Every pony and human in the dorm room stared at the small girl as she desperately tried to take back what she had just said. It was a fruitless effort; she might as well been trying to capture the wind. Rainbow smiled and chuckled, Twilight blushed, and Rainbow Dash simply stared at her, confused.

“What do you mean ‘the front’?”

Twi simply shook her head, her mouth still covered with her hands.

“C’mon Sparklebutt, tell me what you mean,” Rainbow said with a smirk on her face.

“Okay, now I gotta know, why does she keep calling you Sparklebutt?” Rainbow Dash asked.

Rainbow looked at Twi with a raised eyebrow. “Show em,” she said with a smile.

“No,” Twi replied.

“Twi, relax alright, show em.”

Twi pouted at that. “No.”

“Twi, they have them too,” Rainbow said as she pointed at the ponies.

Neither of the two ponies understood just what she meant; they each looked at each other with confused expressions on their faces.

“Twi,” Rainbow said again.

“You first,” Twi said with a scowl.

The taller girl shrugged, got up off her bed, and stuck a finger in her sweat pants. She moved slightly to the left and pulled them down to her side. Both ponies stared at the soft mound of her butt. It was slightly lighter in tone than her face, a reality of not getting as much sunlight. She had on a pair of light blue panties with horizontal rainbow stripes running down them. However, they did not cover much of her ass, in the back there was only a small string that ran up the crack in the middle.

What really had their attention was the rainbow lightning bolt that was tattooed on either cheek.

“You have a cutie mark?” Rainbow Dash asked.

Rainbow pulled up her sweat pants and sat back down on her bed. “A what?”

“A cutie mark,” Rainbow Dash said again, moving her flank to the side as she gestured to her mark.

“I thought those were tattoos,” Rainbow said.

Twilight giggled a little, “When ponies come of age they get a cutie mark that matches their special talent. It’s not a tattoo; it’s a mark of our ability.”

“So it’s like hitting puberty?” Twi asked.

“Puberty?” Rainbow Dash questioned.

“The period of times that marks when you stop being a child and became an adult, biologically speaking anyway,” Twi said.

“And you find out what your special talent is?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Well… no, we’re simply loaded down with hormones,” Rainbow said.

“So you go into heat?” Dash asked.

“Heat?” Rainbow questioned.

“It’s their reproductive cycle. It occurs every three weeks during the summer,” Twi filled her in.

“So it’s like our periods, save you want to fuck instead? Hell, sign me up!”

“Well… close but no,” Twilight replied. “It happens to us about once a year and lasts for about a week. For the most part we stay inside so as not to do something we’ll regret.”

The deep blush on her face was hard to miss.

“Huh, so you’re a little different than our ponies,” Twi said.

“Twi, they talk. Of course they're going to be different.”

“What’s a period?” Rainbow Dash asked.

The other three sets of eyes stared at her. Twilight hadn’t experienced one of those before, but she knew about them. In the other world Applejack had been going through hers during her sleepover at Pinkie’s.

Needless to say, it was an awkward conversation that she didn’t relish repeating. Doing her best to sidestep the conversation Twilight asked her other self, “I take it you have a tattoo like my cutie mark?”

The smaller girl stole a quick glance at the pony’s flank and nodded.

“Show em!” Rainbow said.

“There’s no need, Rainbow. They know,” Twi replied.

“Oh… that’s why you call her Sparklebutt,” Rainbow Dash laughed. “That’s clever.”

Twi sighed before leaning down to her pony self’s ear. “Sorry about this.”

“About what?” Twilight asked.

“You’re never going to hear the end of it,” Twi whispered back.

“I wanna see,” Dash said, more because of how upset Twi was getting than from any real desire.

Twi looked up and gulped. “Why? It looks like hers.”

“You heard her, Twi. Show em.”

“Rainbow, this is juvenile,” Twi said.

“Twi.”

“Rainbow, I said no.”

“Twi.”

“Rainbow!” Twi shouted as she stood up and glared at her.

Standing up was a mistake. In a flash Rainbow reached out and grabbed either side of the smaller girl’s pants. She yanked them down over her butt before Twi even knew what was going on.

