“i did nothing!”

Rockhoof what did you do….?

A short story:
 
During their travels, the Pillars of Equestria had found a small village in eastern Equestria that pled for their help; every harvest, the village was besieged by bandits who demanded most of their crops, forcing them to live off of whatever scraps they could hide from the thieves.
 
The Pillars lay in wait until the bandits descended from their mountain stronghold, then took them by surprise, successfully repelling their initial attack. Realizing the threat that these thieves posed to the innocent ponies, the Pillars vowed not to rest until they had tracked down and defeated the bandits. But they underestimated just how clever and determined foes they were.
 
A few days after the first battle, Somnambula and Stygian had accompanied Meadowbrook on an excursion into the forest to find herbs and plants for medicine. Stygian had paused at a river to take a drink when he heard the mares screaming. Running up to a nearby rise, he saw a horrifying sight: bandits that had been hiding in the woods had caught Somnambula and Meadowbrook in a net and were dragging them away! Outnumbered and outmatched, Stygian fled before the bandits saw him and ran back to the village to get help.
 
The bandits carried their captives to a rocky outpost in the mountains. Tightly binding and gagging the mares, they left them in the middle of the hot, dusty, empty clearing before disappearing into the shadows. The sun set and the night came on, the moon traveling across the sky overhead; but despite the hours of struggling, Meadowbrook and Somnambula failed to free themselves from their ropes, succeeding only in tiring themselves.
 
Shivering in the cold, Somnambula looked up and searched the landscape, trying to find something, anything that they could use to escape or signal for help. But then, in the distance, she saw a flicker of movement behind a stone column. A pair of bandits were hiding behind it. Scanning the area, Somnambula spotted several more bandits hiding behind rocks, trees and in crevices.
 
With a sudden thrill of horror, Somnambula realized that they had not been left there to die like she had initially assumed; they had been placed there as the bait of a trap for their friends.
 
There came the sound of voices in the distance: their friends, calling out their names. Meadowbrook looked up at Somnambula and let out a muffled cry of alarm; she had come to the same conclusion as her. Unable to escape, scream for help, or warn their friends of the imminent danger, they could only watch silently as the doom approached…

@JP  
Those definitely sound like magnificent little games to play with those two cuties!

Thank you Santa!

I kind of wish there was a version with them blindfolded, or just Somnambula blindfolded as that’s kind of her thing.

I wanna tickle their hooves~<3

Ah, new Radiantrealm. It’s a rare treat these days.
 
Now, girls. Don’t act so surprised. I’m sure bondage already existed back in your days. Lets do something fun, like tickling, or belly rubs, or ear scratches.

@Barhandar  
Exactly!

@621Chopsuey  
There’s always hope of earscritching two cute helpless ponies.

There’s always hope of escape.