After Rainbow Dash's awkward dare, the game seemed to pick up speed, despite the continued nervous habit of Trixie to continually look at Rainbow Dash before she dared Fluttershy. One round had Trixie daring Fluttershy to give Rainbow Dash a backrub, another had Rainbow Dash daring Trixie to give Fluttershy a good belly rub. She vehemently insisted that it was totally different, and that she hadn’t run out of ideas or anything. The good mood lasted for quite a while between the three.
As much as Trixie would have liked to keep her hooves on Fluttershy, she had to relinquish her turn eventually. After she asked what the next dare was going to be. Fluttershy responded with, as far as Trixie was concerned, the most adorable dare thus far, which apparently had been something they had not done since flight school.
Hold her like they used to, for the rest of the game?
While Trixie was at first puzzled with the request, she soon smiled as she watched the two of them. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had cuddled up together, their hooves wrapped tightly around each other. Fluttershy had her muzzle snuggled against Rainbow Dash’s neck.
Quite quickly, Trixie recognized the embrace. It was the same hold she had shared with Rainbow Dash while flying, which also explained why it had been one that the two friends had ceased using after graduating, since by that point Fluttershy would have been able to fly on her own. Both pegasi blushed heavily while they shared the embrace.
“Like this, Fluttershy?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Y-yes, just like that.” Fluttershy rested her head against Rainbow Dash’s neck.
As much as Trixie adored watching them together like that, she also felt a little left out, and even more so when she realized this was supposed to last for the remainder of the game. She was well aware that it was her turn now, and she was supposed to make some kind of dare, but she did not want to ruin the moment.
Trixie can wait a little while, oh, what if Trixie dares to join in? We did that before, it felt really nice. She smiled warmly, recalling the group hug after the conclusion of the whole dragon incident. That certainly felt like a great dare, or well, maybe not that great of a dare, but definitely something she’d enjoy. However, she quickly remembered it was also Fluttershy’s dare, so she couldn’t copy it. Curses.
“Tri—I mean, I suppose you two were flying like that once?” Trixie winced a little, though she had been trying to talk in first person for Rainbow Dash on occasion, after so long it just did not feel natural anymore.
Rainbow Dash perked up suddenly, as though only now recalling Trixie was even in the room. “Oh! Yeah. Hehe, good guess, Trixie. ” She gave a few beats with her wings as though to illustrate the point. “I figured Fluttershy could use the experience of really soaring through the sky. Turns out I was right, we had a lot of fun didn’t we?”
Nodding, Fluttershy chimed in. “Yes, it was very, uhm, inspirational to get to fly like that with you Rainbow Dash. It was one of my favorite exercises. Though I still can’t fly as fast as you could back then.”
Trixie’s too, definitely the best way to fly. Trixie smiled at the thought, but did not interrupt, staring longingly down at the hooves the pair of pegasi had wrapped around each other.
“Mine too! And hey, I just happen to be that awesome, most pegasi are not as fast at their best as I was at my slowest!” Rainbow Dash puffed up her chest in pride. After a moment, she deflated a little again and looked at Fluttershy, pulling their hug a bit tighter. “But, I’m sure that you have what it takes to keep up even with me, Fluttershy. Just think how much you’ve improved already.”
Fluttershy just blushed and shook her head. ”O-oh, no, Rainbow Dash, I know you’re trying to help, but you already did that. I’m satisfied like this, really. Not everypony is as amazing as you are.” She added the last line a little softer than usual, tilting her head down but keeping eye contact with Rainbow Dash.
Trixie looked from one to the other, then spoke up, clapping her hooves together. “Well, Thanks for making it easy for me! That settles it then, I dare you both to do another flying lesson to—” Just before she finished her sentence, a clap of thunder shook the windows, making her flinch. She glared at the window. “Let Trixie finish! By which I mean, tomorrow! Once the weather is cleared up.” She smiled, it was not entirely according to the rules, but she did not feel like breaking the cute pair up just yet. After all, she needed a little more time to commit the image to memory.
Apparently, Rainbow Dash liked it enough not to call Trixie on her blatant bending of the rules, as she just smiled. “Hey, not a bad idea, Trixie.”
“Uhm, isn’t that against the spirit of the game? I’m sorry.” Fluttershy mumbled.
Trixie stroked her chin, looking contemplative. “Well, yes, a little bit. Okay, a lot, but do you really care?” She grinned while she watched Fluttershy shake her head in response to the question. “Tr—I did not think so.”
“Is it really that hard, Trixie?” Rainbow Dash asked, tilting her head while she looked at her. “Talking in first person? I mean, the way you talk. I thought it was just for shows. No normal pony talks like that you know.”
