> Rainbow Dash & Pinkie Pie: Captor & Captive > by opticblast > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1 Friday, middle of the day. Harsh words and plans with way to long names. It was another fine day in Ponyville. The birds where chirping, the sun was beaming, and of course everyone's favorite puffy-haired pink party pony was once again talking everyone's ears of with such speed that it was probably breaking all barriers known to pony science (yes, there is such a thing as pony science, just look it up at Ponypedia). "AndthenIgotupandatesomecakeandbrushedmyteethandatesomemorecakeandwashedmyfaceandatesomechocolateandhelpedoutMr.andMrs.CakeandatesomecakewellnotMr.andMrs.Cakeofcoursebutcakewithstrawberryorwasitchocolateoohthatremindsmeofthetimethat..." "PINKIE PIE!" Rainbow Dash yelled with such volume that the pink party pony fell backwards onto her rear. “What's wrong Dashie, you don't like my morning stories?” “It's not that I don't like them Pinkie,” Dash began. ''It's that I CAN'T FOLLOW YOUR STORIES!'' she blurted out with the the volume of an elephant giving a serenade. “Dash is right Pinkie,'' Twilight added, “You talk so much and so fast my mind is actually beginning to forget important stuff like magic, friendship, and how to unlock the front door of my house.” Pinkie butted in, “So is that the reason you're sleeping outside for three days now that Spike has gone to Canterlot for a lecture on dragons and gems?'' (Dragons and gems, yes I know. Lame excuse to exclude Spike from the story, sue me.) “See? This is what we mean,” Rainbow said, once again taking control of the conversation, “Were trying to explain something to you and there you go again, talking like there's no tomorrow.” Pinkie's ears lowered a bit from the harsh words, “But Dashie I didn't mean to-" “That's just it Pinkie,” Rainbow continues, “You never mean it yet you always keep doing it. Don't you see that it really, really, REALLY drives ponies up the apple tree? Seriously, you are just TOO RANDOM!” Dash finished her sentence with more emphasis than she may have intended. The last statement from the pegasus upset the pink pony more than her friends seemed to notice. Quickly turning around to hide her tears from the other two, she bid a quick, subdued "Okie dokie lokie," and ran of towards Sugarcube Corner, leaving her two friends staring after her. She quickly entered the bakery through the front door and headed straight upstairs to her room, drawing baffled looks from Mr. and Mrs. Cake who were working when she came running in. ''Rainbow Dash!! That wasn’t very nice,'' Twilight began, giving her a reproachful glare. “Yeah, yeah I know,'' Dash replied huffily, ''But I can't take it anymore! Pinkie needs to slow down a notch or I'll go insane in the pony-brain! Aah! See? It's already beginning, who says insane in the pony-brain? WHO, TWILIGHT? WHO SAYS THAT?!”. “Alright, alright,” the adorkable unicorn soothed, “Look I know for a fact that Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity feel the same way. So why don't you go get Applejack and I'll get Rarity and we'll meet up at Fluttershy's place for an emergency meeting?” and with that said both the ponies ran of to their respective goals to start "Operation-". (Well, the name will come up soon enough.) Nightfall came. Twas everypony's time for relaxation, sleep, and sobbing into their pillows. Well, that last part only counted for the poor pink pony who had locked herself in her room, crying almost non-stop throughout the evening and into the night. When Pinkie hadn't even come down for dinner, the Cakes had spent a good hour trying unsuccessfully to get the uncharacteristically miserable pony to come out of her room, or at least talk about what was upsetting her. Finally Mr and Mrs cake left for their own bedroom, leaving a tray of cupcakes outside Pinkie's door, hoping she would at least eat something if she became hungry. The problem wasn't that she wasn't hungry, this was Pinkie after all. The fact was that of all the ponies she was friends with, her Rainbow-maned, high flying, partner in pranks had always occupied a very special place in the hyperactive pony's heart. Now she was laying on her bed, her muzzle buried deep in her pillow and her straightened mane hanging at an all time low, even more than when she thought her friends didn't want to be her friends anymore. Pulling herself up from the pillow and sniffling while wiping away her tears, she looked up at her little toothless pet laying in the corner of her room in his own little basket. ''Oh 'snif snif' G-Gummy, why did Dashie snap at me like that?'' Pinkie whispered to her alligator, ''I t-thought, that a-after our days of b-being pranksters and the p-p- 'sniff' party they planned for me that she was f-f-finally opening up to me... Accepting me... Loving me...'' She whispered the last part of her sentence so softly that she could have given Fluttershy a run for her money. Pinkie had truthfully always had a crush on Rainbow Dash, but never had the confidence to open up to her about it. She had thought about asking Rarity for advice or maybe some other pony, but it was the same each time, they all just considered her crazy, random Pinkie Pie, never taking her seriously. ''Why do people always say I’m so random, random doesn't sound nice, I’m s-s-special, fun, zany, right Gummy?'' A loud snoring sound from Gummy confirmed Pinkie's suspicion that she was indeed just talking to herself now. With a long sigh she laid her head down on her pillow and just decided to get some rest, although unknown to Pinkie rest would not come for a long time. The night had just begun. Four shadows were gliding from street to street towards Sugarcube Corner, the owners of the shadows making sure that they would not be heard by any of the sleeping citizens from the peaceful village. Stopping to the side of the bakery's front door the first shadow spoke up, ''So are we all sure this is the only way? It sounds like a crazily, stupid plan to me.'' revealing herself to be none other than Twilight Sparkle. ''No time for Ponying out,” The second shadow said, revealing herself to be Rainbow Dash, ''We already had to leave Fluttershy out of the plan, so now she's going to take care of Gummy starting tomorrow once we foalnap Pinkie Pie''. “Can we please stop saying "foalnapping", y'all?” The third shadow said revealing herself to be Applejack, who was carrying a length of rope around her waist. “Oh, so what do YOU call taking somebody without their free will from their home?” Dash sarcastically replied with a smirk. ''Point taken.” Applejack conceded, turning to the fourth shadow behind her. “So, Rarity, what I’m actually wonderin', now that I think on it, is what's with the chloroform, blindfold and duct tape anyway?” She asked the beautiful white unicorn with the fashionably styled indigo mane and tail, eying the gem encrusted designer saddle bags she carried. ''Well darling, we are about to abduct someone who will likely not come willingly and can be quite vocal. I presume that explains the duct tape and chloroform...... the blindfold is just an extra precaution,” Rarity explained. “Yeah I know but what I'm tryin' ta ask is, why do ya keep those items in your night stand of all places, together with that strap-on and... lube?” Applejack replied now coming to her point. “Well I- ahh uh w-we should hurry, the sun is about to come up right?” Rarity quickly said glancing away. ''Riiiiight, yeaaah...'' Rainbow Dash said leaving an awkward silence between the four culprits for a few minutes before Twilight took control of the situation. “Alright everypony, time to start Operation: Kidnapping Our Friend and Preserving Our Friendship with Her by Helping Her Learn to Turn it Down a Few Notches and Not Talk Our Ears Off' Twilight whispered while extending her fore-hooves towards the others to initiate their secret (Bundy style) cheer. The rest off the gang, in a circle, placed their fore-hooves across each others', then pressed them together and wiggling them around, simultaneously raised them above their heads, ending the cheer with a soft, Fluttershy style "Yay". While Rarity and Twilight where busy lock picking the front door, Rainbow whispered into Applejack's ear. ''After this I think we should start Operation: Coming Up with a Better Name for the First Operation,'' eliciting a snicker from the farmpony. Sugar cube corner was as silent as... something really silent. Pinkie was sleeping soundly but not soundlessly, snoring occasionally but loudly, mixing it up with randomly mumbled words (HAH random even in her sleep). Suddenly the lock on Pinkie's began rattling lightly, and a minute later, the doorknob twisted, and in turn allowed the door to open and grant the four friends access into Pinkie’s bedroom. The four marenappers split up into two different groups and approached their sleeping target from both ends of the bed. The indigo-maned fashionista (and apparent sexual deviant) grabbed the chloroform from her saddlebag and soaked a rag which she gently levitated onto the helpless pink victim's muzzle. Suddenly Pinkie's eye started to twitch, causing the others to fear that she would wake up before cloth against her muzzle put her more deeply under. Applejack even began readying the rope in case they had to work fast. Luckily the chloroform worked it's magic and soon Pinkie was completely dead to the world, even her mumbling had stopped along with the snoring. Removing the cloth, the others quickly got to work: Applejack hog-tying Pinkie's legs together while Rarity got the duct tape out of her saddlebag and ripped off two long strips to put around her pink friend's muzzle and across her lips. At the last second Rainbow requested to be the one to do it, and despite a quizzical look from Rarity and Applejack her request was granted. As Rainbow began applying the tape to her friends mouth, she couldn't help but get a satisfied smirk on her face, which turned into more of a leer as naughty thoughts ran through her mind. Noticing Applejack and Rarity regarding her with a silent looks of "What the hay?" she quickly backed away and turned around so as not to come of even more weird to her friends. Twilight wasn't noticing any of the stuff that was happening since she was busy going over reading the letter they made that afternoon for a hundredth time. She was a perfectionist after all and she wanted to make sure that Mr. and Mrs. Cake wouldn't be overly worried about Pinkie in her absence. The note read that Pinkie had gotten up early and decided to stay with Rarity for the weekend, and also stated that Fluttershy would take care of Gummy. Pinkie was always free from her chores on the weekend so there was no danger of her being missed at work. As Rarity levitated the bound Pinkie off her bed and placed her across Applejack's back, Twilight laid the note on the pillow. silent as the night the four ponies and their captive friend made their way outside, making sure not to awake the cakes or Gummy. Once outside Rainbow took of in the air to scout ahead. Luckily it was still a few hours until the first rays of sunshine would spill over the horizon, and nopony was out in the streets. “Alright we’re clear,” Rainbow said as she descended towards her friends, “Applejack where did you stash the cart?”. “Third corner on the left side Rainbow,” Applejack replied while walking slowly towards their destination, careful not to unsettle the precious cargo on her back. As they transferred the unconscious and bound earth pony to the back of Applejack's cart, Rarity and Twilight climbed on to monitor her during the ride while Dash and Applejack pulled the cart. ''I don't get why we are once again doing the hard work while you guys get to sit around on your flanks.'' Rainbow said with a scowl as they were preparing to depart. “Stop your whining Rainbow Dash,” Rarity replied while pulling out a blanket to keep their captive warm, “You know you and Applejack are the strongest. Besides, I’m too sophisticated and Twilight's strongest point as we all know is her brilliant mind. And she can’t to pull the wagon with her mind, right darling.” “Hey!” Twilight replied indignantly before thinking and forming her next words carefully, “You're right, actually, but i could do it,...if i wanted to pull the wagon that is." “Off course darling,” Rarity said while petting her partner in crime's mane. “But do excuse me if right now I'm more worried of getting out of here before some pony spots us”. And with that the cart began to move onward to an unknown destination with a still sleeping Pinkie on it. > Chapter 2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 2 Saturday, early morning. Rainbow the caretaker A new day was slowly but surely dawning in Ponyville. Across the sky birds chirped their serenade to the rising sun as it crested the horizon. Everypony was beginning their morning routine to take on a glorious new day filled with sunshine, friendship, magic, and... ah... pony-stuff. Unfortunately for our four friends and their captive fifth, today's dawn was the start of a long and exhausting day. Last night as they had left Ponyville's premier sweet shop with their oblivious captive, it soon became clear that they had not really thought the plan through beyond this point. "So, uhh..." Applejack began while leaning into her harness alongside Rainbow Dash, the two of them pulling the cart along a dirt road, "What actually is the plan now that we've made it this far?". "Seriously? Are you that apple-headed?" Rainbow interrupted her, "At this point in the operation it's clear we need to... eh, well... But we could also... Hmm... Twilight? Rarity? Little help?" Dash said to her two other partners in crime who were seated on the cart behind her. "Sorry, what was that Rainbow, darling?" Rarity was clearly paying more attention to the pink mare trusted up underneath the blanket, softly stroking Pinkie Pie's mane and making sure she wasn't too cold. Even though they had never shared much in the way of common interests, she had developed a fondness for her partying friend in the time since they had all come together to defeat Nightmare Moon. Needless to say she was also quite fond of sharing one of her more,..color full activities with one of her friends, even if that certain friend was not aware of it yet. But of course she would never take advantage of anypony in a situation like this one, especially not a friend like Pinkie. Besides that, it was quite apparent to one as versed in such things as Rarity was that Pinkie wouldn't return her interest. She had come to see that Pinkie was waiting for a certain somepony else to literally swoop down and sweep her off her hooves. "Well, Dash," Twilight eventually began, "To be honest I think we all bit the apple too hard with not thinking this whole thing through. But first things first, we need to bring Pinkie someplace safe and out of sight, then we can think about where to go from there". "Gee, you really think so Twillight?" Rainbow quipped sarcastically. Pointedly ignoring her fellow wagon pulling friend, Applejack chimed in with an idea. "Well I guess that we could find a spot fer her at Sweet Apple Acres, plenty of places to use that're warm, secure and-" "NO!" Rarity shouted, causing the others to jump in fright, the cart lurching to a stop. Three sets of startled and questioning eyes stared directly at the stylish fashionista (and full time drama queen). Rarity knew she needed to think fast to explain her outburst. "Well......Applejack, to be honest the farm isn't really the best of places with Macintosh and not to mention Apple Bloom always about." Rarity's quick response seemed logical to them, yet she still had to watch her step so they would all go along with what she had in mind. "I was actually thinking that it would be best if we kept Pinkie Pie at Rainbow Dash her house." "WHAT THE HAY!?!" Dash screamed (with such a volume that it if sound was visible it would cover the entire land of Equestria, then the entire globe and finally all of space.), "Rarity, please tell me you're either joking or really wanted to scare me." The Pegasus asked her friend while already fearing the awnser. "I'm serious, darling!" Rarity responded while checking if Pinkie was still asleep. Soft mumbling could be heard from underneath the tape covering her muzzle but otherwise she was still in dreamland. “Your place is in the clouds darling, it's comfortable, secure, and almost nopony ever comes to your place because of your.....free spirited lifestyle," She explained. “Gee thanks” Rainbow muttered a little annoyed. “But your forgetting one thing, Pinkie's not a Pegasus, so how the hay can she stay up there?" Dash was almost certain that she had Rarity on the ropes with that. Unfortunately, Rarity wasn't a pony to back down easily. "It's not a problem, darling," She explained, "Twilight has perfected her cloud-walking spell for extended use, isn't that right dear?" "Actually i did, it’s still not completely perfect, but i should be able to let it last for at least a week" Twilight replied, immediately receiving a glare from Dash. "Excellent, and since you're taking care of Pinkie, the three of us can go back to Twilight's and search for a solution to our problem. Her books should tell us if there's anyway to make Pinkie less of a blabbermouth, so to speak." The indigo-maned unicorn finished, beaming with a satisfied smile. "Well, yeah, we could do that but... how about instead... um..." Rainbow said while thinking up a new excuse. It wasn't that she was entirely against taking care of Pinkie, but she also knew it was Pinkie they were talking about after all. It would be the longest weekend of her life. 