Twilight's eyes barely registered the words carefully written on the page before her. It was the twentieth book from the giant list that Celestia asked her to study, a gargantuan pile standing triumphantly over the tired alicorn, seeming endless. She let out a long sigh, trying to focus her mind in her studies, but her tired mind refused to cope. Another blank stare scoured the page, no knowledge being absorbed, adding even more to her annoyance. She wanted to end her studies this very day, but her mind and body weren't up for the task. Nearly three days of plain study. Somehow, reading books was getting tiresome to the bookworm, a feeling that she uselessly fought against.
With great effort, she diverted her exhausted gaze from the thick book, looking at the outside. Celestia's sun shined brightly and happily, as if to invite the lavender princess outside. Ponies peacefully walked and chatted, smiles on their faces. Birds chirped, and the wind blew gently on her disheveled mane, bringing together a few green leaves inside the sunlit library. Twilight groaned loudly at the sight, mostly because she would be bombarded with salutes and formal greetings, and because she needed to finish her studies. The princess tried to focus once more on the taunting book, but quickly lost it as she heard Pinkie Pie's party cannon on the distance. Her bloodshot eyes opened abruptly as she remembered:
Pinkie's next party was tomorrow. And Rainbow Dash was going to visit her at any minute. A loud groan filled the library's quiet air.
Twilight quickly made her way upstairs, brushing her mane furiously, eventually getting it 'fixed', a few harmless curls coming from it's tips. She then proceed to brush her teeth while examining herself: Her bloodshot eyes as result from a whole night up, her flattened ears, a small trail of dried drool coming down from her lips. Did she fell asleep during her studies? Twilight couldn't remember. She was too sleepy to think. Her eyes nearly closed shut from her tiredness.
The princess groggily trotted to her dark room, the morning light that illuminated the rest of the library creeping sheepishly from under the door. She quickly closed it with her magic, not wanting to end the angelical slumber of her number one assistant, Spike, whose chest went up and down with every breath he took. Twilight beamed down a motherly gaze at the sleeping baby dragon, enveloping his blanket with a violet aura, leaving it gently over his sleeping figure. Taking a long yawn that she horribly tried to hide, Twilight took another look to her bed, finally surrendering to it's invitation to sleep.
"Come on, Twilight. A nap won't kill anyone..." Twilight whispered, letting her sore body collapse over the soft mattress, a warm and satisfied smile appearing seconds before sleep took over her.
2 hours later...
The cyan figure of Rainbow Dash quickly opened her door, a rather cold breeze being her late morning reception, the sun already casting it's strong rays on Ponyville.
"Twilight, here I come!"
Rainbow smiled defiantly as she took a step into the air, allowing her body to be taken by gravity. Her heart beat faster and faster as the ground rapidly neared her, adrenaline taking over her emotions. She quickly flapped her wings, launching her into an record-breaking speed, her blurred vision telling her that she was passing through Ponyville.
Leaves and papers soared freely as the rainbow-maned pegasus passed through town, frightening and catching many of it's inhabitants by surprise. After she passed through, a tail painted with the colors of the rainbow remained for a few seconds, causing some of the witness to ' Ooooh' as one.
"Oh yeah!" Rainbow exclaimed, pointing her foreleg towards her destination: Golden Oaks Library.
It didn't took long for her to arrive. Rainbow stopped with difficulty, nearly crash-landing at the library's wall. She quickly shook off the thought of an angry Twilight appearing at the staircase with a big hole on the wall.
"Ten seconds flat?!? That's a record!" Rainbow raised her two forelegs up in victory. The cyan mare landed on the soft ground below her, her hoofs relaxing from her flight to Twilight's library. She knocked three times, anxiously waiting for her friend to answer the door.