Smirking, Trixie brushed her mane out of her face. “Thank you for acknowledging that Trixie is no mere ordinary pony.” She paused for a moment, and grumbled. “Curses. That I am no ordinary pony.”
Rainbow Dash chuckled with yet another mess up on Trixie’s part. “Eh, it’s fine. We’re used to that by now I guess. Still, what’s up with that though? I’ve been wondering for a while now.”
Fluttershy stayed quiet, just content to remain in the embrace and just observe the conversation between the two. Though by the way her ears were perked up and at attention, Trixie could guess it was something she was interested in knowing as well.
Talking slowly and deliberately to avoid further mistakes, Trixie waved a hoof dismissively. “I happen to like it. You can say it is because it just sets me above others by default.”
Raising a brow, Rainbow Dash shook her head. “But, that is not the reason is it? Come on, you want me to believe you are trying to put yourself above Fluttershy and me? I don’t believe that. You’ve been terrified before and still called yourself Trixie. Though, you did talk normal other times… huh?” Rainbow Dash looked as though she had confused herself by this point.
Fluttershy giggled softly at Rainbow Dash, giving her a light nuzzle. “I think she means that you aren’t really consistent sometimes. Maybe you could explain that?”
Folding her hooves across her chest, Trixie tilted her head up and scowled with indignation. “What is with the third degree? Trixie talks however Trixie pleases.”
“Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to pry.” Fluttershy looked apologetic. Rainbow Dash inhaled, but held it after receiving a look from Fluttershy. “It’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it. I was just curious to know more about you, and I think Rainbow Dash was too. All we really know is that you have a magic show, while you already know so much about us.”
Trixie slowly slipped from her hostile pose. Her anger seeped away while she dropped one hoof back the ground, using the other to stroke along her elbow embarrassed. “Oh… Uh, Trixie is sorry. It’s just… normally when anypony is asking about Trixie… it is to only ‘unmask’ her, not because they actually care to know Trixie.”
Nodding, Fluttershy smiled sympathetically. “I’m sorry to hear that, Trixie. We’re not trying to do that.”
“Yeah, Fluttershy’s right, Trixie.” Rainbow Dash added.
Taking a moment to consider her situation, Trixie smirked and got up on her hooves, trotting over to the hugging pegasi pair. ”Well, I can make an exception, just let Trixie get comfortable first.”
“Well sure, Trixie, by the way you are talking in th—Whoa! Hey!” Rainbow Dash cried out surprised as Trixie set her hooves against both Rainbow Dash’s and Fluttershy’s shoulder then unceremoniously toppled them over with a push.
Fluttershy let out a soft squeak as she landed on her side with Rainbow Dash still in her embrace, but neither of them were hurt from falling over on the blanket. “T-Trixie?”
Meanwhile, Trixie climbed on top and got herself comfortable on her pegasi bed with a grin. “What? There is no rule that says Trix—I can only act if it is a dare.” She wrapped her hooves around the pair, or at least as much as she could manage.
Rainbow Dash protested, “Trixie, you can’t just randomly decide that!” She squirmed below the pushy unicorn.
“Do you want to hear Trixie’s story or not? Hush.” Though Trixie did her best to sound cool and collected, she could feel her heart pounding in her throat. she made sure to put a little more of her weight on Rainbow Dash than Fluttershy. Not merely because Trixie was worried she’d hurt Fluttershy, but also because she was still a little apprehensive about touching her without the convenient excuse of a dare, though the lack of any real retaliation by Rainbow Dash was quickly building up her confidence.
“Uhm, uh, okay, I think.” Fluttershy conceded. Rainbow Dash did not follow suit in actually saying she accepted it, but she did stop struggling, making it easy for Trixie to get comfy on the warm, soft fur below her.
“That’s more like it.” Trixie smiled genuinely pleased, then turned her attention to actually answering their questions. The lovely feeling below her did her concentration no wonders however. ”Well Trixie was uhm… I have to talk like this. Right so here goes. My reason isn’t that great anyway.”
“It better be entertaining, or next time you are on the bottom.” Rainbow Dash gave a nudge up into Trixie’s ribs that made her squeak.
“Quit that! Trixie is concentrating! I mean I am! So, I told you before that Trixie had a friend called Flitter, yes? Well back then I spoke, what I guess you’d call, normally in everyday conversation. But for her shows Trixie spoke normal, I mean abnormal, or ugh you know.”
Fluttershy looked confused. “Uhm, I think I understand, but… you said you were just a filly back then, right? You already had your own show?” She sounded somewhere between surprised and impressed.
“Oh! Did Trixie not mention that? Uh, I had a little show, but it was more like Trixie could do a few tricks for her classmates. Still, Trixie liked to put on a good performance and would become The Great and Powerful Trixie on stage! Wait, I did not have a stage, yet. Anyway!”
