//------------------------------// // FlashTruth's prank. // Story: A prank between friends. // by Light Heart101 //------------------------------// One week later. Light was lucky that Fuze was able to fix the shades quickly for him, namely due to him being worried that Flash would not find the prank funny. He was rather surprised when he saw how calm Flash was when he came back to return them. Flash seemed to have accepted the joke rather well, in spite of him asking Light to never mess with his clothes ever again. Well, there went Light’s plans of switching the lenses on his shades. At least Flash accepted the joke in the spirit it was given. That was the one thing that Light was worried about when he started pushing Flash a little too far. The fact that they were able to laugh about it later was the most comforting thing for Light, even though he’d never get the photos he took. So, life went on. Light still had his job in Ponyville and he needed to be able to work there at least some of the time. Even then, he needed his days to be alone and relax a little. So on this day Light decided to walk through one of the trails which he enjoyed for a little alone time. As he was taking in the scenery and the fresh air, Light noticed a loose piece of newspaper on the ground. Light gave a soft groan as he picked it up. “For Celestia’s sake! Why do ponies have to litter on trails like these? It just ruins the…” Light’s voice trailed off as he started reading the paper and seeing what it was. His eyes widened as he saw a photo of FlashTruth and a mare Light knew as Dandelion. Breaking News  FlashTruth has finally confessed his love to the love of his life, Dandelion ! They plan to get Married in a Month ... Light’s heart dropped as he saw this paper, namely due to having met Dandelion before. She was a pegacorn, which can be called a fake alicorn due to them having been born with unicorn and pegasus traits. They are rare, but Dandelion considers this to be an actual alicorn. She sees others as insignificant servants to her and tends to be a selfish brat.  Light met her once, and she tried to force him to marry her. She is one of the few ponies that Light hates. And now Light’s best friend was MARRYING HER!!! Light’s body started to tense up as he nearly hurled at the thought of marrying a mare like her. “FLASH!!! NOOOOO!!! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO YOURSELF?!? YOU POOR FOOL!!!” Light started to scream out as he was losing his mind over this article. He spent the next several minutes just trying to react to this. After Light was done yelling, screaming, and crying, all while curled up in a ball, he finally got up with determination in his voice.  “I have to stop this!”  He declared before flying off to where Flash was staying. He knew it was a long shot for Flash to be in town, but it was the only place Light could think of that he’d be outside of MoonRacer. Light burst into Flash’s “holiday home” without even thinking of knocking, calling out as he hoped his friend was in there. “FLASH!!! SPEAK TO ME!!! WHERE ARE YOU?” Fast jumped up, almost knocking the board game board.  “W..What?”  She asked, running around in zig-zags toward the panicking Light Heart. “Where is your dad? I need to talk to him now before he makes the biggest mistake of his life!” Light exclaimed as he was frantically searching the house. Fast pointed to the board game that was set up in the middle of the room.  Light gasped as he saw Flash curled up, and snuggling with that manipulative jerk Dandelion, her wing draped over his body, while they were playing a game with his two daughters. “Flash, no!!!” Light squealed out as he looked shocked by the sight. “Oh, hey Light, I take it that you have heard the good news,”   Flash asked his best friend before kissing Dandelion’s cheek, making her blush a giggle. “Are you kidding me?!? When did that happen?” Light asked, trying to be somewhat reasonable about this, even though he looked like he was losing his mind. “Well.. the first time my eyes gazed upon her, I knew and could feel that... We had a kinship between both of us.”  Flash explained before kissing her forehead, right under her horn. “A kinship? Did she have a heart transplant or something?” Light asked, looking as bad as Twilight did when Trixie and Starlight became friends. “Oh Light..”  The undeniable voice of Dandelion said.  “You’re a nice pony, you are, but Flash has something that is a certain... Je ne sais quoi!?”  She said before locking lips with Flash, causing Light to gag as he thought about the things she tried doing to him. “You kidnapped me to try to make me your unwilling husband. Forgive me if I have no trust in you.” Light said bluntly. “Yes… that is true, but now I can be the mother of those two little cute girls.”  