The Secrets Zap-Apples Tellby Commodore64ChaptersThoughts That Run Through Rainbow ManesMuffins in ManehattanMaking IncomeTellingWaking Up In Some Other Pony's Bed Thoughts That Run Through Rainbow ManesRainbow Dash was flying hastily back to her house. She noticed that it hadn't even been morning. In fact, it was practically noon! Had she really been at Pinkie's for that long? Wow she thought, I guess time does fly when you're having fun. Rainbow and Pinkie have been "dating" for the past two to three months now. Although, they weren't really comfortable with calling it dating since they were the only ones who really knew about it. This had now become routine for her. She would go to Sugar Cube Corner on the night of one of Pinkie's parties, or now just on any night, they would talk far into the night and then they would go back up to Pinkie's room. Mr. and Mrs. Cake had been oblivious since they went to bed pretty early. They would spend the night in Pinkie's bed and Rainbow would be gone usually before sunrise. Toady, they slept in. Rainbow was wondering what that meant about their relationship. Did she want Pinkie all to herself? Would that mean moving in with her? Would that mean telling their friends about their secret? She didn't want to do that. She didn't want to do that at all. She could never possibly tell any of their friends that she was a... that she was a... For Rainbow Dash, it started way back when she was a teenager. She knew that she was independent. And she also knew that she didn't see the joy in being physical with a colt. But, it was what was expected of her, so she did it anyway. She even had a pretty expansive romantic life throughout Flight School. Though, she couldn't fight the idea that she felt much better with fillies. Fluttershy had even been one of her options at more than one point. Fluttershy... Why did it have to be Fluttershy? The latest was actually just a month or two before Fluttershy and Big Mac got together. She had been crushing on her, but then Big Mac and her got together and Rainbow was kind of drowning in a sea of her own crippling emotions. For the first year and a half of their relationship, Rainbow remained calm. Fluttershy seemed so happy, so collected, so confident. She had stopped stuttering as much, and she had even starting swearing at a few points. Sure, it was kinda uncomfortable for Rainbow, seeing her usually timid and closeted friends suddenly swing into giving her opinions outright and not acting like she had a care in the world, but she still felt happy for the two of them. After all, Fluttershy wasn't entirely different, she still stuttered a bit and kept quiet about a lot. Throughout that year and a half, Rainbow was genuinely happy for "Macn'Shy" But then, she started to devolve into a downward spiral of her own repressed sadness. Everypony had noticed that she had been acting weird, and they all tried to help out. Twilight was the first one. She came over and tried to Sherlock Hooves her way into finding out what was bothering Rainbow. She failed and decided to come back later. The same happened with Applejack, and then Rarity. Fluttershy and Big Mac came over. Which only made Rainbow lock up her emotions even more. By process of elimination, Pinkie Pie came over last. There was something different about her approach. Instead of trying to figure out what was wrong, she just tried to make Rainbow happy. She had baked her a special batch of cupcakes. She had arranged a picnic right next to the lake with all of Rainbow's favorite food. She had even thrown the blue pegasus a party which was only attended by the two of them. It did help, but not by much. Rainbow had told Pinkie that she loved spending that time with her and they should do it again some time. This went on for about a month and Rainbow had lost any hint of sadness from losing Fluttershy as a possibility, because she had developed a crush on Pinkie Pie. Thing was, she wasn't sure that Pinkie felt that same way about her. One night, her and Pinkie had been trotting home from one of their nights out. They were both laughing and talking. The faint, silver light of Luna's moon reflected on the faced of the two mares. "So then I says to Juniper, I says, 'Oatmeal, are you crazy?'" Pinkie told her famous oatmeal anecdote. Rainbow was uncontrollably laughing at this point. No matter how many times Pinkie told that story, she still found it incredibly amusing. Maybe it was just the fact that Pinkie had said it that she loved it so much. "Oh, Pinkie. That story is always awesome." "Not as awesome as you." Pinkie gave an exaggerated wink toward the cyan pegasus. Rainbow's laugh died down and silence fell over the pair. She couldn't take it any more. She had to tell Pinkie how she really felt about her. Otherwise, it would eat her alive. "Pinks?" Pinkie turned to Rainbow, "Yes, Dashie?" Oh no. What if she's weirded out? What if she didn't want to hang out with me anymore? What if she's into somepony else? Why does she have to have that adorable pet name for me? "I have to tell you something" Rainbow looked down at her hooves. "It's kinda personal. I don't know if I can tell anypony else." Pinkie put a comforting arm around the sky-blue mare. "You can tell me anything, Dashie." And then it all came pouring out. How Dash had been a fillyfooler since she was 15. How she had a crush on Fluttershy and was crushed when her and Big Mac got together. How she hasn't told anypony else about it. How she really felt about Pinkie. Silence fell over the two again. A more awkward silence, but still a silence. "So, yeah" Rainbow said, trying to move along the conversation, "I'm into mares." More silence Oh Celestia. What have I done? I've going to lose all my friends now. This is terrible. What in the FUCK am I doing? A faint smile came onto Pinkie's face and she slowly turned to face the cyan pony. "Hey" Pinkie said, getting Dash's attention. Dash looked up from the ground in front of Sugar Cube Corner. Pinkie pulled Dash into the lobby of Sugar Cube Corner, which was now empty, since Mr. and Mrs. Cake had gone to bed at this point. Pink lips met blue and kept together for well over two hours. They then went into Pinkies bedroom and fooled around a bit, but nothing serious. Thus, a tradition was born. This happened every time Pinkie had thrown a major party or whenever they had a day out. After two weeks, the topic of telling their friends was brought up. Dash had panicked, she had been preparing for this moment for almost an entire decade, yet she clenched up whenever the topic of her friends finding out about their sexuality. It was terrifying. Pinkie tried to comfort her, actually trying to be the sane voice of reason, which wasn't a good face for her to put on. "Dashie, if our friends would even think of rejecting us just because we're happy, then we wouldn't be friends with them. If they don't reject us, and they won't, we can keep on being the happiest couple in all of Ponyville." Pinkie let out an excited gasp as she thought of the next possibility. "Maybe we could double-date with Shy and Big Mac." Dash chuckled. But her cheerful exterior was quickly washed away as she thought of Pinkie's unfinished statement, "But what if they DO reject us?" Pinkie giggled, then again, that's what she did in every situation, "Then we can move to Manehattan and open a bed and breakfast." This suggestion actually got a laugh out of Dash that wasn't reluctant. "We could call it 'Pinkie and Dashie's Cupcake Factory'" Rainbow was now laughing uncontrollably. He sides were hurting much more often since she started dating Pinkie. "Well, when do we tell them?" "I don't know" "When would be a good time?" "Well, I think that we need to be sure that we'll stay together before we tell everypony" "How do we do that?" Pinkie threw herself on top of Rainbow Dash and stared passionately into her eyes, "I can think of one way" They started kissing sensually and went to their normal routine of just fooling around a bit. But then, things progressed. The two mares laid together for the first time that night. After that, they both knew that this relationship would last, because they didn't go on dates to just lead up to that. They weren't obsessed with trying to "hook-up" every night. Sometimes, they would just fall asleep in each other's arms, like they did the previous night. Rainbow Dash smiled at the memory. Whenever she felt lonesome or depressed and she couldn't get to Pinkie, she would just remember their story. She thought that maybe she could write it down and publish a memoir. But for now, she just wanted to take a nap in her cloud home. And that's exactly what she did Muffins in ManehattanThe store clerk of a bakery shop can lead a very uneventful life. Fluttershy and Big Mac left after a few minutes of talking to Pinkie and left her to her daily routine. The store never got a lot of business, only on weekends or national holidays. When those happen at the same time, man, was it hectic. But today was neither. Only the regulars would show up. Bon-Bon would come in and order a cupcake, make a little small talk. Derpy would come in and order a batch of muffins and do much of the same thing. The only interesting thing of the day would be listening to what Derpy would say. She would usually talk about this stallion she had been hanging out with. When Pinkie asked what his name was, Derpy would only say he was called "The Doctor". That wasn't even a name. Did this pony even have a name? And if so, did Derpy just not know about it? Was this pony even real? Or was he just a figment of Derpy's imagination? She did talk about very far-fecthed things. Pinkie really began to get worried about Derpy, she would go missing for months at a time. The only up-side was that she would get the mail a bit faster. But Derpy seemed happy, so she let it slide. So here she was. Going through the motions of her day. Over the past few months, something felt empty deep within the magenta pony. Now, she knew what it was. Every night, Rainbow would come over, spend the night, and then leave. She didn't know if it was love yet or if the hormones were just getting to her, but either way, she wanted to be with that pony. And she wanted everypony else to know, but Rainbow had already laid the ground rules or "nopony finds out we've been sleeping together, especially our friends". It got so bad that during some days, when there was no business what so-ever, Pinkie started to see everything in a different shade of blue. Though, she still can't decide if that's because she wanted to be with Rainbow, or because of the ever occasional sugar high she would get working in a bakery and all. But the point still stood in her mind. She missed Rainbow and wanted to be with her. There was just something about Rainbow that made Pinkie feel safe. She had opened up to the blue pegasus more than any other pony in Equestria. To most ponies, Pinkie was a bit shrouded in mystery. Even though, she threw parties on a regular basis and she knew pretty much every pony in town. Nopony closely knew Pinkie. Not even her friends know what goes on when the party ends. Only Rainbow knew. Rainbow knew nearly everything there was to know. She even knew about her only other fillyfooling experience when she was a teenager with a white pegasus named surprised. Pinkie then remember where exactly her thoughts were being put, and decided to stop reminiscing. The bell on the door of Sugarcube Corner broke her deep thought as a familiar grey pegasus trotted into the lobby. Her usual wall eyed expression brought a grin to Pinkie's face, as it did most days. "Hey, Pinkie" greeted the grey mail-mare "Hiya, Derpy. How's it going?" exclaimed Pinkie. "Fine. The Doctor's finally back from his trip so we can finally spend some time together" "Is that so?" a disbelieving smirk grew on the pink mare's face. "Where was his trip to this time?" "Ummm... Manehattan. There was a dilemma with the Empmare State Building." "The Empmare State Building?" "Yes" "As in, the tallest tower in all of Equestria?" "Yes" "What does the Doctor exactly to do for a living?" "He... Umm... works on clocks." "And that occupation earned him a trip to fix a 'dilemma' in the Empmare State Building?" "Yes" "Alright. Seems legit. Wait, are you and the Doctor, how do I put this lightly, going steady?" a ping of excitement rang through Pinkie's voice. "I guess you could say that." Derpy stated in a long sigh. "What do you mean?" "Well, I like him, and he like's me, but he's never around, and he's kind of hard to understand sometimes." "Why, is he foreign or something?" Derpy quickly darted her wall eyes left, right, then back at Pinkie, "Sort of" "Sort of?" "Well, he has an accent. That's not hard to understand. It's just that he talks, really, really fast." Pinkie began to laugh, "Now I know how most of my friends feel" Derpy joined in Pinkie's chuckling. "Yeah, you talk fast a lot too. You should meet him sometime, he's a real fun pony." "Alright. I'll try to meet him sometime. But you still haven't answered my question, Derpy. Are you going out with the Doctor? Or, if you want an easier question. Do you like the Doctor?" "First one, I'm not entirely sure. But this second one, Oh, Celestia, YES!" Derpy began to hop up and down in excitement. "He's so sweet and charming, and funny. And he's like the sexiest stallion in the universe" Pinkie began to laugh again "Alrighty then. Hey, that rhymed" "What?" "Nevermind." "Okay. Well, what about you, Pinkie? Anypony you're interested in?" Pinkie stepped back a little bit from the question, but then smiled, then blushed. "Well, there is one pony I've got my eye on?" "What's his name?" "I can't tell you." "Why not?" "Because it's top secret" "Are you sure?" "Posititoochle" "Okay" Derpy back away from the counter and began to trot out of the store, "Well, I'll catch you later, Pinkie." "Seeya later." Pinkie waved until the grey pegasus was far out of sight. Pinkie then melted back into the counter, and stared distantly out into Main Street. She then fired up out of her slump with quick a quick realization. "SHE DIDN"T BUY ANYTHING!" Author's Note Greetings, Wow, an Author's Note. Weird. I'd like to just say "Thank You" to all the ponies who have been kind enough to read the story, favourite it, and leave comments. I'd also like to apologize for this chapter basically being my excuse to include as many Doctor Whooves jokes as possible. Sorry about that. I'll try and update this story more frequently, but for now, I only have a basic idea on where this is going. Anyway, see you all with the next chapter update LIVE LONG AND PROSPER Making IncomeRainbow Dash's eyes darted open as the sound of shouting came from below her cloud fortress (which is what she liked to refer to it as, even though it was only a house). After a few seconds to let her ears process, she recognized the voice as that of Blossomforth's. "Dash! Dash! Dash! Are you awake?!" Blossomforth's voice echoed in Dash's house. Dash quickly flew out in a multicolored daze and it only took a few seconds before she was behind the pony that had disturbed her slumber. Blosomforth quickly turned around to see Dash's expression. Her pupils were frantically trying to dilate themselves. The pupils themselves produced a cold, vacant stare. Her mane was messy, even more than usual. And there were giant, dark circles under her eyes. "Oh, I didn't mean to wake you boss. We just needed some help on the other side of town. We're receiving that new shipment of storm-clouds for the huge rainfall that's supposed to be coming tonight. Why are you asleep right now anyway? It's almost 2. Did you not get a good night's sleep or something?" Dash rubbed her eyes and her trademark