It had been about another week or so, and since Kamina had his magic locked, his horn finished healing much faster than it would have if it weren't. Now though, every weekend, Kamina would join Big Mac and AJ at Sweet Apple Acres for a workout, while he'd end up spending most of his time with Twilight the rest of the week, practicing magic, and kissing, lots of kissing. Each session Kamina could swear she was trying to make him her slave, because damn, if her kisses were that good, how good would she be at the more intimate levels? He knew she'd read the pony-sutra, because he'd catch her sneaking peeks at it when she thought he wasn't looking, and he'd be lying if he didn't think that the idea was extremely appealing to him.

As of right now however, Kamina was walking back to the library after finally getting around to commissioning Rarity to remake his outfit, plus extras he paid for up-front with money he earned doing his part-time work at Sweet Apple Acres. Kamina just planned to use his friend's orchard to exercise by working, but they practically forced the money on him at the end of Applebuck Season, saying he'd more than earned it, beings they'd make so much off the extra he managed to help them harvest. Kamina didn't know it until then, but apparently even with his horn locked, his Spiral Power was still enhancing his body, and it showed.

Ever since his near-decapitation from overloading his horn, Kamina had noticed that he was getting a little bit bigger all-around, but the main benefit was his muscles getting more defined in a lithe and corded manner, unlike Mac's beefy build. He wasn't continuously growing, but his muscles were still getting firmer, and the mares in town were really~ noticing. He'd been hit on numerous times since the bandages came off, Twilight had been more frisky, and his friends were all being even more bold in their advances, which Twilight clearly didn't mind for some reason.

Speaking of which, Kamina blushed at remembering how...daring Rarity was with her “measuring” for his cape, and other outfits she might make for him. 'But, seriously, to measure for the pants, do tailors HAVE to cup the-?'

“Kamina!” A familiar high-pitched voice called out, and Kamina turned to the source, only for his nose to explode in a stream of blood, launching him down the street trailing a shallow ditch and a trickle of blood.

“Oh my gosh! That was hysterical!” Dash cried out in intense humor. She and Pinkie had just “mooned” Kamina by wearing black rubber tights on their plots and lifting their tails to the side, knowing of Kamina's intense and volatile reactions to erotic teasing.

“Prank was a success! Also, it shows that my extra tight spandex shorts are a big HELL YEAH~ on the sexiness meter!” Pinkie crowed, as she snapped the shorts covering her flanks while she shook her rump in the air, making several ponies stop and stare, especially the stallions and a couple mares, while Dash laughed at her friend's attitude of I Don't Care.

“Pinkie Pie you are SO random!” Dash declared, and then landed next to her new pranking partner to whisper into her ear. “Also, we are so~ going clubbing later. Stallions won't be able to take their eyes off us with these things in our arsenal.”

“Don't forget the mares~.” Pinkie whispered back, making Dash smirk even harder as they both took off, and Kamina groaned as he regained consciousness.

“What plots from heaven were those? Too much shiny firm flank in head...can't recognize ponies...will declare them the Mysterious Super-Sexy Shorts Mares....” Kamina then passed out again, having delicious smexy dreams.

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Kamina was informed later by Twilight that the perpetrators in the “Mooning of Prince Kamina” were none other than Pinkie and Dash, making Kamina panic that Twilight wouldn't like the fact he'd basically ended up having their latex covered plots committed to memory, only for her to laugh and admit she was only upset that SHE didn't do it first, making Kamina balk at just how brazen his friends were becoming.

It was later the next day, and Twilight was helping Kamina train with using his Spiral Power safely. “Now keep it there, I need to get some proper readings to determine just how much strain is being placed on your horn.” Kamina's horn was extended and the spiral was practically overflowing with the light of Spiral Power, making Kamina cringe since this was more than when he fought Nightmare on the moon.

“Could you hurry up then? I can hold it as long as I want, but it is kinda irritating.” 'More like it feels like my horn is burning.'

“Patience Kamina, Star Swirl didn't create over one thousand spells in a day.” Twilight was using her new fancy lab equipment in the basement to help her with her information gathering. Princess Celestia had been very generous with providing the same sort of equipment available to the Star Swirl Academy, which was more ubiquitously known as Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. Honestly, Twilight, Kamina, and just about every single pony who knows the school's actual name, just has to wonder WHY it is known by the longer name, even Celestia frowns at it, considering Star Swirl founded it, not her.

