It has been a week since the fire, Trixie and I still spending some time with each other, though our time together went on pause as I healed from the burns. Thankfully said burns didn't last for long, for the doctor I went to, who happened to be the same one as before, was able to heal them much easier than my other injuries, leaving them just pink and sore after a full night's sleep. I was glad it was healed so easily, cause I was getting tired being constantly injured and wounded during my time here.

During this time it seemed my memories had stopped coming, which made me relived and worried at the same time. I was glad cause I didn't have to worry about a memory popping in during an unexpected time, but at the same time I was still worried cause it could still happen at any moment. It also made me think that the memory fix might not have fixed it all, for it still felt like a lot of void was missing in my mind. Still, that worry grew less and less as time went on, and soon I just realized that worrying about when it would happen would not be healthy for me, so I just relaxed as best as I could and went with my life.

Speaking of which, I was seeing a lot of ponies scrambling around today as I helped Rarity and Pinkie with their groceries, carrying them in my hands as I walked with them. Surprisingly it was Rarity who needed to buy more out of the two, Pinkie saying that she only needed some key ingredients...like fish sauce.

I didn't question it.

As we walked along the snow covered road, idly listening to the two ponies talking to each other, I noticed that there were a lot of ponies rushing around, clearing up spots around their houses of snow and plenty of them closing the doors and windows even tighter than normal. I raised an eyebrow as I see the third pegasus in as many minutes pushing a cloud across the sky, the dark fluff rumbling as it floated along.

I wasn't the only one who noticed this as I hear the white unicorn mention it. "Darling, did either of you hear anything about a storm being scheduled?" She asked us.

I gave a small shrug. "Not really. Then again I don't pay much attention to the weather schedules."

"Oh, I did! I think it was something about them needing to end the winter off with a bang unlike last time." The pink mare states. She rubs her chin and then gives a shrug of her own. "Though it could also be some sort of plot convenience to try and make the story work."

We just looked confused at the party mare for a few moments before Rarity spoke up again. "Actually, I think I remember! Wasn't there something about a miscalculation in the water that they got last time, so they are needing to dump a load of snow and we offered to let them dump the extra snow here?"

Pinkie nodded rapidly. "Yea, that makes totally more sense! Though I like my plot idea better." She quickly agrees. I just shake my head as I look around, seeing the pegasai gathering the clouds up above us, the rumble slowly starting to increase. I look back at the others as I realize they too are looking up at the sky, worry on their faces.

"I'm not sure we are gonna make it back to your homes guys." I tell them, to which they give a nod.

"Indeed, perhaps its best we seek shelter till the storm goes by." Rarity suggests.

"What about Twilight's?" Pinkie asked, pointing over at the tree house that was just a block away from us.

I blink, forgetting just how close we were to it as I give a nod in agreement. "Sounds like a plan, Rarity?"

She nods in return. "I think it's for the best. Would rather be with somepony that we know rather than somepony that we don't know." She adds.

"But I already know everypony here!" Stated the pink mare, to which Rarity and I just gave her a deadpanned look.

I nod and we quickly make our way to the library, the snow already starting to fall slowly. Worried I start to pick up the pace, trying to make it to the building quicker, the two ponies following suit just as quickly. Thankfully we make it just as the wind starts to pick up, with me quickly opening the door for the two mares as they rush inside, closing it just as quickly once we are all inside. Once in, I look around for a few moments before seeing Twilight sitting on the couch and reading a book, looking at us with surprise.

I give a small wave with my heavy holding hand. "Hey Twi, sorry about barging in." I told her.

She just shakes her head as she gets up from the couch, placing the book to the side as she walks to us. "It's no problem. Besides, you do live here too. I am curious as to why you are carrying bags of food...and why Pinkie and Rarity are here." She asks, giving them both a smile as well as a hug in return.

They both return her hug, each of them adding their own nuzzle as well. "Well darling, we were on our way back from grocery shopping when we noticed that nasty storm was about to hit, so we quickly ran to the closest shelter." She says.

"In this case, it was your library house!" Finished Pinkie.

I give a nod as I held the bags up. "Yea, and judging from the weather outside..." I pause as I look out a window, seeing the snow dropping even heavier as the wind picked up. "...I think we may be stuck in here for a while. Do you mind if I..." I fall silent as I look down at the bags before looking up at her.

Thankfully she is quick to get the message. "Oh! You can put that in the kitchen for now and the cold items in the fridge, if that's ok with you two?" She asks the other two, who just nod in agreement.

Smiling, I walk over to the kitchen and quickly place the bags on the table, putting the frozen items in the fridge and freezer. As I set the things down, I hear the door bang open once more before slamming shut, causing me to return to the main room quickly, seeing a snow covered Dash and Applejack dusting themselves off.

"Um...what happened to you two?" I asked eyebrow raised in curiosity.

Rainbow flaps her wings a few times to warm them up before responding. "I was just wrapping up on my end of the sky, adding to the clouds when somepony thought it would be funny to start the storm a bit early." She huffs, looking back out the window before shaking her head. I hear her mumble something else but it's so soft that I barely catch it, though I did catch a few words, namely "revenge" and "Thunderlane" whoever that is.

Before I can ask what she meant by that, Applejack was speaking up, shaking her hat clean of snow. "And I was in the middle of cleaning some of the messier snow banks, to try and make some room, when that there storm started picking up. Thankfully Rainbow helped me get out from the snow that fell on me after the wind started to pick up." She says, double checking that her hat is clear of snow before placing it back on her head.

"Yea, you would have been stuck there for a good while if not for me." Dash adds, giving a cheeky grin.

The farm pony just playfully glares at her. "I would have gotten out on my own, thank you very much. You just helped me to get out faster is all." She counters.

Before they can continue with their banter, Twilight speaks up. "So I'm guessing you two are stuck here for a few hours as well, till the storm is finished?" She asks.

They both nod. "Though it may be a bit longer than just a few hours Sugarcube." Says Applejack.

"Yea, the storm is scheduled to go through the entire night and even most of tomorrow, so we are all stuck here till then." Agreed Rainbow.

"Unless any of us wish to try and go through it, I guess we just have to wait it out." The librarian added, to which the two athletes nodded.

Pinkie is suddenly behind the three mares, hooves in the air as she waves them around. "That means we get to have a slumber party!" She exclaims, giving a gleeful "EEE" as she hops around them. I automatically wince at the word 'party' but reassure myself that it won't be like the first party that I was at. It was just then that the mare added, "If only Fluttershy was here, than it would be even better!"

Almost as if on cue, the door started to knock rapidly, as if someone was very eager to get inside. I quickly walk over before anyone else and open the door finding to my surprise not only Fluttershy...but Trixie?!

"Wait, what are you doing here Trixie?" I asked surprise written on my face.

The azure mare just shakes her head as she quickly walks inside, followed swiftly by the shy mare. "Trixie was walking around, minding her own business when this storm suddenly started! I swear, you ponies need to work on your schedules better, this would never happen in Canterlot or Manehatten." She states before continuing. "Anyways, Trixie noticed Fluttershy here was having trouble getting through the snow, so she helped her along to seek shelter for her."

"It was very kind of you to help me Trixie, thank you." The yellow mare said kindly, giving her a small smile.

The unicorn just gives a snort. "Had she known that it would be here she would have just risked going back into the storm." She says.

"Well if you really want to, you are free to go." Twilight says, causing the rest of us to look at her in surprise.

"What?! You dare refuse Trixie a place to stay and kick her out in the-" Trixie started to say before the purple unicorn cut in.

"I'm not refusing you to stay, in fact I want you to stay. But if you really want to go out there..." She falls silent as she looks out the window. The rest of us look outside as well, just in time to see a huge wave of snow fall from one of the branches and land onto the ground, the wind still blowing like mad.

Trixie stares outside for a few moments before swiftly shaking her head as she looks away at the rest of us. "Fine, but only cause she has no choice!" She states, to which the rest of us just smile.

Seeing that all of us were stuck here, I started to go and get us some food, but as I turned to do that, I blink in surprise, seeing that the place was already set up with sleeping bags and refreshments, along with plenty of sweats. "What the-"

"Silly Draky! I always have some spare party set ups here, just in case I need to bust out a quick surprise party of any kind!" Pinkie says as she bounces from behind me, quickly getting to her sleeping bag, which of course was pink.

