#sneezing

“Come one come all to the Canterlot High Carnival!”

Yes it was in full swing now. Months of planning, designing, and construction had all culminated to this day. The long awaited Canterlot High Carnival.

It was a yearly event sponsored and funded by the school district to let the students show their creativity. It wasn’t mandatory to contribute something, but its reputation had grown over the years to the point where the event was never short on ideas and booths. The calendar’s pages had rotated yet again and now here they were, ready to begin the event again.

Bon Bon and Lyra were outside working the ticket booths while people lined up waiting their turn. Just beyond the doors were rows upon rows of game stalls set up by the students. Those who didn’t set up games helped create attracts such as the zipline ride and the spinning gravitron. Those were always staples of the event and never failed to bring a smile.

Of course seven students in particular were excited as well.

Rather than set up a stall or an attraction like most others, Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna had approached the Rainbooms and asked if they would instead be the musical entertainment for the event in exchange for their food and drinks being covered by the school. All seven of them unanimously agreed to the deal. Not only that, but this was going to be Twilight Sparkle’s first time ever attending the carnival. So they were stoked to show her around.

“This is all so amazing.” The bookish girl said.

Sunset chuckled as she looked at her reaction to the venue.

“I still can’t believe you’ve never been here before.” She said to Twilight.

“Well when I was still attending Crystal Prep, I really didn’t want to be seen anywhere that could make me a social outcast….well….more of a social outcast.”

“Well you aren’t there anymore!” Pinkie happily said as she just appeared on Twilight’s other side. “And now we get to have you try all the amazing things everyone came up with! We can get some cotton candy first! Ooo! Or maybe some drumsticks! Hot dogs, crepes, giant donuts! All of it’s super yummy! And then the games! Games! Skee ball, pin the tail on the pony, swing the hammer, axe throwing, I wanna do it all! Twilight you gotta do it all!”

Before Pinkie Pie literally fused her forehead to Twilight’s as she leaned her own into it, she was tugged back and away by Applejack who had her fingers under the collar of her shirt.

“Simmer down there, Pinkie.” The country girl calmly said. “How about we let Twilight decide what we should do first.”

The notion made Twilight smile.

“Really? You’re letting me pick?”

“Well duh!” Rainbow smiled back. “This is your first time! It’s only fitting we do something you want first.”

“And the animals at the petting zoo aren’t going anywhere for hours. I’ll have plenty of time to make my way over to them.”

With that final word from Fluttershy, Twilight wiped away a tear of joy and began to look around the various setups around the carnival. There did seem to be a lot of stuff to try out, but she could be so indecisive at times. There were shooting galleries, ball throws, and even more as she walked around.

Then she saw it.

Dangling on the wall in one of the booths painted a deep blue was a doll that seemed to make Twilight look like she had seen the face of creation itself. She zipped over to the front counter with speed that impressed even Rainbow Dash.

“Twilight? You alright?” Fluttershy asked.

Her reply was the purple toned girl raising a finger and pointing towards the prize she couldn’t tear her gaze away from. The other six girls surrounding her knew what it was but…it was just a Smarty Pants doll like the one Twilight already had. She had it proudly displayed on her bed. They all had seen it plenty of times when they went over to her house.

“It’s just another Smarty Pants. What’s the big deal?” Rainbow wondered.

Twilight looked at rainbow as if she had just spoken blasphemy.

“J-just another Smarty Pants?! No! No no no no! Those aren’t just Smarty Pants dolls, Rainbow. Those are the limited edition Smarty Pants dolls from 1998! Look there! The star embroidered into their right ears are a sign of their authenticity! Only a hundred of them were ever made!”

Rarity looked at the dolls with clear skepticism.

“Not to question your observational eye, Twilight dear. But if they really are so rare then why are there so many here in one booth?” The fashionista asked.

It was a decent point. Collectors items or vintage toys as rare as Twilight was claiming them to be would hardly ever be seen in bulk like this.

