*Raiden POV/party flashback*
"So, any special rules?" I asked with a smirk. Twilight and her friends had set up a mini circle in front of a demolished table in the castle, and after Applejack had pulled out some cider, we had decided to get into the party spirit one way or another.
"Well, the only difference in how we is play is if the bottle doesn't land on you, then you take a shot of cider." Twilight said, although she seemed reluctant to play herself. Rainbow turns to me and smiles, her eyes lit up.
"Raiden, you should go get your brother Ronin!" Rainbow said excitedly. Applejack looked at her with a raised brow.
"Why? ya wanna kiss the guy?" Applejack asks as Rainbow dash's face goes red, yet brushes it off with a wave of her hoof. Rarity clears her throat.
"Can we get started already? It's starting to get late, and we don't need another gala incident on our hooves." Rarity says as she leans in and spins the bottle. It spins around for a while before landing on Pinkie Pie, who immediately tackles Rarity and kisses her, then gets up and casually walks back to her seat in the circle.
I smile and turn to Fluttershy. "Is she like that everytime she plays this?" Fluttershy shoulders down a bit before answering.
"Pinkie always gets like that for spin the bottle." She says timidly as Applejack take her turn.
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an hour or two of fun later.
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After continuing to play spin the bottle and everyone taking about 7 shots each, we ended up playing truth or dare next. Now, truth or dare is defenitely my kind of game, so I was really happy when Pinkie said I could go first.
I turned to Rarity and smiled. "Truth or dare?"
She thought on it for a second before answering. "I'll pick truth, darling." She said as Rainbow groaned, earning a glare from Applejack.
"You got your eye on anypony?" I asked her, causing her to go red in the face.
"Well, there is one pony I've seen around ponyville, but he lives here in the castle. Oh! if only he wasn't so far away!" Rarity sighs as she fall backwards...onto a couch from who knows where.
"Quit with the goofin off, Rarity" Applejack says as she bucks the couch out the window, knocking Rarity off it onto the floor. "hehe, whoops" Applejack says as she gets a glare from the seamstress.
Pinkie turns to Twilight, even though she looks well past her. "Truth or dare?" She asks.
Twilight, who wasn't into the games until she had a drink or seven, was now wide awake and ready to play. "Dare." she says as Pinkie laughs.
"Well, since you looked so dissapointed when Fluttershy got to kiss Raiden, I dare you to kiss Raiden for 10 seconds or more!" Pinkie says as my eyes widen. Rainbow laughs and Fluttershy hides in her mane as Twilight, drunk as ever, looks towards me and smiles lustfully.
"Ya know, if you don't want to you dont have to-mmmph!" I get cut off as Twilight bowls me over with a passionate kiss. Usually, I don't jump into things like this, but the cider was starting to kick in, and I couldn't care less right now. So I kissed her back with equal passion. After a bit, we break apart to see the girls staring at us with suprise on most of their faces (Pinkie just looked the same giggly way she always does.)
"Well, ah geuss its mah turn, huh?" AJ says as we continue to play throughout the night.
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Nicholas POV
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Me, The crusaders, and Tak were inches from passing out from exhaustion. We had spent the last 3 hours playing pranks, goofing off, and dancing. After an argument between Applebloom and Sweetiebelle, we had decided it would be best if no one else rode on my back (especially when I 'accidently' dropped Belle into the apple bobbing tank.)
"Where the heck are we *yawn* going to crash at?" Tak said as we pretty much stumbled around the courtyard. Scootaloo, who had the most energy out of all of us usually, face planted into the concrete before waking up and rubbing her face.
"I have no clue, But we better find a spot before-APPLEBLOOM LOOK OUT!!" I yelled as I pulled her back from a couch that came flying out of a castle window. It landed upright and faced us.
"Where the hay did that come from?" Applebloom says as we approach it.
"Dunno, but it kinda looks like one of my sisters fainting couches." She says as I jump onto it.
