“Under normal circumstances, I would have loved to be in a mansion as elegant as this, but…” Rarity tapped her chin, looking down each hallway in the four-way intersection they had found themselves in.

She and La Belle De Sweet had done nothing but walk the entire time through the mansion, and even though at times they thought they heard voices from someone down a hall or something, they always ended up coming short and not finding anypony. It was a grueling sort of adventure, not knowing which way to go while the nagging feeling of being watched or even followed bugged them to no end. At any point they could run into the recently corrupted Twilight Sparkle, or even worse… Blueblood.

Eventually they chose a path and went down it, hoping they wouldn’t just end up going around in a huge circle. Actually, moving around in a large enough circle would bring her to the front door, which would be good for escaping once she had gathered up her friends.

“If I can even find my friends,” Rarity muttered to herself as they made another turn down some random hallway.

“Hey Rarity,” La Belle began, her voice tired and sort of weak. “I don’t wanna keep playing this game anymore…”

“Game?” Rarity asked, astounded at such choice of words. She looked towards La Belle as she came to a stop, sitting on her flank. “Whatever do you mean; you think this is all some sort of jovial pursuit?”

“Well, me and my friends thought it would be so cool to dress up as superheroes and stuff and come save you.” She pawed at the floor, sighing dejectedly. “But I don’t know anymore, my hooves hurt and I’m getting hungry… so this doesn’t seem very fun to me.”

Rarity thought about her words, and the fact that she was a filly sort of fit in with how she was acting. It wasn’t until she actually started pouting like that that Rarity really figured out the identity of the costumed filly. She knew how Sweetie Belle pouted, and the display she just watched was a perfect match.

“But, Sweetie Belle, we told you and your friends already that being heroes is a lot of hard work,” Rarity said, scooting closer to her sister and placing a hoof on her shoulder. Sweetie jumped a bit at hearing her name, and looked up at her sister.

“Y-you knew it was us… this entire time?”

“Well of course,” Rarity lied, not wanting to reveal that she had just put the pieces together. “A lady always knows her close friends and siblings best, and is able to recognize them without having to see their faces.”

Sweetie Belle sniffled, being on the verge of tears now that not only had she been found out, but she was practically giving up in front of her sister. She felt weak and pitiful, and knew that she would end up getting punished once they got home. The entire game she was playing was boring and dumb, and she couldn’t wait to get things back to normal.

“I wanna go home…” She muttered, looking down at the floor as tears threatened to stain her cheeks.

Rarity was quick to wrap her forearms around her little sister, pulling her into a loving hug. “Oh now don’t you worry Sweetie, we’ll get out of here soon,” she said, her voice as gentle and comforting as she could make it. “We just need to make sure our friends are alright and together before we can leave, so we still have an obligation to make sure that happens.”

“But this place is so big!” Sweetie whined, look at all the doors around them before turning to her sister. “How are we supposed to find our way out, or even our friends before Twilight catches them?”

That is a good point, Rarity thought to herself as she ran her options through her mind. All this time we’ve just been walking around hoping to find our friends, but at the rate we’re going, they’ve probably already been… no, no I can’t think like that! Rarity shook her head in an attempt to drive the thought away. My friends are resourceful, as am I! We would never let that happen, so I know there must be some way to find them!

Rarity tapped her chin, thinking harder than before to try and figure out a better plan than walking around aimlessly. A thought occurred to her just then, and in a moment of inspiration, she let go of her sister and shot up to her hooves, looking around to the doors on either side.

“Sweetie, I have an idea!” She proclaimed proudly. “Help me find a closet; I know what we can do.”

”THAT’S THE QUEEN OF THE CHANGELINGS!” Trixie cried out as she scooted back against the nearest wall in fear, her eyes bulging wide as if she was staring at death itself.

“Chrysalis!” Spike growled, shifting his stance as if ready to pounce at any moment.

Scribble Scribble, “Why does my life always have to suck like this?” Scripter muttered as he stared at the black chitinous figure before him, sighing and looking like he was just waiting for the end to come.

Chrysalis was still standing in the middle of the circle, her form unmoving until the floating sparkles of energy given off from the summoning spell finally subsided. She took in a long, shuddered breath before breaking out in a coughing fit, staggering over the floor and looking like she was about to hack out a lung.

