Celestia and Luna rule the palace of Canterlot together quietly, while their assistant Discord always entertains himself with pranking the royalty. But what happens when he has the ultimate idea?
Crossover tag is for later chapters
This story is a simple thing for entertainment. If you're looking for an Equestria daily level fic... Well, this is not one. Just a heads up
Princess Celestia was walking from her bed to her bathroom, still groggy from waking up. She felt as if her head was spinning, and her eyes were so tired she could hardly keep them open. Trotting over to the shower, she knew the nice warm water would make her feel better.
Stepping inside the tub, she flipped he switch, closing her eyes while letting the water fall down her face and-
The water felt really thick, and sticky too. Confused, she stepped back so she could open her eyes in the... "Tomato juice!?" She screams out. She looks down and sees her white fur stained red. Her shock then turns to rage when she hears the laughter outside of the window.
"Ohh, hehehehee! this is priceless!" Discord chuckled, staring right back at the glaring alicorn, "I Must say Tia, I love your new look that you are trying out. It matches your mood!" He snaps his talons together, vanishing in a pink flash.
"DISCORD! GET BACK HERE!" Celestia screamed as she ran out of the bathroom, not caring about the splatters of red across her carpet. She was about to throw open the door until it opened on its own, or she thought it had. standing outside her bedroom door was her younger sister, her normally blue fur was stained a bright green.
"He got you too, didn't he?" Luna glared towards her sister, whos red fur and bloodshot eyes gave her answer away.
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It took Princess Celestia and Princess Luna over an hour to scrub the stains out of their bodies. Both were furious that their friend thought this was funny. While Discord always did love jokes and messing around with others, sometimes his humor was a little too much for others to handle.
After cleaning up, they each went on to their separate duties, Luna having to talk to the other council members, and Celestia having to go meet up with the captain of the guard.
As she walked, Celestia noticed the shadow floating behind her. Knowing who exactly who it was, she just glared forward and continued to walk. The spirit floated down to her side, hovering just a few feet off the ground. Discord giggled seeing how frustrated his white friend was, "So Tia, did you enjoy that special bath this morning? It was my special recipe!"
Celestia turned to the floating creature, " Discord, I know you enjoy pranks, but you have to remember you can't cause us trouble right before we have important duties... Or jokes which are very troublesome to us."
"Oh you always have to spoil my fun." discord frowns and crosses his arms, "I'm the spirit of chaos, this is what I do."
"Look, I know you like pranks, but I must ask you to keep yourself from doing any tomorrow; my sister and I have a public meeting in Canterlot square, and we cannot have any problems. Do you understand?"
Discord frowns, turning his head away, "Fine. No pranks tomorrow."
"Thank you. Now, I must be off." she walks off towards her destination.
Waiting until Celestia was out of ear range, he grins and taps his claws together, thinking of the new idea in his head, " Hehehe! Oh that is a brilliant idea!"
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The next morning, Celestia awoke from her sleep very rested. Getting out of bed, though, she noticed something was different, but she couldn't figure it out.
"CELESTIA!!!!!!!"
Celestia jumped up, startled by her sisters scream. She ran over to her bedroom door, and opened it to- "Oh my gosh!!"
Celestia's eyes went wide in shock at what beholded her. Luna was standing there, her mane and her horn gone from her head. Her wings were missing as well. Celestia was shocked, but before she could say anything, her sister's eyes grew as well, "He-he got you too!?" Luna forced out.
Celestia's mind began racing at that statement, panicking what had been done to her while she slept. Running over to her mirror, she gasped at the reflection; her long mane and horn were gone as well, and her wings too. Her eyes became fueled with anger, her nostrils flaring out, " I told him no pranks today!"
The laughter from the bedroom balcony caught their attention. Turning, they saw discord standing their, with their wings attached to his back. In his large lion paw, he held both of their horns, and topping those off were their manes wrapped around them like cotton candy.
Celestia was fuming by this point, her face Turning a deep red, "Discord! You promised no pranks today!"
Discord laughed, looking back to the now bald princess, "yes, I did say I wouldn't prank you today. You didn't say anything about pranks in the middle of the night! So I slipped in and... POOF!"
Luna stepped forward, her plain head glistening in the sunlight, "You had better give us our hair and other things back now!"
"Sorry, Lulu, I've become, as you should say, attached to these wings..." he floats up in he air, flapping all six of the wings on his back, cackling uncontrollably, "and, I'm a little hungry at the moment, so...." he lifts his arm up, and takes a bite out of the blue mane.
Luna screams at what she sees, "DO NOT EAT THAT! SPIT IT OUT!"
Discord continues to chew, then swallows the bite, "Mmm. Just like I expected... Blueberry." he then looks down to the other bundle of hair, "hmm. Let me guess, rainbow sherbet?"
Celestia begins to run toward the spirit, "DON'T YOU DARE!". Before she can reach him, Discord floats away from the balcony, just out of reach of the raging princess. Celestia stomps around angrily, knowing she can't use her magic to pull him back.
Discord takes a bite out of the multi colored mane, swirling it around his mouth. He chews for a few more seconds before finally talking, " well thats surprising. I didn't know that you were bubble gum, Tia." He laughs so hard he somersaults in midair.
"Discord, this isn't funny! Knock it off!" Luna pleaded.
The chaotic spirit turned to her,"Actually, it is hilarious! And I'm Being serious when I say you two look fabulous! No doubt you two will start a new fashion trend with this!" he laughed and flew off from the castle.
Both sisters leaned over the balcony rail, glaring at the fleeing creature, "DISCORD!!!!!!!!!!" Both screamed out simultaneously.
Discord flew off, taking a few more bites out of his special treat. He continued to laugh to himself, " Oh, I just love a good joke!"
Celestia and Luna sat in front of the mirror, staring at their blank heads. They could not believe that Discord thought that taking a joke this far would be funny. What made matters worse was that they had to be in the city square in an hour for the meeting.
"I can't believe this..." Celestia said, "...he promised that he would not do anything today before the town meeting."
Luna put her hoof up to the top of her head, rubbing it over the smooth surface, "I am not going out into town looking like this! Do you know what all of the ponies would say when they saw us?"
"We cannot postpone the meeting; many nobles from around the land are showing up this. We cannot simply cancel it."
"Then what do you expect us to do?"
Looking to her closet, Celestia trotted over and pushed it open. Shuffling through the shelves, she pulled out two large hatstand formal hats and tossed one to her sister. Luna let the hat fall to the floor below her hooves as she glared at her sister, "You've got to be kidding me."
Celestia rolled her eyes at her sisters disaggreement with her disguise, "We have to hide our missing horns and manes. The citizens would panic if they saw those missing."
Luna grimaced, but bent down and picked up the hat and put it onto her head. Looking at her reflection, she realized how stupid she looked in fashionable attire, "Your brilliant idea has one little problem. How do you hide our blank backs?"
Celestia suddenly remembered that their wings were also missing. Looking back into her wardrobe, she saw several dresses hanging up. She frowned at them, since she hadn't worn any form of clothing in the last six hundred years. 'I sure hope I can fit inside of these still.'
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The courtyard was wedged with ponies as they prepared to watch the royal sisters address the city on current objectives and events for the city. Above the crowd sat a tall platform for the two princesses to sit.
Below the platform stairs, a group of guards were standing at attention, awaiting to meet the princess and walk them up to their seats. Hearing the main doors to the palace open, they looked over to the opening, only to have their eyes widen from surprise to what they saw exit the castle interior.
Celestia came out first inside of a bright yellow dress which seemed so tight that it was going to tear at the seams with every step that she took.The bright pink hat she had on top of her head stuck out at least a foot out from her head in every direction, the brim of the hat nearly falling down from lack of strength from age inside of the closet.
Luna followed out next, the gray hat she wore hanging down over her face. Her light violet-blue dress, while older design, at least fit quite well over her body, although the length of it caused her to stumble every few steps.
Walking up to the dumbfounded guards, Celestia just kept a calm expression on her face, "What is the matter? It is no crime for the princess to dress in formal attire for important meetings."
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Later that evening, Luna's door to her room burst open from her strong forelegs, "That was horrible!" she screamed out as she threw her hat against the wall.
The town meeting had been probably the most humiliating experience she ever had. So many ponies cast confusing looks at the outfit that she Had on. Some even snickered at her when she walked by. One time during the meeting, one of the guards accidentally bumped her hat while she was sitting, causing her to panic and drop to the ground to make sure no pony saw her head.
Yanking off her dress, she stomped over to her bed, "I hate that Discord did this to me! He-" in the corner of her eye, she saw a small blue cake set up on a tray next to her open window. Her eyes went wide when she saw her wings attached to the side of it, and topping it off was her horn with a small flame burning at the tip, "My horn!"
Running over to it, she quickly blew out the fire, then felt relief seeing it was wax attached to the end that was burning. Then, she saw a note lying on the tray with a heart drawn on the outside. Picking it up, she opened it and began to read,
'Luna, perhaps I took my jokes too far today. I hope that sometime you can forgive me for the trouble that I caused you today. Your horn and wings are undamaged in any way, so you will be able to grow your mane back no problem.
Your friend, Discord'
Luna set the note down and looked at the cake. Seeing that he did feel bad for his actions made Luna feel better. Perhaps forgiving him wouldnt be too hard to-
SPLAT!
Luna screamed as the cake suddenly exploded all over her, covering her in sticky chunks of cake jelly and frosting. She sat there in shock as the pieces slowly slid down her fur, leaving particles of light blue cake crumbs in their wake. Then, from outside her window, a loud laugh could be heard from the air, "Ha ha ha, priceless!"
If Luna's face had been clear of fur, she would have looked as if she had turned as red as a tomato from the rush of blood. Looking outside, she saw the spirit cackling in the air. She leaned over the window ledge as she screamed at him, "I am sick of all of this Discord! You have no idea how terrible this day was because of you!"
Discord came close to the window with a large grin across his face, "Oh Lulu, I told you that your horn is fine, you can just make your hair grow back. But I do say, you really do look good without it, ha ha ha!" after that, he flew off into the sky and disappeared into the clouds.
Luna looked back to her room, seeing the horrible mess that it was now. In the center of the Mess laid her precious horn covered in frosting. Walking over to it, she picked it up with her hoof and brushed off what ever she could. Going over to the mirror, she lifted the horn with her hoof and placed it on her forehead. Immediately, she felt the horn reattach from the bonding of her magic. After several moments, she focused her magic into the tip, forcing the magic to concentrate to the top of her head. After another minute, her mane began to sprout out, back to the original length in which she kept it at.
Smiling, her magic then went around her wings, lifting them up and levitating them to their proper spots behind her shoulders. Placing them down, she magically rebounded them down to her body. Flexing her muscles, she grinned in happiness at having her precious wings back on her body.
Her happy reunion was cut short when the loud scream of her sister echoed through her door, followed by the faint sound of more laughing. Remembering her 'special gift' from Discord, Luna suspected the same thng happened to her sister. She felt anger once again shoot through her veins, "That Discord has had it easy on him for too long! He has no idea what a good prank feels like done on him!"
As soon as she said, an idea crept into Luna's mind, causing her grimace to turn into a sinister grin. Levitating a quill and a paper to her, she began to write down her thought as she snickered, "If Discord likes jokes, I'll show him a joke!"
Celestia felt relief as she sensed her horn reattach itself to her forehead. The rush of energy to it was something that couldn't be described in terms of fulfillment. She grinned as the white bone began to glow with her golden magic as she focused it to her plain and bare head. Immediately, her mane sprung out and floated just as it did before.
Sighing from relief, she then lifted her wings up and placed them on her back. After a few moments, those were also bonded back to her muscles. "I guess that trouble is over with." she said to herself. Having something so precious back did feel good.
