//------------------------------// // Chapter 11 - All of this... // Story: New Toys in Town // by Derpator //------------------------------// The toys. Right in front of her. They looked familiar to her. But only because of what they looked like. Rainbow Dash just stared down at the two figures below, which remained soulless. She picked up the purple one, raising it to her eye level and inspecting it. It was... Twilight Sparkle? It was her alright, but not the actual her. What was it? It looked just like her, even having every inch of it exact to the detail, but it didn’t weigh much or seem alive. It didn’t even move. She squeezed it, testing it out. The figure only contracted by the pressure and then resumed its model afterwards. Its eyes that constantly remained open were staring back at Rainbow Dash. “What... is this thing?” Rainbow Dash finally asked. Pinkie Pie joined her back on the bed, picking up the other figure. “These are the toys.” Rainbow Dash tilted her head towards Pinkie Pie, who was holding another figure just like the miniature Twilight Sparkle she had in her own hooves. The one Pinkie Pie was holding looked just like her. It was Pinkie Pie, only scaled down. The same colour coat, eyes, mane style, everything. “These things. Are the toys?” Rainbow Dash just continued to stare at the small Twilight Sparkle. Pinkie Pie nudged Rainbow Dash’s shoulder. “What’s wrong?” Rainbow Dash didn’t move her head, but she was aware of the contact. “What are they?” Pinkie Pie beamed, before placing the smaller version of herself beside Rainbow Dash. “They’re called plushies.” “...Plushies?” “Uh-huh.” “They look just like you two.” Pinkie Pie rolled her eyes. “That’s the point.” “These are the things you’ve been playing with? Applejack and Rarity too?” Pinkie Pie nodded her head. “Then that means Fluttershy has ordered...” Rainbow Dash droned on for a moment. “WHAT!?” She crashed back onto the bed, groaning in her own head. The toys of Ponyville. The toys that got her so worked up for a week now, turning out to be plushies. They weren’t what she was expecting at all. Pinkie Pie looked over Rainbow Dash’s figure on the bed, wearing a frown. “What is it?” Rainbow Dash almost felt like she could cry, given her circumstance. She now knew what Fluttershy wanted to order, and had done so two days ago. She was going to have to play with most likely a small stuffed version of herself. In some way, she was slightly relieved. It means that she could maintain her friendship with Fluttershy without it getting weird. But then there was Pinkie Pie. She gazed up into the blue eyes looking into hers. She had made an advancement on her, fully ready for something. Pinkie Pie obviously, was expecting to play with stuffed ponies. But that thought came to her. She was confused about something. If her friends played with plushies, what exactly did they do with them? After all, Twilight had been reading that dating guide, talking about foreplay, and all of her others friends seemed to incline something sexual with them. Or could she have just got the wrong message? “Pinkie,” Rainbow Dash said after a few minutes of silence, “I don’t even know what to say.” Pinkie Pie only blinked at the pegasus below her. “Is everything alright?” The voice was heard as the bedroom door opened, revealing the real Twilight Sparkle. “I heard a shout.” Rainbow Dash was actually glad by Twilight’s appearance. Now that she and Pinkie Pie were together, she could question them about the specifics regarding the plushies. She forced herself up off of the bed, before picking up and throwing the Twilight plushie at the real one. “Main room. Now!” Rainbow Dash didn’t accept objections or arguments, as she flew off past Twilight and sat at the table in the center of the main room, ready for both mares to join her, feeling a little antsy. After a short while, both Twilight and Pinkie Pie emerged, both holding their respective plushies. They both took a seat on the other side, not clear on why Rainbow Dash asked them to join her. “First off,” the pegasus spoke, with a voice that didn’t hide authority, “Tell me what they are.” Twilight and Pinkie Pie exchanged a few looks, before turning back to Rainbow Dash. “They’re... plushies. That’s it.” Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. “Really now? So what do you do with them? Tell me, what exactly do you do when you ‘play’?” She folded her forelegs across each other. “A lot of things” replied Twilight. “And does one of these many ‘things’ happen to include sex?” Both Twilight and Pinkie were taken back from Rainbow Dash’s sudden question. And understandingly so. Pinkie Pie just continued to keep her attention forward, while Twilight looked rather embarrassed. “W-Well...” Rainbow Dash was now even more serious. “Yes?” “We do...” Twilight barely got out. Rainbow Dash furiously shook her head. “Let me get this straight. You pretend to have sex with two stuffed versions of yourself?” Twilight was now wearing a huge blush across her face, while Pinkie Pie kept her same posture. “I’m not going to lie. That’s pretty