Rarity continued stroking Twilight's chin for awhile, before moving away to the table. Twilight tried to hold Rarity's arm, but Rarity was able to effortlessly slide it out from Twilight's desperate grasp. Rarity put her hands on the table, and Twilight could tell she was thinking about something.

"What did I do to you?" Rarity repeated Twilight's question. "Well now, darling... I should like to think I've given you the same condition Rainbow Dash and I both have." Rarity swept her hand around the table in a circular motion, meant to entice Twilight further. "I set this up before everyone apologized to me. I wanted you to understand just what you and Shining Armor taking me and Rainbow apart from each other did to us...but now that apologizes have been exchanged, I see I must not let you go without some...medication of your own."

Twilight gulped, not liking the sound of that. "A-are you and Rainbow going to..."

"Oh, heavens no, darling!" Rarity said, turning around quickly, making her skirt twirl dramatically. "No, no... we'll get you your own partner. One you can agree with." Rarity rubbed her chin, eyebrow furrowed, thinking of just what insane stallion in Ponyville would accept boorish Twilight Sparkle as a as an acceptable mate. "I can't imagine a single colt in Ponyville who wouldn't just use you for...stress relief once, and then never want to see you again."

Rarity moved away from the table towards Rainbow Dash, Twilight crawling on her knees to keep their faces towards each other. Rarity raised her hands, and Rainbow Dash did the same in response, the two sickening lovers intertwining fingers. "Part of the reason we work so well is because we have bonded emotionally and physically. We need somepony sensitive to fragile egos for our dear Twilight here."

"Somepony quiet, so he doesn't interrupt her when she's reading..." Rainbow added.

"And preferably familiar enough with them the idea of abruptly engaging in, ah, making love wouldn't come across as a shock."

Rarity and Rainbow Dash locked eyes, having the exact same thought as the other. They weren't so close that they could read each others' thoughts, but when faced with these particular requirements, they and all their friends would have this same idea.

"Fluttershy."

"What!?" Twilight exclaimed at the idea of Fluttershy as- as a mate. "We can't use Fluttershy to make out with me!"

Rarity and Rainbow glared. "Well, we don't really have a better option, darling."

"Unless you want Pinkie. Or Applejack."

"Maybe Cadence? They are rather close..."

"She's my brother's wife!"

"Well, keep an open mind darling. I've heard stories of married couples and families who-"

"Are you familiar with the term "T.M.I', Rarity?"

"Point taken...but consider it." Rarity waggled a finger.

"Fluttershy deserves a special somepony." Dash said. "Twilight will treat her right...won't you, Twilight?" Rainbow squinted her eyes.

"W-well, of course I would!" Twilight exclaimed, flailing her arms around in a whiffle. "But- but she's Fluttershy! I can't...use her like that."

Rarity idly examined her nails. "Darling, that's the problem. We need somepony who isn't going use you that you can have a relationship with."

Twilight pursed her lips, pessimistic about the odds of that.

"Here, allow me to..."

Rarity, in a move Twilight consider even more shocking than the fact that Rarity had just used a Royal Guard to carry out a plan of diabolical intent, pulled down on her dress, exposing her – well...

"Demonstrate."

Rarity walked back and forth in front downed Twilight, flaunting her considerable assets, which Twilight, even thought she'd never thought of herself as being interested in that sort of thing before, kept following, her eyes kept following Rarity. Possibly because Rarity was walking as seductively as she could, hips shaking and legs going out in long, teasing strides. Rarity was certainly enjoying the attention, even though the only reason Twilight was so enchanted by it because she was already forcibly aroused against her will.

"Note how you pay attention to my body...it's enchanting, isn't it? Divine... to see such beauty, undressed and so... buoyant." Rarity smirked to herself, confident in her vanity at last being justified.

"Uh-huh..." Twilight nodded her head, eagerly taking in the sight.

Rarity turned around and headed back towards Rainbow. "But with Rainbow Dash..." She gestured to the pegasus, who, amazingly, had her eyes lifted upwards, on par with Rarity's face. "She can look me in the eye." Rainbow Dash did so, looking straight at Rarity's eyes, but then the smile she had been wearing for so long flickered...

"So cold..." Rainbow muttered. "They're so cold."

Twilight giggled at this hitch in Rarity's plan, causing Rarity glare at her with that same cold. It didn't have the same effect as on Rainbow Dash, but it served its purpose to make her quiet down.

"Rainbow." Rarity instructed. Rainbow Dash knew exactly what Rarity meant, and plunged her face into Rarity's plentiful chest. Rarity was expecting it, but that didn't keep her arms from shooting up, spreading and relaxing her muscles so Rainbow Dash had more room to snuggle in...

"D-do you see the smile on my lips, Twilight?" Rarity pointed to her face, her body shaking from Rainbow's very thorough... cuddling. "See how I eagerly welcome Rainbow Dash sticking herself into such a private place..." A moan interrupted Rarity's semi-villainous monolog. "Mmm...oh, yes..."