“No, but he could gather data in seconds.” Kamina groused as he kept up the flow of Spiral Power until Twilight gave him the okay to relax, and he gladly did so, his horn shrinking back to normal. “So what's the word doc?”

“Hm...I would suggest that you never use that much of your Spiral Power at once Kamina. It would overload your horn in minutes, and cause what happened before for sure.” Twilight informed him sadly, making Kamina sigh, but not lose heart.

“It's ok, I just need a proxy, like how my brother had his drill.” Kamina mused as Spike entered the basement.

“Can you PLEASE come up here?! Pinkie Pie is driving me crazy with her whining!” Spike complained, making the couple look at each other in confusion before they trotted upstairs to the main floor, and witnessed Pinkie pacing...still wearing the sexy spandex shorts, so Kamina averted eyes quickly to avoid him getting overexcited.

“Pinkie, what's wrong? I've never seen you so upset.” Twilight asked, and then leaned in to whisper. “And where can I get shorts like those?”

Pinkie cheered up for a moment. “Rarity, duh.” Pinkie replied quietly, before she returned to being frustrated. “I need to talk to you Twilight, and it'd be nice if you could help me out too Kamina.”

“Of course Pinkie, we're friends, I'll do anything for my friends.” Kamina affirmed and Pinkie then related all of her encounters with Rainbow Dash's old friend Gilda, who was visiting, and was not only abrasive, but outright hostile to her and her attempts to hang out with them. “I have an idea, but let's hear your opinion first Twilight.”

“Well...I'm still really new to all this. You're my first point of reference Kamina, but we're a couple now and that's not applicable to the data needed to form a proper hypothesis, unless Gilda is romantically interested in Rainbow Dash; then my theory is she's territorial over anyone else becoming close to her prospective partner.” Twilight supplied, making Kamina raise his eyebrow, because seriously; Twilight has had no qualms with the idea of him having a whole damn herd of mares if her openness about her friend's hitting on him was any indication.

“Hm, that might actually be it, but what do you think Kamina?” Pinkie turned to Kamina, who got over his bewilderment on just WHERE Twilight was getting her data on relationships from.

“I think that it's really simple. How long has Dash lived here? A few years?” Pinkie confirmed that Dash had lived in Ponyville since she was 14, and she was 17 like most of them save Fluttershy, who was 18. “And nopony has even heard of Gilda until now, right?” Pinkie nodded again, since she would have heard if a new pony or otherwise sentient being would have come to Ponyville, her Senses would let her know if they weren't going to be introduced and find them herself. “Then, clearly, Gilda is visiting Dash for the first time in years, so likely she just wants to be alone with her old friend. I'd suggest you just leave them be until Gilda leaves or decides to open up.”

“But I want to be friends with Gilda! I mean, sure, she almost killed me when she knocked me out of the sky, but I can't let it go if I don't try! So do you know what this means?” Pinkie asked her friends, who warily tried to back away. “A PARTY!”

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“How did we get here?” Twilight asked with unease, as suddenly, as if by powerful magic, she and Kamina were now at a party being hosted by Sugarcube Corner, and a large portion of the town's population was crammed into the space, mingling as if nothing was amiss. “There wasn't any unicorn or other magic at work, we were standing in front of Pinkie, and then poof! Party!” Twilight's fiery purple mane was flickering and whipping wildly at her panic as her brain tried to cope with logical explanation. “This isn't possible! THIS ISN'T SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE!”

Kamina did what he knew would snap her out of it; kiss her passionately. Twilight moaned into the kiss as their tongues wrestled, until he released her from it, leaving them panting, a string of saliva connecting their tongues until Kamina spoke. “Better?”

“Much.” She pecked him with a chaste kiss on the nose. “Thanks, I was about to go off the deep end for a second. What would I do without you?” Twilight asked earnestly, before looking at the party and blushing at the sheer number of smirking faces and winks being sent at them. “Um...let's just...have some punch.”

“Test it to make sure it isn't spiked this time. Trying to keep you off me when you're drunk is like trying to brush my fur the wrong direction.” Which didn't just do nothing useful, but also irritated the skin.

“Oh come on! You know you like it.” Twilight cheekily smirked and winked at him, making Kamina roll his eyes.

