//------------------------------// // The First Chapter With Lots of Entries, Because I need 1,000 Words to Post // Story: Equestrian Recreation // by luigitime22 //------------------------------// Twilight Sparkle was resting on her throne, reading the newspaper and drinking from a smoothie. One particular article caught her eye, as she turned to the pony next to her with a look of confusion. “A berry attack?” She asked. Sunny Starscout sipped on her own smoothie for a moment before answering. “That happens more often than you would think.” ~~~ Sunny continued looking around the castle throne room as she consumed her smoothie. “So, this is Canterlot at its prime?” “After Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow blew it up, and the Storm King before that? Yes, we’ve got things looking a lot better around here,” Twilight answered. “Villains just come in and try to blow up the throne room often?” Sunny asked. “Probably every other week.” ~~~ Queen Chrysalis slammed down the door to the throne room of Canterlot, horn glowing at the ready to blast her hated nemesis, Twilight Sparkle. “Prepare to be destroyed, Twilight Sparkle!” the vengeful queen shouted. “Your doom has arrived!” Twilight, Sunny, and Spike all stared at her in a bit of confusion, with Spike sipping from some tea in quiet observation. Sunny swiftly perked up though. “That’s Queen Chrysalis?” Twilight groaned. “Yeah, that’s her.” “Isn’t she supposed to be stone, though?” Sunny asked in confusion. “It’s a long story.” Chrysalis roared in anger. “Enough! This time you will fall, and my revenge shall come at-” Chrysalis was swiftly cut off by a laser beam to the face from Twilight, who had gone back to reading her newspaper. The Changeling dropped unconscious on the floor as Spike sighed and hauled her out of the room. Sunny watched in awe. “Is it really that easy?” Twilight looked up from her paper. “After dealing with her for eight seasons and multiple comic book arcs, I’ve gotten plenty of experience.” ~~~ “We’re out of kettlecorn!” Rainbow screamed in despair as she exited the castle’s kitchen and entered the dining area. “Misty did it,” Discord said nonchalantly. “But I just got here!” Dash whined. Discord merely pointed to a table over, where Misty was eagerly consuming the last pieces of kettlecorn in a happy frenzy of deliciousness. “How does she go through it so fast?” “I don’t know,” Discord said. “But in her time, it’s a rule that if you want to eat any of it, you have to beat Misty to the bowl.” ~~~ “You’re out of chips, Applejack,” Discord said as he took the last of her chips away. “But ah just got started!” “And you already lost,” Discord countered. “Now shoo, the big ponies are playing.” Applejack grumbled and left the table as the others continued their poker game. “The Element of Honesty really just should not play poker,” Rarity said. “You mean she wasn’t trying to lose on purpose?” Izzy looked up in surprise. ~~~ “For the last time, Tirek, do you call or fold?” Discord growled. Rarity and Izzy had already folded. “I call,” Tirek snarled, slamming down four 7s and a joker. Discord countered by calmly placing a royal flush onto the table and swiping all of Tirek’s chips with a chuckle. Tirek let out a growl, only to be shushed by Rarity. “Do calm down Tirek, it’s not like we’re playing for money.” “If I still had my powers, I would blast you all to ash right now!” the centaur lord bellowed. “Well you don’t, you’re chained to the table anyway because none of us trust you, and you’re out of chips. Goodnight,” Discord said. Discord then blasted Tirek back to stone. ~~~ “Alright you two,” Rarity began, looking at both Discord and Izzy suspiciously. “Which one of you is responsible for that hat?” Rarity pointed towards the newly transformed statue of Tirek still at the table, now with a pointed hat on top reading “DUNCE.” “Don’t get mad at us,” Discord said. “He deserves it.” “I can’t say I disagree, but I still want to know who did it.” “Why?” Izzy asked with a look of confusion. “So I can tell them to add a mustache,” Rarity said. ~~~ “So you can turn yourself on fire when you get mad?” Izzy asked in amazement. “Yeah, it’s called turning into a Nirik. I try to keep calm about it though, because I obviously don’t need to burn down anything, especially when I’m giving lectures at Twilight’s school in Canterlot. So sometimes if I’m getting frustrated I go outside to the balcony at my classroom and look at the big sky for a minute and think about the world and ponies