And of course Celestia has her own cards. She chiseled them out of a nice slab of granite, with all of the numbers written in cuneiform so they're official.

I'm unsure whether I'm going to regret reading this for reasons completely unrelated to the story itself. But it's ocalhoun, so the story should be wonderful.

Celestia inventing poker was another of her attempts to prove she could be 'fun,' right? I bet it was.

Prep the OR! This patient needs an emergency stickectomy, stat!

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And that's what the whole story is about.
Sort of.

Well, gambling an entire kingdom is a bit excessive.

Someone needs to introduce Luna to the game of spotlight or Night Tiggy. (in which it is best played in rural areas, where you can jump fences and land face first in a pile of sheep dung. Fun for all ages!)

This reminds me of a picture I had commissioned. And nobody beats Celestia at her own game.

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8169081 Cadence won the Crystal Empire in a card game?!?

I suddenly have a new found respect for the Princess of Love!...

Honestly, I sort of feel sorry for Celestia. And something tells me that's not gonna change as we keep going.

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Excessive is what the princesses do!

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Oh geez.

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And thus, the castle guards are kept in indebted servitude for another week. ^.^

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(She cheats.)

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Yeah ... but hopefully it will turn out well by the end.
But you don't make a good story by treating your main character nicely.

Poor princess celestial she's the odd princess out of the 4 she tries to hard someone give her a whole season vacation not that it would make a difference since she hasn't done much for all 7 seasons except the evil celestia episode but either way love celestia 3 fav princess

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She's best pony, unequivocally.

After a tense moment of regretting her rash confidence, she picked up a pillow from a nearby cushion and placed it on her head like an oversized hat. “See, fun!”

Her sister stared at her wordlessly for a long moment. The pillow-hat slowly lost its balance and fell down from Princess Celestia's head, but the Princess's tense smile didn't waver.

THE FUN HAS BEEN HALVED!

Actually no. This was hilarious.

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^.^ I hope you like the rest of the story, too!

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