M.K.S.G

Chapter 5: Back Home

          "Suffer, my dear. There's someone in the forest." Popsicruel said as he approached the river flowing through the cave.

                  Suffer poked her head out of the water and swam towards him. "Hmm. Who is it?"

                                Popsicruel shrugged. "Don't know. They kinda look like your counterpart's twin."

                                                "She's back?!" Suffer exclaimed in disbelief.

                                                 "Indeed I am, sister." the girl agreed as she entered the cave. She glanced at Popsicruel. "And it seems you replaced me."

                                                   "I did no such thing, Torture." Suffer corrected. She gestured to Popsicruel. "He's a clone of my counterpart's boyfriend."

                                                             "How interesting." Torture said as she approached. "Cause I just met my counterpart's boyfriend."

                                       "Uh, huh." Suffer said, uninterested as Popsicruel went deeper into the cave.

                                                          "I heard Sweetestria, Equestria and Tramor are competing in something called the Multi Kingdom School Games." Torture continued.

                                 "The M.K.S.G? Hmm." Suffer mused. "Our counterparts are competing in that."

                                                         "Really?" Torture asked in disbelief. "Should we mess with them?"

                                               "I wasn't planning on it." Suffer replied as she climbed out of the water.

                                 "Well, at the very least, I'm gonna pay my counterpart a visit." Torture said as she headed for the cave's entrance.

                                                     "Oh, yes. Let them know you're back that will totally end well." Suffer sassed before turning into her land form.

                                                           Torture looked back at Suffer with a dark glare. "Gee, for someone who's the clone of a party planner you're a real buzzkill."

                                     "Just because she's one doesn't mean I am." Suffer said as she stood up.

                                                     "Have you tried?" Torture asked, curiously as she turned towards her.

                                                   "What? Using party power?" Suffer asked as Torture nodded. "No."

                                                               "Hmm." Torture mused. "Perhaps you should."

                                                                    "That's not a bad idea, actually." Suffer agreed. "I'll see if Popsicruel can also since his counterpart is Sweetestrain."

                "While you guys do that, I'm gonna mess with Twinkle." Torture said as she left the cave.

                                                                        ~Time Skip~

                                                     "Guess who, Twinkle." Torture said as she stood behind her.

                                                                 Twinkle quickly turned around. "Well, well, well. What made you decide to stop hiding like a coward?"

                                                                 "Oh, I'm not a coward." Torture corrected. "I was just waiting for the perfect moment to return."

                                                      "Yeah, sure." Twinkle said as she rolled her eyes.

                                   "By the way, I really don't get why you like that Solar fellow." Torture said.

                                          Twinkle glared at Torture. "What did you do to Solar?"

                                                             "Don't worry, he's unharmed." Torture assured.

                                            "I don't believe you." Twinkle exclaimed as she charged towards her.

           Torture moved out of the way so Twinkle would run right into the wall. "Wow. Rude much?"

                                             Twinkle shook her head before facing Torture. "If I find out you hurt him, my head won't be the only thing going into a wall." 

                                                 "Alright, I take a hint." Torture said as she left.

                                                            Twinkle watched her leave with something dark in her eyes. "Wise decision, Torture." She then walked down the hall to the nurse's office.

                                                                  Sometime later, "Princess Twinkle, what happened?" the nurse asked as Twinkle entered her office.

                                                "Oh. I uh, tripped." Twinkle replied, knowing full well she was lying.

                 "Seems like it was a nasty fall, then." the nurse commented. "Let me get you some ice."

                                                        "Thanks." Twinkle said as she sat down.

                                                                "Of course." the nurse replied as she returned with an ice pack and gave it to her. "Are you gonna be ok enough to participate in the games?"

                                                            "Yep." Twinkle replied as she held the ice pack to her head.

                                                                      The nurse breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good."

                                                                            "Well, I'd better be going or I'll be late to my next class." Twinkle said as she stood up.

                                                                "Here, let me write you a pass, just in case." the nurse suggested as she walked to her desk to do so.

                                             "Thanks, Nurse Redheart." Twinkle said as she approached the desk.

                                                       "No problem, your highness." Redheart replied as she gave her the pass. "Off you go. Oh, you can take the ice pack with you. Just make sure I get it back by the end of the day."

                                               Twinkle smiled and nodded as she left the room.