Waking Up Different

Princess Celestia's POV

Princess Celestia trotted through the halls, her morning sun shining in through a window. Her goal? A nice cupcake from the kitchens. Maybe vanilla with golden icing, warm and plump… or chocolate, topped with minty green icing… Her stomach growled angrily upon sensing her wishful thoughts, and she quickened her pace. A cupcake a day… what was that saying she'd made up? A cupcake a day keeps the stress away, that's it!

Princess Luna joined her, and yawned. "Hello, sister."

"Hello, Luna. I'm off to fetch a cupcake from the kitchens, care to join me?"

"I should be getting to bed, but one cupcake can't hurt." Luna smiled; walking alongside her sister was something she hadn't gotten to do for a while.

In the distance, there was a crash and a splatter. Something pink and white exploded against the window. Luckily, the window was unharmed.

Luna's eyes flicked to Celestia's. "Should we go and inspect that?"

Celestia considered it. "Nah…"

They reached the kitchens, and opted to look at the chef's selection of cupcakes.

Twilight's POV

Twilight skidded out of the throne room, worry beginning to give way to panic. "Where, oh where could the Princesses be?" she exclaimed.

Rainbow landed next to her. "I don't know, but why don't we go and find the others?"

"Yea!" Pinkie paused in her bouncing. "I bet Rarity loves her new wings!"

"Ohhh Faust," Rainbow groaned. "She's gonna be obsessed with those for weeks, trying to weave gems in between the feathers and stuff!"

Rarity's POV

Rarity trotted through the halls, trying not to break into a run for fear of ruining her mane. Applejack had already raced on ahead - Silly AJ, she's going to knock something over.

Something crashed.

Knew it.

Suddenly, Rarity got a better idea than finding Princess Celestia. What if I go and find Prince Blueblood and give him a piece of my mind?

With a devious look in her eyes, she teleported away - and ended up in his bedroom.

The lazy prince was still snoring away. For a second, she felt regret. Should I even be doing this? Buck it, he ruined my dreams and I'm gonna get payback!

Rarity tip-hoofed over to Prince Blueblood's ear and screamed, "WAKE UP!!"

He woke with a start.

Rarity's magic dragged him out of bed and slammed him onto the ground. "Why, good morning, Blueblood."

Prince Blueblood took one look at her and recognized her as the mare from the Gala a year ago or so. "S-Stay back!" Then, another glance showed that she had wings… as well as a horn. True fear filled his eyes. "Sh-Show mercy on me! I- I-"

She silenced him. "Shut up." Something inside of her scolded her for using such unladylike language, but she shoved it down. Rarity's blue magical aura surrounded him, and threw him into the air. He flailed helplessly, then was caught by Rarity's magic - but it slammed him down mercilessly onto the ground. This cycle was repeated many times until he was absolutely covered in bruises. That should be enough punishment...

He quaked in fear on the ground with the last shreds of his energy, shaking so miserably that she felt a shred of pity. A shred that was quickly stamped out.

"You don't deserve to be a Prince." Rarity's blue magic plucked him up and catapulted him right out of an open window.

With that dealt with, Rarity trotted out. Something inside of her was slowly nodding its head and clapping its hooves together in satisfaction, and she would've done the same were she not in public. The guards outside his door did a double-take at seeing this fashionable Alicorn who certainly did not look familiar to any Alicorn they'd ever seen walk out calmly, only a little exhausted from the punishment she'd just served.

Fluttershy's POV

"More tea, Discord?" Fluttershy's new teal magic lifted up the teapot.

"Why yes, thank you Fluttershy. And would you like a cucumber sandwich?"

"Oh, thank you! Those are my favorite." Fluttershy gladly took one.

Indeed, Discord and Fluttershy were having a tea party. Instead of looking for Princess Celestia like the rest of her friends, Fluttershy had decided to wait. Discord had suggested the tea party while they waited.

Splat.

Something impaled itself on Fluttershy's horn, and she squeaked and hid beneath a tree.

She took a second glance at it… and saw it was a slice of cake.

"Discord?" Fluttershy directed a condescending glance towards her friend, who was still sipping at his tea. "Why is it raining cake?"

He looked at the sky. "Why, so it is."

"Yes, but do you know why?"

"Afraid not, but I can assure that this isn't my work." The Thinking Caps appeared again. "Who else do we know who would want to make it rain cake?"

"…" Fluttershy thought. "… Pinkie Pie?"

Discord thought, then slowly nodded. "Yes, that sounds right." The Thinking Caps vanished with a snap of his fingers.

Pinkie Pie's POV

She could literally feel the magic buzzing through her. Being an Alicorn was awesome! She grinned widely. Let's make it rain cake!

