REALLY Close Friends
SUNSET SEXYTIMES
An “Equestria Girls” fanfic by Erin Mills
“My Little Pony: Equestria Girls” ©2018 Hasbro/DHX Media
Sunset Shimmer slammed the door to the music room open, her face red with anger.
“WHICH ONE OF YOU IS OVERUSING HER MAGIC... AGAIN?!”
The six girls in the room stared at their enraged friend. Rarity stood up and walked over. She raised her hand to put it on Sunset's shoulder. To her surprise, Sunset dodged the contact and stepped to the side. Rarity blinked and looked at her.
“Sunset, darling, what's going on?”
“Somebody in this room is abusing their magic again. I've been picking up everybody's thoughts all afternoon!”
The girls all looked down at the geodes around their necks. Pinkie looked back up.
“I don't get it. How can you be reading everybody's mind if the geodes aren't getting all glowy? That's how it works!”
“I don't know,” Sunset hissed. “And I don't care. I just want whichever one of you has been using her magic to stop.”
“Who says it's us?” asked Rainbow Dash. “The geodes aren't glowing, so maybe your magic is going crazy because of something else.”
“I. Don't. Care.” Sunset's expression was dark. “I want it to stop.”
“Well, don't come in here accusing all of us of abusing the magic because yours is freaking out!”
“Don't yell at me!” Sunset stalked over and stared Rainbow down.
“Don't yell at us when you don't know what's going on for sure!”
“Um, maybe we could not yell at all?” Fluttershy whispered.
“Yeah, I think y'all need to calm down.” Applejack came over and put her hands on each of her friends shoulders. As soon as contact was made Sunset's geode flashed and she screamed. She knocked Applejack's hand off and scrabbled backward. Rainbow and Applejack stared at her. Behind her, Rarity walked over and put a hand up. Sunset's head turned to look at her.
“DON'T TOUCH ME!”
Rarity blinked and held up both hands. “Of course, Sunset darling! But, if you don't mind an observation, you seem a little... on edge.”
“On edge?” Sunset looked up, her eyes wide and frantic. “On EDGE?! I'VE BEEN PICKING UP THE SEXUAL FANTASIES OF EVERYONE IN THE DAMN SCHOOL AND THEY'VE ALL INVOLVED ME! I'D SAY I'M ENTITLED TO BE ON THE GOD DAMN EDGE!”
“Wait, wait, wait! What?” Twilight Sparkle dashed over. “You're picking up what?!”
Sunset sighed and she slumped into a chair. She put her face in her hands. “It's not like last time. I'm not picking up random thoughts. For some reason, all I'm getting is everyone's sexual fantasies.”
“Sex fantasies?” Rarity pulled a chair over and sat down next to Sunset. She reached out to comfort her friend, but remembered at the last minute and pulled her hand back. “Oh darling, I'm so sorry.”
“I don't understand,” said Twilight. “How can you be picking up something that specific?”
Sunset looked up, her face haggard. “It's not just any sex fantasies. They all involved me.”
“You?” Applejack asked.
“All of them?” Fluttershy echoed.
“That's... oddly specific,” said Rarity.
“Too specific,” Twilight murmured. She looked at Sunset. “I know you probably really don't want to talk about this, but can you tell us what's been happening?”
“Perv,” Rainbow smirked. The other girls gave her a look. “What?”
“Time and a place, Rainbow Dash,” Rarity hissed through her teeth. She looked at Sunset with sympathy. “Perhaps it would help if you talked about it, Sunset. We might be able to help figure out what's going on.”
Sunset sighed, her shoulders sagging. “Fine. I don't know what's going on, but I was sitting in the library when my geode suddenly flashed. I don't know why, but I ignored it when nothing happened. Then, I started hearing Snips talking about what he'd like to do to me in the stacks.”
“Where did you hide the body, and how many garbage bags are we going to need?” Rainbow said, folding her arms. That got a smile out of Sunset and she looked up.
“None, but thanks for volunteering to be an accessory after the fact. I was going to call him on it, but I heard another one from him. The thing is, he was talking to Snails at the same time.”
“So you realized you were reading his mind,” Twilight stated.
