knew where they would be were Rarity and Fluttershy. Yesterday was their spa day.”

“Oh dear,” Fluttershy said quietly. Rarity just gulped and shrank down a little bit in her throne.

“I saw... Well, I saw Rarity and Fluttershy, um … kissing.”

“Well that’s no big deal!” Pinkie interrupted. “Friends can kiss all the time, just because they like each other and it’s fun, see?” She leapt over and kissed Twilight – quite wetly – on the cheek.

Twilight held her at hoof’s length. “Yes, they were kissing … and the two spa ponies were, um, eating them out at the same time. Both of them.”

Both Rarity and Fluttershy were blushing furiously at this point, trying to make themselves quite small and unnoticeable, despite the way everypony was looking at them, obviously noticing them.

Rainbow, though, zoomed back down into her throne … possibly just because she wanted to pound her forehooves dramatically on the map table. “What? I specifically asked them, and they said they didn’t do extras! They’ve been holding out on me!”

“You go to the spa?” Applejack sniggered.

“No!” Rainbow planted herself back in her throne, crossing her hooves in front of her and looking away … with a huge blush on her face.

“It’s erm...” Rarity sighed. “Well, I suppose the secret is out anyway. It’s a service they only provide to platinum plus members.”

Rainbow’s jaw dropped. “There’s a platinum plus membership?”

Applejack laughed again.

“Shut up, Applejack!” Rainbow was getting positively red in the face now.

Applejack just looked over at her smugly. “Make me.”

“Wait!” Twilight shouted, using her magic to separate Applejack and Rainbow. Whether they were about to fight or fuck, she wasn’t at all sure … but either way it would be too much commotion for her tastes right now. “So let me get this straight, Rarity. You two do that … every week?”

“Not every week,” Fluttershy said softly.

Rarity nodded. “Yes. Sometimes we bring a stallion friend.”

That pulled Applejack’s attention away from Rainbow. “Y’all had better not be talkin’ about my brother.”

“Don’t be ridiculous, darling. We haven’t invited him since his wedding!”

Applejack squinted. “And what about before he was married?”

Rarity kept a tight-lipped poker face, but Fluttershy – still blushing hotly – gave a slight nod.

The revelation of her brother’s involvement sent Applejack into a fuming, stomping fit around the throne room. She kept counting to ten for some reason.

But Twilight took the opportunity to speak to Rarity before Applejack got over the shock. “Um... Do you think I could come along next week?”

Rarity leaned in close. “I don’t know why we’d need to wait a whole week.” She glanced over at Applejack. “In fact, I think I would much rather be there right now, if you catch my meaning.”

Twilight smiled. “I’ll distract Applejack. You get Fluttershy and your favorite stallion friend, then meet me at the spa.” She was already thinking about future visits and a certain very close friend of her own she might like to invite to their next spa day...

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