//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Payback // Story: Truth or Dare: The Most Anxious Slumber Party Ever // by TheStallionofDarkCavalry //------------------------------// As you explained your plan to Twilight through texting, you waited for Twilight to come back from the bathroom. As you wait, you and Sunset continue to converse since you both had just woken up a few minutes ago. And you both also separated from the hug to take a few minute breather. "You sure you wanted to stop cuddling for a few minutes?" Sunset asked as you two were now laying a few feet away from each other. "I don't mind if you don't want us to stop." "I figured the both of us could use a short break." You said as you were staring at the ceiling while talking to Sunset. "I'm feeling better now enough to take a break from it." "A break from one of the most comforting things you've ever experienced in your life?" Sunset questioned while smiling at you amusingly. "There is something seriously wrong with that." You both laughed at Sunset's comment as you both stared up at the ceiling while still a few feet away from each other. You then looked back at the text on your phone about what you wanted Twilight to do as part of your revenge plan, and she seems totally fine with it. You're not usually a revenge type of guy, but you still really wanted to do this. You then wonder if Sunset might think that this is not a good idea, so you ask her what she thinks about getting back at Rainbow Dash. "Hey, Sunset. I know revenge is never really a smart idea, but what Rainbow Dash made me and you have to go through today, she seriously deserves it." You say to Sunset as you expect her to be reluctant with your idea. "Do you agree?" "Yes, I agree." Sunset replied while nodding in agreement. "Those anxiety attacks you had and the one I had were just too much that I just can't let that go, even if you and me do feel better now." "Yeah. And I can't wait for her to get what's coming to her." You said while smirking. You then thought back to before the game started, about what Sunset wanted to say to you that was about a confession. You then figured that since you and Sunset were out of the game for the rest of the night, now's a good time to ask her about what she wanted to tell you. "Hey, Sunset? What was it you wanted to say to me?" "Huh?" Sunset questioned. "Remember? You said you wanted to confess something to me when I asked you why you wanted to know if you hurt my feelings." You said as you tried to jog Sunset's memory. "Oh! R-right! Of course!" Sunset stuttered as she remembered what she wanted to tell you. She then blushes again like she was when she was about to tell you what she wanted to confess. "What I wanted to confess was something that I wanted to say after I asked you something." "What would that be?" You asked. "Uh... I w-wanted to know i-if..." Sunset stuttered as she tried to say her sentence while looking very embarrassed. She then takes a slow deep breath to calm herself so she can give you her question. "I-I wanted to know if you had feelings for me." "F-feelings for you?" You questioned with a slight stutter. "Yeah." She replied honestly while dotting her eyes to her left to show her shyness in asking you this question. "Twilight said that I said something to you that made you feel sad, and we both figured it was due to me saying that I only thought of you as a friend. Is that true?" This right here was the reason why you didn't want to tell Sunset the truth about what happened in the kitchen since it would give away your feelings for Sunset to her, and your anxiety and shyness is what's keeping you from being open about it to her since you didn't want Sunset to feel weird due to having a friend that has a crush on her. So of course, you stuck with your plan to hide your feelings from Sunset until you are over her. But since Sunset knew you were lying about what she said in the kitchen, you only needed to be partially honest while still keeping her from finding out you love her. "Uh, y-yes." You said while blushing and trying your best to look at Sunset in the eye. "But it's not what you think is what made me feel sad." "It's not?" Sunset asked while looking at you while raising a curious eyebrow. "No, it's not." You said to her while trying to sound honest. "I don't have feelings for you." "You don't?" Sunset asked again. "No, I don't." You answered again. "I felt sad by what you said because it made me feel like I wasn't romantically attractive. Not so much as only to you, but to girls in general. It just kind of hurts when a girl says something to a boy that makes them feel like they'll never find love." Sunset then looked at you as you tried to your best to keep a straight face so she won't detect any trace of lying after you tried to give her a lie that sounded as real as you could make it. After about a few seconds of staring at you, Sunset started to giggle into her hands. "What's so