And so, the girls waited and waited and waited for the bell to ring so that they could leave and head for the tattoo parlor. Most of them were a bit anxious about it and were happy to wait, but Pinkie and Rainbow Dash were both tapping their feet rapidly with impatience the whole time. Eventually, the bell did ring and the second it did the two of them zipped out of the class, through the halls and out the front door.

Rainbow raised her arms to the sky. “WHA-HOO! Freedom!” she cheered.

“Yay! Now we can get our tattoos!” Pinkie Pie said, excitedly.

“Oh yeah!” Rainbow smiled.

The two of them then noticed the rest of their friends walking out the front door at a normal pace and toward them.

“Hold your horses girls, wait for us.” Applejack told them.

“And do try to keep the talk about tattoo’s down, we don’t want any adults following us and finding us out.” Rarity reminded them.

“Yeah, yeah, relax, we got this.” Rainbow assured her.

“So… where is this tattoo parlor place?” Sci-Twi inquired.

“Follow us! You’ll see!” Pinkie instructed, happily as she began to skip ahead with Rainbow right beside her. Everyone else began to follow them close behind.

“You guys all sure about this?” Sunset asked the others, quietly.

“Not really…” Applejack admitted.

“Yeah…” Fluttershy agreed.

“But if we don’t do it, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie will never let us hear the end of it and that could be worse.” Rarity expressed.

“Hmm, guess you have a point there.” Sunset Shimmer admitted.

“I just hope it doesn’t hurt as much as I think it will…” Twilight confessed, gulping.

“Well, I know it ain’t gonna tickle.” Applejack stated.

“Or be in any way pleasurable, but the end result should be quite satisfying.” Rarity added. “I hope.”

“And if… something goes wrong…” Fluttershy added, shaking like a leaf with worry.

Rainbow put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her and steady her. “Then I’ll take the fall for it and help pay for whatever treatment helps fix you,” she stated, reassuringly as she pulled Pinkie over. “We both will.”

“Yepperooni! Cross our hearts and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in our eyes.” Pinkie beamed as she did the gestures to her signature ‘pinkie promise’.

“I’m still not comfortable with you doing something like for us…” Applejack admitted, unsure.

“Hey, you guys would do the same if it were the other way around, right?” Rainbow Dash pointed out. The others thought for a bit before they began voicing their confirmations to Rainbow’s statement. “Good, and then you understand why I would.”

“Well… yes, but…” Twilight began.

“Ok, then let’s get going!” Rainbow declared as she turned and started walking.

“Hey! Wait for me, Rainbow! Wait for me!” Pinkie called out as she chased after her.

“Hope they know what they’re doing…” Sunset confessed to the others.

“I hope we know what we’re doing…” Applejack added. The others nodded and voiced their agreement.

“Well, come along now, let’s get this show on the road.” Rarity told them. “The sooner we get their and get our tattoo’s… the sooner we can all leave.”

They all nodded in agreement and began to follow Rarity’s lead as they walked in the same direction Rainbow and Pinkie Pie were taking off in.

Soon enough, after a long trek through the city to a more… grungy part of town, the girls soon arrived in front of a small, dark building with a sign that read ‘Tattoo Parlor’ on the front.

“Well, here we are.” Rainbow announced.

“Yay!” Pinkie cheered, excited.

Rarity on the other hand looked disturbed by their surroundings. “Uh… Rainbow Dash… are you sure this is the proper place for a tattoo parlor?”

“Where else would they put it?” Rainbow Dash asked her.

“I don’t know… maybe somewhere… cleaner?” Rarity suggested.

“Uh, what she’s trying to say is guys is… we’re not exactly sure about this place…” Sunset admitted, looking nervous as well.

“Who cares if it’s creepy, that makes it awesome!” Rainbow expressed, excited.

“Not to me…” Fluttershy confessed, shaking like a leaf.

Applejack patted her back to comfort her. “Relax sugarcube, nothing’s gonna happen to ya, I promise.”

“Except possible body defacement…” Rarity muttered under her breath.

“Well? What are we waiting for? Let’s go!” Rainbow encouraged.

“Alright! Tattoo’s for everyone!” Pinkie cheered as she ran toward the building along with Rainbow Dash, while also holding her arms out and making an airplane sound. The others follow them slowly behind.

“So… are we sure those two aren’t…” Sci-Twi began, nervously.

“We’re not really sure…” Sunset shrugged.

“And if they were I doubt they’d ever show us.” Applejack added.

“Yes, Pinkie Pie loves her pinkie promise secret’s and Rainbow’s…” Rarity started to say.

“Rainbow?” Fluttershy guessed.

“Quite right, my sweet.” Rarity confirmed with a nod.

“Well, all we need to do now is get in, get the marks and then get out, no problem.” Sunset said, confidently.

“Hopefully…” Sci-Twi added as they began to enter the building.

The girls stepped into the lobby, where a few people were sitting in sits waiting to get tattoo’s of their own, course some of them already have tattoos and were pretty scary looking, disturbing the girls greatly, especially Fluttershy. Upon reaching the front desk and ringing the bell, a tall, bald man practically covered from head to toe in tattoos comes out of the back and looms over them all.

“How can I help you?” he asked in a deep voice.

“Hey! Ink! How’s it going?” Rainbow smiled as she held out her fist.

