Twilight and her friends stood watching the scene before them in a mix of amusement and concern. Discord and Rainbow Dash were locked in an intense staring contest.
"Say it one more time, Discord! I dare you!" Dash growled. Discord smiled patronisingly.
"Oh please, Rainbow Dash." He said. "I have said it once and that should be plenty. But, if you insist..." his smile widened. "I am far, far better at playing pranks than you are."
"Uh oh." Applejack said. "Ah don't think that was smart at all." Dash apparently agreed. She snorted.
"You listen here, you mixmatched wingbat!" She snarled. "If you think you're so much better than me, then prove it!!" Discord tsked, shaking his head.
"Resorting to petty insults, Dash? I am suprised at you." He chuckled. "And challenging me, the Lord and Master of Chaos, to outprank you? That is quite definitely the worst idea of your young pony life."
"Put your pranks where your mouth is, Discord!" Dash snapped. "And I mean it! Me, you, prank war."
"Shouldn't we be stopping this?" Spike asked, looking up at Twilight. "You could order them not to do it." She snorted.
"Quite honestly, I'm curious to see how long this will last. Dash may well give up after one round with Discord."
"I wouldn't bet on it!" Pinkie giggled. "Dashie is really good at pranking! Better even than me!" She beamed. "Ooh! I could ask to be her helper! Dashie!!" She trotted over to her friend.
"What?" Dash asked, still glaring at Discord.
"Can I be your pranking assistant? Can I? Can I? Huh?"
Well..." Dash hesitated. Pinkie bounced.
"Please??? Pretty please?? Pretty, pretty please??? With a great big stack of your absolutely top favourite rainbow colored cupcakes topped with rainbow sprinkles and cherries???" Dash caved instantly.
"Welcome to the team, Pinkie Pie." She said, shaking hooves with her.
"Yayyyyy!" Pinkie yelled. She grinned up at Discord. "We are so gonna beat you!!" He scoffed.
"Yes, well, I doubt that." He said. "But who knows? Perhaps you will astonish me and at least prove yourselves worthy opponents. But I say that without the slightest bit of belief it will happen. You two couldn't possibly outprank me. I am good. Very, very good." He snapped his talons and a spider that happened to be close by suddenly grew bat wings, tiny goat horns and a lizard tail. It gave a very tiny squeak of terror.
"Discord!" Fluttershy said disapprovingly.
"What?" He said innocently. "I was just practicing!"
"Change it back. Now." Fluttershy's voice was soft but firm.
"Oh bother." Discord huffed, snapping his talons again. The spider looked itself over to be sure it was back to normal, then shook one front leg at Discord before scurrying to safer surroundings. "Hmph. Arachnids have no sense of humor."
"Ok." Twilight spoke up, stepping forward. "If you are going to have a prank war, there needs to be some guidelines."
"Absolutely not!" Discord and Dash said simultaneously.
"Don't interrupt!" Fluttershy said, frowning at Discord. "You too." She looked at Dash.
"As I was saying," Twilight said firmly. "This needs to be made a fair war."
"Ha! There is no fair when it comes to a prank war!" Discord said. "Anything goes!"
"Yeah, what he said!" Dash said. "Wait. Why am I agreeing with you?! You're the enemy!!"
"Rainbow Dash, I am deeply hurt by that." Discord said, conjuring up both fake tears and a handkerchief to dry them with. He tossed it up in the air and it turned into a bird, flying off. "However, since this is a war...I am going to forget it."
"Ugh! Twilight, what do you have in mind for rules?" Dash asked.
"Hahahahaha!!!" Discord's sudden burst of laughter earned him quizzical looks from Rarity, Applejack, Spike, and Twilight; a disapproving stare from Fluttershy; and a fierce scowl from Dash. Pinkie just giggled.
"What is so Celestia-darned funny??" Dash growled.
"You are!" Discord snorted. "I was trying to picture you playing by the rules. I don't think you could do it. You are a notorious rule rebel."