funny?" You asked her. "I just find it a little ironic." She said while still giggling. "Usually in situations like that, the reason that person is sad is because that other person told them that they don't have a crush on them and only think of them as a friend." "Yeah. It actually is kind of funny when you think about it that way." You said while chuckling nervously due to how on point Sunset described that situation. "Yep." Sunset replied as she then looks back at you as she stops giggling. "I mean, like you said, it's not the same case with you, right?" "No it isn't." You said to her as you once again started to have a difficult time keeping a straight face. "So what was it that you wanted to confess to me?" "Oh, nothing big." Sunset said while still smiling at you. "I was just gonna tell you that I'm a kind of a slob." "A slob?" You asked as you were expecting a different kind of answer since Sunset seemed rather embarrassed to tell you her confession earlier. "That's what you seemed embarrassed about?" "It's a pretty embarrassing habit." Sunset said as she darted her eyes to her left as her suspicious smile turned into an embarrassed smile. "I once actually found a moldy piece of pizza in my closet when I was trying to find a Halloween costume for Fluttershy." "Ew." You replied while giving Sunset a disgusted expression. "Heh. Bet you weren't expecting that from me, huh?" Sunset chuckled. "It goes to show you that someone like me who you may think is very beautiful and talented is not without her flaws." "I always knew you had flaws, but I never knew that was one of your flaws." You said with an amused smile "Surprising, isn't it?" Sunset says sarcastically while giggling. "It's almost as if you were talking to a real live human being." "I guess I am." You said as the both of you laughed again from your joking comments. As you both finish laughing, Sunset then looks at you with that suspicious smile of hers again. The difference about this time is that she leaned her face in a bit towards you. "So, Anon?" Sunset asked you as her smile got a bit wider. "You sure you don't have anything else you want to tell me?" "Y-yes, I'm sure." You stuttered as you once again continued to give her your straight face. "You sure?" She asked again as she scooted closer to you until you were only a couple of inches apart from her. "Yes! I'm definitely sure!" You replied once again but in a more exclamative tone that doesn't really make you sound all that honest. Sunset kept staring at you with her smile as she continues to scoots over to you, until she reaches you and then wraps her arms around you again to pull you back into a cuddle. "Okay, I trust you. But in case if you do have anything else you want to tell me..." She said as she tightened her embrace around you. "...I'll be right here with you for the rest of the night." "O-okay, thanks." You stuttered as you wrapped your arms around Sunset to return the embrace. As you tightened your embrace around Sunset, she still wouldn't stop giving you that smile. It was really starting to weird you out with confusion and also a lot of bashfulness. "Sunset? Why do you keep smiling at me like that?" You asked as a huge blush appeared on your face again. "Oh, nothing." She said while still keeping her eyes on yours. "I'm just waiting for something." "Waiting for what?" You asked. As you asked this, Twilight entered the room as she came back from the bathroom. "I'm back, girls." Twilight announced as she entered the room. "I believe it's my turn. Right, Pinkie?" "Absolutely, Twilight!" Pinkie replied cheerfully. As Twilight sat back down in the circle, you wondered if that's what Sunset was waiting for. She was waiting for Twilight to return so that the payback plan would initiate. But now wasn't the time for that, as it was time to focus on something more important at the moment. You then pulled out your phone again to get down to business. "So what did you want Twilight to do?" Sunset asks as looks at your phone with you. "I want her to use her magic to land on one of the girls I want chosen for her turn." You said to her as you put your phone down again so Sunset couldn't see it. "I want it to be a surprise, so I can't say who it'll be. What I can tell you is that girl won't be Rainbow Dash." "Well, whatever you're planning, I just hope you won't do anything seriously bad to Rainbow Dash." Sunset said while looking at Rainbow Dash with a concerned look on her face. "Actually, Sunset. It's likely that this plan will end up hurting her feelings." You said while hanging your head down while having a sad facial expression. "What?! Then why are you doing it?!" Sunset asked in exclamation. "Hurting one of your friends is..." "I know. It's wrong if I do something that involves hurting a friend." You interrupted Sunset to put her worry at ease. "Which is why in case if this plan hurts Rainbow Dash, I'll make it up to her by fixing it. And trust me, it'll be