Finally, winter break has arrived and the snow was slowly falling like little leaves coming off the trees. Children were on the streets throwing snowballs and building snowmen. Parents were sitting on their patios, with hot chocolates and cappuccinos, chatting and laughing while watching their children having fun.
Rainbow Dash didn't like it one bit.
She grew up as an only child, and ever since her mother left her father, they were on their own. However, her father had to work double shifts all the time, as the high school's track coach and a dentist's assistant, that they never spent much time with each other. That's why Rainbow Dash pretty much depends on herself since she's usually home alone. She tries to keep most of her heartbroken feelings inside, which is why she usually tries to act tough and awesome. In reality, I'm not as cool as everyone thinks, Rainbow thought.
Listening to the radio, she drove to Rarity's house, with Fluttershy sound asleep in the backseat. Poor girl was so worn out from watching the Cake Twins all last night, she barely got enough sleep before the sleepover. Rainbow didn't mind though. As long as Fluttershy doesn't snore, she was fine.
Taking a turn Rainbow left, as Rarity called it, "the commoner's street." She ended up in the "rich people" neighborhood. Rarity's father is the CEO of a very successful company in at least 15 states, and her mother was a neurologist. Therefore, her parents made loads of money. In less than ten minutes, she arrived at Rarity's house, which was up a hill a little farther from the other houses. Fluttershy was silently waking up from her little nap and took a look at her surroundings.
"Are we here already?" she asked, yawning.
"Yep. We're at casa de Rarity's, also known as, the spoiled rich bitch's house." Rainbow rolled her eyes and groaned.
"Are you okay, Rainbow? Ever since, well, you know what, you've been acting kind of...cranky." Fluttershy said.
Rainbow sighed and looked at her innocent animal-loving friend. Only Fluttershy knew what happened with Rainbow Dash and Applejack, even though AJ knows nothing about it. Rainbow Dash had to tell someone and well, Rarity would have everyone know about it in a heartbeat, and Twilight would suggest a therapist. Pinkie would throw a "Break up and Cheer up" party. So the only person she could trust was Fluttershy, who wouldn't dare tell a soul.
"I know, I know. I'm a little...upset, that's all." Rainbow sighed, parking her car. She saw that Pinkie Pie's and Applejack's cars were already parked outside of the house, which meant they were inside the house. She turned to Fluttershy. "Shall we go in?"
Fluttershy smiled, and unbuckled her seat belt. Popping the trunk, Rainbow got out of her car and grabbed her bags while Fluttershy grabbed hers. She closed the trunk, walked up to the front entrance, and rang the doorbell, which had the beginning of the England's national anthem. After waiting a few moments, the door opened to Rarity's butler, Sebastian.
"Yeeeessssssssss?" he asked. Rainbow and Fluttershy looked at each other, then Rainbow looked at Sebastian.
"Um, we're here for Rarity's sleepover."
"Yeeeesssssssss, do come in." Sebastian said, opening the door wider for them.
Rainbow never understood why Rarity never invited them over. Her house was beautiful! There were chandeliers made of real crystals, and the couch had very soft cushions, although they look like antiques from the old days. They must have cost at least thousands of dollars, since they are still in very good shape. Her kitchen was also large, so was the dining room. The stairs' railings looked like pure gold, and the stairs looked like the one from Titanic. But enough exploring, as they walked up to the top floor, where Sebastian was leading them to Rarity's room. He knocked on the door.
"Dear Sebastian, is that you?" Rarity's voice came from the other side.
"Yeeeesssssssss," Sebastian said. Rainbow thinks he sounds like a snake, extending his "yes's" like that. "I have two girls out here for you."
"Do come in, girls." Rarity said.
Fluttershy turned the doorknob and opened the door, looking at the sight in front of her. Rarity and three other girls were on her carpet, playing Monopoly. Pinkie was very happy to see the other two girls.
"Hiya, guys! You finally made it! And late as usual, I see." She squealed happily.
"Fluttershy, Rainbow! How nice of you to join us!' Rarity said, pulling them in further. She shut the door.
Rainbow looked around her room. If she was girly, it was to die for.
"Wow, Rarity, I knew you were a snob, but I didn't know you had good taste." she said in awe.
"Thank you...I think?" Rarity replied, confused.
