It hadn't always been easy growing up in Bridlewood. Izzy was always trying to look on the bright side of things, but the general mood of the forest didn't really gel with her enthusiasm. She was often outcast because of this, as others saw her cheerfulness as annoying or even insensitive.

Izzy had a lot to be happy about, though. She had dozens of wonderful little crafts that she made herself and had decorated her home with. Her small treehouse hut was every bit the wonderland she had dreamed of, and she knew that someday, somepony out there was going to see it and love it.

She skipped over to her front door and took down a small portrait frame holding a note and drawing scribbled in crayon, reading aloud the short declaration it held: "You have friends in Maretime Bay." She held the frame close to her chest before pulling the note out of its housing and pocketing it in her mane. She received the message when she was only a filly, and she had promised herself to one day follow its words and travel in search of her new friends.

That day was today.

Izzy lay in her bed with that same message held in her hands close to her chest. Following its invitation had been the best decision she ever made: she helped rediscover magic, got to go on an amazing adventure, and met the bestest friends she could have ever asked for. She loved helping Hitch raise Sparky, Pipp shared her passion for creativity, and Zipp always had another adventure waiting for her to embark on.

And then there was Sunny. The first friend she made outside of Bridlewood, Izzy had an extra soft spot for the pseudo-alicorn. She finally had someone who matched her enthusiasm and curiosity for the world, and enjoyed her quirky nature. The two had become inseparable since they first met,

And it was all thanks to one little note, one short message that landed on Izzy's doorstep that sent her on a journey that led her to where she is now, The happiest she has ever been, and it all came from Sunny. It couldn't have been coincidence that she found the note's original author; it was all too perfect to be just random chance. Fate brought them together, and the more time she spent with Sunny, the more Izzy realized the reason why.

She was in love with Sunny, and not just a little crush: she had fallen head over hooves for the bright mare, and she became more and more determined to show Sunny just how much she meant to her. And she knew just how to do it.

Izzy's reminiscing came to an end when she heard a sharp knock on her bedroom door.

"Izzy, come on! You promised you'd be up for today's picnic, remember?"

The picnic, of course! Izzy raced out of bed and got herself dressed, picking out a coral colored blouse and a deep purple skirt to wear for the day. She yanked her door open and went to speed out before barreling right into the pony who had summoned her in the first place.

"Whoops! Sorry Sunny, I guess I got a little overexcited," Izzy apologized as she stood and helped her friend up from the floor.

"Ooof, It's alright," Sunny assured her.

As Izzy pulled Sunny up, she couldn't help but admire the outfit her best friend had chosen for the day. Her spring-yellow t-shirt was just loose enough to give Izzy a peek between her friend's perky breasts. Her jean shorts clung tightly to her legs, not really showing anything off but Izzy thought they looked cute anyways. A pair of pale pink knee-high socks and vibrant yellow sneakers capped off the casual outfit. It was Sunny's usual look, but Izzy never got tired of seeing it.

A wave of her friend's hand brought Izzy out of her stupor. "So are you ready to go?"

"Yes! No, wait- no, no no no no. I've gotta take care of something really really quick. I'll meet you down there!" Izzy shouted as she raced up the stairs to the very top of the lighthouse, leaving Sunny to try and wrap her head around her friend's unusual behavior. Izzy, meanwhile, pulled her secret craft storage from a hatch in the lighthouse's cap and collected her supplies. She knew Sunny would love her surprise, and with that in mind, she swiftly got to work.

About fifteen minutes later, Izzy made her way back down and walked to the back of the lighthouse. She found Sunny sitting on a flower-pattern picnic blanket with two large baskets filled with sandwiches, snacks, and (of course) smoothies. The large cliffside gave a beautiful view of the ocean beyond, its waters sparkling from the sun overhead. The beautiful setup only made Izzy more giddy at the thought of presenting her gift to Sunny; she could hardly contain her excitement.

"Wow Sunny, this all looks amazing!" Izzy proclaimed, earning a bashful smile from her friend. Izzy then glanced over her shoulder towards the lighthouse's entrance and back. "Hey, where's everypony else?"

"Oh, well Pipp and Zipp were called away to Zephyr Heights, and Hitch had to deal with a sheriff emergency," Sunny replied. "They'll be here later, but for now it's just you and me."

"Okay!" Izzy was originally planning to confess with an audience, but having alone time with Sunny was just as good, and it meant she could make the right time a little bit easier to achieve. That, and perhaps Sunny would be more comfortable demonstrating if she felt the same way.

The two spent about a half hour just sitting and talking about whatever came to their minds, lightly snacking on the fruit platters Sunny brought as appetizers. All the while, Izzy patiently waited for the right time to introduce her plan.

