The Pros and Cons of Being Famous

NOTE:

Purple and Pink = Rarity and Pinkie Pie

Lilac and Orange = Twilight Sparkle and Applejack

Yellow, Blue, and Grey = Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Lily Note

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"Sweet Celestia!!!"

"Jeez, who just screamed that loud?!"

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"Now what in tarnation was tha' all about??"

"Was that Princess Luna screaming just now?!"

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"Oh my!"

"What the hay was THAT?"

"It sounded like somepony is in trouble!"

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Princess Luna, seething with rage and embarrassment, stepped out of her large bathtub, flinching at how badly she had stained the water blue.

At least she used washable paint, Luna thought bitterly. She picked a few remaining scraps of semi-dried paint off of her navy blue coat, and once again put on her jewelry. They had been washed to a crystal polish by a few kind maids who had not bust a rib trying to keep from giggling when they saw Luna. After being given several death glares from the Lunar Princess, they immediately helped to clean up Luna.

As Luna walked back to her door, she noticed that somepony had closed it again, but not all the way. She looked up and saw another can of paint or something like that up upon the door.

"Oh, ha ha, very funny, Tia," she sarcastically laughed. Did Celestia think she was an idiot? She wouldn't fall for the same trick twice! As Luna levitated the can down to the floor, she noticed with a start that it had permanent paint in it, this time colored neon pink.

Luna's frown suddenly turned into a wicked grin as her horn lit up with her light blue magic aura. The can of paint disappeared with a blue flash. Luna slowly counted in her head while a maid looked curiously on.

1...

2...

3...

LLLUUUUUUUUUUNNAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Luna smiled evilly to herself as she opened the door wide, and trotted down the hallway. The maid who had stayed behind followed after the Princess, chuckling all the while.

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Twilight had immediately teleported herself and Applejack towards the location of Celestia's fury-filled scream of rage. To say that it had startled her was an enormous understatement.

"Princess!!! Are you alri - wait, what happened to you?!"

"What in tarnation is goin' on?" Applejack asked a bit hysterically. "Y'all princesses are screamin' like a mare in heat!"

Twilight glared at her friend, and AJ immediately turned beet red at the realization of what she had just insinuated. The duo turned their attention back to Celestia, who was dripping in neon pink paint. The paint can from which the paint had come from was currently rolling away from the Solar diarch, as if it had been dropped upon her.

There was a moment's silence - except for the can slowly rolling to a stop. AJ and Twilight looked at each other, the former grinning hugely, while her fellow mare tried to maintain a calm and professional face.

The can stopped rolling, and the only sound came from the sound of dripping paint, and the barely suppressed laughter of one amused Applejack, who just could not hold it in any longer.

"Aha ha ha ha!!! Ah'm mighty sorry - *snort* - Your Highness," AJ said through her laughter. "I-it's just tha-that neon pink paint and the look on your face!" With that said, she fell to the floor laughing, her legs waving ridiculously in the air. Twilight lasted a few more seconds, before she started giggling hysterically.

Princess Celestia allowed them a minute's worth of mirth before her humiliation and annoyance got the best of her.

"Oh, hardy har har. I guess since I've already received revenge from my dear sister, could you two please stop laughing and help me get this stuff off of me??"

Twilight and Applejack stopped laughing, although AJ did occasionally giggle. Twilight, on the other hoof, was ashamed at herself for laughing at the princess, and stopped laughing altogether. Celestia took some guilty pleasure in knowing that Twilight had at least learned her lesson on laughing at a princess.

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"Oh, good heavens, we'll be late for lunch!"

"Well, then why don't you pick up the pace a little, ya slow pokey-wokey?"

"Pinkie Pie! While I don't want us to be late for lunch with the princesses, a lady has standards. One does not run into her appointments. You quickly walk with dignified grace!"

"But whenever we're running from something, you always run with us! Like that time when we were running from that big old dragon that Fluttershy got rid of!"

"Pinkie, that was because it was of the utmost importance that we got out of there as quickly as possible!"

Rarity and Pinkie Pie had come to a halt as they continued to bicker. They were so passionate about their argument, they didn't even notice Twilight, Applejack, and a few maids pausing from their cleaning up a puddle of neon pink paint. Spike stopped fearfully watching the pair, and hurried over to Twilight.

"Girls..."

"... but I thought whenever you're working you always say that you need to rush and..."

"Gals!"

"Pinkie, I don't always rush my fashion! That's how you--"

"GIRLS!!"

Rarity immediately stopped talking as she turned towards the source of the sudden shout. Twilight's horn stopped glowing from the megaphone spell she had just casted, and looked wearily at the two of them. Upon realizing how loudly they had been bickering, Rarity's face turned beet red. Pinkie, on the other hoof, kept talking.

"And then I said, 'More balloons! No, no, less balloons. Oh, oh! Candy!! No, less candy! Oh! How about--"

"PINKIE!!!!!"

Pinkie Pie stopped talking, and turned her gaze towards Applejack.

"Yes? Anything I can help with?" Pinkie pulled out a random clipboard and pen out of her hair. "I can plan you the BEST PARTY anypony has ever seen in their entire life! Oh! I also do catering and gift wrapping!" As Pinkie beamed widely, Rarity, AJ, Spike, Twilight, and the maids could only gaze dumbfounded at her.

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"Goodness, I wonder what had happened for Princess Celestia to scream that loudly?" Fluttershy slowed down a little as she, Rainbow Dash, and Lily Note neared the dining hall. "It sounded like she was really angry!"

Rainbow shrugged as she landed on the floor. "Beats me. I just feel bad for whoever she was yelling at."

"You mean whomever."

Rainbow and Fluttershy turned around, the former staring at the filly who had just corrected her.

Lily shied away a bit. "Sorry, it's just that you don't say 'whoever,' you say 'whomever.'"

Fluttershy smiled at Lily, while Rainbow rolled her eyes and sighed loudly.

"Great, now we have another egghead on our hooves! And I thought Twilight was bad. Just don't correct me again, got it?" She finished her sentence by pointing a hoof at Lily. The filly flinched badly, wincing, as if expecting a hit.

Fluttershy frowned at the cyan pegasus. "Rainbow, you can't talk like that to somepony, especially a filly! You should know better than that!" On the last few words, she flew up a little and used the Stare on Rainbow a little. "Now, say you're sorry."

"M'sorry."

"I didn't quite get that, Rainbow."

"I'm sorry!"

Fluttershy smiled, and shooed Rainbow through the doors, and then turned to Lily.

"I'm sorry about Rainbow. She can be a bit... thoughtless at times," she whispered, just in case Dash was listening. "She means well, though. She's a very loyal and faithful friend." Flutters closed her eyes, dwelling on her memories. "She can get frustrated very easily. I remember when she was trying to teach me how to cheer correctly!" She giggled to herself. "It's funny, though, I had to teach them how to cheer quietly, just in case the Breezies go on their migration! I've always hoped that they'll someday fly through Ponyville."

Lily cocked her head. "What's a Breezie, and why would they fly through Ponyville?"

"Well," Flutters began, "the Breezies are a magical pony species that live..."

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Soon, all of the mares, dragon, and princesses had gathered in the Dining Hall. Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Lily Note were all confused as to why Celestia and Luna were shooting death glares at each other, and why Celestia had a faint, pinkish tint to her fur.