"I can keep to the rules better than you!"
"Ohho really? Well, now, this will be fun! Two challenges in one! I like it!"
"Twilight, Ah'm not sure we ought to encourage this." Applejack said.
"Indeed!" Rarity agreed. "Somepony could get hurt!"
"If they'll stick to the rules, that shouldn't happen." Twilight said. "Are you two ready to listen yet?" Dash and Discord focused on her, the former scowling and the later smirking. "Thank you. Now, first rule. Discord, you are not allowed to any form of magic that could cause even the slightest amount of harm."
"Oh poo." Discord pouted.
"Alright, rule two. The pranks will remain between the two of you. Er...three, of you, since Pinkie is helping Dash. Which means that you may not try to gain extra points by pranking other ponies. Stick strictly to pranking each other."
"With pleasure." Dash glared at Discord.
"I don't think two against one is quite fair." Discord said. "Hmm..." He snapped his talons, and a slightly shorter version of himself appeared beside him, looking quite smug. "There! That's better! Now the odds are more even."
"Seriously?" Dash gumbled. "One Discord is bad enough..."
"Ahem." Twilight cleared her throat. "I could make up all kinds of safety rules for this..."
"Oh of course you could." Discord said drily.
"However," Twilight said, pinning him with a glare. "All I will say is this: don't kill each other and please try not to destroy all of Ponyville."
"Oh, as if I could be killed!" Discord scoffed. "I am a spirit, Twilight. I can't possibly be killed."
"Wanna bet?" Twilight said, eyes narrowing. "I could figure out a way..."
"And risk Celestia being upset with you after you all worked so hard to reform me? Please, Twilight, I thought you were smarter than that."
"I think she'd understand perfectly." They glared at each other.
"Ok, could you please snap out of it so we can get on with this??" Dash demanded.
"Fine." Twilight drew a deep breath. "Who has an idea for a prize for the winner?"
"I do! I do!" Pinkie giggled. "Winner gets to be declared Prank Master of Ponyville!!"
"That has a nice ring to it." Discord said thoughtfully.
"That is so awesome!" Dash grinned.
"Alright then." Twilight said. "Prank Master of Ponyville it is."
"I say we take one hour to relax and prepare." Discord announced. "And then, we meet. At high noon."
"Its already noon." Dash deapanned.
"Oh, yes, right. So it is." Discord sighed. "Very well then. Shall we make it one?"
"Agreed!" Pinkie giggled.
"I'll see you at one." Dash said, glaring at Discord.
"Yes. Indeed you will." Smirked Discord, leaning in. "And may the best prankster win."
"Oh, I will!" Dash growled. Discord gave a snicker and vanished with the snap of his talons. Dash took off towards the bakery with Pinkie. The others looked at each other, then at Twilight.
"You do realise you just unleashed the full power of Discord, Dash, and Pinkie Pie on a very unprepared Ponyville, don't you?" Rarity asked.
"Yes. I am beginning to realise that." Twilight replied.
"Twilight, Ah don't wanna say this," Applejack said slowly. "But sugarcube, Ponyville ain't likely to survive this."
"Discord can be very...um...chaotic, but he won't go too far." Fluttershy spoke up. "Um...I hope."
"Fluttershy, how much do you trust Discord?" Twilight asked. Fluttershy met her gaze squarely.
"I gave my word to never use my element against him. That took alot of trust. And faith."
"True." Twilight sighed. "Alright then. Let's just take a deep breath and hope this town comes out of this in one piece." She looked around and groaned.
"Oh, who am I kidding! Its Discord and Rainbow Dash. And Pinkie Pie. I've doomed Ponyville to utter chaos and destruction!"
Dash and Pinkie were in Pinkie's room, discussing prank plans.
"They've got to be good!" Dash said, pacing. "I am going to beat Discord or die trying!"
