//------------------------------// // Deviant and Drunk // Story: triple dog // by Ezrienel //------------------------------// 5. Deviant and Drunk Rainbow Dash groaned loudly as she leaned her head back and looked up at the street lights above. Her elbows were bent behind her and resting on the hood of Rarity's SUV, which had become cool as time drifted on since last they drove. Applejack chuckled lightly at her friend's impatience, moving a step or two closer and crossing her heels in those charming old cowboy boots. She looked at Rainbow up and down while the girl's attention was elsewhere, but was surprised to hear her speak up and address her directly. "So talk to me about something, Applejack." Rainbow asked, still looking right above her instead of into the face of the curious girl beside her, "Soarin." "What about Soarin?" Applejack's eyebrows furrowed in confusion, and she wondered what Rainbow Dash was implying by bringing him up. "You into him?" The multi-coloured-headed girl asked, rolling her neck absently as she found the honest eyes of her freckled friend. "What kinda question is that?" Applejack inquired with an incredulous expression. She found the notion rather ridiculous in fact, but tried to put it politely, "I mean I hardly know the fella." "Not yet." Rainbow smiled a bit as her eyes ran up and down Applejack's body, insinuating something sexual probably. "I dunno, Rainbow. I ain't never thought about it." Applejack replied honestly, not bothered by her best friend's usual teasing. Rainbow Dash was not finished pushing the subject though, and she moved a few inches across the hood closer. "You thinking about it now?" Rainbow asked quietly, her hushed voice brushing against Applejack's ear temptingly. No, she was most definitely not thinking about any man right then. Applejack chewed at her lip to avoid speaking what was really on her mind, what really had her undivided attention, and instead responded with a question. "You want me thinkin' about it?" Applejack teased back, tilting her head and raising one eyebrow. "No, no, it's just," Rainbow groaned a bit and pushed her elbows off the hood of the vehicle, crossing them in front of her instead. She didn't really want Applejack thinking about it, but she knew it was probably what was best, and the fastest way to make her unavailable for anyone else who may have been interested. She tried to phrase it as best she could, "I like you, A.J., you're my best friend. I just think it's maybe time you got a boyfriend or something." "Or somethin'?" Applejack caught the last couple of words and noticed something inconsistent about them. "Yeah, what's it to you?" Rainbow Dash's temper flared up a bit, though it never bothered Applejack too much. Rainbow turned her head away and pouted, "Jeez, here I am just trying to be all helpful and shit, be all supportive or whatever, and you're totally not being cool about it." Applejack waited a good few seconds before she said anything, and when she did, it was with a playful smile and a nudge, "Did I hurt your feelin's? Y'mad at me?" "Maybe." Rainbow Dash replied simply, without moving. "Aww," Applejack mused with a fake puppy-dog look, nestling in close and gently pinching Rainbow's side with more than curious fingers, "You want I should kiss it better?" Rainbow Dash huffed a laugh at her best friend and shook her head, finally meeting her gaze again, "Shut up, A.J." The rumbling old muffler was heard before that old work truck was seen, but Applejack knew the roar all too well. She pushed off the vehicle, leaving her best friend still against the hood though Rainbow Dash's eyes followed her closely, and waved around the corner as her brother drove around. The truck pulled up right beside the SUV, just a little ways away from the entrance to the liquor store. Big Mac didn't bother turning the truck off as he let Fluttershy climb out of the passenger's side. Spike was shoved in the back with some of Big Mac's tools, where there was hardly enough room for him. "Uh, heya, Mac." Applejack greeted him shyly, uncertain if he was angry with her or not. His expression was never very telling, but as he looked over at her she felt somewhat relieved. "Howdy." He said simply, wrapping his arm around the back of the passenger's seat to get close enough to speak out the still open door over the sounds of the chuffing muffler. "Do I even wanna ask what y'all are doin' out here?" Big Mac was old enough to have bought them booze if that was what they were after, he was a few years their senior after all, but that was not their