Moonlight Scales: The Spread

“Whoa, Fluttershy!” one of the patrons exclaimed. “Since when do you do that?”

Fluttershy glared at the patron, her eye twitching, and the patron realized she’d made a mistake.

“You are interrupting my meal,” Fluttershy growled. She picked a chair with her tail and tossed it at the patron, who dove out of the way.

“Fluttershy!” Applejack snapped. “That wasn’t necessary!”

Fluttershy slithered towards Applejack, hissing and flicking her tongue. Her large tail gave her a considerable amount of added height which made her tower over Applejack.

Applejack raised her hands up in surrender. “Uh, now, now, Fluttershy, I didn’t mean anything by it.”

“Oh, I know you didn’t, Applejack, but here’s the thing; I don’t care.” Fluttershy flicked her tongue again. “I want you in my belly.”

“Well, now, I would really rather not be in your belly, so is there anyway we could come to any kind of compromise? Maybe you can just eat my hat?” Applejack pulled her hat off in offering.

“No,” Fluttershy said. “It has to be flesh. It has to be a pony.”

“Well now, that doesn’t sound a like good choice of meal,” Applejack said, making her way towards the door. “Ponies are tough, you know, and smart. You try to eat a pony, they’ll fight back. Could I interest you in some apples instead?”

“I don’t mind,” Fluttershy said. “The struggle just makes it taste sweeter when I do catch them.”

What a very un-Fluttershy-like thing to say. It took Applejack a moment to come to terms to the new reality of the situation. This wasn’t just Fluttershy, but corrupted by some dark villain or another. This was a new, different beast, one who liked to toy with her prey and would not be dissuaded.

Seeing the despair on Applejack’s face, one of the restaurant patrons, a unicorn, decided to do something to help. He used his magic to levitate a chair and threw it at Fluttershy, smacking her in the side.

Fluttershy turned towards the unicorn and hissed loudly, baring her fangs, her tongue wiggling like a mad serpent of its own.

“Thank y’all kindly!” Applejack shouted, making a beeline for the door.

“Applejack!” Fluttershy shouted. She glared at the unicorn. “I’ll deal with you later.”

Still hissing furiously, Fluttershy slithered out of the restaurant after Applejack.

Applejack ran into the middle of the street, panting and huffing. She looked around for avenues of escape or somewhere to hide where Fluttershy wouldn’t find her.

“Applejack!” Fluttershy shouted, barreling towards Fluttershy at an impressive speed for such a large creature.

“Oh no,” Applejack’s eyes widened when she realized what a bad position she was in. Fluttershy moving towards her at high speed, nowhere to hide, nowhere to run …

Applejack thought she was saved by divine intervention, as a lightning bolt struck the ground in front of Fluttershy moments before she would have caught up with Applejack. But no, it was just Rainbow Dash riding a cloud.

“Hey,” Dash said, “I was just flying over the neighborhood and heard screams of terror. Thought something might be wrong, but I gotta admit, Fluttershy wouldn’t have made my top ten guesses about what.”

“Never mind that!” Applejack said. “Get us out of here before she gets her bearings!”

“Roger!” Rainbow Dash flew down, riding the cloud like a steed, and picked Applejack up, hoisting Applejack onto her back.

Fluttershy rubbed her eyes, the lightning bolt blinding her momentarily. She regained some vision, thought it was cloudy and fuzzy, and looked up, able to make out that Rainbow Dash was escaping with her prey.

“Rainbow Dash,” Fluttershy hissed with malice, enraged that her meal had been stolen from her. She attempted to flap her wings, but her wings hadn’t changed size with the rest of her body, and her tail proved much too large for her wings to carry. At best, she could use it to lift up the upper half of her body if she tripped. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were safe from her clutches, at least for now.

“What’s wrong with her?” Dash asked as they flew away, gesturing to Fluttershy.

“I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure a lot more happened in Canterlot than she or Pinkie Pie told us,” Applejack said.

“Pinkie Pie!” Dash exclaimed. “Oh my gosh, we need to go warn Rarity!”

“Well? Don’t just stand there flying on that cloud with your lips flapping, turn this thing around and let’s get to the boutique!”

