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// II: Exploring the City 
// Story: We're Trying!!!! 
// by PixelMoon 
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Twilight, Rainbow, Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Applejack trotted alongside each other. They traveled through the castle, ponies bowing as the princesses of the group passed by.

Their hooves clattered on the floor as if they were delicate pieces of glass. Twilight and Rainbow stood in the front of the group as they continued to trot in silence.

Eventually, the group came to a halt as they reached the front gates of the castle. Twilight held a hoof to Dash in sudden realization.

"Don't," she simply stated before lighting her horn. Dash's horn glowed the same pink aura as Twilight's, and soon enough it disappeared. "Nopony knows yet, remember?"

Rainbow nodded in understatement. Twilight begun trotting again, as did the group. The guards bowed before their princess and allowed them to pass.

The group trotted into the streets of Canterlot, taking in the hustle and bustle of the city.  they walked in silence for a while before Twilight spoke up.

"So...any precise places you guys want to go?" she asked.

Rarity nodded excitedly. "Oh, absolutely! Let's go shopping! I have to show you this amazing clothing store!"

Rainbow gave a flat stare. "Really, Rarity? Of all things you could choose, it had to be shopping?"

"Well yes, it is in my nature, I suppose."

Twilight interrupted their chat by asking if anypony else had any suggestions. Either they truly couldn't think of anything else, or everypony there really wanted to make Rainbow have to suffer the wrath of Rarity being all fashiony.

"For Celestia's sake..." Rainbow groaned.





"No! You are absolutely not making me wear that!" Rainbow shrieked.

Twilight burst out laughing when her sister came flying out of the dressing room with an upset Rarity chasing her.

"But the thong would make you look sexy! SEXY, RAINBOW!"

A blush immediately formed on the rainbow maned alicorn as she sped behind Twilight. "Sis! Make her stoppp!"

Twilight chuckled. "But you would have looked good in that..."

"Nuh uh. I'd only wear it if you let Rarity make you look all sexy too."

Twilight gave a surprised stare before smirking. There was no way she'd let Rainbow win this one! "Deal."

Rainbow's eyes widened. "Wait, no! I didn't think you'd actually do it! Nooo!"

Twilight stuck her tongue out at her sister as Rainbow got dragged back into the dressing room with Rarity carrying a pink thong.





"I look absolutely ridiculous."

"Oh you're fine! And might I dare say you look even sexy," Rarity gushed.

Rainbow's face turned into a shade or vibrant pink as she tried to form words. when she got nothing, she muttered, "oh go fuck yourself, Rares."

Twilight giggled at her sister before a crazily excited Rarity hovered over the alicorn, making her pause.

"Your turn, Twilight."

Twilight's smile instantly vanished. "Oh sweet mother of Celestia nooooooo!"

Her cries eventually faded as she was dragged into the dressing room to share the same fate as her unfortunate sister.





"Oh my goodness! You look positively smashing!"

Twilight stepped out of the dressing room with a blush on her face. The looks on everypony's face in the entire store was no doubt priceless. With jaws dropped and blush adorned on everyone's faces, Twilight awkwardly shuffled around the floor.

Dash suddenly bursted out laughing. "Ha! I thought I looked crazy, but this is a whole new level!"

"Oh you're getting it now!" Twilight exclaimed as she suddenly lept onto her sister while laughing.

Rarity gasped and blushed as the mini skirt Twilight wore ruffled upwards, revealing her privates. Unfortunately for the unicorn, her vision was far better than normal ponies. This meant she everything physically visible with great detail, making her blush become even more heavy.

"Uhh... Twilight!!" Rarity sputtered as she attempted to look away from her crush's entrance. Without any warning, the unicorn grabbed the mini skirt on Twilight and yanked it down, causing Twilight to blush as well.

"Rarity!" Twilight yelped.

"Uh... We should probably go back and leave this. They seem to be doing something. Very publicly." Twilight , Dash, and Rarity turned their heads to see Applejack with her hat over her eyes, a fainted Fluttershy, and a jaw-dropped Pinkie, who had wide eyes and couldn't seem to look away.

"Uh..." The three horned ponies awkwardly stated.

"It's not what it looks like!" Rainbow blurted out.

Applejack chuckled. "We figured as much. Still is weird ta see that with Dash and Twilight. Especially since you two are sisters an' all."

Twilight got off of her sister when Pinkie suddenly spoke. 

"We were gone for only ten minutes and you guys are being perverted without me?! No fair!"

Rarity rose an eyebrow while the ponies conscious stared and blinked. Applejack was about to speak with a groan from Fluttershy stopped her.

Fluttershy opened her eyes and groaned again. "Uhpgh... What happened?"

Pinkie grabbed the pegasus off the ground and responded. "Rarity, Dashie and Twily were being all perverted without us!"

Fluttershy blushed as her eyes widened. "Wha...?"

"Pinkie, quit saying that!" Twilight yelled. "That's not true, Fluttershy. Me and Dash were teasing each other and I tackled her. My skirt flew up and then Rarity got too involved."

"You make it sound like it was bad!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Oh my Celestia... Let's just go find a place to eat and then go back to the caste, okay?"

Everypony nodded in agreement, and the two sisters went back into the dressing room to change.





"Okay... How about hay burgers?" Twilight suggested.

The six ponies were on Restaurant Road, which had been refermished as a road with food that actually has taste. They were nearing the end of the road, which meant if they declined more places they would have to go to go to a fast food restaurant. 

"I want the Tasty Treat!" Pinkie complained.

"I'm afraid I'd have to agree. While their decorations are a bit... Different, I must say thatthefood is positively divine," Rarity said.

Twilight groaned before giving in. "Fineee. Where is this 'Tasty Treat?'"

Pinkie suddenly sniffed the air before bouncing to the end of the road. "Right over here!"

The Tasty Treat was hidden behind an enormous building next to it, so if you didn't already know where this place was you would most likely miss it.

Twilight eyed Rarity, who nodded. With slight hesitation, the alicorn walked though the door.

Inside, Pinkie, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow were already seated at a table for six. Twilight sat next to her sister, while Rarity sat on the other side of the alicorn.

Saffron Masala walked up to the group with a smile on her face. "Rarity! Pinkie! So good to see you again!"

Pinkie hugged Saffron while Rarity waved. The Indian pony looked at the other ponies. "And I see you brought others."

Rarity nodded. "That's Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash." The unicorn pointed to each pony as she spoke their name. Finally focusing on Twilight, she spoke again.

"And that beautiful mare is Princess Twilight Sparkle."

Twilight's eyes widened and she blushed. "Beautiful?" she murmured.

The rest of the day had past by in a blink of Twilight's eye. She didn't even hear when anypony spoke to her, and didn't even realize when they were at the castle.

That was until Dash grabbed her face and slapped it. "Helloooo? Equus to Twilight?!"

Twilight shook her head. "Wha? How did we get here?"

Dash rose an eyebrow. "You mean you really don't remember us getting to the castle after The Tasty Treat?"

Twilight's eyes widened. "Rarity called me beautiful."

"What?"

"I said Rarity called me beautiful. while we were at The Tasty Treat she called me beautiful. I can't stop thinking about that."

"Does it bother you?" Dash asked.

"Well no. It actually warms my heart to hear the pony I love say that. Wait..."

Twilight's eyes widened. Did she just say that she loved Rarity?"