something that I know that Rainbow Dash will forgive me over." "Okay. As much as I disagree with a plan like that, I trust that you know what you're doing." Sunset replied with a hopeful smile. "Don't worry. I am." You replied with a friendly smile. As you and Sunset finished discussing your payback plan, it was now time for the plan to begin as it was now currently Twilight's turn in the game. "Alright. Here I go!" Twilight said as she gave the arrow a flick which caused it to spin around at fast speed in the middle of the circle. The arrow spun around for a couple of seconds and as it began to stop moving, Twilight used her powers once more in secrecy to make the arrow land on a specific girl that wasn't Rainbow Dash. As the arrow stopped, it landed on the girl that you wanted to be chosen: Fluttershy. "Yes! It landed on Fluttershy!" You whispered to Sunset as you and she observed the success to the first step to your plan. "Fluttershy?" Sunset asked as she was wondering why you wanted Twilight to choose Fluttershy. "Why did you choose Fluttershy? There's not really anything that I can think of about her that would hurt Rainbow..." Her eyes then widen as she understood why you chose Fluttershy. She then looks at Rainbow Dash with a sympathetic look. "Oh, yeah. This is so gonna hurt Rainbow Dash." "Okay, Fluttershy. Truth or Dare?" Twilight asked Fluttershy. "Uh..." Fluttershy says as she thinks to which one of those two would be the best option. "I-I choose dare." "I knew she was gonna choose dare." You whispered to Sunset again. "How did you figure that?" Sunset whispered back to you. "Because it's Twilight." You explained to Sunset. "Out of every single one of us that is the most gentle towards Fluttershy besides you and me, it's Twilight. From Fluttershy's perspective, she would rather have someone that she has the uttermost trust for to give her a less harsh dare than make her reveal an embarrassing secret that Twilight might know." Sunset then looks at you with a suspicious look. "You're lying, aren't you?" Sunset responded in question. "You were just simply hoping that Fluttershy would choose dare over truth." "Yeah, I didn't know what Fluttershy was going to choose." You honestly said as you scratched the back of your head in embarrassment. Sunset rolled her eyes as you and she continue to watch as Twilight gives her dare to Fluttershy. "Okay, Fluttershy. I dare you to..." Twilight tells Fluttershy her dare as she quickly looks at you before giving Fluttershy her dare. You give Twilight a nod, and then she nods back. "I dare you to call your brother and allow him to speak to all of us for ten minutes on speakerphone." "What?" Fluttershy asked softly. "WHAT?!" Rainbow Dash asked in exclamative dismay. "TWILIGHT, WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE THAT AS A DARE FOR FLUTTERSHY?!" "B-because I-I wanted it to be a dare that we can all suffer from together as friends." Twilight stuttered nervously. "And I'll be suffering from it too, so at least I won't feel left out." All of the girls in the circle look at Twilight with bewildered looks as she smiles awkwardly while trying not to look suspicious. "O-okay, Twilight. If that's what you want me to do." Fluttershy said as she pulled out her phone to call Zephyr Breeze. "Please, Twilight! Anything but that!" Rainbow Dash whined as she begged Twilight to give Fluttershy a different dare. Twilight ignored Rainbow Dash as she stared at Fluttershy's phone as she was scrolling through her contact list until she found her brother on the list. Twilight darted her eyes back at Rainbow Dash as she was on her knees still begging, which made Twilight react to Rainbow Dash's begging with guilt. Fluttershy then turns on speaker phone as her phone connects to her brother's phone. After a couple of seconds of waiting, the phone finally picks up. And sure enough, it was indeed him. "Hello, Fluttershy!" Zephyr Breeze greeted her sister in that same flamboyant voice he always speaks with. "Hello, Zephyr." Fluttershy replied back in a very unenthusiastic tone. "You sound gloomy. Everything alright, sis?" Zephyr Breeze asked. "Yes, Zephyr." Fluttershy replied back in a now annoyed tone. "Well, I hope the party is going well for you." Zephyr Breeze says happily. "By the way, is Rainbow Dash in the room with you?" "NO, I'M NOT!" Rainbow Dash shouted. She then cupped her hands over her mouth since she pretty much just told Zephyr Breeze she's there. "Ah! Rainbow Dash!" Zephyr Breeze said with excitement. "You know I must say, even when we're not speaking face to face you still act so shy around me. I know I can be too hot to handle for you, but I never thought that you found my voice just as hot." Rainbow Dash was disgusted by Zephyr Breeze's terrible pick-up line while the other girls except Fluttershy giggled at Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy was especially very annoyed by her brother's behavior and the fact that