//------------------------------// // 'The Best Night of Your Life' // Story: Of Horseshoes, Apples, and Feathers // by Gutovi //------------------------------// “Rainbow Dash, Ah... Ah can’t go on like this. Ah can’t bear it any longer.” “N-no, don’t say it…” “Ah can’t believe it took me this long to say this, but Ah need y’all to know.” “Please, please just sh-shut up, stop it right now…” A pair of crystal tears ran down her cheeks, breaking Applejack’s heart in the process. “Ah knew it, she doesn’t love me back, n… n’ she knows what Ah’m gonna tell’er, b-but she needs to hear it, n’ Ah need to say it.” She started crying too, but her hoof was still on Rainbow Dash’s mouth, her eyes fixed on her friend’s and her resolve still strong. “This whole day, this whole get-together, was sumthin’ Ah made up fer two reasons. First of all, Ah needed to know if Ah’d do it, n’ the second reason was to try n’ prepare y’all for it, with the hope that y’all would like what y’all will hear… B-but Ah guess y’all are not gonna like it…” “I can’t take it anymore! J-just spit it out!” “Rainbow Dash, Ah need to confess. Ah gotta tell you that… Ah love y’all.” The cyan pegasus was stunned, this was not what she expected, and she couldn’t think of a moment when she was so glad to be wrong. “Rainbow, Ah want y’all to be mine, without y’all Ah’m but a bunch of nuthin’, and that’s not enough to live.” Both ponies could feel their chests’ weight disappearing slowly. “Since that kiss Ah’ve become a soulless body, Ah can’t think straight, Ah jes keep thinkin’ ‘bout yer face, yer lips, yer body…” As Applejack’s eyes sneaked a glance of Rainbow Dash’s hind legs and flank, Rainbow Dash couldn’t help but blush. “Ah can’t take mah eyes off of you, Ah daydream of hearin’ yer heavenly voice n’ a really hope Luna hasn’t been in any of mah dreams in the last few nights...” The embodiment of Honesty blushed and looked away as she continued. “Ah wanna hold y’all in mah arms so much! A-Ah jes need y’all by mah side to warm me in these cold nights, y’all are all Ah long to have.” Her eyes met once again with Rainbow’s. “Please be mine, ‘cause Ah won’t be able to keep livin’ without y’all. What would be the reason fer livin’ if Ah don’t have yer love?” She knew that she needed to let her hopefully still best friend talk, but she needed to let it all out off her chest. “Ah think back to the first time we met, n’ now Ah know what was that feelin’ Ah got back then… It was love at first sight. Ah thought it was jes ‘cause of mah dream, but Ah actually have loved y’all since the first hello. Ah didn’t discover that ‘til the kiss two days ago… The love of mah life was jes in front of me all this time, but Ah guess Ah needed a kiss to realize it.” Dash’s mind was racing at a million miles per hour, this was more than just a great misunderstanding, this was Applejack confessing her undying love to her. This was all she wanted to hear and far more, this seemed to be the start of the best part of her life. “But Ah don’t regret not knowin’ that back then ‘cause… ‘cause maybe all those precious moments we shared could have never happened. Ah know y’all said yer eyes were set on another mare, but Ah needed y’all to know how Ah felt. Ah can’t expect y’all to love me back, but y’all deserved to hear me, n’ Ah ask y’all, for all the years we’ve been together, to at least understand me and don’t hate me.” It was over. It was finally all out of her chest, she was free once again. But her freedom was short-lived as a new burden rested on her back. Silence. Applejack took her hoof off Rainbow Dash’s mouth, yet it stood open, and no words escaped from it. The daredevil seemed to be painted there, except for the stream of tears flowing from her eyes. The orange farmpony took a step backwards fearing the worse, already planning to run away from it all. She was already beating herself up, blaming herself for being so rushed and stupid, when something hit her. Literally. Her chest burned and the air left her lungs as she felt herself being lifted off the ground. As she opened her eyes she could see the tree on the hill, completely leafless getting smaller and smaller with every passing second and she realized that she was flying. Just as she realized this, another thing just dawned on her. It was a familiar feeling, yet it was rare… it was the feeling of Rainbow Dash’s lips kissing hers. The air had left her lungs, and she was unable to breath