The next morning, Rainbow woke up with the most calm, relaxed feeling she thought she’d ever had. With a nuzzle into the pillow, she hummed and rolled to her belly and fully extending her wings once before closing them to her sides. She lifted her head from the pillow and, with a trail of drool still connecting her to the softest pillow she’d ever laid her head on, she looked to her other side and smiled to see Applejack, asleep by her side, her muzzle mere inches away.

Extending her wing she poked her lover with her primary feathers and when that didn’t work she tickled her ear. At the subconscious flick Rainbow used her devious nature and stuck her feathertip into her ear and wiggled it.

“Gnyaa!” Applejack nearly shouted, sitting up and rubbing her ear furiously as her gaze found a quiet mare smirking beside her with lidded eyes. “Rainbow Dash, ya know there’s better ways ta wake a pony,” she frowned, now very awake, and waited for a retort but none came. Rainbow folded her wing to her side again and turned to face her, opened her forelegs, and waited.

Applejack couldn’t stay frustrated at her and with a roll of her eyes she moved into the embrace and was promptly snuggled upon with a messy mane brushing her chin as she felt a head nuzzling into her chest fur.

A moment passed before Rainbow held a quiet note, then stopped. She repeated the pattern several times before Applejack had to ask. “Dashing, what’re ya doin’? Singin’ or somethin’?”

“It’s your heartbeat and dude, it’s the most amazing sound. I swear, I hear my name,” she responded slowly, lazily.

“Uh… you alright, Sugarcube?”

Rainbow giggled. “Rain-bow. Rain-bow. Rain-bow. Rain-bow. Your heart’s calling to me, and I am totally answering it,” she hummed the note from before again.

“O-kay, do ya need water? Yer talkin’ kinda… different.”

Rainbow quietly giggled again for a mere second. “I don’t even know right now. All I know is I’m yours, AJ,” she began swirling a circle into Applejack’s belly with her hoof passively, “you’re awesome in every way that I can never be and you love me so much that it hurts, because I can’t show you the same love back.”

“Rainbow, if this is about last night-”

“No, it’s not. Well, kinda, but it’s like,” she placed her hoof where she was circling and pressed lightly, watching her belly dip with the pressure, “I can’t know the words cuz I’m not a smart pony, and I didn’t pay attention in class hardly at all, but I know that I love and totally trust you with everything that makes me like, I dunno, just me. If that makes sense?”

“Rainbow Dash, ya know I love ya and that’s not somethin’ that needs words,” she said as she rubbed a hoof through her lovers mane.

“Yeah, but I want to say it more than show it. You’re more worth it than just sky sculpting or food. I mean, you got wings for me just because,” she frowned and let her hoof leave Applejack’s belly, resting her foreleg across her and held her with a little pressure, “because you’re really awesome. And what’ve I really done for you?”

“You’re you, and that’s all that matters to me.”

“No, it’s not fair. I’m being totally, ya know, selfish. I mean you gave me a home, your heart, the best sex ever, attention, advice, a challenge to be a better pony both physically and inside. And I don’t give you hardly any of that stuff. AJ, what do you need me to do?” she asked quietly. She rode the slight wave as Applejack chuckled a few times, smiling at the closeness she felt.

“Dashing, ya don’t have ta do anything. Just keep being you, the mare I fell in love with. The mare who needs a shoulder to cry on and body to snuggle with. The mare who’s dreams are as big as Canterlot Mountain and by golly, she’s gonna get ‘em or pull the mountain down to show she won’t be stopped.

“The mare that won’t say no to a challenge or hesitate to defend her friends. You’re the mare you need to be, and if you change anything over time, it’ll be because you want to change and not because it’s fer somepony else. Not even me, ya follow?”

Rainbow sighed loudly. “Yeah, I can do that for you. But, one thing I promise is to be there for you when you need me just like you’re there for me.”

“Deal,” she ruffled Rainbow’s forelocks. Rainbow finally forced herself up and kissed Applejack lightly, but for longer than she’d expected. A hot breath escaped them both before Rainbow pressed her lips back to Applejack’s and climbed on top of her, placing an orange hindleg between hers.