Turning around, her happiness was immediately crushed back down from the mass of cake spread out everywhere in her room. Frowning, she levitated one of the towels she had from her bathroom counter and began to wipe up some of the gloppy frosting that had stuck to her coat and golden shoes.
Suddenly, she felt like her heart skipped a beat as her bedroom doors were burst open by a grinning blue alicorn, "Tia! There you are. I need to talk to you."
Celestia frowned at her sister for just barging in so loud, but saw that she also had her mane and wings returned, "Ah, I see you fixed yourself. I'm glad you could."
"yeah, thanks, but that's not what I wanted to come and show you." Luna stopped herself as she levitated a rolled up scroll from her side, "This is what I came here for."
Celestia tilted her head as she looked at the scroll, "What is it?"
Luna cast an enormous grin, "This sister, is our revenge!"
"Revenge?"
"Yes. Revenge on Discord. He likes to do pranks on us, so let's hit him back!"
Celestia's eyes went wide at hearing this, "Luna, this is not how we fix this. Prancing him back will only make us fall to his maturity level."
Luna's grin disappeared at hearing her sisters response, "What? You don't want to get him back? After all that he did to us?"
"I will not stoop down just to feel better."
"Oh come on Tia! I know you are upset. He deserves to have a prank played on him so he knows how it feels. Besides, you haven't even looked at my idea." Luna smiled again as she waved the roll in front of her sisters face.
Celestia turned away and went back to cleaning the mess that was across her room. After only a few wipes, her towel was already so covered in slop that cleaning with it was useless. She frowned as she levitated it back to her bathroom and pulled out another one. In her mind, her frustration was at end with Discord, but she knew that she did not want to lower her morals to make her feelings satisfied. All of a sudden, the yellow dress she was in from earlier was lifted in front of her face by blue magic.
"Come on. You are going to tell me after he forced you into this thing earlier you are going to let him get away?" Luna said as she lifted the dress. "Help me out..." she walked up and grinned in her sisters face, "I know you really want to."
Despite the effort to hide her feelings, Celestia knew Luna was right; she was tired of the terrible pranks by the spirit, and she knew it was time to get back. She looked right at her sister and smiled, "Alright, I'm in."
Luna squeaked in excitement, "Perfect! Now revenge has been doubled!"
Celestia chuckled at Luna's response, "Ok. Let me see that idea of yours."
"Here you go." Luna answered as she rolled open the paper and hovered it in front Of Celestia's eyes.
The sun princess eyes widened as she put a hoof to her mouth to help hold back the laughs, "Oh my... That is terrible!"
Luna beamed an enormous smile, "I know, right? This will be perfect!"
Discord yawned as he pushed the doors open to his suite in the western part of the castle. His long day of pranks had wiped out most of his energy, and he was ready to hit the sack now. Floating over to his bed, he snapped his fingers and summoned a glass of chocolate milk. Sipping it down, he gave a content sigh, “Discord, you have the true talent for pranks.” Chuckling to himself, he hopped on to the bed and closed his eyes. As he began to doze off, however, he could have sworn he heard the sound of… ticking?
“What in the …?” hopping off the bed, he lowered himself to the ground as he followed the sound. Noticing it was coming from under the bed, he peaked under… only to be assaulted by a face full of pepper. “AHHH!” The spirit fell flat on his back as his nose began to burn from the strong substance. “Ah, ah, achoo!” the sneezes began coming uncontrollably as the pepper irritated him more and more.
Laughter suddenly came out from under the bed. Trying to see through his watery eyes, Discord could make out a blue shape crawling out from underneath his sleeping quarters. “Lulu? Wha- achoo! What are you- achoo! doing?”
Luna was laughing so hard her own eyes were watering. Levitating the pepper shaker she had over to the counter, she took several deep breaths to compose herself. “I thought you liked a little joke now and then? Was that too much?”
Discord glared at the laughing princess as he tried to take a full breath. “I never threw- achoo! pepper on- achoo! your face!”
“Oh, but you put dye in our hair? Took our wings and horns? Ate my hair!? I think you had a little payback coming your way.”
Trying to blow the pepper out of his nose, Discord could hardly focus. “I was just- achoo! messing with- achoo! you!”
Luna gave a sympathetic tone to her voice now. “Oh my, why don’t you come lay down on the bed. Your eyes look red.”
Discord had to admit that his eyes did burn like crazy. No matter how much he rubbed them, they burned worse than before. Crawling up to his feet, he hobbled over and sat down on the side of the bed. Laying his head back on the pillow, Luna came over to his side and gave a sad puppy dog face. “I’m sorry. I was mean. Let me go get you some wet rags for that.” As she walked away, she hid the grin that spread across her cheeks. ‘This is going to be perfect.’
As soon as she got around the corner, she dropped to the ground and covered her mouth to suppress the laughter building up. “Alright, after this it is Tia’s job.” She said to herself. Her plan was going perfect; Discord had a sore face, and now he was lying on the bed rigged with springs below. All they needed was a little… boost.
Focusing her magic, Luna targeted the springs and pulled them tight. Once they were ready, she let go.
BOING!
The bed launched the spirit of chaos so hard he burst through the ceiling of his room and flew out of the top of the roof. Luna burst out in laughter as she heard Discord scream out like a little filly. Wrapping her hooves around her sides, she could hardly breathe as her laughs came out so quick. “Oh, this is going to be perfect! After all these years of being pranked, he knows how it feels!”
After a minute, Luna was able to stand back up. “Well, time to go see Tia now.” She said to herself. Flying out through the fresh hole in the room, she glided over the top of the castle to the other side of the palace. Her smile faded however when she noticed her sister was there… alone. “Tia, where is Discord?”
Celestia gave a shrug as she set her bucket of glue down on the roof of the building next to the open bag of feathers. “I have no idea. I’ve been waiting for you to launch him over here.”
“What?” Luna gasped. “I already sent him up. He should have landed here by the way I set the springs.”
Before Celestia could answer, a bright flash from the main courtroom illuminated the night. “What was that!?”
“I don’t know, Tia.”
Both alicorns flew towards the now dark section of the palace. As they approached, they noticed the hole in the center of the roof. “uh… I guess we found out where Discord went.” Luna stated.
“No duh.” Celestia sneered. As they dropped through the hole, they realized exactly where they were… the elements chamber. Landing on the ground, they met a sight which made their mouth touch the floor.
Discord was lying on the ground directly next to the elements of Harmony. Instead of his normal body was a stone replica. Both sisters stared dumbfounded at what they did before Luna spoke up. “Maybe we took our joke too far.”
Inside of the dimly lit dining room, Discord glared across the table at the two princesses as he sipped on the soup prepared for him. Despite the fact he had been released from the stone, his muscles felt like they were locked in place still. His joints seemed to creak like a stiff wagon as he lifted the spoon up to his mouth to drink it up.
Luna kept her eyes on the ceiling above her to not look at the angry spirit, while Celestia had a sorrow look on her face as she watched Discord eat. After minutes of awkward silence, she finally spoke up. "Soo... How are you feeling now?"
"Hmm, how could I explain this to you, Tia?" Discord snickered, "How about I pour some wet concrete over you and then chip you out of it. Sound like a good try?"
"Look, I know you may be upset at what happened. We didn't want the joke to go that extreme on you. We were just trying to-
"To what? Get even? I have now been turned to stone three times in the last thousand years including by your precious student, Tia." Discord snapped his fingers, and in a flash his face turned into Twilight's, along with her voice. "Oh princess, I will gladly turn a spirit into stone because he wants to have fun."
Luna had to stifle a laugh at Discord's impersonation of her sisters student before speaking. "Of course! Do you know how humiliated we were when you did that joke on us with our mane and horns?"
"And wings." Celestia added.
"Y-yeah, those too. We were tired of all of these pranks happening to us and nothing happening in return. We wanted you to know what it felt like to have a joke done on him."
"Hmm." Discord scratched his chin with his lion paw as he thought over what she said. "So I may have gone overboard with my last joke. I must say, I never expected you two to actually joke back."
Luna lifted her eyebrow at that comment. "What do you mean? I have a wonderful sense of humor! I just have to keep my image as the regal princess of the night." She lifted her head and posed in a regal fashion to show her point.
Celestia rolled her eyes and looked back to Discord. "I think what Luna is trying to say is that we usually don't act improper around others to make sure we keep our appearance, well, proper."
Discord grinned and put his arms behind his head. "I must say Tia, you did a well idea for a prank. And tell me this, did it feel good to do a joke?"
Both alicorns looked at each other as they thought about what they felt. As if they had rehearsed it, they both gave cheeky grins as they turned back to Discord. "I do say it did feel good to let loose." Luna said.
"Well, if it felt so good, why not do it more often? Have fun. Do a prank on each other once in a while!"
Luna actually smiled at the idea, but Celestia rubbed the back of her head with her hoof. "I don't think that would be a good idea. I don't want another accident like we-
"Alright, fine..." Discord frowned, "I promise not to do-
"No, not good enough." Celestia sternly said.
"What?" What is more precious than a promise?"
"Pinkie promise."
Discord rolled his eyes at the idea of doing the crazy pink mares idea, but knew it was the only way for Celestia to trust him. "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." He growled as he went through the motions.
Celestia smiled, "Now don't forget, Breaking that promise will destroy your trust in your friends."
"FOREVER!"
All three at the table squealed out in fright as Pinkie Pie's head burst out of the soup. Discord stared in shock at how she even physically fit inside the small bowl when her head was bigger than the bowl itself. Before he could speak, she disappeared back into the soup. 'She is even stranger than I am.'
Celestia yawned as she trotted down the long hallway towards her room. Exhausted from the long meetings that had been scheduled throughout the day, she was now ready to finally be able to have some alone time and get to her bed to sleep off her sore mind. To her left was a window looking out to the castle gardens where she saw Discord sitting down by the pond by himself. Curious, she stopped to watch what he was doing.
From what she could see, the spirit was using his magic to bounce the waters surface to a beat while using sticks to play music off the trees. Chuckling to herself, Celestia walked on to her destination. It had seemed different in the week since Discord promised not to do anymore harsh pranks. In fact, he had nearly completely stopped entirely. "It does seem calmer without those..." She said to herself before a frown spread across her muzzle, "a little too quiet."
She was right. While the pranks had become annoying, they almost became part of the princess's lives on a daily basis. Now that they stopped, it felt like something was missing from-
"Come on, that's rigged!"
Celestia stopped from the yell that came from her sisters chambers. Curious, she quietly approached the door to see it slightly ajar. Pushing it opened, she gazed in to see what the commotion was from before an annoyed look came onto the sun goddesses face. "Not again."
Luna was sitting in front of her computer monitor, furiously smashing the buttons of her controller as she guided her character in her new game Mare of Duty: Shadow Ops 2. On her head around one of her ears was a headset, which Celestia could hear voices coming through even from her position. Watching the screen, all the white alicorn could tell what was happening was a long rifle pointed outward with a pair of hooves holding it. Before she could even really look around,Luna turned the character around and eliminated three other ponies.
"Ha! Trying sneak up on the princess of the night? Futile efforts!" Luna yelled out in excitement.
Celestia rolled her eyes as she listened to her sister go on. 'This is what she does in most of her free time. She should be getting out and doing better things than this.' Looking at the screen again, she noticed Luna's score was about even with Nother players, both of them almost claiming the top spot as the timer came down to the last ten seconds.
'Do a prank on each other once in a while!'
Discord's voice rang inside of Celestia's head, bringing an idea to her. "Alright, she should know gaming is bad for her." Plucking a feather from her wing, Celestia levitated it over to her sister's head and began to rub it along Luna's neck line. Immediately, the blue alicorn convulsed upwards.
