I awoke still thinking about Pinkie. It just sat there, in the back of my mind. What was it she really wanted to say to me? I just couldn’t put my hoof on it…
My thoughts were interrupted by me noticing Twilight standing over me. I jumped a little from her presence, which made her jump by my sudden movement.
“I- is something wrong?” Twilight said with a worried look on her face.
“No. No, I’m fine…” I looked up at her. “Why were you standing over me?”
“Uh, oh, uh…” Twilight started blushing slightly, “I was just, uh…” Her eyes started dashing around the room. “…Examining my bed frame. Yes, that’s it. I was going to get a new one, and I needed to check how long it was.”
She is such a horrible liar, I thought, looking at Twilight smile sheepishly. Although I decided not to say anything about it at that moment, I would bring it up later.
“Well,” she said, “We were talking yesterday about the humans. I was hoping you would tell me about them.”
“Uh, yeah, just give me a minute to get ready.” I said, slowly getting out of Twilight’s bed. Maybe I should buy my own bed…
“Um, Arjay?” she said.
“Yes Twilight?” I said as I started putting on my solid black suit.
“Why don’t you have a Cutie Mark?”
My eyes widened as I heard her ask that question. Now I was screwed. Either I make up something quick, or she would find out the truth.
“I, uh…” I said, turning to her, “… never figured out my destiny. That’s why.” Great, I thought, now I’m going to look like an idiot in her eyes.
She giggled slightly, and then looked at me. That’s when I noticed something strange.
She was taller than me. I thought it was strange, considering she was shorter than me just yesterday.
“How did you get taller than me?” I ask her, confused beyond belief.
Oh yeah,” she said, “I forgot you’ve been asleep for the past two days.”
“TWO DAYS?!” I say, startling her. She jumped back, and then I stood there, mouth agape, looking at her.
“What?” she said looking at me.
“When did you...” I was speechless. I couldn’t finish the sentence. Twilight looked over at what I was looking at, and then she got it.
“Oh, you’re wondering when I got wings.” She said, folding them to her side.
“Uh huh.” I mumbled, and then said, “Actually, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know…”
There was silence as I got the rest of my clothing on and then followed Twilight to the living room. The silence was becoming extremely awkward. One of us needed to break the ice. However, the silence was broken by a knocking at the door. Twilight jumped up and opened the door with a smile. In walked Spike with armfuls of groceries, followed by Rarity and Rainbow Dash. When I saw Rainbow, my mind began to drift off. What was I going to say to her? The literal five minutes she was in the room with me at the hospital still makes me wonder what happened there. Next came Pinkie Pie and Applejack. Again, my mind drifted elsewhere. What did Pinkie really want to tell me? The night before... her big blue eyes...
Then I saw Applejack. She had a large barrel on her back. On the side, it said ‘cider’. Mmm, I thought, apple cider, made by Applejack. Following behind those two were Big Macintosh, who also had a barrel on his back, and Fluttershy. When I saw them walking together, I thought, could the rumors about them be true?
Behind all the murmur of the ponies and Spike, Twilight spoke up.
“What are you all doing here? I wasn’t planning on anyone coming over today.”
“Silly!” Pinkie said, “Parties aren’t meant to be planned!”
“Uh, Pinkie,” Applejack said, “You told us Twilight was expecting us.”
“Oh well...” She said with a large, quite unsettling smile. She looked over at me sat next to me on the sofa. Her smile had gone down to a small grin. What is with her lately?
“Well, if it’s a Pinkie party...” Twilight started, “... no, wait. Can it start later tonight?”
“No problem, Twi.” Applejack said, “But can we leave the cider here?”
“Of course, just set them in the corner over there. I don’t know why you brought those, though. I hardly ever drink any.”
“It was Pinkie’s idea.” Applejack said. After setting down the barrels and saying their goodbyes, some of them left, leaving me, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash.
“Well, now what?” Twilight asked.
***
“Nonononono. Rainbow, stop!”
Rainbow was on a rampage. She was destroying everything in the library, and Twilight couldn’t get her to stop. Rainbow then bucks Spike into a wall, causing him to spit fire and catches some books on fire. Within minutes, most of the library was on fire. I sat there in amazement as I watched this video. I looked around the room. Rainbow was blushing, of course, and Pinkie was laughing her ass off. I looked up at the bookshelf, which looked old, but did not look charred whatsoever. My guess is that Twilight fixed it, but kept the old look of it. After the video was over, I looked at Twilight.
“Why was Rainbow on a rampage, exactly?”
Twilight giggled. “She had a little too much cider, if you catch my drift.”
First thought: Twilight should never ‘speak street’ again. She is NOT good at it.
