“I’m not bothering you, right?” Scootaloo was clinging onto her purple garbed friend, her legs clutching around her waist as she walked slow and steady back in town. She was hugging Babs tightly and her head was once again buried in her purple bosom. The smell of sweat and victory didn’t bother her at all. In fact, it enhanced that precious moment and she wouldn’t want to smell anything else after that danky sex dungeon of Dinky’s.

“Naaah…” A loving hand brushed Scootaloo’s bangs while using the other to fan herself with the hat. “I’m a bit hot, though. Do superheroes ever complain about that?”

“A lot, actually.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. You are very hot.” Scoots giggled, a smile of total bliss engraved on her face, drifting into happiness in Babs’ pillowy bosom.

“Scoots, I want to confess something: I love your jokes.” She chuckled, caressing the pegasus' purple bangs.

“I love my jokes, too.”

“I swear, I wouldn’t love you half as much if you weren’t such a wise ass.”

“There they are!” Rainbow Dash shouted from up above. Babs lifted her head to see a rainbow colored trail of light flying straight down to the ground. A moment of eerie silence followed before the sound of thundering hooves roared in the air and started to come closer and closer and closer…

“Oh, boy…” Babs whispered as she braced herself.

“SCOOOOOOTAAAAAALOOOOOOOOO!!!” Pinkie Pie ran like a freight train towards the pair, lifting an enormous cloud of dust in her wake. Babs closed her eyes and sighed as the thunderous party pony was mere moments from crashing into them, streaming tears flying from her eyes. She tackled the two to the ground and hugged them like she had never hugged anypony before, her powerful biceps skirting the line between showing affection and crushing a pony’s back. “I THOOOUGHT YOU WERE GOOOOONE!”

“I will be...In a few minutes…” Scootaloo bit her lip and actually let out a small tear out of pain. Babs was just standing there with the most deadpan look on her eyes, just staring at the sky while being crushed alongside Scoots. “Know that I loved you…”

“I know.” Babs said solemnly.

“I thought....I thought I would never see you agaaaain! It’s like you are my little sister, too! You’re everypony’s little sister! At least you were saved by your fillyfriend!”

"My...My what?"

"I mean, everypony knows! This just makes it off—"

“Alright, I think that’s enough hugs.” Rainbow Dash said swooping down and separating her fillyfriend from the couple. “And I think Babs has had her share as well.”

“Oh, uh…” Scootaloo got up and let go slowly of Babs as she lifted herself from the ground, her fingertips being the last things leaving the purple cloth enveloping her flanks.

“Scooooooots!!!” Rainbow Dash cried out while squeezing the poor orange pegasus to her chest. She let out an agonized wail and gave a light slap to the back of Scootaloo’s head. “I hope there was at least an army to kidnap you!”

“Actually, it was only one...”

“One enormous monstrosity of a pony? Three meters tall and two wide?”

“Yeaaah…” Scootaloo rolled her eyes. “Let’s just go with it.”

“Yup. We were lucky to escape.” said Babs playing along and dusting her cape after getting back on her hooves. “But it turned out there was something far more terrible than her.”

“What was up with that?!” Scootaloo said, her voice muffled by Rainbow’s perky chest. “Too convenient!”

“Ah believe ah was responsible for that.” Applejack said , stepping out of the shadows. “Ah used the greatest superpower there is: Calling her mom!” She said proudly, holding a smirk and her hands over her wide hips.

“Well, that explains it.” Babs had thought it was really too convenient. WIth a tinge of horror she valued the possibility she would show up just in the middle of their conga line...

“Really, AJ?” Rainbow said letting go of Scoots. The young pegasus stood there trying to regain the capacity to breath. “That’s how you solve conflict?”

“It did work, didn’t it?”

“Yeah…” Rainbow rolled her eyes. “But it still was kinda boring.”

“Heh, we got Scootaloo back. That’s a win in mah book. Applebloom told me about that Dinky fella and ah thought, what the hay, why don’t we handle it like adults for once. And speaking of...”

“Scoots!” Like right on cue, Applebloom stepped out from behind her sister and lunged forward towards Scootaloo with extended arms. Scootaloo squealed in fear and ducked, leaving Applebloom to crash onto Babs, knocking them both to ground.

“Hey, Coz.” Applebloom let out a small, nervous giggle.

“‘Sup.” Babs was getting increasingly accustomed with contusion and body crashes with her friends. Uncannily so.

“Ah, uhm, ah’m goin’ ta get up now.” Applebloom said with her cheeks of the brightest red.

“Naaah. I’m getting used to the ground by now.” Applebloom got back on her hooves as she helped her cousin up. A big stain of dirt had stained the center of Babs’ cape.

