Applejack hummed to herself as she worked on the finishing touches to the newest dress she designed. Not a single stitch was out of place, not an inch of fabric wasted, it was all so delightfully perfect and fabulous.
“Pretty nice dress you’re working on there.” A pony said from beside her.
“Why yes it is lovely isn’t IIIIEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH!!!!!???” Applejack screeched in shock as she turned at the strange pony. “W-who are you!?”
The dark grey mare grinned, doffing her hat along with a rainbow wig that was glued to it. “Hey there, I’m Dr Prankie Pie! I just came into town and I just wanted to introduce myself to everypony!”
“How did you get in here!?” Applejack held a needle up defensively, remembering what happened the last time weirdo came into her home. “Ah’m warning you, Ah know how to use this!”
“Oh I bet you do.” Dr Prankie continued grinning, looking nonplussed. “But you know what that lovely dress could use?”
The fashionista faltered, perplexed. “A-Ah don’t know, what?”
Dr Prankie Pie pulled out a massive can of green paint. “A COAT OF PAINT!”
“No!” Applejack gasped theatrically. “That colour will clash horribly, and pant is ever so hard to clean out!”
“What’s that, ‘throw the paint’? Don’t mind if I do!” She threw the paint can with a wide grin.
Applejack screamed, in slow motion as it was more dramatic. “Nooooooooooo!” She leapt in front of the projectile, green paint splattering all over her before she landed to the floor with a wet ‘flump’.
Dr Prankie Pie guffawed at the sight. “Gotcha!” She snapped her hooves at the mare and pulled a camera out of her wig, taking a picture before skipping out of the room.
Applejack simply sputtered in disbelief and annoyance, but at least nothing happened to her dress this time, and at least she could deal with some paint on her coat. As she got up, she failed to notice the blue, spotted leaved mixed in among the paint.
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Big Macintosh had finished packing supplies into a cart, his dad standing to his left side helping to secure it to him.
“Now remember ta take care of yerself while ya go ta Manehatten.” His mom said to him from his right. “And make sure absolutely nothing happens to this delivery for your Aunt Orange, we don’t want her gettingupset while she’s with child.”
Big Mac nodded stoically. “Eeyup.”
His dad smiled knowingly. “An’ be sure ta take yer time while yer down there, no need ta hurry back, a few days vacation will do ya some good, we can handle the fort jus’ fine as we always done.” He winked. “Ya might even come back with a ‘souvenior’, if’n ya know what Ah mean YAGH!” He yelped at the end of his sentence as his wife had trotted over to knee him in the side.
“Dear! Yer jus’ makin’ the boy uncomfortable!” She frowned disapprovingly before turning to her son. “But he is right, work on the farm IS important, but ya do need some rest until Zap Apple Season, an’ I don’t see anythin’ wrong with spending that time restin’ while ya visit relatives after ya make the delivery.”
Big Mac smiled and gave his parents a warm hug before trotting forward out of town. He didn’t need a train, walking suited him just fine.
As he neared the outskirts of town, a strange pony he never met before held up a hoof in greeting. Big Mac smiled neighbourly and returned the wave. “Howdy.”
Dr Prankie Pie grinned, running towards the stallion with her arm still in the air, and now Big Mac could see she was holding something rather large....a pie, upon closer inspection.
Before Big Mac could ask about anything, Prankie’s pie connected with his face, covering him in rhubarb and custard. Big Mac shrugged and licked the mess of his face and wiped the rest off with his hoof as the prankster ran past him, laughing like a hyena.
“Strange mare.” Big Mac mused with a chuckle, just remembering what day it was today and moving off on his way out of town.
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Spike chuckled as he ran into the kitchen to hide from Rainbow Dash, who was throwing water balloons everywhere, sighing in relief as he leaned against a wall to rest...only to gasp a gallon of black ink poured all over him above.
Rainbow Dash chuckled as she hovered above him, tossing the now empty bucket in her hooves away. “Rule number 1: misdirection is key.”
Spike fumed for a few seconds before chuckling. “Yeah, yeah you got me Dash, now how about we got get cleaned up?”
“hmmm we coooooould do that...” The Pegasus smirks. “why don’t you lead the way?”
Spike shrugged and turned to open the door...yelping in shock as he felt a strong electrical current flow into him as he touched the knob.
Rainbow Dash collapsed onto her back laughing as Spike glared. “Ha, ha, very funny Rainbow.”
“Oh lighten up, I haven’t gotten a chance to prank anypony in ages, and Pranking Day doesn’t come very often.” She smirked as she got to her hooves. “Come on, let’s get you cleaned up so I can prank you some more.”
Spike chuckled. “Not if I get you first!”
“That’ll be the day! I’m the pranking champion!”
As the pair walked into the bathroom, Spike hopped over to the shower, turning the tap....as the shower, sink, EVERYTHING exploded, releasing blue gunk everywhere.
“Rainbow!” Spike groaned. “This is going too far! Plumping is expensive, let alone everything else ruined by this stunt!”
Rainbow sputtered as the strange ooze splattered her face. “Hey this isn’t me, you know I wouldn’t just destroy our own house for a prank!”
“Great so not only do I have to deal with you, I gotta deal with everypony else pranking me!” Spike snapped in annoyance. “I thought this day was gonna be fun, but now look at this!”
Rainbow frowned in thought as she looked around. “This stuff isn’t water...wonder what it is?”
Spike blinked, looking around. “Yeah...that is weird...” he scooped some onto his claw and took a taste only to wince. “Eugh! Tastes gross!”