Her smirk faded a bit when she received nothing more than silence, her ears capturing the sounds coming from Ponyville's mixed sounds of chattering and clopping being poorly heard from behind. Rainbow knocked on the door again, receiving silence as greeting again. The mare grew tried of the wait as every second passed like minutes, and decided to shout:
"Hey, Twilight!! It's Rainbow! Open the door!" The same silence reigned again. Annoyed, Rainbow flapped her wings once again, and flew swiftly to the balcony, landing with the same grace as ever.
Taking a few steps, she carefully opened the door, letting the sun's majestic light the room. Stepping inside, she spotted an angelical figure sleeping on the bed, gently tugged to the pillow were her head rested on. She also saw Spike sleeping, a killing wish of 'Awwwning' boiled inside her. This little fella's always adorable when sleeping. Rainbow's eyes locked on Twilight, her stomach being filled with butterflies as she calmly stared at the apparently fainted body of the lavender alicorn. Rainbow quickly shook her head and this feeling away, picturing Applejack inside her mind, trying to keep her feelings on the orange earth pony alive.
Rainbow tried, but couldn't keep away her ever growing 'sappy' feelings for Twilight since they began reading 'Daring Do' books together. Each reading day she passed together with her only fueled a strange feeling inside of her. A feeling that she never recognized as something bigger.
Waking from her daydream, the rainbow-maned mare stopped before advancing further into Twilight's room. A quick thought of trespassing swept through her brain, but she shrugged it carelessly as she accessed memories of past trespasses. Her heart skipped a beat as she lowered her head slightly at her friend, her warm breath weakly blowing her messy mane.
"Hey, Twi. Wake up. It's getting late."
"Argh... I don't want to... get up..." Twilight unconsciously replied, her left eye briefly opening, enough to capture Rainbow's magenta irises staring at her.
Suddenly, Twilight's irises shrunk in realization, her nearly-paranoid stare making Rainbow Dash cringe a little. The princess got quickly back on her hooves, already reading herself to bombard the cyan mare with questions:
"Dash? What are you---" Before she could shout even louder at her, Rainbow placed her hoof at Twilight's mouth, precisely muffling her questions. She pointed at Spike's basket, and then at the door. Twilight nodded in response, taking long breaths as her friend's hoof was removed from her mouth, following her suit.
Closing the door, Twilight now could ask her friend the reason of her unexpected presence.
"Rainbow, what are you doing inside my house this early in the morning, interrupting my studies?" Rainbow's eyebrow raised slightly at her question.
"Twilight, it's actually twenty past midday, and you were sleeping. And, I'm here because you asked me to a week ago to discuss our..." Rainbow leaned closer to Twilight's ear, "... plan."
When Dash finished her explanation, Twilight's irises shrunk even more, curls immediately 'popping' at the ends of her mane.
"My gosh, I need to finish my studies or Princess Celestia will have my head!"
"Twilight--"
"Oh no! I forgot to prepare breakfast! Don't tell me that Spike needed to make it all alone!"
"Twilight--"
"And Pinkie's party is tomorrow! And we haven't formulated anything! Luna save us all!" Twilight got down on her forelegs, bringing them both to her head.
"Twilight!!!" Rainbow half shouted at her panicking friend, launching her kind of an angry look. She shook her head repeatedly in order to 'fix' her looks. The princess' irises returned to it's normal sizes, and the curls on her mane returned to their common flatness. Twilight beamed an 'I'm sorry' look, blushing slightly, effectively killing Rainbow's serious expression and allowing a smile to form on her face.
"You don't need to panic. Well, you will surely need to make some lunch. It's nearly impossible to eat breakfast this late in the day."
"That isn't the problem, Dashie!" Rainbow's cheeks flourished into a deep crimson, her hoofs quickly raising to hide it. "I need to finish my studies right away!"
"Twilight, please. You don't want another disaster happening like when you used that 'Want it, Need it' spell, do you? Give yourself a break!" Twilight opened her mouth briefly to protest, but she quickly reflected on her past incident, and remembered that Celestia told her that she was authorized to finish her task when she wanted. She took a few breaths to re-compose herself, running a hoof through her mane sheepishly.