the girls were finding this funny. "Girls. Stop laughing at Rainbow Dash." Fluttershy demanded quietly. "None of you would be laughing if this was happening to you." "Sorry, Fluttershy." Applejack chuckled. "It's just that it's a bunch a cheesy flirtin' that's grossin' out Rainbow Dash. We all can't help but find it a bit funny." Fluttershy sighed as she reluctantly continued to let her brother talk. "You know, Rainbow Dash. I am still very flattered by that little dance you performed for me when I dropped Fluttershy off." Zephyr Breeze says as he continues talking to Rainbow Dash. "It's too bad you won't let me keep in touch with you by phone, because I wouldn't mind returning the favor by recording myself doing that dance and sending it to you." All of the girls except Fluttershy giggled at Rainbow Dash once again. "Or you could just record yourself doing that dance and then send it to me so I can see it again." Zephyr chuckled suggestively. Rainbow Dash's disgust for Zephyr Breeze's behavior towards her reached to levels of uncomforting, to the point where she started to express embarrassment and sadness from Zephyr Breeze talking to her like this while she was being laughed at by her friends. "Girls. Please stop laughing at me." Rainbow Dash quavered while staring down at the floor in sadness. "This isn't funny." The girls stopped giggling once they notice Rainbow Dash's sadness and then they all look at her with concerned expressions as they all realize that they should stop since it's starting to hurt Rainbow Dash's feelings. "Zephyr. I think Rainbow Dash has had enough of that." Fluttershy says as she was worried about her brother making Rainbow Dash cry. "Oh, Fluttershy! Don't be silly! Rainbow Dash likes it when I do this. You'll understand when you have your first crush." Zephyr Breeze replies insensitively. "No, I don't! I don't like it at all, you moron!" Rainbow Dash shouted at Zephyr Breeze through Fluttershy's phone. "Listen, Rainbow. I know that you're not ready to be open about your feelings for me to anyone, but that doesn't give you the right to be rude." Zephyr Breeze replies to Rainbow Dash condescendingly. "I'm the one being rude?!" Rainbow Dash questions in anger and frustration. "Yes, you are." Zephyr Breeze replies. "So unless if you don't want us to work, I'd suggest you'd better straighten yourself up." After Zephyr Breeze made that insulting remark, Rainbow Dash's anger started to escalate to the point where her face was turning hot red and you could hear her blood boiling. Rainbow Dash was close to her breaking point. "And by the way, remember a couple of hours ago where I said that you don't have to do any of those humiliating things to me to get my attention?" Zephyr Breeze asked while continuing to be delusional about how he's driving Rainbow Dash up the wall. "Obviously I changed my mind when I suggested sending me a video of you doing that butt shaking dance. If you don't feel like doing that, then will you please do that dance again the next time I see you? You have a really nice butt." "NO!!!" Rainbow Dash screamed with heavy rage. "I WILL NOT DO THAT DANCE FOR YOU AGAIN! AND THERE WILL NEVER BE AN "US" BECAUSE I DON'T LOVE YOU! WHEN ARE YOU GONNA FINALLY WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT?! YOU ARE THE MOST OBNOXIOUS PERSON I'VE EVER MET! YOU'RE ANNOYING, YOU'RE INSENSITIVE, YOU'RE SO FULL OF YOURSELF EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A TOTAL LOSER WHO NEVER DOES ANYTHING, AND YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR MY PERSONAL SPACE! YOU'RE ALWAYS BUGGING ME WITH THOSE TERRIBLE PICK-UP LINES THAT MAKE ME FEEL SO DISGUSTED AND UNCOMFORTABLE! I'M TELLING YOU FOR THE LAST TIME ZEPHYR BREEZE! I DON'T HAVE FEELINGS FOR YOU AND I NEVER WILL! SO YOU BETTER FINALLY GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL OR I WILL NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN! GOODBYE AND DON'T SPEAK TO ME FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT!" She then turns to Fluttershy. "HANG HIM UP, FLUTTERSHY!" Fluttershy hangs up the phone quickly and then sets it down. The room then instantly filled with silence as you, Sunset, and the other girls were all staring at Rainbow Dash. As Fluttershy hanged up the phone, Rainbow Dash continued to act angry at the way Zephyr Breeze talked to her like that. After about a couple of seconds, she took a deep breath and then looked at the floor as she was unable to look up at anyone due to her outburst and the embarrassment she went through. None of you could see her eyes due to her looking down. You and everyone in the room were all staring at Rainbow Dash as you were all very concerned about her after what just happened. Applejack finally spoke up. "Rainbow Dash? Are you okay?" Applejack asked. As Applejack asked this question, Rainbow Dash didn't answer. All she did was walk back to her spot in the circle and then sat back down while