"Wait a minute! Twilight! Fluttershy! Grab somepony and start flying!" Rainbow yelled to her friends. After five seconds, this registered with the winged ponies as they each grabbed one of their friends and opened their wings.
It did nothing.
"What?! Why isn't it working?!" Dash screamed in a mixture of horror and irritation. Her answer came in the form of Pinkie Pie.
"Because it's a black hole, silly filly!" Pinkie said calmly, but loud enough for everyone to hear. Twilight's face filled with terror, a similar look on Rarity and Fluttershy's face, Rainbow found a particularly soft spot on her hoof and rested her head on it. Applejack just seemed confused.
"Pinkie... are you an idiot?! You opened a black hole, and you kicked us in it?!" Twilight yelled, her face contorting in anger. Pinkie and the rest were taken aback by the sudden and violent outburst. "Did you really think opening a hole in reality was a good idea?! This is going to kill all of you!"
"Twilight, what do you mean, 'all of you'?" Rarity questioned.
"I'm an alicorn. Along with being immortal, I'm also invincible. While you all starve to death, or get pulled apart by the black hole, I'll be alone. For eternity." This made the assembly cringe and grimace. When Twilight noticed this, she softened her tone. "Sorry girls, I'm just a bit worked up about this."
***
"Well, this is boring." Things had calmed down from the earlier hysteria, and now the group was just falling in silence. The utter boredom of it all was getting to Dash, and she wasn't having it. Besides, if they were going to die, she wanted it to end on a good note. "So, any ideas on how to pass the time?"
The other mares started to consider the options. After about five minutes, someone spoke up.
"We could tell stories. Oh, if that's okay with everypony..." Fluttershy's voice trailed off into incomprehensible mumbling. The others looked at her.
"I think that's a marvelous idea!" Rarity supported.
"Sounds good!"
"Well, Ah can't think of nothing better." Applejack said, holding her Stetson so it didn't go flying above her.
"Sure, why not?"
"Oki, Dokie, Loki!"
"Okay, good idea Fluttershy!"
With all of them agreeing, only one questioned remained.
"So, who's first?"