Sunset nodded. “I was still thinking about clobbering him for it, but I decided to let it go. It wasn't his fault my magic decided to let me into his perv mind. And then the bell rang. Sending me out into the hallway. Guess what happened.”
The group of girls looked at each other and realization slowly dawned. Fluttershy blushed. Rainbow Dash let out a snort of laughter before slapping a hand over her mouth. Applejack and Twilight exchanged a glance.
“The entire hallway?!” Rarity shrieked. “All of them?!”
“All of them,” Sunset confirmed. “Every single student had some sort of sex fantasy involving me.”
“That can't be right,” said Rainbow. “I mean, we all know there's gay guys here. Those guys at least couldn't be fantasizing about you.”
“That's right!” Pinkie piped up. “What about Wiz Kid and Curly Winds? Everybody knows they're going out! No way they'd be interested in you, Sunset!”
Sunset fixed the two of them with a flat stare. “They want me to watch.”
“Watch?” Twilight asked. “Watch what?”
Sunset gave her bespectacled friend a side-eyed glance. Twilight blinked and blushed as she realized what Sunset meant. She giggled nervously.
“Sorry.”
Sunset leaned back in her chair and sighed. “What I don't understand is why everyone kept looking at me like I was out of my mind. You'd think if people were having those thoughts about me, at least some of them would be embarrassed when I saw them, or smug, or something!”
Twilight's hand went to her chin in thought. “What if they weren't aware they even had those thoughts?”
Sunset blinked. “What do you mean?”
“It could be possible that instead of tapping into their conscious thoughts, somehow, you picked up their subconscious fantasies? Things that might have occurred to them, but never actively thought about?”
“Is that even possible?” Rarity asked. “Sunset's magic hasn't ever acted like that before.”
“Honestly, I don't even care,” Sunset replied. “I just want it to stop.”
“Okay then, I have an idea.” Twilight walked over to the blackboard and began making notes. “What if you were to try using your powers on us while our conscious minds were actively focused on something else? That way, we could be sure that what's happening isn't intentional and maybe figure out how to stop it.”
Sunset folded her arms and gave Twilight a look. “You want me to try to see what sort of perverted sexual nonsense all of you have in your heads about me?”
“No, no, no!” Twilight paused as she considered what she was proposing. “Well... yes, actually, but only to test the theory!”
She put the chalk down and rummaged around in her backpack, pulling out a book. “What I want you all to do is read from this book aloud while Sunset uses her magic. If she still picks up... thoughts like that, it means that what she's getting is subconscious thoughts and that will bring us one step closer to figuring out what to do about it.”
Rainbow took the book from her, looked at the title, and began laughing. Twilight gave her a look.
“What?”
Rainbow held up the book. “'Moby Dick!'” she gasped before collapsing into laughter again.
Applejack groaned. “Oh, for Pete's sake!”
She grabbed the book from Rainbow and opened it to a random page. “Now, I may not be much for science, but I remember that you need a control group for an experiment like this, right? Somebody who isn't gonna have those kind of thoughts, no matter what we're doin'?”
“Something like that,” Twilight said. “Not sure how we can do that here though. Especially if the fantasies are subconscious.”
“Then we can start with me,” Applejack said. “I know I ain't gonna be thinkin' about that.”
Sunset looked up, a concerned look on her face. “Applejack, you don't have to do this.”
The farm girl smiled back at her. “It's okay, Sunset. It's was gonna come out eventually. Might as well be when it can help you.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yeah, don't worry about it.”
“What are you two talking about?” Rainbow asked.
“Yes, I think I'd like to know as well,” Rarity said. “How can you be so sure you aren't going to have those kind of thoughts even subconsciously, Applejack?”
“'Cause I ain't interested in sex.”
“Oh bull!” Rainbow snapped. “Everybody's interested in sex!”
“Not me,” Applejack answered. “Never thought about it. Don't really care about it.”
“Wait. You're asexual, darling?” Rarity asked.
Applejack shrugged. “I dunno what I am, but I know that I don't rightly care about sex. So it seems to me that if Twi needs a control group for this, I fit the bill.”
“Well, if that's true, it should work.” Twilight looked at Sunset. “I don't want to make you uncomfortable. If you don't want to do this, you don't have to.”
