• Published 25th Sep 2018
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Prank War! - Ashfur



A crafty human and two alicorn princesses get into shenanigans together.

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Munch3d: This time it's munchsonal

Late night at Canterlot Castle, and an intruder has infiltrated the building. Well, more along the lines of 'hid in the broom closet and put on a ninja costume', but the epitome of stealth was on the hunt, silent as could be.

*Crash* "Sonofa-" Nick the shadow warrior ducked behind a tapestry as two guards trotted over to investigate the noise resulting from the vase he totally didn't just knock over. It was wobbly beforehand, he swore. Slipping away, he made his way towards his target: the kitchens.

Opening the door, his mood sank instantly. Deployed throughout the room were various high-ranking guards armed with every nonlethal weapon he could think of. It wasn't a pretty sight.

Cursing under his breath at the upped security, Nick quietly surveyed the area. There wasnt much chance of him sneaking through, but maybe if he decided to pull some tricks out of the spy movies he'd seen...

As Nick quickly discovered, the guards were not too smart. Then again, with how many times a major villain attacked, he wasn't too surprised. That, and clearly they needed video games, because Nick was channeling Solid Snake as he slowly shuffled across the kitchen, bit by bit, under the best stealth device imaginable: a cardboard box.

The guards, knowing full well Nick was there, stifled their giggles. Celestia had ordered them to 'guard' the cake stash, but to let whatever asinine plot Nick came up with to work. It was payback time after all, and revenge is so much sweeter when the victim thinks they have the upper hand.

Ditching the box as he reached the storage room with Celestia's cake stash, Nick eagerly pulled the door shut and looked around at all the delicious goodies. He had a different plan this time. Every time he tried to sneak a cake to his room, Celestia caught him. It was as though she knew when he touched the cakes. So this time, he wouldn't be taking them out of the room and eating them later; he would instead eat them here and now! Yanking out a fork and knife from his pocket, he took a mighty leap and dove into the nearest cake display.

And then the illusion promptly faded, forcing Nick to face plant into the wall at high speed. Shaking himself off, Nick had only one thing on his mind.

"That sneaky little princess. I'm gonna get those cakes one day." A quick check of the room revealed that every cake was a magical illusion, each one another reminder that once again he failed to steal even a single morsel of Celestia's cakes. "Greedy pony princess..." he muttered, not even bothering to sneak back out. The guards certainly weren't quiet either, laughing about his 'amazing stealth skills'.

Sulking back to his room, Nick opened the door to find a pleasant surprise! A large double-decker cake was situated on the table, expertly made and decorated in a way Nick couldn't help but marvel at. In icing, on the top, was written: "Happy 50th failed cake raid! -Celestia"

"Oh she is so gonna get it tomorrow. But first..." pulling out the utensils once more, Nick took one final look at the cake before deciding that if Celestia made him a cake, he should eat it like she does. Throwing formalities out the window, he lunged forward and took a massive bite out of the dessert.

And the cake exploded in his face. More specifically, there was never a cake at all, just a large balloon coated in icing. Sitting up and wiping his face clean, Nick laughed hysterically.

"Alright, Celestia! You win this round, but at least I still get my icing! Joke's on you!" Gathering up a huge dollop of icing, he jammed it all in his mouth at once.

As Nick took the first taste of wasabi 'icing' his screams could be heard across the castle.

Author's Note:

A slightly shorter chapter because I'm tired and not feeling well. I think I'm getting a cold. :raritydespair:

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