Rainbow Dash pulled on the cloud’s reins and steered the cloud, turning it around and heading in the direction of the Carousel Boutique.

Pinkie Pie laid stretched out across Rarity's fainting couch, lying about lazily with her arm over her eyes.

"Can I get you anything, darling?" Rarity asked, approaching Pinkie Pie and rubbing her hands together. "I'm sure you're eager to get back to good old-fashioned Ponyville juices after being in Canterlot for so long."

"It wasn't that long," Pinkie Pie said.

"No, I suppose not, but still, absence makes the heart grow fonder, and I imagine it would perk you right up for some Sweet Apple Acres cider after nothing but Canterlot champagnes." She said with a sigh and a touch of envy in her voice. She looked down at Pinkie Pie. "You do seem rather lethargic by Pinkie Pie standards."

"Do I?" Pinkie asked. "Sorry. I'm just waiting on something."

"On what?"

"That would be telling. It's a secret."

"Well, alright then, if that's the way you feel," Rarity said. She turned to leave the room. "Let me know if you need anything."

"Rarity, wait," Pinkie raised her arm out to reach Rarity. "There is something you could do for me."

"What's that, darling?"

"Come here," Pinkie crooked her finger. Rarity complied, walking up to the couch.

"Lean in closer," Pinkie instructed. "Closer." She added when Rarity was too far away for her liking.

"Oh my," Rarity blushed. "This is awfully close. Pinkie, if you're about to confess some hidden feelings for me, I'm not sure right now is the time."

"Nah, I'm not gonna do that," Pinkie said. "But do I want you to relax ... and look into my eyes."

"If you insist," Rarity said, shrugging. She looked into Pinkie's eyes and was instantly struck by blue and pink spirals that swirled infinitely, drawing her in with the unending look into a seeming colorful oblivion. "Uh?"

"Ssh, don't question it, just relax," Pinkie said. "Relax and look into my eyes."

"Look into your eyes," Rarity said.

"You trust me, don't you, Rarity?"

"Yes," Rarity said, her arms falling limp at her sides. "I trust you."

"Good," Pinkie Pie said. "Strip for me, Rarity. Take your shirt off."

"My shirt?" Rarity asked, even though her hand latched onto the front of her tee.

"You heard me," Pinkie Pie said, narrowing her eyes. "Take your shirt off."

"Okay," Rarity said, the hypnosis causing a dull, pleasant smile to appear on her face. She proceeded to lift her shirt off and toss it to the floor. "What else can I do for you?"

"Come closer," Pinkie said. "Sit on my lap."

Rarity did as Pinkie told her to, her mind slipping slowly away. I ... eh, what's going on?

"Take your bra off, Rarity," Pinkie said.

"Yes. Take ... bra off," Rarity peeled off her bra, tossing it and letting it join her shirt on the floor.

"Rub your boobs on my face," Pinkie ordered.

What? No, that's perverted, Rarity thought, moments before leaning forward and smothering Pinkie's face, rubbing her tits onto Pinkie's cheeks like sponges. But it'll make her happy! And I want to make her happy, don't I?

"Mm," Pinkie moaned and wriggled underneath Rarity. She motorboated Rarity's cleavage, enjoying the sound they made when she blew on Rarity’s boobs. Rarity flinched, not prepared for this, but continued to rub her boobs on Pinkie’s face.

Pinkie undid the illusion spell and began wrapping her tail around Rarity's waist, starting from there and working her way up.

"Okay, Rarity," Pinkie pushed Rarity away. "You can stop rubbing your boobs now. Just relax and let Pinkie Pie take care of the rest. Have you ever wondered what it's like to be eaten?"

"Have I ever ...?" Rarity began.

"Never mind, I'll answer that for you," Pinkie Pie said. "Yes, you have. You've wanted to experience it for so long. The warmth. The release that comes from knowing you'll be inside someone's stomach and that everything will be taken care of. All you have to do is relax, and want it. You want to be eaten. You've wanted to be eaten for so long, the suspense is almost too much to bear. Why, you could almost cum. Once you're inside, you're going to cum."

