Rumble has a lot of fixing up to do
(Warning, this chapter contains mild suggestive scenes)
The next day, Rumble was walking through the park area, still bummed over his date with Scootaloo, he didn't handle things like he wanted to, now she probably hates him, though he thinks maybe he deserves it a tad bit.
As he walked he soon encountered the Crusaders, they were playing Tic-Tac-Toe in the dirt, Rumble was nervous talking to Scootaloo but he needed to to, he wanted to make sure they can patch things up, he approached them slowly, "Hi girls"
The girls noticed Rumble, Apple Bloom and Babs gave him a friendly wave, Sweetie batted her eyes, Scootaloo just turned away.
Rumble sighed, "Girls, mind if I speak to Scootaloo alone for a moment?"
Apple Bloom nodded, "We figured you would need to, come on girls", she led them away while Rumble spoke to Scootaloo.
"I take it you told them about what happened?" Rumble asked.
"Sorta, I just said the date sucked, I didn't go into detail though"
Rumble kicked the dirt a little, "I take it you're still mad, and you still hate me"
Scootaloo groaned, "I didn't mean that Rumble, it was in the moment but afterwards I realized I set myself up when I asked you, and I said some mean stuff too, I shouldn't have told you I care more about Sweetie Belle than you, granted she means a lot to me being my friend for so long, it was wrong of me to tell you that"
Rumble nodded, "Maybe I shouldn't have told you about how I was getting back at you, maybe some of my frustrations came out a bit, but I never meant for you to think I was just stringing you along, I do like you, if I didn't I would have just ignored you or convinced Apple Bloom not to reform the group, it would have been me, her and maybe Dinky, but I do care about you, most of the teasing still had some truth, like when I call you 'Cute-aloo', I do mean that"
Scootaloo blushed, "I was kinda hoping that was part of the teasing"
"It was a little, but I do think you're cute, and I did wanna give you a chance, I just felt I needed some sense of payback"
Scootaloo nodded, "I don't blame you, if the situation was reversed I'd want revenge too, though I would have just beaten you up"
Rumble chuckled nervously, "Well I don't ever want to be beaten up by you girls again, I felt it for days"
Scootaloo chuckled, "We'll try not to let that happen again"
The two went to the rest of their friends and they went to the swings. Rumble and Scootaloo pushed their friends a few times til they got proper momentum and then went to swings of their own and used their wings to give a boost.
Rarity & Applejack were watching from the distance.
"It's so sweet seeing the children play together, to think they used to be at odds with one another", Rarity said.
"Things change, sometimes for the better, all these kids needed to do was acknowledge each other's differences and lets things take from there", Applejack said.
"I just wish there didn't need to be a fight, seems like things only get better when something bad happens, why can't they just go well from the get go?"
Applejack shrugged, "Don't know, that's just life, I'm just happy that everypony are friends now, even Trixie & Lightning seem to be on good terms with us"
"Speaking of Trixie & Lightning, what do you think of the idea that they're in a relationship with each other?"
"Eh, whatever makes them happy, I have no problems with same sex relationships"
"So...have you ever thought about something like that? You know, same sex relationship?" Rarity seemed pretty hopeful here.
"Not really, never thought about relationships period, closest I thought was with Thunderlane, though that was a passing feeling, he's much better with Rainbow Dash"
"I agree, he's a handsome stallion and I once had a small crush on him as well, though it was mainly cause he saved me from falling, though he's not the first one to do so"
"Yeah, maybe by your logic, you would have a crush on Rainbow Dash"
Rarity chuckled, "Rainbow's a good looking mare but she's not exactly my type"
Applejack looked curious, "Not your type? So if your type were to come, would the gender matter? Is that why you're asking about Trixie and Lightning Dust?"
Rarity realized what had slipped out, "Uh no, I was just saying that...um she's not someone I would date, maybe someone who's more...mature and maybe a colt or..."
Applejack could see Rarity was stepping on her words so she took the opportunity to speak, "Rarity, if you are gay, not saying that you are, but if you are then you could tell me, I won't judge you, we are friends after all"
Rarity nodded, "Right...friends", Rarity decided to drop that particular subject, she was afraid of what might slip out.
As the foals were swinging Scootaloo decided to do something daring, she jumped off her swing and tried flying, she hovered in the air a moment.
"Hey I'm actually-" she however couldn't stay up long and ended up plummeting, luckily Rumble was fast enough to break her fall by using himself as a cushion.
