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.
When she finally did catch her breath, she couldn’t help but start giggling again. Sweetie was giggling, too.
“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.