One Night (a.k.a A taste of an Apple)

Rainbow Dash's eyes opened weakly as she stirred from the ground, feeling Applejack being held in her hoofs.

She looked slowly at the snoozing pony and smiled, she didn't remember how AJ had ended up in her hoofs during the night but she didn't care, and wrapped around her, hugging her tightly and heard a relaxed moan come from the orange horse.

In her sleepy daze, Dash could barely remember what she had to do today, just wanted to lay there with the pony she loved until the end of time.

She felt Applejack move slightly, the pony opening up her green eyes, and just sighed in relief when she saw that pegasus, nuzzling into her, smelling her mane and Dash just giggled.

"You're still here," she heard Applejack say happily and felt her kiss her down her neck, hugging her tight back and Dash just laughed feeling slightly ticklish.

"You didn't think I'd leave you now?" she said slowly, feeling Applejack's hot breath against her and her body felt incredibly relaxed, free of all stress and filled with love that had finally been returned.

"I was jus' afraid I had imagined it all," Applejack said quietly and looked back into those amazing pink eyes, leaning her head forward to kiss Dash but the pegasus rejected it by moving her face away and Applejack only ended up planting a kiss on her cheek. She looked up at Dash confused,

"What's wrong?"

"I can't do this until I end it with Pinkie."

Applejack admired Rainbow Dash's loyalty but just pouted with a fed up breath out,

"I know…"

She felt Dash reach her hoof forward to hold her face as she kissed her on the cheek… just wanting to taste Applejack one more time before she had to face her problem and got up on her all fours, Applejack looking at her sadly.

"How long will you be?"

"However long as it takes." Dash said knowing what she was about to do was going to have bad consequences… she now blamed AJ a little for not telling her she loved her until after the announcement and began to take off from the ground, flying silently through the sky back to Ponyville and taking a deep breath in as she saw Pinkie's home. She descended weakly down and knocked on the door… she didn't know how she could do this.

She waited a few seconds before the door was opened by Mrs. Cake and smiled nervously.

"Hey, is Pinkie here?"

"Yes, she's up in her room." Mrs. Cake said happily and Dash nodded weakly, coming in and walking up the steps, knocking on Pinkie's door quietly before entering and saying with hardly a brave voice,

"Pinkie…?"

"Hi," she heard a voice call back and shut her eyes… how could she do this?

Pinkie came over to her with a smile, about to kiss Dash on the cheek but the Pegasus stepped away from her and Pinkie looked at her worried saying,

"You never came back last night…" she looked quietly into her face "were you fighting with AJ?"

"No," Rainbow Dash said weakly and sighed "We need to talk."

Pinkie nearly lost her breath when she heard those words… those terrible words she never wanted to hear and wanted to escape from the scene… but there was no exit and she asked scared,

"About what?"

"I found Applejack last night…" Dash said weakly… how was she going to say this, say it to those loving eyes that looked like they were barely holding back tears "and she told me… she loves me."

No, this couldn't be happening, Pinkie just began to shake, her voice becoming a little unsteady as she asked, hoping Dash had done the right thing,

"What did you do?"

Rainbow Dash couldn't stand seeing that distressed face, the pain she was causing and just said in near tears herself, "I kissed her,"

Pinkie felt like her heart at that moment had been ripped out saying quickly in panic "But you just weren't thinking, you came here to tell me you're sorry… I forgive Dashie! We can w-work through it!"

"Pinkie…" Dash said shaking terrified, not knowing how she could say it. Her heart beating fast as she looked at the pink pony… her marefriend and just said, "I love her too."

"No you don't!"

"Yes I do!" Dash said back, she couldn't keep in the lies she had been telling herself since she had been with Pinkie… she couldn't be with her, but breaking her heart was too much to take.

"We told all our friends!" Pinkie said desperately, NO! This couldn't just be it, this couldn't be the end when it had barely even begun "You let me tell all our friends! A-and now you're leaving me… FOR SOMEONE WHO HURT YOU?"

"Pinkie I love her!" Dash yelled back, how many times did she have to say it and tears just streamed down Pinkie's face, the pony crying in agony as she yelled.

"YOU LIED TO ME!" stepping back, she had to get away from her, "You made me believe that you LOVED ME!"

"Pinkie I do love you!" Dash said, desperate to take away those tears, "But not the same way!"