I look at the others for some clarification, but they just seem to not notice it. Either that or they are way more used to it than I am. In fact I'm pretty sure it was that. As they got to their sleeping bags and got there things set up, I walked over to Twilight, sitting down next to her. "Ok, so...what does one do during a sleeping party?" I ask the book mare.

Finishing up, she looks at me and smiles. "It's a slumber party, and it's simple! We play games and tell scary stories and then we all sleep in one of these sleeping bags." She says.

I look around at the sleeping bags and notice that there seems to be one missing. "Yea, I don't think there's one for me though." I mention.

Pinkie is quickly next to me, having finished her placement rather quickly. "Yea, sorry about that Drak. I didn't really have any extras for you, or any that would even fit you." She says, giving a sad look.

I nod in understanding. "No worries, I can just use my bed, if that's ok." I say, which causes her to smile brightly once more. I glance at the purple mare just to make sure it was ok, to which she nods. "Ok, so with the sleeping arrangements made...now what?"

Rainbow is the first one to speak up. "Oh! Let's tell some ghost stories first! I got a few good ones that will surely give you all nightmares!" She says, giving an evil grin.

Fluttershy eeps at this, shivering softly before she says, "Um, we could just talk about our day and-"

"I doubt your story is that scary. Trixie has plenty of scary stories that you have never heard, sure to keep you awake for days, nay weeks!" Trixie interrupts.

"I mean we don't have to do-" The butter mare tries again, only to get interrupted once again.

"Oh, let's make s'mores! I love s'mores!" Pinkie said, bouncing in place eagerly.

"That does sound like-"

"I think we should do something relaxing, maybe some yoga. I've always wanted to give yoga a try." Rarity adds, rubbing her chin in thought.

"I wouldn't mind doing-"

"Now hold on there Rarity, we need to do something that we all agree on, not just one of your silly things like yoga." Applejack says, looking over at the white mare.

"Darling trust me! Yoga is amazing, it's made to stretch your body and to get you to relax, you will love it, especially after a hard day of work." She counters, causing AJ to think about it for a few moments.

As they all kept talking over each other, I just sighed and shook my head, leaning back as I looked over at Twilight, seeing her just staring at her friends in slight annoyance. I decide to try and say something in order to help her stay calm. "So...lots of choices for us I see." I say, motioning to the other mares talking to each other.

This gets her to blink as she looks at me, then at her friends, giving a giggle and a nod. "True, but we still need to figure out what order to do them first." She says. After a few more moments of talking, the purple mare lights her horn and floats a bell in, giving it a ring and quickly getting everyone's attention as they all stop talking to each other and looked at her. She glances at me and says, "Got it the last time we had a sleepover, helps so that I don't have to raise my voice." She then looks back at her friends. "Ok girls! I know we have plenty of things that we want to do, but let's try to narrow them down to a few things that we can all agree on doing. So, from what I could hear for suggestions is that we have scary stories, yoga, and s'mores. Pinkie, as much as I would love to do s'mores, you already did get us plenty of snacks." She says, motioning to the full snack table there.

The party mare gives a sheepish look as she realizes this. "Oh, right...um, then I say some party games! Perhaps truth or dare?" She asks.

Rainbow and AJ quickly perk up upon hearing that suggestion. "Oh, that would be fun! We haven't done that in a long time." Dash says, giving a grin.

Twilight nods as she hears this. "Ok, so we have scary stories, yoga, and then truth or dare. Is any pony else ok with that, or shall we change the order of it?" She asks them. They all talk amongst themselves for a few moments before looking back at the hostess, shaking their heads to show that they are all fine with it. "Ok! So first thing up is scary stories! Who wants to go first?"

"Oh, I'll go first, I'll go!" Exclaimed the Rainbow mare and before anyone could stop her, she is already standing up as she starts to tell her story. "Ok, so once there was this mare who had only one horseshoe-"

"Dash, you've already done that one." AJ stated, giving a small shake of her head.

"Plus everypony knows about that mare with the one horseshoe." Added Trixie.

The rainbow mare gave a rather sullen look. "Aaww, but it's my favorite story." She said sadly before adding, "Plus Drak hasn't heard it yet."

Trixie just scoffed at that. "Please, that is hardly scary. Maybe if you are three, but that would hardly scare the Great and Powerful Trixie! Now step aside and let Trixie show you how it is properly done." She says, not so gently pushing Dash back on her rump before taking the front stage, so to speak.

She clears her throat and then lights her horn, the room suddenly getting a bit dimmer. I look around to see if the candles and lights are still on, but to my surprise they are, yet the room looks and even feels a lot darker, almost murkier even.

Trixie clears her throat as she begins her story. "Once, long ago, there lived a pair of friends who lived with each other, a pegasus and a unicorn, both mares. They would go to work, go on dates, do everything together."

"Oh, would they even use the toilet together? Or how about-"

Trixie glared at the pink mare who interrupted her. "No talking during the show!" She exclaimed, which gets Pinkie to quickly shut up. "Now, as I was saying, these friends would do all sorts of things together. One day, the pegasus went out to get some groceries, but when she came back, her friend wasn't there. Curious, she started searching for her everywhere, but no matter where she looked, she was nowhere to be found."

As she spoke, I could have sworn that I felt some shadows lurking around, motions just out the corner of my eyes, but whenever I went to look at them directly, they vanished as if they were never there to begin with.

"She started searching around the town, asking every pony if they had recently seen her, but none of them knew where she could be. Days went by with no signs of the unicorn, then suddenly, one day when she was once again coming back from groceries, the unicorn was back, sitting on the couch, happy and healthy as can be as if nothing had happened. The pegasus was surprised, and of course worried, asking about how she felt, where she went to, all sorts of questions. However her friend just couldn't remember any of it. All she could say was that she was in a cold and lonely place, filled with nothing."

"The days turned to weeks, weeks to months. The friends soon started to go out with each other, dating one another as their feelings bloomed, then they even got married."

"One day, a couple of weeks after their honeymoon, as they laid in bed after a heavy bout of love making, they told each other just how much they loved one another before falling asleep in each other's embrace. Then, the pegasus woke up, the night pitch black, Luna's moon dark as the night itself. Looking to her side showed that her new wife had vanished, her bed cold and empty. Slowly she got out of bed to look for her, the memory of the first time she vanished flowing back to her mind."

Once again I feel a sense of dread starting to loom over me, and I can see a few of the other mares shiver a little as if a cold breeze washed over them. They looked at one another before returning their focus to the stage mare, all of them clearly engulfed in her tale, myself included.

"As the mare went exploring their house, she would soon find that the closet door was slight ajar. Slowly she approached the the door, seeing a small light coming from inside, hearing the sounds of something crunching and chewing."

"Please don't open the door, please don't open the door, please don't-" I could hear Fluttershy muttering to herself, begging for the pony to not open that door.

Trixie seemed to have heard her too, for she gives a grin as she continues. "Slowly, the mare reaches for the door and opens it." She continues, getting a small eep from the shy mare. "Once it is open, she can see the light shining on her wife, but it wasn't the same mare she had grown up to love. There, laying on a bed of flowers, was the rotting corpse of her friend, months dead and decayed, maggots eating her flesh and flies biting at what remained of her dry skin."

As she mentioned the corpse, the rest of us shiver even harder, and this time I swear I can hear some whispering right next to me, but I was too locked up with the story, just staring at Trixie, though I do see Rainbow and Applejack glance behind them a couple of times before they continue watching the azure mare.

"As she looked on in horror, she felt a creak of wood behind her, the presence of something dark. Slowly she turned, and behind her..."

As she paused, I could feel as if there was indeed a large shadow figure behind me, causing me to slowly start to turn as well. Out of the corner of my eyes I could see the rest of the girls seeming to do the same for themselves.

