As the cries of fun ring out near the CMC clubhouse, Twilight watches on with a happy smile. Elsewhere, a quiet home awaits the return of a certain rainbow mare.
“Honey I’m home!” The loud call of the cocky mare rings out in the quiet of her home.
The smiling face of Fluttershy peeks out from around the corner of the kitchen. Her pretty yellow face illuminates Dash's world. Despite her damp coat and sodden feathers, the athletic mare can feel the sunny warmth radiating from her wife, it’s like a good fire on cold winters day. Lovestruck, Dash grins back.
With a look of delight upon her face, Fluttershy trots across to her multicoloured wife and gives the wind washed mare a hug. Toasty warm fuzzes erupt as the two share a nuzzle, transferring the dampness between the two ponies, sharing the love. Mid-snuggle Fluttershy tilts her head and nibbles a sodden blue ear. Ripples of satisfaction radiate from the athletic pegasus and she hums contentedly, enjoying the odd act of affection.
"I think somepony needs a bath." With a knowing grin escaping across her features, Fluttershy turns and leads the way toward the bathroom.
"I think my pretty pony needs her bath time too. You’re all wet now." Accentuating her point, the bold pegasus leaps towards her mare and flicks her mane about, donating further moisture to her wife.
Butterflies meet the thunderbolt cloud as Fluttershy bumps her flank against Rainbow Dash's. Grinning, the cyan pegasus envelops her wife in a drenching winged embrace. In reply, the yellow pony snuggles into her partners mane, the no-so-dry coat becoming as wet as the rainbow she is absorbed in.
"Three, two, one. Bye!" Dash bolts off, her rainbow tail clipping the pink maned pony's nose as she rushes past to the bath tub.
The yellow mare left behind grins, buzzing with joy. Antics are to be expected as is some kind of follow up when they both arrive.
The daredevil pony stands solo in the bathtub. She looks over at her brightly smiling wife with a commanding look upon her face.
"Right Flutters. What’s the password?"
The pony in question comes to a halt a wing length away from her cyrese eyed mare. Oh how those eyes shine with unbridled mischievous joy, making the timid mare's wings stir, tummy tingle, matching the excited mare before her. Fluttershy's heart melts at the sight as her spouse gazes at her with an adorable questioning look, begging for an answer. After staring into the depths of those big rosy orbs for an unknown length of time, the yellow pegasus manages to shake herself out of her stunned dreamy state.
"Um… how about... Pretty please my big strong Wonderbolt?"
The blue cheeks darken as a grin spreads across Dash's face. "Nope, sorry." The look of mischief strengthens on the pranksters muzzle.
Strutting slyly up to the mare in front of her, Fluttershy nervously manoeuvres her nose along the side of her wife's face. The tickle of nose against fur forces the rainbow warrior to suppress giggles as her mare continues to delicately caress her with the tip of her nose.
With barely a whisper, the soft pegasus tries once more, "how about pretty please, my mighty, pretty Wonderbolt." She accentuates her plea with a soft lick.
Both ponies withdraw wearing luminous matching grins upon their faces.
“My feathery angel...” Fluttershy cooes as she steps in, joining her protector who suddenly finds herself unable to block the timid mares path.
Fluttershy slowly turns the taps on, the rapidly warming water quickly washing over their hooves, inching upwards toward their bellies. Bright yellow wings flutter as their owner lifts her forehooves over her champion, gently pressing downwards on the stronger pegasus. With a smirk, Dash replies by collapsing into the bath sending waves leaping up at the sudden disturbance. Fluttershy collapses on top of her lover, a look of surprise written across her gorgeous face.
Dash rolls over in the water, gazing up into the aquamarine eyes of her wife, admiring how they ripple, mirroring the water below.
“You know, I love it how when you’re surprised! It’s adorable and cool and cute...all at the same time! That’s why I pranked you when we were fillies if I remember...” She trailes off as the memory washes over, a reminder of their sometimes wild past together. “You were such an adorable big filly, the look on your cute little face... It was soo adorable.” Dash almost squees with joy, beaming widely as she ruffles the pink mane.
Fluttershy donates the cyan pegasus beneath her a loving lick to the muzzle.
“Prankster. It’s not nice to be a meanie. Especaily to your future wife.” This was added to by a boop to the cyan offender’s nose.
“How was I supposed to know we would end up married...” Giggles Rainbow Dash, stretching out in the soothing water.
“Too busy being cool...” Cooes the shy pegasus as she plays with the submerged multicoloured mane, retaining her dominant place on top.
Checky giggles escape from the mostly submerged pegasus. “Yea... at least we’re here now...” A satisfied sigh escapes and Rainbow Dash stretches out further, wrapping her forelegs around the pegasus on top, bringing her into a close cuddle. The weight of the pony on top submerges the cyan mare, causing a burst of bubbles then an explosion of water as the part time Wonderbolt breaks the surface. Rainbow Dash reaches over and switches off the taps.
“Right... that’s enough water for me.” She returns her gaze to the luminous eyes of the pony in her embrace. “Who’s first?”
“You, my love.” Fluttershy coos sweetly, following her soft calls with a giggle. She reluctantly lifts herself up. She reaches for a washcloth and some soap, lathering it up onto the cloth.
Chuckling, Rainbow sits up as well, holding a hoof out to her wife as she awaits the washing treatment. The creamy yellow pegasus nods then takes the offering, scrubbing the cloth along it with much tender care.
Clearly enjoying it, the cyan pegasus sits back and allows her beloved to wash her. It was nothing new, they've been doing so for many years, even when they were fillies. Fluttershy is always up to the task of washing her, it also brings back the sweet memory of the very first time she had done so. Back in Cloudsdale, in Flight School, together...
