The Derpy I Know And Love 4 or And The Children Shall Lead

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AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD

Coming of Age

CHAPTER ONE

Spin The Bottle

Dinky Sparkle, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were in the old Cutie Mark Crusader clubhouse.  Now that all had their cutie marks, all but Apple Bloom, the club had folded, and there were no more remarks about ‘Blank Flank’ with Apple Bloom being so proud of it.  Some how it made her feel special after Twilight Sparkle explained that it must be a very special talent if it was taking this long. The tree house was now their hangout and place for overnighters, like this evening.

Ever since Twilight Sparkle had come to the defense of Diamond Tiara and prevented her from being expelled from school and shamed, Diamond had softened up on her treatment of the CMC.  Silver Spoon was the first to come over to being friends because of how Diamond had first treated her when she spoke against the way Diamond was ranking down Dinky’s mother.

Then after a new colt moved to the school and started belittling Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon because of, in his words, ridiculously vain and useless cutie marks, Dinky Sparkle, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo came to their defense, not wanting to see anypony bullied.  Diamond did concede, however,  that wearing a tiara all the time was a little over the top, and now only wore it on special occasions.

The six fillies were now inseparable.

That next month was the graduation dance; they would all be moving on to the Ponyville High School the next year.  All were excited because this would be the first year that they would be allowed to go to a school dance accompanied by a colt, a real date!  Thanks to Sweetie Belle, they would all be getting fancy new dresses by the now Equestria famous designer Rarity.

They were all talking a-mile-a-minute about how exciting it was going to be and how many colts had asked them out.  Then as it goes when girls get silly, they started talking about holding hooves and kissing, who had kissed whom and at what age.  As it turned out there were a lot of stories about a little peck on the lips behind the school or down by the swimming hole.  But none had taken it any further.

“So none of you have done a tongue kiss?  You know, like you see in the movies,” asked Silver Spoon.

“Who has to watch movies?  My moms kiss that way all the time!”  Said Dinky, “you would think that they were school fillies!  Even Sparkler and her coltfriend never kiss like that in front of Dawn and me!  It is almost gross..... almost.”

“My parents aren’t that wild,” said Silver, “but they do get carried away sometimes.”

“That is only because they love each other,” said Sweetie Belle, “my sister and Applejack behave the same way, don’t they Apple Bloom?”

“Oh yes!”

“You think that is something?” said Scootaloo, “I sometimes have to get a crowbar just to separate Rainbow’s lips from Pinkie’s so I can get a flying lesson!”

All laughed except Diamond, this did not go un-noticed.

“What’s wrong, Diamond,” asked Apple Bloom, “don’t your parents kiss in front of you and your brother?”

“No,” Diamond replied sounding a little down, “dad says that public displays of affection are improper.  Even in the home.”

“I’m sorry,” said Sweetie Belle.  She was feeling sorry, no, she was feeling compassion for her one time adversary who now was a close friend.  “We did not mean to say anything to upset you.”

“I’m not upset,” said Diamond, perking up a little, she felt a flutter with Sweetie Belle showing concern about her feelings.  “I do kind of wish they would act a little more romantic.  I know if I had a pony to love, I would not act like I had to hide it from everypony.”

The two looked at each other, an appreciative smile on both faces.

“Well I don’t know if the dance leads to kissing,” said Apple Bloom, “I am kind of afraid if it did.”

“Why is that,” asked Silver Spoon.

“I don’t want a date to think that I am some little filly who doesn’t know anything about dating.”

“But we don’t know anything about dating!” said Dinky.

They all laughed.

“We could practice,” said Sweetie Belle.

“What do you mean?” asked Diamond, intrigued.

“My sister told me that when she was our age, she and her friends would practice kissing.”

“Seriously?” asked Apple Bloom.

“Seriously!”  Said Sweetie Belle, “she said that it was kind of fun.  They played a game called Spin the Bottle.  They would sit in a circle one would spin a bottle in the middle of the circle.  The pony it pointed at when it stops they had to kiss.”

“Gross!” said Silver Spoon. “Kissing another filly!  That isn’t right!”

Dinky Sparkle, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo looked at Silver Spoon.

“Really?” asked Dinky.

“Oh yes,” giggled Silver, “I forgot.  Didn’t mean anything by it.”

