Plan in Action
After school, the best friends went to their treehouse and sat down on the seats they had borrowed from the castle.
"What are we to do?" Moonlight asked and she hung her head down slowly.
"Hey, fillies and colts, what are you doing up here?" Lily asked and she gave a smile to them.
"We're just having ideas on how to get our cutie marks." Bubble lied in a nervous voice then she gave a smile.
"Oh, that's alright, I just heard you talking and wondered what you were up to. Anyway, I gotta go, I have to pick out which cake to use at Mandarin and I's wedding. See you another time!" Lily said then she climbed down the ladder and trotted off to Valentina's bakery alongside Mandarin.
"I still don't think we should do it." Jacinto said with nervousness and he rubbed his hooves together nervously.
"But we have to, she was being so mean to us and now she's got the ones that made fun of us on her side. We need to find a way to prank her and also to make them stop liking her." Moonlight said with the burst of confidence that she had at lunchtime.
All the friends except Jacinto and Hugh then thought to themselves and Bubble then got an idea in her head.
"I have an idea. Moonlight, remember that scene from that scary movie we aren't allowed to see because we are too young for it?" Bubble said and Moonlight nodded slightly. "Get me lots of red food dye and a bucket because this will work."
Eloise, Miracle, Lily, Mandarin and Lulu Belle sat in Valentina's bakery, with a notepad in the middle of the table.
"What flowers should we get for your wedding?" Miracle asked as she looked bored and stared at the notepad.
"Shouldn't we get red roses? Even though I love lilies, roses are also my favourite and they are so romantic." Lily replied dreamily.
"Are you sure that you won't want dahlia flowers because that would certainly make my sister happy?" Miracle asked with a smile.
"I hope that Madeleine and her daughters, Blackberry and Hazel, can come over in time for the wedding. We haven't seen her in quite some time." Eloise said and she traced a shape on the table with her hoof.
"Anyway, let's get back to what we were discussing," Mandarin said and he pulled the notepad towards himself. "Mum! Can you get us some cupcakes right now?"
Valentina then walked out of the kitchen with a bowl and wooden spoon levitated above her head. She then nodded really fast and walked back into the kitchen.
"When is the wedding again?" Eloise asked as she scratched her head.
"It is going to be in a few months and I'm going to be security since I'm the toughest one here. If anypony tries to ruin it, I could kick with a foreleg behind my back!" Lulu Belle said with a lot of confidence and all the best friends chuckled.
The next morning, Svetlana walked with Starshine to her high school.
"Hey, Starshine!" Poppy and Spar called out and Starshine then hugged her mum and galloped off to see them.
Svetlana then walked away.
"Did you get your hooves polished or what?" Poppy said as she stared down at Starshine's very shiny hooves.
"Oh yes, if you want to do it to your hooves, here is some polish I bought in." Starshine replied as she levitated a tub of hoof polish out of her saddlebag.
Poppy then used one of her wings to catch it then she put it in her black saddlebag.
"Thanks, Star, I'll use it today when I go home." Poppy said with a grin.
The four best friends stood at the roof and looked down at Starshine from the balcony. When she went to stand outside the front doors with Poppy and Spar, Moonlight levitated the bucket that was filled with red food dye and set it on the railing.
"Oh, this is going to be sweet revenge!" Moonlight said with a giggle.
"If there was a formal going on and she became the queen, wouldn't we do the same prank?" Bubble asked with a sly grin.
"Oh yeah, definitely! Just like that scary movie!" Moonlight yelled with so much confidence.
Bubble gave a nod and Moonlight tilted the bucket and the red food dye then poured on Starshine!
"Did somepony really just pour that on me? Why would they do this?" Starshine said with disgust and embarrassment.
Bubble and Moonlight then snickered and managed to muffle their laughs.
"I can't go to class like this. I need to wash this off." Poppy and Spar then laughed and she turned to them.
"Wow, Star, we thought you were pretty but it turns out that you aren't a beauty anymore! You'll never be a beauty queen!" Spar said laughing and everypony else laughed.
Starshine started to cry then she galloped off to the bathroom, covered in red food dye.