Chapter 4

"Really Rainbow Dash, I would think that even you had a bit more decorum than to suggest something like this to a Colt we have just made the acquaintance of," huffed Rarity at Rainbow Dash. "It is unbecoming of a lady to…"

"Yer just jealous that you didn't think of it first Rarity," interrupted Rainbow Dash with an evil smirk on her face. Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down in excitement.

"Will you play Ni? Will you? Pretty please with cherry on top?" asked Pinkie as she bounced in front of me. I looked around and saw that everypony was waiting for my answer, not wanting to be rude I answered.

"Sure I guess, what is spin the bottle?" I asked, wondering what I had gotten myself into.

"It's a very simple game," started Twilight. "Everypony sits in a circle with a bottle in the middle; each pony takes a turn spinning it. When the bottle stops spinning, whoever it is pointing to has to kiss the pony that spun the bottle." I looked at her like she was crazy.

"Is that the only way to play…?" I asked in a quiet, frightened voice.

"There are other ways…" said Rainbow Dash suggestively. I became even more scared when she said that.

"Let's start off easy Dashie, it looks like Ni is gonna have a heart attack," said Applejack as she looked at me with sympathy. I smiled at her as way of thanks.

"I have a small problem," I said turning to everypony. "I've never kissed anypony…" Rarity came over and placed a hoof on my shoulder.

"That is all right darling, I can easily fix that," said Rarity softly as she leaned in. I leaned away from her in fright until I fell on my back. "What's the matter Ni? You don't want to?" she asked looking a bit disappointed. I scrambled back into a sitting position and faced her.

"I do want to Rarity, I just want to make sure that my first kiss is special, not only to me but to the mare that I kiss as well," I explained, trying not to hurt her feelings. Surprisingly the look of disappointment faded and turned into a smile.

"I completely understand my dear," said Rarity, nodding in understanding. "We wouldn't force you to do anything you didn't want to." I smiled at her and looked down. After a minute of nopony speaking, Fluttershy cleared her throat softly.

"Um, if you want… I mean… if you say no that's ok but… um…" said Fluttershy hesitantly. "You and I could…" the rest of what she said was so low that nopony could hear it at all.

"What'd you say Sugarcube?" asked Applejack supportively. Fluttershy took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

"You and I could share our first kiss…" Fluttershy said finally. She opened her eyes to see me blushing madly. I couldn't believe that the best looking pony in the room was offering to share her first kiss with me. I stuttered incoherently for a moment before regaining control of my body.

"Fluttershy…" I started to say. "You would do that with me…? You barely know me…" Fluttershy got up from the floor and walked over to me, gently placing a hoof on my mouth.

"Shhh… I would rather share my first kiss with you, than any other pony in the world. You want to know why?" she asked. I could only nod my head slightly at her as I became hypnotized by her twinkling eyes. "Because I know you will appreciate it more than anypony else." After her words left her mouth her hoof fell from my face and she smiled; I could do nothing but smile back at her. I felt as though my chest would explode from sheer adrenaline as she slowly closed her eyes and leaned closer to me. I reacted accordingly by closing my eyes and leaning in as well. However, both of us missed out targets and we ended up brushing cheeks instead of sharing a kiss. We both backed up and blushed furiously.

"Awww," said Applejack. "Aren't they the cutest thing you've ever seen?" The rest of them nodded their heads, smiling the whole time except Rainbow Dash.

"They didn't even kiss!" exclaimed Rainbow. "I wanna see some action, preferably today." She added in a huff. I looked over at Fluttershy and saw that she had covered her face with her wings. I moved closer to her and nudged one of her wings with my snout.

"Fluttershy? Do you want to try again?" I asked tentatively. She peeked over the top of her wings and moved them down.

"Yes please," she breathed. I smiled at her and then suddenly she leaned towards me and planted her lips firmly on mine. My eyes went wide and I forgot how to breathe as she kissed me with a slow gusto. I began to kiss back and she made a slight moaning sound that caused a heat to build up in my lower body. Our breathing seemed to synchronize and then her tongue began to move aggressively against my teeth; demanding entrance. I opened my mouth a bit wider and our tongues began to wrestle for dominance in the kiss. After a bit of that she remembered that there were ponies watching us and she broke the kiss suddenly while she blushed. It took a second for my brain to realize that she wasn't kissing me anymore and my eyes opened to see everypony there had their mouths hanging open.

"What?" I asked, worrying that I had done something wrong.

"Ni, darling that was… that was…" began Rarity.

"That was the hottest kiss I have ever seen," interrupted Rainbow Dash with a hungry look in her eyes. Rarity looked over at her with a disdainful look.

"What I was going to say is that that kiss had more passion, feeling, and just… oh my how do I say this…? It had so much…"

"Love?" asked Twilight.

"Yes! That's the perfect word for it," said Rarity smiling. I looked at her questioningly but then Pinkie Pie jumped in front of me.

"Can I be next? Can I can I can I?" she asked excitedly.

"Hold on Pinkie," I said, looking around for Fluttershy. "I need to see if Fluttershy liked it." Everypony looked around and saw that she was gone. "Where is she?"

"poor thing prolly went home after getting' all embarrassed and such," said Applejack after she had looked around. My eyes widened as my stomach dropped.

"I did something wrong didn't I?" I said, feeling my heart begin to sink. "I never should have agreed to play this stupid game; now Fluttershy probably hates me… this is all my fault…"

"Now wait a second Sugarcube…" started Applejack.

"No!" I yelled, startling everypony. "Don't you see? I shouldn't be near other ponies. Every time I try to live among other ponies something bad happens to me or them; and I am tired of it!" I stomped my front hooves in frustration and ran out the door. As soon as I was outside I jumped up, unfurled my wings, and made a mighty push into the sky. "Good-bye Ponyville…"