Rainbow herself seemed to be enjoying herself, as her wings were flapping up and down, folding in and out as rubbed her face in. Her right leg kept hopping up and down on the floor as she shivered from the pleasure. In fact, accounting for Rarity's assets muffling her volume, Rainbow was moaning louder than Rarity was. Twilight found the whole sight incredibly arousing, but again, that may have been because she already was...

Rarity let Rainbow enjoy herself for awhile, before putting her hands on Rainbow's shoulders to signal for her to stop. "Let go now, darling."

Rainbow pulled away, her moaning grinding down to a screeching halt. "I hadn't even started losing air yet, too..."

"Anyways..." Rarity pulled her clothes back up and turned to Twilight. "Do you see the difference, darling?"

"...No."

Rarity smacked her palm against her forehead. "Well, all right then. I suppose it can't be helped. Come on, then...we have work to do if we are to set Fluttershy as Twilight's own beau."

"Eeyap." Rainbow agreed. She went over to Twilight and used her strength to help pull the student to her feet.

"Wait, wait..." Twilight protested. "Show me again..."

Rainbow dashed (pun not intended) towards Rarity, leaving Twilight to support herself on the table as she watched them kiss. Passionately.

"Yes, yes...I think I get it now. I need somepony like that. Somepony to...touch. Somepony to love." Twilight narrowed her eyes, and it was obvious she was quite confused. "No, no...this-this isn't love. What Shining Armor and Cadence do, that's love."

"Well, your options are limited. So...Fluttershy, is it, then?" Rarity questioned, arms crossed under her chest.

Twilight feebly nodded.

"Excellent...let's get started."

"Uh..." Twilight spoke out. "C-can it wait until tomorrow?"

At this, Rarity became suspicious, but she knew how torturous letting the urge go unsatisfied could really get, and if Twilight was ready and willing to risk that...

"That depends, darling..." Rarity flicked her hand through her hair. A show of her arrogance, and her certainty that she had absolute control of the situation and all its factors. "Are you sure you can handle it until tomorrow?"

A gurgle came from Twilight, causing her to go limp and have to claw at the table for support to keep standing.

"Y-yes...ooogh." Twilight clutched at her stomach. "I'll be miserable, and suffering, but I think I'll make it until at least the afternoon."

Rarity chuckled, a cruel smirk on her lips. "If you insist, darling...but remember, you can't blame me for choosing to make your suffering even worse than it already was, hmm?"

Twilight nodded in recognition of this fact. In her mind, Rarity obviously was to blame for her suffering -at no point did Rarity deny that- but making it worse? Well, that was Rarity's fault for trying to make her suffer in the first place!

Twilight watched her and Rainbow Dash go without any further objections, Rarity's exposed back rubbing it in to Twilight that she didn't have a partner, a lover like Rainbow Dash. A tool like Rainbow Dash. She limped over to the other side of her table, and reached out to get a parchment and a quill. She set the parchment down, and slowly began to write...

Outside, breezily walking out into the midnight of Ponyville, Rainbow Dash stopped a short distance from Rarity.

Rarity turned around. "What's wrong, darling?"

Rainbow blinked, her voice cracking ever so slightly. Not enough to say it was breaking, but enough to tell she was shy and uncertain about what she was about to say.

"You-you said you wanted to be warmer to me..." Dash muttered. "But...I'm still just a tool to you, aren't I?"

Rarity sighed and shook her head. She put her hand over her eyes, taking a moment of resignation before laughing it off. She approached Rainbow Dash and cupped her chin, making her look up.

"You are a tool to me. You are also so much more. You are my lover. My medication. The pony I choose to, how would you put it...rock my world every time I need it." Rarity tilted Rainbow's head aside and gave a chaste smooch to Rainbow's cheek. She twisted Rainbow's face back to her and rubbed her chin tenderly.

"You can stop being nothing more than my tool...when you stop considering yourself as such. Now come. It's late, and we need to have quite a bit of preparation if we are to persuade Fluttershy to be Twilight's bedfellow."

At Fluttershy's cottage, Fluttershy wasn't expecting any late-night visitors. She had already tucked into bed, put Angel in his bed, and made sure all her animals were where they were supposed to be at this time of night. So when she heard a furious pounding noise, it came as quite a surprise. It woke her up from her sleep, but the pounding had to repeat itself twice before she realized there had to be somepony at the door.

"Who could that be?" Fluttershy wondered to herself as she gently slid out from her covers, careful not to disturb Angel or any of her animal friends as she walked to the door and opened it.

"Twilight!? What are you doing here this late?... Hey, isn't that your hat rack?"

"Yes." Twilight answered shakily, her body wobbling to and fro. Fluttershy could tell if it weren't for Twilight holding the hat rack and using it as a cane, she'd be on her knees.

"You look terrible! What happened?"

"Rarity's gone insane!"

Fluttershy stepped back, hand reaching up over her mouth in shock and denial. "No, no...wait, are you sure? Because remember how we all thought she was abusing Rainbow Dash but then-"

"Yes, I remember." Twilight cut her off, an irritated growl seeping into her voice. "Yes, I'm sure. Now listen to me carefully..."

