With Halloween over and done with for another year, the town of Canterlot went back to its normal routine, with everyone getting on with their lives. Among them were a certain pair that was walking down the street.
"Whew" Applejack was saying "Last night was definitely somethin', huh, Rares?"
"Well, it was definitely one for the record books" the fashionista replied "But it can still be chalked up as another day in our unique lives".
"Yah" Applejack agreed while shaking her head in disbelief "Ah can' believe Ah actually freaked over breakin' a nail".
"Well, I can't say I blame you" Rarity commented "They did look marvelous. In all honesty, you were actually very lovely last night. You wear the air of an aristocrat quite well".
"Heh" Applejack chortled "Yah were a purty good country girl yerself".
"Are you kidding?" Rarity cried in shock "I was absolutely uncouth! I have no idea how I was able to talk with that southern drawl for so long!"
"Heh, yeah, right" Applejack chuckled "Wha about wha yah did when we were tryin' tah find our way out of downtown?"
"I seem to recall that I only made things worse for us" Rarity retorted.
"Wha about gettin' us away from tha big bulldog and pulverizing tha mugger we encountered?"
"Oh, please don't mention that incident" Rarity moaned "I can't believe I did something so unlady-like such as roughhousing with a brute!"
"Still, yah have tah admit tha yah were darn good at it" Applejack commented.
"Well, I suppose I did find it amazing to be so strong and hardworking" Rarity reluctantly said.
"And Ah think Ah saw just wha goes through that head of yers when it comes tah being high-class" Applejack said.
"So last night did have some use" Rarity said "We got to walk in each other's shoes for awhile".
"Yah" Applejack nodded "But no offense, but Ah think Ah'll stick tah my own shoes. Those high-heels really pinch".
"Well, that's what they're supposed to do" Rarity retorted "But you are right. Next time we decide to make a wager, let's go for something less close to home".
Applejack smirked "How about next time, tha loser has tah babysit the winner's sister and her friends?"
"What?!" Rarity cried "Applejack that's too cruel! I'd rather be forced to kiss whoever you choose!"
Applejack grinned. "Done".
Rarity paused. "Wait! Applejack, wait! I didn't mean I wanted to do those terms!"
On another side of town, a certain pink-haired girl was coming out of her house. Walking down the street, she seemed to be in deep thought. Just as she was about to turn the corner, she ended up nearly bumping into a certain person who was leaning against the lamp post.
"Aah!" she squeaked "R-Rainbow Dash!"
"Uh, hey, 'Shy" Rainbow replied nervously.
"Wh-What are you doing here, Rainbow?" Fluttershy had to ask.
"Uh, you know" Rainbow said slowly "Just...hanging around".
"Oh" Fluttershy replied awkwardly before lamely saying "Well, uh, I'm going to meet up with the others. Would you like to walk with me?"
"S-Sure!" Rainbow said with blushing cheeks "Why wouldn't I?"
The pair proceeded down the street in silence. Both of them did their best to avoid the other's gaze, yet both knew that the events of last night would have to be discussed at one point.
Finally, Rainbow decided to speak.
"Listen, Fluttershy" she said slowly "I'm really sorry for getting you into that mess".
"Why are you blaming yourself for that, Rainbow?" Fluttershy felt the need to ask.
"Why do I blame my-" Rainbow was left sputtering "Because I was the one who convinced you to wear that costume, remember? Thanks to me, you ended up transforming into a giant bat!"
"But that was an accident, Rainbow" Fluttershy said "You couldn't have known that would happen".
"Yeah, well, I still feel like I'm responsible" Rainbow muttered.
"Rainbow," Fluttershy said slowly "In all honesty, it wasn't that bad of an experience".
Rainbow Dash gaped "It wasn't?"
"No" Fluttershy shook her head "It was actually a bit of fun to be able to fly like that. And true, I did eat more than my body weight in apples and scared our friends out of their minds, at least I didn't hurt anyone".
"Well, I guess that's true" Rainbow admitted "Me? I nearly tore apart two of our friends upon becoming a wolf!"
"Now, don't feel guilty about that" Fluttershy said sternly "The instincts of a wolf are very vicious. The important thing is that you didn't bite anyone".