'Wait, that's it!' "Ah! Well, what if this thing takes longer then the weekend?" Rainbow suddenly asked, "I still have my weather-mare duties on Monday so yeah, we can't leave Pinkie alone while I’m getting all those clouds in gear!" Once again Rainbow thought she had found a flaw in Rarity's plan. Once again, she was wrong. "Oh don't worry, darling," The alabaster diva replied, "If this does take longer then the weekend any of us could watch her during the day, and when you get home we can go back to help with the research." Rarity's reply delivered the final blow to all of Rainbow Dash's protests since she was all out of excuses. Dash gave up on words with a groan. She turned her head and stared back at Pinkie's prone form for a long time. Applejack was eventually the one to break the silence, "Look whatever y'all plan on doing, do it fast. Sun is up already and I reckon that stuff you used isn't lasting forever" she said while pointing at Pinkie who was now turning a little in her sleep while making muffled sounds into her gag. "Ugh, fine!" Rainbow said, finally giving in, "But the moment I can't take it or have other obligations, you guys are bailing me out!" "Of course, darling," Rarity said while her horn began to glow. "Twilight dear, would you kindly cast your spell so Pinkie can stay safely up the clouds?" "Of course Rarity, i can practically dream this spell so it shouldn’t take longer then a few seconds ". Twilight had been practicing and perfecting this spell for so long that she had completely memorized it with no fear of it being miscast (Or removed by a pink blabbering computer virus). After the spell was cast the two unicorns started using their magic to simultaneously, Twilight to lift Pinkie up while Rarity wrapped the blanket loosely around her so she wouldn't get cold on the flight. Dash had already moved away from the cart while Rarity rummaged into her saddlebag to grab the blindfold and magically bind it over Pinkie's eyes. "There, that way she won't get too scared if she opens her eyes" Rarity said, obviously being proud of her idea. "Ugh... w-whatever..." Dash replied, momentarily distracted by the feeling of Pinkie's warm body across her back. "I'm leaving, you guys get to it and let me know the moment you find something." "We will Rainbow" Twilight said while taking one last look at Pinkie's still sleeping form, though less soundly than a few hours ago. While Applejack stroked Pinkie's mane, receiving a moan from the earth party pony in reply, Twilight could only stare at her guiltily. Of course they wouldn't hurt her or anything like that, but it was still weird to forcefully change their friend, even when she was driving them all up the apple-tree....right? A sudden hoof on her shoulder startled her; Rarity was next to Twilight giving her a warm smile. This seemed to relax Twilight as she watched Rarity walk over towards Dash and the bound pastry chef on her back. "Don't Worry Pinkie, you just enjoy your weekend and I'll make sure your caretaker sees exactly what kind of special pony you really are” the Fashion Unicorn whispered into her captive friends ear. "Mmmmmmgmm..." Pinkie suddenly mumbled a bit loudly, causing the four friends to break from their reverie. "Alright, I’m off!" Dash said as she took to the air, angling for home with the pink pony aboard. As the three friends on the ground watched the pegasus take of towards the air, Applejack was still curious about why Rarity was so pushy the entire time about getting Dash to take care of Pinkie. Surely it would have been much simpler to stash Pinkie with her or even at Rarity's boutique or Twilight's library. "So Rarity,” Applejack began, "What's with Rainbow taking care of Pinkie, care to explain?" "Oh no reason darling" Rarity replied. "I'm just a simple, fabulous, hopelessly romantic, brilliant plotting magical unicorn who also has the best fashion sense in all of Equestria." "Well eh, that doesn’t really explain anyt-" Applejack began but at the last minute decided that it was best to continue her question after she and the others had some sleep. "Let's just get a few hours sleep and meet up at Twilight's library." "Excellent idea." Rarity replied, looking over at Twilight who was still looking up at the sky, "Are you okay with that, Twilight?" Twilight suddenly shook herself, looking away from the sky and towards her two friends staring at her. "Yeah, of course. Good idea, Rarity." "Alright then, see y’all around three'ish" Applejack said while grabbing the now empty cart and dragging it by herself towards the farm. "Yes, see you two at the Library," Rarity said while looking at Twilight, and with that she took off towards Carousel Boutique for some well deserved beauty sleep. "Yeah... see you girls..." Twilight replied lost in thought. She was hoping Pinkie wouldn't be too scared and that Rainbow would take good care of her. But they all agreed to this plan and they had to see it through now. While Twilight was readying herself to head for home, suddenly the big question popped into her head. 'Wait, how am i going to get inside my home? It's still locked!' > Chapter 3 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3: Saturday, still early in the morning. The Storm after the silence Leaving the ground, the houses on it and soon even the trees behind, Rainbow Dash set out for her home in the clouds together with the bound and gagged party pony on her back who was slowly coming around. "Horseshoes!" Rainbow cursed while picking up speed, "Why did I let Rarity talk me into this? More importantly, why couldn't she have talked me into it sooner?" Dash bemoaned as she felt the pony on her back shift little, making it harder for to keep her balanced. Luckily, a few minutes later they both safely reached the front door of Dash's house. "Alright, let's get you inside," Dash said to Pinkie without expecting an answer and not getting one. Turning the lock and pushing the door open with one hoof, Rainbow carefully stepped inside making sure that she didn't let her ''guest'' fall on the floor. Inside, everything was as Dash had left it. Messy. She hadn't cleaned for days, the floor was strewn with random junk, and it was gloomy inside since the curtains were still closed due to the Dash her allergy for mornign sunlight. The only place that wasn't cluttered was the couch, centered in the living room in front of a large flat-screen TV (Dash liked to watch Greyhorse Anatomy and the Little House on the Clouds). There was just enough room to behind the couch to access a walk-in closet, filled not with clothes, but movies and surprisingly a lot of books. Nobody suspected it, but Dash was almost as avid a reader as Twilight, though Dash gave her preferences to fantasy and adventure books like the daring doo series. The rest of the house was a kitchen filled with dishes, a curling stair that led up to a bedroom and bathroom, and there was a little balcony that gave the most amazing view over the cloud city and even more on the rest of the world when the clouds were thin enough to look through. "Hmmm..." Dash suddenly heard from her back. Realizing that Pinkie was waking up, she gently laid the earth pony on the couch and proceeded to stand there like a statue, trying to force down her rising panic while nervously waiting for the inevitable. As Pinkie slowly woke up, she compared the way she felt to the time she secretly drank an entire bottle of Mr. and Mrs. Cake's special drink. Whinny it was called, or maybe Whine? She carefully stretched her legs, only to realize that they wouldn't budge an inch. Yawning, realized that she couldn't open her mouth, and even her eyes revealed nothing as she tried to blink the sleep out of them. "Mmmphmmm!" Pinkie suddenly mumbled through the tape across her muzzle, realizing something was definitely wrong. She began squirming in her bonds, pulling and yanking desperately. Panic began to set in as her mind raced, 'I think I've been foalnapped!' This situation reminded her of a movie she once watched with Gummy, were a filly was taken against her will in the city of Mareis. Her father, who was a police officer, was the last person to have heard from her at his home in Neigh Yoke City. Pinkie began groaning more into her gag, struggling in earnest. She knew that if she'd been taken from her home Mr. and Mrs. Cake probably wouldn't know she was missing yet. She wasn't counting on help from her friends either after what had happened yesterday. Why would they bother coming to look for her when they couldn't stand being around her? She was on her own. If Pinkie only knew the irony of her situation and thinking. No, scratch that, if Pinkie even knew the meaning of irony she would probably have something to laugh about. But since Pinkie didn't know about irony or her situation at the moment, she just began thrashing in her bonds even more, screaming into her gag, "MMPPPH MMPH MGGH MMP!" Dash had been uncomfortably watching Pinkie's increasing distress and was feeling more guilty by the second. This wasn't worth it. Even if this stupid plan had been thought out well enough in the fist place, if she knew she would have to see Pinkie like this she would have blown it off in a heartbeat. Trying to calm her bound and gagged friend down, Rainbow slowly approached while speaking softly so as to not startle Pinkie even more. "Pinkie Pie", Dash began, "It's alright, we- I'm not going to hurt you." Dash slowly stroked her mane the way she remembered Rarity doing for Fluttershy when one of her animal friends died. She saw that it actually helped giving someone a gentle hoof and comforting words; while Rainbow wasn't all into the touchy-feely stuff, she wanted to try at least for Pinkie's sake. "Please, Pinkie," Dash murmured, trying not to let her voice crack from stress, "I know you're scared but you have my word that you're safe." "Rmmly?" The captive pony replied. While she couldn't really make out the voice because of how soft it was and because she was too distressed and loud herself, she felt comforted. She felt as if the speaker was someone special. Rainbow smiled at the reaction, "Really? Yeah, Pinkie swear." It was enough for Pinkie and she slowly relaxed, letting her limbs go slack in her bonds. "If you can sit still for a minute, I can remove the blindfold, OK?" Dash said, relieved. Pinkie nodded her head at hyper speed, really curious to know who she was talking to. She had her suspicions now that she could hear the voice more clearly. "Alright," Dash said as she slowly and gently removed the blindfold from Pinkie's head. As the blindfold was finally removed Pinkie had to let her eyes adjust, but not for long due to the low light, until they finally focused on the rainbow maned pegasus kneeling beside her. Pinkie couldn't understand it. Not so long ago she thought Dashie never wanted to see her again, and now she was a guest in her home? 'Well not exactly a guest,' the party pony thought, 'Unless all of Dashie's guests are bound, gagged, blindfolded and flown in while asleep? Ooh! Is it a special initiation? Am I in some kind of Dashie visiting club now?' after all, Pinkie wasn't all that familiar with pegasi customs, but she was still open minded. "MMS, summed Hmmm mmHg mump mmHg Hmmm Hmmm mummed mimed mump mmHg!!" Pinkie had instantly started trying to talk a mile a minute, asking a thousand questions while both thanking Dash for inviting her over and apologizing for upsetting her the other day at the same time. However due to her enthusiasm , she forgot all about the tape still sealing her lips. "Uh, Pinkie?" Dash started, beginning to feel the all to familiar awkwardness, "Maybe you should wait until I remove that tape?" Pinkie stopped mumbling for a second and then tried to form the best smile she could despite the tape, while once again nodding at Dash with an incredible head banging speed. But as Dash reached for the tape around Pinkie's lips she was halted by a thought. 'Hey you brain dead mule, do you even remember why she was bound and gagged in the first place? This whole mess started because you and the others were trying to keep her quiet for once. And now you want to just remove it so that she can talk your ears off? Or even worse, freak out on you and scream for help? Nice move, genius, I'm guessing you'll make some Griffon real happy in prison.' Thanking her brain like never before, Dash suddenly spoke again with a more stern voice, "Listen Pinkie, if I'm going to take that tape off there are some ground rules to go over." Pinkie seemed surprised at the sudden change of attitude, but stayed quiet. "Rule one, no talking faster than 15 miles an hour. Rule two, no yelling for help in any way. I won't hurt you, I won't do anything, but if you try calling for help I'll slap the tape back on your muzzle again and leave it like that." Dash was observing Pinkie while laying out her rules, her face was blank but she seemed to be listening so maybe this was a sign it would at least go smoother then she thought at first. "And last but most important of all, let me get a word in edgewise, don't interrupt me when I 'm talking, and LISTEN when I tell you something. You do those things and there won't be a problem at all. You think you're able to do that?" Pinkie snapped out of her daze and focused on the question Rainbow had just asked her. She was listening to Rainbow the entire time, though some part of her hyperactive brain was having strange thoughts about what was going to happen now that she was alone with Dashie, in her cloud home, tied up... It excited her in a strange way she had never felt before. Not even being able to mumble, she simply nodded and awaited Dash's next move. Dash saw the nod as a sign that she had understood and agreed to the rules and slowly peeled the tape of Pinkie's mouth to make sure it wasn't going to sting much. But just as with a bandage, taking it off slowly had the opposite effect. Pinkie yelped softly when it was completely of, the tape left a light red rectangle around her mouth. Dash tossed the tape on the table. For the first time in her life she had no idea what to do so she simply stared at the ground. She wasn't ashamed of what she had done, exactly. In fact she wanted to believe that helping Pinkie tone it down would help the hyperactive pony more in the end. Then not just her friends but the other citizens of Ponyville would be able to have her around with way more ease. Pinkie really liked being around other ponies, but no one could deal with her for long. After about five minutes (which seemed more like five hours) the silence was finally broken, not by Rainbow but by Pinkie, or to be more precise Pinkie's stomach which was grumbling like the biggest thunder storm in years. "I think you could do with some food," Dash said with a short chuckle which she could not hold in. "Yeah i guess so," Pinkie said blushing a little. If her hooves weren't tied together she would have used them to hide her face in embarrassment (Yes, even Pinkie gets embarrassed. She's only hu- pony). "When was the last time you ate?" Dash asked her friend. "I guess that would be... yesterday morning," Pinkie replied thinking back little about the events from yesterday and starting to look a little sad. "WHAT?" Dash shouted, causing Pinkie to almost fall off the couch in shock. "Horseapples, Pinkie, you should have told me sooner you haven't eaten for that long!" She now faced the pink pony who was trying to regain her balance as best as she could on the couch. "Well it was little hard telling you trough that sticky tape, Dashie," Pinkie said with a small smile at how concerned her friend seemed for her wellbeing. She was glad Dash at least had some care for her after yesterday. It was Dash's turn to look embarrassed, "Yeah, I guess you've got a point there. Alright I'm going to make some food, got anything you like in particular?" Dash asked before mentally smacking herself in the face for really asking such an obvious question. "CUPCAKES!" Pinkie said little harder then she initially intended, but truth be told she was actually pretty hungry now that she was done panicking. Even her mane and tail where starting to look a bit fluffier now. "OK, OK, Pinkie. First things first," Rainbow said, quickly interrupting Pinkie's hyper happiness, "Remember our agreement?" She asked as she picked up the piece of tape and held it in front of her captive's face. "No shouting, or-" "But Dashie, you said no shouting for help, not no shouting at all." She finished with a chuckle. "Ugh," Rainbow said, feeling embarrassed at being outwitted by Pinkie again, "Then from now on it's no shouting at all. And what did I say about interrupting?" Dash asked with a stern expression. "Oh, yeah," Pinkie grinned sheepishly, "I'm sorry Dashie, I'll remember from now on." "Thank you" Dash said with a smile, trying to show some sort of remorse for suddenly being so strict again. For reasons she didn't understand it was becoming increasingly difficult to be stern towards the cute pink mare. But the thought of being sent to prison for foalnapping (after all, Pinkie might forgive them, but she doubted anyone else would be as understanding) bolstered her resolve. "And also Pinkie, I'm not giving you cupcakes," Dash said, earning a sad look from the party pony, "They'll make you even more hyper then you usually are, and I can't handle that. While you're here I'm only serving some healthy, normal food. I wouldn't be surprised if part of the reason you can't control your energy is that your insides are at least 80 percent sugar." "90 percent!" Pinkie replied, laughing. Dash wasn't sure about her own comment being a joke or rather a suspicion. "Alright, smart mouth, I hope you like fresh alfalfa and wheat grass smoothies, cause that's actually the only thing I can whip up now since I didn't have time to go shopping..." Dash said chuckling little again. "Alright Dashie, but I actually have a lot of questions, like whydidyoufoalnapmewhenarewe goingtogoprankingwhenarewegoingtoeatcupcakeswheredoIsleepdoyoualwaysdothisto peoplewhoyoutaketoyourhomeisthatyournaturalmanecolo- mmppphh!" "Sorry, Pinkie," Dash said pressing the tape back onto her pink captive's lips. "I know you have a lot of questions and I want to answer them, I really do. But I explained the rules and three strikes means you're out." She finished as she grabbed a pillow and lifted Pinkies