“Silver Spooooon! Where did you go?” Diamond Tiara yelled, causing the young girl to groggily stumble into the room.
 
    “Uuuugh, what do you want now? I was in the middle of a nap…” she muttered, rubbing her eyes before donning her glasses.
 
    The larger girl pouted, “Well, take a nap later! We’ve got things to do, ok?” She growled. Silver Spoon put a hand on her shoulder.
 
    “Are you feeling ok? You’re...a lot crankier than usual.”
 
    Diamond Tiara gasped, “Than usual? Are you saying that I’m always cranky!?” she started to shake with anger, growling through gritted teeth.
 
    Silver Spoon started to back away, “Alright, I’m gonna go. I’ll be back when decide to be less of a brat, ok?” She rubbed her head, leaving her friend fuming.
 
    Silver Spoon sighed, rubbing her head in irritation. For the last few days, her best friend has been incredibly irritated, and every time she tried to help her, it only made her more furious. She just wanted her friend to be happy, but she had no idea how to do it…
 
    Then she got an idea, it was probably an awful idea, but it would definitely work. But she couldn’t do it alone. As much as she may regret it, as much as she may never live it down, she had to get some help. Swallowing her pride, she went to Sweet Apple Acres.
 
    “...You want us to do what?”
 
    “Please, I really need your help. I can’t ask anyone else for this, ok?” Silver Spoon muttered, much as she hated to admit it.
 
    “Hmm...what’s in it for us?” Apple Bloom nodded, intrigued by the opportunity.
 
    Silver Spoon closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before giving her offer. “Ok, if you help me out with this, I’ll...make sure that you aren’t teased for a month!”
 
Each member of the trio raised and eyebrow. “...Interesting…” Scootaloo mused, smirking at the fact that one of their bullies was actually willing to ask them for a favor. “I think we’ll discuss this in private for a moment, so could you please step outside?” Scootaloo gently shoved their guest out the door and huddled together the other crusaders.
“Why do we need to discuss this? Aren’t we gonna say yes?” Apple Bloom asked, wondering why they were even in a huddle.
 
“Yeah, this is a win-win situation for us, how come we didn’t agree already?” Sweetie Belle looked at Scootaloo, tilting her head in confusion.
 
“Because it’s just more fun to keep her in suspense.” Scootaloo chuckled, “Just give it a few minutes and then we’ll let her back in.
 
Back outside, Silver Spoon clutched her head in her hands, she had no idea why she even bothered to ask them for help. She had helped bully them with Diamond Tiara for months, of course they wouldn’t help! She stood back up, it would be a waste of time to stay here. As she started her descent, the door opened.
 
“Hey, where are you going? We’ll do it.” Scootaloo smiled down at her, the other two standing behind her. “Lead the way, Silver Spoon.”
 
Despite her asking, Silver Spoon was shocked; they would help her despite her constantly antagonizing her. She smiled back, walking back to Diamond Tiara’s house.
 
As Silver Spoon entered Diamond Tiara’s bedroom, just like her father said, she was fast asleep on the bed. It baffled Silver Spoon how her friend’s own snores didn’t wake her up. Hopefully she was such a heavy sleeper that she wouldn’t wake up during the setup of her plan.
 
Sneaking around the bedroom, the grey-haired girl started tying Diamond’s wrists and ankles to the bed’s corners. When she made sure that the knots were strong but snug, she began her attack. She started poking her sleeping friend’s rather large belly.
 
The response was a snort, and a quick jerk, but due to the ropes, she stayed in the same position. Silver Spoon gradually amped up the intensity, she started wiggling her fingers on her sides.
 
The snorting turned to giggled, then chuckles, then laughter. “E-Eeheehee! S-stop! That tihihickles!” Finally, she woke up. “H-Hey! What’s going on? Why am I tied up?”
 
Silver Spoon smirked, although she did feel a bit guilty. “Hello, Diamond, how are you?”
 
