A/N: So for a little while, it was all serious dark angst up in here, what with the side stories, and then it was randomness, what with the omakes, and now we're back to alternate endings made of pure crack. We've gone full circle.

"THE GAMES WE PLAY"

ALTERNATE ENDING #10

Guest Submission from Z

"Are you ready?" she asked.

"No," Mare Do Well answered, still breathless and panting.

A smile twitched at the corners of her mouth, and Rainbow Dash ducked her head in, so that her mouth was moving against the shape of Mare Do Well's ear.

"Too bad." she whispered. She could feel the 'hero' shiver beneath her.

It was time. She took one final deep breath.

Mare Do Well was perfectly still, as if preparing herself for what was coming. For whatever Rainbow did next.

And Rainbow Dash opened her eyes.

Under her...before her...there lay a figure clothed in shades of midnight, a cape fanned out beneath her. Atop it's head there was perched a matching wide-brimmed hat.

But now, there was no mask to protect her face. No facade to hide behind.

There was only it.

Big green eyes. A mouth, seemingly unsure about whether or not it was meant to smile. And green spikes, round and smoothed back on it's head, giving it a porcupine-esque appearance.  

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Rainbow Dash's jaw dropped. Her eyes were wide, her voice disappearing somewhere on its way to her mouth. Utterly lost for words.

"No," was all Rainbow could think to say; and a flicker of pain flashed in those eyes, those big and beautiful eyes. The exact same color as the fruit that Rainbow Dash loved so much. "No. No. That doesn't make sense."

And still it had nothing to say for itself, only watching as Rainbow Dash shook her head, wings fluttering anxiously.

"That doesn't make sense," Rainbow Dash repeated. Her hooves had found their way to the thing's shoulders, gripping it as tightly as she could without even meaning to. The dragon winced, then gave Rainbow a weak smile.

"This isn't creepy, right?" Spike asked, his green eyes hopeful.

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"No. Just how..." Rainbow breathed finally, leaping back from the dragon. "No. No! NO!" She finally ended up screaming at Spike, who was now wiping the snow from the outfit, and removing... What appeared to be stilts from inside the outfit.

Rainbow however was still tripping the buck out, her pupils barely even dots as she stared in horror at him. "But... But... Rarity!" She shouted once more.

"Eh. I got over it. Y'know, with Applejack and all." Spike shrugged rather nonchalantly as he folded the outfit.

"B-But... But... You're... A baby dragon! And what do you mean 'Applejack'?" She said, her voice beginning to come to what could almost be considered loud.

"And you're a fillyfooler. I mean, I'm not surprised really, I'd heard the whole 'Rainbow Dash and Mares' talk from Twilight, but I wanted to see if she was right. Oh, and AJ and Rarity have wanted to buck each others brains out for who knows how long." Another shrug.

"So... You make me suspect my friends... Make Pinkie hate me... Make me love someone that never existed... Just so you could find out I liked Mares?! WHY!?" She shouted once more.

"For Science! Beam me up, GLaDOS!" He shouted at the sky, and before Rainbow Dash could say anything, he was gone in a flash of light.

"Rainbow! Rainbow Dash!" She turned, her jaw still on the floor, to see who was yelling at her.

"There you are! She's over here girls!" Twilight shouted out of the alley. "Are you alright? And have you seen Spike?"

Rainbow Dash simply stood there and considered her options. She managed to raise her jaw from the ground and gave Twilight a serious look.

"Twilight. What do you know about... Combustible Lemons?"

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