head little so she could slide the pillow underneath. "You just lay back a little while I get some food," Rainbow instructed her while grabbing the remote and switching on the TV to some show called "Two Stallions, a Mare, and a Candy Store". "And when we've eaten I promise I'll answer all your questions as long as you behave and the questions aren't too stupid or anything." Pinkie, knowing she had no other choice but to comply, simply lifted her head a little to nod, then dropping it again. "Good, well... eh... I'll be in the kitchen..." Dash said a little clumsy while heading to her little cooking nook, "Holler if you need anything" she said to Pinkie over her back. "Mmmpph?" Pinkie replied, wondering how Dash could be serious about that last comment. Finally, Pinkie just decided to turn her attention to the show on the tube. As she relaxed into the couch and nestled her head into Dash's soft, warm cloud pillow she thought, 'It smells like Dashie, fresh like a cool summer breeze and a little bit floral,' as she took a deep breath, letting it out in a sigh. > Chapter 3,5 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3.5 Saturday mid-day. The cooking and eating after the storm of the silence. While Dash was in the kitchen boiling water and cutting the alfalfa, she could clearly hear sound coming from the living room resembling laughter. It seemed the TV had the effect Dash had hoped on her pink colored captive. Knowing that Pinkie was a little bit relaxed seemed to take some of the stress from Dash her shoulders. “What the hay, why am i worried? I agreed with this, we all did. I know it’s illegal and criminal but were not going to do anything hurtful or something. And besides going insane and murdering your best friend is much more illegal then foalnapping her and, and... did i just say best friend. Yes she is my best friend, that is why I'm- we are doing this, we all just want to help her. She'll see, She'll- Oh horseshoes, how exactly are we going to help her?" Dash made a mental note to at least ask Twilight today what the plan is, now that she is thinking about it she couldn't even remember what they had exactly planned that afternoon. The only thing she could remember was that they were going to kidnap their friend to help her. But how to help, what to do, let alone who came up with the idea in the first place was completely not coming up in her mind, as if it had been locked away in a vault without a code to reach its content. Deciding not to think about it any further and just simply ask Twilight, Rainbow put the alfalfa in the pan with water that was lightly boiling now and added some salt and special herbs to bring it up to flavor. She may not be a household princess like Fluttershy but she did know enough about staying healthy and fit by eating healthy, low calorie food from all the hours she spent in flight camp and preparing herself to become a wonderbolt soon in the future. after all if she wanted to become a wonderbolt, she wasn't going to be the first wonderbolt that couldn't get into the tight suite her heroes were always wearing. Glancing a quick look at Pinkie who was still mumbling a little and focusing on the TV, Rainbow smiled inside. She had to admit that even though Pinkie did ate allot of sweets and cake, she was definitely not fat in the least though Rainbow suspected that it was mainly because Mr. and Mrs. Cake where there to make sure their adoptive daughter at least got some vegetables in her stomach. Oh Pinkie. Who's going to take care of you when your all on your own and living your own life. Who's going to make sure you eat and sleep properly and comfort you when your sad, and laugh with you, and cuddle you... and ki- "Stop it!" Rainbow whimpered to herself, trying to silence her recent thought. "It's not your problem, she's here until we've helped her. After that she has to take care of herself just like anypony," Dash added trying to persuade herself, she had little success in doing so as her thoughts were waging a battle with one another. Soft Cuddly Dash thoughts: What's wrong with thinking like that. you’re worried about your friend, your best friend. Friends are there for each other... unless you angry because you want her to be more then a friend.... Hard Uncuddly Dash thoughts: What, no way. First of, I'm not into the lovy dovy stuff. Secondly, I don't see Pinkie that way, she's way hyper, over cheerfully, always talks without thinking, always so cuddly and warm..and...cute... Soft Cuddly Dash thoughts: Yeah your really persuading yourself here with that last thought. But then again you already convinced me when you thought about hugging, comforting or kis- Hard UnCuddly Dash Thoughts Stop it, stop it, stop it! Soft Cuddly Dash thoughts: Make me, make me, make me! "MMPPh MMM," Dash suddenly heard, snapping her out of the war zone that was her brain. Looking to were the sound came from, she spotted her captive houseguest on the couch mumbling in a panicky tone and pushing her head for Dash's to turn hers. "A horseshoe's" she yells as she turns towards the stove and quickly puts on some mitts to take the pot of the fire which was now over boiling. pouring the boiling water down the drain, Dash mentally cursed at herself for almost messing up the food Hard Uncuddly Dash thoughts: Damn, even when Pinkie's completely subdued she still makes it so that I'm in trouble. Soft Cuddly Dash thoughts: Wow, talk about taking responsibility for your actions. It's not Pinkie's fault your such a messed up, day dreaming, foal napping, in lov- "ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT!" Dash yelled as she placed the pot on the counter and smacked her head lightly, "SHUT UP!!!". "mmpphh," Dash heard looking at her Pink friend who seemed to think it was meant towards her. "No, no Pinkie," Dash said quickly trying not to make her cry, "That was for me for being such a dreaming doofmare when i should be preparing our food," she said laughing nervously. After making sure that Pinkie was calmed down, Dash started setting up the table, placing 2 sets of dinner plates and forks on the table toghetter with the smoothies she got out of the fridge. The pot of cooked alfalfa was placed in the middle of the table. After setting up the table, Dash got to work on untying Pinkie from her hogtie (while still keeping her front and rear legs tied together) and helped her hopping towards the table where she tied pinkie’s rear hooves onto the legs of the chair first and after that bound her front hooves on the armrests. Finally she removed Pinkie's gag, but not before giving her a you-know-what-we-agreed look to which Pinkie simply nodded once. After that she sat in her own chair and scooped some grass on her captives plate and her own. "Well, here it is. Healthy and nutrient, you like?" Dash asked awaiting her friends reply. "It smells wonderful Dashie," Pinkie said with a big smile which made Dash chuckle a little since Pinkie still had the rectangle around her mouth making her smile look like that of a circus clown. "Alright then, dig in," Dash said as she started devouring her food. "But Dashie," Pinkie said, being interrupted by Dash immediately. "Mknuw tawkin whule eatiwng," the pegasus said with a mouth full of grass. With a whole night of physical activities behind her, let alone the lack of sleep and the cooking, her body was craving for some food. "But Dashie," Pinkie began again, only to be interrupted by Rainbow Dash again, swallowing her food and looking across the table towards the pink pony. "Pinkie, don't make me gag you again," Dash said before taking another bite. The silence after that lasted five minutes, that’s all it took for Dash to finally realize that Pinky couldn’t taste much of her food while bound to a chair. "HORSEAPPLES" Dash shouted smacking her hoof right across her face like in some kind of slapstick movie. Pinkie giggled a little, being glad that she wasn't gagged before she had eaten something, "i see you're finally getting my point" Pinkie said while tugging a bit at the rope around her hooves in the armchair. "Yeah, eh. Sorry about that," Dash said while a big cartoon sweat drop appeared behind her head. "You want some help?" "Yes please," Pinkie said eagerly, she had secretly hoped that Dash would propose something like that. "Alright then," the Pegasus said as she hoped of her chair and walked around the table towards Pinkie, who already had her mouth wide open to receive her first bite of the day. Dash chuckled as she grabbed Pinkie's fork and pricked some grass on it. Placing it gently in Pinkie's mouth, she gave the pink mare enough time to take it of the fork and awaited her reaction to the meal she had prepared. Taking in the bite and finishing it so fast you had to either slow motion it to see if Pinkie had chewed at all, she let it slowly slide in her belly while looking at Dash in a long blank look before finally putting on the happy Pinkie grin the pegasus knew all to well and saying. "Delicious Dashie, I didn't know you could cook so healthy and make it so tasty at the same time," it made Dash blush hearing Pinkie saying such nice things about her cooking. "Well eh, thanks," Dash quickly said before pricking up another portion of grass and holding it in front of her captive. "Time for the next bite then," Dash said. "And try to chew a little slower and longer this time," she said in a mocking motherly voice. "I'll try, but it's so delicious and I can't eat slow when something's delicious," Pinkie replied, still having that cute big grin on her face while she finally opened her mouth again and took another fork full of grass. Pinkie moaned from the delicious food in her mouth before slowly swallowing it and closing her eye's, looking happy and content with having something this good after not having some food for a while. Dash was starting to blush more and more hearing Pinkie moan like that, she never knew that seeing someone enjoying food could be so... sensuous. Quickly waiving her head out of the clouds, Dash continued to feed Pinkie and made sure to switch the alfalfa occasionally with the smoothie. Although Pinkie enjoyed the smoothie, she enjoyed the home cooked alfalfa even more. It wasn't long before Pinkie had her second plate, her third, and finally after her fourth plate that the party mare had enough in her tummy, even her mane and tail were back to their original puffy stance. Dash laughed a bit after taking a look at her content friend and seeing her mouth covered with all the food she just chewed down, making it look like she was just in on hell of a food fight. "Here, allow me," Dash said as she grabbed a napkin and started to clean Pinkie's mouth, rubbing gently over her muzzle and making Pinkie blush at the same time. "Thanks Dashie," Pinkie said still blushing and now smiling like a school filly, "that was the best meal i had in, ehm, well, since Mrs. Cake Cooked dinner a few days ago," she said laughing about her own little joke. It made Dash smile, not because of Pinkie being Pinkie, but because Pinkie was happy. After dinner, Dash helped Pinkie back on the couch, and on the pink party pony's small request , decided not to hogtie her. Instead her rear and front legs were bound toghetter, thus giving her the option of relaxing and stretching out on the couch. Pinkie wasn't gagged yet, and thus had the perfect opportunity to get some of her questions answered. "So Dashie" Pinkie began, staring at Dash who was pretending to watch the afternoon pony news on the television. "About those questions I have," she continued hoping to get a response from her captor. "Yeah," Dash replied trying to sound casual about it, the truth was she was sweating apples. Tuning her head towards Pinkie to look her in the eyes, the rainbow mane speedster felt herself getting more nervous and smaller by the minute. "Ask away." "Why?" Pinkie simply and clearly stated. "Well Pinkie," Rainbow began, "it's just that, me and the others have been discussing things yesterday after you stormed of and well eh...". Rainbow thought really hard to explain it to Pinkie without sounding crazy, which was apparently harder then she initially thought "We simply couldn't take you hyper activeness anymore," Rainbow eventually said,and she saw that Pinkie was beginning to get a little shocked and her eyes were getting a little watery. "But we still want to be your friends. Were not going to hurt you, we would never hurt a friend," Rainbow quickly and honestly said trying to comfort her friend as much as possible. "e-e-especially a friend as nice as you Pinkie" she added to her last words, although a little softer but still loud enough for Pinkie to hear. "sniff' thank's Dashie" Pinkie said while sniffing a little, Rainbow was at least glad she was still using her nick mane for the Pegasus. "So, what are you going to do with me, keep me captive until forever or remove my mouth" Pinkie said while still deciding if she thought it was one of her joking comment or a suspicion she was worried of. "No, no, trust me Pinkie, ill make sure you are as comfortable as possible and we even made sure Gummy's taken care of by Fluttershy and that Mr. and Mrs. Cake aren't worried about you. And that's all just a temporary thing, before you know it you're back eating sweets and having Gummy hitching a free ride on your tail" Dash said to which Pinkie let out a chuckle as she was starting to feel a little bit better. "So what are you going to do with me?" Pinkie once again asked. "Well, we just want to try to make you a little more ehm..relaxed you know, make sure you're not telling three weeks of stories in three minutes" Dash explained in a manner that would not upset her Pink friend again she hoped. "That way you'll not be always bouncing of the wall and take it a little easier going. I mean its not that we don't like you, but at this rate we'll all be driven into crazy ness in the pony-brain" Dash finished to which Pinkie (especially the pony-brain part) gave a loud snorting laugh. "Well, alright Dashie" Pinkie gave as a response which in turn shocked the Pegasus even more then when the wonder bolts would be barging into her home right at the very moment, asking her for an all night orgy. "P-pinkie?" Dash said still stumbled that her friend had taken almost all the explanation so well. "What" Pinkie said confused. "I trust you and the others, and sure the rope and tape may have been a bit uncomfortable" although in her mind they absolutely have not been, giving Rarity a run for her money in the department of being kinky minded. "But you didn't hurt me. You fed me, sat with me, comforted me and explained everything" the pink pony continued. "And if by changing a little i can help my friends be more relaxed around me, then i guess i can try to be a little more open minded to that. Even though this has been the weirdest intervention i have ever had" she said with her pinky grin on full volume. Dash smiled at the words of her friend. If it meant that Pinky was this cooperative about the plan, than she couldn't let her friend down, neither of them could. "So, you think you can manage staying bound and gagged at my place while we try to work a solution to get you to ease down a little." "I think i can manage" Pinkie said blushing lightly as she looked away and closed her eye's. "Especially when you take care of me Dashie" she whispered. "What?" Dash said not having heard the last part, she yawned loudly as she suddenly realized she had spent the last 30 hours without sleep, which was definitely an all time record for the mare. "Sorry Pinkie, I'm kind of zoning out right here. "Well, then maybe you should get some rest Dashie" Pinkie responded, smiling at the cute sleepy face of her friend. "I don't mind sitting alone here for a while. Dash though about it a couple of minutes. She was sure Pinkie was okay with the whole situation at some point but she still didn't want to take the risk of leaving her alone in case she wanted to get out or even worse if someone would barge in finding her like this, it would not just mean prison for her but for the others as well. And Applejack and she were probably the only two that could handle prison life a little. "If it's okay with you Pinkie, i think i would be more comfortable if your went with me upstairs" Dash said to her friend before realizing what she just blurted out. "I-i mean i have a two person bed. Eh i-eh, mean that i also have a television in my room. It's a bit smaller but you could watch TV while i rest my eye's for e few minutes". At this point Dash her face was almost as red as a tomato. After pondering about it for a second Pinkie immediately smiled and said, "Alright". Though if she was allowed, she would have yelled a "YAY" the volume of a dragon's roar. "Alright then" Dash said as she lifted herself a little above the floor with her wings and went to over to Pinkie to grab her around her waist. Pinkie chuckled as Dash's hooves were tickling her tummy a little and together they flew upstairs towards Dash's bedroom. The bedroom of the Pegasus was really not what Pinkie had expected (though she had expected and fantasized about Dash's bedroom allot). Where she expected the bedroom to be just as chaotic as the rest of Dash's house, her bedroom was indeed very neat and cleaned up. All the walls had the same pattern of blue combined with white which made it almost look like you were sleeping outside among the clouds (well, actually it is sleeping among the clouds, you know....cloud house and all). On the walls there a few pictures, one of course being of the wonder bolts, a few with Dash and some other Pegasus which Pinkie believed to be relatives of Dash and of course a picture of all six of them together. But what really surprised Pinkie was that on Dash's nightstand there was a picture of her and Dash together, one that was made by Twilight during the party pony's own surprise party. On the picture they stood side by side, arms around shoulder of the other and both giving of a big grin that said best friends all the way, it