Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends were sitting around a table inside her castle having tea. The map wasn't calling them on any friendship missions today.
Rainbow Dash was thinking about new pranks. She brought a container of fart powder with her, and was trying to think about which pony to use it on. Pinkie Pie just found it funny. They'd have farting contests when they were alone. Applejack didn't find it funny, but she didn't feel any shame of it either. She'd definitely throw her in for consideration. Rarity? It would be absolutely hilarious to make the ladylike unicorn fart, but she'd put her off for later. Fluttershy? She was too sensitive, it would just be plain mean to do this to her. Twilight? She'd be a good place to start. Plus, it would be pretty funny doing this to a princess. Twilight would be frustrated if she found out it was her, but she wouldn't hold it against her for long. At worst she'd have Pinkie Pie give her a revenge prank.
Rainbow Dash pointed in a direction with her hoof. "Princess Celestia!" she said.
All the other ponies turned their heads. While they were distracted, Rainbow Dash sprinkled fart powder in Twilight's tea as fast as she could, then sat back down on her throne. "Gotchya!" she said.
"That joke's a little old," said Applejack.
"Lighten up, Applejack!" said Rainbow Dash, pretending to be annoyed so no one would suspect she had something bigger up her sleeve.
After about five minutes, Rainbow Dash watching Twilight intently, Princess Celestia did enter the room. The other ponies bowed their heads.
"Good morning, Princess Twilight," said Celestia. "Would you like to go for a walk with me?"
"I'd love to!" said Twilight, and they walked out the door.
Rainbow Dash was a little disappointed. She'd surely miss Twilight farting. She hoped Twilight would call off the walk with Celestia and race back to the castle. But then, she'd probably stay clear of her too, and it would look suspicious to follow her. She also hoped Celestia wouldn't give Twilight a hard time if she farted in front of her.
...
Twilight and Celestia were walking along a path, talking about magic and friendship, when Twilight felt a gurgling inside her. She started walking a little slower.
"Are you all right, Twilight?" said Celestia.
"I'm fine," said Twilight, hoping to hide her discomfort from her.
About a minute later, Twilight could feel the pressure build up, and knew she was about to fart. She tried to hold it in, sweating profusely. She'd be too ashamed to fart in front of anyone besides Spike, especially Celestia.
Then, Twilight couldn't hold it anymore.
FFFFFFRRRRRRRRRRT!
Twilight farted loudly, which lasted about five seconds. She blushed beet red and giggled nervously. To her surprise, Celestia also giggled.
"I'm so sorry!" said Twilight nervously. "That wasn't very princesslike of me!"
"That's all right, Twilight," said Celestia. "I think it's kind of funny."
"Really?" said Twilight, farting again while still red in the face.
"Really," said Celestia. "Want to hear a story about a time I held it in for an entire speech?"
"Maybe some other time," said Twilight as she let out another wet fart. "I don't really find it that funny. I mean, no offense."
"None taken," said Celestia. "If you want, you can return to the castle until you're feeling better. I'll wait at Sugarcube Corner for as long as it takes."
"Thank you, Princess," said Twilight. She farted again, and blushed, but Celestia only giggled again. As Twilight ran off, Celestia looked around to make sure no one was looking, and let out an airy fart of her own, chuckling to herself.
Twilight flew as fast as she could back to her castle. She farted four more times on the way there, each fart loud and wet, but only about a second long.
She reached her castle and ran toward her bedroom, hoping to get their unnoticed. As far as her friends knew, she was still with Celestia.
Then Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie came out from behind a corner. "Hey Twilight!" they said!
Twilight was startled and fell on her butt, accidentally farting loudly. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie laughed.
"It's not funny!" said Twilight.
"Yes it is!" said Pinkie Pie.
A lengthy fart made its way out of her butt, which was very loud. Twilight blushed. Why was she farting so much? And what were Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie doing in this hall?
"You didn't have anything to do with this, did you?" said Twilight.
"Nope," Rainbow Dash lied.
"I didn't," said Pinkie Pie. "Cross my heart and hope to fly stick a cupcake in my eye!"
"Can I just get to my room now?" said Twilight, trying to hold it in, but she could feel another big fart coming.
"You don't have to be ashamed of farting in front of us!" said Rainbow Dash. "Just let it all out! None of the other ponies can hear you, they're still in the throne room!"
"Fine," said Twilight. "But don't tell Applejack, Fluttershy, or Rarity." She turned around so that her tush was facing Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, closed her eyes tight, and...
PPPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTTT!
Twilight blushed as Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie fell on their backs and laughed their butts off. The air was thick with the smell of her fart, but the other two mares didn't seem to mind.
"Can you not laugh at me?" said Twilight as she let out a wet fart for about half a second.
"We can't help it!" said Pinkie Pie. "It's just too funny!"
"I don't think so," said Twilight.
"You really need to learn to lighten up," said Rainbow Dash. "Here!" She raised her leg and let a loud fart of her own.
"Me next!" said Pinkie Pie, and she farted higher-pitched, slightly shorter than Rainbow Dash.
"Are we turning this into a contest?" said Twilight. A loud, wet fart only slightly lower-pitched than Pinkie's made its way out of her butt, but she didn't bother feeling embarrassed this time.
"Why not?" said Rainbow Dash as she farted again.
"Oh, what the hell," said Twilight. "Just don't tell anyone else." She raised her butt in the air and farted as loud as she could, for about eight seconds.
"Nice one, Twilight!" said Rainbow Dash. "But you've still got a long way to go." Rainbow Dash farted twice as loud for 11 seconds. Then Pinkie farted for about nine seconds, again higher-pitched than Rainbow or Twilight.
As the three mares continued to take turns farting, Twilight realized that she thought this was fun. They'd have to get together and do this again sometime, as long as no one else ever found out.