All started to laugh.

They thought about it and decided to give it a shot.  They had all settled down in a circle.

“If we are going to do this, we have to do it the right way.” Said Sweetie Belle, “tongues and all.  No need to do this if we don’t”

They all agreed, they decided to spin the bottle and what ever pony it stopped on would go first, Sweetie Belle gave the bottle a spin, it stopped pointing at Apple Bloom.  She spun the bottle around and around.  ‘Not Diamond Tiara,’ thought Sweetie Belle.  The bottle slowed and stopped pointing at Dinky.

Apple Bloom and Dinky blushed, leaned forward, they put their lips together.  Then it was evident that they went to the tongue part.  Then just as quickly the parted.

“That was not as bad as I thought.” Said Dinky.

“Not that I would want to do that with you that often!” said Apple Bloom.

All laughed.

“Your turn Scoot,” said Sweetie Belle.

“Okay, let’s do this right!” Said Scootaloo, trying to sound like Rainbow Dash.

She spun the bottle with gusto.  ‘Not Sweetie Belle,’ thought Diamond Tiara.  It took a bit for it to slow down, and then it stopped on Silver Spoon.  Silver blushed and looked nervous.  But she leaned quickly into Scootaloo and planted a large wet one on her.  Scoot was not ready for such an aggressive start, but she soon recovered and was performing as close to the way she had seen Rainbow and Pinkie.  They quickly broke the kiss; Silver blushed even more, and giggled.

“That was different,” said Scootaloo.

“I guess that leaves us,” said Sweetie Belle to Diamond Tiara, she was trying not to show how happy she was with the situation.

“I guess so.” Said Diamond Tiara, making sure that her face did not give away how happy this made her.

Slowly Sweetie Belle and Diamond Tiara’s lips met.  Sweetie felt Diamond’s lips part, her tongue tentatively entered her own mouth, and she did the same.  They explored the other’s tongue back and forth.  She had hoped for this from the first suggestion of the kissing game.  She was afraid that Diamond would not respond.  Sweetie could feel however, that Diamond was in no hurry to stop.  Sweetie Belle felt the impulse to pull Diamond closer, but fought it.  Her heart was starting to pound.  She realized that they had taken longer than the others and pulled away.  It was hard to hide that she was having trouble breathing normal.

“Ewwww!” exclaimed Diamond.

All laughed.  Sweetie laughed as well but was disappointed with Diamond’s reaction.

The night went on with more gossip, talks about the latest colt-bands and of course, lots and lots of snacks.  It was getting late and at last the yawns became infectious.  So they decided it was time to roll out the sleeping bags and turn in.

Sweetie Belle had trouble in going to sleep, she kept thinking of the Diamond Tiara and the kiss.  It had to be well after midnight, she had lay there for a couple hours when she decided that she could not lay there anymore.  Sweetie listened to the slow breathing around her, after she was sure all were asleep, she crept out the door and stood on the little porch that surrounded the clubhouse.  Propping herself up on the railing with her forelegs, Sweetie watched the little wisps of clouds floating past the face of Luna’s moon.

“I couldn’t get to sleep either,” came a voice from the other end of the porch.

“Diamond, I didn’t see you there.”

Diamond walked over and propped herself on the rails by Sweetie Belle.  They stood there is silence; both could tell the other had something to say.

“Don’t hate me Sweetie Belle,” said Diamond.

“Why would I hate you?  We worked through all that stuff in the past.  We are best of friends now.”

“But I am afraid that I embarrassed you when we were playing Spin the Bottle,” said Diamond, not able to look Sweetie Belle in the eye.

“What makes you think that?” asked Sweetie.

“Because I held the kiss so long and then said ewwww afterward.”

“It is okay! everypony laughed.” Said Sweetie Belle, becoming intrigued, “I wouldn’t keep thinking about it.”

Diamond finally looked at Sweetie Belle, there was confusion in her face and it was hard to tell in the dark, but Sweetie thought she saw a tear in Diamond’s eye.

“That is just it,” replied Diamond, “As I lay there, I could not get your face out of my mind.  I can’t stop thinking of, of....”

“Of what?”