"I think I'll make us some lunch then. We should immediately begin to think about the plan." Twilight looked thoughtfully at Rainbow, as if she was already formulating a plan.
"Thanks for the offer, but I can return later, so you can reorganize yourself."
"Ah, that's okay, Rainbow. The sooner, the better. Let me just go to the bathroom." Twilight then trailed off, leaving Dash alone, who desperately tried to make her blush go away.
Twilight emerged from the bathroom with a waken expression on her face, and Rainbow followed the lavender alicorn suit, happily accepting her friends generous offer. The rainbow-maned mare gasped briefly when she saw the enormous book pile standing over Twilight's work desk, put together with a candle and some ink pots. She's working a lot lately...
Arriving at the kitchen, Dash took a seat at the table, a habit that she lost reluctance since she began reading with the lavender princess. Twilight briefly looked at her inventory, her enlightened expression changing to one of slight annoyance. She forgot once again to go to the market and buy some supplies.
"Uhn, Dash, is it okay if you... eat pancakes as lunch? I need to stop by the market and buy some supplies."
"Nah, I'm okay. I end up doing this sometimes, too." Rainbow crossed her forelegs, staring blankly at Twilight, who was already cooking the pancakes, throwing them into the air. Rainbow having lunch at Twilight's was completely normal for both mares, not to mention her presence on the library. It was being so frequent that Rainbow joined Twilight during her stargazing from time to time. The silence that surrounded them was a calm silence, one that both mares appreciated.
Without a word being said, Twilight picked two plates and placed the pancakes over them, a small trail of steam coming from them. Sliding her friend's plate across the table, they both began their meal, Rainbow's face lightening up as she chewed on her lunch.
"Wow, Twi. You've been learning a lot from Spike, huh?"
"Aw, thanks, Dash. Yes, Spike taught me very well. I needed to look after myself when he went on royal business. A mix of his classes with some personal experience. Most of them weren't very successful." The duo giggled while remembering how bad Twilight cooked, so bad that one day she ended up exploding her stove and burning half of the kitchen's wall. "Oh, yes. I guess that you want to know how our plan will work?"
Dash's only reply was a enthusiastic nod alongside with a great smile.
"So, I've been reading some books on romance and relationships, and I figured out a good strategy!"
"Wait, you read about relationships? There are books talking about this?" Rainbow Dash raised both eyebrows, surprised with her friend's readings.
"There are lots of those. Back on the subject at our hooves, I figured out how to get AJ's and Rarity's attention!" Twilight clapped her hooves together in her trademark way, smiling warmly at Rainbow, who was beginning to think about the situation's ridiculousness.
"Wait, isn't it easier to ask AJ on a date? And what about Spike? Won't he get mad at ya?"
"First, you told me ages ago that you hadn't the courage to ask Applejack on a date, neither was I with Rarity, and second, Spike told me that he kind of lost interest on Rarity. I felt bad for him, but he's alright now. I guess." Twilight's statement made Rainbow blush madly. Even though she had the courage to fight a dragon, she never had the courage to ask her long-term crush on a date. Just the fact that Twilight hadn't the same courage was enough to make her feel a little bit comfortable.
"O-okay, I get it. So, how are we going to... put this show on the road?"
" Firstly, I tought that it needed a name. I called it: The Plan!" Twilight put on a devious face, raising both hooves in the air. Rainbow chuckled slightly at how ridiculous her friend looked like in that position.
"Creative name for it, don't you think?" Rainbow said between giggles, earning a glare from the lavender princess who sat at the other end of the table.
"That's not the point, Rainbow!" Twilight rolled her eyes around the room as Rainbow laughed innocently at her own joke.
"Yeah, yeah!" Dash replied with a careless shrug, as if allowing Twilight to proceed.
