"To enter a ticket is gold, in here history was made, in here parties have been held where 6 once make a mess, and after some purple, things got became greater yet again."

With a new clue given and more determined than ever. The princesses made their way to the ballroom in the castle where they start to hear techno music. Twilight raised an eyebrow and was about to open the door when Luna grab her wrist.

"Are we completely clear on what is gonna happen?"

Twilight rolls her eyes as Luna let her go "We are only gonna talk and keep him safe, we are gonna work together and keep an eye on each other to make sure neither of us slips" She repeated.

"Twilight I know this seems hard but it is for our own good this is the third day, you know how things heat up from this point onwards" Celestia reasoned with pity making her smile.

"I understand princess I just wish we could trust each other a bit more, and you stop being jealous, I mean I kind of get it but still" She shrugs.

"Thanks for understanding, this time of the year is Tartarus and a half on its own but the idea of not being able to trust us breaks my heart even more" with a smile Celestia was about to open before looking at them once more "also are we clear on the...?"

"Yes you can get the kiss if it offers," Both princesses tell her and she smiles "Thanks, and do not worry Twilight, Mark has been extremely cautious with this game of his, I'm sure we would not need to worry about any...thing?"

With that out of the way, the mares enter, and once that happens they were greeted by an unusual picture. So far Mark has been elusive and made sure to always stay out of view, but this time the human once more change the rules of the game. This time, instead of hiding, the human was out in the open serving as the DJ of the party, at the very end of the room wearing a set of headphones, shades a semi-open-up shirt showing some of his skin and some gold in the form of necklaces, rings, and even wrist bands. All while blocking the stairs to the second floor which he converted into the V.I.P room, complete with a door and walls to grant privacy while the party continue, with music at full blast.

Not only that, the human seem to be everywhere now as copies of him were spread across the room dancing with all the mares who seem to act normal and not wanted to mount him, for some reason, making the place look more like a night club, complete by the windows covered with blinds, laser and fog machines, a dance floor that nobody was using and for some reason, personal cages suspended in the air.

Mark this is the opposite of being cautious! Celestia complains internally as the mares enter the room and immediately the doors close behind them startling the group and getting the attention of the DJ.

"Ah, PRINCESSES! So glad for you to join us!" Mark called for them to throw the DJ boot. "I know what you are gonna say and you are right, this is WAY different than the usual games we play" He smirk before, making the light from some near lasers bounce off and blind them briefly before he continue "But considering how much the heat is starting to mess with your heads, making it harder to reason, I though on a way to shake your minds back on track a bit by adding a physical challenge into the mix, with me as a tantalizing bait! Consider it, my way of giving you all lovely ladies a particularly easy fun game for us to play!"

They all cheer in agreement and a pegasus raise her wings and flies at him for a lustful induced tackle. The princesses watching raised their wings and were about to spring into action when Mark scratched one of his records and, two giant stereos next to him aim at the mare before shooting a strong sound wave that leave her floating in mid-air until she moan loudly and fall into the arms of his copies as she keeps twitching with her pants now wet, lifting her up a cage descended and open from the bottom before capturing the pegasus and raise her into the air with the other prisoners.

"Ah, ha ladies, remember this IS still a game of hunt and hunter, so no cheating and no forgetting that I'm also hunting" Mark laugh as they all watch him, from his perspective he couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt from putting all those mares under an illusion spell. Thanks to the show of lights and the fog machine, no one pay any attention to the third eye in the mayor's forehead blinking occasionally putting those that lose his game on a mental illusion as he issues the order of "have fun on a night club" as well as creating the copies of himself that in reality were just mannequins with limited movement and a dildo attack to whom the mares could dance, convince them to be him.

In reality, the losers were serving as a practice to his mind hex, as he used a special sound frequency and small pink vibrators to keep them calm and happy after they were put in jail.

Just as I thought, the more mares I use this eye, the harder it gets to keep the illusion going Cleaning some sweat from his forehead the human smile and continue pointing at the still confused mares at the entrance.

"Speaking of which, what would you like to do your highnesses? Dare to take my game and join me in the V.I.P room with the risk of being sent to...the cage?" He points up and they understand the objective of the cages as those that lose or don't follow the rules are then trapped, in a small cage with a dance pole inside. A couple of mares decided to start a strip tease while dancing there. "Or just let this day slide and simply enjoy the party!" He calls and another round of cheers is heard.

"The choice is yours, just know this is a team effort so you better work together." He instruct pointing at the edge of the dance floor where the mares saw 3 sets of wireless headphones on top of pillars. "If you still want to proceed then put on those headphones and we can start the game! Or just show us what you got! Come on your highness! I have been dying to see your moves" Mark tease them before resuming working on the music.

For their part, the princesses look at one another before smiling and nodding in determination before heading to the pillars and putting on the headphones. Immediately the music stop and every look at them. Mark copies reverting back to dummies much to the surprise of various mares.

"Well isn't this touching, a genuine show of trust and comradery! Impressing considering the day and how thirsty many mares here have gotten, what about a round of applause for the princesses everyone? Even in heat they still are pillars of morality and self-control!" He claps and others mares soon join in cheering for them briefly before Mark continues.

