Dare! (Or Truth)

by Autumn Jade


A Small Break

Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie sat quietly in the waiting room, saddened expressions on their faces. They looked up when a door opened and Sunset approached them, sitting next to Twilight, "What did the detective say?"

"They're labeling it as an accident,"

"What?! Three people get seriously hurt on the same day and it's an "accident"?!" Pinkie exclaimed in anger.

"I tried telling them about the game and how it's real... but when I told them we were drinking they... they said it was just us being drunk and it was a game gone wrong."

"Didn't you tell them we stopped drinking before we even started playing?" Twilight asked, tearing up.

"They wouldn't listen to me..." Sunset sighed and wrapped an arm around the lavender woman, "Just as well though... Even if they did believe us, they can't stop the game...We still have to finish."

"The rules said it all gets worse! What if we aren't here for injury next time? What if it's because one of us died?!" Pinkie was also tearing up now and wiped her eyes with the back of her hand.

"If we work together, then maybe we can prevent that," Sunset replied.

After a moment of teary silence, the door opened again, and Rarity and Applejack walked out, fresh bandages on their wounds, "They said I'll heal in a couple months..." Applejack began.

"I'll never see from my right eye again..." Rarity finished, biting her lip. Pinkie burst into tears and ran to Rarity and hugged her.

"I'm so sorry!"

"It's not your fault... it's the game's," Rarity replied, wrapping her arms around Pinkie to return the embrace.

"Do you know when Dash will be out yet?" Applejack asked as she sat down.

"Not yet..." Twilight sighed, looking down at the floor.

Rarity and Pinkie joined her, and the girls sat together, comforting each other in any way they could until Rainbow came out. When she did, she was on a pair of crutches," They said to stay off my leg for six months," She sighed, "Guess I'm not playing soccer this fall..." She sighed.

"I'm sorry Rainbow... Please forgive me..." Twilight whimpered, looking up at her friend with tears in her eyes.

"I never blamed you, Twi. Promise," Rainbow smiled weakly at her.

"How about this, we all stay at my place tonight, and start round two tomorrow?" Rarity suggested, and everyone nodded.


Once they all got to Rarity's, Rainbow sat down in the recliner, Pinkie curling up next to her, her head on Rainbow's chest and legs hanging off the side of the chair. Twilight and Sunset cuddled together on the loveseat, and the others sat on the couch, "So... What should we do?" Fluttershy asked.

"Doesn't matter... Just something to get our minds off that game for now," Pinkie replied with a shiver.

"Want to watch a movie?" Rarity suggested, "I have the new Pitch Perfect three," When everyone nodded, Rarity placed the movie in the DVD player and turned out the lights.

Throughout the film, the girls all laughed at the jokes and did their best to have fun, but no matter what they did, in the back of their minds was the horrible game that had the ability to kill them all with a single dare.