"Yeah, you have a point there" Rainbow shrugged.
"Say, Rainbow" Fluttershy said nervously "Do you remember what happened between us when we crossed paths?"
"You mean that you gave me a good left hook?" Rainbow asked jokingly "Man, do you have an arm, Fluttershy".
"Uh, no" Fluttershy shook her head slowly "I was talking about after we duked it out".
"Oh" Rainbow said with blushing cheeks "Right. That".
"I mean, don't you think it was odd?" Fluttershy went on "I mean, a vampire and a werewolf ending up like we did?"
"Yeah, you do raise a point" Rainbow admitted "I mean, there's no written rule that vampires and werewolves can't get along, and it'd be easy to say that our friendship caused that to happen, but we did more than that".
"Rainbow" Fluttershy said slowly "Do you think...that how we acted as those creatures...really means something?"
Rainbow looked her lifelong friend in the eyes with completely honest "I...I don't really know, Flutters".
"But, Rainbow..." Fluttershy said while looking down before staring up into Dash's eyes "Would you...want it to?"
Rainbow reacted to the question with wide eyes. Did she want what happened to mean something? Looking Fluttershy in the face, she took notice of how lovely she looked.
Finally, she said one word.
"M-Maybe".
Fluttershy's eyes widened in surprise, before Rainbow put a hand under her chin and tilted her head upward.
"But there's only one way to find out for sure" the rainbow-haired athlete finished as she neared Fluttershy's face.
Realizing what Rainbow was meaning, Fluttershy willingly leaned forward while closing her eyes. Within seconds, the lips of the two childhood friends met. The sensation was strange at first, but over time, the two girls got use to it as they wrapped their arms around each other.
Eventually, they parted, gasping for breath.
"So, what did you think?" Rainbow asked breathlessly.
"Uh, I'm still not sure" Fluttershy said "I think I need to double check".
"Yeah, good idea" Rainbow nodded before quickly pulling Fluttershy back towards her.
The two kept double checking for ten more times before they finally came to a decision.
"Alright, so, what is the proper way to cast a transmutation?"
"Focus on your target, make sure your magic is evenly dispersed, and concentrate on the form you want it to become" was the reply.
"Very good" Sunset said with an approving nod "You're getting good at learning the fundamentals of magic, Twilight".
"Well, after last night's little incident, I want to make sure I know what I'm doing from now on whenever I cast a spell" Twilight explained.
"Glad you finally learned that lesson, Twi" Spike said with relief "I was worried you wouldn't get it until after you blew up the garage again".
"Spike, I keep telling you, that spell was completely safe!" Twilight cried "There was a leak in a gas line that reacted violently with one of my Bunsen burners!"
"Uh, wouldn't that mean it's still your fault?" Spike asked flatly.
Twilight opened her mouth to retort, but found herself unable to say anything, so she just groaned "It's times like these I wish that he couldn't speak his mind".
Giggling, Sunset looked towards the front of the sidewalk "Hey, look!" she cried while pointing.
Sure enough, coming towards them was a certain pink girl, loaded down with armfuls of cake boxes.
"Hey, girls" Pinkie said under the weight of her boxes "Making some necessary deliveries this morning".
"Let me guess" Sunset pretended to think it over "Those are 'I'm-Sorry-I-Ran-A-Muck-Last-Night' cakes".
"Yeah!" Pinkie nodded "How did you know?" she gasped "Did you read my mind when I wasn't looking?"
Ignoring the question, Sunset looked to the girl's load "So, how is it going?"
"Well, it could be better" Pinkie replied regretfully "Many of my 'victims' are still sore about last night and not willing to forgive me yet" her voice narrowed into a whisper "And a bunch of them are really testy" she rolled her eyes "I mean, really, getting huffy over me stuffing cake down their pockets. How else was I supposed to give it to them when they wouldn't accept it any other way?"
Twilight, Spike, and Sunset said nothing, just choosing to listen to Pinkie talk.
"Anyway, I've still got 20 more people to apologize to. I just hope they'll be more willing to accept my apology than others".
It was then that the three girls turned to see someone coming up the sidewalk, the sight of which caused Sunset and Twilight to gape in shock.