“Wha-who dares t-to,” cough cough, wheeze, “to s-summon,” cough, “the all powerful Changeling Quee” cough, hack cough “aaaah buck it.” She muttered angrily as she coughed a few more times, trying to clear out her lungs from some sort of residue that had built up during the spell.

“What the hay did you summon her here for!?” Spike yelled at Blueblood, his rage threatening to boil over.

Blueblood seemed stuck in a trance, not moving only to breath gently as he stared at the Changeling Queen, his horn gradually losing its glow with the magic from the spell subsiding. Whatever had compelled him, he didn’t even bat an eye at the angry dragon wanting to rip his hair out, and probably a few teeth too.

“What is with all the yelling?” Chrysalis demanded, looking over at the small group. “I finally get summoned after all these years, and it’s to a group of ingrates having a conniption!”

“Forgive us your highness, but your powers are required this day,” Blueblood spoke suddenly, his voice abnormally loud and devoid of emotion.

Chrysalis looked towards the prince, and instantly recognized the vibrant twinkling that had erupted in his eyes. Realization dawned upon her, and at once all the details of the plan made and the pieces set long ago had returned to her. Slowly her frown turned upside down, and a toothy grin worked its way onto her face.

Spike, Trixie and Scripter watched as Chrysalis began to chuckle lightly, and eventually break out into a hardy, evil-filled laugh that she almost broke out into another coughing fit from. It was at that moment that they truly began to regret having followed the apparently very dangerous and treacherous prince.

“That big baby was conniving with the enemy this entire time…” Trixie muttered to herself, hardly able to believe her ears and eyes. “Spike, Trixie thinks we should get out of here…”

“Not a chance,” Spike growled, flexing his claws. “I was too much a scaredy cat to face up to the changelings last time, and I won’t repeat that mistake now!”

Chrysalis’ laughter eventually died down, and she turned her attention to the three ponies staring at her off to the side. She smirked at them, even though she was a little confused at the one staring at her with an expression of boredom. Either way, it didn’t really matter to her, for she was about to have her revenge anyways.

“Well, what have we here? Sacrifices for me upon my summoning, so that I may feed upon my arrival?” Trixie looked like she was about to start laying bricks while Spike crouched down, working his breathing to be able to shoot out fire at a moment’s notice.

Scripter, on the other hand, was un-phased by all of it.

“Nope, I’m done,” he proclaimed, turning around and walking off to the great surprise of everypony else in the room… except for Blueblood, who was still standing like a mindless puppet. “You can all have fun with whatever you want, but I’m done with this. I’m gonna go lie down and eat some rocky road…”

And with that, he trotted through the first door he came to, walked through, and slammed the door behind him, leaving a pony, a changeling, and a baby dragon all gawking at what they had just scene.

“Did that little worm just give me the cold shoulder!?” Chrysalis seethed in anger.

“Does he seriously not care that Blueblood’s betrayed us!?” Spike growled, his balled fists shaking in barely contained rage.

“Huh, he actually stopped writing down everything he said,” Trixie stated, looking at the scroll he dropped just before storming off.

Chrysalis grunted with a roll of her eyes, turning to look towards Blueblood. “Whatever, let’s just get on with this. Blueblood, take me to the palace gardens, now!”

“I would, your highness, but there is a magical barrier blocking my ability to teleport out of the building,” Blueblood replied as his horn began to glow again.

“Hmph, fine, I’ll just have to do it myself then,” Chrysalis said, her horn already alight. “No pony barrier can stop me… they probably won’t even know I passed through it.

Spike and Trixie didn’t have any time to react before a sickly green flash erupted from her horn, and the two were gone.

“They, they teleported…” Trixie whispered as she stared at where the two had just been standing. “But, but what are they going to do? What are we going to do!? Do you really think she can take on both princesses at once?”

“We gotta find Twilight,” Spike muttered, his boiling anger receding to a steady simmer.

“But Trixie thought that she was the bad pony here!”

“I dunno, I still think there’s something wrong with Twilight, but I also got a feeling that there’s more at work here than we know.” Spike began to walk towards the door they came from, Trixie hesitating, but eventually falling in behind him.

“And you think Twilight knows?”

Spike sighed, and paused as he held his claw on the doorknob. “No, not really, but she’s a smart pony… she’ll know what to do.”

And with that, Spike opened the door, and the two set out to find Twilight Sparkle now, instead of running from her.