still looking down at the floor. About six seconds later after sitting down, you all heard a sniffle coming from her. She then covered her eyes with her face as she slowly started to cry. "Why can't he just accept that I don't have feelings for him?" Rainbow Dash sniveled in her hands. "I try to be nice to him since he's Fluttershy's brother, but his attempts at making me fall for him make him so unbearable." "Rainbow Dash..." Fluttershy says as she stares at her crying friend who's hurt. "I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Rainbow Dash shouts at the top of her lungs. She then finally cries very hard into her hands as she was finally fed up with Zephyr Breeze. The other girls stepped out of the circle and all walked behind her to give her a group hug and apologize to her. "We're sorry for laughing at you, Rainbow Dash." Rarity apologetically said while hugging Rainbow Dash. "It was so wrong of us to do that to you, sugarcube." Applejack apologized while hugging her friend. "I'M SO SO SO VERY SORRY, RAINBOW DASH!!!" Pinkie shouted while crying hard. "Me, too!" Fluttershy said while crying. "I'm sorry as well." Twilight said. "Same here." You said. "Thank you all..." Rainbow Dash was caught off guard as she noticed that you were out of bed hugging her. "Anon?!" All of the girls and Twilight looked at you as they were all surprised because they did not notice you. "What are you doing out of your sleeping bag?" Rainbow Dash asked while looking suspicious. "Remember? I dared Sunset to cuddle you." "Which is the reason why I asked Twilight to dare Fluttershy into calling her brother." You replied while looking guilty. "Huh?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I wanted to get back at you for what you dared Sunset to do to me, as well as those anxiety attacks you caused us for the past couple of hours." You explained as you looked at Twilight and Fluttershy. "I asked Twilight that for her next turn, she would dare Fluttershy to call Zephyr Breeze if she was chosen by Twilight with the spinner. All the girls gasped as you confessed this to them. "So you're the reason why Twilight dared me to call my brother?" Futtershy asked. "Yes." You replied while looking down at the floor with regret. "And don't worry. I'm going to fix this." You then pulled out your phone as you were going to call Zephyr Breeze. "Don't bother, Anon." Rainbow Dash gloomily said. "Nothing you do will ever get through to that idiot's head." "Trust me. I know what I'm doing." You replied as you turned on speakerphone so that everyone in the room can hear. You waited for the phone to pick up, and eventually Zephyr Breeze picked up. "Hello?" Zephyr Breeze greeted you through your phone. "Hey, Zephyr Breeze." You greeted back to him. "Oh hey, Anon!" Zephyr Breeze said excitedly. "Is Rainbow Dash there?" Rainbow Dash reacted with a panicking look as Zephyr Breeze asked you that. You of course gave him the most obvious answer to give him. "No, she's not." You replied with a straight tone. "She and the other girls are in another room. It's just me who you're talking to." "Oh." Zephyr Breeze said while sounding a bit disappointed. "Okay. So what did you want to talk about?" "It's about Rainbow Dash." You said as Rainbow Dash looked at you with hopelessness. "I wanted to talk to you about the real reason why she was shaking her butt." "Oh?" Zephyr Breeze asked as he sounded curious to know the reason. "So she wasn't doing it for me?" "No, she was not." You replied. "She was doing that for a few minutes before you showed up." "Really?" Zephyr Breeze asked as he started to become very confused. "Well, then why was she doing that butt shaking dance?" Before you answered you gave Rainbow Dash a friendly smile and gave her a wink, which was to tell her that her problems with Zephyr Breeze are going to get better. Though, Rainbow Dash still looked unconvinced that this was going to work. "The reason she was doing that was because I was doing it, too." You replied. "You? Why?" Zephyr Breeze asked again. "Because we were both doing it for fun." You explained as the girls and especially Rainbow Dash raised a curious eyebrow at you. "See, me and Rainbow Dash showed up at the party a lot more earlier than we thought. And Pinkie wasn't exactly finished setting the party up, so she asked us to wait outside." "I did no..." Pinkie tried to speak up but was then caught off by Rainbow Dash covering her mouth. "Shhh!" Rainbow Dash hushed Pinkie. "What was that?" Zephyr Breeze asked as he heard Pinkie's voice. "Uh... That was just the TV." You replied while trying not to give away that the girls were in the room with you. "Anyway. So Pinkie wanted us to wait outside, and we decided to fool around for a bit to kill time. And one of the things we did was that we took a handful of ants and then stuffed them down our pants. And that dance we were both doing was the "Ants in the Pants" dance." The girls except Rainbow Dash