intention. "Prolly not, Mac. I'll see y'later." Applejack shook her head with a small, crooked smile. "Eeyup," He nodded slowly as he went to put the truck into reverse, but paused to look back out at Fluttershy, "Now, y'have a good night, Miss Fluttershy." "T-Thank you, Mac." Fluttershy extended him a timid and gentle wave, and he returned it with a trademark Apple family smirk. Spike leaned against the window and saw Rarity standing by the SUV with a rather bored expression on her face, and a blush crept up onto his face as he wondered what anyone might have dared her to do. Big Mac put the truck into gear and began backing up, causing Spike to move around in the back to watch his object of affection draw farther and farther away. Pinkie Pie looked back at the truck then at Fluttershy, not once but twice, before she shrieked out loud, "Did you hook up with him?!" "Beg pardon?" Applejack twitched as she heard such a thing, and whipped around to glare at Fluttershy like she could dig the truth out with her eyes. "N-no, no, I-I just, well, he," Fluttershy stammered nervously as she held up her hands and trembled under the attention. "Hah! Slut-up, Flutter!" Rainbow Dash guffawed and high-fived the girl, who flinched at the touch and couldn't even comprehend a response. "Enough chit-chat," Rarity spoke up as she turned to look at the liquor store. She knew it well enough to know exactly where her golden fleece was located in the store, "Rainbow Dash, you're up." "Yeah, yeah, so all I have to do is get in and steal a micky of, uh, Jerry's was it? Yeah, Jerry's, and that's it?" Rainbow Dash smirked in pride, she already had an idea of how to do it. However, as she went to grab her skateboard from leaning against the car, she stopped, noticing someone patrolling the store in a blue uniform, "Woah, woah, woah, you never said that there'd be cops!?" "I thought you weren't afraid?" Rarity grinned as she raised her eyebrow victoriously at Rainbow's dumbfounded expression. "Are you trying to get me arrested!?" Rainbow Dash whispered at the top of her voice, squeaking a bit with the force of her hush. "Well, you could challenge me, I have no problem with it. I mean if you're too scared to do it just say the words, and I will." Rarity told her quickly, gesturing at the store and herself with ease. "Rarity's dad owns the store, Dash." Twilight Sparkle remembered and revealed, though Rarity shoved her a bit to tell her to hush up. Rainbow Dash just gawked at her obstacle, her expression blank and uncertain. "Oh, and by the way?" Rarity pointed towards the clerk and exposed a little detail that Rainbow Dash might need to know, "The Sailor Jerry's is right behind the counter, third shelf. Good luck." Rarity patted the stunned girl on the shoulder while the others looked around at each other nervously. Applejack played with the camera she found in her hands and didn't really know what to say. She didn't want Rainbow to have to shave her head, but neither did she want her to get arrested or something. Suddenly, the girl with the multi-coloured hair turned to face the freckle-faced farmer, and took both of her hands in her own. She brought the camera up between them and pulled open the screen on the side that displayed the recorded image. "Keep your eyes on me, as if you'll have trouble with that." Rainbow Dash winked with a grin as she let Applejack's hands go, and looked back at her target. "All right, you know what? Fine. Let's do it." She stopped again though, and suddenly grabbed a shoulder bag off of Rarity's front seat, leaving the door open for the rest of the girls to hide behind, "Give me that bag of yours though." "It's Chanel!" Rarity complained as Rainbow adorned the ugly, pink travesty with a frown. "Do you think I know what that means? It's pink and it's ugly, that's all I know." Rainbow Dash sighed as she adjusted the bag and grabbed her skateboard, "I will try not to puke in it, sound fair?" "You're really going to do this?" Twilight's uneasy voice peeped out, but Rainbow Dash was not deterred. "Watch and be amazed." She said with a smirk, letting her skateboard smack the ground before she put one foot on it and pushed off, gliding easily towards the store. Applejack zoomed in with the camera until she got a good crop of the scene, following as Rainbow Dash neared the entrance. "If she gets arrested, my father's a lawyer. A good one." Twilight whispered as they stacked behind the open door, peering through the open window. Applejack elbowed Twilight a lot lighter than she would have if it was anyone else, knowing how weak