"And now we would put that trust and the famous alicorn stamina to a test!" Pressing a bottom he lowers a cage in front of them, lowers the pillars, and raises a panel with 3 card slots on it "Like I say this will be a team effort, so choose who will go into the cage, who will mingle and who will face off in the dance floor, once decided we will begin!"

They look at one another before Luna smirks "You should go to the dance floor Tia"

"Why me?"

"Something tells me the cage will be lifted so chances are I'm going to be the lookout which I better than you two, from my years of surveillance at night. On the same token Twilight is the best at approaching ponies of the 3, so she should be the one mingling" Luna reasons.

"Plus those card key slots make me think that one of us will have to collect special cards for this trial" Twilight reason "And to be honest I too have been wondering how good of a dancer you are princess" She confesses with a blush making Celestia chuckle

"If you are so curious then fine, I will take that post, just try focusing on the task" Celestia nodded and proceed to the center of the dance floor to stare at Mark. Her expression turned to worry when he grab his head in pain for a moment.

Luna didn't seem to notice as she enter the cage and Twilight went to stand behind the panel "Awesome! We have our contestants! Let's get this party started!" Pressing another bottom everything went black before techno music blasted through and the room was filled to the brim with shadow figures dancing everywhere as the party was in full swing. Luna's cage close and lift her up and their headphones come to life so Mark could explain the rules.

"This is how it works each of you needs to work together to keep the dance floor on. Luna, I'm gonna show you a sequence of arrows in a screen in front of me" As un cue, a screen is lowered and hidden Mark before being turned on and shows 4 black arrows.

Not only that but a cage is lower and traps Celestia on the dance floor with a small sliding door in the center of each corner. "By following the bit you keep the dance floor alive, so Celestia can have a dance battle with my dummy copies that Twilight needs to go find, dance, and lead inside. You would recognize them by having a specific colored beanie, I will instruct in each round.
Celestia, you must win 3 dance battles in order to collect the V.I.P passes they have and pass them to Twilight so she can place them on the panel. Do that and you win"

"So this truly will be an endurance and teamwork test then. Fine by me" Luna smile in determination and brace herself "Challenge accepted"

"Don't forget trust" Mark reminds them "Yes for this game, instead of my typical traps you'll need to be on the lookout for your teammates since at any moment I would suggest a way for them to win by themselves and let the other two fall to horny jail"

"What?! "Their eyes wide and they look at one another with worried.

"I know this seems cruel but this heat mess with your heads and makes you act and think differently than you normally do. So consider this a building exercise, I need to either make sure that Twilight's arrival didn't make things tense among you or deal with whoever is losing their minds the most, please prove to me that you are still in control and haven't reverted to some lustful beasts."

They still look unsure but ultimately nod understanding where he was coming from.

"Also, one final piece of advice, try to pace yourself as for each challenge the music will go faster and one wrong move will spring my trap. With that out of the way, let this party start!"

(First Record)

And with the screen came to light and arrows start to fall as Luna try to match them to the bit of the music. Her movements make the dance floor, come to life as well and Celestia calmly takes off her high heels and waits for Twilight to find her first opponent.

Ok time to test their trust "Ok Twilight you are looking for green beanie me, among the crowd. But be on the lookout for the gold beanie. You grab the gold card and straight to the V.I.P room" He instructs her making the poor mare pause and stop dancing as she looked around the crowd looking for dummies with green beanies but on the far corner she swore to have seen the golden one.

Oh, this could be my chance. It's not that I don't trust the princesses but for how they are...they can't know about the blind spot The poor princess is turned unsure of what to do as she dances her way to her target, racking her head over and over again she steels her nerves and make up her mind as she brings Celestia first opponent. The princess smiled and stretch as she look at Mark waiting to start the dance off.

"Have to say young Mark, I don't recall engaging in this kind of battle before, so please go easy on me"

"Don't worry Celly I will take this nice and slow" The dummy smiled and start to dance to the beat of the music as the crowd gathered with slow easy to follow movements making the princess smirk

"Thanks"

To the surprise of everyone she breaks it down at a fast pace and elaborate moves that dance around his opponent leaving him speechless as she grabs the card and closes his jaw "Ah a bit rusty but I still have it, thanks for going easy on me" She smirks and collect the green card for Twilight to put on the panel.

Mark is right, this is no time for us to after our throats we need to trust each other more than ever.

Satisfy by her convictions Mark goes to test the next princesses as he changes the song.

"Ah so somebody came to play then? Fine, let's set the floor on fire!" He proclaims as the next song starts.

(Second Track)

With everyone moving even faster both Luna and Twilight find it harder to find their targets and start to work a sweat

"Kind of unfair, don't you think?" Mark spoke to Luna "You and Twilight put on their best moves and Celly only has to dance two more times"

"Don't even bother young Mark, our trust is iron tight, you would not be able to break it"

"I'm just saying, of the 3 you seem to deserve a turn the most, and you can always say it was an accident? Just press the red arrows, and take control of the dummies"

That caught her attention as she see some arrows being red "Dance to another beat and the cage goes right into the room. Don't you want to share a meal with me, Luna? Just the two of us?"