"Meh, who cares about that, its a place to sleep!" I say as I spread out and get comfortable. Tak smiles and turns towards the food table.
"Hey, Scootaloo, I'm going to go get one last bite of those fritters Appleblooms sister brought, wanna come with?" Scootaloo nods her head and they walk off.
As I stretch out, I feel Sweetiebelle get on the couch and lay across my legs like a dog, and Applebloom spreads out on my chest. I would've complained about the body heat, but I was too tired, so I simply conked out.
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Present time/same POV
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I looked at Pinkie in confusion. "Wait, if you played Truth or dare inside, then how'd you get out here?" She smiled at me.
"That's easy, silly. I was out here as well!" She said as I got a headache from thinking about it.
"Ya know, your a real mystery, Pinkie Pie." I sayed as she giggled.
"Okie dokie loki" She says, hopping away to probably cause some more brain damage elsewhere. I shake my head as I hear wings behind me, I turn to see a dark blue pony with night sky hair.
"Little human, has thou seen my sister anywhere?" I shrug and point to the castle. She nods and walks towards the castle, mumbling several thing under her breath as she steps over conked out ponies.
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Raiden POV
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I wake up to a hoof to the stomach. Not a hard one, but hard enough to hurt a bit. I groan and open my eyes to see luna staring me down.
"Um, morning Luna." I say as she narrow her eyes at me.
"What does thou think thou are doing on the throne?" She says as I realize Im not only on the throne, but upside down as well. I laugh sheepishly and righten myself.
"oops, geuss Truth or dare got a tad crazy last night, with all the drinking that happened last night." I say just as a headache catches on. great timing, brain. I think as Luna snickers.
"We can see that. now where is our sister? She must be informed of the changeling threat and-" I cut her off by raising my hand.
"She knows." I say as her face contorts in confusion.
"How could she possibly have learned of it already?" Luna asks. I sigh and stretch as I stand up, noticing a lavender pony attached to my legs.
"We were attacked while you were gone, but its all good now, Celestia is planning peace with the Queen." I say as I grab Twilight and sit her on the throne. She mumbles something among the lines of 'mr.smartypants' before she conks out again. Luna giggles a bit at that before walking towards a staircase.
"Well, we still need to find her, for day court will be starting shortly." She said as I follwed her, eager to see where she had ended up after the party.
After a bit of stair-climbing and hearing Luna complain about her sisters 'disappearance'. We made it to the entrance to Celestias private quarters. I extend my hand and bow slightly.
"Ladies, first." I say as Luna rolls her eyes and knocks on the door.
"Sister, it is time to get up!" She says with a bit of force in her voice. A groan of irritation followed by a loud THUMP of a body hitting the ground (with a swear or two being shouted as a result.) The door opened.
"Finally, We were wondering if thou would ever awake-" Luna stops short as she realizes its Ronin at the door, not Celestia. Ronin groans, rubbing his eyes, and glares at Luna.
"What the hell are you doing, knocking on doors and yelling at seven in the morning! People are trying to get over their hangovers here!" He half shouts-half groans at Luna, who is trying to peer into the room.
"Where is our sister, Human?" She demands. Another groan comes from inside the room before Celestia, who looked like hell gave birth, came to the door.
"Sister, must you be so loud? I heard enough loud voices last night, and I'm not in the mood for it." Celestia says, glaring at luna. Ronin looks at her with a smirk before turning back into the room quickly. After a second, he turns to face is again as Luna speaks up.
"Sister, if we didn't know better, It seems that you and the human here stayed in the same bed last night." She says while glaring at Ronin, who smiled at her.
"Oh, it wasn't just us." He said as Lunas eyes widened and I raised an eyebrow.
"Who else was.... no way." I say as I hear giggling from behind Ronin, then Chrysalis head pops out from between Ronins legs.
Ronin looks at her for a second, then turns to Celestia. "Uh, why is she still intoxicated?" He says as Celestia sighs.