The next morning, Rainbow Dash awoke to a sight that was both familiar, and not familiar at all. She was in Rarity's bed. The sun was pouring through the window with the intent to make everything look beautiful, regardless of whatever horrors were occurring under the surface, beneath the skin of those it was shining on. But the strange thing, the thing that baffled her, was that her head was lying on Rarity's soft chest, and Rarity's arm was draped around her shoulder.

Uncomfortable with Rarity actually displaying any genuine affection, Rainbow tried to squirm out from under Rarity's arm without waking her up. But it was as thought Rarity had some sort of alarm in her head that went off whenever Rainbow Dash tried to move away from her, at least as far as the bed was concerned. So instead of quietly slipping out from Rarity's arm, Rarity's arm instead held Dash tighter against Dash's 'pillow'.

Rarity's other arm waved over, and started tickling Rainbow's chin. "What's wrong this time, darling?"

"Uh, you're...kinda choking me?" Dash answered uncertainly.

"No, I'm not." Rarity countered. Her arm squeezed hard at Rainbow's neck. "But I will happily if you want to me."

"Y-yeah..." Dash muttered, excited at the sheer prospect of asphyxiating in Rarity's arms. (Or perhaps something else of Rarity's...) "But not right now."

Rarity chuckled giddily. "You are an amazing girlfriend, Rainbow Dash."

"Yeah..." Dash started trying to slip away, hoping if she moved in light, staggered movements, Rarity wouldn't notice. "Amazing..."

"I mean it!" Rarity protested. "I doubt even Twilight or Fluttershy could match your level of submissive obedience...I'm sorry, I think that came out wrong."

"Eh..." Dash shrugged. "Twilight's not submissive so much as socially paranoid."

"Too true."

Rainbow Dash looked up, to see Rarity smirking her 'come hither' smirk, which made Rainbow Dash shiver and shudder, feeling an spine-chilling frost wash over her again... but also an actually quite familiar warmth she had felt before.

Rarity having finally relaxed enough for Rainbow to break free, Rainbow Dash rolled around and plopped her face into Rarity's chest. Rarity's fingers tensed, not expecting Rainbow Dash to do something explicit like that so soon after waking up -they usually waited at least a few minutes- but she soon sighed and relaxed, allowing Rainbow Dash to bury herself deeper, and self-hypnotize herself with the squishy feeling.

"I thought you said not right now?"

"Phanged fie find!" Rainbow blurted out, muffled by Rarity's bosom, which Rarity knew to mean "Changed my mind!"

Rainbow started moaning... somewhat raggedly, actually. Her back started lift up, her knees tensing, as she rubbed her face, using Rarity's buxom-ness to cut off her own flow of air. Rarity started moaning as well, little snorts escaping her nose as Rainbow's face drove into her in a way she'd only allow a pony extremely close to her do.

Then Rarity's eyes widened. "Oh dear, Rainbow Dash! I just remembered something!"

Rainbow groaned, her back flopping back down to the earth of Rarity's bed. She knew whatever this something was, it had to and was going to interrupt their 'special time'. This was the second time in 36 hours that she had gotten to smother and suffocate herself in Rarity's chest, only for it to be cut short. Reluctantly, Dash spread her hands and pushed herself up out of Rarity. "What is it?"

"Twilight Sparkle. Remember?"

"...Oh, yeah. We should deal with that, shouldn't we?"

"Yes, yes, we should. Get dressed...and I'm sorry for depriving you again. I'll make it up to you somehow. I promise."

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. "You'll make it up to me? Really?"

"Yes." Rarity whispered seductively, causing Rainbow's doubt to fade away and be replaced with cold. "I will schedule some time that is just you, me...your face, and my chest. All right?" She placed a hand on Rainbow's cheek.

Rainbow Dash nodded.

"Now go get dressed, darling."

On their way there, nopony noticed anything strange about Rarity and Rainbow Dash walking towards Twilight's library. Everypony knew they were friends of Twilight's, so them going to the library meant absolutely nothing. It wasn't a crime against the throne to visit the residence of a best friend. Nopony had any idea the conspiracy, the horror, the goo that was really going on.

When they arrived, Rarity knocked on the door, holding Rainbow Dash's hand. It opened, and the first thing they noticed, like Fluttershy did last night, was that Twilight had a deathly grip on a hat rack, using it as a walking stick.

"Hey, girls!" Twilight said at the sight of them, wincing, eye twitching from the pain, the re-purposed hat rack the only thing keeping her from falling to her knees and begging for the pain to just go away. "What are you doing here?"

"We're here about Fluttershy." Rarity reminded her. "Remember last night?"

"Oh...oh, yeah. That. Let-let's go! Ahaha..." Twilight let out a nervous chuckle. Rainbow Dash and Rarity kept their eyes on her the whole time, but they arrived to Fluttershy's cottage without incident.

"Fluttershy, darling!" Rarity shoved the door open to Fluttershy's humble wooden home and called out in sing-song, beckoning for Fluttershy to come here...and meet her fate. "Are you home!? We have a surprise for you!"

"Yeah. You'll like it. We promise!" Dash chimed in.

