First Time for Everything
"Thanks again fer the help, Twi. The harvest sure does go faster with yer magic," Applejack said as she sat down the last bucket of apples in the barn.
"Not a problem, AJ. Especially not after that first harvest," Twilight said, nodding toward Applejack.
"Oh, don't bring that up again!"
But Twilight Sparkle just grinned to herself with self-satisfaction. "You tried to do all of it yourself when Big Macintosh got injured. You were falling asleep all the time. And remember how cranky you got?"
Applejack didn't look amused. "Ah remember. Which is why Ah asked you straight away this time. Ah knew you could probably get most of 'em in just one spell."
Twilight tilted her head thoughtfully. "Well, ever since that first harvest, I did spend quite a bit of time thinking of more efficient ways of harvesting with magic. I'm glad I finally have the power to help."
"Ah didn't know you cooked up a special spell for this," Applejack said. "I thought you just used your floaty magic. You've always been really good at that."
But Twilight shook her head. "Levitation is too difficult on a mass scale like this, especially if you don't want me to uproot any trees. But I think it was worth the effort. I'm pleased with the results."
"Ah can't complain none, either."
The two hugged in the doorway, half-lit with the sunset. Applejack's rough coat, lightly dewed with sweat, pressed firmly into Twilight's neat and clean royal body, but a similar warmth spread between them.
Applejack pulled away sheepishly. "Sorry. Probably shouldn't be mussin' up a princess."
Twilight gave her a puzzled look. "What are you sorry for? You shouldn't have to worry about giving me a hug just because I'm a princess."
Applejack only nodded. "Yer right. Sometimes them wings make you look like an entirely new mare."
"I don't feel like a new mare. We've been friends for years, Applejack. That's not going to change, no matter what happens to me."
"Oh, Ah know that," Applejack smiled.
But Twilight's face was glowing as she stared off at the horizon, more memories flooding back. "Remember my first day? You were the first pony I met in Ponyville."
"Was Ah really?" Applejack said. "Usually Pinkie Pie gets to 'em 'fore anyone else can."
Twilight nodded slowly. "I saw Pinkie first, but she didn't say anything to me. You were the first to introduce yourself and treat me like a friend. More than that. Like family. I can't believe it took me so long to appreciate that."
"Now don't go fussin' like that," Applejack admonished. "You came 'round quick enough. Takes time for ponies to get to know each other."
"I know. It just feels like forever ago. It doesn't even seem like me. Maybe I have changed," Twilight mused with a chuckle.
"You think too much," Applejack said with a friendly cuff.
"No such thing," Twilight said, patting her back with a wing.
Applejack just smiled. "C'mon inside. Ah'll whip ya up some dinner. Least Ah could do fer all yer help."
"Yes please! I'm starving!"
Applejack had accompanied Twilight to Hay Burger enough times to know her appetite could rival Big Mac's, and soon she had the entire kitchen warm and sizzling with frying vegetables, baking pies, and boiling soups. Twilight could only sit and admire Applejack's skill. She wasn't really anything Twilight would describe as feminine. No, Applejack has more muscle than most stallions she had met, and her no-nonsense attitude led her to a certain kind of compartmentalized, typically masculine style of thinking. But when she wasn't being sentimental and loving toward her family, her feminine nature truly shined in the kitchen. It was almost motherly, the way she managed it all without a second thought, wearing only a tiny smile at the corners of her mouth. Twilight realized that she probably thought about kitchens the way she thought about libraries: second nature.
"Where is everypony else?" Twilight asked. The house was unusually quiet.
"Hm, let's see," Applejack mused. "Well, with how quick the harvest got done, Big Mac's probably hangin' out with Caramel. I think Granny Smith's napping upstairs. Dunno where Apple Bloom could'a got to."
"Oh, Ah just don't want to interrupt yer date," Apple Bloom said, quickly pacing her way through the kitchen, piling things onto a plate as she left to eat elsewhere before Applejack could even respond.
"It ain't a date!" Applejack shouted at her little sister's back.
Twilight Sparkle just giggled. "Looks like we found your sister."
Applejack shook her head. "Don't know how she got such crazy ideas in her head."
Twilight responded as Applejack dished up food onto her plate. "I don't think it's so crazy. I've thought about dating a mare before."
Applejack just raised her eyebrow. "You don't say?"
