//------------------------------// // 272. Silliness by JKinsley // Story: The Sun and the Stars: A Twilestia Prompt Collab // by Fuzzyfurvert //------------------------------// by JKinsley *** “Oh, come on! Luna and Rarity helped us out, remember?” Twilight pleaded. “No, Rarity helped. Luna... was mischievous. Her heart was in the right place, but good Heavens, my sister does not understand social boundaries.” Celestia sighed. “But we should help them, yes. And you’re sure Rarity is genuinely interested in Luna?” “For the fifteenth time, yes. Rarity said she wants to ‘court Princess Luna.’” “Court?” Celestia raised an eyebrow. “Her words.” “Court. Hmm.” Celestia tapped her chin with her hoof for a few moments. Twilight stayed curled up in Celestia’s wing, having just returned to bed after several hours of studying basic physics as a refresher for her upcoming guest lecture. Celestia nodded slowly at first, but proceeded to nod vigorously. “There is a little known courtship ritual that dates back to the founding of Equestria. A contest of sorts, consisting of three parts. It’s an obstacle course, basically. The idea was that the friends of the ponies courting one another would try to come up with three situations they would have to overcome in order to bring them closer together.” “Like offering Rarity a lucrative design contract that will make her world-renowned, but she can’t speak to Luna and has to move to, say, Dodge Junction to make it happen?” Twilight offered. Celestia nodded and chuckled. “Something like that, yes. Although, I recall one of the more popular options was simply to try to seduce both parties.” “That’s a little blunt,” commented Twilight. “And yet surprisingly effective. A fair number of ponies have failed that test when it came to picking between me or Luna. They were after the power, not the pony.” “And now that’s a little disheartening.” Twilight frowned. “We should make it fun for them, then. Enjoyable obstacles.” Twilight grinned and raised her voice. “Like... a Pinkie Pie party! And a double date with us! And, um.” “A big team pillow fight? Rarity and Luna on a team, you and me, and then let Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy figure out their own teams?” Celestia offered with a wry smile. “OK, now that’s an obstacle. I remember Rarity and Applejack really going at it the last time we had a pillow fight. I’d hate to see what happens when we get teams and princesses involved.” Twilight chuckled. “But yeah, I think that’d be a lot of fun. Team pillow fighting, two versus two versus two versus two.”