It was quiet and empty in the flat hut. Which wasn't unusual, given its occupant. Something was different about it, though. A different kind of quiet that wasn't the quiet Fluttershy was so well-known for...

Twilight looked away in shame, unable to believe they were going through with this. It was a like a nightmare. But it wasn't a nightmare, or she would have woken up in her bed sweating bullets by this point. She sighed before entering the house behind Rainbow Dash.

"Where is she?" Rarity questioned, hands on her hips.

"Maybe she's still sleeping?"

Rainbow Dash sped off towards Fluttershy's bedroom, then came back looking severely distraught. "She's not here!"

"What!? How!?"

Twilight tried so hard to help herself, but try as she might, she couldn't suppress an haughty chuckle that was dripping with satisfaction.

Rarity turned to her and glared. "What did you do!?"

Twilight chuckled. "Wouldn't you like to know."

Rarity snapped her fingers. Rainbow Dash grabbed the hat rack/cane and jerked it out of Twilight's hands, and the fall to her knees Twilight had been preventing for so long happened in an instant.

"You will tell us what you did. That's not a threat, Twilight; it's a statement of fact." Rarity growled.

Twilight, lying broken on the floor, clutching at her stomach in a pain she couldn't have thought of in her darkest, worst nightmares...looked up and glared, defiant to the end, and to the very last.

"I won't tell you anything, you monster."

Rarity tsked, resting her hand on the nearest piece of furniture. (A wooden chair, if that matters.) "Tie her up, Rainbow Dash."

Dash saluted. "Can do!"

"No...no..." Twilight crawled away, but she was had been so weakened by the arousal of Rarity's goo that she could barely move, let alone crawl. Rainbow Dash had no trouble picking her up and throwing Twilight into the chair Rarity was resting on. There wasn't any rope in the house. (What would Fluttershy be doing with a rope?) but they did find some medical tape, which actually worked quite well for binding Twilight's arms to the armrests. Twilight grunted and fidgeted, but she lacked the strength to break free of the tape with her muscles alone, and the effects of the goo were keeping her from being able to focus even the most basic of spells.

"Now, you remember when I said you would tell us what happened?" Rarity asked sweetly, putting her hands together and putting on her best 'sweet' expression.

"And I said I won't..." Twilight snarled, turning her head away and closing her eyes to push away the horror of her current reality.

"But you will." Rarity said, fangs in her smirk and evil in her eyes. She raised her hand and flexed her fingers. Her index finger was instantly wrapped in the lavender slime, and she shoved it into Twilight's mouth. Twilight involuntarily moaned, eyes rolling upwards. Twilight didn't think something could actually taste soothing, but this slime did just that; it tasted soothing.

"Now..." Rarity slowly drew her goo-coated finger out, speaking soothingly. "What happened? Why isn't Fluttershy here?"

Twilight remained silent, though her bitter eyes on their own told Rarity all she needed to know.

"Fine. I see we will have to...take it up a notch, as it were."

Rarity flexed her fingers again, and the lavender goo split apart and multiplied, spreading to and coating all four of her fingers, making them all slick and shiny with the mysterious substance covering them. She shoved all of it into Twilight's mouth, making her moan even louder than last time. Four times the slime, of course, meant four the times the magic.

Rarity wiggled her fingers for a little, making the tendrils of goo roll around in Twilight's mouth like the tumblers in a drying machine. She slowly pulled out all four, and Twilight's head dropped.

"So...relaxing." Twilight rasped, her breath taken away.

"Will you tell us what happened now?" Rarity asked smugly.

Twilight stared, like Rarity was speaking an alien language she was unable to understand. She was just that zoned out from the drugs latent in the goo.

"If I tell you...will you give more of that, uh, goo?"

Rarity smiled. Twilight was starting to crave the taste of the slime, and that meant all the cards would soon be in her and Rainbow Dash's hands; she'd be in total control of the game.

"If that's what it takes to get you to talk, darling, then by all means, I will. Now, where's Fluttershy?"

Twilight looked up, a misty look in her eye. Her head wobbled, like a bobble-head with all its joints in need of a good oiling. Rarity eagerly leaned in close to her for an answer.

"Well, darling?"

Rarity got a gleam in her eye, sensing Twilight was about to crack.

"Whoever you are, whatever you did with Rarity...go rot in Tartarus."

Rarity narrowed her eyes, making a very displeased frown as she did so. "Rainbow Dash...keep an on Twilight while I go and check Fluttershy's kitchen."

Rainbow Dash saluted. "Your wish is my command."

Rarity laughed and rubbed Rainbow's cheek. "Such an obedient girlfriend of mine...be good for Dash, now, Twilight."

Twilight grunted in frustration.

Rarity trotted towards the kitchen, unconsciously walking her seductive walk, her dress trailing behind her.

Fluttershy's kitchen was as old-timey and sparsely-decorated as the rest of the house. Because of this, Rarity found it quite easy to locate the refrigerator. She opened it, and began browsing through whatever drinks Fluttershy might have had that Rarity could use for her purposes.