“I don’t know. But whoever is stupid enough to give these away as carnival prizes either doesn’t know what they have or they don’t care!”

“So I guess you want one of those, huh Sparky?” Sunset teased.

“Well then let’s get to it.” Applejack knocked on the counter of the booth. “Hello? Anybody here?”

“Coming, coming!”

All seven of the Rainbooms shared glances with each other as they recognized that voice.

“Is that…?” Pinkie started to wonder.

Her question was answered yes as Canterlot High’s self proclaimed best magician stepped in through the back door. She was dressed in a fancy deep blue jacket with gold trim. Some high heels were on her feet while black nylons ran up her legs. On her head was her signature star patterned hat.

“Trixie? Why are you running a booth?” Fluttershy asked.

“Trixie is running a few booths!” she answered. “I was given permission to have multiple! These types of events are always great for testing out Trixie’s new additions to her magical repertoire.”

“So you’re literally taking people’s money so they can be your unwilling guinea pigs?” Applejack deadpanned.

The reaction Trixie had to that statement was good enough to frame.

“H-hey Trixie is not so cruel! And they aren’t unwilling…just unknowing! There’s a difference and nobody’s getting hurt!”

Applejack rolled her eyes while Twilight kept her eyes on the prize she wanted.

“Those Smarty Pants dolls, Trixie! Where did you get them?!” She begged to know.

Trixie rolled her eyes as the memory replayed in her head.

“My dad works for the toy company that made Smarty Pants. He won a whole lot of them at some Christmas party he had at his company when I was like 7. He didn’t even give them to anyone. Well one he gave to me and I treasure him, but the rest he didn’t give out. They just stayed in the basement for years. Mom wanted to remodel it into her new home office but they were still cluttering up space. So after a long argument about it, they…well Mom really, told me to just take them and put them up as prizes here.”

After her short story, Trixie looked to Twilight and noticed the look in the lavender skinned girl’s eyes. That look of desire aimed at the dolls. Oh yeah. This had the workings of some good tests.

“Do you wanna try to win one?” Trixie seductively asked.

“Oh come on! Can’t I just buy one? You have like, twenty! Name your price!”

“Thirty seven actually between all my booths but that’s not the point. The point is, I can’t give you girls special treatment above all my other customers. So if you’re not gonna play the game, then vamoose.”

There weren’t any other customers around as Pinkie was about to point out. But she was interrupted by the sound of Rainbow Dash’s hand smacking the wood of the booth counter, with a dollar bill under her palm.

“I’ll play your game. And I’ll win too.” She cockily said.

Trixie just smirked, equally as smug. “We will see.”

Rainbow scoffed. “So what is your game here anyway? Want me to pull a rabbit out of a hat or something?”

“Didn’t you read the sign right above you?”

Trixie pointed upwards and lo and behold, there was indeed a sign. A beautifully painted and decorated one at that. A long wooden rectangle was painted black with a starry space background specked all over it. In the middle was…a nose. Just a nose by itself in space and there were bright pink and blue puffs of clouds coming from the nostrils. Underneath that in the same color scheme were the words, “The Nose Knows All.”

“The Nose Knows All? What kind of a name is that?” Rainbow asked

“A very apt one if you will allow Trixie to explain.”

Trixie walked back to the shelf and fetched two things. One was a bowl, and the other was a can with contents unknown. She unscrewed the can and dumped a very fine looking blue and pink powder into the bowl and a small puff of dust rose up from it. She waved it away and then flourished her hands over it dramatically.

“Direct your eyes and gaze upon Trixie’s newest concoction of ‘Great and Powerful Nasal Dust 2.0!”

She was expecting a reaction of applause or even one of awe. But all seven of the girls before her just tilted their heads in confusion, causing Trixie to groan and cease her dramatic pose.

“It’s sneezing powder that Trixie made herself.”

“Oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh!” They all hummed in unison.

“The idea is just to make ourselves sneeze?” Applejack was more than confused now.

