//------------------------------// // A Stoop and a Party // Story: triple dog // by Ezrienel //------------------------------// 6. A Stoop and a Party Twilight held the bottle up high, tilting it all the way back and squeezing her eyes shut as she finished the last few sips. She threw the bottle onto the ground in the vehicle as she put her hand to her head, wincing as the alcohol slipped into her stomach. Rainbow Dash and Applejack smiled at each other in the silence before Rainbow looked over at Twilight and broke it. "So, how do you feel?" She asked, though there was clearly another motive behind the question than just asking about intoxication. "Don't rush me." Twilight replied in a huff, leaning forward a bit as Fluttershy nervously sat beside her. Twilight sighed audibly as she tried to relax, but her nerves were getting the better of her. "Well, what better reason than to open up that bottle of wine, eh Fluttershy?" Rainbow said with a nod, and Fluttershy nervously played with the lid, uncertain if she should. "Oh, um, I don't," She stammered and stuttered a bit as her shaking fingers touched the cool glass, but Twilight reached over and snatched it from her uncharacteristically. "Let me." Twilight hurriedly twisted the cheap metal cap off and began to down the liquid, though she winced from the sour taste she had not gotten from the breezer. She pulled it away from herself and wiped her lips, staring at the ground and frowning, "Still nothing." "Here," Applejack sat up and moved to the front of the vehicle between the driver and passenger's seats, reaching up by the steering wheel, "Lemme help." She flicked on the wind shield wash, which sprayed up on the glass before the wipers began to push it to either side. "That's not funny." Twilight groaned as she pinched her knees together, somewhat relieved that she had decided to wear a skirt on that particular evening. She took another long few sips of the white wine before handing it back to Fluttershy, who fumbled it a bit before accepting it. "I can't believe you're making me do this. I am class Valedictorian, student council secretary and treasurer. I could get suspended or expelled or—" "Just do it!" Rainbow Dash nearly shouted, looking back without mercy at the girl who clasped her hands over her lap and began hyperventilating. "You'll feel better afterwards, you know you will." "Shut up, Rainbow Dash." Twilight growled as she grabbed the wine again, downing another few sips while Fluttershy retained hold on it, before kicking the seat ahead of her until Rainbow scampered over to Applejack's side. "Let me out, already." "I think she might actually have a break-down!" Pinkie Pie said as the rest of them opened up their doors and began getting out. "You're one to talk." Rarity murmured, in reference to Pinkie's own dare. Twilight shoved the door closed behind her as the others finished getting out, and she turned around to storm up the the house they were parked in front of. Applejack opened up the screen on the camera once more while the others giggled and shushed each other as they went to find a good vantage point. Twilight crept up to the house, a tall, white structure with the lights all off on the inside. She checked the windows beside the front door and looked around anxiously. "Over here!" Pinkie Pie whispered as they all stacked behind a parked car, watching as Twilight Sparkle turned her back to the front door of the house. "Oh my God." Rarity gasped as she watched her friend shift a bit as she pulled down her underwear from beneath her skirt, purple coloured no surprise, and squat down in front of the door. "Is she doing it?" Pinkie Pie asked as she tried to get a better look, her excitement brimming as Applejack held the camera steady. "She's totally splitting the whisker!" Rainbow Dash hissed with a surprised voice, holding back laughter at how ridiculous the scene was. They all gaped as they watched a nearly invisible stream of liquid begin to pool on the door mat below her. Rainbow Dash looked over at Applejack, "You think she'll get kicked out of student council if Celestia catches her?" "Yeah." Applejack nodded up and down certainly as the screen captured it all. "Good, let's test that." Rainbow Dash put her hands on the hood of the parked car and jumped, turning around and sitting down right on the hood in front of Applejack. Everyone else gasped as the car alarm began to blare through the neighbourhood. Rainbow Dash climbed back down and looked over at the house, seeing Twilight still in the middle of her dare and freaking out. Lights came on inside and shone out