Sunset sighed. “At this point, I'll try anything.”
Applejack took the book from Rainbow and opened it. “Just start readin' anywhere?”
Twilight nodded. “Your conscious mind will be occupied with reading. Sunset, when she starts, go ahead and touch her. And we'll see what happens.”
Sunset nodded and stood up. Applejack gave her a reassuring smile.
“We'll figure it out. Don't worry,” she said. Sunset nodded. Applejack opened the book and began reading. After a couple of sentences, Sunset placed her hand on the farmer's shoulder.
The geode flashed.
The sun glittered on the deep blue surface of the lake. A warm breeze brushed across Sunset’s skin as birds chirped and twittered in the nearby trees. She adjusted her sunglasses and sighed as she felt the warmth of the day suffuse her naked form.
“Relaxin’, ain’t it?” Sunset turned her head to see Applejack, also naked except for her ever-present Stetson, rolling onto her side on the towel. The farm girl had propped herself up on one elbow and was grinning at her friend.
“Oh, yeah.” Sunset stretched and raised herself up, leaning back on her elbows. “I forgot how it feels to not wear clothes all the time. Just you and the sun and the breeze without anything getting in the way of all of it.”
“I know. Ain’t nothin’ better than skinny dippin’ on a mild summer’s day.” Applejack rolled onto her back and pulled her hat down over her eyes. “Layin’ in the sun afterward ain’t bad neither.”
Sunset smiled and reached for her bag. “Yeah, but really easy to burn if you’re not careful. Especially in the more sensitive areas.”
Applejack chuckled. “That happened to Rainbow Dash when I brought her out here once.”
Sunset grinned as she pulled out a tube of sunscreen. She squeezed a generous amount into her palm and began applying it to her body. “Okay, I have to hear this story.”
Applejack didn’t move but began telling her tale in a more laconic drawl than usual. “Well, I invited her out here jes’ like I did you, an’ we had a mighty fine time. Raced each other across the lake. Distance contests on the rope swing yonder. Y’know, our usual shenanigans.
“Well, after a while, we started gettin’ tired an’ come up here to the beach to dry out. We chatted for a while an’ I guess we both just drifted off. Woke up about an hour later to Rainbow screamin’ like Winona after that time she found out that the bees didn’t wanna play with her. Turns out, Dash’s sunscreen wasn’t waterproof like she thought an’ the poor gal was fried to a crisp. Just as bright red as she’s normally blue.”
Sunset snickered. “Everywhere?”
Applejack gave a wide grin from under her hat. “Everywhere on her front. Bright red in the front, cool blue in the back. Poor gal couldn’t walk straight or sit down for a week.”
Sunset laughed as she finished applying the sunscreen. “Remind me to pull that story out the next time she starts razzing me. Speaking of, though, get my back?”
“Sure.” Applejack sat up and tilted her hat back. Sunset turned, allowing her friend access to her shoulders and back. She sighed and rested her head on her knees as she felt the strong fingers work the cream into her skin. “Mmmm. Nice. Thanks for bringing me out here, AJ. I didn’t know how much I needed this until today.”
“Sure thing, sugarcube. Figured, with you sayin’ most ponies don’t normally wear clothes in Equestria, you’d be up for it. Lord knows I ain’t never gettin’ Fluttershy or Rarity out here.”
“Naked outdoors? Rarity would be mortified.” Sunset raised her head and declaimed in a fair approximation of their fashionista friend’s voice. “’Nude? Among the insects, and weeds, and the dirt?! The DIRT, darling! Are you INSANE?!’”
Applejack burst out laughing, with Sunset following soon after. Sunset changed position, laying on her stomach as Applejack began working the sunscreen into her friend’s legs. Sunset sighed and drifted off slightly, letting out a small shriek as Applejack smacked her on the butt.
“All done! You mind returnin’ the favor?”
“Nope.” Sunset got up and got more sunscreen. Applejack laid face down on her towel, resting her head on her arms. Sunset began working the protectant into the farm girl’s back, smiling when AJ let out a sigh of pleasure. She looked back up at the sky, the lake, and the sun as it began to descend into late afternoon.
It was a good day.
Sunset took her hand off Applejack's shoulder. Applejack stopped reading and looked at her.