Rainbow frowned in thought still. “Hmmm....we’ll worry about this later, for now let’s get this stuff cleaned up and we’ll go sleep for the night at Twilight’s, she’d be willing to help us till we get this place fixed.”
“Yeah...just glad the house didn’t blow up.”
“Yeah...though AJ’d probably offer to replace it with like a crystal tree or something cause ‘it’d be fabulous’!” She and Spike shared a good natured chuckle as the carefully trudged out past the slime soaking the floor of the house and left to sort it out.
Poking her head out of the treetop, wearing a plumber costume, Dr Prankie Pie giggled.
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Fluttershy nibbled at a chocolate croissant as Cup Cake kneaded some dough in her kitchen, pulling a rolling pin out.
“Thank you for helping me set up the dough, Fluttershy, though you didn’t have to.” The pudgy baker said. “I have my wife and occasionally Rarity to help, but I can do it myself well enough.”
“Oh but then I wouldn’t get a free treat!” Fluttershy said matter-of-factly, holding up her pastry in triumph.
Cup Cake chuckled. “I suppose not.” She held the rolling pin between her hooves, pressing it to the dough....and a loud, farting sound greeted her ears. She blushed deeply, looking around shyly in embarrassment....until she noticed something sticking out of the dough, frowning she tugged at the ‘something’ with her hoof, pulling a half-full whoopee cushion out of the dough. Frowning she turned to a giggling Fluttershy.
“Now Fluttershy, that wasn’t very nice.” Cup Cake said with a smirk.
The Pegasus looked up at the older mare, grinning wide. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” She chuckled.
“Oh? Very well then, thenjoy your croissant.” She smirked.
Fluttershy’s eyes widened as she bit down into the pastry, and then started to spit and rub her hooves along her tongue, throwing the pastry away. “Ew! Ew! Minty freshness!”
Cup Cake chuckled. “Well you did ask for chocolate buuuuuut I might have added in toothpaste by mistake~. You’re not the only prankster in town you know.”
Fluttershy giggled as she tried to spit the taste out. “You got me good Mrs Cake! I’m sorry if you didn’t like my whoopee cushion whoopee prank!”
The elder mare giggled. “Oh that’s perfectly alright. It’s National Pranking Day after all.”
Fluttershy gasped. “Speaking of which, I gotta go and figure out who else to prank today! I wasted a lot of time already and it’s no fun to leave anyone out without good reason!” She hurriedly flew out through the window, making Cup Cake giggle again.
“Such a silly mare...” She muttered, noticing something off about the dough as she got to work kneading it, a splatter of a blue substance spurting out and hitting her hoof as she closed her eyes and hummed.
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Rarity stood on a rooftop, surveying her surroundings, large wings tied to her hooves as she lifting them up, preparing herself...
“HI RARITY!”
Rarity yelped and stumbled but managed to catch her footing, turning to the Pegasus hovering beside her. “Shy, what’s shakin’?”
“I’m pranking ponies!” she declared with hooves spread wide. “It’s so fun!”
Rarity chuckled. “Oh yeah National Pranking Day, yeah? Sorry but I’m not really into that, gotta fly ya know?” She chuckled at her pun.
“Okay! I’ll give somepony a really good one for you though!” Fluttershy giggled and flew off. “Have fun!”
Rarity smiled and turned back to the edge of the roof she stood upon, she flapped her wings a few times, smirking as she felt them flap and catch wind and then she leapt, flapping her forelegs as hard and fast as she could as her wings started to fall apart. She looked to her left. She looked to her right. She frowned in disappointment. She plummeted yet again.
However, unlike every other flight attempt, she fell into a massive pie. She sputtered and gagged as she crawled up out of the massive kiddie pool it was sitting in, covered in blue ooze.
“This gross stuff is definitely NOT Blueberry!” She spat, annoyed, idly wondering where the massive pastry came from.
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Fluttershy flapped around, frowning. All around her she could hear ponies crying in surprise, most likely from pranks. She didn’t like pranking ponies who already got pranked, but at this rate there’d be nopony left TO prank! Of course, she COULD prank them anyway but where’s the fun in that, they would be expecting it!
She smiled wide as she saw Dr Prankie Pie walking down from the same direction as the Sparkle Farm, flying down to greet the strangely attired mare. “Hi!”
Dr Prankie grinned. “Why hello to you too! Have you been doing many good pranks today?”
“A little, but I’m really running out of ponies to prank! Everypony else has gotten pranked super good lately and its not fair to prank them again!”
Dr Prankie thought on this, scratching her chin. “Hmmm that could be a problem...” She grinned widely. “Don’t worry friend, you’re gonna get a real KICK out of the whopper I cooked up this year! Why, I say its the prank to end all pranks!”
“Oh!?” Fluttershy grinned, skipping in place excitedly. “What is it what is it!?”
Dr Prankie shrugged, shaking her head. “Now, now, I can’t go spoiling the surprise yet can I? You’ll be finding out soon enough.”
Fluttershy saluted suddenly. “Yes ma’am!” She grinned widely. “oooh this is super exciting, I LOVE surprises!”
Dr Prankie chuckled and started walking past. “Now I gotta run, good luck with the pranks!”
“You too!” Fluttershy smiled, giggling. Oh everypony is going to have a real good laugh from whatever a PPP like Prankie could pull. She couldn’t wait!
As she approached Twilight’s farm, she froze as she heard Applejack’s scream pierce the air. She turned with a frown, realising her friend would probably need some cheering up right now. Putting her pranks on hold, she flew off to her friend’s home to help her.