The next morning had arrived in no time. I awoke peacefully, facing toward the beautiful cyan mare that slept silently next to me. All four of her hooves were completely wrapped around my body in a loving embrace, and her body heat radiated into me, bringing me a sense of eternal warmth. These were the kinds moments I knew I would remember forever.

I smiled at the thought of having Dash with me for the rest of my life. So far, the few, short days I'd been in Equestria had more than made up for the past sixteen years of depression and crappiness of my human life. Just thinking about...being a pony...and living in Ponyville with my best friends...for the rest of my life. It teased a bright smile fueled by pure joy onto my face as I thought more and more of my life. Even though I had sort of gotten used to being a pony, I never completely got over the fact that I was a pony, and this was my life. I'm sure the fun times I've had so far are just a jubilant presage of the adventures to come. I couldn't wait to see what my future held for me.

I was still beaming ear to ear when Dash's eyelids gracefully fluttered open to reveal her sleepy magenta eyes. She blinked off her sleepiness and started giggling.

"What? You happy to see me or something?" She asked, cutting me off with a kiss before I could even answer. Our lips remained locked together for a short time before I pressed my tongue onto her lips. Less than a moment later, we were comfortably exploring each other's mouths with vigor. I felt Dash's tongue slide across mine and into my mouth as I did the same for her. After a few moments, the sweet make out session ended with the parting of our lips and a small thread of saliva bridging its way between us. The emptiness left in my mouth afterward made it feel like I had lost my own tongue.

Dash looked at me with a smirk. "Taking control, huh?" She asked, referring to me making the first move.

"Well, uh, I-" I stammered. Dash put her hoof up to my lips to silence me.

"I like it." She gave me a seductive wink. "You should do it more often."

I smirked weakly. "I'll keep that in mind."

Dash smiled back and gave me a quick peck on the nose before unwrapping herself from me and rolling over and out of bed. She looked down at me as I lay on the bed.

"Do you really still have to wear that dumb wrapping thing around your snout?" She asked.

I looked down at my snout to the medical wrap. "Well, it doesn't really hurt anymore. The doctor said a few weeks, but it feels pretty fine to me."

"Then go ahead and take it off. No use in it being in the way all day." Dash said.

I smiled. "Yeah, I guess you're right. It's not like it's doing much anyway." I sat up in bed and started unwrapping the white bandage from my snout very carefully. I completely removed the wrapping from my snout and lay it on the bed.

"Is it bad?" I asked Dash. She gave me a questioning look and scrutinized my snout, looking for any blemishes.

"Well, there's a little bruise. Other than that, you look fine." She said with a smile.

"Define little." I said.

"Hold on." Dash turned around to the nightstand at her bedside and started sifting through the drawers for something until she pulled out a handheld mirror and held it in front of my face.

Little bruise my white pony ass.

The "little bruise" that Dash had described was nothing of the sort. There was a giant purple mass covering my entire snout where the bandages had been. And it looked like it should have hurt. I could tell Dash sensed my bewilderment by the nervous look on her face.

"Okay, maybe it's not so little." She let out a small chuckle.

I put my hoof up to the contusion on my face. "Holy crap, I look like I just got my ass kicked in a fight."

"Yeah..." Dash slowly agreed. She put the mirror down and picked up the bandages. "You wanna put 'em back on?"

I looked at the bandages in her hoof. "Nah, I think I'll be fine. It'll heal eventually."

She smiled. "Yeah. And besides, I kinda like it. Makes you look awesome."

"Well, at least you like it." I grinned. "There's no telling what Spark and Blaze will say, though."

"Oh, they'll eat you alive." Dash said.

"My thoughts exactly." I got out of the bed and stretched. "Oh well, they'll have their laugh and move on."

"That reminds me." Rainbow Dash said as I finished stretching. "I still haven't met Spark."

"Well, you're not missing much." I chuckled. "I'll take you to meet him today. I introduced him and Blaze to all our other friends yesterday."

"Wow, leaving me out of all the fun, huh?" She asked playfully.

"Yeah, pretty much." I said. I started on my way out of the bedroom and looked back at her. "You wanna meet him now, or do you have something better to do?"

She trotted over to me. "Let's go meet him." She said. "From what I've heard from you, he sounds like fun."