No words needed to be said about what was about to happen, and Applejack was ready before Rainbow leaned in to kiss her again. “Nuh-uh, you keep your knees to yourself, farm mare, this’ my turn.”

Applejack chuckled loudly as she relaxed her hind legs and wrapped her forelegs around Rainbow, pulling her into a tongue wrestling kiss. She felt her wings extending and noted the discomfort as they did. She rocked side to side as they flexed. “Ha, kinda sucks to have wings, I know. But I’d only trade them for you, Fritter.”

Rainbow let a muffled sound escape as she was pulled into a deeper kiss, this time her mewled into it as a leg brushed against her privates and she returned the motion with a growing smile. “I can feel how wet you are for me,” she whispered, “I think it’s time I repaid you for last night. Just don’t buck me across the room, okay?”

Applejack guffawed and pointed to her hat at the far side of the bed, just near the edge enough so it wouldn’t fall to the floor. “Get my hat’n we’ll fix that.” Rainbow grinned and nodded as she sat up and slipped the covers off of them and flew over, flipped the hat, and took the rope that was stuck in the inner rim out before flying back.

“Okay, hold still and Mommy’ll make this all nice and tight so you can be a good filly while I get those tingles to go away.”

“Rainbow, yer so nasty,” Applejack blushed from her neck to the top of her head, “be gentle, Mommy.”

Rainbow looked at Applejack with surprise then grinned she she grabbed a pillow and took the case off it, draping it over Applejack’s shins. She flew around the farm mare several times, lifting her as needed before stopping and admiring her work. “Eeyup, that’s tight enough to hold even one of your bucks, now hold on,” she licked her lips and moved to the side of the mare whose hind legs were firmly bound and started to kiss her from her neck to her cutie mark before switching sides and kissing from cutie mark to her chin.

With a soft peck their lips touched and as Applejack leaned in for another, Rainbow pulled away teasingly, her mouth open and tongue just past her lips in a seductive, inviting way. A few inches and Rainbow leaned forward and kissed her lover, letting her tongue slide under Applejack’s to one of her erogenous spots, sending shivers through her.

“I know your spots,” she teased and she kissed her way to Applejack’s right ear and ran her tongue along the base. She grinned as she nipped the mare’s ear and let her tongue glide along the soft fur in the center as Applejack whimpered, sucking in her top lip at the sensation.

With a flap of her wings, Rainbow hovered over Applejack and gave her one more peck on the lips before floating back Applejack’s body and lowering herself to the bed, her muzzle just above Applejack’s teats. With the same care she received the night before she kissed, licked, and sucked the soft nipples, finishing with a nip that was just firm enough to make Applejack gasp.

Rainbow smiled to herself this time as she backed up the final few inches and placed her hooves on Applejack’s teats after wrapping her forelegs around the orange mare’s hips. Without much more ado, Rainbow kissed Applejack’s labia and let her tongue enter her with a fast motion. Applejack’s back arched as she felt the fire in her loins finally being quenched as a long flat tongue lapped in and out of her body.

The pressure on her teats, the heat of Rainbow’s breath against her winking clit, the slurping and squishing sounds were all that filled her world and before a minute passed she started panting, grunting, and as Rainbow recognized, her vagina tensed just as Rainbow pulled back to avoid the rush of mare cum that squirted at her.

“Whoo-doggie!” Applejack whooped once as she fell back from a curl-up with a sharp exhale as Rainbow wiped her pussy dry with the bedsheet. “Who-wee, that was a great start to th-” her breath hitched making her squeak as Rainbow used her tongue like a wet rag and slapped it against her exposed clit during each wink.

“Rainbow,” Applejack breathed, “what’re ya-” her breath left her and returned when she gasped, her shoulders leaving the bed as her back arched when Rainbow managed to place her lips around her exposed nub and held it in her mouth, her tongue dragging across it with the delicacy of a quill against rice paper.