"Don't worry, I got ya"
Scootaloo looked down And saw the awkward position she was in, she was on top of Rumble, so she quickly got off, then she heard some taunting laughs.
"Nice landing, flightless blank flank!" Diamond Tiara shouted.
"Why you!" Scootaloo went after Diamond but Rumble held her back, "Don't do it Scootaloo, she's not worth it!"
Scootaloo growled, he so desperately wanted to hurt Diamond Tiara, but out of respect for Rumble, she simmered down.
"You're lucky", Scootaloo said.
"Wow Rumble, I didn't think you had it in you, especially for a colt that gets beat up by fillies", she laughed at her joke, Silver Spoon joining.
Rumble rolled his eyes, "You're both fillies too, does that mean you enjoy the stereotype of fillies being weaker than colts?"
Diamond Tiara stopped and glared a bit, "So you think you're smart, do you?"
"Well Miss Cherilee says I'm a bright young colt so yeah"
Diamond seemed a bit annoyed at Rumble's attitude but she knew not to let it show, she had to find a way to get under his skin, and she knew how.
"Come on Rumble, let's just go already", Scootaloo said.
"I still don't even know what you see in her Rumble, she can't even fly, she's a disgrace to your race"
Rumble eyed Diamond, "Why do you even care so much? You're not a Pegasus, it really shouldn't affect you if she can't fly, you're both Earth Ponies yet you're not very strong"
Diamond once again was annoyed but knew how to turn it around, "Yeah you know how strong they can be, considering one chased you through Canterlot and the other beat you up with two other blank flank losers"
Rumble hates when ponies bring up the Applejack incident, not just because it was upsetting to him, but he doesn't like the idea of Applejack having a bad rep over it, he did love her despite that, especially after her genuine apology.
"Still better ponies than you in the end, they're redeemable, what's so redeemable about you? What's your special talent anyway? Being a spoiled brat? At least Silver Spoon seems to have a useful talent, spoons are needed for eating, what are Tiaras needed for?"
Diamond had to admit, he's a tough shell to crack, but she knows he's cracking little by little.
"My cutie mark is a symbol of my family's power, what will yours be? Something to do with your silly little races? Face it you're probably gonna end up a loser like your brother, who's dating a Wonderbolt-Wannabe, there's nothing special about any of you in the end"
Apple Bloom angrily approached Diamond Tiara, "Rumble's gonna be a great flyer, one day he's gonna be famous, and all he has to do is slander your daddy's company, then your parents will wish they had taught you better than to be a bully"
Diamond huffed, "Well at least I have parents you lowly orphan!"
That line struck Apple Bloom in the heart, Diamond Tiara was bad but none thought she would ever stoop that low, even Silver Spoon was taken back by that.
Apple Bloom started tearing up at the mention of her parents, seeing her tears had enraged her friends.
"Did I strike a cord little Apple Bloom?"
Rumble got in her face, "You're crossing a line you can't come back from Diamond Tiara!"
Scootaloo also stepped in, "You went too far with that!"
"Like it's my fault she doesn't have parents, I'm just pointing it out, Apples love honestly don't they?"
Scootaloo grabbed Diamond Tiara, ready to strike.
"If you hit me I'll tell daddy, and he'll sue your family!"
Applejack and Rarity approached the foals after hearing and seeing the confrontation.
"What in tarnation is going on here?!" Applejack asked.
"Apple Bloom darling, what's wrong? Did they hurt you?" Rarity asked.
Apple Bloom sniffled a bit, then hugged Applejack, Applejack glared at Diamond, "What did you do to mah sister?"
"I just told her the truth, that's all"
"What was your truth!?"
Rumble spoke up, "She talked about your parents Applejack, she called Apple Bloom a lowly orphan"
Applejack looked enraged, "You did WHAT!?"
Rarity glared, "That was uncalled for young filly! It's a horrible thing to mention something that sensitive!"
"Tch, whatever, I'm gonna go now, I'm done here", she started to trot off, Applejack hit the ground hard.
"You ain't going nowhere", she said in a cold voice.
She started to approach Diamond Tiara but Rarity held her back, "Applejack! I know you're mad but if you do anything, it's gonna make you look worse than how she's acting, I know it's hard but you gotta let that go, she'll get what's coming to her"
Applejack huffed and puffed but took Rarity's advice, "Fine"
She turned to Apple Bloom, "Let's go home, you don't look like you're in the mood to play now"
Apple Bloom nodded, but before she walked off, Rumble had hugged her.
