The sun shown down on Twilight’s face, quietly rousing the mare from her slumber. Slowly, she blinked herself awake. Her head was resting on a soft pillowy surface, much softer than her bed. She lazily glanced around, noticing quickly that she wasn’t in her bedroom. The fresh morning air, the bright morning sunshine, and the blue sky greeted her instead. Twilight lifted her head to see she was on a cloud balcony, next to Rainbow Dash, who was still asleep.

After a moment, she remembered the series of events that led her to this situation. Her confession yesterday, the emotional train wreck that had been the aftermath, and the subsequent discussion with her friend. She paused for a moment, mentally striking that last word from her mind, and replacing it with “marefriend”. A content smile spread across Twilight’s face as she corrected herself. Her heart fluttered just thinking it.

She looked over at the unconscious pegasus next to her, still boasting that smile. Rainbow Dash had her head on the floor, her mouth slightly open, and a small line of drool leading down her chin. Twilight couldn’t help but mentally remark how cute she looked when she was asleep. The carefree expression on her face as she slept was utterly priceless to the unicorn.

“Twi...” the sleeping pegasus muttered as she slept. Twilight smiled again after she realized she was still asleep.

Taking a look at the rising sun, Twilight decided it was about time to get up. She could use a good stretch to get the morning stiffness out of her muscles, especially after the intense night she had. But as she went to stand up, she noticed Rainbow Dash had a wing placed over her like a blanket. Her movements caused Rainbow Dash’s face to strain slightly, and a small whimper to leave the pegasus’s mouth. Twilight quietly snickered to herself, and decided she had better not disturb her lover just yet.

But, just as was about to lie her head back down, it suddenly hit her that she forgot someone rather important. Twilight’s heart seized when she remembered a certain purple dragon back at the library. She looked back to the glaring morning sun, realizing Spike would be awake soon. With all the trouble she caused him yesterday, she didn’t want to even imagine him waking up with her gone.

Twilight looked down at the sleeping mare next to her, and it became apparent to her she would have to wake her. Using her muzzle, she gently nudged Rainbow Dash to wake the sleeping pegasus. After a few pushes, all her efforts seemed to rouse from the slumbering pony was a soft groan. Twilight let out a sigh, and rolled her eyes. Twilight whispered into Dash’s ear to get her up, but again, all she got from her lover was some dreamy murmurs. Twilight let out another sigh, though now she sounded slightly annoyed. Finally, she said her name as loud as her normal talking voice, combined with a small nudge to Rainbow Dash’s side. The sleeping mare’s eyes slowly fluttered open.

“Oh, morning, Twi,” she said as she took her wing off the unicorn. As she folded it at her side, she let out a small yawn. Dash rocked her head back and forth, letting out some popping sounds from her neck. Her half-closed eyes didn’t really seem to focus on anything in particular as she lazily looked around the balcony.

“Good morning, Rainbow Dash,” Twilight replied. The librarian was already on all fours, and stretching her back. “Or should I say Dashie? I was thinking that I need a pet name for you too.” Twilight gave her a playful smile.

Dash’s eyes shot open wide for a moment. “Dashie?”

“Rainbow Dash seems a little too formal for us now that we’re together, and you call me Twi for short. So, I thought perhaps you should get a pet name too.”

“I-I guess...” The pegasus’s cheeks went red. “Just not in public...it’s a little embarrassing...”

“It’s cute,” Twilight replied.

“Yeah, it’s embarrassingly cute. Anyway, did you want to get some breakfast or something?” Rainbow Dash asked followed by another yawn. Twilight loved how cute the pegasus was when she was half awake. Her mane was a bit more of a mess than usual, and her voice was softer and less rough sounding. But what Twilight found most adorable about her lover was how she could barely fend off going back to sleep. As they spoke, she was already struggling with lying her head back down on the cloud floor.

“No, I have to get home to Spike,” Twilight said with a soft smile.

“Oh...” Dash seemed a little sad. “We did just kind of leave him last night, didn’t we...”

“Yeah, I really don’t want him to freak out when he wakes up.” Twilight found herself looking at the floor. “So, look, I’m really happy how last night ended up.” Twilight’s face turned red with a little embarrassed at the thought of what they did the previous night. Things escalated quickly from a simple discussion to sex. She was actually a bit astonished at how a little romance in the air can really send things spinning out of control.

“Y-Yeah, I didn’t know sex with a unicorn was so...crazy...Well, I take that back. I knew a little bit,” Dash said with a small chuckle. Thoughts of their previous sexual encounter came to mind. She couldn’t say she was completely oblivious to how insane things could get with a unicorn.

“Well, we can be a little more...detail oriented than most other ponies,” Twilight replied with a small giggle. Their eyes met with an amorous gaze. The two stared into one another’s eyes for a moment with content smiles resting on their faces. Dash’s rose colored eyes looked like they were ablaze in the early morning light, while Twilight’s felt calm and relaxed like the moon.

