"...Why is everypony staring at us?" Fluttershy asked nervously, glancing at the ponies that were casting disdainful and surprised looks at the group of ponies.
"Six new ponies traveling with the two rulers of the land and the bearers of the Elements of Harmony, what did you expect?" replied Sky, observing the citizens of Canterlot. "Maybe they didn't expect such...'low-class' ponies to be traveling with the princesses."
"I don't think so," jumped in Twilight, turning her head towards Sky. "It mostly seems that they're looking at you, Sky. Maybe it's strange seeing an alicorn that isn't a princess, and a male one at that."
Sky frowned. "Why would they think that's weird?" he asked, glancing around to see if Twilight's suspicions were correct.
Unfortunately, it seemed that they were. The ponies had their eyes glued to him, and when they saw that he had noticed, they quickly turned away.
"Well, the only alicorns in existence are Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Twilight Sparkle-that's me, Princess Cadence...and of course, you," Twilight replied, looking somewhat amused.
"Oh my gosh! Epic Jump Map: Alicorn Princess Sky does Minecraft," Bodil laughed, a devilish gleam in his eye. "I can totally see it happening. We could have fluffy pink unicorns and rainbows and sparkly princess dress up and-"
Before Sky could strangle Bodil to death for even suggesting such a thing (he could already feel his manliness flying away), Ant interjected, frowning.
"Hang on, Twilight. Did you just say, 'Princess Cadence?'" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "As in, pink alicorn who's powers are based solely on love?"
Twilight snorted. "Of course; how many Princess Cadences do you know?" she replied, an inquisitive tone to her voice.
Ant blinked. "You do bring up a good point," he said, looking somewhat annoyed. "However, do you have to so sarcastic about it?"
Sky jumped in. "You're almost always sarcastic, Ant," Sky pointed out, doing his best impression of Ant. "Yes, Jordan, this is totally how we build a steam-powered-chicken chucker. We fall off cliffs."
Ant bristled as Twilight cracked a smile. "He pushed me off! And it wasn't technically even a cliff; it was the top of Jerry's Tree."
Sky rolled his eyes. "Alright, what about, 'That is a great idea, Seth. We should get all of these exploding hoppers together, make them explode at different pitches and form a choir with them. That was totally your intention, right???'"
"Sometimes it is very hard not to stab you," threatened Ant.
"He has a sick sense of humor," Sky explained to Twilight's horrified face.
"THAT'S IT!" Ant screeched, springing at Sky and knocking him over.
"OH NO!" Sky yelled from underneath Ant. "He is unleashing his greatest and most horrifying weapon on me: his face. Cover your eyes,or you shall die from it's ugliness!"
"You are the epitome of hilarious," Ant growled, cuffing Sky on the ear. "Have you looked in the mirror lately?"
Twilight watched the two wrestle with each other on the ground before turning away to join the rest of the group. She rolled her eyes. Stallions were idiots.
"I still would have won," complained Sky, wincing as Twilight dabbed some medicine into his stings. "Ow! That hurts."
"Not a chance," Ant replied, testing out his dislocated wing. "It's not my fault you rolled us into a tree with a wasps' nest."
Sky scowled. "Who was the one that washed us up in the lake? We would've drowned if Twilight and Fluttershy hadn't noticed us!"
"And we would also be covering in stings and scratches from the wasps," countered Ant. "I'd rather be a little waterlogged than sore for days, wouldn't you?"
"A little waterlogged? You were taken to the emergency room!" protested Sky.
"Yes, and you're both very big and scary," interrupted Fluttershy. "Now, please, hold still while I get that black eye."
Sky and Ant simultaneously blinked. Was that sarcasm? Sarcasm from Fluttershy? It didn't seem likely.
"Personally," Twilight snorted, "I thought it was a very moronic idea to altercation right in front of the princesses. Can you even contemplate the indignity and humiliation that it is causing me right now? My friends, having an all-out brawl right in Canterlot, of all places,and before the princesses, no less. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?!" she lectured.
"English, please," Sky requested. At the same time, Ant replied, "Dunno, Luna seemed to be enjoying it. She was laughing her head off."
Twilight scowled and flattened her ears. "You know what I mean," she snapped.
Sky shrugged. "Eh, are we supposed to care?" he asked, enjoying the outraged expression on Twilight's face. Ant nodded in agreement, the argument they were having five seconds ago completely forgotten.
"YES!!!" exploded Twilight suddenly. "IT'S UNDIGNIFIED TO FIGHT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE TWO RULERS OF THE LAND AND IT MAKES A BAD IMPRESSION ON EVERYPONY AND I'M BETTING THAT NO ONE- and I mean, no one- TRUSTS YOU AND WILL EVER TRUST YOU EVER AGAIN AND IT WAS STUPID AND RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL AND WHY DID YOU DO THAT IN FRONT OF THE PRINCESSES AND THE PONIES OF CANTERLOT AND IT WAS SO STUPID TO JUST RANDOMLY START FIGHTING IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND- oh, you're making fun of me," she realized, dismayed when she saw Ant and Sky choke with laughter. "Stop that!" she cried. "It's not funny."
"Yeah," snickered Sky, making a face. "You should've seen your face! I swear, you popped a blood vessel; your face was so red!"
Ant snorted. "Do you usually get so worked up like this, or is it only when we're around? If it's the latter, that is very unfortunate; your friends really need something besides a nerdy egghead for entertainment." He rolled over on the bed he was standing on so that he was upside down.
"Stop that," scolded Fluttershy, a tinge of pink creeping up into her face. "Twilight is being a good friend right now looking after you. The rest of the group took off and explored the rest of Canterlot, but she was nice enough to stay with you. And now you're making fun of her? You should feel ashamed of yourself!"
Ant and Sky blinked. Fluttershy, getting worked up over something? Woah. That was officially weird.
They had much to learn about this world, young grasshoppers.