Minuette stared at her friend with a smirk, trying not to laugh as best she could. Twinkleshine was suffering from the same circumstances, and could feel her sides aching.
The two had before them a wide variety of tools, ranging from a hammer to a few screwdrivers, and were trying to decide which one to utilize to solve their current humorous dilemma.
“We could try the hammer,” Twinkleshine suggested.
“Absolutely not,” a third voice in the room quickly said. Minuette also nodded in agreement.
“Wrench?” Minuette asked.
“No,” the third figure said.
“Well we need to do something, and we can’t really solve this if you reject everything we suggest,” Twinkleshine noted.
“How did this even happen to you again?” Minuette asked.
“Just get my head out of this stupid beaker,” Lemon Hearts groaned.
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King Sombra silently approached the Crystal Heart undetected. Those foolish ponies always had such poor security. He had managed to get past the guards so easily and silently.
Alright, he had knocked both of the guards out cold. Practically the same thing, right?
The dark king approached his victory ever so quietly. “These ponies have made their security even worse than last time,” he thought to himself as he crawled forward. Soon enough he reached his target, the legendary Crystal Heart itself.
Unstoppable power right at his hooves. He’d start by blasting Princess Cadance to dust, and then the rest of her family and Twilight Sparkle, of course.
He reached forward to grab the Crystal Heart, filled with delight as he grabbed it.
Only for it to instantly disappear and be revealed as an illusion spell. And he had also touched a laser grid Hitch installed for the Crystal Empire.
The room instantly began flashing with red lights as an anti-magic field quickly sprung up. A recording with the voice of Twilight Sparkle quickly began to play throughout the room.
“RED ALERT! SOMEPONY IS ATTEMPTING TO STEAL THE CRYSTAL HEART!” it shouted. “Or, they were trying and clearly fell for that illusion spell we set up. Great idea on that, Discord.”
“Thank you, Twilight,” Discord said in the recording. “I just can’t wait to see the buffoon’s face in the security camera footage being made as this recording plays. I bet they feel so dumb!” He then laughed hysterically.
“I’m sure Pinkie Pie will bring popcorn,” Twilight noted. “Anyway, whoever you are, nice try on trying to steal the Crystal Heart. See you in a second!” The recording then shut off as the real Twilight Sparkle and her friends teleported into the room, clearly unaffected by her own anti-magic field.
“Laser grids never fail,” Hitch said with a grin. “Didn’t think I’d be using them on a dark dethroned king from the past, but this just gives further evidence at how perfect they are.”
Pinkie Pie and Izzy then elbow dropped Sombra from the ceiling while screaming about cupcakes and glitter at the top of their lungs.
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Sombra growled deeply as Discord continued to taunt him.
“That was the sorriest attempt at a stealth heist I have ever seen in the many eons I have been in Equestria,” Discord laughed. “You didn’t even bother to stop and consider that maybe we’d have cast an illusion spell after your last attempted takeover? Priceless!” He then fell over, rolling about laughing again.
It didn’t help that Sombra was currently stuck in a cell in Canterlot, complete with another magic nullifier. Twilight had ensured the area was comfortable and accommodating, but she wasn’t about to just let him waltz out for free. It didn’t even come with a massage chair.
“I honestly thought you’d at least think of the possibility we’d set a trap,” Twilight added, walking into the room as Discord was taunting. “But nope! You walked right into it.”
Discord proceeded to magically spawn a dunce hat onto Sombra.
“This is why we leave all the stealth to Misty,” Discord continued. “Now there’s a unicorn who can actually pull off a stealth mission without instantly failing! And she’s the one who gets paranoid in the middle of operations!”
“That’s true,” Twilight agreed. “I’ve looked over the success and failure ratios of her missions, and they significantly outclass your attempts by a sizable margin.”
“Plus she’s nicer,” Discord added, with Twilight nodding in agreement. “Very enjoyable opponent for a match of checkers, and you should see her when she finds the bowl of kettlecorn!”
“Silence! I will not accept this humiliation!” Sombra roared from within his cell.
Discord and Twilight gave him a look of surprise before bursting into laughter again.
Again, some great work on these latest scenes. So Lemon Hearts got her head stuck in a beaker somehow and Minuette and Twinkleshine are trying to find the right tools to help her even though they can barely contain their laughter. And Sombra falling victim to Discord's illusion spell and Hitch's laser grid was priceless - especially with the point out that a unicorn who hasn't even shown any magic even after it was restored to most of the rest of Equestria is still better at stealth missions than somebody who is basically a ghost in all but name. And the magic restraining security in Sombra's imprisonment was definitely a logical detail.
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Hey that sounds like a neat ideas especially how tricky Sparky is those kids are going to have a field day for this and yeah it would be awesome to see Rufus and Trixie actually try to show off each other out who's the Great and Powerful here and it would be interesting to see Sparky interacting with flurry heart and the cake twins and that's going to be very chaotic
“How did this even happen to you again?” Minuette asked.
“Just get my head out of this stupid beaker,” Lemon Hearts groaned.
I still don't understand how in the world did she get herself stuck in there that's impressive and hilarious at the same time
Bet you didn't see that coming didn't you King Sombra
Seriously Misty should have get a cutie mark without getting caught which I don't know how with it supposed to look like
Again this is pretty funny seeing how two generations helping each other and even getting some laugh out of this so apparently history repeat itself again having lemon drops getting her head stuck in the beaker and twinkle shine and Minuette try to help her still how the world does she do that meanwhile at the Crystal Empire King Sombra tried to steal the crystal heart but unfortunately got fooled by Discord illusion and hitch security laser again this will be very interesting to see those two interact with each other since Fluttershy and hitch have in common with each other when it comes to animals but anyway they stopped King Sombra and he didn't see this coming seriously how in the world did you not I wonder what kind of random stuff is going to happen guess we'll find out next time
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It would be very interesting having hitch and Discord and Fluttershy hanging out with each other