"I'll go get Sweetie Belle!" Twilight said, getting up, "She can't miss out on the sleepover now, can she?"
"If I let that happen, I'll never hear the end of it." Rarity sighed.
"Now, Rarity, ya know Sweetie Belle loves you very much. She ain't gonna hold a grudge against you." Applejack reassured her.
"Have you seen Sweetie Belle hold a grudge? She can be the sweetest girl in this town, but the girl can hold a grudge longer than my parent's marriage. And that's a long time." Rarity said, putting the game back in the box.
Twilight came back with Sweetie Belle, who was eating a Tootsie pop. Pinkie sat next to Sweetie, handed her the party planner, and stood up on the carpet.
"Alright girls, listen up! I have a game for us to play! It's similar to Truth or Dare, but it's not the same. It's called 'Night of Dares.' Basically, there's no truths."
"Awwww..." Fluttershy said, quietly.
"Anyway, I brought an extra suitcase, for which some of the dares had to be put in a jar." The girls looked confused as Pinkie went on, "The jars have live creatures in them, so be warned. I didn't write my dare down, so you guys have to choose it for me! Sweetie here doesn't have any dares, but she will read from the dare list. You can't back out of the dare, otherwise you can't participate in the sleepover. And when we go back to school next year, you have to were a 'DUNCE' hat. Any questions?"
All of their hands shot up. "Good! Then let's begin!"
While the girls were waiting for Pinkie Pie to get the jars out, Sweetie Belle looked over the list and her face was filled with shock and disgust.
"Um...Pinkie? Are you sure these dares are...safe?"
"Of course, silly! It's not like I turned into Pinkamena when I wrote all of this...or did I?" Pinkie said from inside her bag. How she fit in there was a mystery.
"...If you say so..."
"Start reading from the list, Sweetie!"
"First up is Twilight. In this dare, you will have to eat...live bugs." Sweetie almost threw up in her mouth.
"Five of them, to be exact." Pinkie said, taking out a jar. There were live bugs in there, each crawling on top of each other wanting to get out. Twilight looked as if she was going to barf. The other girls had already grabbed paper bags to get ready.
Pinkie took out five bugs and put them in a small container. None of them had wings, so they couldn't fly out. Twilight walked over to them and almost cried. They were so nasty and ugly and squirmy.
"Like they say, slimy yet satisfying!" Pinkie said, eating a gummy worm, "Bon appetite!"
Twilight looked at the container, looked at Pinkie, then back at the container. She saw a worm slowly trying to get out of the container. Twilight picked it up and almost screamed as it tried to get out of her hand. Rarity ran to her balcony and was ready to barf onto her backyard. The other girls looked at Twilight with both disgust and curiosity. She put the bug close to her lips.
Okay Twilight, you can do this. Just think of it as your favorite food. Spaghetti, yeah that's it. Spaghetti. Twilight thought to herself.
Without further ado, she put the slimy creature into her mouth and chewed slowly. The girls gasped, while both Fluttershy and Rarity fainted. Twilight ate the other bugs one by one. Soon enough, the container was empty. It took Twilight at least ten minutes to eat them, since she thought of how this could affect her health. Rarity and Fluttershy slowly woke up. Pinkie looked at Twilight.
"So, how do you feel?"
Before Twilight could answer, she bent over and threw up on the carpet.
Rarity screamed bloody murder.
It took the maids some time, but they cleaned the carpet that smelled like vomit and bugs. Twilight had a glass of water and an ice pack on her head. It seems that she had an enormous headache after eating those bugs and throwing up. Pinkie Pie rubbed Twilight's back.
"I'm sorry, Twi-Twi. I shouldn't have made you eat all those bugs."
"Ya think!?" Twilight snapped back. Pinkie winced, as Twilight sighed, "I shouldn't have snapped, I'm sorry. I just don't feel so good right now."
"I understand."
Sweetie Belle tapped on Pinkie, "So should we continue or end it?" she asked.
"Ah think we should continue." Applejack said, the girls nodding with her, "If Twilight was brave enough to eat them bugs, then we should be brave to do our dares."
Pinkie smiled, "Absolutely!"
Fluttershy looked down, "I just hope the next person who gets dared doesn't have to eat bugs."
"You're in luck, Flutters! The next person is you!"
"Say whaaaat?!"