Twilight and Rainbow Dash stared at her. If her skin had been light on her face, her butt was paler by leagues. It was not large per se, but it was smooth. The two smooth orbs of flesh sat there without a single blemish to be seen.

True to her earlier boasts, she had a tattoo that matched Twilight's mark, a large pink six-pointed star on either cheek with five smaller stars that surrounded it. However, what really stole the attention of everypony and human in the room was not the suddenly pantsed girl that was in front of them now, but the other thing, or more precisely, the lack of the other thing.

Unlike Rainbow, Twi did not have any panties on.

Rainbow took one look and started laughing her ass off. Twilight blushed and hid her eyes from the view in front of her. Rainbow Dash simply looked at them both, confused.

Twi's entire face turned beet red as the girl in front of her started to roll on the bed from laughing too hard. "Rainbow!" Twilight shouted, quickly bending down to pull up her pants while accidentally flashing the two ponies on the bed behind her with a view of everything there was to see.

Unfortunately, it was a lot easier for Rainbow to pull them down then for Twi to pull them back up, something that was made even more difficult by the anger Twi felt. A life spent in the library with books did her dexterity no favors either.

Twi fell back on her bed as her internal balance proved not to be up to the challenge of trying to pull up a closed pair of pants.

Twilight quickly moved out of the way, Rainbow Dash flapped her wings and flew a few feet into the air to avoid the girl’s struggles. She landed on Rainbow’s bed.

Rainbow's flailing caused her to catch Rainbow Dash with her arms. While Rainbow Dash struggled to free herself yet again, Twilight did her best to avert her gaze away from the smaller girl on the bed, but even she could not help but steal glances as Twi was forced to unzip her pants before she could pull them back up.

Back in the other world it took her a minute to adjust to her other body and the way it worked when it came to disposing of waste. It wasn’t too different than her pony form, but it was just enough to be a little awkward. Her marehood was directly between her lower legs and in her sight.

Twi’s looked the same, although where Twilight had a small patch of fur on her body in the other world, Twi had none. She looked perfectly smooth with much more pronounced lower lips. Twilight did not know if that was due to the rather embarrassing situation she found herself in or something else.

The smaller girl managed to pull up and button her pants. She stood up and glared at Rainbow who was still laughing on the opposite bed with her pony form struggling in her arms.

“RAINBOW!” Twi shouted.

Rainbow looked up as Twi’s tone of voice pierced her ears. The shift of mood in the dorm room caused her to stop laughing. “Sup, Twi?” she asked, nonchalantly.

“Rainbow, I’m so…”

“I’m confused,” Rainbow Dash interrupted as she squirmed free.

All three sets of eyes turned to look at her. Dash rose to her hooves on the bed. “What’s the big deal?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“She pantsed me!” Twi shouted.

“So?” Dash asked.

“Rainbow Dash, humans don’t normally go without clothes on,” Twilight filled her in.

“Why?” Dash asked.

“Why what?” Rainbow asked.

“Why not? I assume you’re not born with clothes after all. Isn’t it more natural to be without than to wear them?” There was a general uncertainty to her words that left no doubt that it was a legitimate question to the pegasus.

Even Rainbow found herself blushing at thoughts of everyone walking around nude, “It’s umm… it’s… you take this one, Twi.”

“Our society has caused humans to be very sexual, Rainbow Dash, and nudity is generally something we see as just that.”

“So you’re only nude around your special someponies?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Special someponies?” Rainbow asked.

“Our significant others,” Twilight filled her in.

“What about other mares?” Dash asked

“It’s generally okay, but not something we flaunt,” Twi stated.

Rainbow Dash thought about it for a minute. “I still don’t see the big deal; I mean we are you and we’re mares. Basically you were nude in front of yourselves, why were you so mad?”

“It’s… I… I…” Twi was literally at a loss for words at that.

Rainbow’s eyes went wide, she glanced back and forth from her girlfriend and her pony self. “You… I… we left Twi speechless?” her grin grew ear to ear at that, “I’ve never left her speechless before! High five!”

Rainbow Dash looked at the raised hand in front of her with a questioning look. “What’s a high five?”

