Life is Full of Surprises
Chapter 1: Life is Full of Surprises
Rainbow Dash considered herself to be a lot of things, but curious was not one of them. Sure, she was always curious about new flying tricks, but that was so imbued in her personality that it didn’t really count. She didn’t even know why she was feeling so curious about this particular thing, but after sleeping with her plush Spitfire night after night, the idea had suddenly occurred to her. Now she was flying through the gorgeous blue sky towards Ponyville, hoping she could inquire about her curiosity with one of her friends.
She had gone through the list of friends she could try to talk to in her head. Fluttershy, her oldest friend, had come to mind first, but the poor pony was so meek that Rainbow Dash was afraid her curiosity might scare her. So she had been crossed off the list.
Applejack had come to mind next, but that pony was anything but touchy-feely and Rainbow Dash knew trying to talk to her about her curiosity was likely to get her bucked.
She had considered Rarity after that, but Rarity had a tendency to make things awkward. Lately, she had been acting strangely around Rainbow Dash, becoming clumsy and stammering over her words. Rainbow Dash therefore didn’t want to ask her to try anything for fear that she’d trip over her own hooves. No, that would make things far too awkward.
That left Pinkie Pie and Twilight, and while she was sure Pinkie Pie would have been cool with the idea Rainbow Dash had, she wanted to talk to somepony who would take her seriously. So Rainbow Dash flew to the Golden Oaks library and knocked on the door. In a short while, Spike opened the door.
“Oh, hey, Rainbow Dash. Come on in,” Spike said, gesturing for her to come inside with his arm. Rainbow Dash grinned sheepishly; she had forgotten about the presence of Spike and had been hoping to keep her curiosity a private matter between herself and Twilight. As if by pure luck, Spike called up to Twilight’s bedroom.
“I’m going to run those errands for you now!” he called.
“Thanks, Spike. I’ll see you in a few hours!” Rainbow Dash heard Twilight call from her bedroom. Spike nodded to himself and grabbed a satchel of bits from a nearby table.
“You can go up there if you want,” Spike told Rainbow Dash. “She’s just reading.”
“Oh, okay, thanks,” Rainbow Dash said, disbelieving her good fortune. As soon as Spike left the library, Rainbow Dash flew up to Twilight’s room.
“Gah!” Twilight cried, her heart skipping a beat at the sudden arrival of her friend. “Oh, it’s just you, Rainbow Dash. You scared me.”
“Sorry,” Rainbow Dash said. “I guess Spike didn’t tell you that I came in.”
“No, there’s a lot of things he forgets to tell me,” Twilight said.
“So, what are you reading?” Rainbow Dash asked, hesitant to bring up the subject of her curiosity. She mentally kicked herself for being so timid, but now that she was here it was nerve-wracking to consider discussing it.
“It’s an old text on astrology. Princess Luna turned me on to it,” Twilight explained. “She sent me a letter saying that I should study the night sky and recommended this text. I have to say, it’s a bit dry, but the implications on unicorn magic are astounding.”
“That sounds like a lot of egghead stuff to me,” Rainbow Dash chided.
“Rainbow, you can’t use that quip on me anymore. You read books now, too.”
“I read the Daring Do novels, which are like totally awesome. You can keep your astrology textbooks.”
“I guess I’m not going to win this argument,” Twilight said.
“You’d be guessing right,” Rainbow Dash said. “I always win in an argument.”
“Like the time when you had to work for Applejack for a week for crashing into her barn?”
“Well, Applejack is even more stubborn than I am. I know when to back down from a challenge,” Rainbow Dash said.
“Right,” Twilight said.
“Actually, I kind of had a specific reason for coming here,” Rainbow Dash said, her nerves making her stomach squirm. Twilight could see how uncomfortable her friend was, and so put away the book and focused her attention on Rainbow Dash. This actually only made Rainbow Dash feel more nervous, but she appreciated the thought.
“Is something wrong?” Twilight asked.
“No,” Rainbow Dash said, “everything’s cool. I…well, I have a question for you. A proposition, if you will.”
“You don’t have to use big words to try to impress me,” Twilight said.
“Oh, okay,” Rainbow Dash said. “It’s about your Smarty Pants doll. I know you don’t have it anymore, but when you were little did you used to sleep with it?”
“Every night,” Twilight said. “Actually, if you’ll believe it, Applejack tells me Big Macintosh sleeps with it now.”