“I can’t stop thinking of kissing you!” She said, rushing her words, she was having trouble looking Sweetie Belle in the eye, “when you suggested the game, I had really wanted to get to kiss you.  You have always been a good friend since we put the past behind us.  You are cute and I just feel so happy when you talk to me or laugh with me.  I am glad our desks at school are next to each other.  When you aren’t looking, I watch you work, just to see the little smile you give when you figure out a problem.  I think how much I would like it if you gave me that smile.”

Diamond paused and looked away.

“See, you hate me!”

“Diamond,” said Sweetie, not sure how to continue, “I am out here because I could not sleep.  I had you in mind when I suggested Spin the Bottle. I know it sounds silly, but I was even trying to figure how to cheat so I could get to kiss you.  And I really enjoyed the kiss, and I can’t stop thinking about it, and you.  I watch you at school too.  When we are on the playground, I am really disappointed when I don’t get chosen to be on the same team as you.  I don’t know if you notice at lunch, I try to sit by or across from you all the time.  When I can’t, I don’t feel that hungry for my lunch.  I would rather watch you and listen to you than eating.”

Diamond looked back at Sweetie Belle, her face looked happy, she put her hoof on Sweetie’s then the two looked deep into each other’s eyes.  Both sat back on their haunches, as close as they could to each other.  Sweetie put a foreleg around Diamond’s neck they both leaned in, their lips met, their tongues again exploring the other’s.  Diamond’s forelegs wrapped around Sweetie Belle, Sweetie Belle did the same.  The world vanished; they could not tell if it was warm or cold outside.  The only thing they felt was the warm filly they were holding and a hunger in their soul they had never felt before.

They could not tell if they had been at it a few minutes or hours.  But they broke the kiss, panting and sighing.

“Wow!” whispered Diamond.

“I felt it too,” said Sweetie Belle.  “I don’t want to stop.”

“Me neither.”

They kissed again, perhaps not as long.

“We better go back inside before they catch us out here.” Said Sweetie Belle having trouble controlling her breathing.

“Do you think they would make fun of us?” asked Diamond.

“No, but I don’t think I am ready to deal with what others might say.  Our friends are trustworthy, but I don’t know if I want to answer questions I don’t understand right now.”

Diamond agreed, they kissed quickly once more and then the two went back inside stealthily.  They placed their sleeping bags next to each other and on laying down, fluffed them up so nopony could see them they were facing each other, happily holding hooves.

The next morning the girls were up early, after gathering their things they walked to the main house at Sweet Apple Acres.  There Granny Smith had a breakfast of apple pancakes and fresh milk waiting for them.  After thanking Granny for the breakfast and Applejack, Rarity and Big Mac for letting them stay.  All but Apple Bloom headed out.  Scootaloo flew of to her home at the Ponyville Children’s Home.  One by one they dropped off until it was only Diamond and Sweetie.  After the others had gone, the two walked as slow as possible, not wanting to rush away.  They walked close enough that their flanks would bump, the contact felt nice.

“Diamond,” said Sweetie Belle, not sure what she really wanted to say, “I feel funny asking this, but if I don’t now, I don’t know if I could work up the nerve later.”

“Ask me what?”

“I am not sure how this is done, but I would really like it if you would be my (mumbled)friend.”

“I am your friend,” said Diamond.

“No, I mean would you be my fillyfriend.”

“Oh!” said Diamond.  “I want to say yes, I really do, but I need to think about it.  You remember how my dad acted with Bon-Bon and Lyra, not to mention Twilight and Bubbles or your sister and Applejack.  I would not be rushing home and announcing it, but I don’t want to be dishonest.”

Sweetie looked dejected.

“Oh Sweetie don’t!  I am not saying no.  I really, really, really like you! I would like nothing better to stop and kiss you some more!”  Sweetie Belle perked her ears up some, “and I am not saying that I would not like to go the movies with you, or have some sleepovers.  But for right now, we need to think about it or at least think about how we are going to do this.”

“Okay,” said Sweetie Belle, “I can respect that.  I guess we both need to think about this.  Would you mind if I asked Rarity about this.  She can keep it a secret, and I would feel a lot better talking to her instead of mom and dad.”

Diamond nodded, and then the two of them looked around to see if any pony was near, seeing the coast was clear.  They exchanged, in their opinion, too small of a kiss.