started snickering as you said that. You then glanced at Sunset who was still laying in your sleeping bag, and she too was snickering. You then glanced back at Rainbow Dash, who was starting to become even more puzzled about what you were trying to do. "That's a rather weird kind of dance, especially for someone like Rainbow Dash." Zephyr Breeze replied. "It's a very fun dance." You explained further. "You know, you should try practicing that dance. Like, right now." "If it's a dance that Rainbow Dash likes that involves her shaking that booty, then I'm in!" Zephyr Breeze replied excitedly. Rainbow Dash's eyes went wide. She then stood up and walked over to you as she looked angry. "What are you doing?!" Rainbow Dash whispered to you. "Don't worry. You're going to enjoy what's gonna happen next." You whispered back to Rainbow Dash. You then turned back to your phone to continue to make happen your plan that you know that Rainbow Dash is going to enjoy very much. "Say, Zephyr. Would you like to know a way to get really good at the "Ants in the Pants" dance very quickly to impress Rainbow Dash?" You asked Zephyr Breeze hoping that he will take the bait. "Oh, boy! Absolutely!" Zephyr Breeze cried happily. "Okay." You reply as Zephyr Breeze successfully took the bait. "Well, one of the ways to get very good at that dance instantly depends on the type of ants that you stuff down your pants. And there is one type of ant in particular that improves your dancing the most." "Oh, cool!" Zephyr Breeze replied. "What ant would that be?" You then looked at Rainbow Dash with a smirk while you answered Zephyr Breeze. "A fire ant." You said. All of the girls instantly went wide-eyed as you said this. You then gave them all a smirk while nodding your head to tell them that this is indeed what your plan is. "A fire ant?" Zephyr Breeze asked. "Wait. Aren't fire ants the ones that can sting you?" "Oh, no." You replied while still smirking. "Someone told me this morning that fire ants being able to sting people is a myth. I was actually surprised myself." "Oh. Okay, then." Zephyr Breeze said. "Well, luckily we have a lot of ant mounds in our backyard. I think one of them contains fire ants." "Good." You replied with a casual friendly tone as you tried to conceal your snickering. "Call me back once you managed to find those ants." "Okay. See you in a few, Anon." Zephyr Breeze said as you heard a door open on your phone which meant he was heading outside. You then hung up the phone and then waited for the magic to happen. All the girls started snickering at what was going to happen except for Rainbow Dash, who was still staring at you with the same face she and the other girls had when you told Zephyr Breeze about how fire ants can improve the "Ants in the Pants" dance very quickly. You then looked at Fluttershy, who was also snickering about this, which makes you wonder if she wants this to happen even though it's her own brother. "Hey, Fluttershy?" You asked as you wanted to know if you're correct. "I hope you don't mind me doing this to your brother." "No, I don't mind." Fluttershy said who's giggling face turned into a scowling face and had a very serious tone. "In fact, I actually want this to happen. I don't really approve the way Zephyr usually talks to Rainbow Dash but it always seemed harmless. But this time, he crossed a line and has to be punished for it." "Ah sure wouldn't mind givin' that creep a knuckle sandwich if he was here right now." Applejack replied while agreeing with Fluttershy. "I wouldn't mind kicking that neanderthal in the shins and poking him in the eye." Rarity replied while also agreeing with Fluttershy. "And I wouldn't mind shoving a cherry popsicle up his nose and giving him a brain freeze that will never go away." Pinkie replied as she too seemed to want in on the violence. Suddenly everyone looked at Pinkie with confusion, which causes Pinkie to at you and the girls with the same confusing expression. "What? Brain freezes are the worst." The girls rolled their eyes at Pinkie except for Rainbow Dash, as she still hasn't had any other reaction to what you want to pull on Zephyr Breeze as she was staring at you the entire time. You were about to ask Rainbow Dash if everything's alright, but then suddenly your phone rang. And of course, it was Zephyr Breeze. You answered your phone hoping that he indeed found some fire ants. "Hey, Zephyr." You greeted him. "Did you find any fire ants?" "You bet I did!" Zephyr Breeze confirmed. "I looked up what they looked like on the internet and scooped some of them into a jar." "That was fast." You replied. "Sure was." Zephyr Breeze agreed. "Hey, are the girls with you now? I want them to watch me do this dance through a video. Especially Rainbow Dash." You then looked up at the girls to see if they wanted to watch him do this, and they all nodded which nonverbally tells you that they want to see him dance. And surprisingly, Rainbow Dash