“Coming from Applejack, it’s gotta be true. That’s, um…weird,” Rainbow Dash said. “I mean, no, it’s not. I…kind of do the same thing.”
“What?” Twilight asked.
“At one of the Wonderbolts shows, they were selling doll…plush figures of each of the Wonderbolts. I had a few bits at hoof, so I bought myself a Spitfire doll…plush figure. And now I sleep with it every night.”
“You do?” Twilight asked. “Well, that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Is that what you wanted to know, whether it was normal to sleep with a doll?”
“Plush figure,” Rainbow Dash said. “No, that wasn’t quite it. I was wondering one night about how ponies sleep without plush...fine, dolls. And then I realized that two ponies who are going out and living together sleep in the same bed. And I was thinking to myself, hey, that would be pretty all right, but how would I ever try it? And then I thought, well, it doesn’t have to be in a romantic way, but maybe I could ask one of my friends if they’d be willing to try it. And…oh, I’m so embarrassed,” Rainbow Dash said, her cheeks flushed and hot.
“Hold on, I’m not sure if I heard that right,” Twilight said. “You want to…cuddle with somepony?”
“Yeah, and I guess we don’t even have to fall asleep. But it was a stupid idea. I’ll just go…”
“Wait, Rainbow Dash. I think it’s sweet,” Twilight said.
“Hello, look who you’re talking to. I’m Rainbow Dash! I don’t do sweet or cute or cuddly. It’s bad enough I sleep with a doll, now I want to cuddle with my friends? What am I becoming?”
“You’re still the same Rainbow Dash,” Twilight said. “I think your desire for physical comfort is perfectly normal. You’re right about ponies who cuddle with each other when they’re dating, but whoever said two ponies have to date in order to get that experience? Why can’t cuddling just be shared between friends? I think you have very progressive ideas, and I’m willing to try it if you’re willing to let go of your shame.” Rainbow Dash looked at Twilight, making sure she was taking her seriously. Twilight gave her a reassuring smile, which made Rainbow Dash smile, too.
“So you’ll do it?” Twilight asked.
“I guess so, but I’m still nervous about it,” Rainbow Dash said.
“Don’t be. This is purely platonic.”
“That’s not what I’m nervous about,” Rainbow Dash said.
“Oh…well, don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone your secret desire to cuddle,” Twilight said. “We’ll keep this just between us, okay?” Rainbow Dash took a deep breath.
“Okay, I feel better now,” she said.
“Then we’ve no time to waste. Come on,” Twilight said, climbing up into her bed. Twilight’s bed was only just wide enough for two ponies, but Rainbow Dash figured that would be enough room for what they were doing. She climbed up into the bed next to Twilight and lay on her side, facing Twilight’s back. Tentatively, she wrapped a hoof around Twilight’s body, resting it comfortably against Twilight’s abdomen.
“Be careful,” Twilight said. “I’m really ticklish there.”
“Okay,” Rainbow Dash said. She rested her head on the pillow, her muzzle up against Twilight’s mane. Rainbow Dash took an adventurous sniff, and the smell of jasmine and mint reached her nostrils.
“What kind of shampoo do you use?” she asked.
“It’s an import from Fillydelphia,” Twilight said. “Rarity insists on ordering it for me, and I don’t have the heart to say no.”
“Well, it smells awesome,” Rainbow Dash said.
“Thank you,” Twilight said. “I’m sure yours smells nice, too.”
“Not as nice, believe me,” Rainbow Dash said. The two snuggled in closer, and Rainbow Dash could feel the warmth emanating from Twilight’s back as she rested against it. All of her nerves were gone now, forgotten as she held Twilight like she was a giant doll. Only dolls don’t smell as nice, and you can’t feel their belly rise and fall with their breaths, and they don’t feel nearly as warm or as welcoming as a friend.
Rainbow Dash and Twilight actually fell asleep like that for a few hours. Rainbow Dash awoke first, the sun now riding high in the sky. She could still feel Twilight’s slow breathing as the purple pony continued to snooze.
Rainbow Dash smiled to herself. This had been a lot nicer than she had expected. She was glad she had chosen Twilight to talk to; she had taken Rainbow Dash seriously and had been open-minded to the idea of cuddling, and boy did it feel amazing. Rainbow Dash could feel Twilight stir, and she moaned a bit as consciousness returned to her.
“Hey, Twilight?” Rainbow Dash whispered. Twilight mumbled in response.
“What is it?” she then said more clearly.
“Can we switch sides? I kind of want to be held now.”