“S-Silver Spoon! Get me out of here right now!” Diamond yelled, trying to break the rope with pure force, however this proved to be a worthless attempt.
“Sorry, can’t let you go until you stop being such a grump all the time!” Silver replied, digging her fingers back into her sides, causing her to jolt and jump up and down on the bed.
 
“Silver Spoohoohoohoohoon!” Diamond laughed, still trying to pull on the ropes. Silver Spoon could tell that her friend was trying to get angry at her, but she was far too busy laughing to be mad.
 
“Come on, Dia, cheer up!” Silver Spoon teased, now wiggling her fingers into her armpits.
 
“N-Nohohohoho! G-Gahahahahahaha!” she cried, she was now furious at Silver Spoon, despite her wild laughter saying otherwise.
 
Silver Spoon grinned, “Very well, I’ll just have to bring in backup.” She motioned towards the door, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders walked in, sharing the same mischievous smirk that Silver Spoon had.
 
“T-them? Why did you bring them here?!” Diamond screeched, her anger now accurately portrayed with her voice.
 
“Because I knew they’d help me to get you to cheer up! Now we’re not gonna stop tickling you until we get you to stop being so grumpy!” Silver Spoon said in a sing-song voice.
 
“Y-You wouldn’t dare!”
 
“Oh yes I would!” Silver Spoon chuckled as they all got in position. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were at Diamond Tiara’s feet and legs, while Silver Spoon and Apple Bloom were at opposite sides of the bed, hands on her large upper body.
 
Diamond Tiara gulped, hoping this was all just a bad dream. But it was doubtful as she felt forty fingers wiggling all over her body, sending her into hysterics.
 
“STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAP! PLEHEHEHEHEHEASE! NOHOHOHOHO MOHOHOHOHORE! AHAHAHAHA!” The bound girl squealed. The four ticklers each had different methods to make her laugh. Scootaloo had a ruthless approach, dancing her fingers across Diamond Tiara’s soles and up and down her inner legs. Sweetie Belle had started to pinpoint certain tickle spots, and by holding back her foot, she was able to get those spots no matter how much she tried to curl her feet. Apple Bloom’s method was similar to Scootaloo’s, but the farm girl focused more on her armpits, chuckling herself when she saw her try to pull her arm down. And her best friend Silver Spoon had been digging her fingers into her large body, wiggling them on her body before switching spots and doing it all over again. All of this created a mixture of ticklishness that made Diamond Tiara helpless in hysterics. It was at this point that Diamond Tiara had totally forgotten what she was originally angry about in the first place.
 
“You ready to be cheerful now?” Silver Spoon asked, before her and Apple Bloom planted their lips on her exposed belly and blowing raspberry after raspberry.
 
“Y-YEHEHEHEHEHEHEHES! WAHAHAHAHAHAHA!”
 
“Alright, I think she’s had enough, you can stop now.” Silver said, looking at the others still tickling away.
 
“Aw, but this is so fun!” Sweetie Belle complained, tickling under Diamond Tiara’s toes
 
“Sweetie Belle…”
 
“Gah, fine.” She sighed, moving away from the bed with her other friends.
 
Silver Spoon began untying the ropes, and in seconds, Diamond Tiara was rubbing her wrists and ankles while gasping for breath. When she got up, she wrapped her arms around her friend.
 
“Thank you, I...I needed that.” She smiled, finally genuinely happy for the first time in a while.
 
“No problem, Dia…” Silver Spoon sighed in relief, not noticing her friend’s smile of genuine happiness turned into one of mischief.
 
“Just like I also need a bit of revenge!” The larger girl suddenly dragged her to the bed, pinning her down due to her greater weight. “Oh girls, would you mind helping me out for a bit?”
 
The trio that just helped Silver Spoon out had no problem ‘helping’ Diamond get revenge, as all of them were tickling her all over her body. With Diamond Tiara sitting on her arms, she had very little chance of escape as her best friend attacked her armpits.
 
“No! Nononononono! Nohohoho!” Silver tried to plea, but given the look on her tormentors’ eyes, she would be there for quite a while. But hey, at least it made her friend happy...