"Oh, he's something alright." I opened the bedroom door and nodded forward. "Let's go."

As Rainbow Dash and I flew down toward the peaceful town of Ponyville, I realized that I might not know where to find Blaze and Spark. Were they at the new house or somewhere else?

"Where are we going?" Dash asked as I suddenly stopped in the air.

"Well..." I looked around the town from above as if it would help my search for them.

"What?" Dash crossed her arms.

"Well, I don't really know where to find them. They don't have a house, remember?" I said.

"Oh, yeah." Rainbow Dash said. She scratched her chin with her hoof. "Would they be at Twilight's maybe? She was helping you guys find a house right? She probably would have offered them a place to live until they got everything straight."

"Yeah, she did." I said. "They could be there, I guess."

"Well, let's get going!" Dash said, and bolted down toward Ponyville with enthusiasm. I followed not far behind.

We eventually arrived at Twilight's library after a short flight down to the town. Rainbow Dash motioned for me to go forward to knock on the door, and I happily obliged.

I knocked my hoof on the heavy oak door in a rhythmic pattern, receiving a giggle from Dash as I did so.

After a few moments of nothing, I turned to Rainbow Dash. "Do you think she's even awake yet?"

"Oh yeah, definitely." Dash said with a wave of her hoof. "She's always up early reading, like, six books at a time. She's such an egghead." Dash rolled her eyes. "I mean, sure, I read 'Daring Do' all the time, but I'm not a complete bookworm like Twilight. How that pony can read so much and not get bored is beyond me."

I chuckled. "Well, she's Twilight. She likes books. A lot."

Dash snickered. "Understatement of the century."

At that moment, I heard the front door open, and I turned to see a small purple dragon with an exhausted look on his face.

"Uh. hey, Spike." I greeted. His annoyed face caught me off guard. "Is Twilight around?"

"Yeah, she's here." Spike said, the usual enthusiasm he had was completely drained from his voice.

"Is something wrong, Spike?" Rainbow Dash asked, walking up to the front door.

"Nothing at all," He said. "Unless you count Twilight obsessing over a task Princess Celestia gave to her a problem, everything's fine."

Dash rolled her eyes once more. "Ah, okay. Well, what's so important, then?"

Spike shrugged. "I don't know exactly. Princess Celestia sent a letter last night, and Twilight took it before I had a chance to read it. She kept saying something about Starswirl the Bearded and how she had to perfect some spell. Her yammering kept me up ALL night! Next time Celestia tasks Twilight with something," He yawned. "She needs to take in account that I need my beauty sleep. Perfect scales like this don't just come with talent, you know."

"Wait, so you mean Twilight's been up all night?" Dash asked.

"Pretty much. I don't know how she does it." Spike said with another yawn.

Dash sighed. "Well, I hope she does...whatever she's trying to do."

"I do too." Spike said. "I need some peace and quiet. I'm completely worn out after that awesome party Blaze and Spark threw."

"Wait, you know Blaze and Spark?" I asked, breaking my silence.

"Oh, yeah, those guys are awesome!" Spike said, the enthusiasm briefly returning to his voice. "They're your friends, right?"

"Uh, yeah." I said, a little surprised. "When did you even meet them?"

"They came back with Twilight yesterday evening." Spike said matter-of-factly. "They just came from looking at houses or something and I met them here. Boy, they sure do know how to party!"

"Wait, what party did you guys go to?" I asked.

"Theirs. They threw a party and invited everypony in Ponyville. I gotta say, it was pretty off the hook." Spike said.

"This all happened yesterday?" I asked. I couldn't believe I missed that much in just a few hours!

"Yep." Spike smiled.

"Wow, alright." I rubbed the back of my head. "Well, are they still here?"

"Here? Oh no, they're at their house. That's where they had the party." Spike said.

"Was it at a house near Sugarcube Corner?" I asked.

"Yep." Spike said.

They already moved in? Figures they would trash the place immediately. I thought.

"Alright, well thanks, Spike," I said. "But Dash and I are gonna go find them. We'll let you get back to dealing with Twilight." I suddenly felt something grapple onto my leg and I looked down to see Spike clinging to me.

"Please, no!" He pleaded. "Can I come with you? I can't stand Twilight's constant rambling. It's kind of starting to scare me."

