You don't think Rarity risked getting cement in her mane just to repair a dam, do you?

This is the short tale of a frustrated white unicorn and an oblivious orange earth pony.

The way others perceive us can affect how we perceive ourselves, and the results are rarely pretty. When a couple of Canterlot ponies from her past come to Ponyville, Twilight has a difficult time revisiting a traumatic event from her foalhood.

*Now on Equestria Daily! Thanks are in order to the pre-reader(s) who put their time aside for this story. Final scene changed from "alternate ending" to "epilogue", and extended, because sometimes we only think of scenes after things see publish.

Reading by Obabscribbler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bitGUNZKNmU

Sometimes, fiction matters.

Now with a Spanish translation by Spaniard Kiwi!

Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash take a walk together, and Twilight teaches Dash the 'pairing game'.
It seems to be an innocent game of love, but Twilight has something else up her metaphorical sleeve...

Rarity has gone to sleep, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders find themselves extremely bored. What could they possibly do? Play a slumber party game, of course! An innocent game of truth or dare turns into something not-so-innocent when Apple Bloom gives Scootaloo an interesting challenge... Soon the three fillies find themselves learning a whole lot about one another, themselves, and certain taboo parts of life.

[WARNING!] Borderline mature!

Co-op with Criticul