Finally Dash let out another yawn. She was still having a bit of trouble keeping her eyes opened, which only made Twilight smile more. She shook her head, trying not to laugh.

“What?”

“Nothing, it’s just you really don’t do mornings, do you...”

Rainbow Dash only shook her head. Her eyes fell closed for a lot longer than a blink before she opened them again. “Nah, mornings are way too early.”

“Well, since mornings are too early for you, how about we do lunch instead of breakfast?” she suggested.

Rainbow Dash nodded her head lazily. “Sounds good,” Her eyes were drifting closed as they spoke.

“Just stop by the library when you finally decide to get up.” Twilight giggled to herself as Rainbow Dash‘s head fell back down to the floor.

“Yeah...” she said sleepily. “You need a ride down?” Her ears perked a bit as she spoke.

“No, I should be fine. I can teleport down as long as I can see where I’m going to land. Getting up here would be a different story, though.” Twilight turned to the railing. She could see Ponyville sitting quietly in the distance. The warm, orange morning light felt refreshing compared to cold gloominess of yesterday.

She looked back to Rainbow Dash, who was now on her side. The pegasus was still looking up at Twilight with half closed eyes. Twilight walked up to the tired mare, and placed a kiss on her forehead. “See you later today,” Twilight said before disappearing in a purple flash of light.

“Show off,” Dash muttered to herself with a small smile. Once Twilight was gone, she finally let her eyes drift closed.

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As Twilight walked through Ponyville, the town was just beginning to wake up. Ponies were slowly making their way out of their houses, on their way to their jobs or to do errands. The air smelt of a warm breeze carrying away the scent of rain that had fallen in the town only a few hours ago. For the first time in a week she wasn’t worried. Everything seemed so perfect in Ponyville.

Twilight found herself standing in front of the Golden Oaks Library. She was home after her confusing, albeit rather enjoyable night. Yet, before opening the door to go inside, she felt a need to glance up at the sky. She knew it was already close to eight—the position of the sun told her that much—so there was a chance Spike was awake.

It was a toss-up. Spike would either be awake, and pacing around the library in a frenzy. Or, he would be asleep, and be none the wiser about Twilight leaving last night. She looked to her side at a small paper bag she held in her magic. Luckily, on her way home, she had stopped by Sugarcube Corner for two of their fresh baked muffins. A good way to apologize for worrying the poor dragon in her absence if he was awake.

Without anymore stalling, Twilight opened the library door. Immediately she saw Spike pacing around the library in a frantic mess. As soon as he realized the door had opened, he shot a fearful glance at her. Twilight had been right with her first theory. She gave the small dragon a smile.

“Twilight! Where have you been! I-I went upstairs to check on you, but you were gone!”

“Sorry about that, Spike. I had something to take care of.” Twilight stepped into the library, closing the door behind her.

“Something to take care of? What’re you talking about? I was about to go to the cops!”

Twilight laughed to herself slightly as she walked further into the library. With a small glance over at the paper bag she held in her magic, Twilight lowered the paper bag so Spike could see inside. “Rainbow Dash came over last night after you went to bed, so we left to go talk about things.”

“Talk about things?” He now sounded more confused than angry.

“Things that are a little too adult for you to understand, Spike. Anyway, would you like a muffin? They’re fresh baked.”

Spike reached his claw into the bag. He kept a skeptical eye on Twilight as he fished out a blueberry muffin. “So, you talked about things, and now you’re in a better mood?” Spike asked.

“Let’s just say we had a very long discussion.” Twilight couldn’t help but giggle to herself. Spike continued to stare at her with the same suspicious gaze as the other muffin appeared from the bag, wrapped in a magenta aura. Twilight held it in her magic, bring it to her mouth to take a bite before strolling into the kitchen. Spike’s gaze followed the mare, now looking more confused than skeptical. As she passed, she deposited the bag in the garbage can on her way to the sink.

“Well, at least you’re feeling better. You were moping around here the past couple of days, and I was getting really worried. Especially after last night...” Spike followed Twilight into the kitchen. He leaned against the doorframe as he took a bite of the muffin. His suspicious look worked its way back into his eyes as he watched Twilight hum to herself happily.

“Yes, well, I am feeling much better today.” Twilight filled a glass with water. “And I’m sorry about last night. I was...a little distraught...” Twilight laughed nervously to herself, knowing that was an understatement.

Spike stood there silently as Twilight took a sip of her water. There was something distinctly different about her from the past few days that he couldn’t quite put his finger on. Slowly the wheels in the dragon’s head started turning. The difference between Twilight last night and this morning was a complete one-eighty, and knowing that Rainbow Dash was involved shed a little bit of light on the matter. A mental picture began to form as to what Twilight and Rainbow Dash discussed last night. “So...Twilight...” Spike started before he took a bite of his muffin.

“What is it?” she asked.

Spike chewed for a few moments before he swallowed. “What did you two talk about that’s gotten you in such a good mood?” He shot her a sly smile.