“High one?” Rainbow asked sheepishly.

“Hoof bump,” Twilight corrected as she indicated what to do with her front two hooves bumping together.

“Hey, don’t take her side!” Twi yelled at herself.

“It was kinda funny,” Twilight admitted.

“Was not!”

“Jokes are the proper application of humor delivered at the right time. That would qualify as a joke, and since there was no harm done, I found it funny,” Twilight said matter-of-factly.

“Can’t argue with yourself, Twi, you’ll go insane,” Rainbow said with a laugh. “Trust me; it’s done me no favors.”

“You’re still on my shit list, Rainbow,” Twi said with a growl as she sat on Rainbow’s bed, her arms folded over her chest and her back turned to Rainbow.

“Crap, I just realized something,” Rainbow said with a frown.

“What?” Twilight asked.

“If Twi wasn’t wearing panties, that means I was going to get lucky tonight.”

“You were!” Twi shouted.

Rainbow Dash and Twilight just blushed at each other and looked away.

Rainbow placed her hands on Twi’s shoulders. “Hey, I didn’t know alright. Besides, I was kinda correct. I mean they are us, and we’ve seen us nude more than enough times.”

“Rainbow, they’re not us, well, they’re us, but they’re not us.”

“We kinda are,” Rainbow Dash said with a smirk.

“It would take some testing, but I’m sure that our thought patterns are close enough for it to be scientifically proven,” Twilight said.

“You know what I mean!” Twi shouted.

Rainbow just chuckled and started to press deeper on Twi’s back in all the spots she knew that Twi liked. Her ministrations were rewarded with soft coos coming from her girlfriend. “There’s the noise I love to hear.”

“I’m still mad at you.”

“Yeah, but not as much, huh?” Rainbow said, a smile crossing her face.

“No…” Twi admitted.

Twilight couldn’t help but watch the two make up. In truth she somewhat envied what they had. Twilight had a few crushes over the years, but she never had a special somepony before. It looked… soothing.

Without intending to, her eyes drifted over to Rainbow Dash and a small chuckle escaped her muzzle at what she saw. The cyan mare looked sick to her stomach at the sight before her. She had a fake gag on her muzzle, and her tongue stuck out in disgust.

Twilight found herself smiling at her friend’s antics in a way she had never done before.

“So, about getting lucky tonight?” Rainbow spoke into Twi’s ear.

“I don’t think so, Rainbow.”

“What, why not?”

“We’ve got guests!” Twi shouted.

“C’mon, they’re just us.”

“Yeah, no.”

A loud grumbling interrupted any further conversation the two might have had. All four sets of eyes turned to look at where the noise came from. To Twilight’s surprise, it came from her.

“Hungry, Twilight?” Twi asked.

Dash switched back to Twi’s bed when another grumble sounded from where she landed, causing her to chuckle a little, “It has been awhile since we’ve last eaten.”

Rainbow laid back on her bed and looked around the room in frustration. “What do ponies eat anyway?” she asked.

“I like daffodil sandwiches myself,” Twilight said with a sly smile.

“Make that two… oh, and some apple cider!” Rainbow Dash chimed in.

“I’m a pony that likes to get drunk, man I rule,” Rainbow pumped her fist in the air.

Twi grabbed the fist and forced it back down. “Yeah, I don’t think so. We almost got kicked out of the dorms the last time you got wasted.”

“You’re still holding that over my head?”

“Rainbow, you went streaking through the park.”

“I wasn’t the only one,” Rainbow said as she winked at Twi.

Twi blushed and looked away before saying, “Still, we’re not repeating that event.”

Rainbow simply smiled, it was a forlorn hope, but no one could blame her for trying. Before she could try and push it any further, the growling noise came again from the ponies on the other bed. “Can you make food appear with your magic?” Rainbow asked

“No. While I can teleport some up to us I’d first need to know where it is and have a good idea of things in its proximity. Plus if it was seen it might cause a whole freak-out.”

“It’s almost like there’s a science behind your magic,” Twi said.

