chaosly laughter

Pinkie sighed and scrubbed the floor with her sponge. It had been like this ever since her father had died, with her stepmother, celestia treating her like a maid and making her live in an attic. But despite that Pinkie Pie is fairly positive, her hair while not entirely poofy was not limp and straight like it was when her parents died.

"Oh and Pinkie when your done I need you to wash and press some dresses for me." Rarity said walking across her sponge.

Pinkie washed her now hoof print imprinted sponge. "Yes Rarity."

"Oh and have my lunch sent to my corridor."

"Yes Rarity."

"And Pinkie Pie?"

"Yes Rarity?"

"Hurry up."

She flounced out of the room leaving dirty hoof prints in the clean spots that pinkie had already washed. She scrubbed those marks as well as made lunch and did what Rarity asked her to do. On top of that she made her own lunch with the little food she was given.

Pinkie took her food to her room since she wasn't allowed to eat in the estates dining room. She sat on her wooden bed and slowly chewed on her sandwich. She stared outside the small window as she watched the birds flutter by.

I'm like a bird

I only fly away

I don't know where my soul is

I don't know where my home is

Im like a weed

I only pester

I don't belong

But if flowers can be happy why can't I?

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Discord groaned as another pony talked about the problems in canterlot. Luna nudged him in an effort for him to pay attention. Discord glared at her but focused on the brown stallion talking. He soon grew bored and a mischievous grin spread across his face when he saw the platter of eclairs behind the stallion. He used his chaotic magic to toss one at the back of a mares head who in return tossed a cookie at the stallion talking. He shook it of quickly hoping no pony noticed but it was obvious every pony was trying not to laugh. Well except Luna who was to busy writing down notes to notice the tossed cookie.

The stallion took the opportunity to fling a cupcake at the unsuspecting mare. She gasped as the frosting made contact with her cheek but quickly whipped it at the stallion who ducked. The cupcake however hit the mare sitting next to him, she stood up and threw a carrot back at the mare. She ducked it and it hit the stallion on her left side who tossed an eclair back. Princess Luna had still not noticed and probably wouldn't, had a donut not gotten stuck on her horn. She looked up at the food fight that was now in full force and ducked a slice of cherry pie. The stallion that was talking was hiding behind a chair and was throwing pie. The mares were throwing eclairs and the other stallion was throwing cookies.

"ENOUGH!" Princess Luna exclaimed as a cupcake hit the laughing Discord. "This has been interesting but Prince Discord and I have some business to attend to."

The brown stallion looked at the ground in embarrassment as an angry Luna dragged the whining Discord from the room.

"DISCORD!" She angrily exclaimed throwing him against the wall with her magic.

"Yes Lulu?" Discord said casually.

"Discord! You know what you did! And how could you? This was important!" Luna screeched and stomped her front hoof.

"It was also boring!"

"I'm well aware some of these meetings can be boring but Discord as prince you have to be aware of these problems!"

Discord groaned and face palmed. "But I DON'T WANT to be prince!"

Luna shook her head. "Well I'm sorry Discord but you have GREAT powers that could protect the kingdom! So we need you!"

Discord poofed up a cupcake and took a chomp out of it. "But it's so boring if ill have to do it alone eventually."

A wide grin spread across Luna's fave making discord very confused.

"Luna?" Discord questioned with a mouth full of cupcake. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Luna narrowed her eyes slyly "well if you don't want to do it alone you could maybe get a bride."

Discords eyes widened and he dropped the cupcake he was eating. "Why luna I didn't know you had a crush on me!"

Luna scoffed and narrowed her eyes. "Not me you foal some mare from the kingdom! You couldn't pay me to marry you."

"But I doubt any pony would love me especially after what I did...." He trailed off remembering his chaotic rule of equestria.

"Discord just as I've forgiven you the others have as well." She said placing her hoof on his shoulder.

"That still doesn't distract from the fact that I'm not exactly what mares consider attractive." He said gesturing to his many animal parts.

"Well not when you go around throwing donuts at ponys!" Luna exclaimed rubbing frosting from her horn.

Discord laughed nervously "Technically that wasn't me it was the stallion who was talking."

Luna glared at him. "That's besides the point if you don't want to do it alone you need a bride."

"But how could I find a decent one?"

"That there is quite simple, throw a ball don't mention your looking for a bride and see which mare catches your interest."

Discord raised an eyebrow. "But every mare in equestria will show up."

Luna turned her hoof in a circle. "Exactly! Your bound to find someone if everypony is there."

"I don't know....."

"Ok go to meetings by yourself once your crowned king."

"Never mind lets do this."

