Chapter 4: Tense

Everypony was looking at Rainbow Dash. She was still gasping for air, and tears streamed down her face. Applejack was the first to speak, " You hurt her Twi! ". " Oh I didn't hurt her, does she have any wounds hmm? No. She's fine. Just scared, " Twilight smirked. " And since you want to talk back, how about you go next Applejack! " Twilight laughed madly as she got back out the feathers.

" THIS NEEDS TO STOP! " Everypony gasped as Fluttershy screamed out. She cleared her throat, " You may have not physically hurt Rainbow Dash, but she still is hurt emotionally AND trusting. I will NOT I repeat, WILL NOT let you torture Applejack as well! Do me instead Twilight, " Fluttershy let out her breath and whimpered, " Please? ".

Everypony just stared at her, including Rainbow Dash who finally caught her breath and but tears continued to roll down her face. " Good assertiveness Fluttershy! " Pinkie Pie smiled. " Yeah, good assertiveness Fluttershy! I'm Pinkie Pie, and I enjoy laughing ALL THE TIME! " Twilight mocked Pinkie. Pinkie became sad, " Hey, that isn't nice! ". Twilight grinned evilly, " Oh it isn't little Pathetic Pie? Sorry I didn't know! Probably because I DON'T CARE! ". With that Pinkie Pie started crying. " Hey! How dare you speak to her that way! " Rainbow Dash growled. Twilight walked back over to Rainbow, " Now you want to talk back? How about another round with the feathers hmm? ". Rainbow instantly shook her head rapidly. " Thought so… " Twilight then walked over to Fluttershy, " So you want to be next hmm? It's either you, or I'll target Rainbow Dash again. Oh my goodness that was fun watching her scream! ". Rainbow just rolled her eyes while Fluttershy whimpered, " W-well… uh… I do-don't want Rainbow under pain a-again so…. maybe? ".

" Hmm, what about I do something else instead of tickling " using magic once again, Twilight Sparkle let the ponies out of the ropes, and turned the room completely pitch black. " Where is everyone? " Rarity screamed. Attempting to use magic to have the room light up again, Twilight quickly disabled Rarity's horn magic. " Don't even try! ".

The room suddenly got colder, and the floor turned to ice, making everypony slip except Twilight. " Woah! This is fun! " Pinkie started jumping up and down with laughter. " Can yall see anything? " Applejack asked them all. " I don't think any of us can see, " Fluttershy whimpered. Rainbow Dash groaned, " How do we win this 'game'?". Twilight beamed with joy as she could see perfectly fine by using Night Vision Goggles, " Oh, don't get tagged by me! Because if you do, well, that is just an extra 10 minutes for the next activity! " she chuckled evilly. " What activity is that? " Pinkie Pie asked excitedly. " You'll see… " Twilight replied. " 3, 2, 1, BEGIN! " Twilight screeched out.

No! The dark force has taken over me completely! I cannot even move myself anymore! Twilight screamed to herself through her thoughts. She suddenly felt really bad for doing this to her friends. Of course, she knew no dark force took her over, she just felt that way.

The 5 ponies stumbled around in the dark, trying their best not to slip. Fluttershy continued to fall down and started crying. Rainbow Dash began flying, and Twilight noticed. Quickly, she tied her wings up so tight she could not pull it open. The cyan pegasus fell to the ground. She attempted to get up, but the ice was too slippery.

Twilight went after Applejack, easily tagging her. She stumbled to the ground. Twilight then hovered over Rarity, lightly grazing her white horn. " She got me! " Rarity began screaming. Twilight then began barrel rolling, touching Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie with her wings.

As she glided over Rainbow Dash, she was pulled down by Applejack. " Run, all of you! Find a door and get out of here! " Applejack pinned Twilight to the ground as she fought against her. Rarity continued to scream while Fluttershy pushed her across the ice, and Pinkie Pie jumped after them. Rainbow Dash stumbled getting to her hooves and ran across the ice with the ponies.

Applejack kept pushing against Twilight, barely keeping ahold of her. I don't know how long this will last, but she will not get to my friends. Applejack thought to herself.

What would happen? Would Applejack pin Twilight down long enough for the others to escape? And if that happened, what would happen to Applejack? The suspenseful story will continue in the next chapter. So why are you still in this chapter? Go see what happens next!