Pony Fails

It was a mission only she could have undertaken.

Traces of Equestrian magic had shown up in Neighpon. After conferring with Princess Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer had worked together with Principal Celestia to arrange a one-month student exchange. She'd spent two weeks feverishly studying the language and culture. Her world's Twilight had prepared a number of magic detection gadgets and other helpful little devices for her.

When Sunset Shimmer had landed in Moosaka, she was confident she was prepared for anything and everything she might encounter. Chopsticks, bento lunches, the futon she slept on at her host house, school uniforms (she actually liked the sailor uniform)...everything was going just as she expected.

And then, on the third day, she had to pee. When her lunch break came, she hurried to the bathroom.

That had been twenty minutes ago.

Sunset's bladder was about to explode.

But she was stuck staring at what passed for a toilet at this suddenly wicked, evil torture hall of a school.

It was a ceramic trough, about two feet long, set into the floor.

All around her, she heard other girls peeing, heard the thing being flushed. Every time she was alone in the bathroom, she checked the other stalls.

They all had the same thing. A trough set into the floor.

She really had to pee...

She pulled out her phone. "Hey, Twilight? Yeah, listen. I just ran into a little problem. It's, well..." She took a picture of the toilet, then sent it to Twilight. "I have no idea how to use this thing and I really need to pee—hey, stop laughing! This is serious! I mean, what do I—"

"You squat, silly!"

That had been Pinkie Pie.

"Good heavens, how uncivilized!"

Rarity.

"No way, you gotta squat to take a piss? How do you even AIM?"

Rainbow Dash.

Sunset's left eye twitched.

"Twilight? Do...do you have me on speaker?"

"Ummm...yeah? Maybe? Kinda? My hands are full..."

She heard a chorus of laughter through the speaker.

"Go for it, Sunset! You can do it!"

"Heheheh, do it..."

"Oh god please don't tell me Snips and Snails are—"

"Here, let me send you something that'll help!"

Sunset's text notification sounded. With a flat, mortified look on her face, she opened the text.

It was a picture of some anime girl with her panties hanging around one ankle, squatting over a similar toilet, peeing.

"WHY WOULD YOU EVEN HAVE THAT ON YOUR PHONE? THAT'S GROSS!"

"Holy CRAP you're a pervert," Rainbow said in disbelief.

"Umm...would somebody please hang my phone up?" Twilight asked sheepishly. "I think we've...umm...yeah...gotta go, Sunset!"

The call disconnected.

A few seconds later, she got a text from Pinkie Pie:

You're #1! ^_^

Sunset threw her head back and screamed.

Outside the stall, she heard giggling.

And then suddenly, she didn't need to pee anymore.

"Oh horseapples..."