"Gah!" Luna helped as her sensitive spot was suddenly tickled by something making her fall to her side. After a second, she crawled back up and glared back at Celestia. "Tia you know I don't like being touched there, why did you-"
"You have been defeated. Don't let this happen again." The computer said.
Luna spun around and looked at the kill cam as it played the winning point. As the gun came around, it moved in slow motion before taking out the victim that cost the game; and that was hoping other than herself, standing completely still as the rounds struck her character. "You have got to be bucking me!"
Wings flared out, she turned around to scold her sister, only to see her gone. Luna gritted her teeth as she stood up from her seat. "Alright Tia, you wanna play games like that? I know how to have fun as well."
Celestia trotted into her room and levitated her crown off of her head to the dresser. After the entire day of dealing with obnoxious and blabbering ponies complaining about different things they thought they deserved, her head was begging for a time to sleep and recover her tired mind. Yawning, she trotted off into her bathroom and turned on the faucet to wash her face. She adored the warm water splashing onto her face and removing any pieces of dirt or sweat from her fur that had gathered in her day.
'Ah, this feels so much better.' She whispered as she turned the faucet off. Levitating the towel off the rack, she brought it over and patted her face to dry off her dampened fur.
Tap-tap-tap.
"Huh?" Celestia turned around at the sudden tapping noise she heard. Whatever it was, it was very faint and light. It wasn't the sound of a pony knocking onto her door, but instead of something scurrying across a surface. After silence for a few moments, she shrugged her shoulders and turned back to the mirror in front of her. "Hmm. Must have been my imagination."
After she had cleaned herself off, Celestia trotted over towards her large bed. Levitating the covers back, she hopped underneath the sheets and pulled them back up on herself. Yawning, she happily smiled at herself for already lowering the sun and preparing the night for Luna. Laying her head onto the pillow, the sun princess closed her eyes and began to allow her to drift into the realm of-
Tap-tap.
Celestia's eyes opened up as her ears picked up the strange sound once again. Sitting up in the bed, her head scanned back and forth in her room looking for the source of... Whatever was making that noise. While it was still faint, the sound was slightly louder than before. "Or it's closer." She sneered at herself. However, she couldn't see a single thing that would have made it. Frowning, she laid back and pushed her head into the pillow in an attempt to clear her head.
After a few minutes, Celestia's thoughts began to clear and allowed her conscious to be able to relax. Her eyelids were becoming nearly sealed shut as the first stage of subconscious dreams began kicking in her thoughts. Immersing herself into her thoughts, Celestia was now sitting inside of the massive dining hall of her castle. Elegantly sitting in her large chair, she happily smiled as the cooks trotted through the doors inside of the back of the large room. Rolling into the room, a massive pink cake lined with yellow frosting made the princesses stomach rumble and-
"Mhmm..." Celestia moaned when she felt the strange sensation of something moving on top of the covers. Rolling over, she attempted to imagine it was just her body reacting to the blankets... Although the sudden feeling of a small weight moving across her shoulders snapped her out of her peaceful dream. Shrugging her shoulders, she felt whatever it was still there, and in fact moving closer to her neck. Opening her eyes, she focused her gaze for a moment and looked down her body. When we did, her eyelids shot open to the site of a hairy brown creature sitting on top of her.
Flaring her wings out, the princess threw the covers off as fast as she could, throwing the large tarantula off of herself. Flipping over, she slammed onto her stomach but ignored the small pain as her eyes saw the hairy bug making its way back towards her. Standing up, she back pedaled to keep her distance from the spider. "Agh! Get away! Get away!"
Grabbing a nearby lamp, she chucked it forward, but the spider quickly moved to the side and avoided the shattering glass, continuing towards the screaming princess. Stumbling backwards, Celestia flipped over the large chair in the center of her room but kept skidding across the carpet. Crawling over the top of the now overturned furniture, the massive arachnid stared its beady eyes at the white alicorn, causing a shiver to move up her spine. "So gross so gross!"
Seeing the small can of hairspray in the bathroom, Celestia had the perfect idea of how to save herself. Quickly summoning the can to herself, she positioned it so the tip point right at the pest and conjured a small flame in front of it. "DIE DEVIL BUG!"
a long stream of fire shot out as the chemicals ignited in a bright flash and raced downwards to the target. the princess grinned as the flames erupted up when they touched the carpet. "Ha! you thought you could get me!? No spider will bite me!"
She held the nozzle down until the can ran out of spray, ending off in a sizzle. Chuckling Celestia deactivated the flame... only to see the spider running through the fire at her. "AHHHH!" she screamed and threw the can at the incoming spider. "YOU ARE A DEVIL BUG!"
"Buahahahaha!"
Celestia's terror suddenly dissipated when she heard the familiar laughter from her balcony. Looking over, she saw Luna on her back laughing like a maniac. The blue alicorn had tears running down her cheeks from laughing so hard. "Hahaha! You see? I told you she was scared of spiders!"
"L-Luna!?" Celestia panted as she looked back to the... What the...!?"
The once moving spider was now still on the ground in a tangled mess. Since it wasn't moving, Celestia could see how the legs and rest of he body was just a rubber toy. Running out from its back were several strings that travelled across her room and out the nearby window. Hovering there was Discord holding his marionette handles with a wide grin on his face. "Oh Lulu, you do have a wonderful sense of humor I must say! We should to this more often."
Celestia's face turned deep red as her embarrassment reached new heights. "You... You worked on this together?"
Luna crawled off the ground and wiped her eyes. "That's what you get for messing with my score record!" She grinned and took off into the air, leaving her sister now wide awake... And a little pissed.
The rest of the night went by so fast Luna couldn't believe it. After her little shenanigan she and Discord had pulled on her sister, the blue alicorn's happiness and laughter had kept her so entertained that her nightly duties had rushed by faster than usual. Even sitting at her normally boring desk, She couldn't help but grin as she replayed the hilarious scene she had witnessed no more than seven hours earlier.
Reading over the list of different requests local towns had sent in, Luna tried to focus and decide which ones could be granted, she couldn't help but start giggling at random as she pictured Celestia screaming her head off and flipping over her couch. Once she had regained herself, she noticed the confused looks she received by the pair of lunar guards at post by her door. Blushing, she waved them off. "All is well, fine soldiers."
Yawning, the blue alicorn lowered the paper back down to her desk and walked over to her window. Staring up to the brightly lit sky, she always admired her beautiful designs she created. As she looked up to the moon, something dropped down in front of her gaze that caught her attention. She curiously caught the small pink spec with her magic and brought it closer to her. Once up to her muzzle, she finally recognized the strange item.
'Cotton candy...' She muttered.
Turning back to her guards, she signaled them out for the rest of the night off. Once they were gone, she cast a small grin and leaned back against the wall. "Enjoying the wonderful night I see." Luna said out loud.
Discord dropped down from the perch he was on and hovered by the window, a large batch of cotton candy held in is lion paw. "Why of course I am awake after that. How could I ever sleep after such a hilarious joke played."
Luna chuckled and leaned out the window. "I must say, you worked that spider wonderfully back there. She had no idea it wasn't real."
Oh I shouldn't be the one getting the thanks for that prank. Doing the spider puppet was all your idea Lulu." He ripped off a piece of his cotton candy and handed it down to her, who after a moment shrugged and took it in her grasp. "So how did you know Tia was terrified by bugs like that?"
Taking a bite out of the cotton candy, Luna cast a massive grin. "Oh, I learned that when we were kids. I have always used that to my advantage."
"Well, you should do it more often. I have got to say you have a glorious imagination when it comes to jokes."
Both laughed for a moment before Luna opened up her mouth for a large yawn. Well, I did enjoy that, but now I am going off to sleep now. Almost time to lower the moon."
"Ehh... Perhaps I should get off as well." Discord stretched his arms behind himself and yawned. By his head, a small firefly buzzed around and causing his ear to twitch by reflex. He tried swatting at it for a moment before looking back to his partner in crime. "After no sleep this night I am a little drained myself. Off to sleep!" And in a flash of magic, Discord disappeared from the window.
Popping her neck, Luna turned around and trotted off through the door and out of the room. Through the window, the small firefly buzzed into the now empty room and hovered. The next moment, the bug went up in a bright flash, revealing its true form; Celestia standing on the ground, and several jars of glue by her hooves.
"So, you think you too can just prank me like that?" Celestia said with a malicious grin across her face, "How about its my turn for a laugh?"
Snoring in his large bed, Discord enjoyed the day time nap he was taking. Not having a busy schedule today gave him the chance to sleep in and just bum it, although that was pretty much his daily routine anyway, so it wasn't like this was really any different. Having used his lion paw to prop his head up, he felt like his neck was now beginning to get sore from the angle. He tried to move his paw out of the way, but felt his cheek pull with it as well.
"Huh?" Now awake, he sat up in his bee and noticed his paw as stuck to his cheek. "What in the world!?"
He tried to pull his limb away, but his cheek was beginning to stretch out with it as he did before snapping back. "What the heck happened!?" Grabbing his stuck arm with his talons, he tried to pull it off with all his strength, but all he did was pull his face out like a rubber band and sucked back in.
Confused at what was happening, Discord crawled out of bed and floated over to his mirror. he saw a strange substance under his law and all over his cheek. His eyes then fell upon the empty jar of glue by his bedside, causing his face to turned a bright red with anger. "I bet Tia had her little revenge last night, that cake munching troll!"
Storming out of his room, he began flying down the hallway towards the white alicorns room. "You think you have got me? Think again Tia!"
"AHHHH!"
Discord slowed to a stop from the loud scream coming from Luna's chambers. Confused, he quickly went over and pushed open her doors. "Hey, what is going- oh my goodness..." Discord had to put his talons up to his mouth to hold back his laughter.
Luna was sitting up in her bed, both of her hooves stuck to her cheeks. As she tried to pull, her face shifted just like the fun house mirrors that you walk by. Discord snorted as he stared at her feeble attempt to get free. "Oh my, it looks like your in a... Sticky situation."
"Shut up!" Luna snapped, "you aren't doing any better than me!"
Discord immediately lost his smile, remembering the paw stuck to himself. "It seems that Tia had a little payback for the spider in her room thing."
"Oh, no kidding?" Rolling her eyes, Luna tried to pull on her hooves again, but like before they just forced her cheeks to yank out. "What kind of a joke is this!?"
Snapping his talons, Discord tried to magically remove the glue, but miraculously, it was unaffected by his power. "Not even my magic can touch it. What is this stuff?"
Over on her dresser, Luna saw the empty jar Celestia left and levitated it over so she could read it. "Anti-magic super glue. Make sure your piece of workmanship never comes apart, whether it be bad weather or pesky fillies."
The draconequus grew red with fury, "she is trying to taunt us even more now! She sticks us like this and then writes that little comment in the end!"
"No... That is what is on the label." Luna bluntly stated before dropping the jar on the ground. "She put super glue... On my face. That... That... That stupid cow!"
Sighing, Discord rested his free arm on the side of the bed, "with stuff like this, there is only one way to free ourselves."
The blue alicorn's eyes shot open, for she knew exactly what he meant. "I am not going to let you rip my hooves off my face!"
"Oh come on lulu! You know this glue can only come off when it is pulled apart. And I know you cannot pull this off on your own. Are you going to the medical ward looking like that, because I sure am not."
Huffing, Luna couldn't help but agree to his idea. She couldn't even imagine what her guards would say if they saw her looking like that. She began Blushing just from thinking of the snickers and laughs from the staff of the castle if they even just heard what she had went through. Not even saying another word, she scooted her body to the side of the bed. Once there, she let her hind legs dangle over the edge and leaned her face outward.
