All characters in this story are depicted as adults.

Commission for Caroo.

When Scootaloo awoke, she found herself bound, stripped, and at the mercy of Lightning Dust.

Lightning Dust offers Scootaloo freedom in exchange for loyalty to her instead of Rainbow Dash.

After a much-expected refusal, Lightning Dust figures the best way to convince Scootaloo is through some good old-fashioned tickle torture.

Poor Scootaloo is already super ticklish, but Lightning Dust promises that all she'll use is feathers. Though what she left out is that she'd be using phoenix feathers, and the mystical rejuvenating properties they contain with each stroke.

Story contains: Tickle torture, edging, increasing sensitivity, a cruel irony of using feathers on the flightless