made Pinkie smile slightly. Dash gently hovered down on the bed and laid Pinky down slowly, making sure she didn't accidently dropped her pink package. After landing herself Dash picked up as small length of the rope around Pinkies rear legs and tied it around the post in the corner end of the bed. "Sorry Pinkie" Dash said after she had tied the rope and made sure it was secure but not hurtfully tight. "Precautions you know" she said with her ears lowered a little. "It's alright" Pinkie responded as she looked towards the smaller TV on a stand across the bed. It was indeed smaller then the tube downstairs but it would be enough to entertain Pinkie for a few hours, especially if she was allowed to watch cartoons. To Pinkie's happiness, Dash dropped the remote at her front hooves. Giving her access to the TV and her own choice of what was going to be on. And as Dashie gave Pinkie a half asleep goodnight as her head ascended on a big fluffy cloud pillow, Pinkie decided to watch one of her favorite cartoon that was on, 'Spongehorse Squarehoof'. Finally able to get a little sleep seemed to Dash as the ultimate sign of the goddess herself that she was forgiven for the whole kidnapping idea. Unfortunately Dash was on the receiving end of a vengefully goddess because only a few minutes later her eyelids rolled open like cartoon curtains reviling blood veined eye's slowly turning towards the source of her disturbance, namely the Pink fluffy pony on her bed laughing her rear of at the comical yet crazy actions of Spongehorse and his friends. Pinkie noticing Dash being awake and looking at her instinctively lowered her ears while looking sad towards the sleepless Pegasus. "Sorry Dashie, you want me to turn the TV of" she asked with sadness dripping out of the sentence from her voice. "no, no" Dash replied a bit grumpy. "I can handle a little TV with the volume down. But you laugh way to hard, not to mention the snoring" Dash explained rubbing some of the sleep out of her eye's. "I can't help it" Pinky said still with the same sad voice, this was the reason she never got to watch TV with Mr. and Mrs. Cake. "you can't" Dash said as she rummaged in her nightstand, taking out a roll of silver duct tape. "But i can, if you’lll let me?" tearing of two pieces and holding them in front of Pinkie. "Well....alright!" Pinkie said smiling, "if it means i can watch TV and you can sleep at the same time." And with that Pinkie allowed Dash to gag her with the tape, even helping her by pressing her head forward so that her lips would combine pressure with Dash's side. Eventually the two strips fitted themselves perfectly around and over Pinkie's muzzle, sealing tight enough for her lips to press to it a little. Both aroused a little bit by the sudden action and approval of Pinkie. Dash decided quickly to turn around to continue her sleeping, but not before giving Pinkie a quick kiss on the forehead and biding her good night. "gmmd nght dshm" Pinkie responded to Dash who was already fast asleep, and on noticing the current sleeping state of the Pegasus Pinkie added mumbling "m lvm ymm" > Chapter 4 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4 Saturday mid-day. Adorkable research and beautiful confession. As All seemed quite and at ease in the clouds above ponyville, on the ground in the village itself two mares were slowly making their way towards the house of one of the two, namely the big brain unicorn know to her friends as Twilight Sparkle. Accompanying her to her (still locked) house was none other then her white/purple fashionably friend in crime Rarity. Ever since yesterday when the two unicorns together with the rest of their friends decided to kidnap Pinkie Pie, Twilight was determined to search all her books and use all the resources available to solve their problem and give their Pink puffy friend her freedom back. Well, she would as soon as she and Rarity had the door unlocked to all her books and resources. When they had all gone their separated ways in the early morning, Rarity had offered Twilight to stay with her and have a good sleep first to start fresh in the afternoon. Twilight had accepted the fashionita request even tough she would rather have unlocked her door immediately so she could have got started in helping her friend. Still, it wasn't that terrible to stay with Rarity, she got to stay in the guestroom which had a surprisingly comfortable soft bed, and around the middle of the day she had awoken to the sweet smell of brunch her fellow unicorn had prepared, which Twilight had eagerly devoured. And after she and Rarity had both freshen up a little, Twilight was sure that she was able to find the answer for their and Pinkie's....problem. Although unknown to the adorkable unicorn, Rarity had her own little plan set into motion from the very moment she was made aware of the meeting Twilight and Applejack had arranged for her and the others concerning their pranking cute friend. Finally reaching Twilight's library, Rarity and she started to work on the lock using their magic together, and Twilight suddenly noticed that in the few times she saw Rarity's magic in action since the plan had started, it was..stronger then she remembered it being. And not only that, Rarity was staying calm during the entire situation, something she found very weird since she, and to her notice Rainbow Dash, were pretty much freaking out about the consequences the entire time. Sure applejack was also staying calm pretty well, but had always been the calm one of the group in the more extreme situations. But Rarity, who was pretty much at time like this a dramatic wreck, was calm the entire time. No, not just calm, happy, like she already knew how this whole situation was going to end. Twilight only hoped it would not with them thrown into prison, but there was no going back now. She had to trust in not only her friends, but also in herself and mainly their Pink partying friend, whom Twilight hoped, would accept their offer and forgive them in the end. If not, then she at least hoped she would be bunked in a cell with someone who was dorkier then her, but that was less likely then Spike landing on a speed bike in front of her and Rarity atcurrently and picking up the purple mane unicorn to fly of together into the sunset. "Twilight Dear?" Rarity said looking curiously towards Twilight from inside the egghead unicorn's house. "The door's already unlocked, so you can come in. Or do i need to invite you into your own home" she said while chuckling. "Oh, ah, yeah i'm coming" Twilight quickly said coming inside her own home before her guest, she really had to stop trying to think and having guests over at the same time. "So i'm guessing we better start of right now" the bookworm said to her friend as she focused her attention to the task at hand. "I'll hit the the attitude and super speed themed books and maybe you can-" "Twilight wait" Rarity said, interrupting her smart friend in making their schedule for the next few hours. "We need to sit down first, i want to discuss something with you if you would be willing to listen to little old me". Not giving Twilight time to respond, Rarity walked towards the table in the center and used her magic to shift two chairs as she sat on one and waited for her friend to sit in the other. Curious, Twilight followed her friends example and sat on the chair offered to her while scooting a bit forwards to let her front legs rest on the table. "What do you want to discuss Rarity" Twilight said while looking at her friend, who was for some strange reason chuckling a little in herself and having a dreamy look in her eye's as if she had just read an erotic romance book. "Well darling" Rarity began. "First i want to ask you a question", and once again not waiting for an answer nor approval, the Fashionita continued. "Have you ever had a crush on someone?" "WHAT!" Twilight yelled, almost falling out of her chair. This was definitely not the question she was expecting since the unicorn had thought that the question would probably be about the situation she and her friends were in now at the moment. "Well, uhh.." Twilight began, blushing a little from her sudden outburst. Truth be told she never actually had time not eye's for a crush, she was always been a single minded pony ever since she had finished magic kindergarten. Her studies were her one and only priority before she came to the village were she met all her future friends, and even now that she was living here she still had not really paid any interest one something like having a crush on somepony. "No" Twilight said plainly and honestly, "Why do you ask?" "Well" Rarity responded. "If you did not have a had crush ever on somepony, then i guess you wouldn't notice it when somepony would have, like say, one of your best friends maybe". "Rarity, do you have a crush on somepony?" Twilight said, not really getting were her unicorn friend was going with this. "No dear" Rarity said chuckling a little, though she probably would have said yes if she knew the pony in question also had a crush on her. But Rarity knew it wasn't mutual and being the element of generosity, she wanted to at least see her friend happy, even if that wouldn't be with her. "I'm actually talking about one of our other friends" Rarity continued. "Or to be precise, two of our friends." "Who?" Twilight asked, beginning to become more curious by the minute. "Applejack, Fluttershy??" "No darling" Rarity said chuckling again a little louder this time. "I'm talking about Pinkie Pie, the reason why were here. Although not for the reason you and the others think" the unicorn said adding another layer of mystery to the conversation. "Pinkie?, a crush? Our Pinkie?" Twilight said thinking it over. Although she herself had never had crush on somepony, she definitely had never expected the party mare to have a crush on another pony. "Are you sure Rarity?" she asked just to be certain she wasn't being punked. "Quite sure" the beauty responded. "In fact i do believe the only two pony's not aware of our friends crush in the entire village are in fact you and somepony else." "Somepony else" Twilight repeated. Are you are talking about the pony Pinkie has a crush on." "Yes Twilight Dear, and you'll never expect who" Rarity squealed, starting to become more excited of sharing this news with one of her more clueless of friends. Not wanting to wait a second longer, Rarity blurted out the name of the last pony Twilight would have ever expected to have a crush on their mare party friend. "Rainbow Dash!!" Rarity said with an overly amount of enthusiasm and a romantic look in her eyes like never before. "Rainbow....DASH!!!" Twilight said now even more in shock then when her friend had asked the first question about Twilight ever having a crush on somepony. "Yes, is that so hard to believe?" Rarity responded, honestly being a bit surprised by Twilight's shock but at the same time expecting a reaction like that from her adorkable friend. "Well, yeah, a little" Twilight said after having almost all the shock out of her system. "I mean, i know they are friends like were all friends, and they prank a lot. But Dash mostly seems to be a bit irritated when Pinkie's around." "A front of some sort i suspect" the fashion unicorn responded seeing her friend calming down a little. "Let's face it, this is Dash were talking about after all. She would rather battle three dragons at once in a fancy dress while singing a serenade then ever admit she has feelings, let alone for someone else." "Yeah that's true" Twilight said chuckling a little because the image of Rainbow doing all those things came to life in her mind. "But still, how can you tell? And why don't they know of one another? And what does this have to do with what were doing here?" Twilight continued, asking as many questions as Pinkie on normal day but luckily not that fast. "Alright calm down Twilight" Rarity said while smiling at the fact that her friend seemed interested in hearing her explain it to her. "First of, there are some signs from Dash's side. There very faint but there easy to spot for a romantic crazy like me. As for why they're not flying in each others arms and giving each other the okay, Dash's problem I already explained and Pinkie's problem is the reason were here." "Yeah i know, because she's so hyperactive and super bouncing all over the place the entire time" Twilight responded. "And were here to find a way to calm her down a little, right?" "Yes and no" Rarity replied. "You see, we are going to help Pinkie, but not by simply putting her under a spell or something. I mean seriously Twilight, did you really believe we would ever do that to a friend, to change her entirely instead of just accepting her for whom she is?" "Well ehm" Twilight tried to respond, being lost again in the explanation that seemed easier to the unicorn across of her. "I mean, didn't we all agree with that yesterday?" "Do you really remember it like that?" Rarity asked, giving of a naughty glint in her beautiful eye's. Her eyelashes fluttering a little. "Actually i can't really remember anything of last afternoon except for the moment when we all agreed with kidnap Pinkie" Twilight replied to her friends question. Now that she thought about it more clearly it all seemed really foggy and she wondered if her other friends had the same problem. It seemed however that Rarity didn't have the problem Twilight had and somehow that worried the egghead. Rarity, seeing the worried look in her friends face, quickly tried to persuade her that she truly wasn't planning anything diabolical. In fact, everything she had planned since this very moment, she was doing out of generosity for her two friends in an effort to bring them together, like they both clearly wanted. But Rarity knew she had to wait with playing all her cards until she had checked a few last minute details. "Look Twilight" Rarity explained, giving Twilight a serious no nonsense look. "I know this is all a bit much to take in one bite, but you can believe me when i say that everything I am planning with my own 'partner in crime' will be for the benefit of those two love mares." Seeing Rarity's serious look, Twilight was starting to become convinced that her friend maybe indeed wasn't planning anything diabolical. However the fasionita quickly continues before Twilight could interrupt her. "But if you trust me dear, then please be patient and wait for the big finishing final when everything will be explained" the beautiful unicorn continued with a pleading tone in her voice. It was enough to drive Twilight over the edge and give her fellow Unicorn the benefit of the doubt. "Alright Rarity. I'll try to wait for the whole finale, were we finally get to the point that you and a suppose 'other' were able to get us crazy enough to kidnap a friend in an effort to bring her and another friend closer together" the unicorn said to her friend with a smirk on her face and a little bit of sarcasm in her voice. "But can you please at least explain what were doing here then when clearly i can't come up with the 'how' of it all?" "Well darling" Rarity responded, giving a bit of a smirk herself. "The how will be on my part for the most of it, and I'll have to explain first to you WHY Pinkie is so hyperactive and bouncy all the time." "We know that right" the egghead responded to her friend. "Because she's Pinkie." "Oh Dear" Rarity responded, rubbing hear head a little from tiredness. "This is going to take longer then i expected." > Chapter 4,5 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 4,5 Saturday in the evening. Pleasant dream, more pleasant real life. While two of her friends were talking about the current situation (or actually more in the form of one educating the other) they were all in. Above in the clouds, tucked away in her comfy home with her newfound 'guest', the Rainbow mane speedster Dash was having little to know care in the world. But that could also be because she was out of the world into her very own dreamland of blue sky's, fresh clean air and pink clouds, wait, PINK CLOUDS. Yes Rainbow was indeed standing on Pink clouds, stretching away as far as she could see. The weird thing was though was that for some strange unDashlike reason, she wasn't disgusted or anything because of the girly color. She simply stood there, being in trance by the beautiful magic thing happening in front of her. Because across the Pegasus, slowly but surely a form was beginning to form out of the clouds that were underneath her, slowly growing and taking the form of none other then her resent expansion to the household. The cute little party mare named Pinkie Pie. Dash, having her mouth hanging open a little about now, could not avert her eye's of the beautiful mare in front of her who was now complete and in real dreams like form in front of her while letting out her al to well known snorky giggle. "Hey Dashie, watch out or you'll catch flies" The Pink party pony said to the Pegasus with a surprisingly seductive voice. Dash simply could not respond, she couldn't even blink as it seemed her whole body had frozen up like one of those predictable love dream things. Slowly walking up her, swooping her rear from left to right in a seductive manner a little, the Pink party pony slowly but surely closed the distance between them. And as she came close enough for Dash to smell the sweet recognizable scent of the earth mare, Pinkie threw her forelegs around her prey and let them rest behind her neck to which Dash could only comply by doing the exact same. Little did Dash know that in the real world she had started something that had really surprised her Pink guest. For as while Pinkie was watching TV, mumbling and laughing while making sure she wasn't moving around to Disturb her caretaker too much, she was distracted from her favorite show by sudden movement on the bed. And the bound and gagged earth mare was pleasantly surprised to discover that her Dashie had started to shift a little in her sleep and was actually now laying even