She had been hoping that their conversation would give her a perfect segue to reveal her surprise, but the well of topics quickly dried up, leaving them with only small exchanges for a few minutes. It was then that Izzy realized she was going to have to make the opportunity herself, she just needed to figure out how.

She was brought out of her thoughts when she noticed Sunny look up above her and ask, "Hey, what's that?"

Izzy turned and looked up to see a small orange balloon decorated in violet stars descending from the top of the lighthouse; she realized that she must not have tied it down well enough, and the wind carried it away from its resting place. It slowly floated its way down to the girls' picnic area, swaying in the breeze as it came to rest directly in Sunny's lap. Attached just below was a small folded piece of crafting paper tied by a single thread of thick yarn. She gently took the paper in her hands and read the short message on its front.

"To the bestest best friend in all of Equestria." Sunny looked between it and Izzy before the unicorn spoke up.

"Ta-da! It's a little something I threw together, for you!" Izzy announced nervously, pausing for a reply before prodding Sunny further. "Go on, open it!"

Sunny looked back down at the paper before carefully unfolding it, revealing a small collage of paper cutouts of herself and Izzy commemorating their adventures together. At its center was a larger cutout of when Izzy showed Sunny the note that brought them together, and Sunny read aloud the words that surrounded it.

"You have a very special somepony here in Maretime Bay. Would you like to go out with me?" Sunny's attention fixated on Izzy who had the biggest smile on her face as the earth pony read her proposal. "I... Yes! Yes, I would!"

As soon as Izzy heard the first 'yes', she couldn't hold back anymore. She excitedly leapt at her new girlfriend, throwing both of them to the ground as she pressed her lips into Sunny's. The earth pony could only manage a short squeak of surprise before her lips were trapped by the unicorn on top of her. Her thought drifted away as her mind focused solely on the sweet taste of Izzy's kiss.

The two remained in their embrace for a few minutes before carefully pulling away, each quietly catching their breath as they drank in the other's lovestruck expression. Sunny gently raised her hand to cup Izzy's cheek, the unicorn tilting her head to nuzzle into Sunny's touch. Neither spoke a word, the pair all too happy to let their subtle gestures do all the talking for them.

Izzy let out a small yelp of surprise as Sunny abruptly pushed her onto her back and leaned over her to kiss her again, pulling back before saying, "Now I get to be on top."

Izzy giggled. "Oh no, what are you going to do to me? I hope you'll be gentle," she teased. Caught off guard by the suggestive comment, Sunny briefly froze before blushing bright red and stammering in protest, earning even more laughter from Izzy. "Relax Sunny, I was just messing with you, no need... to ... get," Izzy's words slowly drifted away as her gaze had shifted lower, noticing that Sunny's jeans were slightly damp. Sunny's eyes slowly followed the unicorn's before realizing where her sight had landed and immediately went to cover the space between her legs, her stammering reduced to an embarrassed whimper.

Izzy slowly lifted herself to sit up in front of her bashful friend, gently cupping her cheek and turning her head to face her again. She leaned in and kissed Sunny's lips once more, starting out by just grazing her lips before pressing in harder and getting more intimate. Her hand drifted down from Sunny's cheek along her neck and shoulder, carefully brushing down her chest and resting inches from her breast. She pulled away from Sunny to give her a reassuring smile, returning to her lips moments later as she softly grasped Sunny's boob in the palm of her hand.

Izzy's soft ministrations were like electricity to Sunny, every slight tug on her lips and finger pressing into her fur lighting up every nerve in her body. She'd almost be ashamed of how easy it was for the unicorn to excite her if her mind wasn't already adrift with lust. She wanted Izzy to play with her even more, but also didn't want her to stop what she was already doing.

Her dilemma was rendered irrelevant the moment Izzy's hand slipped under her shirt and resumed groping, pushing harder into Sunny to coax her into laying on her back. Izzy followed and lay on top of the earth pony, leaving her lips to kiss over her cheek and neck instead. Sunny's delicate moans tickled her ears in a way she couldn't describe; all she knew was that she wanted to hear more of them. She started licking and suckling on Sunny's neck, kneading her palm harder against her soft flesh.

As if Izzy's advances weren't enough to excite her, Sunny noticed that the unicorn's free hand drifted between her own legs, and the thought of Izzy pleasuring herself while she played with her drove her even more wild. She wanted to touch herself so badly, but couldn't move her arm between herself and Izzy to reach her crotch; Izzy stayed glued to her as closely as possible. The only thing she could manage was to wrap her arms tightly around her girlfriend, ensuring that their bodies shared constant contact.

Sunny was snapped out of her lust-driven stupor when she felt her shirt being pulled away from her body, lifted just enough to expose her bra to her lover. The undergarment was quickly removed from her body as well, leaving her bare breasts exposed to the crisp spring air. Izzy resumed groping the right side, leaning in to wrap her lips around Sunny's left tit. As soon as she took the breast into her mouth, her tongue began flicking against the nipple as she gently sucked.