weird.” “It’s not the only thing we do.” “So you only pretend to have sex at times? Why even pretend? If you go to so many lengths to pretend, why not do it for real?” Pinkie Pie now joined Twilight in a blush fest. Twilight finally plucked up the courage to talk again. “I’m straight.” “...So you pretend to do it.” Rainbow Dash took a long breath. The logic of her friends was just confusing to her. But this is what they’ve being doing for days. At times anyway, if what they said was true. As much as she didn’t want to admit it, Rainbow Dash knew they had a point. Pinkie Pie was into mares, while Twilight wasn’t. On whatever weird world they’d both consider things normal, they might find the idea of pretend sex ‘fun’. But the dating guide with Twilight now made sense. They must have engaged in some wicked form of foreplay with the plushies, and Twilight consulted the guide. It just seemed so real to Rainbow Dash. Everything seemed real. The way her friends addressed the plushies, the way they said it, and even what they had been doing. Either she had a very dirty mind, or she didn’t catch on. But she wasn’t to blame; her friends really did imply explicit things. It was only normal she came to the conclusion she had. She could even see why her friends never told her about the plushies. She’d never care for stuffed figures. The very idea of them would turn her off, quickly dismissing them as soon as they came. It also made sense that they were customised. The two in front of her looked exactly like Twilight and Pinkie Pie. She had a very good idea that the ones Fluttershy ordered would be smaller versions of themselves. Pretty soon, she’d have to play with... herself. “So what else do you do with them?” Both Twilight and Pinkie Pie could function again, as the topic slightly steered from sex. “Some roleplaying and whatever else comes to us I guess.” Rainbow Dash placed a hoof on the table. “So that’s it? Muck around with them in whatever thing you made up, and the occasional sex?” Both the lavender and pink mare nodded in agreement. “I’m going out on a whim here and saying Applejack and Rarity do the exact same thing?” It then came to her about that one picture in the dating guide she saw when Applejack came to visit her. Although she didn’t see them or has asked them specifically, she can only guess that they do similar things to Twilight and Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy came into her mind again. Had any of her friends told Fluttershy what they do with the plushies? Does she want to pretend with her? Or does she only want to role-play? Maybe she’d come up with a crazy tea party involving her animals. She couldn’t deny the fact that she was slightly excited for their session, even if it wasn’t what she thought it was. She had to admit, it was a crazy turn of events. Here she thought they were all sex toys, and all of her friends seemed to be flinging each other. When she looked at Twilight and Pinkie Pie, after knowing what the toys were, she could see them differently to that of a few days ago. “I need to get back to work” Pinkie Pie said, breaking Rainbow Dash’s thoughts. She looked at her own figure, then up at Rainbow Dash, before turning to Twilight. “This was fun.” As Pinkie Pie exited the library, that one sentence kept replaying to Rainbow Dash. Usually, she’d stay optimistic over anything simple. And the way she specifically said it, right after looking at her too. Then it hit her. What happened between them before she found out about the plushies. She advanced on Pinkie Pie, fully ready for something to happen. She wouldn’t forget about something like that so easily. Rainbow Dash very well knew Pinkie Pie didn’t like her anything more than a friend, so why did she seem bothered by it? Rainbow Dash looked towards the door, where Pinkie Pie had just left a short while ago, before facing Twilight, who used her magic to levitate the plushies towards her bedroom. “Hmm.” She took a few seconds, before getting onto her legs and leaving the library. She had to speak with Pinkie Pie. She faced Ponyville, now seeing the town differently. Finally knowing the truth changed her opinion on everything, and even everypony. As she spotted Pinkie Pie in the distance, she made her move to catch up. Pinkie Pie wasn’t acting like the way she was earlier. When she came to the library, she was the usual Pinkie everypony knew. Now, it looked like she was trying to hide something. “Pinkie!” Rainbow Dash called out, grabbing the attention of the pink mare, “Wait up!” Pinkie Pie continued walking back to Sugarcube Corner, seeing as how she had to get back to work, while Rainbow Dash joined to her side and walked with her. “Hey Rainbow Dash, what’s up?” “I should ask you that question” Rainbow Dash replied firmly. “What do you mean?” Rainbow Dash sighed. “I know something’s bothering you.” Pinkie Pie didn’t respond. “Listen. About back in Twilight’s bedroom...” That caused Pinkie Pie to stop walking. “I’m sorry...” Pinkie Pie continued to stare at Rainbow Dash. “Why did you kiss me?” Rainbow Dash brushed the back