They were going on a trip.

With their friends.

That was, so far, everything that Dash knew.

She didn't know where they were going, how long, or what they were going to do. All this not knowing was making the Pegasus antsy.

Great. This trip outside was supposed to keep my mind off of this. And I can't stop worrying about it!

Twilight was leading them all to the train station.

"Where are we going, Twilight? Where are we going?" Pinkie kept asking.

"It's a surprise." The alicorn simply smiled.

They went on a train that would bring them to Canterlot. Dash took place at a window, Twilight sat next to her. On the other side were Applejack and Rarity and behind them were Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy.

Since she didn't get much sleep in the past few nights, Dash curled herself into a ball and slept through the the two hour train ride.

Meanwhile, Twilight had plans of her own. She waited for Dash to snore, then she gave the sleeping Pegasus one last glance.

Sorry Dash. This is for your own good... She thought before she went over to the rest.

"Girls, I have to tell you something..."

Twilight had to wake her marefriend up when the train came to a halt. "Wake up, sleepyhead. We have to get off." She said as she gently nudged the Pegasus.
Dash yawned and stretched herself. Then they all got off.

"So, what exactly are we gonna do?" Applejack asked.

"We are going for a nice boat ride." Twilight beamed.

Dash froze. "A boat ride? You mean, on water?"

"That's what boats are for." Twilight grinned.

You've gotta be kidding me...

"Come on, let's get to the river."

Dash hated water. To her, water was the worst possible enemy. And right now, they were on a boat. Surrounded and carried by water. She started wondering if Twilight was doing this on purpose to torture her.

"Man! All this water is making me have to pee!" Pinkie called and laughed. "Get it? It rhymes!"

Her friends laughed with the pink party pony. Dash, however, did not. The mentioning of that exact topic made her even more nervous, causing her to cross her legs while she leaned back.

Damn it stop being so nervous, that's only making it worse! Dash yelled at herself in her head.

Twilight was right next to the Pegasus and had caught on, of course. She was just hoping that her plan would work...

After being on the boat for half an hour, it was getting late. They all went to the Canterlot Castle. To Dash it seemed like this horror trip just wouldn't end. She just wanted to go home and only come out again after this stupid phase was finally over.

When they finally reached the castle they were awaited by two royal guards. Of course they bowed to Twilight while they greeted her. As much as Twilight hated it to be called by her title, she couldn't get anyone to stop. Besides her friends, of course.

They were all brought to rooms where they would stay for the night. Pinkie Pie and Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy, and of course the inseparable pair of Twilight and Dash.

"Dinner will be ready in ten minutes." The guards said before they let them go to their rooms.

Dash was the first one to enter the room, threw her saddlebags on the floor and made a mad dash into the bathroom. She had been terribly nervous this whole time, and being back at the castle she so dreaded was certainly not helping.

She closed the door and practically ripped off her 'protection', taking off her necklace before to see it.
If she had the possibility to choose between the 'protection' or using the bathroom like a normal pony, she would always choose the bathroom.

"Dash? Are you alright?" Twilight asked from outside.

After flushing the toilet and washing her hooves, Dash emerged from the bathroom, completely bare like she was used to. "I am now." She grinned like a little filly.

Twilight gave her a stern look. "Dash, you have to wear it."

Dash's smile faded. "Please, just until dinner?"

"Fine. But I'm not letting you go out of this room without the diap-"

"Protection." Dash corrected her.

"Dash I know it's embarrassing for you but it's just a word."

"Still doesn't mean that I have to like it." Dash glared. She dreaded the word 'diaper' as much as this castle. Speaking of which...

"How did you get us to stay here so fast, anyways?"

"I had Spike send a letter to Princess Luna, remember?" Twilight then realized something. "Oh, right. You were pacing around when I wrote and sent it.."

Dash's hurt look made Twilight bite her lip.

"Come on now. We have to get you ready. You'll have to show us where the dining room is."

"Why aren't the guards doing that?"

"Because they know that you've been here before." Twilight said and rolled her eyes.

"Right.." Dash said with no emotion and her gaze fell to the floor.

"Come on. Let's get you ready." Twilight said and guided the Pegasus to the bathroom again.

Twilight was getting her marefriend ready. She knew that this was a lot that she was putting on her marefriend right now, but it was necessary. She was hoping that Dash would learn that she could trust the rest of her friends, by having her needing to trust them. She was also hoping that Dash wouldn't be so mad at her for doing this.

Author's Note

Twilight is evil.