Hmm...no pulp orange juice. Funny. I would Fluttershy would prefer the healthiness of pulp. Pomegranate juice, some bottled lemonade, milk...milk?

Rarity's eye was inexplicable drawn towards the cardboard half-carton of milk. She reached in and took it out. Closing the refrigerator door behind her with her foot, Rarity rummaged through the cabinets until she found a tall glass. Going over the sink to avoid any spills, Rarity opened the milk carton and poured it into the glass. For a moment, she thought she might be rude, getting into Fluttershy's carton of milk when she was uninvited in the house...but water wouldn't be strong or thick enough for her purposes, and alterations to fruit juices were too easy to detect. Milk was solid enough to hide the taste of the poison Rarity was going to put in it.

Rarity put the cartoon back in the fridge and the glass on the table. As she had been having a tendency to do lately, she pulled down on her blouse, showing more of her chest than was legal to display in public. She wiggled her fingers, still coated in shimmering goo, and made them drop drips of themselves into the glass of milk.

Rarity reached over to the drawer and pulled it open, sifting through it and pulling out a teaspoon. She used the teaspoon to stir the slime into the milk, giving it a very, very soft purple tinge that wasn't visible in the light coming through the window, but it would be at dusk and evening.

Rarity walked back into the living room, where Twilight was bound. Seeing Rarity's exposed chest, Rainbow Dash wolf-whistled, which Rarity found flattering. Twilight, however, was whistling to the march of her own drummer.

"Do you always partially undress when you torture ponies?"

"Increasingly, as of late. I haven't tortured ponies much before this, so..."

"W-what's that cup for?" Twilight stuttered, fearful for the first time since this morning. Rarity didn't beat around the bush.

"Your interrogation, darling."

Twilight started struggling against her bonds, desperate to get away before Rarity put more icky stuff in her mouth, but struggle as she might, even the medical tape was too strong for her to break free of, even though it was never intended to be a binding.

"No. No. No." Twilight weakly muttered.

"Open up, Twilight."

Rarity pressed the lip of the cup to the lip of Twilight's mouth, and slowly, almost tauntingly tilted it up until the contents started slipping into Twilight's mouth, and she was just so tired, so exhausted, that she couldn't even put up a half-decent fight. She swallowed it just as it entered her mouth, except for what leaked out of her lips and down her cheeks. The goo's magic did its work. Twilight moaned uncontrollably, her fingers tensing and clawing at the armrests as her body felt just more sheer, raw pleasure than it was meant to handle.

Rarity stopped force-feeding her for a moment to gloat. "Do you know why I picked milk as your beverage, Twilight?"

"Symbolic ironic connection to nursing?"

Rarity and Rainbow looked at each other.

"I just thought it looked funny when it dribbled down her cheek." Rainbow said, tapping at her cheek.

"Er...I was just thinking all the fruit juices wouldn't hide the taste of the goo. But that works, too. Now, let's try this one more time...what happened to Fluttershy?"

Twilight swallowed hard, and Rarity was absolutely certain this was the moment of truth.

"I told her to get all our friends out of Ponyville, get protection in Canterlot, and have Shining Armor send a platoon to arrest both of you."

Rarity was initially too satisfied that she had got Twilight to break for the implications of what she said to sink in. That remedied itself soon enough, for soon Rarity was grimacing, imagining her lovely boutique being burned down by a mob of angry guards with lit torches burning brightly- with a horrified Sweetie Belle in it, having no idea what was going on, or why her big sister wasn't there to protect her from the sulfuric inferno.

"Oh, Rainbow Dash..." Rarity walked towards a chair, pulled it out, then collapsed into it. "We'll have to skip town...we'll be criminals. Fugitives, even!"

"No." Dash insisted, in denial of the fact her livelihood was about to be torn out from under her. "No way."

"Oh, yes way." Rarity absentmindedly took a sip of the milk to take her mind off things. A completely unnecessary gesture, as if she wanted to be soothed by the chill of the goo, she could have just nipped at her own finger. "We'll need to gather up some bits...I make plenty from my dresses, so that shouldn't be a problem...at least for a few days. Maybe a week, if we're careful."

"You know something?" Twilight spat, eager to -pardon- milk her moment of triumph for all it was worth and then something. "I bet wanted posters for you are going up all over town right now."

"Don't be crass, Twilight. The Guards are fast, but even they aren't that fast."

"Yeah. Unless they have me on their side!" Rainbow Dash flapped her wings. "Which they don't."

Only seconds later, they all heard the sound of a trumpet proudly and loudly blaring, almost to the point of being downright obnoxious. What was this player trying to prove, exactly? That he was louder and prouder than any of the other trumpet players around?

Twilight giggled. "That's the horn to signal a platoon of guards are coming into town so everypony can prepare for their arrival. If you want to get on the run... you'd better start now."

Rarity calmly placed the glass on the table, and then not-so-calmly scrambled out of her seat in panic, running back and forth through the room, panicking and wondering what they could do now. She clasped her head in her hands, eyes widened with fear.

"Rarity?" Rainbow spoke softly, hoping to qualm the worry in her lover as much as she could. Which wasn't much, admittedly, but points for trying.