I looked down to his pitiful eyes and chuckled. "Well, alright." I shook him off of my leg and he stood in front of me. "Let's go find those idiots."

"Thank you." Spike said with a bright smile. "Maybe I can catch some z's at their house."

If it's even still standing.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Dash asked impatiently. "Let's go!" She motioned forward with her hoof and started walking. I looked down to Spike and nodded for him to follow us.

We started walking through the town at a slow pace as Spike continued to lag behind Dash and I. We eventually had to stop when we heard a small thud behind us followed by loud snoring.

Rainbow Dash sighed. "I'll carry him." She walked over to the unconscious Spike and scooped him up onto her back as he continued to sleep like a baby. She carried him on her back as we walked the rest of the way to the house where we hoped Blaze and Spark would be. I tried to ignore the idle snoring of the sleepy dragon resting on Dash's back, but that became an all but impossible idea.

After a few minutes of walking and loud dragon snoring, we finally arrived at the house Blaze and Spark were so set on buying.

"Well, Spike wasn't lying." I said to Dash as we walked up to the front door. There was toilet paper littering the entire house, trash all around the lawn, and an unconscious pink pony passed out on the front steps.

"Is that Pinkie Pie?" Dash asked.

"I think so." I chuckled. I walked up to the inert pink pony and nudged her with my hoof. "Hey, Pinkie. Time to wake up."

It took a few rather violent shoves, but Pinkie finally woke up in a daze of sleepiness.

"Wha..? Where am I?" She asked as she sat up and rubbed her eyes. Her pink cotton mane had random pieces of paper and candy strewn about it, almost as if she had dove into a pool of confetti and sugar.

She looked around her then back up to Dash and I. Her confused face immediately switched to a smile. "Hi, Flash! Hi, Dashie!" She beamed.

"Hey, Pinkie." Rainbow Dash said. "Any reason you were passed out on the doorstep?"

Pinkie wore a confused look once more and looked around again before looking back to us, another bright smile returning to her face. "I have no idea!"

Despite the strangeness of the situation, Dash smiled. "Were you at the party Spike told us about?"

"Ohhhhh yeah! I was!" Pinkie smiled as she got to her feet. "Spark and Blaze threw the bestest party EVER!!! There was music, and dancing, and games! And also some kind of weird liquid that Spark brought. I had a LOT of that!" Pinkie paused to giggle with a finishing snort. "If they keep this up, I might need to get a new title and let them plan all the parties!"

"Sounds like it was fun." I said, a little disappointed that I missed what sounded like a great time.

"It was!" Pinkie beamed.

Dash giggled. "Well, party's over now, Pinkie Pie. You should probably go back home."

"Good idea!" Pinkie said. "My head kind of hurts. Maybe it was all that stuff I drank!" Pinkie bounced past us with her trademark smile adorning her face. "Nice cutie mark, Flash!" She complimented as she passed me.

"Thanks." I said as I turned to her, but she was already out of sight. The confused look on my face got a laugh out of Dash.

"It's Pinkie Pie, remember?" She offered as an explanation.

"I guess that's true." I said, not even bothering to try to find a reasonable explanation for how she disappeared so quickly. I walked up to the front door and pounded it with my hoof. I half expected it to collapse in on itself, but it fortunately held up.

Guess this house is Blaze-and-Spark proof.

As we waited for an answer, I heard a disruption of a certain snoring pattern behind me, and I looked back to see Spike sitting up on Dash's back as he woke from his short nap.

"Morning, sleepyhead." Rainbow Dash teased. "You get your 'beauty sleep'?"

"Not quite." Spike yawned and scratched his stomach. He looked around at the mess that was the new house and chuckled. "Ah, good times."

Dash just rolled her eyes and turned back to me. "Are they even up yet?" She asked. I shrugged.

"Honestly, with them, there's no telling. Let's just wait it out."

A few moments later, the door creaked opened to reveal a tired yellow unicorn with an unbelievably messy mane. He gave me a small smirk. "Nice bruise, bitch." He looked past me to see Rainbow Dash with a smile on her face. "You're Rainbow Dash, right?" He asked, though obviously knowing the answer.

"Yep!" She said, walking up to the door and sticking her hoof out to shake.