closer to the Pink party animal. "Dmshmy, wmm mmp gmmd" Pinkie mumbled before she once again remembered that even if Dash wasn't asleep, she still had the tape on her lips to prevent any kind of intelligent speech. Still, she didn't mind the extra closeness one bit and just settled with laying on her side while looking at the sleeping Pegasus she cared for so much. But to Pinkie's surprises even more, her winged crush turned in her sleep while mumbling some incoherent sentence and was now actually laying on her other side so that the two ponies were facing one another head on. Oh Dashie, if only you knew how much i like you, Pinkie thought while blushing and closing her eye's, a few moans coming softly from behind the tape. But you and i, i know it will never be, the party mare thought as her mane and tail slowly dropped a little. Suddenly though, Pinkie's eye's went wide open as she felt two legs gently sliding around her head with some difficulty and resting gently behind the back of her mane. Coming out of the sudden shock of her friend's sudden sleep laying action, Pinkie suddenly realized that they were even closer to each other as their body's were pressing against each other with Pinkies tied fore hooves gently pressing into Dash's soft tummy. Blushing like crazy and starting to feel really hot, Pinkie leaned in a bit closer so that the tip of their noses was touching a little. O my goddess. Dashie, my Dashie, so close to me i could almost kiss her, Pinkie thought to herself, knowing she couldn't and didn't want to take advantage of the situation like that. She wanted her first kiss to be special and willing from both sides. However in the speeding Pegasus's dreamworld, things were going at an all time slow motion pace. Hers and her pink friend's face were only inches away from each other while they both seemed completely at ease in the others embrace, Pinkie's hot, sweet breath filling her nostrils and making her dizzy and crazy at the same time to taste the forbidden fruit that she was now having right in front of her. Moving in a speed that was almost teasingly slow, the pink fluffy pony slowly reached with her lips for her target's lip right in front of her which were automatically reacting to the moves of the party mare. And as the last few centimeters were about to be closed of, Dash could simply not take the agony anymore of being teased by the combination of Pinkie lips so close and her soft sweet breath giving her nose a preview of what it would be like to taste the mare. And Dash quickly finished the centimeters herself by being the first to let their lips connect, closing her eye's instantly while slowly exchanging little kisses with the beautiful pink pony before opening her mouth a little to get a proper taste of her dreamy lover. "Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm" Pinkie moaned trough her gag as her eye's went so wide they almost popped out of their sockets, for it seemed that Dash's body in the real world had once again reacted to her dream self as she was now trying to kiss the pink party pony fully on her tape gagged lips. Ah Horse no Pinkie thought while trying to regain her thoughts a little, though that sounded a million times easier then it was since Dash was pressing her body even closer to pinkie while trying to probe her captives mouth with no success thanks to the pieces of tape on the Pink pony's mouth. Why did i have to watch TV, why do i have tape on my mouth absolutely right freaking now on the absolute, most superduber moment of my li-. Pinkies thoughts were cut of suddenly as she let out another moan, it seemed the Pegasus had a thing for her captives fluffy mane as she was twisting it around one hoof while stroking and petting it with the other. "mmmp mmmhh mmmmmmm" Pinkie moaned again, and more louder. Dash's mouth was still at it, just giving small kisses on the taped part of her mouth where her lips were. Pinkie desperately tried to kiss Dash back, trying to press her lips through the silver tape as her body squirmed in delight by the soft touch of the Pegasus. Continuing her moaning and squirming, Pinkie felt herself getting a little wet and decided she was going to get the most out of this unexpected nice surprise. Moving her tied front hooves down a little, she tried her best to move her rear legs away from each other as she slowly started to rub herself in her special Pinkie area, making her moan even more as Rainbow once again opened her mouth to try to invade her target, also being unsuccessful this time. Things were definitely heating up in the Pegasus her bedroom as Pinkie was feeling more and more heat and pressure building up inside her when her sleeping marenapster was slowly moving her kisses away from the party pony's gagged mouth and left a trail of kisses on her cheek towards her neck, hanging around that area while giving a mix of kissing and nibbling which made Pinkie moan more as the rubbing of her hooves on her Pinkie spot intensified from the Pegasus her actions, making her wetter and wetter by the minute. Meanwhile Rainbow Dash her front legs were finding different targets on her Pink friend's body as one of her hooves trailed of towards Pinkie flank while the other took to the party mare's cheek, stroking it lovingly which made Pinkie blush heavily as a single tear of happiness trailed from the corner of her eye's. Oh Dashie, please don't wake up just yet. Let me have this one moment please, let me.- "mmmmpppphhhhh!" Pinkie moaned loudly as Dash started sucking at the side of her neck like it was a milkshake, making sure there would be a future love spot as proof of their naughtiness. Pinkie, who was sweating at this point like crazy and groaning in ecstasy, grinned her flank against Dash's probing hove as her own hooves speeded up in rubbing. The party pony was very close to climaxing now. And between her self pleasuring and the pleasure her captor was giving her, her body seemed to explode as Pinkie threw her head back a little and moaned at such a volume that it was probably a good thing her mouth had been sealed to at least dampen the volume so not to awaken her secret crush. Shaking and shuddering in her bindings a little, Pinkie breathed heavily through her nostrils as her hooves and a small part of the mattress was overflowed with her own sticky juices. The sleeping Pegasus however, was still asleep but seemed to tone down her actions almost on instinct as she let the speed of her pondering hove down a few notches around her captives flank and just simply seemed content for now. Though when Pinkie looked closely she saw that Dash was pretty wet herself, probably from rubbing her rear legs against each other in some sort of sleep release Pinkie suspected. Oh Dashie, if only i could help you get some release the way you gave me some. But-but, i can't, and won't do that without you knowing and agreeing. And while that thought ran through the pink captive continuously, tears welled up in her eye's as they slowly but surely streamed down her face. For even if her Dashie would want her to take the Pegasus in body and soul, she just couldn't simply because she didn't know how. Sure Pinkie knew how to give herself some pleasure instinctively like any creature knew how to, but the party mare never had a mare friend before to pleasure, not even a stallion. And while Pinkie knew that all things had to be done for the first time and practiced to become better at it, she simply couldn't cope with the thought of disappointing her Rainbow manned crush. With her tear flow slowly diminishing and noticing that Dash's libido was dying down (even though she would not let go of the hug she had her captive in), Pinkie just settled with snuggling a bit closer to her friend while slowly closing her eye's as she joined her friend in a dreamland of her own where she could continue her fantasy of her and Dashie being a couple. > Chapter 5 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5 Saturday Evening Twilight gets it. "So what your saying is that Pinkie, our Pinkie Pie. Is always so.....random, because she's nervous?" the voice of the purple body egghead named Twilight sparkle said while still wording if Rarity was just pulling her tail. Slowly but surely the sun had stepped aside for the moon as all shadows in equestria were gone and the good citizens of ponyville were either sleeping or doing some other friendly pony related stuff. In the library however, Rarity had only now finished with trying to explain to Twilight the problems that housed within their Pink party friend and captive , a task that had proven tiring for the fashioning since she was clearly low on energy for discussion. "Yes Twilight" Rarity said sighing just a little bit without her fellow unicorn noticing. "Pinkie doesn't know or doesn't have the courage to react to her feelings for Rainbow Dash, i guess we all have our own way in dealing with love." Rarity shifted a little in her seat as the chair she was sitting on the entire afternoon was now making her flank rather numb. "So if we want to help Pinkie, and ourselves. Then we have to find a way for her and Dash to be completely open and honest to each other" the purple beauty once again continued, hoping that her adorkable friend had gotten the basic idea. "Alright, i guess that all makes sense" Twilight responded, now beginning to get the feeling she understood the situation. "So how are w-." "Ah, ah Twilight, i already told you i would de dealing with the how for know" Rarity said interrupting her friend. "Trust me on this when i say i can handle a situation like this without your or Applejack's help" she finished with a light giggle. "Understood" Twilight simply responded, not having the energy or the will to protest with Rarity's course of action. "So what do the rest of us do will you're of playing cupid?" "Just be on standby the moment everything comes down, and trust me" the designer said with a slight smirk. "I'll make sure everything comes down." Twilight, who saw the determination in Rarity's eyes, pondered about the situation for a short while before a yawn made its way out of her cute little muzzle. Seeing the smartypants unicorn yawn made Rarity giggle before she suddenly also was caught yawning, and quickly glancing at a clock on Twilights' wall gave Rarity the confirmation that it was time for her beauty sleep. "Well Darling, I am glad i was able to have this talk with you and come to an understanding but if you'll excuse me I'm going to get some much needed sleep" the indigo mane unicorn said as she slowly made her way to the front door. "Eh wait Rarity!" Twilight quickly said, jumping out of her chair and trotting towards her friend. "It's pretty late already and, well, Spike's still gone till at least next week and eh, if you don't mind staying that is, i would really like the company" The egghead explained while blushing a little. Sure she was alone with her assistant gone but it normally didn't bother her that much to be alone. But something about her unicorn friend and the afternoon they had spent talking about their two friends who were in love had made it that Twilight wanted Rarity to stay. "Eh, well okay then Twilight" Rarity responded also blushing a little, but still less then her friend. "I suppose that is better then walking home in the dark" she said while turning towards Twilight and following her who had already made way towards going upstairs. "so dear, were is you guest room?" the fashionitta asked as they approached the smart mare's bedroom. "Guest room?" Twilight pondered aloud. "Oh eh, i don't really have a guest room, but you can sleep with me if you want, my bed's big enough" Twilight said to Rarity feeling less confident about the proposition by the minute. "O-or i can sleep on the couch if you prefer that?" "Heavens no Twilight" Rarity immediately said after Twilight finished her sentence with a little more spunk then she intended. "Were both sleeping in the bed, I'm sure we can manage right?" And with that said Rarity gently slid under the sheaths. To tired to go do her usual ritual of preparing for bed, she simply just lied there on the one pillow waiting for her friend to join her. Twilight of was at this point as red as Big Macintosh, shivered a little as she also slid under the covers and lied on her side facing her unicorn guest. She was making sure to have enough room between her and Rarity as to give her friend enough space, making lay at the edge of her side of the bed while far away from her comfy pillow were her friend was resting her beautiful head on. "Twilight Dear" Rarity said yawing a little, "please come closer and take your share of the pillow so i can fall asleep with good conscious" the beauty requested with a soft and heartwarming smile. The smart egghead fulfilled her friends request silently as she shifted her body closer to her friend and laid her head on the pillow, the two unicorns were now close enough near each other to feel the warmth of their neighbor's body. And as they both closed their eye's and slowly drifted of to sleep under the pleasant combined warmth of both their bodies, their horns lightly touched causing the two mares to form a light smile on their sleeping faces. > Chapter 5,5 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 5,5 Saturday night Cold shower for a hot headed Pegasus. With a small groan and a dry taste in her mouth, the speedster Pegasus known as Dash slowly but surely opened her eye's in her newfound mission to get a glass of water, the afterthoughts of her dream about a certain Pink Pony still lying around in her half asleep brain. Letting out a small yawn the Pegasus was about to get up and head of towards the bathroom when she suddenly realized she was hanging onto something, namely her Pink captive. An even more shocking conclusion came to the sleeping Pegasus when she felt a light moist near her special area, which she confirmed by using one free hoof to search the particular area. Damn, looks like that dream had a little more effect on me then i could have realized. I better fresh up a little before Pinkie wakes up Sliding away from her captive in a slow, steady manner, Rainbow Dash took a quick glance at the cute sleeping mare only to discover to her shock that she had tear stains on her face, she had been crying. Oh my goddess. Pinkie cried, Dash screamed out in her mind while gently stroking her friends mane. Did i do something to her? Did i try to-to rape her? NO, NO. I would never do that, especially not Pinkie, but why was she crying. Oh Pinkie, I'm so sorry. Dash felt tears welling up in her eye's and roughly swiped them away with one hoof, not giving herself the privilege of crying for something that she thought was her fault. Partly feeling disgusted with herself, the Rainbow manned Pegasus made her way to the bathroom to take a shower, a long cold one. As the water was pouting out of the shower head and Dash's body was starting to get covered with little relaxing streams of coolness, her mind simply would not stop panicking.Omy goddess, o my goddess, o my goddess. What the horse am I'm going to do now. How can i even look her in the eye's, she probably begged me to stop while i was in non stop kinky mode, I'm such a horrible disgusting piece of pony trash. As the water was turned down and the Pegasus mare was drying herself of with a towel, she decided that for tonight she would sleep downstairs as to give Pinkie at least some privacy, in the morning if Pinkie wouldn't completely be in dire shock and terror, she would bring her home and report herself immediately to the princess herself and beg for the highest punishment known to pony. Slowly and silently Rainbow flew down as her mane, while completely dried and clean, was hanging in an all time low alá Pinkie Pie and feeling dirty just like her entire body. And with a head full of sorrow, a heart full of sadness, and eye's full of tears for her friend, she dropped herself on the couch and eventually cried herself to sleep. > Chapter 6 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 6 Sunday, late in the morning. The truth shall set you free (unless your Pinkie Pie) As the sun slowly glanced through the window of the Rainbow mare speedster, giving sign to a new day, a certain pink captive slowly opened her eye's as thoughts and feelings of last night slowly came back to her. Slowly stretching her neck and limbs out of stiffness, the pink party pony immediately glanced across her where she thought would be the source of her affection, however to her disappointment and sadness, her Dashie was nowhere to be found in the cute little bedroom. Searching every corner with her lovely blue eye's, she eventually began to panic as she didn't want to be alone right now, especially not since last night and the fact that she couldn't give Dash what Dash did give to her. "dmsh?" She mumbled, again the tape became a factor of inconvenience since she couldn't yell for her crush. But then again, if she would yell and Dash would come she would probably get scolded at by Rainbow. Squirming in her bonds, stretching and wiggling, Pinkie became even more panicked of the thought in her head that Rainbow Dash hated her after last night and had left her to her own fate. And even though that wasn't rationale in so many ways, the first and foremost was that Rainbow was asleep and couldn't possibly had known what was going on, Pinkie just wasn't in a rational mood and started screaming for her lover, the horse with the scolding. "DMS, DMSN, MMMMMMMMMPPPHH!!!!!!" Pinkie mumbled as she began trashing on the bed with all her strength, but to no avail. Downstairs however, the Pink mare's distressed scream had the effect she had been hoping for. For immediately jumping from the couch, Rainbow recognized the moaning as her captive's cry for her. But was it because she needed Dash or because she was scared of her from what happened last night. Dash stood there for a good five minutes torn between her desire to help the cute mare and the shame she felt for what she