“Don’t worry. Ah’ll help ya.” She spit on it and started scrubbing at it with her elbow. “Ya saved Scoots!” Applebloom said like trying to convince herself of the fact.

“Yup.” Babs simply srugged and saw the stain on her cape just getting bigger despite her cousin's best efforts.

“How?!”

“It was easier than I thought.”

“Well, questions for later! Let’s go back to the bakery! Treats for everypony! On the house!” Pinkie Pie said, lifting Scootaloo up and placing her on her strong shoulders.

“Ummm...Shouldn’t we call somepony? I mean, there was a ponynapping and—” Applejack tried to point out before being shushed by Pinkie’s glare.

“I said treats! On the house!” She pushed her snout onto Applejack’s own, her eyes filled with sugar powered rage. “You can’t say no to that!”

“Ok…” The farmpony squeaked out.

Applebloom gingerly took a step closer, towards her cousin, holding a cheeky smile as the group went back to lead on with their lives. Babs couldn’t help but let out a big, long sigh of relief. In her heart, even if she did comparatively little, she knew she had done the right thing. She had Scootaloo again with her and that filled her heart with joy. “What was Pinkie Pie goin’ ta say?”

Dear Sweetie Belle,

How are you doing? In the words of my mom, I’m still grounded till the end of time. Or possibly next month. I wrote to you because, well, I’m a big fan of yours...And I feel really awkward about writing to Scootaloo. Don’t get me wrong, if she wasn’t that cool about the...let's call it accident...I would be in a much worse position, but I would really prefer to speak to her face to face. I owe her and Babs a lot. If you ever answer to me I owe you a lot too. Hope you can say that to them for me. I really, really would like to hear you sing another time. This time I’ll behave, I promise.

XOXO,

Your crazy fan, Dinky Hooves.

P.S.

Tell Babs not to worry. I kind of omitted some details out of the story I told mom ^^

“Uh…” Sweetie Belle said, staring at the void as she still clutched the letter. “Come to think of it, I never asked those two how did they got out of there.”

“My guess is a secret passage.” said Button, stretching his arms and letting out a long, satisfied moan as he rustled the sheets with his hooves. “There’s always one.”

“Like the ones you never find in Pony Souls?” She let out a small titter, hiding her catlike smile with a hand.

“Oh, come on! Either you press the button or hit it with the sword! That’s just unfair!”

“It's cute when you whine…” Sweetie Belle giggled and started fiddling with her nightgown waistband, twirling into her fingers as she slowly slid it off.

“I’m not whining! I’m just expressing a sensible critique over…” Sweetie’s Belle nightgown fell on the floor, exposing her perfect naked body. Button’s rant stopped in its track. His mouth went dry and a small bulge started to grow under the sheets, resembling more and more a little white tent. “I’m totally whining. Please, mend my ways, oh sexy one…”

“We have some time before the party…” She purred, as she slipped down the sheets, which started to rustle and throb as the two ponies wrapped their bodies together under them...

“Can we try that one more time?” Scootaloo smacked her lips as she and Babs were sitting on top of a tree branch. The warmth of the sun on her shoulders and Babs being at her side made her positively giddy, making her wings beat in excitement.

“Again?” Babs shrugged, the corner of her mouth curling in a coy grin. “Sure.” She circled Scootaloo’s shoulders with her arms and brought her closer to her bosom, pushing her lips gently against hers. She started slipping just the tip of her tongue between Babs’ slowly parting lips, brushing softly against her tongue as the kiss went quiet and smooth, barely producing a low smacking noise. Scootaloo felt a pleasant tingle crawling up her spine, making her wings pop up and go stiff. Babs’ fingers crawled and teased her feathers, pinching them lightly as the kiss broke. “So...How was it this time?”

“Still awesome. Loved it.” The pegasus giggled. “But we should do it for like, three, four more times before we can be completely sure of how awesome it is. Unless you want to do something else, later.”

“Nah. Got plenty of time to just stay here and smooch ya.” Babs leaned forward and planted a quick kiss on Scootaloo’s lips.

“Fine by me.” Scootaloo smooched her back and caressed her shoulders, noticing they were trembling with unease. “What’s wrong?”

“I was thinking about Coz…” The taste of that newfound happiness was quickly soured.

“Oh, don’t worry. I was thinking about Princess Luna. Raawwr…I mean, just look at those boobs!” Scootaloo exploded in a throaty laugh that stopped dead at the sight of Babs’ disapproving frown. “Whaaat? I bet you found it funny, too.”

Babs stoically kept her frown, unblinking, before she cracked a little, nervous smile. She fought to keep her stoic demeanour as it got broken up constantly before turning into a sneaky giggle that metamorphosed in a fit of laughter. “Oh, you’re awful!” Babs said pulling Scootaloo in a bone crushing embrace. “Totally awful!”