“You all right, sugarcube?”
Sunset nodded. “You were right, but...”
“But what?” Twilight asked.
“It wasn't sexual,” Sunset began, confusion in her voice. “But we were skinny dipping. So, no sex, but we were both naked.”
“Huh,” Twilight mused. “That's interesting. That element aside, it seems to have worked as planned.”
“I guess,” Sunset sighed. “Who's next?”
She let out a yelp as Pinkie popped up right next to her. “Me! Memememememe! Do me!”
“Phrasing!” Rainbow smirked. The others looked at her. Rainbow huffed. “You all need to get some culture.”
Sunset groaned and rubbed her temples. She took the book from Applejack and handed it to Pinkie. “Just... start reading, please.”
“Okie dokie lokie!” Pinkie flipped the book open. “'Call me Ishmael! Several years ago... '”
As Pinkie worked her way through the text, Sunset sighed and put a hand on her shoulder.
Sunset Shimmer struggled against the ropes that held her to the stake on the cart that was hauling her through the streets of Candytown. Around her, angry anthropomorphic candy hollered and jeered as the cart came closer to the plinth in the center of town.
The mayor, an oversized candy corn with an equally oversized mustache, pulled out a scroll as the cart came to a stop. Sunset’s bonds were loosened, but she was held fast by two brutish hard candies which kept a vice-like grip on her arms. She was propelled to the plinth and stood looking at the angry mob of sweetness.
The mayor harrumphed a few times before speaking. “Dear friends and neighbors, once again the time for the annual offering has come, and it is with great sadness that we must once again offer up one of our own to the She Who Must Be Placated.”
“I don’t even live here!” Sunset protested. One of the hard candies tightened their grip on her arm, causing her to let out a gasp of pain. The mayor ignored the outburst and continued.
“As decreed by She Who Must Be Placated, the offering must be prepared and anointed with the Sacred Sauce! Begin the preparations!”
Sunset gasped as the hard candies began tearing at her clothes. Within secoNds, she was naked and trussed back up to the stake with her hands over her head, her wrists and ankles bound to the wooden pole. Spinters poked her backside and she struggled against both her restraints and her rising embarrassment.
“Anoint the offering with the Sacred Sauce!”
“That does not sound appealing no matter how many times you say it!” Sunset protested. “In fact, it sounds worse every—BLAGH!”
A flood of chocolate sauce poured down over her. Rivulets running over every curve and into every cranny. Her hair became a sticky, sodden mess that clinged to her face and back. Sunset shook her head, sending chocolate flying everywhere. She managed to get enough off her face so she could open her eyes.Her bare feet felt a tremor in the ground.
“She Who Must Be Placated comes!” cried the mayor. “Quickly, everyone to your homes!”
The mob scattered, leaving Sunset, naked, bound, and sticky (which admittedly wasn’t the first time she’d been all three simultaneously), looking up in fear as a large shadow blotted out the sun.
A giant, equally naked Pinkie Pie loomed over the town, grabbing the roofs of the gingerbread buildings and chomping down on them. She hummed a bright tune to herself, her massive breasts bouncing as she skipped through the streets. The giant pink menace stopped as she reached to town square and smiled as she saw her prey.
“Oooh! Chocolate covered Sunset! They went all out this year!”
Sunset’s eyes widened. “Oh no. No no no. Hell, no!”
Pinkie reached down and plucked the stake from the ground, bringing Sunset up to her face, upside down.
“O-Okay, funny joke! Let’s stop now before it goes too far, okay? Huh? GAAAAAAH!”
The “GAAAAAAH!” was because Pinkie shot out her massive tongue and began licking the chocolate from Sunset’s nude form. Sunset cringed in disgust as the giant appendage wriggled and flicked over every inch of her body, seeking all the chocolate out form wherever it happened to be.
Yes, EVERYWHERE.
Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the tongue receded and Sunset, still naked, bound, and sticky (however, no longer sticky with chocolate), gasped for air. She looked up at Pinkie, terror still in her eyes. Pinkie was looking at her hungrily.
“Now for the crunchy center!” Pinkie tilted her head back and opened her mouth. She held the stake between her thumb and forefinger. Sunset, still upside down and getting dizzy from the blood rushing to her head, looked at the gaping maw below her.