"The Plan, as I call it, is pretty simple: We just need to pretend that we're together." Rainbow suddenly choked on her pancake, tapping her back repeatedly to get rid of it. After many coughs and a hard swallow, Dash looked back at her friend, a quizzical look on her face.
"Rainbow, it's nothing personal. We just need to stay by each other's side, sit together, talk, you know, lovers' stuff."
"You're not telling me that we need to kiss, are you?" Now it was Twilight's turn to blush. She shook her head, trying to hide her heated cheeks.
"No, no, no! Just... do what I tell you, and we should be okay."
Silence hung over them again, but it only helped to create an atmosphere of tension and doubt between them. Twilight was uncertain about her own plan. Rainbow was starting to think of it as something very dumb. Suddenly, the suffocating silence was broken by loud footsteps coming from the staircase. Twilight and Rainbow perked their heads up at the kitchen's door, spotting a peculiar baby dragon emerging from it, carrying a small pile of books in his hands. He looked briefly at them, a smile creeping in his apparently sleepy face.
"Good morning, Twi, Dash." He quickly turned on his heels, carrying the book pile elsewhere while both mare's greetings escaped from his ear's hearing reach.
Left alone once again, they locked their eyes at each other, waiting for a reply.
"So, are we good?" Twilight asked, gaining a sigh of relief from her cyan friend.
"You bet. It sounds a little bit strange, but anything for AJ. See you tomorrow, egghead!" Rainbow teased her friend by messing her mane, a sharp glare immediately reaching her. However, this glare turned into a puppy-look.
"Aww, Dashie! Can't you stay here?" The question really caught Rainbow off guard. Much to her surprise, the same butterflies that filled her stomach whenever Twilight called her like that came, giving her a warm feeling deep withing her chest.
"Sorry, Twi. But I got to train. And finish the newest Daring Do! It's so awesome! I'll be here tomorrow, so we can go to Sugarcube Corner together. Is that alright?" Twilight nodded frantically in response.
With this, they both went out from the kitchen, and opened the door to the outside. Twilight and Rainbow exchanged waves, Rainbow Dash ascended to the skies slowly, as if to allow her friend to gaze at her.
Twilight's eyes locked at her friend's body. She dreamily stared at it's defined muscles, her cyan fur slightly glistening as the sun cast it's rays upon her. Her wings calmly flapped in perfect synchronization, the same wings that enveloped her own body during winter reading days. Only the memory of those past days made her heart beat passionately, her locked gaze now shifting to Rainbow's face. That face, whose she always found adorable. What Twilight always kept away from everypony, is that her feelings for Rarity 'died' long since since she began reading books with her favorite flyer. All those moments of intimacy had developed feelings for Rainbow, eventually overcoming the ones for Ponyville's fashion designer. She struggled with them at first, but came to the obvious conclusion in no time: Her true love was in fact, Rainbow Dash.
Twilight woke up from her Rainbow-gazing, and looked down at the porch bellow her. Before she could return inside, she gave Rainbow's growing smaller figure a long, dreamy sigh: This plan is going to be perfect, Dashie.
Later in that day...
Rainbow Dash completed her final lap around Ponyville's airspace as part of he training. Sweat ran down her face, hints of fatigue being shown in her tired breathing. Her wings flapped slower than usual, making her go up and down with every flap. It has been a long time since Rainbow got so tired. So exhausted. It even felt like a 'new' feeling. A new sensation.
"I think I'll take a nap." She whispered to herself, taking a long breath to fill her lungs once more. Her eyes wandered through the afternoon bathed sky, nearly bereft of clouds. She spotted the same cloud where she left her 'Daring Do' book, who incredibly remained in the same place.
She landed her hooves carefully over the cloud's soft surface, lifting some smaller pieces of it upon contact. Dash brought some pieces of cloud together, forming a pillow, and rested her head over it. She grabbed the book with both hooves, and continued from where she stopped reading. And then, she went on with her reading with a ear-to-ear grin on her face. And read. And read. And read...