smirk grew back onto her mouth, something that gave Blossomforth much comfort. "No, I actually got a great night's sleep. Guess I just lost track of time is all" "Alrighty then." Blossomforth exclaimed, "We'll just need you on the other side of town in saaay, five minutes?" "Sounds good to me. Just have to get ready first" "Okay" Blossomforth picked herself off the ground and starting to glide to the "other side of town", "seeya then." "Seeya" Dash leaped back up onto the balcony of her cloud home and walked into the kitchen. She started to groom her mane in the same way that she did every day, just stroking her hoof through it four or five times. She stopped at the refrigerator and pulled out a tall can of Parasprite energy drink. It's a little known fact to most ponies that this is how Dash wakes up every morning. Just chugging a whole can of Parasprite. She did it like she did most things, in ten seconds flat. Dash then went to help Blossomforth and her squad of misfits with the storm clouds. All of it was routine, and she could arrange storm clouds in her sleep, but she still seemed to be distracted. So much so that even Blossomforth had noticed it. "Hey boss, you alright?" Blossomforth finally sumed up the courage to ask. "Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Rainbow had to shake herself out of her daze of concentration, which also seemed to be more distant than usual. "You just seem kinda out of it. Are you sure you got a good night's sleep?" "Yep" Rainbow carefully positioned the last storm cloud for their slow climb over Ponyville, "There. All set. It should start raining over Ponyville in a few hours." "Great. Thanks for the help boss." "Don't mention it, it is my job after all. If you need me, I'm gonna be at SugarCube Corner." "Alright. Seeya tomorrow" "Seeya" Rainbow departed, though she had been thinking of Pinkie throughout her work, she thought even more on the fly over to SugarCube Corner. She flew a bit slower, partly to enjoy the scenic view of Ponyville and part to think a bit more thoroughly before seeing Pinkie again. She thought. She thought about how much she wanted to be with Pinkie. Not just for the night, or even for a weekend, but for a lifetime. She had never felt that way about any other pony before, but with Pinkie, it just felt right. She then thought about her friends. As far as she knew, all of her friends probably wouldn't support her and Pinkie being in a relationship. As far as she knew, she would no longer be the element of loyalty if she told her friends how she felt about Pinkie. It's not that she didn't want it to be publicly known. That wouldn't be an issue in Ponyville. There was such an offset ratio of colts to mares that fillyfooling had become common practice. There were already a few publicly known two-mare relationships in town, but those ponies didn't have to carry the weight of being one of the elements of harmony. One of the major bulks to that weight was having to appear and fix problems for Equestria. She didn't want her friends, Ponyville, Princess Celestia, or even a whole new race of ponies whose lives with in her hooves, to second guess her. Not that they wouldn't have a right to second guess her. If she was distracted doing her job that paid for her food, she might get distracted battling some evil leprechaun changeling space alien thing from another dimension that threatened to destroy all of Equestria. This wasn't even bringing up the fact that Pinkie was also an element of harmony, and if they broke up, they would either have to replace Rainbow, or replace Pinkie. Rainbow disliked the ladder more than the former. Or even worse, they might break up and still be assigned to their elements of harmony and she would be even more distracted while battling time traveling cyborg guacamoles from other planets or whatever (after awhile, all their baddies sort of seemed the same, so Rainbow had a hard time coming up with fake examples when arguing with herself). All this seemed way too stressful, and thinking about it didn't make it any easier. So, in order to enjoy Pinkie's company tonight, she simply cleared the thoughts out of her mind, and flew over to SugarCube Corner with a smile on her face. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A pink hoof was firmly planted into a pink face while, presumably, pink vocal chords hummed a tune that a pink head was swaying to on the counter top in the lobby of SugarCube Corner. A dopey smile was plastered onto Pinkie Pie's faces as she flipped through a magazine. The lobby was holding a very small fraction of it's full capacity. Murmurs of chatter echoed throughout the room, which sounded to unobservant ears as inaudible drones. Suddenly, the double doors opened to reveal a very familiar unicorn trotting into the store. Her eyes were shaded in mystery by her trademark purple sunglasses. Her electric blue mane sway in a chaotic mess around her head. Her ears were covered by a pair of chrome, bulky, shining headphones. She wore a faded sweater, which at one point resembled the color of her snow white coat, but now was a withered gray. If you looked closely enough at the coat, you could see the ponies name marked along her shoulder blades. And the final touch, a freshly lit cigarette dangling from her mad grin, which she always seemed to be sporting (the grin and the cigarette alike). This was Vinyl Scracth. And she was one of SugarCube Corner's regular customers. Pinkie glanced up from her magazine and her eyes glowed as they met at the sight of the DJ. "Heya, Vinyl" she cheerily greeted, closing her magazine. "Hey, Pinkie. How's it going?" Vinyl leaned on the counter of SugarCube Corner, facing the front of the store. She took out her cigarette, holding it in the cleft of her hoof, exhaled, and put it back in. "It's going good. A bit of a slow day, but otherwise good. I met up with Derpy earlier and we talked about-" "Let me guess. The Doctor?" "Yes!" Pinkie cried with excitement "How did you know? Do you leave microphones laying around or something?" Vinyl laughed, "Not yet. She's just been going on about that colt to everypony, me, Lyra, Bon Bon, Octavia, and now it seems that she's involved you into this as well. It's a freakin' epidemic." "Well, I don't know if I would call it that. If she really really likes this guy, she has the right o talk about him." Vinyl exhaled again and turned, still leaning on the counter, to face Pinkie, "Pinkie, that mare's 'really really liked' a coconut before." Pinkie began to laugh hysterically, it felt good to finally laugh, "Oh yeah. I remember that. She would carry that thing around all the time. She would even take pictures with it." "Point is, I give this whole Doctor thing a week, two weeks tops." "From what I've heard, the Doctor's no coconut. He does seem really strange though, just based on the brief descriptions I've gotten from Derpy. Who knows, they might be perfect together." Vinyl snorted at the remark, "Please, this Doctor guy is never around. Nopony even knows what he looks like. He's probably just an imaginary friend that Derpy made up. That mare has some real mental problems if you ask me." "Mental problems is a bit harsh, Vinyl. This Doctor guy might be really nice and you're just belittling him. Denying his existence even. I get that you're snarky, but you've never said stuff like that about your friends. You doin' okay?" Vinyl took off her headphones and sunk a little lower into the counter top. She started to rub her arm with the hoof she was holding her cigarette with, "Yeah, I guess I'm just missing Octavia is all. She's been up in Canterlot playing show after show cause fancy pants ponies keep asking her to perform at public events. She's making an ass-ton of money, don't get me wrong. I'm just used to having her around is all. Didn't mean to take it out on Derpy though. Sorry." This was Vinyl Scratch. She's one of SugarCube Corner's regular customers. She's also half of the most talented fillyfooling couple in Ponyville. Vinyl began to sulk, and Pinkie got one of those cheesy, 'I want to comfort you' smiles on her face, "I understand completely" Pinkie reached to her side where there was a spinning display of cupcakes and pulled out a chocolate one with white icing and strawberry decorations. She then reached under the counter, where, in a freezer, there were bottled coffees stored. She pulled out the most refreshing looking one and set it on the counter next to the cupcake. "Here," Pinkie pushed the cupcake and the coffee in Vinyl's direction, "Have this. A cupcake can solve just about anything." "Thanks." Vinyl reached into the pocket of her hoodie and audibly searched for bits to pay Pinkie, who just pushed the meal even further in Vinyl's direction. "On the house" Pinkie winked at Vinyl Vinyl's face lit up with joy, "You are my favorite clerk at this shop." Vinyl took her cigarette out of her mouth and tossed it into a nearby trashcan, putting it out. Pinkie chuckled, "More like the only clerk at this shop" Vinyl chuckled along, "I guess so", she popped the lid off the coffee using her magic, took a sip and a bite of the cupcake. An explosion of flavors collided in her mouth as the dry chocolate cake exterior clashed with the warm strawberry jam filling, "My complements to the chef" "She accepts your complements" Vinyl began to laugh again, "So, anyway. We've talked about me, we've talked about Derpy. What about you? Anypony catch your attention?" Vinyl took another bite of the cupcake and very obviously displayed a face that could only be described as orgasmic. "Well", with her peripheral vision, Pinkie could see a cyan pegasus slowly making her landing outside the store, "I guess there is one." "Really? What's his name?" The bell on the door ran as Rainbow Dash strolled in, a trickle of sweat leering down her head. Vinyl and Pinkie both gave their eye's attention to Rainbow as she walked up to the two of them. "Oh. That's not really important," Pinkie said, "I will tell you this. This pony is really awesome." "Hey, Pinkie. Hey, Vinyl." Dash greeted, wiping the sweat off her forehead and running her hoof through her mane. "Hey, Rainbow" Vinyl and Pinkie said in unison. Vinyl gave Pinkie a quick, impressed glance. "So, what're we talking about?" Dash inquired. Pinkie opened her mouth as if she was going to say something, but Vinyl immediately cut her off with, "Pinkie's secret crush!" A flicker of worry began to ignite in Rainbow's eyes as Vinyl pulled out a fresh cigarette and lit it. "Oh really?" Rainbow was trying to play dumb. "Yep" Vinyl inhaled, "Apparently he's awesome." Vinyl exhaled. "Oh, I bet she is" Dash replied with a grin. "She?" Vinyl cocked her brow. Now the flames of anxiety kindled in Pinkie's eyes, which was an unusual and uncomfortable sight. A million thoughts swept through Pinkie's head at once. Vinyl's going to find out; What's going to happen if Vinyl finds out?; But Dash already set up the rule that nopony can know; Is Dash about to break her own rule; Oh no; Oh no. "'I bet HE is", Dash quickly saved her lover from an eminent panic attack, "My bad." "S'all good" Vinyl snarkily said. "Yep" Pinkie almost sighed out in relief. Her eye's quickly met Dash's and they shared a knowing look. Dash grinned. Unbeknownst to them, underneath purple shades, Vinyl's eyes saw their shared look. Vinyl grinned. "So, what else is going on?" Dash was trying to steer the conversation into a new direction. "Did you hear about Rose?" Vinyl was always ready with some news about ponies in the town. "What about her?" Dash asked. "She's moving to Trottingham." Vinyl inhaled. "She's moving to Trottingham?" Pinkie and Dash asked in unison. "She's moving to Trottingham." Vinyl exhaled. "When?" Pinkie intrigued. "Next week. She's putting her house up for sale." Vinyl took another sip of her coffee. "Wow," Dash exclaimed, "That's weird, man." "I know." Vinyl looked back and forth, as if she were waiting for a train, and then looked at Pinkie, "You have the time?" "4:13." Pinkie said without missing a beat, "Why do you ask?" "Crap" Vinyl gathered her cupcake and coffee, "I was invited to watch a movie at Lyra and Bon Bon's house. I'm late. I gotta go. Seeya guys later." Vinyl strolled out of the building in what can only be described as a casual hurry. "Bye." Pinkie and Dash had spoken in unison again. They both started to laugh uncontrollably. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Every place of business has that time when the shutters close, the furniture is stacked, the lights are dim, and few, if any, souls remain in the building. For SugarCube Corner, that time was 11:30 every night, and this night was now different. Rain was pouring down on the metal shutters outside. The chairs were stacked neatly around their respective tables. All the lamps were turned off, leaving only the dull yellow of the overhead light to guide the path of the two ponies that were mopping the floor, a cyan pegasus, and a pink earth-pony. Pinkie and Rainbow mopped quietly. They had already had their fair share of conversation throughout the day, and nothing really needed to be said. But this silence was peaceful. Relaxing. Each mare had a lost grin on their face. And everything was perfect. The two mares finished their cleaning duties and put the mops in the corner by the front counter. They then sat on the floor, leaning against the wall, leaving little room between them. A few exhausted sighs came out of each mare, followed by a weak chuckle. Then, more silence. The Pink earth pony looked toward the cyan pegasus. Her cyan pegasus. Her Rainbow Dash. The grin on her face grew ever wider with each second. Finally, a sky blue arm made its way around pink shoulders, and a subtle kiss was planted on Pinkie's cheek. She couldn't help but blush, and smile even more. She then rested her head on the cyan pegasus's chest and wrapped her arm slowly around the other mare's stomach. Another sigh. This time, a calm, comforted sigh. Pinkie slowly closed her eyes, drifting wearily into Rainbow's distinctive scent. After seeing that Pinkie had clocked out. Rainbow leaned her head on Pinkie's, wrapped her free arm around her, and closed her eyes. The moment was perfect. A moment that only comes around a few times in every life. When it's all quite. And you're with the one you love. And you both don't say anything. And you don't need to. Because talking about anything would be overdoing it. It just wasn't needed. The moment was already perfect. Of course, if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. "I love you." the words escaped Rainbow's mouth in a kind of whisper. And Pinkie's eyes shot open. Pinkie slowly turned her head up at Rainbow, whose eyes were also now open. She then leaned in and kissed her. Both closing their eyes for a moment. She pulled away and looked into the rose eyes of Rainbow. "I love you too." Pinkie said, grinning. They then fell back into their previous cuddling position. "I know it's kind of soon to say. I mean, we're not even really dating, but I just couldn't keep it in any longer. I love you, Pinkie Pie." "I love you too." Pinkie Pie then shot back into sitting against the wall. "There, I said it again. We really need to get some original dialog in here if we want to satisfy people." "What are you blathering about?" Pinkie then realized that she was still in the same room with Rainbow Dash, "Oh. Nevermind." She fell into cuddling again, "Point is, I love you too, Rainbow Dash." Rainbow smiled and wrapped her arms delicately around the party pony. Pinkie seamlessly planted a kiss on the blue mare's cheek, "My Little Dashie." Dash blushed and then started to chuckle, which Pinkie followed suit in. They both closed their eyes, held onto