“Flitter really liked my act, and I don’t mean the tricks themselves, but the persona Trixie used for them. She wanted Trixie to use it all the time, so Trixie did.” She smiled.
Rainbow Dash blinked for a moment, then stared up at Trixie. “That’s all?”
“That’s all. Why, does that not answer your question? It’s just Trixie has gotten used to it.” Trixie looked down at Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes. “Did you really need to knock us over and climb on, just to tell us that?”
“Tri—I, probably not, but Trixie liked it better this way.” Trixie grinned playfully.
Staring intently at Trixie for a moment, Rainbow Dash finally moved on. “Fine, so what about when you actually did start talking in first person then?”
“Oh, uhm… Trixie is not sure if she should say. I mean, I’m not.” She saw Rainbow Dash shoot her a look that threatened some kind of retaliation if she weaseled out and sighed. “Oh alright, you both told Trixie not to talk like herself, so when I wanted to appease you I would try that.”
“Huh, okay.” Rainbow Dash thought about it for a moment. “When did I say you shouldn’t be yourself?”
Trixie pondered briefly. “Trixie, no, I think it was maybe the third day Trixie was here or so, same as Fluttershy.”
Rainbow Dash nodded slightly while she looked in thought. “Well, I don’t remember saying that so, uh, could you forget about it? No offense, Trixie, but you are terrible at this whole first person thing. If anything, I think I like you better when you are being yourself. And, by the looks of it I don’t think I’m the only one.”
“Trixie?” Fluttershy drew Trixie’s attention, she looked almost cross-eyed . “I withdraw the dare. So, uhm, please, please talk normally again, forever.” She looked up at Trixie pleadingly.
“Well if that is what you really want me—Trixie to do.” Trixie laughed.
Rainbow Dash shook her head, though she looked as relieved as Fluttershy was. “Well, I guess it is my turn, I’ll think of something eventually. Trixie, you are not getting away with just one question if it’s that short to answer. Uhmm…” She paused while she looked Trixie over. “What is your horn made from?”
“That’s the best you could come up with? It’s made from alicorn.”
Rainbow Dash eyed Trixie’s horn. “What’s that taste like?”
That ending
S***s gonna get real next chapter!
I looked it up, apperently alicorn can mean winged unicorn or a unicorn's horn, I never knew that guess ya learn something new everyday
Great chapter, as always mate lord knows where that final question will go, but i look forward to finding out
Well, Trixie is blue so.. Blueberry.
Twilight is grape, Rarity is vanilla, Celestia is rainbow sherbet, and Luna is a mix of blueberry and blackcurrant with just a hint of teenage angst.
4635075 i thought luna was black liquorice
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Thats Nightmare Moon.
4635264 good! best pony gets best candy
It's 2:30 in the morning and I can't sleep, so this is a nice distraction. Next chapter should be interesting. Nice job on knowing what alicorn is, as far as I know, that's actually the primary meaning. Winged unicorn is a secondary one.
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Seriously?
You are one of exactly TWO people I know who like black licorice. And the other guy is dead, so I'm unsure if he counts.
4639031 whats wrong with black liquorice?
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Everything.
Waking up in the morning to find all kinds of awesome comments just never gets old.
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If only I had had the foresight to make this an adult story instead of teen.
It is probably bad form to change 70 chapters in.
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I was looking at this pony chart a few months back which listed the horn as alicorn. The confusion that followed made me look it up and learn a lot of things I never expected. For a while I also thought the MLP staf had made it up that alicorns were what winged unicorns were called, but no apparently that was indeed a secondary meaning.
Winged unicorns, btw, have a lot of names.
Though, now that I think about it. Trixie is kind of being a smartass here.
"What is your nail made from?" - "It's made from nail."
Ah well, it's not like Rainbow Dash would have understood "Keratin" anyway.
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You two are insane.
I kinda like those flavor ideas.
4640883 Isn't mythology fascinating It's always nice to learn interesting facts about strange things
I've already used the knowledge I've gained from this more than several years of straight A's in Maths
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It certainly is.
Lovely place to borrow from.
I know what you mean with math... I've never had to calculate the circumference of anything ever.
Granted, I still like math.
4640976 Maybe I should study some more mythology, could be useful for that upcoming story of mine, you know the one
Despite never using it, I loved math, I always feel like I was the only one who enjoyed it It was one of my favourite subjects in school, that and creative writing
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Yup, seems like a very good idea. ^.~
I wonder if there is some way to combine the two. Math and creative writing.
A story where the manesix keep running into those 'text book example' type situations.
Like for example:
Applejack can buck 1 tree every minute, she can carry 2 baskets back and 3 baskets fill per tree, each trip back home takes 1 minute * x, where x is 100 meters away from the storage shed.
