“Why did I agree to this again?”
“Because you were guilty about crashing into my lab equipment for the third time today, now hold still, you’re scaring the fish.”
Twilight Sparkle stood at the edge of the lake, a notepad and pen held within her magic as she looked towards the centre. More specifically, she looked towards where a rope had been suspended by the aid of a tree, and to the Pegasus that was dipping her hooves into the middle of the lake, holding onto the rope to stop herself from sinking.
Silence reigned for a few more minutes, with Twilight taking the occasional note here and there. But Rainbow Dash’s patience was wearing thin…
“Why am I doing this Twilight?” she asked, exasperation heavy in her voice.
“Hmm?” came the reply, “Oh, it’s because I’ve read this book on the amazing marine diversity in the Ponyville lake and I needed somepony to attract them all to one place.”
Rainbow Dash shifted nervously, gripping the rope slightly tighter than before, “Umm… what species are we talking about here?” she asked, scanning the lake intently now to look for anything out of the ordinary.
“Oh you know, the usual… cod, haddock, carp, mini-sharks.”
Rainbow felt a cold shiver echo down her spine at the last name, “You did just say… sharks right?” she asked, looking over at Twilight with a worried expression.
Twilight met it with an enthusiastic smile, “Yeah, really tricky to research though, you have to use a live pony as bait to conduct any useful evidence.”
Not two seconds later, there was a whoosh, a splash, and a shuddering pony on the river bank, scanning the water with paranoia as her companion cracked up, laughing hysterically while Rainbow regained her bearings.
Rainbow looked around for another moment, realising that she’d been had. She stalked over to Twilight and prodded her with a hoof as she lay snorting on the ground.
“Not cool Twi.”
“Not cool.”