As I looked behind me, I finally was able to see something, but it was so hard to see through all the smoke or fog that seemed to be all around us. Finally, I was able to get a good look at it and what I saw made my eyes go wide. It was large, vaguely pony shaped, but lanky. It seemed like it was a rotting corpse of a unicorn mare, her eyes bloodshot red with no pupils, fur missing along her body, even some bones sticking out from her spine. I could feel my heart freeze up as soon as I see it, my breath getting caught in my lungs.

Evidently I wasn't the only one, for the entire room was stock still, not a single sound coming from anyone. Suddenly, a loud scream rips through the air, starting a chain reaction as it gets us all awake and into gear.

Whoever screamed first to get us moving I don't know, but what I do know is that I was quickly in the center of a massive pony pile, my arms wrapped around as many of them as possible as we all shivered and shook against each other. The only pony who wasn't with us was Trixie, who was laughing her ass off as the apparitions faded, along with the smoky, dark and depressing atmosphere.

As the room returned to normal, Trixie finished her story. "Some say they can still hear her screams in the night, moaning and crying for her loved one...but then again, those are just rumors." She says, letting out a rather evil giggle afterwards.

As I calm myself down, I can feel the pile stir as first Pinkie and Twilight poke their heads out, followed by Dash and Applejack with Rarity soon following suit. The only one who stayed against me was Fluttershy, her hooves tight around my waist, almost painfully so.

"That...was...amazing!!" Pinkie exclaimed, quick to jump out of the pile as she bounced in place. "That was one of the bestest scary stories I've ever heard! And the way you made the room all dark and super creepy. And those ghosts illusions! So cool!" She says.

Trixie just smiles as she gives a small bow. "Please, it's just my natural abilities in magic. That was nothing for the Great and Powerful Trixie!" She states.

"I have to admit, that was rather impressive with how you worked the room to make it a much more scary atmosphere." Twilight agreed, getting a nod from Rarity.

Rainbow just gave a small grunt as she shrugged. "Eh, it was ok I guess." She says, though it is clear that it did get to her too, causing Trixie to just smirk even harder.

As they continued talking about Trixie's story and her way with story telling, I turned my attention to the butter mare, who was the only one left hugging me tight. I gently start to stroke her head, which slowly gets her shivering to stop as she gently looks up at me. As we look at each other, I can see the fear in her eyes, and I just smile as I try to keep her calm by rubbing her back and letting her look into my eyes. As I did this, I could feel my own calmness slowly start to flow into her, and I could see Fluttershy start to relax as well, giving me a small smile as she blushed.

She looked down to see that she was still wrapped around me, and before she could move, I reach down with my free hand and grab her hoof, giving it a small squeeze. I give her a nod of understanding which gets her to relax some more before giving my side a small nuzzle as she slowly parts away.

Sadly this did not go unnoticed by the other girls, one of which who is quick to point it out. "Aw, was the story a bit too much for you Fluttershy?" Pinkie asked, getting an "Eep!" From the butter colored mare, who quickly pulled away from my grasp as she jumps back onto her bedroll, shivering under her mane and tail. "Hey, it's ok to snuggle with somepony during scary stories! Besides, it looked like you were comfortable."

Before I can try and quiet the party mare, the rest of them were starting to relax as they all went back to their spots. "Pinkie, no need to bother the poor girl." Rarity says, looking over at Fluttershy with an understanding smile. "Besides, they look so cute together, just let them have their moment." She added with a giggle, which caused my cheeks to heat up a bit. A quick glance at the shy mare showed that she too was blushing heavily, still hiding behind her long, pink mane.

"Cute?" Rainbow questions, glancing over at us as she raises an eyebrow. She stares at me for a few moments before giving a small shrug. "Eh, whatever you say Rarity. Now, let me get a chance to tell my story! I still got a few that you girl's have yet to hear!" She nearly demands.

The rest of the ponies look at each other before Twilight speaks up. "Um, no offense Rainbow, but I think that one story was enough for us." She says, getting a nod from the rest.

The rainbow mare looks at them with disappointment. "Really? So not cool." She sighs before leaning back on her bedroll, crossing her forelegs over her chest. "Ok fine, so now what next?"

"Oh, let's do truth and dare now!" Pinkie quickly shouts.

"No Pinkie, we already said that Rarity was going to show us some yoga next." The purple mare says, getting a small "Aaww!" From the pink mare.

They all look over at the white unicorn as she smiles. "Wonderful darlings! Now, first let's flatten out these sleeping bags a bit more and then every pony just follow my lead." She says as she flattens hers out, the rest of us following suit...besides me, I just sat on the ground where I was, not having a sleeping bag to begin with. "Ok, now first we all need to settle down, deep breaths. Stay sitting and close your eyes. Clear your mind of all current thoughts and breath. That's right, just breath in and out...Pinkie, put that rubber chicken away! Ahem, anyways, just breath in and out, now raise your left foreleg and..."

(One Hour Later)

"...and slowly exhale." The fashion pony finishes. We all let our breath out slowly as he exhale, relaxing out bodies for the final time. "And now we are done!" She says happily, getting on all four as she stretches herself out a bit. "So girls, how do you all feel?"

We all stretch our bodies a little as we test our new limber limbs, the girls and I all rather calm and relaxed after such a peaceful yoga session. Even Pinkie was calmer than normal, an almost zen look on her muzzle as she sighs happily and contently. "Wowie Rares! That was...so relaxing." She says with a relaxed grin.

The rest of us nod in agreement, even Rainbow looking a lot more relaxed. I take a glance to see how Fluttershy was doing after that and was happy to see her looking much more happy and relaxed, the thoughts of that scary story having long left her now. As she glances to look at me, our eyes meet and lock on for a few moments before I quickly turn away, though a glance at the mare shows that she did the same too, her cheeks tinted pink.

Before I could say anything, the yellow mare speaks up. "Um...w-was that...was that fun Drak?" She asks me.

I smile lightly and nod. "It was indeed. In fact I should probably do it more often." I admit. It really did feel great, making my limbs and muscles feel so much more relaxed. If I did this every other day after my staff training then I would certainly be feeling a lot better overall.

She smiles and nods in approval, but before she can speak the white unicorn seemed to have overheard us. "Oh that's wonderful darling! I'll be more than happy to help you with your yoga sessions as well if you wish!" She says. "Oh, perhaps we can even make it a weekly thing, doing yoga before or after our spa trip!" She gives a bigger smile at this as he looks over to her shy friend. "What do you say Fluttershy?"

The pegasus nods, still smiling at her fashion friend. "I think that is a really good idea Rarity." She agrees.

As they talked I looked around the room and found Trixie just sitting somewhat by herself, or really laying on her sleeping bag as the rest of the ponies talk, her eyes closed as she just relaxes. Wanting to ask her a few questions, and just wanting to keep her company, I scoot over to her and settle down next to her. "So...you enjoy the yoga?" I asked.

She opens her eyes and glances up at me before turning away, shutting her eyes once more. "It was...ok. Trixie could do it a bit more often...probably."

I just chuckle as I lean back a bit. "Well, if you ever do wish to do it, let me know so I can join." I tell her, to which, after a few moments pause, she nods. "So...can I ask a question?"

"You just did." She says, to which I just roll my eyes, seeing her giving a small smirk.

"Haha, very funny." I say with a slightly deadpanned look. As I fall silent, I see her looking back at me, giving me her attention as a sign for me to continue with said question. "I just wish to know how you did that illusion with the monster pony. It looked so..."

"Real? Lifelike? Scary?" She asks, grinning at herself.

"Familiar." I said. This got her to pause as she narrows her eyes a bit. Like the other mares, she knows about my memory fix from Magnum, so she knew that if something was familiar to me it may be related to said memories.

"Really? What about?" She asked.

"I..." I pause as I try to think, but try as I might nothing comes from it. Instead I just shake my head and sigh. "I can't remember."

Trixie sighs too as she shakes her head. "Of course not." She says, causing me to frown a bit. She then glances around at the other ponies to see if they are still busy talking to each other. Seeing that they are, she leans in closer and whispers to me, "Ok, but just this one. Trixie just used an old photo of a Nightmare Night costume she wore, added some affects and used some of my illusion magic to cast it on the mist behind all of you."

I raise an eyebrow at this. "Nightmare Night?"