"Cum?" Rarity asked, confused. "Cum from being eaten?"

"That's what I said," Pinkie Pie said, "and that's what's going to happen."

Pinkie Pie lifted Rarity up. She began the process of unhinging her jaw.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack burst in through the door, armed with baseball bats.

"Pinkie Pie," Applejack pointed, "you let her go right now, or I swear to Celestia I'll-"

Pinkie Pie sped up her pace, unhinging her jaw further and hastily shoving Rarity inside.

"No!" Rainbow Dash spread her wings and flew at Pinkie Pie with the bat raised, but she was too slow. A lump went down Pinkie Pie's throat, Pinkie Pie moaning with satisfaction as Rarity's cum leaked out of her mouth.

"Let her go, you - you thing!" Rainbow Dash shouted. She took a swing with the bat, but Pinkie Pie shot her tail into the air and knocked Rainbow Dash to the floor.

"Why would I do that?" Pinkie Pie asked. "She's happy where she is. Besides, I'm hungry."

"So eat a snack cake," Rainbow Dash growled, getting to her feet.

"You know, Dash, you really shouldn't be too mad at me," Pinkie Pie said. "If you went through what I'm going through ... if you could feel the hunger, the cold ... you'd understand why I have to do this. Besides, she's enjoying it. Isn't that right, Rarity?" Pinkie squeezed her belly for an answer, but nothing came back in reply.

"Oh well," Pinkie Pie said. "I'm sure she's fine. In fact, she's probably having the time of her life! Cumming inside my stomach, filling me up with her warm juices ... ooh." Pinkie cupped her cheek and moaned.

"Pardon me if I don't quite believe that's true," Applejack said.

"Well, you can believe it or not, but that's the truth!" Pinkie Pie said. She looked between Dash and Applejack. "You know, maybe I should have you two join her! Then you could feel what me and Twilight and all the others are feeling all the time and understand why!" She shot her tail out and tried to grab Applejack. Applejack ducked out of the way in time, hitting the floor and rolling to put some distance between herself and Pinkie's tail.

"Not happening," Applejack said. "Not today."

"Let Rarity go!" Rainbow Dash shouted, flying behind Pinkie and knocking her on the head with the bat. Pinkie turned to glare at Dash for a brief moment before lashing her tail around Dash's ankle and slamming Dash onto the couch.

"What is that even made of?" Dash wondered. "Whoa, whoa!" she tried to keep her balance when Pinkie lifted her into the air, holding her upside down like a cocoon.

"Get ready to go inside my belly, Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie Pie said.

Pinkie Pie unhinged her jaw and moved her tail to drop Rainbow Dash inside.

“Y’all let her go!” Applejack ran towards the stretch of Pinkie’s tail that was still lying on the floor and stepped on it, causing Pinkie to relax her grip enough for Rainbow Dash to slip her foot out.

Rainbow Dash floated in the air, swinging her bat around wildly to hit Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie bobbed and weaved around it, using her tail to great advantage to move around, though she was caught off-guard by Applejack bashing her with her bat from behind.

“Applejack! I can’t believe you hit someone in the back! You of all ponies!”

As Pinkie Pie did her battle with the would-be rescuers, Rarity traveled further Pinkie’s body, sliding through the esophagus and being dumped out onto Pinkie’s stomach.

Rarity giggled, feeling good and light-headed. After all, Pinkie Pie would never do anything to hurt her, right?

"Mmm," Rarity groaned, beginning to come out of her hypnosis a little bit. "W-what?" She searched around, her eyes rolling around the room she was in. "Where am I?" Her eyes widened when she felt the room shift, as if something was hitting her.

Just relax, Rarity, Pinkie's voice whispered in her mind. Just relax.

"Relax?" Rarity asked, lapsing back into the hypnosis. "Why would I relax? I don't know where I am."

Sure you do. You're safe and sound in my tummy.

"Your tummy?" Rarity asked drowsily.

Yes, that's right, my tummy. And you don't think I would ever hurt you, do you?

"No," Rarity admitted, even if a small part of her was beginning to question that.