thought she had done to her, but the sudden sound of crying mixed for the cries of help immediately destroyed any shame she had. The horse with shame, i won't let Pinkie cry and suffer alone for something that i did. Don't worry Pinkie Pie, I'm coming and I'm taking you home. And with those thoughts running through her head, Rainbow flew like never before and was almost immediately up the stairs, standing in the door opening of her bedroom. As she saw the Pink party captive with shut eye's and tears streaming down her face, all kinds of horrible make believe thoughts came into the Pegasus her mind, all which had the same scenario of her raping Pinkie and Pinkie begging her to stop. It was almost enough for Rainbow to beat her brain to a Rainbow colored pulp, though what came next came as a complete surprise to the speedster. For when Pinkie slowly opened her eye's and looked towards the door as if sensing her captors presence, the expression on her face changed from scared and sad to sad and some kind of desire. It was weird to explain but something in Pinkie's beautiful blue eye's told Rainbow it was okay, and with a few steps she was one the bed and cradled the Pink Party Pony in her strong arms while whipping away her tears and schussing her a little. Pinkie seemed to calm down and just gently rested her head on Dash her chest, her breathing still heavy because her mouth was still gagged, preventing her from taking in bigger gasps of air. Rainbow, who noticed this inconvenience, gently peeled away the tape and to her shock, discovered that the area around the party mares mouth was pretty dried up and irritated. She would have to try to find some ointment to make it a little more bearing for her captive. Pinkie however couldn't care less if her mouth was on fire right at the very moment, all she cared about was that she wasn't alone and that Rainbow had come for. "Dash" Pinkie said with glistering in her eye's from the tears before, "Dash i-." Dash placed a hoof gently on the Pink mare's lip. "Ssh it's okay" she said while trying to fight back her own tears, it was a battle she was losing as they slowly dropped down on Pinkie's surprised face. "I-I'm so sorry, i never meant to hurt you" she finally said as she removed her hoof and continued. "Don't worry though, I'm bringing you back and turning myself in" she finished, preparing herself for the Pink pony's scolding and yelling she had thought she deserved. It never came though and instead she felt her captive gently nuzzling her chin whit her muzzle while speaking up for the first in a long time. "Dashie, what are you talking about, you didn't hurt me" Pinkie said while seeing her love crying even more. "You would never hurt me, you promised, right?" "But, but" Dash said sniffing a little from the reassuring words and kindness she thought she didn't deserve. "I-i woke up with you in my arms and i s-s-saw you cried, a-a-and i, i....". "Dashie" Pinkie interrupted her while nuzzling her even more and feeling more and more relieved from the situation she was in a few minutes ago. "You where just cuddling with me in your sleep." And as Pinkie finished her sentence an enormous Rock seemed to lift itself from Dash's soul as she backed away a little and stared at the Pink mare to make sure this wasn't a lie to make her feel better. "Are you sure...but, why were you crying then?" she asked Pinkie. "Crying, i, uhm, i had a bad dream" Pinkie replied, lying about her situation of last night. She decided that since it was a misunderstanding from both their sides that it wasn't necessary for her to tell Dash about her own failing in relieving her friend. "But you were cuddling with me and, i wasn't scared anymore. That's why i was scared just now. I don't want to be alone Dashie" Pinkie said looking a bit sad again from thinking back to the past 20 minutes. "Oh Pinkie, I'm not leaving you alone" Dash said as she gave the pink mare a big and very long hug, which she certainly didn't mind at all. And after about 5 minutes of cuddling Dash let go of the cute party pony with, a small smile now coming onto her face. "So, you wanna leave this weirdness behind us and have some breakfast, my treat" she said with a light chuckle. "I would like that very much" Pinkie replied with a very huge grin, being glad that her Dashie wasn't sad anymore. And as Dash picked her captive up and flew her downstairs for breakfast, Pinkie and Dash slowly but surely started to have their own thoughts about were it would all go from here. The day seemed to go by as normal as it could for two ponies who were in the role of captive and captor. Dash had prepared and fed herself and Pinkie some fresh fruit and hay she had in the fridge while making a note for herself to go get groceries the very next day. She even found some ointment used for sore and irritating skin which she gently rubbed around Pinkie's mouth were the tape had been. Eventually Dash and Pinkie just settled with laying around on the couch, talking a little and watching some TV with Dash giving Pinkie occasionally a little tickle torture on her tummy, though she still made sure that she didn't make the Pink pony laugh to hard or become to hyper. Eventually the evening was upon them and Dash and her mare captive had traded TV shows for some cheese pizza and a good old fashion horror movie, which Dash appreciated the most out of al movie genre's. Pinkie however was having trouble with keeping up with the movie, mainly because she was constantly burying her face in Dash's mane whenever the scene's would get to scary. It was basically an old movie with some crazy pony monsters who killed teen mare's and stallions in their sleep, or more precisely, in their dreams. And while Dash had seen this one and all the sequels' more time's then could be counted, Pinkie was never one for scare movies were pony's died, she was to innocent for something that contained that much darkness and gore. Dash eventually noticed that Pinkie wasn't watching anymore, just looking away entirely while feeling safe so close to the Pegasus of her dreams. And while Dash enjoyed the warmth of her friend so close to her and protecting her from a fake movie, Dash decided that Pinkie was tortured enough as she turned the old slasher movie of and slid of the couch leaving Pinkie with a quizzical worried look on her face. "Dashie, you didn't have to turn it of" she said quickly, not wanting to ruin the movie for her friend. "Yes i had to Pinkie" Dash replied, chuckling a little before she continued. "Simply because i don't want you having anymore nightmares while you are here, alright." And with that said, Dash picked on of the books out of her closet and laid herself back on the couch snuggling with the Pink party pony who didn't mind it at all. "Okay Dashie" Pinkie replied while giving the book that the Pegasus had in her hooves a quick glance. "Are you gonna read?" "Well yes" Rainbow said a little mockingly with a small smile. "Why else would i get a book. But to be more precise actually, i wanted to read..to you, if you don't mind" Dash finished while continuously staring at the front of the book as not to show her captive her big blush. "Oh really" Pinkie said sounding happier by the minute. "I would really like that Dashie, i haven't been read though since i was a little filly, my grandma Pie always read to me before bed time" she said to her friend as the Pink partier thought back about a few good times when she was still with her parents, one of them was her grandma always reading to her a story before bed time. Mostly it would be fantasy stories about dragons, monster, and a handsome prince rescuing the princess and living together with her forever in their super nice castle's and partying all night long. "Alright then" the Pegasus said opening the book and reading the title on the first page, it was actually an old book from her filly hood days with all kinds of small fairy tail story's. Dash would never admit it naturally, but she had fond memories of this book as a small filly and brought it with her when she moved out of her parents house and into her own, it was her biggest link with her inner filly. "Alright Pinkie Pie, no interrupting please cause I'm not that great at storytelling okay?" Dash said half mocking, half seriously. "Sure thing Dashie" Pinkie said as she snuggled herself close towards the beautiful storyteller and got comfortable, closing her eye's in the process to be completely focused on the story. Dash could only watch the Pink cutie with lovy dovy eye's as she slowly but surely opened the wing closest to the Pinkie to tuck her in a little. "Alright here we go" Dash said as she slowly began to read the love story named "The Mule and the princess of unicorns". An hour passed ever since Dash began reading the story to her Pink house guest. And while Pinkie wasn't sleepy in the very least when Dash began, slowly but surely between the comfy spot she had and the sweet voice of Dash sounding like an angel, she had drifted of towards her own dreamland version of the mule and the princes, in her version she being the mule and her Dashie being the princes. And while Dash was still reading while not realizing that her audience had fallen asleep, her mind was also creating her own version of the story. Only in her version she was the mule, and pinkie was the unicorn who finally saw the mule for what he was on the inside and not for what he was on the outside. Once again a familiar self mocking monolog erupted within her mind. Soft cuddly Dash thoughts: Seriously, you are one pathetic mare. Hard uncuddly Dash thoughts: You again!!! Soft cuddly Dash thoughts: Yes me again, how can you even talk to yourself without feeling disgusted. You fantasize about the beautiful mare seeing you for whom you are when you can't even accept who she is. Apples, it's the reason she's here in your pathetic pig shack of home in the first place, cause you and you're so called friends can't take her for whom she is. Hard Uncuddly Dash thoughts: .......... Soft Cuddly Dash thoughts: me-you: 1-0 Hard Uncuddly Dash thoughts: Now wait just a minute you, you are me. So it should be 1-1, or 0-1, or 0-0, or- Soft Cuddly Dash thoughts: Look you cloud brain, before you start getting completely insane, please just do me a favor and look at her. Doing what her thoughts instructed her, Dash gave a quick glance at the pink mare but found that when she took that glance, her eye's wouldn't budge from the sight they saw. Her pink friend was sleeping soundly, her face laying against Dash her chest while soft cute breathing sounds could be heard coming from her muzzle, her mane feeling softer then the softest cloud in the sky as it tickled Dash's body a little. Soft Cuddly Dash thoughts: 2-0 Hard Uncuddly Dash thoughts: .........Whatever. Soft Uncuddly Dash thoughts: Kiss her Hard Uncuddly Dash thoughts: WHAT! you sure your cute thoughts and not just perverted thoughts. Soft uncuddly Dash thoughts: Nah, I'll just leave the perverted parts to you, just like last night. Besides were one and the same and we both know its been on your mind ever since that dream. Hard Uncuddly Dash thoughts: That still doesn't give me the right to just kiss her. Soft cuddly Dash thoughts: Well you did already hug her last night, and trust me when i say that I'm that part of your brain that sometimes spot things that your either to blind to see, or to proud to admit seeing. Hard Uncuddly Dash thoughts: W-w-what do you mean, i-I've never..... Soft cuddly Dash thoughts: Just please trust me, and yourself. For her sake, don't give up on the change for her and you to be together. I'll be signing of now. Hard Uncuddly Dash thoughts: I-i...hey wait, how can you sign of when you are me. Don't you have to listen to me or discuss this kind of th-. A sudden shock twisted Dash out of her discussion and soon she realized that the Pink party pony had stretched a little in her sleep as her head came a little closer to hers, the pink sugar head now fully resting on the Pegasus' her chest. And Dash didn't know if it were her thoughts persuading her or the cute face of her pink friend, but slowly but surely she move her muzzle towards that of Pinkie. As she slowly dispatched the distance between her target and herself, Dash could smell the sweet breath blowing softly in her face, it seemed that pinkie had open her mouth a little more while making the occasional ladylike snoring sounds that Dash simply found irresistibly cute. And before she was well enough aware of the situation, Dash had softly planted her lips on her Pink friend, not pushing her tong inside or anything else, just simply holding that pose whit her eye's focused on the pink mare. And suddenly Dash felt Pinkie's lips puckering a little, as if kissing back on instinct, and Dash couldn't help feeling a little turned on as her wings started to get erected. But deciding not to press her luck, and out of respect for her friend, Dash released the kiss while taking her friend into her hooves and flew upstairs to the bedroom to tuck her in. As she puts Pinkie on the bed, her fluffy head resting on a pillow and the rest of her body warmly tucked in by the caring Pegasus, Dash decided to get some sleep herself and slid in next to pink while giving her captive a kiss on the cheek and biding her a silent goodnight. And soon both mares where fast asleep, though both with their own happiness, sadness and secrets. > Chapter 7 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapter 7 Monday, in the morning Dash works, Pinkie relaxes, and Rarity Educates. Monday, the biggest enemy of all creature with a job and social security alike. Whether it be pony, griffon, or (baby) dragon. But today's Monday was an especially sad day for a certain pink, puffed, party pony. today was the day her best friend and secret love interest, Rainbow Dash, had to go to work. "Do you really have to?" the sad pink pony said, sitting at her all to familiar spot on the couch in the living room. Dash was cleaning up the dishes quickly before she would break the record of arriving late to work. "Yeah i have to Pinkie" Dash replied quickly, putting the dishes in the sink and heading to the living room where her captive was lounging. She took one quick glance over the place and decided it would have to do for her sophisticated friend who was coming over to check on Pinkie while she was away. "Do you really, really have to?" Pinky said again, whinnying a little more this time. "Yes, i really, really, have to Pinkie!" Rainbow said, sounding a little irritated with answering the same question again. Unknown to Pinkie though, it wasn't so much irritation from answering the question but more because she actually didn't want to go either, she wanted to lounge around with the pink party pony but simply couldn't risk it. "Okay" Pinky said while her ears, mane, and tail lowered a bit in understanding that this was Rainbow's definite answer. "Aw come on Pinkie" Rainbow said, trying to cheer her up. "I wouldn't leave you here all alone, you know that. Rarity's coming over to keep you company" she said while trying to sound enthusiastic as to make the other pony enthusiastic as well. However, that particulair plan had no intention of succeeding. "But Rarity doesn't like me" Pinkie exclaimed while wiggling a bit in her bindings. "She hangs out more with pony's like Fluttershy and Twilight, she would never hang out with an over hyper, random pony like me." "Oh come on Pinkie, that's not true" Rainbow said while walking towards her captive guest. "Rarity herself insisted on taking care of you. So tell me, who would insist on taking care of somebody they didn't like?" Rainbow bowed down and hugged Pinkie, who at the time of the hug let her head rest on Dash's should, smelling her fresh clean mane without the Pegasus noticing it. "I guess your right Dashie," Pinkie said while finally agreeing and settling down a bit. And just as Dash released the hug, a sudden knock on the door woke the both of them out of dream land. The knock was soon followed by the all to familiar, sophisticated voice of the beautiful mare also know as... "Rainbow Dash,... open the door dear. It's me, Rarity." "Ah horse" the Pegasus said as she quickly grabbed the roll of tape that laid on the table and ripped of two pieces. And before Pinkie could utter a possible protest, Dash had already pressed the two pieces on her lips again, giving the pink pony the all to familiar feeling of total helplessness. "Sorry Pinkie" Dash said as she was stretching out the tape across the lips of the party mare, "i don't know how Rarity would react if i just let you blab away the entire time. But don't worry, I'll try to be home earlier okay?" And with that said. Dash gave Pinky a quick pet on the mane before heading over to the door to let Rarity in. "Good morning Rainbow Dash," Rarity said as she walked in an immediately spotted the bound and gagged Pinkie Pie, who seemed to be looking rather sad. "And how has your,.. "guest" been?" "Fine" Dash said while quickly glancing at Pinkie before looking back at Rarity. "I gotta go before i get kicked even harder in the flank for being late, you take good care of her Rarity" Rainbow said while slowly lifting and keeping eye contact with Rarity to make sure she was serious. "Darling she is my friend to, she's in good hooves" Rarity replied. And as Rainbow flew of towards work, Rarity stepped inside the Dashes' house and closed it behind her, setting in work the first part of her plan. "Well hello Pinkie darling" Rarity said with a dignified, yet friendly voice as she slowly made her way towards the couch where the earth pony was laying on. "mmhl mammity" Pinkie replied, still looking a bit sad and glancing away towards the window above the door, hoping that maybe Dash would be coming back at the last minute. Rarity chuckled a bit at the way Pinky talked due to the tape over her lips. But at the same time she became pretty aroused with how trusted up and sexy the mare before her looked, if only she was not in love with