"Just... Do it fast." She shakingly asked.
Seeing her in this position made Discord chuckle as he stepped towards her. "Don't worry, I'll do it like a band aid." Facing her, he grabbed her right hoof with his talons, and wrapped his tail around her left. "Ready?"
Luna trembled as he tightened his grip. "O-ok. On the count of three." Shutting her eyes, she took a deep breath. "One... Two-
RIP!
"AAAAHHHHH!" Luna screamed out as her hooves were yanked off her face. "MOTHER BUCKER!!!"
As soon as he let go of her flailing limbs, Discord fell back and burst out in laughter. "Bwahaha! Oh my goodness, that was a reaction I didn't expect!"
"What did you think I would do!?" Luna snapped, "it felt like you ripped my face off! Why did you not wait till three!?"
"Oh don't worry, if i waited you would have tensed up. and by the way, I only ripped off part of it."
"What?" Luna ran over to her mirror and saw the damage... Both her cheeks had bald spots where the fur had been ripped away. Going pale, she lifted up her hooves and saw the clumps of blue hair stuck to the bottom. "You have got to be kidding me."
Crawling off the ground, Discord took several raspy breaths as he tried to calm his laughter. "I thought you would have a few hairs gone, but I didn't think you would lose all that."
"I didn't lose it, you ripped it out!"
Hey hey, don't get mad at me!" Discord frowned at the accusation, "I wasn't the one who glued you."
Teeth bared, Luna snorted at her reflection. "This, sucks."
"Hey, don't mean to butt in on your moment, but I need help here." Discord grunted as he pointed to his stuck face.
Luna glared at him through the mirror. "Sure, I'll help you with your... Sticky situation." Opening up her cabinet, Luna pulled out a long whip and a pair of hand cuffs.
Discord eyes stared in utter disbelief to what she had in her wardrobe. "Uhh... Are those for-" he stopped talking as she shot him a threatening glare.
"I would suggest you never speak a word of what you saw in my private drawer." Luna said with a cold tone.
Discord simply nodded his head as she brought the cuffs and clasped them on his stuck paw. Tying the whip to the other side of the cuff, she pulled it over towards her closet and opened it. Tying it onto the door handle, she positioned herself so her back end was towards the open door.
"When I buck this door, it will pull your arm off."
"You are going to use a door to get my face unstuck!?" Discord yelled.
"Don't worry, I'll do it like a band aid. On the count to three." Luna said with total sarcasm.
Now that he was in this position, Discord didn't find any amusement in it. Sweating profusely, he began taking quick breaths to prepare himself. "Alright, just give me a moment to- wait why are you already getting up to kick!?"
How have you been? I have had a wonderful time traveling to saddle Arabia for the business negotiations. The culture over there is incredible and very different from our own. Oh, I'm sorry, I'm going off topic.
Anyways, I will be returning shortly to Canterlot so I can discuss with the other council members on dealings with Ponyville. It will also be a good time to spend time to catch up on things we missed while I was away. Having a relaxing, peaceful time with nothing going wrong would feel wonderful.
Your former Student, Twilight Sparkle
Ps: if possible, would Discord be able to keep himself from his jokes while I'm there?
Coming through the doors of the castle, the purple alicorn trotted into the shining corridor. Her golden horseshoes clacked against the tile as she made we way towards a guard standing by a doorway. The stallion turned when he heard the approaching pony, immediately standing at attention. "Princess Twilight. I see you made it on time.
Twilight smiled happily. "You know, old habits kinda stick. Always made sure I was on time when I was a student."
The guard pony couldn't help but grin a little. He had been a guard since Twilight was just a filly and first came to the castle. It still amazed him how he had watched this pony grow into a young mare and then become one of the princesses. "Yes princess. I do recall that."
Giggling, Twilight trotted past him towards the door and pushed it open. Inside led to the royal dining hall of the castle where several plates were spread across the table. To her surprise however the seats to the table were empty. "Excuse me, but wasn't princess Celestia supposed to be here?"
"The princess had a small delay this morning and will be a few minutes late." The guard replied. "She sent her apologies and said she will be here as soon as possible."
"Oh, well okay then." She looked back at the table and shrugged her shoulders. "I guess I will just wait here then."
"Are you sure you want to sit here? I can call for you when she arrives."
"No, it's alright. Thank you."
Nodding, the guard turned around and walked back to his post, leaving Twilight alone in the room. She trotted over to the table and pulled one of the seats out. Before she sat down in it however, she noticed the large golden chair at the end engraved with the sun in the center of the cushion. 'Huh, princess Celestia's chair.' She said to herself.
Twilight trotted over to the massive seat, admiring the size of it as it stood up above her. It was over a foot taller than the dark midnight blue seat adjacent to it despite Luna's chair already being six feet tall. Curious, the purple alicorn put her hoof on the cushion and applied some pressure. To her amazement, the cushion was perhaps the softest and most comfortable material she had ever felt, molding around her hoof like jelly. Intrigued, she felt it a little more, completely mesmerized at how comfy the seat was.
'I wonder how much she spent on this thing.' She giggled to herself. Wanting to experience the feeling, Twilight hopped up into the seat and sat down on the mat. She immediately felt the seat mold around her like a bean bag chair. "Wow, this is so soft and-
BOING!
Twilight screamed as the chair blasted her off the ground and smashed her head through the ceiling. Seconds later, a blue flash of magic appeared in the room. "Ha! You thought you were funny before when-
The blue alicorn stared up at the purple body hanging down from above. Twilight propped her hooves against the ceiling and tried to pry her head out from the drywall, but she didn't budge an inch. "Help! Somepony get me out of here!" She screamed out in a mix of shock and anger.
Luna's embarrassment showed through the bald spots on her cheeks as her skin turned a bright red. She sat still for a moment before turning about face and walking out of the dining hall. "Maybe I should go check on the guards shift."
Twilight continued to push back against the ceiling, her neck stretching like a giraffe as her head remained stuck in the hard material. "Somepony get me the buck down!"
Suddenly, a hard tug on her tail ripped her free from the top, causing her to squeak out in fright as she fell down to the ground. Shaking her dazed head, she looked up to her former teacher that stood up above her. "Princess Celestia, what the buck is going on!?"
Celestia rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment, "I think I should have told you what was going on lately."
---
"What do you mean you all prank each other now?" Twilight questioned.
Celestia let out a small sigh. "Like I explained, we all agreed that if one does a prank on another, we have the right to do one in return."
"That just sounds... Crazy." Twilight frowned as she took a sip from the cup of tea she was levitating. "Why would you act like Discord? I thought you said you didn't like his jokes?"
A blush crept across Celestia's muzzle as she thought back to her mane disappearing from her head. "That's... A story for another time."
Twilight grunted to herself. lWell, what should happen to Luna after what she did to me? Aren't you going to talk to her?"
"I could, but perhaps it would be best that you confront her about it."
Before she said anything else, Twilight cast a large grin. "Of maybe I could do a prank back now."
Celestia cocked an eyebrow at the statement. "Excuse me?"
I mean, if you all do pranks, why shouldn't I do one? That will be the perfect way to make us even!" Her grin disappeared at the blank stare she received from her mentor. "What's wrong? Isn't that what you would do?"
"Well, yes Twilight. It's just... I don't think you have that kind of personality for that."
Twilight tilted her head. "Personality?"
Celestia shrugged her shoulders. "I should say... Humor."
"What?" Twilight frowned. "I can be funny." She looked around for something to prove her point before noticing the crown on her head. Lifting it up, she levitated it upside down and placing it back on her head. "See, look! I can be funny!"
Celestia stared at her former student, resisting the sudden urge to just Facehoof herself at the attempt.
Walking down the hallways of the castle, Princess Luna silently made her way towards her office as she prepared for the days workload. So far she was already scheduled for the usual meetings that were to occur in the afternoon with some of the other nobles of the land to discuss some of the different things that needed changes ranging from taxes to the building of new facilities. Before all that was to happen though, she had to work on a mountain of paperwork that had built up on her desk.
That was the part she hated most about the position she had; she could handle the talking, the acting proper when necessary. But that paperwork... That bucking paper work was the worst thing ever for her.
Every time she tried to sit down and begin writing, her mind felt like it was going to fry up in an instant from thinking like this. Even if she took a break to relax, the moment she returned back to it, the same annoying feeling would come in. 'Why couldn't it be more like a game?' She would always say to herself, All those bright colors and awesome scenes just kept entranced. This stuff however... She would just look at a piece of paper and the killing boredom was already settling in. Whatever she felt about it though, she knew she had to do it.
Entering her office, Luna trotted over to her desk and sat down in her chair. Levitating the paper over to herself, the numbing pain already began to take over her senses as she read the title to the page. "Permit to annual Canterlot parade. Oh wonderful, now I have to go over all of the different rules and forums to post along with this sheet." She scoffed at herself.
Taking a breath, she picked up the quill and ink next to her and began to write along the lines. The black ink sunk into the page as the small feather swiped across the surface and-
"Hehehe!"
"Huh?" Luna perked her ears up at the sudden sound of laughter in the room. Looking around, she tried to find the source of it, but after seeing nothing she figured it was her imagination. Shrugging her shoulders, she went back to writing on the page. She stopped when she noticed her ink was now a light blue coloring instead of black. "What the...?"
Dabbing the quill back into the ink jar, Luna took it out and wrote again. Only to find the color had been changed to a moss green. "What's going on?"
"Hahaha!"
The laughter grew loud as a purple flash appeared in the center, with Twilight giggling to herself. "Gotcha! Changing color ink on you!"
As the young alicorn laughed to herself, Luna cocked an eyebrow up in confusion. 'What just happened?' She thought to herself. "Twilight, you put this ink here?"
"Yeah, I switched it out with your normal jar before you came in here, and You fell for it!"
The lunar princess had to resist the urge to let her chin hang open in utter disbelief in Twilight's idea of a prank. She figured that Twilight had heard about what happened in the past few weeks and has tried to hop into the idea. While she knew her sisters pupil was never the best at jokes, yet she didn't realize she was this dense. Despite that fact, Luna didn't want to hurt her feelings and make her feel bad. Forcing a grin, she half chuckled to nothing. "That was a good one, Twilight. Wow, you sure got me."
"Uh... Yeah, it was pretty good. Took me a little to think of that one." Twilight said with a smirk."
"Mm hmm." Luna grumbled. 'It took a while to think of that?'
"Takes a smart mind to think of that kind of joke."
'Or no sense of humor.'
"Here..." Twilight summoned a glass of water and levitated it over to Luna. "You look a little thirsty. Here."
Luna lifted her eyebrows in delight. "Actually, water does sound good." Taking the water in her grasp, she brought it up and took a small sip. To her excitement, there was a small touch of-
"Haha! Gotcha again!" Twilight burst out into giggles once again."you thought it was just water, but I squeezed a lemon in there!" And in a flash, she disappeared.
Luna just stared blankly at the wall behind where Twilight was at what she just heard. "The lemon actually makes it taste better..." She quietly said to herself. She once thought Pinkie Pie was a dunce, but this pony took it to a new level. "Rainbow is right... She is an egghead."
--- Smiling at her success, Twilight was happily trotting down towards the royal kitchen for a snack. As she past the small dining room to her right, she stopped when she heard the sound of something bouncing up and a down. Curious, she trotted up to the door and pushed it open. "Hello? Somepony in-
She stopped at the sight before her; Discord had set up a ping pong table and instead of a ball, he was using his right eye! The yellow orb was bouncing across the table and against the half of the table stood up before returning to him. While he was smacking his eyeball back with his paddle, he glanced over to Twilight and grinned. "Oh hello Twiley! So nice to see you."