the egghead was. "Shut your yap Twi, she'll be fine. Just fine." Applejack nodded to try and assure herself, looking up from the little screen on the camera to the real Rainbow Dash who went inside the store, still on her skateboard. "Hey," Everyone froze as the officer looked over to Rainbow, who slouched on her rolling skateboard and gave him something of an apathetic look, "You can't ride that thing in here." "Oh, my apologies, sir." Rainbow Dash smiled innocently and stepped off, kicking the bottom so it jumped up high enough for her to snatch it in her hand. She walked back to the doorway and leaned it against the glass with ease, flashing a daring gaze out into the parking lot at her friends. She turned on a dime and went back towards the aisles, moseying through them with false interest. The security officer watched her carefully as he strolled around himself, but the aisles were taller than she was so she easily slipped around his attention. She did not move too slowly in case that drew suspicions, but glanced up as someone else entered the store. It was a taller, slim man who approached the clerk and asked for some brand of cigarettes. That gave Rainbow Dash an idea. As the sounds of ringing something in and the distance between Rainbow and the other muffled the noise, she plucked a bottle of very high-percentage alcohol off the counter and cracked open the seal by twisting it with the bottom of her shirt. She knew it had to be at least 100 proof for this to work. Successfully stifling the sound, Rainbow Dash poured a bit slowly down the shelf, creating a long trail and leaving the half-empty bottle at one end tipped right over. The security cameras around her were unmonitored for the moment as the clerk was distracted, and Rainbow Dash took full advantage of it. "What is she doing back there?" Twilight asked as she tried to see what is was she was cooking up, but Rarity just laughed a bit. "She's about to get busted." Rarity smirked and Applejack frowned at her insensitivity. Surely Rarity would not let Rainbow Dash get in too deep of trouble about this, would she? Rainbow Dash made sure that some of the spill led down to the ground below, dripping over cardboard and down. She grabbed a second high-proof bottle and tipped it just so delicately over the side of the shelf, knowing the slightest bump or motion would tip it over. There were a few objects that peaked Rainbow's interest, but she knew she would have to keep on target to get the job done right. She continued around the store and doubled back once or twice as though she was checking the prices, slipping her hand into her pocket and revealing a little metal instrument. Flicking it open and running her finger along the flint wheel, she held it deep into the shelf to hide the light as she sparked the little silver zippo on. She began to walk back towards the counter, though neither the clerk nor the security guard could see where her hand was from behind the inventory. She placed the lighter down and hustled her step a bit to reach the man. "Excuse me, sir," She spoke up as she came up to him with a pleasant smile on her face, drowning out the slow burning sound with her own voice as the fire spread quickly towards the bottle. She leaned ever so slightly against the aisle she required and felt it shift a bit with her weight, and something was knocked loose, "I was wondering if you carried the—" The back of the store caught everyone's attention with the loud crack as the bottle went up, and fire spread across the counter towards similarly flammable liquids. There was another loud smash as the second bottle landed on the floor, lighting up immediately after the first. Even the group at the SUV all flinched and suppressed shouts of panic or surprise. "Holy shit!" The clerk reacted quickly, grabbing the fire extinguisher as Rainbow Dash covered her face in mock shock, staring at the quickly spreading fire. The security guard was entirely flabbergasted as he too turned towards the commotion, touching his radio instinctively. Rainbow Dash took her chance and leapt clean over the counter, falling into a crouch on the other side. Her hands worked fast while the extinguisher hissed against the fire, dousing most of it as the white powder fogged up the back of the store. The girls outside gaped in horror as they watched it, Rarity bringing her hands to her mouth and gasping loudly. "She set my father's store on fire!" She cried out is terror while Applejack smiled and shook her head in amazement, watching Rainbow Dash stuff something or another into the Chanel