by RF and AG
There they stood, on the edge of the precipice of no return. It was nothing the likes of which any mortal had seen before, and would never see again. How long had it been, hours? Days? Minutes? Years? Months? And so on and so on. Either way, not a single soul could guess, and not a single soul in the room dared to take a shot.
“How long?” Dash whispered over to Applejack, all the while floating in mid air with lazy bats of her wings.
“Don’t know, reckon it has been longer than what Rares guessed,” Applejack said with a smug grin.
“Honestly, how does Twilight not have a clock in this room? She’s so punctual and meticulous about being on time,” Rarity said dramatically, sweeping her hoof over her head.
“Don’t be a spoil sport because you lost the first bet, besides, there is always round 2,” Rainbow said with a smirk. “Though we all know who is going to win that one.”
The bickering went on among her friends, but Twilight paid it no heed; she was too focused. There was too much at stake, too much riding on her not losing. If she lost here then it all would be over. She would never be able to look her friends in the eyes if this moment was not seized by the one and only, Princess Twilight Moondancer Sungazer Sparkle. Of course those middle names were not her true middle names but instead those she had been given upon being welcomed into Royalty, but that wasn’t the point!
It was now or never!
Carpe diem!
Fight or die trying!
Those who dare, win!
She would crush all resistance and win what was rightfully hers, and she would stop at nothing to have it!
A bead of sweat dripped down the side of her head, before lazy floating to the ground. The room was still and silent enough that the salty water made a resounding splash amongst the ground. Perhaps it was the heat of the moment that made the sound so overwhelmingly large, or maybe the crystal flooring amplified the sound of water splashing against the floor.
Most likely it was the faint green glow that had encased the water droplet.
Whatever it was, it snapped Twilight out of her glare and caused her to whip her head to the side.
“Victory! Mwuahaha!” cried a near hysterical Chrysalis! “I get to be the bride!”
“Arrrrgh!” moaned Twilight as she pulled both of her front hooves over her face in annoyance of being defeated at something she was nearly critically acclaimed for. Her glare face had withered the best of the best at Equestria’s National Glare Competition, even Celestia who had countless years of practice! She had been hailed as the nation's best, and possibly even the world's best of if everything went her way. Yet today was her first lost, and it would be forever imprinted in her mind.
“Called it,” Rainbow said excitedly as she pumped her hooves in the air. While Applejack and Rarity started to count the bits that they had lost in the wager. A wager of both who would win and in how long.
“That’s no fair! You used an sound amplifying spell on the sweat bead! That’s cheating,” Twilight exclaimed as she pointed her right forehoof at Chrysalis.
“All is fair in love and war, my sweet,” she said before closing the gap and placing a deep kiss on Twilight’s lips. A kiss that lasted far too long for the three other mares in the room. Neither Chrysalis nor Twilight minded though and continued to share in the kiss until a certain rainbow coloured pegasus spoke up.
“Oh, get a room you two,” Rainbow said mockingly.
“We have one, it’s right upstairs and within talking distance from here,” Twilight answered with a smug look aimed at Dash.
“Oh… right…”