Twilight was gonna do it! She had planned this since the beginning of December. She was going to trap all of her friends under the mistletoe on Hearth's Warming Eve, just to see their reaction, and maybe because she's always secretly wanted to platonically kiss her friends. Well, one a little less platonically.
Her friends all showed up together at her castle, presents in hoof.
"Welcome everypony!!" Twilight happily let her closest friends and…ugh Trixie..into her humble abode.
"I'm so excited to exchange gifts!!" The pink earth pony was practically dancing in place, "I have the perfect gift for my pony!" Ever since they had tried pulling names from AJ's hat, they've been doing it every year.
Twilight giggled, "well c'mon! Let's sit by the fire and exchange!"
As usual, Rainbow sped ahead of the group, "slow pokes!"
"Oh hush it Rainbow Dash," Applejack said sitting next to Rarity and Pinkie.
Fluttershy laid down in her spot with a pillow, next to Rainbow and Pinkie. Starlight and Trixie obviously sat together.
"The great and powerful, Trixie, is the best at gift giving and friendship!" She then accidentally knocked a gift into the fire, reducing it to ash.
"Heheheh well…!" Trixie stammered then just looked around.
Twilight sighed as she walked to the center of the circle with her gift, "alright, who's going first?"
– Slight Time Skip –
After presents came the party. Twilight was wearing the sparkly jade necklace and earrings Rarity had given her for Secret Warmings.
This is my moment! Twilight snuck her mistletoe in, she was going to trap every single one of them.
She sighed looking at all her friends. Fine, I'll also kiss Trixie. Twilight sighed, going into the playing field.
She spotted AJ by the snack bar and quickly trotted over.
"Applejack!" Twilight said, spooking the earth pony a little.
"Heya Twilight!" The farmer took a sip of her punch, "Thank ya for the uh.." she looked back at her weird contraption of a gift that she had stuffed in the corner to bring home, "tool..thing"
"Mhm!" Twilight happily nodded while floating the mistletoe above them.
"So AJ, you know mistletoe, right?" Twilight 'slyly' mentioned.
"Ya mean the plant two ponies kiss under? Darn tootin'! Ah got Big Mac and Sugar Belle trapped under one once!" Applejack giggled to herself thinking of the memory, "he was even redder than his coat! Which ah had no idea was even possible!"
Twilight looked up as a way to hint to AJ to look up as well.
The orange pony looked up at the same exact plant, "Oh well, guess we're also stuck under one, huh?"
Twilight nodded, "may I?"
Applejack smiled a little, "why not? Jus nothin' too bad,'' Twilight started leaning in, "AND no lips!! That's reserved for somepony else."
Twilight nodded then planted a small kiss under the orange pony's white freckles then smiled.
Applejack smiled back and chortled a little, "Anywho, ah'm gonna get some more food 'fore Rainbow steals 'em all," Applejack then walked over to the other snack bar across the room.
Twilight hummed happily, One down! 6 more to go!
She quickly spotted her next victim. Fluttershy!
Fluttershy was still laying down on her pillow, admiring the tree shaped candle she had received from Rainbow Dash.
"Hey Fluttershy!" Twilight walked up to Fluttershy calmly, "What're you doing?"
Fluttershy, in her normal quiet voice, answers, "I'm admiring the candle Rainbow Dash got me. Isn't it great?" She stared at the fire melting the wax, "plus, the flame is pretty," she added the last bit quieter than usual, entranced.
"What about you-" she cut herself off when she saw a mistletoe hanging above them.
The cream pegasus started blushing dramatically, "T-twilight! There's a m-mistletoe!"
Twilight looked up and pretended to be surprised, "Oh! There is," she looked at the now red faced pony, "well uh.." Fluttershy's reaction caught Twilight off guard, "Are you ok with giving in to the mistletoe's rules?"
The tomato pegasus looked Twilight dead in the eye, "I-I- guess?"
She started leaning in shakily and slowly towards Twilight. Originally, the book horse waited for the animal horse. However, she closed to the rest of the gap after rolling her eyes.
She heard Fluttershy squeak, embarrassed and shaking a little, "I-I think I'm going to uhm, continue looking at this lovely candle," she chuckled nervously.
"Okaaaay???" Twilight respected the shy pegasus's decision and looked for her next prisoner.
After getting through her own back take on what happened, she spotted Rarity talking to Pinkie Pie.
Ooo! Two in one! The alicorn deviously giggled in her head while trotting over to her friends.
She heard Rarity say, "and that's how I got the idea to make a colorful dress rather than a natural dress," as she walked up.
"Hi girls!" Twilight greeted the two.
"Twilight!!" Pinkie Pie hugged the purple horse, "thanks again for hosting Hearth's Warming Eve at your place. I would've hosted it at my place, but after last year's sticky funfetti glitter cannon explosion, Mr and Mrs Cake for some reason wouldn't let me," the party horse inhaled the cupcake that was sitting on her hoof.
While Pinkie was talking, Twilight had snuck the mistletoe between her and Rarity.
"Ooo!! There's a mistletoe! It's above you guys!!" The pink pony pointed happily at Twilight and Rarity.
"Oh my! It seems there is. How ever did that get there?" Rarity looked at the pony she was supposedly going to kiss, "are you comfortable with it, darling?"
Twilight nodded.
"Well alright then, come here," Rarity held the mistletoe with her magic and softly kissed Twilight on the lips, confidently.