"Oh, yes," Twilight nodded. "Cadance always said that love was like a really close friendship. And I'm so close with all of you, it would have been strange for me not to consider the nature of my feelings for you."
Applejack seemed unsettled. "Ah guess Ah never thought of it like that."
"Does it make you uncomfortable?" Twilight said, reading her friend's face.
"Ah'm not sure. Stallions have always been so tricky. It's like Ah'm always trying to prove to 'em that Ah can be tough too." A heavy pause spread across the table. "Well, what about you?"
"Me?" Twilight parroted, rubbing the back of her head with a hoof. "Well, after much deliberation, I concluded that I wouldn't mind being romantically involved with a mare, if she were willing..." Here Twilight blushed a little. "Provided there was enough, um, physical chemistry, of course."
"Oh," Applejack said. "Yeah, that's a good point. Ah can't imagine what being with a mare would be like."
"Pardon my asking but... have you ever...?" Twilight said quietly.
"Um, well... sure Ah have. Nothin' serious, mind you, but a couple times me 'n Caramel... well, you get the idea. Stallions are fun 'n all, but Ah suppose a mare might know a mare better."
"That's what I've come to understand by my research," Twilight said.
"Of course, it don't matter if you don't really like the pony in the first place," Applejack commented. Yet her face was quickly turning red. "But if Ah'm bein' honest, Ah have to say Ah'm mighty curious."
"Curious?" Twilight's face lit up with surprise.
"Well, it's like you said. Bein' close to the pony is more important than what type of pony they are. And you and Ah are awfully close."
"I know," Twilight said. "But we don't exactly have a lot in common."
"Well, you always give me the best book recommendations," Applejack said.
"And you have helped me get out more. I never would have done anything like the Running of the Leaves before I met you, let alone go to a rodeo," Twilight added.
"Plus you bein' princess has helped out the farm so much. Not to mention all the fun Ah'v had meetin' fancy Canterlot ponies. Never would have happened without you."
"And your cooking is top notch," Twilight added.
Applejack's voice lowered some. "You make me feel proud that somepony as important as you could be such a good friend to a farm gal like me."
Twilight smiled demurely. "I couldn't be a princess without you, Applejack. You've always been my source of strength, even more than the others. Having you to depend on for patience and guidance allows me to lead."
Another silence fell over the table, but this was warmer. "Well shoot," Applejack said finally. "Is this really happening?"
"Is that bad?" Twilight asked.
"No, 'course not," Applejack said. "Just... surprisin' is all."
Now it was Twilight's turn to be bold. "Do you... really feel that way about me?"
Applejack smiled warmly. "You bet I do. Always have, Ah suppose. Ah just never thought about it this way before. But Ah already spend nearly every day with you. Ah like being with you."
"I feel the same," Twilight said.
The two smiled. "Guess that's that, then," Applejack said firmly. She chuckled to herself, saying, "Guess Apple Bloom was right. This might as well be a date. Cheeky little critter."
"Well..." Twilight said. "Not quite."
"Whaddya mean?"
"Well, there's still the question of, um... physical compatibility."
Applejack's face turned beet red. "Oh..." She shifted nervously. "Don't you think that's movin' awfully fast for the first date?"
"We already know each other so well," Twilight said. "I think that's the only thing that would be really different between the two of us. The one thing that could tell us whether or not we should just be friends or something else."
Applejack gulped. "Ah think Ah get what Caramel was sayin' about havin' trouble performin' under pressure."
Twilight stood and went to her, placing a wing on her shoulder. "It's alright. If you want to wait, there's no rush."
Now Applejack turned even more red. "Ah didn't say Ah wanted to wait..."
The implication spread the blush to Twilight's cheeks as well. "I see... has it... been a while?"
"You could say that," she nodded evenly. "And if there's anything we Apples like, it's gettin' laid. You ever wonder why there's so many of us?"
Twilight giggled, Applejack's joke helping ease the tension. "If that's the case then, do you think we should...?"
Now it was Applejack's turn to stand and place a hoof on Twilight's shoulder. "Why don't you come upstairs with me, sugarcube?" She punctuated her offer with a kiss on Twilight Sparkle's cheek.
A wide smile spread across the alicorn's face. "That sounds nice," she said simply.
It was a slow trot to the stairs that became a brisk canter as the pair neared the top. The two flicked their tails excitedly, feeling almost like children sneaking off with stolen cookies.