nodded along with them even though she still hasn't changed her expression. "Yep, they're in the room with me." You said while grinning. "Cool!" Zephyr Breeze replied with glee. "Then I'll record myself doing the dance and then send it to you so you and the girls will be able to witness how much of a skilled dancer I am." "Oh, trust me. We'll be expecting quite an entertaining performance from you." You said as your grin got even wider. The girls snickered again except Rainbow Dash again. You then yawned as you were starting to get tired. "You sound tired, Anon." Zephyr Breeze pointed out. "Why don't we just let this be the final call for the night and I'll give you the feedback through texting after I send you the video and you can reply whenever you get the chance tonight or tomorrow." "Okay." You yawned again. "Nice talking to you." "Nice talking to you, too." Zephyr Breeze replied. "See ya." "See ya." You said back. You then hung up the phone and then walked over to the girls and then sat down with your back facing them so they could see the phone. They all scooted up to you so they could see the video. Sunset even got out of your sleeping bag to see the video, too. As every couple of seconds pass, you get even more drowsy that it was becoming difficult for you to keep your eyes open. About a minute later, a video was sent to you from Zephyr Breeze. You noticed there was some text at the bottom, but you were gonna read it after you all watch the video. You then played the video as you all couldn't wait to see this. "Hey, Anon! Hey, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and the rest of you." Zephyr Breeze said on the video. "Rest of us?" Sunset said with a deadpan tone. "And here I thought we had names." You and the other girls giggled at Sunset's sarcastic comment as you all continued watching the video, except for once again Rainbow Dash. At this point, her silence and lack of reaction to things was starting to weird you out. "Now just like Anon said, I'm going to dump this jar of fire ants down my pants to instantly perfect my dancing skills for the "Ants in the Pants" dance." Zephyr Breeze said proudly while looking at his phone camera with a toothy grin. "Get ready, Rainbow Dash. You're about to witness some real topnotch dancing for the first time in your life." Zephyr Breeze then turned around while holding the jar in his hand so nobody could see him stretching the opening of his pants. He then took the jar of fire ants and then dumped them down his pants. "Show time." You said while smirking about the "topnotch dancing" you and the girls were about to witness. He then turned around and gave the camera that same toothy grin. "Now Rainbow Dash, watch as I..." Suddenly, Zephyr Breeze's eyes went wide and he then started screaming very loudly that sounded very girly as he started rubbing his pants as the fire ants started to bite him. "AAAAHHHH! THESE ANTS ARE STINGING MY LEGS AND MY BUTT!!!" Zephyr Breeze then ran out of the room as you all could hear him going back outside and was still screaming like a little girl. He was pretty darn loud so you could still hear him. "I GOTTA GET THESE PANTS OFF!!! GET OFF OF ME YOU STUPID ANTS!!! GET OFF ME!!! WHERE'S THE HOSE?! WHERE'S THE HOSE?!" You and the girls started howling with laughter at what you were all watching. You and Sunset were both kicking your feet up in the air with laughter, Applejack and Pinkie Pie were both pounding their fists into the ground, Rarity and Twilight were both rolling on the floor, and Fluttershy's laughter wasn't as hard as you and the others but she was still laughing. The only one who wasn't laughing was Rainbow Dash, though the expression on her face finally changed but only slightly. Upon seeing the fire ants bite Zephyr Breeze, her eyes went a bit wider than they were. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!" Zephyr Breeze screamed which was at this point all you were hearing from him, to the point where his screams started to get even longer and high pitched that it was just absolutely hilarious. You and the girls except for Rainbow Dash laughed even harder as Zephyr Breeze's screaming became more frequent in the video. This was honestly probably the funniest thing you've ever seen before in your life, and you will definitely be holding onto that video. After about a few minutes of hearing Zephyr Breeze screaming, his screaming suddenly stopped. You all then could hear a door opening and closing. And sure enough, Zephyr Breeze reentered the room. He looked into the camera with a miserable look on his face and ended the video with one last thing: "And that was for Rainbow Dash." Zephyr Breeze said as the video stopped. You then looked at the text on the bottom. Well, Anon. It turns out you were wrong. Fire ants do sting you. You and the girls continued to laugh at what you tricked Zephyr Breeze into doing. And the girls were certainly impressed by this as they all then