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“Thanks again for your help, Boysenberry! Mama’s gonna love that I brought over all these berries for her to try out!”



“It wasn’t a problem at all, Ruby Pinch! I’m just glad I could help! Needed something to do today!”



With their bounty of fruits in a basket, the two girls Ruby Pinch and Boysenberry were on their way back to town from the bordering woods. Summer was coming closer and closer, so every kid in town was feeling the itch of vacation. It didn’t help that the summer heat had come early this year, which just added reasons to get out and around.



Ruby Pinch had been looking to help her mother with finding new flavors to add to her juices, and ran into Boysenberry on the way. The two spent some time chatting about their plans over the summer and share in the anguish that they still had to deal with school for another couple of weeks.



“Phew! Even in the shade, I’m still hot!” Ruby Pinch said, fanning herself with her free hand. Her pink shirt and frilly magenta skirt may have been breathable, but it wasn’t helping matters. “What are those guys heading the weather think they’re doing, making it heat up like this so soon?”



“Probably some ‘quota’ they have to meet, or something,” Boysenberry suggested, wiping her brow. Her yellow top with purple shorts were already slightly damp with sweat. “My dad was complaining about something like that, anyway.”



“Hey, after we drop these off at home, you wanna hit up Two Scoops for ice cream?” Ruby asked. “It’ll just be down the way!”



“Sure!” Boysenberry nodded in agreement! “Ice cream in a nice air conditioned building sounds like an awesome id-WAAH!”



The two girls were so busy with their conversation, they hadn’t noticed a couple pairs of hands coming from the bushes near them until they were already grabbed and yanked into the bushes. The basket was dropped as the two lost their footing as they were pulled. Recovering from the sudden shift, the girls were let go and saw their assailants.



The ones who grabbed them were three other girls. One of fair complexion with straight orange hair and green overalls, one of darker skin with pink and lilac curls wearing a baby blue sundress, and a fair-skinned girl with straight teal hair and wearing a pink sundress. Boysenberry blinked as she recognized each of them.



“Ginger Snap! Cotton Puff! Sugar Stix? What are you doing?” she asked, before immediately being assaulted with hushes from the others.



“Shh! Keep your voice down!” Ginger Snap reprimanded Boysenberry in as quiet a voice as she could muster. “You’re gonna give away our hiding spot!”



“Oh! Are you girls playing Hide and Seek?” Ruby Pinch asked, suddenly very excited at the prospect.



“Nope! We’re doing something better!” Cotton Puff boasted.



“Something better?”



“Yup! We just stumbled upon front row seats to the best show in town!” Sugar Stix chimed in. At that, she and Cotton Puff pulled a small part of the bushes in front of them to allow Boysenberry and Ruby Pinch a view of what they were talking about.



The bushes they were in stood before a small cliff, overlooking a fairly sized pond down below. Now that everyone was quiet, the two girls could hear the sounds of clamoring coming from the pond. Looking into the water, the girls’ eyes grew wide at what they saw.



A group of five boys, ones they recognized from school and around town, were playing and splashing about in the pond. Looking closely, there was one with wild blue hair and a tanned complexion, one with a brown afro and freckled skin, one with green hair stuck upwards, one with vibrantly red hair, and one with straight mocha-colored hair. Not only that, but the girls took quick notice of something else, and were about to gasp loudly when they were stopped and pulled back into the bushes.



“Oh my gosh!” Boysenberry quietly exclaimed, palming her cheeks. “Are they...naked?”



“Oh yeah!” Ginger Snap answered, her arms folded and a confident grin across her face. “We’re talking au natural, girls!”



“How’d you find about this?” Ruby Pinch asked.



“Ginger Snap heard on the grapevine that some of the boys were gonna go swimming at a secret pond to beat the heat,” Sugar Stix explained. “After that, we joined up and tailed the boys to this spot!”



“We assumed that they were just gonna be wearing their swim trunks, and maybe we could join them!” Cotton Puff added. “But once they took off their undies, hoo! We knew that not only was it a boys-only thing, but we were gonna get a feast for the eyes!”



“Woah...” Ruby Pinch exhaled in astonishment. “So...does that mean you girls saw them? The...the penis?”



“You’re free to look for yourself, Ruby,” Ginger Snap informed her, scooting herself to the side to allow Ruby Pinch a view. “You'll find that boys got some nice butts too! Who knew, right?”



“Ooh! Thanks!” Ruby Pinch exclaimed, quickly scrambling over to the edge to take a look.



“You too, Boysenberry. We’ve got our fill, it’s only fair that you get to as well!” Ginger Snap offered, but blinked in confusion when she noticed that her new guest looked rather cross. “Hm? What’s the matter?”



“What’s the matter? What’s the matter with you?!” Boysenberry asked, slamming her hands on the ground in emphasis. “I can’t believe you’d stoop so low as to peep on a bunch of naked boys!”



