What was meant to be a day of peaceful relaxation for Limestone Pie quickly turned sour as her sisters simply wouldn’t leave her alone.

“Sooooo? Aren’t you excited? You gotta be excited for this, right?” Pinkie asked, trying to get her attention by popping back and forth between each side.

“We all want to know what you think so far.” Maud said.

“Mmhm!” Marble nodded.

“I REALLY don’t see why you all care so much about this…” Limestone grumbled. “What’s the big deal?”

“Welllll, this is the first time you’ve done a No Clop November, Limestone!” Pinkie explained.

“So what?” Limestone rolled her eyes. “You all did this before.”

“Exactly. You’re the last one of us to do this challenge.”

“Which meeeaaaans, you’re the last one to experience this for the very first time! That’s exciting, right?”

Limestone was still unconvinced. “Does it really matter that much to you girls if I make it or not?”

“Mmhm!”

Pinkie draped herself over Limestone’s back. “This is a rare opportunity, Limestone! You’re finally out of the house, you get the opportunity to make friends, explore some kinks, maybe meet somepony special…” She nudged her sister in the ribs while waggling her eyebrows.

Limestone’s sour expression became flustered for a brief instant at Pinkie’s last point, quickly overcompensating by scowling harder. “Does all that really happen in this dumb challenge?”

“Of course! There’s plenty of stories of someone hooking up with someone else during or even after the orgy! Aside from being pent up all month, part of the fun is exploring your options!”

With a slow blink, Maud looked down. “Assuming you’re tough enough to make it to the end of the month.”

Limestone scoffed. “Pssh, like that’s gonna be hard.

“Like, you saw Zecora there at the start, right? Well, she used last year as an opportunity to make some moves on Daring Do! And before any of us knew it, BAM!” Pinkie clapped her hooves together, letting her hooves slowly come apart to imitate an explosion. “Suddenly the two are dating now! And I’m pretty sure they like, never met before they did No Clop together, isn’t that great?”

Even if she didn’t want to admit it out loud, Limestone couldn’t deny the appeal.

“Aaaand, I know that when Marble won, she headed straight to a certain apple farmer that she’s had her eyes on for a while, isn’t that right, Marble?”

“M-Mmhm…” Marble giggled, her eyes shifting to the side.

“We just want to make sure you’re enjoying yourself this month,” Maud said. “We know it hasn’t been easy with just you and Marble alone back on the farm.”

“I don’t have a problem with being single!” Limestone blurted out, quickly trying to recover. “I-I mean, uh…I don’t know if I’ll actually find someone I like.”

Pinkie put a hoof over Limestone’s shoulder. “Why not? The month just started, you’re telling me there wasn’t anypony there that caught your attention? Or maybe any dragon or any griffon?”

Limestone’s ears clearly flicked when Pinkie said the word ‘griffon’, though she was quick to deny it. “No, of course not! I just met more than half of them for the first time!”

Of course, Pinkie wasn’t fooled. “Oooooh, which griffon was it? Gabby? Gallus? Gilda?” she prodded, getting right into her sister’s face.

“Back off, Pinkie!” Limestone shouted, trying to push her sister away. “I don’t even know her name.”

Pinkie only gasped louder and got further into Limestone’s personal space. “So it’s either Gabby or Gilda! Ooh! Ooh! Which one was it? What was she like?”

Limestone sighed as she rubbed her temples. “Well she wasn’t as annoying as this conversation, that’s for sure…” she said through gritted teeth.

“Soooo…Gilda, then. Pretty big griffon, white feathers with a purple tip, proooobably trying to find someone that isn’t Dashie to test something with her claws…”

Limestone quickly whipped her head around to face Pinkie. “Wait, who’s Dashie? Is she Gilda’s girlfriend?”

Limestone was met with a very smug grin from Pinkie. “So you are interested in Gilda, hm?”

“I…That’s…You…Rrrgh! Shut up!” Limestone huffed.

“Well, we’re rooting for you, Limestone. For both the challenge and with Gilda.”

“Mmhm!”

“...Thanks…”

It was another busy day at Sugarcube Corner. Though for Mrs. Cake, it was oddly very quiet. She had still seen Pinkie Pie around town, but she had been spending less and less time at the bakery.