With a steady rhythm, Rainbow licked and moved her lower jaw, moving the clit in her mouth slightly in an experiment that had instant results. If Applejack hadn’t been hogtied she’d have risked hurting Rainbow, possibly seriously, as her legs fought the rope with an obvious stretching sound as it held her legs still.

A deep throated grumble grew louder as Rainbow opened her mouth and let her long tongue glide across the winking and exposed nub and into her pussy, savoring the reaction she got as she repeated the motions until, without warning a warmth of fluid ran across her tongue before she could withdraw.

“Ugh, warn me next time, sheesh,” Rainbow licked a different spot on the bedsheet to clear her tongue while she held Applejack as still as she could as another orgasm waved through Applejack.

Rainbow didn’t bother to clean it off as she buried her muzzle into Applejack’s pussy, her nose and mouth working feverishly during a held breath to see what would happen.

“Mommy, I’m gonna cum fer you again, mommy. Oh, sweet Celestia I’m cumming for you, Dashing, right now! Again... fer you,” she gripped her knees with her forelegs and with one final, deep, well rounded and spiraling exit pass of the cyan mare’s tongue against every spot inside Applejack’s vagina, Rainbow leaned up as Applejack grunted deeply and exhaled a long breath as a final orgasm rolled over the previous one.

Applejack let loose a loud whinney then a whoop and rolled her hindlegs to the side with a chuckle. “So, sleepy now?” Rainbow asked as she used the nearest spot of blanket to wipe her muzzle. She flew beside Applejack and placed a hoof on Applejack’s cheek, the other mare did the same.

“Ah’m starvin’ now, ta be honest. Dang, Dashing, Ah could gallop back ta Ponyville right now,” she leaned into Rainbow and pressed their lips together in a closed mouth lovers kiss.

“Well, let’s not go home yet. We’ve still got stuff to do,” Rainbow replied as she reached for the knot and tugged it with a smile as it fell loose and Applejack, in one smooth motion rolled on top of Rainbow, both their smiles turned into a giddy laugh.

“Ah love ya, Rainbow Dash,” she said placing a hoof on the cyan chest where her heart was. Rainbow followed the action with her marefriend and winked her eye. “Ya know, if you were up to it, we could have another last night, right now.”

Rainbow snorted and shook her head. “No thanks, I barely survived twenty minutes of that hour thing, it’s time to start the day, anyway. I’ve gotta do my routine and get a flight around the city in quick to stay loose.”

Applejack rolled off her and noticed her wings already falling back under her conscious control. “You were plenty loose last night.” She snickered as her side was poked.

“Hey, I didn’t tease you, Miss Glowing Face,” she stuck her tongue out at Applejack who returned the gesture before they both giggled and left the bed.

“You do yer stretchin’ and I’ll start the shower in an hour and we’ve got a few things t’do today just ta get started so we can get ‘r done.”

Rainbow landed by the bathroom. “Pee first! But, what’re you gonna do while I’m flying around the city?”

“Gonna look at that local eats book fer a place to eat that’s more sensible than that mess we ate last night.”

“Fair enough.”

“Welcome to Canterlot Castle, home of Equestria’s rulers, Princesses Celestia and Luna. As you can see to your right, the statue is made of marble and was made a mere month ago by artisans-”

Rainbow yawned as the tour guide led a large group through the castle. Cameras flashed, ponies spoke in hushed voices, and the guards stood ever so diligently by the priceless works of art or important items on the tour.

“AJ, I’m bored. Let’s go practice your flying s’more.”

The tour group looked back at the hovering pegasus who waved them off.

“Rainbow, we just started not five minutes ago. Let’s just do the tour, okay?”

Rainbow groaned and whined at the same time. “But we already know the princesses personally and can see them whenever we want, AJ,” that got the tour group’s attention, in a positive way. Camera’s flashed at the duo and the tour guide began to shout in vain to gather their attention back.

Rainbow struck a pose while hovering and pouted her lips to the cameras. “Now this’ more like it!” she flashed grins, framed her face, and strutted midair.