another. But Pinkie was in love with another, and with Rarity as on of her good friends she had the unknown help of the purple beauty in getting the one she wanted. But first and foremost Rarity wanted to cheer up her cute friend. Taking her place beside Pinky on the couch, the purple unicorn used her magic gently to lift pinkie of the couch. The sudden action was responded with a confused mumbling from the earth pony. Turning her gently, Rarity placed Pinkie so that her head was resting comfortably on Rarity's lap while her body still stretched out over the couch, it was almost as comfortable as Dash’s' fluffy cloud pillow. As Rarity softly stroked Pinky mane, she looked deeply into the blue eye's of the party pony. "mmh mwm mm md dmmng," Pinkie mumbled, trying to find out what Rarity was doing. "Pinkie dear, your pretty much understandable without the tape over your mouth. So you will have to excuse me if i cannot make anything out of what you just said." Rarity chuckled a little, her facial expression beaming noting but warmth and kindness for her cute friend. "Don't worry Pinkie Pie" Rarity continued, trying to relax her friend who was starting to get a bit huffy, wiggling in her restraints. "Despite what you may think, I am here soulfully because i care for you.” Pinkie was surprised by the stunning unicorn's sudden words. Simply because she had always thought that she and Rarity never really had a special connection. As far as Pinkie was concerned, Rarity always had more in common with the others,.. even Apllejack. And now that she thought about it more and more, she suddenly realized that she never had anything special. Except off course with Rainbow Dash, who had made it clear that even she was driven crazy by Pinkie sometimes just for being herself. All these sudden negative thoughts combined seemed to have a depressing effect on the party pony who's tail and mane were starting to hang low as a few tears were appearing in her eye's again. Rarity spotted the sudden turn in behavior in her friend and immediately tried to comfort her, holding her gently and shushing her a little while trying to say something consorting. “Pinkie dear, please don't cry” Rarity said with a worried and mostly warm look as she starred into her Pink friends sad blue eye's. “I really meant what I said just now,.... you could even say I have a confession to make” the unicorn continued, sounding more nervous by the second. For she was about to reveal her fondness for her mare friend without having any real clue of what Pinkie would think of her. “I've always had a fondness for you,.. Pinkie Pie, your always so happy and so full of life. You express yourself in a way I cannot. Not because it's not lady like enough,... but because I am to stricken to let loose,..call it a bit,..shy”. All the while that Rarity was saying these things, she kept stroking Pinkie mane and looking her straight in the eye to let her know she was dead serious. And Pinkie, thanks to the words of kindness and her friends sincere face, seemed to calm down a little. "Now look Pinky," Rarity once again continued, taking Pinkie's head of her lap and placing it next to her, settling her snugly on the couch. "Where it any other way, i would have made you mine in a heartbeat. But,... i know you have feelings for another." The sudden confession of Rarity shocked Pinkie on two separate levels. For one, she never, not in a million years, would have thought that Rarity had feelings for her,.. a thing Spike would have surely given both his legs for, maybe even his third. But even more so, Rarity knew about her crush, but did she also knew who it was that had robbed the party mare of her heart? "I know what you're thinking Dear" Rarity said while smiling a little deviously. "Your wondering if i know who stole your heart right?" Hearing this, Pinkie started to blush furiously at the combo attack of devious smile and mind reading. Eventually being brought to fluttershy's level, the blushing party mare could only nod once in reply to the unicorn her question. "Well Pinkie,... i have a good guess. But I'm not really sure,... And that's a real shame,.. because i truly believe i can help you two come together." Suddenly Pinkie began to get interested in the way this conversation was going. perking up her head a little towards Rarity, she tried her best to persuade the fashioner that she was very much interested in her opinion. "Haha, relax dear," Rarity chuckled warmly. "We have all day to think of a way to get you and your mystery mare together, but for now i think you deserve a treat for being such a good friend about this whole little,..situation." And with that said, Rarity brought her saddlebag over with her magic and grabbed one of her surprises for her Pink friend, namely a box full of muffins. Seeing Rarity picking up the delicious treat, Pinkie started becoming even more enthusiastic, muffling cries of joy while bouncing a little on the couch. Rarity laid the muffin box on the table and floated one towards her friend who's eye's became like saucers seeing the delicious snack in front of her. Slowly Pinkie felt the tape on her lips peeled of by the magic of the unicorn, and before Pinkie knew it, she was free to take a chunk out of the helpless floating muffin in front of her. However much to Rarity's surprise, Pinkie was actually not digging in. "What's wrong Pinkie? Normally you devour snacks like these in a heartbeat," the unicorn questioned while slowly waiving the snack in front of the earth pony with her magic. "Nothing Rarity" Pinkie said blushing a little from the statement. "But Dashie,- eh,.. R-Rainbow Dash doesn't like it when i eat sweets, she says i get even more hyperactive." Pinkie started blushing more and more by the second for her pet name for her favorite caretaker. "Well Rainbow Dash is not here, is she?" Rarity said snickering a little. "And since I am the caretaker, i get to say. So dig in and let me handle 'Dashie'." And with that said, the unicorn softly pressed the muffin against the Pink mares' lips, making temptation around a hundred times bigger. Unable to control her craving for sweets, Pinkie almost completely devoured the muffin in one firm bite. chewing the crunchy yet soft snack in her mouth, Pinkie heavily savored the taste of the one thing she didn't have in such a long time, sugar. Her eye's rolling into the back of her head while moaning heavily from the snack in her mouth. "Well, well, well. Someone has a craving for something sweet" Rarity said with a teasing voice while levitating another muffin towards her bound friend. "Care for another, Pinkie dear?" Without even giving an answer, Pinkie devoured the second muffin, and after that a third, fourth, and even fifth. All the while Rarity was watching the scene with a sense of amusement and affection for her cute friend. After the fifth muffin, Rarity once again used her magic to rummage in her saddlebag, taking out a set of leather shackles. Pinkie, who had just gulped down the last pieces of muffin, spotted the straps coming towards her and instantly began to panic a little and trying to shift away from her approaching doom (or so she thought). "Calm down darling," Rarity said while lifting Pinkie up a little with her magic and freeing her from the familiar ropes. "I just figured that those ropes might be a bit rough on you and thought that the accessories i brought might be a bit more,....comfortable." And as the ropes were now completely of, Rarity lifted the leather shackles closer for Pinkie to inspect them properly. Much to the party mare's surprise, the shackles seemed rather comfortable, or at least more comfortable then the rope she had on her from the start. The shackles even seemed to have some sort of soft foam on the inside so they wouldn't shaft against her skin. "Alright Rarity" Pinkie said with a soft smile on her face after inspecting the bondage gear for a couple of minutes, "i trust you." And with that said, Rarity got a huge squealing smile on her face as she applied the shackles on the front and hind legs of the pink party mare. The fact that Pinkie said that she trusted her made her feel warm inside, the fact that she was allowed to tie up one of her close friends, who she also had feelings for, made her even more warm inside. "There we go," Rarity said as the shackles were applied and locked tight, but not to tight. "Is it comfortable?" she asked her friend while gently laying her back on the couch. "Actually it is" Pinkie replied while testing her new bonds. They were as snug and secure as the rope, but not irritating on the skin which made it Pinkie's new favorite restraining material. "Rarity, is it alright if i ask you a question?" Pinkie suddenly asked. "Of course Pinkie" the fashionable unicorn replied, "you can ask me anything you like." "Alright, well, it's just that,.." Pinkie began, trying to find the right words, which usually wasn't that much of problem for her. "Is,.. this something you wanted to do with me?" she suddenly blurted out. "Wha,..?" Rarity misplaced her composure for a moment, but just as quickly regained it and decided to be honest with her Pink friend about everything. "Well, Pinkie. If you must know,... I am quite fond of the way your restrained and all, and i already said that i have a special fondness for you. But you must believe me when i say that i will not take advantage of you in anyway." "I believe you" Pinkie replied. “And to be honest, i always knew you liked bondage. I spotted you once from your bedroom window while i was in my hot air balloon, i saw you with another mare you had bound and gagged to the bed" The Pink party mare started to look a bit ashamed for spying on her friend, it was something that was nagging in the back of her mind for quite a while. "I'm sorry for spying on you." Pinkie's confession had started a big blush on Rarity's cheeks as she bowed her head down for a few minuted before looking up again towards her Pink friend. "It's alright Pinkie. The truth is that if i didn't want somepony finding out about my fetish, then i probably should have closed the curtains with all the Pegasus flying around all the time,... and you,... in your,....balloon." Rarity's reaction towards Pinkie combined with the awkwardness of the last few minutes started a short but honest laugh among the two mares. And as the laughter slowly faded away, both friends looked at one another with a new level of comfort and understanding due to a clearing of emotions and feelings. "Well, that was,...fun" Rarity said after a few minutes of silence, "but I am not just here for laughs." And with a wink and a soft smile, the unicorn dropped herself gently and ladylike of the couch while her horn once again began to glow. Picking up her captive friend, she guided her towards a wide open spot on the floor (Rainbow had actually cleaned up,...a little). "R-Rarity," Pinkie began while feeling really awkward from floating in the air and being guided everywhere, "i can walk,...... or actually it's more hopping. Not hopping like I’m usually doing but more hopping in the sense of hey look I’m tied up and I’m hopping, i don’t even know if that’s even a kind of hopping but-" "Pinkie!" Rarity interrupted while trying to hold back a big chuckle, which was not because her friend was talking at light speed, but that she sounded so nervous while doing it. "First of, you really need to relax. Secondly, while I'm here, you're not doing anything. I mean its bad enough that we had to kidnap you, but now your forced to be locked up in here with Rainbow Dash. All tied up and dependent on that ruffian." Rarity pretended to Pick up a blanket from the couch to spread out over the floor, but she was busier hiding her eager face from Pinkie, waiting at the party mare's reaction to what the she had said about Rainbow Dash. "Actually, Dashie takes excellent, super, duper, wuper care of me" Pinkie said with an annoyed look from the unicorn's recent words but still having her adorable own way of saying things. "She cooked for me, watched TV with me, read me a story and cudl-...," Pinkie immediately stopped speaking, her entire face as red as an apple, she prayed that Rarity didn't know what that she was blushing and that she didn't get what Pinkie was about to say. She didn't have a chance. “Aaaah” Rarity outed with a devious smile as she slowly lowered Pinkie towards her face. “It seems Rainbow Dash is taking good care of you if I may say, very good care”. As the unicorn slowly lowered her friend on the blanket, stretched out over her stomach so that her back was facing up, Rarity couldn't help smile, knowing that her hunch about romance was a sharp as ever (well except for the blue blood and little other incident which would never be discussed). There was no way in heaven that Rainbow Dash would willingly cuddle with someone just because they needed it. "Regardless of Rainbow Dash's quality as your host, I am going to give you a massage since you obviously must have quite the sore muscle's from being tied up the entire time." And with that said Rarity grabbed yet another item from her saddlebag, namely some massage oil she had purchased from the spa she always visits. With grace and some mild force she slowly but surely pressed into Pinkie's soft back, slowly rubbing all the knot's and possibly sore spots. "How does that feel darling" Rarity asked without really needing an answer, the quite moans that were escaping her friends muzzle were more then enough to tell her she was doing a good job. "You know Pinkie, if you want i can remove those cuffs for a short while, if you promise not to escape?" "N-nnah t-that's f-fine Rarity" Pinkie stuttered, trying her hardest not to turn her reply into a giant moan. The truth was that even tough Pinkie wasn't really sore from her time with Dash it still felt very soothing being massaged by someone with such soft hooves, it was...very stimulating. "I-i'mmmmm f-fine..." Suddenly the unicorn stopped her massaging and focused on her conversation with Pinkie which she thought took an interesting turn. "Pinkie dear" Rarity started with a mischievous smile, "Are you maybe, possibly, by any chance replying that you don't mind being tied up and gagged?" Pinkie, who was already fearing the focus on the subject, tensed up immediately after hearing the mischievous tone in her unicorn friend's voice. "I-i-i-i-i-i-iii iii" was all Pinkie could manage to get out vocally while her body was heating up like an over boiling radiator. "I....don't dislike it" was the only thing she thought she could say without exploding from shame. "eeeeehh" Rarity squealed sounding absolutely overjoyed by yet again being right with her instincts. "Pinkamina Diane Pie, you naughty little filly you" she continued while giving Pinkie a playfully soft slap on her flank, making the earth mare blush. "So, you don't mind being tied up and gagged hmm, what don't you dislike about it?" Rarity wanted badly to continue this conversation, but at the same time she didn't want to make this situation more uncomfortable for Pinkie, so she simply continued rubbing her friend's back softly while waiting at a reply, hoping to calm her nerves a little. "Well..."Pinkie began, uncertainty clearly hear-able in her voice. "Pinkie, you don't have to continue this conversation if you don't want to?" Rarity quickly interrupted her friend. She didn't want this talk to push Pinkie into any direction she didn't want, even if Rarity was dying to know the answer. "N-no it's fine" Pinkie eventually said. "To tell you the truth, i actually was fantasizing about it ever since i saw you were doing it. "If i have to say, then i would say i just really like the fact that I'm so dependable of Dashie. To be under her control and having her keeping me and taking care of me..i can't explain the feeling, but it feels better then a giant cupcake with spicy sous covered in sprinkles." And as Pinkie said all these intimate details to her friend, she started to feel all those emotions from the one special night she never wanted to forget, the caressing of her lovers hooves over her body, the closeness, the warmth. Instinctively Pinkie began to feel more and more warmth building up in her by a combination of resurfaced feelings and Rarity's never ending massaging hooves. "Well darling, i have to say you make it sound even more sexy then i could describe it, and I am (if i may say so myself) pretty much an expert" Rarity said as she had absorbed every detail of her friends confession. Her hooves slowly but surely kept on rubbing and massaging well into a couple of hours, both of the mares just for a moment enjoying the silence and each others company at the same time. It was some time ago that Rarity had traded her massaging job for just keeping Pinkie company on the couch with a pie she had brought over from the cakes who asked Rarity to take care of Pinkie, and to tell her that they hope she comes home soon. Pinkie's mane and tail dropped a little from apparently hearing from Rarity that the Cakes had been missing her, but her friend immediately assured her she could go home soon and that Applejack had insisted on taking over her work while she was away. Hearing this made Pinkie feel better, knowing that the cakes wouldn't have more work on their hooves while she was away, and eventually the two friends settled for watching some TV, At least on the outside it would look like both the mares had settled with watching C.V. But on the inside one of them, namely the Pink mare known as Pinkie Pie, a war was waging consisting of emotions, feelings and thought. Slowly but surely she glance a quick look at her Fashion/kink friend sitting next to her, her eye's focused on the TV since there was apparently a show on about clothing. But as far as Pinkie was concerned, clothing was an irrelevant thing in a world were everyone she knew was almost always naked, except for a maybe a hat or something. And beside that, Pinkie mind was on this moment to occupied to pay attention to anything else then her feelings and