“Oh there is, it’s taken years of study for me to cast the most basic of spells. It all revolves around energy and focus. I-”

“Enough egghead chat. We need food,” Rainbow Dash stated as she jumped in front of Twilight.

“I think I know what might work,” Rainbow said with a smile.

“What?” Twi asked.

“That flower shop?”

“Oh, oh yeah.”

“We really don’t mean to be a bother. If you want I’m sure we can find our own food,” Twilight stated, looking at the bedcovers sheepishly.

“Nonsense, you’re our guests and we’ll treat you,” Twi replied. The small girl got up and lightly scratched the top of Twilight's head. An action that was stopped when Rainbow Dash’s stomach made itself known again.

“Sorry,” Dash said.

“I’d better get going. I trust you can behave yourself while I’m gone?” Twi asked her girlfriend.

“How long have you known me?” Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Good point, it might be better if you go instead.”

“Yeah, ‘cause I know what daffodils look like,” Rainbow replied with a smirk.

“Fair point. I’ll go,” Twi said as she made to leave the room. She sighed as she walked past the pile of books still on the floor.

“I’ll clean those up,” Twilight said.

“Thanks, and Rainbow, don’t… don’t… just don’t do anything.”

Rainbow sat up with a smile on her face. “What, you think I’m going to make out with your pony self or something?”

“Well, now that you mention it,” Twi said with a stern face. Her pony self just looked away, blushing.

“I’d never cheat on you Twi, you know that; even though it wouldn’t technically be cheating.”

“That’s it.”

“Joking, just go and get them some food,” Rainbow said with a smile.

Twi frowned, but said nothing more on the subject before she grabbed her purse, turned, and opened the door. Taking one last look in the room she gave her girlfriend a final stern look before shutting the door and leaving for the flower shop.

Rainbow put on her best innocent smile as the door shut. As soon as it did she turned to the lavender pony still on the other bed. “So, what are you anyway?”

“What?” Twilight asked.

“Well, I’m a pegasus, or that me is anyway. I’ve heard of legends of unicorns, but I’ve never heard of a unicorn with wings before. Were you the love child of a unicorn and pegasus?”

Rainbow Dash couldn’t hold back her laughter at that. She rolled over and busted a gut from laughing too hard. Twilight just blushed before saying, “No, both my parents were unicorns and I was born a unicorn.”

“Then the wings?”

“I’m known as an alicorn. In Equestria we have three main races of ponies: Earth ponies that are known for their strength and ability to tend the land, pegasi that are known for their flight and control of the weather, and then unicorns that can use magic. Alicorns are a mix of all three ponies. We have the strength of an earth pony, the flight of a pegasus, and the magic of a unicorn. Albeit our magic is a lot stronger than any unicorn could hope to match.”

“Wow, so you’re like really special. It’s like you hit the jackpot or something?”

“I’m not that special.”

Rainbow Dash stopped laughing and jumped up to her friend’s defense. “She earned it, every bit of it, regardless of what she tries to say.”

Twilight looked down at that. “No I didn’t.”

“What did she do?” Rainbow asked.

“I just finished a spell,” Twilight said sheepishly.

“A spell not even the greatest unicorn that ever lived could figure out,” Rainbow Dash replied with a smile as she tapped Twilight on the shoulder with a hoof.

“Yeah, but it’s not like I started the spell or anything. I mean I just finished somepony else’s work. It’s not that special.”

Rainbow thought about it. She ran her index finger over her chin a few times before saying, “I think you’re wrong, Twilight.”

“Not you too.”

“Yep, me too. The way I see it it’s like a game of soccer. Sure, no one scores the goal point on their own, every goal, every block is a team effort. Yet, the one that scores the point still gets the credit. Sure, they couldn’t have done it on their own, but it was their actions that caused the goal.”

“But doesn’t the team get left out?” Twilight asked.

“Only if they hog all the credit; people like that are quickly found out though. I can already tell you’re not that type.”

Twilight stood up and jumped off the bed. “I just don’t like being treated like I’m special or something.”

Rainbow watched her walk to the ends of the bed. Using her magic Twilight picked up a book and took a look at it, after a few seconds she placed it on the shelf then picked up another, and another after that.