“Oh hell.”
Pinkie let go of the stake and Sunset screamed as she tumbled into the giant’s eager mouth.
Sunset's scream continued as she leaped away from Pinkie. The other girls cried out Sunset's name. Rarity hurried over and reached out her arms, pulling back at the last minute as she remembered not to touch her friend.
“What did you see, darling?”
Sunset shook her head. “It was sexual. It was disturbing. And I will never, ever, say more than that.”
“Awww,” Pinkie moaned. “I was hoping to know what I secretly fantasize about.”
Sunset glared at Pinkie, then back at Rarity. “You mind going next? I need something relatively normal after that.”
“Of course,” Rarity said brightly. She took the book from Pinkie Pie and began reading. Sunset took another deep breath and made contact.
“Really, Sunset, Value-Mart?” Rarity rolled her eyes as the two of them entered the large retailer.
“Yes, I know how you feel about Value-Mart,” Sunset groaned. “But I don’t exactly have the budget to consistently shop at your boutique, Rarity. Besides, I just need socks and underwear.”
“But Value-Mart, darling!” Rarity protested as Sunset led the way to the apparel section of the store. “Even for off the rack basics, their products are extraordinarily shoddy. Cheap, sweatshop made junk! Those socks you’re so eager to buy won’t last a month before they wear out!”
“Yeah, well, it’s all I can afford right now.”
“Sunset, if you simply must shop in a place like this, at least let me assist you and we can go to the Bullseye across town! I can cover the difference in cost and the merchandise is at least more durable.”
“We’re already here, Rarity,” Sunset said, grabbing a package of socks from the wall. She walked further down and found a six pack of panties in an assortment of colors. She held them up. “These are cute. What do you think?”
Rarity gave her friend a look. “I think you’ll be back in two weeks to buy more after the dye runs in the laundry and ruins the rest of your underwear.”
Sunset frowned. She put the socks and underwear down, grabbed Rarity’s arm and dragged her into one of the store’s changing booths. She thrust Rarity up against the wall, causing the fashionista to gasp.
“Listen to me,” Sunset said, her voice low and harsh. “I know you think shopping here is beneath you, but I did not ask for a ride just to listen to your complaining and whining. There are plenty of people out there who rely on this place to get them what they need. I can usually put up with you when you start acting snobby, but not when you’re making me feel like nothing because I have to be frugal with my money? Understand?”
Rarity gulped and nodded. Her cheeks flushed and she felt her face heat up. “I’m sorry, darling. I didn’t mean to make you feel inadequate.”
Sunset took a step back and folded her arms, blocking the door to the changing room. “Take off your panties.”
Rarity blinked. “I beg your pardon?”
“Panties. Off. Now.”
“Sunset, darling, I think –”
Sunset let out an exasperated sigh and grabbed Rarity’s arm. Before she knew it, Rarity found herself with her face pressed against the wall, her skirt pulled up around her hips and her panties around her ankles. Sunset grabbed her hips and pulled so that Rarity was now pressed up against the wall with her rear sticking out.
Sunset didn’t give her the time to catch her breath and began spanking her friend repeatedly. Rarity let out a shriek of surprise, but Sunset quickly covered her mouth with her free hand.
“Don’t you dare make a sound. This is what happens to snobby little girls who look down on others. Nod if you understand.”
Rarity nodded, eyes wide. Sunset removed her hand but returned to slapping her hand against Rarity’s pert buttocks. Rarity bit down on her bottom lip as each stinging smack made contact. Her fists clenched and she began quietly pounding them against the wall. Tears flowed from her eyes, causing her mascara to run in large black streaks across her face.
Sunset noticed and leaned in, rubbing her friend’s abused reddened cheeks. “You like this, don’t you? Having someone put you in your place when you become unbearable?”
“Yes,” Rarity whispered. Sunset spanked her again.
“I beg your pardon?” she grinned.
“Yes, Sunset, darling!” Rarity said louder, while still trying to avoid attracting attention to any shoppers outside the changing room. “Put me in my place!”
Sunset caressed Rarity’s ass, dragging her fingertips across the sensitive skin. “What do you want me to do to you?”