"it's a holiday were we all dress up and do lots of scary things." She says, giving me what feels like a basic description of this holiday. "Anyways, it's just a simple redirecting spell, nothing too fancy. Twilight could do it easily if she figures it out...which is why I DON'T want you telling her." She adds.

I chuckle and give a nod. "My lips are sealed." I say.

At this point we all hear the bell ring, causing us to look up and see said purple mare holding her bell in her magic. "Ok every pony! It's time for the games!"

"Oh yay! This is gonna be SO much fun!" Pinkie exclaims, grinning as she hops up and down from her sleeping bag. She then reaches into her mane and, after what seems like a bit of searching, pulls out a bottle, placing it on the floor in the middle of all of us. "So, for those that don't know how to play..." She says, giving me a wink, to which Rainbow chuckles, "...we take turns spinning this bottle. When it lands on somepony they must choose truth or dare to which they will either do the dare the spinner tells them to do, or answer a truth to any question the spinner wishes to ask."

I give a nod. It seems simple enough. "Ok...but what if we can't do the dare or don't want to answer the question?" I ask.

"Hmmm...good question..." The pink mare thinks it over for a few moments before she grins. "Oh I know!" She rushes over to the snacks table and then comes back holding a bottle of hot sauce and a rather small spoon. "If you don't want to answer the question or perform the dare then you must take one spoon full of hot sauce!" She says, grinning.

I raise an eyebrow at this. "That doesn't seem too bad." I say with a small shrug.

This gets a giggle from the mare who quickly pours a small bit of it on the spoon. "If you think it isn't so bad, go ahead and give it a try~" She says, holding it over to me.

I feel myself hesitate at this, thinking that something is going on that I'm missing. Looking around I can see the rest of the mares already watching me eagerly, Rainbow seeming to already be giggling softly to herself. Unsure what was going on, I take a glance at the bottle and quickly read it over, reading: Celestial Fire. (Made with a hint of rainbow extract.)

I raise my eyebrow at this before looking at the small drop of sauce on the spoon. "Made with...rainbow extract? Wouldn't that make it sweet?" I say mostly to myself. I can see Fluttershy start to speak up, but she is quickly silenced by both Rainbow and Trixie. Looking at them, all I see is both of them giving rather large smiles, though I could sense that none so innocent feelings behind them. Clearly something was up.

Not gonna get any answers from sitting there, I just shrug as I take the spoon and, after looking it over, place it in my mouth, licking up the single drop before taking it out.

As soon as my tongue touched the sauce, I felt a rather cooling sensation, as well as a mild heat to it. I waited for a bit longer and slowly it started to build up. I could feel my eyes water a bit, but otherwise it didn't seem that bad. I looked at the others curiously, seeing a few of them start to give looks of surprise and shock. "It seems ok. Not too hot though."

"What the...how are you not-" Rainbow started, only to be shushed by the azure mare.

"Wait a moment." She simply says, both of them falling silent as they go back to watching me.

I raise an eyebrow as I look at them. "Ok, what's all this-" I start to ask...and then it finally hits me.

Out of nowhere, the heat in my mouth seemed to double, then double again...then tripled in heat. It went from a small warmth to a scorching desert...and suddenly it felt as if I just ate the sun whole and was holding it in my mouth. My eyes go wide in shock, tears flowing freely as I clamp my mouth shut, not willing to move an inch in case it makes it worse. The other ponies in the room, once they see my full reaction to the sauce, start to giggle, Rainbow and Trixie laughing the loudest of them all. Even Fluttershy was giving a small giggle, even while still looking worried at me the whole time.

As they laughed, Pinkie was the first one to catch her breath and recover. "Hehehe! That was amazing! I'm surprised it took you so long to react to it Draky." She says.

"You should see some of the other food he eats. For some reason whenever he eats hot or spicy food, he never seems to react to it." Trixie explains.

Rainbow, having recovered, takes a few deep breaths before she speaks up. "Oh...that's why it took so long for him to react." She realizes.

"I did notice this as well. In fact I think it started after his trip to Canterlot that you seem to eat a bit more spicy food. Maybe it had something to do with his memories." Twilight says, having finished her giggling fit a while ago. She then levitates a glass of milk to me, to which I quickly grab and down, feeling the intense heat in my mouth cool down to a shallow shimmer.

As I breathed heavily, I could feel a hoof against my arm, and looking down I see the worried expression of Fluttershy staring back at me. I give her a comforting smile to let her know I'm all good, my eyes still a bit wet, but otherwise I'm fine. Seeing the smile makes her smile in return, patting my arm before pulling back.

"Ok, enough of that girls! Let's get to the main game!" Pinkie says, getting an assortment of agreement from the rest of the ponies in the room.

As we got back to our positions, Pinkie decided to take the bottle and spin it, seeing how she was the one who suggested this game. The bottle spun for a good while, seemingly silent for some reason before it slowed down and then stopped right at Rarity. "Oh yay! Ok Rares, truth or dare?"

"Hmmm...I shall go with truth, keeps things somewhat under control for the time being." She says.

This doesn't seem to even deter the pink mare as she quickly asks, "When was the last time you went on a date?"

This gets a moment of silence from the mare as she thinks it over before, with a small sigh she says, "I'll be honest, ever since that Blueblood incident, I haven't really been too focused on dating. Sure there are a few nice stallions here and there, but none of them really match my wants." She admits.

"Oh, then that must mean-" Rainbow starts before getting shushed by the white mare.

"Rainbow I don't believe it's your turn, darling." The white mare quickly counters, getting her to fall silent. She then takes the bottle in her magic and spins it, getting it to turn a good while before it slowly lands on me.

I give a shrug as I look over at the mare. "Well, you went for truth, I may as well be the first to go for dare." I say. How bad could one of her dares be anyways?

The unicorn looks around for a bit before, with an ahah moment, she quickly trots out of the room. A few minutes later, she comes back holding a rather fancy dress in her magic. "I dare you to wear this for the rest of the game."

"Hey, isn't that the one you made me wear that one night?" Applejack asked.

"Indeed! It took a while, but I managed to adjust it so it should fit his form now." She says as she floats the dress to me.

I blink as I look at the dress as it lands on my lap. Looking around, I can see all the mixed reactions from the mares, a good amount of them already grinning at this dare. I sigh as I curse my stupid choice as I got up, holding the dress before me. "Ok, give me a few minutes." I say as I leave the main room and enter one of the side rooms for some privacy.

(Several minutes later...)

I come walking back out, a bit of a challenge as I feel the dress cling to my skin nearly everywhere. I still can't believe she managed to adjust a dress to fit me so quickly. I grumble a bit as I sit down, shuffling as the panties get a bit caught up between my rear cheeks.

I look over at the white mare, giving her a glare. "There, happy now?" I ask, giving a small huff.

"Oh very much so. It looks so pretty on you dear." Rarity says, getting a giggle from the rest of them. Even Dash who isn't one for fashion was giggling at my misfortune.

I just roll my eyes and try not to think too much of it as I spin the bottle. As it spins, I adjust myself again so it doesn't feel so tight. "Why the hell does this even have panties? I thought you ponies don't even wear underclothes." I say to myself. Of course it was loud enough for the others to hear, to which more than one face suddenly went a bit more pink.

"We do, just not normally with our normal clothes and...it's not really for public." Twilight says.

I raise an eyebrow at this, but before I can ask more on the topic, the bottle stops spinning, landing on the purple mare herself. "Oh, um...truth I guess." She says, caught a bit off guard from the sudden landing of the bottle.

I nod as I think it over. There are plenty of things that I could ask, but a few of them seemed to be too personal to ask. Unsure how they will go with certain questions or dares, I decide to just play it safe for now and wait for when they decide to do more extreme dares or questions. "Ok, in that case...what else is it that underwear is used for?" I asked.

Apparently this was still rather awkward, for the bookish unicorn was quick to blush even harder. "Oh um..." She says, starting to think it over, but is interrupted by Rainbow.

"Really? That's the best you can come up with?" She asks me, to which I just shrug. "Come on, you could have asked for way more dirtier questions."

"I believe this is my question to answer Rainbow." Twilight responds before she looks back at me. "Well...to put it simply Drak, we ponies don't normally wear clothing unless it's for special events, like I've told you before. But, sometimes we wear certain clothing like...um, panties and such in the...bedroom..." She answers.