"GET OUT!" Pinkie yelled, throwing a pillow at her… she just wanted to hurt the pegasus, make her feel the pain she was torturing her with "LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"Pinkie!" Dash said frightened for what she had done, "I'm sorry!"

"GET OUT!" Pinkie screamed and Dash didn't know what to do. She left in tears, she couldn't stand there seeing what she had caused.

Pinkie fell on her bed, her tears soaking into the blankets fast… she hated her! SHE HATED HER! But she couldn't get rid of the agonising pain… knowing that her love had been taken from her. That Rainbowdash had left her!

Dash just ran out of the house… what had she done? How could she have done this to Pinkie? But if she stayed with that pony all she would be doing is be living a lie. She didn't love her, she never loved her… she had always been a replacement for Applejack!

She took off into the air, tears falling from her eyes until she spotted Appleacres and landed at the door, crying in the pain she felt from Pinkie.

She knocked on the door desperately and saw Applejack open it, the orange pony's smile disappearing as she saw the hurt in her love's eyes and just felt Dash hug her whispering in tears.

"I caused her so much pain,"

Applejack stroked her mane, not knowing what else to do.

"I ruined her!"

"You didn't love her…" Applejack only whispered back, "You did what you had to."

How did Applejack always know what to say? She looked into her eyes, tears still streaming down her own but kissed AJ without another thought, allowing herself to be free… allowing herself to love her back but Applejack just withdrew.

"It's never a good idea when one's upset." She said with a small smile.

"But I want you," Dash said back in tears and Applejack just shook her head.

"You can help me out in the fields…" she whispered, kissing Dash weakly on the cheek and the pegasus just nodded her head slowly, following Applejack out. As long as she had her, she knew this pain would go away...

XXXXX

Pinkie lay on her bed… her eyes not able to cry anymore… just feeling a tearing in her chest, a pain so brutal.

She had to tell everyone that she and Dash weren't together anymore.

Dash had let her make a fool of herself, let her believe she loved her. Had she been lying to her this whole time?

She didn't know what to say when the word soon spread about Applejack's and Rainbow Dash's relationship.

There were ponies that whispered about it, others that didn't.

Her friends looking at her confused as she told them she wasn't with her anymore.

"Why?" Twilight asked.

She couldn't say that Dash had chosen Applejack over her.

"It's just over."

But they soon saw those two ponies with each other, the look in their eyes, and understood.

Pinkie couldn't bare it, everywhere she looked, everywhere she went… all ponies could talk about was Rainbow Dash and Applejack.

"Good for them," she heard some say,

"It's disgusting." Others said.

"She was mine…" she only whispered to herself in tears… but no one knew besides her friends… no one knew that Dash was originally hers.

She soon started to see Dash smiling again as she looked at her in the distance… the Pegasus getting over her in only a few weeks, those happy eyes always looking at Applejack.

She just couldn't escape… her friends treating her cautiously, not bringing up the fact that the night she had announced hers and Dash's relationship was the night Dash had been stolen from her.

She was humiliated… humiliated to the ends of the world. But Dash could not see what she had done to her… didn't even look her way. The pain she had caused… the love she had crushed.

She was with Rarity who comforted her that Monday night, patting her softly on the back as the unicorn said quietly.

"Pinkie, we've been worried about you."

"Why…?" she asked barely.

"You haven't talked to us about what happened, sweetie, we're scared for you."

"She humiliated me… what else can I say."

"She didn't mean it… you two were only just beginning…" Rarity said trying to make her see everything for what is was "Most relationships end in the first two weeks."

"She made me believe she loved me."

"We all love you Pinkie," Rarity said, she couldn't stand seeing her friend like this, in this much pain "Please just come out with me tonight, we'll have tea at Twilight's… please dear."

The two were sitting at the table in Sugarcube corner. Rarity had come over to talk to her, to see how she was doing… the smell of treats from the kitchen door… the brightness of the house… yet all Pinkie was was in pain.

"Not tonight," Pinkie said weakly, her voice not even there "I just can't."

"Okay…" Rarity said worried… she had been trying for hours to make Pinkie see… but as time had gone by, her determination was starting to wear and she finally got up, "I'll see you tomorrow."

Pinkie said nothing to that and Rarity just shut the door, leaving her alone.

Pinkie only wanted the pain to go away… for her insides to stop hurting. She wanted ponies to stop laughing at her, to stop pitying her. She just wanted to be free… wanted to take away the pain.