Questions of an obvious nature began to bombard the two mares and while Rainbow reveled in the attention, Applejack pulled her hat down and backed away slowly, right into a guard they didn’t notice behind them. With a clank of metal against metal in the armor, the guard hopped to the side and brandished a very real, very sharp knife in his mouth.

None of the ponies knew where it came from, only that they didn’t know what to do.

“Citizens of Equestria, remain calm and return to your tour. The gift shop is open until an hour after sunset,” the guard said in a disarmingly soft voice.

The tour group nervously returned their attention to the frustrated guide and silently they began to move past the next couple items before the tour resumed.

“Hey, what’s the big deal?” Rainbow frowned as she flew at the guard. “I was trying to tell them how awesome I am and you had to cut it short.”

“Rainbow Dash, please accompany me with your friend into yon adjacent room.” Sharing a cold glare, Rainbow followed the guard and looked back to her lover.

“C’mon, I’ve gotta settle something with this gal.”

Applejack quickly caught up. “Rainbow, don’t be a danged food, that’s royal guard,” she spoke sternly but quietly, “you can’t fight one’a them, they’re trained ta do Celestia knows what and Ah don’t wanna find out today.”

“Psh,” Rainbow rolled her eyes, “I can take whatever this chick can dish out.”

The door closed behind them, leaving the three alone in a nearly bare room, save for wall art and a side table with flowers on it at the far wall.
“Do you know why you’re here?” the guard asked.

Rainbow narrowed her eyes at the golden armored mare and tensed her forelegs, pulling them back enough to get a good hit in, even if she knew she’d lose, she'd have a story to tell. “No, but I can guess.”

With a jovial laugh a blue cloud encircled the guard and from the gilded hooves to her tip of her horn, Luna stood with a cheeky grin. “Because I told you to.”

“Princess Luna,” they mares exclaimed in unison. “Well, Ah’ll be, it’s nice ta see ya after so long, but why’re ya here? Playin’ hide’n seek or somethin’?”

“Nay, Lady Applejack,” Luna waved a hoof gently as Applejack blushed enough in her cheeks to make her freckles stand out, “We, er, I follow the tour group at times to watch and listen to how ponies interact these days. I haven’t much to do as of yet until my night court is established and,” she shrugged, “other such duties are levied upon my withers.”

“So,” Rainbow hovered over Applejack, “no fighting?”

Luna chuckled quietly. “If you wish, you may attempt as much, but I would advise against it. I am more skilled than you in the arts of combat.”

“Heh, doubt that,” Rainbow challenged, ignoring the disapproving glare and shush from Applejack.

“Then I will afford you one strike against me. If you make contact, I will have my meeting with you now.”

“Awe yeah, it’s so on,” Rainbow rubber her hooves together and jerked her head to both sides eliciting a crack from the second motion. As Luna watched the prismatic pegasus moved into a blur of motion, charging hooves first at the Princess, only to miss contact and barely stop before she crashed through the wall. “Hey, no teleporting!”

“She didn’t, Rainbow,” Applejack said wide eyed with a smirk.

“Horseapples she didn’t!” Rainbow near instantly turned into a swath of colors as she zigzagged toward the Princess. Pulling her right foreleg back she watched intently as she approached and extended her foreleg with her hoof to strike the dark mares chest. In what Rainbow could describe as a fade, she stopped suddenly and looked to her sides, up, then yelped and flew forward several feet from the tap on her shoulder.

“You are indeed… hasty, yet not nearly fast enough. I could count the hairs in your mane with the time you left me to dodge,” Luna said as her chin raised and she stood in a much more regal manner.

Rainbow grit her teeth and sped at the princess again, swinging like a mad pony at the mare and missing in a cliche manner worthy of anime. She finally turned her gaze from Luna when she heard Applejack’s voice drawling and she looked over to see her marefriend speaking in a slow, deep voice.

“Applejack, what’re you saying?” Applejack’s ears perked slowly as she pointed a hoof at her.

