History Fanfic / AboutLastNight

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''About Last Night'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by [[https://www.fimfiction.net/user/Darth%20Link%2022 Darth Link 22]] of ''Fanfic/TheNuptialverse'' fame.

A few months after the events of Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, Applejack decides to officially integrate the others into her family with an Apple tradition: a long night of cider drinking. The next morning Applejack wakes up... in Twilight's bed... with a gold band on her hoof... and a legally binding document on the bedside table...

The story has been completed, and can be found [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/62278/about-last-night here]]. The sequel, ''About Last Month'', was posted April 12, 2016, and can be found [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/324630/about-last-month here]].

Also has a piece of RecursiveFanfiction, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/106322/about-last-night-a-deleted-scene About Last Night: A Deleted Scene]]
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* AccidentalMarriage: The story focuses on this happening to Twilight and Applejack, though ''someone'' is doing their best to make sure that it can't be annulled immediately.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Celestia is concerned about Twilight and Applejack's predicament for sure, but she doesn't deny she laughed as hard as she could after finding out what happened. She sniggered everytime she thought back on the "incident."
* AllLesbiansWantKids: The climax of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy's subplot is the reveal that Fluttershy eventually wants them to have foals. Rainbow is [[SpitTake understandably]] unsure about this [[spoiler:, but by the end of the story, she eventually warms up to the idea of the two eventually having a family]].
* AlphaBitch: Angel has a rather dominating desire to control Fluttershy and other animals, and gets rather aggressive when asserting himself; however, Rainbow Dash is more than a match for him.
* BedmateReveal: The first chapter ends with Twilight waking up in bed with Applejack, while the second ends with Rarity waking up in bed with Prince Blueblood.
** In a twist, the magic on the rings reveals Applejack and Twilight ''have'' to be bedmates! They found that out the hard way when it magically pulled Applejack across Ponyville!
* BetaCouple: Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.
* BiTheWay: Twilight Sparkle; she even experimented when she was younger to see which gender she liked more with a couple kisses.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Shinning Armor does ''not'' take it well when he finds out that Applejack got Twilight drunk and married her under the influence.
** Then Big Mac comes to protect Applejack from Shining Armor.
* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler: Queen Chrysalis gives one to Applejack by calling her the most useless of the elements, Twilight's lapdog, calling her pathetic for having feelings for Twilight, and reminding her of the way she turned her back on Twilight at Shining Armor and Princess Cadance's wedding just to prove her worth]].
* CallBack: In Chapter 2, when Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy reveal they got together following the party, Applejack warns them that a lot can go wrong with a relationship based on a drunk romance. [[spoiler:It looks like she may be right as it seems Rainbow and Fluttershy are heading for a breakup]].
* TheCasanova: Prince Blueblood.
* ChickMagnet: Spike is shaping up to be one. The Cutie Mark Crusaders are competing with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon over [[ItMakesSenseInContext who among them he thinks is the best kisser]].
* ClingyJealousGirl: Angel is ''not'' happy sharing Fluttershy with Rainbow Dash.
* ConfusingMultipleNegatives: One way Twilight corrects Applejack's grammar.
-->'''Applejack:''' "There ain’t nothin’ ta talk about."\\
'''Twilight:''' "That’s a double negative, which means there is something to talk about. Now tell me."
* CrazyPrepared: In typical Pinkie Pie fashion, she had an umbrella handy for Rainbow Dash's SpitTake mentioned below.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Flim and Flam try to lock Twilight and AJ in a room and knock them out while they make their escape, underestimating the pair. The fact that they tried to make Silver Shill pull their heavy carriage didn't exactly help their speed either.
* DogsAreDumb: Winona definitely counts, once we hear the sort of conversations she has with the other pets.
* TheDogBitesBack: After Flim and Flam run off in an attempt to get away from Twilight and Applejack, Silver Shill grabs two of their bags of bits (knowing that they'd never report the theft due to their paranoia of the Guards), and buys a caravan of his own, and sets out to give them honest competition.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When Owlowiscious tells Angel that he has compassion for others even when he doesn't benefit, the bad bunny doesn't get what he's talking about.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Blueblood at the very least ''tells'' mares he sleeps with that this is a one time thing before hoof. [[AboveTheInfluence He also makes it clear that he would never take advantage of a mare too intoxicated to consent.]]
* FailedASpotCheck: Pinkie Pie, who knows all details about all her friends, doesn't recognize Rarity's double is not her.
--> '''Pinkie:''' "Ooh! A wall!."
* GoldDigger: Diamond Tiara's mother apparently only married Filthy Rich for his money.
* HiddenDepths: Blueblood is shaping up to be this. He's shown to take his royal duties seriously, was capable of stopping a drunken Rarity when she attacked him without either of them getting hurt, and has mentioned knowing both Twilight and Spike pretty well in the past.
* HypocriticalHumor: [[spoiler: Cadance tells Shining Armor not to meddle with Twilight's relationships when he tries to go after Applejack after learning about their drunken marriage. Then, a few chapters later, we find out that ''Cadance'' was behind the marriage all along, with a certain draconequus helping her]].
* [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe I Can't Believe A Pony Like You Would Notice Me!]]: Applejack has some issues with herself, and perceives Twilight as being higher class than her, possibly out of her league.
* JerkassHasAPoint: When Rarity asks why Blueblood treated her so horribly at the Gala if he isn't that much of a snob as he appears, he calls her out on pursuing him for his money and status without knowing anything about him, which she privately concedes. However, when she then asks why he didn't just reject her from minute one, he admits that he did it [[ItAmusedMe because it was fun.]]
