Written by: Knight of Lycaeus
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Twilight walked slowly into Luna’s bed chambers, she had no idea as to why she had been called up here but as entered the usually dimly lit rooms she found them instead filled with light. Plastered on every available space on the walls and ceiling were diagrams and notes while the floors were stacked a large number of odds and ends.
“Luna?”, she called out unable to spot the midnight mare.
“Over here on the balcony” came the reply.
Twilight slowly made her walk through the room and onto the balcony where Luna sat with a diagram on the floor in front of her, beside Luna was a chalkboard covered in writing.
“Hello Luna”, she said as drew close.
Luna looked up from what she was reading and leaned over to kiss her, “Hello there Twilight.”
“So what are you doing out here, I just got a letter from you telling me to come to your rooms.”
“I indeed asked you here, you see I need your assistance with something.”
“Oh, what do you need help with?”
“To face the most gravest of problems.”
At this Twilight started to panic slightly, “What problem is that, another great evil returned after a thousand years. The gates of Tartarus are opening, the return of that giant mar-.
The ranting list was stopped by a blue hoof over her mouth, once she managed to calm herself did the hoof remove itself.
No, my dearest Twilight it is none of these yet it is possibly just as dire.”
“Alright, if it’s not any of these than what is it?”
Pointing a midnight blue hoof over to the chalkboards she waved over a an image of pony with the emblem of a sun and long figure with mismatched body part.
“No, her face and her voice flat and serious, “what we face is Discord and my sister in the most epic of pranking wars that this castle has ever seen.”
What followed was an outcry that awoke citizens across Equestria and convinced many that the Gates of Tartarus were breaking down.
Oh, MAN! I could totally see this happening...
Shining Armor: Alright, men. We're about to face one of the worst possible scenarios we've dreaded for months.
Royal Guard: Did Discord decide to go back to his old ways?
Shining Armor: No, soldier. It's worse than that. The castle is now host to a war... a prank war. Celestia herself is facing Discord in one of the largest dust-ups Equestria has ever seen. May Luna have mercy on our souls...
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Royal Guard #2 : Sir! Report from the front! Your wife has been spotted altering prank setups!
Shining Armor: (sharply) Whose? Celestia's or Discord's?
Royal Guard #2: Both, sir! The report also states that Princess Cadance was seen "giggling" afterwards, sir!
Shining Armor: Dear Faust, it's even worse than I thought. Call up the reserves! And FIND PRINCESS LUNA AND MY SISTER!
Twilight: (offscreen) MY SPLEEN!
Luna: (offscreen) TIA! HOW COULDST THEE!
Shining Armor: (face hoofing) Too late. OK, ponies, new plan—evacuate Canterlot! I want everypony out of the city in ten minutes! Anypony who stays behind deserves what he or she gets!
Cadance: (offscreen) Twilight, no! I'm your sister-in-law, remember?
An ominous "KER-SPLUT" is heard offscreen.
Royal Guard #1 and #2: RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!
That would NEVER end well at all.
~Skeeter The Lurker