because of Rainbow Dash’s kiss, yet Applejack was more than okay with it. Her hooves were soon around Dash’s neck and her tongue was trying to enter her now lover’s mouth. Rainbow Dash was in total bliss, this was everything she wanted for this day to happen, and more. She was flying at breakneck speed with the mare of her dreams in her hooves, while her tongue waltzed with the orange pony’s in complete harmony. She started flying higher and higher, finally deciding to turn back in a wide backflip, and then doing another one while still flying backwards, ending the flight with a long curve downward landing in the other side of the park. As they break the kiss Applejack took a deep breath and smiled, lowering her eyelids and saying “Ah guess y’all were more than okay with what Ah jes said, huh?” Rainbow Dash kissed her again, surprising her lover. “More than okay it’s not even close to how happy I am right now…” After another kiss she continued, “I can’t believe we didn’t do this since the first day we met, you know we felt that way since back then… This is amazing!” Applejack was trying to talk in between the continuous kisses the cyan pegasus was stealing from her. “Well. Ah. Don’t. Know. But. Ah.” She pushed her new marefriend away. “Okay, Rainbow, lemme finish this sentence at least!” “Sorry… I just can’t get enough of you…” the speedster confessed and leaned forward once again, but her lips met Applejack’s hoof. “That’s real sweet, Sugarcube, but Ah’m trying to…” Her eyes drifted away from Rainbow and she seemed to be looking at something behind her. “What? What is it?” “It’s beautiful…” As Rainbow Dash turned around she realized that her flying had formed a heart with the rainbow trail she left behind. “Wow, looks cool and I didn’t even do it on purpose.” “Guess y’all are so cool y’all don’t even have to plan it,” Applejack replied grinning. “C’mere you sexy cowpony…” “Wait a cotton-pickin’ minute, Dash! Ah’m tryin’ to be all romantic here, n’ y’all can’t take yer lips off mine!” “Guess you’re that sexy…” the pegasus leaned once again. “Don’t y’all try to butter me up jes to kiss me!” She blushed and looked away as she added, “Y’all will get plenty of those anyway… B-but y’all only get one true-love confession! So let’s do it right… Ah feel like Ah have so much more to tell y’all, much more to show y’all, fer y’all to see how deep mah love is, yet Ah can’t seem to express it with words.” “Well then let’s express it wi-” “Stop it with the kisses!” Rainbow Dash pouted and sighed. “You’re right, we just have one chance to really make this right, and you just said the most wonderful things I’ve ever heard, and the most beautiful words somepony ever told me, and I’ve done nothing but kiss you. So I guess it’s time for me to tell you how I feel, but sorry if I’m not as good with words as you are…” As she cleared her throat, Applejack sat and looked at her expectantly. “I… I’ve been looking forward to this day like I’ve never looked forward to something before, even if I just realized it some days ago, I can’t, and I won’t ever be able to tell you just how much I love you, AJ. You’re… sexy, cool, nice, honest, the best pony I know, sexy, loveable, friendly, intelligent, sexy, strong, fast, skilled and…” “Sexy?” Applejack inquired grinning. “Very. And you make me sound silly because you managed to give a heart-melting confession and the best thing I came up with was to say you’re sexy four times. And I love it! I’ll never be able to tell you how much I admire and love you, but I’ll do everything I can to show you. As always, I’ll let my actions talk for me.” “Ah love y’all, Sugarcube, n’ Ah know y’all do too, even if y’all can’t put it in nice fancy words.” She put one hoof around her mare’s neck and kissed her passionately, trying to seal the moment with a flourish. When they broke the kiss Applejack realized just how late it was. “Well, Rainbow, Ah don’t want this night to end, Ah really don’t, but we need some rest … But y’all don’t need to go back to yer house y’all know… We could both go back to mine. Mah bed is big enough fer two, y’all know that by first hand, don’t y’all?” Applejack said giggling as she remembered the old days. “I guess I do… Buuuut I have a better idea than going to your house, sexy girl…” she said, getting closer to the cowpony and grabbing her flank strongly. “Hey, Rainbow, hooves off the merchandise!” she said, pushing her friend softly. “Y’all may be the