each other just a little tighter, and got lost in the moment. They got so lost that they didn't notice a white unicorn holding up an umbrella with her magic walk into the door way. It was only so open that she could see in, but the bell wouldn't ring. The DJ gazed upon the happy couple knowingly. And then, Vinyl grinned. TellingPinkie slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by a pillow of soft, sky blue fur engulfing her head. And God, it was comfy. Though she had trouble breathing, she still smiled. She couldn't imagine how things could possibly go wrong right now. She turned her head with her eyes still open and was greeted by a white unicorn in a faded hoodie sitting on a chair, smoking a cigarette, grinning. Maybe Pinkie should rethink what thoughts she tells to the narrator. Startled, the pink mare shot up out of the pegasus's arms, awaking her and snapped into a position of sitting and leaning against the wall. "Good." Vinyl exhaled. "You're awake." "What are you doing here, Vinyl?" Rainbow asked, trying to process the situation in front of her. "A better question would be 'What are you two doing here?'" Vinyl's grin could split mountains at this point. Blue eyes met rose in a millisecond as the two mares realized what had really just happened. They got lost in the moment. They fell asleep. They didn't lock the front door. Vinyl walking in on them asleep. And they've now unintentionally broken their own rules. Dash curled up into a ball on the floor. Her wings went limp. She felt helpless. But then, she felt a hoof gently rubbing on her back and shoulder blades. She turned her head to see Pinkie with a deeply concerned expression, trying to comfort her. Dash sighed, "How long have you been here?" Vinyl tossed her cigarette on the ground and stomped it out with her hoof. "Twenty-minutes. I walked in when you guys were asleep." Pinkie finally spoke up, "Why did you come here in the first place?" Vinyl was lighted up another smoke, "After I finished watching the movie with Lyra and Bon Bon, I was on my way home, and I saw that the shutters were closed, but there was still light coming from the lobby. I guess you could call it curiosity." Vinyl exhaled. "Then again, curiosity killed the cat" Vinyl inhaled, "As well as the secret kept by Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash" Vinyl exhaled. Vinyl grinned. "Look, Vinyl." Rainbow Dash never pleaded, but this seemed like an appropriate time to start, "You can't let anypony know about this. We have to swear that this doesn't leave this room." "Rainbow, you know I can't do that. I have a marefriend who I share everything with. And you know just as well that you guys can't keep this secret forever." Vinyl lowered herself on the ground, kneeling so that she was at Pinkie and Dash's height, "You both have to tell your friends so that you don't have to carry this burden." "Yeah, but it's not like we can just come out and say 'Hey guys. Guess what. We're gay and dating so deal with it.'" Rainbow was getting defensive now. Pinkie kept silent throughout most of it. For once, she let somepony else do the talking. "You can't be that blunt, just tell them that you're happy together. If they're really you're friends they're going to want your happiness." Vinyl put her hood down, allowing her mane to scatter. "I guess you're right. But we're just scared that no one will except us." Rainbow put her arm around Pinkie. Vinyl sighed. She took off her glasses, revealing two brilliant, scarlet orbs. Now, she could really be herself, "Look, I relate to you guys. Octavia and I went through the same thing. We were afraid that everypony was going to shun us for being different, but look at us now. Now everypony's sad that I miss Octavia, because in Ponyville, we don't just abandon our friends, no matter who they are." "You don't understand! Pinkie and I are elements of harmony! Saviors of Equestria whenever it's in trouble! We're not just looking at the approval of Ponyville! We're looking at the approval of Ponyville, plus every single member of the royal court up in Canterlot!" Dash was shouting now. Tears streaming from her eyes. Vinyl remained resilient. Vinyl remained calm. "You really think that Princess Celestia or Luna or Cadence, or any of the royal military will care if you two are dating? It's none of their fucking business. And Celestia knows that you two can do your jobs better than anypony. That's why they're your jobs." Vinyl began to get a bit closer to the couple. "I'm just scared, Vinyl." Dash was still crying. Pinkie was rocking her back and forth in an effort to calm her down. Vinyl reached out a hoof and placed it on Dash's shoulder. Dash looked up to see a comforting smile coming from the white unicorn. Her eyes weren't as piercing as they usually are. They seemed fragile and welcoming. Dash looked into the crimson orbs and saw herself. She didn't see Vinyl Scratch. She didn't see DJ-PON3. She saw herself. She saw a pony who had made mistakes and had doubts and disappointments and heartbreak and excitement so many times. Then she realized. "Rainbow, we're all scared. Nopony is fearless. Even if they are you. The truth is, our fears don't make us weak, or less of who we are. Our fears are just obstacles." Vinyl slowly grabbed Dash's hoof and shook it in the air as she spoke. "And it's only when we get around those obstacles that we emerge on the other side, even stronger then we were before." Another teardrop escaped Dash's eyes. But now, she was smiling. A grin grew on Pinkie's face as she saw Rainbow's expression. Pinkie, out of sheer instinct, threw her arms around Rainbow in a crushing embrace. Usually, Dash would complain about this. But the act of complaining had lost it's meaning by now. Pinkie gave Dash a quizzical look, "Dashie, this is the part where you say," Pinkie tried to do her best Rainbow impression. "Pinkie. Can't. Breath." Dash gave Pinkie an equally strangling hug, "Nah, I'm good." Pinkie burst into laughter. Dash and Vinyl followed suit. Vinyl joined in on Pinkie and Dash's hung, still hysterically chuckling. The laughter died down eventually and the three ponies split up to sit in a triangle formation. Vinyl still had her comforting smile on. "So what are you two going to do?" Vinyl asked. "I think", Rainbow looked at Pinkie, who seemed to be giving her the same comforting grin that Vinyl was giving, "that we should tell our friends tomorrow afternoon." Dash looked back at Pinkie. She nodded rapidly. "That's good. Well, I better go. Seeya tomorrow" Vinyl stood up and looked outside to be greeted by the storm that the weather ponies had prepared for them outside. "Aw, pickles." "You could always stay here tonight, Vinyl." Pinkie gasped and seemed to lift herself into the air like she was levitating. It was just one of those Pinkie Pie things. "It could be like a slumber party. I've already got all the components of a fantastic slumber party." Pinkie then pulled pillows, chips and dip assorted neatly on a table, a stack of DVD movies, and large speakers out of her mane. Vinyl and Rainbow looked on in awe. There was another one of those Pinkie Pie things. "Alllllright." Vinyl agreed, "But you know, I do actually plan on getting sleep, Pinkie." Pinkie practically deflated. She then pushed her array of goodies to the side of the room, "Okay." "I think it'll still be great." Rainbow was laughing now. "Yeah." Vinyl said. Pinkie Pie's face lit up like Christmas. After a few hours of conversation, yawns started to omit from Pinkie's bedroom. Vinyl declared that she was tired and slept on the arrangement of pillows that Pinkie had laid out on the floor. After a few minutes, the DJ was out cold. Rainbow and Pinkie remained on the bed, looking at each other. The two mares were smiling as each gazed into the other's eyes. Rose and Blue, Cyan and Pink, Dash and Pie. They each slowly collapsed into a warm embrace. "Dashie." Pinkie said, almost in a teasing voice. "Yeah?" "You broke your only rule." "I didn't mean to break it." "You're gonna break it again tomorrow." Dash drew away from their hug to hold Pinkie by the shoulders and look her in the eyes. "I'm breaking it for you." A single tear came out of Pinkie's impossibly happy eyes. She couldn't help herself, "Awwwwwwwwww" Pinkie fell into Dash's lap, "I love you, Dashie." Dash giggled as she sank into Pinkie's bed, "I love you too, Pinks." Then, the two mares slowly drifted into slumber. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next afternoon, Pinkie and Dash were sitting at the lake. The sun reflected off of the brilliant, glass-like water, making a tiny sea of swirling blues and reds and oranges and greens. The trees around the lake swayed gently back and forth due to the wind. The air was slightly brisk, pier The multi-colored mares were sitting on a bench, both leaning forward, one tapping her foot in an impossibly rapid motion (it was Pinkie). "You ready for this?" Dash didn't really want to know, she just wanted to break anxious silence. "Of course! I'm ready for anything." Pinkie exclaimed with a cheesy grin. "I wish I had your confidence." "You do! You're Rainbow Dash. Nothing scares you." "Nothing except rejection." "We'll be fine." "Are you sure?" "Absitively!" "Do you swear?" "I swear. I'll Pinkie promise if it helps." Rainbow giggled, "Alright. Do you Pinkie promise?" "Cross my heart; Hope to fly; Stick a cupcake in my eye." The respective gestures followed along with her promise. Rainbow giggled again and leaned her head on the party pony's shoulders, "I love you." Pinkie's hoof drifted over to Rainbow's, "I love you too." Pinkie smiled her newly formed comforting smile and shot it at Rainbow, who returned the facial gesture. It was brief though, as Rainbow's head shot up from Pinkie's shoulder to stare horrified off into the distance. "They're here." fear sparked in Dash's eyes and, trying to maintain composure herself, gave Rainbow her comforting grin one last time. "It's going to be fine." Pinkie whispered, planting a kiss on the cyan pegasus's forehead. A few seconds later, the voice of a familiar, purple unicorn came into earshot. "Hey, Pinkie. Hey, Rainbow." "Hey, Twilight. Hey, guys." Pinkie and Dash spoke in unison again, he usual look of impression ensued. "How're y'all doin'?" Applejack greeted. "We're fine." Dash said, almost to insure herself. "Why'd you call us down here?" Twilight inquired. "Always jumping straight to the point, Twilight." Rarity observed. "Well," Dash's pupils moved back and forth like pistons. She saw all her friends, wanting to know what's been on her mind for the past two months. She had been dreading this day since the first night that Pinkie and her fooled around. Oh no. Oh no, "We called you all down here-" Her heart was pounding in rapid fire. Despite all of this, she had still been desperately trying to keep the droplets of sweat from coming out of her face. Fires of anxiety were lit passionately, making her face turn a deep scarlet. Oh no. Oh no, "-to tell you all-" All of her friends still looking at her, inquiring. Wondering. But in a moment, they wouldn't be inquiring anymore. They wouldn't be wondering anymore. They would be judging. Judging her. Judging Pinkie. Judging all the time that they've spent together. Judging all the time that she's spent with them. Judging everything. Oh no. Oh no, "-that-" Bum. Bum. Bum. Her heart pounded as loud as the loudest drums in the loudest orchestra of the loudest drums. Every single fear that Rainbow Dash has ever had in her life flashed in her head in one single moment. When suddenly... "ME AND DASHIE ARE DATING!" Pinkie Pie yelled. Obviously trying to just rip the problem off like a bandage. It did help a little, "Oh, sorry. Dashie and I. Grammar was never my strong suit." Dash looked up to see four shock faces. Shocked faces. This is where her life ends. This is how she dies... But then she noticed that the face were in fact shocked, but they were not appalled. Merely shocked. She could even notice a tremor of a smile appearing on Fluttershy's face. "Oh, well, good for you two." Rarity finally blurted out. "Yeah. Good for you guys." Twilight agreed. Pinkie and Dash looked at each other, amazed, baffled, astonished, and other words that are synonyms for surprised. They looked back at they friends with looks that describing them as puzzled would be an understatement. "That's it?" Dash asked. "Pretty much." Rarity answered, "What else would there be?" "We were afraid you guys were going to reject us." Dash was rubbing her hoof on the ground. "Reject you?" Fluttershy sounded baffled. "Why would we reject y'all for dating each other?" Applejack stepped a bit closer. "Since we're both mares." Dash made gestured toward Pinkie and herself. "And two mares dating isn't usual, and there's a stigma plastered on it, even though there are a lot of two mare relation ships in town,one of them being a pony that we know and have recently talked to." Pinkie fired out of her mouth. "Well, are you happy?" Fluttershy asked. Pinkie and Dash nodded. "Then, we're happy for you, Darlings." Rarity was smiling that comforting smile. "Yeah." The other three agreed. "Thanks guys, it really means a lot." Pinkie said. "You're welcome." Applejack said, putting a hoof on Pinkie's shoulder. The two hugged. "Well, I guess now we just have to figure out how to tell the rest of town. Pinkie's face lit up like Christmas. She leaped out of Applejack's hug and started to ounce around Rainbow. "We could throw a party. A huge party with streamers, and balloons, and cake, and fudge, and punch, and music (maybe Vinyl could play some of her new mix-tapes), and a big, big, bigger than big could ever big banner that says 'Hey Guys. Guess What. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are Gay. Who'da Thunk It'. Oh, this is going to be so much fun, I'm going to go get started right now!" And with that, Pinkie Pie was off in a flash of dust. "I do have to ask ya one thing, Rainbow." Applejack said. "Yes?" "Of all the mares in Equestria, how did you end up with her?" Dash smiled, "I don't know." She looked back at the orange southern pony. "But I don't regret it for a second." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you went up the front door of Vinyl Scratch and Octavia's home, you could almost always here inconsistent, incessant clicking. This would be the sound of music being made. It's not the most conventional sound for music being made, but it was music being made nonetheless. Inside the house, inside the massive living room, sitting on a comfortable, fabric sofa was the white unicorn. No hoodie. No sunglasses. No cigarette. Just her, a pair of headphones, and her laptop. Stored on said laptop were endless sound files that could be played with in many variations. This was the DJ, hard at work. While she was playing back her newest track, she paused it. She thought she had heard a knock coming form the door. She took off her headphones to confirm her suspicions and confirmed they were. A knock was coming from her door. The unicorn removed her headphones and trotted toward her door. When she opened the door, there stood a gray earth pony. A light purple bow-tie on her neck and her black hare in it's usual neat style. A loving smirk on the mare's face, she was carrying a cello case in her mouth and she was wearing large, heavy-looking saddlebags. The gray cellist set her case down on the ground and looked back up at the DJ. "Hello, Darling." Octavia said. Vinyl's eyes began to glitter. She embrace the earth pony, who returned the gesture. "Don't you ever leave me like that again." She said. Vinyl kissed Octavia passionately. Suddenly, all her loneliness faded away, and it was just her and Octavia. After a few seconds, Vinyl pulled away, leaned down, and picked up Octavia's cello case with her mouth. "Cmnh Nmhk Int." Vinyl muffled out through the handle. Vinyl fidgeted the massive instrument into the living room and onto it's usual spot on the floor. Octavia trotted in, throwing her saddlebags to the floor on her way. She then sprawled herself on the couch. Vinyl hopped on top of her. "Now where were we?" the white unicorn whispered in a seductive manner. Octavia wrapped her hooves around the DJ's neck, "Here." Octavia leaned in and gray lips met white in a tender kiss. Each pony leaned her head back and forth, dragging the others in their direction. Octavia's teeth opened as Vinyl's tongue slid in and explored within her mouth. Vinyl pulled her tongue out and pulled her whole body away from Octavia. She then grabbed the cellist and rolled both mares so that the cellist was now laying on top of the DJ. The whit unicorn then planted a subtle kiss on Octavia's forehead. "I missed you so much." Vinyl whispered. The gray cellist seemed to melt into Vinyl's body, wrapping her arms around her stomach, "I missed you too." Octavia rolled over on Vinyl's stomach to look at the ceiling, "So, what's going on around here?" "Nothing much. Derpy's still talking about the Doctor." Octavia rolled her eyes, "No surprise there." "Oh, Pinkie Pie invited me to a party tonight, said I could play some of my new mixes, wanna come?" "I don't know. It's a Pinkie Pie party. With you DJing I'm going to be there all night and a mare can only withstand so much of Pinkie's parties at one time." "Do you know what it's for?" "No. What?" "Pinkie and Rainbow Dash are dating." "No." "I'm being completely serious." "Shut up." "It's true, they announced it this morning." "Wow. Didn't see that coming." "They're actually pretty cute together." "How do you know?" "I spent the night at SugarCube Corner last night. I got rained in. They told me that they had been together in secret for a few months and I actually convinced them to tell their friends about it." "Vinyl, your social skills never cease to amaze me." "It's a talent. So you wanna go or not?" "Alright, I go in respect of Pinkie and Dash. And to celebrate my return home." Vinyl shifted her position so that she was sitting up and Octavia's head was in her lap, "A bit narcissistic don't you think?" "Oh, shut up." "Never." Octavia started laughing as she sat up, "Alright, I can deal with you talking." Octavia got up and put her saddlebags back on, "For now." The cellist started for the staircase. "I'll be down in a few minutes, just have to put my stuff away." "Okay" the clicking continued. The lobby of SugarCube corner was as bright and colorful as any night that Pinkie would throw a party. But instead of going around dancing and socializing with the ponies in the crowd, the pinkie mare was standing by the punch bowl, talking to Rainbow Dash. It's not that Rainbow intentionally tried to stop Pinkie form socializing. Pinkie just wanted to be with Dash. Every word out of the pegasus's mouth made Pinkie smile. It wasn't Pinkie's usual smile either. It was an entranced kind of smile. You could guess that her ears where laser focused onto Rainbow's mouth and you would've guess right. So much so that she didn't even notice the first time a hoof tapped her on the shoulder. The second time was so aggressive that she almost fell into the floor and was accompanied by a bone tingling shout of a greeting. "Pinkie!" a familiar voice yelled in her ear. Pinkie turned around to see Vinyl, her hood was down, revealing her chaotic mane with barely covered her sunglasses and a cigarette dangling from her mouth. Next to her, was Octavia with her hair neatly done and a bow tie perfectly tied on her neck. "Oh, Hey, Vinyl. Hey, Octavia. What's up?" Pinkie greeted the two. "Nothing much. I got my tracks here" Vinyl held up her laptop in her hoof, "Should I just go set up?" "Yeah." Pinkie said, "It's your job so you should know what to do." "Alright." Vinyl began to walk away but then looked up to see a giant, glittering banner that read, "Hey Guys. Guess What. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are GAY. Who'da thunk it?" "Nice banner, by the way." Vinyl said with a smirk. "Thanks." Pinkie replied, nearly bouncing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was late at night again in SugarCube Corner again. Although, this time, the shutters weren't closed, the chairs weren't stacked, and the floors weren't mopped. All the lights were still on and sitting in beanbags in the middle of the lobby were two couples of mares. One being Pinkie and Dash, the other being Vinyl and Octavia. They had been talking and laughing for hours, long after the party had ended. "So, Pinkie, Dash." Octavia looked at the two, "How does it feel to know that you're both fillyfoolers?" Dash put her arm around Pinkie, "I'm just glad that we're both fillyfoolers." "Ohmygod, you guys are so cute." Vinyl exclaimed. "I know right?" Pinkie said with a giggle in her voice. "Well, how did you guys get together?" Octavia asked. "Well, we were hanging out-" Pinkie said. "-and it just sorta happened" Dash finished. "Awwww", Vinyl said, "You guys are finishing eachothers-" Vinyl was cut off by a powerful hum omitting from an unseen object in the room. The hum came once, and a blue object started to become visible. Twice, The object became more visible, revealing that it was box-like in shape. Three times, White windows started to appear, two on each of the boxes sides. Four times, a door became visible, with silver handles next to a seam straight down the middle of the front of the box. Five times, the words "Police Public Call Box" came into appearance at the top of the object and a sign next to the door with a text blurb came into sight. Six times, the box was now completely visible and seemed to land in the room with a resounding thud. The box itself was made of what looked like an old, faded wood which had been painted blue some time ago. A white lantern lay on top of the box, which illuminated in unison with the hums. Finally, the door opened and a colt stuck his head out of the box. His fur was a light, chestnut brown and his mane was a bit of a darker version of his fur's hue. He was clad in a purple suit coat and a formal tie. The colt moved his head back and forth and was finally greeted by the four ponies that had been sitting in the middle of the room looking at him in complete shock and awe. "Oh," the colt stepped out of the box, leaving the door open and revealing an hour glass cutie mark on his rump, he spoke in a very thick Trottingham accent, "Hello there." Vinyl shot up, and the other ponies followed suit. Rainbow was the first one to speak, "Who are you?" "Me?", the colt gestured toward himself, "I'm the Doctor." All four of the ponies' mouths dropped to the floor. "What?" Pinkie asked in sheer amazement. Out of the open door of the box, trotted out a crossed-eyed, gray pegasus with an angry expression on her face. "Doctor!" Derpy said, "Where have you-" She turned to meet her friends, "Oh, hey guys." Vinyl's glasses fell straight off of her face, landing on the floor. "WHAT?" All four ponies said in unison. The End To Be Continued Doctor Whooves Opening Author's Note Yeah. Turns out this whole fic was just to set up a Doctor Whooves story. Sorry about that. Waking Up In Some Other Pony's Bed Waking Up In Some Other Pony's Bed For Rainbow Dash, this morning wasn’t very different from any of her mornings in college. Dim light slowly let itself into the begrudgingly opening eyes of the cyan Pegasus; Her light blue coat felt rustled and uneven; and, possibly the most important factor, she had woken up in some other pony’s bed. The distinct scent of cotton candy flooded Rainbow’s nostrils, which brought a smile onto her face. She opened her eyes fully and there, lying in her forelegs, was a familiar, pink mare. Her usually bouncy mane created a cloud like surface for the blue mare’s head. Her forelegs were wrapped tightly and comfortingly around Rainbow’s stomach. But what stood out to her the most, was Pinkie’s smile. It was calm, relaxed, like she knew she was in just the right place. It was so perfect. Rainbow couldn’t resist the urge to kiss the pink mare on the forehead before snuggling closer into her partner. Then she realized something. Her smile. It was perfect. A little too perfect. She then noticed the pink pony’s eyes. They weren’t moving under her eyelids. Either Pinkie wasn’t dreaming or… Rainbow softly nudged Pinkie’s cheek, “How long have you been awake?” The smile on the pink pony’s face grew even wider as she giggled and softly whispered, “2 hours, 14 minutes, 11 seconds. “12 “13 “14 “15 “16” “Okay. I get it. You can stop counting now.” “Good morning, Dashie.” Pinkie finally opened her eyes and stared soothingly into the rainbow-maned pegasus as blue met rose. Rainbow giggled, “Mornin’, Pinks.” They both snuggled closer into each other. Rainbow loved snuggling with Pinkie. She loved pranking with Pinkie. She loved baking with Pinkie, even when she was really bad at it. She love flying with Pinkie, which was surprisingly possible most of the time. She love being with Pinkie. She loved Pinkie. And, fortunately for her, the feeling was mutual. She slowly rubbed her hooves along the pink back of her partner and started to nuzzle her shoulder. Pinkie returned the gesture and the sheets that covered them started to twirl and contort in odd shapes and angles. “Hey, Pinkie?”, Rainbow said in a calm and relaxed voice. “Yeah?” Pinkie’s eyes were again closed at this point, her voice was nearly a murmur, which was pretty odd for Pinkie. “Do you wanna get out of bed?” Rainbow’s tone was sincere, but not at all forceful. “Nopey-dopey” Pinkie slowly shook her head back and forth. “Do you wanna go back to sleep?” “Nopey-dopey”, she continued shaking her head. Rainbow chuckled, “Then what in the hay do you wanna do?” Pinkie’s eyes opened suddenly, her eyebrows then lowered slowly into a seductive grin. “You’re about to find out.” She threw her forelegs around the cyan pegasus’s neck and kissed her passionately. Rainbow slowly started to caress Pinkie’s mane and neck as the two pushed their muzzles together, each getting a feeling of euphoria out of it. Their moment of complete tranquility was then interrupted by the sound of knocking coming from the locked door of Pinkie Pie’s upstairs apartment of Sugar Cube Corner. Mrs. Cake’s voice then came from the door, “Pinkie, it’s time to get up and work the front desk. And your friend Fluttershy’s here to talk to you about something.” Both pony’s eyes widened and dilated at the sound of that sentence. “Crap” Pinkie Pie quickly exclaimed as she flailed out of the bed. Rainbow scurried off the bed in panic, leaving a trail of linens on the floor. She pulled the sheets off her hooves and headed for the window, which faced the back of the bakery. She opened the window and started to climb outside when Pinkie came over to say a proper farewell. “Wait” She then place a quick kiss of the blue mare’s lips and said, “Goodbye, Dashie” in a soothing, peaceful voice. “Bye, Pinkie” Rainbow Dash began to climb out of the window when she stopped and faced Pinkie. “Wait” she reluctantly blurted out, “Pinkie” Pinkie turned around, a look of genuine curiosity on her face, “What?” Rainbow stared into the sapphire eyes of the party pony for several seconds. That’s when she decided that now wasn’t the right time. “Nothing” she said, leaving Pinkie with a smile before she took off. Pinkie gave a short-lived look of confusion at the window, which was quickly replaced with a regular Pinkie smile as she trotted toward the door and down the stairs into the lobby of Sugar Cube Corner, where another pegasus had been waited patiently at the counter for her. Pinkie bounced into the lobby with her usual energetic poofiness. Fluttershy was slumped against the counter with a forlorn look on her face. That is, until she saw Pinkie of course. “Oh. Um. Hi, Pinkie” Fluttershy softly greeted. “Hiya, Shy. How have things been going?”, the pink party mare replied, taking the glass lid off of some cupcakes and handing one to the pink-maned mare. “Well”, Fluttershy picked up the cupcake and fidgeted it in her hoof for a few seconds. “It’s actually not that great. Me and Mac just had a umm… a fight” She looked distantly into the cupcake. Pinkie got a look of deep concern on her face “OH NO!! What happened? Tell me everything.” “We were talking about whether we should move in together or not. I mean, we have been dating for almost two years now, so living together wouldn’t be that bad of an idea. So, I asked him if we would move in with me, but he didn’t want to help take care of the animals and he also had farm work to do. But when he said he didn’t like my animals that much, I just kinda stormed out on him. I know, I was probably being a total bitch, but I still don’t get why he has to stay at that musty old farmhouse.” “Well, he has lived there his whole life. And somepony like Big Mac is just kind of afraid of change. Except when it came to the whole Discord thing when he started going around a licking ponies and stuff like that. Remember that? That was really weird. Maybe he’s still a dog like Discord wants him to be, in which case you’ve been dating a dog for the past two years. Have you asked Big Mac about this yet?” Fluttershy let out an amused chuckle, “No, Big Mac’s not a dog. I do think he’s afraid of change though, which I understand. I don’t want to leave the animals either.” “You two are just a bunch of scardey ponies if you ask me.” “I am not.” Fluttershy let out a slight gasp of denial “Oh really?” “Yes.” Suddenly, a flat-maned, lifeless, and red-eyed Pinkie was leaning on Fluttershy’s shoulder talking in a deep, ominous voice, “Is that so?” Fluttershy leapt out of her standing position and clung to the ceiling, looking down to see a now poofy Pinkie Pie, rolling on the floor laughing like mad. “That… Wasn’t… Funny.” Fluttershy put out her sentence in small little chokes of high-pitched breath. The bell on the door rang as a red stallion walked into the lobby of the store, looking back and forth as he trotted along. “Hey Pinkie, have y’all seen Fluttershy around? I kinda need to…” He was cut off by deciding to quickly look up. His eyes were locked on Fluttershy’s body rocking back and forth across the ceiling. And when he looked down, he saw Pinkie, just beginning to regain her composure. Big Mac smiled as he pulled Fluttershy off of the ceiling, “And me without my camera” The yellow pegasus clung to the red stallion as tight as she possibly could, still shaking from Pinkie’s sudden decision to play psychotic medical practitioner. Big Mac kept a calm and determined smile on his face as he slowly stroked Fluttershy’s mane. He began to murmur comforting words to his lover, “There there. It’s all okay. Mac’s here for ya.” Pinkie slowly slid back up to the counter and supported her face by placing her elbows on the counter and her hooves directly in your cheeks. She then grew one of those ginormous smiles that only Pinkie Pie could possibly produce. “Awwwwwww”, Pinkie said rather loudly, “You two are so cute together.” “I know right?” Big Mac responded. By this time, Fluttershy had calmed down and was now just taking comfort in the presence of her stallion. “So, how’s the single life? Anypony y’all’re interested in?” “Well” Pinkie hesitated to answer. Nopony was supposed to know about her and Rainbow Dash. Everypony thought that Pinkie was into stallions and Celestia knows what others thought of Dash’s orientation. She then looked out the window to see a streak of rainbow zoom by followed by a small dot of bright blue. A calm grin came to her face. “Yeah, I guess you could say that.”
