Rainbow Dash followed her newly-nicknamed bigger self to her home. She looked deep in thought and Rainbow didn’t feel right in asking her what’s wrong until they were home. The moon was barely peeking out of the horizon and the sky was darkening. Big found herself in front of Rainbow Dash’s door and pushed it open. They walked in the door and Big looked around to see Rainbow Dash putting her blue hat on her coat hanger. Rainbow looked at Big with an affectionate gaze.

“Uh, you ok?” asked Big.

“Y-yeah… you know what?”

“Hmm?”

“You’re really awesome.” she replied really affectionately.

Big felt uncomfortable with the almost lustful look Rainbow was giving her. “Uh, you sure you're ok?”

“Yeah. I need to say though. You’ve done so many amazing things in just one day, than I have done in my entire life.” she praised. “You brought back my friend to life. You changed your body. You gave yourself armor and even created a cloud with magic, even though you’re a Pegasus. Not only that but you, uh…” she blushed heavily. “Kissed me. Not even Storm kisses me like that. And he isn’t as exciting to kiss as you are. More because we didn’t kiss because of love but just to try something new.” Big was blushing, but let her continue with a smile on her face. “And don’t get me started on how you were able to eat fish and beat up a griffon while drunk. I didn’t even need to help you out the door or watch you stumble down the street!”

“Yeah, it’s all true. I’m awesome.” Rainbow boasted.

“But not only that! You told me the most romantic story of your life I’ve ever heard! I-It was amazing and to be honest it was inspiring.” Rainbow added, blushing even more.

“Yeah I know my life had a lot of ups and downs, but hey, I got through them just fine.” Big replied putting a hoof on her chest for dramatic effect.

“Yeah you did. Um do you want to head to the shower first or should I?” asked Rainbow.

“Uh, you go. I’ll chill on the couch for now.”

“Ok then.” Rainbow smiled.

She headed up the stairs and Big followed her with her eyes until she was out of sight. Big then trotted over to the couch and flopped onto it without care to the couch's protest to her aggressive fall.

“Ok Puppet Master… how have I done?”

“Let me think… you’ve actually done quite well.” answered Puppet Master in Rainbow’s mind. “You’ve done better than I could have hoped for at least. You’re calm and you think on your hooves. You also don’t seem to be affected by fish all that much. Maybe you actually can pull this off without my guidance.”

“Awesome!”

“Though I think you should stop making yourself out to be bigger than what you actually are. I’ve had the same problem, and almost found myself fulfilling a role I didn’t want to fulfill.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.” responded Rainbow Dash.

“Speaking of roles… Isis what role did you play?”

“Oh?” replied Isis in Rainbow’s mind. “I was gathering energy for our trip out of here. If my estimate is correct then we’d have to stay here about… three more days.”

There was an uncomfortable silence between the thoughts and words of the three companions.

“Three? Seriously? Especially when you were able to do it in not even a full day earlier?”

“Well, I did say that there were more worlds with life on them in those places. In this world there is only the current planet we’re standing on that has life. A very abundant amount of life to be exact, but it’s not as much as the last world.”

“So we’re stuck here until you get enough strength to send us someplace else.” stated Puppet Master.

“You know I’m getting bored being on the outside. I like interacting with other ponies and stuff but I’d also like to relax a bit. Actually now that we have time… um did you really mean it when you said you thought the same way towards me when I was talking about the Gala?” Rainbow asked her voice containing a mixture of curiosity and nervousness.

“Well to be honest...” started Puppet Master. “Yes. I found your company enjoyable and I actually thought that you were pretty cute. More like puppy love cute, but you know.”

“Yeah, I get it.”

“Yeah, so I believed that if I’m going to stay in a world of ponies for the rest of my life I’d at least try to find a mare to love and marry one day. I chose you because I liked your spunk and I couldn’t get enough of it.”

“R-really? Uh thanks.” she replied with a blush coming on in the real world.

They sat in uncomfortable silence for a moment.

“So what do you girls want to talk about?” asked Puppet Master.

“Nothing in particular.” responded Isis with her calm and content voice.

“Uh, how about the ponies we’ll meet? I’m sure if I’m more ‘girly’ here then maybe some of my other friends are just as different.”

“Twilight didn’t seem to change all that much. Although I do believe she became more studious and research-y.”

