Rainbow Dash woke up with a tired groan, the bright sun shining through the window and hitting her straight in the face. Still groggy, she looked around to check her surroundings.

She was still in Twilight’s castle, lying on the floor with Gallus’s paws on her chest. Dildos and blindfolds and lube bottles were scattered about, as well as so many stains she was happy she didn’t need to clean up. A majority of the other winners were gone, but there were still a few who had yet to wake up, like Ember and Sunset.

She took another quick look around, making sure no one else was watching, before getting a quick facefull of Gallus’s paws once more before quietly sneaking out to not wake the others.

As she walked through the halls and straightened out her mane, she saw Fluttershy and Pinkie walking toward her, the latter carried a massive sack on her back, but still bouncing across the floor like it was nothing.

“Oh, hi Rainbow! So, did you enjoy yourself last night?” Fluttershy said with a wink.

“You bet I did!” Rainbow grinned as she stretched out her wings. “That was fucking awesome!”

“Well, we’re all super happy you made it to the end!” Pinkie nodded. “Speaking of, here ya go, Dashie!” She bumped the bag off her flank and in front of Rainbow.

“Uh...thanks?” Rainbow took a curious peek inside, finding a massive amount of bits. “Woah...What’s this for?”

“Oh, it’s just something from us! Think of it as a congratulatory reward!” Fluttershy explained. “For, um...winning!”

Rainbow took another look, doing a quick count of all the bits in the bag. As she turned her head back up to ask why she’s getting paid money among various other questions, but Pinkie and Fluttershy were already walking away.

“So, now that that’s done...what are we going to do for our bet next year?”

“I dunno, Cadence and Sunburst haven’t won in a while…Maybe one of them?”

“Ooh, maybe we should bet on which one of us can get Shining Armor out!”

Dash was still half-asleep, but she was still cognizant enough to put two and two together. “...Wait a minute! Was there a betting ring on whether I’d lose!? Did you guys not think I’d make it? HEY! COME BACK!”

Author's Note

Just one little thing to wrap up.

I sincerely want to thank every single one of you for sticking through this and leaving comments and favorites and all that.

This was a huge fucking risk I was taking and I was honestly flying blind because I've never done anything with this massive of a scope before.

I have no idea if I'm going to be doing this next year, but I will say that I genuinely had fun writing all of this, even with this massive amount of burnout and fatigue I'm currently feeling.