Spike gulped. The look Luna was giving him didn't help. 'Oh crap...think, man!' "Uh, heh....I-It's a show the girls like. They-"
"Specs." Luna's expression slowly turned into the one she used as Nightmare Moon when she wanted a straight answer. "I heard you. You said 'similar personalities...like the girls'. Ten different girls, and one's a nine-year old vegetarian."
It was at this point that he mentally let loose with a panicky stream of terms that would possibly get him slapped by half the people in the restaurant, dishwasher included. He tried to think of a way to talk his way out of it, but between her stare and his panic, he was coming up with just jack and squat.
"Well?"
His shoulders slumped, along with a sigh of defeat. "Ok...but odds are you aren't gonna believe a word of it."
Luna propped her elbows on the table. "Try me."
"Ok..."
As she stared at the small (no pun intended) group of girls and pint-sized equines, Celestia inadvertently let out a sputtering laugh before she managed to catch herself. "Heh, sorry. Just an old habit when I'm still wrapping my head around something. I mean, I just had a conversation with horses..."
"Ponies!" Girls and ponies all said in unison.
"Yeah, ponies...that I can hold in my hand. Last time I had and encounter like this, I mead the mistake of eating some mushrooms my roommate had...thought she was using them for pizzas... Can never look at a feather boa and bowl of macaroni the same way again...a-anyway!" She quickly composed herself. "Part of me is kinda wishing your guardian had something I could use to settle myself with...maybe a glass or two."
"Glasses!?" 'pony' Twilight yelped, her wings flapping in surprise. "Oh no! He didn't forget, did he??" Before any of them could respond, she took off down the hall.
"I say something wrong?" Celestia asked, doing a quick breath check.
"Nah, while we were exploring, Twilight found out he has a pair of glasses he wears sometimes after taking his contacts out." 'pony' Sunset answered her.
"I didn't know he wore contacts!" Rarity and Twilight blurted out together.
"Glasses?" Celestia asked.
"Yes, a lovely pair of wireframes." 'pony' Rarity added. "Personally I think they look fantastic on him."
"Hmm.." Celestia mused, picturing the result...and a goofy little smile slowly began forming on her face. "Ehehehe...'Tia likey..."
"HUZZAH!" A voice that sounded alarmingly like Celestia's, though a tad squeakier, yelled from nearby, followed by 'pony' Twlight shrieking in surprise. "The vision has been DOUBLED!"
"Tia, that's not funny!" A squeaky Luna voice responded. "And I don't sound like that!"
"P-Princess Celestia!? Princess Luna!"
"Twilight, you're a sight for sore eyes!" The other Celestia replied.
"How'd you get here? And why are you wearing glasses??"
The others watched as 'pony' Twilight reemerged from around the corner, joined by two more tiny ponies. Ones that looked suspiciously like Celestia and Luna. The Celestia one was currently wearing a pair of glasses several sizes too big for her. Both stopped in their tracks, however, when they saw the others.
"YOU LOOK LIKE ME!" Both Celestias yelled.
"And they've just been doubled..." The pony Luna groaned and facehoofed. "Horseapples..."
"...so I have ten little girls and their small, sapient, technicolor pony counterparts living with me." Spike finished his tale, smiling sheepishly.
Luna just stared at him blankly.
"Uh, L-Luna?"
She glanced at her glass of cola. "I'm trying to decide if i should believe that before or after I ask for some whisky to put in this."