Round and Round
"Isn't it beautiful, Twilight?"
Rarity turned to face her marefriend in complete enthrallment, her diamond-blue eyes shimmering.
She slowly slid across the metal passager car to get closer to the purple alicorn, sleepily nuzzling against Twilight's fuzzy chest. The seat rocked gently in the popcorn scented zephyr, creaking ever so faintly along with the crashing of waves.
Twilight glanced down at Rarity, grinning. "It sure is," she whispered, placing an outstretched lavender wing around Rarity. "Almost as beautiful as you."
Rarity laughed softly, breathing in the flowery scent of Twilight's fur. "You flatter me, darling. Really. But I've got nothing on the absolutely stunning Princess of Friendship. Now, don't go telling ponies I said this, but that mare's got one hay of a body to envy!"
Twilight blushed lightly, playfully batting Rarity's curled mane. "Aww, I won't say anything, I promise," she giggled.
The two of them gazed at Luna's scenic night in wonder, calmly leaning against each other in the cool, evening breeze.
The once salmon and purple sky had transformed into a vast expanse of jet-black that engulfed the carnival in a state of endless peace. Celestia's sun had dipped over the horizon minutes before, the regal alicorn preparing to retire from the long summer day.
A canopy of luminous stars hung over head amongst the ocean of blackness— some were dull; merely flickering into existence every now and then, but there was an adequate amount of sparkling stars to illuminate the dark, almost empty fair.
The lake alongside the ferris wheel glistened, mirroring the dazzling assemblage of glittering stars and the luminescence from the restaurants and designer boutiques (ones that had nothing on Rarity's own, as Twilight would say) that lined the marina. The faint wind brushed against the water’s surface, the ripples ruffling the stillness of the surface, and shattering the reflection of the two lovers embracing.
"I'm glad you choose to go up here," Twilight spoke quietly after a moment, tearing her gaze away. Rarity nodded mutely, a slight smile decorating her snow-white muzzle. "It's now the perfect time," Twilight countinued, "to ask you if—"
"Hey, sis!"
A high-pitched scream startled the two serene mares, Rarity jerking up off Twilight's chest in a single movement. Right behind the passenger car Rarity shared with Twilight, three familiar fillies sat sporting eerily similar grins, their faces filled with childish glee.
"Erm..." Rarity felt her cheeks warm as she pulled herself to a sitting position, trying not to brush against Twilight too much. "Uh, hello, girls. What are you doing here?"
Twilight shared an awkward glance between her marefriend, their eyes wide in embarrassment. How much had they seen, or heard? While everypony knew that the Princess of Friendship was dating Rarity the Unicorn, (gossip!) both of them had sworn to try and keep the Crusaders of out of their very affectionate relationship. Twilight also wasn't the most comfortable with having ponies watch her while she was at her most vulnerable; with Rarity. Knowing Sweetie Belle, Rarity was aware of how the little troublemaker could blurt out something extremely inappropriate at any given time, no matter how innocent Sweetie Belle thought it was. And her other two friends would follow, Scootaloo much less innocently so.
All three of the foals chucked, a mixture of a squeak, an accented guaffaw, and a raspy cough. "What do ya mean, 'what are we doin' here?'" Apple Bloom asked, wrinkling up her cream-colored muzzle.
"Yeah!" Sweetie Belle squawked again. "It's a carnival! Are we not supposed to go on rides?" Sweetie turned around to high hoof Applebloom and Scootaloo, as if her quip was the funniest comeback a pony could have.
"Oh!" Scootaloo piped up, her orange wings buzzing. "We also came to watch the show!"
"Watch the show?" Twilight mumbled to herself in confusion, cocking her head to the side. Then her face burned a dark scarlet as she realized the implications.
Rarity gasped, blushing, and then frowned in astonishment at the pegasus' brashness. "Scootaloo, darling! How dare you say that! What until I tell your..." Rarity faltered, searching for the right thing to say.
Scootaloo grinned, triumphant. "Tell who?"
"Rainbow Dash!" Rarity smirked evilly, fluffing out her purple mane.
Instead of her smile fading, Scootaloo's grew even wider. "No need to, Rarity! She's already here!" The three crusaders pointed to the the seat in front of her, the alleged stallion with the top hat wipping of the disguise to reveal none other then the rainbow-maned pegasus, Rainbow Dash.
Rarity gaped in disbelief, while Twilight just groaned and face-hoofed.
Rainbow Dash laughed, puffing out her chest. "Hi, Rarity and Twilight! What's up?"
"Oh, I'm pretty sure you know," Rarity grumbled darkly, narrowing her eyes.
"Do I?" Rainbow asked, a sudden golden halo appearing above her head.
"Did you guys seriously—" Rarity dramatically swiveled around between the two chairs, "—plan to go on the ferris wheel at the same time as us, dress Rainbow Dash up as a stallion, wait until we got nice and comfortable up here, and then surprise us with this whole charade?"
Everypony nodded, their shoulders shaking with uncontainable laughter. Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo were laying on top of each other in tears, the popcorn bucket in Sweetie Belle's magic spilling all over the place. Rainbow Dash almost fell out of the ride's metal bars, her eyes bulging in amusement. Meanwhile, Twilight had shoved herself in the corner of the car, her face almost entirely tomato-red.
Rarity sighed, about to give in to the silly prank, when her mind landed on a brilliant idea. "Twilight," she whispered into the alicorn's ear, "sit up for a moment."
Twilight pushed herself from the corner reluctantly, her eyes downcast at the carnival below them.
"Just go along with this," Rarity said almost inaudibly out of the corner of her mouth. "Trust me."
Twilight nodded carefully, and the Rarity announced for the whole group to hear, "Alright, if it's a show you want, then it's a show you'll get!"
With many months of practice, Rarity swiftly grabbed Twilight's hoof and kissed her passionately on the lips, almost too roughly. Twilight gasped, but made no movement to stop it.
Rainbow Dash and the Cutie Mark Crusaders all widened their eyes, faces on fire.
"Eww!" Scootaloo exclaimed, gagging. "They're eating each other! Let's get off while we still can!"
Nodding in agreement, Rainbow Dash quickly flew over the three fillies, grabbed all of them up on her back, and flew off the ride screaming hysterically.
When it was finally quiet, the two mares pulled apart, laughing. Rarity happily hugged her mare friend, sighing. "Thank you, Twilight. Hopefully they learned their lesson."
Twilight bobbed her head in agreement, her cheeks dimmed down to a cherry-pink. "I bet they did."
"Well, I didn't!" squeaked Pinkie Pie, bursting through the bottom of the cart with Fluttershy on her back. "Do it again, do it again!"