Twilight shook her head to clear her shock, remembering she was talking to the spirit of chaos. "H-hello Discord. How have you been?"
"Oh I've been well. Playing some wonderful ping pong." Catching the eye in his paw, both he and that eye looked at her and blinked. "Wanna play?"
"Uh... No."
"Oh phooey." The spirit tossed the eye back into his head me snapping his talons, causing the table to disappear. In his claws, a small chalkboard appeared as he began stretching whatever he was drawing. "So what brings you here?"
"I was just grabbing a snack from the kitchen and-
"I mean what brings you to the castle?" Discord interrupted.
"Oh... I just returned from Saddle Arabia from a meeting. I came to discuss some of the details with the princess."
"Ah, so fulfilling your duties as a princess, how cute..." Discord chuckled. "How do you enjoy being a princess for a week?"
Frowning, Twilight sat her rump on the ground to get comfortable. "Actually, I became a princess over a month ago. But you probably don't know since you weren't there."
The spirit sarcastically dropped his chalk piece and gasped. "I wasn't? Oh my goodness..." He placed his talons on the surface of the chalkboard. "Oh I feel soooo awful for that."
SCREEAAAAAAAACH!!!!!!!!!
Twilight felt her entire body shutter and twitch at the grinding sound of claws on chalk. After a moment he stopped and shook his claws with a grin. "Must have slipped my mind."
Getting rid of her shudders, Twilight glared at the deviant spirit. "Anyway... I heard how you started the princesses into doing pranks."
"Oh isn't it wonderful!? It is so much more entertaining now. You should do one and try it out."
A smile crept across Twilights face. "Actually, I did."
"Really?" Discord tossed the board up into the air, which turned into dust before hitting the ground. "What did you do?"
5 minutes later
"And that's what I did!"
Discord's face had turned into perhaps the blankest expression in the history of all of Equestria. "Twilight, can I be honest with you?"
"Sure." Perking up, Twilight waited for the good news.
Sighing, Discord sat down in a large red chair and crossed his legs. Putting his talons and paw together, he shut his eyes and sat still for a moment. "Let me just explain my reaction to this...."
"Twilight, let me tell you what I thought..." Discord sighed.
"Yes?" Twilight excitingly asked. She couldn't wait to hear how good her prank was.
"Twilight, your joke was like a newborn foal just being born and trying to walk. While very eager, it is a pointless try for that young filly to do."
The smile dropped off of the purple alicorns face. "What?"
"That joke you did... It was like a whoopee cushion being placed on a chair, yet it didn't even make a noise when your target sat down. It is like a pony that attempts to run a marathon when they only have three legs."
Twilight just sat opened mouthed as the spirit explained his feelings. "But, what do you-
"Hold on a second, I wasn't finished..." He cut lher off, "Listening to you explain your prank was like having to sit down and listen to you explain your story was about as entertaining as having to talk to Pinkie Pie about what kind of cupcakes she ate a week before. Hearing you talk about how good your joke was as boring as listening to the somehow hit song "filly" over and over again."
"What do you mean?" The purple alicorn questioned, "what do these things have to do with me?"
Discord raised an eyebrow at the young pony. "Obviously you didn't understand a single metaphor that I said just now." Sighing, he sat up straight in his seat. "To keep it simple... Your prank sucked."
"What!? Why was it bad?" Twilight frowned.
"You did something so simple and plain."
"But what's wrong with that? Not all jokes have to be so crazy and mean."
The spirit cast a large grin at her statement. "Oh? So you are saying that is the only joke you are going to do on Luna after she blasted you through the ceiling?" Twilight was about to say something, but stopped herself when she thought more about what happened. Discord instead began talking for her. "I see you have the want to try and get even, but unfortunately... You lack the skill. If you want, I can show you how to do a good prank."
I have something that I would like to have help with here at Canterlot. it requires your set of skills, and I am sure you can handle it. Also, tell Pinkie Pie to come along as well, i need her help too.
Come quick. And tell Pinkie i need alot of chocolate.
I got your message earlier today and... Uh, how can I put this? Kinda confused.
I mean, you know I am always there to help you out if you need it, and Pinkie Pie said she can come too. But if I can ask... what the hay is the chocolate for? If this
Rainbow Dash yelped as a sudden blur came by and ripped the letter out from her table outside the local Ponyville Diner. Looking up, she glared at the culprit. "Pinkie Pie, what the hay!?"
"Ooh, is this a letter back to Twilight?" Pinkie happily said as she stared at the letter in her hoof. "What are you gonna say? where's the rest?"
Rainbow frowned at her hyper friend, "Well I was writing it when you took it and-
"Oh, we gotta ask Twilight about what chocolate we should bring! there are so many types that I'm not sure which one she would like?"
The cyan Pegasus sighed, becoming a little frustrated with her friend cutting her off again. "Why don't you just get normal chocolate to-
"I mean there is milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, sweet chocolate, cream chocolate..." Pinkie kept naming different types of chocolate, each time sprouting another hoof. by the time she got to nine, she stopped and tilted her head in curiosity. "What about mixed chocolates?"
Facehoofing in frustration, Rainbow Dash looked back to her friend. "Pinkie, I don't think it even matters what chocolate we bring. She just said chocolate."
"Alrighty then!" Pinkie shouted as she flipped around and pulled out a giant bag of chocolate bars from seemingly nowhere. "Ready to go!"
Rainbow's jaw dropped open to the sight. "Wha-where did you get that from anyway?"
"I always keep bags of chocolate ready for emergencies!" pinkie happily chirped as she walked away from the table and towards the train station. "Come on slowpoke, we gotta go to Twilight!"
Watching her friend take off down the street, Rainbow sighed as she picked up the letter Pinkie left on the ground. "I guess we don't need to send her this then." She mumbled as she crumbled up the paper into a ball and aimed for the trash bin to the side. Lifting the paper over her head, she grinned as her imagination kicked in. "Rainbow's at the line, three seconds on the clock! Two! ONE!"
toss.
in the bin.
"AHHH!" Rainbow screams out as she throws her hooves up. "Rainbow Dash wins the game! the crowd goes wild!"
Dancing with herself, Rainbow completely ignores the odd stares she gets from the other tables. After a moment, she calms her cheering down and regains her composure, brushing her shoulders off and takes to the sky after her friend. What she did forget however was a certain paycheck for her sandwich she just ate sitting on the table, picked up by a slightly pissed off waiter.
Opening up the large doors to the castle, the guard nodded at the arrival of the two guests. "Ms. Dash, Ms. Pie, Princess Twilight is waiting for you in the castle lounge room."
"Cool, thanks." Rainbow said as she walked past him into the large hallway. Quickly trotting in after her was Pinkie Pie, who at the time was carrying a giant saddlebag on her side overflowing with chocolate bars.
"Ooh, this is so exciting! I wonder what Twilight has planned! A party?" Pinkie happily said out loud as she walked.
"Ehh, I don't know. Twilight isn't really one to plan parties out of the blue." Rainbow sighed as she approached the doors to the room they were told to go. Pushing it open, she noticed Twilight writing vigorously across a piece of paper on the table. Lifting an eyebrow in curiosity, Rainbow gave a knock on the door to get her friends attention. "Yo, whats up Twi."
The moment she heard her friend, Twilight looked up with a massive grin across her face. "Girls, you made it!" enveloping both of them with her magic, she whipped them over to the table and shut the door behind them. "Glad you chose to come. I really need your help with this."
"Uh, what is the thing you need help with?" Rainbow questioned as she was settled down onto the ground. "You never told what you needed. And whats with the chocolate?"
Twilight's grin turned into a small smirk at the question. "That is one of the reasons I needed your help."
-five minutes later (Because writing everything out is just boring) -
"You serious about this?" Rainbow plainly asked. "You really want to prank the princess?"
"yes. I really want to. why?" Twilight became worried about her idea when she stared at the blank expressions on both Pinkie and Rainbow. "You... you girls don't like it?"
Both Rainbow and Pinkie looked at each other before casting the biggest smiles they have had in a long time. "YEEEEAAAAAAAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"DAH!" Twilight yelped and covered her ears from the scream both her friends gave before she was tackled by both of them onto the ground. "Guys, what are you-
OOOOH! Twilight is trying to do a funny joke! this is so super awesome!" Pinkie cheered as she squeezed the confused princess.
"The egghead is finally doing a prank! I have been waiting for this moment for so long!" Rainbow happily said as she stood up. "Twi, I was always wondering when you would finally do something cool like this. Not only that, you want to do a prank to a princess! This is so cool!"
Seeing her friends so happy about her idea made Twilight grin. "Thanks girls. Now I think the plan will work now." Getting up from beneath Pinkie Pie, she levitated the paper she was drawing on and held it up in front of them. On the page showed a drawing of a bucket beneath a stack of chocolate bars with an arrow pointing towards the bucket. "Ok, after I melt the chocolate in the bucket, I need you Pinkie to get it above the doorway, got it?"
"Yup! I have it all ready!" Pinkie said as she pulled a small bag out of her mane. "Let me get my secret gear ready really quick!"
Rainbow gave a shocked expression at what Pinkie just did. "Uh, do you always keep that in your hair?"
"I always have my joke bag ready for anything!" Pinkie giggled as she slipped on suction pads to her hooves. Okie dokie lokie, ready!"
Twilight nodded and looked back at the paper. "Good, now-
"oooh, Twilight can I at least wear this this time?"
"what?" Twilight looked up and frowned at the mustache on Pinkies face. "Hmm... okay, you can wear it this time."
"YAY!"
Rainbow rolled her eyes at the pink mares idea. "Alright, what about me?"
Twilight then pointed to the giant marshmallow in the center of the pic. "I need you to get this into position when I give the signal. When you hear it, let it go."
"Got it." Rainbow answered as she gave a salute. "Ready for duty. But uh, what about you?"
a small chuckle escaped Twilights mouth. "I got the rest with the giant graham crackers. now lets commence operation: Giant Moon Pie."
Taking a deep yawn, Luna made her way down the hallway towards the kitchen for her breakfast... Or technically dinner for most ponies. Having to wake up late in the day to fulfill her night duties was always annoying for her. Sleeping through the daytime was a pain due to the sunlight that occasionally slipped through her curtains and broke her realm of peace. Noise was also a pain since most of the castle was active during the day as well, the noise echoing down the long halls and ringing in her ears.
"Guess that's one of the great things of nocturnal life." She mumbled to herself.
Knowing she didn't really have a choice in the matter, she trudged on through the hallway and tried to imagine the positives of the kitchen in front of her. "Perhaps a nice, warm cinnamon roll would be delightful this morning." Luna said with a small grin. "Yes, that is what I'll have the cook make up for me."
Pop! Pop! Pop!
"What the...?"
Luna flipped around at the strange sound. To her surprise nothing was behind her. "What was that?"
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Spinning around once again, Luna was met with the empty hallway once again. Now her face was set in a scowl. "Tia if you are still mad about that spider joke I did you better not be trying to get me again. My face is still sore from that glue."
Glancing back and forth from one length of the hall to the other, she still couldn't see anything. "Just so you know, the spider was Discords idea, okay?" Taking a deep breath, Luna scraped her hoof across the tile in anxiousness. "Discord, if this is you, I'll give you a turn on Daring Do: Tomb Raider later if you let me slide on this joke of yours."
After another moment of silence, Luna began to think it was just her imagination playing tricks on her. "M-maybe I just need to get something into my stomach." She whispered to herself.
"How about some chocolate!"
"Gahhh!" Luna yelped out in shock from the sudden voice from above. Looking up, she was met by Pinkie Pie stuck to the ceiling by suction pads to her hooves. Dangling from one of her legs were two different buckets filled with... "Wait a second, What are you doing here?"
