Chapters After a short walk, Sweetie Belle found herself at the Golden Oak Library, where Twilight Sparkle lived. She entered the library and accidentally bumped into Spike, the baby dragon who lives with Twilight.
“Ooof! Oh, hi, Sweetie Belle! What bring you here?” Spike greeted, politely.
“Hello, Spike,” Sweetie Belle replied. “I’m sorry for bumping into you. I was looking for Twilight. I’d like to spend some time with her. Do you know where she is?”
“She’s upstairs,” Spike answered with a chuckle. “Reading a book, I suspect. I’m on my way to Canterlot, right now. Princess Celestia has some work for me. Catch you later!”
Sweetie Belle giggled, thanked him, and went upstairs to find Twilight exactly how Spike said she’d be: on her bed, reading a book.
“Hi, Twilight,” she called out, catching the mare’s attention.
“Oh! Hi, Sweetie Belle. I didn’t hear you come in. Spike’s already on his way, I presume?” Twilight asked. Sweetie Belle nodded in affirmation, then she noticed Twilight didn’t seem as cheerful as she usually is.
“Are you okay, Twilight? You seem sad for some reason,” she asked with concern for her friend.
The older unicorn gave her a sad smile. “I’ve just had a really busy week. And… for some reason, reading isn’t helping like it usually does. And, with most of my friends being out of town, including Spike, I’m at a loss for what to do,” she sighed, hanging her head slightly as she did so.
“Is that so”? Sweetie asked. “I’m in a similar pickle. Apple Bloom and Scootaloo are out of town, too. That’s why I came to see you.” Then she gasped and her eyes widened as her lips spread into a wide grin. She had an idea!
“Hey, Twilight! I just had an idea that might be able to help you.” Sweetie Belle stated. Twilight’s ears perked up at this, and she turned to give the filly her full attention.
“Well… first, let me ask you,” Sweetie said.
“Ask me what?” Twilight said, curious as to what the filly had in mind.
“Are you ticklish anywhere?” Sweetie asked, a smug grin spread across her face. The question made Twilight’s breath hitch momentarily. Deciding to answer with the truth, she gulped and chuckled nervously, an embarrassed blush appearing on her cheeks.
“Y-yes, Sweetie Belle. I… I am. Umm… w-why do you ask?” She spoke honestly. Sweetie Belle smiled.
“Well, sometimes when one of us Crusaders is feeling down, a good tickle session usually cheers us all up. Rarity even tickles me, sometimes, when I’m feeling sad. It always makes me feel better. I think it’ll help you relax and brighten your mood. What do you say?” Sweetie explained.
Twilight took a moment to consider the filly’s suggestion. Sweetie Belle had a point. She’d seen her friend, Pinkie Pie, tickle ponies before, and had even received some tickling from the party pony. She’d even been tickled during her fillyhood. Her parents, Princess Cadance, and brother all took advantage of the fact that she was ticklish. Even Princess Celestia herself had had some fun with it. And every experience had been a pleasant one that left everypony happy in the end, Twilight especially. Although, nowadays, she was embarrassed to admit it around anypony other than her brother, Shining Armor. But she wasn’t exactly sure why. Twilight looked down at Sweetie’s pleading expression. She smiled.
“Well… I suppose that could be fun. What have I got to lose? Let’s do it!” She answered
“Yay!” Sweetie Belle cheered. “I promise. You’ll love every minute of it.”
After going to the basement to retrieve some rope, the two ponies went back to Twilight’s bedroom, where they’d have the session. Sweetie instructed Twilight to lie down, and she did so. Twilight made herself comfortable while Sweetie tied the ropes to the bedposts. She then tied up each of Twilight’s legs, stretching her body into an X-shape, and making sure she was comfortable. After making sure that Twilight had as little wiggle room as possible, Sweetie put a magic inhibitor ring around the mare’s horn to prevent her from using magic to escape.
“Are you comfortable, Twilight?” Sweetie asked, after she finished. Twilight pulled at the ropes a bit, and realized that Sweetie Belle had been well-trained in rope-tying. By Apple Bloom, she suspected. There would be no chance to escape until Sweetie Belle decided to release her.
“Yes, Sweetie Belle. I’m fine,” she answered. Sweetie noticed that Twilight was still trembling and squirming slightly, so she asked again to be sure. Twilight nodded, blushing softly.
“I’m just a bit excited is all. It’s been a while since I’ve experienced this,” she explained, chuckling. She knew that she was about to be laughing herself completely silly.
“Ohhh, I see,” Sweetie said. “Where’s your tickle spot?”
This question made Twilight’s breath hitch momentarily. She gulped nervously, still blushing.