"Oh, but what if Apple Bloom hears us?" Twilight Sparkle asks.
"You saw her high-tail it outta here. That filly don't want to give us nothin' but privacy," Applejack responded.
Twilight nodded, feeling almost giddy as Applejack opened the door to her bedroom. Twilight had been inside countless times, but entering the room, seeing the bed covered in old quilts had never sent shivers of anticipation down her spine before.
Applejack closed the door, the latch sounding so heavy, so final. "Y'all ready?"
Twilight was anything but. "So soon? Shouldn't we... take our time?"
"'Course. We got all night, after all." Applejack offered a reassuring smile. "You want to try, maybe... a kiss?"
Even her gentle question seemed so forward to Twilight. But it would be a good place to start. "Okay," Twilight agreed quietly.
The two closed the distance between each other, drawing their faces nearer slowly. "Here goes nothin'," Applejack said.
They closed their eyes. Their muzzles forged ahead in the dark, empty air between them, feeling nothing but broad space, until the halo of warmth from each other's lips reached them. The two hesitated for a moment. Then Applejack took the plunge, planting her lips on Twilight Sparkle's, a slight breath escaping from each of them. Heat passed between them, a slight shuffle of lips pursing against one another, then they fell into one another. Their ears drooped as their shoulders slumped, their bodies relaxing as affection and intimacy rose in them.
When they finally parted, their eyes open wide, taking in everything of the new world they found themselves in. "Was that... good?" Twilight asked.
Applejack nodded. "Ah... didn't expect that."
"Me either," Twilight replied. "Should we... continue?"
Applejack grinned at Twilight's shy little smile. "Ah think you know the answer to that, sugarcube."
Before Twilight could respond, Applejack was pressing her toward the bed, locking lips with her again, even letting her tongue invade into the alicorn's mouth a little. She gently pushed Twilight onto the bed, keeping with her as her rump hit the mattress, pressing her even further until Applejack clambered onto the bed, Twilight on her back, the farm pony straddling her, her body hovering overtop of her, her neck arched down to lay more kisses down on Twilight.
It all seemed so natural, so organic. Applejack broke from Twilight's mouth to plant kisses on her muzzle, jaw, and neck, tracing down her body as she let her hooves caress her delicate form. Twilight Sparkle certainly wasn't built like the large, hardy stallions she was used to, but Applejack had never felt so free, so full of energy. With Caramel, she had simply laid there, lifted her tail, and enjoyed being ridden. But with Twilight, the possibilities were endless. She wasn't sure what would happen, and the potential was incredibly exciting.
Not that Twilight wasn't enjoying another pony having their way with her. As a princess and master magician, Twilight had never felt so powerless before. She couldn't begin to anticipate Applejack's movements, or predict her thoughts, but she could feel her heart, her emotions welling up within her as her orange hooves and lips traced and covered Twilight's body. She felt lust. Not just in Applejack, but within herself. Her body was responding to this, and she found her thoughts moving away from the logical, from the practical, to the primal. Yet she wasn't afraid of the shift in mindset. She knew she could trust Applejack with anything.
"Wow..." Twilight moaned.
"Y'like?" Applejack paused, grinning above her.
Twilight nodded. "I didn't know it would be so... exhilarating."
Applejack raised an eyebrow. "Uh, Twilight? Have you ever done this before?" Twilight Sparkle shook her head every so slightly, at least a little embarrassed to be so woefully ignorant about a subject, but Applejack only smiled warmly. "Heh. Didn't know I'd be deflowering y'all."
"Does it count if it's not a stallion?" Twilight asked.
"Oh, it counts. You'll see by the end of this, if Ah do it right. Trust me."
Twilight nodded. "So... now what?"
Applejack didn't know how Twilight could remain so pragmatic at a time like this. But she was a pony who lived and died by organization; it made sense that she couldn't even imagine taking a roll in the hay with a pony without a schedule. She gave another kiss, this time on Twilight's cheek, before removing her hat and placing it on the bedpost. "Just spread yer legs and relax. Let my hooves do all the work."
"Oh!" Twilight blushed. "Is that a good idea? You're so strong, and it's kind of... sensitive."
Applejack just frowned at her. "Twilight, I'm a mare too, ya know. If anypony would know what to do down there, it's me."
