Author's Note: Oh look, I haven't died! So here's a new chapter. A few months late :P Sorry, I could make excuses but you probably don't care. But if you do happen to care: I'm in a relationship that seems to require constant attention, I do volunteer work with special needs kids and puppies, and I'm a tutor, soo...If you're mad at me then think of the puppies!
Pairings: None (Want some?: Leave a review. I'd love to write some for you.)
Warnings: You are about to read a horribly useless chapter. It's a bit important to the story, I swear!
Disclaimer: I still don't own the characters T.T
Twilight Sparkle's eyes slowly opened. She stared at the ceiling. It was cracked, and wasn't exactly "white." She couldn't even tell how people were able to stain a ceiling.
She didn't freak out that she wasn't in her bed. She didn't freak out about her human form. She was always good at remembering the day before in the mornings, as it helped her brain stay sharp. The night before, though, was not coming to mind. She remembered going to a party, and that was it. She didn't have time to contemplate it, though, because she thought it would be more important to get to the nearest toilet before throwing up all over the bed she shared with Rarity and Fluttershy.
As she kneeled by the toilet in the room over, Twilight looked up to find Rarity crawling through the slightly off-skew door frame.
"'Morning," Twilight said trying to smile before leaning back into the toilet. Rarity's only response was to grab the waste basket from under the sink and expel the contents of her stomach into it.
Applejack smirked as she staggered in. "See there, little fillies, that's what happenes when you drink."
"I've already told you, we're humans, not-" But Twilight couldn't finish her sentence, as she was throwing up again. "What happened last night?" She asked when she had finished.
"Rarity became a hypocrite," Rainbow Dash said as she too entered the scene, closely followed by Fluttershy with two tall (albeit chipped) glasses filled with water. She handed a glass to each of the girls on the floor.
"I'm not a hypocrite, darling," Rarity said, staring at the glass with a sternly disapproving look.
"The water will keep you from becoming dehydrated, and dehydration is the reason behind this horrible feeling," Twilight told her.
"Yes, but the glass is disgusting. Where did you find it, dear?"
Fluttershy looked hurt, and just stared at her friend.
"Uh, she probably found it in the cabinet. We don't exactly have the greatest stuff around here," AJ said, hugging Fluttershy lightly.
"Oh, I didn't mean to insult you, Flutter. I was just wondering. You know, we're worth more than this, they should have given us something nicer…."
"Of course you'd say that, princess. And don't think I didn't notice how off track you got us to avoid admitting that you're a complete hypocrite," Rainbow Dash said, leaning against the small counter.
"You know, she actually didn't side track us; I did. But, honestly, I'd rather find out about the whole of what happened last night, and I'm sure we'll find out how she's a hypocrite in the process." Twilight stood as she talked, walking over to the sink and motioning to Rainbow Dash to move over so she could hunt through the single drawer for a toothbrush. As luck had it, there were six, each with their names written on it in sharpie. Twilight picked up hers (a dark purple one, naturally) and the toothpaste and tried her best to get bad taste out of her mouth. She couldn't, however, get rid of the growing fear in her stomach.
"Well, let's start from the beginning," Applejack tried, but was interrupted.
"WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU START?!"
"Twilight, sugar cube, you just sprayed me with toothpaste. And I could start from here, and tell you about how I carried you home, then how the reason I had to carry you home was-"
"No, I get it, I'm sorry, start from the beginning, it's less confusing," Twilight affirmed. She cautiously stepped over Rarity, who was on the floor in the fetus position, feeling disgusting but too sick to get up.
"First, Applejack, darling, you're all muscles, would you help me to the tub?" Rarity asked from the ground, her voice cracking slightly.
"Uh, sure, sugar cube," Applejack answered, helping the other girl the few feet (if any) to the other side of the cramped bathroom. She grabbed a shabby towel from the rack and handed it to Rarity, who wrapped it around herself, sliding her dress down underneath it and sitting in the tub as water began to fill it. She silently thanked whoever had cleaned it in her head.
