A/N: Holy hell. I wasn’t expecting people to actually wanna do the guest submission thing, but I’ve already received a couple, plus I’ve had two people request permission to write their own, as well. Don’t you guys have anything better to do than write fanfiction about fanfiction?! Also, Lucefudu was the one who originally selected the links included in the body of the work; I have nothing to do with them. Don't blame me.

"THE GAMES WE PLAY"

ALTERNATE ENDING #3

Guest Submission from Lucefudu

There was only silence; the sound of the two of them breathing and the hushed whisper of snow falling.

"We'll be okay," Rainbow Dash said, her voice firmer this time. "I promise. No matter what happens. I'm not going to give up on you."

And without waiting for a reply, she enfolded the mare in one final embrace before quietly lowering her to the ground.

"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 mare 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 pony clothed in shades of midnight, a cape fanned out beneath her. Atop her head there was perched a matching wide-brimmed hat.

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

There was only her.

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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. "No. No. That doesn't make sense."

And still the mare had nothing to say for herself, 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 mare's shoulders, gripping her as tightly as she could without even meaning to. The mare winced, and then gave Rainbow a weak smile albeit remaining absolutely silent. Rainbow Dash furrowed her brows in anger and brought her head closer to the cloaked mare’s, “THIS DOESN’T MAKE SENSE!” she yelled in frustration.

Under that mask stood the source of Rainbow’s frustration. The agony that plagued her mind for what felt to her like an eternity. The face that would finally set her mind free. Under the mask stood...

Another mask... ?!

Rainbow Dash was having none of it. She felt the mare underneath her struggle, which only prompted herself to double her efforts in keeping the mare pinned down. She forced Mare Do-Well’s shoulders harder against the ground and bent down one more time, bringing the two mare’s faces closer another time. Rainbow Dash expected some sort of trick on the mare’s part to hide her real identity, she just didn’t know it would be a... strange one.

She gripped the mask once more with her teeth and yanked hard. She quickly tossed it to the side and laughed, “Now let’s see who you really are.”

She looked down and her eyes widened with shock, “ANOTHER MASK?!” Rainbow Dash frantically looked to her sides, expecting some sort of prank from her friends.

No... this... can’t be true! she thought as the panic set into her body. She felt the cloaked mare relax under her hooves and chuckle lightly. Rainbow Dash quickly bent down once more and gripped the third mask with her teeth. It was with a shock that she saw another mask under the one she just removed.

“But... but we kissed! I- I felt your coat! How is this even possible?!” she said, feeling her brain itching hard. She pulled the mask again... and again... and again... and again.

“No... No. No! NO! NO!” Rainbow Dash screamed into the night, gripping her head with both her forehooves. Feeling the pressure pinning her to the ground vanish, Mare Do-Well bucked Rainbow Dash, getting the cyan mare away from herself. She proceeded to get on her four hooves and jump to the top of a nearby building.

The wind swirled around the cloaked mare, making her cape ominously flutter. Although Rainbow Dash couldn’t exactly see it, she knew Mare Do-Well was staring right in her eyes. The cloaked mare’s lips moved, and Rainbow Dash felt as if the wind itself carried her booming voice to her ears.

“YO HOME, SMELL YA LATER!”

Rainbow Dash remained silent as the cloaked mare jumped from the building, away from her line of sight. The lower eyelid of her right eye trembled slightly and her mouth quickly mumbled unintelligible sounds as the cyan mare felt every single neuron in her brain wither and dissolve as the seconds passed.

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