Second thought: How does one get drunk on apple cider?
“Well, you did a good job refurbishing the place.”
“Thank you, Arjay. I worked really hard on it.”
“You mean I worked really hard on it.” Spike said his arms crossed.
“Oh, Spike. We worked really hard on it.” Twilight ruffled her wings slightly.
“Who is teaching you to fly, Twilight?”
“Oh, Rainbow is,” she said, pointing at Rainbow, “She is a great teacher, too.”
Rainbow blushed again, and then spoke.
“Hey, Arjay, could I talk to you for a minute upstairs? You know, as long as Twilight is okay with it?”
“Yeah, go ahead. I don’t mind.” Twilight said, following Spike into the kitchen. I looked at Rainbow, who was already halfway up the steps. After getting up there, I saw her sitting on Twilight’s bed, and then made a motion for me to come sit next to her. I got up on the bed, and looked at Rainbow, staring deep into her eyes. For a few moments, we sat there, in utter silence, our eyes locked upon the other, then as quick as it started, it ended. We both looked at the ground, and then I looked at her again.
“Rainbow, we need to talk about what happened in the hospital.”
“That’s why I brought you up here. There’s something I need to tell you.”
“Okay, what is it?”
She took a deep breath. “I…”
“PARTY TIME!”
We both looked over at Pinkie, who was standing at the top of the stairs. She had a big smile on her face, but with a devious flare to it. Her smile immediately disappeared, and she started to blush. Taking no note of that, I spoke.
“Pinkie, just a minute, and we’ll be right down there.” She nodded slightly, and then walked down the stairs. I turned to face Rainbow, and our lips met once more. She caught me completely off guard again. I had a feeling what was going on, but I wasn’t sure. After she stopped kissing me, she smiled, and then walked down the stairs. I followed after to be greeted by the rest of the group. Applejack had poured a couple cups of cider, and she handed me one. Without a second thought, I took a big drink of it, and then almost spit it out. Applejack saw this, and giggled slightly.
“Didn’t know it was alcoholic, did you?”
Don’t get me wrong, I love alcoholic beverages as much as the next guy, but I’ve never had alcoholic apple cider before. And boy was it strong.
“Yeah, not at all.” I said, feeling slightly buzzed. This was going to be my only cup, I told myself.
“Who’s up for some truth or dare?” Applejack said, and got murmurs of approval around her.
***
“Rarity, truth or dare?” I said, drunk off my ass. I was on my fifth cup. I was not going to remember this night.
“Dare.” She said, slurring.
All the ponies were drunk, except for Twilight. She was reading a book on the floor, considering the rest of us were on the couch. Big Mac left before the party started, something about work to do.
“I dare you to kiss Applejack.” There was a collaborative of ‘oohs’ after I finished talking.
“You’re on.” Rarity got up, stumbling, and walked over to Applejack, and gave her a big kiss on the lips. When they separated, there was a large spit string that still connected them, but everyone was too drunk to care. After falling down, she got up and sat down where she was sitting in the first place.
“Applejack, truth or dare?” Rarity said.
“Dare.” Applejack said, though seemingly less drunk than the rest of us.
Rarity whispered something in her ear, and she got a big grin on her face. She started sneaking around until she was behind Twilight. She took a deep breath.
“YEEEEHAWWWWW!” Applejack yelled. Twilight jumped up a foot, then ran into the kitchen. Everyone else started laughing, and then Twilight came out, obviously angry.
“Rainbow, truth or dare?” Applejack said, sitting down.
“Dare.” She said, determined to do whatever it is she said to do.
“I dare you to tell us what you were doing when you crashed into Arjay.” The room went silent.
“You’re on.” She finished the rest of the drink she was holding, and then spoke. “I crashed into Arjay when I saw a glimpse of Vinyl and Octavia kissing through a window.” There was laughing after Rainbow finished, and when the laughing died down, it was Rainbow’s turn.
“Arjay, truth or dare?”
“Dare.”
“I dare you…,” she paused, “…to kiss me.”
This is too easy, I thought. “You’re on.” Without a moment’s pause, I walked over to Rainbow and kissed her. Passionately.
After about a ten second kiss, we separated, and I spoke.
“You know, this is probably the booze talking, but I think something is going on between you and me, Rainbow.”
She gave a light grunt, and then started yawning. I started feeling tired myself. I mean, it was only four in the morning.
“Maybe we should hit the hay.” Applejack said.
“Finally!” Twilight said, shutting her book. She went upstairs.
“Might as well sleep down here with the rest of you.” I said, and then got down on the floor.
Too drunk to care. Good night, self.