approached you to compliment you on it. "Anon, that was amazing!" Sunset laughed as she hugged you. "Yeah, it was!" The other the girls except Rainbow Dash said to you as they pulled you and Sunset into a group hug. "Thanks, girls." You replied while still laughing a bit. You and the girls all looked at Rainbow Dash as she still has not said or done anything other than just sit and stare at you. And this still continued to puzzle you as Rainbow Dash of all people should have had the biggest reaction to this out of anyone in the room. You then separated from the group hug to know if Rainbow Dash was alright. "Hey, Rainbow Dash? Are you okay?" You asked as you walked over to her. You squatted down to her eye level as you were about to give her a bit of a nudge on her shoulder to give her some alertness. And then suddenly, she wrapped her arms around you and pulled you into a hug. And then, she started giggling quietly. As she tightened her embrace over you a bit, as her giggling started to get louder. And then five seconds later, she then started howling with laughter like the other girls were as she continued to hug you. After about another ten seconds of hugging you and laughing, she then stops laughing and then finally separates from you. She then looks at you with a warm smile with tears rolling down her cheeks. "Anon. You are awesome." She says to you. "Nobody has ever done something like that for me. I mean, my friends always do great things for me. It's just you're the first person who has ever stepped up for me when it comes to Zephyr Breeze." "And from now on, whenever he's bugging you and you want him to go away, you can count on me." You replied while giving her a friendly smile. "It's the least I could do after I asked Twilight to dare Fluttershy into calling him so he would embarrass you." "Thanks, Anon." She says while giving you another hug. "Anytime, Rainbow Dash." You replied while hugging her back. "Anyti..." You were then caught off by a very long yawn coming from you. "Heh. Sounds like someone needs to get some rest." Rainbow Dash says as she separates from you again. "Looks like it's time for you and Sunset to get back to the cuddling." She then nudges you while winking at you. The other girls giggled as Sunset walks over to you while scowling at the girls while blushing. She then stops scowling when she looks at you. "She's right, Anon. You need your sleep." Sunset said as you stood up on your feet. "Okay, Sunset." You replied while blushing. Well, girls. Goodnigh..." Suddenly, you feel down to the floor as you instantly fell into a deep sleep. All the girls in the room laughed as this happened. "Anon, you sleepyhead!" They all said to you. Sunset then picked you up and then carried you by having you lean on her back with your arm around her. "Goodnight, girls." Sunset said while blushing. "Goodnight, Sunset." They replied as they all want back into the circle to continue to play Truth or Dare until they were ready to go to bed. Sunset then turned around and carried you over to your sleeping bag. She unzips it and then places you back onto the left side while she climbs back in onto the right side. She then zips it back up to make sure you both were covered. Sunset then scoots over to you and then pulls you back into a cuddle by wrapping her arms around you while she moves your arms around her. You and her were now cuddling again. And just like before, it felt amazing. "Ahhhhh. I just can't get enough of this." Sunset said as she was once again enjoying you and her cuddling. She then looks at you as you were fast asleep without even the slightest bit of consciousness at the moment. She gave you a warm smile as she found you so cute when you're sleeping. "What a peaceful looking angel." She then thinks back to one of the last conversations you and she had before when Twilight came back from the bathroom. "I wonder if he knows what it is that I'm waiting for?" As she asked herself this aloud she started to become drowsy from the cuddling and the comfortable sleeping bag like before. "If he hasn't, then I'm sure he'll figure it out in no time." She then positioned herself to get more comfortable as she was ready to hit the hay. "Anon." Sunset said softly to you in your sleep while slowly on her way to falling asleep herself. "That thing I told you that I'm waiting for is something you still aren't being honest with me about. And I'm still gonna wait until you tell me what it is to prove to you that you can tell me anything that is bothering you without hesitation." She then closed her eyes as she was now close to falling asleep. "Good night, Anon. When you're ready to tell me what it is that I'm waiting for you to confess, I'll always be ready to hear it. I'll gladly continue to wait." With her last bit of consciousness drifting away from her, she said one last thing before falling asleep. "I'll gladly continue to wait for when you're ready to tell me that you love me."