//------------------------------// // Prank Wars Part 01 // Story: The Shadowbolts Adventures // by DragonShadow //------------------------------// Canterlot High School was bustling with activity as students milled about the front courtyard and the sidewalks leading up to the palace of education. Socialization and laughter had become the school's defining features, which made Sunset Shimmer smile broadly as she watched from a short distance away. She had never been so happy to have a plan thwarted in her life as she was to end up not permanently destroying this school and enslaving the people within it. Her smile didn't waver as the bus she had been waiting for pulled up, and the door opened. Twilight Sparkle was waving behind her as she hopped down the final step to the sidewalk, then wrapped Sunset in a curiously tight welcome hug. "Hey!" Sunset returned the hug. "Are you okay? You're weirdly huggy today." "I had a long day yesterday." Twilight pulled back after a moment with a soft smile. "But it'll be nice to get back to normal with some nice stimulating friendship and schoolwork." "Do you want to talk about it? Did Timber Spruce do something to you...?" Sunset's blood began to boil at the thought. Twilight raised her hands and shook her head quickly. "It's nothing like that, I promise! We can talk about it after school." Cooling down slightly, Sunset nodded and turned to walk with her towards the courtyard, where she noticed an unusually large crowd had gathered around the rebuilt Wondercolt statue out front. In fact, as they approached they noticed Vice Principal Luna had climbed up on the base of the statue and was furiously pulling on something hidden by her body. The closer they got to the crowd of students the louder the sounds of giggling and mysterious murmurs became as they all watched the Vice Principal hard at work. Sunset Shimmer spotted their group of friends among the crowd, giggling to themselves with rosy red cheeks and bright humorous grins as they stood near the steps leading up to the front door. "What's going on? Did something happen to the Wondercolts statue?" "Oh yeah, someone made our statue real happy." Rainbow Dash snickered as she pointed over Sunset's shoulder. The two newcomers turned to look to see a rather large, and rather stiff-looking set of male genitalia glued to the underside of the Canterlot Wondercolt. Vice Principal Luna was tugging and prying as hard as she could to remove the new appendage, but it looked like it was stuck on pretty good. "Keep it up Vice Principal Luna! He looks like he's enjoying it!" Rainbow Dash howled in laughter despite Luna's warning glare over her shoulder. "Whoa..." Twilight immediately turned bright red. "When did that happen?" "Some time over the weekend." Rarity scoffed and shook her head. "It's simply barbaric and crude..." "And yet you're laughing." Rainbow Dash's laugh lowered to a snicker. "A thing can be barbaric and crude and slightly humorous... but it's still disrespectful regardless." Sunset interjected curiously. "Do they know who did it?" Applejack waved her hand in the air like she was swatting a fly. "No official word, but things like this aren't that unusual, and it always turns out to be-" "-Crystal Prep." The five longtime Wondercolts stated in unison. "What? But aren't they our friends now?" Sunset asked. "It seems wrong to accuse them like this..." "We're friends with five of them, darling." Rarity dismissed her concern. "That still leaves an entire school of jerks to deal with. Er... no offense, Twilight." "Don't look at me, I think it was them too." Twilight jerked her thumb towards the statue. "Even Sunny Flare and the others think the school is still pretty rotten overall." "If you ask me we've been enemies for way too long," Pinkie Pie declared. "Somebody needs to spread the magic of laughter and friendship to all of Crystal Prep!" Twilight looked down unsurely. "I don't know, Pinkie. That sounds admirable, but if someone doesn't see things the way you do, you can't really force them to." "Watch me!" Pinkie punched her fist into her palm determinedly. "Pinkie Pie!" Vice Principal Luna marched over to them, having successfully dislodged the body part and clutching it in her palms as she approached. "As an official representative of this school I cannot allow you to retaliate for this in any way." "I wasn't gonna retaliate. I was gonna make peace and laughter!" Luna stroked her chin with one hand, clutching the body part to her chest with her other arm. Rainbow Dash's snickering could probably be heard at Crystal Prep Academy. "I don't know. Coming from you that sounds an awful lot like retaliation." "Please, Vice Principal Luna?" Pinkie Pie cupped her hands in front of her. "Pleasepleaseplease?" "As I said I cannot formally grant you permission to do anything at all to Crystal Prep, even if it's friendly." Luna turned to march past them. "But I don't have cameras there." She continued her way into the building, leaving behind a trail of snickers and laughter as she passed the students on her way towards her office with the phony phallus clutched against her chest. "I'll take that as a yes!" Pinkie Pie jumped up in excitement. "Excuse me, I have plans to make!" Pinkie Pie nearly vanished from the spot, leaving the front doors of CHS swinging wildly open. "This is gonna get weird, isn't it?" Twilight asked. Her other five friends could only nod, aside from Rainbow Dash, who was too busy laughing wildly on the pavement.