“I still got my beauty! But seriously, though: You haven’t told her yet?”

“I sorta...Kinda sent some mixed messages about ya.” Walking back into town, dressed as a superhero and carrying a damsel out of distress bridal style really gave ponies strange ideas. Completely accurate but still strange. The hot sex was left, out but anypony with two brain cells working and a somewhat dirty mind could have predicted it with a fair degree of the accuracy.

“Come on!” Scootaloo threw a light punch to Babs’ forearm. She ended up bruising her knuckles, but she bit her lip and bore it. “Do you think she’ll get that angry?”

“Yes. Maybe. I don’t know. Maybe not?”

“That’s a clear answer if I ever heard one. Anyway, I don’t care. And you know why? I love you!” Scootaloo just looked adorably nervous, her ears dropping with a loud flop. “Oh, my heartbeat goes crazy just at saying it but that’s how it is. I feel so much more than boring old me when I’m with you!”

“You are not boring.”

“And you are not...Not adorable.” She brushed Babs’ flanks with her wings as she pulled herself up, reaching her lips with her own. Each time Scootaloo kissed her it felt impossibly sweet and soothing, like a warm fire after a whole night out in the cold. “I can’t hide it. I can’t go around it. I. Love. You. And it makes me so happy and I’m not afraid of it.”

Babs hugged her fillyfriend tight, burying her head in her ample bosom. Scootaloo did nothing but appreciate this with a throaty moan as she reciprocated the hug tightly. “I love ya too, Scoots.”

“And you know one thing?” Scoots’ head poked between Babs’ breasts. “I finally get it why she was so angry back then. I wasn’t...I just wasn’t serious about you.”

“Neither was I for that matter. But, can you blame us?”

“I mean it! You deserved better. You deserved a pony that you could come back home with, hold hands and snuggle, all that stuff. We thought we wanted just a fling!”

“Boy, were we wrong.” Babs chuckled.

“Yeah! Like, so wrong! I don’t know about you but I wasn’t so wrong during that time I thought that months old liquorice was still tasty. Spoilers: it wasn’t.”

“Ouch.”

“But I’m right about this! I know what I want, now: You! I want to stay with you, laugh with you, make love with you…” Scootaloo noticed some warm tears of joy riling her cheeks. “Even grow old with you one day.” Babs gently placed a finger on her lips. stopping her words.

“It’s a little too early to talk about that, right? We are still much tastier than old liquorice, if you know what I mean.” She waggled her eyebrows and the temperature of Scootaloo’s cheeks skyrocketed.

“Oh...I can...I can vouch for that.” She chuckled before her laugh was cut short by Babs’ lips pressing against hers.

“Let’s not rush things.” Babs leaned forward and smooched the pegasus’ nose. “But I love everything else ya listed so far.” She pulled Scootaloo by her cheeks and pressed her lips against the pegasus. “Especially the makin’ love part.”

“I know what you like.” Scootaloo chuckled.

“We can stay here for a little more if ya want. Snuggling, talking, canoodling, whatever you like. Just the two of us and to Tartarus with the rest.”

“You, uh…” Scootaloo scratched the back of her head and rolled her eyes, holding a timid smile.” You can choose what to do this time.”

“I want to see your moves, then.” Babs leaned back and made herself comfortable on the tree, crossing her arms behind her head. “You promised that to me the day I arrived, remember?”

“Oh, come on! You really want me to stay here and show off?” Scootaloo blushed and turned away, holding a smarmy yet embarrassed grin. She crossed her arms and turned away, beating her wings to keep herself steady in mid air. “Because I totally would…For you, I mean.”

“I like watching you show off. ‘Sides, I really want to just relax, even for just a while.”

“Ah, alright!” Scootaloo started flapping her wings, taking off and pirouetting in the air gracefully. She gained some speed and turned upside down with a strong kick of her wings, not losing her balance in the slightest. “Last time you just got kidnapped by a crazed futanari: You have a point. But, then again, what’s the worst that could—

“Don’t say that! You know what happens when you say that!

“You’re right.” Scootaloo straightened herself up in mid flight, stretching her arms with nonchalance. “Especially with the party so close by now!”

“Party? What party?”

“It’s, uh, it's for you. And for me. For the whole saving me stuff.”

Babs’ eyes widened in glee. “Whoa. And to think I just defeated some fake spiders and made Dinky cry.” She blinked. “It sounds awful now that I think about it…”

“It’s the thought that counts.” Scootaloo described a half circle in the air. “You should really continue with that superhero stuff if you got the time.”

“Just because I defeated Dinky? I don’t think I’m suited for that.”

