Tales of Equestria

                         Chapter 9: A Prankster Princess, and a New Friend

      With the sandwich in hoof, I went back to Prince Blueblood's room. "Here ya go dude! One sandwich as ordered!" I said giving him the plate. "FINALLY!" He said disdainfully, "I was beginning to think it would NEVER get here!". He took a bite, then suddenly spat it back out with a disgusted look on his face. "Ugh" he said disgusted, "There's still a crust on this! Take it back and have him make me another one!".

"What!?" I said getting a bit mad, "It's just a dumb crust! Nothing wrong with eating a crust!". Blueblood glared at me and said, "Hmph! I'd hardly expect a SERVANT to understand! And you should know it's not good to talk back to your superiors. Now go!". With a huff, I made my exit with the partly eaten sandwich. I was so busy stewing in my anger, that I smacked right into Luna on accident. I fell over with a startled yell, sending the sandwich flying. Luna quickly caught it with her magic and looked down at me. "Well, fancy running into you here!" She said suspiciously, "And what are you doing lurking around like this? And what are you doing with this sandwich?". I quickly got up and bowed awkwardly. "Oh, uh, sorry Princess Luna! I was just doing something for this dude named Blueblood and he kinda made me ma-". She cut me off with a wave of her hoof. Suddenly getting a mischievous gleam in her eyes, she said "Blueblood thou sayst? Tell me, did he refuse this wonderful delicacy?

I nodded, "Yeah, pretty much! All because it has a dumb crust on it." Luna shook her head, "Ah, tis a shame, how about a bargain? You give us this tasty sandwich, and let us deal with the prince. How does that sound?" I had to admit, she struck a hard bargain...Not really. "Sounds like a deal that I can get behind! Alright, here, what are you gonna do anyway?" Luna smiled and winked, "Oh, nothing of consequence! We thank thy noble services." She started to trot off when I remembered that I was going to apologize to her for earlier. "Uh, Luna?" I said hesitatingly, she turned around to look at me. "Uh, sorry about eavesdropping earlier. I didn't mean to interrupt anything." Luna smiled, "Tis nothing to worry about noble Blade! We are sorry for casting a suspicious eye over you! You make a terrible spy anyways." With that, she turned the corner and trotted off, humming happily to herself.

I turned around and started meadering down the hall. But before I got too far, I heard a maniacal laugh, followed by a loud girly scream coming from Prince Blueblood's room. I quickly reversed direction and dashed toward Blueblood's room.

"Ayeeeeee!!!!" Blueblood screamed rather girlishly as he ran past me. I stared at him, confused for a second, when suddenly some large...thing came barreling around the corner. "OH WOAH!" I yelled as I backpedaled. The 'Thing', was a large nasty looking...sandwich? I paused for a moment to stare at the thing, which then roared at me. It's breath smelled faintly of...was that mayonnaise? It began circling me like a predator. Great, I was about to be attacked by a rouge mutant sandwich. Wonderful! I summoned my spell-blade and took a defensive stance like I had been taught. After circling me a few times, the thing took a charge at me. I hopped quickly to the side and took a swing at it's mutant yet slightly delicious looking body connecting solidly. The thing shrieked and hopped back now quite angered. I followed up by charging it and delivering a solid strike to its...face...I think. Sending the rogue culinary concoction flying back with surprising force. "Ha! How's THAT?" I cheered. The beast got up, staggered for a second, then charged me again. I hopped to the side once more. But instead of swinging at it, I sent a blast of magical energy at it. It burst into a bright glow, then dropped to the ground. A normal sandwich once more. I grinned, another victory underneath my...whatever ponies had to put victories underneath*. I let my spell-blade disappear and I suddenly heard laughing. I whirled around to see Luna leaning against the wall laughing her head off. "AHAHAHA! Ahhh! thou shouldst have seen thy faces! And did thou hear Blueblood's scream? Hahaha!* We haven't laughed so hard in ages!". Well, glad SOMEPONY was having a good time! "Wait, that thing...YOU made that thing?" I said shocked. Luna nodded, "Yes, tis a simple mutation spell. It wouldn't have actually hurt anypony, it was just an animated object. But still, It gave Blueblood a scare!" She continued laughing.

"That thing attacked me!" I said.

"Yeah, thou put on quite a show! But thy battle skills are quite lacking, and thy hoof work leaves much to be desired." Luna said rather bluntly, "You need to work on your speed and reflexes. And pick up your hooves! You'll never win anything if your lazy in combat!". She then seemed to think for a moment. "Hmm, we think you might need some special training. Tonight, you shall join us and our comrades in the training area!" With that, she trotted off. Not even giving me a chance to refuse. "Guess my evening's all planned out then!" I said to myself. I trotted the other way, glad that at least she seemed to have forgiven me for the time being.

(Blade received the title "Sandwich Slayer" Description: You've successfully slain a culinary nightmare! A title given for heroism in the face of deliciousness.

Luna received the title "Prank Puller" Description: The master of pranks. You love messing with other ponies. A title for the one who loves the art of "trolling". )