That's right, because I'm your friend, and you can trust me. So just relax. Why don't you play with your boobs a little to calm yourself down? You know, like you did for me before?

"I did?" Rarity asked, before the memory came back to her and she found it oddly pleasant. "I did!" She eagerly and happily rolled her jugs with her hands, bouncing them up and down while she lay still.

Another thud impacted the room, and Rarity was sent rolling off to the side.

"What was that?" Rarity asked.

It's nothing, Pinkie told her. Gah! That hurt, Rainbow Dash! ... it's nothing, it's nothing. Just relax.

"Relax," Rarity repeated.

Play with your boobs, and relax,

"Play with my boobs, and relax," Rarity repeated, a dull smile creeping across her face. She continued bouncing her boobies.

Good, good. Are you relaxed, Rarity?

"I am," Rarity answered, "I'm very relaxed."

Good, Good. You should see a hole with a kind of ... blanket in it somewhere. Do you see it?

"I see it," Rarity answered turning towards the hole.

Go over to it. Go inside.

"Go inside the hole," Rarity understood.

Yes, perfect, Pinkie said.

Rarity walked over to the hole, still rolling her tits around, and she tucked herself inside the 'blanket', which seemed to be a thin layer of some unknown substance.

The hole she was in filled up with a strange, amber liquid which felt rather pleasant on her body, like a nice bubble bath.

"Hmm?" Rarity wondered, feeling an odd sensation down in her legs. She tried to lift her head up to look, but the blanket was sticky and hold her back. Nonetheless, she could still see the tops of her feet developing a cross hatching pattern on them.

"Wha?" Rarity asked. "What is that?" She felt an odd sensation in her stomach, as if it just doubled in size like a balloon filling up. "What's happening to me?" She wiggled, trying to get out of the hole. "Pinkie Pie, I don't want to play this game anymore!"

Rarity, just relax. Relax. Let it happen. I promise you won't be hurt.

"Are you sure?" Rarity asked.

Pinkie Promise.

"Well, okay ..." Rarity said. "If you're going to Pinkie Promise ... I guess it can't be too bad.”

That's right, Rarity. It won't be too bad. It might even be good! But you have to relax, first. Take a deep breath. Relax.

"Relax," Rarity said. She inhaled sharply and exhaled the same way, letting out a pleasant moan as a pleasurable, tingling sensation developed in her vagina. She raised her eyebrow when she felt her thighs stick together like glue, and felt her knee caps sink into her knees, disappearing altogether.

Bit by bit she could feel it as her feet were gone away, and began fusing together into a single appendage. The fusing process traveled up her legs, locking her knees into one joint, which she felt disappear as well, replaced by something that felt much smoother and longer.

Lifting her head up again, Rarity saw her legs becoming a purple snake tail, with blue diamond patterns forming across its scales.

The blanket, evidently pleased with the process, curled up and peeled away, unsticking itself from Rarity.

Rarity sat upright, placing her hands on the squishy floor. She regarded the tail with curiosity. She was alarmed when it began acting on its, curling up and inserting its tip into her vagina, pumping and thrusting inside with its scaly, smooth sensations.

"Ooh," Rarity moaned, panting and breathing heavily. "Oh yes, oh, yes! Ah! Harder! Faster!"

The tail complied, ramming in and out of her like a battering ram against a wall in a siege. Rarity felt her vagina wink as her orgasm neared.

She barely noticed light pour into the room from some exit, or how the room began shifting to pull her toward said exit. All she was focused on was her own pleasure and gratification.

She didn't even bat an eye when she popped her head out of Pinkie's widening vagina, nor question why Rainbow Dash and Applejack were in her boutique with baseball bats.

Dash and Applejack stopped what they were doing when they saw Rarity's head poke out.

"Rarity?" Applejack asked.

"Are you okay?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Are you ... you?"

"I'm fine, darlings, why do you ask? Ooh!" Rarity moaned again, her tail not done with her yet. She was pushed all the way out of Pinkie's slit, her lower half becoming slicked over with a liquid she'd rather not dwell on the nature of it, and she was dropped unceremoniously onto her floor. She didn't even complain about the indignity of it all.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack covered their mouths in shock. Rarity remained oblivious to them, only caring about her tail pumping her vagina. She didn't notice how it had stopped and control had transferred over to her now; she could pull the tail out anytime she wanted to. But that presumed she wanted to.