questions. Rarity, i never would have expected in a million, billion, Papillion years that we would have something in common beside playing..................., and you even admitted that you like me . I wonder if-if i can tell you about yesterday night, maybe you can help me? I don't know? As if on auto pilot, Pinkie suddenly spoke up softly, her mind having finally made up on what to do. "Rarity, can i tell you something?" O Pinkie, if only you knew, if only. Rarity maybe had a small addiction to fashion, but there was one thing she craved for the most. Romance among one and another, especially if the two pony's were two of her best friends, which happened to be so in this care. And right now was the moment she had been waiting at, the moment Pinkie would tell her something ,to which she hoped, would be about her and Rainbow Dash. "Of coarse Pinkie" Rarity said while turning herself towards her friend and turning of the TV with her magic. "Well eh, you see. I wanna tell you something which you can't say to Dashie" Pinkie spoke up. "Well o.k. dear" the unicorn replied, instantly becoming more and more interested in what her friend had to say. "No, i mean you really have to promise......Pinkie Swear style" Pinkie said with a vulnerable look on her face, her eye's practically dripping with seriousness. Rarity took a deep breath, closing her eye's for an instance and then reopening them and slowly began to speak. "Pinkie, you can trust me when I say this. I hereby Pinkie swear not to share the secret you're about to entrust on me to anyone else." Pinkie, for seeing her friend taking it that seriously, relaxed a bit more as she let her mind drift of to the one special night she wanted to discuss with her friend. "Saturday night, when i was just brought here, Dashie was really kind to me." "Well that's good, right dear?" "No,no" Pinkie resumed. "I mean, really, really kind She cooked me dinner, let me watch TV, and she even let me sleep in a big comfy bed with her." "Well that's still good right?" Rarity once again stated, not seeing were Pinkie was going. "I never said it was not good, you're not listening" Pinkie once again resumed. "I'm saying that she was really, really, really, really, really kind." And as Pinkie said these words, she gave an almost impossible to miss wink which immediately started to make the wheels in Rarity's head spin. "Pinkie, in which way was she that kind?" "Well" the party mare began, sounding a little more insecure now that she was not sure how Rarity would react, she didn't want to cause Rainbow any problems. "When we were in bed, she started to kiss and hug me,....in her sleep." Rarity's eye's seemed to pop out of her sockets now that she heard what her friend wanted to say, only one question seemed to completely occupant her mind. "Pinkie, you were kissed and hugged by Rainbow Dash in her sleep? How do you feel about that!?" The unicorn wanted to know this for two reasons only. One, she wanted to know how Pinkie thought about the night with a sleeping Dash. And two, she wanted to make sure her Pegasus friend had not scared (or worse) Pinkie with her sleeping sudden action. "No, it was nice. It's just that, i wasn't able to control mys-self, and, i-i,...i helped m-myself" Pinkie was stuttering now with tears forming in her eye's. "And t-that's not all" she sniffled. "I saw she needed me, and i couldn't,...i couldn't,..." "Ssshhh Pinkie, it's okay" Rarity immediately interrupted, since her friend was not able to continue. "First of, you are by no chance a bad pony. Secondly, everyone goes through what you're going through,....well, maybe not this exact situation,..but you get my point right?" The unicorn used the magic from her horn to lift a tissue to dry Pinkie's, accompanying this action with a warm smile which started to make the party mare calm down as her sobbing slowly stopped. "Pinkie" Rarity once again began now that she saw that her friend was paying attention. " You don't have to be ashamed of being afraid for your first time. I mean, everyone has a first time, and as applejack would probably state it,...y'all just jump on n the pool without check'n how deep it is." Rarity's impersonation of Apllejack made Pinkie chuckle. She hoped that Rarity was right, but even then she still didn't know what to do. "And besides, my dear Pinkie" Said Rarity with her face gleaming with deviousness. "I guess this answers the question if Rainbow Dash is equally fond of you to." "Oh!?" Pinkie said while blushing and being a little surprised. The truth was that she never thought about that option, it was however an option that Pinkie preferred above anything else, even more then sweets. "Well Rarity, i hope your right. But there is still the problem of...you know,...my performing, or lack of." the party pony still felt a bit of shame with speaking about it so openly, but it was a factor she couldn't exclude. Rarity started to smile that all to familiar smile of warmth and friendship, she knew what she had to do. "Well Pinkie,....if you want, i can help you with that. Give you some pointers,..like sex education." "Sex-education!?" Pinkie exclaimed sounding even more surprised now. "You mean, like in school or something?" "Well, sort of" Rarity explained. "I'm was actually referring to teach you a few moves instead of just talking about it,..if that is okay of course?" "Teach me as in,..practice with each other!?" the Pink mare responded with a light blush. "But, Rainbow Dash,...i don't want t,-.." "It's okay Pinkie," Rarity interrupted, once again sensing the worries her friend had. "If it helps, I'm just doing this for you and Dash (even though it's not the worst thing i had to do). I know you're in love with her and i think that is wonderful, and i am the element of generosity after all, so how could i not suggest my services in this matter. And as for Rainbow, she will never have to know if you don't want to, and I'll promise to take it easy and slow,...but once again, this is your choice." Rarity finished her plead for her own offer, leaving the decision totally to her Pink friend who was heavily crunching her brain at the very moment. Dashie,...i don't know what to do. On the on hand i have Rarity, and if i take her offer then i know i can make you feel just as good as i have felt these passed few days. But it feels weird doing this with Rarity, while your the one i want,...........what to do. After pondering her mind for about half a hour, Pinkie was finally able to make the big decision she was pondering about. "All right Rarity" she said smiling a little while still having her cute blush. "I've decided to take you up on your offer,..i mean,..if it still stands,...well, not really standing, can offers even stand, otters can stand though but they're not offers, but then ag,- "Alright dear, alright" Rarity quickly interrupted while laughing warmly. "I would gladly help you in anyway that i can." "Okiedokielokie" Pinkie said happily, "But there is one thing though. If Dashie and i get together,..then i want to tell her that you helped me,.." "Alright Pinkie Pie, it's your decision and i support it a hundred percent" Rarity answered. "But don't worry about if you and Dashie get together,...it's more like when you get together." The unicorn ended her sentence with a naughty smile on her face while she magically lifted her bag to have some of the stuff they would need close by, she had been prepared for this day with Pinkie, and it seemed like everything she had predicted was coming true wonderfully. Setting her bag on the couch and now leaning close to Pinkie's face. The unicorn battered her eyelashes while speaking slowly but seductively, her muzzle just a few inches away from Pinkie's. "So Pinkie my dear, what would you like to learn from your auntie Rarity?" Pinkie, who was blushing even more then a few minutes ago, simply gulped down the lump in her throat and decided to get down to it, literally and figuratively. "Well, first of i would like to know more about what to do when you get intimate,..with someone else." "Well that's really easy dear" Rarity responded while still staying the same distance between her and the Pink Mare's face. "First of you should keep close to that special someone, like this." And with that said, Rarity sided closer to Pinkie, putting her hoof over her Pink friends shoulder while keeping eye contact. Both their bodies were pressing against one another now, lightly making Pinkie's blush spread to body level. "And then" the fashion unicorn continued, her muzzle now close enough for Pinkie to feel her breath blowing against her face softly. Pinkie couldn't help get aroused by how sweet and warm it was. "And when you really close like this, you could try to kiss that someone,..... like this." The self styled romantic unicorn closed the gap between her and Pinkie's lips instantly, pressing them softly against the earth pony. As they both held this position for a few seconds, both the mare's slowly closed their eye's, just enjoying the moment while feeling each others body's getting slightly warmer. After a while Rarity opened her eye's and slowly moved her head away from Pinkie, who was still puckering her lips lightly with her eye's closed. "It seems from your reaction that the first part of lesson one went well!?" Rarity noticed with a naughty smile. Pinkie quickly opened her eye's and blushed heavily, her mouth quickly formed a big grin, combined with a few nervousness sweat drops. "Y-yes it did. I-i mean, when Dashie kisses me, it's usually on the cheek or the head. This was like, my first real kiss, except when,....never mind." Pinkie's mind shifted back once again to that one night with her secret love, wishing once again it were different. Rarity observed her friend, noticing her often, out of the world look. After a while the unicorn decided Pinkie needed a bit more practice and resumed her kissing, sharing her techniques and skills with her less experienced friend and student. Opening her mouth slightly, Rarity pushed her tongue forwards against the pink mare's teeth, demanding entrance to the earth ponies' mouth. Pinkie, who was overwhelmed a bit by the sudden dominant move of her unicorn friend, also opened her mouth slightly to allow her friend entrance, their tongue's stoking and exploring each other while their mouth's locked into each other. Slowly but surely Pinkie was getting the hang of it, her body starting to calm slowly down from all the different feelings washing over her. As her tong danced the dance with Rarity's, she couldn't help blush and moan at the softness of her friend her lip's and hooves, who were now hugging Pinkie lightly while caressing the top of her head and her back. After about a good hour of making out both the mares decided they both needed a little break. Hanging back a bit and breathing heavily, the fashion styled unicorn known as Rarity observed the look of pleasure on her pink partying friend, she seemed out of the world as her eye's were rolled back and her muzzle was slightly open. "Well, you seem to be getting the hang of the kissing part darling. Are there other things you wish to learn from your auntie Rarity?" the unicorn said with a naughty wink. Pinkie blushed from the way Rarity spoke to her, but after that started thinking about were she actually wanted to go with this. Her biggest obstacle at the moment was her insecurity about if she had what it took to satisfy her crush (would it come that far,....yeah sure, it's a fic with Pinkie and Rainbow without sex,...sure). Rarity could easily see the look of insecurity and indecisiveness in the party mare's eye's, and decided to take charge and make sure that her friend would start worrying less. "You need not worry dear" she began, which made Pinkie focus on her friend in front of her, her blue eye's having a mix of confusion and hope in them. "I know what you're thinking of. But let me make it clear once again that this is a thing everypony goes through, and you should just let it come over you when the time is right." As Rarity spoke these rare words of wisdom, she couldn't help think back at all the time she had noticed Rainbow Dash catching glimpse whenever she could of the Pink party pony with a lovesick look. And right there and then, Rarity smiled automatically, knowing for nineteen nine percent how the story between the two mares would end. Pinkie eventually settled with the words from Rarity, keeping them in the back of her mind, and the two friends got to work on how to flirt and attract someone you like. Until the setting of the sun, the two mare's continued to practice, one of them giving tips and examples while the other listens and analyzes. It wasn't long before a sudden restrained twitch in the hind legs of Pinkie broke their concentration. "Pinkie,..was that your, uhm,..Pinkie sense?" Rarity asked with a mix of confusion and a little worry. She was known with the fact that her Pink friend had a certain sixth special sense, and she had also come into contact with it occasionally during their friendship. But this time Rarity was a bit concerned because she could definitely spot a frustrated frown forming on the face of her friend. "What,...eh, y-yeah. Twitching legs means Pinkie sense time" Pinkie suddenly said a little to enthusiastic while trying to hide the blushing fact that it wasn't precisely her legs that originated the twitch, but more her special Pinkie place she hoped would be visited sometime soon. As the fire in her groin slowly but surely flared up even more, Pinkie tried her best to avoid the nagging feeling and the worried look of her friend by quickly explaining what the twitch meant. "Oh,.eh, Dashie's coming, she's probably here in a few minutes. You better gag me before she sees you are letting me talk away." "But Pinkie, are you sure your alright dear? You seem,..a bit restless,..i mean, even more so then usual." "I-I'm fine Rarity" the party pony replied, pitching her hind legs close together to try to suppress the burning feeling in her pussy. "You better hurry up,..i eh, i think she's almost at the door-rmm." Suppressing a moan at the last minute, the pink pony looked at Rarity almost pleadingly. "Well alright dear,..if you insist." And as she said this, Rarity picked up the roll of tape with her magic to tear of a peace. Slowly but surely she hovered it towards Pinkie's muzzle, who at the last minute halted Rarity's actions. Leaning in slightly, she kissed Rarity softly on her lips while thanking her for her company and all the help she gave. Feeling one single tear streaming down her cheek, the unicorn smiled and gently taped Pinkie's mouth shut. As she swiped the drama tear of her cheek she kissed Pinkie on the cheek and stated that it was her pleasure to help. Not to soon after that the door was unlocked and the two mares were greeted with a really, really wet Rainbow Dash (Rainwater, not..., you know what i mean) holding one grocery bag on each wing. "Hello Rainbow Dash." ''mllw dmshm." While both the mares tried to hold in their giggles, Pinkie had an especially hard time controlling her sudden moaning and slight wetness. Seeing Dash like that, completely wet from the weather and glistering all over from the setting sun, it was like a dream vision come to life, a pretty naughty dream if Pinkie had anything to say about it. "I presume from the way you look darling, that the weather was quite,..ehm, pouring" the unicorn said with a snicker. "Hardy, bucking hare, hare" Rainbow said sarcastically while swiping her hooves and slowly trotting inside. Ever since Pinkie had stayed with her, Dash had slowly but surely become more responsible in keeping her house clean for reasons of her own. With a swift motion, the bags slid from her wings and softly fell on the floor, "So, what have you guys been up to all day if you didn't notice the weather?" The two mares looked shortly at each other before looking at Dash again, both having a smile on their face (one more visual then the other). "Not much darling" Rarity answered. "Just 'hanging around' like you would say most likely." Rarity slid herself from the couch, got her designer bag, and gave Pinkie a final farewell, "Goodbye Pinkie, and don't worry about anything" she said to her friend as she gave quickly gave a wink while Dash was not paying attention. "Yeah well, its fine Rarity. Pinkie has me to keep an eye out so you don't need to worry" Rainbow said with a hint of annoyance in her voice. She slowly trotted up to the door and opened it once more for the unicorn to leave. "You wanna stay for dinner or something" Rainbow said while Rarity walked outside and turned her head slightly to show a mystery smile and eye's. "Oh no, thank you dear Rainbow for the offer, but Twilight is expecting me at the library to continue our 'studies'. Besides, i think you had a hard enough time already with Pinkie and all so i thought you maybe want some peace and qui,-." "He!!" Rainbow sternly interrupted, showing more annoyance in her voice and even eye's then a few minutes ago. "It's not al that bad, alright. Pinkie has been really cool with all this and she cooperates perfectly fine you know!" Rarity's smile turned from mysterious to warming, fase one was complete. "I didn't mean anything by it Rainbow Dash, i really didn't. You just look tired, and i want you and Pinkie to both be happy. Take care of her Dash." And with that said Rarity slowly lowered herself towards solid ground with the use of her magic, leaving a dumbstruck Rainbow Dash standing in the doorway. "Alrighhhtt, that.. was weird," she muttered to herself. Turning around, Dash saw the one thing she wanted to see all day long, her newly acquired, sort of forced, room mate,...it sounded just as bad in her head as it does know on paper...... "Hey Pinkie Pie, you ready for some of Dash's 20% tastier meals," Dash said with a smile on her face. Receiving an enthusiastic moan from her friend, Rainbow had her answer. And as she closed the door, both the mares had known idea what would happen that same night, or the morning after.