Chapter Four: The First of Many Breaks
After Rainbow Dash finished using the bathroom and Fluttershy had come back into consciousness, Applejack declared that she would be telling her story next. "A'right ya'll! It's mah turn!" The main reason why Applejack wanted to tell hers next, was because she wanted Twilight to get freaked out. Bad. Nopony's 'scary story' had been able to scare Applejack ever. Twilight had been the first to achieve what Applejack thought was un-achievable. This was the first time Applejack had been genuinely scared. Now Applejack would probably avoid staying out late in the orchards for at least a month. Not like her own story didn't already make sure that would happen...
Spike kept on looking around the room nervously. He didn't think he could handle one more story, let alone four. He thought of how he could get back at the mean ponies, for dragging him into this mess. Well... it was his fault really. Nevertheless, he would think of a way to do it somehow. Well, there was that book he had read a long time ago, in the Canterlot library. Dragon Emperor Trynex, the ancient dragon lord, would probably get the job done...
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"Ooh! Tia! Are we going to stick to the plan?!" Luna asked, eagerly bouncing up and down like a little filly.
"Of course!" Princess Celestia replied. The two princesses had put parts in the story where they could act it out on the mares inside. Using their magic, they were going to make things fall in the library, mirroring things that happened in the story, this one in particular. The two devious princesses had decided to spare the readers, making sure they wouldn't falter and freak out. This meant maybe Applejack could forget about Twilight's story before Luna and Celestia scared the crap out of her using a more...useful method.
Judging by the reactions of Twilight's friends, the two princesses had done quite a good job with the first story. There was still four to go! There was nothing to do but sit back, chill, and enjoy the ride! "Popcorn?" Luna asked suddenly, levitating an unpopped bag of popcorn in Celestia's face.
"Luna, where did you get that?" Celestia asked. Luna looked dumbfounded for a minute.
"I- I don't know. I just saw it on the ground right here..." Luna said, looking puzzled. Celestia looked kind of creeped out for a second. She was SURE that the popcorn hadn't been there before Twilight's story. Celestia shrugged. Focusing her magic, she called on the power of fire to heat up the bag of popcorn. Luna formed a magic shield above the heat, placing the bag of popcorn on top.
The bag quickly expanded, releasing the delicious smell of freshly popped popcorn. After it was done, Luna dropped the shield, letting the popcorn fall into her hooves. As soon as it made contact, Luna's eyes widened. Luckily, Celestia knew just what the problem happened to be. Just as Luna was about to scream "HOT!", Celestia slapped the bag of popcorn on the ground with one hoof, and stuck the other into Luna's mouth.
Luna began to wave her hooves in the air frantically, trying to cool them down. Eventually logic won, and she just shoved them into the dirt. "Better?" Celestia asked, a slightly amused smile on her face.
"Don't make that a habit. The sticking your hoof into my mouth business." Luna said, continuing to mumble while glaring at Celestia. Luna trotted over to the bag of popcorn and picked it up. Taking her place in front of the window, Luna opened the popcorn, beginning to munch on it happily.
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Thirty minutes earlier, in Canterlot Castle...
"What do you mean 'not here'!?" Shining Armor raged at the guards in front of Celestia's room. The two guards cast frightened glances at eachother.
"S-she said it was 'Royal Business'!" one guard said.
"Y-yeah! Royal Business!" the other guard chimed in quickly.
"Hmm..." began Shining Armor thoughtfully. "Have the princesses been acting... strange lately?" he asked the two guards. The guards looked at eachother again, this time thinking about the princesses strange behavior earlier.
"Y-yeah actually." one of the guards said, thinking of how high wasted odd the princesses had been acting that evening.
Shining Armor pondered this, the changeling attack all too fresh in his mind. "Have you ever considered the possibility that they are not the princesses at all, but in fact, changelings?" he asked the guards. They shook their heads, fearing that Shining Armor may have been right. "You don't mind if I look for... evidence do you?" Shining Armor asked the guards. They looked at eachother hesitantly. "DO YOU?!!!" the captain of the Royal Guard shouted. The guards quickly shook their heads, opening up the chamber doors for Shining Armor. "Good." he said, stepping inside. The two guards heard him mumble something about "can't even trust your own comrade guard members."
The two kept letting their eyes stray over to the other, expecting an attack. The poor guards didn't even think they could trust eachother. Little did they know, Shining Armor was a......troll.
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Somewhere else in Canterlot Castle...
"Look. It'll be quick, okay?" Cadence said, trying to convince the stubborn guards to let her inside of Luna's room. The guards shook their heads adamantly.
"No can do princess. We're under strict orders from Luna herself to make sure nopony goes inside." the guards answered. Cadence thought for a minute.
"Have you noticed anything strange about Luna lately?" she asked the two guards. One of them nodded.
"Yeah! She has been acting kind of different lately." he said, looking around nervously, making sure Luna was nowhere to be seen. Cadence nodded in understanding.