“Oh, how barbaric!” Rarity was just disgusted by the notion.

“So how does it work? We sneeze a certain number of times in a row and we win?” Rainbow asked.

Trixie smirked. Rainbow Dash’s competitive spirit was always easy to hook.

“Actually you have that backwards. The idea isn’t to merely sneeze. That would be too easy. The idea is to try and not sneeze.”

Now the confusion came back doubled. Even Rarity, who was still grossed about by sneezing in public that much, wanted to hear what Trixie meant.

“Here’s how it works. You will lean down over this and take in the biggest sniff you can of this powder into your nose. If you can go past the forty five second mark without sneezing, then any prize off the wall is yours.”

“Forty five seconds? That’s it? That seems like it might be too easy.” Applejack said.

“Unless this powder like, really tickles your nose or something.” Pinkie eyed the powder with interest.

Fluttershy remained silent. Sneezing in public was already something she wasn’t fond of and she was certain she wanted to avoid doing this as much as she could. Cautiously, she took a step back and put a hand over her nose, not wanting to catch a stray sniff that could set her off.

“Oh it does.” Trixie confirmed. “What do you say, Rainbow Dash? Not too late to back out.”

“Heck no!” Rainbow slid the dollar bill over to Trixie. “Gimme a whiff!”

Trixie smirked victoriously as she took the dollar and placed it into a drawer with her other earnings. Then she slid the bowl filled with sneezing powder across the counter so it was right in front of Rainbow Dash.

“Whenever you’re ready.” She smugly said.

Not one to back down from a challenge, and more than eager to win, Rainbow picked the bowl up to her face and positioned her nose right over the powder. With a mental countdown to three, she took in a strong breath through her nostrils, taking a heavy gust of sneezing powder with it. Within moments she could feel the entire space within her nasal passages become coated with the stuff. Not even a moment later is when the roaring tickle came to life like a match in a pool of gasoline.

“Whoa!”

Rainbow just barely had enough control over herself to set the bowl down before slapping a finger under her nostrils and rubbing them like crazy.

“Hah…a-ahh…ahh….aaaaahhhhh…..”

Right away her eyelids fluttered. Every hitch in her breath made Rainbow want to close them and let this monster sneeze out. But she couldn’t. She was Rainbow Dash, best athlete Canterlot High had to offer. Holding back a stupid sneeze was nothing for her.

Though that pungent powder all around her nose was certainly giving her a run for her money.

“What’s the matter, Rainbow Dash? Itchy nose?” Trixie taunted.

Rainbow Dash looked like she was trying to snarl back in annoyance, but it was interrupted by another round of hitchy breaths brought on by her very tickly sinuses.

“Hah….I….I wuh-won’t sneez th-thaaaahhhh….that easily!”

“Fifteen seconds!” Twilight announced as she looked at the stopwatch app on her phone.

Just thirty more seconds and this would be over. Rainbow could last for that long. She was sure she could.

“Heh! Hhhhheeeeeeehh….eehh..eh! EEEHH! HEH!”

Though that did seem to be getting harder and harder to do. Her finger pressed harder to the underside of her nose in a vain attempt to try and stave the sneezes off for longer. Twilight was counting on her. She had to win. She couldn’t be bested by Trixie!

Unfortunately her nose didn’t agree.

“AAHHHTCHOO!”

Unable to fight it any longer, Rainbow turned her head to the side and expelled two thick clouds of blue powder from her nostrils along with a few drips of snot.

“Ahhhtchoo! Ahtchoo! Aaaaahhhtchoo!”

Fluttershy was immediately by her side and offering Rainbow Dash her handkerchief.

“Ugh…thanks Flu…Flutter…Ahhhtchoomph!”

The poor rainbow haired girl couldn’t even get her friend’s name out of her mouth before another sneeze crept its way up her nasal walls. Thankfully she now had that hanky so blowing her nose to get rid of whatever was left up there was a breeze.

