"A man chooses. A slave obeys."
―Andrew Ryan
A tense stand off began between the six most powerful and legendary heroes in all of Equestria and Subject Alpha. For what felt like several minutes the only sound that broke the silence of the stare down was a deep growl emanating from the tan behemoth.
Eventually though Twilight broke the tense silence. "Rainbow Dash, are you okay?"
The usually talkative cyan pegasus was still watching her life flash before her eyes. "What!? Uhh...Y-yeah." She shook herself out of her trance, and slowly got up wincing as she put pressure on her back leg that had been pinned to the ground. "I've had worse crashes.... Just not many..."
Nodding, Twilight turned her attention to the orange and purple foal being pressed against the metal and leather titan. "Scootaloo, how about you? Has it hurt you?"
Scootaloo shook her head. "Nah, my dad would never hurt me." Everypony's eyes nearly popped out of their heads.
"Scoots... You mind running that by me again?" Rainbow dash asked after picking her jaw up from the ground.
"Well... Last night I saw a shooting star... And... I don't have a family.... So.... I wished I had a dad, then he fell out of the sky, and saved me from timberwolves.... And yeah..." Scootaloo explained.
Twilight facehoofed. "Scootaloo that doesn't make any sense!"
"Well neither does Pinkie Pie, but nopony questions her!" The filly retorted.
Twilight gave a silent touché, and tried to think of what to do next. "Can you get him to calm down and come with us to my castle? I don't want to freak any pony else out, and I want to do some tests on...him."
Subject Alpha pressed the small Pegasus even tighter against his chest. "I don't think he wants to..." Scootaloo replied.
A few moments of silence passed as a plan formed in the purple alicorn's head. "Fluttershy. Can you try to calm him down?"
The yellow Pegasus gave a look of 'why me' before nodding. "S-sure... I'll try." She answered, and very slowly walked towards the giant. She stopped a few feet short of the towering beast and spoke in a kind, gentle voice. "Hello, Scootaloo's daddy. If you would be so kind... Could you come with us. That is, if you wa-" the rest of her words were cut short when Subject Alpha placed Scootaloo down and brought his helmet right up to her face. Every pony watched in terror not knowing what to do, and then Fluttershy did the unthinkable. She gave him the stare. For several tense seconds everypony held their breath.
"DING!"
Subject Alpha's helmet changed from red to bright green. His form visibly relaxed and he stood up tall tilting his head questionably at Fluttershy.
Pinkie broke the awkward silence that followed. "Did it work!?"
"I-i think so..." Fluttershy replied hesitantly. "Uh... Could you, follow me Mr. Scootaloo's dad, If you don't mind?" Subject Alpha nodded, and the very awkward trip to Twilight's castle went off without a hitch.
Phials by Flimflam bros.
Presents
"Stare Down"
Control your enemies and get them to work for you. Make eye contact and even the most powerful of beasts will be under your control. Maintain eye contact for prolonged control."Why let Unicorns have all the fun?"