Tuesday 14:48 PM

Twilight's Library

Twilight trotted down the stairs and gives out a large;
"GOOD MORNING GOLDEN OAK BOOK SANCTUARY!" Twilight's horn lights up and all the books fall into piles. "Spike!" Twilight shouts.
"What? Celestia hasn't even risen the sun yet!" Spike replies.
"Well, get up! We're going to clear out the library of old things I don't use anymore!" She says whilst going up the stairs.
"Five more minutes, Twilight, please?" Begs Spike.
"Nope! Get up!" Twilight levitates Spike out of his bedsket and shakes him. A lot.
"No." Spike says. Twilight reluctantly puts Spikes back in his bedsket, knowing that the shaking won't work anymore.
Twilight looks around the library for some old things to throw out, when she finds something called "Shut The Box". Twilight opens it out of curiosity and finds the instructions.
"This set consists of a baize lined tray with nine pivoting wooden times each numbered individually on both sides. When the titles are lying parallel to the tray they are "open"; when they are tilted back against the edge of the tray they are "closed" or "shut". The objective is to "shut" the numbers by throwing the two dice into the tray and using the score to flip over tiles to the same total value. The combined score of both dice must be used exactly, but it is the player's choice to which combination of the of the tiles is flipped over." Reads aloud Twilight.
"Should be easy enough." She says, putting the instructions back in the box and heading towards Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie would want to play this with her, surely.

Tuesday 15:27 PM

Sugarcube Corner

"Sure, Twilight! Board games are great! In fact, I'll go get the others right now!" Pinkie Pie shouts enthusiastically.
"Oh, Pinkie." Says Twilight as Pinkie Pie leaves to go get everypony. A couple minutes later, all of the Mane 6 are in the building. Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and ~~Derpy~~ ~~a background character called~~ Applejack.
"So, where's this board game ya' have, Twi?" Asks Applejack.
"Right here." Answers Twilight as she levitates the box from the table behind her onto the table on front of her.
"My, that's incredibly dusty! Didn't you even think of brushing away the dust!? Nevertheless, I brought this small brush." Says Rarity, getting out a small brush from her bag with her magic and then sweeping away all the dust.
"There, now we can finally play this game!" Rarity says.
"It's called Shut The Box." Twilight says.

Tuesday 15:34 PM

Canterlot Castle

Princess Celestia felt a chill up her spine. And shakes a bit.
"What is wrong, sister? Are you cold?" Asks Princess Luna, princess of the night.
"No, Luna. I just thought I heard somepony mention that game, Shut the box." Celestia replies.
"But who in their right mind would have such a game?" Asks Luna.
" I don't know, Luna. But I'm going to go see." Answers Celestia.

Author's Note

Well, Shut the Box is a real board game and has annoyed and pissed me off through the ages. I warn you all. It's a real bloodbath.