Chapter Two: Of Lonely Liberians and Snuggly Rainbows
Written by TheCrimsonDM
Twilight was attempting to keep herself sane, Celestia had chosen to be a little distant today which was fine, it wasn't like she was pulling away for bad reasons, it was just clear Celestia was really focused on her plans. This left Twilight fending for herself for what to do. She'd been married all of half a week now and she was surprised to see she was changing already. She wanted some attention, but not the kind her friends and fellow wives could offer. Perhaps Luna could offer this kind of attention, but Luna was a nocturnal bride which meant she would risk waking Luna up. The idea was too cruel for Twilight so she focused on one thing that always cheered her up when she was feeling a little moody. She went to the library and began to read.
At least that was the goal when she had found a nice quiet seat in the corner, picked up a copy of Hippy Dippy's Psychic Retreat and began to skim over it. Normally she'd avoid anything by Hippy Dippy, he was a bit... off to say the least. However, she recently got married and realized that perhaps he wasn’t quite as insane as she first thought. That prize probably went to Twilight herself. No, maybe he would have some good methods on how to calm down.
The first line of the book did not raise her hopes. She read them aloud with some disappointment clear in her tone. "Smoke Sillyweed every day..."
There was a loud thud from under the table making Twilight jump back in her seat. Her horn lit up as she prepared a spell. What spell, she didn't know, any spell. She heard Rainbow Dash's voice as a pained moan escaped from her and she crawled out from under the table rubbing at her head. "Jeeze, Twilight, don't say weird stuff like that. You scared me half to death."
She let the spell drop but glared at Rainbow Dash. "You, what, why? I checked this table, it should have been empty."
Rainbow Dash nodded. "It was, until I flew under here."
"But why?"
Rainbow Dash shrugged. "I got bored, and spying on you can be fun."
"This implies that you have spied on me before."
Rainbow Dash climbed onto a nearby chair and sat down. "Well duh, I think we all do that. You know, now that I think about it, I guess we all should have hooked up sooner."
Twilight went back to her book. "Well just be quiet and you can stay. I just want to read my book and relax."
Rainbow Dash read the title of the book. "Why are you reading one of Fluttershy’s books?"
Twilight glared at her. "You are awful at being quiet."
"Whatever, why are you reading one of her books?"
"I am not, this is a book that belongs to the library."
"Fluttershy has like, all of Hippy Dippy's books. You'd think she has the hots for him, but she hates di- er... stallions."
Twilight wasn't positive what Rainbow Dash was going to originally say, but she was positive she didn't want to hear it. There was something useful in what she was saying though. "Fluttershy, enjoys this nonsense?"
"Yeah, incense burning, weird ritual prayers, sillyweed. Um, I don't think I'm supposed to say the last part, but I guess being married means we can't hide that stuff from each other now can we?"
Twilight glared at Rainbow Dash and then the book and then back to Rainbow Dash. "She smokes sillyweed? You're kidding right?"
"Nope, so do I, and Pinkie, and Rarity joined in once or twice. I don't think AJ does, she's what they call a straight arrow... oh I guess you are too, but we'll fix that."
Twilight went back to her book. It was impossible to enjoy now, not that she was going to enjoy it in the first place. It was all pretty much nonsense to her. Incense to push away the bad vibes, mantras to make positive energy flow, sillyweed to relax. There were even hints in here about eating Fuzzyshrooms. You were not supposed to eat fuzzyshrooms, it did weird things to your brain.
It finally clicked in her mind and she set the book down immediately. "Hippy Dippy does drugs!"
Rainbow Dash laughed, and laughed, and just when Twilight thought she was done, Rainbow Dash laughed some more. Somehow Twilight felt herself blushing from embarrassment. It felt like she was being laughed at, rather than with. To be fair Twilight was already having a bit of a weird start to her day.
Rainbow Dash finally managed to get her giggles under control. "Oh by Celestia's sunny rear end, Twilight, didn't you know that earlier? He's done like, all the drugs, and wrote books about them."