As soon as that thought flashed through her mind, cake began to rain from the sky. Below, the citizens of Canterlot were taking shelter. Pinkie frowned. Did they not like her cake? Was it too hard? Meh, who cares?

Pranking would be so much easier now, with magic, and wings, and… Oh wait! Discord liked pranks, right? And chocolate milk, right? And cotton candy, right? Well, would he like a cake baked with chocolate milk and topped with cotton candy? She licked her lips. That sounded delicious!

A cake gently fell from the sky, and landed right in front of her. It was exactly how she'd thought Discord's favorite kind of cake would look! Now to take it to him - oh wait, she could use magic to float it to him!

It floated down, a magical shield around it to protect it from the other falling cakes, and landed directly on Discord's plate, where he was having a tea party with Fluttershy. Oh goodie, they can share! They'd make a great couple, now that Fluttershy's an Alicorn and Alicorns are immortal, so he'll never have to worry about her untimely death! She clapped her hooves, grinning evilly. Out of nowhere came a pair of goggles, which she put on.

Hey, wait, I have shipping goggles? This is gonna be great!

*sigh* Pinkie, please don't break the fourth wall!

Oh, I am? Sorry!

*sigh* And now, back to your regularly scheduled reading.

A weariness took over Pinkie, and she yawned. Nonononononononooo, I can't be tired! I need… um… what did Twi call it again? Oh yea, COFFEE!

Celestia's POV

Princess Celestia walked calmly to her throne room. Outside was complete and utter chaos, what with cake raining from the sky. Personally (ponyally? Wait, that doesn't make sense…), she liked it. Her Canterlot was full of spoiled nobles, and it was time that they'd had a little excitement.

She sat on her throne - the sun had already been raised - and called to a guard, "Let them in."

The tall doors swung slowly open… to admit what must've been all of Canterlot, trying to lodge complaints about the new weather. Celestia inwardly sighed.

And finally, at the back of the crowd… she saw Twilight, Rainbow, Rarity, and Applejack come bolting in. They soared - well, at least Rainbow soared, Twilight and Rarity simply teleported, and Applejack took a majestic flying leap across the crowd. Each landed in front of the Princess. The nobles stopped in their complaining to gawk at the once-country, now-ascended Alicorns.

"Princess, what's happened? Why are we all Alicorns?" Twilight asked.

One noble snorted. "It's raining cake outside, and all you can think of is how you're Alicorns?"

"D'you LIKE the cake?" The doors slammed open.

Pinkie Pie stood there, 5 mugs of coffee floating beside her. Four were empty, and as she finished the fifth off, her body gave a shudder.

"Oh Faust…" Rainbow whispered. "It's Pinkie Pie with caffeine!"

Everything ground to a halt, the nobles shuffling and unsure of what to do, the Princess with her jaw dropped, and Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow, and Applejack were all thinking the same thing. Pinkie Pie on caffeine is gonna make what Discord did to Equestria seem like foal's play.

"There seems to be some trouble in the castle," Discord remarked. After the cake had fallen on his plate, he had shared it with Fluttershy - it tasted rather interesting, but overall Discord-y.

"Oh my." Fluttershy stretched. Floating in her magical grasp was a magically reinforced umbrellas; most umbrellas couldn't last long in a storm of cake. "I think we'd better go in, make sure everything's okay."

"Just what I was going to say, my dear." Discord's tail took hold of the umbrella, holding it over both of them, and they walked inside together.

At the entrance, they saw Pinkie's back, both wings flared.

"Um, Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked, but it came out more as a whisper. Pinkie heard anyway, turning around slowly. On her face was a very creepy grin. Her mane and tail were frizzier than ever, and her pupils were tiny.

"Are… Are you… okay?" Fluttershy hadn't seen this side of Pinkie in a while. "Am… Am I interrupting something?"

"Did you like my caaaaaaakeeeee?" Pinkie's grin grew even creepier.

"Oh… Um…"

"We loved it, Pinkie." Discord assured her.

"Oh goodie." Pinkie slipped down her Shipping Goggles. "Because… I SPIKED it with… some EXTRA STRONG LOVE POTION!"

There was complete and utter silence. Not even breathing could be heard.

Discord broke the silence. "Who gave Pinkie the caffeine?"

"Oh, I BOUGHT IT from PONY JOE!!'" Pinkie gave an evil giggle. "Caffeine is SO MUCH FUN!"

"Should we get the guards?" Twilight whispered to Celestia.

"Not even guards can halt this." Celestia buried her face in her hooves. "What was I thinking, making Pinkie an Alicorn?"

"You WHAT?!" The mane six (except for Pinkie) exclaimed.