Twilight as to convince Applejack she cannot possibly buck all the trees in the west orchard, but first she has too calculate how many trees there are. The orchard is 500 meters by 600 meters, and the trees cover the entire area but stand roughtly 5 meters apart.
And the whole thing after all the calculations ends with "Don't you use your fancy mathematics to muddy the issue!"
Maybe something about Pinkie Pies Sugar intake while we're there, or Rainbow Dash's speed.
4641102 That might actually make for an interesting story... at least for us math eggheads
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Well you could always just make two versions of the next chapter. One could be censored and added to this story as the next chapter and you could hen make a seprate storyy that is more mature. Kind e one shot but it still connected and happened in the original. If not then I still have loyalties vengance to look forward to.
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I'm not making any promises, but... It can't hurt to know a technique.
You wouldn't happen to know of a story that does that would you? I think I could use an example.
Mostly because I have trouble picturing how to do it. I feel like, unless the oneshot is pure clop, the main story would miss out on interactions in dialogue 'during' that may be relevant later.
Could you rephrase that? I don't understand.
Figure I might add well add my thoughts about math. I love it (kudos to anyone who knows what my username means). I'm an engineering student, so I have to know a lot (6 semesters of math and 3 of physics for my general ed) abd I use it all the time.
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Your right, she probably wouldn't know what keratin is. Oh, abd continuing of of or idea about unicorn horns not being sensitive, I think it would be hilarious if alicorn tastes absolutely horrible.
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Well Mad Maudlin did suggest making Nightmare Moon's alicorn taste like black licorice.
Though I can't really say anything bad about it since it's apparently a dutch candy. Everybody I know loves the stuff.
It would be really funny.
Also, you say you use math all the time, but you are studying, so do you only use it for studies or also 'in real life'?
4641548 well this story comes to mind . (This is not where I got the idea but close enough) http://www.fimfiction.net/story/37836/of-maids-and-mistresses
As you can see there is a clop and non clop version. But instead putting of the clop in the original story you put it in its own story but it still happened in the original. Sorry if my terrible wording confuses you.
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Thank you. That was most helpful.
After doing some side by side comparisons I think I get the idea.
Too bad it involves my weakest point, summarizing.
Still, good to know.
Bah, woke up late and have 4th of July shenanigans to be apart of. Yay freedom!
The word 'which' isn't really meant to be the start of a sentence. Better rephrasing might be something like:
"She vehemently insisted that her dare was totally different, and that she hadn't run out of ideas or anything."
Probably better here to use 'as she watched' instead of using 'while' a second time in the same sentence.
Just a word order mix up, all the right words are there though!
"the cute pair up just yet." might sound better.
missed the 'at'.
Was this meant to be 'but neither of them were hurt from falling over on the blanket."? Or " but neither of them felt uncomfortable laying down on the blanket." ?
'to' put a little more weight on Rainbow Dash than Fluttershy.
As indicated, you also have a second space between the two sentences.
The second sentence is also a tad confusing. It shows Trixie explaining that the weight shift isn't because she is afraid of hurting Fluttershy, but not why she shifts her weight. The second part of that sentence then goes into her noting a lack of retaliation, which is odd as you'd think the second part would be more explaining why she did the weight shift.
My working theory from previous statements is because Dash is squirming. Frigging blue pegasi just won't hold still!
Not sure if this sentence error is intentional or not. If not, you probably should either make 'not' into 'didn't'.
Missed the 'a' before 'look'.
Phew, been awhile that one of your chapters needed to be massacred. But I'm the man for the job.
So, enjoy your day, and your Big Mac, I gtg.
4640883 why thank you magical talking thingymuwhat
4639735 YOU ARE A MONSTER!
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I just missed you, so I thought that if I made a bunch of errors you'd come out of the wood work?
Thanks for the corrections and suggestions.
I'm at least kinda pleased there were no to and too errors.
Well now that I have this mutilated corpse of a chapter acting as a warning I guess I will try to be more careful next time.
Thanks, and the was delicious.
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I LOVE BLACK LIQUORICE... But not as much as muffins. Also Nightmare moon is my favorite pony second is trixdash (I couldn't decide between trixie or rainbow dash)
Wingboners and now we'll get a hornjob? I hate you.
Correction; '“What’s that taste like?”' should be '“What does that taste like?”'
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I know.
In this case, it's just Rainbow Dash butchering the English language. So, working as intended.
Odd question... I mean, what would you expect a chunk of dry keratin (or bone, if unicorn horn is like deer horn) to taste like?
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Unicorn Horns are made of Candy.
and apparently are able to get pruny like skin, so they aren't pure kretin / bone.
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