“Rainbow Dash, thought I’d see you here eventually.” The one known as Ink smirked as he face bumped with Rainbow. He looked towards the others. “And with friends I see.”

“Girls, this is Ink Stain, the guy I told you about; best tattoo artist in town.” Rainbow said, proudly.

“Probably the only one in town…” Applejack muttered to Rarity, who giggled until Ink Stain gave them a glare.

“Listen buddy, my friends and I are looking to get some tattoos and we know exactly what we want to have and where to have it.” Rainbow revealed.

“Glad to hear it.” Ink Stain nodded, pleased. “Got the cash?”

“You know it.” Rainbow smirked as she smacked down a couple of bucks down on the counter which Ink gladly took.

“Ok, just sit down over there, we’ll be with one of you shortly.” Ink Stain told them.

The girls nodded and walked over to some of the empty waiting seats. Upon sitting down, some of the other folk waiting to get their tattoo’s eyed them a little, creeping them out.

Fluttershy even yelped when she saw a tattooed picture of a monster on someone’s arm, one that looked like it was staring at her. The one with the monster tattoo glanced at her.

“Sup,” he said.

“Uh… sup?” Fluttershy responded, nervously.

“First time getting a tattoo?”

“Y-Yes…”

“Don’t worry, for some it’s painless. Just depends on the person.”

“Oh… ok…”

“And if you just take deep breath and relax, it’s over before you know it.” He said and gave a friendly smile.

Rarity felt under the seat and shivered. “I think I feel something sticky under here…” she revealed in a disgusted tone.

“Yeah…” Applejack added, feeling under hers as well. “This is a little dirty even for me…”

“I’ve seen worse.” Rainbow stated.

“Hate to see what your definition of ‘worse’ is…” Sunset confessed.

“Trust me, it’s bad.” Rainbow said, seriously.

“Good to know…” Applejack muttered, slowly.

While the others were all a bit anxious, as several people waiting alongside them came and went with brand new tattoo’s, Pinkie was practically on pins and needles as she rapidly shook in her seat with an excited grin. “Ooh! I can’t wait till I get three cute little balloons on my cute little booty! It’s gonna be so… rad!” she expressed.

“Just a little longer Pinks, we’ll get there.” Rainbow Dash assured her.

“Well, I’m still in no rush…” Rarity stated, firmly.

“Maybe it won’t sting so bad…” Sci-Twi said, hopefully.

“I don’t know about that…” Sunset Shimmer admitted, nervous.

“Would you stop being babies? It’ll be fine!” Rainbow told them.

“Tell us that after it’s done.” Applejack told her.

“Fine! I will!” Rainbow declared.

Ink Stain then came out of the back, wiping his hands and approached the girls.

“Ok, who’s first?” he asked.

“Ooh! Me! Me!” Pinkie Pie yelled, waving her hand.

“Hey! I wanna go first!” Rainbow protested.

“No, I do!” Pinkie argued.

“Just pick who’s going on already!” Applejack told them, annoyed.

Rainbow sighed. “Fine. We’ll settle it like grown ups,” she declared.

“Right!” Pinkie agreed before they held out their firsts.

“Rock, Paper, Scissors!” They both said before choosing one of the three. Pinkie had scissors while Rainbow had rock.

“Rats!” Pinkie said, disappointed.

“Ha-ha! Guess I’m up!” Rainbow said, proudly as she stood up. “Let’s get to it, Ink.”

Ink Stain nodded and lead Rainbow Dash out of the waiting room and into the back, while her friends watched her go with worried expressions on their faces, aside from Pinkie Pie of course, who was still pouting about her loss.

“Aw… Rainbow is so lucky!” she said, somewhat upset. “I hope I get to go next.”

“No one else here is jumping at that chance, Pink.” Applejack told her, plainly.

“Yay!” Pinkie cheered.

“Oh… I hope Rainbow will be ok.” Fluttershy confessed, concerned.

“She’ll be fine, girl’s as tough as nails.” Applejack assured her.

“True, but everyone has their limits.” Sunset pointed out.

“Anyone know what Rainbow’s are?” Twilight inquired.

“Hard to say… that girl will try just about anything and experiences unpleasantries because of those stunts on a daily basis but no matter how much she’s knocked down, she always get’s back up.” Rarity said.

“Ain’t that the truth.” Applejack nodded.

“Uh-huh!” Pinkie Pie added.

“Still, the device they use to create tattoos… just might push her to her limit…” Sci-Twi said, gulping.

“Oh dear…” Fluttershy shook with worry.

“Well, there’s only one way to find out.” Applejack stated.

“Play games? Watch a movie? Do a strip tease!?” Pinkie asked, getting more and more excited with each guest.

“No, no and… no.” Rarity answered, firmly.

“We wait.” Applejack added, crossing her arms.

“Aw…” Pinkie whined.

“Sorry Pinkie, that’s about all we can do…” Sunset said.

“Yep…” Twilight sighed.

They all sunk in their chairs and began to wait for Rainbow Dash to return and silently prayed that she would be able to take whatever sort of pain getting a tattoo on her buttocks would give her. As they prayed, they also began to worry about the pain they would receive in the near future and instinctively rubbed their hiney’s while thinking about it.

The girls were all completely silent… until Pinkie Pie finally broke it of course.

“So… did you girls catch the big game last night?” The party girl asked, randomly.

The others all did a collective facepalm and groaned in annoyance.