“Let me guess,” Dash speaks up upon seeing the dreamy look on Fluttershy’s face accompanied with a slight blush, “you’re thinking about the first time you washed me up, aren’t you?”
Giggling, Fluttershy nods and scrubs down Dash’s other foreleg, “Perhaps...”
“Well...” Dash leans over, closing in on her mare as if she is about to kiss her.
“As I remember, you had to give me a kiss first...” With a grin upon her face the grinning cyan mare withdraws her hooves from her partners reach.
Fluttershy smiled warmly, inching forwards. Noses brush, sending tingles down each ponies spines. Lips meet and the rapidly world disappears, replaced by the paradise of true love. Dash melts, feeling as if she’s a filly all over again, and pulls Fluttershy into a warm embrace as she returns the kiss in kind. They lose themselves in the sweetness of their kiss, both in reliving the old days, the sweet memories, and of what they have right now, together.
Caught up in the moment, Rainbow Dash slips and slides into the water, leaving her lover hanging.
Laughter erupts as the cyan pegasus spots the kissy face her cute mare is left making and receives a small wave of water up the snout for her efforts.
Hind hooves wrap around the sweet pegasus, dragging her into the soothing water too and the pair lie there laughing at themselves.
After a few moments mirth, Dash cools down enough to speak again. “I love how we laugh like that...”
“Mmmm...me too...” Softly agrees the snuggling pegasus on top.
Moments of content silence pass as neither pegasus wishes to get up quite yet. Pink mingles with all the colours of the rainbow as manes and tails intermingle in the warm water.
“Right. Now you can wash me.” A cheeky grin covers the speakers muzzle. Dash knows her wife would prefer to snuggle for a little more.
But a wash would feel great and she can feel that her tummy will rumble again if something isn’t done soon.
“Okay... But you are not to go out again today till its stopped raining. Okay?” Fluttershy fixes her lover with a warning stare.
“Sure... I’ll just ‘annoy’ you for a few hours.” Grins the cheery pegasus on the bottom. After all, Dash knows that it’s always easy to somehow have fun with her special somepony... even doing menial things that she usually considers to be boring.
Her reply is a lick to the muzzle. Fluttershy removes herself from the warm embrace and offers a hoof to the cyan pegasus.
With a grin, Dash accepts.
Back at the playhouse, the rains are beginning to cease in the late day sun. More towles lie in a heap, guarded by smiling red stallion who remains slightly caked in mud from his game with the youngsters.
“Hey! No fair!” Spectra calls out.
“Yea. Ah’ was winnin’” adds Acey.
“It is so fair.” Counters Eve.
“Is not!”
“Is to!” retorts the young scholar.
“Is not!”
“Is too!” The overexcited pegasus filly smashes the game board with a hoof, sending everything flying.
“Awww... Spectra! I was winning!” Complains the dark alicorn filly.
“Allright you lot. Break it up.” Twilight steps in and removes the board game from the fillies hoof reach. “It’s sounding like you all need a break or... home time.”
“Awww... mum!” Cries Eve, trying to counter her mother’s magic with her own.
BANG!
“Sorry...” Mumbles Luna as she stands slowly, recovering from the aftereffects of a teleport gone not entirely right.
“Mummy!” Cries the little alicorn as she rushes to her still stunned parent and snuggles right up, instantly content under her midnight blue flowing mane.
“Yes...”
“That... is an...amusing misfire there my love.” Comments Twilight with a slight smile. “Did you have something on your mind?”
“Y-yes.” Admits Luna, “she’s purple...”
A suppressed laugh escapes Big Mac as Luna sheepishly diverts her gaze from her lover.
“Yay! Big pony!” Cries spectra leaping on Luna’s back. “I win!” She chortles, rocking backwards and forth in her mirth.
Twilight breaks out into smiles at the yellow filly’s actions. “Just like her mum...”
“Daddy... does this mean playtime is over for today?” Acey Mac sits down, ignoring her energetic friend as she gazes up at her father, questionly.
“Eeyup.” Confirms Big Macintosh, glancing between the two mares. “Ah hope ya’ll had fun today.”
“We sure did!” Replies Spectra with all the vigour she can muster.
“Eeyup!” Grins Acey Mac, happy to further the positives with her father’s signature word.
“I did too.” Adds Moonlight Eve, happy enough to be the quietest filly there.
“Right. Well... I take it you are happy to take your daughter home...” Ever the organizer, Twilight already has a plan. “I’ll take Eve... Luna... can you take Spectra?”
“It certainly appears that she shal it.” Luna smiles back.
“Bye you two! I’ll see you another day for more fun!” Spectra bounces around in place on the princess’s back, eager to pursue the next fun part of her day.
“Eeyup.” The little farmer filly replies. She turns to her friends, a hopeful grin upon her muzzle. “School on monday?”
“Can I go to school with them tomorrow mum?” Eve turns toward her mothers, a questioning look upon her face.
“Well... I think the school in Canterlot can wait one day for its star pupil.” Twilight smiles as brings her daughter in for a hug. “It’s good to see you are learning the magic of friendship. Just... don’t forget your studies.”
“Yes mum...” Flatly replied the young alicorn.
“Yay! I get to see everypony on monday!” Spectra jumped off Luna’s back and gave her dark purple friend a flying hug, sending the pair smashing into Twilight. Acey joined the filly pile with a massive grin of her own.
“Looks like Ponyville is going to gets its next generation of cutie mark crusaders after all.” Noted Twilight, avoiding the pile of seemingly sugar fueled fillies as they rolled around one last time.
“Eeyup.” Agrees Big Macintosh.