The Colors We All Share

Bananas!

In the highest tower of the tallest section of Canterlot Castle, there resides a chamber. The princess' personal chamber, to be precise. And so who was currently occupying this chamber? Well obviously is would be none other than...

Rainbow Dash, of course! Well, Princess Celestia was there too, but that's not shocking. Everypony expects Celestia to be in her own room, but why was Rainbow Dash there?

In fact, how was Rainbow Dash there? Last she checked, she was in Ponyville...

Taking stock of the situation, Dash could see that she was standing a dozen feet away from Princess Celestia, the latter of which looked entirely amused at Dash's confusion. So after realizing that she was not understanding anything that was going on, and realizing that standing still would garner no further information, a question or two was vocalized.

“Uh...hello, your highness. Sorry if I haven't bowed, I can't remember if I did or not. In fact, I can't even remember how I got here, or what I was doing before...but uh...where am I? And why am I wherever I am?”

Princess Celestia, for her part, seemed to take pride in knowing exactly what was happening. Her voice simply oozed that type of attitude that said 'I know something you don't.' Which was true, of course.

“Why Rainbow Dash, in my infinite power, I've used a spell to make you appear in my bedroom, of course. Were the bed and my presence not clues enough?”

Ignoring the Princess' seemingly playful stab at Rainbow's deductive ability, she needed more answers.

“Okay Princess, so you-”

“Please, call me 'Celly', I wish to be more...intimate with my little ponies.”

“Uh, okay, if you...say so? Well, uh, C-Celly,” 'Oh wow that feels weird. What the hay is going on!?' “could you please tell me why I'm here? Is there a problem? Something that needs to be done? Is it something only I can take care of?” Awkwardly Rainbow pawed at the ground, her head dropping a little.

At that last suggestion, 'Celly' raised her eyebrows, a sly smile parting her lips.

“Hmmm, something only you can take care of? While not the words I've chosen, I suppose it could be said that way.”

Rainbow visibly brightened, her head held high and her ears perking up. Something she could make sense of! The Princess was obviously taking her time explaining a dire situation to her. She was trying to spare Dash's feeling by telling her of a new threat slowly, of course!

“Well don't worry Princess!” Rainbow bravely stepped forward “I'll take care of-”

“Do you like bananas?

“Whatever the problem is, I'll-wait what?”

“Rainbow Dash, I asked you if you like bananas.”

“Bananas?”

“Bananas.”

“Banana-I uh...I'm not even-WHY!?”

“It's a simple question, Rainbow Dash. I wish to know if you have a general satisfaction pertaining to bananas.”

Rainbow, to her credit, looked a lot less confused than she should. Outwardly, at least. She looked as if she was having a completely ordinary day, it was just on the INSIDE that nothing made sense.

“Rainbow Dash, tell me if you like [size=8]mmmmm[/size] bananas.”

“Uh...well I suppose I-”

“Bananas, Rainbow Dash! Do you like mmmmm bananas!”

“Yes! For the love of Celest-I mean for the love of...whatever, yes, I like bananas! Why does it matter?”

The Princess seemed to be having fun, a huge smile gracing her rather attractive face, while Rainbow's was the opposite. Not that her face wasn't attractive, it was just very....red. And held an exasperated look. Whether the red adorning her muzzle was embarrassment or from suppressed anger was unknown.

“So let me get this straight. You are a mmmmm[size=7]beeyetch[/size] that likes mmmmm bananas!”

“Well, I didn't really hear what you whispe-”

“No no no, that won't do, let me rephrase. So you are a [size=7]BITCH[/size] that likes mmmmm bananas!”

“Uh...yeah? I'm still not sure what that quiet word was though. What were you whispering?”

“Doesn't matter. Here, have a banana!”

The chromatic mare had NO CLUE what was happening...at first. But as she saw Celestia's horn glow, followed by a banana appearing from seemingly nowhere...well she still didn't know where this was going, but she didn't think it'd be very good!

The banana dangled in front of Rainbow for a few moments, twitching this way and that, drops of juice falling off at every movement. The banana was almost taunting her, before it swiftly moved behind her out of sight.

“You know Rainbow, I didn't really pull that banana out of nowhere. I happen to know of a GREAT hiding place.”

Rainbow paled. She wasn't blue any longer, in fact she didn't even resemble a blue color for a moment there, but then she realized that this was Princess Celestia here! The most kind, generous, loving mare to ever walk the lands! Surely she would NEVER-

BANANAAAAS!

Oh how wrong Rainbow was.

And with a mighty shove of magic, the previously silent air was shattered by-

***

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!”

“Fluttershy? Fluttershy, what happened!?”

In a moments notice after the ear-splitting scream Fluttershy had released, Twilight was by her side. As she would have suspected, Fluttershy was hiding underneath her blankets, the protective layer shaking as much as the mare that they held.

Briskly, Twilight walked over to where Fluttershy was, and after removing the covers, tried to whisper comforting words in her ear, but Fluttershy took note of none of it.

“Oh, Twilight! I had the most awful, awful dream!”

“A nightmare?”

“Oh no, this was worse! Oh, Rainbow Dash was there, and the Princess, and...bananas! Oh Twilight, bananas and ponies aren't meant to be used that way!”

“Used...what way?”

“No! No, I wont! You can't use any bananas on me, you can't!”

As Fluttershy terrifyingly mumbled to herself, Twilight stood staring.

'Maybe her head injury was worse than I thought...I probably shouldn't have let her take a nap, they say sleeping after head trauma is bad for you, even if it has been hours since the incident...'