“What’s so funny?” Dash asked Rainbow.

“My Twi does the exact same thing when she’s depressed,” Rainbow said with a small smile on her face as she turned to look at herself.

“Yeah, how do you snap her out of it?” Rainbow Dash asked. She kept her voice low enough where she thought Twilight couldn’t hear.

“Well, I know this trick with my fingers that… Never mind, it wouldn’t really work for you,” Rainbow said as she kicked her shoes off and put her feet up on her bed.

Her pony self looked annoyed as soon as she caught whiff of the smell. “Wow, that stinks,” Rainbow Dash stated.

“Get over it,” Rainbow said with a laugh.

Rainbow Dash flew to the other bed; while they were small for a human-sized bed, it was easily one of the biggest she had ever been in. The cyan mare positioned herself right next to her human self and looked down at her other’s face.

“What?” Rainbow asked.

“What about the others?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“What others?”

“You know: Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rarity.”

Rainbow laughed, “I should have guessed you’d have them too. Well, let’s see. After high school Applejack went to work full time on the farm. We still keep in touch but there’s only so much we can do. Rarity took a job offer with some huge designing company. Last I heard from her was when I saw her on TV. She’s really hit the big time.”

“TV?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“It’s like a miniature theater that’s broadcast into your house,” Twilight filled her in.

“Somewhat,” Rainbow confirmed. “Pinkie Pie went to work full time with the Cakes at their bakery. Fluttershy got accepted into the number one vet school in the country. She loves it. Although, I’m sure she’d be on the next flight out if I told her about you two.”

“You girls don’t stay in touch?” Twilight asked as she paused in her reorganizing.

“We do what we can, but reality has a way of getting in the way of what you want. It was too big of an opportunity for Pinkie, Rarity, and Fluttershy to pass up. And while Applejack’s always been a good friend, she’s practically married to that farm,” Rainbow replied with a sigh.

“How did you and Twi stay together?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“That was her doing actually. This school has the UC Wonderbolts. It really is the best team in the nation. Well, when I got accepted Twi said she would come with me. With her grades she could have gotten into any school she wanted, I know she downgraded just so we could stay together.”

“She did all that for you?” Rainbow Dash asked with a glance towards Twilight.

“You sound like that could never happen with you and Twilight,” Rainbow said with a sad smile.

“I don’t think she’d do something like that.” the cyan pony snorted. “She’s way too busy with all her studying, princess stuff, and so on.”

“Why do you think that it was that different for us?” Rainbow asked. “It was exactly the same and we made it work. It might be hard but if you want something you should never let go of it.”

“And who told you that it’s what we want? We’re just friends.” Rainbow Dash softly poked into the bed sheets with her hoof. “We’re just friends, nothing more.”

“I don’t believe you.”

“What?” Rainbow Dash stopped poking the bed.

“I don’t believe you. I think you forget; you’re me. She’s the same as my Twi. The only difference between us is that I’ve accepted how I feel,” Rainbow said sternly.

Twilight did her absolute best to ignore their conversation; needless to say, it would have been the equivalent of trying to ignore the airplane that almost killed them earlier that day. She found herself so distracted that she almost stuck a geology book with the math books.

“Yeah, but you’ve lived a different life,” Rainbow Dash protested.

“So?”

“What if I just don’t like mares?”

Rainbow laughed at that. “You’re kidding, right?” Liking both males and females came as natural to Rainbow as breathing; there was no way her pony self could be that different.

“Hey, you don’t know what I’ve been through!”

“Let me guess, you considered dating but every time you thought of a guy you simply considered all the ways you’d whoop his butt at whatever you did.”

“Well, yeah, but…”

“No guy ever stacked up to your expectations, and when someone did come up to you, you’d automatically think he wanted to challenge you.”

“Well, yeah, but…”

“So in the end you quit looking altogether and simply devoted yourself to one goal above everything else.”

“Joining the Wonderbolts, but…”

“Then you met a certain mare, and found yourself suddenly having something else that took up your time.”

“The day Twilight arrived; we became heroes, but…”

“Then you started to see that ponies could be awesome in ‘other’ ways, ways you hadn’t even considered before.”