“Every first foe is kinda pathetic.” Scootaloo was flying on her back and kept her eyes closed, her hands crossed behind the head as her tiny wings carried her around. “Think of Stilt Mare.”

“Who?”

“Her superpower is having stilts. Looong stilts.” She flew on top of the tree. “Like, from here to the ground.”

“That’s beyond lame.” Babs said. “A normal pegasus like you can kick her butt by just flying up. Or just placing a rope while she doesn’t notice it!”

“Yup. That’s how Maredevil did it the first time. And the second and third. Did I mention her enemies are earth ponies most of the time?”

“I hope the writers weren’t serious.”

“Nothing and nopony takes her seriously. It’s part of the fun.”

“Anyway, I think I’ll just...pretend to be surprised at the party.” Babs chuckled. “Seriously, even Dinky was cooler than that Stilt Mare! At least she has magic! And she’s a riot if you are in the right mood and ya like crazy.”

“Well, you have all things every superhero should have.” Scootaloo buzzed around Babs’ treebranch, that enthusiastic smile of hers making her even more beautiful. ‘You are strong, you’re cool, you look dazzling in a cape, you’re hot and you’re funny and—

“And I got an awesome fillyfriend.”

“And no matter what…” Scootaloo paused to wipe a small tear of joy from her eye and Babs saw her standing right in the middle of a giant heart, made by the strands of some lonely clouds. She held a hand over her chest in amazement as a bright smile curled up her lips. “You’ll always be my hero.”

“Scoots, I need to kiss you now...”

“Wha―” A bright orange flash with a reddish mane jumped from the tree and attached itself to Scootaloo. She locked her lips with Scootaloo’s with all her great strength, Babs’ legs clutching around her waist to support itself. The initial scare melted away as her lover’s sweet taste was shared in her mouth. Her wings were beating faster to support their combined weight and she hugged Babs tightly, basking in the moment as the sun warmed her shoulders.

“SURPRISE!!!”

Babs’ ears and heart thanked Pinkie Pie as usual as her sort of cousin blew the party cannon the moment she entered with Scootaloo into the bakery. Among the shower of streamers all her friends were there, clapping and cheering for the unlikely hero and her damsel out of distress hand in hand. Sweetie Belle with Button, Rarity, Applejack, Twilight and Fluttershy, even Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon and…

Applebloom, of course. The fact that she was smiling as usual didn’t help at all. Or maybe it was just Babs’ paranoia acting out. She still clutched harder at Scootaloo’s hand just for good measure.

“A party?! I really wasn’t expecting that!” She drily remarked while nudging at Scootaloo. The pegasus hid her snicker with a hand.

“Oh, it always gets them! Always! Right, Dashie?” She sneaked behind the cyan pegasus’ back and squeezed her in a tight hug, lifting her from the ground like a sack of potatoes.

“S-Sure, anything you say if you let me go…” Rainbow kept a fake smile and grit her teeth to bear it as Pinkie kept snuggling her with increasing force. Her face started to turn a darker blue.

“Guess we know who wears the pants in this relationship!” Applejack snickered as she gave a nice, strong pat on Rainbow’s back.

“Those are shorts, actually!” Pinkie said, shaking Rainbow Dash left and right like a foal with piggybank that held no money but kept doing so in the hopes of finding even a bit, showing off her short jeans. “Do you like them? They're new!"

“Very funny, AJ.” Rainbow rolled her eyes and kept a lazy smile, steeling herself from the pain and tried to turn around, at least trying to hug Pinkie back.

“Oh, Scoots!” Twilight swooped in, a purple blight flash from the crowd and hugged at Scootaloo tightly. “I was so worried about you! I thought I would never see you again!”

“Oh, it wasn’t anything serious in the end.” Scootaloo exchanged a knowing look of understanding with Rainbow Dash, still trapped in Pinkie’s affectionate but iron forged grasp. “Just the usual craziness…”

“I should at least have you accompanied back home!” Twilight wailed, burrowing further Scootaloo’s purple mane in her purple chest. “Or assign some guards to you! Or a tracking spells of some sort or—”

“Or just stop worrying for once.” Fluttershy approached the young Princess and offering a tray of sweets with a gentle, calm smile. “Cupcake?” Twilight calmed down and, still holding Scootaloo, sniffled and accepted a pastry.

“I just knew that costume would be useful one more time!” Pinkie said, finally letting Rainbow out of her grasp. The pegasus stood there, trying to relearn how to breath and holding her chest, one heavy pant after the other. “I always kept it and it was always at hand.”

“Y-Yeah…” Rainbow said, completely exhausted. “That was a good idea.”

“Ah don’t even remember where ah left mine, now that ah think about it.” Applejack said.