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Pinkie sat in her room stroking her pet alligator, gummy in return plopped down and fell asleep. She sighed and laid on her bed staring at the ceiling. She was exhausted shortly after lunch her stepsisters had dragged her down stairs to do laundry and other exhausting chores. Her muscles were sore and her eyelids were threatening to shut and never open. Or at least that's how she felt. She had just found a moment of peace when Fluttershy burst through her door.

Pinkie shocked by the sudden noise fell of her bed and onto the floor. She mumbled something about knocking and raised her self of the floor.

"PINKAMENA." Fluttershy shouted flying to where she was standing.

"What is it Fluttershy?"

"Come quick it's an emergency!" She shouted pushing her out of the room.

Pinkie Pie yelped when she was pushed out the door. "What happened?"

"You, we, there's GAH! Just come and brush of your dress! Its full of dirt!" She exclaimed brushing of her own dress as well.

Pinkie looked down at her maid dress and slowly brushed it of. "I don't see how this makes a difference it's mostly brown."

Fluttershy frowned and pulled on her hoof. "Whatever! Come on!" She shoved Pinkie who shot her a glare and walked down the stairs with Fluttershy flying close behind.

Pinkie walked into the living room where she saw her stepmother, Rarity and some fancy dressed stallion. She hesitantly stepped closer as Fluttershy flew over to the couch and sat down.

"Pinkie darling come and sit!" Her stepmother, celestia said a smile wide as a river on her face.

Pinkie cautiously made her way to the couch and sat down. Her step mother NEVER smiled at her, she only frowned. This HAD to be important.

"Excuse her maids dress, we all wear one alike when we do chores." Celestia said pulling Pinkie closer.

Since when do you do chores? Pinkie thought not daring to say out loud.

"That's quite alright." The brown stallion said pulling out an envelope. "I came to deliver this." He said handing the envelope to the pony closest to him which happened to be Rarity.

She was about to take it when Celestia snatched it with her magic. Rarity glared before crossing her hoofs. Celestia then continued to open the letter with the official equestrian stamp which was the moon, in favor of princess Luna. She glared at the stamp and tossed it aside. She skimmed over the letter eyes glowing with excitement the farther she read. Her wings sprang up hitting pinkie and Fluttershy, she then jumped down from the couch ignoring the stallions presence. She danced around, the letter still tight in her grip.

After a minute or so of this Rarity few bored and took the letter in her own magic. She read over it and joined Celestia in celebration. Fluttershy grew annoyed with the dancing and struggled to free the letter from Rarity's magical grasp. She flicked her horn causing her magic to falter and the letter dropped. She took the letter read it and started dancing as well. All while Pinkie and the stallion looked on in embarrassment.

Celestia finally turned around and came face to face with the stallion who had a hint of annoyance in his eyes. "Right um thank you kindly for the invitation sir."

"Your quite welcome m'lady." He said bowing. "I assume your attending?"

"Yes, we shall all be there." Rarity said quickly composing her self.

"Very well, I shall be on my way now I have more letters to deliver. I will just let my self out." The stallion said pushing the door and exiting.

"So what that all about?" Pinkie questioned jumping of the sofa.

Celestias smile turned into a grimace when she noticed her presence. "That, was an invitation."

Pinkie raised an eyebrow "To what?"

"To a ball!" Fluttershy gushed.

"At the castle!" Rarity exclaimed hugging her hooves to her chest.

Pinkies eyes widened in excitement and her hair inflated to maximum poof. "No way!!!!! When is it?!? Are we going?!! I mean of course were going!!"

"Yes WE are, the same is not said for YOU." Celestia said pointing her hoof.

Pinkies hair slightly deflated at the statement. "W-what?"

Fluttershy and Rarity snickered. "I said your not going."

"B-but stepmother! They invited all if us and I think I should get to go!"

Pinkie said frantically.

"Yes well that's YOUR opinion, bot that I remember asking for it. That didn't matter your NOT going and that's final." Celestia said stomping her hoof.

Pinkies eyes grew wet with tears and she glared back at her step mother. "You-I-they-we." She stuttered.

"Well I for one think she SHOULD go."

Pinkie and Celestia turned their heads sharply to see where the voice had come from. It was none other than the step sister that made her do more chores than anyone. Rarity.

"W-WHAT?!?" Celestia angrily exclaimed.

"Well why not? The card does say were ALL invited, besides with another pony advertising my dresses, business will be better than ever!" Rarity said flipping her mane.

Celestia raised her hoof to her chin in thought "I don't know....."

"And if will make the rest of us look prettier." Fluttershy pointed out.

Pinkies smile faltered but grew at the thought of wearing one of Rarity's beautiful dresses. "Y-yea imagine how pretty you'll all look when your.... Standing next to me."

"Hmmmmmmm, fine I guess. BUT your doing double the work until the ball comes." Celestia said walking toward the stairs.

"When's the ball?" Pinkie asked jumping for joy.

"Tomorrow."