"Oh Dashie, you can't do that! We need you!" Pinkie said. "You'll beat him! And I'm helping!" Dash smirked.
"Thanks, Pinkie." She stood tall. "What pranks do we have to work with?" Pinkie bounded to her closet and dove inside. There was crashes and bangs galore until her muffled voice rang out.
"Found it!" She popped out of the closet with a rather impressively large case that she threw onto the bed and opened. Dash examined its contents.
"Wow. This is alot." She said. "Itching powder, sneezing powder, whoopie cushions, dribble glasses, love potion, hoof buzzer, fake snake....wait, LOVE POTION???!" She swung her astonished gaze to Pinkie. "Pinkie, why in Tartarus do you have love potion??"
"In case I need to make somponies fall in love, silly!" Pinkie giggled. Dash blinked.
"But...but why would you...?" She stopped and shook her head. "No. Uh uh. No way. Never mind. I am so not going there. I need all of my sanity for Discord." She rubbed her head and looked back down at the prank kit. "Hmm...buzz buttons. What the hay is that??"
"I dunno." Pinkie said with a giggle. Sge picked up one of the little buds and some leaves. "Says on the package it only works if you chew it and eat it." She held it out to Dash before taking one herself and popping it into her mouth. Dash, though hesitant, folowed suit. Thirty seconds later they stared at each other in astonishment.
"I canth feel my thongue!" Dash spit out, her mouth totally numb. "Ith thotally numb! I canth sthpeak too good."
"Me either!" Pinkie said, giggling. "Ith to funny! You thound funny."
"I feel funny." Then Dash giggled rather dumbly. "Ith thith awthome or what?? I feel tho good..." she giggled again. Then she frowned. "Whath wrong with me?!"
"I think ith thith plant!" Pinkie said. "We need Twilight! I think we poithoned ourthelves!!" As if on cue, Twilight came in.
"Girls, we need to...what in Equestria?!" She gaped at the two who stood there giggling stupidly.
"We canth feel our tongueth!" Dash said. "And we are tho thupid and thilly but we don't care! Ith thith plant!!" Twilight hurried to read the package. She rolled her eyes.
"Oh, you two! You'll live. Give it ten or fifteen minutes and you'll be fine."
"Whath the plant called?" Dash asked with another stupid giggle.
"Its what it says it is: buzz buttons." Twilight said. "Also called toothache plant. Its real name is Sichuan. Of the species Acmella Oleracea."
"Uh...in Englith pleath?" Dash said.
"Its a plant that numbs your mouth and also makes you feel like you just took too many painkillers."
"Oh!" Dash looked at Pinkie, who stared back with a grin. "I think we have our firth prank." ***********************************
Discord smiled to himself as he walked along to the bakery. Liiterally smiled to himself...his clone was right beside him.
"This is going to be so easy!" He told himself cheerfully. "Like taking candy from a baby. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie have no idea who they are dealing with. I have hundreds of thousands of years of pranking experience, and I am not going to be undone by two ponies. Take me on in a prank war? Ha! How utterly laughable. Well, I am going to end this quickly...but not too quickly. I want to have some fun first." He started to push the door open, then paused. "Hmmmm..." He snapped his talons and teleported himself, and his clone, inside, gazing at the door. "Hm. No buckets of water or confetti or sticky goo...interesting. i would have thought they would snap up such a great opportunity. Oh well." He turned as his two currently ex-friends entered the room.
"Hey Discord!" Dash said. "Pinkie and I thought we could all use a snack before we really get started pranking. So, we made cupcakes!" Pinkie produced a small platter of delicious looking cupcakes...all decorated with icing images of Discord himself. He eyed them suspiciously.
"Just how gullible do you believe I am??" He demanded incredulously. "You've obviously spiked these with pepper, or salt, or hot sauce. Or perhaps they're not cakes at all, but chunks of dirt!"