Rainbow Dash quickly woke up, putting an end to her alarm clock's annoying beep with a incredibly gentle press. She rapidly flew to her bathroom, furiously brushing her teeth, and spiting all of the remaining toothpaste as one. Dash then took a large cup of water, enough to clean her mouth from any remaining toothpaste.
She didn't even looked to her table to eat her daily breakfast. She bucked her door at full strength, slamming it open violently. Rainbow then launched herself into the air, her mind focused only in getting at Golden Oaks Library. It was their reading day. But a special reading day, since Twilight Sparkle happened to possess the newest copy of the newest Daring Do book, 'Daring Do and the Emperor Of The Frozen North.'
Rainbow's mind was too focused on her expectations on the book that she blindly traveled through Ponyville's airspace, making harmless holes in the clouds that hung peacefully over town. It didn't take long for her to reach Twilight's library. She landed gracefully on the grass bellow her, anxiously beating on her friend's door.
"Oh, hello Rainbow--" Twilight's sudden appearance at the door was brutally halted by a cyan mare who jumped on her, and enveloped her lavender body with a bone-crushing hug.
"Rain.. Bow, I can't... breathe..." The princess managed to spill a few words out between gasps for oxygen.
Rainbow sheepishly let go of her friend, staring at her with electrical excitement. Twilight quickly understood her excitement as her friend bounced by her side, an enormous smile spread across her face, her magenta eyes sparkling upon spotting the glorious object not far from her.
"So, ready to read the latest Daring Do, Dashie?" She asked, defiance in her voice.
"You betcha!" Rainbow replied, following her friend on her tracks to Twilight's fireplace, the fire's orange light casting a heavenly light over the book, who laid on top of a pillow. Rainbow Dash landed on top of her 'spot', anxiously waiting for her friend to lay by her side, and begin the reading of her long-waited adventure.
Seconds passed on like minutes, minutes like hours, and hours like ages as Twilight and Rainbow read each paragraph in unison, being frequently halted by Rainbow's squeals of 'epicness'. As their reading went on, Dash's wing unconsciously wrapped Twilight, feeling the heat from her coat and enveloping her relaxing wing. Twilight didn't seem to startle herself from the rather intimate contact, considering that the duo have been doing this every single reading day. A soft and dreamily smile crept on Rainbow's face, who was obviously enjoying the gesture.
Much to her surprise, Twilight rested her head on Rainbow's shoulder, exchanging the same wonderful heat. Dash's nose was buried inside Twilight's mane, the scent of a thousand flowers intoxicating her senses. This made her heart skip a beat, leaving her alone to continue with the reading.
However, the rainbow-maned girl didn't feel like reading anymore. She dug her head into Twilight's mane, more of her lavender scent infiltrated her senses again. She gave a dreamy mental sigh, her stomach doing constant back-flips as her heart beat softly, nearly rhythmically.
Twilight slowly moved her head toward her friend, effectively retreating her head. She locked her violet irises deeply within the two magenta orbs staring at her passionately, a vivid blush staining her cheeks. They gazed at each other for seconds, moments before Rainbow felt Twilight's muzzle nearing hers. She made a move closer, slowly feeling the heat coming from her friend's face. Rainbow could even fell her lips meeting with anticipation, but halted prematurely, and closed her eyes, waiting for the kiss.
Finally, when she could feel her lips...
Rainbow wakes up with a hoof over her beating chest, panting madly, sweat running down her body. She took long breaths to recompose herself, resting her head more comfortably on her makeshift pillow. She stared at the now star-covered sky, running a hoof across her face to remove the sweat from it. It was already at night,
Withing seconds, her heartbeats returned to normal, and she felt a strange warm sensation bubbling inside her chest. And it felt wonderful. Like if something good happened to her.