"I'm here for you Apple Bloom, whenever you're sad"
Apple Bloom returned the hug, "Thanks, you're a great friend", she kissed his cheek before leaving with her sister.
Babs turned to the others, "I should go check on her, you'se can all keep playing if you want"
"Shouldn't we all check on her?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Nah, it's a family thing for now, gotta be with my cuz"
She joined Applejack & Apple Bloom, Rarity turned to the foals.
"I know that was bothersome but let's put it behind us, I will have a nice talk with Diamond Tiara's father about this, in the meantime you kids may do whatever you want"
Rumble sighed, "I'm actually not in the mood anymore either, I feel bad for Apple Bloom"
"Maybe we should stop for now, I can't have fun knowing Apple Bloom's upset", Scootaloo said.
"Same here, let's just go home Rarity", Sweetie said.
Rarity nodded, "No problem at all"
Before Sweetie left she turned to Rumble, "I'd still like to see you later, I have things I need to get off my chest to you"
Rumble nodded, "Sure, see you later"
Everyone went their separate ways as Diamond Tiara watched.
"wow, that was some of my best work, don't you agree Silvy?"
Silver barely said anything.
"I really got under their skins, I always win in the end"
"Uh huh", Silver simply said.
Diamond turned to her, "What's wrong?"
Silver sighed, "I know we're supposed to hate them, and I don't exactly like Apple Bloom, but I think you went too far with her parents, she can't help that and that just seems cruel, I don't think she ever got to know them, I have no problems making fun of their blank flanks but-"
"Listen Silvy, all is fair in love and war, don't start getting soft on me"
"But Dia, I just don't think that-"
"Don't think, just do what I say, got it?"
Silver sighed, she didn't want to make enemies of Diamond Tiara, so she dealt with it, but still felt some sympathy for Apple Bloom.
Rumble had gone home, he needed to just wind down and relax, though he was hungry, when he got home he simply said, "Thunderlane, I'm home!"
No answer, Rumble figured he was not there or busy with Rainbow Dash, he went into the kitchen to get something, and then...
"OH SWEET CELESTIA!"
"RUMBLE!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HOME SO EARLY!?"
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO RAINBOW DASH!? ON OUR KITCHEN TABLE!?"
"SHE WAS IN THE MOOD!"
"BUT ON OUR TABLE!? WHERE WE EAT!? DIDN'T YOU FIGURE YOU'D GET CAUGHT DOING THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY!?"
"RAINBOW SAID IT WAS KINKY!"
"Damn right it is, I love this rush of getting caught", Rainbow said.
Rumble flew out the kitchen, "I'm gonna be sick!"
"Come on bro! It's normal! Can you blame me!? Look at Rainbow!"
"I don't want to look at her like that, I have too much respect to do that!"
Rainbow chuckled, "That's nice to know"
Rumble left the house, "I'm going to Rarity's Boutique, you two can keep doing...THAT wherever you want"
Thunderlane sighed, "Man that was awkward"
Rainbow hugged Thunderlane from behind, "Turned me on more, now lets go, I want my turn on top"
Thunderlane blushed, "Try not to hurt me again"
Rainbow pulled him in for a vicious kiss, "No promises", she pulled Thunderlane back into the kitchen, filling it with more love.
Before she went home, Rarity stopped off to meet with Twilight to chat with her about something, with Spike just eyeing her with love.
Sweetie sat on a nearby bench, wondering how to win Rumble over on her date, when Diamond Tiara approached her.
"Hey there Sweetie Belle"
Sweetie glared a hole through her, "What the hell do you want?"
"Oooh, attitude"
"You really hurt Apple Bloom with that crack about her parents, now tell me what you want"
"I just wanna say, I'm really sorry for what happened, I'd like to tell her but I don't think her sister wants me on her farm, so I was hoping..."
"If you wanna apologize to her, you tell her to her face, I'm not delivering a message, now if you don't mind, I'd like to be alone, I have a date tonight and I don't wanna be in a bad mood for it"
"Date? With Rumble? Lucky you"
Sweetie raised her eyebrow, "Lucky? You hate Rumble"
"I don't totally hate him, if he had a cutie mark and wasn't such an annoyance I'd like to have him as a coltfriend, he's really cute I'll admit"
Sweetie simply glared, "Well if you're hoping for a date, forget it, he's probably not interested, and he barely even knows who he wants"
"Well..." Diamond started saying in a sly voice, "You could try harder to influence his choice"
Sweetie glared, "How?"