"Nice to meet you." He said, shaking her hoof. His out-of-nature calmness was starting to scare me. Spark was never this relaxed.

"Hey, Spark!" Spike greeted, popping out from behind Dash's head.

Spark's prior calmness was suddenly turned to dust. "Spike! My man! What's up, you little fireball?" He greeted energetically.

"Ah, not much," Spike said as he hopped off of Dash's back, "When I got back from the party last night, Twilight immediately got to work on that task from Princess Celestia, and she made so much noise, it kept me up all night! I got no sleep."

"Oh shit, that sucks, bro. Is that what you barfed up during the dance off between Zecora and Applejack?" Spark asked.

"Yep." Spike said. "Who won, by the way? That was pretty awesome."

"Dance off?" I asked quietly.

"I thought it was Zecora, but the judges said Applejack." He leaned close to Spike and covered one side of his mouth with a hoof. "If you ask me, I think they were just racist. That zebra's got some moves!"

Spike nodded. "No doubt about that."

Spark leaned back out and laughed. "Finally, someone with some sense! Man, I wish you could of stayed. The pie eating contest just wasn't the same without you."

"Pie eating contest?" I asked a little quieter.

"Aw! That sounds like it was awesome!" Spike said. "Almost as awesome as the water-color light show!"

"Oh yeah, that was the greatest!" Spark agreed, giving Spike a high five.

"What even is a water-color light show?" I asked even quieter.

Spike yawned. "Man, I'm still exhausted. You mind if I sleep here for a bit? Twilight's still going crazy over that task and I won't be able to sleep at the library."

"Oh yeah, sure, go ahead, dude." Spark stepped aside. "Just pick a spot and crash for a bit."

"Thanks." Spike said, giving Spark a fist bump as he walked into the house and jumped into a loose pile of blankets and other assorted cloths.

Spark turned back to Dash and I with a grin. "That little dude is so fucking awesome."

"Spike? Awesome?" Dash asked. "I don't think I've ever heard those words in the same sentence."

"Wow, way to be nice to your friend, Dash." I said.

"Well, I mean, he's a great friend and all, but he's a bit of a dweeb to be honest." Dash said.

"Nah, he's cool. For a baby dragon, anyway." Spark said. He turned to me. "Sorry for not telling you about the party. I didn't want you to miss a chance to get lai-la-la lose a date with Rainbow Dash!" He nervously said as a cover up.

"Aw, well thanks for your consideration, Spark. I think I speak for us both when I say we're glad we got to spend time together." Dash said, turning to me and winking. I could feel a massive blush overcome my face.

Spark put on a sly smile. "Anytime."

"Okay, well anyway!" I cut in, changing the subject. "Is Blaze here?"

"Yeah, he's passed out somewhere around here." Spark said, looking around behind him before turning back to us with a shrug. "Well, probably."

"Speaking of that," I said. "Did you give Pinkie Pie alcohol?"

"Uh, maybe a little, why?" Spark asked.

"She was passed out on your front steps." I said.

"What? But I walked her out the door last night." Spark said.

"She must have passed out right after you shut the door." I said.

"Sounds like Pinkie Pie." Rainbow Dash said. "Just for future reference, don't give Pinkie Pie alcohol again. She gets..."

"Really fucking awesome." Spark finished. "She's a fucking party animal when she's drunk!"

"Pretty much." Dash said.

"Wait, you drink?" I asked Dash.

"No, but I've been to parties with Pinkie before, and I know how she gets." Dash said.

Wait, so ponies drink like it's a normal thing? I thought the idea would be foreign to them. You learn more everyday, I guess.

"Yeah. Well anyways, Spark. You should probably finish walking your girlfriend home before you get back to the party." I said.

"I'll keep that in mind." Spark said.

"Oh, that's right, you and Pinkie are together." Dash said. "She really likes you."

"Really?" Spark's face suddenly turned beet red. "Well that's-"

"You better not break her heart, or so help me Celestia..." Dash suddenly got in Spark's face, causing him to cower down in fear.

"I...uh..." He stammered. This was the first time I had ever witnessed true terror in the eyes of Spark. And it was hilarious!

"Just remember, I'm watching you." Dash said, and backed away from him.