bag and hop back onto the counter, running along the length until she reached the entrance again. "Hey, you!" The security guard called as he turned around from facing the now nearly diminished fire, taking special interest in the bolting girl who had cleared the counter. He made chase as Rainbow Dash got to her skateboard and raced out of the store. "Go, go! Get in the car!" Applejack directed as the girls all scrambled to do as she said, Rarity managing to turn it on even in her angry and dumbfounded state. She drove forward and headed around the other side of the store, hoping to run into Rainbow on the way. "Peace out!" Rainbow Dash called as she threw her skateboard to the ground, running beside it and hopping on as it gained speed down the street. She kicked and pushed her foot against the ground to increase speed as she came upon the far corner of the store, knowing better than to run towards her friend's vehicle. The security guard, though not in his best physical shape, took off after her and yelled at her to stop. Rainbow Dash crouched down to gain momentum before launching herself over a drop at the end of the lot, skidding into a turn around the corner as she found the street below. "Where the hell is she?!" Applejack cursed as she looked out the windows in the back seat, pointing the camera in all directions as they drove around the block. The other girls shook their heads as they looked out for her, but she was no where to be seen. Rainbow Dash raced down the street with the security guard close behind, clipping corners and avoiding obstacles as she jumped from the raised side-walk to the pavement. She recognized Rarity's sport utility vehicle as it pulled up in front of her, and Pinkie Pie cried out from the passenger's seat. "Look out! Don't hit her!" She squealed as everyone noticed her quickly approaching them. Applejack hurriedly moved across the vacant seats to Rainbow's side of the car and yanked on the door handle, kicking it all the way open as the deviant rebel neared. Fluttershy and Twilight watched on from the far back seat as Rainbow stepped on the back of her skateboard, knocking it up into her hands while she made the last few feet on foot. She jumped into the open door and yanked it closed behind her as Rarity stepped on the gas, and out the window the rainbow-haired girl flipped up her middle finger at the guard. Rarity took off with a screech as the vehicle obeyed her, leaving the guard but foot away from the door. He bent down as he caught his breath, hands on his knees as he watched them speed away, too exhausted to get a read on the license plate. He kicked at the dirt before turning back around to return to his post. The streets were empty now, and the music from Rarity's radio blared out into the vacancy beyond while the rest of the girls laughed to recount the tale. Rarity shook her head in the driver's seat as her hands gripped the wheel, still fuming about the whole thing. "That was the most badass thing I have ever seen!" Pinkie Pie shouted as she turned back to look at Rainbow Dash, who smiled and pulled the strap of the bag over her head. "And lookie, lookie what Rainbow snagged for the party," Rainbow Dash narrated as she pulled out the micky of Sailor Jerry's from within the bulging bag, presenting it to Rarity in the rear view mirror. "Oh, what kind of friend are you anyway? You could have burned down my father's store!" She snarled with a huff, but nothing could put a damper on the mood right then. "Where did you even learn to do that?" Twilight said as she leaned forward in the far back seat, surprised at Rainbow's knowledge of fire starters. "The net, of course," Rainbow Dash beamed as her fingers ran over the bag, "Oh, but I couldn't just get something for Rarity and not get something for the rest of you, right?" "What?" Rarity's voice nearly cracked as she watched Rainbow reach back into the bag. "For Pinkie, our party specialist, some tequila to keep the fun going." She handed the bottle up front and Pinkie Pie gawked at it in awe, "For Fluttershy, a little Sauvignon blanc should do the trick, you strike me as a white wine girl." She handed the bottle back, and Fluttershy blushed a bit, "For Twilight, a Bacardi breezer. Baby steps, Twi." She snickered as she gripped the thing by the neck and tossed it back. "You can't be serious." Rarity shook her head in shock as these things emerged from her bag. "And, for the birthday girl," Rainbow reached in deep to the bag and brought forth some tall, wide bottle with golden wrapping on the top, "A little celebratory