Sunny's pussy ached from all of Izzy's teasing, and anything she could do to help relieve the itch was restricted by the unicorn's ministrations. Sunny was at her mercy, and any attempt to beg for more was cut off by another tug or squeeze on her nipples. All she could hope was that Izzy would grant her some relief, even if she just rubbed her knee between Sunny's legs.

Fortunately for Sunny, Izzy had other plans in mind. She removed herself from Sunny's breasts, kissing her way down her stomach as her hands reached for Sunny's shorts. She hooked her fingers around the waistband of the jean fabric, pulling the garment down to Sunny's ankles as her lips reached just above her underwear. Lifting Sunny's legs up enough to get right up to her moist pussy, Izzy ran her tongue across the soaked fabric before lapping at Sunny's lips through her underwear.

Sunny threw her head back, the sensation of her needy pussy finally receiving some attention causing her body to go rigid. She thanked the stars above that the others weren't going to be there for a good while; she couldn't even fathom how embarrassing it would be for them to find her screaming her lungs out as her best friend ate her pussy. Those screams became even more powerful and frequent when Izzy slid the fabric of Sunny's underwear away from her lips giving them a direct tongue bath.

The taste urged Izzy to push her tongue between the swollen lips and lap up as much of Sunny's fluids as she could manage. She knew Sunny wasn't going to last much longer like this; she could feel every one of the earth pony's muscles tense as she struggled to hold back her climax. Izzy could even feel herself getting close despite nothing touching her own vagina. Just pleasuring Sunny and hearing each and every moan she produced was nearly enough to get her off.

Izzy felt Sunny suddenly arch as her mouth was flooded with the earth pony's cum, a strained squeal denoting her orgasm. The rush of excitement prompted Izzy to shove her own hand down her panties, furiously rubbing herself to bring about her own climax. Her own spurts of cum soon drenched her panties, the latter half of which seeped through and dripped to the ground.

Sunny eased back down onto the picnic blanket, her mind swimming in a euphoric cloud. Even the rush of first unlocking her alicorn form didn't compare to the sheer bliss she felt in this moment. She was so lost in her afterglow that she didn't even register Izzy scrambling to finish getting her undressed. She was only brought back to reality when she felt a moist warmth press into her still sensitive pussy lips. She lifted her head just enough to see Izzy completely nude and sitting up against her, their nether regions pushed up against each other as Izzy began to grind.

The unicorn's renewed enthusiasm overloaded all of Sunny's senses, her formerly exhausted libido striking back tenfold as she thrust up to match Izzy's movements, only managing it a few times before her focus was completely swallowed by pleasure. It felt like Izzy knew just how to sway and shift her hips to satisfy every sensitive nerve Sunny had. Izzy kept leaning forward, intent on pushing their lips together as much as possible; what she wouldn't have given for a toy to play with in that moment.

Not that she really needed one as Sunny continued to squirm underneath her, pleading with her for no other reason than she couldn't think of anything more to say. Their shared fluids smeared all across their labias, the schlicking sound of their lips sliding across each other carried away with the wind. Izzy could feel her orgasm approaching, and she could only hope that Sunny was just as close as she was.

Her hopes came true as they both reached their climax, the force of their orgasms splattering all over each other's hips and thighs. Izzy tried her best to hold herself up, but her arms gave out and she collapsed forward onto Sunny as she shuddered through the rest of her sexual high. Sunny soon collapsed back as well, the fatigue catching up with her once again as every one of her muscles ached.

The two ponies lay in silence for several minutes, allowing their sense to return to them and mustering the strength to move themselves from their current positions. Izzy carefully rolled off of Sunny, laying on her back and staring up at the sky as the last fifteen minutes or so replayed in her mind. It all happened so fast, and yet she couldn't picture it happening any other way.

Sunny was the first to break the silence. "Wow... I can't believe we just did that."

Izzy's only response was to giggle and say, "I knew you were gonna say that." She turned for a moment to give Sunny a quick kiss before she returned to her own space on the picnic blanket.

Right. Picnic. "We should probably get this cleaned up before the others show up."

Author's Note

There will be an alternate chapter to this story with a futa Sunny uploaded in the next week or so, and after that the only side project remaining will be Sprout's Lucky Break. That being said, I would like to have some other ideas to workshop on the side in case I'm struggling with ideas for TFP; these are usually a good break. I have one request that I'm still workshopping a little, but I'm open to any other requests for future stories.

Also, on the subject of alternate chapters, let me know if that's a thing you'd like to see in other stories. I'm interested to see what some changes like that could do.