“Yeah I noticed that too. Actually, I want to go meet her in the hospital tomorrow?”

“No. I don’t want her to be connecting dots too soon, or she’ll inexplicably figure out what we did.”

“How? Celestia’s part of the conspiracy, and no one else knows about it. A few guards saw it and even they were sworn to secrecy about Twilight. I doubt she’ll figure it out even if she tried her best.” Rainbow reasoned.

“Yes, but weird universes work in weird ways. Twilight will discover us eventually and possibly figure it out and tell the world about her ‘amazing discovery’. In such a case I hope we get to leave before she causes any trouble.”

“Ok… you know what? I’m going to take a bath.”

“While your double is in the shower with you? Lemme get the camera.” Puppet Master mused.

“NO! I’m not that into my other self! A kiss is as far as it goes!”

“And maybe a snuggle at night.” interrupted Isis.

At this, Puppet Master burst into laughter from Isis’s joke. It was not only the first time she actually joked, but it happened to be pretty funny. Rainbow Dash blushed heavily and stood up from the couch and huffed out of irritation. Rainbow Dash held out her right hoof and created a rain cloud that almost looked like a large sponge. She gave herself a once over and began rubbing her legs with the cloud and it left behind moisture.

She began rubbing her face with the cloud and down her neck to her chest and kept going. Puppet Master began to feel uncomfortable as she began to wash her teats with the cloud. Rainbow sensed this and raised an eyebrow, but didn’t say anything. She began to rub her flanks and hind legs. She spread her wings wide and started preening her feathers with her teeth and finished by washing them off with the dark cloud.

She rubbed the cloud over her mane, which made it wet and made it hang straight. Puppet Master was silently impressed by how much water the small cloud actually contained, even though the amount of water was barely enough to get her hair wet. It still did the job and Puppet Master felt the dirt and grime disappear from Rainbow’s body. She made sure to get her back and her hooves before tossing the cloud up and punching it to make it disappear.

“That was educational.” rang Puppet Master’s voice.

“Why were you uncomfortable when I rubbed my belly?” asked Rainbow.

“Oh well… a woman’s breasts are kinda intimate and usually it’s a taboo to have them exposed or for a man to touch them without said woman’s consent. You just gave me an unwilling feel, and I really don’t know how to handle that one.”

“Oh. Uh if it makes you feel better, I give you consent to touch them.”

“You know… I wish you were human.”

“Why?”

“Because human breasts are considered more sexual than a pony's.”

“Oh… OH. OH! I DIDN’T MEAN IT LIKE THAT!”

“It’s ok, I forgive you.”

“Good… you can still touch them if you want.”

“Dear Talos.”

Big smirked and started her short flight up the stairs. She got to the top of the stairs and immediately looked around. She was surprised to see that the hallway went to the right and left and there was a door in front of her. To her left she heard water running from a shower head and assumed that was the bathroom. To her right was a hallway with two doors across from each other. She assumed one was a closet and the other was the bedroom. But then there wouldn’t be a purpose for the door in front of her.

She let curiosity take a hold of her and opened up the door in front of her to find a storage room. It explained that the bathroom down the short left hallway didn’t have another door on the other side because that would have been a wasted use of a door. There were boxes in the storage room that were tucked away in the back and subtly spread forward to the front. The larger boxes were in the back for space reasons. Rainbow noticed they were filled with many assortments of holiday décor. She then left that room for the hallway to the right.

She went down the hallway and came between the first two doors. She investigated the left one first and opened it to find the largest closet since she met Rarity. Of course, the fashionista had more clothes than this, but compared to Big’s old wardrobe, this was a super market. An assortment of dresses of all types ran along the nifty coat wooden shelves and wardrobes. Each dress was well maintained and kept to last for a long time. The room wasn’t all that bad considering the white interior that didn’t make it overly girly. But when Big noticed the amount of horseshoes on the floor in front of the dresser she scowled and visibly cringed.

Big closed that closet door and turned to face the last unknown of the upper-sanctum of her double’s home. She opened the door and looked into the room. She was utterly speechless from the interior of the room that she just identified as the bedroom. The large double pony bed rested in front of a large window that she saw from the outside. Surprisingly the bedroom was relatively simple… although.

“OH CELESTIA WHY?!” shouted Big to the heavens.

