Chapter 5
Once they had set their pieces into place, Luna began.
“Umm… how about… F4?”
Sweetie Belle glanced at her board.
“Miss. D2?”
“Miss? J7?”
Sweetie Belle grimaced. Luna had hit her submarine. “Hit. H5?”
Luna winced so subtly, Sweetie almost missed it. “Hit,” Luna said. Sweetie had gotten her destroyer. “I7?”
Sweetie shook her head. “Miss. H6?”
Luna sighed, “Hit.” It was going to be a long game.
{A Short While Later}
Luna was down to her Patrol Boat and had one hit left on her Aircraft Carrier before it went down. Sweetie Belle had one hit left before her Destroyer went down, and Luna had found her Battleship. And it was Luna’s turn.
“H4?”
Sweetie Belle groaned while Luna grinned. “Hit,” said Sweetie. “You sunk my Destroyer. But…” Sweetie smiled. “I know where your Aircraft Carrier’s last spot is.”
Luna’s face fell as Sweetie named her shot.
“B10.”
Luna nodded. “Sunk it. How about, hmmm… E8?”
Sweetie smiled. “Miss. Uh… let’s go with… er…. E5?”
Luna’s jaw dropped. “You cheated.”
Sweetie Belle recoiled. “What?! I hit something?!”
Luna nodded, “Yeah, you found my Patrol Boat. Bu-but how?!”
Sweetie shrugged. “Karma?”
Luna narrowed her eyes as Sweetie Belle giggled. “Shut up. D9.”
Sweetie Belle frowned. “Hit. F5?”
Luna sighed in relief. “Miss. C9.”
Sweetie Belle looked scared, giving Luna confidence that she would win.
“Hit,” said Sweetie Belle. She gulped. “Uh, E6?”
“Haha! Miss! Now I shall claim my win. B9!”
…
“Miss.”
“WHAT!?” Luna was shocked.
“You missed. Now I shall claim my win. D5.”
Luna sat there, stuttering gibberish. Sweetie Belle leaned over and placed the tab into the spot on the ship.
“I win,” she said, smiling. “Now I better get home. See you tomorrow, I bet.”
Luna just sat there, mouth hanging open.
Sweetie Belle walked out of Luna’s room, where she was met by Sam, who was playing Solitaire to pass the time. Upon seeing Sweetie Belle, he quickly swept up the cards.
“Judging by the look on your face, you won?” he asked.
Sweetie Belle nodded. “Yep.”
Sam went to speak again, but was cut off by Sweetie Belle,
“If you are going to ask about the screaming, don’t. You don’t want to know.”
Sam closed his mouth and began walking Sweetie Belle to the train station.
{Later that evening}
Celestia walked down the stairs of Luna’s gaming room, with a pizza box in her magic. When she got to the bottom, she was met with the sight of Luna, sitting at the table in front of a game, mouth hanging open.
“Uh, Lulu? You ok?” asked Celestia. The question seemed to snap Luna out of her trance.
“HOW?!?!” Luna whirled the game board around and looked at Sweetie Belle’s side. Upon seeing what had caused her failure, she got up, grumbling, stomped over to Celestia, and swiped the pizza box out of her magic. She immediately began eating the pepperoni slices.
“Uh.. I wanted some of that,” said Celestia, slightly miffed by her sister’s actions.
“Hush,” replied Luna. “This is my mope food for tonight.”
Celestia rolled her eyes, but made no effort to retrieve the pizza. Last time someone had taken her mope food… well, let’s just say that was the REAL reason Discord was turned into a statue, or at least the last straw. Celestia walked back upstairs to order another pizza for herself.