Cabinet had managed to calm down slightly by the time he reached the throne room. When he arrived, the guards by the doors let him in without a word. Entering, he approached the Princess's throne and bowed low.
"Princess, it's an honour to finally meet you." He said.
"Likewise." Said Princess Celestia. "I trust Twilight explained to you why I asked you to come?"
"Actually... not exactly." Replied Cabinet. "I never actually got the message from Twilight. My cousin, Positive Charge, gave me the message. Twilight probably gave him the message to give to me."
Celestia frowned. "How odd. It's not like Twilight to ask someone else to do something she was asked to do."
"Yes, I'm afraid I might know the cause of that." Said Cabinet grimly. "Positive does tend to have a habit of getting on one's nerves."
"Well, that aside, I asked you here to discuss the upcoming Equestrian games. As you know, they're to be held in the Crystal Empire in a few weeks, and I wanted to confirm with you how many athletes will represent Trottingham, their means of transportation to the Empire, e.t.c."
"Alright, well off the top of my head..."
Cabinet and Celestia discussed this matter for a while. Meanwhile, somewhere else in the castle...
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Asked Positive uneasily, tightening the knot on the giant water balloon.
"Nope!" Replied Discord, mixing the yeast extract. "Isn't it exciting?"
Positive smiled. "Heh, yeah. Okay, we're all set here!"
Discord grinned. "Alright, I'll get into position." He flew up to the double doors. "How did you think of this, by the way? It's brilliant!"
"It just popped into my head." Replied Positive. "Ready? FIRE!" He exclaimed, slamming his hoof onto the large red button on the back of the catapult-like device, sending the water balloon filled with dish soap, blue food colouring and Hydrogen Peroxide hurtling towards Princess Luna's bedroom. Discord thrust his arm into it as it sailed past, dropping the yeast mixture into it before it busted right through the doors. A scream of fury was heard from within. The two galloped and floated in to see the results of their efforts. What they saw was Princess Luna covered in a rapidly expanding blue foam that covered her entire body.
"Ooh, idea!" Said Discord. He flew up to her, created a fire extinguisher out of thin air, and proceeded to spray it all over her. This froze the foam, encasing her in a solid puddle.
Positive looked at this for a second before bursting out laughing.
"DISCORD!" Yelled Luna. "I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! GET ME OUT OF HERE, IT'S FREEZING!"
"Don't look at me, it was all his idea." Said Discord, gesturing to his left in time to see a bushy brown tail disappearing around the corner of the corridor. "Gee, thanks." shouted Discord.
Luna screamed again and shattered the frozen foam around her. She got up and turned to Discord, breathing heavily.
"Yeah... I'm going to go now" Said Discord as he attempted to back away. Luna screamed and started flying after him. "Oh, ponyfeathers!" He said as he turned and flew away.
"Alright, I think that's just about everything." Said Cabinet.
"Excellent. I also wanted to officially invite you to the games."
"Thank you, your highness." Said Cabinet. "I'd be honoured to-"
"HEYCABBYWEHAVETOGOLIKENOW" Shouted Positive, bursting through the double doors to the throne room.
"...attend." Said Cabinet with a sigh. "What do you want, Positive?"
Positive took several deep breaths. "Hanging out with Discord. Pranked Luna. Gotta go now."
"You know, I'm not even surprised." Cabinet deadpanned. Turning back to Princess Celestia, he said "I'm sorry for the interruption, Princess, but I suppose I should be on my way."
Celestia was about to say something when Discord phased through the door and pressed himself to the wall next to it. He looked at the gathered ponies and pressed a talon to his lips. The door slammed open, flattening Discord against the wall.
"Tia!" Shouted Luna, who stood in the doorway. "Have you seen Discord?"
Celestia looked bemused. "No, sister. Why, what has he done now?" Silently, she mouthed "Behind the door" and gestured to where Discord was hiding with one hoof.
"Never mind." Grumbled Luna, before winking at her sister, storming out and slamming the door behind her. A paper-thin Discord peeled himself off of the wall before popping back to his proper shape.
"Many thanks, Celestia." He said. Then he noticed Positive. "You! You ran out on me!"
Positive shrugged. "Well, I didn't exactly want to get chased down by the Princess of the Night."
"Well, neither did I! I'll get you for leaving me like that." Discord glared at him and snapped his talons behind his back. "Anyway, you've got that to look forward to. See you around." He grinned evilly and backed off towards the door.
"What? No!" Cried Positive.
Discord opened the door and slipped through. He looked to his left and gave a yelp of surprise before flying as fast as he could down the hall to the right, closely followed by Princess Luna.
"I guess we should be on our way before Princess Luna finds out about your involvement." Cabinet said to Positive sternly. "I think we were just about done here anyway."
"But what about Discord! He said he was going to get me back, what do I do?" Said Positive, grabbing Cabinet by the shoulders.
"Frankly, cousin, that's your problem. Maybe it'll teach you to take a little responsibility for your actions... though I doubt it, honestly." Cabinet retorted, brushing him off.
Celestia spoke up. "I'll arrange a chariot to take you both back to Ponyville. What with your involvement in Discord's little prank I don't think it's wise for you two to be here when Luna finds out."
"Thank you, your highness." Said Cabinet
Positive hung his head in defeat, resigned to whatever revenge Discord had in store for him.