and culture and singing! Oh, lots of singing. You know, I like singing,” Autumn Blaze said. Twilight and Spike watched from a distance as Izzy and Autumn Blaze proceeded to go on long tangents about everything from the economy to musical numbers to the jinxies to how many Kirin it would take to replace a lightbulb over the course of several hours. Ultimately, Izzy and Autumn Blaze agreed that it would take 5 Kirin, plus 2 more to hold the ladder. ~~~ “And this is the Wonderbolts training facility,” Rainbow Dash said with a grin. Scootaloo looked about in awe despite this being a regular visit for her, while Zipp absorbed the sights with a smile. “So this is where you all fly around doing loops and running into trash cans?” Zipp asked smugly. “No, it is not,” Rainbow responded. “Where did Pipp and Glory go?” Just then, Zipp felt a vibration and paused to check her phone. “It’s another image from Pipp.” “What’s she doing now?” Scootaloo asked. Rainbow Dash suddenly gasped and took the phone from Zipp. “They’re taking SELFIES with Spitfire!” ~~~ Rarity looked at the destruction. Chaos and devastation reigned supreme in the area. Peace and harmony were nothing but a fleeting memory as flame burst forth and consumed all that was good in Rarity’s world. Nothing but smoke and ash floated about Rarity, heralding the end of her peace and quiet. Oh and Pipp taking a picture of the destruction as well, but that’s not important right now. Amidst it all sat the source of the malicious happenings, in their pure evil. Rarity looked down at the evildoer with anger in her eyes, ready to strike down the vile creature who dared disturb her perfect order and harmony. “You are banned from making breakfast,” Rarity said to Sweetie Belle. ~~~ “This is the worst game of Trivia Trot ever,” Applejack complained. “Well you may say that, but I’ve been finding it rather entertaining,” Discord said. He was sitting in the audience section munching on popcorn. “Maybe if you miss another question on apples we’ll all laugh at you again!” “Shut up Discord,” Applejack said. “It would be better if they weren’t lucky enough to get paired together,” Zipp grumbled as Spike flipped yet another point onto an opposing team. “Well, we’ll take them out in the next category, whatever it is!” Rainbow Dash confidently said as she slammed her hooves into the desk and earned a glare from Zipp. “No you won’t!” Discord heckled from the audience. “Shut up, Discord!” Rainbow yelled. Granny Smith pulled out a slip of paper and checked the category. “History of Equestria!” she announced. Mass groaning could be heard from the majority of the contestants, beaten out only by hysterical laughter from the audience watching and extreme cheering from one team. Pinkie Pie and Discord were both gasping for air from the laughter. “Now we’re just giving them the Trot for free!” Applejack cried out. “Of all the things,” Zipp muttered. “Why did we have to have the terrible luck of Twilight and Sunny being a team?” Twilight and Sunny both squealed with delight. “Ooh!” Twilight squeaked out with glee. “We can talk about Starswirl the Bearded, and the founding of Equestria!” “Or Clover the Clever, and maybe even Gusty the Great!” Sunny added. The two were practically bouncing as they started listing off topics to each other. By now, both Discord and Pipp were filming the Trot as the audience continued to cackle loudly at the despair of the other players. “We’re doomed,” Rainbow Dash said as she slowly fluttered down to the table in defeat. ~~~ Twilight Sparkle and Sunny Starscout proudly exited Hayburger holding their trophies. They had absolutely walloped their competition, scoring a destructive 84 points, while in contrast second place of Maud and Mudbriar only brought in 22. The other teams failed to even top 10 points. “That was so fun!” Sunny exclaimed. “Thank you so much for introducing it to me, I’ve got to bring this to Maretime Bay!” “No problem!” Twilight said. “It was great that we got paired together. Usually Pinkie is my go-to teammate ideally, but she wanted a break today so it worked out perfectly!” Pipp and Discord were also pleased with their hauls, having successfully recorded the events in full and safely gotten their data in the can. “This is going to get SO MANY hooftaps,” Pipp said as she uploaded it to YouHoof. Discord meanwhile was converting his to DVD. “This was the most fun I’ve had since the poker game,” Discord chuckled as he generated another disk.  The other contestants just groaned loudly.