“Oh, okay,” Twilight said. Rainbow Dash turned over, now facing the window. She could feel Twilight’s body move in close to hers, and she moaned pleasurably when Twilight started to stroke her wing.
“That feels so good,” Rainbow Dash said.
“I’ve always read that pegasi like to have their wings stroked,” Twilight said. “Now seemed as good a time as any to try it out.”
“Well, don’t stop,” Rainbow Dash said. Twilight stopped briefly, and Rainbow Dash groaned. Twilight giggled and resumed her stroking.
“I’m just teasing,” she said. Rainbow Dash liked the feeling of being held even more, she decided. It was really nice to have her wing stroked, and Twilight’s other hoof was nestled underneath her head. Soon, Twilight stopped stroking her wing and hugged her tightly, which pleased Rainbow Dash even more.
“You’re really soft,” Twilight said.
“So are you,” Rainbow Dash replied. Twilight then remembered about Rainbow Dash’s mane and smelled it.
“Oh, that’s, um…different,” she said.
“What does it smell like to you?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Spring water, like the kind that runs down the river in Canterlot,” Twilight said. “I never thought I would smell that again.”
“Well, I guess life is full of surprises. Yesterday, I’d have said you were crazy if you told me what I would be doing today.”
“I’m sure you would,” Twilight said. “Hush now, I’m feeling ready to fall asleep again.”
“Okay,” Rainbow Dash said. The two laid like that for a long time as sleep took over them.
Spike returned with the grocery shopping completed. The satchel of bits had been replaced by bags of groceries that were difficult for him to carry, but he wouldn’t have it any other way. Spike did all the cooking, so he insisted on doing all the shopping. It only made sense.
Spike put the groceries away, and, not seeing Twilight anywhere in the library proper, he walked up to see if she was still reading in her room. Spike opened the bedroom door, and when he saw Twilight lying with Rainbow Dash, he freaked out.
“What are you two doing?” Spike cried, waking them up.
“Spike, not so loud,” Twilight groaned when she saw her dragon through weary eyes.
“This isn’t what it looks like!” Rainbow Dash cried, her eyes wide open and terror coursing through every fiber of her being.
“Okay, well what is it, then?” Spike asked. He was very confused about what he was seeing.
“Twilight and I were just…experimenting,” Rainbow Dash said. “Not like that! I mean…I wanted to try cuddling with her, and so we decided to cuddle and take a nap together. That’s all, I swear!”
“All right, I get it now. You can relax,” Spike said.
“Spike, don’t you have something better to be doing than accosting Rainbow Dash?” Twilight groaned.
“Excuse me,” Spike said. “I guess I’ll just go make myself useful then.” Spike walked off in a huff. Twilight groaned again and lifted herself off of the bed.
“I have to make sure he’s all right,” she told Rainbow Dash. “Do you want to stay for dinner?”
“No, that’s okay. I should probably get going. I didn’t even plan to stay for this long. It just felt really nice…” Rainbow Dash muttered that last part.
“Ignore Spike, he overreacted,” Twilight said. “You know what I think? I think you should try cuddling with our other friends. You were right about it feeling nice, and I want you to share that with them.”
“You really think they’ll go for it, though?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“I’m sure you can convince them,” Twilight said. “Of course, if you’re still embarrassed about it, you don’t have to talk to them about it.”
“No, I think you may have a point,” Rainbow Dash said. “I’ll consider it. Thanks for everything, Twi.”
“You’re welcome,” Twilight said. “Have a safe flight home!”
“Will do,” Rainbow Dash said, opening the balcony window and taking off for her home in the sky.
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Pure adorable, please make more.
Huh, didn't think I'd like this. Guess I was wrong
Yeah, I'd break the paragraphs so the whole fic doesn't become a wall of text.
Also, you said 'said' a LOT of times. There are plenty of other verbs you could use, or even don't use any at all.
Pretty good. Congratulations on having the only good fic I have seen tonight out of twenty of them.
why do i have the feeling that rarity will want more that cuddling out of rainbow dash?
That was cute.
And do I sense some RariDash coming on?
Aww, that was cute
i loved it 
Damn, bronies. You creepy. Reading this was a truly uncomfortable experience.
The entire time, all I could think of was:
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That's so . . . awkward. I've got no problem with stories about romance or affection, but this is done in such a juvenile way. "Hey, Twilight. I want to know what cuddling feels like." Normal people don't just spontaneously cuddle and stroke each other. I'm not saying that it's wrong to have characters in a story who are socially awkward or emotionally stunted, but there's no explanation as to why Twilight and Rainbow are this way. I guess Twilight's kind of introverted, but why Rainbow Dash?
so adorable!