Dash then concentrated in memorizing what her dream was about. It was something about... Daring Do. Rainbow gave the cloud's fluffy surface a firm slam, remembering of how long it would take for the next book's release. She tried to venture deeper within her dream, seeing that she dreamed of a reading day. Suddenly, all of her dream's record entered her mind, playing it as a movie.
She saw everything: her flight to Golden Oaks Library, her pounce on Twilight, the book, the reading and even their kiss... The rainbow-maned mare shook her hooves around desperately, as if it would erase that dream from her mind. What's wrong with you, Dash? Twilight's your best friend! And what's up with this sappy feeling? Rainbow Dash doesn't get sappy from sappy dreams!
Once again, she tried to picture Applejack's figure on her mind, but failed miserably at her task. She tried her best to concentrate on her long-term crush, but couldn't as her conscience filled her mind with images of Twilight. All the moments she blushed when the lavender mare called her 'Dashie', the snuggling during reading days, the sleepovers, the flying lessons. All of those memories played in her mind, as if her conscience was trying to show her something. Something that she never realized.
"I love Twilight." She whispered to herself. She thought that it was going to be painful, but instead, it felt good for her. She finally spilled out to herself what she tried to (uselessly) avoid. Now, she felt like if she liked Twilight since she met her. But she also felt awkward. It was indeed a sudden realization. But, a good one, nonetheless.
She couldn't help but to let a smirk creep on her facial features, believing that she would enjoy way more the moments together with Twilight during their reading days. Maybe, she could even ask her out on a...
"No, I can't... I just can't..." Rainbow blushed hard, memories of her miserable fails with Applejack flashing, being nothing more than blurred memories. She had the courage to fight armies of changelings, but she couldn't summon the courage to ask her newly-discovered crush on a date?
Dash rolled around on the cloud's soft surface, trying to relax her mind. Much to her luck, she remembered:
"Pinkie's party tomorrow. And we set up that plan... great!" She launched herself into the air, puffing her chest out in an unexplained victory. "Just don't screw up, Dash. Oh, wait. Who am I kidding? I'm Rainbow Dash! I'm awesome!"
With this, she trailed off from the cloud, confident of her plan.
The next day...
Twilight trotted back and forth inside the library's lobby, waiting for any sign of her cyan friend. But there was none. And she grew impatient from this.
"Come on, Dash! What's making you take so long?" She rested her forelegs on the window, watching the night sky with a concerned sigh. Twilight placed both hooves at her eyes, expecting the worse to happen. Dash told her that she was going to visit her at her house by 6:30 PM. She looked at the clock placed right over the door: 6:31 PM. Twilight groaned loudly, stomping her hoof against the wall in annoyance.
In the distance, a cyan figure did back-flips and front-flips while descending at a incredible speed neared the vicinity of Golden Oaks Library. She dropped herself at the library's porch, three knocks being anxiously planted at the door. The figure shivered slightly from the night's chill, bouncing in place.
Twilight's head perked up, her closed eye slits shooting open from the sudden knocks. She teleported immediately to the door, opening it rapidly within her magical grasp. The pompous figure of Rainbow Dash beamed a great smile upon Twilight's seemingly angry pout.
"Hey, Twi!" She greeted her friend by enlarging her enormous smirk.
"You're late!" Twilight hissed, allowing her friend to briefly enter her residence to look at the clock.
"Ah, c'mon! It's two minutes of difference!" Twilight shrugged her friend's response away, and stepped out of her home. She closed the door gently, and turned her head to Dash. They both nodded, and started their small walk to Sugarcube Corner.
The streets of Ponyville were empty, like every night. They saw a few couple and trios of ponies who were also heading to the party. Even though there was no good reason to party, Pinkie Pie organized a big one, even inviting DJ-Pon3 to it. From the distance, it was easy to see the heads of talking and dancing ponies, who were nothing but dark shadows being hidden by the blinds.
"So, we're all set up then?" Rainbow asked, poking her friend on the shoulder. She tried her best to hide her own plans for the night.