It takes a moment for it to sink in before I realize what she means, my eyes going wide as I feel my own cheeks heating up a bit. "Oh...that makes sense." I said. The thought of seeing one of these mares wearing such clothing was suddenly a bit lewd in my mind, a thought I quickly shake out of my head. I'm not sure why, but ever since I had been getting my memories back, the thought of being closer to a mare was becoming more and more likable to me, especially after the memories of my nights with Aryas came back. The things that mare did with me was...well...crazy.

The purple unicorn nods as she takes the bottle in her magic and spins it, quickly getting it to land on Pinkie. "Oh, dare me Twilight! Dare me!"

Twilight nods as she thinks it over for a few moments, clearing having some trouble figuring out a proper dare for her to do. As she was thinking, Pinkie went over and grabbed a couple of cupcakes, picking one up and starting to toss it in her mouth when the purple mare suddenly says, "I dare you to not eat any more sweets for the rest of the game!"

This caused the party mare to freeze, cupcake somehow in mid air as she looks at her book loving friend, eyes wide with shock. "What!? B-But...but Twilight! That's one of the best things to do during a party, to try out all the tasty treats!"

"It's a dare Pinkie, that means you have to do it." Dash says.

The pink mare sighs as she looks back up at the gravity defying cupcake before casually plucking it from the air and walking back to the group, placing the treats in the middle as she sighs. "Ok, then the next pony for this to land on will get cupcakes!" She states, her shock from the dare already gone. Once again she spins the bottle, and once again it lands on a pony...or in this case, a person.

I roll my eyes. "Really? Already?" I say, getting a few shrugs from the other ponies. I sigh and as I see Pinkie getting ready to ask me truth or dare, I quickly say, "Ok, truth. Need a moment after that...dare..." I say, giving a small tug to the dress to try and make it feel more comfortable on me.

Once again she doesn't even hesitate, almost like she has a question or dare planned for everyone here no matter what they pick. "What's your favorite flavor?" She asks, holding up the cupcakes to me.

I take the cupcakes and place one to the side, looking over the other one. "I'm assuming you mean for treats like cake and cupcakes." I ask, to which she gives a nod. "In that case, from what I can tell from my time here, I think I'll go with chocolate. It just seems the best, though that red one is very good too...what is it called?" I ask, munching on the cupcake as I thought over the unknown flavor.

"Oh, do you mean the red velvet?" Rarity asks, to which I nod. "I have to agree, that one is certainly my favorite as well." She adds.

I nod as I munch on the cupcake for a bit more, reaching over and spinning the bottle. "To be honest, I haven't eaten many treats or other sweets back in the day, at least none that I can remember." I add. "Nothing like cupcakes and cake I mean, I'm sure I had a cookie or something though." I quickly add as I see Pinkie's mouth going wide with shock.

She calms down and nods, giving a smile of understanding as the bottle slows down and lands on someone different. The azure mare sighs as she straightens her cloak. "Trixie shall pick dare. Any dare you can come up with, I can easily do!" She says with a smirk.

I nod as I think it over. Clearly she is willing to do just about any dare I give her, or that anyone here will give her, so I will have to come up with something rather difficult or at least something to make her pause. After a few minutes of silence, in which I finished the first cupcake, an idea pops into my head, Giving a small grin, I ask, "Ok, then I dare you to tell me just what happened here in Ponyville that caused you to get ostracized."

This causes the mare to freeze up, the other girls in the room looking at each other awkwardly. Clearly they knew what happened as well, making me the one left out of the loop. In hindsight, it was a bit of an unfair dare, seeing how it was a dare to tell the truth, but none of them seemed to bring it up, so I just remained silent on that matter. Before I could say anything else, Trixie says, "I...I..." She stumbles over her words, almost as if she is trying to say something, but eventually just shakes her head and says, "I'm taking the hot sauce."

I sigh as I watch her levitate the spoon and bottle, pouring some of the hot sauce in it before placing the bottle down. "Trixie, it may help if you told him about-" Twilight tries to say, only to get a rather dark glare from the show mare, causing the unicorn to shut up. Trixie quickly downs the spoon's contents, wincing as the heat and spice from the sauce hit her, her eyes watering like mad as she does her best to not make it worse.

Placing the spoon down as she swallows the sauce, she waits for a few moments before looking around for something to cool her mouth, finding the milk that was there from before, she quickly finishes the rest of it, letting out a huge sigh of relief. "Trixie will say it when she is ready, not before." She simply says, to which I just give a nod. Seeing how there would be no more talk about it, she quickly spins the bottle, the force behind it making it spin for nearly a solid minute before it finally slows down and lands on Rainbow.

"Finally! Let's kick this into high gear now! Give me the worst dare possible!" She says, grinning at the unicorn mare.

Trixie takes a moment as she breaths a bit out of her mouth to cool the leftover heat, thinking her choices over before letting out a grin. Looking over at me, she says, "Hey Drak, take those panties off and give them to me please."

My eyes go wide as I automatically cover my groin up. "Wait what no! I'll be naked if I-" I tried to respond, only for her to cut me off.

"Please, we're all naked here, so I doubt it will be that much of a problem." She says with a rather sly grin. "Plus, that dress should still cover you up enough, so give it here." I sigh as I look at the other mares for some help, to which I sadly get nothing but shy looks and a few red cheeks. At this point everyone here already knew about my clothing situation, and the only one who wasn't embarrassed by this was Trixie and Dash, the latter clearly interested in her own way.

I grumble as I adjust myself and start taking the panties off, glad that the dress is just long enough to cover myself down to my knees. After about thirty seconds of struggling which felt like an hour, I finally manage to take them off without giving much away to the girls, handing them over to Trixie as I feel the cool air against my groin and ass. "Here." I say, letting her magic take them from me.

Trixie grins as she floats the panties over to Dash, who was a bit distracted at the small show that I gave them, but as she sees them floating towards her, she quickly goes red in the face as she shakes her head. "Wait, no! No way! I'm not putting those on!" She states.

I can't help but to raise an eyebrow at this, finding it amusing that the mare would rather be naked than wear even simple clothing. Then again, from what Twilight said...

"You have to do it Dash, them's the rules. Unless you wanna drink some hot sauce" Applejack says, getting a grumble from the rainbow mare. Even then Rainbow was still thinking it over, even glancing over at the hot sauce, seeming to think that she should just take the loss and down the spicy condiment. However, Trixie noticed this and quickly added a bit of her own words to get the mare to do the dare.

"No worries Applejack, I'll understand if she is too scared to do such a task. Clearly it's over her head to put on even simple panties." Trixie taunts, getting a sharp glare from the rainbow mare.

Before anyone could say anything, Dash is already reaching over and swiping the panties from their magical grasp. "Ok, fine!" She says.

She gets up and starts to put it on, but Trixie quickly adds, "No no no, not like that! Turn around and do it."

Rainbow goes wide eyed as she freezes up, staring at the show pony. "What! You mean...?" Trixie nods, getting another grumble from the speed pony as she slowly turns around so that her flank is facing the rest of us. As she starts putting those panties on, I can't help but to watch as her rear jiggles a bit as she shimmies into them, tugging them up and under her tail. She grunts as she keeps sliding them upwards, the panties clearly not fitting too well on her since Rarity did fix them to fit on me.

It doesn't seem to be a problem for the rest of the ponies as they watch on, eyes glued to the scene before them. I could see a few red cheeks and flustered facing among them, especially Fluttershy and Twilight, who both seemed to be shuffling on their sleeping bags as they watched the impromptu show. Dash continues to struggle with the panties, grunting as the slim cloth slides between her rear cheeks, outlining them rather nicely despite not fully fitting her. As she gives it a few more tugs, we can see that her tail is partially in the way, so it hangs just a bit lower than normal, causing her tail to raise up and giving us a rather good view of the goods between her legs, which are easily outlined by the white clothing. We can see her lower lips tense under them, already making the panties a bit damp as she shimmies a bit more, trying to adjust the feeling of those panties on her...