Twilight looked over at the little dragon, barely able to hide her own smile. “I told you, some things that you’re a little too young to understand.”

She tried to play coy by dancing around the issue, but Spike wasn’t falling for it. He chuckled a bit with a condescending nature in his laugh. “No, that would be all that weird stuff that was making you upset last night and for the past few days. What’s gotten you so happy all of a sudden?”

Twilight raised an eyebrow. “That obvious?”

He nodded his head. “It’s pretty obvious, Twilight.” He took another bite of his muffin, chewing it quickly before swallowing it down. “You were moping around here the past few days, and yesterday you were pretty much inconsolable. So, what happened?”

“More adult things.” Twilight’s cheeks flashed red for a moment as her thoughts shifted to their activities the previous night. A smile crept across her face. Twilight was failing pretty hard at hiding her excitement. “You probably wouldn’t understand.”

“Come on, Twilight. I may not know what all you two did to get into this mess, but I‘m not oblivious when it comes to love. I know you had a crush on her for a while. You two are actually together now, aren’t you! After seeing you last night, and this morning you‘re a brand new pony! It all fits together!”

Twilight‘s small smile cracked further on her face. “Well, no sense in hiding it.” Twilight laughed a bit, unable to hold back her grin. “We started dating last night.” Twilight used her magic to set her glass of water down on the kitchen counter. “And, we’re going to lunch later today as a kind of first date.”

“So you two really are an item now, huh?”

“Yeah.” Twilight couldn’t hide her excitement even if she wanted to. “Can you believe it?”

“Congrats, Twilight.” Spike said turning around. He walked back into the living room, leaving Twilight in the kitchen. “Just make sure you take a shower before you go, because it’s been a few days.”

Twilight rolled her eyes, hearing him snicker from the living room. “Thanks, Spike,” she said sarcastically. She stared at the empty doorway for a while before levitating her glass of water to her mouth. Quickly, Twilight drank the rest of her glass of water, and finished her muffin.

After she was done with her breakfast, she headed up stairs to do as Spike suggested, and clean herself up. When she looked in the mirror, Twilight’s face flushed red with embarrassment. Her mane was a wreck with stray strands of hair sticking up, her fur looked like it hadn’t been washed in days, and she knew she probably smelled. Especially after last night with what her and Rainbow Dash did. “I can’t believe I went to Sugarcube Corner looking like this...” Twilight muttered, placing her hoof over her eyes to hide her shame from her reflection.

Twilight used her magic to turn on the faucet in shower. Immediately the water shot out of the shower head, and a few moments later a layer of steam began to rise from behind the shower curtain. She quickly slipped inside to shower, careful not to let the steam out. The hot water hit her fur, burning slightly, but also feeling good. “Oh, Celestia, this is what I needed after being out all night...”

She stood there for a moment letting the hot water wash over her. The nearly scalding water soaked her down to her skin, making her shudder slightly. The cloud of steam sitting in the shower filled her lungs as she breathed, making her shower feel more like a visit to the spa. Her eyes drifted closed, and her thoughts shifted to Rainbow Dash once more.

She felt positively giddy just knowing that her and Rainbow Dash were finally dating. It was something she had dreamed about long before their night together, going back to shortly after she moved to Ponyville. The confidence she had attracted Twilight. She was so opposite to her in every way. Impulsive, confident, always in control, and that’s why she admired her. It wasn’t a sexual attraction at first, more like admiration for an aspiration; she wanted to be more like Rainbow Dash.

But as they spent more time together, she came to see the pegasus in a different light. As they grew as friends, she felt something change inside her. She came to see that she and Rainbow Dash weren’t as opposite as she thought. Personality wise they were as different as night and day, but they shared interests. Twilight enjoyed watching Rainbow Dash do her stunts, and Rainbow Dash would accompany Twilight on her field trips to study whichever phenomena the librarian was interested in at the time.

It didn’t seem like much, but as she watched Rainbow Dash soar through the air she found herself being more amazed with how Rainbow Dash looked rather than how cool the trick was. She couldn’t say when exactly, but she noticed it a more than a few months ago that she actually liked her pegasus friend. Twilight slowly came to realize that she liked her more than just a friend—she liked her as a mare.

The fact that they were together now was unbelievable to her. Yet, she couldn’t help but be reminded as to why they were together in the first place. Twilight sighed. She placed her hoof over her stomach as she once again reminisced over the events of that night. Her smile slowly faded, replaced with worry once more. “How long can we keep you a secret?” she asked the little filly in her belly.

There was no response but she wasn’t expecting one. The pitter-patter of water spraying against her and the wall were the only sounds, blocking out even her own thoughts. There was no answer that she could conceive of, so silence fell. As happy as she was that Rainbow Dash had accepted her feelings, and that the two of them would try and forge a relationship for the filly growing inside her, she knew that there was much ahead of her. A world that would not accept her, or what she had done.

Author's Notes:

If you have not read the previous chapters after 1/18/2014, there have been extensive rewrites. I would recommend rereading.