//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 - The Great Heistening // Story: Twilight Sparkle Discovers Laser Weapons // by iAmSiNnEr //------------------------------// Twilight Discovers Laser Weapons Chapter 7 - The Great Heistening Written by iAmSiNnEr Research was needed. So Starlight sought out books. The whole “Ocean’s no. something” series, and even grabbed a few Heist 101 books. To make sure they worked, she heisted the books from the library, much to the bewilderment of the librarians who watched a mare in a catsuit trying to sneak past the front counter by crawling. Discord called upon his friends from…well, it’s hard to tell. But he grabbed a few friends, and tossed them into the castle again and again to test the defenses.  Discord has very few friends now. Next, we had Chrysalis ordering her changelings to discover weaknesses in the castle defenses. They managed to find two: whenever the delivery pony came with the books Twilight Sparkle ordered, Twilight Sparkle would open a direct portal for the delivery pony to deliver the books to her personal library, which in turn had a door to the vault. Secondly, Twilight Sparkle loved coffee. So much so that whenever Twilight woke up in the morning, she had no other focus but coffee. And so, a plan was hatched. The delivery pony set down the box of books in the library, and tipped his hat to Twilight Sparkle. “Good day, Miss,” he said politely. “Many books this time, sorry for the delay.” “No, no,” Twilight assured him. “It is absolutely my bad. I ordered Express Shipping for sixty books, which must have put stress on the system. I apologize. Here, take this tip for your troubles.” She teleported in a bag of bits. “Share these with your coworkers,” she said cheerfully. “You all are doing great!” The delivery pony smiled. “I will, thank you, ma’am.” He then stepped through the portal to leave. Twilight then teleported away, and the lights dimmed in the library. The box then burst open, revealing a very sweaty Starlight and Trixie together in the box. “Trixie told you the bribe would work!” the showmare crowed as she clambered out of the box, getting herself out first. “Besides, Trixie is always right!” “Yeah, yeah,” Starlight grumbled. “Now, let’s hope Discord and Chrysalis are doing their parts…” FIVE HOURS AGO, HEIST FLASHBACK “Part one of the plan,” Starlight said. “We sneak into the castle by using the delivery system. We can go invisible.” “That’s not going to work,” Chrysalis shook her head. “Our magic would set the detectors off. We’ll need another plan.” “I know someone who could help,” Discord snapped his claws. “She is an incredible master of illusions and showponyship. This should be easy for her. In fact, I already contacted her.” “Say what?” SIX HOURS AGO, SECOND HEIST FLASHBACK “Yo, Great and Powerful Trixie,” Discord teleported into her caravan. “I need your help. If you help me, I’ll make you famous.” “Done. Trixie will help.” “And now Trixie will help you!” the unicorn said gleefully as she teleported in. “So, this is what we’re gonna do…” THREE HOURS LATER, NEGATIVE FIRST FLASHBACK Trixie pushed Starlight into the box, the delivery pony watching with amusement. “This’ll work, Trixie guarantees it!” the unicorn said cheerfully as she continued stuffing Starlight down using her hooves. “The box is lined with anti-detection material, so we’ll get past their defenses easily!” “So why do I have to go first?” Starlight whined. “This is uncomfortable!” “Because Trixie needs her pony pillow!” Trixie laughed out loud. “Delivery pony, enjoy the gems, for the Great and Powerful Trixie shall now disappear!” She threw down a smoke bomb, and she jumped into the box before sealing it after her using her magic while Starlight cried in pain. The delivery pony rolled his eyes. “I don’t get paid enough for this—” Then he scratched his head. “Wait. I did get paid for this.” He shrugged and lifted the box up, slotting it into the chariot. Now, what was Discord doing?