“Excuse me?”



“You heard me!” Boysenberry replied. “What would Scout Master Snickerdoodle think if she knew you were doing this?”



“What that old lady doesn’t know won’t hurt her!” Ginger Snap answered. “This is a once-in-a-blue-moon chance, and you’re just gonna act like a stick in the mud?”



“Better a stick in the mud than a pervert!”



“You can’t tell me you never wondered about what boys look like naked!” Ginger Snap asserted. “You know they wouldn’t waste a second peeping in on us if we were the ones swimming down there!”



“All the more reason we shouldn’t be doing this!” Boysenberry said. “We have to be the bigger people here!”



“Uh, girls?”



“Says who?” Ginger Snap asked, becoming more irate.



“We did! When we took the Scout Oath!” Boysenberry exclaimed.



“Girls?”



“Sweet Celestia, don’t tell me you stand by that dribble even when you’re not in uniform!” Ginger Snap said. “You need to let off some steam once in a while, sweetheart. When’s the last time you touched yourself?”



“THAT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!” Boysenberry shouted, her face tomato red.



“GIRLS!!” Ruby Pinch shouted, loud enough for the other four girls to notice.



“What?” Ginger Snap and Boysenberry asked simultaneously, about to direct their frustration at Ruby, when they heard a shout from beneath them.



“Hey! Who’s there?!” one of the boys shouted up into the bushes. “You better come out, or we start throwing rocks!”



“Gah! Wait! Hold your fire!” Sugar Stix immediately got to her feet and out of the bushes alongside Cotton Puff.



“Yeah! We surrender!” Cotton Puff added.



“Thanks for giving us away, you two,” Ginger Snap grumbled as she crawled out of the bushes.



“Hmph. That’s what you get for peeping!” Boysenberry said, joining the others at the edge of the cliff. Her eyes briefly trailed over to the sight of the boys down below, before blushing madly and turning away.



“I tried to tell you both to quiet down, but you wouldn’t listen!” Ruby Pinch said, getting to her feet.



“Aww, jeez! There’s five of them!” the boy with the curly brown hair exclaimed, submerging himself up to his neck into the water.



“Calm down, Super Funk! It’s just a bunch of girls!” the blue haired boy reprimanded, standing only waist deep with his hands at his hips.



“Hi, boys!” Ginger Snap called nervously. “Hot today, isn’t it?”



“What do you think you’re doing, Ginger Snap?” he asked.



“Hey, First Base. We should get moving!” the red-haired boy said anxiously to his friend.



“We don’t have to go anywhere, Tracks! We ain’t breaking any rules here!” the boy named First Base said before pointing at the girls. “You, on the other hand!”



“Come on now! There’s no need to be so rash!” Ginger Snap reasoned. “We’re all friends here!”



“Can it, Ginger!” First Base shouted. “We got half a mind to tell Miss Cherrilee on all of you! I bet she’ll stick you with so much homework, you’ll miss the whole summer!”



“Gya! Anything but that!” Ruby Pinch screamed.



“Calm down, Ruby,” Ginger Snap said before turning back toward First Base. “Nobody has to tell on anybody! Maybe we can work something out!”



“Oh yeah?” First Base asked. “And just what have you got on ya that’ll make this even?”



“Hmm...” Ginger Snap looked around for any ideas when she spotted the basket of berries on the ground and picked it up. “We’ll give you these berries if you keep quiet and just let us leave!”



“Hey, it took us all day to get that many!” Ruby Pinch yelled.



“Berries? Seriously?” First Base asked incredulously. “Getting to see us naked is worth WAY more than that!”



“Aww, but I wanted something to snack on!” the green-haired boy whined.



“Not now, Carrot Crunch!”



“It was worth a try,” Ginger Snap sighed as she put the basket down. She rubbed her chin, trying to think of what else they could do, but unfortunately, the only other thing they brought were the clothes on their back. Her eyes widened as she got an idea. “How about this, then? Since you gave us a show, we can show something back!”



“WHAT?!” Cotton Puff, Sugar Stix and Boysenberry all shouted at once.



“It’s just a quick moment of embarrassment to save us from trouble!” Ginger Snap bargained. “You gotta look at the big picture!”



“We’re listening!” First Base called from below.



“See? We’re getting somewhere!”



“That’s great, but what do you mean, ‘Give them a show?’” Sugar Stix asked.



“I mean we can try pull our tops down a little and show them some bare shoulder or our stomachs. Flash our undies, even!” Ginger Snap suggested. “They’re a bunch of boys. I’m sure they’ll take anything!”



“Like this?” Ruby Pinch asked, and with her hands on the front of her skirt, lifted it up, showing off her pink panties for the boys below to see. Ginger Snap and the other girls recoiled at the fact that she did it without a second thought.