of her head. “To be honest.” She let out a slight chuckle. “I thought the toys were... you know. Sex toys.” Pinkie Pie remained silent for a few moments, increasing the awkwardness for Rainbow Dash, before letting out a giggle. “Really?” “Yeah...” “Silly filly. You have a dirty mind Rainbow Dash.” Rainbow Dash seriously couldn’t argue against that point. “Yeah I guess. But come on Pinkie, you can’t deny that asking Twilight for a ‘quickie’ wasn’t suspicious.” Pinkie Pie rolled her eyes. “I meant-“ “I know what you meant. Now anyway.” It then dawned on Pinkie Pie what Rainbow Dash’s intentions were. “So you thought I wanted... that? That’s why you jumped on me?” Rainbow Dash couldn’t feel anymore embarrassed than in the situation she was currently in. “Yeah... sorry about that.” Pinkie Pie surprisingly brought Rainbow Dash in for a hug. “It’s ok.” Rainbow Dash furrowed her brow, while returning the hug. “Huh? Why are you so down then?” Pinkie Pie broke the hug. “I don’t know. I guess it just got to me.” Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie both started to walk once more. “Hey Pinkie, I’ve been wondering. Why haven’t we hooked up?” Pinkie Pie raised an eyebrow at Rainbow Dash. “I thought we’ve gone through this. Neither of us wants a relationship.” “That’s not what I meant.” When Rainbow Dash turned to face Pinkie Pie, she noticed that her cheeks had turned hints of cherry. “We. We can’t...” Pinkie Pie got out weakly. “Why not?” Pinkie Pie sighed. “It’s not that I haven’t thought about it, but I don’t want thing to get awkward between us.” “Awkward? Pinkie, things don’t have to-“ “Rainbow Dash, please.” Pinkie Pie cut off Rainbow Dash, wearing a face that showed she was extremely serious. She truly didn’t want them to establish anything more from the risks alone. “...Ok.” The end of their conversation had led them to Pinkie Pie’s destination: Sugarcube Corner. She stood on the steps, where the door was currently closed. Before she went through the door, she turned back to face Rainbow Dash. She used her hooves to bring Rainbow Dash in close, before pushing her lips to the pegasus’s. Rainbow Dash’s first reaction was instinct, sprouting her wings as a defensive mechanism. But pretty fast, she gave it to the kiss Pinkie Pie was passionately giving her. The kiss didn’t last long, and Pinkie Pie pulled away shortly after it began. “Thank you.” Rainbow Dash however, took advantage of the situation and quickly brought Pinkie Pie in for another kiss, catching her off-guard. She took everything she could get; putting all of her oomph she could into it, before Pinkie Pie managed to break away. “No! Bad Dashie!” she yelled in a fake-angry voice. Rainbow Dash just stood there with a smug grin on her face, unfazed by Pinkie Pie’s harsh look. She knew Pinkie Pie enjoyed it just as much as she did, and no amount of faking could prove her otherwise. Pinkie Pie blew a raspberry at Rainbow Dash, before turning back around and entering Sugarcube Corner, closing it behind her shortly afterwards. Rainbow Dash could hear the jingle of the bell even from the outside. She felt proud. She finally found out about the plushies, and was even in a good situation with Pinkie Pie. Overall, she thought life was great. She walked away from the vicinity of Sugarcube Corner, not caring about the curious looks she had been given from nearby ponies watching her kissing show with Pinkie Pie. For once, she wanted to remain grounded, just taking a leisure walk. She never did that often, but she had the time and patience. Rainbow Dash was lost in her own happiness, when a young filly came charging at her. She looked down to spot the worn out unicorn, now at her feet. “Hey Sweetie Belle.” “Hey... Rainbow... Dash...” she replied in-between pants. She allowed herself a moment to breathe normally before continuing. “I just came from Fluttershy’s.” Rainbow Dash presented her grin again. “Oh yeah?” Sweetie Belle bounced up and down, fully satisfied as she did so. “The lessons are going great!” Rainbow Dash couldn’t help but feel for the filly. She could really feel the connection, and even see a bit of herself in Sweetie Belle, even though Scootaloo was the more relatable filly to her. She had also delivered on her offer, allowing her the chance to find her talent if singing really was it. She didn’t have a cutie mark, but she had a feeling that might change soon. “That’s cool.” Sweetie Belle’s smile must have been wide as a mile. “It is! She also asked me to pass on a message to you if I saw you.” Rainbow Dash lowered one eyelid. “Yeah?” “She said “They’ve arrived.”” Rainbow Dash knew what that meant. The plushies had come in, so she’d be expected to play with Fluttershy soon. Even though she learnt the truth, she would be looking forward to their session. A few days ago, she would have scoffed at the notion. But now, after everything she’s been through, she actually can’t wait. In fact, she blasted off towards Fluttershy’s cottage straight away, leaving Sweetie Belle in the dust and in confusion, without a word. She had plushies to play with.