RUBY'S POV

I woke up in a tangled mess with Pinkie Pie, Lyra, and Braeburn. When did Braeburn arrive? I have no clue. I groaned and tried to get up. I only recieved grunts and swats to the head in response. These ponies are heavier than they look! I sighed and relaxed. I closed my eyes and tried to return to sleep.

"Uge, I gotta head home 'cause Bon Bon's gonna be mad if she finds out I stayed here all night. I'll be back later to help clean up, see, so later guys." Lyra yawned as she struggled to get up. I waved good- bye and closed my eyes again. Pinkie shifted a little and Braeburn twisted around so he could get comfy. His hoof ended up right on my ass. Or FLANK, as they call it . . . I moved his hoof and still kept my eyes closed. Brae mumbled something in his sleep and put his hoof right underneath my TAIL! My eyes shot open and I smacked him awake.

"Wh- whaaa?" he screamed as he shot upright in surprise.

"Your hoof was on my flank and then you put it on my . . . um . . . JUST GO OVER THERE YOU PERVERT!!!!!!!!" I hollered. Surprisingly enough, Pinkie didn't even stir even though I was yelling at the top of my lungs.

"O- oh!" the strange stallion blushed and trotted to another room for lord knows what. I sighed again and I fell asleep for sure this time. There was a shuffling sound and I felt something warm and soft settle on me. I assumed Brae or Vinyl (where ever she was in the house) had put a blanket over me so I snuggled into it and smiled. After a while, I heard hoof steps and collective gasps. I kept my eyes closed and sighed in bliss. This blanket was so comfy!

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RAINBOW DASH'S POV

I walked in with the rest of the girls and we all gasped at the sight on the floor. Ruby and Pinkie were in an awkward position. Ruby was snuggled up against Pinkie's flank while Pinkie's head was resting on Ruby's middle and a for hoof draped over Ruby's blank flank. I felt a little angry at the thought, but I realized Ruby and Pinkie Pie could really be an item . . . or maybe they were drunk and things got carried away. Could Rarity have been right? Uge, I hope not. I couldn't watch the mare of my dreams get swept off her hooves by some newbie. I glanced at Applejack, whose face had the same expression as mine. Twilight looked confused. Fluttershy looked a bit troubled. Rarity looked so pleased. I looked at Ruby's face. She was smiling, then she sighed. Pinkie opened her eyes, then, and gave a loud 'whoop' when she realized that we were here.

"Hey, guys! I'm feeling super duper happy now that your here!" she said.

"Seems like you were super duper happy last night too." Rarity winked. I grimaced and Applejack groaned.

"What ARE you implying?" Twilight asked. Ruby yawned and lifted her head.

"Implying what? When did you guys get here?" she added sleepily. Rarity pointed to her. Ruby looked confused.

"Yer cuddled up to Pinkie Pie an' it looks like ya'll had fun last night, sugarcube." Applejack said. The farm mare shuffled her hooves and blushed when she thought of the 'things' the two could have done.

"Huh?" Ruby looked at Pinkie's plump flank she had used as a pillow and at Pinkie's grinning face that was previously on her middle. Pinkie's hoof wasn't on Ruby's flank now but a little lower, beneath her tail. Ruby blushed and jerked upright.

"Pinkie! What are you doing!?" she squealed. Pinkie grinned.

"Dammit, Pinkie! What the hell were you doing with the newbie?" I hollered.

"Sorry, Dashie, I guess we all fell asleep on the floor. Its okay! I brought cupcakes and apple fritters for breakfast!" the mare of my dreams pulled a wrapped fritter from her cotton candy hair and stuffed it in Ruby's mouth. Ruby chewed before giving an audible 'mmm' sound. Applejack beamed at the obvious complement.

"Pinkie? Ruby? You guys up already?" a male voice came from another room. We all looked up. A tan stallion with a brown vest and cowboy hat and scruffy hair trotted out the other room with a cup of coffee and a bagel. He froze when he saw Applejack and bolted for the door. Applejack blocked him and he glared at her.

"Brae, ya'lls gotta talk to me! Ah don't know wha's gotten into ya but you better get ready to start talkin' in 'bout an hour!" the farm mare said firmly.

Braeburn, the stallion we had seen with Ruby earlier in the week, pouted and looked to Ruby for help. The mare could only babble as she frantically tried to explain to the others what REALLY happened and pass a short lived shrug to him.

"Real helpful, Rubes." Braeburn muttered.

