//------------------------------// // The Play // Story: Shakespony- A Midsummer Nights Dream // by MlpMelodySong //------------------------------// "Ugh," a young lavender unicorn mare cried out in frustration. "would you all be quiet!" The other mares in the room, who were all joyfully gossiping amongst themselves, all turned to face the exasperated mare before them, and immediately ceased their blabbering. "Thank you!" the unicorn said, a hint of annoyance lingering in her voice. "so I bet you are all wondering why I called you here" "Yea," a blue unicorn mare exclaimed. "whatever it is you better make it quick, the great and powerful Trixie is a very busy mare!" The lavender mare just rolled her eyes. "Hmm," a cyan Pegasus, who was sitting in the corner, scoffed "more like the irritating and arrogant Trixie!" The blue unicorn, Trixie, shot her a death glare. A pale yellow unicorn mare, who was sitting at he table in front of her, smirked. "You're one to talk Rainbow Dash" she said mockingly. Rainbow glared at the unicorn. "Watch it Sunset!" she warned. Twilight was growing impatient. "Guys!" she yelled "Enough! You are all acting like a bunch of foals, so quit it and listen up!" Rainbow Dash grinned sheepishly, and immediately was silent. Twilight sighed. "Thank you, now as to why I have called you all here-" She was interrupted by a pale pink unicorn mare bursting through the door, panting heavily. "Oh dear," she exclaimed, trying to catch her breath "so sorry I'm late everypony, hope I didn't interrupt anything?" Twilight face-hoofed herself. "Why do I even bother!" she muttered to herself. Sunset Shimmer turned her head, and smiled at the mare. "Nah, come on in Starlight!" she said, gesturing to a free seat next to Trixie. Starlight smiled and happily obliged, and sat down in the seat. "Twilight was just about to tell us why we were summoned here in the first place" Sunset said, smiling at Twilight. Twilight smiled gratefully at the mare, and took a deep breath. "Alright, as I was trying to say," she began, shooting Rainbow Dash and Trixie a quick glance, before continuing "we have been asked to prepare a play for the upcoming royal wedding!" There were lots of gasps amongst the mares. "Wow Twilight, you must be super exited after all, it is your big brother's wedding!" said Sunset, walking over to Twilight and gently nudging her side. Twilight smiled at the mare. "Yes, but I'm also nervous, I just want the wedding to go smoothly, which means that we are all going to have to work really hard to make this play a success!" she said "Don't worry, I've got your back, we all do!" she exclaimed, smiling supportively at Twilight. Their touching moment was interrupted by Trixie. "So, what pray-tell is the play about?" she asked, whilst filing her hooves. Twilight turned to the rest of the mares. "It is the tragic love story of Pyramus and Thisneigh!" "Who?" Trixie asked, with an eyebrow raised. "Pyramus and Thisneigh were a young couple who longed to be together but their families wouldn't allow it so they decided to run away together, but a tragic misunderstanding with a manticore ended with Pyramus thinking his love was dead and killing himself because he couldn't live without her and Thisneigh doing the same thing when she finds her lover's dead body!" Twilight answered. "Oh," Trixie said, rather disturbed by the gruesome tale. "well who will Trixie be playing?" Twilight summoned a check-list with her magic "Trixie you will be playing Pyramus!" she said "Wait a second, Trixie has to play a STALLION!" Trixie exclaimed. Twilight ignored her and continued down the list. "Starlight, you will be playing Thisneigh!" Starlight nodded, while Trixie continued to protest. "No, wait, let Trixie play Thisneigh!" Trixie yelled, but Twilight continued to ignore her. "Sunset, you will be playing Thisneigh's mother!" Twilight continued, smiling "and Rainbow, will be playing Pyramus' mother "NO! Let Trixie!" the blue unicorn pleaded, but Twilight continued on. "I will be playing the narrator, and last but not lest, Coco Pomell will be playing the Manticore!" Twilight finished. The group of mares parted to reveal a pale yellow earth pony with a pale blue mane and tail cowering in the back. The young mare looked up at Twilight. "M-me?" she asked nervously. Twilight nodded. Coco gulped. "But m-my roar is v-very little, and y-you want m-me to p-preform in front of a-all those p-ponies! Cant I just stay behind the scenes and m-make the costumes?" she stuttered, shaking were she stood. Sunset smiled at the mare. "You'll be fine Coco," she said reassuringly "you can still make the costumes, if you want, but only this time you'll actually get to wear one!" Coco smiled slightly and nodded, although she still wasn't one hundred percent sure that she could act, but she would try. "Alright then it's settled! How about we all meet at the Everfree forest tonight to reherse?" Twilight suggested. The other mares all nodded in agreement, all except Trixie who was still protesting about her role, but alas it fell on deaf ears as everyone began to leave the bar and Twilight gave them each a script for the play as they left. "Ugh, this is going to be a long night!" Trixie groaned, as she began her journey home. Nopony noticed the set of piercing green eyes watching them from a nearby bush, as the all left the bar. "Ooh this is going to be fun" And with that the mysterious stranger made their way back into the Everfree forest to tell their master what they had learned