fastest gal alive , but with me, y’all follow MAH pace, MAH rules n’ MAH orders, y’all understand?” “Mmm… you have your ideas well defined I see. I like it… a lot.” “Y’all haven’t answered, did y’all get it?” “Ma’am, yes ma’am!” Rainbow Dash said saluting. “Now, y’all were talkin ‘bout an idea, Sugarcube,” she said, giving her partner a sweet tender kiss. “Yeah. Remember the powder I gave you this afternoon? Well… the effect last for a bit more than half a day, so we still have ‘til sunrise. The night is still young, and in my cloudhouse, there’s no family to bother, no pony is sleeping so we won’t have to suppress any sound we make…” “Remember to hold yer horses, Rainbow.” A fake innocent smile appeared on the daredevil’s face as she said, “I meant noises derived of laughter and joy, nothing else!” Applejack stared sternly at her, but then she just chuckled and kissed her again. “Y’all gutter-minded filly, y’all are hopeless.” The blonde mare gasped and exclaimed, “But what ‘bout mah family? They’ll be worried sick fer me.” “Your grandma must have three or four times your age, she’s not naïve, your bro is smart enough and Applebloom… Well I’m sure she and Scootaloo had their share of fun this night already, I really doubt they’ll care about us ‘til at least tomorrow afternoon.” She pouted and nuzzled her marefriend. “C’mon, AJ, we waited far too long to be together. I want to exploit my time with you as much as I can. Please come with me, so we can cuddle all night…” Applejack nuzzled her back and chuckled. “Jes cuddle?” “Okay… maybe do something else too, like making out or…” As she looked at the orange mare’s face she cleared her throat and added, “do whatever you think is appropriate to do given the short time we’ve been in this relationship.” After some moments of pondering, Applejack nods, grins, and kisses her. “Okay, Sugarcube, we’ll have it yer way. Care to take me there?” “Hold on tight!” “Well… here we are!” Rainbow slowly descended and put her new marefriend down. She let her get used to walking on clouds for a second before landing next to her. “Welcome to my humble abode! I know it doesn’t look like much, but it’s really cozy.” Applejack looked up at the massive cloud mansion that was Rainbow Dash’s home. “Yer definition of humble is real strange, Sugarcube. Ah don’t wanna know what y’all think of mah house…” “That it keeps the most wonderful mare alive safe, comfortable, and warm. It is the most amazing house ever.” Rainbow Dash draped a wing over Applejack’s back and brought her closer, so they could walk side to side. The earth pony blushed and looked down. “Stop it y’all, y’all already got me, there’s no need to keep sweet-talkin’ me.” “I mean it, AJ. I really do.” She kissed her cheek and walked to show her the inside. As Applejack entered the house, she took a look around and realized how big it was, and how… “Lonely…” “I’m sorry? Did you say anything, honey?” The blonde filly was startled and realized she said that aloud. “Ah… Ah was thinking that… don’t y’all ever feel lonely here? It’s so…” “Yeah… I know what you mean… But I usually just spend my nights here, or my afternoons if I’m napping, so I don’t usually notice.” “Well… Now y’all have a nice marefriend to keep y’all company.” “And that’s all I could ask for.” “Y’all sure?” “Okay, maybe a never-ending barrel of cider would be nice.” Applejack playfully punched her shoulder and snickered “Y’all are one silly pony.” “But I’m your silly pony.” “Heh, yes y’all are.” The cowpony got closer and kissed Rainbow Dash’s cheek, whose wings sprung open wide. Applejack couldn’t help but laugh as her marefriend blushed. “Is that goin’ to happen every time Ah kiss y’all?” “I hope not, this is too embarrassing!” “Mah gal gets all excited when Ah kiss’er cheek! Ah wonder…” Applejack started walking faster until she was right in front of the cyan daredevil. Dash stopped walking and sat down, quizzically looking at her fillyfriend. “What are you going to do?” Applejack started walking around, exaggerating the sway in her hips and looking at Rainbow with a sly grin on her face and bedroom eyes. “How do y’all like DEM apples, Sugarcube?” It was inevitable, impossible for Rainbow Dash to resist. She could not control it nor stop it. Her wings sprung open once again as her blush deepened. “S-stop that! Is not fair! I can’t control it.” “That ain’t gonna stop me from doin’ it…” “Well then…” Rainbow Dash leapt and tackled Applejack