As she stood up, she looked back to Trixie with a face so smug Rainbow wanted her next sneeze to launch right into it. Sadly it felt like there were none left to rush out.

“Bless you.” Trixie mocked.

“Shut up and let me go again!” Rainbow marched over.

“No way!” Trixie snatched the bowl of her sneezing powder off the counter. “As funny as it sounds to watch you sneeze yourself silly in a never ending losing streak, I want as many noses as possible to give this powder a test. Yours alone isn’t enough!”

“That’s stupid and you know it!” Rainbow shouted.

“Rainbow.” The athletic girl was stopped in her tracks by Applejack resting a hand on her shoulder. “Simmer down, now. I got this.”

The farmer confidently strode over to the booth and slapped a dollar bill on the counter. With her smirk returning, Trixie set the bowl back down and it was claimed by Applejack. Next to her, Twilight had reset the clock on her phone and was waiting to start the count.

The moment Applejack’s nose took in a breath, Twilight started the clock.

*Ten seconds later*

“Uh..uh…Ah..Ah’m…g…gonna sn..sneeze….Huh! HUYYAASSHOO!”

Not even ten damn seconds passed before Applejack gave into the powder. Like Rainbow before her, both of her powerful nostrils blasted out two clouds of blue dust. She really took in a deep whiff of the stuff, maybe too deep. She boasted at how she had it, only three seconds in was she doing her standard announcement of an oncoming sneeze.

“Huyashoo! Huh! Huyaaashooo!”

This time it was Rarity offering the hanky since Rainbow still had her hands on Fluttershy’s.

“Thank yoooooSSHOO!”

Rarity jumped away from that sneeze with the reflexes of a cat. Then Applejack apologized and blew her nose, leaving the hanky splotched with blue colored snot.

“That’s two losses,” Trixie boasted. “Anyone else care to try? How about you, Rarity? That nose of yours looks like it can hold its own.”

“No thank you! I already detest sneezing on it’s own! No way am I going to willingly subject myself to an endless sneezing fit for a silly game!”

“Fine. Rarity’s out. What about you, Sunset? Care to test your nostrils metal?”

All at once, seven pairs of eyes landed right on Sunset Shimmer who was eyeing the booth, Trixie, and that bowl full of sneezing powder with deep contemplation. The fiery haired girl knew she didn’t sneeze often. She could hold it back or stifle when needed. But against something that was apparently very potent, she wasn’t sure how long she could last.

Then she looked to the left.

Twilight Sparkle was looking at her with that damn puppy dog look she always used when she wanted something so badly. And dammit all to hell, Sunset fell for it every frickin time.

“Oh my nose is so gonna hate me.” She moaned before she stepped up and slapped a dollar on the counter. “Bring it.”

Raking in the dollar with her one hand, Trixie used the other to nudge the bowl of sneezing powder right in front of Sunset. The amber skinned girl looked back to Rainbow Dash who just shot her a pair of thumbs up. It did little to quell the fear inside Sunset but this was for Twilight. She could power her way through a few sneezes. As she sniffed up the poweder, she figured she had experienced worse.

She was wrong.

Boy oh boy was she wrong.

The instant the powder hit her nasal passages, Sunset’s nose felt like it has caught fire. She shot straight up and furiously brought both hands up and rubbed the sides of her nose to try and quell the burning and itching. Ultimately, it only made things worse.

“Heh…heh! Heh! HEEEHH!”

Trixie had started the timer, and Sunset was doing her damndest to try and keep herself under control. But the effects were too strong right off the bat. Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she fought back against the sneezing fit growing in her nose. But alas, the longest Sunset could get was to twenty seconds before Trixie’s tickly concoction claimed another victim.

“HehSHOO! HEHSHOO! Heh! HEH! HEHHSSHOO! SHOO!”

Sunset cupped her hands over her mouth and nose as her waist bent forward with every powerful sneeze. Twilight tried to help steady her with a hand to her shoulder but it was no help at all.

