"A challenge, I like it!" Pinkie said with enthusiasm.
"Alright then Pinkie, let's see you open that bag." Sunset said. Pinkie sat on the floor with that same bag of chips for about 10 or 15 minutes just trying to open it with her mouth.
"YES, FINALLY! I DID IT!" Pinkie exclaimed once she finally opened it. She said this with a part of the bag, still in her mouth. Everyone was laughing pretty hard at Pinkie's antics, Rainbow had completely forgotten about Soarin.
"Okay Pinkie, who's going next?" Twilight asked after everyone stopped laughing.
"Fluttershy!" Pinkie yelled. The look on Pinkie's face at that moment would've made anyone feel bad for whoever Pinkie choose, let alone Fluttershy.
"Oh no." Was all Fluttershy had to say.
"Okay Fluttershy, truth or dare?" Pinkie asked.
"Uh, truth." Fluttershy said a bit unsure of her answer.
"What is something that people think you do or would do, that you've never done or never would do?" Pinkie asked. The question was less confusing than Pinkie worded it, but Fluttershy understood what she meant nonetheless.
"Animals don't all immediately like me. Like one day, I went to the park with Angel and there was a cute little bird sitting in a tree. I tried to talk to him, but he wasn't exactly in the mood to talk. I'll let figure out what that means." Fluttershy responded.
"Honestly, I don't want to know." Pinkie replied. "Okay Fluttershy, your turn. Who's it gonna be?"
"Twilight, truth or dare?" Fluttershy asked.
"Dare." Twilight said. Fluttershy may look all sweet and innocent, but somewhere inside there's a dark side. They found this out after just one look at her face.
"I dare you to take a shower with your clothes on." Fluttershy said with a grin that probably satan himself created. It really didn't suit her character. After that came out of Fluttershy no one sat there with a straight face. Everyone started laughing uncontrollably. Pinkie then lead Twilight to their bathroom, everyone followed. There was no way that any of them were missing this. Twilight stepped into the shower and was almost ready to turn on the water.
"You ready Twi?" Sunset asked her. Twilight sighed and said,
"As ready as I'll ever be." Sunset quickly turned on the shower and dashed backward to try to avoid getting wet.
"Oh my gosh, that's cold." Twilight yelled. This just made her friends laugh even harder. Twilight sat there for a few more seconds before stepping out. She was freezing so Pinkie handed her a nearby towel to dry off with.
"Come on, let's go back now." Rainbow said. They were all still laughing a bit. No one thought Fluttershy could be evil. Once they got back Twilight said,
"I choose Sunset. Truth or dare?" Sunset hadn't really been thinking and said,
"Truth, I guess." Then she immediately face palmed again as she realized what Twilight was probably going to ask.
"This has just been on my mind the whole time. Who was the person that you liked, at the same time as one of us?" Twilight asked.
"I just want to clarify that the question said 'have I ever' liked anyone. That could also apply before I came here. Also, it said friend in general, not just you guys." Sunset said.
"So it wasn't one of us?" Twilight asked.
"I didn't say that." Sunset Shimmer said.
"So it was one us?" Twilight asked again.
"I didn't say that either." Sunset said. "I used to be jealous of the pony Twilight when she first came here. You know, the whole thing with Flash. I didn't actually like him, I just hated Twilight and wanted her to feel jealous."
"Does that really count though? You two weren't technically friends yet." Rarity said.
"Yeah and you said it yourself, you didn't actually like him." Fluttershy added.
"I know, it just feels like it should count." Sunset said. Rainbow was actually pretty happy to hear that. She knew that Sunset didn't like Soarin, but sometimes it's just nice to know it was said out loud.
"What I don't understand is why you tried to hide it before. If you didn't really like him, there should be no reason to hide the truth." Rarity said. She was, not so subtly, trying to see if any real feelings might be locked in there.
"I mean, I just felt like it might be a slightly awkward conversation topic. Also, you only get one question, and I didn't want to give you the satisfaction of unearned success." Sunset replied.
"Fair enough." Applejack said.
"One day, I will get the truth out of all of you." Rarity said.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Pinkie asked.
"That I will make you all admit who you like." Rarity explained.
"Well, why didn't you just say that then?" Pinkie asked.
"Nevermind, Sunset it's your turn." Rarity said
"Uh, you haven't gone Rarity." Sunset said. "So, truth or dare?" Rarity was going to pick dare, but she also didn't really think it mattered at this point since truth had been used so many times. They would find a way to make Rainbow admit it anyway.