through the window, and the rest of the girls just stared in awe. Twilight didn't have much time to move as she tried to finish up, incapable of making herself stop while something so scary was happening. "Oh no!" Fluttershy squeaked a bit as she brought her hands to her face. "She is so busted!" Pinkie Pie chirped as the girls stood up from behind the car and watched more lights come on inside the house. Twilight looked back over her shoulder as she heard the door unlock and hurriedly reached down to try and grab her underwear, which was caught around her socks. The door fully opened and a drowsy Principal Celesia emerged in a night gown, staring in confusion at the spectacle before her. Twilight began to run but tripped over her underwear, falling into the grass as she attempted to scamper away. Her skirt flipped up over her bare ass as she fell, and she hurriedly got to her feet again and pulled her underwear back up all the way. "Twilight Sparkle?" Principal Celestia's voice called out, though it was too dark to see for certain, "Is that you?" Twilight sprinted across the lawn towards the vehicle, parked just behind a tree so it might not be spotted. The rest of the girls had made it there by then and left the door open for her, Rarity turning it on immediately after entering. Celestia squinted to try and see clearly, then looked down at the welcome mat below her feet. She noticed the small puddle right away, and frowned in disgust, shaking her head irritably as gesturing with open palms a silent question. "Twilight, smile for the camera!" Rainbow Dash said as Applejack continued to point it at their target as she climbed into the passenger's seat this time. "That was so mean!" She cried out as they took off, and most everyone else howled in laughter. Celestia just watched them drive off and ran a hand through her hair, turning back around apathetically and slamming the door shut behind her. "It'll be okay, Twilight," Fluttershy tried to calm her, but Twilight would have none of it. "I just mooned Principal Celestia. I just mooned Principal Celestia. She saw my bare rear, after I peed on her doormat." Twilight placed her head in her hands and shook a bit, mortified. "Yeah I think that's the gist of it." Rainbow Dash nodded with a smirk, finishing the last few sips of Applejack's champagne before picking up Fluttershy's wine and frowning at it. "Give me some of that." Twilight barked as she reached back to grab it, but Rainbow Dash moved it away quickly. "Haven't you learned your lesson?" She inquired aggressively, but Twilight did not look amused. "Seems to me you might need something a little stronger. Rarity, you still got that Jerry's?" "I didn't throw it out the window or anything, so yes." Rarity replied as she passed the item back to her rainbow-headed friend, who cracked it open and went to take the first swig. "Oh, sorry, ladies first." Rainbow handed it to Applejack, who chuckled a bit at the implication but drank some nonetheless. Rainbow then passed it up to Twilight, who nearly choked on the thick and toxic taste. "Ugh! How can you drink this?" She coughed loudly and covered her mouth as she tried to keep it down. "Trust me Twi, if you want that dare burned out of that photographic memory, just drink." Rainbow Dash snorted as she watched her try again, only to be corrected by her coughing voice. "E-Eidetic," Twilight told her through choking, and she passed it back to Rainbow Dash while she managed to get a hold of herself. "Whatever Twilight, you just peed on Celestia's doormat, eidetic or not we are all going to remember that." Rainbow Dash laughed as she brought the beverage to her lips and took a big, mouth-cleansing swig. "So, are you going to tell me where I'm driving now or should I just keep going around in circles?" Rarity asked as she peered back at the slowly swaying Rainbow Dash. "Oh, you know where we're going," She told Rarity as she pulled on the back of her seat to sit more upright, "Octavia's party, remember?" "But Applejack still hasn't done a dare yet." Twilight said as she looked back at the blonde girl, who sheepishly grinned a bit while Rainbow handed her the liquor to sip. "I know, I've got a perfect dare for my girl already." Rainbow Dash said, and the rest of them realized that Rainbow was the only one who had not given a dare, so the decision went to her without question. "Y'do?" Applejack asked as she looked into the bright pink eyes of her best friend, whose devilish smirk betrayed their usual playful interaction. "Oh yes," Rainbow Dash leaned in closer to her friend, forcing her against the