The Princess and her Flying Axe

There was an awkward moment of silence as Krieg stared at the now-empty place that until a moment ago had been occupied by a lit stick of dynamite. "Spike..." Twilight carefully asked, "What did you just send to princess Celestia?"

What just happened?

"Spike's fire acts as a teleportation channel to my sister..." Luna quickly whispered.

Cool, I guess... wait... to your sister?! Oh, boy.

"TEARS OF JOY! SHARE THE RED!"

"Oh, no! No, no, no... bad!" Spike in the meanwhile had grown as white as a ghost, "This is bad! We have to warn princess Celestia before..."

The little dragon in Krieg's arms was cut off as an explosion thundered through the air, making the windows clatter and the floor beneath their feet tremble slightly.

"What was that?!" both Twilight and Luna rushed for the nearest window, staring outside with expressions of horror on their faces. One of the towers of Canterlot castle was smoking... thick, black clouds escaping the shattered windows. Their expressions became even more horrified, when they realized who's tower they were staring at.

"So much for having him under control... Tia is going to chew my ear off for this." Luna finally managed to say with a groan, "Krieg, what were you..." she turned around and stopped in mid-sentence. Krieg was nowhere to be seen... neither was Spike, "Oh, no... not again!"

This... this is not going to end well.

Krieg continued to dash down random corridors, the squealing and bound dragon tucked under one of his arms like a ball.

Did we really just blow up a princess?

"FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS! THERE ARE NO BRAKES ON..." Krieg jumped over a yelping pony servant, "THE BOOM TRAIN!"

"Why can't I ever have a normal day?!" Spike cried from under Krieg's arm. His eyes widened considerably though, when he saw Krieg fish out another stick of dynamite from one of his pockets, "Oh, please no..."

Princess Celestia got up from the ground, coughing heavily and her flowing mane considerably charred. She had read Flash Sentry's report, of course she had... but it still had taken her a moment too long to realize just what had dropped into her chambers. She was the deity of the sun, a mere explosion would not be enough to hurt her... but it had certainly been enough to singe the hairs of her coat, not to mention that her ears were still ringing from the shock wave.

"Perfectly under control, Luna?" Celestia huffed as she stood on shaky legs, "Wait till I get my hooves on..." there was a small puff, a sizzling sound reaching her ears as another lit stick of dynamite hit the floor... then another, and another... and another. Celestia's frown deepened further and further as stick after stick landed before her and the sound of countless burning fuses filled the air, "What a cruel sense of humor indeed..."

For a short moment, Celestia missed the time when Discord had been the one to prank her.

Krieg gave the hogtied dragon another squeeze, laughing with delight as the green flame took another stick of dynamite away, "FILL THE AIR WITH SWEET MELODY!"

Spike was gasping for breath by now, "The princess is going to kill us! Where do you even keep all of these?!"

Miniature ammo distributor... courtesy of the Hyperion corporation. Though I think they got the idea for this one from Torgue...

"TORGUE GOT MORE BOOM!"

"Somepony stop him!"

Krieg was about to fish out another stick, but instead was tackled from the side by a furious princess Luna, "Aha! I have you now, minion! Enough of this madness!"

Beneath her, Krieg chuckled with glee, "SHARE! SHARE! SHARE! FILL THE AIR WITH CRIMSON FLOWERS!"

Luna fixed him with a stern gaze, "What were you thinking?! Celestia will be furious!"

She's going to be a lot more than just furious in about three seconds, I'm afraid... Sorry.

Luna's eyes narrowed, "What is that supposed to mean?"

Behind his mask, a broad grin spread over Krieg's features, "TICK TOCK!" he held up two fingers, then one, "FUN TIME!"

On the ground next to them, Spike shut his eyes in anticipation and whispered a silent prayer.

As if on queue, a set of countless new explosion shook the castle, accompanied by Krieg's delighted laughter and the shattering of more windows. Then... everything was silent once more.

Luna closed her eyes with a groan, "Please tell me that was not what I think it was..."

"THE PONY GOES BOOM!"

Yeah... that... that kinda sums it up pretty neatly, I'm afraid.

Luna was struggling hard not to use her royal voice at this point, and the headache growing in the back of her skull was not helping. "You... are going to go to Celestia right now and..." she was cut off as one of the large doors in the corridor was thrown open with enough force to make the air crack.

What stepped out of the opening made both Luna's and Spike's jaws drop in horror.

Is that... Oh, boy...

Princess Celestia was walking towards them, her coat covered in soot and her once flowing mane now nothing but a charred mess. With each step she took one of her legs twitched slightly and as she neared, the smell of burnt hair filled the corridor. It would have been amusing to see, something one would expect in a comedy play... but the look on Celestia's face was anything but amused. If looks would have been able to kill, Krieg would likely have burned to nothing but ashes... But seemingly completely ignorant of what was approaching, a broad smile was plastered onto the face under his mask.

"Sister..." Luna finally managed to stammer, "Are you..."

"Not now, Luna." Celestia cut her off and headed straight for Krieg, "I need to make something clear to our new guest..." she spelled the last word with loathing in her voice.

Celestia stepped up to Krieg and fixed him with a stare that would have reduced even the most battle-hardened griffon to a crying pulp, "That. Was. Not. Funny." she spelled the words slowly and clear, "You may be my sister's minion, but if you ever do something like that again..." her eyes narrowed, "I am going to teleport one of those things inside a very inappropriate place. Do I make myself clear, Krieg?"

Perfectly clear, mam... Krieg...

"THOSE CURTAINS AREN'T RED ENOUGH YET! GIVE ME YOUR TEARS FOR THE CRIMSON CURTAIN OF FLOWERS!" one of Krieg's hands slowly etched towards one of his pockets, "REPITITON IS MY MISSION!".

"Really now?" Celestia brow furrowed even deeper, "You know I do have an empty place in the garden now that Discord is free..."

Krieg seemed like he was about to rebuke, but Luna hastily pulled him to the side, "He's sorry! He really is!" Luna gave off a nervous laughed as she continued to pull him along, "I'm sure this has just been a terrible misunderstanding, I promise he won't do it again..."

Where are we going?

"You know, I think I'll just take Krieg here for a walk in the park so we can get rid of all that excessive energy... He probably just needs some exercise to calm down..."

A walk in the what now?

"PILLAGE THE VILLAGE!"

Celestia closed her eyes with a small shudder and rubbed her temples, "Just... keep him out of the castle for the rest of the day..." she watched Luna hustle Krieg down the corridor, "And make sure he doesn't blow up anything else on the way! Or pillage the village, for that matter!"

"Yes, sister! Bye, sister!" Luna and Krieg disappeared around a corner.

Celestia took a deep breath and tried to calm herself, a small cloud of soot escaping her wings as she ruffled her feathers. She had definitely had enough madness for a couple of days. Gradually, guards and servants started to poke their heads around corners and through open doors, wondering what the commotion was all about.

She was about to head back to her chambers, when a frantic shout from the floor caught her attention, "For crying out loud! Will somepony untie me already?!"

Squirming on the ground before Celestia's hooves and still tied up in rope, Spike was seriously considering to take a long vacation... far away from wherever Krieg was, if possible. He briefly wondered if Zecora would consider renting him a room.