“Mine definitely blew up with the old library. What about you, Fluttershy?” Twilight said still holding poor Scootaloo in a hug, which slowly turned into a headlock. The yellow pegasus simply shrugged.

“I really don’t know.” She said shaking her head. “I would have found it in a heartbeat if needed, though.”

“Same as mine but I simply didn’t have the time to search for it.” said Rarity. “I would never throw away such a refined piece, especially one I worked so hard to make!”

“With so much modesty I might add.” Rainbow Dash said, poking Twilight's shoulder. The young princess caught the hint and finally let go of poor Scootaloo. She grasped at her neck and took in some deep breaths.

“For the first time in the history of ever...I’m happy to see you, Scoots.” Silver Spoon leaned forward and her arms opened into an embrace for Scootaloo. Her whole being shook and her arms froze. Her face contorted in a grimace as she decided to settle for a simple handshake. “Seriously, though...It’s nice to have you back.”

“Uh...Thanks?” Her wings went limp in disappointment.

“It’s the best you are going to get, Scoots. Accept it and move on.” Babs said discreetly putting Scootaloo’s wings up.

“Eh, alright.” Scootaloo grabbed Spoon’ hand and shook it. “Does this mean we are kind of friends?”

“Kinda! We are not that friendly but it’s enough for now. We’d have to establish some terms.”

“Can I wave at you from the other side of the street without you frowning?” Scootaloo rolled her eyes as she saw Spoon seriously thinking about it, holding her chin between index and thumb.

“Babsy! I can’t believe you actually pulled that off!” Diamond Tiara said giving Babs a strong hug.

“It was nothing, really…Easier than I thought, sillier than everypony thought...”

“Stop being so modest!” She chuckled. “Enjoy things more! Even though…” She circled her shoulders with her arms and smoothly dragged her away, reducing her voice to just a whisper. “I thought you and your cousin…”

“Oh? Uh...Things change. I was ready for a relationship but...Not her. Not the one I wanted…Sometimes things don’t go the way you want at first.” Babs looked sadly at her cousin’s back. She felt that maybe they should have talked about this. Discuss their feelings like mature ponies but everything happened so fast, and no matter how much she could deny it, Scoots was still in her heart…

Tiara shrugged. “Hey, anypony is free to change her mind! And technically everypony knows about you and Scoots so you kept your promise. Kinda.”

“They do?”

Tiara pointed her finger up to the banner that said ‘Welcome back safe and sound, Scoots!’. Under it was placed another, smaller, upon which was hastily tackled on ‘It’s so cute that your fillyfriend saved you!’ “Just a hunch...”

“Dammit, Pinkie Pie…” Babs muttered. “It’s not that secret, but come on!”

“I’m noticing you are neither denying nor confirming it. I’ll take that as a yes.”

“Oh. Just like gossip, is it?.”

“I like you. You are smart. Speaking of, I told my dad about me and Spoon.”

“And?”

“He was ecstatic! Not only he didn’t make a scene or something, he basically knew all along! And he just wanted to see me happy and he was totally cool with it! In fact, he gave us his blessing! Isn’t that great?!”

“Cool! He, of all ponies, had to catch up sooner or later.”

“Oh, don’t you start! It wasn’t that obvious!”

Babs raised an eyebrow and tilted her head, her expression summing up hours of deadpan snarkery without a single word being necessary.

Tiara hung her head and sighed in gracious defeat. “Well, obvious or not, everypony is going to know from now on. I’m not ashamed of this anymore. Not that I ever was! But I really wanted to talk with you about this.”

“About what?”

“This puppy...” Tiara reached for her pocket and produced a small, neat box covered in blue velvet.

“Is that what I think it is?” She pointed at the object in Tiara’s hand.

“Indeed…” Tiara nodded with a sly smile. “Now that will shake up things a little!”

“Well…” Babs hid an obvious chuckle. “ I’m flattered but I’d prefer we just stayed friends.”

“You are spending too much time with those three.” She sighed, lamenting at high hopes she once had that were now lost forever. “But anyway…” She opened the box a little, allowing the two a brief glance of a beautiful hunk of a diamond inside. “What do you think?”

“Spoon is going to love this.” In that tiny box, there were probably more bits than Babs would ever see in ten lifetimes. Eleven maybe with inflation. “What’s the problem, though?”

“Do you think I’m rushing into things?”

“Actually...No.” Babs thought about that answer for less than a second. “You’ve known her since youse two were in diapers, you’re in love and more than capable of providing for the both of ya. Why not do it? I fully support this.”

Diamond Tiara blinked and kept staring in astonishment at her friend while putting the ring back in her pocket. “Are you serious?”

“Totally am. Hey, last time she was complaining you didn’t to go public. Now you’re going to do it in style. Never said you were pulling any punches. But can I ask you one question?”