“Anything you want, darling!” Rarity let out another squeak of pain and desire as Sunset’s hand connected again.
“That’s not what I asked you. What do YOU want me to do to you?”
Sunset redoubled her efforts, spanking Rarity hard and fast. Rarity squirmed, pressing her legs together, pain and pleasure cross-wiring themselves in her brain. She closed her eyes and cried out in ecstasy. “Spank me! Punish me! Make me sign bad checks! Oh, god, force me to shop from the discount bin!”
The spanking abruptly ceased. Rarity opened her eyes and looked over her shoulder, fearful she had offended Sunset. Sunset was looking at her with a crafty smile she hadn’t seen since before the Fall Formal.
“Now, there’s an idea. Wallet.” Sunset held out her hand. Rarity turned around, panties still bunched around her ankles. She reached into a cleverly concealed pocket of her skirt and pulled out her wallet. She passed it over. Sunset opened it and took out a ten dollar bill. She pocketed the wallet and folded her arms.
“Strip.”
Rarity blinked. “Here? Now?”
Sunset raised a displeased eyebrow. “I could just open this door now and let everyone out there see you like this.”
Rarity gulped. Anyone out there would see her. What if it was someone from school? It would be common knowledge by Monday. Half naked, makeup running, panties around her ankles. And worse still, they would know she had been at Value-Mart! She turned her back to Sunset.
“Unzip me, please?” she asked meekly. Sunset smirked and stepped forward. Within seconds, she was holding all of Rarity’s clothes except her shoes, which remained on the fashionista’s feet. Sunset handed her naked friend the ten dollar bill. Rarity looked at her, perplexed.
“What’s this for?”
“You’re going shopping for clothes,” Sunset said, putting a hand on the knob of the changing room door. “I’ll be waiting at the car. Bye!”
Sunset quickly vanished through the door, leaving Rarity gaping behind her. Rarity looked down at the money in her hand. She realized there was no way she could afford even the skimpiest of covering from the racks of the store. She gasped and put a hand to her mouth as she realized Sunset was forcing her to do exactly what she had asked: shop from the discount bin.
And she would have to do it naked.
“You are evil, Sunset Shimmer! Evil incarnate!” Rarity looked herself over in the mirror, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. “You can do this, Rarity. You will do this. The discount bin is just outside that door. Dash out, grab something to cover yourself, then dash back in here to get dressed and go pay for it.”
She took another shuddering breath and turned to face the door. She took a step forward and stopped as she realized she was feeling moisture on the inside of her thighs. She looked down, then back up sharply, her face bright red.
Realizing there was nothing for it, she grabbed the doorknob, took a deep breath and dashed out into the store, naked at the day she was born.
Sunset broke contact and looked down at Rarity. Rarity looked up from the book.
“Is everything all right, darling? You look a little... red."
“Huh?” Sunset blurted. “Yeah, fine. Um... Twilight, that one was sexual in nature too.”
“Right,” Twilight made more notes on the blackboard. Sunset sighed and looked at the rest of her friends.
“Who's next?” she asked.
“Actually,” Twilight began. “I think we've got a pretty good idea that you're tapping into subconscious thoughts. So at least we know – “
“Aw, come on!” Rainbow cried. “I wanna know what else we all secretly wanna do with Sunset.”
“Gee, thanks, Rainbow.” Sunset quirked an eyebrow at her friend.
“What? Are you telling me that you aren't curious what sort of sick things you don't even know you fantasize about are in there?”
“Fine. Are you volunteering?”
Rainbow blinked and blushed. “Uh... yeah. Okay, fine, you got me. Mostly I wanna know what Fluttershy has in her head.”
Fluttershy let out an embarrassed squeak and the group turned to look at her. The shy girl drew up her knees and hid her face behind a notebook. Rarity glared at Rainbow.
“For goodness sake, Rainbow Dash, leave them alone. Sunset's issue isn't your personal PornCore channel.”
Rainbow blinked. “How do you even know about PornCore?”
Now it was Rarity's turn to blush. “Well... I – I happen – “ she stammered.
Sunset tuned out Rarity's stuttering denial and Rainbow's laughter and frowned. Fluttershy's reaction bothered her. Whenever Rainbow made an off color remark and dragged Fluttershy into it, the quiet girl blushed and got embarrassed, but she never went so far as to try to hide herself.