** Flim and Flam get away without any legal repercussions from outing Applejack and Twilight's marriage due to privacy laws.
* KissingUnderTheInfluence: [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy find themselves together in bed following the night of drinking. Unlike most cases, they figure that it might've meant something, so they decide to give a real relationship a shot]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: Flim and Flam's actions ''finally'' get them arrested, and while they probably won't ''stay'' in jail that long, [[TheDogBitesBack Silver Shill bites back]] and sets out on his own, apparently to give them some honest competition.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Pinkie on the progression of Spike and the CMC's friendship.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: During the cider party, when Pinkie Pie goads her into doing 'the funnel', Rarity reluctantly submits, on the condition that Pinkie Pie never mentions it to anypony.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Fanfic/TheNuptialverse''. This also takes place post-wedding, but rather than beat themselves over their treatment of Twilight, the rest of group mostly just let Twilight get away with almost anything around them for the months that followed.
* MistakenForAnImposter: Upon seeing a picture of Rarity with Blueblood, Twilight and Applejack immediately assume she's a Changeling, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness claiming the real Rarity would never date Blueblood]]. The fact that Rarity can't answer questions to prove it's really her doesn't help.
* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Twilight gets the feeling Spike's in trouble when he is being chased by Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon.
* MythologyGag: Pinkie entertains Apple Bloom with a story her Granny Pie had taught her, which is clearly based on the first TV special from the G1 series (the one with Tirek and the Rainbow of Light).
* NoodleIncident:
** Blueblood mentions a camel ambassador trying to kill him a while back. Surprisingly, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass it failed.]]
** [[spoiler: Apparently, Fluttershy once got wasted alongside Princess Luna]].
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Apparently, sometimes when her friends are talking to her, Rarity has an InternalMonologue with herself and doesn't catch what they're saying. This doesn't help her situation when she can't answer the questions Twilight asks her [[ImpostorExposingTest to prove she's not a Changeling]].
* NotWhatItLooksLike:
** Applejack attempts to pull the wedding ring off Twilight's horn with her teeth, while Twilight cries, "Applejack, you're too rough! Be gentle!" Cue the other ponies walking in.
** Happened again when Twilight tried to make Applejack talk about what was bothering her while yelling "I'm going to get rough!", which is the exact moment Rainbow Dash arrives at the library.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: The pony impersonating Rarity doesn't seem to know what accent she's using, flip-flopping between French and Spanish.
* RecursiveFanfiction: As noted above with the deleted scene.
** As of chapter 10, it's become a double recursion, with a few elements from the recursive fanfic integrated back into the original.
* RelationshipSabotage: To monopolize Fluttershy's time, Angel Bunny attempts to do this to her relationship with Rainbow Dash. [[spoiler: His attempts fail as the two are still together by the story's end]].
* TheReveal: Despite Twilight and Applejack never figuring out who set them up with the drunk marriage and magic rings like they tried to find out, [[DramaticIrony the readers find out that]] [[spoiler: Princess Cadance and Discord were the masterminds behind it]].
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Twilight stumbles into this when Applejack is asking out loud who would try and force them together.
-->'''Applejack''': What kinda sick, deprived weirdo would force two ponies to be together?\\
'''Twilight''': [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Your sister?]]
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: At the climax of the story, nearly everypony is in one of these: Twilight is chasing after Rarity, thinking she's a Changeling, Shining Armor is after Applejack for getting Twilight drunk and marrying her, and Big Mac is chasing Shining to stop him from hurting his sister.
* ShipperOnDeck: Twilight theorizes this may be the motive for the culprit behind the marriage and enchanted rings, albeit a rather mean-spirited shipper in her theory. [[spoiler: Turns out she's right as Princess Cadance was behind it with Discord's help]]. Also, Pinkie Pie is a big-time shipper.
* ShoutOut:
** [[WebAnimation/PonyDotMov Fluttershy warns Rainbow Dash to stay out of her shed]]. Because that's where she keeps her nocturnal animals, and she doesn't want them disturbed during the day.
** Twilight mentions the possibility of [[Franchise/HarryPotter leaving body parts behind during teleportation]].
* SlapSlapKiss: After teleporting into Blueblood's bedroom, drunken Rarity initially attacks him, and then ends up passionately kissing him.
* SpitTake: Rainbow Dash after Fluttershy asks her [[HasTwoMommies how many foals they should have]]. Luckily for Pinkie Pie, she had [[CrazyPrepared an umbrella ready]] to shield herself.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: [[spoiler:Apparently, Princess Cadance had been spying on the Mane Six for ''months'' prior to Twilight's drunken night with Applejack. Afterwards, she anonymously let Flim and Flam use the photos she'd taken]].
* TeleporterAccident: Twilight mentions a lot can go wrong when teleporting while drunk. In fact, the first thing Princess Celestia did when teaching Twilight about teleportation was to ''pin her to a wall'' and tell her to ''never'' do it.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Pinkie (though movie is the term used). When Rainbow points out that they're not in a romance movie, Pinkie replies that it seems like it recently, and RD has no response.
* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: There's Twilight and Applejack dealing with their new bond and investigating whomever might be responsible. There's Rarity getting roped into helping Blueblood investigate a possible changeling threat [[spoiler:and possibly his family issues as well]]. Back home, there's Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash navigating their relationship while a jealous Angel Bunny attempts to sabotage them and the other pets stand against him, and Spike ending up in a LoveDodecahedron with the Cutie Mark Crusaders (''and'' Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon). Darth Link 22 eventually decided to tie these last two off and skim over part of the main plot in response to reader complaints.
* {{Troll}}: Blueblood learned from the best.
* WhatDidIDoLastNight: The characters spend much of the fic trying to find this out, and how it happened.
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* GoldDigger: Silver Spoon's dad apparently wants her to be this, as according to her, he told her to talk to Spike and "schmooze [her] way into a good future"
* TheTalk: When Sweetie Belle asks Rarity several embarrassing questions, like where do babies come from and if a dragon like Spike can have more than one wife, Rainbow Dash tells the Crusaders, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon how babies are made and many of them are horrified.
* TimeSkip: The story picks up about a month after its predecessor, [[spoiler: on the day of Twilight's coronation]].
* YourCheatingHeart: Silver Spoon's dad apparently cheats on his wife. Silver Spoon says her mom gets angry at her dad whenever he tries to have "more than one wife," and after having TheTalk, she is shocked to learn that her dad wasn't "wrestling with his receptionist."
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--> '''Applejack:''' "There ain’t nothin’ ta talk about."
--> '''Twilight:''' "That’s a double negative, which means there is something to talk about. Now tell me."

