As the trio of ponies entered through the door, they soon found themselves in a dark dungeon of sorts. Pools of dirty water were scattered across the floor, while a pungent smell forced them to sneeze.

“Well, it seems like we might end up getting ourselves in trouble.” Midnight stated nearby. The two turned around to see him pointing towards an empty prison cell, its door wide open. Before she could give a reply, Moonlight suddenly froze as her sharp ears began to pick up the sound of something wet moving across the floor.

“It’s nearby. Everypony, be quiet.” Moonlight ordered, the trio becoming as silent as possible. All of them could hear the slithering sound which only got closer and closer. Forming a circle the three got their weapons out, ready to attack, when all of the sudden the noise suddenly stopped. For a full five minutes the group stayed silent, immobile, waiting for something to pounce on them. A small shadow skittered through the background, and Shining Armor instinctively brought his blade down.

The small mouse that had been blocked by a sword just inches in front of its face looked up and began to rebuke the white stallion, who stared at it sheepishly.

“Oh. Sorry.” Shining apologized, and after being ‘yelled’ at by the mouse for a few more seconds, it scurried itself away. “Welp, seems we know who made the sound eh?” The white stallion said, before yelping in fear as a black snake-like mass suddenly grappled itself around his torso and pulled him away.

“Shining!” Moonlight yelled, quickly pulling up a small glowing orb from her mane and throwing it into the air, illuminating the whole place now that they had no excuse to hide. She gasped as she saw a large tentacle creature in front of them, several of its arms wrapped around their Captain like a snake. “Don’t worry Shining! We’re going to save you!” Moonlight yelled as she began to rush towards the white stallion, her darts primed and ready to attack. “Midnight! Cover me!” The purple thestral yelled as she ducked under a massive tentacle. The blue stallion nodded and began to attack some of the more isolated parts, cutting them in half and causing the monster to divert its attention towards him. Midnight took himself to the air as it began to shoot its arms towards him, the skilled fighter weaving around the tentacles and cutting any that dared go near him.

“Guess this is the dungeon boss or something!” Midnight exclaimed as he continued to whack at the abomination, only to grunt as a tentacle grabbed his sword. The two began to fight over it while Moonlight ducked under the few tentacles that were being aimed at her. Grabbing all of her darts, she began to pierce the largest tentacle she could find with her knock-out weapons.

“It’s over now!” Moonlight yelled as she began to poke the main tentacle with her darts, the arm spasming for a few moments before becoming limp on the ground as it went to sleep. The rest of its body soon followed suit, but some began to become more aggressive as they fought against the drug.

"Uh oh." Midnight said out loud as the tentacles that did survive began to thrash around, aimed at both of them. The two airborne ponies began to weave around its attacks, trying to knock it down for a final time. Suddenly one of its larger appendages went up and smacked Moonlight with all of its weight.

"ACK!" Moonlight cried out as she smashed onto the floor, her body paralyzed with pain. The thestral tried to get up but before she could the remaining tentacles grabbed her by her hooves and pinned her in place.

"Moonlight!" Midnight yelled before dodging one of the monster's many arms, finding it difficult now that all of its attention was on him. Using his weapon and whacking at it as much as he could, the blue pegasus suddenly found himself trapped between two large tentacle walls that were on both of his sides.

"Moonlight! How long will it take for the darts to take full effect!" Shining yelled, struggling against his captor. The purple thestral looked at him tiredly, phased by the monster's strong attack.

"They should be pumping toxins in still, but it seems that it won't be able to do so in time." Moonlight said, panting and becoming worried at Midnight’s situation as the walls began to close around him.

"Hey. At least this isn't that type of tentacle." Shining said with a weak smile, trying to lighten the situation until he looked down and saw something he wished he didn't see. "Welp. We're screwed." The white stallion said, causing Moonlight to let out a weak laugh.

As the pair weakly laughed, Midnight continued to find himself getting trapped more and more as the wall of tentacles continued to surround him. Just when he nearly ran out of room, an idea passed through his head.

"Wait!" The blue pegasus yelled, and to everyone's surprise, the wall of tentacles stopped, barely a few inches in front of his face. Their surprise turned into confusion as Midnight stood on his hind legs, his front hooves in the air as he tried to balance himself. "I use my Act option and choose The Wave!" The blue pegasus stated, and for no apparent reason, he began to dance, his hooves moving in a wave-like formation. Moonlight and Shining simply stared at their friend in confusion, before the two yelped as they felt the tentacle chain around them easing up, causing both to quickly fall onto the ground. The wall of tentacles that had trapped Midnight began to part as the blue stallion continued his weird ritualistic motion, and things only got weirder as the tentacle monster began to dance, flailing its arms around.

"Somehow, even though I'm confused, I feel that we’re safe and that the tentacle thing has been pacified." Moonlight stated as she simply stared at Midnight who continued his weird dance for a few minutes before ultimately finishing it.

"Alright. One: What. Two: The Buck?!" Shining yelled in confusion as Midnight got back on all fours. The blue pegasus simply grinned at them.

"I just remembered Moldsmal! It's a monster from a game that Button played when I visited Ponyville. To win, you needed to do a wiggle dance to make it happy. I guess I was lucky that it applied to this nice creature." Midnight stated, and they could almost feel happiness coming from the tentacles from the compliment.

"Well, even though I'm still confused, I'm still happy that you prevented things from becoming a… slimy and wet end for a lack of a better term," Shining said, shivering and scratching his mane before looking around. "Hey! Seems that's our exit." The white stallion said as they noticed a door with light pouring from its edges. "Let's go now," Shining said as he quickly walked over to the door before slipping through.

Midnight and Moonlight decided to take their time, the purple thestral leaning on the blue stallion who simply hummed a random song.

"Thanks for helping me there." Moonlight said as she brushed her head against him in a friendly manner. She hoped that after the month was over, she could get closer to the young colt. Midnight gave her an innocent smile.

"No problem." Midnight said, smiling at her. "I'm happy that we are safe, and that I was able to use the skills I learned. I guess it was kind of funny seeing me do that little dance eh?" The blue stallion asked, causing Moonlight to giggle while the pair were now in front of the door.

"Yes it was. Maybe one day in the future I can show you my type of dance~" Moonlight said giggling at her inside joke before opening the door, allowing the two to slip through and enter into a grassy field, where they knew they finished the challenge.

Already they saw Shining Armor waiting for them on a chair, with three identical ones next to him. The two were about to sit down when they felt the air shimmer around them. Soon a cyan pegasus fell from a vortex, slamming into the chair on the far right and causing her to wake up in pain.

"Ow!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she began to rub her head in pain. Before anyone could comment, they heard somebody clap behind them, and soon a familiar draconequus came into view.

"Nicely done everyone! Even though you took days to finish, you completed the challenge!" Discord said as he looked at the three main protagonists. He gave Midnight a quick dirty look before returning to his smile. "However there are still many more you need to complete, and to that, I think I'll be asking 'them' to submit some more challenge ideas right?" The Lord of Chaos said, glancing at the fourth wall.

"You liked the 24/7 Chess game then?" Midnight asked innocently, causing the chaotic creature to deadpan.

"No."

Author's Note

Another chapter for ya! Hope you guys all like it!

Also, I'm working on some projects that will be released in the future, but nevertheless, I will try and continue to update this story until I finish it.

Also, time to submit more challenges for the trio to do. Can't wait to see what you guys can come up with.