"Yes. In fact, we can begin right now." She stopped right on her tracks, Dash mimicking her movement. "Get closer to me;"
Dash obeyed as if it was orders from a general. The proximity was shy, though.
"Closer." Dash took two shy steps towards her friend's left side.
"A little bit closer." Rainbow sighed in bare annoyance.
"A tiny little--" They both gasped in unison before she could finish her sentence, their flanks colliding together. The duo stared at each other, cheeks at full heat. They quickly broke the gaze, their eyes instantly fixating at their destination.
"I-I think that's good enough..." Twilight said, trying to calm her racing heart. Rainbow Dash remained in the same proximity, enjoying the heat being exhaled from her friend's body.
Twilight took embarrassed steps while Rainbow gazed at her side-ways constantly, admiring her lavender face. Now that she admitted her feelings for the princess standing right next to her, she got even more attractive. Suddenly, a tug deep within her heart made herself ask a question: Does Twi like me? Is she willing to follow this plan to really get Rares' attention? Her past excitement suddenly disappeared, a defeated glance meeting the ground. She didn't remove her eyes from the low grass, hiding her feelings enough to avoid Twilight's concern.
Twilight, on her side, was beginning to doubt of her own plan. What if Dashie really believed that I'm trying to get Rarity's attention? My chances with her are already dead... Now, a pair of mares walked together towards the party, a suffocating silence being able to choke somepony to death if they got near.
They finally arrived at the door, their heads raising, their problems going away briefly with a soft breeze throwing their manes sideways. Their hearts skipped beats as they heard the sounds of heavy music coming from inside, a dim purple coloring everything, keeping the party zone from falling into a pitch-black darkness. Ponies danced wildly, other shouted to each other, more ate diverse baked goods and sweets. In the distance, they could see the figure of Vinyl Scratch on her turntable, her head banging slightly with the beat.
"Pinkie really overcame herself this time." Twilight shouted to Rainbow, who nodded frantically. Out of nowhere, a pink pony 'popped' in front of them.
"HELLO!!! SO YOU TWO CAME!!" She immediately gave them a cup full of punch and a plate with a mix of baked goods, similar to the ones that most of the sitting ponies were eating. A small line of drool came down Rainbow's mouth as she looked viciously at them, ready to attack.
"ENJOY!!!!" Pinkie Pie disappeared on the crowd while swinging her hooves around. Rainbow and Twilight exchanged understanding looks.
The duo made their way through the crowd, a trip here, an 'excuse me' there followed by a bow, and they arrived at a empty table. They quickly left their plates and cups over it, the magenta aura surrounding them fading. They relaxed themselves upon the contact of soft cushions, covering their ears from the loud beats coming from Sugarcube Corner's center, the place being crowded enough to rival with the Grand Galloping Gala.
All of the present ponies, including the princess and cyan pegasus, jumped from their seats in surprise as a loud beat reduced glasses to pieces as the beat sent gargantuan vibrations, enough to make the tables shake and the voices of any talking pony sound distorted. The music ended right after the vibrations halted, everypony staring confused and mildly annoyed at the DJ, who smiled sheepishly.
Mere seconds passed by, the awkward silence that grew up from the sudden monstrous beat was filled with chatter, making the party look way more calm, except for the pink pony who teleported and easily put into shame the best of Equestria's waiters, bringing plates and glasses in incredible speeds.
"This was intense." Rainbow said while grin widely.
"Indeed. It is a Pinkie Party after all. What did you expect?" Twilight raised an eyebrow, but let a friendly smile creep upon her face.
"Maybe... less ponies. She really invited all of Ponyville today." Rainbow let her voice fade away as chatter overcame it.