“She is probably interested at your speed, you’re merely a moving blur of color to her, no doubt,” Luna said at a slightly faster but equally deep voice, “perhaps you should stop trying and accept my invitation to my meeting, now.”

Rainbow stopped flapping her wings and let herself fall to the floor, barely getting a chance to speak before Applejack knocked her over. “Rainbow Dash, ya had me worried fer a second there. Don’t go doin’ that again, okay?”

“What’d I do?”

Ya turned inta some rainbow fuzz that was all kinda twisty. Just, don’t fight the princess anymore, ok?”

Rainbow looked at Luna, who nodded once. “Fine, but I’m still the fastest pegasi in Equestria, alicorns don’t count.”

They all shared a laugh. “Indeed, now, shall we adjourn?”

“Uh yeah, indeed'n stuff. You gonna be okay while I have a quick chat with the princess about whatever.”

They shared a nuzzle and kiss. “Ah’ll be fine. There's a couple things ta do in this place and I can still catch the tour. See ya Rainbow Dash, Luna,” she bowed her head and left the two alone.

Applejack grinned at her luck and took to a fast trot past the tour group and toward the throne room.

Guards stopped her twice before a pair broke off and led her to the long line of ponies waiting their turn. “Awe shucks. Ah hate ya do this,” she turned to one of her escorts. “Ah need ta see Princess Celestia.”

"Sorry, ma'am, but only nobles are allowed urgency.”

“Yes,” a pompous mare said from two ponies ahead of her, “and a commoner like you should worry about mowing your farm, or what have you,” she smirked as ponies snickered and chuckled.

Applejack stood up tall and puffed her chest out. In a calm, collected, slightly Manehattan voice spike, “I, Lady Applejack of Ponyville do hereby request, uh, a viewing with Princess Celestia, post haste.”

Ponies in line outright laughed at her as she stood as much like Rarity normally would, acting to ignore the laughter and comments directed at her.

A pony dressed in red clothing came running up to her and gazed at her cutie mark. “Oh, she's some harlot, too,” the mare from earlier announced.

A page flipped on a clipboard the stallion in red wore and he bowed respectfully. “Lady Applejack, what do you request of the staff?”

The room fell silent as Applejack smirked. “Well, fer one, Ah feel ya should treat others as ya wanna be treated, so that mare there should head on home and do some gardening and come back when she's learned her manners to others.”

The pony in red stomped his hoof twice loudly and two guards left their posts with spears slightly angled in a ready position as they marched to the mare from both sides.

“Ma'am, will you come with us?”

The mares lower jaw opened and closed several times before she shook her head. “N-no! I've waited two weeks to see the princess about my problem. I can't wait any longer!”

The guards lowered their weapons at the mare won closed her mouth but whimpered all the same.

“Alright, hold yer horses. Ah'm not gonna talk about kindness and boot ya like that, now what's got yer saddle backwards so only the princess can help?”

“Thank you, Lady Apple…”

“Applejack.”

“Yes, Lady Applejack. I need the princess to,” her eyes widened and it seemed that she'd stopped breathing.

“And what, ma'am?”

“I, uh, really think the princess should know first.”

Applejack raised an eyebrow, knowing that in Canterlot everything meant something and the mare exhaled then mumbled, “There's too many country ponies sullying or streets and should be restricted to certain areas of Canterlot.”

Applejack's jaw dropped and her eyes widened. A pin dropped probably could have been heard.

“Why of all the low down good fer nothin’! Who else here's gotta plum stupid request like that ta ask?” A few seconds passed and Applejack repeated herself. “Who's here ta waste the princess’ time with questions like that?!” Her voice echoed through several halls and even Princess Celestia took notice.

Hooves began to reach up, all save but a few.

“Yer just a bunch'a mean and petty ponies. Ah want all'a ya outta the castle till ya get some darned sense in yer heads and kindness in yer hearts!”

She panted after her direct order and with for stomps the guards in the hall took a step forward and lowered their spears. Without a word the line of rich, wealthy, overdressed ponies had left the line and only a half dozen naked and pleased ponies remained.

