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// Rarity vs. Sunset 
// Story: Playing in the Mud 
// by The Dark Wolf 
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Rarity and Sunset Shimmer were camping. Rarity was wearing a light blue tank top and short, purple shorts with the diamond cutie mark on the sides. Sunset was wearing a white shirt with pink sleeves and short gray shorts.

It had just rained, so there were mud puddles all along the side of the path they were walking on.

"Oh my," said Rarity, looking up at a rainbow in the sky. "Will you look at that... Agh!"

Not looking where she was going, she slipped on a banana peel, slid forward a bit, and fell face-first into a large mud puddle on the side of a turn on the path.

Getting into a sitting position, Rarity looked down at her mud-soaked legs and shorts, and let out a squeal of excitement, before coughing a bit. "I mean... this is absolutely revolting! I need to take a bath right now!" But she liked it too much to even want to stand up. "I... I'm so disgusted I can barely move."

Sunset could already guess the truth, and Rarity's secret interest overlapped with something she had wanted to do for a while.

"You know, Rarity, if it's not too much trouble... I've always wanted to try mud wrestling. I was planning on asking Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, or Applejack, but since you're already in the mud, if you don't mind..."

"Well... I might as well. It's not like I'm going to get any dirtier." She sounded less interested than she actually was.

Sunset dove toward the mud. Rarity rolled out of the way and Sunset splashed facefirst into the mud, splashing more mud over Rarity. Rarity's hair, tank top, arms, shorts, and legs were now completely covered in mud.

"Oh it is so on!"

Trying her best to contain her enthusiasm, Rarity sat on Sunset's back and pulled her leg, but not too hard. Sunset tickled Rarity's sides a bit, causing her to let go, and then rolled out from under Rarity. She pinned Rarity to the ground, and Rarity rolled around so that she was now pinning Sunset. Sunset threw Rarity off her and sat up. Her shorts, shirt, and hair were now as muddy as Rarity's.

They stood up and grabbed each other's hands, each trying to push the other backwards. And then Rarity suddenly leaned to the side, causing both girls to splash sideways into the mud. After which they wrestled some more.

Sunset climbed onto Rarity's back with her legs wrapped around her chest and forced her facedown into the mud. After she was down for a few seconds, Sunset relaxed her hold on Rarity, who quickly threw her off, causing her to fall backwards into the mud, splashing Sunset more.

Sunset was enjoying this a great deal. She usually never played in the mud like Pinkie Pie did, or fallen in like Rainbow Dash. She just didn't have a reason to, but she had always thought it would be fun. Pinkie could do anything for no reason, and Rainbow Dash usually only accidentally fell in. It was the revelation that Rarity loved it that convinced her to finally try it.

Rarity picked up Sunset, lifted her above her head, and threw her down into the mud, though lightly enough so that she knew it wouldn't hurt her. Sunset spun her leg around and tripped Rarity, who landed in a sitting position in the mud, splashing Sunset a bit. Sunset splashed Rarity in turn, who splashed back.

After a bit of splashing, they went back to wrestling, until they got tired and sat in the mud puddle, panting more out of how fun their fight had been rather than exhaustion. They were completely covered in mud to the point that if anyone were to walk by they'd be unable to recognize them even by their hairstyle.

"That was fun," said Sunset.

"Simply divi... I mean, I suppose it was all right," said Rarity.

"You don't have to pretend. I know you were really enjoying yourself just now. You couldn't hide it."

Rarity just giggled slightly nervously.

"Besides, Pinkie Pie likes it as much as we do. I'm pretty sure if the three of us challenged Rainbow Dash, she'd accept."

"And Applejack," said Rarity. "She knows about my secret love for getting dirty, and we've played in the mud together." Playing in the mud with both Applejack and Sunset made her more confident to reveal this to Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie.

"Do you think Fluttershy and Twilight would want to try it?"

"I'm not sure. Probably not Fluttershy, but I'll get Applejack or Rainbow Dash to ask them."

It suddenly started raining hard, again, washing the mud off Rarity and Sunset in seconds. They were a little disappointed, but the rain felt so refreshing, and they wouldn't have to wash up in the lake now. Sunset also had to admit Rarity's hair looked better when wet.

"Something tells me Twilight would have a lot of fun with it," said Sunset with a wink.

...

A week later, Rarity, Sunset, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Twilight were having a six-way mud fight in Applejack's backyard: Sunset in the same outfit, Rarity in her usual purple skirt, Applejack and Pinkie Pie in jean shorts, Rainbow Dash in her usual outfit, and Twilight in her Legend of Everfree outfit. Fluttershy sat to the side, having decided not to participate but enjoying the show.

Fluttershy couldn't help but notice the other girls looked as though they were having a lot of fun. She moved her chair right to the edge of the mud field. She didn't want to do anything particularly rough, but she did kind of want them to splash her.

Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie jumped at Sunset and Twilight, who immediately dropped to the ground face first in the mud, causing Rainbow and Pinkie to bellyflop near the edge, splashing Fluttershy and soaking her pink hair, her white tank top, and her green skirt thoroughly. She let out a squeak of surprise.

Rainbow and Pinkie didn't even notice the state Fluttershy was in before Rarity and Applejack, respectively, grabbed their feet and dragged them backwards.

Fluttershy giggled. She didn't mind getting dirty. She even liked playing in the mud with the pigs sometimes. One of these days maybe she would jump in...