“Heh…heh….oh…o-one…one more…heh…HeeeEEEHSSHOOOOO!”

That last sneeze finally seemed to do the trick to quell Sunset’s nose. Her body lurched forward and her red and yellow hair whipped up from behind her back and covered the poor girl’s face. Once she stood back up straight, Sunset jerked her head and made her hair go back to behind her back. She pulled her hands away, and a small string of blue colored snot trailed from her nostrils to her cupped hands.

“I’m uh, *SNIFF!* I’m gonna go wash my hands and blow my nose.”

No one stopped her as she walked away. Rarity in particular seemed to hide behind Applejack as Sunset moved past them to head for the bathroom.

“That makes three,” Trixie smugly said. “Anyone else wanna go?”

“Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Lemme try! Lemme try!”

Pinkie Pie skipped over to the table and slapped a buck of her own down, excited more than anything. Hey, a dollar was a dollar. So Trixie took it and inched the bowl of powder in front ot he pink girl. Without waiting for anything, Pinkie grabbed the bowl and held it up to her face. With a smile, she took a heavy whiff of the stuff into her nose and placed the bowl down. Trixie started the timer and looked at Pinkie’s powder covered nose with interest. Immediately it started to tremble and twitch. Her nostrils flared wildly like there was a crowd within her nasal cavity throwing a dance party. Which…honestly isn’t too farfetched for Pinkie Pie’s nose.

“Heeeheehee! Ih! My nose ihh…it tih…it tiihh..tickles…ih…a-a lot! It’s hih…f-fuh…funny.”

Pinkie’s eyes shut and an index finger raised up to her nostrils, softly rubbing them to try and either hold the sneezes back or coax them out. No one could really tell. The clock kept going and for a moment, it looked like Pinkie Pie would be the one to beat the powder. But at the thirty second mark…

“Ih! Hih! TCHIEW!”

Twin clouds of blue bursting from Pinkie’s nostrils made Trixie stop the timer.

“Tough luck, Pinkie.” Trixie said.

“Chiew! Huh? Oh it’s fi…fi…iihhtchiew! It’s fine! I knew I wasn’t gonna win.”

“Well if you knew you weren’t gonna win, why did you even do it in the first place?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Ihtchiew! Ihtchiew! Because I think ih…ih.…IHTCHIEW! I think it’s fun to sneeze!”

As Pinkie Pie continued sneezing, the other six girls looked at her as if she just grew a second head.

“Ihtchiew! What?” Pinkie sneezed and shrugged.

“Just…so much about you isn’t right, Pinkie.” Rainbow remarked.

Pinkie shrugged again and stood aside as her finger rubbed the undersides of her nostrils. It looked like she was finally done sneezing.

“Well…now what? We all know Twilight’s nose won’t stand a chance.” Rainbow said.

Sad to say but it was true. Twilight probably had one of the most sensitive noses in their whole group. If she stepped up to the plate, she’d probably be sneezing all the way home.

“And Rarity ain’t gonna budge fer nothin’.” Applejack looked to her girlfriend.

Rarity just crossed her arms, letting that pose she stood in alone be her answer.

“So who’s left?” Rainbow wondered.

All at once, all eyes turned and pointed towards the one person in their group who hadn’t said much during this whole thing. Fluttershy, upon realizing where they were all about to go with this, shyly began to step away from them.

“Of course!” Rainbow smiled. “Flutters can do it no problem!”

“R-Rainbow Dash! Please don’t make me!”

“Oh come on, Fluttershy! You hold back your sneezes all the time because you don’t want people seeing them. You’ve been training for this your whole life!”

Fluttershy only grew more fearful at the horrible attempt of praise.

“Yeah! That schnoz of yours is built to withstand a few tickles. No measly powder will get you going!”

“But what if it does? I wouldn’t only just lose the doll for Twilight, but I won’t be able to stop sneezing for who knows how long in front of all these people!”

“What’s going on now?” Sunset asked as she came back, her face and hands cleaned.