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                                                                          a few minutes later . . . at Twilight's

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RUBY'S POV

I rubbed my temples and groaned as I explained for the FIFTH time to Rarity that I did not have . . . relations with Pinkie Pie. She was being awfully stubborn for some reason.

"Darling, just accept it! I know you feel it in your heart!" Rarity cooed.

"I don't have a crush on PINKIE!!!!!" I shouted.

"You do!" Rarity insisted.

"Rarity . . ."

"Hmm?"

"Shut the fuck up."

". . . ."

"Thank you" There was the sound of hoof steps as Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy approached us. A sticker with the number fifteen was engulfed in her purple aura. Braeburn was sulking behind them.

"Its currently 11:26 am. The talent show starts in twenty minutes. Your supposed to wear this over your cutie mark." Twilight inspected my flank. There was nothing there. Braeburn pointed this out quite loudly and Twilight smiled sheepishly.

"No cutie mark I see. Maybe you'll get it when you sing on stage."

"S- stage!? I never sang in front of people - er - ponies before. Let alone a . . . a . . . crowd." I bit my bottom lip out of nervousness and stared at the six ponies before me. Fluttershy placed a hoof on my shoulder.

"Um . . . you'll be wonderful. I'm sure of it." the meek pegasus smiled and fiddled with her hooves. I smiled back.

"Your too kind Fluttershy." I wondered if she was right? Applejack sensed my uncertainty and poked a hoof in my chest.

"Now, don't ya fret a hair on yer pretty lil' head! Ya'll gonna fine. Ahm tellin' ya the honest truth." the farm mare said firmly.

"If you say so." I muttered. Applejack looked offended.

"Ya callin' me a liar!?" I shook my head quickly. "Good, 'cause yer gonna be amazin'! Gonna smack their hats right off!" Rainbow Dash hovered above me and gave me a sly smile.

"If you don't, you have to live with Twilight or Rarity." We all gave Dash a look.

"How does that help?" Brae questioned.

"Easy! Deal with Rarity's constant talk about fashion and ladyhood or something and try to put you in dresses or listen to Twilight rant on about egghead stuff and force you to read boring books or win the competition!" the cyan pegasus stated as if clearly a great idea. I gulped. By those descriptions, I would rather win the talent show.

"And as a bonus 'you- won- the- talent- show- with- good- singing' reward, i'll teach you how to put cupcakes in your mane and introduce you to some fillies who'll help you get your cutie mark!" Pinkie added. The other five mares shivered and led me out the library/ tree/ house. How does Twilight live here? I'll never know.

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I watched other ponies sing, dance, rap, do tricks, and show off their pets doing tricks. I sighed and looked at the steadily growing crowd as tourists and visitors joined the already present locals. How could such a small town get such a big crowd? Since when do small towns get tourists!? Something else caught my eye. There were ponies in some sort of armor standing around.

I wondered who they were and why they were here. Maybe their like police in this place. Uge, i'm starting to actually miss home. . . Then, I saw a white pony who was several times taller than the rest of the ponies. Flowing mane and tail with a spectrum of colors and a cutie mark of the sun. That pony reminded me of Luna. The pony also had a really long horn and . . . WINGS!? What were those type of ponies called again? Hmm.

"Next up is Sweetie Belle, Skootaloo, and Applebloom singing . . . uh, what's it now? Er . . . Sooty Dark Breakaders?" the announcer said. There was whispering. The announcer grunted.

"Cutie Mark Crusaders!" a voice that sounded like a mini Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Yea! What the little filly here said! Come on out!" The curtains flew up and the song began. I stared at the show, confused as hell. During the song, I assumed their flanks were as bare as mine. I suddenly had a feeling that those were the fillies Pinkie was talking about. Applejack looked absolutely embarrassed.

It seemed that the yellow filly with red hair might be related to her somehow.

The unicorn pegasus pony surrounded by the armored ponies had a straight face throughout the entire song. I giggled a bit when the props on the stage all collapsed. The crowd didn't cheer. Their faces looked so shocked.

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Pinkie managed to milk a weak clapping from the unamused ponies. The fillies didn't care. They trotted off the stage with grins plastered all over their muzzles. The announcer was silent and then cleared his throat.

"Up next is Ruby! She will be singing for us today." I came out and blushed when the crowd and the announcer flinched at my appearance. I gave a weak smile and took the microphone. A few ponies took their cell phones out and started to take videos of me.

"I bet this freak can't even sing."

"I agree, lets go. She's the last contestant."

"I think she may be able to sing."

"Nah. Lookin' like THAT!?"