I love platonic cuddling
Also this is yet another story that I think shows we need another tag in the list of options.
Something along the lines of,
"sugar" tag,
"cute" tag,
"adorable" tag,
or my personal favorite the "diabeetus" tag, and spell it just like that, lol
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You're in league with the headmaster of this school ain't ya?
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I'm rather intrigued as to how Rainbow Dash's Epic Cuddling Quest turns out
). 
This chapter was pretty nice (read: gave me diabeetus
Also I think rarity will be completely cool with the cuddling, for...obvious reasons
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I watched that video and - seriously? Unless the hugging devolves into random groping (which friends do not do to eachother), then that is the silliest ban I've ever heard of. People should get out there and spend their energy on catching drug dealers or murderers or something instead of instating hug police. Or maybe worry about school violence or bullying issues rather than reciprocated acts of platonic affection.
Anywho, this was adorable. Twilight would make the whole thing into an experiment, wouldn't she?
1564920 Rainbow is the tough one - she's not used to acts of affection, and so knowing that she now wants to try one out makes her nervous. I think it makes sense that she'd go to socially awkward penguin of their group to try it out. Is the plot slightly contrived to bring the two together in this way - of course. Almost every romance fic, or adventure fic, or any fic, is at least a bit contrived - that's how you get stuff to happen that wouldn't normally occur in the show.
Oh, and totally on board with future Raridash if it were to happen. This fandom could really use more of it. Regardless, keep up the lovely work
Yeah, yeah, that's what I like to see - gratuitous, senseless snuggle scenes.
Oh man, she's gonna cuddle Pinkie so hard she won't be able to walk for a week!
Then Dash, Rarity, and Applejack get into an angry three-way cuddle.
And then it's all
"Fluttershy, turn around," she softly growled, "I want to see your face when I hug you."
And it all leads into a crazy 6-pony clusterhug!
Sick stuff.
I'm totally tracking for now. Gonna see how this goes.
Here's a question: why the fuqq NOT cuddle with Spike?? He's small and adorable, and would probably love some actual affection from his friends. And if that was a clue I picked up on when Dash was thinking about Rarity, it looks like Spike is gonna get left out of the fun (as usual) and get his heart broken for no better reason than a crack ship. I'm getting rather distraught over this first chapter, but it's cute so far aside from the crappy way you're treating Spike.
This gives me hope that I can pull this off with my own friends in real life. Dear Celestia I am lonely.
dawww, RD and Twi snuggling is so adorable.
I just wish I could cuddle with my girlfriend. Unfortunately, I cannot fall asleep if someone is touching me
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I LIKKY
\Hey I take offense to that. Two mares cuddling.
Cuddling is soft and mushy, which is not in RD's dictionary. Well at least RD is trying something new.
Looks like the "softie" side of RD may not be that far off. Or I may be reading too much into this. Heh.
I don't know why, but the "he called" seems kind-of redundant. Like maybe it could be "As if by pure luck, Spike called up to Twilight's bedroom: "I'm going to run those errands for you now!" It just seems kind of off to me.
Other than that, excellent.
Cute, fun idea. good start.
constructive thoughts:
It's a bit of a wall of text. blank line between paragraphs.
Rainbow Dash knew such and such, so Rainbow Dash did thus and thus. I saw this format repeat a lot. Reread you work out loud. If it's awkward to say is awkward to read.
Switch up your names / proper nouns: Dash, she, her. try not to use the same one twice in a row. Also, watch your first, second, third person tense. Saying RD thought that RD should go town. makes RD sound like she talking in the third person.
Don't say the same thing twice.
"Lately, she had been acting strangely around Rainbow Dash, becoming clumsy and stammering over her words. Rainbow Dash therefore didn’t want to ask her to try anything for fear that she’d trip over her own hooves. No, that would make things far too awkward."
is better said
"Lately, she had been acting strangely around her, becoming clumsy and stammering over her words. She didn’t want to ask her to try anything, for fear that things would get awkward."
Just my humble observations. But really, good job. keep writing!
A little awkward in the dialogue, and it needs a bit of formatting work. Work a bit harder at it before you hit the submit button.
