I walk out to the front to greet the girls, but stop at the front door. Is... is water falling from the sky? Also, why is the sky dark grey? What the fuck is going on? Applejack and Rarity walk inside and turn to Twilight, dripping wet.

"Thank you ever so much Twilight," Rarity chimes, "it seems Applejack and I were at our differences again when the storm caught us."

"Ah told you we had ta git going, but you jus' couldn't get a little mud on your hooves, now could ya?" Applejack shoots back as she squeezes the water out of her mane. That is water, right?

"Now how would getting my hooves dirty have us any less wet?" Rarity asks as she uses her magic to pull the water from herself. Honestly... water... no one seems to care. Okay, time to ask.

"Why is water falling from the sky?" I ask, but am ignored.

"Well you guys can stay here if you like. The storm shouldn't be over till tomorrow so you can stay over if you want to....*gasp* we should totally do another slumber party!"

"There is fucking WATER falling from the SKY, care to explain?" I ask, but am ignored, again.

"Well, uh, sure, why not. We had fun last time, so I don't see why not, unless somepony wants ta ruin Twi's second slumber party," Applejack says, glancing over to Rarity.

"I know I would never do such a thing. So let's have another slumber party at Twilight's."

"Hold on a second," I say, finally getting their attention, "Water is falling from the sky and you want to sit INSIDE." I feel as if the party part should also be brought up as well... but the water falling from the sky sounds a little more important.

"It's jus' rain?" Applejack says, looking a little confused by the problem.

"Why would I ruin my perfectly styled mane for something so trivial? It's hardly becoming of a lady."

"Miles, you've never seen rain before, have you?" Twilight asks. I look outside and watch the rain fall for a bit. Stuff like this happens here frequently enough that it would inconvenience them, making them want to stay inside. Fuck that shit. I sprint past the group and run out into the rain.

The instant I make it outside, I'm instantaneously pelted by thousands of water droplets, sending cold shivers throughout my soaking wet body. A roar of constant water droplets silences the world around me as I run out in the rain. I run and I run and I keep running until I slip and fall into a massive puddle. I sit up in the puddle and do a couple of splashes and slap the water, laughing as I do so. I've never seen so much water in my life, and it just falls from the sky! I stand back up and begin to jump around in the puddle, twisting and turning to kick the water in different directions, not caring about it turning to steam.

"Miles! What are you doing!?" I look over to see Storm hovering nearby, completely soaked.

"WATER IS FALLING FROM THE SKY!" I yell back as I continue to splash around.

"Are you six or something!? Get inside before you catch a cold!" I stop jumping around and look over to Storm. I take a few slow steps towards him until I'm right next to him.

"I AM SIX!" I yell as I grab him and toss him into the puddle, creating a massive splash. He quickly sits up and looks back to me.

"IT. IS. ON!" he says as he jumps toward me and sends me back into the puddle. We spend who knows how long wrestling in the puddle; I had the natural advantage of size and weight, but Storm had his armor on, giving him the strength to break my holds on him. I finally get him in a sleeper hold and stand up with him in my arms. When I'm all the way up I drop him back into the water. He sputters around for a bit before he stands back up and glares at me. "That wasn't cool."

"Forfeit?"

"Never." He flies high into air until he disappears into the clouds. What is he planning? He flies back down with a chunk of dark cloud in his hooves. He stops in the air and sets the cloud over me. He jumps up and sends a small bolt of electricity towards me. The bolt hits me in the chest and sends waves of electricity throughout my body. I fall onto my back when the surge of power ends and just look up to the falling sky.

"You alive down there?" Storm asks from his cloud.

"That was TOTALLY WICKED!" I yell as I jump back to my feet. "THOSE THINGS ARE MADE OF ELECTRICITY?! Hit me again! Hit me again!" He just gives me a weird look before he smacks the cloud, making it disappear. He flies down and looks up to me, confused beyond belief.

"Shouldn't that have hurt?"

"My magic gives me a resistance against raw forms of energy. Fire, electricity, even some magic. All you did was give me a second wind." I jump back on top of him and continue our wrestling match. This time I can tell that fatigue is starting to take its hold on Storm. As I pin him down with my hands, a bright flash blinds me for a second. When I open my eyes, Storm and I are in the middle of the library, sitting in front of the girls.

"Umm... got him," Storm says from under me. Twilight just gives a small smile and shakes her head.

"*sigh* Come on, let’s get you two dried off," she says as she walks up the stairs toward her room, so we follow. When we get to her room she levitates me a white towel, so I take it and begin to dry my face off. When I move the towel over to begin drying my hair I glance over to Storm. He's staring deeply at Twilight with the biggest smile possible as she uses her magic to dry his hair off.

"Whoa ho ho, what have we here?" I say, making Twilight blush deeply and drop the towel.

"I... um... what's that, I think I hear Rarity calling me, I should go see what she needs," she says as she quickly runs back to the front room. I look over to Storm, who is still staring at the spot she was in, and begin to take my shirt off.

"So, you finally sealed the deal."

"What are you talking about? We're just friends," he replies smugly.

"Yeah, and I'm just here on vacation. So... you at least cleared things up," I say as I toss my shirt into a nearby clothes hamper and begin to walk down to our room, drying myself off as I go.

"Yeah, you could say that," he says as he follows me down.

