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// Telling 
// Story: The Secrets Zap-Apples Tell 
// by Commodore64 
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	Pinkie 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.
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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. 

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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."

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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.
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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.

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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


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