"Put some moves on the kid, get him to see your appealing side"
"Sorry but our rule is that he has to decide who he likes more on personality"
"That's gonna take forever, listen Sweetie Belle, it's clear he doesn't know who to pick, you gotta convince him, get a little wild"
Sweetie groaned, "I can't just do that, we all agreed he has to make the first move"
Diamond sat near her, "Then get him to make the first move, in the game of love, you have to take the initiative, otherwise you're gonna lose him"
Sweetie groaned a bit.
"Go for it, what do you have to lose?"
At that moment, Rarity, Twilight & Spike approached her.
"What are you doing to my sister?" Rarity asked.
"I'm not doing anything!" Diamond protested.
Twilight stepped forward, "I know about your encounters with the Crusaders recently, I am going to have a word with your father and Miss Cherilee"
Diamond looked confused, "Cherilee? But it's still summer, she has no jurisdiction"
"Summer may still be in affect but that won't affect any decison I make with Cherilee about what to do with you"
Diamond groaned and simply walked away, leaving Sweetie Belle to ponder.
"Well Twilight, I should get Sweetie home, I have somewhere to be, and it's gonna take a while, I may be home really late tonight"
"Where are you going?" Twilight asked.
"I have to take a train to Manehatten, I'm gonna be meeting Coco Pommel, we're gonna work on a fashion line together, I'm really excited, my train leaves in an hour so I probably won't be back til almost midnight, if I even come back tonight at all"
"Oh I see, well when you see Coco tell her I said hi", Twilight said.
"She'd really like that, good-bye Twilight", Rarity said, much to Twilight's confusion.
"Looks like Coco's a huge fan of yours", Spike said.
"I guess", Twilight replied.
Rarity got home with Sweetie Belle and packed, "Ok Sweetie, you be a good girl, and when Rumble comes, be sure to be nice to him"
"I know Rarity, I don't hate him anymore remember?"
"I'm sure you don't, just don't do anything too dangerous"
Sweetie groaned, "Fine"
As Rarity made her way out, Rumble had appeared at her door.
"Oh, Rumble, you're here early"
"Yeah Thunderlane and Rainbow wanted some privacy, so I thought it was ok if I came early"
"Of course, Sweetie Belle is excited to see you"
Rumble nodded and went in with Sweetie, who greeted him with a hug.
"You're both so cute together, now I'll be home late, stay as long as you want Rumble, and watch over Sweetie Belle"
"Ok Miss Rarity"
As Rarity left Rumble looked to Sweetie Belle.
"So now what?"
"Let's just talk for now, I have things I need to get off my chest"
Rumble sat, "I'm listening"
Sweetie sat next to him, "First, you know how sorry I am for treating you the way I did, between bullying you and even beating you up"
Rumble nodded, "I know"
"I just feel so...dirty, so hypocritical, I always bagged on you for being too hesitant on the crusades cause they seemed dangerous, when the reality is that I'm no different, sometimes I was afraid to do what Apple Bloom and Scootaloo wanted to do to get my cutie mark, I was always hesitant too, so it wasn't fair for me to say that stuff to you, I guess I was just looking for an excuse to get rid of you, between that, then the whole 'No Colts Allowed' thing, I feel so guilty, then you were so nice to me afterwards, I feel like such a jerk, I'm probably no different than Diamond Tiara"
Rumble put his hooves on hers, "First, never compare yourself to Diamond Tiara, you're a great filly who simply made a bad decision, and you've rectified it, and second, I need to confess to something...me being nice to you was mostly to sorta get back at you"
Sweetie looked curious, "How so?"
Rumble sighed, "I harbored deep anger and hatred from the stuff you and the others did, after the fight I still felt the need to get back at you, but instead of making things worse by insults and whatnot, I made you feel guilty by being really nice to you, so I basically killed you with kindness"
Sweetie took the time to take that in, "So all those nice things you said to me...you didn't mean them?" she looked pretty sad.
Rumble shook his head, "No I do think you're a nice filly, and I do think you're cute, but I stilll acted all flirty for revenge, but I enjoyed it cause you're the sweetest girl, and I was so happy when you showed me your sweet nature, I'm happy we're friends now"
Sweetie smiled, "So does this mean we're even?"
Rumble nodded, "Yeah, we are"
Sweetie smiled and kissed his cheek, Rumble blushed a bit, before kissing her cheek back.
Sweetie giggled at that, "Well I'm glad that's past us, we can start over, so what should we do now?"