“Ahem. Yeah, like that,” Ginger Snap cleared her throat, he face slightly red. “How about that, boys? Will that settle things?”



“Absolutely!” the boy named Tracks exclaimed.



“NOT!” First Base quickly shouted, rushing over to his friend and shoving the boy’s head under the water. “Excuse us.”



First Base, still keeping his friend’s head under the water, motioned for the other boys to come closer. Nervously but surely, the boys all gathered in a circle as the girls watched them convene from above. Once they were together, First Base let go of his friend, who rose above the water with a gasp.



“What’s the big idea?!” he shouted, spitting out water.



“That’s my line, Train Tracks!” First Base snapped back. “Don’t you know you’re not supposed to take such an unfair deal?”



“What do you mean?” the mocha haired boy asked.



“What I mean, Mint Chip, is that you all need to think,” First Base replied. “We’re all down here in our birthday suits, while they’re up there with all their clothes still on. Do they really think them showing us their panties is gonna make things square?”



“...Good point,” Train Tracks said. “So, what do we do?”



“Keep your mouths shut and let me do the talking, that’s what!” First Base answered as the other boys stepped away.



“Was that not enough?” Ginger Snap teased, still trying to keep in control of the conversation.



“Not on your life!” First Base shouted back. “I see more than that in the mags I snuck out of my brother’s room!”



“Crabapples...” Cotton Puff muttered. “What do we do now?”



“First of all, Ruby? Put your skirt down,” Ginger Snap started, to which Ruby complied. “Second, don’t panic. The ball’s still in our court, after all.”



“How?” Sugar Stix asked.



“You saw how one of them reacted when Ruby flashed them,” Ginger Snap pointed out. “All we need to do is keep pushing bit by bit, and we’ll be home free without a problem.”



“This is ridiculous,” Boysenberry huffed and began walking away. “I’m out of here.”



“You stay put!” Ginger Snap exclaimed, grabbing Boysenberry by the collar of her top. “If any one of us leaves now, all of us are getting buried in homework!”



“I didn’t agree to any of this!” Boysenberry stomped. “I’ll stay, but I’m not gonna help you!”



“Then don’t! Just leave it to me,” Ginger Snap reassured the other girls before turning her attention back to the boys. “Alright then, boys! If that wasn’t good enough for you, maybe some tummy shots or a little shoulder will do it for you?”



“Now, all of that sounds good and all,” First Base replied with a smirk, “but if you reaaalllyyy wanna make things even with us, how about all of you take a dip with us?”



“WHAT?!” the girls cried out, as well as all the boys.



“Now who’s being stupid?” Train Tracks said with a scowl. “There’s no way the girls are gonna take that deal!”



“Just trust me on this!” First Base reassured. “I’m still bargaining! It’ll work out, you’ll see.”



“Do we have to drag this out?” Super Funk asked. “I’m gonna die of embarrassment here!”



“Yeah, First Base! Let’s just call the whole thing off!” Mint Chip pleaded. “We’re gonna get all pruny before we get anywhere!”



“An offer like that, and they might just take getting told on!” Carrot Crunch warned.



“Listen, listen!” First Base shouted, trying to maintain control. “The idea is to offer something so ridiculous that anything else will look like a good deal! Just watch!”



“You don’t think they’re serious, do you?” Cotton Puff asked.



“Yeah! That’s gotta be some kinda bluff!” Sugar Stix added.



“That’s possible,” Ginger Snap agreed. “They probably think we’ll take anything less than that if that offer is on the table...”



“Right! But...what if they’re serious?” Sugar Stix proposed.



“We can tell them that if we get a chance to get our swimsuits, we’ll join them,” Cotton Puff suggested. “But we just not come back!”



“They’ll tell Miss Cherrilee once they figure out they’ve been had, and then what?” Ginger Snap retorted. “Hmm...what about giving them our panties?”



“And go back to town with our cheeks exposed?!” Cotton Puff exclaimed. “I’d die of embarrassment before I got home!”



“You got any better ideas?” Ginger Snap asked, getting visibly more impatient as the conversation continued.



“Hey, where’s Ruby Pinch?” Sugar Stix asked, stopping the argument in its tracks.



Looking over where Ruby Pinch was standing, the girls found a surprising sight. On the ground lay Ruby’s sandals, skirt, underwear and shirt. As they wondered where the girl wearing them had gone, a sudden cry from above the pond answered that question and brought everything to a stop.



“CANNONBALL!!”



Into the middle of the pond dropped a curled up and completely naked Ruby Pinch. The splash she made upon entering the water was big enough to hit a couple of the boys, who stood mouths agape as she rose above the water. The girls wore the exact same expression, watching their friend swim around without a care or a stich on her.



“Ruby, WHY?!” Ginger Snap regained herself first and shouted. “We were almost home free!”



