Prologue: Preparations
It was like any other day in Ponyville, the sun was shining, the water sparkling, and Ponyville was preparing for an Equestrian-wide civil war. A civil war of epic proportions involving the most painful weapon developed by ponykind, the foam sword. The weapon of mythical proportions could drop a grown stallion in a couple of deadly, and blunt, hits.
It was a great entertainment breakthrough when the sun goddess decided to found the event in 605 A.B. Said event only happens once every 50 years, few ponies ever experience two events in their life. Ever since then, seven events of epic proportion had occurred, with each a winner of unknown riches.
The winners were completely different from each other, all of them were from different background.
The first one was the very own Princess Celestia, who used her magic to wield hundreds of the blunt weapon and decimate the competition.
The second was a frail unicorn, who used magical runes to trick ponies of all kind into forfeiting the prize.
The third was an unknown peagusus, who had used stealth and precision to silently take out the targets presented.
The fourth winner was a trottingham unicorn, who had used mirrors to fool competitors before pummeling them with a rain of foam swords.
The fifth winner was a peagasus filly from Cloudsdale, who had managed to engineer a cloud that can rain foam swords.
The sixth winner was an earth pony who had managed win by not attacking anyone. No one knows how said pony won, the only response given from the pony was 'magic'.
And the latest winner was an earth pony from the city, who had bought a large portion of the foam sword business. With a large portion gone, the pony was able to cripple competitors by refusing to sell the weapon.
When confronted about the prizes, each responded it was glorious, and it was to be kept a secret. It is said that the prize is worth all of the blunt hits the foam sword can give and more.
To this day, nopony knows what the fabled prize could be. With the latest event nearing the corner, all ponies around Equestria were preparing for the legendary event. Friends would become enemies; the strongest of bonds would be tested.
There could only be one winner in this event, and everypony was furiously trying to get it. All rules are off, one can use any means necessary to knock out the competition.
This, ladies and gentlecolts, is the great Equestian foam sword fight.
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"Alright, ponies. As you all know, the great Equestrian foam sword fight is nearing. Many of you have prepared for this, stockpiling all kinds of foam swords for this event," said Mayor Mare, before continuing on with the rules. "At noon, the event will begin. The competition will continue for a whole week, and anypony that does not wish to fight should leave to the nearest sanctuary. Most of the other rules are the same, once you yield to your attacker you must yell the safe word. If you are not being attacked, but get tricked into saying the safe word, you are still disqualified. The only other rule is to be careful with the foals participating in this event, a simple tap to any part of their body will eliminate them. There are no other rules, so one is able to do anything that comes to mind. The event shall begin all over Equestria in about two hours, so please make the final preparations or head to the nearest competition sanctuary if you do not wish to fight. Also, the safety word is banana."
With the speech finished, ponies set about figuring out what to do. Many went off to prepare for the competition, while few headed to the sanctuary. The six holders of harmony also set about putting the final touches on each of their own master plans. Pinkie trotted to Sugarcube corner, saying something about stuffing foam into a cannon and firing it at ponies. To the surprise of her friends, Fluttershy had also joined the competition, and was making her way to her comfy abode. Rarity was mumbling to herself about gem encrusted foam swords, pondering about the damage they could cause. Applejack was wondering if she could buck swords at ponies. Rainbow was buzzing about, dreaming how awesome the prize would be. Finally, Twilight sat in her library, gathering the knowledge of the ancients. She was doing what she did best.
Reading books.
Time ticked by as the elements set about tinkering with their plans, all of them preparing the best they could. Minutes transformed into hours, and before anypony knew it, the time for the competition had arrived. A loudspeaker blared out a countdown, signaling one minute until the event would start. Ponies hid in their homes, putting the final touches on their plans. Others set about donning armor to protect against the foamy blows from opponents. At the twenty-second countdown, ponies of all kind charged out of their homes. Most of them were prepared for the firefight that would ensue. Few smart ponies sat in their homes, waiting to pick off stragglers after the main fight.
Ten-seconds to countdown, most ponies were outside, glaring at their competitors with malice. With the timer still ticking, ponies had equipped their foam weapons. Five seconds on the clock, the mass began taking a fighting stance, their muscles tensing. The final second were filled with anxiety, as ponies of all kind glared at each other, intent on wining the fabled prize.
Once the timer hit zero, the crowd exploded into action. Foam flew through the air, loud thuds and the sound of objects hitting flesh resounded through the town. Screams of pain and ponies yelling 'banana' filled the air. The great event had begun, and would continue until a single week had passed.