"She's hot! I could probably get laid with HER!"

"Me too. She's probably self concious being thats she looks so weird!"

"I bet you twenty- five bits I get laid!"

"I bet thirty- eight bits she sucks!"

I tried to ignore the conversations going on throughout the crowd. A couple ponies were leaving while others bet against me sounding horrible or getting lucky with me. I nodded at the announcer, indicating he could start the music. I picked it myself.

"Here goes . . ." I said aloud and started to sing my heart out. There were rounds of gasps when I started. I sounded GOOD and they knew it. The ponies who were leaving froze and watched me in wonder. I smiled and closed my eyes. I let my voice flow over the crowd like water over a rock.

(It says 'arms' and stuff like that in the song but i'll put 'hooves' instead to ponify it)

Seems like it was yesterday when I saw your face

You told me how proud you were but I walked away

If only I knew what I know today

I would hold you in my hooves

I would take the pain away

Thank you for all you've done

Forgive all your mistakes

There's nothing I wouldn't do

To hear your voice again

Sometimes I want to call you but I know you won't be there

I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do

And I've hurt myself by hurting you

Some days I feel broke inside but I won't admit

Sometimes I just want to hide 'cause it's you I miss

You know it's so hard to say goodbye when it comes to this

Would you tell me I was wrong?

Would you help me understand?

Are you looking down upon me?

Are you proud of who I am?

There's nothing I wouldn't do

To have just one more chance

To look into your eyes and see you looking back

I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do

And I've hurt myself

If I had just one more day, I would tell you how much that

I've missed you since you've been away

Oh, it's dangerous

It's so out of line to try to turn back time

I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do

And I've hurt myself

By hurting you

I opened my eyes and all the ponies looked surprised and love - struck. I grinned. I saw the three fillies, the six mares, the pegasus unicorn, and . . . Luna! I shuffled my hooves and the crowd cheered. The announcer was looking at me with dirty eyes. I gave him a warning look and stepped off the stage. Several ponies were chuckling as other ponies gave them their bet- won bits.

"Well, I guess we already know who's first place folks!" the crowd cheered again. "Ruby wins first place!"

"Who's second place?"

"The mare with the pogo stick."

"Wanna bet?"

"Fuck you bro."

"Second place goes to Musical Note!"

"The guy with the singing dog and the two juggling cats!?"

"Your glad you didn't bet huh?"

"Shut up."

"Third place goes to Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle!"

"What!? Those fillies? Whatever, forget getting laid. I'm outa here."

I walked off the stage with a trophy and bumped into the stallion known as Musical Note. He was a pegasus and wearing a dashing black suit.

"Hey, sorry about that. Your singing was beautiful by the way." he said. I blushed. I hope Rarity wasn't around!

"Thank you. I loved your cats and dog."

"Thanks. My name is Musical Note. But, you probably already know that. That pony over there is my little bro, Moon Shine."

"I see. I'm Ruby. I'm here with my . . . friends."

"Me too. Thats my friend, Hydro and his marefriend, Dixie over there"

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"Cool. Well, I should head back to Twilight." I turned to leave. Musical Note placed a hoof on my forleg.

"Wait, Twilight Sparkle? The student of Celestia?" he asked.

"I guess so. I only came to town a few days ago and I don't pay much attention to stuff like that."

"Wow. We must hang out sometime then. How about tomorrow?"

"I would love it, thank you." Musical Note took my hoof in his and kissed it. I blushed. I also noticed that my friends, Luna, and  the other pegasus unicorn were watching me. I giggled and said bye.

"Don't ask." I said as I passed the baffled mares.

"Uh, that pony over there is Princess Celestia, Luna's sister." Twilight said.

"What's their breed again?"

"Alicorn."

"Ah. I'm going to Fluttershy's. I'm tired and hungry." So I ate, took a nap and then, went to another one of Vinyl's parties. This time though, I didn't stay too late. I also wondered what the cider sold there tasted like. Hmm. Maybe another time.

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CELESTIA'S POV

I could have sworn I saw Musical Note talking to that mare. Moon Shine and his companions are gone too. They must've left. Luna approached me with a grim expression.

"What is it?"

"The mare tee saw sing last was thy mare I saw in thy Realm of Dreams. I know it."

"Are you sure?"

"As thee will ever be."

"I must tell the Elements of Harmony this. Especially my student. I will send the letter today. I hope they haven't made plans for Friday."

"Very well." Next Chapter: A date? Estimated time remaining: 38 Minutes