“The bottoms of my hooves,” she answered, giggling.
“Oh! Me too,” Sweetie Belle responded, giggling herself.
After looking around the room for a minute to find the right tools to use, she settled on two of Twilight’s quill pens. After making sure the feathers were in good condition, she brought them back over to Twilight, who immediately started squirming again just by looking at them, and remembering just how ticklish her hooves are.
“And I recently had a them done, too. This is going to tickle so much!” She thought to herself.
“Twilight,” Sweetie Belle said, snapping Twilight from her thoughts. “Are you ready?”
“O-okay, Sweetie Belle,” she replied. “You can start whenever you’re ready.”
Sweetie nodded and hovered the feathers over to Twilight’s hooves, just barely avoiding contact. Twilight jumped a little, but she was quickly able to regain her composure. She was curious about why Sweetie Belle had paused.
“One more thing, Twilight…” Sweetie Belle said.
“Huh?” Twilight asked, raising an eyebrow in confusion. Sweetie Belle smiled, honestly.
“Don’t hold in your laughter, okay?” She requested. Twilight blushes again, but nevertheless, she smiled and nodded. She then laid her head back down on the pillow, and awaited her fate.
“Okay, Twilight. If it gets to be too much, just say ‘bookworm’ and I’ll stop. And, please, only say it when you truly can’t take it anymore. Okay?” Sweetie said.
“Okay,” Twilight said.
Then she took one last deep breath as she prepared to laugh herself silly. She then nodded at Sweetie Belle, telling the filly the she could begin. Sweetie concentrated her magic and gently touched the feather tips to Twilight’s hooves, stroking them up and down, but in opposite directions.
“Ohohohohohoh nohohohohoho!” Twilight started to laugh, her body twitching uncontrollably. Sweetie Belle started giggling at the mare’s reactions.
“Golly, Twilight! I know you said your hooves were your tickle spot, but I wasn’t expecting you to have it this bad,” Sweetie chuckled. Her words made Twilight smile and blush.
“Ihihihihiht tihihihickles!” she said through her laughter.
“Well, duh! It’s supposed to,” Sweetie Belle giggled.
As Twilight continued to laugh hysterically, the parts of her mind that weren’t enveloped in ticklish bliss thought back to other times that she’d been tickled.
One such occasion was when she played with Shining Armor. He’d sometimes tickle her when she got stressed over her studies. It helped her clear her head, and made both of them very happy. Another occasion was when she would be foal-sat by Cadance. They played many games that ended up with Twilight (sometimes both of them) getting tickled. Twilight’s laughter was music to Cadance’s ears. She even let Twilight have a little “retaliation” afterwards. They both loved tickling each other.
“GAHAHAHAHAHHAH!” Twilight shouted.
A feather had brushed a rather tender spot on her right hoof, and it snapped her thoughts back to reality.
“Cootchie cootchie coo!” Sweetie Belle sang, giggling at Twilight’s reactions. “This is fun, Twilight! I know you said your hooves were ticklish, but I definitely wasn’t expecting you to have it this bad.”
This comment caused Twilight to blush again, embarrassed by the playful teasing. Sweetie Belle giggled in response.
“Dohohohohon’t tehehehehehease me! Hahahahahahahaha!” Twilight yelled through her laughter.
“And can I just say that I find your laughter adorable?” Sweetie Belle asked rhetorically, causing Twilight’s blush to deepen.
The tickling became so intense that Twilight started jerking around unintentionally, attempting fruitlessly to get away from the evil feathers and their continuous tickling. Her reactions were making Sweetie Belle laugh almost just as hard as she was.
“You’re sohohohoho fuhuhuhuhnny, Twi!” Sweetie Belle said as she laughed.
“I CAHAHAHAHAHAN’T HEHEHELHLHLHLP IHHIHIHIHIHIT! IHIHIHIHIHIHT TIHIHIHIHIHIHICKLES! AHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Twilight shrieked, continuing to laugh hysterically.
Sweetie was rolling on the floor, laughing almost just as hard as Twilight was. She found Twilight’s reactions absolutely hilarious, and she had no explanation why. After a while she looked at the clock on Twilight’s nightstand. She glanced back at the writhing mare, and then back at the clock. It read 5PM. She realized that she’d been tickling Twilight nonstop for, at least, three hours. Sweetie Belle then looked back at Twilight, and noticed how read her cheeks were. Twilight then gave her a pleading look. Sweetie Belle took it as a sign, along with the tears flooding down her cheeks, that Twilight had had enough. She nodded and decided to do a “grand finale”. Sweetie Belle sat herself next to Twilight’s shaking tummy, and blew the biggest raspberry that she could.