The time for ponies to legally hit other ponies over the head with blunt objects had begun, and said time would be utilized to its fullest extent.
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.... I need more!
Good, but MORE :) Lol the cover photo of Fluttershy in gear. I laughed ahah
Oh my god, I can't stop laughing.
There were so many about this that were hilarious but I lost count.
This is an amazing story, please don't give up on this.
Me foamsta, keep it up! Watch and favorite.
Just a quick lil' niggle:
Prologue: PreperationsPrologue: Preparations is the way it should be spelt
Excellent story though, quite original and certainly made me chuckle. Not every author can make me chuckle. Chortle, maybe, but not chuckle.
Keep up the good work!
'tis funny, because I was holding a foam Nerf sword when I saw the story. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Lyra.png
One of the few
THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE?
This looks interesting
This has oodles of promise. I can't wait to see how Twilight wins.
Definitly going to give this a read, but i have to ask...
...Is this a hunger games parody?
lul
1112910
Just you wait until I pull some plot twist that should, hopefully, make sense!
1112923
So Twilight's gonna think she's won until Pinkie Pie surprises everyone and takes it in a silly fashion? Got it. Can't wait.
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I hope it's not, seeing how I have not read the books or seen the movies.
lol, to sleepy to read right now but will be looking forward to this when my brain is more functional.
there can be only one!
Nerf guns, anyone?
Brilliant idea.
Foam Artillery? Foam Knights? Foam tank! Must read more.... 
Why do i want to make this happen in real life? because it is so awesome!
ps. TOTALLY VOLUNTEERING TO BE SOMEPONY'S VICTIM!
And across the border, the griffons are looking on in sheer horror
1113546 im in where do i sign up lol
Just the first line had me laughing!
This is gonna be hilarious and the only thing that ran through my head by the end of this prologue was this
Read the rest.
I now go and rest in peace.
Died of laughter
Fav'd
1112942 question: is the safety word bananna a family guy referene? Cause if it is,
i see what you did there.
funny and interesting, I'm guessing fluttershy will equip her army of animals to fight for her
Or maybe she will just use her sad face to stop the enemy from attacking 
I will read this. But you must promise me one thing:
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At least one of the combatants must not be left-hooved.
There can be only one!
By the way, how awesome would a pony-fic be if immortals from off world came to Equestria to challenge Luna and Celestia to deadly one on one combat where they winner would receive the other's powers?
All I have to say is, 'Here we are! Born to be Queens! We're the Princesses of the Universe!'
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Those guys are insane, I wouldn't put it past them...but damn you to tartarus, now I need to see a cross-over of that show with ponies.
I shall give this a read later. This isn't by any chance inspired by that story that has Twilight loosing her pillow is it?
THIS SHALL BE MOST GLORIOUS! 8D
FOR THE HONOR!!!
Neat concept, but it was way too short.
Banana
MOAR!
EVERYONE SHUT UP!
We all know Rarity's got this C:
The description kind of reminded me of the paint-ball episodes of Community. Oh well, this looks promising. Onward!!!
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BY THE GODS OF NEW AND OLD, BY ALL THAT IS HOLY AND UNHOLY, BY THE GLORY OF YREDELEMNUL THE DARK, THIS IS GLORIOUS!
Rooting for Vinyl Scratch btw.
Can't wait for more!
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The Twilight losing her pillow story gave me some inspiration to write this.
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There is no need to worry, I plan to make all chapter after this one at the very least 2k words.
1115942
that is an absolutely adorkable picture.
Great start, definitely looking forward to more.
Couple of typos though:
"Few smart ponies sat in their homes, waiting to pick off stragglers after the main fight." and "Rainbow war buzzing about, dreaming how awesome the prize would be. "
Otherwise looked pretty good.
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The safety word being "Banana" is a Princess Molestia reference
Banana!
This is the Cutie Mark Crusaders plan to win the contest:
1. The day before, go to Discord's statue and promise him freedom in return for helping them win.
2. The next day, at the beginning of the contest, release Discord.
3. ???bananas???
4. Profit.
Where'd you find that Fluttershy picture? I never knew someone made Red Alert fan art with ponies.
Really good but who wins add mor and I'll give you a pony.
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Sorry, I do not remember where i found it. All I can remember is that i searched Google for ponies with weapons.
Grimnir went to get the cheese.
We all know that either Derpy or Fluttershy are going to win...
I sure as heck hope flutters wins.
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