Twilight gave herself a reassuring nod. "You're right. Okay." She took a deep breath and spread her thighs a little. "I'm ready."
Applejack let her eyes wander down Twilight's torso. She had never examined her like this before; her slim form, her petite teats with perky nipples- Twilight really wasn't anything like Applejack. Yet as her hooves roamed down her body, slowly passing over every peak and plain, she could tell she was certainly softer than Applejack. Fitting, she felt.
The earth pony hesitated only a little at the bottom of Twilight's belly to let her prepare to be touched. Applejack hardly looked, keeping her eyes fixed on Twilight's face, watching her eyes grow still behind closed lids, watching her slowly relax under Applejack's touch. "Here goes," she told her partner softly. Twilight nodded.
"Oh," the alicorn sighed as Applejack's hooves made contact. Just like the rest of her, Twilight's marehood was petite and little, the lips soft, smooth, and inconspicuous, everything folded and tucked away neatly. She spread them apart slightly to find her clit, just a little nub covered in a telltale swath of hot moisture that leaked from her passage. But Applejack didn't let her hooves wander over her button just yet. She knew you had to warm a girl up first before you could go in for the kill. So she kissed Twilight's neck and chest some more, letting her hooves stroke her outer lips, collecting droplets of moisture and spreading them over her entrance, making every rub warm and slick.
"How's this?" Applejack asked softly.
Twilight nodded. "This is incredible."
"Y'all ever done this before on yer own time?" she asked.
The alicorn nodded again. "But I was never able to um... achieve any real results."
Applejack pulled her head from Twilight's chest to open her mouth in shock. "What in tarnation? Y'all never came before!?"
Twilight shut her friend's mouth quickly with magic. "Applejack! Not so loud!"
When she could speak again, she said more softly, "Sorry. Just thought it was something everypony did at least once."
Now Twilight was really embarrassed. She looked away and crossed her hooves. "Well, I haven't."
Applejack just grinned even wider. "Then prepare fer the ride of yer life, partner. 'Cuz y'all ain't gonna be able to think straight when I'm done with ya."
"That doesn't sound very good," Twilight said. Applejack just laughed.
The alicorn's moans filled the room again as Applejack set her hooves back to work. Now she allowed herself to be a little more bold, occasionally venturing up to Twilight's clit to roll it around a little, just to hear her hiss and watch her bit her lip in pleasure. The warmth between her legs was increasing, and Applejack could even see her chest rise and fall more with shaky breaths.
"Havin' fun yet?" she asked in a teasing tone.
"Oh, yes," Twilight admitted. "This is- oh, something!"
Applejack planted a kiss on the tip of Twilight's snout. "Just enjoy yerself, sugarcube. The good part's comin'."
Another cry escaped from Twilight's lip as Applejack began to circle her bead. She started slow, stroking around it, rubbing up and down her slot a little before going this way and that. Soon, her broad motions became small, quick strokes, back and forth, rapidly stimulating Twilight.
"Applejack-" she huffed.
"Yeah, sugarcube?" she responded, happily watching Twilight's face for her climax.
"I think it's- ohhh," she groaned, tossing her head back.
Applejack dove into Twilight's neck once more, letting her teeth nip a little at her, sending a sharp sensation through her just as Applejack's hoof sent sharp spasms of pleasure into Twilight's belly. She couldn't seem to control her breathing anymore, and an intense heat, not warm like magic, but fiery like electricity was coursing through her.
"Applejack! Applejack! Ah!" Twilight cried.
With that cry came her climax. Her hips jerked upward, her jaw clenching as her eyes snapped shut, her entire body tensing and releasing in a quick, pulsing rhythm as her marehood burned with release, a fresh coat of slick fluids covering Applejack's hooves as she worked her friend over with precise strokes and heavy kisses.
When it was over, Twilight was breathless. "That... that was... wow."
"Told ya," Applejack said, wearing a smug grin on her face. "Weren't weird fer ya or nothin'? Doin' it with me?"
"No, not at all," Twilight said. "I didn't even think about it. It almost felt... natural." She smiled up at Applejack. "I guess we do know each other pretty well."
"To be honest, I'm glad I'm doin' it with somepony familiar," she said. "Makes it nice and easy to relax and have fun."
"I agree," Twilight said. She buried her head in Applejack's chest and Applejack wrapped her arms around her in a tight, warm hug. "Did you want to have some fun, too?"