"Oh, yes, yes!" Rarity moaned, her tail pumping in and out of her like a seesaw. "Ah!" She breathed heavily in her climax, cum spitting out of her slit and getting inside the cracks of her scales.

"Ooh ... ooh ..." Rarity rolled over onto her stomach, propping her up with her arms and tail. "That was fantastic! Er." She looked up Dash and Applejack. "What are you doing with those bats, darling?"

"We need to get out of here!" Applejack said to Dash. She and Dash bolted for the exit.

"Don't let them get away!" Pinkie Pie shouted.

"Don't let who what?" Rarity asked. She rubbed a temple. "I'm sorry, Pinkie Pie, I'm feeling very tired and confused right now, so you're going to have to catch me up on what's going on."

Pinkie Pie sighed. "Fine. Okay. So, here's the deal ..."

Lemon Heart ran through the Canterlot streets, hurrying for dear life. She needed to get the rest of their friends before Twilight and Moondancer devoured anyone else in their circle of friends.

She ran to Twinkleshine’s house and pounded on the door. “Twinkleshine! Twinkleshine!”

Twinkleshine opened the door. Lemon Heart, in her panic, didn’t notice and proceeded to knock on Twinkleshine’s face.

“Ow, ow, stop! Lemon Heart, stop!” Twinkleshine grabbed Lemon Heart’s wrist. “What is so urgent that you have to smack me in the face for it?”

“Twilight and Moondancer have turned into snake ponies and they ate Minuette and they tried to eat me and they’re going to eat everyone unless we can stop them!” Lemon Heart said.

Twinkleshine blinked, idly working her jaw as she tried to understand this. “Okay, okay, just … give a minute to figure out what it is you just said.”

Lemon Heart grabbed Twinkleshine’s hand and wrenched her out of the doorway. “There’s no time for that! Come on! We need to tell Princess Celestia! She’s the only one who can help!”

“Couldn’t Princess Luna help?” Twinkleshine suggested. “Or better yet, Cadence? Or Yakyakistan? Or Discord? I hear he’s reformed now.”

“Okay, fine,” Lemon Heart rolled her eyes. “There are a number of potential entities who could possibly help us, but Celestia is the only one we have a chance of getting to in time, unless you happen to have a rocket that’ll take us to the moon!”

“I’m not sure Luna actually lives on the-”

“Whatever!”

Lemon Heart dragged Twinkleshine down the street. Ponies stopped and looked at them oddly, wondering what their hurry was.

They rounded a corner and Lemon Heart smashed head first into a wall, taking the brunt of the impact and sparing Twinkleshine from suffering.

“Huh?” Lemon Heart asked. She looked around saw the wall was a pink force field or cone of silence spell, a glimmering pink dome that kept them trapped. She felt her hands around the wall, hoping to find a weak spot. “This wasn’t here before …”

The sounds of hissing snakes surrounded them. Lemon Heart’s eyes widened, her face paled, and her heart sank.

“Oh no.”

“Oh, yes,” Twilight hissed, appearing on the side of the dome. Moondancer appeared on the opposite side, and they slithered around, criss-crossing and trapping Lemon Heart and Twinkleshine in a circle of coils.

“We knew you would try to bring in help, Lemon Heart,” Twilight said, “so we tracked you down and cast a few spells to slow your progress.”

“Make no mistake,” Moondancer said, “you are going to be eaten by us, and you are going to like it.”

“You can’t do that!” Lemon Heart said, pointing a finger at them. “We’re right in the middle of a Canterlot street! There are ponies all around us! Surely some of them will stop to help us.”

“Did I mention the part where we cast a bunch of spells? I think I mentioned that part. Didn’t I mention that part, Moondancer?” Twilight asked.

“You did, you did,” Moondancer nodded.