Rumble pondered a moment, "We could play some board games or something, we have the whole rest of the day, just me and you"
Sweetie nodded, "Sounds fun"
As they got up, Rumble spoke, "By the way...I heard you're a great singer, so you think one day you can sing for me?"
Sweetie pondered, "I'm not sure, I get shy singing"
"I won't laugh, I'd like to hear it one day, just for me?"
Sweetie nodded, "Ok, I'll make a song just for you one day, if I can think of one, then give you a private concert"
Rumble nodded and went with Sweetie, they spend the rest of the day doing random activities, board games, pretend games, even card games, a few hours later Sweetie started feeling tired, so Rumble took her to her room.
"Ok, just go to bed now Sweetie Belle, you're sister will be here later tonight"
Sweetie nodded but as she climbed into bed she called Rumble, "Hold on Rumble, come here a moment"
Rumble went to her, "Sure what is it?"
She sat on the edge of the bed, "I have one major confession to make"
Rumble sat next to her to listen to what she had to say.
"I think you're really handsome...and also I think you're the sweetest colt...and I really want you to be my coltfriend"
Rumble sighed, "I know, but I have the others to think about and-" he was cut off when she started kissing him, taking him by surprise, he felt so confused yet so happy, then she started kissing his neck, nipping at it a bit, causing him to experience weird sensations, suddenly he started understanding how his brother felt around Rainbow Dash, Sweetie continued back to his face, though during that she came to her senses and backed away from him.
"I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me, I just-" this time Rumble cut her off with a kiss, then he placed her back first onto the bed and kissed her like she was kissing him, frenching it up in the process, he started kissing her neck causing her to moan a bit.
"Rumble...you're so good"
Rumble kept kissing her until she just shouted, "Take me now! Make me yours!"
Rumble knew what that meant, it was a big leap but one he was willing to take.
"I heard it hurts at first"
"I can take it, besides you can get some extra...revenge on me", she playfully winked.
Rumble nodded and kept kissing until he was ready, Sweetie waiting anxiously as he went for the big moment.
"Rumble...I love you"
Meanwhile Rarity is back from Ponyville early, she and Coco finished up what they were doing sooner than they thought, Coco already had plans to go to Ponyville the next day, Rarity figured it's better if she just went home rather than have to rent a room in Manehatten or burden Coco, besides she wants to be on her bed.
"well glad that's handled, wonder how Sweetie Belle and Rumble are doing?"
She opened the door, "Hello? Sweetie Belle? Rumble?" she looked around but saw nopony.
"Maybe she's asleep and he went home, no matter", she started making her way upstairs, but while going up she heard sounds from Sweetie Belle's room, she heard Sweetie Belle grunting, it almost sounds like pain, but it also sounds like she's feeling pleasure.
"What's she doing in there?"
She knocked on the door, "Sweetie? What's going on in there?"
All she heard was more moans and the sound of her bed creaking, she then heard what sounded like Rumble's voice, he was moaning too.
"Surely they're not...no of course not..."
She heard more moans, and what sounded like Sweetie Belle saying, "Oh Rumble...you're amazing"
Rarity then started to freak and barged open the door and saw something horrifying inside.
"Wha-WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY SISTER!?"
Rumble freaked and saw an angry Rarity at the door.
"Oh crap!"
Sweetie Belle also freaked, "What are you doing home early!? You're supposed to be in Manehatten!"
Rarity's eyes bulged in anger, "SO THIS IS HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF MY SISTER!? BY STEALING HER VIRGINITY!?"
Rumble looked scared, it was Canterlot all over again, except this time he actually did do something, and he's heard stories on Rarity's martial arts skills, he was in for an ass-whooping and he might not get bailed out this time.
Sweetie spoke up, "He didn't steal it, I gave it to him, and I loved every minute of it!"
Rarity huffed, "Sweetie, I'll deal with you later, as for you young man, wait til your brother hears about this!"
Rarity used her magic to get Rumble away from Sweetie Belle, planting him down near her, "Now start walking!"
Sweetie went to approach them but Rarity closed the door, "You're staying there for the rest of the night young filly!"
"You're not my mom!"
"As long as I'm watching over you, I make all the decisions, and I've decided that you're not leaving this room!" Rarity marched off with Rumble near her.
Love was in Bloom, and now Rumble is totally doomed, two hearts are now undone, and now his chances with her are totally gone because...
Gah I hate that song! Why am I singing it? I have never enjoyed a Twilight song (or Rainbow for that matter)
Seriously things go down some more soon.