"Heh... that’s good... I guess." If they want to be private, I won't stop them... but pester I shall. "So has she kissed you yet?" He trips and falls down a few of the steps, only stopping because he runs into me.

"You’re evil. We're JUST friends."

"Whatever you say." We make it to the room and I switch clothes. I put on the light tan pants with the yellow shirt. I feel way too bright, whatever. I go to my cot and lay down as Storm sets his armor under his cot.

"Aren't you going to go to the slumber party?" Storm asks as he walks over to the stairs.

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"Slumber PARTY."

"Really. You go bucking nuts at Pinkie’s, but a small get together and you don't want to go."

"Yup."

"Whatever. I'm heading up. Have fun being a wet blanket." He walks up the stairs and shuts the door. I lay on the cot for a while longer before I start to get bored. I look around but can't see anything that could possibly be of any interest. Maybe I could...

FLASH

A bright white flash blinds me, again. When I regain my ability to see I find myself lying in Twilight's room, with Applejack, Rarity, Twilight, Spike and Storm all standing around me.

"Good, now that Miles is here, we can get started," Twilight says as she moves to her little podium and starts to flip through a book. "What should we do first?" I guess I'm going then... nothing strange better happen.

"Oh, how about truth or dare?" Rarity says as she hops in place. I already don't like where this is going.

"Sounds good to me, why don't you go first?"

"Applejack, truth or dare?"

"Uhh... truth."

"Hmm... is it true that you bought a month pass to the spa?" she asks as she leans a little closer to her.

"Um... y-yeah... but I didn't wanna. Big Mac made me."

"Oh, this is going to be so much fun! We have to go together sometime! You, me and Fluttershy!" she says, giving a little hop. What the fuck is a spa?

"Your turn Applejack," Twilight says.

"Hmm... Spike, truth or dare."

"Dare," Spike says confidently.

"I dare ya, ta put on a froo-froo dress." Spike blushes lightly but complies. He walks over to the closet and walks in. Moments later he walks out in a light blue dress that’s covered in pink bows and white trim, and is fluffy as fuck. Everyone falls to the ground in a fit of laughter, everyone except Rarity, who walks over to the blushing guy and gives him a pet on the head.

"Alright, alright." Spike says as he pulls off the dress. "Miles, truth or dare." Everyone stops laughing, or at least tries to, and looks over to me. I think I've got the basic idea of the game. Truth is a question, while dare is a command that you have to do.

"Uh... truth I guess," I say as I sit up and cross my legs. He thinks for a moment before he looks back to me.

"Why aren't you looking for your home?" When he asks this, the room falls silent. Everyone puts on a serious face as they wait for me to answer.

"What home? My home died over three thousand years ago. To me, my friends were my home, so right now, I am home." Twilight and Storm give me a small smile while everyone else looks a little saddened by my answer. "OK, my turn, Storm, truth or dare."

"Truth." YES!

"What is the deal with you and Twilight?" Rarity and Applejack's eyes go wide as they look over to the two, who are blushing like crazy.

"I ALREADY TOLD YOU, WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!" he yells as he scoots away from Twilight.

"Twilight dear, are you and..." Rarity starts.

"WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!" Twilight snaps.

"Ya better treat our girl right, or else imma buck ya upside the head till next Friday," Applejack says with a smug look on her face.

"Yeah, that goes for me too," I say, getting chuckles from everyone except Twilight and Storm.

"Yeah, yeah, my turn, truth or dare Miles?" Better go the safe route.

"Truth."

He thinks for a bit before he looks up to me and asks, "What really happened with you and Princess Luna?" Applejack and Rarity both gasp as the room goes silent again.

"Uh... well..."

"And no leaving anything out, the rules say you have to tell the entire truth," Storm interrupts. Well... I'm fucked.

"You see... well... she snuck up on me and scared me, so I... tackled her to the ground.... and held her there for a bit. When I finally registered what happened I backed off and started apologizing, and then she accepted my apology and left." Applejack takes a few steps closer to me and eyes me a bit.

"Hmm... nope. Something else happened. Tell the whole truth Miles." Fuck, how could she possibly know that?

"*sigh* Well, though I don't recall it ever happening, I apparently... felt her up..."

"YOU WHAT!?" Storm yells as Rarity puts a hoof to her head while she faints. Applejack's jaw drops, Spike does a thirteen take and Twilight just freezes in place.

"I didn't mean to, it sorta just happened! I already begged for forgiveness. I honestly thought that I was going to go to jail." Everyone looks as if they are on the verge of passing out, except Rarity, who is still on the floor.

"I think I can shed a little light on the subject," says a familiar voice from behind. I turn around to see Luna standing in the stairway. This can't end well.

"Princess Luna? Wh-what are you doing here... without a group of guards?" Storm asks as he stands at attention and salutes her.

"I teleported myself here because I needed some questions answered. But I think we should clear this up first," she says as she walks over and sits next to me. "Now, Miles says he 'felt' me up, but that's not entirely true. He only did that because of the tackle, which he only did because I scared him. Other than that, nothing more really happened, other than Miles freaking out and apologizing a lot." Everyone seems to buy this and nods in agreement. I don't get it. Why is she lying? She stands back up and looks over to me. "Now, Miles. I have some more questions to ask, but let's leave to somewhere more private," she says as she charges the magic in her horn. The next thing I know I'm being blinded by a white flash.

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