"Well, 'course Ah do," Applejack said. "If'n yer willin'."
"As long as I'm with you, I'll try just about anything, I think," Twilight said. She placed a hoof on her chin. "Hm. You said you were used to stallions, right?"
"Ah guess you could say that," Applejack said, a little embarrassed to talk about her sexual history with someone as naive as Twilight could be.
"My horn is rather phallic-shaped," Twilight suggested.
Applejack took a look at it and gulped. "Don't you think it's a bit, uh... pointy to be stickin' in mah lady bits?"
"It's not as sharp as you think," Twilight answered defensively. "Plus, the magic will make things feel smoother and softer. Not to mention warmer."
"Really? Y'all can do that?"
"Oh, yes. I could create all sorts of sensations with my magic," Twilight said. "Although using my forehead might be a little awkward."
"Here," Applejack said. She leaned back against the headboard and spread her legs, raising her hips up on a few pillows. "Why don't we give it a try and see how ya feel?"
Applejack hadn't bothered to give a close look to Twilight's nethers, but now that Applejack was offering hers, Twilight couldn't help but study her friend's marehood. It was so familiar, all with parts that Twilight recognized, and yet it seemed so different from her own. Applejack's entire body was so much bulkier than Twilight's; not chubbier, just bigger overall. Her other parts were bigger too. Her teats were fuller and rounder than Twilight's. Her marehood was puffier and fleshier, and her clit was larger as well, too big to be covered by the heavy folds. Even her juices were more plentiful, her crotch moist with a mess of warm, sticky fluids.
"My..." Twilight Sparkle said as she slowly drew closer to examine it all.
"Y'all can change yer mind if ya want," Applejack made sure to say.
"No worries, Applejack. It's clear that you're quite aroused. I'll do my best to make sure you achieve proper sexual satisfaction," Twilight said primly.
Applejack just rolled her eyes. Leave it to Twilight to make dirty talk sound like science.
"Well then, like you said, Ah'm plenty ready," Applejack said.
Twilight nodded. She lit her horn up a little, covering the tool with a soft glow, not for light, but just to create a sheath of magic. "Here we go," Twilight said. She tilted her head, looking up with her eyes as Applejack did her best to hold still.
"Ooh," she huffed as she felt the tip make contact. Twilight seemed to study what Applejack had done, and she didn't insert her horn immediately. Instead, she drew circles around Applejack's labia, spreading them apart and using her blunted, rounded tip to prod around her marehood, drawing another sharp breath from Applejack as the warm, almost buzzing horn circled her clit. Her nethers throbbed in response, more wetness flowing from her, Applejack's body seemingly begging for it.
"Is this good?" Twilight asked, taking mental notes of every twitch and moan that came from Applejack, gently doing figure eights around her bead with her horn.
"Fer heaven's sake, Twilight, quit teasin'!" Applejack said with a definite blush.
"Teasing? Do you not like it?" she asked.
"Ah didn't say that," Applejack said, trying to maintain her composure. "But there's a time to warm a mare up and there's a time to shove it in her!"
"You want me to shove my horn in you?" Twilight Sparkle's question was totally sincere, but Applejack was dying with arousal.
"Sweet Celestia, Twilight, just fuck me already!" Applejack moaned.
Twilight Sparkle grinned. "As you wish."
"Mmmf!" Applejack grunted as Twilight's horn slipped between her lips and thrust into her entrance. "Ohh, Luna," Applejack moaned as she was filled with a thin, yet heavenly rod. No, it wasn't thick or throbbing like a meaty stallion cock, but it was smooth as could be, and it seemed to radiate a steady, glowing heat that filled Applejack, sinking deep into her flesh and bones. Applejack's wetness made it all too easy for Twilight to slide the whole horn in, and her entrance closed just snugly enough at the base of Twilight's forehead. "That's... hoo, that's somethin' right there," Applejack said.
Twilight giggled to herself a little. "I'm glad you like it, because you're making a bit of a mess in my mane," she said.
"Oops," Applejack smiled sheepishly as she saw the shining streaks mussing Twilight's hair. "Sorry. Can't really help it. Ah've always been like that."
"I think it's appropriate for an Apple to be juicy," Twilight said.
"Did you just- Ah!"