"Dirt??" Pinkie gasped. "Discord, how terrible! I would never feed anypony dirt cupcakes...not even you, not even in the middle of a prank war. That would just be too mean meany pants of me!" Twilight appeared at that moment.
"Discord, trust me. They didn't put any of those things in it."she said, before walking out the door.
"Why should I believe her?" Discord huffed.
"Maybe because she's telling the truth." Dash said, scowling. "She's not a part of this war, Discord. Remember? She's not taking sides either." Discord frowned at the cupcakes.
"Oh, very well!" He said, taking one. He popped it into his mouth. "Mm. I must say, this are quite delicious." He downed three more without hesitation. Dash and Pinkie hoof-bumped each other behind their backs.
"So, how do you feel??" Pinkie asked with a giggle. Discord blinked at the random question. He would have chalked it up to the fact that it was just Pinkie being....well, Pinkie. But suddenly he felt an incredibly odd feeling. Sort of...buzzy, and tingly. Like maybe he had just had too much hard cider and was becoming very relaxed. To top it off, his mouth was becoming alarmingly numb. He blinked.
"What did you put in the cupcakth?!" He demanded. "Did you poithon me?? Ooh. Who careth?? Thith ith the greateth feeling..." And he started laughing hysterically. "You put thomething in thoth cupcakth, didn't you??? Wath it hard thider?? Why ith my mouth tho numb???" He sounded ridiculous, and Dash and Pinkie were howling with laughter. "Whath tho funny?!"
"B...b...buzz but...but...buttons!" Dash gasped out with great difficulty, tears in her eyes as she continued to laugh hysterically.
"Buth what??!"
"Buttons!" Pinkie panted, holding her sides. "They make your mouth really really numb and make you feel almost drunk! You sound sooooo hilarious!!" Discord glared at them.
"Really??" He said. "You put thoth thingth in cupcakth and then you laugh yourselvth thilly at me?? How very inconthiderate and...thith ith not funny!!" He was trying to sound indignant, but it was very, very hard to sound indignant when you were literally spitting your words out and you were feeling quite intoxicated...even though you had had no hard cider. Realising this, he gave up, and even started to find slight humor in it.
"Ok, ok. You guyth got me. Very nithe job. Now can you pleath make it thop??" He laughed.
"It'll wear off in about ten minutes or so." Dash said, breathlessly, wiping her eyes. Sure enough, a little bit later the effects wore off. Discord was presented with an undoctored cupcake, which he insisted each of them take a small piece from first...just to be safe. Once he finished, he stared them down.
"Prepare yourselves." He said. "This war is on!" He snapped his talons and Dash let out a shriek as her wings were replaced with rainbow colored butterfly wings.
"Hey!!" She scowled. Pinkie giggled.
"Good one, Discord!"
"Oh, I'm so glad you approve!" He said, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Pinkie? Might I trouble you for a glass of water?" He smirked. Pinkie trotted to the kitchen. She grabbed a glass and turned on the sink to fill it...only to get hit full force with the sprayer, which had been taped and aimed to spray. Only instead of water, she got drenched in pepper sauce.
"Gah!" She shrieked. "Water! Water! Ooh!!! Hot! Hot! Too much pepper!" She was relieved a second later when a large bucket of icy liquid was dumped over her head...courtesy of Discord. It wasn't water though. It was molasses. And he followed it by dumping a torn feather pillow over her. She blinked. Then she burst out laughing. Dash was not amused.
"We are going to get you for this, Discord!" She shouted. "You messed with the wrong ponies!!" She tried to fly, only to drop back down with a thud...the butterfly wings unable to hold her weight. "Gah!" Discord laughed heartily.
"There are lots more pranks where those came from." He said, before vanishing.
"Oh!!! I am SO gonna kick his..." Dash broke off and looked at Pinkie, who had stopped giggling and had adopted a rather fierce expression. A battle helmet sat on top of her sticky and feathered head.
"Rainbow Dash," she announced. "We have a draconequis to beat!! Lets put our heads together and figure out our next pranks!" She hopped over and plunked her head against Dash's.
