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// Let's defeat her, Lulu! 
// Story: Little loony Luna and crazy caffeinated Celestia's life in Canterlot 
// by Vidhwansak 
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Let's defeat her, Lulu!



"Ah, a sanctuary! We should set up camp here; I doubt we'll find another sanctuary anytime soon."

With murmurs of agreement, the six adventurers sat down, and began making preparations to their temporary camp at a sanctuary, a large, holy stone that somehow ended up in these dungeons. Nopony knew what these sanctuaries were doing here, nor where they came from, but ponies, griffons, changelings and all other manner of intelligent life all agreed that these sanctuaries were a dungeon delver's best friend, as they repelled monsters far, far away, ensuring a safe camp for those lucky enough to find one. 

One of the adventurers, a white unicorn with a pink mane, sat down next to a purple unicorn, and pulled out a journal, where she had been recording what happened in the dungeons thus far. Thankfully, she had extra pencils in the event that one broke, and many more would break before this expedition would be over.

It is now day twelve of our expedition into these dungeons, filled with all sorts of dangerous monsters and traps. So far we have only found some minor treasure, nothing to boast about; some coins, enchanted jewelry, slightly magical weapons, the items that any adventurer could find in the lower levels. We still have quite a bit of supplies, so our trek will continue onward, which is good, as right now we are just breaking even, assuming members of our party don't decide to keep a few trinkets for themselves. Our party is still alive and well, thankfully, though we have had a few close calls. Sir Armour very nearly got his head decapitated, and Lady Caddy almost took an acid bath. Mage Twilight almost got touched by death when an arrow nearly hit its mark, and Chrys narrowly avoided getting impaled on a spike, had she not realized she was walking on a trap. Lulu and I are lucky to not have had too much trouble, which is quite strange; being a warrior, one would think that I would be placed into the most dangerous situations of all present, and with Lulu being a thief, well...Disarming traps sometimes doesn't go all too well, and some monsters...Aren't easy to sneak behind. 

As to our current moods? Well, Chrys has been complaining about her dwindling arrow supply, but there is not much we can do about that; we can only hope that she has enough arrows to last her for this entire trip, or perhaps find some arrows, somehow. Lulu is cheerful, though I know that she is troubled by our lack of progress regarding treasure. Caddy has been a brave, kind soul, wonderful in helping Sir Armour and I, and I have no doubt that she'll be a fine knight one day. Twilight is...Tense, but I'm sure that she'll be fine. As for me? Well, I'm doing fairly well, though something tells me that we're about to be in for something over our heads. I can't put my hoof on what that might be, though. Regardless, the smell of charred corn (Shining Armour really can't cook) distracts me from writing any further, so I shall break now and resume writing later...If there is a later to write about.

Tia

With her log finished, Tia looked over at her party, and couldn't help but grin as Sir Armour was ridiculed by his squire. "Once you're done sassing Sir Armour, Caddy, pass me a skewer and some corn."





Upon her perch within the dungeon's treasure vault, a pitch dark alicorn, one of the most feared monsters of all Equestria, watched a group of adventurers feasting on some roasted corn. Snorting, she gently stroked the head of the dragon beside her. "Those fools are enjoying some corn at a sanctuary, unaware that they are running into death itself; you'd think the few adventurers I let out alive would be smart enough to scream about how evil and dangerous my dungeon is, but instead they relay tales of treasures and monsters within."

The dragon beside her rolled his eyes, and picked up a gem, admiring its quality before chomping down on it. "Do you plan on letting one of these adventurers go, mistress?"

"No. Prepare to incinerate them tomorrow."





After a rather refreshing sleep, the group of adventurers set off on their quest. Surprisingly enough, the hallway they were travelling along seemed to grow even wider, and yet it was completely devoid of monsters. Sir Armour warily looked around him, then stopped in his tracks.

"Stop."

The word was said like a command, and all present obeyed it, tensing up. Indeed, there was something...'Off' about this area, though Tia could not place the words to it.

"Is there something wrong, Sir Armour?" Caddy asked, and held her short sword at the ready. 

Sir Armour looked at his squire, and nodded. "Yes, it feels like we're walking into-"

"A trap." The party of adventurers looked around to see a black alicorn walking towards them. "I'm sorry, but I've heard that line far too many times and I don't want to hear it again." 

The purple unicorn of the group, named Twilight, pointed at Nightmare Moon. "An alicorn! We shall do the world much good once we have rid you from this evil you have created! Prepare to die!"

The alicorn whistled, and then smirked as the party suddenly felt the ground quake underneath their hooves. "You're the ones who are dying, not I." 

At the mentioning of the word 'dying', all the adventurers shot each other worried looks before assembling their weapons and wondering what this alicorn had up her sleeve. Tia stood a little bit in front of everyone along with Sir Armour, while Lulu stood a little bit away from the group, ready to try and engage in any trickery to ensure their survival. Chrys, too, was a small distance away, notching an arrow onto her bow and ready to release it between Nightmare Moon's eyes at the first chance she could get. Twilight mentally ran through a series of spells that she could use, either to engage this threat or to help heal a fallen member of their party, should it come to that, while Caddy stood next to Twilight, ready to defend her at any cost. They were ready. What they were not ready for, though, was the thunderous roar that shook the hallway more than the quaking ever did, and soon, a monsterous dragon came into view. 

With a quivering voice, Tia yelled out a battlecry, and the adventurers began their epic fight.





"...And tha's why I dun liek berries no more." A mare with an eyepatch and a few scars on her face sighed as she fumbled around for the keys to the kitchen. Beside her, another mare whistled softly, amazed what she just heard.

"Wow. I mean, I know something bad happened to you, but I didn't realize it was hilariously bad."

The mare smacked her companion's gigantic white chef hat onto the floor, grumbling. "Ya, laugh it up, t'is funny, but ah hope ya dun repeat mah mistakes, ya hear?" The mare paused as she heard yelling in the kitchens. "Why is de door locked when I kin hear screamin'? Ya think its guards n' som' wild marshies agin?"

Shrugging, the mare dusted her hat and placed it back on her head. "I don't know, but we're probably going to find out anyway and have to deal with it."

"True 'nuff." The scarred mare finally found the correct key, inserted it into the slot, and turned it. Despite the fact that they lived in threat of monster marshmallows and mutated tomatoes, nothing compared to what they saw now. Nightmare Moon and and a little dragon were lying down on the ground with pie covering their forms, playing dead, while Celestia, Cadence, Shining Armour, Twilight, Luna and Chrysalis were a little ways off. Celestia, Cadence, and Shining Armour were clad in cardboard box armor, a wooden toy sword (or wooden halberd, in Celestia's case), and had some form of kitchen pot perched on their heads for helmets. Twilight, Luna, and Chrysalis were in simple white cloth that suspiciously looked like the table cloth that went on top of the table in the grand dining room, and they held a wooden staff, a wooden dagger, and a bow with plungers for arrows, respectively. 

"We got the treasure! Yay!" Celestia giggled, and was joined by Luna and Twilight, while Cadence and Shining Armor shared a 'victory kiss' between them. Only Chrysalis noticed the two mares standing in shock at the mess that was made in the kitchen; pie was everywhere, on the ceiling, on the floor, suspended in midair by some unseen force. She gently nudged Celestia, and gave a slight nod towards the two mares, both of which were wallowing in despair at the cleaning they'd be doing.

Clearing her throat, Celestia spoke softly, with a meek tone. "I-I can explain..."