"But, but, but if that's true, and Fluttershy has all his books, does that mean she... oh no."
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. "Twilight, Flutters is into the weird spiritual stuff. She doesn't just 'do' drugs. Well I mean, Sillyweed I guess, but that's legal."
"Technically, most of the stuff I've read in this book is legal. But Fuzzyshrooms, Alcohol, SIllyweed, and caffeine are all drugs."
Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. "Uh... you sure about that?'
"Yes, quite."
Rainbow leaned back in her chair. "I guess. You’re the smart one after all."
Somehow Twilight didn't like the way Rainbow Dash said that. Twilight replied, "Of course I'm the smart one."
"Oh come on, don't get me started on this. We haven't even gone on our honeymoon yet and you’re already getting in my mane."
Twilight's eye twitched. "But you're the one who's interrupting me! I came here to be alone for a little bit because my loving wives are busy and can't spend time with me."
"It's not just you, they can't spend time with you know."
Twilight scoffed. "So what, I'm the one that deserves it most."
Rainbow Dash leaned forward. "So what, the rest of us are chopped liver?"
Twilight made a sour face. "That sounds disgusting."
Rainbow Dash turned her head sharply. "Don't change subjects."
Twilight let out a sigh. "No, you are not someponies liver that’s been chopped, you are important too. But I wanted to spend time with Celestia. I've planned this for years now."
Rainbow Dash sunk a little in her chair. "I... I know. We kind of invaded your thing. I am sorry about that, but we're here now. And we all love the princesses. That includes Celestia."
Twilight laid her head down on the table. "I don't wanna share."
"Well you have to."
"Why is this so complicated? We're married now, it should just... work out."
Rainbow Dash shrugged. "I think maybe it's because there's six of us, and two of them."
"I could clone them."
Rainbow Dash gave her a glare. "And if the clones went crazy, could you actually deal with them like you did the pinkie clones?"
Twilight flinched. "No... I couldn't. So I won’t. There's got to be something we can do though."
Rainbow Dash looked around cautiously, almost like she was worried that somepony might be listening in. "Well you know, you’re not just married to Luna or Celestia, right?"
"Yeah, I guess so."
"So... if you need anything, when those two are busy, you can always like, spend time with us."
Twilight looked at her. "Oh, and what, are you going to kiss me, cuddle me, brush my mane and tell me I'm pretty?"
Rainbow Dash cleared her throat and nearly whispered, "Yes."
Twilight sat up right. "You'd... you would do that for me?"
Rainbow Dash tried to look at Twilight but seemed unable to meet her eyes. Those soft blue cheeks were turning awfully red. "I mean.... you'd do that for me too right? Especially the uh, the first two things?"
Twilight stared at her long and hard. Silence filled the room for a long moment. Twilight had no idea how to really respond to that. Rainbow Dash wasn't touchy feely, she hardly agreed to the marriage to begin with so why would she confide in Twilight like this? Rainbow Dash lowered her head and looked away. "Sorry, I'm being weird. I'll just... ask Pinkie or something."
Twilight snapped to attention. "I'd love to do that!"
Rainbow Dash looked at her. "You don't sound like you'd-"
Twilight cut her off. "I didn't even realize that was allowed. Of course I'd love to do that. Oh my goddess, you’re so smart! If Celestia and Luna are busy, we can take care of each other in romantic ways. We're all married to each other! Rainbow Dash, would you like to cuddle me?"
Rainbow Dash's eyes lit up, and she smiled so warmly it melted Twilight's heart. "Like, if you need it or whatever."
Before Twilight could even reply, Rainbow Dash had flown from her chair, into Twilight knocking the two of them onto the floor. They hit the floor and rolled a little but once they stopped, Twilight realized she was laying in Rainbow Dash's embrace, wings covered most of Twilight's body wrapped around her like a blanket. Twilight snuggled in. Perhaps she could get used to this after all.