Twilight took a seat on the edge of the bathtub as Fluttershy jumped onto the counter and Rainbow Dash leaned against the doorway. Applejack cleared her throat.
"So, it all started at the awful party y'all decided to go to. I have half a mind to throw you all into the barn and keep it locked from the outside just so you don't go an' get yourselves all hurt. Anyway, so someone put some alcohol in the pop cups-" Applejack chose her words carefully, not wanting to remind her friend of the baby dragon that was left behind- "and so you two got, well, -as Dash would say—'wasted.' And Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash made cotton candy with the apparently real cotton candy machine and Fluttershy played cards with some fellow. At the end of the night, I slung Twi over my shoulder, and Rare, well, I sort of dragged your butt home. Pinkie came easily, actually. So we got home, Twilight was already asleep when I put her into your bed, and Fluttershy and Dash came home some time later, and everyone was fine." She took a gulp of air as she finished her speech.
"Ah-ah, Jacky, you forgot the most important part," Rainbow Dash reminded her. "Rarity, oh god, this is my favourite part: You were ALL OVER AJ. I mean, calling her weird names, talking about how you needed her. And when I got home you had pulled her into your bed and she was struggling to get away!"
"Wait, while I was there?" Twilight asked. Rainbow Dash nodded with a smile as broad as Pinkie Pie's.
"I don't believe that," Rarity said, but she pulled her towel closer around her anyways.
"You're a surprisingly strong little bugger," Applejack said as she nervously scratched the back of her head. "But you passed out pretty quickly so I didn't have to knock ya out myself."
"BREAKFAST!" The girls all looked towards the wall the shout came from the other side of, as if staring hard enough at it would allow them to see through it.
Applejack and Dash were the first ones out of the bathroom, staring towards the nook of the apartment known as the kitchen. Pinkie stood on one side of the counter, piles of cupcakes, cakes, cookies, and brownies in front of her. She began bouncing happily when her friends walked in.
"Hey guys! Look, I made breakfast!" She smiled as widely as she could, then fell over.
"Score!" Rainbow Dash said, running towards the sweets.
"D-don't eat too many, ya hear, or you'll be sick. By the way, Pinkie, where did you find the ingredients?" Applejack asked.
"They were in the cabinets, silly, where else?" Pinkie pulled herself off the ground, and sat on the counter next to one of the plates of cookies.
"You know, this really isn't healthy," Twilight said.
"Seems to be our only option, sugar cube, unless you can find something healthier in those there cabinets," Applejack responded, grabbing a brownie. She held it in her mouth as she grabbed a plate and piled it with sweets. She handed the plate to Fluttershy. "Could you bring this in to Rarity? She's probably hungry, I mean, all that was in that stomach of hers is now in the waste basket in the bathroom," she chuckled a bit.
"Why don't youuuu take it in, Apples?" Rainbow Dash asked. Applejack blushed. Fluttershy came to her friend's rescue by quietly carrying the plate into the bathroom. Rainbow Dash rested her elbows on the counter, eating a heart-shaped cookie. "You're no fun, you know that AJ?"
Applejack was about to respond when a small scream came from the bathroom. Applejack was the first to get to the scene, quickly grabbing a sobbing Fluttershy and hugging her to try to her feel better. She looked past the fluff of pinkish hair in front of her face and noticed that the steam from Rarity's boiling bath had uncovered a message on the mirror:
"Don't waste too much time at parties, girls. I'm excited to have you as part of the game. Let's begin!"
Author's Note Number 2: Okay, so I read all the previous chapters today and realized how awful they are. I can't go back and change them because, well...I'm lazy. And I deleted all the old documents for them because I had to type them on my mum's laptop soo...Yeah, it would be awkward for her to stummble upon those. (This makes me sound like I'm 12 :P)
So, as I mentioned previously: If you'd like to see a pairing happen in this story, even if it's brief, leave a review and I will try to make it happen! (Maybe.) If you're really like to see anything happen really then say so. I really don't plan out my writing too far ahead or else I get bored of it, so my plans for this are super moldable. And I LOVE hearing from you, so a review would be nice anyways.
Have a nice day!
~Rye