This idea comes from xtremexavier15
Heather knew very well that she would have to take advantage of people in order to make it far in this game, so the best thing to do would to rope in 2 loyal patsies that were just dumb enough to passively accept following her every command, and when the time comes, dump them when they've lost their usefulness.
Looking at the people on her team, she found exactly what she was looking for in Lindsay and Beth. She approached them and made her offer, to which both seemed willing and eager. But while Heather liked this development, she also needed to test them to make sure.
"Both of you just cover your eyes and follow me." She told them as she took one hand from each of them in her own, and they used their other hand to cover their eyes. Heather led them into their half of the Gopher cabin, and laid them down on one of the bottom bunk beds.
"Now lay down flat on your backs and lift your arms above your heads." Once they did, she went over to her bag, and proceeded to tie them down to the bed, side by side. She tied their arms above their heads, and proceeded to go to the other end of the bed to remove their shoes, leaving their bare feet exposed.
When they opened their eyes, they saw what was going on and shared a look of nervousness between each other. "Um, Heather? Ith all thith really necethary?" Beth lisped
"But of course! This is just a test of endurance to see if your truly worthy of becoming my alliance members." The queen bee told them before she took a seat between them.
"And how exactly do we pass this te-" Lindsay asked innocently before she felt something that suddenly got her into a giggling fit. Before Beth could question anything, she felt that same sensation, and joined the blonde bombshell in giggling.
It was revealed that Heather had started tickling both of their bellies simultaneously. "All you two have to do is last 10 minutes, while I tickle both of you silly. If you can hold it out, your in the alliance." She explained.
Both nice girls' eyes widened at this news. They were gonna be tickled to prove their worth? While Beth's eyes widened in fear and reluctance, Lindsay's seemed to be do so in delight.
"Aww, cohohohohohohome on nohohohohow, thehehehere's gohohohot to be anohohohohother wahahahahay!" Beth pleaded between giggles. "There is, but this my favorite way. And if you can't handle it, I can definitely stop. I can also find someone else to take your place in the final 3." Heather told her casually.
This got Beth to toughen up and accept her test. Lindsay didn't seem to even think about protesting. In fact, she was taking the whole thing in stride. "Wheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee hahahahahahahahahahahaha!"
2 and a half minutes later, Heather moved on to the girls' exposed underarms, and promptly scribbled at them with her fingernails. getting real laughs out of both Lindsay and Beth now.
The braces-wearing farm girl kept trying to convince herself in her head that she could get through this, hoping it was enough to actually get her through it. " I can do this, I can do this, I can do this..." She kept thinking to herself. Meanwhile, Lindsay continued to laugh happily as she accepted this test without any qualms, at all.
Another 2 and a half minutes in, and Heather stopped to let both girls catch their breath. "Okay great, now we're only halfway done. So for the last 5 minutes of the test, you two will be on the receiving end of...these." She pulled two soft, fluffy colorful feathers out of her pockets and made her way over to where their feet were.
Both girls' eyes once again lit up in opposite feelings, Beth once again out of fear, and Lindsay once again out of joy. Both girls' feet were without a doubt their most sensitive spot, and Beth thought about protesting that this is too much for her, but before she could her feelings out, she suddenly burst into hysterical laughter as felt the tip of the feather start to brush on her bare feet.
Lindsay also joined her in laughter as the feathers stroked up and down on their soles. Heather just smirked in triumph as both girls had tears running down their cheeks from laughing so hard. She proceeded to occasionally flip the feathers around and poke and scratch at their arches with the quills. She also made sure to get between each toe on both girls' feet, to really drive them berserk.
This ended up getting the biggest laughs of all out of both girls. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!" They laughed in unison as their toes were tickled by Heather's feathers. She finally stopped and allowed them both to catch their breath again.
"Congratulations, the both of you passed. Welcome to your trip to the final 3." She told them with a smirk. She proceeded to untie them from the bed, and Beth sat up and removed her glasses for a moment to wipe away her tears.
"That…that wath…unbearable! I don't think I wanna go throught that again!" She said between gasps for air. "I don't know what your talking about, Belle, that was a lot of fun!" Lindsay said as she threw up her hands in happiness.
Both Heather and Beth were bewildered that she was perfectly fine with this whole thing. "You…you actually enjoyed that?" The queen bee asked curiously.
"Uh huh! I totally did! My daddy used to play a tickle game with me all the time when I was little, and going through this test brought back some fun memories!" She said as she happily thought back to when she was a little girl, and her father would pick her up, plop her down on her bed, and tickle her silly.
"Well then, I was happy to give you that trip down memory lane. I think this is the beginning of both a strong alliance, and a beautiful friendship." Heather said before Lindsay pulled her and Beth in for a group hug. "Uh, yeah, hehe. We'll thow them all." Beth muttered under her breath cautiously, unsure of what she just got herself into.
Okay then, that's another idea down. In addition to making Lindsay enjoy the tickling, her and Beth's differing opinions were suppose to parallel what happened in canon, regarding Heather's alliance. Beth ended up defecting not too long afterwards, whereas Lindsay was much more loyal to Heather. Hope this was another enjoyable read.