"Pinkie Pie..." Dash groaned. "That's not meant to be taken literally!!" Pinkie tried pulling back, but it was too late. The super sticky molasses had stuck her head to Dash's like glue.
"Well, I guess we'll have to clean up first!" Pinkie stated with a giggle. "Bathtub's big enough for two!" Dash reddened slightly, but there really wasn't a better plan. She nodded her head...which also nodded Pinkie's. The two of them somehow maneuvered upstairs to get a good hot bath and plan their next pranks on Discord.
After the pepper spray, butterfly wings, and malosses and feathers, Dash and Pinkie retaliated with the full force of their pranking arsenal. Over the course of the next several days, Discord found himself on the recieving end of all the classic pranks, such as itching powder, whoopie cushions, and stink bombs. And some pranks he had to admit were pretty clever. Such as one morning when he opened his upside down fridge and found all the contents staring intensely at him with their newly developed googly eyes and smirking ink mouths. How they had pulled that off without his knowing(given the fact that they literally had to enter a different dimension to do so, not to mention enter his home), he had no idea. He walked out of his door only to be instantly greeted by a very large bucket of water falling on his head.
"I was wondering when they might get to that one." He said aloud sarcastically. He dried off and snapped his talons. He materialised in front of the bakery...Dash and Pinkie's prank planning headquarters. He smiled. Time for some payback! He glanced up. It was still early enough in the morning...he teleported into the bakery, specifically the hallway outside Pinkie's room. He reached to open the door. Somewhere in his head he heard the disapproving voice of Fluttershy.
Discord. Its not polite to enter somepony's home without knocking! He huffed.
'Well, I'm sorry, but this is war!!!' So thinking, he opened the door quietly and peeked in. Pinkie was sprawled on her back on the bed, surrounded by all sorts of prank material. Dash was sprawled on her back on the floor, one foreleg clutching a bottle of superglue close.
'Super glue??' Discord thought. 'Do I even want to know??' He studied them intently, not moving. The steady rise and fall of their chests with each deep, slow breath they took indicated both were asleep. He grinned and began cautiously setting up his pranks, checking the two now and then to be sure they were staying asleep. Once he finished, he quietly left the room and teleported out of the building and to a good vantage point outside Pinkie's window.
'This is going to be good!'
"Indeed. Though I am disappointed you forgot me!!" Discord Two said, having appeared beside him.
"Oh, bother! Do be quiet!" Discord huffed. "I'm trying to watch what happens!!!"
Dash and Pinkie awoke at the same time, yawning and stretching. Dash sat up...and immediately shrieked. The floor was covered in rows upon rows of plastic cups. Filled to the brim with water. One wrong move would cause a massive spill.
"Wow! Discord is good!" Pinkie announced with a giggle.
"How the hay do we get out of here?!" Dash demanded. She looked up and her eyes grew wide. "What...the...????" Pinkie followed her gaze. There were rows of cups hanging from the ceiling as well. Not only would they have to attempt to escape without knocking over cups of water, but they would have to do so in a fairly crouched position.
"Whoa. He is good." Pinkie said in amazement.
"Pinkie, focus!!" Dash said. "How do we get out of here?!" Pinkie giggled.
"Patience, Dashie! Let me ponder this perplexing and puzzling predicament." Dash rolled her eyes at the alliteration. "Aha! Lets just plow right through it!"
"Yeah...I'm pretty sure the whole idea is to get through without spilling any water." Dash said. She shut her eyes. "Lets face it. We're stuck. We can't spill the water so, we're stuck."
"Tada!!!!" Pinkie yelled. Dash's eyes flew open and she saw Pinkie standing clear across in the hallway...without a single spilled cup in her floor.
"What?? How?? Huh???" Dash said, stunned.