Fluttershy was a bit scared of having to search around such a big place all on her own, but she knew she had to find her friends. She felt so great ever since she woke up, as if a great weight had lifted off of her. She certainly felt closer to Twilight, and while that was great and all, she had to find the other so she could get closer to them as well. A full bonding of mind, body, and soul… it really was the path to true harmony.

As she turned around a hallway, she just happened to see Pinkie Pie darting between doors, talking loudly to herself as if she had found the most amazing thing ever. She was moving almost too quickly to track, and it didn’t take long before she came right up before Fluttershy and stopping instantly. Fluttershy thought for a brief moment that the pink pony would stick her tongue out and go “meep meep!” before zipping off.

“FLUTTERSHY!” Pinkie cried in cheer before she tackled the yellow mare to the ground, holding onto her with a tight embrace. “I’m so glad I found you, I’ve been searching everywhere like you wouldn’t even know and oh my goodness this place is so big I thought I was going to be lost forever and ever and ever!”

“It’s… nice to see you too… Pinkie…!” Fluttershy gasped as she strained to breath under Pinkie’s crushing hug.

“Oh, that reminds me!” Pinkie let go of Fluttershy, and suddenly stared into her eyes with an unusually serious face. “Fluttershy, did you run into Twilight earlier?”

Fluttershy regained her composure and stared back, caught off guard by Pinkie’s sudden seriousness. Her voice caught in her throat, and she thought about the possibility of Pinkie not having been shown true harmony yet.

Oh no, if Twilight hasn’t gotten to Pinkie yet, then I don’t know what she’ll do to me! Fluttershy thought as she tried to figure out what to say.

“I, uh, I may have… uh…”

“Cuz if you haven’t, then you really should!” She perked up, a big smile once more threatening to split her face. “I can’t remember the last time I felt this excited, except maybe that one time Twilight first showed up in Ponyville and I was all like-“

“Wait!” Fluttershy interrupted, then recoiled in embarrassment at her own outburst. “You, uh, you and Twilight already… did it too?”

“Uh-huh, and I was really scared at first, especially after what that meany Molestia did to me and that one time in filly summer camp with Surprise, but this was totally different! She was all loving and caring and a true friend and I just melted like butter!” Pinkie mushed her cheek against Fluttershy’s as a more loving gesture, and Flutershy couldn’t help but blush at it.

“I uh, Twilight and I sort of did it and stuff together as well, and stuff…”

Pinkie gasped loudly. “Really!? Oh that’s so wonderful, now I don’t have to try and convince you myself cuz I might not be able to do it as good as Twilight and I might end up hurting you or something but it’s okay now!”

“Oh, I agree…” Fluttershy nodded, nuzzling back up against her bubbly pink friend.

“There y’all are!” came a southern drawl from down the hall, and the two turned to see Rainbow Dash and Applejack approaching them, with Scootaloo and Applebloom close behind. Rainbow Dash had her wing around Applejack’s torso as they walked, and almost seemed to be actively nuzzling up against the farmer pony.

“Applejac, Rainbow Dash, Crusaders!” Pinkie cheered with glee as she zipped up to meet them, Fluttershy following close behind. “I can’t believe we’re all just now meeting up like this, and it looks like you two have already run into Twilight as well!”

“Yeah, heh,” Rainbow Dash blushed, rubbing the back of her neck. “We kinda had a bit of a tough ride up until she actually put some sense into us, but…”

“Ah think it was all worth it,” Applejack stated, slapping the cyan mare’s flank with her tail. This earned a small yelp and a bright blush from the rainbow pony.

“Oh, this is all so wonderful!” Fluttershy, began, but then looked around as she noticed one pony missing. “But, where’s Rarity?”

Pinkie gasped, “oh no, don’t tell me she’s still lost out around the mansion!” She looked around as if Rarity would just waltz out of one of the doors on command.

And that’s exactly what happened.

“Oh darlings, it’s been too long!” Rarity exclaimed as she came out of one of the doors nearby, closing it with her hoof instead of using her magic.

“Rarity!” they all exclaimed, rushing up to the fashionata. They all joined together in a big, heartfelt hug while the fillies stayed back and watch, content to stay up against each other instead.

“It’s like a big family reunion!” Applejack said, nuzzling against everyone within the hug. “’Cept, ya know, without us actually bein’ family ‘an all.”

“Yeah, cuz that would be sorta weird and awkward,” Pinkie giggled. “Ya know, since we’re all getting touchy and stuff with each other now.”