champagne; though I'm sure you're more one for the harder stuff. If you ask nice maybe Rarity will share?" "Wow," Applejack took it from her hands and held the cool bottle in her own, her eyes following the looping lettering between her thumbs before letting it rest on her lap, "You're amazin', Rainbow." "I know. Come on girls, give me some love." Rainbow Dash gestured to herself with open palms and smirked with pride. "Yes, until they catch you on the security camera." Rarity reminded her with a snotty tone, smiling. "Oh, yeah, right," Rainbow Dash didn't seem all that distraught, and reached back into the seemingly endless bag, "I know it's selfish, but I picked up a little something for myself." She brought her hand back out and revealed a VHS tape to her friends, whose jaws all dropped. "You are insane!" Pinkie Pie cheered as she watched Applejack take the tape and flip it over in her hands, realizing it was the real deal. "All right, all right, time to celebrate." Rainbow reached between Applejack's legs and took hold of the champagne bottle she had positioned there to hold while she looked over the tape, and the freckled girl even yelped a bit at the touch, "Now Rarity may be a bit of a buzz kill, but I think we should all commend her for being our designated driver on this fine evening." "Seriously?" Twilight blinked in shock as Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash began to work at opening their bottles in the car. "All right girls," Rainbow finished removing the golden wrapping on the top of the bottle of champagne and held it into the air, "To a fantastic evening filled with nudity, theft, and under-aged drinking. And much more to come! Woohoo!" "You'd better not open that in—" Rarity tried to stop her, but shifted on the wheel a bit as the cork went flying, ricocheting through the vehicle and nearly hitting her in the back of the head. Rarity gasped as bubbles began to pour from the bottle, and Rainbow Dash brought it to her lips, "Rainbow! I'm driving here, and you're going to ruin those leather seats!" "Come here, birthday girl!" Rainbow wrapped her arm around Applejack and pressed the bottle to her lips, watching as she took a few thirsty sips before needing a breath. Applejack broke away and laughed as Rainbow took another sip of the still bubbling liquid. Overwhelmed by the fizzing of the substance, Rainbow Dash pulled Applejack in closer again, allowing them to both press their lips against the bottle and drink it at the same time. The champagne poured over their lips and dripped onto their laps as they struggled to get most of it down, and their lips brushed against each other in the mix. Rainbow Dash noticed immediately the way her body reacted to the touch, but watching as Applejack licked and gulped at the substance did nothing to make that go away. The champagne stopped spurting at last and Applejack put her hand over Rainbow's on the bottle, lowering it and breathing in deeply, smiling and chuckling as she met her best friend's eyes. That solidified Rainbow's need to get her dare in motion, her need to have something take away her temptation and assure her of its impossibility. Rainbow's expression was abnormally calm, so Applejack nudged her hard with an elbow to bring back her confident and aggressive smirk. "S'wrong, R.D.?" Applejack asked in a low voice, her hot, sweet smelling breath rolling over Rainbow's cheek as she leaned in and spoke, "Bit of a lightweight?" "You wish, so you wouldn't have to try so hard to get me drunk," Rainbow playfully ran her fingers along Applejack's thigh and took another sip of the champagne, finding a better excuse for her temporary silence, "Nah, I was just wondering who was next in the order. It's just you and Twilight, and I kind of hope it's Twilight, the girl's been pretty quiet the whole time." "Hey!" Twilight peeped up and the two girls look back at her, noticing she was actually paying attention. "Well al'right then, Twi, your go." Applejack moved a bit away from Rainbow so they could turn around more comfortably and look back at the book worm. "I knew my time would come," She sighed in defeat and looked ahead at the only two girls who had yet to dare someone, "Okay, Applejack, you dare me. I think it's probably safer to ask you than Rainbow Dash." "I dunno, sugar cube," Applejack grinned as she leaned forwards and took the champagne, drumming her fingers over the bottle as she chewed on her lip to hold back the devious, crooked smirk long enough to speak, "I think you might need to get started on that breezer for what I got up m'sleeve."