“Among those spells being a cone of silence, so no pony can hear you scream, an invisibility spell, so no pony can even see the force field if they’re outside it, and a mirage spell that makes it look like we’re just a circus tent that broke down. No pony is coming to help you,” Twilight growled with a sadistic relish in her voice.

“No. No!” Lemon Heart backed away, only to hit against the force field. “That can’t be true. It can’t end like this!”

“Oh, but it can! And it will!” Twilight hissed, flicking her tongue out, causing Twinkleshine to shudder in disgust.

“We’re going to be eaten!” Twinkleshine despaired. “Eaten alive!”

“Allow me to clarify something, if that will calm you,” Moondancer said. “Yes, you are going to be eaten alive, but you’re not going to die. Instead, what will happen is that you will be put into our bellies and be turned into beautiful snake ponies like ourselves.”

“That’s supposed to make me feel better how?” Twinkleshine asked.

“Wait, we don’t have to put up with this!” Lemon Heart said. “We can fight back!” Lemon Heart aimed her horn and strained. A spark appeared on her horn’s tip, but it quickly fizzled out into a pitiful display.

“Oh yes,” Twilight said, “I should mention one of those spells was an anti-magic spell as well,”

Lemon Heart and Twinkleshine looked at each other with despairing eyes. They clung on to each other tightly. “We’re doomed!”

Twilight chuckled darkly. “Yes. Yes, you are.”

Moondancer and Twilight slithered around the two of them, circling closer and closer, their tails overlapping each like the tops of mountains, seeming to stretch on for infinity.

Twinkleshine stopped holding Lemon Heart. She broke away from her and stood defiantly. “You know what, Lemon Heart? Maybe we’re not doomed. True, we might not have our magic … we might not have any chance of calling for help. But we don’t have to stay here and take this. We can still stand and fight! What do you say? Are you with me?”

Lemon Heart cried a little, even as she smiled. She took Twinkleshine’s hand. “I’m with you.”

“Not that this isn’t very sweet and toching, but …” Twilight said.

Twilight’s tail lassoed itself around Lemon Heart’s body, and Moondancer’s did the same to Twinkleshine, wrapping itself around her waist and binding her arms, lifting her up into the air.

“We really are doomed!” Lemon Heart and Twinkleshine moaned in despair.

“Come on, AJ! Let’s go!” Rainbow Dash said, hustling towards the entrance.

“Yeah, yeah, I’m moving, I’m moving!” Applejack said, trying to hold her hat down as she ran after Rainbow Dash. “Not all of us move or fly as fast as you, Dash! Might be nice if you’d offer a ride …” she grumbled.

“Not so fast!” Fluttershy shouted, bursting through the door, causing Rainbow Dash and Applejack to screech to a stop. Her bangs fell over her face, her eyes bloodshot and she panted heavily.

“You,” Fluttershy pointed at Applejack, “owe me a meal.”

“Can I get you to take a rain check on that?” Applejack asked, already knowing the answer was no.

“Get in my belly!” Fluttershy screamed. She lunged at them, using her wings to carry her upper half off the ground and enable to move more agilely. Rainbow Dash grabbed Applejack and flew her up and away from Fluttershy, who snatched at them with her claws. Dash dodged away before Fluttershy had an idea and swung around, batting Dash and Applejack with her tail, throwing them into the wall.

“Careful, darlings!” Rarity shouted. “Repairs for this place can be quite expensive!”

“We wouldn’t have to do repairs if you would get up and help out,” Pinkie Pie said, putting her arms under Rarity’s shoulders and helping Rarity to stand on her tail.

“I’m sorry, darling, I’m still terribly confused about what’s going and what you want me to do.” Rarity’s eyes bugged out, the thought of what Pinkie wanted her to do causing her to undergo a hypnotic relapse. “Didn’t you want me to play with my breasts?”

“Well, earlier, yes, but-”

Rarity ignored Pinkie, proceeding to take off her bra and toss it away so she could be free to jiggle her boobs for Pinkie’s enjoyment. Pinkie blushed, and Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash all stared in complete confusion.

“I can explain,” Pinkie Pie said, hoping to salvage herself in the eyes of at least her lamia partner-in-crime.