I blink as I feel myself getting way more aroused than I realized, my hands quickly reaching down and covering the area of the dress that was starting to raise higher than the rest. A quick look around shows that they are all still entranced with the small show Dash was putting on...everyone except for Trixie, who was looking at me with a knowing smirk. I just give a sheepish, embarrassed smile as I look away and back at the show, not wanting to stare at that knowing face.

Finally, the cyan mare is somewhat satisfied with how they feel on her, and quickly she spins around and sits down, the panties still easily seen on her as she does so. "Ok, there you go, done. Happy now?" She says to the azure unicorn, who just smiles innocently and nods. With a grumble, Dash spins the bottle hard, causing it to wobble as it spins. After a while it starts slowing down once more and lands on Applejack, who like the rest of the ponies has recovered enough from the small show.

The farm mare smiles as she sees it's her turn. "Ok, go ahead and dare me sugercube." She says, her eyes filled with determination for whatever dare the speed pony has in store for her.

Dash taps her hoof on the ground as she thinks it over, looking around at us before an idea pops into her mind. She quickly gets a rather sinister smile as she says, "Oh I got one. I dare you to get a makeover."

AJ blinks in surprised as she looks at her speedy friend, mouth open in shock before Pinkie leans in and closes it for her. Once her mouth was closed it seemed to snap her out of her surprise as she shakes her head and says, "What?! A makeover?! No way sugarcube!"

"You gotta do it AJ, them's the rules!" Pinkie stated as she reaches over and grabs the hot sauce bottle. "Or you can take the ultimatum instead." She offers.

The orange mare stares at the bottle for just about two seconds before she shakes her head and sighs. "Ok, fine. I'll do the darn makeover."

As soon as she agreed, there was a huge EEEE of delight as Rarity is quickly by her side. "Oh this is going to be great darling! You are going to be looking so fabulous! Come, come! Let's get to work. I already have SO many ideas on what we can do."

As the unicorn starts dragging her over to another room, I couldn't help but to think more on how quick she was to go with the makeover. Knowing her that is something she would never have done, and I know that the others know that too.

Turning to Rainbow, I ask, "So, why did she go with the makeover instead of the hot sauce?"

Dash smirks, "Simple, she hates spicy food. I mean really, really hates it." She explains. I nod in understanding now as we just sit in silence. Well, almost silence, some of the girls were starting to talk to each other as we waited, Fluttershy was even trying to get Trixie to open up a bit more, with little success.

It goes on for a good while, about ten minutes I would say before we hear the unicorn walking the farm mare back in the room. As we all stopped and stared at her, I know my mouth fell open as soon as I saw her, and I could hear a couple of surprised gasps from the others too.

There was Rarity, standing so very proud as she showed off her newest masterpiece, Applejack all powdered up, black lining along her eyes, full blush on her cheeks, the whole works. I had to admit that while I thought Rarity was going to overdue it with the makeup, she did do an excellent job, adding just enough blush and powder to her face and muzzle that it didn't deter from the whole thing.

We watched as AJ walked back to her spot, Rarity quick to go to her spot too, all of us looking at her in a mix of surprise and awe.

Of course, Pinkie was the first one to break the silence. "Wowie! You look so pretty Applejack!" She says with a bit of a bounce.

"Rarity really did a great job." Twilight added admiring her friend and her friend's work.

"Oh please girls, it was nothing." She says, waving a hoof lightly as she giggles. "I just brought out Applejack's inner beauty and placed it on the outside. It was nothing."

As the girls kept chatting to each other about how well the makeup was, I took this time to lean over to AJ and say, "So...you going to keep this look now or?"

She glares at me as I chuckle, her hoof giving a small twitch. However, she quickly smiles back as she adds, "Only if you do the same with your new look."

That quickly got me to shut up as I grumbled, tugging on the skirt that I nearly forgot I was wearing which just causes AJ to chuckle. Wanting to change the subject, I quickly ask, "So, not one for hot sauce huh?"

She shakes her head. "Enope. It just could never sit right with me. Same with my sister, for whatever reason any kind of spicy food just goes through us." She says. She then makes a move to rub her face, groaning, "Why is this darn thing so itchy?"

"AJ, don't smudge the makeup!" Rarity quickly calls out, having noticed the movement during her talk with the other girls. "You'll ruin the hard work I did for you."

This gets a sigh from the farm pony, but before she could reply to her fashion forward friend, Rainbow speaks up with a groan. "Can we get back to the game please? It's Applejack's turn now so let's get it going!" She says. She gives a grumble as she lays on her sleeping bag, already tapping her front hoof as she waits for the game to continue. In fact, during that whole time she was one of the only ones who wasn't talking...well, her and Trixie, who seemed to be keeping herself busy with some playing cards that she was now putting away.

Applejack nods as she quickly takes the bottle and spins it. Of course the bottle spins with much more force than needed, seeming to barely be on the ground as it turns. I could even see Pinkie getting dizzy trying to follow the bottle before Twilight stops her gently with her magic.

It takes much longer for it to slow down, almost a full two minutes before it finally slows down to a stop, with the end pointing at a familiar white mare.

Rarity blinks in surprise as she looks up at AJ, who was already giving a rather large smirk of her own. The fashion mare rubbed her hooves together as she tries to think of something to say. "N-now Applejack, dear...l-let's not get too hasty with the choices. I mean, I did-"

"Rarity." Applejack says, making the white mare quickly shut her mouth tight. "Truth or dare."

The white mare hesitates for a few moments, thinking over her options before with a sigh she simply says, "Truth please."

If she was hoping that the farm mare would go easy cause she went with truth and not dare, she was sorely mistaken. AJ smiled as she quickly said, "So, if I remember correctly, Rainbow was wondering about something when you were asked about dating." She reminds us, getting said rainbow mare to grin widely. "So...I'm just gonna take a guess as to what it is and ask...if your dating life is on hold, then how is your sex life?"

This gets everyone in the room silent, the only sound coming from Rarity's heavy breathing as she swallows her fear, looking around at her friends for some help in getting out of this situation. However, from what I can tell, none of them were going to step in to save her. Even Fluttershy who just remained at my side, blushing heavily at the question, her mane covering most of her face.

It remains silent for a few minutes, all of us waiting for her response before she finally says, "Um...w-well..."

"She probably doesn't have one." We all turned to face the one who spoke up, looking at the azure unicorn with confusion. "I mean seriously. She's all prim and proper, aren't you?" She continues, looking at Rarity. "Most likely still a virgin with no experience at all. I bet you haven't even seen a-"

Before she could finish Rarity narrowed her eyes as she quickly replied, "For your information Trixie, I am NOT a virgin and have plenty of sexual experience. I just so happen to be in a bit of a dry spell as of late, but that doesn't mean I can't get any, as you would say, action. I know plenty of stallions who would be more than willing to please me."

As she finishes, the full effect of what she just said hits her, causing her to go wide eyed as she covers her muzzle with both hooves. I stared at her with a rather surprised look, eyebrow raised as I glanced at the rest of the girls. The rest of them were just as surprised with the white pony's outburst, varying from embarrassed shock to surprised glee. As she remains silent, a few voices finally break out, namely Applejack, Rainbow and Trixie as they laugh loudly.

As the rather silent moment of the room vanishes, the rest of the girls relax a bit as Twilight steps closer to her fashion friend, placing a hoof on her shoulder to comfort her. "Hey, it's ok Rarity, just cause you aren't getting any sexual release doesn't mean anything less of you." She says.

"Yea, I mean I sometimes don't have sex for weeks on end! There's no shame in not being in the mood for sex!" Pinkie adds, bouncing over to them and giving her a quick hug.

Rarity slowly relaxes into the hug, gently nuzzling Pinkie back before being released. "Yea, you're right girls, I just...it's been so long since I've had any release that I've been finding myself getting more...distracted as of late." She admits.

At this point the other girls had managed to calm their laughter down enough to come and speak their own minds. "Aw shucks Rarity, it don't matter if you can't find any pony to play with, really." She says, giving her a friendly smile. "Besides, I know more than others that our work can keep us rather busy right?" She adds.

Seeing the escape, Rarity quickly nods. "Quite, yes indeed. I've just been so busy with work as of late that I rarely get any time to myself!" She sighs as she leans back on her haunches before saying, "You know, perhaps I should take a small vacation to take care of myself and my own needs. It has been a while after all..."