The room was pink. The downstairs may have had a casual pink and that was fine for Big, but a BEDROOM?! The ceiling was white and the walls were pink. The bed was also a calming pink with white pillows and a pink comforter. The wardrobe was pink-painted oak wood and the carpet on the floor was also pink. There was a fan hanging just over the bed and a lamp in the corner. There was also a mirror and a desk that had blush, lipstick, and a comb on it that was a ghastly shade of pink. There was also a small wooden chair that matched and sat by the desk. No matter what corner she looked at all she saw was pink. Pink. Pink. Pink. It looked like Rainbow Dash stole Pinkie's room and put it in her house.

Big’s brain froze for a considerable amount of time. Her mind tuned out everything and went limp with a hanging jaw that refused to move anywhere but down. She was in so much mental agony she didn’t notice when hoofsteps came down the hallway and stopped beside her.

“Uh Big?” asked Rainbow Dash with concern in her voice. “Are you ok?”

Big snapped out of her mental stumble and looked at her double with disgust. Rainbow’s mane was wrapped in a towel and her coat smelled like flowers. Her tail had a towel also wrapped around it while it dried. Big’s scowl faltered when she realized who she was scowling at.

“I-is something wrong?” asked Rainbow.

Big pointed a hoof at the bedroom.

“Yeah, it’s my room. What about it?” Rainbow continued, with a hint of concern.

“It’s pink.”

“Y-yeah, it’s my room.” Rainbow repeated.

“And it’s pink.”

“Yeah, so what?”

“It’s pink.”

“I know that! That about the pink room don’t you like?”

Big grabbed Rainbow Dash by the shoulders and looked her straight in the eyes.

“IT’S PINK!” she bellowed.

“Ow…” Rainbow rubbed her ringing ears. “What’d you do that for?”

“Are you kidding me?! This is the most girly thing I’ve ever seen! Rarity isn’t even this bad!” exclaimed Big angrily.

“Hey I am a girl!” retorted Rainbow, her emotion was lost for a moment and eyed Big with a quizzical expression. “Are you a girl?”

“Yeah, but my room looked awesome. My bed had my cutie mark and it was made of soft clouds.” Big replied surprisingly calmly.

“Oh well, you can always just form a cloud in here and sleep on that.” Rainbow offered.

Big stared at her for several seconds without moving a muscle. Rainbow looked completely uncomfortable with the amount of stoic attention she was getting from her double.

“NOOOOOOOOOOO!” Big suddenly bellowed.

“OW! MY EARS!” Rainbow cupped her ears from the wrath of Big’s booming voice.

“I came here to bunk with my other self and if I have to sleep in a pink, bed then fine!” Big stated, leaving no room for argument.

Big then grabbed Rainbow’s towels and threw them off of her head and tail regardless of protests. Big then dragged Rainbow Dash by the tail over to the bed and threw her onto it. Big turned around and slammed the door shut. Big then glared at Rainbow Dash with a malicious smile.

“B-but what about the lights?” Rainbow asked fearfully.

Big lifted her left wing.

*BANG*

The lights went out after the sound of thunder. Rainbow Dash looked fearfully at Big expecting her to pounce her and do terrible things to her. Big jumped onto the bed so she was standing over Rainbow Dash.

“Now let’s get in these covers.” she suggested lustfully.

“I-I-I-uh...”

Big picked up Rainbow Dash again and laid her over the pillows horizontally, so she could pull down the sheets. She then picked Rainbow up again and placed her on the right side of the bed while she occupied the left side of the bed. Big got comfortable while Rainbow laid uncomfortably on the right side watching her for any sudden movement. Big then pulled the comforter over them so their heads would stick out. Big then pulled Rainbow Dash into a loving embrace.

“Y-you’re not going to hurt me, are you?” asked Rainbow Dash.

“Hurt you? No, I love you. You’re me, just a little too girly for my tastes. I’ll straighten you out sooner or later. But for now, let’s go to bed.”

“U-uh, ok then. Can I have the right side of the bed?” Rainbow pleaded as she struggled from Big’s grasp.

“Hey, tough love.” Big closes her eyes.

“Uh, ok can you let me go now?” Big didn’t respond.

“Big?” no response.

“Rainbow.” Big’s breathing slowed to show her body was now sleeping.

“Great.” deadpanned Rainbow Dash, resigning herself to her fate for the night.