“Wait, what?” Rarity’s eyes suddenly went wide, and a nearby door that had just started to open stopped suddenly, though without anypony noticing. “What do you mean ‘getting all touchy and stuff”?”

“Oh no, I don’t think Rarity’s encountered Twilight yet,” Fluttershy said, a bit of worry showing on her face.

“Then what the hay are we waiting for?” Rainbow Dash smirked, wrapping her hooves around the fashionata’s waist. “Let’s get her over there and show her how to get down with true harmony!”

“Y-you’ve all already been… corrupted by Twilight!?” Rarity gawked, looking to stare into the eyes of each of them.

“Corrupted isn’t a very nice word,” Pinkie shook her head, though still keeping her smile up. “She simply showed us how to get closer and happier, and it worked!”

Rarity couldn’t believe her ears. All her friends had been molested by Twilight and found the experience so traumatic that they actually believed it to be for the best! Whatever Twilight was doing to them, or if they were actually under some sort of spell, Rarity didn’t know. She couldn’t use her magic to check if they were under some sort of charm or hex, as that would blow her cover.

“I… I’m sorry girls, but I’m afraid I will not accept your rather outlandish offer,” Rarity harrumphed and crossed her arms, intending to not move from her spot.

“Yeah yeah, whatever, we thought the same thing too at one point, ya know,” Rainbow Dash scoffed as she grabbed a hold of one of Rarity’s hooves and tugged. “Now let’s get ya over to see Twilight and-WOAH!”

Everypony around Rarity suddenly jumped away as her hoof came off, and in Rainbow Dash’s hand was a hair brush. Rarity looked down at her hoof for a few moments and tsk’ed, a small, knowing smile forming across her lips.

“You girls should know me by now; a lady is always careful and never dives into things head first.” She sits back and lifts up her other hoof, pointing it out in front of them as it slowly faded away to reveal two bottles of glass cleaner which, upon being revealed, fell lifelessly to the ground. “She always takes the appropriate precautions first.”

With that, Rarity’s form completely faded away, revealing a crude conglomeration of buckets, brushes, towels, light bulbs, bottles, and other things you would normally find within a cleaning closet. All was left was a stand of elegant purple hair, floating right where Rarity’s head once was and surrounded by a light magical aura

“I don’t know what’s gotten into you girls, but I intend to find out and stop it once and for all!” Rarity’s voice came from the strand of hair, and once she finished the hair stopped glowing and fell gently to the floor, no longer under her influence.

“It was a trick!” Applejack exclaimed loudly, staring at the pile of cleaning supplies.

“She musta used all this stuff and some sorta illusion spell to make it look like it was really her we were talking to!” Pinkie claimed, poking at the pile on the floor.

“And her own hair was the magical anchor…” Fluttershy muttered, inspecting the lone strand.

“But where could she be?” Rainbow Dash asked as she looked around frantically, wondering if she was right behind a corner or something. “Is she close, or could she manage something like that from far away? I didn’t even know Rarity was capable of stuff like that!”

“Oh, she’s not far, she’s right over there,” said a squeaky voice from behind the group.

They all looked to see Sweetie Belle, her mask no longer on her head, standing in the middle of the hall a short ways down. She was pointing to a door not far down the hall that was slightly open, and everypony looked in time to see it close suddenly.

“I really don’t feel like playing this running around game anymore,” she explained solemnly, lowering her head. “So you can find my sister over there and win the game now.”

“Quick, the door!” Rainbow gasped, and shot off towards it. Everypony followed suit, including Fluttershy after she thanked Sweetie Belle for her help.

“So, where you girls been anyways?” Sweetie Belle askes after the older mares had ran off.

“Oh, ya know, chillin,” Scootaloo said with a smirk before reaching over and tugging Sweetie Belle closer to her. “But boy, do we have some fun stuff to show you!”

“Mhm!” Apple Bloom agreed, and the two converged on their white filly friend.

“I can’t believe Sweetie Belle would give me up that quickly!” Rarity gasped to herself as she ran from door to door, trying to lose her corrupted friends that she knew were right behind her. She knew she wouldn’t last long though, as Rainbow Dash would catch up to her eventually with her superior speed. She needed to stop them by any means possible, and she had to do so very soon.