"Rainbow Dash, make a dash through the house and carry whatever you think we'll be able to use." Rarity instructed. "I won't be long, darling."

Rainbow Dash stood up tall and saluted, before zooming into the kitchen to carry out Rarity's exact orders. Like the good little tool she was.

"As for you..." Rarity said, rounding on Twilight. Her whole hand became enveloped in the purple goo. Twilight was just wondering what disgusting, violating thing it would do this time when it converged into a shape of a chocolate Kisses' piece and turned into a friendly dark-ish green. Rarity walked over, and Twilight's reaction, was, of course, to turn her away. But Rarity didn't put the goo in her mouth; instead, Rarity slid it into Twilight's pocket and gently patted it in there until it fit.

"Use that on Fluttershy...or whomever you so choose as a partner, once your need starts to expand beyond what you can control." Rarity explained.

"It won't." Twilight continued to hold her head up in the air. "I'll control it."

"Not for long."

Twilight thought she was either going crazy, deaf, or both, because she thought she just heard a note of actual regret and remorse in Rarity's voice.

The sounds of imperialistic, well-organized, well-tuned marching broke Twilight from that train of thoughts. Rarity's heart sunk into her stomach, while Twilight's heart raised up in her chest. The platoon was approaching their location, and it wouldn't be long at all before the place was swarming with guards of all ranks and sizes.

Rainbow Dash had some knives in one hand, some spoons and other silverware in her left pocket, and a straw in the other hand, contemplating if it would be anyway useful when Rarity came screaming in through the room, demanding they take whatever they both had on their hands right that instant and run out the back door.

"But-" Rainbow tried to protest.

"Can't you hear the marching!? The Royal Guard is almost here!"

Rainbow's mouth opened, but she composed herself, pocketed the knives and the straw in her right pocket, then wrapped her arms around Rarity and flew towards the back door, using her slender, athletic leg to buck it open as she flew straight out.

The door burst opened, just as the expertly-trained Royal Guard doing the bursting had intended. The Guards came marching in a well-organized single file line, Shining Armor the last one to enter behind them. The Guards scattered through the establishment, demanding the mismatched couple turn themselves in, unaware they had vacated the premise already just a second before their arrival.

Shining took a scan of the living room, when his head did a quarter-turn, he finally saw his little Twiley, bound, but not gagged to a chair.

"Twiley! Are you all right? Did they hurt you?"

"I'm fine..." Twilight choked out, as much a lie to Shining Armor as it was to herself. "They made me drink some milk, so I told them you were coming, but I'm okay."

"Y-you told them we were coming?" Shining stammered, obviously distraught that Twilight would so easily sell him out after taking so long to set this up with Fluttershy last night.

"It's not my fault!" Twilight snapped as a Guard carefully peeled away the tape on her arms. "The milk was drugged, and I couldn't stop myself!"

"They used a drug on you!?"

"Yeah..." Now with her arms free, Twilight rubbed at them sorely. "It was a weird one, too."

"Well, that's it." Shining slammed his fist into his palm. "We now have something to give them both jail-time...as soon we can find them."

Twilight drooped the floor, hopes as low as her head was sagging. She was very much in doubt, consider that despite all she did to put Rarity and Rainbow somewhere where Shining's men could simply swoop in and grab them, and that they still got away somehow...

"Will we find them, Shining?"

Shining cupped his sister's chin and made her look up at him, just the way they used to do when they were both still very young and Twilight had to look a few feet upwards to see his face.

"Of course we will. Now come on." Shining patted her shoulder and bade for her to stand up. She did so, but wobbly, and without balance. Shining had to reach his hands out and catch her under the shoulders more than once. "You look cold, and could probably use some real food that's not drugged."

After a few more failed attempts at standing, Twilight's knees eventually stopped rattling and quaking enough that she could stand without using Shining as a support beam. Shining gave her one last pat on the back for good luck, before going outside, where he said her friends were waiting.

Her friends... Twilight pulled out the green gob Rarity had given her, and squished in her hand. She didn't think slime could make an outright seductive 'squish' noise, but that's what it did. It made a noise she found relaxing.

"Hey." Shining interrupted before she could completely lose herself in a dreamland. "You coming or not? Your friends are worried about you!"

Twilight looked over her shoulder and peeked out the window, where a pensive Fluttershy, an upset Pinkie, and a worried Applejack were all looking the door with concerned faces, wondering if their friend was okay, and if the Guards would even let them see her, let alone talk with her.

Twilight looked back to the goo in her hand, and squeezed it again, making it produce that lovely sound one more time before she patted back into her pocket.

"Yeah. I'll be right there."

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was carrying Rarity in her arms, like they had done two days ago, soaring the clouds. It was so peaceful in the air, with not a thundercloud in sight for miles that stretched on and on. It was so quiet, the clouds barely let out a whisper when they flew past the pair. The serenity of the scene was at a stark, glaringly obvious contrast to the gravity of their situation.

"Oh, Rainbow Dash..." Rarity moaned in sadness. "Where did we go wrong?"

"Probably...about three weeks ago, when we went into that cave together."

