“Well, Ah’ll be a dragons nanny. This place is just like Ah remembered it,” Rainbow said in a heavy, mock accent. Applejack frowned at Rainbow as the cyan mare hovered through the doorway wearing a slight smile and wide eyes as she took in the refurnished home. “And the guys’re here! Muddy, Davenport… still slapp’n balls, and all that? Ouch! AJ?! You can’t hit a pregnant mare,” she scowled to her side.

“That’s rude and ya know it, Sugarplum. Now, apologize to the nice colts,” Applejack sternly told Rainbow. Applejack’s hair was loosely braided with strands hanging out at random. She wore a light brown dress with short green tassels that shifted as she replaced her hoof to the floor.

Rainbow stared at Applejack for a long two seconds before wilting, her combed mane waving slightly as she sagged and lowered, nearly to the floor. Hanging her head she looked, sheepishly, towards the stallions.

“Ah… I’m really sorry. Th-that was mean and I’m sorry… Better?” she grumbled to Applejack as the stallions’ blushes faded and they smiled in return with a nod. The sound of music playing in the background fought the sounds of Pinkie rambling in the far room as Quill descended the stairs on all fours quickly.

“Girls! You’re here and the only ones late, as usual,” she hugged Applejack tightly and nuzzled her neck before taking wing and nuzzling Rainbow, then landing again.

“Wow, ya look mighty pretty all gussied up, Quill. Ya been back four days and the house looks like new.”

“Yeah, Davenport really gave me a good deal and with the bits I saved I got most of the stuff at a discount.”

“Oh, hush,” Davenport waved a hoof, “you’re going to spoil business if everypony knows I give friendly discounts.”

“Oh,” Muddy hummed in his deep voice, “don’t get him started. When he gives a sales pitch; it’ll be the longest minute of your lives.” Davenport jokingly punched Muddy in the shoulder while inhale-squeaking. “It’s true, baby.”

“Oh, you’re just as terrible as a parasprite.”

“You’re the one who nibbles,” Muddy retorted. Davenport gasped and blushed so deeply his ears turned red. He took a glass of wine that was behind him and drank liberally, finishing with a gulp.

“Well, I missed this stuff, ‘fo reals. Who else’s with me?”

“‘’Fo reals’? More Rainbow Falls talk?”

“Heh, eeyap, as ya say here.”

“It’s ‘eeyup’,” Applejack corrected, “and Ah think we need a drink. Rainbow, a glass of wine?”

“Wha?! N-no! Ah’m fine and you know I don’t-”

Applejack and the rest of the rooms ponies snickered. “No, dearest. Ah meant fer me. A sweet one, just like you, if’n ya don’t mind.”

Rainbow blushed and landed, beginning to canter to the kitchen where she ran into Pinkie, literally.

“Oh, hey, Rainbow! I was telling ‘Shy about how I used a hammer to clean a baking pan, but Discord showed up and turned the pan into a lasagna noodle and the hammer into a stick of meat while I was swinging to loosen some crusty muffin overflow. That happens sometimes when you put too much batter into the pan. When I hit the pan, I mean noodle, a spray of yogurt exploded and rained across the whole kitchen! Miss Cake was really upset and-”

Fluttershy smiled and walked past Rainbow, trapped by Pinkie, and towards the others. “Oh no, was I… were we supposed to dress up or do our manes? I’m sorry if I’m under dressed, I’ll go home and-”

Quill landed suddenly in front of the meek mare with a thud as her hooves hit the floor; silencing the room. “Fluttershy, I missed your… how do I put it?”

“Cowardice?” Fluttershy whispered.

“Excitable personality! I always had a feeling you were fun, but keeping up with Pinkie?! That’s gotta be exhausting?”

“Oh… well, you see… I guess it’s not that difficult. I mostly see her after my caring for the animals, I guess.”

“And she’s super awesome at it! She can feed all the animals and help them get better in no time, then she STILL has time to walk her puppy.”

“D’awww! You got a puppy, Fluttershy? Can I see it sometime?” Quill asked as Pinkie sat next to Fluttershy and wagged her tail. Pinkie’s tongue lulled from her mouth as she began to pant. Quill’s excitement faded as she looked at the deeply blushing yellow mare. “So… Pinkie’s your pet?”

Fluttershy nodded.

“Ha! That’s bucking with a feather awesome! Pet play was one of… our, favorites,” Quill swallowed hard and looked to the floor as she felt hugs and nuzzles across her head and neck.

“Huh? Oh,” she wiped a tear from her eye, “I still have feelings for her and I’ve been known to zone out.”

“Psh, I do that all the time,” Pinkie said as she let Quill go, “you were only out for about twenty seconds. I can go for hours. Wanna see?”

“Uhm, no thanks. We’ve gotta get this party started soon. I’ve got games planned after dinner,” Quill looked at Rainbow Dash and winked, “of vegetable pasta alfredo.”

Rainbow rolled her eyes. “I’ll pass on dinner. Got more than enough at lunch.”

…

The sounds of slurping made the others pause and look at Rainbow gobbling her meal.

“Um, I don’t think ‘finding the stallion or mare is gonna fly this time, friends,” Quill said, looking in awe as a noodle dragged itself from Rainbow’s ear, across her cheek, and finally wiggled its way into her muzzle; where it was chomped with a dozen others and swallowed, still half chewed with a heavy gulp.