“Well, yeah, but…”

“I’m guessing she helped you to see something you used to think was uncool in a different light.”

“Reading, but…”

“Then she helped you achieve your dream. Most likely you were slacking off too much to realize how close you were to blowing it.”

“The Wonderbolt’s reserve exam, but…”

Rainbow rolled on her side to look her pony self in the eye. “Now look me in the eye and tell me you feel nothing for her. That despite how awesome she is, that despite how much she’s gone out of her way to help you, tell me you feel nothing for her beyond friendship.”

Twilight gave up all pretense of putting the books away. She was sure that the last two books she shelved would have to be redone anyway. She looked in the direction of the bed, her ears pointed forward so she wouldn't miss Rainbow Dash’s reply. In truth, she didn’t even know how she felt about all of this; a part of her was hoping that Rainbow’s reply might help her figure out her own feelings.

The reply came, just not in the way Twilight was hoping. Rainbow Dash replied by not replying. She merely grunted, flapped her wings, and flew back over to Twi’s bed. A garbled message that not even Twilight could understand was left in Dash’s wake.

“That’s what I thought,” Rainbow said with a smile.

Twilight went back to the pile of books. Her ears pressed flat against her head.

“If you two don’t mind, I’m gonna go take a shower,” Rainbow said as she stood up and reached her fingers under her sweater.

Twilight glanced up at that and watched in awe as Rainbow simply undressed right before them. The taller girl removed her sweater in one fluid motion.

Her breasts popped free as soon as the sweater was removed. She was by no means large in that department; however, perky was definitely an apt description for them. Her chest was several shades lighter than the skin around her arms and head. A V line beneath her neck showed the normal types of shirts she would wear.

Her tits stuck out straight in front of her with brown areolas and perky nipples. Each breast was nicely toned along with the rest of her chest, all the way down to her stomach. The lines of her muscles could be seen under her skin as she threw the sweater in the corner where her closet met the wall.

“What are those?” A voice from on top of Twi’s bed stole Twilight’s attention.

“What?” Rainbow asked, looking herself over in case something was there that wasn’t meant to be there.

“Those!” Rainbow Dash pointed at the two globes hanging from Rainbow’s chest.

Rainbow figured out what she was talking about. “Oh, they’re just tits. What, you don’t have them?”

“Tits?” Rainbow Dash asked as she looked at Twilight. For her part Twilight sighed and with a flap of her wings, joined Rainbow Dash on the bed.

“They’re mammary glands, used in the production of milk for human children,” Twilight stated.

“Why are they so big?” Dash asked, entranced by her human self’s body.

Rainbow laughed, “Trust me, these aren’t big. You should see Twi’s, Rarity’s, or even Fluttershy’s.”

As the pegasus absentmindedly reached up a hoof to poke at one, Rainbow shrugged and lowered her chest for easier access. After all, it was just her touching herself, and that was just masturbation in Rainbow’s book.

As the hoof pressed against her left breast, Rainbow found herself getting an illicit thrill from it. She couldn’t help but see Twilight trying to pretend like she wasn’t looking. In the end, Rainbow decided not to press the issue though.

When Rainbow Dash’s curiosity seemed settled Rainbow stood back up, “You two don’t have anything like these?”

“We do, but ours only really become visible after we have foals,” Twilight stated.

“Foals?”

“Children.”

“Ahh, what do they look like otherwise?”

Twilight shrugged and rolled on her back. She pointed down to her coat. “You really can’t see them, they’re hidden for the most part, but you can feel them.”

Rainbow reached out a hand but stopped before she made contact. “May I?”

When Twilight nodded, Rainbow pressed her hand on Twilight’s coat and started to rub around. Sure enough she felt two small bumps that reminded her of nipples. “Well that’s no fun,” Rainbow said with a frown.

“Fun? Twilight asked as she rolled back over.

“Yeah, ours are a lot of fun to play with; you girls got the short end of the stick on that one.”

“You play with them?” the pegasus asked, confused.