Sunset walked over to where Fluttershy was sitting. “Fluttershy?” she asked.
Fluttershy squeaked and tried to make herself smaller. Sunset sighed.
“Sorry, Flutters.” She put a hand on her friend's shoulder. Both geodes flashed as she made contact.
“Well, I think you need to focus on her needs for a while,” Flutter shy said to the squirrel on her knee. “I know you aren't used to thinking about that, but it is kind of selfish when you think about it. I know you want to have babies and all, but really, we humans like to make sure everybody's having fun while we're doing that.”
The squirrel chittered and squeaked. Fluttershy nodded.
“Exactly, just do the things I told you and I think you'll both have a much better time and become closer together and make this season just a little bit more special.”
The squirrel gave the approximation of a nod and dashed off Fluttershy's knee. She giggled and waved goodbye. A large shadow passed over her. Fluttershy looked up to see a massive bear towering above her.
“Harry!” she cried, getting to her feet. She gave the bear a hug. “Tell me how it went! Did Frank appreciate it?”
The bear let out a growl which resembled a chortle. As Fluttershy chatted with her ursine friend, she failed to notice her geode glowing. A flash of pink light shot from the pendant and rocketed toward the school, straight for the dome that covered the library.
Sunset stared at Fluttershy. “It was you? You overcharged me?”
“I... guess so,” Fluttershy muttered. “I didn't mean to.”
“But why?” Rarity asked. She held up a hand at Fluttershy's wounded look. “No no, darling, I know you didn't mean to do it. I mean, why on earth would all the thoughts Sunset picked up be sexual in nature? What on earth were you talking to your animal friends about?”
Fluttershy turned bright red and she hid behind her hair. “Um... well, it's mating season for a lot of them and some of the less dominant animals were looking for advice on, um, intimate matters.”
The girls looked at her again, and then Rainbow, naturally, burst out laughing.
“You... you were...hahaha... you were giving sex ed to animals!” Rainbow collapsed into a chair, laughing so hard she lost her breath. She gasped and wheezed, her face turning red as she tried to draw breath while laughing. Applejack rolled her eyes and pounded her on the back.
Sunset let her get on with it and knelt down. “Fluttershy, I'm not mad at you, but why didn't you just say so when I came in here?”
“You were so mad, and when you said you thought one of us was overusing her magic, I just kind of panicked. I'm sorry.”
Sunset tilted Fluttershy's head up, her expression soft. “No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have barged in here like that. I was just –“
“I know.” Fluttershy leaned forward and hugged Sunset. The redhead stiffened at the contact but blinked as she realized she wasn't reading her friend's thoughts. She closed her eyes and pulled Fluttershy closer.
“Awww!” Pinkie chimed. Tears began forming at the corner of her eyes. “It's so great that our hidden kinky fantasies didn't ruin a friendship. I'm just so... HAPPYYYYYYYY!” She began bawling profusely, her tears pouring out like fountains.
“Wait! I'm confused,” said Applejack. “Sunset, you ain't reading Fluttershy's thoughts?”
Sunset and Fluttershy broke apart, both girls wiping their eyes. “No. I guess when I touched her, it broke whatever link our geodes created.”
“Fascinating,” Twilight murmured. “This is a new wrinkle in the link between them. I'll need to think about this.”
“Well, in the meantime, who wants ice cream?” Sunset asked. “My treat! Consider it an apology for how I acted.”
Her suggestion was met with cheers and one rough cough as Rainbow finally got her breath back.
Later that afternoon, Sunset was sitting on her couch, writing the entire incident in her journal to Princess Twilight, albeit with some omissions that she felt the princess could do without. As she got to the paragraph where she was about to talk about Rarity, she stopped and thought for a moment.
Actually, Twilight, I'll finish this later. I just remembered an errand I need to run and they'll close soon. I'll be back in a couple of hours.
Sunset put the journal aside and picked up her phone. She tapped a name and waited.
“Hi, Rarity? Sunset. Listen, I just realized I'm out of some essentials and I need to get them tonight.” She paused and grinned. “Can you give me a lift to Value-Mart?”