"Shining Armor and I have suspected for quite some time, that the princesses are in fact, changelings." Cadence said. The guard that hadn't spoken yet burst out in gruff laughter.
"That's preposterous! Surely the captain would've warned us!" he said, unable to deny how idiotic Cadence sounded.
"You see, the reason why Shining hasn't told you, is because he fears that some of the Royal Guard itself could be changelings." Cadence reasoned. The second guard's look of certainty began to waiver. The two guards opened the door.
"Go right in." they said quietly. Cadence stepped into the room, smirking slightly. Time to get dirty(not that way you nasties), Cadence thought, ready to rock and troll.
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Shining Armor tapped his hoof impatiently. Cadence should have been there a while ago. He had been waiting for more than twenty minutes, with nothing to do but stand there and tap his hoof impatiently. Finally, he saw a pink horn poke it's way out from behind a fountain. Shining Armor's wife looked pretty excited about something. Shining Armor's heart rate quickened. "Did you find anything?" he asked. Cadence nodded and smiled.
It took her a few seconds to catch her breath before she spoke. "You wouldn't believe it! I found a letter in Luna's room about Twilight having a sleepover."
"How cute. Little Twilee's having a sleepover." Shining Armor said, acting stallionly in front of his wife. How dare she not invite me! Why that little... Next time I see her is noogie time.
Cadence continued. "And get this! Luna and Celestia planned out a little 'practical joke' to make the ponies scare the hay out of each other!"
Shining Armor snorted with laughter. Oh, they would be scared all right! But if the princess were going to act foalish, then so was he. By the end of the night, the princesses little 'practical joke' will have completely backfired.
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"Attention everypony!" said one of Luna's chamber guards. "Princess Cadence has informed us that the princesses are changelings!"
The crowd burst out into laughter, some booing, calling the guard a liar, and even a few that threw tomatoes at him. He flinched away from the hostile veggies, and stood back to let another guard speak. This time however, everypony in the crowd was silent. Standing on the pedestal was one of Canterlot's most senior Royal Guards. "It's true." he said bluntly. "Never before have the captains of the guard failed us. If that is what Shining Armor thinks, then I believe it." he said, stepping down from the pedestal.
The crowd was still completely silent, save for the few murmuring about how the stallion was so old he had probably lost his marbles.
The second in command of the Royal Guard stepped forward. "Comrades! It's time to rise up! It's time for us to shine! It's time to rise up, and crush the changeling scourge forever!"
The crowd went wild. The whole palace was shaking with the roar of all the hooves stamping on the floor. Colonel Sharpspear had to wait before speaking again. "All of those willing to fight say 'I'."
There was no hesitation as the whole crowd of guards replied 'I'!" Sharpspear smiled.
"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go!" he yelled, dashing off the pedestal, and towards the door.
"OOO-RAH!" the crowd shouted in reply, following their current commander out of the door.
Thanks to SuperPinkBrony12 for the idea of Troll Cadence and Troll Shining Armor! Can you think of a good troll name for them?
And thanks to Spikethed for the idea of Spike having a story, even though I don't know what the **** the rest of your comment said, no offense.
1096031 Hey I did something productive I should give myself a cookie, and shit i wrote that comment so long ago i need to check what i was trying to say knowing me something stupid anyways nice story so far can't wait to see how this all goes.
U earn a cookie use it wisely
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Now I know what I meant. What I was trying to say was Spikes story should be so scary that the mane6, twilight and the gang, should get so scared that they are holding each other and fear Spike and think he is evil for even knowing a story so dark.
1102492 Yay! A cookie! N-not a muffin?
No Derpy it's not a muffin. No! No you cant have this cookie!
Uh-oh things are getting out of hoof here.
Tons of shenanigans. Love it. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Twilight_Sparkle_lolface.png
Update soon, please? I would prefer not to kill someone every day this doesn't update. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Pinkie_loool.png
Haha jk obviously, but seriously. Nice work, and I look forward to more.
1242007 I'm glad you are. Update will be tomorrow! You read my blog post! Don't be a troll!
1242024 Haha trolling is in my blood, I can't help it, even when I'm trying to be serious. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/trollface.png dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_RageFace.png
I am so cool dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Rainbow_dealwithit.png lul
1242037 How do you get those emoticons again? I see so many peoples with them! I am jelly!
1242048
You get them Here
What web browser do you use? It will only work with Firefox and Google Chrome.
Click on install in the upper right corner, and if you use Firefox, it should just work. With Chrome, however, you have to install something called "tampermonkey", the link to do so is on the page.
Yeah these emoticons are a lot cooler and more fun to use, I actually just figured it out how to get them yesterday. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/lolface_Queen_Chrysalis.png Happy to help!
1242105 Thanks. I'll do that right now! Dammit Google Chrome! Why you make me do extra work!
1242113 Haha Ik, I have Google Chrome too, it blocks it for some reason e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/trollface.png . So you have to install tampermonkey to get around it or something like that. Did it work yet?