“Play with them, suck on them, lick them, squeeze them; hell, even sleep on them. You name it I’ve probably done it,” Rainbow said as she moved to the closet. They watched as she stuck her hands in her sweatpants and pulled them and her underwear down.

Twilight gasped as she saw a small strip of fur right above the girl’s slit; it was in a lightning bolt pattern with colors that matched her hair. Rainbow's lower legs were as tan as her arms; however, the tan lines were just as obvious on her upper thighs.

Rainbow looked over and caught Twilight staring. “What? I know you’ve seen Twi’s, and you can’t tell me you two don’t have pussies.”

For the most part Rainbow Dash looked disinterested; however, Twilight couldn’t help but look. “It’s not that, it’s… umh…”

“What?” Rainbow asked again.

“Twi’s didn’t have any hair and her lips were a lot more pronounced.” Twilight blurted out the words with a blush.

Rainbow laughed as she grabbed her robe from the closet, a small bag, and a pair of flip flops. “That’s my doing; I told her I like it when she shaves. As far as the pronounced lips, well, she’s probably horny. Spending a day going commando – without underwear on – will do that.”

Rainbow wrapped the robe around her body and loosely tied the strap that went around the center.

“Why don’t you shave?” Dash asked.

“She said she liked it when I just trim it like this,” Rainbow replied with a wink as she put the flip flops on and made to leave the room. “I trust I can leave you two alone for a little while?”

“Well, all the books are already on the floor, so we should be fine.”

“Dash, if you want there's a few comics in my footlocker I enjoy, so you should too.”

The pegasus acted like she didn’t care, but her eyes found themselves drifting over to the footlocker Rainbow had gestured to when the girl left the room.

When Rainbow was gone, an uncomfortable silence drifted over the room. Rainbow Dash found herself torn between wanting to talk to Twilight, never wanting to talk to her again, and wanting to check out the comics. For Twilight, she found herself wanting to talk but too afraid to go first.

“That was…” Rainbow Dash started and then shut up.

Twilight looked back at her, her ears perked up for just the briefest of seconds before they laid back on her head. She frowned and went back to the shelf. The silence once again permeated the room.

Twilight kicked herself a few times for letting it get this way. After a minute she worked up the courage to confront the elephant in the room. Twilight bluntly stated, “You know, just because they’re in a relationship doesn't mean we have to be in one.”

“Yeah, it’s not like everything happens the same here as it does for us anyway,” Rainbow Dash said with a little more enthusiasm than she felt.

“Yeah, I mean we’re mares, we should be dating stallions,” Twilight stated, more to herself than anypony else.

“Yeah, I mean just because every stallion I’ve met is a jerk that doesn't mean that I would start dating you,” Rainbow Dash chuckled weakly.

“And me dating you? We have nothing in common! You’re brash, arrogant, reckless, and rude.”

Rainbow Dash’s lower jaw fell. She stared at Twilight, not able to form words. She knew that Twilight was right, but it still hurt to hear that from her friend. Every word felt like it stabbed her right in her heart.

“I mean just because you’re the best flyer I’ve ever seen in my life, and just because you’re the most loyal pony I’ve ever known, the best friend I’ve ever had, and the pony I can always count on, doesn’t mean we have anything in common,” Twilight stated to herself as she shelved another book.

Rainbow Dash felt herself twist in knots, “Yeah… I mean imagine dating you. You’re the most self-absorbed bookworm I’ve ever met in my life. You always think you’re always so damn perfect and simply point out the flaws of everypony else.”

Now it was Twilight’s turn to drop her jaw and simply stare. She tried to shake it off with logic, to say that it was just normal, but the words hurt. Somehow, she just wasn’t ready to hear that.

“I mean, yeah, you’re the me of magic, you’re amazing at what you do, and you put your heart and soul into helping others. But that’s not enough for a relationship, we have nothing in common!” Dash finished.

An uncomfortable silence returned to the room.

“You know, save Daring Do,” Rainbow Dash stated.

“Yeah, but that’s not enough,” Twilight added.

“I mean what would we do? Cuddle up and read books together each night next to a fire?” Dash asked with a blush.

“Yeah… what sort of pony would want that?” Twilight replied in a monotone voice as she felt something odd happening, a tear fell from her eye.