"O-okay." Spark said. Apparently the only thing that can strike fear into a stone cold being like Spark is an indignant mare.

"Perfect!" Dash said with a bright smile. "I'm sure you two will be great for each other."

"I sure hope so, damn." Spark said. "It might mean the difference between life and death for me, holy shit."

"And don't you forget it." Dash said with another smile.

"I'm so glad you guys are getting along so well." I said as I watched all of that go down

"I am too." Rainbow Dash said with an ironic grin. "It was nice meeting you, Spark."

"It was okay meeting you, Rainbow Dash." Spark said with an equally wry smirk.

"Well, we're gonna go, Spark." I said after their awkward closing. "Good luck cleaning all this up."

Spark looked around. "Fuck. Forgot about the cleanup. If you see that faggot, Blaze around, tell him to come back here and help clean up this shit."

"Will do." I said. "See you around."

"Later, bitch." He said, and closed the door to start on the massive cleanup. I heard a barely audible "FUCK!" being shouted from inside, and Dash and I started on our way back into town.

I turned to Dash as we walked through Ponyville. "Charming, right?"

"Is that what they call it?" She said.

"You don't like him, do you?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, he's pretty cool." She said. "I just wanted to give him a hard time."

"Well, you were pretty convincing." I said.

"Thank you, thank you." Dash said, doing a fake curtsy.

I laughed. "Maybe you should go into the acting business."

"Now that's taking it a little too far." Dash said. "Next, you'll be telling me to sing in Broadway."

"Well, I'm not saying you couldn't." I said.

"Sure, that'll also be the day Pinkie stops partying." We shared a laugh together as we continued on our way through town.

"So, what do you wanna do now?" I asked.

"I don't know." Rainbow Dash said. "Wanna get some lunch? I'm pretty hungry."

"Sure." I agreed. "How's Sugarcube Corner sound?"

"Perfect." Dash smiled. "Let's go, Flashy Boy."

"That's what I said!" Dash said as we paid for the bag of cupcakes and walked them out of the store. "If you're gonna go out in the rain, why even have a-" She suddenly stopped talking as we both gaped at the sky. It was night!

"Wait, what?" I asked. "It was daylight, like, three minutes ago. What happened?"

"I don't know." Dash said. "But it's definitely not normal." We looked around to see other ponies confused and talking about the strange phenomenon as well.

"What happened to the sun?" One asked.

"Maybe Princess Luna forgot that it's still daytime?" Another speculated.

"Or maybe she's returning as Nightmare Moon to bring eternal night and EAT US ALL!!!" One familiar voice resounded. I turned toward the distressed voice to see that it was none other than Mira. Of course.

"Calm down, everypony, it's not Nightmare Moon." Dash reassured. "I hope." She whispered back to me.

"Then what is it?" One unicorn asked.

"I don't know." Dash said. "But I'm sure whatever it is, it'll be back to normal in no time!"

BOOM BOOM BOOM

At that moment, the boom of thunder echoed through the entire town, and dark clouds suddenly appeared, blotting out the night sky. I heard several terrified screams from the nearby ponies as the thunder continued to roar through the air with no lightning or other apparent source of the sound. I looked next to me to see that Rainbow Dash had jumped in the air out of fear and now hovered high above me.

"Or, maybe not." She said shakily.

All of the ponies in the nearby area started stampeding in terror of the unknown, the resounding hoof beats of the frightened ponies resonated through town, though not nearly as loud as the thunder. What the hell is happening?

"What is up with all of this?" I asked, flying up to her. "Everything was fine five minutes ago!"

"I don't know!" Dash shouted over the constant booming of the thunder and the screaming ponies. "Do you think Twilight would have anything to do with it?"

"She would be our best bet." I said. "Let's go find out!"

Author's Notes:

Finally, I get a chance to add some plot to this dull story! Yet another delay, sorry everyone :/ I've been working as much as I can but haven't had any time. Don't worry though, soon I'll be able to work on this almost full time, and there'll probably be about 2 chapters a week. Hopefully. When that time comes, I'll also start making a whole bunch of different fun stories in addition to this one just for fun, so watch out for that. I promise they'll be much better than this one. Well, hopefully. Anyways, I appreciate everyone's patience with this. I'll try to make it worthy of your reading :D