//------------------------------// // Chapter 2-It's Genius! // Story: All's Fair in Love and Prank Wars // by StarkyShy //------------------------------// Come on General, think! What would be a genius prank to pull? You were up late at night, pacing back and forth through your house. The only things keeping you up were the thoughts of revenge, and the immense amount of caffeine in your coffee. Mostly the latter. But you still wanted to come up with a genius plan to get your arch pink nemesis back. The problem is that every idea you came up either was too far-fetched, too simple, too complicated, or already done. What if I...no...How about I...no...Wait! What if I tak-no...If I got enough oatmeal...nah...they don’t sell that much. Argh! Why won’t you work, brain? You were mentally slapping yourself trying to come up with an idea. I need to get a plan to blow her away...Wait...blow her away...T-that’s it! I’m a genius! How come I didn’t do this earlier? All I need to do is get some chemicals that would blow up when mixed together, replaced them with some baking ingredients, and when Pinkie mixes them together, boom! She’ll get the biggest shock of her life! She’ll never expect it, I’m a genius! You pumped your hoof into the air in victory, jumping around in celebration with what little energy you had left. And then slowly climbed on your bed and in almost an instant, fell asleep due to exhaustion. ______________________________________________________________________________ Boom! You dash into the room and see Pinkie, with her hair all blown back like she just stood in front of a high power fan. Her face was covered in baking ingredients she was mixing together. She looked hilarious, just as you planned. You covered your mouth with your hoof, trying to stifle your laughter. But then a snort escaped you, then a giggle, and soon enough you were on the floor laughing your head off. You got up, finally finished with your laughing spree. You looked at Pinkie, who had a smirk on her face. “Ooh, you’re good...” Was all she said to you. You closed your eyes and began to brag. “Well, thanks, Pi-” You were cut short when you felt something press against your lips. You open your eyes to see that Pinkie locked lips with you! You wanted to protest, or question what the hay was going on, but...a part of you wanted to see where it was going. You tried to fight it, but somehow, there was some strange force preventing you from getting away. You two broke the kiss, staring into each other’s eyes. She held you close, moved her mouth near your ear, and opened your mouth to say... ______________________________________________________________________________ You opened your eyes. “What the heck happened?” You muttered to nopony but yourself. You put a hoof to your shaking head, trying to make sense of that dream. What was all that about? Why did she do that in my dream? That’s never happened before...Maybe it’s the coffee...Yeah, definitely the coffee. I’m never taking any caffeine before bedtime again. You trudged out of bed, waiting to get your plan in action. You brushed your mane, and headed out the door to the library to study. ______________________________________________________________________________ “Oh, hi! I recognize you. What do you need?” A purple unicorn asked you. You didn’t know her well, only meeting her a few times. That and all the things Pinkie told you about her. Your remembered that her name was Twilight Sparkle. She seemed nice, even though almost everything about her screamed total bookworm. Half of her attention was set on you, the other half on a brown book. You briefly checked the cover. 101 Ways to Impress that Special Somepony. You momentarily had a mental image of Twilight on a date at some fancy restaurant with some colt, still reading that book. You dismissed that thought. Remember what you came here for, genius. “Well, do you have any books on chemical reactions?” You inquired. “Ah, let me check!” Twilight looked at the shelves, and after half a minute of searching, “Aha! Found it! Chemical Reactions and Experiments: Vol 1.” Your ears perked up at the word ‘experiments’, perhaps there was section on the book where you could make explosions! “That’s great!” You exclaimed. “I’ll take it!” You checked out the book, and rushed back to your home, excited to read and discover how you could pull of your greatest trick yet. One hour later you reailized two things. First, this is the longest you’ve gone reading a book on your own, and second, you had found a chemical reaction that would be tame enough to shock Pinkie! And it was just a simple mix of rainbow extract and the juice of blueberries Who would’ve guessed? You tested it out on your own, small scale. First, you got a hooffull of the berries, then juiced it.. The amounts of the juice were really small. Like, they could fit into a medicine cup small. You put about a teaspoon of the first juice in a cup. Then you got the rainbow extract that you got on your birthday from Rainbow Dash. you slowly dropped a small amount in... Poof! You grinned. Oh, I might just have too much fun with this... You looked at the clock. You probably still had time to pull it off today! You put the blueberry juice in a milk container, adding white food coloring to make it look like milk. The extract is in a bottle, which you’ll mix into the sugar later. Grinning like an idiot, you grabbed the containers and dashed out your door to Sugarcube Corner “Oh, hello! What brings you here?” a blue earth pony with pink hair asked you outside the door of the bakery. It was Mrs. Cake, who worked at Sugarcube Corner with her husband and Pinkie. “Oh, I’m here to see Pinkie Pie.” You half-lied. You weren’t just there to see Pinkie, you were there to see your concoction blow up in her face. You tried to change the subject. “So, what are you doing outside?” “Oh, Mr. Cake is taking me out for a special week and I’m supposed to meet him by the lake for our trip! I’ve got to go, Pinkie is probably in the kitchen if you need her!” and with that, she ran off. You chuckled to yourself, you still had work to do. You walked into the kitchen, looking around for Pinkie. You couldn’t see mane nor tail of her. Huh, Mr. and Mrs. Cake are away and Pinkie is nowhere to be seen. That’s incredibly convenient! You looked around for the milk and sugar; the two ingredients you were going to mix. Let’s see, baking soda, water, eggs vanilla extract, wedding cake, key lime pie, milk, sugar, cupcakes with a note that says: For Rainbow Dash, wait go back...There it is! You grabbed the two and put them on the counter. You threw the milk carton out the window and put ‘your milk’ in the fridge. Then, you carefully poured the other rainbow extract into the sugar, taking extra care so that none of it dropped out. You checked the sugar as the extract was being poured in. Huh, it doesn’t even look that different... When you were done, you threw the bottle out the same window you threw the milk out of. Well, mission accomplished! I’m proud of you soldier. You’ve done good, I cou-Wait, what’s that? You were dead silent, and you heard a familiar pony singing a tune... “Charmed, fun and wild, there must be something in the water...” It’s Pinkie Pie! Get out, darn you! You bolted out the kitchen and hid, you couldn’t see much, but then again, it’s doubtful that anypony could see you. All you could do was wait... “Alright! Time to go bake some cookies! Let’s see, milk...eggs...sugar...chips...” This is going to be good! Oh I can’t wait to see the look on her face when it goes kaboom in front of her! I really should’ve brought a camera, but then again, the image will probably be in my mind forever. Ok, she putting the milk in...good... You closed your eyes, fantasizing about how brilliant this will be. You deserve a medal, soldier! For stealth, wit, and being incredibly se- BOOM! Oh Celestia that was a big boom. “Pinkie!”