“I couldn’t take the heat or your arguing anymore!” Ruby Pinch answered with a pout. “They did say we’d be even if we got in with them, isn’t that right?”



“We didn’t think you’d actually do it, though...” Train Tracks said, which earned him an elbow in the side from First Base.



“Come on, girls!” Ruby Pinch said, waving to her friends. “The water feels great!”



“You know what, they seem just fine with you swimming with you!” Ginger Snap said nervously as she started to step back. “Since we’re all even, we’re just gonna be on our way...”



Before Ginger Snap and the other girls could get any further, they suddenly found themselves unable to walk on the ground. Someone’s magic was lifting them up and keeping them from escaping. No one else in that group could use magic, save for...



Looking over at the pond, the girls could see Ruby Pinch, her hands close together and covered in a light green glow. The boys watched in awe as Ruby Pinch, with a determined face, clapped her hands together, and a bright green light flashed from the cliff. Their eyesight recovered just quick enough to see the girls’ clothes flutter to the ground.



A closer light flashed from above them a second later, briefly blinding the boys. They then heard the sound of the girls screaming that was abruptly stopped by the water splashing. Ruby Pinch folded her arms in indignant victory as she watched the girls swim their way to the surface.



“Ruby, I swear to Celestia...” Ginger Snap said, moving her wet hair away from her eyes. The other girls were too busy shaking water off to say anything. “If this is your idea of a joke...Huh?”



She stopped when she noticed that not only was Ruby Pinch wearing a very accomplished smirk on her face, but the boys behind her were staring, their faces slightly red. On a whim, Ginger Snap and the other girls looked down at themselves and realized in horror that they were all completely naked.



The scream that followed could’ve been heard from town. In a panic, Ginger Snap, Cotton Puff, Sugar Stix and Boysenberry quickly swam to the other end of the pond. Knowing they couldn’t get out lest their whole bodies be seen, they sat near the edge, the water coming up to their shoulders.



“What’s the big idea, Ruby?” Cotton Puff shouted from across the pond. “What’d you have to do that for?”



“Now things are even!” Ruby Pinch shouted back.



“Why did I get thrown in with them?” Boysenberry asked, looking like she was about to cry. “I didn’t want any part in this!”



“Yeah, uh...I meant to teleport the other three, but you were too close,” Ruby Pinch answered, looking to the side sheepishly. “Sorry!”



“‘Sorry’ doesn’t save me from this embarrassment!” she cried, putting her face in her hands. “I’m not gonna be able to look anyone in the face at class now!”



“Come on, Boysenberry. It’s not as bad as you think,” Ruby Pinch said, swimming over to where the girls sat and taking Boysenberry by the arm and tugging her towards the other side. “There’s nothing to be scared of. I’ll show you!”



“Hey! Ruby, no! Stop!” Boysenberry objected, but Ruby Pinch kept pulling her along. “I’m naked! They’re naked!”



“I know. That’s why there’s nothing to be scared of!” Ruby Pinch said as she was able to bring her friend over to where the boys were. Still holding on to Boysenberry’s wrist, her eyes scanned the group of boys, who themselves were still dumbstruck with what was going on. Suddenly, Ruby Pinch pointed at one of the boys with her other hand. “You!”



“Me?” Carrot Crunch asked, being the one Ruby Pinch pointed out. Not as soon as he asked did he find himself suddenly being lifted out of the water. He quickly covered his crotch with his hands as he was quickly pulled in front of Ruby Pinch and Boysenberry. “Hey! What gives?”



“Can you move your hands, please?” Ruby Pinch asked in the nicest tone she could muster. “We wanna see what you got there!”



“You do! I don’t!” Boysenberry shouted, covering her eyes with her hand.



“Really? You never wanted to know what boys look like with no clothes?” Ruby Pinch asked. “So long as we’re here, we might as well find out! It’ll be something new to learn! Like we’re in class!”



“With logic like that, I hope you never become a teacher, Ruby!” Boysenberry exclaimed. After a moment of silence, she slowly took her hand away from her face. “But...if I’m gonna be stuck here, I might as well learn something...”



“There you go!” Ruby Pinch cheered before turning back to Carrot Crunch. “So, can you move your hands?”



“Alright, but...only in front of her!” Carrot Crunch answered, motioning towards Boysenberry. “Showing it to one girl’s embarrassing enough! I’m not good with an audience!”



“Fine!” Ruby Pinch sighed and let go of her magic, causing Carrot Crunch to fall back into the water. The boy quickly scrambled to correct himself before heading to the edge of the water.



“Let’s go somewhere out of the way first,” he suggested to Boysenberry. “Follow me?”



“Uh...sure!” Boysenberry nervously agreed. To help her along, Ruby Pinch gave her a small push in the boy’s direction. Boysenberry looked back toward her friend, who only gave her a wink and a raised thumb. Boysenberry let out a small whimper before following.