A stallion as tall as Big Macintosh left the throne room and offered the country mare a nod as he passed.

“Princess Celestia will see you now, Lady Applejack.”

The pony in red stomped once and turned on his hind hooves so smoothly he could have been on ice, then led her into the throne room.

"Howdy, Celestia,” Applejack greeted, the sound of gasps from the still leaving ponies could be heard, “mighty nice of ya to see me on such short notice.”

She laughed in a demure manner. “It is always nice to see you, Lady Applejack.”

“Well…” Applejack responded rubbing a spot on the back of her head.

“Of all the years I've known your family, I've never heard your titles used once. So, to what honor do I owe your family on this occasion?”

“Oh, no Princess, not my family. Just me and, well, ya see…” Celestia waited patiently. “Ah'm in love with my marefriend, Rainbow Dash, and Ah’d like a gift to give her that's worthy of her.”

“Well, you came to the right pony, then. Had you gone to Luna you might have gotten a customary gift from ages past,” she smiled as she got up and calmly walked to Applejack.

“Yeah, Rainbow's all about action and bein’ awesome. Not whatever they did way back when. So, can I buy somethin’, or get an idea?”

I'll do you one better, Lady Applejack,” Celestia smiled.

“Am I ever gonna live that one down?”

“Ask me when all the grass in Equestria is counted,” she quipped in reply.

“Princess, was that a joke?” Applejack asked as she was led to a side room.

“Court is adjourned for ten minutes,” Celestia called. She walked through the door as a thump echoed. “Here, I have a gift worthy of her.”

Her horn glowed and in a dull flash a gilded horseshoe of silver shined.

“It's really nice, but a shoe?”

“It's the meaning behind it. Not only is this a gift from a princess, but it never wears. The hoof it's on never needs tending, and when it's near the one who gifted it, it sends the memory of the most special moment they shared to the forefront of the mind.”

“That sounds kinda intrusive…”

“Don't worry, Lady Applejack,” her smile didn't falter, “it merely hints at the subconscious memory and that's enough for the subconscious emotions to return. Basically it helps remind the ponies of why they fell in love.”

“Well, that doesn't sound so bad after all. How much?”

“For your duty to the lands of Equestria and support of its populace through your farm and helping to defeat Nightmare Moon, I give this to you as non-returnable and undeniable reward for your actions thus far.”

Applejack frowned, but her happiness showed through. “Kinda made it so I couldn't even politely decline, didn'tcha?” Celestia nodded once and turned to a side door. “Showin’ me the way out?”

“Not unless you can fit inside a toilet.”

Applejack paused and watched as the door shut behind Celestia. “Ah'll just go out the way I came in, if that's alright.”

“Fare thee well, Lady Applejack. Oh, and I like your wings.”

She could hear the mirth in the alicorns voice but let it be since she had things to do. Placing the shoe I her hat she made her way out.

She left the throne room just as the tour group was arriving and blended in the best she could and within three minutes other ponies had forgotten about her, focusing on the painting of a potted plant on the wall.

Ah missed most’a the tour and Ah don’t know what’s goin’ on. Why’re we lookin’ at some drawin’? Looks like somethin’ Ah made when I was a filly. With my belly and swishin’ tail. While asleep, she smiled at her own musings then let her eyes wander the hallway while the guide described the pedestal below and to the left of the painting.

She rolled her eyes and turned back to leave and noticed her love trotting just outside the doorway. She made her way over as guards she passed snapped to attention and she couldn’t help but look at them. Ah guess word about me traveled fast. Ah just hope Rainbow didn’t find out.

With a bright hope in her heart she exited into the warm sunny day and called to Rainbow.

“Heya, AJ. Glad ya finally made it out, how was that dumb tour?”

“It was-”

“I heard a lotta yelling earlier,” she smiled, “I bet somepony totally got chewed out for something.”

“Well-”

“Hey, did you know there’s some hotshot noble walkin’ around here and firing people? I bet she’s a unicorn and is, like, teleporting them outside,” she laughed to herself.