Rainbow Dash won the farting contest by a landslide, with a 15-second fart, by which time the effects of the fart powder had worn off. Sure she wasn't going to fart again for a while, Twilight made her way to Sugarcube Corner, where Celestia was waiting patiently while eating a cake.
In the human world across the portal, Sunset Shimmer was trying to decide what to have for lunch. She eventually picked out a big can of brown beans. She had never tried them before, but Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie had told her that they were really good.
Sunset cooked the beans, and tried a spoonful of them. Deciding she liked the taste, she wolfed them all down right away.
About an hour later, she started practicing with the Rainbooms, who had recently added her as their newest member following the defeat of the sirens.
As Sunset was singing a solo, she felt an all-too familiar feeling hit her. She'd most often feel this way after eating tacos at the cafeteria, but the pressure was much heavier than that, and she wasn't sure she could hold it before she could find somewhere away from everyone else. Sunset's concentration slipped away from her singing, which started to decrease in quality. Still, she kept singing, until...
PPPPPFFFFFFRRRRRRT!
A boisterous fart made its way of Sunset's butt. Sunset blushed, and Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie laughed.
"Phew, Sunset, what did you eat?" said Applejack.
"I tried out those brown beans that Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie suggested," said Sunset.
"Oh yeah, those make you fart more than anything," said Rainbow Dash. "So I get them all the time!"
"Me too!" said Pinkie Pie.
"Ugh, why would anyone actually think it's fun to break wind?" said Rarity.
"Sorry Rarity," said Sunset. "I didn't mean to."
"Oh, don't make too big a fuss, darling," said Rarity, who was disgusted but could see how ashamed Sunset was. "I know you'd never intentionally do that in front of me. Just... try to find somewhere away from me until it's done."
Sunset agreed that this would be best, and walked out the door. As she walked, she farted again, slightly quieter than last time. She heard two girls laughing behind her, and turned around to see Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie.
"What are you doing here?" said Sunset as she let out a loud wet fart, and blushed.
"We want to hear you fart some more!" said Rainbow Dash.
"We think it's really really REALLY funny!" said Pinkie Pie.
"Well I don't," said Sunset, farting again for about two seconds. "Can you please leave me alone until I get back?"
"Are you kidding?" said Rainbow Dash.
"Maybe we should," said Pinkie Pie. "We wouldn't want her to feel too bad right after joining the Rainbooms. We can always fart together if we want to get a good laugh out of it!"
"I suppose you're right," said Rainbow Dash, and they walked away.
Sunset looked around to make sure no one was around, and then lifted her leg and farted louder.
FFFFFFFFRRRRRRRRT!
Sunset sighed of relief, but it wasn't done yet. She let out a silent fart for about three seconds. She had never farted this much in her life, and it was very humiliating for her.
Then, Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk walked over to her.
"Sunset Shimmer," said Adagio. "All alone, I see. You took away our powers!"
"And now it's time for our revenge!" said Aria.
"What are you gonna do?" said Sunset, trying hard not to fart. "Torture me with horrible singing?"
"No, we'll throw you in the dumpster," said Adagio.
"I think we should just beat her up," said Aria. "It's still three on one."
"I'm the leader here, Aria!" said Adagio.
"Your plans got us completely powerless!" said Aria. "We beat her up!"
"And I say we throw her in the dumpster!" said Adagio.
Adagio and Aria began fighting, while Sunset and Sonata watched. Sunset still needed to fart badly, but held it in with all her might.
Then Adagio and Aria punched each other in the face. Both girls fell down on their backs.
Sunset could make a break for it now. She could run back to Rainbow's house and they'd outnumber the sirens. Or she could kick them while they were down. This wasn't very much like the new Sunset. But then, a naughty idea came to her head. She positioned her butt directly in front of Adagio's face.
BRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!
The loudest fart yet exploded out of Sunset's rear. It was about 9 seconds long. Adagio fainted from the smell almost immediately, while Sonata laughed.
"And there's more where that came from," said Sunset. "Attempt revenge again and I'll do that to you!"
"Let me give it a try!" said Sonata, and she sat directly on Aria's face. Muffled screams came from under Sonata's rear, but Sonata loved tormenting Aria. Sonata farted as loud as possible. When she stood up, Aria was coughing but still conscious.
"Looks like I win," said Sunset, farting again for about three seconds. She blushed lightly. Had she just boasted about farting better than Sonata, as if it were a contest?
"Ugh, Sonata, what did you eat?" said Aria.
"Some of the tastiest tacos around!" said Sonata. "Much better than that energy we used to feed off of! Anyway, Sunset, I really like how you're better at farting than me! I think it's really funny when you fart. And I never really held a grudge against you. It was mainly those two."
"Traitor," said Aria, still dazed and smelling of farts.
"Don't mention this to anyone," said Sunset. A loud, wet fart made its way out of her butt, and she giggled nervously.
"Not a word," said Sonata. "And I don't think they'd wanna mention it either!"
Aria got up, hung the unconscious Adagio over her shoulder, and walked away. Sonata waved goodbye to Sunset and ran after Aria and Adagio.
Sunset was all alone again. She farted four more times, each fart at least five seconds long. The first fart was silent, the second was wet, the third was deep-pitched, and the fourth was somewhere between the second and third, and lasted 10 seconds.
Sunset sighed of relief. She didn't fart again for another five minutes. She'd probably want to change her underwear, which was dry but smelled of her farts, and after that, it was probably safe to return to band practice. As she walked home, she couldn't help but feel some pride that she was able to knock her enemy Adagio out by farting on her. Part of her also thought it was cute that Sonata found her farting to be funny, as did Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, and the sirens would probably never bother her again.