"Its easy!" Pinkie said. "Just crouch and watch your step. No biggie! You can do it!" Dash gulped, and started to move. Five minutes later, she stood beside Pinkie, sweating profusely. "When this is over, I will never challenge Discord to another prank war again!" Pinkie giggled as they headed downstairs to eat breakfast. Outside the window, both Discords pouted and spoke simultaneously.
"Oh poo." ***********************************
Discord's next prank was more interesting. Not to mention epic. He did it overnight, while his victims were sound asleep, and then he and Discord Two ate popcorn and discussed the possible reactions of the two ponies.
The sun woke Dash up first. She stretched and yawned and rubbed a pink hoof through her poofy and springy mane.
Wait...pink?? Poofy??? Springy???? She looked down at herself and very nearly fainted. A glance across at Pinkie confirmed her worst fears.
"GAAAAAAHHH!!!!"
The scream woke Pinkie instantly. She bounded up and looked at her friend in concern.
"What's wrong, Dashie? Why did you-?" She broke off and her eyes widened. "Oh wow. You look just like me!"
"No, you look just like me! Or at least, you look like I looked last night." Dash was trembling. Pinkie looked down at her cyan body, then glanced back at her now rainbow colored mane.
"Oh my gosh!" Was all she could force out. Dash nodded."He switched our bodies!!" A burst of hysterical laughter from outside caused them both to turn. Discord and Discord Two were howling with mirth.
"Discord!" Dash said angrily.
"Oh, your faces are so priceless!!" Discord panted. "This is so much fun!! Don't you agree, Two?" Discord Two nodded vigorously, unable to speak for his laughter.
"Glad you're enjoying it so much." Dash said furiously. She then looked at her giggling pranking partner and sighed. "Ok, I guess it is a little funny...but only a little!! Now switch us back!!"
"Ohoho!" Discord snorted. "It was never a rule that I had to undo any of my pranks on you! So, no. I won't switch you back. Enjoy yourselves!" He snorted again, then both he and his clone vanished with the snap of his talons.
"Gah! That...that..." Dash spluttered. "How are we supposed to fix this?! Oh, he is SO going down for this!!"
"We can go ask Twilight to fix us!" Pinkie giggled, waving her butterfly wings...er, Dash's butterfly wings...and bouncing all over the room.
"Ugh. As embarassing as it is, I guess we'll have to." Dash grumbled. "I want my wings back. Even if they are butterfly wings!" She sighed. "Come on." Pinkie bouncing and leaped, fluttering her wings and throwing herself onto the bed and jumping to the ceiling and back.
"Weeeeee!"she squealed. "Can't we play some first? Then go? I have wings!"
"No, I have wings!" Dash retorted. "You just happen to be wearing them for a very short time. Lets go." As they headed out the door, Pinkie bounded ahead, leaping, bouncing, jumping, toying with the wings on her back and admiring her athletic figure before bounding down the stairs and crashing into a wall. She giggled.
"This is fun!!!" She bounded out the door, nearly bumping her head.
"Pinkie Pie, watch it! That's my body you're playing with!!!" Dash shouted. Then she paused and frowned. "Ok. That just sounded totally wrong..." She walked on out the door, shaking her head.
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To say that Twilight and the others were amused at their plight would have been a gross understatement. It took them a full five minutes to stop laughing long enough for Twilight to grab her book on spells. Finding what she needed, she aimed her horn and lit it up, blasting them with a yellow glow. After a minute, she stopped, and the two examined themselves.
"Yes!" Dash cried, flexing her butterfly wings. "I'm back!"
"Meeee too!!" Pinkie shouted excitedly, bouncing up and down.
"I take it this prank war has escalated a bit?" Twilight asked.
"A bit?!" Dash growled. "Try a lot! Pinkie Pie!"
"Yeppers!"
"Lets go. We have some draconequis rear end to kick." Pinkie followed her out of the castle, giggling, and the others exchanged looks. Twilight sighed.