“Sure.”

“Why are ya asking me? It’s not like you need my permission or something.”

“Weeell...I don’t have many ponies to ask. I usually tell Spony the important things. Except I couldn’t discuss this with her. I mean, it should have been a surprise and everything and...Uhm…”

“I’m basically a second choice?”

“But the best second choice one could possibly have!” Babs had noticed that both Tiara and Spoon were quite inclined to give compliments that weren’t really compliments. “‘Sides, the only second choice I would trust is that of a friend.”

“Well, ya got my blessing for this, anyway.” She patted on Tiara’s shoulder. “Be happy, have a nice honey moon, adopt a lot of foals.

“Oh my gosh, thank you!” She threw herself at Babs in a bonecrushing hug. “We will! And, if you want to have fun one day, our door is always open. Bring Scootaloo if you want. Bring everypony!” She clicked her tongue and winked at her along with an uncomfortable elbow jab.

“Uhhh...I’ll think about it.” Tiara gave one last hug to her confused friend and skipped on her merry way to rejoin Spoon.

“Hey, Coz!” She got hugged from behind and that familiar voice made her shiver. It was the moment of truth.

“H-Hey…” She forced a fake smile as she turned to meet her gaze.

“So...You and her…” Applebloom said, pushing her indexes together and staring intently at the couple but not with menacing intent, her eyelids half closed as if she was in deep thought.

“Please don’t kill us!” Scootaloo shouted from out of nowhere and jumped in the air, shielding herself with arms and legs as she kept her wings beating to keep her off the ground.

“W-why?!” Applebloom’s serious expression was quickly thrown off by her friend’s scream. “Why would ya think that?! Why does everypony think that?!” Applebloom looked at her cousin and Scootaloo looked at Babs in turn.

“Don’t look at me. We’ve already been through that. Also, where did you even—”

“What I wanted to say is that, yes: The rumors are true!” Scootaloo circled Babs’ waist with her arm and quickly pulled her close, her pupils comically enlarging with a small pop. Scootaloo put a determined face on but her lower lip was trembling in fear, oscillating between determination and constipation. “100% true! It’s not a one time thing! I’m serious! With your cousin! What are you going to do about that?”

Applebloom pointed at that same banner. “Ah know that. Kinda hard to miss. And ah was there the other day!”

“I know you are probably angry, but—”

“Angry? Ah’m happy!”

“Hap-Hap-Happy?!” Scootaloo sputtered like an old stove. “You’re...happy?!”

“What? Ya’ll thought ah would throw a tantrum like before?”

“Yes! I mean, you chewed me out like crazy for sleeping with Babs and now you’re okay with it? What’s changed?

“You.” Applebloom pointed at Scootaloo’s chest. “Let’s jus’ say a little bird without any wings told me.”

“Who? Who is it?”

Babs tittered nervously, crossing her arms behind her head. “W-What? Ya thought I would just keep things until the party?”

“You...You...You kissed me with that lying mouth of yours? I mean, I was there, worrying—”

“Actually, I was the one more worried.”

“Weirdly enough.” Applebloom shrugged.

“It doesn’t matter! I thought we would have ruined our friendship forever, sparked a rivalry, misunderstandings and all of this would have culminated in a centuries long war that would have annihilated Equestria as we know it!”

“You buckin’ thought all of that?” Applebloom yelled.

“It was a possibility…”

“Oh, the two lovebirds and their quarrels!” Pinkie Pie, again, surprised both Babs and Scoots and affectionately put her arms around both their necks, bringing their heads close and dangerously close to butting them together. “This was the best thing we could have! Well, after recovering Scoots safe and sound.”

“Yeah, just a quarrell…” Scootaloo rolled her eyes and made an adorable pout towards Babs. “A quarrell for which she’ll make up for it.”

“Oh, just like me and Rainbow Dash! Whenever we fight and she wants to make up, she takes that huge strapon and shoves it right up my b—”

“Gaaah! Too much information!” Babs screamed trying to break free from the pink grasps.

“I could bear to listen a little more…” Scootaloo wiggled her eyebrows at Babs, her cheeks flushing red like a toilet seat full of tomato juice.

“Urrr...Look! Rainbow Dash is going to dip in the sauce again after biting the cracker!” Applebloom pointed at Rainbow Dash just a few feet behind her, about to violate about one thousand sanitary rules.

“She is! Dashie stooooppppp!” Se dived in to the rescue, launching herself in the air and snatching the cursed cracker with her teeth, right from Rainbow’s hand. She made a flip on the air and landed on her knees, sliding all of the way as she threw the horns and her head in the air. Rainbow Dash shook her head and opened her eyes wide, mouthing: “What the hay was that?”