"Truth." Rarity responded.
"What is the most disgusting habit you have?" Sunset asked.
"I don't have any icky habits!" Rarity exclaimed.
"So what, you've never done anything improper your whole life?" Applejack asked with a bit of sarcasm.
"I'm a lady, of course not." Rarity replied.
"Are you seriously telling me that you've never gotten your hands a little dirty?" Applejack asked.
"Well I've done my fair share of hard work, but I don't exactly like working with things that require a whole lot of mess." Rarity said.
"I don't feel like playing this game with you." Applejack said.
"Whatever." Rarity said.
"So, who's next?" Twilight asked.
"Uh, Rainbow Dash!" Rarity exclaimed. This was the moment she'd been waiting for and she was excited. Rainbow, on the other hand, was a little less ecstatic. She was a little taken back when Rarity said her name, she had been a bit lost in thought. Rainbow figured that her questions or dares would be directed toward Soarin. "Truth or dare, Rainbow?" Rarity asked. She knew it was a long shot, but figured her best chance to avoid the topic of Soarin would be to choose dare.
"Dare." Rainbow said. Plus she prefered dare anyway.
"Dare's been said like a million times tonight, why not pick truth instead?" Twilight said, trying to give her a subtle push in the right direction.
"I can choose dare if I want to, plus we just had a truth." Rainbow responded.
"I dare you to choose truth." Rarity said.
"What? That's so stupid and pointless." Rainbow said. "That doesn't even make sense, because that would technically count as my turn this round and I'd have to wait until my next turn to do the dare."
"I'll wait." Rarity said.
"You know what, it's inevitable." Rainbow gave in. "Truth."
"Do you like Soarin?" Rarity asked immediately. She wasn't surprised.
"Of course I do, we're good friends." She said as her face turned a shade of red.
"You know what I meant." Rarity said.
"A-and I answered." Rainbow said as she turned away.
"Come on, just admit it!" Rarity said. Everyone was just laughing at how much Rainbow was avoiding this.
"I-i've already told you. We're just friends." Rainbow said. Of course she didn't want it to stay that way, but she didn't think there was chance ever that he'd be into her. She continuously avoided eye-contact because she knew if she looked at them, it would all be over. That was when Pinkie decided to take it a step further.
"DASHIE HAS A CRUSH! DASHIE HAS A CRUSH!" She exclaimed repeatedly as she bounced around the room.
"No, I don't!" Rainbow said as her face turned a shade darker.
"Like I told you before, I can spot a lie from a mile away. Dash you could 10 miles away, and I could still tell. Your face right now can't be that hard to see." Applejack said. This was probably true. Her face was normally a light shade of blue, right now it was crimson.
"Shut up!" Rainbow said.
"Rainbow, come on, it's not like it's a secret anymore. Just tell us the truth, 'cause we kinda already know it." Twilight said. At this point Rainbow wasn't sure what to do. Keep up the lie that they very obviously didn't believe, or just tell them the truth. She figured, If they aren't going to change their minds what's the point? They already know. Dash finally mumbled under her breath very softly,
"Maybe a little."
"Wait, repeat that." Rarity said. She heard what Rainbow said, but this was too good to pass up.
"Maybe a little." She responded slightly, but not much louder than before.
"One more time darling." Rarity said.
"Fine, I do! Happy now?!" Rainbow exclaimed. Her friends just laughed even harder.
"Very." Was all Rarity could say she was laughing so hard. "Applejack you owe me $20."
"Right, here." Applejack said as she handed Rarity a 20 dollar bill out of her pocket.
"Wait, were you guys betting money on whether or not I liked Soarin?" Rainbow asked.
"Oh, no darling. We knew you liked him, we were betting whether or not you'd admit it tonight." Rarity responded.
"Yeah, I honestly didn't think you'd say it tonight." Applejack confessed.
"Wait, so you planned all of this?" Rainbow asked.
"Everything from the fighting, to the hat, and even most of us picking dare. We hoped maybe you'd pick truth if everyone picked dare." Sunset replied.
"Seriously? You guys are awful." Rainbow said she started laughing. The rest of the group joined in the laughter and this lasted for maybe a minute or so before Rainbow asked, "How many other bets did you guys make tonight. If I know you two, there's always more than just one."