If Discord had hoped to knock down some of his opponents' determination and self confidence or make them surrender by switching their bodies, he had quite epically failed. Once Twilight had switched them back, they had increased their attacks on him with renewed energy and vengeance. When they weren't busy filling his favourite cookies with toothpaste or stuffing his favourite donuts with mayonnaise, or covering him in honey and ants as he slept(which earned them both a sound lecture from Fluttershy, considering they used her pet ants and furthermore had traumatised them by doing so, because an unamused and angry Discord had shouted and hurt their feelings, which meant that not only was Discord present for said lecture, but was also quite firmly reminded how protective Fluttershy was of her creatures' feelings when he, too, was scolded), they were busy concocting an epic prank that would secure them the title they were after. Or trying to.
"Ya know," Dash said as they were taking a break and munching on cookies. "I think we are so gonna beat him!"
"Me too!" Pinkie said enthusiastically. "So, what do we do next?" Dash grinned.
"Well...I was thinking we could try a few smaller ones, some he might not have heard of. Like maybe...I don't know...sending him a balloon covered in frosting? Then when he goes to cut it it explodes." Pinkie's eyes went very wide.
"Dashie, that is so mean meany pants of you and woukdn't it scare Discord???"
"Yep." Dash smirked. "That's the idea." Pinkie giggled.
"Then lets do it, Pranking Partner!" They headed to the kitchen to create it, snickering the whole time.
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Discord was honestly a bit suprised to find a delicious looking cake sitting on his table. Then he frowned. He eyed the cake from all directions and sniffed it.
"Hmmm...maybe I'm being a bit too cautious." He studied the cake again. "Oh well." He grabbed a knife and a plate, fully intending to enjoy the treat. Licking his lips, he placed the knife just so, bearing down with it, thinking on the sweet, delicious...
BANG!!!
"GAAAAAAGHHH!!!" Discord staggered backwards, reeling from the noise as well as the faceful of frosting he'd gotten. He stood there for a moment, stunned. Then a burst of laughter drew his attention to his window. A flash of pink and blue vanished from sight. His eyes narrowed behind his frosting mask.
"Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Nicely done. I did not see that one coming." A laugh from close by made him turn. Discord Two was shaking with laughter.
"You look ridiculous!!" He panted. Discord scowled.
"Oh, be quiet!" And he silenced him by throwing a wad of frosting in his face.
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Dash and Pinkie collapsed on the throne room floor, howling with laughter as they finished telling their friends of their latest prank.
"It was so funny!" Dash gasped. "Oh, his face!!!! Priceless!"
"Ah gotta admit that's pretty funny," Applejack said. "But don't ya'll think ya should end this? Its been a week for Celestia's sake!" Dash sat up.
"End it?!" She exclaimed. "What the hay are you saying??! In order to end it, we have to admit defeat! Surrender! And we will never surrender!!"
"Yeah!" Pinkie agreed. "We are going to keep playing pranks until Discord gives up! We will defeat him!"
"Yeah!" Dash nodded. She looked at the others. "You do think we can beat him...right?"
"Uh...sure..." Twilight said slowly, ignoring the astonished look Applejack threw her way.
"Awesome! Lets go figure out some other pranks, Pinkie!" The two left the room laughing.
"Twilight." Rarity said. She waited til Twilight looked at her. "Do you really think that they can beat Discord?" Twilight took a deep breath.
"No."
"Then whatever did you say they could for??!"
"Because I don't want to ruin their fun. And besides, they may not beat him, but they'll do their utmost best. At the very least, they will really wear him out and make him wish he'd never agreed to this. Plus he will have to admit they are veey worthy opponents. Which means he will have to admit they are close to as good as he is." She smirked. "And that is something I really want to see."