"Bucket dump!"
Before Luna could even respond, Pinkie dumped one of the buckets she had all over the night princess. The alicorn began thrashing about as she tried to get the strange dark substance off her. "What the buck!?"
"Chocolate away!" Pinkie Pie yelled out.
"Chocolate?" Luna mumbled through the muck dripping down her muzzle. Sticking out her tongue, she took a taste of it. "Chocolate. What in the hay are you... Rainbow?"
Rainbow Dash was now hovering over her, a massive marshmallow between her front hooves. Luna was about to ask what she was doing until she panicked seeing her flying straight at her.
That was all she could get out before the thick white pastry smashed over her head, but to Rainbows annoyance it only got a little past the princesses upper neck before getting stuck. "Crap! Hold still princess!" Rainbow grunted out as she Hopped on top of the marshmallow top and pushed down. Just a little more and- woah!"
Rainbow lost her balance as Luna began thrashing around to get rid of the big treat. "Hey, just stay still!" Rainbow growled out as she climbed back on top. "Let me get this done!"
Rainbow Dash began jumping up and down on the princesses head, shoving the marshmallow further and further down her body. As the Pegasus jumped on it like a trampoline, Luna was screaming out in fear from the thought of drowning in a stupid white pastry. Then suddenly, her head burst through the top of the treat. The princess gasped for air as she glared at the Pegasus. "Rainbow, what in the hay do you think you are- blah!"
Another dump of chocolate from Pinkie Pie silenced her words. Rainbow shot a glare up to her friend above. "Pinkie, you were supposed to wait until Twilight put the cracker over her! Now she's gonna be just a s'more!"
"Oops, sorry Rainbow..." Pinkie said as she fixed her mustache. "This was about to fall off and I had to fix it."
"Don't worry about it..." Twilight said as she came around a corner. "This is good enough."
Luna spit out another mouthful of chocolate as she shook her head to clear her eyes. "Twilight? What are you doing!?"
"Just trying out a prank I thought would be a good comeback for me plowing through a ceiling." Summoning two massive graham crackers from behind her, Twilight grinned as she picked up Luna and put her in between the two. "Just call this even."
"Twilight, what kind of joke is this that-
Luna was once again silenced as the crackers smushed her along with the marshmallow. Before she could even contemplate what was happening, Luna felt herself being teleported out of the hallway before settling down on the ground somewhere else. Shoving her head forward, she was able to peek through the messy sludge she was in. 'Is this... Tia's bedroom?'
"Oh my, Twilight promised me a treat, but I didn't expect this."
Luna tilted an eyebrow to the familiar voice behind her. 'Definitely Tia.' Right before Luna asked for help, she felt a hoof trailing along the top of the upper cracker. 'What the...'
"You are such a big and dirty little treat, aren't you?" Celestia said in a... Oddly seductive voice. "You should be punished for not cleaning yourself up."
Luna felt her face burn up in complete shock to what she was hearing. 'I only thought she had these dreams and they stayed as dreams...". Several times had Luna seen her sisters dreams of... Enjoying snacks, but she never thought she actually did it in her alone time.
Behind her, Celestia stuck a hoof out and rubbed along the part of the marshmallow where Luna's flank was, causing the lunar princess to freeze up like a statue. 'Oh please tell me you aren't going to-
"Do you want me to taste you? Is that it?" Celestia whispered to the treat as she licked her lips. "I bet you want me to do that."
'Tia you better not-
Luna felt her body run cold as Celestia's tongue ran along directly where her flank was.
Twilight happily took a sip of her tea as she sat back in her large chair at the dining table. Sitting across from her were Celestia and Luna, their backs facing each other to avoid any eye contact with each other. As soon as the screams rang through the castle interior, Twilight knew it was time for Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie to quickly head back to Ponyville for the night. Now the young alicorn thought it would be good to have a small conversation with the two sisters over exactly what went down just last hour.
Of course after Luna got herself cleaned up.
Rubbing her hoof along her shoulder, Celestia slowly turned her head around towards her sister. The moment she did however, she noticed Luna doing the same. A deep crimson blush fell over both alicorns as they quickly turned back around in their seats. Celestia decided to break the awkward silence with a cough before speaking.
"Twilight , can you please explain to me exactly what you were doing?"
Taking another sip of her drink, Twilight simply smiled at the question. "Well, I do believe I still owed Luna a little bit from her sending me through the ceiling in this place from your chair."
Celestia quickly glanced down to her large throne she was sitting in, glad she had gotten those springs removed. "Okay, but why did you think-
"I believe you already got even with me the night before!" Luna snapped out. "You got me with that drink!"
Celestia lifted an eyebrow in curiosity to hearing that. "What drink?"
Luna slightly turned around so that she could barely glimpse Celestia in her peripheral vision. "Your former student already did a small prank to me for my act. She snuck in something into my water."
"Come on Luna, can you be fair?" Twilight responded with a small grin. "You know that was definitely not even with what you did to me."
Luna cast a hateful glare at the purple alicorn"So you put me in a cracker and made my sister lick my a-
"I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE INSIDE OF IT!" Celestia screamed out so loud that the glass in Twilight's magic cracked. Seeing what she did, she took a deep breath to calm herself. "I was not aware you were inside of it. Twilight simply told me that she had a surprise for me and I should wait in my room for it."
Snorting in anger, Luna took a moment to calm her nerves as well. "By the way Twilight, why did you involve Tia in this as well?"
"Well, Princess Celestia told me that she didn't think I had a sense of humor, so I thought it would be nice for her to see what I could do. Although..." Twilight rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment, "I didn't think what happened, well, would have happened."
Both sisters sat silent for a few seconds as they took in what happened. They had both been played in a joke that one of their former students had pulled on them, and surprisingly she did pretty well. Luna then began to chuckle to herself as she began replaying her sisters face in her mind. "So Tia, was I dirty enough for you?"
Celestia's face turned as red as a tomato at that statement. "J-just forget that ever happened! I don't always act like that!"
"I am curious though Tia..." Luna then turned around to look at her sister, a large grin plastered across her muzzle... "Did I taste good on my behind?"
"I SAID SHUT UP!" Celestia smacked her forehead into the table in complete frustration. She irritably flapped her wings several times times before sitting back up. "Can we please just not mention what happened so that-
The three princesses shot up in shock from the sudden shout from the guard in the hallway. Luna quickly stood up in confusion. "What in the world is he-
Suddenly the door to the room burst open as a pair of squealing, grease covered pigs sprinted into the dining area. "WHAT THE BUCK!?" Celestia yelled out as she hopped up onto the table as one of the pigs came crashing by and knocked over her chair. "Guard! Who let that thing in here!?"
The lone Pegasus soldier skidded inside as he kept the animals from escaping. "I'm sorry princess, but I don't know! They were just found running through the hallways!"
"Wait, you mean they- AHHHHH!" Twilight screamed out in terror as one of the pigs jumped through the air and smashed into her. She yelped out in fright as both she and the chair she was in flipped backwards from the weight of the animal as it scrambled away and took off across the carpet once more. "Ow! What in the hay is that thing doing here!?" She screamed out in anger as she wiped off the trail of slick grease that stuck to her face. "Oh my gosh, that's disgusting!"
"Don't worry, I got this one!" The guard shouted as he leaped onto the back of one of the a screeching pigs. As he did though, the grease simply allowed the animal to slip out of his grasp with a wet slurp before it was running once again. "I... Give me a second!"
Luna yelped out as the other pig sprinted by her leg and slicked her fur with its coating. "You filthy little cur! I shall not allow you to dirty up our castle!" Pointing her horn at the creature, she shot out a blast of magic to stick it to the wall... But instead the beam reflected off the pigs side and ricochet towards her sister. "What the-
"Ahh!" Celestia ducked just as he magic shot past her head. "LUNA WHAT DID YOU DO!?"
"I shot the pig! What do you think I did!?"
Twilight looked at the grease that dripped down her hoof before she put it together. "It's anti magic grease!"
"What!? What kind of idiot makes anti magic grease!?" Luna bared her teeth as she looked at the pig that continued to run around the room. "Screw this, I'm gonna catch that little bucker!"
Like a manticore hunting its prey, Luna launched her body through the air and tackled one of the pigs into the wall to her left. Twilight's has dropped as she watched the lunar princess wrestle the creature like a rodeo pony. "Has she done this stuff before?"
The animal thrashed about in Luna's grip as it tried to get away, nearly coming out from its slick grease. The princess grunted in frustration as she used her wings to help hold it between her legs and pull it to her chest. "Tia, come grab its legs!"
"Ew! No, I'm not touching that thing, its filthy!" Celestia yelled out from the top of the table.
"Grow a pair and help me!" Luna yelled out as she rolled across the ground with he pig in her hooves, keeping the animal from running off. She spit out a small amount of grease that slipped inside her mouth. "Bleh! That's tastes horrible!"
"Don't worry princess, we got it now!" The guard yelled as several more soldiers came into the room with a large net. Seeing her chance, Luna let the animal go just as the guards tossed the net over the fleeing animal. "Yes! Got it!" They yelled out in excitement to their success.
Panting from her wrestling match, Luna looked over to the pig that continued to screech inside the net. She also noticed the second one the guards had already captured in her small escapade. sanding up from the ground, she looked down at the thick grease that coated her entire chest and dripped off her wings. "This is disgusting! Who is responsible for those things in here!"
"Like I said princess, they just appeared in the hallway a few minutes ago!" The first guard stated.
Luna sighed as she looked at the pigs then noticed something odd. "What is that?"
Looking closer, she notched one had a number one painted on its flank, and the other a number three. "Holy buck! We are missing one!"
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From outside of one of the windows to the castle, Discord was laughing hysterically at the screams he was listening to from inside. "Oh ho ho, this is priceless! Ha ha!" He leaned over to the pony that had was sitting beside him. "I must really thank you Applejack. Those pigs you let me borrow were so good."
The farm pony let out a laugh of her own as she leaned against the window frame. "No prob Discord. Ah always get a kick out of a good laugh. Ah have a question though, why did y'all number the pigs like that anyway?"
Discord gave a grin to her question, "now whatever do you mean?"
"Ah mean, y'all put a one and a three on the pigs. Why?"
Before he could answer, Applejack heard a large patrol of guards run down the hallway their direction. "Hurry! We caught pigs number one and three! We have to find number two as fast as possible!"
Applejack lifted an eyebrow in amazement to what she was seeing. "They think there is another pig inside the castle?"
"Yup." Discord laughed as he summoned a bag of popcorn. "I wonder how long it will take them to realize their isn't one."
I wanted to send you this message to thank you for the gifts you gave us for our Anniversary last week, We really loved them. Especially box of Saddle Arabian chocolate. The flavor was wonderful! (Just so you know, you should replace the pieces you took out, Auntie. Almost half the box was gone before we even opened it.)
I also wanted to send this letter to let you know I am coming back to the castle tomorrow for the big meeting that is happening. I just hope Shining can manage the Empire up here on his own. He gets so worked up just like he did back as a private. Ha ha. I guess some ponies just don't change.
I hope to be there by noon or earlier. See you Soon!
With Love, Mi Amore Cadenza
PS: Can you keep Discord out of my room this time? last time he stuck a baby cragadile in my tub.
Cadance smiled as she set the quill down on her desk and reread the letter. "Alright, I think that's good enough."
In a wisp of her blue aura, the letter disintegrated and flew out the window towards Canterlot Palace. Turning to her right, the pink alicorn smiled seeing the pony she married walk inside. "Shining, there you are."
"Hey honey, nice to see you too." Shining responded as he came over and gave his wife a quick kiss. "How are you?"
"Good. Actually have to go get ready now."
