"So you're telling me, you invited colts, one you don't even talk to anymore, and one you don't even know to sleepover? Are you crazy?" WeatherFeather, Volley's mom yelled from the other room.

Despite the loud yelling, the ponies sat drowsily on the family room couch.

It was about three thirty now, and Volley and WeatherFeather have been arguing for half an hour.

Finally, after ten minutes of yells, Volley came out of the room, her face bright red with anger.

"You guys have to go." she said, with grinding teeth.

"What?! It's three in the morning!" Soarin cried.

"Can you at least let us stay until seven?" Rainbow added.

Rainbow lived right down the street, but she did not want to face her grumpy parents. Especially her brothers. If they heard she was hanging out with stallions the entire day, they'd flip and make sure they were dead. Especially Soarin, a stallion they didn't even know.

"Mom, they need to stay until seven." Volley said as her very angry mother stepped out of the room.

"The mares can. Just... get the stallions out. Racer and Sprinter can go to their grandparent's. Those two, however-" she pointed at Soarin and Hoop "They're going to have to go to Hoop's house. Are you Hoop's friend?" she asked Soarin.

"Yes, I am." replied the nervous stallion.

"Okay, now please...call whoever you need. I don't need you four to stay any longer." said WeatherFeather, impatiently.

Just because they were stallions didn't mean anything. Sure, they were going to high school and all and we're interested in those kind of things, but these were friends. Not anything more.

Soon every colt left, each mare saying their goodbyes. Soon it was an all-mare room, and WeatherFeather went back to bed.

"I'm not tired anymore." said Mascaran.

"Me too." Trackee agreed.

"It was fun with them around. Now it's just...quiet." Cheerleader said.

"That was so crazy last night, though." Volley said, "And, oh yeah. Should we tell Rainbow?"

"Tell me what?" Rainbow asked.

The five other mares laughed.

"Seriously, what is it?" Rainbow demanded.

"You tell her." Volley told Helping.

"No! Trackee, you do it...please." Helping said in a nervous laugh.

"Cheerleader can do it." Trackee said quickly.

"Tell her what?" Cheerleader asked.

"Oh yeah, I forgot you were asleep. Same with Mascaran." Trackee replied.

"Somepony just tell me!" Rainbow growled. What was so bad that they were hiding it from her?"

Rainbow let out a sigh of relief.

"No! Trackee, you do it...please." Helping said in a nervous laugh.

"Cheerleader can do it." Trackee said quickly.

"Tell her what?" Cheerleader asked.

"Oh yeah, I forgot you were asleep. Same with Mascaran." Trackee replied.

"Somepony just tell me!" Rainbow growled. What was so bad that they were hiding it from her?"

The three ponies still argued.

"Ugh. Okay, I'm thinking of a number one through twenty. Whoever guesses the closest has to tell me."

Rainbow thought of a number.

Eleven.

"Fourteen." Helping replied.

"Nineteen." Trackee said.

"Ten." Volley said.

"The number was eleven. Spit it out, Volley." Rainbow demanded. She was tired of waiting.

"Okay, well..." Volley whispered in Rainbow Dash's ear, "Soarin used your flank as a pillow."

Rainbow's face went bright red with embarrassment, and for a minute, she was glad the stallion was no longer at the house.

"Was it on purpose?" she asked.

"I don't think so. He was tired, so I think he just grabbed the nearest 'pillow'." Volley responded.

Rainbow let out a sigh of relief.

"What happened?" Cheerleader asked.

Volley whispered it into Mascaran and Cheerleader's ears. They both chuckled.

"Aw, how cute." Mascaran teased.

The familiar embarrassed blush returned to Dash's cheeks.

"So Mascaran, I see you've got a thing going for Racer." Dash replied.

"What?! Ew, no." she responded.

Dash rolled her eyes.

"You are so crushing on him."

"I am not cru-"

"She's totally crushing on him." Cheerleader responded.

"Yeah, like how you cuddled up next to him during the movie." Trackee added.

"Hey, Soarin was hugging Dash!" Mascaran defended herself.

"He got scared." Dash said.

"'Scared'. Yeah, whatever, Rainbow." Mascaran said. She seemed to be running out of ideas.

The "crush" thing went on until sunrise. They finally came to a result that Soarin was a wimp and Mascaran had a crush on Racer.

"Whatever," Mascaran replied, "Believe lies. I don't care."

WeatherFeather walked out of her room and into the family room. She seemed less mad now that the colts were gone.

"You guys want breakfast?" She asked. Everypony nodded.

WeatherFeather made chocolate-chip pancakes.

They reminded Rainbow of how she used to make them for Volley's sleepovers when they were little. Guilt bit at her. She wasn't that happy making them now. Usually, she liked having the girls over for a sleepover. Now she made them in slight anger.

The ponies ate their food in silence. It used to be full of laughter.

After they ate, WeatherFeather said, "Please go home. I'll watch you guys."

Rainbow rolled her eyes. They were going to be freshmen. They didn't need to be "watched" anymore. This wasn't the fourth grade.

But she didn't question.

Rainbow left with anger.

She only lived down the street, so it only took about two-seconds in flight. She decoded the garage door and went inside, greeted by a very happy winged dog.

There her father was, on the leather chair, watching sci-fi movies.

"Hi Rainbow. How was your night?" he asked.

"Fun." Rainbow said. It was a half lie.

She walked up to her room, her dog following her, and sat on her bed.

The night would've been so much more better if they weren't caught and they didn't face Northway's insanity. Although it had been a bit exciting, she had to admit that.

She sighed, and her loyal companion sat beside her.

"Oh, SkyCatcher." she moaned.

SkyCatcher gave her a lick on the ear.

Rainbow opened her window and let the summer air in.

Although she didn't want to admit it, she was going to miss Soarin, despite the clinging and flank-grabbing.

At least she could visit him when he visited Hoop, although it wouldn't be the same.

"Rainbow!" she heard her name whisper-yelled.

She looked up, and Hoop came up and held a carton of eggs.

Soarin flew next to him. SkyCatcher began to bark at the intruders.

"Shh..." she calmed her dog, "It's okay."

SkyCatcher quieted down.

"We never got a chance to egg Barkling's house." Soarin said, "Wanna join?"

Rainbow didn't know why, but hearing that made her feel ten times better.

"Yes, I would. Let me get out." Rainbow pulled out her screen. She'd put it back in later.

She flew out the window, and SkyCatcher began to follow.

"Sorry Sky, you'll have to stay." and she closed it.

Rainbow faced the two colts in front of her.

"Ready?" she asked.

"As we'll ever be." Hoop responded.

Rainbow didn't need to hear anymore. She lead the colts to Barkling's house.

Time to have some fun.

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