“Ahhhhh. This is the life. Right Crainer?”
“Yep!”
After their victory Royale, they got on the golden battle bus. It was not included in the original game since the game ends automatically, but now that The Cube has been invented, the winners needed some way to evacuate the now stormy Fortnite Island.
The battle bus interior was amazing. It was like going on a first-class flight- And everything is gold or gold coloured. Ultimate relaxation for the ones dedicated to winning.
The guide popped up again.
“Well, well. Looks like you four fought well.”
The hologram lit up at the center of the table. The group were just sitting on the nice couches when it happened, so all they did was just listen.
“First, Congratulations And thanks for playing. Did you have fun?”
They all looked to each other and nodded.
“You kidding me? This has been the most fun I’ve had in years!” Celestia giggled.
Luna smiled as her sister brought her close with a wing. “Glad you did, Tia.”
The guide made a hum in agreement. “Indeed. Games are designed to allow players to have fun in their lives. Pretty unnecessary that many turned this into a competitive game. So much... They’ll do whatever it takes to win.”
Crainer realized something. “Wait, did you know about the-“
“Yes,” The guide sighed. “Developer Nathan has alerted us by coding. We’ll take it from here. Not to worry.”
Ssundee sighed in relief. “Good. Good. Hackers really shouldn’t be a thing. Technology may be advanced but... Why hack just to win a game that’s for fun, right?”
“Very true,” Celestia nodded.
“Wait,” Luna thought of something. “From what I understand... If you get banned in a game... You’ll get some kind of punishment, right? What is it?”
The guide thought for a bit, but shook his head.
“I don’t know. The codes to this punishment you’re talking about is not in my game codes. Looks like you’ll have to find it yourself, then. Try asking Nathan. He’ll know the answer.”
Luna chuckled and rolled her eyes. “Judging by how much he hates Winston, he’s probably going to throw him in a horror game. Freddy, perhaps? Or Tattletail?”
They all laughed.
“I guess I won’t disturb you all for long. Hope to see you all here sometime soon.”
The guide closed his eyes, and disappeared.
“So...” Crainer said. “Celestia?”
“Yes?”
“Can you please explain how you just did that?”
It took a few moments before she realised what she was explaining.
“Oh, right,” She said after a few minutes. “In Fortnite, If someone is rolling down a ramp with a shopping cart at large force, then the force will carry on as they’re lifted off the ramp. When the cart landed just now, it was glitching through my player skin. It caused the shopping cart to be sent flying backwards, depending on how big the falling force was. Since they built their ramp all the way to the height limit, when the glitch happened, he flew across the whole map.”
“Whoa!” Crainer said in shock. “Yo, I got to give it to you, princess. That was beautiful.”
The three applauded. Celestia just chuckled and blushed.
“But wait, where were you when we were in position, then?” Luna asked.
“Oh, simple.”
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“Alright,” Celestia said. “Stay here, put your hands up and don’t move.”
She already had her three teammates with their knees on the floor. They did as she told them.
“Good! Remain like that and I’ll be right back.”
Celestia ran as fast as she could to the outskirts of Tilted Towers. She got up a small hill, and saw the ramp was still being built. Feeling confident that she’ll have enough time, she started to build higher for the plan to execute fluently. She got up to about 50 meters above the ground, and placed down a launch pad. Earlier before they got there, the group scooped up a launch pad when killing people.
When she saw the two going down the ramp they’ve made, she ran and pounced on the opportunity- Literally! She used the launch pad and made a huge leap. Her glider kicked in, and she swiftly controlled the glider’s direction- The duo took off, and were ready to aim. But just before they could shoot anypony, Celestia caught up and kicked Oscar right off the cart, sending him to his death.
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“And I suppose you know the rest,” Celestia said, giggling softly. “I still feel proud of that move.”
Ssundee looked very interested and was beaming.
“So you just killed a hacker without a gun?” He asked sarcastically. “Wow. I really gotta have to give it to you. Outsmarted us all.”
“*giggles* Why, Thank you!”
Ssundee and Celestia gave each other a high-five and a nice handshake. The grip from Ssundee was a bit tight.
“Ha. No, thank you both for spending your time with us. It was fun tagging along with a princess,” He laughed. “I know you probably have your own things to do, but... Wanna pitch in again, perhaps? Sometime soon?”
Crainer clapped his hands and grinned. “Oh yeah! We should totally record a video together in The Cube!”
The princesses looked at each other and let out a chuckle.
“We’ll contact you guys when we could,” Luna replied, winking. “You’ll just have to wait until then.”
As the group continued talking on their trip back to the waiting lobby island, sharing their bits and pieces and laughs of their everyday life, they realised the island was slowly approaching. And the sisters knew once that happens, they’ll be sent back to reality.
Like most gamers- They didn’t want their time to end. But they had to.
So, after a long day, they finally landed back at the original base and the princesses were already showing signs of returning to the real world- With the instability of their player skins. After bidding farewell and a few hugs with their new friends, the two finally went back to Equestria.
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Woosh woosh
“Welcome back, Tia and Luna!” Nathan said as soon they appeared. “Hey, grats on winning, by the way.”
The princesses giggled as he gave them handshakes.
“Weird,” Celestia commented. “I’ve been a human for like, I don’t know, a few hours, and I managed to get used to my pony form relatively quickly. Pretty odd, right Lulu?”
Luna shoved her playfully with a wing. “Don’t call me that in front of Nathan!”
He laughed. “Oh, Tia. You gotta watch your mouth sometimes. Oh! And also! I took care of the hackers- Managed to ban them.”
They all had a big laugh. All along, they never knew the only reason why they couldn’t win, was because their major opponents were hacking. At least, that’s what the sisters thought.
“You know, Nathan... I have a little bit of a request.” Celestia said, winking.
“Anything, your highness.”
The two smiled coldly. They knew Nathan wouldn’t want to do this, but it was a perfect prank.
“I’m pretty sure Twilight won’t be mad at you for doing this, right?” She continued.
He shrugged. “Depends. But, I guess I’ll do it anyway. Just to mess with her a tiny bit. Just hope she doesn’t break up with me if she finds out I played a part.”
“Haha, no! Of course you’ll be fine,” Luna said. “Relax.”
“Don’t tell me you want me to put her in a horror game. Ohhhh no. That is not-“
Celestia commanded him to shut up by putting a hoof in his mouth.
“Too late!” She giggled. “Do it, or else no cuddles this month!”
She winked, and Luna made an adorable face and begged him to carry out the plan they had in mind earlier. At last, Nathan finally gave up and sighed.
“Fine,” He hmphed. “But If Spark bursts into flames right in front of you, Tia, I’m not helping you.”
The sisters rolled their eyes.
“Suit yourself,” Celestia smirked. “Okay, so, I want you to put her in this game...”