“So...Uh…” Applebloom felt threw off by the madness around her and coughed, trying to recompose herself. While she expected it in some form, no plans survive contact with Pinkie Pie. “What was ah sayin’?”

“That you weren’t angry?”

“Oh, yeah. Ah thought it was what ah wanted...and ah got it.” She exchanged a knowing look with Babs. But ah never thought about what ya wanted, coz.” She grasped Babs’ hand gently in hers. “Or what mah friend wanted for that matter.” She grasped Scootaloo’s hand as well and joined it with Babs. “If ya’ll want to be happy together, who am ah to stop ya?”

“Coz, I…” She reached with her hand for her cousin’s face, landing a small caress.

“AB, you are the best friend ever…” Scootaloo sobbed loudly as she hugged the two cousins tight.

“But know one thing…” Applebloom leaned forward, moving away Babs’ mane from around her ear, her voice reduced to a sultry, velvet like purr. “We are definitely doing that.”

“Um, sorry the what?” Babs asked compeltely at lost.

“The foursome Sweetie Belle suggested at the Wonderbolts show?!” Scootaloo said, her eyes wide open and wings raised stiff.

“Waaaay, ta keep the ambiguity, Scoots…”

And suddenly, everything became complicated again. But in a sexy way.

Rainbow Dash chuckled as she went outside, looking with amused pride at Scootaloo being safe and sound and with her friends. The natural order of things was restored. She took a long breath of fresh air and stretched her arms and wings, flexing her ankles on place. With all the food Pinkie Pie made Rainbow felt a little guilty and needed to do some exercise at last, just to ease her mind and burn a calorie or two. Speaking of which, she heard the sound of adorable hooves hopping to her direction. A smile lit her face as she associated that sound with some of her happiest memories.

“Enjoying the party, Dashie?”

“You know the answer.” Rainbow chuckled.

Pinkie Pie handed her a small cake with blue frosting, a small ten and a heart being drawn with chocolate droplets in an elegant pattern. A small candle was lodged in the perfect center of the zero.

“Ten?” Rainbow said eyeing the pastry. “Why ten? As in ten out of ten? Aaawww, you’re too kind, Pinks.”

“Oh, that’s just one of its meanings. It’s for a special occasion, actually. It’s been ten years we have known each other. I mean really known each other, when we became besties.”

“Oh, right. Shouldn’t that be at the Summer Sun Celebration, though?”

“I thought so but have you tried, like, celebrating a birthday on Heartwarming’s Eve? Nopony remembers it when there’s a party this big!”

“Heh. Makes sense.” Somehow, telling that to herself after meeting Pinkie Pie after so long wasn’t such a wild thought.

“It’s so different when you know a pony for ten years, you know? You feel more ready, readier than the you from before may have felt, a little wiser and even more...Uhmmm…”

“Adult?”

“Let’s not exaggerate it, but kind of. In a way, I’m happy to have waited. And when you realize you have loved that pony for ten years it becomes sooo much sweeter. Like when you wait for the hot chocolate to cool off so you can feel the taste better.” She threw one arm around Rainbow’s shoulders and the pegasus lifted her gently from the ground, planting a small kiss on her nose.

“I feel the same for you.” Rainbow’s cheek tinged of the faintest shade of red as she nuzzled her fillyfriend. “Look at me, I never thought I would be all sappy and mushy with you but I love feeling like that. It’s been so fun and I don’t want it to stop.”

“We have so much behind us. Why should it stop, Dashie?”

“And so much after.” Rainbow blew the candle out, wishing only to blow many other more.

“To another ten years!” Pinkie said as she shoved a piece of cake in Rainbow’s mouth.

“Make that a hundred!” She said as she tried to munch it, making a chocolate mess out of her face.

“Nice party, isn’t it?” Diamond Tiara circled Silver Spoon’s waist with her arms, coating her cheeks with soft kisses from behind. The two had gone outside to take a breath of fresh air and respite from the loud music and Pinkie Pie antics. Or better, Spoon had gone outside and Tiara followed. She hated the thought of leaving her alone at a party, after all.

“Well, Pinkie Pie is always good for a laugh. Would you believe that not even Scootaloo is that bad once you get to know her?”

“Really?! I was thinking on a double date one of these days, how about that?”

“Well, I said not bad but still not that good either.” Tiara tightened her embrace, taking a deep breath of Spoon’s shampoo. “What’s wrong?”

“I can’t wait anymore…”

“Wow! Right here and there? With everypony watching? I can’t wait for—”

“No, not that! I can’t do that, not with everypony watching!”

“Oh…” Spoon looked slightly disappointed by that. Tiara made a mental note of it, organizing some public sex for later. “Then what is it?

