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// The Truth 
// Story: Winter Secrets 
// by bluebuzz2 
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   Pillows sailed through the air, all aimed at different ponies. Manes were messes up, pillows were flung, and wars started. Twilight and Applejack were sending pillow after pillow at the other teams, hoping that one would give up. Rainbow Dash was flying over head and dropping cushy bombs of feathers and fabric while Rarity used her magic to fling pillows in every direction. Pinkie Pie was scrambling and dodging the hail of pillows while Fluttershy cowered in a corner. 
    After a while of this, the three groups gave up and decided to maintain peace for the rest of the night. Exhausted from the intense battle they had all endured, the young mares fell into their sleeping bags and turned off almost all of the lights. However, one pink earth pony found it hard to stay still. 
    "Hey, who wants to play truth or dare?" She suggested. Every only agreed almost instantly, but one decided not to participate. 
    "Excuse me, I'm going to sit over here and not play, if you don't mind..." Fluttershy whispered as she cowered in the corner. 
    "Oh come on darling, it's just a harmless game, you're secrets are safe with us." Coaxed an excited Rarity. 
    "Oh, alright." Murmered the yellow mare. She trotted over to join the circle of friends laying on the floor.
    "Rainbow Dash, truth or dare?" Asked Pinkie Pie. The cyan Pegasus scoffed. 
    "Dare! Duh! What did you think o was going to do?" She leaned forward, anticipating the possibilities of her dare. Pinkie ran over to her saddle bags. She opened one to be shot in the face with a spray of confetti. She quickly brought out a pie and dragged it over to Rainbow Dash. 
    "Shove your face in this!" She helped excitedly. The Pegasus inspected the pie for a minute before diving into it. She brought her face up for the rest of the giggling girls to see. They rolled on the floor with laughter when she plunged her face into the pie again and started to eat the rest of it. 
    "Mmmuuummpphhh!" Her mouth and tounge were blocked by the delicious pie, and she didn't stop eating long to say anything understandable. 
    After Rainbow finished her snack and the rest of the ponies settled down, their game continued. 
    "My turn!" Commanded the rainbow-maned pony. "Twilight! Truth or dare?" She asked with a grin.
    "Truth." the lavender mare answered. 
    "out of all of Ponyville, who do you think seems the most like a filly fooler?" Her eyes looked almost scared for the answer. 
    "Hang on a minute, Rainbow. That's just personal. She ain't gonna answer that!" cried Appleack. Rainbow Dash sighed. 
    "I guess you're right. Twilight will just have to not go by the book…" Rainbow casually stroked her mane. Twilight's eyes widened in horror. 
    "Well..." her eyes filicked back and forth nervously. "Lyra and Bon-Bon seem like an item." The lavender unicorn said honestly. Twilight looked around the room to see who to ask next.  
    "Rarity! Truth or Dare?" Shouted Twilight, her face aglow with a mischevious smile. 
    "I have nothing to hide from my dear friends, ask what you will." She said. Twilight looked at her hard. It had seemed like she didn't even believe herself… She shook her head to rid her mind of the seemingly unimportant thought. 
    "Who do you like?" She almost whispered, making all the other ponies lean in close to hear her. Rarity's face turned a violent shade of red. 
    "I like almost everypony, except those who are hard to get along with and refuse to have any respect for fashion." The white mare answered in a nervous tone. Applejack couldn't help but roll her eyes at the last comment. Typical Rarity. 
    "No, I mean LIKE like." Twilight whispered, making Rarity's face turn a deeper shade of crimson. 
    "I-I I can't do it! I just can't say it in front of Applejack, I can't!" She screamed. Applejack looked completely taken aback, shock twisting her features. "I'm in love with-" Applejack decided to cut her off there. 
    "It's okay, I noticed." The workhorse answered. She stood up and shut herself in the bathroom. Rarity's eyes were brimming with tears, she couldn't believe what she had just done! 
    "Rarity, I wish you luck with Applejack, I'm no competition for you." Whispered Twilight Sparkle. She hung her head to hide her tears. Rarity looked at her like she had sprouted a second head. 
    "What are you talking about Twilight. I'm in love with Big Macintosh." Answered the unicorn fashionista. 
    The whole room fell silent. The other ponies stared at the two unicorns in the room. Twilight was so mortified that she almost burst into tears. No one noticed that Fluttershy had disappeared. No one noticed that she was in the bathroom with Applejack.