--> '''Applejack''': What kinda sick, deprived weirdo would force two ponies to be together?
--> '''Twilight''': [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E17HeartsAndHoovesDay Your sister?]]

* SpitTake: Rainbow Dash after Fluttershy asks her [[AllLesbiansWantKids how many foals they should have]]. Luckily for Pinkie Pie, she had [[CrazyPrepared an umbrella ready]] to shield herself.

* JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourVocabulary: InUniverse. Pinkie uses a trope name and seriously confuses Big Mac (though to be fair, she had him totally confused already by that point).
--> '''Pinkie Pie:''' "We have to [[PairTheSpares pair the spares]]!"
--> '''Big Macintosh:''' "... Wha?"

* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Apparently, sometimes when her friends are talking to her, Rarity has an InternalMonologue with herself and doesn't catch what they're saying. This doesn't help her situation when she can't answer the questions Twilight asks her [[ImposterExposingTest to prove she's not a Changeling]].

* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Apparently, sometimes when her friends are talking to her, Rarity has an internal monologue with herself and doesn't catch what they're saying. This doesn't help her situation when she can't answer the questions Twilight asks her to prove she's not a Changeling.

* SpitTake: Rainbow Dash after Fluttershy asks her [[AllLesbiansWantKids how many foals]] [[HasTwoMommies they should have]]. Luckily for Pinkie Pie, she had [[CrazyPrepared an umbrella ready]] to shield herself.