“For the last time Twilight; I want our first time to be a mutual and special thing, not some drunken flank spank.” 'Even if said flank spank is very enticing.' They went to the punch, tested it, and found a bowl that wasn't spiked among the five punch bowls. “Rainbow Dash must've gotten to the rest already, let's guard this one. It is my moral duty as a responsible stallion to ensure that at least some guests to this party leave sober.”

Kamina cast a shield over the bowl, just in time for a thin waterfall of clear liquid to splash over it and around the bowl, leading him to look up in disapproval at Rainbow Dash, who blushed at being caught with a bottle of Everfree liquor. She was also still wearing the sexy spandex shorts, making Kamina blush. “Uh...hey?”

“Rainbow Dash, that is just rude.” Twilight yanked the bottle from Dash's hooves, and capped it with her magic. “Are you trying to get everyone drunk? What about the underage guests?” The drinking age in Equestria was 14, because after that most pony's bodies have developed enough that unless in excess, alcohol didn't hurt them much. “Besides, ignoring how impossible all this is to happen so quickly, how were you prepared with a strong liquor like this available? I mean really; Everfree? This stuff is one hundred and ninety proof! You can't get stronger than that as of yet.”

“Whoa, seriously?” Kamina butted in, and took the bottle in his own magic to read the label. “Whoa! Why am I JUST now hearing about this?”

“Well at least the prince knows a good booze when he sees one.” Dash commented smugly, but dropped it at the two unicorns leering at her. “Ok, ok, sorry. There's a smaller punch bowl at floor level for the little tykes, I'm always prepared with some booze for a spontaneous Pinkie Party, and today I'm pranking the buck out of it!”

“Whoa, wait, do you know who this party is for?” Kamina jumped at her mentioning pranking it, which would explain why she was still wearing the sexy shorts.

“Yeah, Gilda! I am so psyched to see her reactions to ponies getting caught in my traps!” Dash rubbed her hooves together, and then flew off back into the party before Kamina or Twilight could stop her, and looked at each other in worry.

“I hope this bad feeling I've got doesn't amount to anything.” Kamina grumbled before he and Twilight took to warning the guests that there was only one safe bowl of punch, and the whole time; they both only caught glimpses of Gilda, but each time it seemed she'd set off another of Dash's pranks. 'She doesn't seem the type to take a joke well when it's on her, I'd better jump in.' Kamina was about to do so, when in her suspicion; Gilda blew her top. 'Oh no, great...uh-oh, no, that's not good for anyone!' Kamina witnessed Gilda's explosion cause Dash to renounce their friendship, and he was sure nopony else noticed, but Gilda was really hurt by this. She was about to fly out of the front door when Kamina took action.

“HOLD IT!” Kamina shouted, and Gilda was held in his iron-like telekinetic grip before she could exit through the door. This action surprised everyone, especially Gilda, who tried to break free but found it fruitless. “We're not done here.” Kamina was suddenly frighteningly calm, and he forced Gilda to float through the air and be sat next to him. “You need to learn a lesson; one that has to happen or you'll never be happy.” Kamina raised both of his hooves, making Gilda close her eyes, thinking he was about to hit her, only to gasp and snap her eyes open when she felt him HUGGING her around the neck, his own neck curving until his head was behind hers. “You can have more than one friend Gilda.”

“B-but I-I don't want...I just wanted to hang out with Dash....” Gilda stammered, and for some reason, couldn't resist the temptation of hugging back, even if it was just with one arm. “I missed her, I thought of how great it would be if we could just be alone, like old times.”

“You don't need to be alone.” Kamina released her from his hold, and backed away before he sat and used his hooves to gesture to the whole flabbergasted audience. “Many ponies would love to try and be your friend. You just have to let them in.” Kamina trotted back up to the gobsmacked Gilda, and smirked his trademark shit-eating-grin as he held a hoof out to her. “So, if you'll have me, I: Prince Kamina the Great, would be proud to declare you my friend.”

Gilda was stunned to say the least, she slowly and stiffly raised her left talon, and tentatively reached out and gently grasped his hoof, as if afraid it would hurt somehow, like that hoof buzzer Pinkie got her with earlier. Gilda broke, her eyes watering as she sniffed. “You'll be...my friend?”

“Duh! That's what he said~! I'll be too you know!” Pinkie stated, having somehow come out from under Gilda's left wing to her shock.

