The rainbow-maned pegasus frowned down at her dwindling card stack. This couldn’t be happening! She was Rainbow Dash, card-shark extraordinaire! Yet there could be no doubt: the overly-effeminate unicorn across the table from her was winning handily.
Seeing her opponent’s frustration, the unicorn smiled sweetly and said, “If you want to give up now, Rainbow Dash, I certainly wouldn’t begrudge you. Of course, there is the matter of our little wager...”
Dash scowled at her. “Just play, Rarity. We’ll see who’s laughing at the end of this game.” But despite her bravado, Dash knew she was losing badly; it would take a miracle to win now.
At that moment, a familiar purple unicorn walked into the room. Looking at the two card-playing ponies, she asked, “Um, girls? What are you doing?”
Rarity looked up and smiled. “Why hello, Twilight! We were just playing a friendly game of cards!”
“Well yes, I gathered that. But... are you playing war?”
Dash growled at her. “It’s the only game I know. What’s it to you?”
“The poor dear had never even heard of bridge!” chided Rarity. “Don’t worry, Twilight, the game’s almost over. Dash just has yet to concede defeat.”
Dash humphed. “This is stupid. You’re just lucky you got dealt all nine aces at the start.”
Twilight frowned. “What are you talking about? There’s only four aces in a deck.”
The two players froze. Dash glared at Rarity, who favored her with a sheepish grin.
After that, things went quickly downhill. Their only consolation was that the subsequent argument, fight, and hospital visit were all significantly more fun than finishing a game of war is.