Gulping Luna doesn't say a thing and tries to concentrate even harder as Celestia seems to be struggling with her next opponent instead of one she seems to have to fight against 3 dancers. "It will be almost a favor, she fails and you 3 pay the price, you should totally get the reward"

"...Nice try, but as I say!..." She dances even faster and is specially methodic in avoiding the red arrows until they disappear once Twilight collects and places a red card, at this point, the 3 were panting "...heat or not, we will not betray each other!"

The audience cheer at their commitment and Mark nods and smile That is the Luna I know and love

"Tears, actual tears of joy, I have never seen such trust and dance moves like this before ladies you choose wrong, you definitely were born to dance!" Mark tells before laughing slowly

"But it seems you are slowly working, a sweat and this final song. Oh this one will truly test your stamina ladies" Mark goes and place the final record to start playing

(Final Record)

Once more everything seems to move even faster and the play with lights and lasers makes it harder for Twilight to find the final opponent for Celestia but when she did, the princesses were impressed when they seem to be the most talented of the much, complicated moves, jumps, spins and choreographic movements leaving Celestia stunt.

"Sounds a bit unfair don't you think Celly? Five against one, but I will tell you what, see the one with a silver card? He is the easiest to grab, take it and you can..."

"Thank you, Mark" She remove the headphones "But that would not be necessary, besides I'm done warming up. I will say this thought. You are right, five against one is not fair...for them" Smirking Celestia rip part of her skirt making it into a mini skirt, and used the fabric to comb her mane into a ponytail before getting into position "Let me show you how its done, boys!"

Dear god was that hot Mark can't help but gulp at the display and even more at how once more Princess Celestia keep owning the floor by creating copies with magic and making more and more complex moves as she defeat each opponent as the audience keep chanting her name over and over again until the song finally ends with the princess dispelling the clones and spinning in place just to lay in the ground with a relax stand and the final purple card on her lips. "Don't mess with the queen" She winks as confetti is shot announcing her victory and releasing her from the cage that slid back underground.

Everyone cheers at them as Luna is lower and panting the 3 princesses stood in front of the screen as it raises up and reveals DJ's boot split in half to make space for the stairs that lead to the V.I.P, where Mark already went ahead.

Entering the room, the 3 were met by a glamourous spacious room with a pole and a stage at the end of the room, two large sofas opposite to one another leaning against the walls, a fully equipped mini-bar with a transparent window in the left of both sofas, four glasses place on a small wooden table in the middle of the room and sitting in the middle of one of the sofas none other than Mark who was patting slightly but still smiles and been a nice host raise his glass at them.

"Your majesties! Glad for you to join me" He then brings his glass closer to his lips "Going 3 for 3 now. You are on a roll, I better think of something or the rest of the castle will begin to get jealous" He joke while lowering his shade glasses at them. "Please come in, and close the door behind you"

With Twilight being the last one to enter she close the door and immediately the room became quieter with nice slow music playing on a record player as the mares make their way to the sofa.

"I rather you don't" Celestia respond with a stern gaze "In fact, I will appreciate it if you don't ever expose yourself like you did today, you take some huge risk by turning into the bait, and I will not forgive you if you repeat it"

"Nor I" Luna seat next to Celestia opposite Mark.

"Make it 3" Twilight joins in and all of them cross their arms with stern glares at him.

"Come on ladies, like I say I needed to think differently now that things will get more intense, that is why I also had to test how much trust..."

"MARK!" They interrupt him making him flinch.

"Ok, ok, I get it, no more turning myself into live bait" He finally give in and raise his cup once more "Promise, now why don't we cheer for your victory, and catch on? Something tells me there is plenty for us to discuss" He takes a glance at Twilight who shy away a little at his and the princess's side glances at her.

"Agree, there is plenty for us to discuss" Celestia agree and raise her cup as well.

Hours later, once again the human managed to put not only the princesses but also the rest of the mares to sleep. Mark slowly makes his way throw the dark empty hallway before stumbling forward and having to grab a nearby pillar, to prevent himself from falling. Raising his head he stares at his reflection on a window and sees the eye morphing into the decagram before it banishes.

Thank god it's over! He sigh in both relief and exhaustion I would never be able to pull off the third-eye look.

Recovering some of his strength he stops hugging the pillar and opens a hidden passage where he hides before anyone could spot him.

I'm sorry princesses, I really feel like garbage from keeping you in that mental trance for so long. But I needed to master this infernal hex.

He recalls how he trick the princesses into sitting on the floor soon after climbing the stairs and kept them believing the lie before using a special song to put everyone in the room to sleep.

Better this way than having it keep giving me migraines and force me to listen to other thoughts without control

Resting on the floor the human couldn't move anymore as he clean the sweat off his soaked forehead

Just four more to go, and with what Twilight told me. I can send a message outside, looks like the next game will take place in the abandoned catacombs.

Unable to resist any longer the human lowers his head and falls asleep in the middle of the secret hallway.

Author's Note

Open to other ideas for nightclub music if anyone think of a better beat, for background and dance battle