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Discord's next prank attack was quite sudden, but he stuck to smaller pranks. Exploding ketchup bottles, dying their fur hideous shades, making it rain chocolate milk no matter where they were at(and that included in the bathroom!), and swapping Dash's butterfly wings with wings made of licorice...which Pinkie promptly devoured, much to Dash's annoyance and Discord's delight. When he saw how upset Dash was, he gave her wings of steel...quite literally. She staggered and stumbled under the weight of them for hours, until Twilight, getting slightly aggravated at having to fix Discord's chaos, performed a spell to give her back her real wings. She also cast a certain protection spell on both Dash and Pinkie, which would prevent Discord from doing anything further to them physically...no matter how hard he tried. The two mares were running out of prank ideas. As they sat in Pinkie's room discussing it, Dash sighed.
"I give up. I can't think of any others."
"No! We will never give up!" Pinkie announced. "We will find a prank, Dashie!" She paced.
"Well, I hope so." Dash said. "We've been sitting here for an hour doing nothing." Pinkie froze and her mouth formed into a wide grin.
"Dashie, that's it!!" She cried excitedly.
"Huh? What's it??"
"I know a way to win and get that title!!" ***********************************
Discord and Discord Two were very confused. They had been on their guard for three days, braced for any prank attack cast on them. But to their astonishment, none came. Instead, Pinkie worked at the bakery as normal, and Dash worked on keeping the skies clear, as normal. They would grin at their opponents when they saw them...a slightly devious grin. But still nothing.
"Well, I am stumped!" Discord said. "They must be planning a big prank on us!" Discord Two rubbed his chin. It seemed likely. Another day passed. Nothing. Then another. Nothing. Discord had had enough. He popped into the middle of a group lunch that all the Element bearers were having.
"Dash! Pinkie Pie! What is going on?!" He shouted. "Five days! Five days and not one. Single. Prank. What are you planning??! Go ahead and do it already! The suspense is killing me!!"
"Yes!" Dash said, as she and her assistant hoof-bumped. "We did it!"
"You did what, exactly?" Discord asked, confused. "You've done nothing for five days!" Dash and Pinkie giggled before answering simultaneously.
"Our prank was to not prank you at all!" She said. "But to let you think we were planning to prank you, when we were already doing it by doing absolutely nothing!" Discord blinked, speechless. The others snorted at the genuis of the plan.
"Well. I...don't know what to say..." Discord said finally. "Except...I don't think I can top that. Well. I could, but...but I'm not going to. That was brilliant, my friends. I can't believe I fell for one of the oldest pranks in the book!" He chuckled. "I surrender. You win. I believe you are worthy opponents after all. Perhaps even as good at pranks as myself."
"Yes!!!" The pranking duo shouted. Twilight shook her head.
"I guess I officially name you Prank Master of Ponyville, Dash."
"Nope! Prank Masters of Ponyville!" Dash said, throwing a leg around Pinkie. "We are so awesome!!!!" Everpony laughed. Discord smirked.
"I bet I am more awesome than you are." He said. Dash instantly stopped laughing.
"What did you just say?"
"I, Discord, am far more awesome than you, Rainbow Dash."
"Uh, now wait, ya'll, lets not get..." Applejack tried.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY??!" Dash shouted.
"I. Am. More. Awesome. Than. You." Discord smirked.
"Um, Discord, I really don't think that you should-" Fluttershy started.
"YOU ARE NOT MORE AWESOME THAN ME!!!!" Dash was livid.
"Oh, please, Rainbow Dash, I have lived many millennia and I have seen all sorts of awesome, including yours...and I can say with certainty that I am indeed more awesome than you."
"I...you...WHAAAAAAT?! DISCORD!! I will destroy you!!" Dash yelled in fury.
No, you won't. My awesomeness is far superior and you know it." Discord was smug.
"Darlings, please, lets just think about this for a moment and take deep breaths-" Rarity's attempt at peacemaking failed.
"Looking forward to it!" The two leaned almost face to face, Dash scowling as feircely as possible and Discord smirking. The others looked at Twilight for help. She looked back and forth between Discord and Dash, then placed a hoof on her snout in complete frustration.