Twilight looked at Rainbow, whose eyes glued on a particular table on the other side of the party. In this particular table, sat Rarity and Applejack, who appeared to be having a heated argument about something. Twilight, trying to hide her own intentions, intentions that she thought that she wouldn't have the courage to put in action, tried to follow the plan that she and her long-kept crush on the cyan mare, and alerted her:
"Don't look at them. Pretend that they aren't here." Twilight was meet with Rainbow's blank stare looking so deep and thoughtfully that she could feel her own soul being pierced. Her cheeks heated up, but she held the blood before crimson painted her lavender face. Of course, there were lots of things to do in the party, but the simple fact of being right next to her crush was simply delightful.
Rainbow then let out a depressed sigh. She's really following the plan. No, you can't just give up! You're Rainbow Dash! Even though part of her conscience told her that Twilight herself wasn't interested in her, a more confident side of her took over. Her hoof slid on the table, half determined, half reluctant, until it met with Twilight's idling hoof. The mare startled briefly, but her heart stopped jumping from her chest as her eyes caught her friend's hoof slowly climbing hers.
Dash summoned all of her courage and spirit to move her chair quietly towards Twilight's side, effectively doing so because of the constant chatter, and primarily because said mare was embarrassed to keep eye contact. For Twilight, she felt that the plan was failing miserably. Even taking into account the rather intimate moment that she was having with her crush. Her mind was way too fuzzy to concentrate on something. One part of her told her to give up. The other, to turn and claim her mare.
Dash took a long breath. Her courage was at it's limit. It was now or never. Her chest raised madly as she nudged Twilight. The mare turned, reddened face. Rainbow and Twilight kept staring at each other's eyes, their hearts threatening to jump out from their throats. Rainbow approached her head so slowly that it seemed immobile.
I can't... Yes, Dash you can! Come on now!
Nearly unconsciously, Rainbow Dash pulled her head ultimately closer to Twilight's, their lips locking into a passionate. Twilight's eyes shot open when she felt Rainbow's mouth press against hers. Their hearts melt. Their stomach were filled with butterflies. Nonexistent fireworks exploded, coloring the darkness of both mares' closed eyes. A blissful stare coming from big magenta orbs glued on the opposite violet ones. The heat being emitted from their bodies was enough to melt steel. But they didn't care. Rainbow's world was still celebrating on her own, while Twilight's remained into a heavenly blankness of thoughts, drowning into an endless ocean of happiness and passion.
Dash fought the urge of taking off to the skies and performing the best Sonic Rainboom ever. However, this was held up inside thanks to a certain lavender pony standing next to her. Instead of shy gazes, they exchanged looks of passion and pure love. Their cheeks reddened from their ultimate show of their feelings for their true loves. Now, both ponies knew what to say:
"I love you!" They exclaimed in unison, and pushed themselves closer for another kiss.
Meanwhile, at the other side of Sugarcube Corner...
"Dang it! I lost the bet!" A white unicorn shot a devilish glare at her triumphantly orange friend. The same pony chuckled slightly from her victory. Rarity slammed her hoof against the table fiercely.
"Hah, Rares, I told ya! Rainbow was going to be the one!" Applejack giggled shortly before receiving a venomous hiss from Rarity.
Fluttershy, who was curled in the seat next to Applejack because of the party's music an quantity of people, raised from her protective position. She asked briefly:
"Y-you made a bet on Rainbow's and Twilight's love for each other?"
Pinkie Pie emerged from the crowd suddenly, casting a curious look at Applejack was about to answer.
"Nah, nothin' involving bits, Fluttershy! We just made a quick bet on who was goin' to confess their feelings first. Now, Rarity, show up at Sweet Apple Acres at morning! You're helping me during this whole weekend!" Applejack grinned madly at Rarity, who diverted her gaze from the table.
"Dashie and Twi are finally together? This calls for a--" An orange hoof was lifted on Pinkie's mouth before she could announce something like a 'They are finally together party'. It seemed that everypony at the table shifted their eyes to the couple sitting not far from them.
Rarity could only groan politely while launching a glare at a certain lavender alicorn. But she smiled right after seeing them snuggling their muzzles together. It was all part of the plan, after all...