“Something I should have long ago.” She blinked. “Well, not that long ago...You know what? It’s the perfect moment to do it!” Tiara got on her knees and Spoon’s heart bounced in her chest.

“Could it be…?” She held both her hands on her chest, steeling every inch of herself not to jump in place like an excited schoolfilly. She decided it wasn’t worth it and squeaked in joy the moment she saw the diamond ring that Tiara held in that tiny box.

“Spoony...You’ve been at my side my whole life, asking nothing but my smile. Would you allow me to be with you for the rest of it?”

“Oh my...Yes!” Tiara placed the ring on Spoon’s finger with care. “I do! I do! Like, a lot!” She got Tiara back on her hooves and kissed her deeply and passionately, forcing her mouth onto hers with a strength unheard for. She basked in the absolute that kiss was, reveling in the warmth of her lips and her body pressed against Spoon’s, of that the taste of chocolate of her tongue and the fact that mare was hers, now and forever.

“Holy crap!” He magic moment was instantly ruined by Scootaloo walking out of the door. “So...you two?!”

“What the hay are you doing here?!” Tiara screamed while breaking the kiss and leaving Silver Spoon’s lips hanging in a perfect O.

Spoon’s passed from bliss to abject horror as she adjusted her glasses as she slowly realized what was going on. “What the…? How long you’ve been there?”

“I...uh, I wanted to pee.”

“You pee outside?!”

Scootaloo hung her head in shame and defeat. “My secret is no more.”

“Ewwww…”

“Hey, Scoots! What’s happening?” Pinkie Pie passed by from behind the ashamed pegasus and Tiara knew there was no more peaceful moment.

“These two are getting married.” Scoots stated as a matter of fact.

“OH...MY...GOSH! SOMEPONY WILL HAVE TO DO THE CATERING! CAN I DO THAT?!” Pinkie Pie just went berserk, in pure party planning mode, smothering poor Scootaloo with a crushing, completely misdirected hug.

“Heh, sure.” Tiara gently put an arm around Spoon’s neck and pulled her close. “Just the best for my Spoony. Or the currently available best.”

“You sure this is a good idea?” Spoon asked, her heart full of love and maybe a little tinge of worry for her pegasus kinda friend.

“As long as I have you? Everything is good.”

Dinky Hooves sat in her room. She then decided she hated to stay still and got up, walking up and down her room, the floor creaking menacingly under her weight. Considering it wasn’t that much, it was time to change the boards and quick. She let out a sigh of frustration and cleared out her desk with a fell swoop of her arm. She then realized she just had broken her favourite glass paperweight. The pieces on the floor reflected the rays of Sun like a spiderweb.

“Aaargghhh...I just can’t figure it out, that’s all!” She opened a drawer and produced a small vial. In it was conserved one small drop of Babs’...essence. Maybe DInky should have asked before taking it but there was no way she wouldn’t have sounded creepy...She may have asked at the party in honor of Scootaloo but being grounded and being the ponynapper she had just escaped, well...There was no need to make it more awkward as it already was.

“I really should have asked her who did that spell to her! I would’ve needed a couple of inches more…" She looked down in her shorts and mentally compared her stallionhood with Babs', still fresh in her memory. She lost that struggle again. "But wait, what would Ruby think of this?!”

You are perfect just the way you are! Stop doing this crazy bullshit! Her fillyfriend’s voice echoed perfectly clear in her mind.

“Naaah! I’m sure she would be fine.” Dinky scoffed, waving a hand to dissipate the imaginary nagging. With that, she concentrated on her horn and produced a small tendril of light from its tip, enveloping the vial. She formed a small ball of purple light around it and focused her intent, emptying her mind of everything else but what she wanted while the sample bubbled and gurgled: Cocks...Big cocks...The biggest cock she could find...Big cocks everywhere and anywhere...

With that, the vial enveloped in the sphere trembled and shook, shooting an enormous ray of light in the sky, shattering her window. She threw a scream and ducked and crawled under her desk to avoid the glass shards showering the room. “Aaaah! Stupid Ruby! Why didn’t you warn me about that?!”

She crawled out, gulping in fear as she approached the window and noticed the clouds above were gathering in a dark, rumbling mass. A phallic shaped rumbling mass all over Ponyville.

She then realized she had two cocks in her pants.

Author's Notes:

Yup. Raise your hand if yous aw this coming. For anyone not getting the joke, Stiltman is a Marvel Comics character and is utterly pathetic. A foe of Daredevil and other superheroes. Probably even worse than Slyde and we are talking about a guy with a slippery suit. It was fun and all until during Civil War he met The Punisher and a rocket to the crotch...The Tagline for Civil War itself was 'This is way we can't have nice things." Now there's a Lady Stiltman in the comics and she was defeated with a manhole. We need more silly supervillains.