The Most Serious Pony In All Of Equestria

"Twilight!" cried the voice of a small baby dragon. "Are you ready for breakfast?" The purple unicorn who the young drake was addressing looked up from the book she was reading at the sound of her name.

"You bet I am, Spike. I've been up all night reading this fascinating book on griffons." Twilight stated as she made her way to the kitchen.

"You really shouldn't do that you know." warned Spike.

"Why can't I read about Griffons?"

"No, you shouldn't stay up all night reading. It's not good for you." said Spike as he gave Twilight her plate of toast with butter and eggs.

"I guess you have a point." Twilight conceded with mouthful of eggs. "Wow. These eggs are amazing! How'd you cook them?

"It's not about how I cooked them, It's about where I got them. Yesterday I went to Fluttershy's and she asked her chicken friends to give me some eggs." answered the dragon.

"Oh, we should go by later and thank her for that. Anyways, let me see what I have planned for today." the purple mare said as she levitated her calendar towards her. "It seems today we have to meet with Mrs.Harshwhinny in the Crystal Empire."

"Not her." Spike complained. "Harshwhinny is like the most boring pony ever."

"Spike, that's rude." Twilight said. "She's just likes being serious."

"Then she's the most serious pony in all of Equestria." Spike corrected.

"Oh, you know that's not true. If anyone is the most serious pony in Equestira, it would probably be me."

"What!" exclaimed Spike. "Oh, Twi. You can be uptight, you can worry to much at times, and you go crazy over very little thing, but that's not seriousness." Twilight was completely shocked by her assistant's remarks.

"How can you think I'm not serious! Do you know how serious you have to be to be the personal student of Princess Celestia and a princess yourself. Very serious, Spike. You need to be very serious."

"Whatever, Twi. Are we going to go meet Mrs.Harshwhinny or not?" Spike grumbled.

"We will, but first we need to make a little stop on the way."

Princess Celestia was currently sitting on her throne, preparing to tear into the giant peace of cake she had before her. In one quick motion, she levitated the whole piece into her mouth and swallowed it without chewing.

"There's noting like chocolate." stated Celestia as she began to daydream about other chocolate delicacies she could put in her mouth.

"Princess?" asked a voice that snapped Celestia back to reality. She looked down and saw one of her guards looking back up at her. "Princess Twilight Sparkle and Dragon Ambassador Spike are here to see you."

"Oh, a surprise visit? Wonderful! Send them in." commanded the Princess of the Sun. The doors to the throne room opened and a purple alicorn princess with a small purple dragon on her back came barreling through the entrance. "Twilight?" asked the Princess. "Why are you in such a hurry to get to me."

"One..uh..second...uh...let..me..uh..catch..my..uh..breath." wheezed Twilight. Celestia instead looked at the dragon and asked him if he knew what was going on.

"No clue." Spike said nonchalantly.

"Earlier this morning, Spike and I had a disagreement about who the most serious pony in Equestria is. Spike thought it was Mrs.Harshwhinny, but I believe I am the one."

"I see, and you want me to decide who is correct, yes?"

"Exactly," replied the still gassing for air Twilight Sparkle.

"Allright, but to make this fair, I will need each of you to explain your cases. Spike, you may go first."

"First off," the drake began, "have you ever seen that mare smile? She has a scowl on twenty four hours a day. Second, remember how she was during the Equestria Games? She wouldn't stop bossing people around and wouldn't take a break until the whole thing was over." Spike finished.

"Hmmm. You have some good points there, Spike. Twilight, you may proceed with your case."

"Great! I brought this ten page essay on why I'm the..."

"Stop! Never mind Twilight Sparkle. I know you well, so there is no reason to present your case."

"Nice." commented Spike who gave the Princess of the Sun a wink.

"Both Mrs.Harshwhinny and you, Twilight, are very serious ponies, however I must say neither of you are the most serious in Equestria."

"What!" exclaimed both Spike and Twilight.

"The only true way to decide the most serious pony in Equestria is to hold a competition! Yes, we will have the FIRST ANUAL EQUESTRIA SERIOUSNESS COMPETITION!" shouted the princess.

"You're pretty bored right now aren't you?" spike asked.

"Maybe a little. yes." Celestia replied.

"Anyways I will announce the contest soon, but first I need a list of competitors." Celestia's horn suddenly started to glow as he used her magic to create a paper out of thin air. As the piece of parchment floated to the ground, Twilight grabbed the letter with her magic and read it out loud.

"The competitors will be myself, Mrs.Harshwhinny, Maud Pie, Photo Finish, Cherry Jubilee, Big Macintosh, Octavia, and Dr.Stable."

"Genius, isn't it." asked Celestia.

"Yep, this is sure to be one heck of a competition." Spike said sarcastically. "Who is the most serious pony on Equestria? Who really cares?"

"I do, for one." Twilight scolded. "And the Princess Celestia does as well."

"I'm sure Luna will be exited with this too." Celestia added. "Then it's settled. My guards and I will spread the word and in one week's time the FIRST ANUAL EQUESTRIA SERIOUSNESS COMPETITION WILL BEGIN!"