“Rainbow-”

“I totally just had a talk with Luna, it was cool. She was just in awe of my awesomeness,” she looked at a hoof and shrugged. “Kinda get used to it when you’re me.”

“Let’s go.”

“Ugh, finally,” she groaned and did a backflip, “I was hoping you’d be out here forever ago, but you had to go on that tour. Did ya see any cute mares that could join us?” she winked.

“Rainbow Dash, yer just impossible.”

“Yeah, I know. You love me still, right?”

“Ya know Ah do. Let’s just get to the danged museum and on after that. Ah can’t wait fer this day ta be over.”

“Me too!” Rainbow said as she followed Applejack. “It’s cool how you’re all like, blah, blah, blah. And then I’m like, I was totally thinking that, and then you go on about stuff and it’s cool to listen to your voice,” she stopped speaking suddenly.

“Everything okay, Dashing?”

“Yeah, just done talkin’ for a minute. Ya know, thinkin’ about stuff. Personal stuff that I can’t tell you about cuz I’m just so, like, got stuff to think about, uh, about stuff.”

Applejack let an eyebrow raise but turned back to looking ahead. “Rainbow, ya gotta do somethin’ about all that extra energy.”

“Good idea! Meet ya there,” she said and before Applejack could say anything she saw the rainbow contrail leading into the sky.

“That little,” she opened her wings, having forgotten about them and with a controlled series of flaps chased after Rainbow at nearly the same speed. Rainbow’s ears swiveled and her head twitched before she looked back with a grin.

“Hey, you’re pretty fast, for an earth pony.”

“And Ah still got the strength of an earth pony, so let’s see what these here wings can do.”

“Heh, I’ll catch you when you tumble out. Did I ever tell you about riding another pony’s wake?”

Applejack smiled and with focus she flapped her wings faster and shot past Rainbow, sending the cyan mare into a brief spin before she regained control and speeding after the orange mare that was faster than she expected. She gawked for a second and then slyly smirked as she sped up to nearly her top speed, catching up to Applejack.

“Not too bad, but it’s a kinda sloppy-”

“Like you were last night!”

Rainbow tumbled and caught herself as she nearly stopped. Dirty talk? From Applejack?! Oh hell yeah! she took off at her higher speed to catch back up and slowed when she caught up. “Ya know we passed the museum and, well,” she pointed down, “we’re off Canterlot mountain. Are you stuck in high speed?”

“Nah, just tryin’ these babies out. Gettin’ a bit tired, but now Ah know that yer not as fast as ya say.”

“What?! Fastest mare in Equestria here.”

“Not faster than Princess Luna,” she mocked.

“Oh yeah? Eat this,” she shouted and shot ahead so fast Applejack lost control and was tossed around, pulled out of her path by the wake.

Applejack opened her wings and leveled out in a glide as she craned her head back to watch Rainbow. A few seconds later a vertical sonic rainboom exploded in the sky and Rainbow’s contrail led away before curling back and she stopped just behind Applejack. With a slap on the mare’s apple cutie mark, Rainbow sucked her lips in and bit them lightly.

Applejack hovered and opened her mouth as Rainbow Dash’s voice shouted at her. “Suck a lemon, slowpoke!”

“Yeah, that was my voice catching up to me. I’m faster than sound, so I win.” Applejack sighed and turned back toward Canterlot and began to fly back. “Awe, jealous of my awesomeness? Well, I can turn it down, but it won’t let me, my awesomeness has its own rules and I have to do what it says.”

“Rainbow, Ah’m gettin’ tired. Let’s just get back and finish our day.”

“Ugh, fine. Grab my tail and hold on. Just keep gliding.”

“That’s not what I meant, but never look a monkey in the mouth, right?” Applejack bit Rainbow’s tail and let a surprised noise leave her as Rainbow took a fast flight back to the mountain city. “We’re here, you can let go.”

“‘Bout time. Ah was gettin’ the worst jaw ache since last night.”