"Huh?" shining raised his eyebrow as his wife began to trot towards their bedroom down the hallway. "Where are you going?"
"I have to go back to Canterlot for the annual political summit, remember?"
Shining Armor just gave a blank expression like a colt that didn't study for the test. "Uhh... no?"
"Well, it starts tomorrow and goes on for three days, so I need you to run the entire empire while I'm gone."
"Well... be careful Cadance."
Cadance stopped and turned around at the warning Shining gave her. Something about it just made her feel off. "What do you mean 'Be careful'? is Something wrong?"
The white unicorn scratched the back of his head with his hoof as he thought of how to word his sentence. "Well, some of the guards back in Canterlot still keep in touch with me just to let me know how things are. Lately, they said it has been... Weird."
Cadance lifted an eyebrow in curiosity. "Weird?"
"Yeah. They said Discord has been making a lot of big jokes and pranks around the castle lately."
"Aaaaaand... How is that weird?"
"That's not it. They said the princesses are all doing it too. Even Twiley supposedly got Luna the other day."
the crystal princesses face seemed locked like a statue for what seemed like a full minute, not even blinking once. Shining began to grow concerned about what the heck was wrong with her. "Honey? you... okay?" before he could come any closer though, she burst out laughing. "What-what's so funny?"
"T-t-Twilight is pranking!? HAHHAA!" Cadance was laughing so hard she was tearing up. "That is so good! I have always wondered when she would grow a joking sense of humor! Maybe this visit will be fun!"
Shining simply let his jaw fall open as his wife spun around and happily hopped down the hallway. "But... what if you get pranked bad?"
"Cadance turned her head and gave a surprisingly sinister grin. "Well, maybe they should meet the pony who got the entire Canterlot High Hoofball team then."
Just hearing that statement sent a chill crawling up Shining's spine as his memories kicked in. "That wasn't funny! I still have sore spots from that glue in my helmet!"
Light poured into the dark room as the door swung open. walking inside, Celestia lit her magic to illuminate her large closet. Trotting in after her, Luna glanced back and forth in curiosity. "So Tia, why did you want to bring me in here for?" She asked as she stepped over one of her sisters dozen shoes.
"I told you Luna, Cadance is coming back to Canterlot for the meetings that are planned." Celestia said as she came to the back of the closet. "She will be here pretty soon, and I want to be prepared."
Luna raised her eyebrow in confusion. "Uh, prepared for what? This is Cadance we are talking about."
"That is precisely what I am talking about." Celestia sighed as she began to scramble through the large clutter of boxes against her wall. "Cadance isnt'... as sweet as you may think."
"what?" Luna tilted her head as she stepped closer in. "She is always so happy and-
"Cadance is very nice and kind, Luna. You, however, weren't here during her years at Canterlot High." Celestia paused as she opened up a large crate, grunting when she found her hats from five centuries ago. "Why do I even have these still?"
"Hello?"
"Oh..." Celestia shook her head hearing her sister, "Sorry. Anyway, Cadance was a good student, but she had a horrible knack for pranking other colts and fillies throughout the school. One time, I got a message from the school that she had taken the class hamster and let it go in the hallways."
Luna scoffed and waved her hoof. "That's not bad. Its just a little animal."
"After she used a growth spell and turned it into the size of a Manticore."
"Ooohhhhhhhhhh... That's pretty good actually." Luna nodded her head in approval to a pretty funny idea. 'I wonder what Tia would think if I did that with a Spider.'
Stifling her giggles, Luna looked over to her left and glanced through the dresses that hung on the side. Her smile quickly disappeared when she saw something that caught her eye. "HEY! That's my dress!"
Celestias eyes shot open in shock. "Wh-what? no, it can't be."
"Oh really?" Luna grunted as she levitated the hanger off the rack, revealing the slender, midnight blue dress. "Does this look like the dress I was told was lost?"
"M-maybe you're mistaken..." Celestia swallowed the lump in her throat as she moved a few more boxes. "That is certainly not the dress that I wanted to wear at the Grand Galloping Gala this year."
"You couldn't fit into this if it were a millennia ago!"
"I WAS GOING TO USE A GROWTH SPELL ON IT!" shutting her mouth, Celestia sighed in embarrassment as she lifted a low hanging shirt... before her face going even paler than it normally was. "I found it."
"Found what?" Luna questioned as Celestia lifted the item up. When she saw it however, she dropped her grip on the dress, her mouth almost touching the floor. "Why the buck do you even have that still?"
In Celestia's magical grasp was a long sword with a gold encrusted handle. Beautiful markings lay engraved along the hilt, but to the princesses, they both groaned in annoyance. Not at the blade.... But what was inside it.
Better yet... Who
"I could give this to her... As a gift if she decides to act... like her high school days I could say." Celestia said as she set the sword back down. "For now, we let it stay here."
"Please tell me when you give it to her if you do..." Luna's eye twitched as she spoke, "I will make sure I take a vacation... Far from here. Remember the last time we talked to him?"
Both sisters grimaced at the horrid memory of the figure they spoke of. And that one word that rang inside their head over and over again.
Celestia's eye twitched in annoyance as her sister screamed out again for what felt like the hundredth time that night. "Luna, please calm yourself. its just a game."
Luna's bloodshot eyes shot towards her sister like a ravenous wolf. "Just a game? Just a game!? No! This is the Equestrian Bowl we are watching, and this is ridiculous!"
the solar princess sighed as she looked back at the large moniter on her bedroom wall. the screen showed the Vanhoover Broncos, who happened to be Luna's favorite hoofball team, getting destroyed by the Crystal Seahawks 36-0. Every time orange jersey team made a mistake, which seemed to happen a lot more than usual, Luna went on a screaming frenzy. This last one happened to be when one of the bronco stallions was running but simply dropped the ball when he got tackled, allowing the other team to grab it and take command of the game.
While Celestia simply watched the game for entertainment, Luna was steaming in frustration at the outcome of this final game. She grunted as she opened up her fourth can of jolt cola and chugged it down, wiping off the small drips that went down her chin. "This is so ridiculous! This team was so good this year, and now this happens! The Seahawks haven't even ever won an Equestrian Bowl before!"
"Sister, maybe that is a good sign then." Celestia levitated one of the bowls of chips they had her way and ate a few before continuing. "These are top of the line teams that always deserve a chance to-
"WHAT THE BUCK WAS THAT!?"
The boom from Luna's canterlot voice blasted the bowl of chips up and smashed it into Celestias face. The elder sister could only sit silent as the bowl fell from her face, thousands of crushed, greasy crumbs stuck throughout her mane. Her blank face simply stared at her sister, who was so focused on the screen she didn't even notice what happened. "Look at that, he simply walked right in!"
Taking a breath to stay calm, Celestia turned her head toward the screen as the replay started. The screen showed one of the stallions in white weaving through the defensive line like it was foals play, easily juking past the last two stallions in orange before running into the inzone. "That is quite unfortunate." Celestia blankly stated.
"You're telling me! This is the worst Equestrian Bowl ever!" Luna's eye twitched several times in a nervous spasm, "This was a complete blowout. Not only that, these advertisements sucked! Where are the funny cider advertisements!? all we got were slow, stupid chariot commercials!"
As Luna went on with her rant, Celestia just nodded her head, even though not a single word being said was even being processed. 'This is why I hate watching sports.'
"Look Discord, I know you are the one who did that joke, alright? So how about you just admit it now."
"Who, me?" Discord raised his eyebrows in confusion to what Twilight was asking him. "I have noooo idea what you are talking about."
"Don't play dumb..." Twilight grunted as she sat down on the ground. "Only you would be crazy enough to let pigs loose in the castle like that. Do you know how long it took me to clean that grease off?"
"Oh now why don't you just calm yourself little Sparkle." Discord vanished in a flash before reappearing as a bag of ice. "Here, why don't you cool yourself off."
Twilight glared at the smiling ice cubes as she stood back up and walked past him. "I swear, I still don't know why the princess wanted you reformed in the first place."
Discord turned back into his normal self and floated alongside the young alicorn. "Well, the princess of course needed my grrrrreat expertise in architecture and craftsmanship that I have-
"What the hay are you talking about? All you do is make everything crazy."
Frowning, Discord transformed into a perfectly designed replica of Canterlot Castle. "Now Twilight, are you going to tell me that this isn't wonderful?"
Twilight did have to admit, this was a beautiful representation of the entire palace. Every detail of the arches, the coloring, everything was perfect to what the real one was. "Okay, this is nice. But that doesn't answer my-
BOOOM!
Twilight screamed out as the entire top of the castle exploded in a miniature fireworks display. Sparks and streamers shot out in all directions throughout the hallway, setting off a chain reaction of blasts. Twilight ducked as one shot right above her head, just grazing the top of her hair. "What the hay is wrong with you!?"
"Oh, did I forget to mention that I still love to add special designs to things?" Discord laughed as he shifted back to himself. "Come now Twilight, I was reformed simply so that I am not allowed to do as I please."
"Wait, what?" Twilight sat back in surprise to what he said. "You mean you don't really do anything else besides just relax? But... Princess Celestia mentioned how you could be used for good and stuff."
"Well, we did try that once. Apparently it wasn't what she wanted."
"What did you do that she didn't like?"
"Meh, I offered my service to Cloudsdale to increase their living space, but they were too picky and didn't want cotton candy instead of clouds."
"Twilight frowned up at him. "Well maybe because they can't just live in-
"Or I when I was told to help move the local diamond dogs away. I offered to do that by giving them good digging equipment so they could build a new home. How was I supposed to know they would use it to tunnel into half the jewel stores in Equestria?"
"Wait, how was that even you using your magic and-
"And what about the dreadful time when-
"I honestly don't care anymore..." Twilight stated, perhaps a little more harsh than she expected. "I can see that she may not have a perfect job at the moment. "I just don't want to hear every time she tried to have you do something. My question is if you aren't using your magic for good, I'm surprised you haven't gone back to using it for... Anything."
"Well if I were to do that, you know that I wouldn't hear the end of it." Discord crossed his arms and pouted. "Little Fluttershy still makes me remember every little thing."
"Anyways, I want you to just remind you to not do that anymore, please?" Twilight sighed as she came to the room she was staying in. "I have to get ready now. Cadance is coming later and I want to be ready for when she gets here."
Twilight turned the handle of her door and pushed it open, only for it to get stuck against something a few inches in. "What the heck?"
She tried pushing it a few more times, still pushing against something. Grunting, she gave it a quick shove with her shoulder, smacking the object hard enough to send it rolling across the room.
An screeching.
"Oh my gosh!" Twilight's eyes widened in fear. "That was somepony in the way!" Running inside, she turned to the direction the door pushed the poor pony. "I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were-
REEE! REEEE!'
The screaming pig launched through the air and plowed into Twilight's body, sending the petrified princess back out of her room. "WHAT THE BUCK!?"
The pig quickly crawled off of her chest and ran down through the hallway of the castle, it's hooves scraping across the tile as it went. Twilight flipped up to her hooves and glared at Discord. "What in Tartarus is that thing doing in my room!?"
"Well I was going to tell you I still had to return those to Applejack, but you were soooo rude and cut me off in my talking." Discord summoned a glass of cider and sipped at it with a smile. "And I thought you liked me."
Before Twilight could say anything, the sick crawling sensation of something on her chest made her look down. To her disgust, her entire coat was bathed in the anti magic grease once again, a few globs sliding down her legs. "Th-those things... Are covered in this still... In. My. Room."
Looking into her chambers, Twilight's mouth dropped to the tile as she looked at the other pig sleeping on top of her bed, it's butt set right on the dress she was wearing for the dinner tonight.