As Rainbow was gulping a pink mare across from her was eating in the same manner, shoveling food, swallowing it unchewed, and repeating in just as sloppy a manner as Rainbow. “Pinkie, please stop eating like that,” Fluttershy asked.

“Buf, shief in ah eaging confest! Ah gomma -gulp- win!”

“No, Pinkie, she’s not in a contest, she’s just a slob,” Quill giggled as she forked another roll of pasta to herself and, with the others at the table, chewed properly.

“A prego slob who’s goin’ down! No pony can out-eat me!”

Rainbow snorted a laugh at Pinkies choice of verbiage and a strand of noodles shot from her nose and dangled in front of her guffawing muzzle sending the rest of the table into a laughing fit.

With a slurp; Rainbow swallowed her nose noodle and beamed a smile to Applejack, who was laughing into her hoof, trying to be polite… also to hide the sauce that was across her muzzle from slurping a few noodles when she could.

“Heuk, hehehe, yee-haw doggie yer a hoot as always,” Applejack laughed, giving in to her good nature. “And if Rares was here she’d call us all ‘uncouth’. Ah say,” she paused to inhale, then burped loudly, “Ah’m proud of it.”

Another round of laughs and a couple cheers as glasses were tilted and sipped from. Rainbow looked at a glass of rice wine in front of Quill and licked her lips. Maybe just a sip?

No! Bad Dashie, no. NO!

Rainbow frowned and coughed loudly, to get everyponies attention. When it didn’t work she hovered and cleared her throat again, silencing the table.

“Okay, so, thanks fer all’a y’all comin’ by’n whatnot. We’re glad ta have our Quill back, right?” There was clapping and hoof stomps as Quill whispered to Davenport, then shared a secret laugh. “Ah know it’s been a while, but the last party we had was… a bit of an orgy,” she blushed slightly as she crossed her rear legs.

“Ah, ahem, I’d like to start the game we were doin’ again, if that’s cool?”

“Oh! You mean kissing and then Twilight’s gonna make a love spell and we’re all gonna-”

“NO! This time we’re gonna tell a secret each through the night! Sheesh, always with the adult stuff right away, Pinkie.”

Pinkie shrugged, then nudged the bashful mare to her side who squeaked slightly and whispered something to Pinkie.

“Fluttershy said she’ll go first. Good job, Flutters!”

Fluttershy reared onto the table and inhaled deeply, a calming breath. The exhaled. Inhaled. Exhaled. Inhaled. Exha- “Get on with it!” Rainbow grumbled.

“F-fine. I… I’m,” Fluttershy looked around the table, “I, well… I suffer from anxiety, and my medicine makes me not want to care for my animal friends; so I don’t always take it.”

There was silence for a long few seconds, where Fluttershy began to sweat and tremble. A slow clop on the floor from Applejack signified her approval, and soon the room was awash in gentle, approving, clops. “That’s very good to know, Fluttershy. Thank you for sharing,” Quill added.

“So, kissing game, anypony? I’ll take Rainbow,” she grinned to Applejack who gave a disbelieving expression. “What, it’s no secret I’d ride her like that dragon that’s always on Twilight. I’d make her whinney so loud Celestia’d raise the moon by accident. I’d-”

“Ah reckon we get it and it ain’t happenin’; right, Sugarplum?” Applejack asked in a challenging tone as Quill’s grin widened. Applejack looked to Rainbow to see a blush across her face and muzzle. “Rainbow Dash! Don’t ya even think about it!”

“Ah’m sorry, AJ. It’s my estrus time and that means… I’m horny again.”

Applejack and the other mares sighed. “I know that feel,” Pinkie whined; laying her head on the table.

“Great; now we don’t need some stupid spell to make us orgy, just nature,” Quill giggled as she stood on all fours. “I’ll go next, then we can play kissy-wissy. Let’s see… So many secrets and only one to share… What about that time Pinkie surprised me on my birthday?”

Pinkie sat up tall and shook her head. “No? Why? I was having a ‘bite’ to eat…” Quill paused to let Pinkie blush and slide down her chair and under the table. “Okay, here’s one. I found a new, temporary, lover in Rainbow Falls. He was a nice enough colt, but I couldn’t stand being rutted… it was just, it felt wrong after everything I’d been through.”

“Oh, my. A stallion? I… don’t really know about that.”

“Yeah, it was a fling. Rebounding, ya know, Shy. Anyway; you and Pinkie versus Dav and Muddy! Let’s go to the other room and start! Oh, if everypony’s done, that is.”

Rainbow landed and nodded. “I’m good ta go! Now, let’s see them kiss; and make it slobbery.”

Pinkie reemerged from behind Applejack with a startling grin. “Yay! We’re gonna whoop ya colts to next party!”

“Oh my, did you hear that, Davvie? She’s gonna whip us? Moi?! Dearest,” he looked at Pinkie, then locked eyes with Fluttershy, “you don’t know what we’re capable of. Bring. It. On,” Muddy snorted between each word.

“Ohhhhhohoho, it is so on.”

“...oh my.”

Next Chapter: Party Night! (part2) Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 40 Minutes