She told the baffled toymaker, before lifting her wings up and beckoning Flash’s daughters to her. “You told me that it was what servants were for as you tried tightening my knots.” Light added, starting to get suspicious. The little ones went to Dandelion, and sat next to her and started to hug her.   “We know you’ll be a great wife to our dad.”  They told her.  “We love you, Mom!” Light was in shock as he saw this. There was no warning that Dandelion would have done this with Flash… unless… she was out of character in several ways… so maybe… “So… The whole thing about dragging me into a warehouse and trying to seduce me is just behind us now, even after I punched you?” Light asked Dandelion, noticing a small twitch in Flash’s eye before the mare spoke. Light knew that this was a cue that his truth sense went off. “Well Light, you should learn to…” Dandelion was about to say more, but she was interrupted by Flash. “Light, I would think that you would have been happy for me,”  Flash told him.  “I AM getting married after all!”  He said while getting up, allowing Dandelion’s wing to flop off of his back. “She tried to take my virginity. She is wanted. Maybe we should try to sort this out before Book gets to see her again.” Light added, knowing that this was something that Flash would know is true. “You remember when Book last saw you, right?” “Yes, he really has a…”  Once again his future wife was stopped by Flash, who was now worried that Light was starting to catch on.  “I can’t believe you, can’t you forgive her?”  Flash asked Light. “That’s for the law to decide. You know how Book is, don’t you, Flash? I am your friend, and I just want you to be safe, and not worry about any legal ramifications. We should take this to Book and sweep this under the rug before anything happens. After all, you aren’t scared of Dandelion going to Book, or the main six, right?” Light as he had a small grin on his face. “Oh.. I don’t,”  Flash said with confidence, before hugging Danelion’s head. “Good, because Book has this wonderful process for dealing with changelings now, but she shouldn’t have to worry about it.” Light said as he started walking out of the room. “What does that have to do with my Lovely wife?”  Flash asked with a small hint of concern. “Well, you know how paranoid Book gets when some pony has some unexpected character changes. But don’t worry. It’s harmless to ponies, although some of his prototypes have had some side effects.” Light said, keeping his back to him.  “What are you implying?”  Flash asked, knowing that Light was telling the truth. Book was the guardian of Ponyville and was known for being tough on crime.  “What are you accusing?” “Nothing! She’s not a changeling. She’ll take a whiff of the gas and feel nothing. It’s not my rules. It’s just what Book would do. Can you tell me that he wouldn’t be suspicious of this change of heart?” Light asked as he kept walking.  “Well, maybe she saw the light, not you, and wants to redeem herself,”  Fast said while hugging Dandelion’s leg. “Yes, but Starlight had to go through the same test when she became Twilight’s pupil. Just relax. It’s not like you are dating an ex-changeling queen, right?” Light asked as he neared the door. “What about halflings?”  Shy asked, while gingerly making her way to Light. “She’s a pegacorn. He only tests those whom he has reason to suspect.” Light explained as he turned around. “Look, if you really love her, I’ll forgive her, but Book’s tolerance for forgiveness is lower than mine. Just relax. I don’t see any reason for her to be afraid.” Light said as he looked at Flash. “Right?” “Oh.. didn’t you know..”  Flash tried to ask.  “She’s.. at least..., ⅛  from.. both of her parents' side.”  Flash stuttered out. “Really? Book’s records don’t show that. Are you sure it’s Dandelion who has that?” Light asked as he walked straight up to Flash and whispered to him. “If you are hypnotized, nod, and I will punch Cryssy so hard that she won’t be running away this time.” Flash's eyes widened in horror at the theory that Light seemed to be forming. He knew instantly that this prank needed to be stopped. “Ok, this had gone too far, Light,”  Flash said before lowering his head down to look at Light. “Agreed, so tell Honest to drop the act.” Light said with a small smile as he started chuckling at the prankster. Dandelion huffed before bursting into soft green flames, leaving behind a changeling with a hair-bun and small spectacles on her nose. “How long?” She asked curiously as she looked disappointed in herself. “I started to suspect that you weren’t Dandelion when Flash went on the defensive. When you stayed silent for several questions, I figured it was most likely that it was you and not the ex-queen.” Light explained as he sat down. “Although you two nearly gave me a heart attack after seeing that paper. I’m guessing one of you planted it?” Light asked Flash as he was catching his breath.  “Yes, it was I!”  Flash admitted with a hint of pride.  “I was hiding in one of the trees, waiting for you, using my pointing spell to make you notice the piece of paper.”   He said before laughing. “You didn’t even stop to notice that the newspaper was dated for tomorrow.”   Light chuckled at his mistakes as he realized how clever Flash really was. “Well, I guess that no pony would look for an earth pony in a tree.” Light admitted as he petted Flash’s back. “And I need to understand what that spell was, but even then, that was a solid prank. One day you may even be able to give Dash a run for her money.”  “Oh, it’s an easy spell.”  Flash started to explain.  “I just find something that I want somepony to notice, choose who I want to notice, and then poof! It’s like somepony is in front of you, pointing at the paper, telling you to look at it, but since you’re alone your mind just presumes that you just happen to notice this.” “Okay, so how did you get back before me? Did you leave before I started having a mental breakdown?” Light asked with a small grin. “Oh, I managed to get back here before you, by just setting up a set of teleporters before,”  Flash explained to his laughing friend. “Wow, you almost pulled the perfect prank.” Light said as he looked at Flash with a sigh. “I mean, you have a lot to work on, but not bad.” “I even was planning to set up a fake wedding. I was going to have my daughters be the flower girls and you as my best-stallion.  It was going to be perfect.”  Flash said with a bit of regret. “Yeah, but your controlling nature was your downfall once I started going off of your plans. I also think you weren’t prepared for how bad of an impression Dandelion left on me.” Light pointed out as he petted Flash’s back. “That’s the problem when you get too complicated with a prank. Something is bound to fall out of place.” “Ya…”  Flash said before flopping down on the ground. Flash’s daughter went to their father’s side and hugged him.  “Does that mean we’re only going to have 2 mommies?” They asked him kiddingly. Flash was about to smile before Light spoke up. “Wait, you didn’t tell them?” Light asked with a disappointed tone in his voice. “That Honest was impersonating a kidnapper?” “Well, I did explain the prank to them, and that Dandelion was a fan-girl with a “crush” on you, but not those two things,”  Flash told Light before petting his daughters. “So, that was a decent retaliation to my prank.” Light admitted as he looked at Honest. “Although I think I had the better one.” “No ha!”  Fast said.  “Our dad’s was the better one.”   “And he didn’t have to break the law to do that.”  Honest said. “I didn’t steal, and it’s not breaking and entering if the king gives you the spare keys to the house.” Light pointed out as he looked at Flash. “And I kept the prank pointed at you and didn’t risk Honest’s health over somepony who didn’t know about the prank finding out. I was right about Book checking her, and you should have known that. You need to cover your bases if something goes wrong.” Light pointed out firmly. “Mine was the better prank! It had less risk and was easily fixable. Yours was overcomplicated while mine was easy and simplistic.” “No, his prank was,”  Fast said. “Well, Light does have a point, and he did catch more ponies in it.” Shy pointed out. “And there was a good reaction from our dad.” “But Dad’s prank lasted longer!” Fast started arguing with her sister. “And didn’t work according to plan.” Shy reminded her. “Girls, please don’t fight,” Flash begged his daughters. “Yeah, we can take this to Dash. She knows that I am a pro at pranking, unlike you.” Light said smugly to Flash. As they all started arguing with each other, Pinkie Pie bounced out of a plot hole.  “Both of those pranks were very good.  But how about we asked the fans which one they liked the most?”  She said before turning to you.  “What do you think? Which prank was the better one? Comment down below and check out the poll that they will leave in the link!” “Um, where did she come from?” Flash asked in shock. “I thought that I put the teleporter away.”  He said while making sure that it was in his pocket. “Flash, what did I teach you all?” Light asked bluntly to the whole group. “Never question Pinkie Pie.” They all answered at once. “And don’t you forget it!” Pinkie said as she pulled a tray of cupcakes out of her mane. “Now, who wants a triple chocolate cupcake?” “Meee!”  Flash’s daughters squealed, before running to Pinkie. “Always.” Light nodded as he walked towards the element of laughter. “My cousin is going to yell at me,”  Flash said to himself.  “But... OK!”  He said eagerly before getting his own. “And thus the little battle ends on a good note.” Pinkie said as she handed one to Honest before turning to you one more time. “Goodnight everybody!”