"I hope you're enjoying yourself so far," Cadance speaks to the scouter. "it's still quite early in the day. We've still got plenty of time to explore, and this is only a taster of the kind of weaponry I have at my disposal. I think it's time we went a bit further afield." explains the Princess as she trots back down from the tower, entering the throne room.
She leapt immediately back out of the room, having accidentally stumbled upon Twilight and Flash. "Completely forgot about those two..." she gasped, her eyes wide open and her pink face turning a bright shade of red. "...and Flash... was that his, uh...? Wow. I didn't realise it was so... and on Celestia's throne, too..." she nervously chuckled.
The Princess got a sudden shiver up her back as she heard panting from the throne room. The panting quickly subsided, replaced by a bit of loud shuffling and then the galloping of hooves toward the door. Cadance leapt to the side of the door as it came crashing open, capturing a glimpse of Flash's embarrassed face as he trotted off.
Twilight came barrelling out soon after. The Princess of Friendship caught Cadance's eye. Her face scrunched into one of pure rage. "You!" Twilight bellowed to Cadance. "I was supposed to be attending talks between the Griffon King and the head of the Rebellion this afternoon, but because of your meddling, I can't go. So guess who I'm sending in my place, Princess Mi Amore..." she snorted angrily. "Their whole kingdom is falling into despair and they've called on us to help them."
"I knew I'd regret this..." Cadance whispered to the scouter.
"You have to go. Now. The chariot is waiting outside. If you're not there in three hours, we'll miss the talks and the Griffon Kingdom could end up in even more trouble. The official paperwork is in there, I suggest you read up on what will be discussed and how we plan on handling it." Twilight moaned "This is an absolute disaster!"
"In hindsight, it doesn't seem like the revolver was enough." the pink alicorn whispered.
"Now excuse me. I need to...clean up..." she explained as her face shifted from an angry shade of red to an embarrassed one.
Now left alone just outside the throne room, Cadance perks up from her scolding. "Well, this seems to have put a dent in our plans for the day..." Cadance sighs "Don't get me wrong, the situation in the Griffon Kingdom is serious and all, but Twilight is much more adept to dealing with this kind of thing. That said, it looks like I'm in for a long, boring journey." the Princess of Love frowns "Let's see if we can make this journey more exciting, ey?"
Princess Mi Amore turns to where Twilight ran off to. "Let's deal with Twilight first."
Trotting along the castle's hallways to the restroom, Cadance pulls out a flat, round device with a heart-shaped button on top. "Heart's Surprise is the cute name I give to my very trusty love-mines. We can't just go in guns-a-blazing with Twilight again, because she'll be aware of it and it won't work. This one needs something a bit more indirect."
"These little babies are designed to calm and focus the mind. Definitely what Twilight needs to see her through the rest of her busy day. Let's go set one down in front of the restroom; she'll come out, then *boom*, instant relaxation!" Cadance chuckles to herself.
Cadance pulls up outside of the nearest restroom and puts her ear up against the door. She hears incoherent mumbling from inside. It must be Twilight. The Heart's Surprise is planted in front of the room and Cadance quickly makes her escape. However, cantering around a corner, she tumbles as she smacks full force into something. Picking herself up, she realises she's stumbled into Princess Twilight.
Confused, Cadance wonders who was about to take the love mine intended for the purple alicorn, but before she has time to react, she hears her Heart's Surprise claim its victim. She looks back down the corridor she came from to find Flash Sentry slicking through the halls like he owns the castle. "Well it's, uh, definitely taken effect..." Cadance smiles, amused by Flash's reaction to the spell.
"Cadance! Why haven't you left yet?" Twilight yells. Yet, before Cadance has a chance to respond, Twilight spies an orange stallion and turns her attentions to him. "You!" she bellows.
Flash isn't rustled by the screeching of Princess Twilight. Instead, he just keeps his Sentry Swagger going as he approaches the two Princesses. Twilight, however, is very rustled. She starts bearing down on him, but is stopped in her tracks as another explosion rocks the halls.
Twilight's anger ceases almost immediately. She locks gazes with Flash before pulling out her magic, slamming open the nearest door, levitating Flash and throwing him into whatever room the door concealed. Twilight seemingly follows him in, using her little teleportation trick. Cadance goes to check the situation, but only manages to catch a glimpse of Twilight standing over Flash before the door magically slams in her face.
Cadance speaks to herself, staring through the closed door "Go, Cadance. Just go...you can't fix this."