Two Strokes of a Unicorn's Horn
The rainbow maned pegasus remained stationary as the creaking sound of the opening window resonated throughout the entire library. The rapid pounding in her chest slackened as her eyes wandered over to the still slumbering purple unicorn whose light and gentle snores sang tribute to the tireless tasks of her daily studying.
A gentle exhale escaped Dash’s mouth; she turned around and with a big wave of her hoof, assured the safety of the perimeter. “The coast is clear!” She unfurled her wings and skated across the air as an orange furred earth pony pulled herself into the window.
“Ugh, Rainbow,” Applejack uttered quietly, “Ah don’t reckon we should be doin’ this…”
“Aw c’mon!” Rainbow pleaded. “Don’t wuss out me now, AJ!”
“Ah ain’t wussin’ out,” the earth pony defended, shooting the pegasus a stern look to assure she was just as determined as her, but behind her eyes was a soft skepticism that gleamed brighter than a fresh picked apple. “Ah’m just sayin’ maybe we should wait ‘til mornin’ and just ask her!”
Rainbow cocked her head and raised a brow as Applejack tenderly pressed her hooves to the ground. “This is Twilight we’re talking about AJ, do you REALLY want to ASK her?”
The earth pony’s thoughts began to dwindle as she met her friend’s glance. A quick daydream of Twilight’s beaming smile lighting up the room as she grabbed as many books as she could to lecture her friend’s on the essence and history of the peculiar topic flashed through Applejack’s head. As a couple of blinks snapped her back into reality, she gave a slight nod. “Yeah, yer right…”
“Of course I am! Now, come on.”
The two mares approached their text book crazed friend. The unicorn let a joyful mumble before involuntarily rolling onto her back and continuing her pleasant snores. Rainbow dash dug an elbow into Applejack’s side and snickered.
“Well go on AJ, touch it…”
Applejack swallowed before clearing her throat. “Ah…um…ah…”
Rainbow sank her teeth into her bottom lip to stifle the laughs churning in her throat. “Oh geez, you’ve never even touched one have you?”
Applejack curled her lips in attempt to stop the fluster of red from filling her cheeks. She managed to muster a determined face and raised her head slightly in triumph.
“Fer yer information, Ah have!”
“Oh yeah? Whose?”
Applejack’s head lowered into her shoulders at the thought of Rainbow Dash’s response. She mumbled an incoherent name while clearing her throat.
“What was that?” Rainbow teased.
“R-Rarity’s... once… by accident!”
Droplets of spit shot through Rainbow Dash’s teeth as she snickered as quietly as her body would allow. A slight growl rumbled in Applejack’s throat.
“Can we just hurry up and do this already?”
Rainbow wiped a few tears from her eyes. “Alright, we’ll do it together. On three.”
“Right,” the earth pony nodded.
“One.”
“Two.”
“Three!”
Simultaneously the two mares put one hoof on either side of Twilight’s horn. Rainbow looked around uneasily as she lightly stroked it with one hoof.
“So, is it like, bone, or something?”
“Nah, y’all remember when we had a bad case of that poison joke and it was all floppy? Bone can’t do that, I think it’s muscle.”
“So it’s kind of like a…”
“…yeah…”
Rainbow and Applejack looked at each other as the realization hit them. They both pulled their hooves away but their glances stayed on the purple tool.
Rainbow rested her chin on a hoof as a thought crossed her mind. “So, ya think, if we…ya know…would it…get soft and floppy?”
“Ya mean like a reverse….”
“...yeah…”
“Ah, don’t rightly know, sugarcube…”
“You…wanna…try it?”
Applejack looked behind her, eyeing the door as if the whole community of Ponyville could walk in on them at any second. She let out a low exhale feeling as though the books in the shelves themselves were staring at the two of them, silently judging their curiosity. Her glance fell back upon Twilight’s horn.
“Well, alright…”
Rainbow Dash and Applejack placed their hooves back on Twilight’s horn and began to run them slowly up and down its length. The two mares began to gain a coherent rhythm. Neither looked at each other, the act in itself was already too bizarre, making eye contact would not help the situation. Applejack found herself looking anywhere in the room but Rainbow Dash’s direction; the bookshelves, the door, the bed sheets, scantly Twilight’s face to make sure she wasn’t waking up. As the two mares continued to stroke the length of the horn faster, Dash realized it slowly begin to illuminate.
“Whoa, Applejack, look at this.”
Applejack’s eyes swiftly glanced over to Twilight’s horn then back at the book shelves. Noticing a slight glow, her eyes fell back onto the purple horn.
“Wh-wha?”
“Let’s keep going, I wanna see what happens.”
“I…I dunno Rainbow, this is startin’ to feel a little weird.”
“Aw c’mon! Just until something happens!
Applejack turned her head away, closing her eyes as she continued to massage and stroke the horn’s length speeding up the pace in rhythm to her friend’s. The horn began to gleam brighter and it became warmer and warmer to the touch. Applejack took a second to look at Rainbow Dash, whose tongue was poked out the side of her mouth as she concentrated, excited to see the results. As the two ponies stroked faster a goofy grin formed on Twilight’s face. The horn flashed brightly and a ray of magic came spurting out the tip of Twilight’s horn, hitting both Rainbow Dash and Applejack.
Applejack, shocked by the sudden spray of magic, stumbled backwards and fell onto the second floor. Rainbow Dash jumped down and covered her mouth.
“Are you trying to get us caug-“ Rainbow’s mouth hung open as she stared at the orange mare.
“Wh-whatcha lookin’ at? What’s wrong?”
Rainbow Dash looked at her back then suddenly let out a loud scream. “MY WINGS!”
Noticing her friend’s bare back, Applejack gasped and jumped into the air, levitating slightly as her wings flapped. Applejack’s eyes widened as she noticed herself floating and peeked over her shoulder.
“AHHHHHHHHH!” she screamed as the blue wings flapped wildly behind her.
A yawn came from Twilight’s bed. Rainbow Dash gasped and backed away.
“She’s waking up! We gotta get out of here!”
Applejack nodded and attempted to fly towards the door but hit a bookshelf instead. Rainbow took her tail into her teeth and pulled her out the front door as best as she could.
As the door closed Twilight sat up and smiled at the door. “That ought to teach those two not to bust in my house unannounced.”
The purple unicorn stretched and yawned again, she nuzzled her head against her pillow and smiled.
“I can’t wait to hear their excuse tomorrow.”