Rainbow slowed and sided with Applejack. “I like you talking dirty. I’m getting turned on,” she leaned in for a kiss.

“And we’re here, so keep a plug in it ‘til we’re back at the hotel.”

Rainbow groaned loudly and followed Applejack to the ground and then into the museum. “Natural history week?! Oh great, wake me when it’s over.”

Applejack just smiled as she led Rainbow in and later as she carried a certain sleeping cyan prismatic mare out on her back. “Dashing, wake up, it’s over.”

“Huh, eeeuuugh,” she stretched as she took to a hover. “How long did I last?”

“About four minutes.”

“What time is it?”

“About two.”

“Ugggggggghhhhhhh! We still have, like, forever until it’s sunset! What they hay are we gonna do for the next four days?”

“Well, slouchin’ ain’t fixin’ ta get up anywhere, so buck up, filly, it’s lunch time.”

“Well, at least the food isn’t boring.”

…

Rainbow looked at the rectangular plate on the cloth covered table in front of her. “This looks boring.”

“Indeed,” the waiter said as he promptly left.

Applejack shrugged and counted the four shapes of food as well. “Well, we got the specials, maybe there’s more to’m than meets the eye.”

“Yeah, yeah, books and covers. Unless this is magic loaf, it isn’t gonna fill me,” Rainbow sniffed a trapezoid.

“‘Magic loaf’? What’s that?”

“I dunno, but there’s probably a magic loaf of bread that’s really small and fills you up somewhere.”

“Well, Ah doubt it’s in this here shapey thingy,” she leaned over and took a pyramid, chewed and swallowed, then frowned. “T’aint got not flavor or fillin’. And no salt or sauce at the table ta boot.”

Rainbow ate all four in a mouthful and chewed sloppily while swallowing, followed by a slump in her features. “What a rip. Three hooves my plot, this’ like eating plain rice.”

The waiter arrived and placed the bill on the table and left, almost robotically, but he stopped when Rainbow shouted. “Forty two bits for water and boiled rice shapes I’d feed a foal?! What the hay kinda scam you guys runnin’ here?” Other well dressed patrons looked down their snouts at the angry mares. “I’m not paying that much for this crud.”

Rainbow crossed her forelegs, staring at the waiter who stood still and certainly unsure of what to do. Finally he shrugged. “Then leave and never return, you’re banned from Le Cordon Bleu and by my word, the rest of the fine dining establishments in Canterlot as well,” he dragged a hindhoof across the floor in threatening finality.

“Name’s Rainbow Dash and Applejack, and we wouldn’t eat here if you paid us twice what you charge, let’s go, AJ.”

Silence fell on the room as the mares got up and left.

“Ladies, the meal’s on us! This was all a misunderstanding, I’ll fire the waiter-”
“What?!”
“-if you’ll just take our apologies.”

“Oh, now he gives a shit.”

“Rainbow Dash! No cussin’!” Applejack scolded to which Rainbow shrugged.

“Outta the way, fancy guy. I’ve got a date with a fresh juicy taco. A real one!” she blushed faintly, “from the wagons downtown… shut up with your laughing,” she glared at the rich ponies that lost their posh composure in the room.

“Dash has a point and bein’ nice ain’t gonna fix it. Firin’ the waiter’s too low, but just do the honest thing and keep our names off the blacklist, alright?”

“Very well, ma’am. Please, accept our apologies and appreciation for saving the world as we know it.”

Rainbow laughed. “Yeah, now I bet they’d offer us a real bowl of rice. AJ, are you coming with me to eat some juicy tacos or not? I mean real ones! That’s it, I’m outta here!”

“There goes my ride,” Applejack mumbled and blushed at the demure laughter directed at her. “Well, always leave’m laughin’,” she said opening her wings and flying after Rainbow. “Well, we might be able to go back, but Ah’ll never live that nonsense down.”

“You and me both. Hey, I’ve got an idea,” Rainbow grinned.

“What’s that?”

“We can eat each other’s tacos! … I mean… Oh, you shut up, too!”