seat shyly as her best friend's lips came dangerously close to her own, and her words were laces with poison and trouble. Applejack blinked nervously as she kept her mouth shut, watching Rainbow's smile grow wide and her eyes narrow, "I triple dog dare you," Her mouth moved with the words, slow and tantalizing as they were, "To let someone go to third base with you tonight." "What was that?!" Applejack blushed brightly as her whole body went numb, feeling the weight of Rainbow Dash as she pressed on her knee and hovered merely and inch from her nose, "You're not serious!" "I am, I am very serious." Rainbow put on a fake serious face but cracked a smile as she noticed Applejack's utter reluctance. "But I—that ain't like me!" She argued defiantly, moving against the aggression of her best friend and squirming over to the window for some air. "Exactly. Now, the only matter left for you to decide, is with whom you shall take the dirty plunge." Rainbow Dash sat back down and deviously chewed on the idea, letting the others in the car look around uncertainly. "I suggest a certain grease monkey named Soarin." "Soarin?" The name sounded foreign and bitter on her lips, like she didn't like the taste of it one bit. Applejack stared at her best friend with wide and attentive eyes, then shifted them to meet those looking at her in the rear-view mirror. "But I dunno him, or like him much for that matter." "Well, the choice is yours, I suppose," Rainbow Dash fiddled around in the pocket of the seat in front of her, pulling out the electric shaver that she had brought along just in case, "But I hear guys don't really go for bald girls. So either you go to third tonight, or you might not get the chance again until you're out of college." "Rainbow," Applejack murmured her name pleadingly, but the rebel's mind was made up and the dare had been cast. She sighed and chewed on her cheek like she was keeping some secret, but instead of spitting it out she drowned it back like swallowing a pill, chugging more distasteful mouthfuls of Jerry's. The roof span around a bit as the burning liquid went down, and Applejack's chest got tight as she finished her drink, handing it off to somebody, she couldn't really tell who. Her body tingled as it sank in, and she breathed out a hot and bothered breath. She closed her eyes for a second, regretting what could come of this already. The group pulled up outside an average suburban house, littered with pedestrians and party-goers scattered across the lawn and moving inside and out of the open front door. Rarity parked just across the street and the doors opened consecutively, passengers hopping and wobbling out as the rest of the alcohol was slipped between seats or back into bags. Applejack's fingers trembled as she approached the house, looking down at herself and hearing the way her boots clicked over the dark pavement. Her eyes jumped up to Rainbow Dash, who was watching her carefully with this smart-ass smirk on her face. "H-How do I look?" Applejack asked anxiously, looking over at her best friend imploringly. "Sexy as hell, like usual." Rainbow came over to her friend and placed her hands on the farmer's defined hips, leering at her through the light haze of liquor that had begun to creep up on her. She reached up and undid the highest done-up button, revealing a little more of her modest friend's cleavage despite protests, "Listen, just be cool, A.J., he already likes you." "Yeah." Applejack nodded but her word came out less than believable. She watched as her best friend turned back around and strode towards the house, her swinging legs an obnoxious trait she often employed to stand out. Applejack's mouth moved before consent came, "Heya, Dash? Can I ask you somethin'?" "Yeah, of course, anything." Rainbow Dash responded promptly, looking back at the blonde girl as she caught up and fell into step beside her. "Do you know anything about," Applejack was uncertain how her friend might react, for she knew best how temperamental the rainbow-haired girl could be. Still, she could not avoid the topic any longer, "Gilda?" Rainbow Dash stopped walking, silenced by the question for a moment. She contorted her face a bit as she repressed the instinctual bark for something a little more level headed, though not by much, "Why, uh, why would you ask me something like that? Why do you even care?" "Relax, I was just askin'—" Applejack began again but Rainbow Dash shouted her quiet. "No, you relax!" Her voice echoed a bit across the street, and the other four girls noticed right away the tension. They stopped and watched as the two