"If you need help, I can always offer my assistance." Rainbow adds as she flies over and gently nudges the white mare, giving her a rather suggestive wink.

The unicorn blushes as she gently pushes her speedy friend off of her. "Thanks Rainbow, but I think I'll pass. The last time you helped me we ended up waking up in Big Mac's bed, and you still won't tell me what happened!"

"I thought you would have asked him by now about it." Dash says, tilting her head a bit at her friend.

"Oh I've tried, but you know him, very tight lipped. All he says is that nothing crazy happened, but he won't say exactly what."

Before the cyan pegasus could add on it, Applejack gives a small stomp of her hoof, shaking the floor a bit as she huffs in anger. "Hold on, Big Mac did what now?" She asks, glaring at Rainbow.

Rainbow just shrugs off her angry look as she adds, "Oh don't act so surprised, you know he's a major stud for the mares around here. Besides, like he said, nothing crazy happened then, and I didn't sleep with him...that night at least." She says, adding the last part with a wink and a stuck out tongue.

I could see the steam nearly pouring out of the farm mare's ears as she opened her mouth to retort, but I decided that now was the best time to intervene before it actually came to blows...if it did that is. While from what I could tell most ponies seem more inclined to talk or argue their problems than really fight over them, I still didn't want to take that chance. "Hey, how about we move on and get back to the game?" I asks.

However, to my despair, Trixie just shakes her head. "Nah, I'm getting a bit tired of that game now. Besides, with this talk I'm rather curious about something." She brings up. I glance at her with a near pleading expression, not wanting to get the other mares to arguing, but she just waves it away as she continues, looking at Rarity as she asks her question. "Seeing how you are on a bit of a dead zone with sex, when was the last time you actually got any?"

This got the mare to turn bright red once again, but this time Dash gives her a small nudge and a nod. "No harm in saying it Rarity. You went this far so might as well go all the way."

The white mare remains silent for a few moments before, with a small sigh, she nods as she says, "Well, let's see, the last time I had sex...I would say a few weeks after that horrible date with Blueblood...so about a year ago I think. Perhaps a year and a few months."

Rainbow's eyes go wide with surprise as she hears this. "What?! A year? No wonder you are so damn stressed out all the time! You need to get out there and find some studs, get back in the sheets and-"

"Rainbow!" Twilight interrupts her, getting the rainbow mare to shut it quickly. She then turns to face her white unicorn friend and adds, "It's nothing to be ashamed of like I said before, besides I'm sure she has been able to take care of her...needs at her own time." She says, giving a look that says she hopes she is correct.

Rarity nods a bit heavily at this. "Oh yes! I did...um, relax myself a couple of weeks ago...though again I've been so busy that I can barely find time to myself." She says.

"Perhaps you should have a break from work? Too much working can be bad after all." Applejack adds, to which she gets a couple of confused looks from her friends.

"Says the mare who tried to harvest the entire farm by herself." Pinkie says.

I give a confused look at the farm mare, who, seeing my look, just shrugs and says, "Long story, I'll tell it later." She tells me before returning to Pinkie. "It's still true. Not all of us can have fun during work like you."

"Hey! Just cause it's an adult party doesn't mean it's all fun! Besides, those happen so rarely these days, and I usually save those for bachelor parties." She says. She smiles as she looks up, almost as if reminiscing. "I remember the last one like it was yesterday..."

I had to speak up at this, feeling a bit left out and just a little curious at this point. "Wait, when was the last adult party you threw?" I asked.

"Oh, it was yesterday! So much fun, I almost ran out of toothpaste during it!" She says, causing the rest of us to either roll our eyes or chuckle.

"Of course Pinkie, of course." Rainbow says, laughing at her pink friend.

"Trixie is curious, seeing how we are talking about our sex life now, when was the last time you had sex?" Trixie asks the speedy pony.

Dash falls silent as she actually ponders over the question before giving a small nod to herself. "I would say...last week I think? Yea, Lyra and Bon-Bon invited me over to hang out, one thing led to another and...let's just say no pony got any sleep that night." She says, chuckling. She then quickly turns the question back on Trixie, asking, "How about you? Any luck since you last tried to-"

"Trixie has been busy planning and replanning her plans on becoming the best magician in Equestrian, she has no time to lay with some pony no matter how much she might need it!" She quickly states, getting a raised eyebrow from me.

"Trixie, you might as well tell us when the last time you had sex was, seeing how we are all telling it." I say, getting her to look at me.

She remains silent for a few moments and I start to think she might just refuse before she finally speaks. "Ok. Trixie...I...I haven't had any sex since I first came to Ponyville."

This causes a small murmur from the others, as well as a confused look from me. "What, so a month ago? I mean, you got here when I got here, so..."

She shakes her head at this and, in a bit of a smaller voice, says, "No, I mean...the first, first time. When I first came to Ponyville for the...you know...first time." She says, trying to clear her answer some more.

Apparently this makes sense to the others as they look at her wide eyed with surprise, Rainbow once again being the first to break the silence. "Wait, so you've been on a dry spell for over two years?! That's...that's crazy! How can some pony go without sex for so long!" She says more than asks.

Before anyone could try and help her, I'm the first one to speak up this time. "I'm sure she has her reasons for it, after all it's busy being the most important magician in Equestria, right Trixie?" I say, looking over at her meaningly.

She quickly nods and puffs her chest out. "Of course! Besides, I have at least had sex, unlike a certain other unicorn here." She says, giving a rather obvious look to the purple unicorn.

This gets Twilight to blush heavily as she quickly looks away. "I-I...just cause I haven't had sex...I mean I know what it is! I...know what one does during sexual intercourse, and I've even practice a bit during my off time to-"

"Reading books about sex doesn't count egghead, even if it's those magazines you hide under your bed." Rainbow interrupts, causing Twilight to snap her head towards her.

"Wha...how do you know about those?" She asks shocked.

Rainbow just shrugs. "Not that good of a hiding spot, plus I sometimes borrow them myself. It is some good rubbing material." She adds with a smirk.

The purple mare just stares bugged eyed at her friend. "So you were the one taking them? I thought that Spike somehow found them once." She says, letting out a small sigh of relief, only to tense up again as she realizes what Dash just said. "Wait, what do you-"

"In any case I don't think it matters too much if you are a virgin Twilight." AJ butts in, not wanting them to start arguing either, to which I was more than happy with. "Besides, it's not like all of us have a crazy sex life. Why, I've only had sex a hoofful of times. I think the last time was...hmm." She falls silent as she thinks it over before she continues. "I believe it was five years ago, just before you came to Ponyville in fact." She chuckles at the memory of it, the rest of us only imagining what she is thinking about.

"Wait a minute, what about that night a couple of months ago?" Rainbow asked, getting a confused look from the farm mare. "Me and you went to-"

"You and I, Rainbow." Twilight intervenes.

The cyan mare just snorts. "Fine, you and I went to that one bar after our workout and after a bit of drinking we went to your place."

Applejack just blinks as she looks at Rainbow with confusion. "Wait, we did it then?" Dash just nods as the earth pony rubs her head. "Huh, I can't really remember that one too well."

Dash just smiles. "Honestly I don't blame you, you were really drunk. I mean totally smashed, like spinning on your hind legs and-"

"Ok Dash ok, I get it, I get it." the orange mare says, quickly shushing her speedy friend.

We all fell silent for a while, no one saying a thing as we collected ourselves, the air around us a bit more relaxed now. I guess that's what happens when you share deep secrets with others, it does lighten the mood a bit, showing that there is nothing to really hide. Of course it's quickly broken by Trixie as she speaks up.

"Anyways, I do believe that there is another pony...or human that has to tell us about his last time." The azure unicorn says, looking over at me, the rest doing the same thing. Before I could speak, she continues, saying, "I mean, if he even had any action since being here, which I really doubt."

I narrow my eyes at her as I hear this. "Hold on, I'm not a virgin Trixie, I've had sex before."

Trixie just smirks as she simply says, "Pinkie?"