causing both ponies to roll on the cloud floor until they hit the wall. Applejack couldn’t be happier about cloud’s softness and puffiness. She also couldn’t be happier to end up under Rainbow Dash. “Ah usually would fight it n’ try to push’er, but Ah guess now Ah can do sumthin’ funnier…”. She wrapped her hooves around the rose eyed pony’s neck and pulled closer, locking lips once again. Soon enough she could feel Dash’s mouth opening, and that was an invitation Applejack wouldn’t refuse. As their tongues danced together a sound was heard, and Applejack silently celebrated her triumph. “Aw come on! Third time in what… five minutes?” As her girlfriend groaned, Applejack couldn’t help but laugh her flank off. Then an idea struck her. “After all… she was willin’ to… After all we went through to be together… Ah guess we both deserve it…” The orange mare caressed the rainbow-maned pony’s back as she slowly and alluringly said, “Y’all know, Dash… yer house is real nice, but y’all haven’t shown me all of it…” “What do you mean? This is pretty much all I have. You don’t think its large enou-” “Ah meant that there’s a certain room y’all haven’t shown me yet…” After some seconds of receiving a dumbfounded look from the love of her life she sighed, facehoofed and tried again, with an even sexier voice, “Ehem… Rainbow Dash… Ah think Ah’m in the mood for y’all to show me yer bedroom…” Rainbow Dash narrowed her eyes and said, “You mean…” Trying very hard to keep on the sexy face, and not to sigh, Applejack nodded. “RIGHT AWAY!” Rainbow Dash held Applejack and flew as fast as she could to her bedroom. “Well… though it was kind of a mood killer, it does show y’all are eager…” Rainbow Dash blushed and said, “Sorry, let me try this again…” She shook her head and tried as hard as she could to put on an inviting face. She started walking around the cowpony and locked eyes. “So… here we are… In my room, with no pony around to bother, no pony to wake up, no pony to hear us, no pony to interrupt us… we could do whatever we want to do…” “Ooh… that’s better. And what is it what y’all wanna do, sweet-lookin’ gal?” Rainbow Dash stopped, looked away and tapped her chin with one hoof. “Hmm… what could it be? How about… giving you the best night of your life, you sexy cowpony?” “Hmm… is that so? Tell me how do y’all plan to do that? What do y’all plan to do to me?” “Oh… the things I will do to you… What I won’t do to you would be a better question…” Applejack kissed her passionately and ordered, “Lay on the bed.” “Ma’am, yes sexy ma’am.” As Rainbow Dash laid on the bed and waited, Applejack used all the strength on her back legs to stand up and start undressing. “This is much more difficult without a fancy unicorn fashionista’s magic to help me with it. Besides Ah gotta make it while lookin’ nice. Y’all can do this AJ…” She could see Dash’s wing slowly rising and this gave her the confidence to continue. As the dress hit the ground, so did an iconic Stetson and a pair of ropes. “What the? Where were you hiding those things? You were wearing a form-fitting dress!” asked Rainbow Dash, dumbfounded. “Ah’ll have to give it to Rarity, she’s one hay of a fashionista. She’s better than Ah thought,” she said while taking the hat with her right hoof and preparing to throw it to the other side of the room until she was stopped by her lover’s plea. “No! I mean… y-you can leave your hat on. No… I want you to leave your hat on.” Applejack was surprised by the request at first, but then she just grinned and did as told. She got closer to her marefriend, with her hat on top of her head. When she reached the bed, she used one hoof to lower her lover until she was fully laying down. “Kiss me, Sugarcube…” Rainbow Dash wasted no time on doing what she was told and she felt in complete bliss. “AJ, you’re amazing…” “Shush honey…” Applejack as she kissed her marefriend. “But I j-” Another kiss stopped her from talking. “Why are you stopping me?” “Enough talking. Now… wasn’t this going to be ‘the best night of mah life, sexy cowpony’?” “Heh, you said this was my lucky night and oh Luna, were you right...” Applejack thought. “Oh… Ah forgot sumthin’.” Applejack picked up the rope and walked back to bed. “Why did you bring the rope?” “Ah don’t know, mah lasso always comes in handy. Ropes and lassos have many uses… interestin’ uses…” she said that as she lashed her lasso, making a whip crack. “N’ y’all are ‘bout to know one or two of’em…”