Thoughts That Run Through Rainbow ManesRainbow Dash was flying hastily back to her house. She noticed that it hadn't even been morning. In fact, it was practically noon! Had she really been at Pinkie's for that long? Wow she thought, I guess time does fly when you're having fun. Rainbow and Pinkie have been "dating" for the past two to three months now. Although, they weren't really comfortable with calling it dating since they were the only ones who really knew about it. This had now become routine for her. She would go to Sugar Cube Corner on the night of one of Pinkie's parties, or now just on any night, they would talk far into the night and then they would go back up to Pinkie's room. Mr. and Mrs. Cake had been oblivious since they went to bed pretty early. They would spend the night in Pinkie's bed and Rainbow would be gone usually before sunrise. Toady, they slept in. Rainbow was wondering what that meant about their relationship. Did she want Pinkie all to herself? Would that mean moving in with her? Would that mean telling their friends about their secret? She didn't want to do that. She didn't want to do that at all. She could never possibly tell any of their friends that she was a... that she was a... For Rainbow Dash, it started way back when she was a teenager. She knew that she was independent. And she also knew that she didn't see the joy in being physical with a colt. But, it was what was expected of her, so she did it anyway. She even had a pretty expansive romantic life throughout Flight School. Though, she couldn't fight the idea that she felt much better with fillies. Fluttershy had even been one of her options at more than one point. Fluttershy... Why did it have to be Fluttershy? The latest was actually just a month or two before Fluttershy and Big Mac got together. She had been crushing on her, but then Big Mac and her got together and Rainbow was kind of drowning in a sea of her own crippling emotions. For the first year and a half of their relationship, Rainbow remained calm. Fluttershy seemed so happy, so collected, so confident. She had stopped stuttering as much, and she had even starting swearing at a few points. Sure, it was kinda uncomfortable for Rainbow, seeing her usually timid and closeted friends suddenly swing into giving her opinions outright and not acting like she had a care in the world, but she still felt happy for the two of them. After all, Fluttershy wasn't entirely different, she still stuttered a bit and kept quiet about a lot. Throughout that year and a half, Rainbow was genuinely happy for "Macn'Shy" But then, she started to devolve into a downward spiral of her own repressed sadness. Everypony had noticed that she had been acting weird, and they all tried to help out. Twilight was the first one. She came over and tried to Sherlock Hooves her way into finding out what was bothering Rainbow. She failed and decided to come back later. The same happened with Applejack, and then Rarity. Fluttershy and Big Mac came over. Which only made Rainbow lock up her emotions even more. By process of elimination, Pinkie Pie came over last. There was something different about her approach. Instead of trying to figure out what was wrong, she just tried to make Rainbow happy. She had baked her a special batch of cupcakes. She had arranged a picnic right next to the lake with all of Rainbow's favorite food. She had even thrown the blue pegasus a party which was only attended by the two of them. It did help, but not by much. Rainbow had told Pinkie that she loved spending that time with her and they should do it again some time. This went on for about a month and Rainbow had lost any hint of sadness from losing Fluttershy as a possibility, because she had developed a crush on Pinkie Pie. Thing was, she wasn't sure that Pinkie felt that same way about her. One night, her and Pinkie had been trotting home from one of their nights out. They were both laughing and talking. The faint, silver light of Luna's moon reflected on the faced of the two mares. "So then I says to Juniper, I says, 'Oatmeal, are you crazy?'" Pinkie told her famous oatmeal anecdote. Rainbow was uncontrollably laughing at this point. No matter how many times Pinkie told that story, she still found it incredibly amusing. Maybe it was just the fact that Pinkie had said it that she loved it so much. "Oh, Pinkie. That story is always awesome." "Not as awesome as you." Pinkie gave an exaggerated wink toward the cyan pegasus. Rainbow's laugh died down and silence fell over the pair. She couldn't take it any more. She had to tell Pinkie how she really felt about her. Otherwise, it would eat her alive. "Pinks?" Pinkie turned to Rainbow, "Yes, Dashie?" Oh no. What if she's weirded out? What if she didn't want to hang out with me anymore? What if she's into somepony else? Why does she have to have that adorable pet name for me? "I have to tell you something" Rainbow looked down at her hooves. "It's kinda personal. I don't know if I can tell anypony else." Pinkie put a comforting arm around the sky-blue mare. "You can tell me anything, Dashie." And then it all came pouring out. How Dash had been a fillyfooler since she was 15. How she had a crush on Fluttershy and was crushed when her and Big Mac got together. How she hasn't told anypony else about it. How she really felt about Pinkie. Silence fell over the two again. A more awkward silence, but still a silence. "So, yeah" Rainbow said, trying to move along the conversation, "I'm into mares." More silence Oh Celestia. What have I done? I've going to lose all my friends now. This is terrible. What in the FUCK am I doing? A faint smile came onto Pinkie's face and she slowly turned to face the cyan pony. "Hey" Pinkie said, getting Dash's attention. Dash looked up from the ground in front of Sugar Cube Corner. Pinkie pulled Dash into the lobby of Sugar Cube Corner, which was now empty, since Mr. and Mrs. Cake had gone to bed at this point. Pink lips met blue and kept together for well over two hours. They then went into Pinkies bedroom and fooled around a bit, but nothing serious. Thus, a tradition was born. This happened every time Pinkie had thrown a major party or whenever they had a day out. After two weeks, the topic of telling their friends was brought up. Dash had panicked, she had been preparing for this moment for almost an entire decade, yet she clenched up whenever the topic of her friends finding out about their sexuality. It was terrifying. Pinkie tried to comfort her, actually trying to be the sane voice of reason, which wasn't a good face for her to put on. "Dashie, if our friends would even think of rejecting us just because we're happy, then we wouldn't be friends with them. If they don't reject us, and they won't, we can keep on being the happiest couple in all of Ponyville." Pinkie let out an excited gasp as she thought of the next possibility. "Maybe we could double-date with Shy and Big Mac." Dash chuckled. But her cheerful exterior was quickly washed away as she thought of Pinkie's unfinished statement, "But what if they DO reject us?" Pinkie giggled, then again, that's what she did in every situation, "Then we can move to Manehattan and open a bed and breakfast." This suggestion actually got a laugh out of Dash that wasn't reluctant. "We could call it 'Pinkie and Dashie's Cupcake Factory'" Rainbow was now laughing uncontrollably. He sides were hurting much more often since she started dating Pinkie. "Well, when do we tell them?" "I don't know" "When would be a good time?" "Well, I think that we need to be sure that we'll stay together before we tell everypony" "How do we do that?" Pinkie threw herself on top of Rainbow Dash and stared passionately into her eyes, "I can think of one way" They started kissing sensually and went to their normal routine of just fooling around a bit. But then, things progressed. The two mares laid together for the first time that night. After that, they both knew that this relationship would last, because they didn't go on dates to just lead up to that. They weren't obsessed with trying to "hook-up" every night. Sometimes, they would just fall asleep in each other's arms, like they did the previous night. Rainbow Dash smiled at the memory. Whenever she felt lonesome or depressed and she couldn't get to Pinkie, she would just remember their story. She thought that maybe she could write it down and publish a memoir. But for now, she just wanted to take a nap in her cloud home. And that's exactly what she did
Muffins in ManehattanThe store clerk of a bakery shop can lead a very uneventful life. Fluttershy and Big Mac left after a few minutes of talking to Pinkie and left her to her daily routine. The store never got a lot of business, only on weekends or national holidays. When those happen at the same time, man, was it hectic. But today was neither. Only the regulars would show up. Bon-Bon would come in and order a cupcake, make a little small talk. Derpy would come in and order a batch of muffins and do much of the same thing. The only interesting thing of the day would be listening to what Derpy would say. She would usually talk about this stallion she had been hanging out with. When Pinkie asked what his name was, Derpy would only say he was called "The Doctor". That wasn't even a name. Did this pony even have a name? And if so, did Derpy just not know about it? Was this pony even real? Or was he just a figment of Derpy's imagination? She did talk about very far-fecthed things. Pinkie really began to get worried about Derpy, she would go missing for months at a time. The only up-side was that she would get the mail a bit faster. But Derpy seemed happy, so she let it slide. So here she was. Going through the motions of her day. Over the past few months, something felt empty deep within the magenta pony. Now, she knew what it was. Every night, Rainbow would come over, spend the night, and then leave. She didn't know if it was love yet or if the hormones were just getting to her, but either way, she wanted to be with that pony. And she wanted everypony else to know, but Rainbow had already laid the ground rules or "nopony finds out we've been sleeping together, especially our friends". It got so bad that during some days, when there was no business what so-ever, Pinkie started to see everything in a different shade of blue. Though, she still can't decide if that's because she wanted to be with Rainbow, or because of the ever occasional sugar high she would get working in a bakery and all. But the point still stood in her mind. She missed Rainbow and wanted to be with her. There was just something about Rainbow that made Pinkie feel safe. She had opened up to the blue pegasus more than any other pony in Equestria. To most ponies, Pinkie was a bit shrouded in mystery. Even though, she threw parties on a regular basis and she knew pretty much every pony in town. Nopony closely knew Pinkie. Not even her friends know what goes on when the party ends. Only Rainbow knew. Rainbow knew nearly everything there was to know. She even knew about her only other fillyfooling experience when she was a teenager with a white pegasus named surprised. Pinkie then remember where exactly her thoughts were being put, and decided to stop reminiscing. The bell on the door of Sugarcube Corner broke her deep thought as a familiar grey pegasus trotted into the lobby. Her usual wall eyed expression brought a grin to Pinkie's face, as it did most days. "Hey, Pinkie" greeted the grey mail-mare "Hiya, Derpy. How's it going?" exclaimed Pinkie. "Fine. The Doctor's finally back from his trip so we can finally spend some time together" "Is that so?" a disbelieving smirk grew on the pink mare's face. "Where was his trip to this time?" "Ummm... Manehattan. There was a dilemma with the Empmare State Building." "The Empmare State Building?" "Yes" "As in, the tallest tower in all of Equestria?" "Yes" "What does the Doctor exactly to do for a living?" "He... Umm... works on clocks." "And that occupation earned him a trip to fix a 'dilemma' in the Empmare State Building?" "Yes" "Alright. Seems legit. Wait, are you and the Doctor, how do I put this lightly, going steady?" a ping of excitement rang through Pinkie's voice. "I guess you could say that." Derpy stated in a long sigh. "What do you mean?" "Well, I like him, and he like's me, but he's never around, and he's kind of hard to understand sometimes." "Why, is he foreign or something?" Derpy quickly darted her wall eyes left, right, then back at Pinkie, "Sort of" "Sort of?" "Well, he has an accent. That's not hard to understand. It's just that he talks, really, really fast." Pinkie began to laugh, "Now I know how most of my friends feel" Derpy joined in Pinkie's chuckling. "Yeah, you talk fast a lot too. You should meet him sometime, he's a real fun pony." "Alright. I'll try to meet him sometime. But you still haven't answered my question, Derpy. Are you going out with the Doctor? Or, if you want an easier question. Do you like the Doctor?" "First one, I'm not entirely sure. But this second one, Oh, Celestia, YES!" Derpy began to hop up and down in excitement. "He's so sweet and charming, and funny. And he's like the sexiest stallion in the universe" Pinkie began to laugh again "Alrighty then. Hey, that rhymed" "What?" "Nevermind." "Okay. Well, what about you, Pinkie? Anypony you're interested in?" Pinkie stepped back a little bit from the question, but then smiled, then blushed. "Well, there is one pony I've got my eye on?" "What's his name?" "I can't tell you." "Why not?" "Because it's top secret" "Are you sure?" "Posititoochle" "Okay" Derpy back away from the counter and began to trot out of the store, "Well, I'll catch you later, Pinkie." "Seeya later." Pinkie waved until the grey pegasus was far out of sight. Pinkie then melted back into the counter, and stared distantly out into Main Street. She then fired up out of her slump with quick a quick realization. "SHE DIDN"T BUY ANYTHING!" Author's Note Greetings, Wow, an Author's Note. Weird. I'd like to just say "Thank You" to all the ponies who have been kind enough to read the story, favourite it, and leave comments. I'd also like to apologize for this chapter basically being my excuse to include as many Doctor Whooves jokes as possible. Sorry about that. I'll try and update this story more frequently, but for now, I only have a basic idea on where this is going. Anyway, see you all with the next chapter update LIVE LONG AND PROSPER