The pink mare is quick to shake her head. "From what I can tell, Draky here hasn't had any sex with any pony yet. I would know if they did."

I try to speak up but I'm again stopped by the magician. "Of course, we all would know if some pony had sex with such an exotic being as Drak. They would be talking non stop about it." She says, which to my surprise gets a small nod from most of the mares.

"Ok, hold on now." I say, trying to get some control of this conversation. "Just cause I've hadn't had sex with any one...or any pony in town here doesn't mean I'm a virgin."

Trixie is quick to counter though as she asks rather playfully, "So, when was the last time you had sex?"

I open my mouth to speak before falling silent, realizing just where this might be going. Looking at the mare I could see that she noticed my reaction too, smiling triumphantly as she waits for my reply. A few minutes go by before I finally speak up. "Um...I would say the last time that I remember was with Aryas...so..."

She doesn't give me a moment to continue as she continues herself "And if Trixie remembers correctly, Aryas was with him during those years before he met with the Princesses, if that's right Twilight?" She asks me, to which the purple mare slowly nods. "And if Trixie still remembers right, that was over twenty five hundred years ago, yes?" This time I nod. "So, with all said and done, Trixie says that, if you last had sex a LIFETIME ago, then it was a different life, and therefore, you are a virgin." She finishes with a cheeky grin.

I blink at this before giving a small chuckle, shaking my head as I do so. "Trixie, that is the most ridiculous thing I have heard since being here. There is no way that-"

"Actually." Rainbow says, tapping her chin. "When she puts it like that, seeing how it was such a long time that it was another life, you are a virgin in this life." She says.

I narrow my eyes, not laughing this time as I just shake my head. "But I've still had sex, therefore, I'm not a virgin. I can even REMEMBER it. Maybe it wasn't the first time, maybe it was, maybe it was the last time, but it was still sex. I could have had a bag on my head and it still would be sex."

"Did you have a bag on your head?" Pinkie asks.

I quickly shake my head. "No! That's not the...Twilight, help me out here." I say, looking somewhat desperately at the book mare.

However, to my shock, she was actually thinking it over carefully as she looks between Trixie and I. "It does...in a strange sense...make sense. I mean, yes you did have sex, so you aren't a full virgin, but..." She pauses as she thinks it over a bit more before continuing. "But this is essentially a new life for you, one which you have yet to experience everything that we do, including sex, and therefore, making you a virgin in this life."

I just stare dumbly at Twilight, the corner of my eyes showing that Trixie was having a somewhat similar reaction, perhaps surprised that her rival was agreeing with her. Trying one last time to take control, I quickly say, "But I didn't die! I was alive for the entire time, as far as we know, so-"

"But you don't remember what happened during then and now, yes?" Trixie quickly counters once she recovered from her shock. Not waiting for me to respond, she adds, "And so we don't know if you really did die or was knocked out, or even resurrected. As far as we know, you died and then came back, meaning new life, and new life with no sex means..." She falls silent as she gives a victorious smile.

I could feel my cheeks redden more out of frustration than embarrassment, breathing a bit heavily as I look around for any help, any help at all from the other mares. However, to my despair, none of them were seeming to be willing to take my side. Finally my eyes landed on the one mare who was even more quiet than me; Fluttershy.

I didn't want to pull her into this, I really didn't want to, but I was desperate for some sort of assistance, and I know that the shy mare would most certainly take my side. I gently reached over and pulled the mare close to me, getting an EEP of surprised from the butter colored pegasus. "Shy, you don't think I'm a virgin, right?"

She remains silent, stone silent in fact, eyes locked up at me from behind her mane. Her wings had spiked up a bit, fluffing out as she looks at me, clearly trying to think of something to say. I start to gain hope as I noticed the kind eyes on her...that is until she starts to speak. "W-well...I-if you are reborn...then it does...you know..."

I groan as I realize that she was agreeing with the rest of them as well. "You too Fluttershy?" I say a bit sadly.

Perhaps I put a bit too much emotion behind that, for I soon felt her hooves wrapped around my waist and pull me into a deep hug, nuzzling against my chest. "Oh no, I-it doesn't matter if you are a virgin, besides, I'm sure the other girls are just teasing you a bit, right?" She says, looking out at the others with large eyes. They all nod at us, Trixie and Rainbow still keeping their teasing grins as the others just give me apologetic smiles for their own teasing.

I take this moment to calm myself down too, thankfully Fluttershy's calming aura helped as I was soon in a more clear mindset, realizing that she is right. I smile, hugging the mare back, who smiles up at me as I say, "Yea, I guess it doesn't really matter huh? I mean, you're a virgin too, right? We're just waiting for that right one."

At this I feel her hooves tighten a bit more as she freezes a bit, her eyes widening a bit more as a blush appears on her cheeks. "Oh...u-um..." She soon falls silent, her words causing pause in my own hope.

I raise an eyebrow as I look down at the kind mare. "Fluttershy, you are a virgin...right?" I asked, feeling something heavy start to sink on my shoulders.

She remains silent as she avoids my gaze, looking away and at the ground. After a good minute of silence she slowly speaks up softly, almost too soft to hear but thankfully I can catch it. "I...I mean...I h-haven't with..with a...a-a s-s-stallion..."

I blink as I hear this, looking down at her as she falls silent again, forcing me to speak up once more. "N-Not with a stallion, so...so with who?"

She remains silent again, but doesn't take as long to respond this time. "Um...once...w-with...with R-Rainbow..."

I blink several times in surprise as I quickly look up at said mare, who to my surprise...just shrugged. I could have sworn that she was giving a smug grin as well, but at that point I was a bit too deep in my own thinking.

It was at that point that I felt something...strange. Something deep down slowly starting to build up, bubbling in my very deepest parts. It was a dark feeling, almost intense fire as it started to boil over. The fact that Fluttershy, the kindest of mares, who is shy of everything, would even dare be with-

I quickly gave myself a mental shake as my common sense kicked in, making me blink in confusion as to what the hell just happened. Why was I getting mad over something silly and not even any part of my business? It's not like we are going out or even then that I own her. Hell, why was I getting angry in the first place? This confusion clearly made the others confused too, and a small squeeze around my waist from the shy mare is soon enough to snap me out of it.

Glancing at their confused faces, I could see that they were seeing whatever was going on with me, though I couldn't really explain it either. In any case I just smiled and shook my head, looking down at Fluttershy as I hug her for thanks. "Sorry, just...stupid thoughts being stupid. But yea, you're right. Virgin or not, it doesn't really matter does it?" I say, to which she quickly nods.

At this Rainbow flies over and lands next to me, smiling as she gives my shoulder a small hoof bump. "for the record, she was my first time too. It was during flight school and we were both in a curious moment of our lives so...you know." She shrugs again, to which I just nod. "But yea, I guess it really doesn't matter if you are a virgin or not. Besides, I bet you will give any lucky mare a good time once you find one." She adds, to which she gives a teasing wink, which again causes me to groan.

For my response I just reach out and pull her in for a hug. "Ok I get it thanks now cut the teasing." I tell her, feeling her struggle in the hug for a few moments before calming down.

"Hey, no hugging! I didn't say-"

"YAY, group hug time!" Suddenly I was dove on by a pink blur, a certain party pony now on my lap as she was hugging all of us tight. This got the rest of the mares, minus Trixie, to walk over and join in on the hug, all of them giving me nods of understanding as we all pretty much group hugged.

I looked at Trixie, who just looked away with a huff before slowly looking back. Giving her a small nod, I motion her to join us, to which, slowly, stubbornly, she does just that, walking over and hugging my head a bit, as it was the only thing left to really hug, her cheek resting against my own. She moves so her muzzles is against my ear as she says, "Just say nothing Drak." to which I chuckle softly and give a small nod that only she notices, too which she soon nuzzles back.

We just sit like that, all relaxed and comfortable, all of us feeling a bit closer after that...

"Hey Draky? Is that a pickle in your skirt, or you just really liking this group hug?"

Oh...shit.

So...yea this has been a long time coming. Not only was doing the truth and dares so damn hard for some stupid reason, I have had plenty of other shit in my life that has happened. As to what has happened...I'll put it into a blog. For now, enjoy this and happy holidays!