"Changelings can't digest Achohol like ponies can, so it takes longer for it to wear off." She finishes as Chrysalis is now laying on the floor, looking up at Ronin. Ronins eyes widen before he groans.
"You mean I have to deal with this." he points to Chrysalis, who starts nibbling at the oustretched finger. "For the rest of the day." Celestia nods. Ronin sighs and steps over Chrysalis, who teleports herself to a standing position and points at celestia, slowly bringing her hood to her face.
Ronin turns to me. "So, you get lucky last night?" my eyes widen as I shake my head. He laughs and turns to Luna. "And where the heck were you yesterday?"
Luna thinks about it before answering. "I was looking into the threat on equestria, but I did not realize it had already arrived, or I would've never left." She says while trying to not laugh at Chrysalis, who is currently poking Celestia in the face. Celestia glares at her every time she does, but it only makes Chrysalis burst into a fit of giggles. Ronin rolls his eyes before grabbing her by the horn and pulling her away.
"Alright you, no more achohol for a while." He tells her in a mock parenting voice. She looks up at him and glares slightly.
"But it helps me peeeeeeee!" She drags out as she is pulled around a corner by a grumbling Ronin. As soon as they leave the area we burst out laughing.
"Oh, man!" I say between laughs. "That used to be one of the biggest threats to Equestria?" Luna snorts even louder at this as Celestia, who is still with a hangover headache, Stifles her giggled to keep a straight face. Luna turns to Celestia.
"Tia, what were those two doing in your room?" Luna asks as a blush comes to Celestias face.
"We were negotiating a peace treaty between the two species." She says as she teleports away. Luna turns to me, eyebrows raised and I simply laugh as I walk back to the throne room.
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Nicholas POV.
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Leaving the girls asleep outside, I walked into the throne room just as Ronin was dragging Chrysalis out by her horn. I turned to Ronin as he walked past me.
"What are you doing?" I ask as he looks at me and sighs.
"Brother, when you get older, keep Tak from the liquor, they can't hold anything." He says as Chrysalis looks up at him.
"Ronin, geuss what your jobs going to be since the hive is gone." She asks as Ronin looks down at her with a look of confusion.
"What would that be?" He says as she gets this big smile on her face.
"Your going to help me replace each and every changeling we lost, and it has to be done by tomorrow!" She says as she breaks into a fit of giggles while a look of horror spreads over Ronins face.
I laugh and walk inside, eager to get back to ponyville and continue our lives there. As I walk in, I see the crusaders and Tak at the teleport door.
"Hurry Nick! the doors magic is going to wear off soon, everyone else already went through!" Tak says as he and Scootaloo go through. Applebloom winks at me as she walks through, and Sweetiebelle rolls her eyes before pulling me through the door with her.
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Ponyville/ same POV
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I go through the portal to find Twilight and Raiden, as well as my friends, in the library.
"Where is everyone else at?" I ask as Twilight begins to undo the spell she put on the door. Sweetiebelle turns to me.
"Well, everyone else went home except us, although I have no clue where Tak is sleeping at." She says as a crackle of green magic appears above us before Chrysalis and Ronin land on the ground in a heap.
"Don't ever do magic while drunk again, please!" He says as he gets up, while Chrysalis starts giggling as she stands up herself. Suddenly she stops giggling as she stops in place and raises a hoof to her head.
"Oooh, where am I?" She asks as Ronin smirks before stretching a bit.
"Your in Ponyville, and it looks like the achohol just wore off." Ronin says as Twilight finishes with the door, allowing Ronin to walk out. Chrysalis, who now sports a huge headache, follows him outside. Tak stands up and turns to leave.
"Well, I better go with them to see what the new hive will look like. But I'll see you guys tomorrow at school right?" We nod and wave him goodbye as he leaves. Then my eyes widen as I realize something.
"Girls, we have a problem!" I say as they look at me with confused faces. "We have a test tomorrow, and since we were saving the day this weekend, we didn't study!" They groan at this as Raiden and Twilight share a laugh at our misfortune.