It was none other than Lyra and Bon-Bon, but they looked like they had seen better days. The two of them were sharing a full-body cast, Lyra on the left and Bon-Bon on the right. Both of them had a single arm and leg sticking out of the mass of bandages, requiring them to hobble their way down the street. Lyra's hair was standing on end and a bandage was wrapped around her forehead. while Bon-Bon was sporting a black eye and had her only exposed arm in a sling.
"Ooh!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly as she grabbed up a box "Hey! Lyra! Bon Bon!"
The pair took one look at Pinkie Pie before their eyes widened in panic. In a flash, they had about faced and hobbled back the way they came faster than Rainbow doing a track and field.
"Aww" Pinkie Pie moaned "Now I'll have to look for them all over again!"
"What did you do to those two?" Sunset asked with mouth agap.
"Uh, you don't want to know" Pinkie said hesitantly.
"I think I'll take her word for it" Spike meeped while Twilight nodded in agreement.
"Hey, guys!" a voice caught their attention, causing the trio to turn to see Applejack and Rarity coming up the street "Wha's goin' on?"
"Oh, nothing much" Spike said nonchalantly "Sunset is quizzing Twilight and Pinkie is forcing apology cakes on everyone she terrorized last night".
"Oh, doesn't sound like anything different" Rarity commented.
"Well, what about that?" Pinkie Pie said as she pointed to a certain yellow and blue pair walking up to the group. The sight wouldn't normally strike them as anything different...except for the fact that the two girls were holding hands and looking at each other fondly.
"Hey, girls" Rainbow Dash said with a grin while still holding Fluttershy's hand "Flutters and I have big news!"
"Yah found a way tah replace all tha trees on my farm tha yah smashed while wrastlin'?" Applejack snarked.
Rainbow stared flatly at the cowgirl "We told you that we'd pay you back for all the trees that were smashed, and the apples that Fluttershy ate. But that's not what we want to say!"
"Then what's your news?" Sunset asked.
Grinning, Rainbow took hold of Fluttershy's other hand and the two smiled at each other before looking to their friends and saying simultaneously...
"We're going out together!"
In an instant, the Rainbooms burst into cheers and congratulations.
"Wow, way tah go yah two" Applejack said sincerely.
"Indeed" Rarity added "I just knew that your animalistic behavior last night was a sign of something".
"Yay!" Pinkie Pie cheered "I get to throw a 'My lesbian best friends finally got together' party!"
"Might want to think about changing that title around" Spike said awkwardly.
"Congratulations, you two" Sunset said to the new couple with a grin "We're really happy for you".
"Yeah" Twilight nodded "I'm just glad that something good came from my mistake last night".
"Oh, I wouldn't say that was the only good thing to happen, Twilight, Dear" Rarity said soothingly "After all, Applejack and I were just talking about how we got the rare opportunity to see how the other lives".
"Though we did agree tha we prefer tah stay on our own sides of tha fence" Applejack added.
"Not only that," Sunset spoke up "But thanks to you, Twilight, I got to be one of the greatest unicorns in history! Not everyone can say that's happened to them. I'm definitely going to tell Princess Twilight about everything that happened last night".
"Do you suppose that she'll be jealous that you literally got to be Starswirl the Bearded?" Rarity asked.
"Possibly" Sunset shrugged "I mean, the only thing that could top that would be meeting him in person".
"Considering how you said he's supposed to be from 10,000 or so years ago" Rainbow Dash said as she was cuddling her new girlfriend "I don't see that happening".
Twilight, meanwhile, was smiling. "You guys are right. A bit of good did come out of last night's little incident, including reinforcing that I don't have to worry about succumbing to Midnight Sparkle. I'm really glad to have friends like you".
With that, the Rainbooms went into a group hug (Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy making sure to wrap their arms around each other in the process). After it broke up, Pinkie Pie spoke up.
"Ooh, maybe next year, Twilight can cast that spell again!" she rambled "Only then, we should dress as pony versions of ourselves!"
The rest of the group let a collected groan of disagreement. No more real-life costumes for them. From now on, they would be wearing latex and cloth. The only way they would be wearing skin again was if Pinkie went on another psychotic rampage.
For more than a few reasons, they prayed that that scenario would never come about.