Making IncomeRainbow Dash's eyes darted open as the sound of shouting came from below her cloud fortress (which is what she liked to refer to it as, even though it was only a house). After a few seconds to let her ears process, she recognized the voice as that of Blossomforth's. "Dash! Dash! Dash! Are you awake?!" Blossomforth's voice echoed in Dash's house. Dash quickly flew out in a multicolored daze and it only took a few seconds before she was behind the pony that had disturbed her slumber. Blosomforth quickly turned around to see Dash's expression. Her pupils were frantically trying to dilate themselves. The pupils themselves produced a cold, vacant stare. Her mane was messy, even more than usual. And there were giant, dark circles under her eyes. "Oh, I didn't mean to wake you boss. We just needed some help on the other side of town. We're receiving that new shipment of storm-clouds for the huge rainfall that's supposed to be coming tonight. Why are you asleep right now anyway? It's almost 2. Did you not get a good night's sleep or something?" Dash rubbed her eyes and her trademark smirk grew back onto her mouth, something that gave Blossomforth much comfort. "No, I actually got a great night's sleep. Guess I just lost track of time is all" "Alrighty then." Blossomforth exclaimed, "We'll just need you on the other side of town in saaay, five minutes?" "Sounds good to me. Just have to get ready first" "Okay" Blossomforth picked herself off the ground and starting to glide to the "other side of town", "seeya then." "Seeya" Dash leaped back up onto the balcony of her cloud home and walked into the kitchen. She started to groom her mane in the same way that she did every day, just stroking her hoof through it four or five times. She stopped at the refrigerator and pulled out a tall can of Parasprite energy drink. It's a little known fact to most ponies that this is how Dash wakes up every morning. Just chugging a whole can of Parasprite. She did it like she did most things, in ten seconds flat. Dash then went to help Blossomforth and her squad of misfits with the storm clouds. All of it was routine, and she could arrange storm clouds in her sleep, but she still seemed to be distracted. So much so that even Blossomforth had noticed it. "Hey boss, you alright?" Blossomforth finally sumed up the courage to ask. "Yeah, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Rainbow had to shake herself out of her daze of concentration, which also seemed to be more distant than usual. "You just seem kinda out of it. Are you sure you got a good night's sleep?" "Yep" Rainbow carefully positioned the last storm cloud for their slow climb over Ponyville, "There. All set. It should start raining over Ponyville in a few hours." "Great. Thanks for the help boss." "Don't mention it, it is my job after all. If you need me, I'm gonna be at SugarCube Corner." "Alright. Seeya tomorrow" "Seeya" Rainbow departed, though she had been thinking of Pinkie throughout her work, she thought even more on the fly over to SugarCube Corner. She flew a bit slower, partly to enjoy the scenic view of Ponyville and part to think a bit more thoroughly before seeing Pinkie again. She thought. She thought about how much she wanted to be with Pinkie. Not just for the night, or even for a weekend, but for a lifetime. She had never felt that way about any other pony before, but with Pinkie, it just felt right. She then thought about her friends. As far as she knew, all of her friends probably wouldn't support her and Pinkie being in a relationship. As far as she knew, she would no longer be the element of loyalty if she told her friends how she felt about Pinkie. It's not that she didn't want it to be publicly known. That wouldn't be an issue in Ponyville. There was such an offset ratio of colts to mares that fillyfooling had become common practice. There were already a few publicly known two-mare relationships in town, but those ponies didn't have to carry the weight of being one of the elements of harmony. One of the major bulks to that weight was having to appear and fix problems for Equestria. She didn't want her friends, Ponyville, Princess Celestia, or even a whole new race of ponies whose lives with in her hooves, to second guess her. Not that they wouldn't have a right to second guess her. If she was distracted doing her job that paid for her food, she might get distracted battling some evil leprechaun changeling space alien thing from another dimension that threatened to destroy all of Equestria. This wasn't even bringing up the fact that Pinkie was also an element of harmony, and if they broke up, they would either have to replace Rainbow, or replace Pinkie. Rainbow disliked the ladder more than the former. Or even worse, they might break up and still be assigned to their elements of harmony and she would be even more distracted while battling time traveling cyborg guacamoles from other planets or whatever (after awhile, all their baddies sort of seemed the same, so Rainbow had a hard time coming up with fake examples when arguing with herself). All this seemed way too stressful, and thinking about it didn't make it any easier. So, in order to enjoy Pinkie's company tonight, she simply cleared the thoughts out of her mind, and flew over to SugarCube Corner with a smile on her face. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A pink hoof was firmly planted into a pink face while, presumably, pink vocal chords hummed a tune that a pink head was swaying to on the counter top in the lobby of SugarCube Corner. A dopey smile was plastered onto Pinkie Pie's faces as she flipped through a magazine. The lobby was holding a very small fraction of it's full capacity. Murmurs of chatter echoed throughout the room, which sounded to unobservant ears as inaudible drones. Suddenly, the double doors opened to reveal a very familiar unicorn trotting into the store. Her eyes were shaded in mystery by her trademark purple sunglasses. Her electric blue mane sway in a chaotic mess around her head. Her ears were covered by a pair of chrome, bulky, shining headphones. She wore a faded sweater, which at one point resembled the color of her snow white coat, but now was a withered gray. If you looked closely enough at the coat, you could see the ponies name marked along her shoulder blades. And the final touch, a freshly lit cigarette dangling from her mad grin, which she always seemed to be sporting (the grin and the cigarette alike). This was Vinyl Scracth. And she was one of SugarCube Corner's regular customers. Pinkie glanced up from her magazine and her eyes glowed as they met at the sight of the DJ. "Heya, Vinyl" she cheerily greeted, closing her magazine. "Hey, Pinkie. How's it going?" Vinyl leaned on the counter of SugarCube Corner, facing the front of the store. She took out her cigarette, holding it in the cleft of her hoof, exhaled, and put it back in. "It's going good. A bit of a slow day, but otherwise good. I met up with Derpy earlier and we talked about-" "Let me guess. The Doctor?" "Yes!" Pinkie cried with excitement "How did you know? Do you leave microphones laying around or something?" Vinyl laughed, "Not yet. She's just been going on about that colt to everypony, me, Lyra, Bon Bon, Octavia, and now it seems that she's involved you into this as well. It's a freakin' epidemic." "Well, I don't know if I would call it that. If she really really likes this guy, she has the right o talk about him." Vinyl exhaled again and turned, still leaning on the counter, to face Pinkie, "Pinkie, that mare's 'really really liked' a coconut before." Pinkie began to laugh hysterically, it felt good to finally laugh, "Oh yeah. I remember that. She would carry that thing around all the time. She would even take pictures with it." "Point is, I give this whole Doctor thing a week, two weeks tops." "From what I've heard, the Doctor's no coconut. He does seem really strange though, just based on the brief descriptions I've gotten from Derpy. Who knows, they might be perfect together." Vinyl snorted at the remark, "Please, this Doctor guy is never around. Nopony even knows what he looks like. He's probably just an imaginary friend that Derpy made up. That mare has some real mental problems if you ask me." "Mental problems is a bit harsh, Vinyl. This Doctor guy might be really nice and you're just belittling him. Denying his existence even. I get that you're snarky, but you've never said stuff like that about your friends. You doin' okay?" Vinyl took off her headphones and sunk a little lower into the counter top. She started to rub her arm with the hoof she was holding her cigarette with, "Yeah, I guess I'm just missing Octavia is all. She's been up in Canterlot playing show after show cause fancy pants ponies keep asking her to perform at public events. She's making an ass-ton of money, don't get me wrong. I'm just used to having her around is all. Didn't mean to take it out on Derpy though. Sorry." This was Vinyl Scratch. She's one of SugarCube Corner's regular customers. She's also half of the most talented fillyfooling couple in Ponyville. Vinyl began to sulk, and Pinkie got one of those cheesy, 'I want to comfort you' smiles on her face, "I understand completely" Pinkie reached to her side where there was a spinning display of cupcakes and pulled out a chocolate one with white icing and strawberry decorations. She then reached under the counter, where, in a freezer, there were bottled coffees stored. She pulled out the most refreshing looking one and set it on the counter next to the cupcake. "Here," Pinkie pushed the cupcake and the coffee in Vinyl's direction, "Have this. A cupcake can solve just about anything." "Thanks." Vinyl reached into the pocket of her hoodie and audibly searched for bits to pay Pinkie, who just pushed the meal even further in Vinyl's direction. "On the house" Pinkie winked at Vinyl Vinyl's face lit up with joy, "You are my favorite clerk at this shop." Vinyl took her cigarette out of her mouth and tossed it into a nearby trashcan, putting it out. Pinkie chuckled, "More like the only clerk at this shop" Vinyl chuckled along, "I guess so", she popped the lid off the coffee using her magic, took a sip and a bite of the cupcake. An explosion of flavors collided in her mouth as the dry chocolate cake exterior clashed with the warm strawberry jam filling, "My complements to the chef" "She accepts your complements" Vinyl began to laugh again, "So, anyway. We've talked about me, we've talked about Derpy. What about you? Anypony catch your attention?" Vinyl took another bite of the cupcake and very obviously displayed a face that could only be described as orgasmic. "Well", with her peripheral vision, Pinkie could see a cyan pegasus slowly making her landing outside the store, "I guess there is one." "Really? What's his name?" The bell on the door ran as Rainbow Dash strolled in, a trickle of sweat leering down her head. Vinyl and Pinkie both gave their eye's attention to Rainbow as she walked up to the two of them. "Oh. That's not really important," Pinkie said, "I will tell you this. This pony is really awesome." "Hey, Pinkie. Hey, Vinyl." Dash greeted, wiping the sweat off her forehead and running her hoof through her mane. "Hey, Rainbow" Vinyl and Pinkie said in unison. Vinyl gave Pinkie a quick, impressed glance. "So, what're we talking about?" Dash inquired. Pinkie opened her mouth as if she was going to say something, but Vinyl immediately cut her off with, "Pinkie's secret crush!" A flicker of worry began to ignite in Rainbow's eyes as Vinyl pulled out a fresh cigarette and lit it. "Oh really?" Rainbow was trying to play dumb. "Yep" Vinyl inhaled, "Apparently he's awesome." Vinyl exhaled. "Oh, I bet she is" Dash replied with a grin. "She?" Vinyl cocked her brow. Now the flames of anxiety kindled in Pinkie's eyes, which was an unusual and uncomfortable sight. A million thoughts swept through Pinkie's head at once. Vinyl's going to find out; What's going to happen if Vinyl finds out?; But Dash already set up the rule that nopony can know; Is Dash about to break her own rule; Oh no; Oh no. "'I bet HE is", Dash quickly saved her lover from an eminent panic attack, "My bad." "S'all good" Vinyl snarkily said. "Yep" Pinkie almost sighed out in relief. Her eye's quickly met Dash's and they shared a knowing look. Dash grinned. Unbeknownst to them, underneath purple shades, Vinyl's eyes saw their shared look. Vinyl grinned. "So, what else is going on?" Dash was trying to steer the conversation into a new direction. "Did you hear about Rose?" Vinyl was always ready with some news about ponies in the town. "What about her?" Dash asked. "She's moving to Trottingham." Vinyl inhaled. "She's moving to Trottingham?" Pinkie and Dash asked in unison. "She's moving to Trottingham." Vinyl exhaled. "When?" Pinkie intrigued. "Next week. She's putting her house up for sale." Vinyl took another sip of her coffee. "Wow," Dash exclaimed, "That's weird, man." "I know." Vinyl looked back and forth, as if she were waiting for a train, and then looked at Pinkie, "You have the time?" "4:13." Pinkie said without missing a beat, "Why do you ask?" "Crap" Vinyl gathered her cupcake and coffee, "I was invited to watch a movie at Lyra and Bon Bon's house. I'm late. I gotta go. Seeya guys later." Vinyl strolled out of the building in what can only be described as a casual hurry. "Bye." Pinkie and Dash had spoken in unison again. They both started to laugh uncontrollably. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Every place of business has that time when the shutters close, the furniture is stacked, the lights are dim, and few, if any, souls remain in the building. For SugarCube Corner, that time was 11:30 every night, and this night was now different. Rain was pouring down on the metal shutters outside. The chairs were stacked neatly around their respective tables. All the lamps were turned off, leaving only the dull yellow of the overhead light to guide the path of the two ponies that were mopping the floor, a cyan pegasus, and a pink earth-pony. Pinkie and Rainbow mopped quietly. They had already had their fair share of conversation throughout the day, and nothing really needed to be said. But this silence was peaceful. Relaxing. Each mare had a lost grin on their face. And everything was perfect. The two mares finished their cleaning duties and put the mops in the corner by the front counter. They then sat on the floor, leaning against the wall, leaving little room between them. A few exhausted sighs came out of each mare, followed by a weak chuckle. Then, more silence. The Pink earth pony looked toward the cyan pegasus. Her cyan pegasus. Her Rainbow Dash. The grin on her face grew ever wider with each second. Finally, a sky blue arm made its way around pink shoulders, and a subtle kiss was planted on Pinkie's cheek. She couldn't help but blush, and smile even more. She then rested her head on the cyan pegasus's chest and wrapped her arm slowly around the other mare's stomach. Another sigh. This time, a calm, comforted sigh. Pinkie slowly closed her eyes, drifting wearily into Rainbow's distinctive scent. After seeing that Pinkie had clocked out. Rainbow leaned her head on Pinkie's, wrapped her free arm around her, and closed her eyes. The moment was perfect. A moment that only comes around a few times in every life. When it's all quite. And you're with the one you love. And you both don't say anything. And you don't need to. Because talking about anything would be overdoing it. It just wasn't needed. The moment was already perfect. Of course, if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. "I love you." the words escaped Rainbow's mouth in a kind of whisper. And Pinkie's eyes shot open. Pinkie slowly turned her head up at Rainbow, whose eyes were also now open. She then leaned in and kissed her. Both closing their eyes for a moment. She pulled away and looked into the rose eyes of Rainbow. "I love you too." Pinkie said, grinning. They then fell back into their previous cuddling position. "I know it's kind of soon to say. I mean, we're not even really dating, but I just couldn't keep it in any longer. I love you, Pinkie Pie." "I love you too." Pinkie Pie then shot back into sitting against the wall. "There, I said it again. We really need to get some original dialog in here if we want to satisfy people." "What are you blathering about?" Pinkie then realized that she was still in the same room with Rainbow Dash, "Oh. Nevermind." She fell into cuddling again, "Point is, I love you too, Rainbow Dash." Rainbow smiled and wrapped her arms delicately around the party pony. Pinkie seamlessly planted a kiss on the blue mare's cheek, "My Little Dashie." Dash blushed and then started to chuckle, which Pinkie followed suit in. They both closed their eyes, held onto each other just a little tighter, and got lost in the moment. They got so lost that they didn't notice a white unicorn holding up an umbrella with her magic walk into the door way. It was only so open that she could see in, but the bell wouldn't ring. The DJ gazed upon the happy couple knowingly. And then, Vinyl grinned.