“GYAHHAHAHHAHAHAH! BOOKWORM, BOOKWORM, BOOKWORM!” Twilight finally screamed.
Upon hearing the safe word, Sweetie Belle immediately ceased all of the tickling.she removed the feathers from Twilight’s hooves and placed them on Twilight’s nightstand. After which, she looked back at Twilight, who was trying to catch her breath while still intoxicated with her own laughter.
“Are you okay, Twi? Did I go too far?” Sweetie Belle asked, a little concerned for her friend. Twilight shook her head, much to Sweetie’s relief.
“No, Sweetie Belle, I’m fine. You did just great,” Twilight reassured her. Twilight’s voice was a bit strained from how hard she’d been laughing. Her hooves were also still tingling from the tickling, which was still making her giggle.
“That was so much fun! I haven’t laughed that hard in a very long time. You got me really good,” she said, making Sweetie giggle.
“I’m glad you had fun, Twilight,” Sweetie said as she untied her friend. “Are you finished for now, or may I continue?”
“I think I’m done for today,” Twilight replied. “But… maybe we can have another session on a later date. Sometime in the near future, I promise.”
“Works for me,” Sweetie giggled. “And I’ll let you tickle me next time if you wish. I love the feeling!”
The two ponies smiled and gave each a hug. Then Twilight offered to walk Sweetie Belle home, as she also wanted to see Rarity again. They then made the short walk to the Carousel Boutique.
“Has Rarity been working all day?” Twilight asked.
“As far as I know,” Sweetie laughed.
Twilight put a hoof to her lips, telling Sweetie to be quiet. They then approached a window to peek inside. Sure enough, as Twilight had suspected, Rarity looked like she’d work herself very hard and was exhausted because of it.
“I bet she could use some cheering up,” Twilight whispered.
“Any ideas how we do it?” Sweetie asked, looking at Twilight. The mare responded by giving her a sly smile and a wink. Sweetie Belle gasped quietly, and then started to giggle, putting two and two together. Twilight kneeled down to allow Sweetie to climb on to her back, and then she used her magic to quietly teleport them in the boutique, just behind Rarity.
[h/r]
“Ohhh! Today was a difficult one to say the least,” Rarity groaned as she plopped herself on her fainting coach. “I do hope Sweetie Belle has had a better day than I’ve had… speaking of which, shouldn’t she be home by now? Dinner’s almost ready.”
Rarity didn’t notice Sweetie Belle and Twilight sneaking up behind her.
“TICKLE TIME!” they shouted as they pounced Rarity. Rarity’s frighted shriek soon to into one of ticklish bliss. Twilight ruthlessly tickled her tummy, while Sweetie Belle used her mane brushes to attack Rarity’s hooves.
“NOHOHOHOHOHHO! NOHOHOHOHOT THAHAHAHAHAHAT!” Rarity screamed through her laughter.
Twilight and Sweetie Belle just laughed it off. They decided to cease after giving Rarity twenty minutes of intense tickling. Rarity, even after catching her breath, was still giggling .
“Was that really necessary?” She asked, trying to look and sound annoyed. But the smile and blush on her cheeks betrayed that.
“You clearly enjoyed that, so knock it off!” Twilight teased, as she poked Rarity’s tummy again, causing her to giggle.
“You’re right, Twilight. I did enjoy that,” Rarity admitted with an embarrassed giggle. “I didn’t realize I needed that after a stressful work day. But, nevertheless, I’m happy it happened. It was fun!”
She then looked at her clock and gave Sweetie Belle a smile.
“Right on time, Sweetie Belle,” Rarity praised. “Dinner should be ready soon. Say… Twilight? Would you like to join us? You’re already here, so it wouldn’t be a bother.”
“Please, Twilight? Please?” Sweetie Belle pleaded. “Rarity’s making hayburgers, tonight!”
Twilight’s eyes widened as her stomach answered for her. This made all three of them laugh.
“I suppose that answers that question,” Rarity chuckled.
After enjoying a very satisfying meal, Twilight asked to speak with Rarity privately. Once she was certain Sweetie was out of earshot, Twilight explained her idea to Rarity.
“Do you think she deserves a taste of her own medicine?” She asked with a sly grin and a wink.
“You bet, Darling,” Rarity chuckled. “What do you say we make a sleepover out of it, and we’ll get her before bedtime, yes?
With the plan in motion, Rarity sent Twilight upstairs to “make herself comfortable,” while she informed Sweetie Belle about the sleepover (intentionally leaving out the part about her sister’s upcoming tickle attack). This news made Sweetie Belle ecstatic. She immediately went to her room to change into her pajamas. Twilight returned just in time to see her rush off. She and Rarity then sat down to discuss a plan.