“We’re trying to convince Fluttershy to give it a shot.” Rainbow replied.

“What about Pinkie Pie?”

“Already went. Said she only tried because sneezing is fun.”

“Yeah that tracks.” Sunset shrugged. “But come on, Fluttershy. The powder isn’t that strong. You saw how quickly the rest of us stopped sneezing. I promise it’ll only be a few and you’re done.”

“But what if it isn’t? What if I keep sneezing longer than the rest of you?”

“Then we’ll make sure no one here sees ya. We’ll be yer shield.” Applejack assured her.

“Quite right, sweetheart. We know how much you detest sneezing in public. We’ll ensure no one sees you.” Rarity agreed.

Fluttershy liked to remember at times like these that she was blessed with amazing friends. All six of them looked completely sympathetic and understanding of her fears. The least she could do was give this thing a shot so Twilight could have her beloved rare doll.

“…..alright I’ll try.”

“Awsome!”

Rainbow put down one more dollar, more than willing to pay for her friend’s try. It made no difference to Trixie. The bowl slid back over as Fluttershy stepped up to the booth.

“Just to reiterate,” Trixie said. “No small sniffs or anything like that. One big smell like the rest of them. Nothing less.”

Fluttershy meekly nodded, not liking that she had to take so much of this in. But the challenge was on now. Her eyes stared down to the powder with fear and anxiety as the thought of what it was gonna do to her filled her up. Closing her eyes, she counted backwards from three and then…

*SNIIIIIIFFFF!*

Two generous quantities of the powder flew up into her nostrils, filling them both instantly. Every hair inside her nose looked like some weird tree from a children’s book and began to sway as Fluttershy’s now irregular breathing flowed in and out of her nose.

Trixie pressed the button and the timer was now going. Forty five seconds. Would this girl be the one to do it. Most likely not. Fluttershy didn’t really have all that much going for her when it came to physical fortitude. She figured she’d last no more than ten seconds before her delicate nose gave in like all the rest.

Ten seconds passed and still nothing came out.

Fluttershy had moved her right hand upwards and placed her index finger under her nostrils the same way Pinkie did to try and stave off the sneezing fit for as long as possible.

“Aaah…h-hahh…aaaah…”

“That’s it, Fluttershy! You got this!” Rainbow cheered.

“Don’t let your nose win!” Pinkie cried.

“Hah…aaah….e-easier…suh…said…than…aah…aaah…done…”

Twenty seconds. Fluttershy’s nose was trembling more than Vinyl Scratch’s amplifiers during a dance parties. But alas, she was still holding strong. A small tint of pink was dusted over the skin of her nose mixed in with the blue of the powder. Her eyes were squeezed shut and two rivers of tears were flowing down her cheeks as the itchy feeling within Fluttershy’s nose grew more powerful with every passing moment. She had a couple scares by the time thirty seconds came around. Her head was reared back and ready to unleash a powerful series of sneezes, but out of sheer willpower combined with the masterful work of her index finger, Fluttershy was able to rub her nostrils in a way that made the sneezes back off. But she and everyone else knew, she couldn’t do it forever.

“Ten more seconds! You’re almost there!” Sunset said.

“Keep holding it in, Fluttershy!” Twilight was even getting into it.

The support of her friends was appreciated, but it was a bit distracting to listen to them while trying to hold back what was potentially the strongest sneeze she’d ever felt in her life.

“Aaah! Aaaaaaahhh…aaahhh….ah! Ah! Ah! AAHH! AAAAAAHHH!!....AAAAAAHHHH!!”

Forty seconds.

“Aaaaaah…aaahhh…”

Forty one.

“Aaaaaaahhhh…”

Forty two.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh….”

Forty three.

“Aaaah! AAAAH! AAAAAHHHHH!”

Forty four.

“AAAAAAAAHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!”

Forty five.

“Time.” Trixie reluctantly declared.

