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// Preparation 
// Story: Twitanic 
// by AdrianJNovelle 
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	Twilight awakened to find herself still in Fluttershy's bed, Fluttershy herself still quietly sleeping beside her, not snoring, for her breathing was far too gentle and relaxed for such an outrageous commotion. Fluttershy looked so peaceful when she was unconscious. The sight of her sleeping made Twilight smile.
As she lay in bed, she wondered if Fluttershy was really open to this progression in their relationship. She looked pretty tired last night after the cocktail party, and she was probably mainly talking from sleepiness rather than consciousness in the brief moments of their conversation. She was so kind and accepting. Granted, she was the Element of Kindness, but she just let Twilight in and sleep with her. That didn't really sound like Fluttershy. But, then again, she was formerly a doormat, and it's not like Twilight had any sexual intentions. Well...for now. 
She lay in bed a while longer, until she heard the sound of what sounded like Fluttershy starting to stir. A moment later, and she was able to confirm her observation.
"Good morning, Fluttershy," she said.
Fluttershy sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Euh?" She cocked her head in the direction of her friend's tender voice. "G-good morning, Twilight."
"Thank you for letting me sleep with you," she blurted.
"W...what?" 
"Thanks for letting me sleep with you."
"Oh...uh...you're welcome."
Fluttershy threw her covers off her body and put her feet to the floor of her side of the bed. She rose and took a few steps in the direction to the bathroom, as if she had to empty her bladder. She turned around when she neared it to notice the other mare girl had not moved in bed.
"Is something the matter, Twilight?"
"Hmm? Oh, it's nothing."
"A-are you sure?" Fluttershy took a step towards the bed.
Twilight sighed. "No...I'm not sure."
Fluttershy approached the bed until her knees touched the bedding. "What's wrong?"
"It's just that...I'm not sure how well I can handle the orgy this weekend...I'm not sure I can even attend."
"What? Why not?"
Twilight looked longingly into Fluttershy's beautiful, teal eyes, an expression of guilt and sorrow glinting behind those giant pupils of hers. "I'm...I'm scared."
"Scared? Well, why would you be scared? You have nothing to be scared of, Twilight."
"It's just that...I'm not really comfortable with taking my clothes off in front of everypony...I didn't wanna say it at the time and have everyone's naked bodies staring at me, but I'm probably gonna have to sit the orgy out."
Fluttershy crawled onto the bed and sat next to Twilight. "But...Twilight...it won't be an orgy without you."
"Fuck the orgy then," Twilight pouted.
Fluttershy gasped. "Twilight! Watch your language!"
"I'm sorry," Twilight rolled her eyes. 
"Look...to be honest with you...I'm a little scared of the orgy, too."
Twilight slowly turned around to look her friend in the eyes. "You...you are?"
Fluttershy nodded. "Mmm-hmm. I'm, well...ashamed of my puny little body-"
"Ashamed? What do you have to be ashamed about? You have a great body!"
Fluttershy blushed. "You're just saying that..."
Twilight shook her head. "No, really!" She reached across and grabbed Fluttershy's breasts. "Look at these little things! They may be smaller than mine, but they're adorable!"
Fluttershy was struck with both a sense of pleasure and discomfort when her friend's fingers became glued to her girls. Because of the distance from her in the bed, Twilight had virtually no choice but to squeeze them a little without necessarily desiring to. She moaned deep down, but not audibly.
Twilight retracted her grasp and sat herself upright, all of her from her waist down still under the soft, comfortable blankets. "My body is the one to be ashamed of."
"Don't say that," Fluttershy retorted. "Your body's wonderful."
Twilight didn't blush, but she accepted the compliment. "Thanks."
"Well...you know what people who are scared do to help themselves?" Fluttershy asked.
"Um...lock themselves away from society?"
"No. They practice. It eases their anxiety since they know what to expect and what to do when the real event comes."
"I see."
"And...well...m-maybe I could help you practice so you're comfortable for the orgy? And...at the same time...you could help me?"
Twilight did not reply.
"I have dildos...I snuck them in with my luggage when we boarded...just in case I needed them."
Twilight still did not reply.
Fluttershy began to prespire. "Okay...when I told you that, I thought you could at least dignify that embarrassing statement with a response."
"You...wanna practice with me?" 
Twilight did not wish to reveal her undying desire for sexual activity with Fluttershy - one-on-one - which she secretly was craving. If they practiced for the orgy together - just the two of them - she would get her wish. Sure, it may be done shyly (her name is Fluttershy, after all), and it may be done with a little less craving than she would like ideally, but it was better than sitting around her suite with a dildo in her vagina, hoping that Spike would not get bored with the Cutie Mark Crusaders and return to the suite, only to find a butt-naked Twilight Sparkle on her bed with a sex toy deep inside her. She would rather have somepony catch her and Fluttershy doing it in practice together. No matter who it was who found out. Then at least they were together for the surprise. 
"Sure...why not?" she asked. "T-that's what friends are for: helping one another through each other's sexual ordeals."
Twilight made no reply.
"I'm gonna go take a shower...I was thinking maybe you could join me and practice taking your clothes off in front of another person."
"That...would be wonderful," Twilight smiled.
Fluttershy grinned. "Great! I'll go start the water. But I'm not undressing until you're in the bathroom with me. Get up whenever."
Fluttershy hopped off the bed and headed into the bathroom, disappearing behind the door. Twilight threw the blankets off of her and followed her pink-haired friend inside. Fluttershy was just starting the waterflow when she entered. 
"Are you ready?" she inquired when she noticed the presence of Twilight.
"Ready as I'll ever be," Twilight replied.
Fluttershy turned around and faced her friend. "To be honest, I'm not wearing anything under this. Not even panties...Do you wanna go first?"
"Aw, hell," Twilight pulled her pajama-shirt off and threw it down at her feet, revealing her lavender bra which hugged her gorgeous C-cups. She then slowly had her pajama-bottoms fall to her feet, where she stepped out of them and yanked them from her toes to the linoelum below her soles. Her panties were now visible; she visibly shook from being cold. "How about you go and then I'll finish?" she asked.
"Before I do...how was it? I was right here the whole time, you know?"
Twilight refused to admit that since she was getting naked in front of Fluttershy - and only Fluttershy - that this activity was proving to be far less helpful than she had anticipated. 
"It was...okay," she answered.
Fluttershy's grin returned. "Alright...here goes."
Fluttershy slid the sleeves of her nightgown down her arms until they fell past her hands, where the rest of her gown fell into a pile at her little feet. She stepped out of it. 
She took a deep breath. "There...I'm...I'm naked."
Twilight took a deep breath. Sure, undressing out of her pajamas when she has her underwear on was not too much of a worry. But undressing completely: that was a different story. She started with her panties. She grabbed the sides. She looked over at Fluttershy, who stood there in the nude, every inch of her fragile, pale body out in the open. Twilight looked a little harder, and could make out the juicy, irresistible, plushy little vagina of her friend. How tasty it looked...how tempting...how pink and yummy...Something snapped inside Twilight that moment. And whatever it was, it was powerful. 
She stepped out of her panties, and - without thinking - tore off her bra and lept to Fluttershy, putting her tongue right up to Fluttershy's vagina, and giving it one long, satisfying lick as her partner moaned with pleasure from the unsuspecting sexual affection she received after being gently slammed against her bathroom wall.
Having realized what she had just done - this recent action being quite repulsive in nature - Twilight backed away from her friend's crotch and scooted backwards on her butt with the force of her palms across the tile of the bathroom.