TellingPinkie slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by a pillow of soft, sky blue fur engulfing her head. And God, it was comfy. Though she had trouble breathing, she still smiled. She couldn't imagine how things could possibly go wrong right now. She turned her head with her eyes still open and was greeted by a white unicorn in a faded hoodie sitting on a chair, smoking a cigarette, grinning. Maybe Pinkie should rethink what thoughts she tells to the narrator. Startled, the pink mare shot up out of the pegasus's arms, awaking her and snapped into a position of sitting and leaning against the wall. "Good." Vinyl exhaled. "You're awake." "What are you doing here, Vinyl?" Rainbow asked, trying to process the situation in front of her. "A better question would be 'What are you two doing here?'" Vinyl's grin could split mountains at this point. Blue eyes met rose in a millisecond as the two mares realized what had really just happened. They got lost in the moment. They fell asleep. They didn't lock the front door. Vinyl walking in on them asleep. And they've now unintentionally broken their own rules. Dash curled up into a ball on the floor. Her wings went limp. She felt helpless. But then, she felt a hoof gently rubbing on her back and shoulder blades. She turned her head to see Pinkie with a deeply concerned expression, trying to comfort her. Dash sighed, "How long have you been here?" Vinyl tossed her cigarette on the ground and stomped it out with her hoof. "Twenty-minutes. I walked in when you guys were asleep." Pinkie finally spoke up, "Why did you come here in the first place?" Vinyl was lighted up another smoke, "After I finished watching the movie with Lyra and Bon Bon, I was on my way home, and I saw that the shutters were closed, but there was still light coming from the lobby. I guess you could call it curiosity." Vinyl exhaled. "Then again, curiosity killed the cat" Vinyl inhaled, "As well as the secret kept by Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash" Vinyl exhaled. Vinyl grinned. "Look, Vinyl." Rainbow Dash never pleaded, but this seemed like an appropriate time to start, "You can't let anypony know about this. We have to swear that this doesn't leave this room." "Rainbow, you know I can't do that. I have a marefriend who I share everything with. And you know just as well that you guys can't keep this secret forever." Vinyl lowered herself on the ground, kneeling so that she was at Pinkie and Dash's height, "You both have to tell your friends so that you don't have to carry this burden." "Yeah, but it's not like we can just come out and say 'Hey guys. Guess what. We're gay and dating so deal with it.'" Rainbow was getting defensive now. Pinkie kept silent throughout most of it. For once, she let somepony else do the talking. "You can't be that blunt, just tell them that you're happy together. If they're really you're friends they're going to want your happiness." Vinyl put her hood down, allowing her mane to scatter. "I guess you're right. But we're just scared that no one will except us." Rainbow put her arm around Pinkie. Vinyl sighed. She took off her glasses, revealing two brilliant, scarlet orbs. Now, she could really be herself, "Look, I relate to you guys. Octavia and I went through the same thing. We were afraid that everypony was going to shun us for being different, but look at us now. Now everypony's sad that I miss Octavia, because in Ponyville, we don't just abandon our friends, no matter who they are." "You don't understand! Pinkie and I are elements of harmony! Saviors of Equestria whenever it's in trouble! We're not just looking at the approval of Ponyville! We're looking at the approval of Ponyville, plus every single member of the royal court up in Canterlot!" Dash was shouting now. Tears streaming from her eyes. Vinyl remained resilient. Vinyl remained calm. "You really think that Princess Celestia or Luna or Cadence, or any of the royal military will care if you two are dating? It's none of their fucking business. And Celestia knows that you two can do your jobs better than anypony. That's why they're your jobs." Vinyl began to get a bit closer to the couple. "I'm just scared, Vinyl." Dash was still crying. Pinkie was rocking her back and forth in an effort to calm her down. Vinyl reached out a hoof and placed it on Dash's shoulder. Dash looked up to see a comforting smile coming from the white unicorn. Her eyes weren't as piercing as they usually are. They seemed fragile and welcoming. Dash looked into the crimson orbs and saw herself. She didn't see Vinyl Scratch. She didn't see DJ-PON3. She saw herself. She saw a pony who had made mistakes and had doubts and disappointments and heartbreak and excitement so many times. Then she realized. "Rainbow, we're all scared. Nopony is fearless. Even if they are you. The truth is, our fears don't make us weak, or less of who we are. Our fears are just obstacles." Vinyl slowly grabbed Dash's hoof and shook it in the air as she spoke. "And it's only when we get around those obstacles that we emerge on the other side, even stronger then we were before." Another teardrop escaped Dash's eyes. But now, she was smiling. A grin grew on Pinkie's face as she saw Rainbow's expression. Pinkie, out of sheer instinct, threw her arms around Rainbow in a crushing embrace. Usually, Dash would complain about this. But the act of complaining had lost it's meaning by now. Pinkie gave Dash a quizzical look, "Dashie, this is the part where you say," Pinkie tried to do her best Rainbow impression. "Pinkie. Can't. Breath." Dash gave Pinkie an equally strangling hug, "Nah, I'm good." Pinkie burst into laughter. Dash and Vinyl followed suit. Vinyl joined in on Pinkie and Dash's hung, still hysterically chuckling. The laughter died down eventually and the three ponies split up to sit in a triangle formation. Vinyl still had her comforting smile on. "So what are you two going to do?" Vinyl asked. "I think", Rainbow looked at Pinkie, who seemed to be giving her the same comforting grin that Vinyl was giving, "that we should tell our friends tomorrow afternoon." Dash looked back at Pinkie. She nodded rapidly. "That's good. Well, I better go. Seeya tomorrow" Vinyl stood up and looked outside to be greeted by the storm that the weather ponies had prepared for them outside. "Aw, pickles." "You could always stay here tonight, Vinyl." Pinkie gasped and seemed to lift herself into the air like she was levitating. It was just one of those Pinkie Pie things. "It could be like a slumber party. I've already got all the components of a fantastic slumber party." Pinkie then pulled pillows, chips and dip assorted neatly on a table, a stack of DVD movies, and large speakers out of her mane. Vinyl and Rainbow looked on in awe. There was another one of those Pinkie Pie things. "Alllllright." Vinyl agreed, "But you know, I do actually plan on getting sleep, Pinkie." Pinkie practically deflated. She then pushed her array of goodies to the side of the room, "Okay." "I think it'll still be great." Rainbow was laughing now. "Yeah." Vinyl said. Pinkie Pie's face lit up like Christmas. After a few hours of conversation, yawns started to omit from Pinkie's bedroom. Vinyl declared that she was tired and slept on the arrangement of pillows that Pinkie had laid out on the floor. After a few minutes, the DJ was out cold. Rainbow and Pinkie remained on the bed, looking at each other. The two mares were smiling as each gazed into the other's eyes. Rose and Blue, Cyan and Pink, Dash and Pie. They each slowly collapsed into a warm embrace. "Dashie." Pinkie said, almost in a teasing voice. "Yeah?" "You broke your only rule." "I didn't mean to break it." "You're gonna break it again tomorrow." Dash drew away from their hug to hold Pinkie by the shoulders and look her in the eyes. "I'm breaking it for you." A single tear came out of Pinkie's impossibly happy eyes. She couldn't help herself, "Awwwwwwwwww" Pinkie fell into Dash's lap, "I love you, Dashie." Dash giggled as she sank into Pinkie's bed, "I love you too, Pinks." Then, the two mares slowly drifted into slumber. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The next afternoon, Pinkie and Dash were sitting at the lake. The sun reflected off of the brilliant, glass-like water, making a tiny sea of swirling blues and reds and oranges and greens. The trees around the lake swayed gently back and forth due to the wind. The air was slightly brisk, pier The multi-colored mares were sitting on a bench, both leaning forward, one tapping her foot in an impossibly rapid motion (it was Pinkie). "You ready for this?" Dash didn't really want to know, she just wanted to break anxious silence. "Of course! I'm ready for anything." Pinkie exclaimed with a cheesy grin. "I wish I had your confidence." "You do! You're Rainbow Dash. Nothing scares you." "Nothing except rejection." "We'll be fine." "Are you sure?" "Absitively!" "Do you swear?" "I swear. I'll Pinkie promise if it helps." Rainbow giggled, "Alright. Do you Pinkie promise?" "Cross my heart; Hope to fly; Stick a cupcake in my eye." The respective gestures followed along with her promise. Rainbow giggled again and leaned her head on the party pony's shoulders, "I love you." Pinkie's hoof drifted over to Rainbow's, "I love you too." Pinkie smiled her newly formed comforting smile and shot it at Rainbow, who returned the facial gesture. It was brief though, as Rainbow's head shot up from Pinkie's shoulder to stare horrified off into the distance. "They're here." fear sparked in Dash's eyes and, trying to maintain composure herself, gave Rainbow her comforting grin one last time. "It's going to be fine." Pinkie whispered, planting a kiss on the cyan pegasus's forehead. A few seconds later, the voice of a familiar, purple unicorn came into earshot. "Hey, Pinkie. Hey, Rainbow." "Hey, Twilight. Hey, guys." Pinkie and Dash spoke in unison again, he usual look of impression ensued. "How're y'all doin'?" Applejack greeted. "We're fine." Dash said, almost to insure herself. "Why'd you call us down here?" Twilight inquired. "Always jumping straight to the point, Twilight." Rarity observed. "Well," Dash's pupils moved back and forth like pistons. She saw all her friends, wanting to know what's been on her mind for the past two months. She had been dreading this day since the first night that Pinkie and her fooled around. Oh no. Oh no, "We called you all down here-" Her heart was pounding in rapid fire. Despite all of this, she had still been desperately trying to keep the droplets of sweat from coming out of her face. Fires of anxiety were lit passionately, making her face turn a deep scarlet. Oh no. Oh no, "-to tell you all-" All of her friends still looking at her, inquiring. Wondering. But in a moment, they wouldn't be inquiring anymore. They wouldn't be wondering anymore. They would be judging. Judging her. Judging Pinkie. Judging all the time that they've spent together. Judging all the time that she's spent with them. Judging everything. Oh no. Oh no, "-that-" Bum. Bum. Bum. Her heart pounded as loud as the loudest drums in the loudest orchestra of the loudest drums. Every single fear that Rainbow Dash has ever had in her life flashed in her head in one single moment. When suddenly... "ME AND DASHIE ARE DATING!" Pinkie Pie yelled. Obviously trying to just rip the problem off like a bandage. It did help a little, "Oh, sorry. Dashie and I. Grammar was never my strong suit." Dash looked up to see four shock faces. Shocked faces. This is where her life ends. This is how she dies... But then she noticed that the face were in fact shocked, but they were not appalled. Merely shocked. She could even notice a tremor of a smile appearing on Fluttershy's face. "Oh, well, good for you two." Rarity finally blurted out. "Yeah. Good for you guys." Twilight agreed. Pinkie and Dash looked at each other, amazed, baffled, astonished, and other words that are synonyms for surprised. They looked back at they friends with looks that describing them as puzzled would be an understatement. "That's it?" Dash asked. "Pretty much." Rarity answered, "What else would there be?" "We were afraid you guys were going to reject us." Dash was rubbing her hoof on the ground. "Reject you?" Fluttershy sounded baffled. "Why would we reject y'all for dating each other?" Applejack stepped a bit closer. "Since we're both mares." Dash made gestured toward Pinkie and herself. "And two mares dating isn't usual, and there's a stigma plastered on it, even though there are a lot of two mare relation ships in town,one of them being a pony that we know and have recently talked to." Pinkie fired out of her mouth. "Well, are you happy?" Fluttershy asked. Pinkie and Dash nodded. "Then, we're happy for you, Darlings." Rarity was smiling that comforting smile. "Yeah." The other three agreed. "Thanks guys, it really means a lot." Pinkie said. "You're welcome." Applejack said, putting a hoof on Pinkie's shoulder. The two hugged. "Well, I guess now we just have to figure out how to tell the rest of town. Pinkie's face lit up like Christmas. She leaped out of Applejack's hug and started to ounce around Rainbow. "We could throw a party. A huge party with streamers, and balloons, and cake, and fudge, and punch, and music (maybe Vinyl could play some of her new mix-tapes), and a big, big, bigger than big could ever big banner that says 'Hey Guys. Guess What. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are Gay. Who'da Thunk It'. Oh, this is going to be so much fun, I'm going to go get started right now!" And with that, Pinkie Pie was off in a flash of dust. "I do have to ask ya one thing, Rainbow." Applejack said. "Yes?" "Of all the mares in Equestria, how did you end up with her?" Dash smiled, "I don't know." She looked back at the orange southern pony. "But I don't regret it for a second." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you went up the front door of Vinyl Scratch and Octavia's home, you could almost always here inconsistent, incessant clicking. This would be the sound of music being made. It's not the most conventional sound for music being made, but it was music being made nonetheless. Inside the house, inside the massive living room, sitting on a comfortable, fabric sofa was the white unicorn. No hoodie. No sunglasses. No cigarette. Just her, a pair of headphones, and her laptop. Stored on said laptop were endless sound files that could be played with in many variations. This was the DJ, hard at work. While she was playing back her newest track, she paused it. She thought she had heard a knock coming form the door. She took off her headphones to confirm her suspicions and confirmed they were. A knock was coming from her door. The unicorn removed her headphones and trotted toward her door. When she opened the door, there stood a gray earth pony. A light purple bow-tie on her neck and her black hare in it's usual neat style. A loving smirk on the mare's face, she was carrying a cello case in her mouth and she was wearing large, heavy-looking saddlebags. The gray cellist set her case down on the ground and looked back up at the DJ. "Hello, Darling." Octavia said. Vinyl's eyes began to glitter. She embrace the earth pony, who returned the gesture. "Don't you ever leave me like that again." She said. Vinyl kissed Octavia passionately. Suddenly, all her loneliness faded away, and it was just her and Octavia. After a few seconds, Vinyl pulled away, leaned down, and picked up Octavia's cello case with her mouth. "Cmnh Nmhk Int." Vinyl muffled out through the handle. Vinyl fidgeted the massive instrument into the living room and onto it's usual spot on the floor. Octavia trotted in, throwing her saddlebags to the floor on her way. She then sprawled herself on the couch. Vinyl hopped on top of her. "Now where were we?" the white unicorn whispered in a seductive manner. Octavia wrapped her hooves around the DJ's neck, "Here." Octavia leaned in and gray lips met white in a tender kiss. Each pony leaned her head back and forth, dragging the others in their direction. Octavia's teeth opened as Vinyl's tongue slid in and explored within her mouth. Vinyl pulled her tongue out and pulled her whole body away from Octavia. She then grabbed the cellist and rolled both mares so that the cellist was now laying on top of the DJ. The whit unicorn then planted a subtle kiss on Octavia's forehead. "I missed you so much." Vinyl whispered. The gray cellist seemed to melt into Vinyl's body, wrapping her arms around her stomach, "I missed you too." Octavia rolled over on Vinyl's stomach to look at the ceiling, "So, what's going on around here?" "Nothing much. Derpy's still talking about the Doctor." Octavia rolled her eyes, "No surprise there." "Oh, Pinkie Pie invited me to a party tonight, said I could play some of my new mixes, wanna come?" "I don't know. It's a Pinkie Pie party. With you DJing I'm going to be there all night and a mare can only withstand so much of Pinkie's parties at one time." "Do you know what it's for?" "No. What?" "Pinkie and Rainbow Dash are dating." "No." "I'm being completely serious." "Shut up." "It's true, they announced it this morning." "Wow. Didn't see that coming." "They're actually pretty cute together." "How do you know?" "I spent the night at SugarCube Corner last night. I got rained in. They told me that they had been together in secret for a few months and I actually convinced them to tell their friends about it." "Vinyl, your social skills never cease to amaze me." "It's a talent. So you wanna go or not?" "Alright, I go in respect of Pinkie and Dash. And to celebrate my return home." Vinyl shifted her position so that she was sitting up and Octavia's head was in her lap, "A bit narcissistic don't you think?" "Oh, shut up." "Never." Octavia started laughing as she sat up, "Alright, I can deal with you talking." Octavia got up and put her saddlebags back on, "For now." The cellist started for the staircase. "I'll be down in a few minutes, just have to put my stuff away." "Okay" the clicking continued. The lobby of SugarCube corner was as bright and colorful as any night that Pinkie would throw a party. But instead of going around dancing and socializing with the ponies in the crowd, the pinkie mare was standing by the punch bowl, talking to Rainbow Dash. It's not that Rainbow intentionally tried to stop Pinkie form socializing. Pinkie just wanted to be with Dash. Every word out of the pegasus's mouth made Pinkie smile. It wasn't Pinkie's usual smile either. It was an entranced kind of smile. You could guess that her ears where laser focused onto Rainbow's mouth and you would've guess right. So much so that she didn't even notice the first time a hoof tapped her on the shoulder. The second time was so aggressive that she almost fell into the floor and was accompanied by a bone tingling shout of a greeting. "Pinkie!" a familiar voice yelled in her ear. Pinkie turned around to see Vinyl, her hood was down, revealing her chaotic mane with barely covered her sunglasses and a cigarette dangling from her mouth. Next to her, was Octavia with her hair neatly done and a bow tie perfectly tied on her neck. "Oh, Hey, Vinyl. Hey, Octavia. What's up?" Pinkie greeted the two. "Nothing much. I got my tracks here" Vinyl held up her laptop in her hoof, "Should I just go set up?" "Yeah." Pinkie said, "It's your job so you should know what to do." "Alright." Vinyl began to walk away but then looked up to see a giant, glittering banner that read, "Hey Guys. Guess What. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are GAY. Who'da thunk it?" "Nice banner, by the way." Vinyl said with a smirk. "Thanks." Pinkie replied, nearly bouncing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was late at night again in SugarCube Corner again. Although, this time, the shutters weren't closed, the chairs weren't stacked, and the floors weren't mopped. All the lights were still on and sitting in beanbags in the middle of the lobby were two couples of mares. One being Pinkie and Dash, the other being Vinyl and Octavia. They had been talking and laughing for hours, long after the party had ended. "So, Pinkie, Dash." Octavia looked at the two, "How does it feel to know that you're both fillyfoolers?" Dash put her arm around Pinkie, "I'm just glad that we're both fillyfoolers." "Ohmygod, you guys are so cute." Vinyl exclaimed. "I know right?" Pinkie said with a giggle in her voice. "Well, how did you guys get together?" Octavia asked. "Well, we were hanging out-" Pinkie said. "-and it just sorta happened" Dash finished. "Awwww", Vinyl said, "You guys are finishing eachothers-" Vinyl was cut off by a powerful hum omitting from an unseen object in the room. The hum came once, and a blue object started to become visible. Twice, The object became more visible, revealing that it was box-like in shape. Three times, White windows started to appear, two on each of the boxes sides. Four times, a door became visible, with silver handles next to a seam straight down the middle of the front of the box. Five times, the words "Police Public Call Box" came into appearance at the top of the object and a sign next to the door with a text blurb came into sight. Six times, the box was now completely visible and seemed to land in the room with a resounding thud. The box itself was made of what looked like an old, faded wood which had been painted blue some time ago. A white lantern lay on top of the box, which illuminated in unison with the hums. Finally, the door opened and a colt stuck his head out of the box. His fur was a light, chestnut brown and his mane was a bit of a darker version of his fur's hue. He was clad in a purple suit coat and a formal tie. The colt moved his head back and forth and was finally greeted by the four ponies that had been sitting in the middle of the room looking at him in complete shock and awe. "Oh," the colt stepped out of the box, leaving the door open and revealing an hour glass cutie mark on his rump, he spoke in a very thick Trottingham accent, "Hello there." Vinyl shot up, and the other ponies followed suit. Rainbow was the first one to speak, "Who are you?" "Me?", the colt gestured toward himself, "I'm the Doctor." All four of the ponies' mouths dropped to the floor. "What?" Pinkie asked in sheer amazement. Out of the open door of the box, trotted out a crossed-eyed, gray pegasus with an angry expression on her face. "Doctor!" Derpy said, "Where have you-" She turned to meet her friends, "Oh, hey guys." Vinyl's glasses fell straight off of her face, landing on the floor. "WHAT?" All four ponies said in unison. The End To Be Continued Doctor Whooves Opening Author's Note Yeah. Turns out this whole fic was just to set up a Doctor Whooves story. Sorry about that.
Waking Up In Some Other Pony's Bed Waking Up In Some Other Pony's Bed For Rainbow Dash, this morning wasn’t very different from any of her mornings in college. Dim light slowly let itself into the begrudgingly opening eyes of the cyan Pegasus; Her light blue coat felt rustled and uneven; and, possibly the most important factor, she had woken up in some other pony’s bed. The distinct scent of cotton candy flooded Rainbow’s nostrils, which brought a smile onto her face. She opened her eyes fully and there, lying in her forelegs, was a familiar, pink mare. Her usually bouncy mane created a cloud like surface for the blue mare’s head. Her forelegs were wrapped tightly and comfortingly around Rainbow’s stomach. But what stood out to her the most, was Pinkie’s smile. It was calm, relaxed, like she knew she was in just the right place. It was so perfect. Rainbow couldn’t resist the urge to kiss the pink mare on the forehead before snuggling closer into her partner. Then she realized something. Her smile. It was perfect. A little too perfect. She then noticed the pink pony’s eyes. They weren’t moving under her eyelids. Either Pinkie wasn’t dreaming or… Rainbow softly nudged Pinkie’s cheek, “How long have you been awake?” The smile on the pink pony’s face grew even wider as she giggled and softly whispered, “2 hours, 14 minutes, 11 seconds. “12 “13 “14 “15 “16” “Okay. I get it. You can stop counting now.” “Good morning, Dashie.” Pinkie finally opened her eyes and stared soothingly into the rainbow-maned pegasus as blue met rose. Rainbow giggled, “Mornin’, Pinks.” They both snuggled closer into each other. Rainbow loved snuggling with Pinkie. She loved pranking with Pinkie. She loved baking with Pinkie, even when she was really bad at it. She love flying with Pinkie, which was surprisingly possible most of the time. She love being with Pinkie. She loved Pinkie. And, fortunately for her, the feeling was mutual. She slowly rubbed her hooves along the pink back of her partner and started to nuzzle her shoulder. Pinkie returned the gesture and the sheets that covered them started to twirl and contort in odd shapes and angles. “Hey, Pinkie?”, Rainbow said in a calm and relaxed voice. “Yeah?” Pinkie’s eyes were again closed at this point, her voice was nearly a murmur, which was pretty odd for Pinkie. “Do you wanna get out of bed?” Rainbow’s tone was sincere, but not at all forceful. “Nopey-dopey” Pinkie slowly shook her head back and forth. “Do you wanna go back to sleep?” “Nopey-dopey”, she continued shaking her head. Rainbow chuckled, “Then what in the hay do you wanna do?” Pinkie’s eyes opened suddenly, her eyebrows then lowered slowly into a seductive grin. “You’re about to find out.” She threw her forelegs around the cyan pegasus’s neck and kissed her passionately. Rainbow slowly started to caress Pinkie’s mane and neck as the two pushed their muzzles together, each getting a feeling of euphoria out of it. Their moment of complete tranquility was then interrupted by the sound of knocking coming from the locked door of Pinkie Pie’s upstairs apartment of Sugar Cube Corner. Mrs. Cake’s voice then came from the door, “Pinkie, it’s time to get up and work the front desk. And your friend Fluttershy’s here to talk to you about something.” Both pony’s eyes widened and dilated at the sound of that sentence. “Crap” Pinkie Pie quickly exclaimed as she flailed out of the bed. Rainbow scurried off the bed in panic, leaving a trail of linens on the floor. She pulled the sheets off her hooves and headed for the window, which faced the back of the bakery. She opened the window and started to climb outside when Pinkie came over to say a proper farewell. “Wait” She then place a quick kiss of the blue mare’s lips and said, “Goodbye, Dashie” in a soothing, peaceful voice. “Bye, Pinkie” Rainbow Dash began to climb out of the window when she stopped and faced Pinkie. “Wait” she reluctantly blurted out, “Pinkie” Pinkie turned around, a look of genuine curiosity on her face, “What?” Rainbow stared into the sapphire eyes of the party pony for several seconds. That’s when she decided that now wasn’t the right time. “Nothing” she said, leaving Pinkie with a smile before she took off. Pinkie gave a short-lived look of confusion at the window, which was quickly replaced with a regular Pinkie smile as she trotted toward the door and down the stairs into the lobby of Sugar Cube Corner, where another pegasus had been waited patiently at the counter for her. Pinkie bounced into the lobby with her usual energetic poofiness. Fluttershy was slumped against the counter with a forlorn look on her face. That is, until she saw Pinkie of course. “Oh. Um. Hi, Pinkie” Fluttershy softly greeted. “Hiya, Shy. How have things been going?”, the pink party mare replied, taking the glass lid off of some cupcakes and handing one to the pink-maned mare. “Well”, Fluttershy picked up the cupcake and fidgeted it in her hoof for a few seconds. “It’s actually not that great. Me and Mac just had a umm… a fight” She looked distantly into the cupcake. Pinkie got a look of deep concern on her face “OH NO!! What happened? Tell me everything.” “We were talking about whether we should move in together or not. I mean, we have been dating for almost two years now, so living together wouldn’t be that bad of an idea. So, I asked him if we would move in with me, but he didn’t want to help take care of the animals and he also had farm work to do. But when he said he didn’t like my animals that much, I just kinda stormed out on him. I know, I was probably being a total bitch, but I still don’t get why he has to stay at that musty old farmhouse.” “Well, he has lived there his whole life. And somepony like Big Mac is just kind of afraid of change. Except when it came to the whole Discord thing when he started going around a licking ponies and stuff like that. Remember that? That was really weird. Maybe he’s still a dog like Discord wants him to be, in which case you’ve been dating a dog for the past two years. Have you asked Big Mac about this yet?” Fluttershy let out an amused chuckle, “No, Big Mac’s not a dog. I do think he’s afraid of change though, which I understand. I don’t want to leave the animals either.” “You two are just a bunch of scardey ponies if you ask me.” “I am not.” Fluttershy let out a slight gasp of denial “Oh really?” “Yes.” Suddenly, a flat-maned, lifeless, and red-eyed Pinkie was leaning on Fluttershy’s shoulder talking in a deep, ominous voice, “Is that so?” Fluttershy leapt out of her standing position and clung to the ceiling, looking down to see a now poofy Pinkie Pie, rolling on the floor laughing like mad. “That… Wasn’t… Funny.” Fluttershy put out her sentence in small little chokes of high-pitched breath. The bell on the door rang as a red stallion walked into the lobby of the store, looking back and forth as he trotted along. “Hey Pinkie, have y’all seen Fluttershy around? I kinda need to…” He was cut off by deciding to quickly look up. His eyes were locked on Fluttershy’s body rocking back and forth across the ceiling. And when he looked down, he saw Pinkie, just beginning to regain her composure. Big Mac smiled as he pulled Fluttershy off of the ceiling, “And me without my camera” The yellow pegasus clung to the red stallion as tight as she possibly could, still shaking from Pinkie’s sudden decision to play psychotic medical practitioner. Big Mac kept a calm and determined smile on his face as he slowly stroked Fluttershy’s mane. He began to murmur comforting words to his lover, “There there. It’s all okay. Mac’s here for ya.” Pinkie slowly slid back up to the counter and supported her face by placing her elbows on the counter and her hooves directly in your cheeks. She then grew one of those ginormous smiles that only Pinkie Pie could possibly produce. “Awwwwwww”, Pinkie said rather loudly, “You two are so cute together.” “I know right?” Big Mac responded. By this time, Fluttershy had calmed down and was now just taking comfort in the presence of her stallion. “So, how’s the single life? Anypony y’all’re interested in?” “Well” Pinkie hesitated to answer. Nopony was supposed to know about her and Rainbow Dash. Everypony thought that Pinkie was into stallions and Celestia knows what others thought of Dash’s orientation. She then looked out the window to see a streak of rainbow zoom by followed by a small dot of bright blue. A calm grin came to her face. “Yeah, I guess you could say that.”
