This is War!

CANTERLOT WAR ROOM

The war room. The most useless part of the royal castle by far. I mean the room was literally just a bunch of chairs placed in a circle, this could be done anywhere else. In fact their was never a plan for a war room, Luna had sneaked in the blueprints while the construction ponies were renovating the castle. This is the only contribution Luna had made, and it was useless.

However, Celestia, the mane six, Luna, and the captain of the royal gaurd, were all sitting in the circle. They were discussing the current evil that plagued their nation. Well... it wasn't THAT evil, but everyone knew how bad Discord's pranks could get... and with his new friend helping him, yeah they were totally screwed.

Luna pounded on the table with her hooves "WE MUST GATHER THE ROYAL MILITARY! WE MUST STOP THIS TYRANT BEFORE HE DE-"

"Ugh, shut up Lulu" Celestia deadpanned "I know you love your military, but I don't think they will be needed"

Luna made her pouty eyes at Celestia "Can we at least use the Royal Death Ray?" She increased her poutiness levels "We NEVER get to use the Royal Death Ray!"

"Wait, wait, wait... we have a royal death ray?" Rainbow Dash asked, her small brain having trouble functioning at such high thinking levels.

Celestia narrowed her eyes at Luna "We have not needed to use the Royal Death Ray is over two thousand years! I will not use it now"

"Why does it have to have a "Royal" in front of it?" Rainbow asked again still being ignored

Celestia's expression softened "Besides, I'm sure they wont be much of a problem. What could they possibly even do?"

Twilight facehoofed "You did NOT just say that"

Luna shook her head "Thou knows better than to say the cursed words"

Celestia was confused "What?"

Before any could tell Celestia off even further the red contraption the two pranksters had escaped in crashed through the wall. It flew over the group and smashed into the wall on the other side. As the dust settled the two could be seen stumbling out of it.

"Discord why didn't you tell me you couldn't drive?!" James yelled

Discord rolled his eyes "Oh please, its not like you haven't crashed a five hundred thousand dollar car through a war room before"

"Well as- oh wait yeah good point" James looked to the group of ponies in the "War Room" "So uh... sup?"

Shining Armor was the first to react "Surrender immediately! In the name of the royal princesses!"

James grimaced "Yeah about that... do we HAVE to?"

Pinkie spoke before shining could get his response out. "Weeeelll, you don't have to, have to. It's like you have to, but you don't REALLY have to...."

James shrugged "Good enough for me, can we go now Discord?"

"Yes, yes very well. Don't get your boxers in a bunch" With a flick of his fingers both him and his human comrade were teleported out of the war room.

.....

"Luna" Celestia said

"Yes sister?"

"Get the Royal Death Ray"

MEGA SECRET BASE

At the crusaders clubhouse that the two had taken over, the crusaders were currently tied to the floor. After all, they'd need a hostage.

"Wait a second.... what are we doing?" James asked while looking at the crusaders turned hostage.

Discord scratched his chin "You know James... I haven't the slightest idea."

James shook his head. "Now I know plans aren't exactly your thing, but we're going to need one if we're gonna win this one"

"Yes I know, I know. That's just so.... orderly. Ugh, you know I hate that." Discord grimaced at the thought of a non-chaotic prank.

James put his hand on Discord's shoulder. "You know having a plan isn't a bad idea, it doesn't make it orderly discord. It just... increases chances for success"

"Your right James" Discord smiled "Lets plan this"

Before Discord could walk out the door James stopped him. "Um... what about these three" He pointed to the three crusaders, who where still struggling and yelling into their gags. They had been ignored since they had teleported here... they didn't even tie them up.... man those three are weird.

Discord shrugged "Bah, they'll be fine. I'm sure applejack'll check on them later"

"Buuuut, shes in canterlot"

.....

"I'm sure they'll be fine.

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They had the plan ready. Even though Discord had quite the allergy of plans, he had pulled through and he hadn't regretted it!

This was step one in their master plan, of masterfulness of course. It was a simple prank, or would have been, if the entire equestrian army wasn't stationed at Canterlot, waiting for them to make their move. Being the wonderful people that they were, they wouldn't keep them waiting for long.

Their dear friend Lulu, was quite the heavy sleeper. Being a heavy sleeper and a princess was a bad combo. Who other than her best friends Discord and James to break her habit... with firecrackers... lots of very explosive fire crackers. Like 2 tons of them. They would sneak into the castle and make their way to Luna's tower, where she slept. They would put the firecrackers along the wall of the stairway going up to Luna's room, eventually piling the rest up at the door, which would be quite the wake up call.

Getting the firecrackers wouldn't be a problem... its getting in to the heavily defended castle. Not to mention Luna always kept her door locked after Discord put oil all over her floors right after his reformation. Yes it would be quite the challenge.

Now there was on flaw in their plan. It wasn't a MAJOR complication... it would just help if Discord knew the difference between a firecracker and a block of C4.

....

Maybe it's a bit of a problem.