She felt like there was no escape… nowhere to go. She was alone in this world, no one understood how she felt. She just wanted to die… not exist in so much pain.

Her eyes looked away to the glistening knife on the stand.

It reflected in her pupils as she looked at it.

XXXXX

The Apple home had grown in awkwardness among the family. Applejack didn't dare make her family feel weird, she wasn't the vindictive type, and when Rainbow Dash had come over that night the two had only hurried to her room, being alone as they lay on her bed.

The two giggled as they lay beside each other, Dash looking into Applejack's amazing eyes… the last week had been the best week of her life.

Who knew love could be this good. Who knew love could be this incredible.

She smiled at her marefriend, caressing her face with her hoof and Applejack only grinned back asking,

"What ya thinkin'?"

"I'm thinking about you…" Dash said and rolled her eyes "Duh,"

AJ giggled "You really don't have many interests do ya?"

"This coming from the pony who has Apples for her cutie mark, lives on an apple farm and is named Applejack?" Dash teased and Applejack just laughed, tickling her suddenly, the pegasus bursting out into hysteria as she tried to push AJ off but felt her lips suddenly been kissed and she kissed her like a maniac back.

When they broke apart Dash just grinned whispering "And you know what?"

"What?" Applejack asked with enticed eyes.

"You taste like apples too."

AJ just giggled, hugging Dash as she pulled her on top of her, rubbing her face against hers, just wanting to feel every part of the pegasus.

Dash felt herself going hot being so close to Applejack… this truly had to be her imagination… life couldn't get this great and she whispered in her ear.

"Let's make love."

Applejack looked at her slowly, seeing Dash's infatuated eyes and muttered back.

"Are you sure?"

Rainbow Dash just licked her on the cheek. She was positive.

The two began to kiss slowly, tasting each other deeply, but it soon grew more passionate, their lips eager to devour the others, their tongues slipping past each other in a desperate need.

Dash's body felt hot on hers… felt alive and AJ just grinded into her… feeling her lower half becoming alive… becoming hot with pleasure.

"Applejack..." she heard Dash moan into her ear and she just giggled, kissing down her neck and all over her body, the blue fur tasting like lollipops but felt Dash moan harder as she grinded against her faster and faster.

It felt like heaven, it felt like something had finally been found… their hearts beating hard, their lips kissing frantically.

Dash felt her body explode with pleasure, going through her hoofs to her head, hugging Applejack so tight as she panted, feeling the other kissing her all over, not getting enough of Dash's tasty body but just stopped when she heard the Pegasus start to giggle and looked up at her with a nervous smile.

"What's so funny?" she asked with a giggle back.

"This… I never in a million years thought that we would be having sex together."

"Well we were." Applejack chuckled and Dash just grabbed her face, kissing her hard as she felt Applejack moan loudly, getting hit in just the right spot down below before becoming completely sedated from endorphins and laid there with a dazed goofy face.

"I thought this was meant to be beautiful?" Dash asked as she rolled off her and lay beside her love grinning, "But I think we just made a mockery of the word love making"

"We can only get better," Applejack said panting tiredly and Dash just giggled, cuddling her and taking in her heat.

"You mean, I can only get better." She said with a wink and Applejack just laughed tiredly.

"Ever heard of modesty?" she replied with a grin. She just felt Dash kiss her down her neck and giggled feeling ticklish, "S-stop!" she laughed but felt Dash's kiss break away as there was a knock on the door and Applejack looked up saying confused.

"Who is it?"

"It's Big Mac."

"What ya want?" she asked with a cheeky yell and the two sat up as the door opened, her brother looking at them with pained eyes. Something didn't seem right.

"What's wrong?" she asked confused and he said quietly,

"Fluttershy's downstairs."

The two looked at each other confused and got out of bed, walking down the stairs warily seeing a meak pony full of tears at the front door. The two looked at her worried.

"Fluttershy, what's wrong?" Dash asked not understanding why she was crying.

Fluttershy took a gulp as she looked at them with watery eyes,

"Pinkie's in hospital."

Dash froze stiff when she heard that… what?

"Why?" Applejack asked quietly, this couldn't be right... it didn't make sense and Fluttershy just whispered.

"She tried to kill herself."

Nothing mattering once those words were said.

Nothing.

this is the part where this starts to get dark. Read on at own will, I am warning you now