As she passed through another door, she caught an unusual sight. She had ended up inside of one of the royal bedrooms, and it was practically overflowing with an assortment of frilly cloths, fine linen, and other light cloth materials strewn about. If it was any other situation, Rarity would have marveled at how elegant and well done the room was. Truly, it was a work of art, but she was too occupied with getting away from her corrupted friends to care. There was one detail that about the room that stood out to her, however…

“A window!” she cried in relief, rushing over to her gateway to freedom. All she had to do was get out of the mansion, get some help, and then come back with roughly an army of royal guards to set things right. She didn’t really know at that point, but the sooner she got to safety, the sooner she could formulate a proper plan.

But as she got up to the window and tried to pull it open, it briefly flashed purple and pushed her away, forcing her to fall to her flank.

“Oof, what in the world…?” her horn was alight in a second, and a simple spell told her that the window was enchanted, and with a rather familiar magical signature as well. Her already white fur paled further as she realized exactly whose type of magic that felt like.

Twilight’s spell held the window shut, and knowing her, she probably would know have rigged a mental ping to go off whenever somepony tried to break out. This is bad, Rarity thought to herself as her eyes darted frantically from side to side. I have to get out of here, I have to move now!

She threw open the door she came in from, and almost directly across the hall from her Rainbow Dash was poking her head out, looking around for a brief moment before their eyes connected.

“OH NO!” Rarity gasped before she slammed the door and locked it mere moments from a loud slam coming from the other side.

“Come on, Rarity!” Rainbow Dash yelled through the door as she began pounding on it with her hooves. “Let us in already, this is really uncool!” Behind her the other three friends emerged from the same door, looking upon the scene.

“Your desire to molest me is even more uncool, Rainbow Dash!” Rarity cried through the door, her body thrown against it to keep her from bashing her way in.

“Stop strugglin’ and everything and give us a chance to explain ourselves, Rare!” Applejack reasoned as she came up to the door.

“Not a chance, you corrupted group of ruffians!”

Applejack was taken aback for a moment, hurt that her friend would actually say something like that to them. But a moment later she tipped her hat down and glared at the door, turning her rear towards the door.

“Outta the way RD, I’mma get us int’a that room!”

As Rainbow Dash scooted aside, Rarity had also moved from the door. She knew what kind of power Applejack had in her bucks, and a fancy door like the one keeping her from her friends wouldn’t stand a chance at holding up against it. She backed up into the center of the room, trying to keep herself from having a panic attack when another wave of inspiration washed over her.

All around her were the same lines of cloth and fine linen strewn about, and as a designer under stress, she knew she could use them in any way she needed. And at that point in time, she needed them for heavy duty defense!

Applejack bucked at the door, and surprisingly the door held, albeit with a large crack forming up the middle. She sighed before readying up another kick, the door splintering inward some.

“One more kick,” she said to herself before bucking one more time, blasting the door off its hinges and sending it flying inward. “Aha, ah got it!”

She strode into the room with the others, a big smile on her face, but that smile fell as soon as she saw what awaited her inside.

It was as if all the sheets and clothes and anything that was made of some sort of cloth had come alive and formed into one massive living beast of linen. It was like a horribly misshapen spider web of cloth had spread out across the room, and at the far corner Rarity sat, wrapped up to her neck in the finest sheets, her horn brightly lit as her magic controlled every piece of the conglomeration.

“Oh wow, I didn’t know Rarity was this good with magic!” Pinkie commented as she saw how every cloth in the room seemed to flow gently, as if alive.

“Actually darling, I’ve just had a lot of practice working with clothing, so it’s sort of second nature to me, really,” Rarity replied calmly, before immediately changing face. “Now bring it on, I’ll show you how dangerous I can be with… clothes!”

“Ah heck,” Applejack swore.

Just then a bed sheet shot forward like a limb, almost pummeling them as they barely dodged it. As it hooked back it snagged one of Applejack’s limbs, tugging her inside as she yelped in surprise.

“Applejack!” Rainbow Dash yelled, rushing inside to try to pull her out. She grabbed onto Applejack’s hoof as more sheets and clothes began wrapping around the farmer pony, effectively ensnaring her and restricting her movement.

“Get me outta here, halp!” AJ cried, struggling in vain to get out.

“We gotta stop Rarity!” Pinkie shouted before she turned to Fluttershy. “It’s you and me, Flutters, we’re the only ones who can put an end to this!”