“Okay,” Applejack said, “that was kinda distracting, I’ll give you that, but let’s get back to what matters.”

“Yeah,” Rainbow Dash said, “like, how do we fix you guys?”

“I don’t need fixing,” Fluttershy growled. “I need feeding.” She swatted her tail again, narrowly missing Rainbow Dash, who avoided the blow by flying into the air again, but the tail struck Applejack in the head and knocked her down.

“Applejack!” Rainbow Dash shouted.

Fluttershy lassoed her tail around Applejack’s waist, lifting her up from the ground and bringing Applejack over to her.

“Now …” Fluttershy’s eyes turned into pink and yellow spirals that matched her coat and mane. “Let’s see if we can do this right this time. Look at me, Applejack. Look at me.” She cupped Applejack’s chin and lifted Applejack’s head up.

Applejack tried to resist by closing her eyes. Fluttershy scoffed. She pinched the skin around Applejack’s eye and pulled it taut, forcing her eyelid open.

Rainbow Dash reared up her bat and swooped, trying to bean Fluttershy in the head, but Fluttershy ducked, her serpertine body allowing her to adjust herself with ease to make it so that Rainbow Dash missed her completely.

“Rarity, quit embarrassing yourself and go help Fluttershy!” Pinkie Pie shouted, pushing Rarity forward.

Rarity stumbled and fell down. “Oof! Really, darling, that was unnecessary.” She unsteadily got back up, having more trouble adjusting to her new proportions than Fluttershy did. “Now, what am I doing? Rainbow Dash? Dash, darling, could you come over here? I’d like to talk to you!”

“Yeah, right!” Rainbow Dash shouted. She looked at her bat and considered her options.

Rarity leaned down and slithered towards Rainbow Dash.

Dash looked between Rarity and Fluttershy, trying to come up with a plan. Realizing she could use her powers of flight to good advantage, she rose up and flew down, smashing her foot into Rarity’s forehead and pinning her.

“Ow!”

“Sorry, Rarity,” Dash raised up her baseball bat, “I wouldn’t do this if I had any other choice!” She brought the bat down on Rarity’s back, dealing Rarity a strong blow and knocking the wind out of her.

With Rarity taken care off, Dash flew back up and spun around, building up momentum. Once she felt a sufficient amount of energy going through her, she let go of the bat and let it fly, turning it into a missile that struck Fluttershy right in the head.

There was enough speed for it to come faster than Fluttershy could react, and enough force to knock Fluttershy completely off balance, undoing the loops she had bound Applejack with.

“Oh, what?” Applejack asked, having gone under the hypnosis long enough to leave her dazed.

“Come on!” Rainbow Dash sped towards Applejack, picking her up and flying towards the exit.

“Oh, no you don’t!” Fluttershy shot her tail out and lashed it around Applejack’s ankle, pulling her down and dragging Rainbow Dash with her.

Rainbow Dash was sweating. She was running out of ideas and not having a good one to get out of this situation. Something did occur to her, and it was a last, desperate resort that she’d hoped she’d never have to do, and certainly something she never wanted to do again.

“Hey, Fluttershy!” Dash shouted. “Why are you such a big scaredy-cat crybaby? I mean, honestly. So many things make you jump and squeal, it’s a wonder how you even function! And can’t you handle not having a meal for once in your life? I mean, what are you, a big baby?”

“Hey!” Pinkie Pie shouted. “Fluttershy is not a big baby!”

“Really, darling, that was totally unnecessary! Completely uncalled for!” Rarity glared.

“What … I’m not … Rainbow Dash, how could you say something like that?” Fluttershy cried, eyes watering and sniffling. She let go of Applejack’s tail. “I thought you were my friend.”

“I am,” Rainbow Dash said, “I’m sorry, Fluttershy. Had to be done!” She quickly flew out of the boutique with Applejack as fast as possible, tackling the door open and shooting for the skies the minute she was out from under the boutique’s roof.

Fluttershy continued sniffling for awhile before she understood and realized what just happened. Anger replacing her hurt feelings at Dash’s bullying, she slithered to the door.

“RAINBOW DAAAASH! GET BACK HERE WITH MY MEAL!”