"Discord, I swear to Faust herself that when I get you, I'm gonna-
The sound of a magic flash caught Twilight's attention, making her look to see a single page floating to the ground.
"Just so you know... The dinner is in forty five minutes. It would be a shame you weren't there on time."
Celestia stood on the balcony outside of her bedroom, enjoying the wonderful afternoon breeze that wisped through her long mane. She looked up into the sky and focused her magic on the large sun in the horizon, guiding he burning orb lower towards the ground. After a few more seconds, she finally set down below the distant mountains and allowed the dark night to cast over the land. The deep black night only lasted for about two second before the brightly lit moon slowly rose up into the air, its white glow illuminating the landscape.
The night was always beautiful to Celestia. She loved the thousands of stars that dotted the sky and the quieter tone that filled the air along with it. Although She knew that the day was waaaaaaaaaaay better in so many ways though. Like... who would want to try and play hoofball in the dark? somepony would be taking a ball to the face in the first ten seconds of the game. The day just felt better, she would just make sure she never told Luna that. And also-
*Knock Knock* "Princess?"
Startled at the sudden disruption to her thoughts, Celestia turned around to the door of her bedroom. "Y-yes, what is it?"
"The train from the Crystal Empire has arrived. Princess Cadance will be here shortly."
"Alright then, I will be down momentarily. Thank you."
Listening to the hoofsteps echo away from her door, Celestia let out a small sigh and walked back into her room. Looking into the mirror, she groomed back her coat to make sure that it was clean for the dinner tonight. She then sat back and smiled. "Alright. Time to go greet your niece and have a great time tonight."
In truth, Celestia was extremely happy that Cadance was coming here. Since she had left to the Crystal Empire, they had hardly had the time to see each other over the past few months. Schedules and business life in their own lands were taking up the time to enjoy quality family time. When they did have the chance, they always had such a wonderful time and so many great moments. That was... before the recent events however.
That was the one concern she did have now; When she was around a scene in which there are jokes being played on others, Celestia knew that was when Cadance liked to let her other side loose. The same thing happened the year before when the two of them went out for ice cream, and Celestia decided to put a bit of salt over her nieces chocolate sundae. That night was when the young pink alicorn decided to trick her aunt into eating a piece of cake laced with jabanero juice.
Gritting her teeth, Celestia trotted over to her closet and opened the door. To her right sat the sword that she pulled out earlier, already sending a shiver down the princesses spine. Her memories immediately jumped back to the first conversation she ever had with the annoying little crap.
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"Fool!"
Celestia tilted her head in confusion. "But... I just asked what you were-
"What is your favorite number between one and twelve?"
"Uhh... okay? My favorite number is five but what does-
"FOOL! Who gives you the right to choose?"
But you just asked me to-
"My legend begins in the twelve century."
"What are you even talking about!?"
"Do you want to hear my legend or not?"
"Can you please just tell me why you-
"FOOL!"
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Shaking her head, Celestia couldn't stop her eye from twitching at the horrid memory. "Why can't his voice just shut up inside my head after all this time?" she mumbled to herself.
Shutting the door again, she turned back towards the main door of her bedroom and walked out. "I'll leave him for now, just in case she doesn't do any jokes..." Celestia couldn't help but chuckle a little bit. "If you do, I hope you can easily handle Pinkie Pie, because this one is on a whole new level.
Discord happily floated towards his room in the late evening. He didn't know why but he just felt much more tired than he usually was at this time of the day.
"Hmm, been doing more things lately than usual..." He said between yawns, "perhaps slipping those pigs in Twilight's room made me drowsy."
The spirit cackled to himself remembering the face on the young mare when she opened the door. The sound of her shock when one of the hogs leaped through the air and landed on her. "Oh hoho! Priceless!" He shouted out to himself, clutching his stomach from laughing so hard.
After a few moments he finally arrived to his chambers, pushing the doors open and floating inside. When he did though, he stopped at the sight of the blue desk chair in the center of the room. "Hmm? That isn't mine." He said out loud.
"No, it's mine."
Discord didn't even have time to spin around to the voice before he felt himself shoved forward. "What the- oof!"
He stumbled off balance before flipping around and falling back into the chair. Mere moments later, a pair of magical handcuffs floated up and strapped his wrists to the arm rests. "What the heck!?" Discord glared in annoyance up to the culprit, only to widen his eyes in surprise. "Twilight?"
The young alicorn stood there glaring at the now trapped spirit. "Yes, that's right Discord. It's me."
Discord couldn't help but grin at the position he was in. "Oh this is sooooooo cute. Look at you, Twiley, you should see the face you are giving me."
"Well Discord, you do realize that the pig in my room ran wild for an hour before it was finally caught. And the grease it had stained the sheets on my bed."
"Oh don't worry too much about that. They aren't even your sheets anyway." Discord said with a smirk.
Twilight glared at him for a few seconds before she shut her eyes and smiled. "That may be true, but it was quite rude since I had my dress there. Due to that, I believe you should just sit here and relax now."
"Huh?" Discord raised his eyebrow to her statement. "Strapping me to a chair is what you think is relaxing?"
"Of course, you don't want to sit and deal with boring political dinners, do you?" Twilight asked, her lips curling up to a sinister smile, "why don't you just relax here, and I'll even put some music on for you."
Her horn lit up and flicked the small record player in the corner of the room, the disc on it starting to spin. The small needle dropped down and laid in place, followed by the strangest sound Discord had ever heard.
Discord sat open mouthed at the odd voice speaking through the intercom. As it ended, it just repeated again... And again. "What the buck is that!?"
"Just a little soundtrack from Pinkie Pie. I do hope this will keep you entertained for the night. I forgot to grab any more from her." Twilight grinned before turning and trotting to the door.
"Hey, wait... Are you just going to leave me like this?" Discord growled at her, his eyes drifting towards the continuously repeating record.
"Oh don't worry, I'll be back in a little bit. I just have to go get my dress on, go to the royal dinner and the political meetings. It won't take long at all." She gave him a wink before walking through the door and giving him one last smile. "Bye Discord."
Watching her shut the door behind her, Discord sat motionless as the record continued its sound over and over. He tried pulling against the restraints on him, but the magical cuffs of course were resistant to his own power. "Humph, little pony thinks she is going to get to my head with this?" He gave a large grin and sat back in the seat to get comfy. "Ha, I sat in stone for a thousand years. This is nothing!"
Leaning his head back, Discord closed his eyes and relaxed to the sound continuing to replay. In fact, it even felt soothing like a very off beat. He bounced his head forward and back to the start of each repeat. Five minutes breezed by for the spirit like nothing had happened. His lips pulled back into a grin knowing he was going to prove to that little alicorn something like this wouldn't bother him.
After ten more minutes however, his eye began twitching to the words ringing out of the player. He looked over to the record bouncing along the track and began breathing in quick intakes. "Oookay, this may be a little harder than I thought."
Still determined to prove Twilight wrong, he kept his face stern and stared forward at the door. He tried counting the amount of creases in the wood to keep his mind busy. It seemed like it was working for him, giving his brain a few moments of a break. "Alright. I won't be giving in to this. Twilight thinks she's getting back at me, but I am Discord! I can handle anything!"
At thirty minutes however, Discord began hyperventilating in quick snorts. His eyes were twitching so fast they seemed to vibrate in his head.
"Hmgraah!" Discord screamed out in fury and began thrashing in the chair to break free. As he flung backwards, he lost balance and flipped onto his back. His eyes shot open and looked at the ceiling. "What kind of a get back is this Twilight!?"
A massive crash inside of Discords room broke the silence of the large hallway, yet not a single guard was present to hear it. So if nopony was around to see it or hear it, did it actually crash?
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Back to the story before that completely random life lesson popped in, the large wooden door to the room burst open, revealing the the enraged spirit of chaos growling in fury. His wrists held the broken handles of the chair dangling from the small chains. Those small distractions weren't what was on his mind at the moment though.
"Twilight Sparkle..." Discord growled.
For the last fifty seven minutes and twenty six seconds, only known by the clock sitting on his desk, Discord had been forced to suffer through to the most annoying sound perhaps ever made in the history of Equestria. Stuck bound to a chair, he could do nothing but beat his head to the irritating, repeating track being played on his now broken record player.
"Little, little Twilight..." Discord huffed out, slowly slipping the broken chair arms out from the chains, allowing his own arms to slip out as well. "You decided to try and get back for a silly little pig joke. And yet you have forgotten one thing."
"First, you owe me a new record player..." Discord rolled his eyes realizing his brain fart, "I mean, you owe two things. Second, you forgot that when a prank is done between us, the other is allowed to join in."
Hearing the music playing far through the castle, he cast a small grin, "Now it seems you are involving every other pony here."
Snapping his talons, Discord summoned a piece of chalk and began sketching a square shape onto the ground, adding stringy arms and skinny legs to the bottom. Towards the top of the square, he drew two large and bulgy eyes, then drawing two buck teeth on the mouth.
Smiling, Discord snapped his talons again, causing the drawing to suddenly stand up off the ground. The square creature stood there, looking up to Discord with his giant eyes.
"Mee ha, beebo haba?" The strange creature mumbled.
"Oh ho ho, I knew adding that voice stuck in my head was the best way to get rid of it!" He giggled to himself. He looked down at the creature and raised his chalk up once again. "Here, all you need is a tie."
He drew a small tie just beneath the objects waist, smiling seeing it complete. "Alright, I think you are finished now. You have a nice bob in your eyes and... Bob. Hmm. " Discord scratched his chin and laughed. "How about I call you... Doodlebob."
"Bah. Bah!" Doodle yelled out at the spirit.
"You look like you want to have fun. Why don't you go to the party below and show them a good time." Discords mouth pulled to a malicious grin. "Go at it."
Cadance happily hummed to herself as she wrote down in her personal notebook. She glanced out the train window and watched as the outer walls of Canterlot came into view. Letting out a small yawn, she sat up and stretched her wings out.
"Never really a fan of long train rides." She sighed to herself.
Not only was the train ride a pain, she wasn't in the mood to really come here in the first place. Sure she was excited to see her aunts and Twilight again, but she was never a big fan of coming to large council meetings. Having to listen to dozens of stuck up snobs acting like they were the top of the world and giving out new law promotions for the land.
"Seems strange I have to come to these anymore, the crystal empire has separate laws and propositions than Equestria in the first place." Cadance sighed to herself.
'Well, since they never replaced my spot on the council I'm kinda stuck in that position in the first place.' Her subconscious whispered to her.
Letting out a long sigh, the young princess then felt the train skidding to a halt as it approached the station. Knowing she had to do it anyway, she stood up from her seat and turned to the table beside her, the small bag on top bringing a smile to her face.
While in fact she expected the entire council meet to be boring, she was in fact curious to see just how far this prank war that she had heard so much about was. In one of the letters, she had gotten a somewhat eccentric message from Twilight about the pigs running though the castle let loose by Discord. She couldn't help but giggle in the fact they spent five hours looking for a pig that wasn't even loose in the castle.
"Skipping a number on pigs is a pretty funny joke actually..." Cadance whispered to herself. "Although I don't think Discord was told about my high school days."
Gripping the bag in her magic, she lifted it towards herself and opened the top to look at her stash. She chuckled a the sight of all of her different tricks and spell books she had kept all this time since she had graduated. Even though she had grown up and had responsibilities, who in their right minds would give up having just a bit of fun at times?
"Aunt Tia may get mad if I do some of my jokes again..." she sighed. "Oh well, I'll just say it is repercussions in case something happens to me."
As the train doors opened up, she stared up in a mix of excitement and curiosity at the Canterlot castle. "Alright then, time to see what all these letters were for then."
As she looked forward and walked on, she had just missed the sight of a creepy little square creature running across the roof of the castle.