Rarity shuddered. She didn't want to think about the cave they had gone into those three weeks ago... it was bad enough as it without those horrible memories putting even more weight on her mind. She had just abused and tortured one of her best friends, she and her lover were wanted mares, and to top it all off, they had in all likelihood stolen things of Fluttershy's that did not rightfully belong to them.

"What all do you get from Fluttershy's, darling?"

"What did I get from Fluttershy's?" Dash parroted back at Rarity. "Uh...some knives and other silverware, and a straw."

"You stole Fluttershy's silverware, of all things!?"

"I figured we could the knives to fend off muggers...relax! I left enough for her to keep her animals fed...though she might have a problem if she tries to invite one of Shining's Guards over for dinner. "

Rarity let out a good, hearty laugh, trying to laugh as much as she could at Rainbow's joke, not knowing when she would next get the chance to guffaw with Pinkie, or chortle with Applejack.

"...Rainbow? You're hugging under my bosom."

"Well, that is where most of your weight is!" Rainbow Dash snapped indignantly. Rather than snap back at her tool and put her back in her place, Rarity chose to giggle again, before disturbing reality reared its ugly head in their direction again, and she realized they needed disguises to keep them from being turned in for the reward. Rarity was quite sure the wanted posters weren't up as soon as Twilight said they were; the Royal Guards were not that fast, as she knew. But they didn't want to risk Twilight's bluff, and if they weren't up, they would almost certainly be by now.

"We need some disguises." Rarity informed Rainbow with an upward glance at her face. "I don't think Zecora knows what's happened. Pull over the Everfree towards her hut, and we'll see if she has a spare cloak or two she can lend us."

Rainbow nodded, sped forward at speeds that made Rarity's mouth flap openly and widely to expose her gums, before Rainbow Dash turned and swerved to the ground, only having the bare minimum needed of control in order to avoid crashing horribly and breaking their bones.

Rainbow hovered slightly off the ground, and let Rarity drop out of her arms. They were low enough that there was no impact, though Rarity brushed herself off out a force of habit. Rarity was most impressed by Dash's navigation; they were only a hop, skip and a jump away from Zecora's hut.

Rainbow's first course of action was to run up the door and forcefully bang on it, screaming Zecora's name to get the zebra to come out.

"Zecora! Are you in there? Rarity and I need disguises! Zecora!"

Rarity put a hand on her hip and swayed like a tree being blown in the wind, unable to believe Rainbow Dash's total lack of manners, even though she should have been well familiar with it by now. With a sigh, Rarity made her way up the ramp to the door, instructed Rainbow Dash to get out of the way, and put her hand on the doorknob before noticing a little piece of pink paper on it. She reached up to hold it steady while she read it.

It will do no good to bang and pound and shout; I, Zecora, am currently out.

With a wry smirk, Rarity looked at Rainbow Dash, who, moments ago, was banging and pounding and shouting.

"What?"

"Nothing." Rarity fibbed. "But it says Zecora's out right now, so we'll have to find something else..."

"Oh, great!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed with sarcastic joy. "Where are we going to find good disguises in the middle of the Everfree Forest!?"

"Hush now, darling. You have a dressmaker as fine as moi at your disposal." Rarity replied. "I'll wait here in case Zecora comes back. You go out into the wilderness and scout for plants we can use to make something out of."

Rainbow Dash put her fist to her chin, showing an uncharacteristic amount of forethought. Tough situations had a habit of making a pony suddenly good at things they weren't so grand at before. "Are you sure that's a good idea? I mean, what if a monster comes out looking for you, or I get a plant that's bad?"

"If worse comes to worse, I can break Zecora's window and crawl inside." Rarity answered. "And I know how to accessorize, so if you get a poisonous plant, I'll know from its coloration. But..try not to get one in the first place, darling. Our resources are limited."

Rainbow Dash, and sprinted off towards the forest. It hadn't even been so much as five minutes when she returned with an awed expression on her face.

"That was quick."

"You've got to come see this."

Rainbow Dash bade Rarity to follow, and she did, doing her best to keep up as Rainbow Dash ran through the forest on her fleet feet. The noises they made from the bushes they were passing were surely enough to attract a pony-eating predator by now.

Rarity felt her face slam into the back of Rainbow Dash's neck when Rainbow came to a halt in front of some trees.

"What?" Rarity demanded after she had removed herself and recovered. "What is it?"

Rainbow Dash stepped aside, and gestured for Rarity to look through the bushes. "Be careful not to make too much noise."

Rarity impatiently stuck her head in the bushes, using her arms to push away the foliage so she could get a better look at what it was that was making Rainbow Dash so quiet and secretive. When she saw it, she understood why Rainbow was insisting on such behavior.

Two teenage boys were out camping in a clearing that the bush had access to. They couldn't be more than fourteen, or any less than nineteen. They were sitting on some logs opposite of each other, a tent to their side, and a pile of traveling cloaks next to them. They were dressed in the same coat, striped shirt, hood, and jeans, but one was brown with a blue hat and the other was grey with a red hat.

"Think we could sucker them out of a few of those cloaks?" Rainbow Dash whispered.