Applejack was cut off as Twilight thrust her forehead into Applejack. Her horn sank deep into Applejack's body, filling her with rigid heat, yet soft tingles. The broad skull at the base of it all only pressed into Applejack's outer folds, applying an even pressure to her marehood and clit, like grinding into the base of a stallion's crotch. The pleasure of it all was making Applejack a little giddy, and Twilight had barely started to move.
The alicorn continued with slow, steady thrusts, finding a rhythm and angle that would best please Applejack and still be easy on her neck. "I guess I'm doing something right," she said beneath the steady stream of Applejack's pleasured grunts and groans.
"Uhhh, you can say that again," the earth pony moaned. "Gosh, it feels like yer buzzin' in me."
"Oh! If you like buzzing, I can do that!" Twilight offered excitedly.
Her magic flared, and Applejack's eyes shot open. "Ah! Ohhhh," she moaned as her entire marehood was set alight with a heavy vibration. Applejack had never felt anything like it, but suddenly she wished she had found unicorns more attractive in the past. Everything seemed to tingle and pulse, from her throbbing lips to her tightening passage to her aching clit. Never had she felt such pleasure build in her so quickly, but it was coming like a stampede. "Ohh, Twilight! Fuck me! Uhh, fuck me!"
Twilight could only oblige. She pressed her head into Applejack, shoving her horn into her pussy harder and harder, slowly turning up the vibration until she could feel it all in her skull. Yet this only doubled the sensation for Applejack, as every part of Twilight her marehood touched buzzed heavily, humming in ecstasy. Her juices flowed, and she bucked her hips back into Twilight's thrusts, her orgasm building quickly.
"Twilight! Ah'm gonna cum! Ah! Uhhh!" Then, she gave her final thrust, shoving Twilight's horn deep into her pussy as she went over the edge. "Yee-haw!" Her entire body seemed to surge, overtaken by the massive orgasm that wracked every limb and muscle with climactic release. Her sturdy body was jerking in ecstatic throes, and her great marehood was quivering, juices spurting from her as her clit sang, the buzzing, throbbing music of it lancing through her belly and down her spine. She moaned and cried out so much that she, too, was left breathless, her limbs drained of energy. She could only flop back as Twilight withdrew, a light sheen of sweat beginning to form on her coat and forehead.
"I take it that was satisfying?" Twilight asked, her head poking into Applejack's vision from above. "Because I know mares are capable of serial orgasms, so if you want more-"
"No more," Applejack said. "Ah don't think Ah could take much more of that. Whew." She stared up at the ceiling for a moment, trying to catch her breath.
Twilight Sparkle just smiled. "I guess we're even, then."
Applejack nodded. "Shoulda done this a long time ago."
"I don't think we were ready," Twilight said. "We needed time to get to know each other. As friends. If we weren't as close as we are, I would have never considered doing anything like this."
Applejack understood exactly what she meant. "C'mere," she said.
Twilight hesitated only for a moment before laying down next to Applejack, letting the bigger mare wrap her hooves around her shoulders, pressing her head into her body, resting her face on her great orange chest. "Does this mean...?" she asked quietly.
"What do ya want?" Applejack said. "Say it."
Her heart had never been so loud and clear. "I want you."
Applejack tilted her head and planted a slow, warm kiss to Twilight's messy mane. "Ah want you too."
The two smiled wide, closing their eyes, listening to each other's heartbeat and breathing. "It feels like we've been like this for a long time," Twilight said.
"Well, we have been, in a way. Just not this close. But Ah've always loved you, Twi. With everything Ah got."
"I love you, too, Applejack," Twilight whispered. She kissed Applejack's neck before pressing her cheek back to her chest. Then her eyes widened. "What are we going to tell everypony?"
"We'll tell 'em when we're ready for 'em to know. Not a moment sooner, not a moment later. Ya hear?"
Twilight smiled. "You're always so sure of these things."
"Ah'm Applejack. Ain't nothing gonna go wrong if Ah got somethin' to say about it."
Twilight nuzzled Applejack. "I trust you."
"Good. Now get some sleep. Reckon we're gonna have a big appetite in the mornin'."
Twilight grinned devilishly. "Will that be because of tonight, or because of what we'll do tomorrow morning?"
"Little of both, I reckon," Applejack answered, smiling back as she closed her eyes.
It was all too easy for them to fall asleep next to one another. Despite how quickly everything had changed, being with each other was as familiar as home.