Of course, it wasn’t vitally important to her to know where Pinkie was at all times, but lately, she’d been acting odd, even for Pinkie Pie standards…

She still saw Pinkie come into work as usual, though she always seemed preoccupied, like she was constantly lost in thought, concentrating on something other than work.

Though admittedly, Mrs. Cake’s own mind was starting to wander off to places she didn’t want it to go.

As the mare stood by the counter, waiting for a customer to enter, her hind hooves began to fidget, rubbing her inner thighs together. Mrs. Cake let out a heavy, shaky sigh. She was thankful she was dealing with her horniness alone, but the solitude didn’t exactly help in taking it away, either.

She just needed to distract herself, get her mind off those impulsive thoughts that kept invading. Maybe it was time to reorganize the baked goods while there weren’t any customers around.

She started slotting in new cupcakes into the display tray, trying to turn them to be at their most attractive angles. Today’s specialty was the gingerbread cupcakes with orange buttercream frosting.

Mrs. Cake couldn’t help but smile a little, her husband loved this flavor of frosting especially. When they made the frosting together, he always made a point to “accidentally” smear some on her nose just so he’d have to lick it off himself. It was a bit corny, but still adorable.

Of course, that was nothing compared to when it’d be spread all over her inner thighs in the bedroom. And he’d take long, slow licks as he got closer to-

“Aaah! No, no, bad!” She immediately chastised herself, shaking her head. She needed a different distraction, one that wouldn’t let her mind wander so easily.

As if sending an answer to her prayers, she heard the door swinging open, and her brain instantly shifted to work mode. “Hello! How can I help you?”

The unicorn at the door meekly rubbed a hoof. “Er…uh…I-I’m just looking for now, thanks…”

“Oh, I remember you, you’re Fresh Coat, aren’t you?”

Fresh Coat nodded, starting to smile. “Yeah, we met over at Zecora’s place, right?”

Mrs. Cake nodded. “Well, it’s lovely to see you! How are you holding up so far?”

“Ehh, still…hanging in there, I guess…” Fresh Coat said through a bit of a forced smile, her cheeks quickly turning pink.

“Don’t worry, the month will fly by before you know it! It helps if you just don’t think about it that much, though I guess that’s easier said than done!” Mrs. Cake giggled.

Fresh Coat nervously looked away, fidgeting in place. “Y-Yeah…”

“Oh! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable talking about this stuff out in the open,” she was quick to apologize.

Fresh Coat perked back up, shaking her head. “No no! It’s fine, it’s just…uh…” She let out a heavy sigh.

Mrs. Cake tilted her head. “Is everything alright, dear?”

“I’m fine. Well, kinda? I-I don’t know, it’s just…”

“Something on your mind?” She gestured over to one of the tables, inviting Fresh Coat to take a seat.

“I…yeah. This whole…event thing just feels strange to me,” she explained as she sat down. “Well, not so much the challenge itself, that’s simple. It’s just all the other participants that have got me feeling…out of place, I guess.”

“Ah, yeah. I know what you mean,” Mrs. Cake nodded in understanding, sitting right across from her. “Having a conversation about your wildest sexual fantasies with Princess Celestia and Luna really makes it all feel like it’s not part of reality, right?”

“Yeah! And it’s not just them, all the dragons, griffons, the saviors of Equestria...I didn’t think I was like…special enough to be in that same group.”

“Well, trust me, hon. You were invited for a reason. I wouldn’t sell yourself so short.”

Fresh Coat raised an eyebrow. “Really?”

“Well, I’m just a baker. I haven’t done anything special to save Equestria or anything,” Mrs. Cake shrugged. “But it’s such an honor to get the chance to have a little fun with my friends, or even make some new ones! Weren’t you excited when you saw who might be in the orgy?”

Fresh Coat chuckled. “Mostly nervous, but…yeah, I guess I was excited, especially seeing the princesses there…”

“Ya see? And I’m sure there are plenty of others out there that are glad you’re here, too, dearie.”

Author's Note

This project really makes me stretch to have two characters interact.

On the plus side it makes for great crackships and rarepairs.