Rainbow Dash whispered. "Hey, you forgot something."
Twilight asked, "What?"
"You need to kiss the top of my head, you know like you said you would."
Twilight had agreed to no such thing, but she knew Rainbow Dash was still proud even if she was shockingly, a touchy feely pony after all. Twilight kissed the top of Rainbow dash's head. "There you go, Champ."
"Thanks, Twiggle Wiggle."
They laid together like that on the floor for some time. Enjoying each other’s warm embrace, the rise and fall of each other’s breathing, and the soft fur brushing against fur. It reminded Twilight of the afterglow from the first time she had sex with Celestia. She had laid there in Celestia's embrace for nearly an hour just enjoying her comfortable, warm body. Some part of Twilight realized that Rainbow Dash was another one of her wives, and they could very well do the same thing but Twilight had to push such thoughts away. Rainbow Dash wasn't looking for any mature activities, she was looking for comfort. Simple, loving comfort, and Twilight had more than enough love to give.
She did have a few questions though. Eventually she found herself asking, "Rainbow, why did you choose me to cuddle?"
Rainbow Dash squirmed a little until she could move her head up to look at Twilight. Their muzzles brushed against each other by accident. While Rainbow's cheeks grew pink, she didn't look away. "Well, it just kind of made sense. Celestia's both of our favorites right?'
Twilight stammered. "I shouldn't h-have a favorite. I love both Celestia and Luna equally."
"But you still have a favorite right?"
"I... guess so. Is that bad?"
"Listen we're married eight ways to Tartarus and back, I don't think any of this is exactly normal. Favorites are probably just going to be a thing, and like Marshmallow and Applepie said, our favorites will probably change over time."
Twilight blinked as she looked into Rainbow's eyes. "Marshmallow and Applepie?"
"Shoot, did I call them that? I guess I'm getting used to this already. I meant Rarity and Applejack."
Twilight smiled warmly. "I like that. I may call them that myself."
Rainbow Dash looked away and then nuzzled back into Twilight's chest fluff. "Anyway, point is, we share that in common. Also... if I'm being honest the others aren't the best for this."
"Why not?"
"Applejack would cuddle me, and I'm sure she'd rock at it, but she's like not super touchy feely you know? Rarity is too sexy to feel right, and a bit bony in weird places. Fluttershy is kind of... active, too active to enjoy normal cuddles. Pinkie is too energetic to be able to stay still long enough to just enjoy cuddles, though if she could, she'd be good at it. She has enough squishiness to her."
Twilight had to process the last sentence a little. "OH! You mean she's pudgy so she'd make for better cuddles."
"Don't let her hear you say that. Even if she might play it off like she's cool with it, I think it bugs her deep down."
"But it makes her butt so much better to look at."
Rainbow Dash snickered. "I wonder what it feels like."
"Nice. That's what."
Rainbow Dash froze for a moment. Then relaxed again. "So you and her?"
"No, no. Not like that. It happened when she kissed me. I think. Honestly my memories of the engagement are all kind of fuzzy, but I think me and her got into a fight and then made out. Nothing more."
Rainbow Dash nuzzled into Twilight’s chest and breathed deeply. "Good."
Twilight was going to ask why that was a good thing, if they were all married shouldn't they all enjoy each other in more intimate ways? Of course Twilight didn't ask, she realized Rainbow Dash probably didn't mean to say that out loud, and she was already putting a lot of faith in trust into Twilight to show her this vulnerable, snuggly side of herself. Even Twilight wasn't so dense as to ruin it with a question that might just make this moment fall apart. She decided to keep a note of it in her mind. There were probably going to be some lines forming soon, if they haven't already, and once those were crossed it was going to create some awkward, and probably aggressive situations. Twilight was going to need to keep an eye out for those, this marriage was going to be an awkward one to say the least. Awkward, but if done correctly, one full of love.