"Twilight! Why didn't you tell me your lips were so soft?" Rarity asked curiously, still floating the mistletoe.
Pinkie snuck in between Twilight and the mistletoe, "oh look!! The mistletoe is above us now!!"
The party pony giggled happily then mashed her face against Twilight's, connecting their lips.
"Ooo! Rarity was right! Your lips are soft!" She licked her lips, "hmm and with a hint of strawberry frosting."
Pinkie leaned in and licked a flustered Twilight's lips to get another taste, "mmm!!"
The purple pony, turned bright red, sat on the ground, buffering as her pink crush continued eating cupcakes as if nothing happened.
"Twilight, darling, are you alright?" Rarity was genuinely concerned at how red her alicorn friend was getting.
"Y-yea," the flustered bookworm waddled away to take a breather from that…experience.
She drank some punch to calm her heart then saw Starlight and Trixie together.
Ah..might as well get Trixie out of the way. She rolled her eyes and walked over to the two.
Trixie spots the princess of friendship approaching, "THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRRIXIE HAS BECOME EVEN MORE EXPERIENCED THAN THE PRINCESS OF FRIENDSHIP HERSELF!" She threw a malfunctioning stage smoke bomb onto the ground with a clank.
Yeah, there's no way I'm going to kiss her first after that. Twilight scooched closer to Starlight, "how're things going with your old village?"
"Things are going so much better!" Starlight said happily as Trixie rolled her eyes, "in fact, I'm invited to Sugar Belle's wedding with Big Mac," Starlight laughed a little then sighed, "I still remember the time Applejack made them kiss under the mistletoe when they first started dating."
Twilight floated the mistletoe over them while Starlight was still laughing. Trixie noticed and shot the affection hungry alicorn a dirty look that says, stay away, she's mine.
When she finally stopped laughing, Starlight noticed the two giving each other death stares at them saw the mistletoe that's above her and the princess, "Oh! There's uh, a mistletoe!"
Trixie and Twilight shot their eyes at Starlight. "Oh, there does seem to be one!"
Trixie mouthed, don't you dare.
Starlight started leaning in causing Twilight too as well.
STOP IT, STOP IT, Trixie screamed in her head.
Starlight scrunched her muzzle and kissed her teacher and friend, "Welp, now I know how Big Mac and Sugar Belle felt," Starlight, after pulling away, rested her eyes, causing them to drift slightly.
Twilight walked over to Trixie and smirked evilly, you're beat.
Trixie growled then suddenly found herself on the ground, locking lips with her arch nemesis!
Trixie kicked her off, flustered. Twilight just looked at her confused. Confused at how they got there but more confused about how she liked it.
"Ah I'm sorry!!" Rainbow flew over and dusted the purple alicorn off, "I was dancing and I couldn't see."
"It's ok, thank you Rainbow Dash," Twilight stood normally then remembered her mission, PERFECT!
Rainbow started dancing again after checking in on her friend.
"Rainbow!" She stopped and saw Twilight dancing alongside her, "yeaa, get it Twi!!"
The wonderbolt grabbed Twilight and started dancing with her. She spun and twirled the bookworm around. She didn't notice the mistletoe until she dipped Twilight.
"AHHHHHHH," Rainbow dropped Twilight and flew backwards, flustered, "NOOOOOOOO I HAVE TO KISS TWILIGHT!!!"
Everypony stopped their conversations and activities to see the commotion.
Rarity saw the mistletoe, Ah, I see what's happening here, "Kiss her Rainbow Dash! It's the rule!" She yelled out
Pinkie quickly caught on, "Yea!! You gotta!! Or, no more apple cider cupcakes from Sugar Cube Corner. Plus, she tastes like strawberry frosting~!" She said sing-songy. Twilight then got a flashback of Pinkie licking her lips causing her to redden.
Fluttershy sat with her candle, still slightly flustered, and watched this all unfold, "w-woohoo!"
Rainbow looked at Twilight, considering her options.
"KISS 'ER OR NO MORE APPLE CIDER FOR YA," Applejack enthusiastically exclaimed across the room.
That did it for Rainbow, "NO CIDER??? C'MERE TWILIGHT," still flustered, she brought Twilight's head to her own and planted a large kiss on the lips, even flustering Twilight a little.
"Wowww, I guess my cider cupcakes aren't good enough," the pink baker rolled her eyes.
"Pinkie, in all honesty, those cupcakes are terrible," Applejack looked deadpan into Pinkie's eyes.
Pinkie stared back before laughing, "Applejack! You're so silly!!" Behind the two bakers, Rainbow was kissing Twilight for a good 5 seconds before setting her down and speeding to her cider friend.
"Uh-" Applejack was cut off by Rainbow yelling, "I DEMAND MY CIDER."
She was still a little flustered about the whole situation, even refusing to fold her wings, but she was determined to have her reward.
Applejack laughed, "Fine, here's yer cider," she tossed a jug to Rainbow.
Fluttershy giggled to herself. She loved seeing Rainbow all flustered and worked up. She was so cute.
Fluttershy's giggling caused the other ponies to get infected too.
The room filled with laughter, "Hey! It's not that…funny," Rainbow muttered, taking a sip of cider.
Meanwhile, Twilight was sitting in the middle of the room giggling to herself. She'd done it.
Mission success.