Sweetie Belle lay on her bed as she colored a picture for her sister, Rarity. It was the weekend, so she didn’t have any homework to do. She’d also been informed that her fellow Cutie Mark Crusaders would be elsewhere during this time. Apple Bloom was with her sister, Applejack, visiting extended family, and Scootaloo was with Rainbow Dash at a Wonderbolts tournament in Cloudsdale.
As Sweetie finished her picture, she suggested to herself that maybe she should practice her magic some more. She thought it best to ask Twilight Sparkle for help with that. She was a good friend, not just to Sweetie Belle, but to her older sister, Rarity, too.
“I should ask Rarity about that,” Sweetie thought to herself. So she picked up the finished drawing, and went to go find her sister.
[h/r]
Rarity was in the lobby of the Carousel Boutique, which functioned as her fashion store as well as a home for herself and Sweetie Belle. As she was finishing some new designs, she looked up to see Sweetie Belle descending from her bedroom, upstairs.
“Hello, Sweetie,” she greeted her sister. She was about to ask a question, but the filly interrupted her.
“Hi, Rarity,” Sweetie replied. “I made a picture for you.”
Deciding to brush off the interruption, Rarity took the paper from her sister’s magic grasp and looked it over. She smiled.
“It’s wonderful, darling,” she stated as she placed it on her desk, then she remembered her question. “By the way, you weren’t headed somewhere just now, were you?”
“I was going to go see Twilight, if that’s okay with you,” Sweetie answered.
“Of course you may, darling,” Rarity answered with a smile. “As long as she doesn’t mind, that is. And I don’t think she will. Just be home in time for dinner, tonight.”
“Thanks, sis!” Sweetie hollered as she ran out the door. Rarity chuckled, and then looked back at the picture her sister had made, which was the two of them sharing a hug under a rainbow. Sweetie’s thoughtfulness always made Rarity smile.
The three ponies had a great time. They did all of the usual sleepover stuff: pillow fights, makeovers, gossip, everything! The night was full of surprises, laughter, and fun. As it was nearing bedtime, Sweetie Belle started to climb into her sleeping bag, but she was stopped by Twilight.
“Umm, Sweetie Belle? What’s that on your hip?” She asked casually.
“Huh?” Sweetie asked, confused, looking at her legs. “Where, Twilight?”
“Right here, Sweetie,” Rarity said, poking her sister’s tummy and causing her to squeal.
“I think she means here,” Twilight teased, poking Sweetie’s left side, eliciting another cute squeal.
“What do you mean?” Sweetie asked again. Then she saw the look in the mares’ eyes and she panicked.
“Oh no,” was all she hide time to say before the relentless tickle attack. Twilight mercilessly tickled Sweetie Belle’s tummy, while Rarity used her mane brushes to scrub every inch of her sister’s hind hooves. Sweetie Belle was overwhelmed with laughter and happiness, not just from the playful tickle torture that she was currently experiencing, but also from how the day went as a whole.
“Nohohohohohoho!” She squealed in ticklish bliss. Her desperate please making the mares smile happily.
“Cootchie, cootchie coo!” Twilight sang.
“Some things never change, do they?” Rarity asked rhetorically, playfully nudged Twilight’s side.
After a good twenty minutes of nonstop tickling, they finally let Sweetie Belle go.
“Okay, hehehe, I suppose I deserved that,” Sweetie said with a blush.
“You sure did,” the mares said together. All three laughed again at what had transpired that day. They all agreed that a day filled with laughter should end on the same.
“I love you, girls,” Sweetie said with a smile.
“We love you, too, Sweetie,” they replied, pulling her in for a group hug.
“I’m almost embarrassed to ask this,” Sweetie admitted, blushing pretty hard. “But… can we have another tickle day like this? And sometime soon?”
The question caused the mares to laugh again.
“Maybe if you laugh for us one more time,” Rarity said with a sly wink.
Sweetie Belle didn’t notice Twilight hovering some feathers near her hind hooves. But she definitely felt them when they rubbed against her, causing her to start laughing hysterically once more.
“I’d definitely be okay with it. I enjoy a good tickling every so often,” Twilight agreed. This news made Sweetie Belle squeal, tears of joy flossing from her eyes as she pulled the others into a hug.
“Thank you, girls, so much!” Sweetie said as she began to cry happily. Rarity and Twilight were also shedding tears of joy.
They remained in the hug for several long minutes, then they broke off and Rarity turned out the light. Each pony giggles softly as dreams of ticklish bliss lulled them to sleep. This would be a day that they would never forget.