It's funny cuz Google Chrome is basically trolling fimfiction users. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/trollface.png e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/trollface.png Stupid Google Chrome.
Haha jk, Google Chrome is awesome. It's way better than firefox Firefox was so like 2007.
1242150 Eeyup! Got them now! This how I feel! Like a boss!dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Rainbow_dealwithit.png Thanks again!
1242158 As you should dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Rainbow_dealwithit.png . Now you have a whole new set of ways to troll people. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/shrug_Derpy_Hooves.png
dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Rainbow_Dash_lolface.png
1242166 While you're here...how did you find my profile anyway? I haven't updated any stories for a while. I'm curious!dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/shrug_Luna_apple.png
God I'm gonna love these things!dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Vinyl_Scratch_lolface.png
1242200
What do you hate me? Want me to go away?
Haha even if you really did, the e.deviantart.net/emoticons/t/trollface.png in me is too strong for that to happen.
I think I was just looking at the many comments on Applejack Takes A Math Test, and somebody wrote a nice comment or something. I was bored so I just randomly clicked on their profile page, and
HUZZAH dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Luna_lolface.png !
There was you posting one of those "Thanks for the watch or favorite" comments. I was like dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Soarin_dayum.png holy shit mothafucka that guy's avatar is badass kewl.
So I clicked on you're page, and was like holy fuckshit this guy writes stuff like me, thus I went and read Kool-Aid man in Equestria, and I loved it, and now I demand MOAR from my new most intriguing author dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Scootaloo_lolface.png
1242252 dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_rainbowkiss_flip.png Thank you! I'll be writing more stories soon! First though, I must update An Experiment Gone Wrong With Better Results!
1242302 Do what ya gotta do brah, I look forward to reading more of your stuff.
You're also pretty damn nice to thank people for favorites and watches and stuff.
I should probably thank people for favoriting my fics too, it's awfully nice of them to do that.
1242345 ...My favorites are usually under 500 though!
And my watchers list is pretty small (23).
If I got an asston of favorites and watchers like you do, it would take a whole week!dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/sillyfilly_Scootaloo.png
1242361 Ha ha I guess you're right. When you have a fic in feature box, it's fucking awesome and annoying as hell at the same time (but mostly awesome of course). You get like 5 notifications every second, and a bunch of personal messages of people congratulating you and often asking for advice. Like seriously, the notifications thing is rediculous, especially the first 12 hours or so it's up in the covetous box. After waking up after the first night it was featured, I went on fimfiction, and there was something like 700 notifications for an assortment of reasons.
I was like dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Spike_lolface.png and at the same.
Yeah, I've gone through that three times, especially with my most recent, and it's pretty cool. I really should thank all of the people who favorited it, but I guess you have a point.. That would take forever, and I'm way too lazy.
Keep on writing dude, you deserve to make it up into the mythical sacred white box philosophers call the "feature"box", and I think you'll get there eventually. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Sweetie_happy.png
1242425 Your encouragement inspires me. Thanks for all the support man. I'm glad I chose this as my avatar!
1242445 Just doing my best to help out and motivate an up-and-coming author who has a lot of potential. I guess I'm not a real troll then, a true troll doesn't give a fuck about anyone
I really want to see your work get the publicity it deserves, and you the popularity you deserve. I wasn't originally too much different than you, and I managed to become considerably popular, thus I strongly believe you can do the same. .
Yeah... don't ever change your avatar, or I will personally hunt you down and hold your family hostage until you change it back.
But seriously though, you should have at least a hundred watchers just for your avatar alone. Can you think of anything more badass than Luna wearing shades with a determined look on her face? dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Luna_lolface.png
1242520 Neigh. That's why I chose it!
1242530 Neigh? I'm sure you're implying something simple like yes or no, but I'm not sure which.. You probably mean "nay" or your not going to change it, which is good, and you ponyified or something lol.
Anyways, yeah. I love chatting, so if you ever want some tips or anything like that, or just wanna talk for whatever reason, don't hesitate to PM me or write on my profile. I'm always willing to talk to cool people. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Applebloom_lolface.png
1242574 I've picked up a habit of saying 'neigh' whenever someone asks me something, and my answer is 'no'. And what's the matter? Don't want to pollute my story with our endless chatter? And I'll PM you after I'm done with my second chapter of An Experiment Gone Wrong With Better Results.
1242634 Haha , sort of, I doubt there are many people who want to read our amazingly captivating conversation.
Are you writing that as we speak? I don't wanna bother you. Finish that up so I can read it!
Yeah, please do PM me when you're finished. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Derpy_Hooves_lolface.png dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Applebloom_lolface.png dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Fluttershy_lolface.png dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Vinyl_Scratch_lolface.png dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/lolface_Queen_Chrysalis.png dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Pinkie_Pie_lolface.png
1242677 Will do.
Oh... our early conversation... so... polite. Where did that all go?
Hookers