bickered, "And nothing, I don't know anything about her, she was older than me." "Sunset Shimmer just said—" Applejack could hardly get a word in as Rainbow went off, the haze of liquor dropping over them rather suddenly. "Who cares what Shimmer said?" Rainbow Dash yelled as she extended her arms to either side, letting out a harsh and loud sigh, "Look, she was not even there, so she doesn't know anything. In fact, I wasn't even there. Okay? I didn't even know the girl, all I know, is that there was a party. Gilda was depressed or some shit, maybe her dog died or she got a bad grade or her parents were getting divorced, who cares?" Rainbow shook her head in apathy, narrowing her eyes at her best friend, who just stood there taking the brunt of her outburst, "She just ran off and found her way to the bridge. Look, people who are depressed do crazy things. Maybe she was just some junkie who lost her will to live. I didn't ask her, all I know is that she jumped. Okay?" "You lyin' t'me?" Applejack asked readily, watching Rainbow Dash force the eye contact. The two of them puffed out their bottom lips at each other in deep frowns, their eyebrows low as they were locked in an intimidatory glare. The two of them were the most stubborn and abrasive of the group, and they would often get into tense disagreements that turned into physical confrontation or staring contests. They stepped closer and bore their eyes into each other, their bodies so near it seemed more like a dance than any feud. Before anything more violent came of it, they were broken up. "Rainbow Dash, is that you?" A proper sounding voice chimed in simply as the dark haired girl stepped out of the doorway to find the group on her lawn, "I thought I heard an obnoxious voice. What are you doing at my party?" "Not now, Octavia, can't you see I'm talking to Applejack?!" Rainbow Dash snapped at the girl, who had directed their negative glares to herself. "My my, someone's having an episode." Octavia let out a light and posh laugh as she watched the two rough girls step away from each other and let their differences rest, "You know that you weren't invited, so can you just leave already?" "Listen here you prissy, stuck up little—" Rainbow started off but the girl before her just checked her nails before speaking up to cut her off. "You want to know why I didn't invite you, Dash?" That question halted Rainbow's explosive aggression, and she impatiently waited for an answer, "See, a few months ago, I heard a rumour. Anticipating it might hold some fact, I avoided you. That rumour told that a certain rainbow-headed girl had become quite furious with a friend of hers, and that rainbow-headed girl had pushed her friend off a certain bridge." Applejack's eyes narrowed as the suspicions rose, but she did not believe a word of it. Rainbow Dash bit at her lip and shook her head, clenching her fists so hard her short nails dug into her skin, "The more of that temper I see, the more accurate it sounds." "Oh, I can show you temper." Rainbow Dash murmured as she went to step forward and display just how savage and uncouth she could be, but something stopped her. "Easy, easy." Applejack gently wrapped her hand around Rainbow's balled up fist, quelling the bubbling anger with a simple action. Rainbow looked down at their hands together, and felt something warm and calming about the little embrace. Applejack continued to relax the situation, "Look, we're here already, so how's about you just let us hang around, we ain't gonna cause any trouble, promise." Octavia looked at her carefully, knowing that Applejack was never one to make a scene or cause trouble if she could help it. She may not have liked the girl, but she knew that she was respectable anyway. Besides, Rarity was with them, so she could surely direct them to behave. The better-off girl sighed lightly and pitied the group before her, thinking that their silly parties must have paled in comparison to her own. "Well I suppose I could be so generous. But do behave, I'd hate to have to throw you out." Octavia waved her hand dismissively. "No you wouldn't." Rainbow Dash murmured to herself, and Applejack since she was so near. She continued to frown as Octavia walked away, going back inside to mingle. Rainbow Dash snorted a bit as she took off in a quickly paced walk, gesturing with a nod of her head for the girls to follow, "Come on guys, it's a party, remember?" Her shoulders rose up a bit as she shoved her hands deep into her pockets and she glowered, the last few words seeping out with a terribly mischievous ring, "And we have a game to finish."