"Of course! But...I shan't take them if they're for a purpose. I'll go ask them, and if they're not waiting for friends of theirs, I'll see what I can do about getting them to part with a few."

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. "And how are we gonna do that?"

Rarity chuckled. "Isn't it obvious, darling? We're full-grown women. They're teenage boys."

Rarity poked a finger into Dash's chest. "We'll simply use these."

Dash looked down at her chest, confused by what Rarity meant, but she figured out. She jumped away from Rarity. "Oh, no, no, no! I'm not doing it! You do it?"

Rarity pouted. "Why me?"

"Because I'm not that big around! You...you're huge. They won't be able to resist you. Plus, I still have my pride. You, on the other hoof, are known for being a flirt."

Rarity furrowed her lips, mulling this over. "True. But...I'd like to thank seeing me like that was something for your eyes only."

"And mine aren't for yours?"

Rarity raised a hand, but after she did so, she couldn't think of an argument. "No, no. They are."

"Desperate times call for desperate measures." Dash repeat the oft-repeated mantra, which had a very good reason for being repeated. "Might as well make it count."

Rarity closed her eyes, and nodded solemnly in recognition of Dash's avocation. Brushing her hand through her hair to check for any unsightly lumps, Rarity swatted the bush to make it rattle, and attract the suspicious of the campers. They were quite alarmed at it.

"What was that?"

"Don't know..."

Before their discussion could get any further, Rarity came trotting out of the woodwork, walking her swaying, seductive walk, and leaning against a tree support, making sure both teens could get a good view of her chest. The one with the blue cap noticed, and tilted his neck up, but he became aware of what he was doing and looked away. The red-hatted one, however, was almost accusingly suspicious.

"What do you want?"

"Hello, darlings." Rarity greeted, taking care to ensure her voice was as low as possible without being alarm bell-ringing low. "My friend and I have gotten lost in this cold, cold forest..." Rarity put her arms around herself and faked a shiver. She pointed at the pile of brown cloaks. "I was wondering if maybe you could spare two of those smashing cloaks for me? Assuming they're not meant for anypony, of course."

"N-no." The blue-capped one stuttered, taken in by Rarity's beauty. "We just keep extras around just in case."

"How wise!" Rarity put her hands together to the side of her head, making sure to scratch his ego in all the right places. "So, you can give us them, then?"

"Sure." The red-capped one answered. "150 bits. Each."

Rarity was appalled that this child would charge designer-dress level prices like the ones she charged for a simply cloak. At least her dresses were meant to be expensive, but those cloaks were clearly meant for function, not fashion. She took in a deep breath and exhaled.

"Well, my partner and I didn't expect all this, so we don't have any bits on us. Perhaps we could make a different deal? Two of your cloaks...in exchange for a very rare view that I let few ponies see."

Blue-cap turned his eye to Red-hat, as if asking for permission. Red-hat grunted.

"Fine...what do you got?"

"One moment, darlings." Rarity turned around and started to fiddle with her dress. She looked over her shoulder and flashed them a smirk, which made the blue-capped one even more nervous, but the red-hatted one impatient.

"And...voila."

Rarity turned around, exposing her chest in all its round glory, having undone her dress so that all but her most private tip was easily visible. For all his bravado, even the red-hatted one completely lost it at the sight, as they both turned into stammering, flushed heaps. They were totally hypnotized by it.

"Now...two cloaks, darling?" Rarity cooed sweetly to the blue-capped one, making his already hot brain go into even more of a meltdown.

"Sure...w-whatever y-you w-want, miss..." He reached over and grabbed at empty air, too distracted by Rarity to pay attention to where his hand was, but he managed to pull two cloaks off the top of the pile and raised them up for presentation.

Rarity walked towards him, coming quietly hither, and leaned down to take the cloaks, giving him an even better view, bringing her impressive chest dangerously close to his face, a small window of opportunity for him to commit to memory every last arcing curve of Rarity's milky bosom. It sent him into an incredible overload, his body not used to having such beauty so bare before him, this much raw arousal spiking through him.

"Thank you, darling." Rarity whispered to him in a mind-shatteringly low octave of voice as she took the cloaks from him. She teasingly raised the cloaks up to cover her chest and turned towards the other male.

"I hope you learned a lesson from this experience, young man; nice guys do not always finish last."

And with that, Rarity took off back towards the bush she came from. All in all, a fair trade, in her opinion. Two cloaks to keep her and Dash warm (and hidden) and a very fond memory for each of them.

When Rarity got back into the bush, Rainbow was waiting uneasily.

"I, uh...I saw that. All of it." Dash admitted. "That...that...the way you had them under your control, that was really..."

Rarity chuckled at the cute way Rainbow couldn't finish her sentence.

"Arousing?"

"...Yeah. C'mon. Let's go find a place to crash for the night."

Author's Notes:

Wow. Lot of Rarity flaunting her stuff in this chapter. A lot.

My apologies if there's just a little too much for your tastes.

I kinda wanted to get some other things done this chapter, but as I finished this one, I figured they could wait.

Pacing!