Chaos in Equestria Book One: It was almost a good idea...

  Pinkie and Rainbow Dash were tied to two back to back chairs. Despite her best efforts. Rainbow Dash couldn't manage to free her wings. She had been struggling for a few minutes, making no progress. Gilda had been watching them both ever since she first tied them to the chairs.

  Gilda laughed at her struggling, "Give it a rest, Dash. You couldn't wrestle your way out if the rope was made of yarn!" She laughed, pleasing herself with her joke.

  Pinkie tried to look over her shoulder, but couldn't make eye contact with Gilda. "Gilda! Why are you doing this?" she cried, "I thought you said you were sorry!"

  "What for?" Gilda slapped Pinkie across the face with her sharp claws, "I don't regret a thing."

  Rainbow Dash grunted, and struggled even more. She became angrier than she had ever been and yelled, "Gilda! What the hay is wrong with you? After what you already did, you come back and do this! You ponynaped us! You hit Pinkie Pie! You made Fluttershy cry, that takes a new kind of low! You used to be nice! When did you change? Why did you change?"

  "You're the one who changed, Dash. You left me to go to Ponyville and hang out with these... losers. You lost your cool, Dash. To think, you used to be worth my time."

  "Oh, I'm so glad you're having fun together!" said the sarcastic voice of Trixie as she walked in. Flim and Flam followed her

happily.

  Rainbow Dash stared in disbelief, "Trixie? Flim and Flam? Is every jerk in equestria in on this?"

  Trixie placed a hoof on her heart, "Oh Dash, you hurt my feelings. I just need to ask for help from that Twilight friend of yours."

  Pinkie said innocently, "Well, why don't you ask her? You didn't have to tie us up!"

  Trixie laughed in amusement, "But, I did! I need her magic without all of her annoying free will getting in the way."

  Gilda looked down at her wing to see Snips and Snails tugging on her feathers. "Wow! See Snails, I told you! It's a real griffon!" Snips said excitedly.

  Gilda tugged her wing back. "I honestly did not see that coming," she said. She Glared at the two colts and they slowly backed away. Snips backed into a crate that was labeled 'FRAGILE'. Snails eventually stopped and cowered next to Snips.

  Trixie gasped, "You two, again! What are you doing here?"

  "We live here," Snails said.

  Trixie yelled in impatience, "Just, get out of here! I can't have you ruining this like last time!"

  Snips and Snails bowed. "Okay Trixie, we'll just um..." Snips said. He looked over Trixie’s tail and saw Rainbow Dash and Pinkie, "Hi girls, why are you all tied up?"

  Pinkie called them, "Snips, Snails, go get help!"

  Snips and Snails slowly backed away. Trixie made no effort to stop them. "Go," she said, "get help."

  Snips and Snails exchanged glances and bolted through the front doors.

  Flim and Flam both bore looks of confusion. "You're just going to let them get away?" Flim inquired.

  Gilda Sighed, "You dweebs didn't listen to the plan did you?"

  Trixie rubbed her hoofs together, "Don't you worry," she said, "by tomorrow, Twilight will be ours. And you, my friends, will be rich!"

  Trixie clapped her hoofs together and laughed.

  Snips and Snails were running as fast as they could toward Fluttershy's cottage. When Snips looked back at the warehouse, he saw that the door was still open. Trixie was standing at the entrance. She was watching them. The two colts passed a few trees and the warehouse was out of sight.

  Fluttershy was outside of her cottage. It was late, but Fluttershy couldn't resist a chance to see all of Equestria's beautiful lightning bugs. She giggled as one landed on her nose. The lightning bugs disbanded to the sound of two approaching colts.

  Fluttershy looked around to see what scared the bugs, "Rainbow Dash... Pinkie? I-is that you?" She saw the forms of two ponies running toward her in the moonlight. She gasped and jumped into a nearby bush.

  Snips and Snails dashed into her view; they stopped to catch their breath. "Fluttershy," Snips called out, "Your friends need your help! You gotta listen!" He looked around, "Fluttershy, where are you?" He walked over to the bush and saw her tail on the ground. "Fluttershy, your friends need your help! So stop foolin' around and save 'em, eh."

  Fluttershy poked her head out of the bush. "Oh, um... I'm sorry," she said, "I just... wait, what did you say?"

  Snips pulled her out of the bush by her tail. "Rainbow Dash and Pinkie are in trouble! They like, totally need your 'elp!" Snails cried.

  "Oh my," Fluttershy gasped, "I need to go tell Twilight! Tell me the details on the way. I mean, if that's okay." She turned and ran toward Twilight's house.

  Snips turned to Snails, "Have I ever told you I hate running?" Snails nodded his head.

  Twilight sat on her bed reading a very good book. She had a limited edition copy of the first Moonlight book, a series of books about a sparkly pony vampire that falls in love with a unicorn. Times like that were what made her week, peace, quiet, and a good book. She was not going to get that pleasure this night. After a short time of peace, she heard the loud sound of her front door being bucked open.

  "Um... Snails, I don't think that was necessary," Fluttershy's voice said. Twilight jumped off her bed. Fluttershy, Snips, and Snails ran up her stairs.

  "Fluttershy! What are you doing?" Twilight said, "You almost woke up Spike.

  Snails looked at Spike. He was still asleep. "Sorry about your door miss Twilight," Snails said as he Turned to Twilight."

  "My door?"

  Snails blushed, "Nothing."

  Snips interrupted, "Twilight! we need to tell you something! Rainbow Dash and Pinkie are in trouble!" After taking a few deep breaths, Snips and Snails told Twilight everything they had seen that night.

  Twilight put a hoof on her chin in thought. "Well, that was a shocking story! I think I know how we can get them back," she said, "Fluttershy, go get Angel. Snips, Snails... just... just go home; you've helped enough already."

  Snips frowned, "Oh, okay. Come on, Snails." He walked away, followed by Snails.

  Twilight turned to Fluttershy, "Okay, get Angel. We need to save our friends!"

  "Why do we need angel?"

  "I'll explain on the way, lets go!" They both dashed down the stairs. Before leaving her house, Twilight stopped to address Owlowlicious, "Hold the fort while I'm gone, okay?" The owl responded with a hoot and perched itself on a nearby bookshelf. Satisfied that every necessary preparation had been taken, Twilight left.