“W-what!? But how can-“ Fluttershy was cut off as Pinkie grabbed her and pulled her into the room, pushing the two of them into the fray.

“You can’t stop me Pinkie, not even your weird and somewhat awkward hyper activeness can defeat my sense of fashion!” Rarity punctuated this claim with three more streaks of cloth rushing towards the two, look about to hit their mark.

“Oh yeah? Well I learned this one from Shining Armor!” Pinkie exclaimed as she reared back, Fluttershy still in her hooves, and then flung the timid pegasus right at her.

The yellow pegasus screamed at the top of her lungs for a brief moment before she collided with Rarity’s clothing cocoon, and that sent the two toppling to the ground. Almost instantly Rarity lost her focus on the clothes she was controlling, and everything dropped messily to the ground.

Applejack immediately worked herself free of her binds with Rainbow Dash’s help, and the two turned to see Rarity slowly getting to her hooves with Fluttershy in a slight daze.

“She’s temporarily weakened, get her!” Pinkie shouted, and immediately Rainbow Dash and Applejack moved to subdue the deranged unicorn wrapped in colorful sheets.

“Oh no you don’t!” Rarity shot back, her horn lighting up just in time to push the clothes from her body and fling them at both Rainbow Dash and Applejack, wrapping them both up this time and forcing them to the ground.

“Applejack, Rainbow Dash!” Pinkie cried, horrified that her friends had been caught. She growled towards Rarity and began to charge herself, expertly dodging the pieces of cloth that Rarity had started to fling at her.

Rarity didn’t have time to gain full control of all the sheets again, so she worked on the run, flinging sheets and shirts and anything she could grab at the party mare as she maneuvered around the room. It was as if there was a big pillow fight going on, but instead of pillows there were tons of sheets and clothes, and instead of it being a two-way tight it was more of a mix of dodge ball and keep-away at the same time.

Eventually though, Rarity had made her way back to where she started, and a sideswipe from a comforted caught blindsided Pinkie, wrapping her up before she even knew what happened. Pinkie fell to the ground with a “oomph”, and Rarity cheered victoriously.

“Hahahaha, yes, yes! I did it, I’ve won, I’ve-!”

She stopped in her tracks, her body frozen as Fluttershy stuck her face up in front of hers, her expression completely blank. They stayed there for a moment, looking into each other’s eyes before Fluttershy slowly leaned in…

And suddenly, they were kissing.

Fluttershy had begun pressing her own body against Rarity’s as the kiss continued, their hooves sliding past each other’s and their legs interlocking. Rarity stared wide-eyed and unmoving, unable to believe what was happening

They got me… I’ve lost.

She knew any moment now that they would all take her, and they would violate her and use her body for her own perverted needs. Then Twilight would come, and she would cast her spell and make her just another sex slave to join into the already growing harem. She would be ruined forever and not be able to give herself to her prince in shining armor like she always wanted, to give up her own womanhood to the stallion of her dreams… or dragon, if things went right.

But all of that meant nothing at that point, for Rarity’s body would be forever soiled and re-soiled until the end of her days, and there was nothing she could do about except lay there and quiver, waiting for the end…

And waiting…

And waiting still…

“Um… Rarity?”

Rarity opened her eyes, and instead of all of her friends ravishing her body like she expected, they were all standing before her, staring at her with worried eyes. The only pony not present was Twilight, who it seemed simply hadn’t shown up yet.

“Huh…? Wha- but, but I thought…” Rarity trailed off as she stared at each of them in the eyes, a mix of fear and uncertainty showing across her face.

“We ain’t gonna hurt ya Rare, or do anything you wouldn’t want done to ya,” Applejack said calmly, trying to comfort her. “We just wanna help ya is all.”

“…Help me?” Rarity repeated incredulously.

“We know how scary this can be,” Fluttershy began, pawing at the floor nervously. “I know I was scared out of my wits when Twilight first got me. I thought she was going to do so many horrible things and I just… oh my, I can’t begin to explain how relieved I am that she didn’t.”

“Twilight didn’t want to hurt us or anything, silly,” Pinkie said with a warm smile on her face. “Yeah, I freaked out too, I think all of us did, but she really was helping us! She taught us how to get closer to each other than we ever have before, even with using the elements! In fact, now that I think about it, the elements might do more with all of us closer together than they ever had before!”