“Woohoo! Nice job, Fluttershy!” Pinkie Pie pumped her fists.

“Let em fly, Flutters! You earned it!” Rainbow declared.

“AAAAAH! AAAAAAAHHHH!.......”

…………………she wasn’t letting them fly.

The seven other girls present refocused on Fluttershy. Her finger was not moving from her nose and here entire body now was shaking as she kept trying to hold the sneezes in.

“Uuuhh….Fluttershy? It’s over now. You won. Let it out.”

“H-h-h-aaahh….a-aaahhh….n…nuh-no…..ah!”

Rainbow just smacked her head.

“Wow she really doesn’t wanna sneeze in front of everyone, does she?” Sunset had to admit, she was impressed.

“Fluttershy, sweetness, it’s alright. Your nose must be tortuously itchy right now.” Rarity soothed.

But Fluttershy shook her head again, refusing to move her finger from underneath her nose.

“Duh-don’t! Wuh….wah…wah…aahh! HAH! HAH!” Close to it, but Fluttershy’s finger rubbed furiously, staving off the onslaught like a well bit dam. “…ah…don’t wanna…sneeze…h-hah…here…aahh…”

Even Trixie, still vexed that someone had bested her powder, had to admit she was impressed. That powder she made was potent enough to send a normal person’s nose into an unstoppable frenzy as was proven with the other girls. Fluttershy? The inside of her nose, or at least her control over it, had to be next level in order to fight against it for so long.

Though of course, as impressive a showing it was, the others were quickly getting tired of it.

“Oh for lands sake, Fluttershy! Just sneeze already!”

With no more patience, Applejack grabbed Fluttershy’s wrist and pulled it away from her face. The latter tried to raise her other hand but the country girl was quick to grab that one too. The others looked at the scene, unsure if they should step in and let the poor girl just do her thing. But ultimately, Applejack was right. Fluttershy should just let them out.

So she let them out.

“Aaaah! Aaaah! AaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAHHHH! AH! CHU! CHU! CHU! CHU! ACHUU! CHU! Aaah! AAAH! AAACHU! CHU!”

Fluttershy’s head went up and down as every sneeze shot out of her in a rapid fire series of uncontrollable sneezes. Applejack finally let the girl go now that her nose had been unleashed and Fluttershy wasted no time grabbing the hanky that Rarity was holding out for her and covering her nose with it.

“Chu! Ahchu! Chu! Chu! Oh I…I knew I…ah..ah…chu! Wouldn’t be-CHU! Able to…aah…ahh…stop….aaAACHU!”

“It’ll pass, Shy. Just let em out. It’ll all be over soon.” Applejack assured her with a hand on her back.

As Fluttershy kept soaking Rarity’s hanky, Twilight walked over to the booth. Trixie had one of the plush toys in her hand. She had so many of them, but the blue skinned magician apparently didn’t like that someone was able to best her challenge, and that person was Fluttershy. Still, it didn’t matter to Twilight. Happily, she took the Smarty Pants doll and examined it closely. It was the real deal, just as she had suspected.

“Thanks a lot, Trixie!”

“Yeah yeah,” Trixie waved them away.

As the seven of them walked away with Twilight’s new prize, Fluttershy was still sneezing.

“Chu! Chu! Chu! AAACHU! Ah! Chu! Chu………….ugh……*SNIFF SNIFF!* That….that wasn’t fun. CHU!”

One final sneeze shot out of Fluttershy’s nose which was now a darker shade of pink from before, almost matching her hair. Her sinuses had to be all sorts of worn out by now. Harshly, she blew her nose into the hanky and tried to hand it back to Rarity, who looked repulsed at the sight of it.

“Keep it.” She insisted.

“I’ll wash it and give it back…” Fluttershy said embarrassed.

“Fluttershy,” Twilight said. “Thank you so much!” She held up the doll with a wide smile on her face.

That was enough to make Fluttershy smile too. What was a few sneezes between friends after all, especially if they could win a cool prize?

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