“I mean, sure, maybe you could even use those egghead smarts to help me with my flying, and teach me even better maneuvers so I’d impress the Wonderbolts…” Dash said as she felt her heart starting to beat faster.

“Then what, come and cheer for you at your performances?” Twilight asked as she pressed her forehead against the bookshelf.

“Knowing you, you’d be the loudest one there. Some big egghead contraption that made sure everypony could hear you from a mile away.”

“Hmm… a magically enhanced bullhorn that would put Pinkie’s to shame, I could do that. Of course you’d be so impressive that nopony would even notice the cheering. You’d be doing maneuvers that would blow all the other flyers out of the sky,” Twilight replied as she picked up another book.

Dash felt butterflies in her stomach at those words. Her cheeks started to grow red as she imagined what Twilight said actually happening. She shook her head clear of that thought. “That’s an awesome idea, but I think I’m awesome enough,” Rainbow Dash said, trying to end the topic as she felt her heart clench more and more as the idea refused to leave her alone.

Twilight failed to take the hint. “Rainbow Dash, the one pony Wonderbolt show, sold out years in advance as everypony would give their left hoof just to see it just once.”

“Shut up!” Dash suddenly shrieked and Twilight turned to see something incredibly rare. She saw tears making their way down the cyan muzzle.

Twilight panicked, “Dash I… I didn’t mean…”

“Just… just don’t, let’s talk about something else,” Rainbow Dash said as she wiped her muzzle and rolled off the bed.

Twilight felt something in her, something hurting at seeing her friend like that. “Dash...” she said before an idea came to her, “You want to check out the comics?” Twilight asked as she tried to lighten the mood.

“Yeah, whatever,” Rainbow Dash didn’t sound too convinced, but shuffled over to the footlocker nevertheless.

Twilight put on a faux smile and levitated all the junk covering the footlocker out of the way. She frowned at several soiled pieces of clothing but wrote it off for now. With a final push she opened the locker and let Rainbow have her pick of whatever she wanted to read.

What was that about? Twilight thought. She didn’t know what hurt worse: Seeing her friend in such pain after it was over, or the fact that she stopped their fantasy the way she had.

In truth, Twilight didn’t know why she had continued it like she had. It seemed… easy to picture such a fantasy, even if it was just a fantasy.

Turning back to the bookshelf, Twilight got through another three books before the door opened and a very wet Rainbow walked in. “Wow, who died in here?” the tall girl asked as she closed the door and disrobed, heading for her closet.

“Nopony,” Rainbow Dash muttered, trying not to look at Twilight or her.

“If you say so,” Rainbow said as she grabbed a towel from the closet and started to dry herself off.

“You know you’re getting water everywhere.” Twilight grunted as she raised a magical shield to save her other self’s books.

“Yeah, yeah, I forgot my towel, alright.”

“You and Rainbow Dash are really the same,” Twilight chuckled.

Rainbow Dash only gave a growl, despite the water dripping on her, she still hadn’t moved in the past few moments. Although she did make it a point to keep her gaze from the others.

“Hey grumpy hooves, relax alright!” Rainbow shouted as she picked up the pegasus and started swinging her in her arms.

“Let me go!” Dash shouted as she felt her back being used as a makeshift towel.

“Not until you tell me what’s wrong!”

“Nothing’s wrong, now let me go before you regret it!” Rainbow Dash growled.

“Rainbow! What did I tell you?” Twi yelled as she picked that moment to walk in and see her nude girlfriend swinging the pegasus in her arms.

“Shoot, hey, tell her that this only looks bad!” Rainbow said to her pony self.

“Get the buck off me!” Dash shouted back, kicked her in the gut, and quickly flapped her wings to get away from Rainbow when the blow forced her to let go.

“Dash, what’s wrong with you?” Twilight asked, concerned as her friend landed on Twi’s bed and faced the wall, ignoring them all.

Twi simply raised a hand and placed two fingers on the bridge of her nose. “Okay, first thing: Rainbow, get dressed. Second: Every human and pony in this room is going to explain to me what the hell happened while I was gone.”