“Yeah, what did you think was gonna happen?” Rainbow Dash began in an obviously joking tone. “Did you expect us to hold you down or something so Twilight could come and cast a spell on your mind to join you into her supposed harem or whatever?”

When Rainbow’s joke was met with silence from the fashionata, her ears drooped in realization and shame. “Oh…”

“But we would never do that to you,” Fluttershy assured soothingly, gently nuzzling against Rarity’s cheek. The white mare recoiled slightly from the touch, but eventually allowed it with a sigh.

“I… I’m just so afraid girls,” She began, looking between each of them. “After what Celestia did to us not too long ago, I was so afraid by the thought that we could all be somehow turned into… that, and that I would forever be stained and never deserving of the proper stallion!”

“Like ah said, we ain’t gonna hurt ya, Rare,” Applejack said, sitting down beside her. “We just wanna help ya see what we do, as friends, and to help build our friendship to a new level.”

“But, but I don’t even know if I’m into mares…” Rarity whimpered, her hooves shaking a little.

“You don’t have to be into mares for you to feel the passion in all of this,” Fluttershy said, sliding her hoof to Rarity’s cheek and pulling it so that they were staring each other in the eye. “This is more than just liking mares, Rarity, and we’ve learned that… it’s about connecting our body, minds, and souls into something beautiful.”

“I don’t know what to say…” Rarity sniffled a little as she continued to stare at Fluttershy, her heart beating faster as their faces slowly drew closer. “But if you, all of you can truly feel that way after all this, then…”

Rarity trailed off, her resolution already known to the ponies present as she closed her eyes, and willing connected her lips with Fluttershy’s. The two mares pushed closer to each other, their kiss deepening as their hooves began shuffling together again, each enjoying their embrace.

Delighted by the scene, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie Pie decided to join in as well. Applejack began to nibble at Rarity’s neck gently, her hoof sliding down to the white mare’s chest and stomach, rubbing slow circles against her fur. Rarity’s body twitched a bit at the contact, and Applejack could feel her friend’s muscles begin to relax as she accepted the contact.

Rainbow Dash decided then to be the right time for her to move in, and she rolled onto her back and slid underneath the farmer. AJ jumped slightly in surprise, but didn’t break contact with Rarity as Dash began to nip at her own neck while her hooves began to work up AJ’s powerful thighs and between her haunches. The farmer pony moaned out a little, only making her work on Rarity’s body more. After a while Rainbow Dash slid away, only to move to Fluttershy and begin to work on her, helping to pleasure her friends as they pleasured Rarity.

Pinkie was the last one to join in, but her part was no less importnat. She went straight for the “goody part,” practically diving her head between Rarity’s legs and nosing at her crotch. The white mare squealed from the sudden intrusion, but ultimately let Pinkie continue as she began to kiss and even lick at Rarity’s tender lower lips.

A long moan found its way past the fashionata’s lips as a strong warmth worked its way through her body, her breathing becoming heavier as her senses heightened in her increased excitement. She began to squirm and quiver from all the stimulation, her friends showing her all the attention, care and passion she could ever ask for. She soon found herself in a sea of bliss, pleasure washing over her as she happily lost herself to the waves crashing through her.

And behind them all, watching from the bedroom doorway was Twilight Sparkle, a content smile on her face and a blush on her cheeks as she serviced herself. It made her happy to see her friends working together, and it made her even happier to see them spread the power of passion to each other in a way she couldn’t.

Truly, her work was almost complete. She just had to find Spike, contact to the princesses, and wrap it all up into a glorious event.

Queen Chrysalis strode through the palace gardens, her destination in sight. Blueblood kept up behind her, still stuck in whatever trance he seemed to be under. Before them was the statue of Discord, God of Chaos, stuck in the same horrified pose he was in the last time he was re-encased in stone.

“It figures that the fool would manage to escape again, and completely ruin it almost immediately and get re-captured,” Chrysalis spat, staring up and down the statue. “I would simply let him sit there and collect bird droppings if it weren’t for the fact that I still need him in this…”

“It is his plan as well, your highness,” Blueblood said, his voice still completely devoid of emotion.

“Whatever, let’s just get this over with.”

Chrysalis’ horn glowed with sickly green energy as she gathered her magic, and then shot a beam of energy towards the statue. Slowly but surely, the concrete prison began to crack and crumble, a strong magical presence awakening once again from its depths.

And just then a low, maniacal laugh rang out through the gardens.