D'awwww, this is freakin' adorable! And I have a feeling Spike is going to need a therapist after this, he probably wasn't ready to experience it, even though it wasn't true lesbianism lol. But, in all seriousness, I love this story, it is awesome
this fic was adorable tracking
btw i imagine that asking AJ would be really awkward as they have a tried and tested dynamic of sports rivals, i know its your story, but does she need to hug everypony in the mane 6? maybe get rejected by AJ and have spike as a fail-safe (lol poor spike
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Adorable
And god damn it i kept falling asleep!
Goos story
well.... that was a cute start into the day^^
Oh and.... teasing twilight is evil^^
ADD SCOOTALOO NEXT!!!!
AND A CHANGELING!!!!!
EDIT: It's so cute how Twilight treats this whole thing like an experiment
so much "rainbow dash said" and "twilight said". said said said said. Give it some more variety, bro
That was adorable! Did seem to go too easily, though. Needs a bit more fluff as far as Rainbow's embarassment to keep it entertaining, I think. the writing is decent; There were a few areas where improvement could be made, like the fact that "Twilight said" and "Rainbow Dash said" occured far too many times, but that's easliy remedied and isn't too big of a deal.
This...was...not very well written.
However, Dash on a mission to cuddle the rest of her friends sounds amusing. Incredibly awkward, and potentially cringe worthy...but it might be amusing anyway. Guess I'll have to give the next chapter a shot.
I just finished reading "On the Rocks" by Rape Train-Express... I know I know, never read a story from a guy with Rape in the user name... The story had a good premise so I thought "Why the fuck not?"... oh how I hate myself for that decision... on a happier note I haven't even started reading this story and I can tell that this will cheer me right up, so for you some moustaches to start a collection
1767764 I was right, I feel so much better after reading that. So here are some more moustaches for a job well done
This was almost unbearably dry. I love the premise, and most of the dialogue was fairly accurate...ish, but it's ruined by the complete blandness of the action. You don't need to end every sentence with '(x) said', or anything, really. Everything is technically correct, but it reads like an elementary school play.
I see lots of room for improvement though, and I'd love to see you work on it. Take the criticisms in the comments to heart, and try editing this later.
Man, I should tell you the story is amazing. I only read the first chapter so far, but I'm head over ears in love with it. Consider the fact that I actually never make comments to even these stories that I like. And yours is an exception!!!
Pretty good, but it could be better. There's a lot of things you can do with this concept that you haven't explored (or at least not so far). I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out.
Definitely needs to be put more into story format instead of dialogue format.
This is pretty gosh darn adorable, yo.
Rainbow Dash had flown off, and Spike and Twilight were standing in the kitchen, squaring off.
"So what'd you do, fuck her?" the young dragon asked.
"No Spike, nothing that bad."
"Well then what then?"
"We cuddled," Twilight explained very simply.
"Cuddled? That's it?"
"Mm-hmm."
"And then?"
"And then you came, you saw, and you jumped to conclusions and ruined the moment."
Spike shrugged. "Wasnt' that much of a jump."
"What do you mean?"
"You think it's perfectly normal for friends to cuddle?"
"You don't think you overreacted?" the unicorn retorted.
"I think you could have expected a reaction."
"It was cuddling. Cuddling means nothing, I've cuddled with my mother."
"I'm just saying that it's a rather familiar thing to do."
"-Nice pun."
"Thanks - I mean, is it as bad as eating her out? No," Spike continued "But it's still in the same ballpark."
"Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, stop right there." Twilight held up a hoof. "Now, maybe your method of cuddling differs from mine, but cuddling, and sticking you tongue in Rainbow's holiest of hollies"
"-Nice pun."
"Thanks - ain't the same fucking ballpark. Ain't even the same league - ain't even the same fucking sport. Look, cuddling don't mean shit."
Spike just looked his mentor-figure in her eyes for a beat. "... You good at cuddling?."
Twilight snorted with a contemptuous grin. "Heh, don't go telling me about cuddling. I'm the cuddle-master."
"You cuddle a lot?"
"Shit yeah, got my technique down and everything, don't even be tickling or nothing."
"Would you cuddle with a stallion?"
The mare's grin instantly vanished. "... Fuck you."
"You cuddle with a *lot* of stallions?"
"Fuck. You."
Later that day, Twilight ascertained that Celestia did not, in fact, look like a bitch. And Spike double-dared Owlolicious to say 'who' again one more fucking time.
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That made my day, and BOY did that conversation take a hard-right into Bashit Avenue!
This is cute, but it's very "tell-ey"
Makes it hard to read, but I've gotten rather spoiled recently.
I think you'll like that buck, Dash
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