“Well that outburst and your behavior may have been quite uncouth, but I'll see to it that you're not lacking in the friend department.” Rarity sarcastically quipped as she too walked forward.

“Ah still don't like that ya startled mah granny, but if your sorry at all, Ah'll be willing to call ya friend.” AJ supplied as she sat next to Kamina.

“Agreed; I for one think it would be a shame if we didn't extend her the chance to learn what true friendship is like.” Twilight commented as she sat on Kamina's other side, leaning into him, making him accidentally lean against AJ, who leaned back, sandwiching him between his hot librarian marefriend, and the equally hot farm mare, who both nuzzled him to his immense surprise, and made everyone else all react in subtle approving ways, even Gilda smirked at him.

“Well hello~ stud! Cool stallion is a smooth stallion with the mares drooling over him. You're beyond cool, if everything else about you wasn't already.” Gilda complimented him, and looked at the assembled group of friends, and then looked up at Fluttershy, who seemed to be pleading in her quiet voice with Rainbow Dash, who looked conflicted about something, before she flew down and tackled Gilda with a hug.

“I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I don't want us to stop being friends!” Dash was crying, if just a little, because it hurt her so much to say those cruel things to her old friend. Gilda was shocked to see the infallible Rainbow Dash practically on the verge of sobbing into her breast feathers, and she quickly hugged her old friend with a confused, yet happy smile.

“It's ok, we're still friends. It would take a lot more than a bad first impression with your new pals to get me to give up on us.” Gilda nuzzled Rainbow's head, making Dash blush and her wings to perk before she bolted out of the hug and brushed herself off.

“Uh, yeah, I knew that.” Dash recovered, but everypony saw that little moment for what it was, but they kept quiet about it. “So uh...we cool?”

Gilda pretended to mull the simple question over, before she held up her fist. “Yeah, we're cool.” Dash cheered and bumped her hoof to Gilda's clenched talon. “So! How about we have us a REAL party! Hit it DJ Pon3!” Gilda shouted to everypony's surprise, and from the corner of the large room, the air wavered as an illusion dropped, and DJ Pon3 herself with her turntables and synthesizers was IN DA HOUSE!

“TIME TO MIX THIS SHIT!” Vinyl Scratch shouted exuberantly, as she started her routine, causing everyone to bust a move.

“Vinyl?! How? When?” Rainbow asked, and looked at Pinkie who was just as surprised, before looking to Gilda who was totally smug.

“Don't ask me! This wasn't part of my planned entertainment! But I'm glad it is! Shake your flanks girls!” Pinkie squealed in delight, and gave a half-lidded look to Kamina. “And stallions too, I want to see those toned flanks flex!” Kamina was so red right now, he almost began to glow, as all the girls had a laugh at his expense, making him roll his eyes.

“You girls...life is just so fun with you around.” He then turned to Gilda who was shaking and strutting to the beat. “So Gilda, how did you get DJ Pon3 for this party at such a short notice? Especially considering it was for your own party?”

“Well, before I became a total loser at the party, I heard about it and knew Dash would want some sick beats. So I caught that DJ Pony on the street and asked if I could get her services for a small party. She was so cool dude, she even offered to do it for free since she loved Pinkie's parties. I'm just glad she didn't change her mind from my attitude.” Gilda explained, before she grabbed Kamina with her left talon, and hugged him to her side with her wing at the same time, and leaned next to him to have her cheek pressed against his, and gestured her right talon out in front of them. “Imagine! Raves! Raves everywhere!”

Dash was suddenly doing the same on his other side. “And sexy mares and griffins all shaking their flanks, clad in spandex.” Kamina's eyes rolled into the back of his head when they finished it by smashing his flanks between theirs, and he fainted, making the old friends laugh and have a fit. “Oh Gilda! I so missed you!”

“Same here Dash!” Gilda then got up and smiled down at the cool stallion that saved her friendship, and showed her that she didn't have to be such a loner with only one close friend, all with just one meeting and a small speech. “You have such cool friends Dash.”

Rainbow shared the look as she helped Gilda get him on her back, using her wings to stabilize him as they moved to the corner. “The coolest.”

Author's Notes:

Yep! A "redeemed" Gilda, who never lost her friendship with Dash. And plenty of smexy form-fitting/revealing shorts XD