Ultimate Prank Challengeby sunshinemonsterChaptersThe Pranks are onPrank PlansNight StarsJust off TimeTanks for BreakfastThe Pranks are onAuthor's Note This will suck. I guarantee it. Anyways, enjoy a horrible story! The Pranks are on The Pranks are on: "Are you sure this is a good idea?" Twilight asked, looking skeptically at Princess Cadence. This wasn't exactly a normal thing that princesses did on a normal basis. And you couldn't plan for a prank war. Everything was too random. Cadence nodded, "I have complete faith this will brighten up everyone's day, and night, and bring some joy into Canterlot and everyone's day." "And Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash being the judges?" Twilight asked, sure that there was something that would happen. Something bad. Especially with Pinkie Pie being a judge. Hopefully no busts of Pinkie Sense would occur. That would be a disaster. And hopefully I can find a way to plan for this, Twilight thought, All I need is a plan for everything to go right. "Absolutely," Cadence replied, "Besides, we all love pranks too. What could go wrong? They know the rules. And we do too." This was the one thing that Cadence needed, a break from the stress of managing the Crystal Empire. Especially with the threat of.... Twilight nodded, "If you say so. Have you informed Luna and Celestia yet?" "She has," a voice spoke behind Twilight. Twilight spun around, "Luna!" "I have to say your reaction to Luna's harmful comment was rather, how should I put it, interesting," Celestia smirked, giving Luna a wink. "Hey, hey!" Pinkie Pie bounced down from the roof. "No double-teaming! No congratulating others for pranks or giving any ideas!" Luna looked at Pinkie, "Technically, I have not done anything wrong, as this prank war, as you call it, has not yet begun. Unless I am wrong and I may start pranking others now." "Nope! Hasn't started!" Pinkie replied, "Rainbow still has to read the rules, and I still have to say the magic words!" Rainbow Dash landed beside Pinkie Pie. "This will be so awesome! Let's get started with the rules." Rainbow pulled out a large scroll, and held it up for everypony to read. No physically hurting anyone No double-teaming No giving each other ideas No working together Have fun Make sure others are having fun You must have fun No being mean Have a lot of fun Laughing is okay All pranks are allowed Fun must be had "Pinkie!" Rainbow glared at the pink Earth Pony who was bouncing up and down. "How many variations of "Have Fun" did you write?" "Weee! Weee!" Pinkie bounced up and down. "This will be so much fun!" She ignored Rainbow's question, bouncing around in a circle around the four Alicorns. "Pinkie! I asked you a question!" Rainbow Dash glared at Pinkie. If this didn't work out, well it would be Pinkie's fault. "Oh," Pinkie replied sheepishly, "Um, only about five-hundred, sixty-five! I lost count after the 500th one... You probably should also read rule 227, rule 483, and rule 321. Oh yeah, and rule 430!" "Rule two-hundred twenty seven, pranks cannot involve insects. Rule four-hundred eighty three..." Rainbow Dash trailed off, "WHERE IS RULE FOUR-HUNDRED THIRTY!" Rainbow looked angry. "Ooops!" Pinkie giggled, "There is no rule four-hunded thirty! I omitted that! I thought I told you!" "You did not!" Rainbow countered. Pinkie bounced up and down, "Well," bounce, "I"bounce "might" bounce "have"bounce "forgotten"bounce "to" bounce "tell"bounce "you" bounce bounce bounce. "Well," Luna said, "I believe that it would be a spectacular idea if we stop talking about rules and begin this challenge now. I believe that you two will be overseeing the pranks. Ten points for a basic prank, twenty for a good one, fifty for super good one, and a jackpot of one thousand points for one that is amazing? Am I correct?" "Yup!" Pinkie yelled, "LET'S GET GOING!! Remember, rule four-hundred and seven is also very important!" Pinkie bounced out of sight. "There is no rule four-hundred and seven!" Rainbow Dash sighed, "Well, I'll be going now. Remember, we'll both be keeping an eye on you." Rainbow Dash flew off, leaving a rainbow behind her. Cadence nodded, "I'll be at my castle with Shining Armour. Here's a crystal necklace if anyone wants to teleport to my castle for a prank. I Pinkie Promise that there is no tracking spell and there is nothing wrong with them." Pinkie popped out, "You better say the words! I've got my eye on you now!" "All right," Cadence began, "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." After she finished, she handed the other princesses a necklace with a glowing crystal heart. Twilight put hers on. "So how exactly do I teleport with this?" "Just as you normally would do," Cadence replied, "The crystal is simply a key, to allow you access to my castle. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to teleport into it, as I have put up extra security around my castle and around the Crystal Empire." The others nodded, and teleported away. Twilight to her Ponyville library, Celestia to her room, and Luna to her hidden castle that blended in with the stars. Cadence was the last to leave, smirking, before disappearing to her castle in the Crystal Empire. "Good night everyone!" Pinkie called out. "Good night!" She waited a bit, before bouncing off to her suite that Celestia had allowed her to stay in. She still needed to Pinkie-fy it a lot more. Pinkie realized something, and paused, before shouting, "And let the prank war officially start! Have fun pranking!" "Pinkie!" Rainbow whispered, appearing behind Pinkie,"That was a liiitttlee too late! And I will get you for those omitted rules!" Pinkie smiled smugly, "Well, rule three-hundred twenty two is "Judges are not allowed to pull pranks or to have anyone pull a prank on others during the prank war." So, have fun! I pulled mine before the prank war started!" She did an exaggerated wink at Rainbow, before bouncing away. Rainbow unrolled the scroll, and scanned it, before finding rule 322. "Pinkie!! There is no rule three-hundred twenty two!" Pinkie popped out of the ceiling. "Ooops! I added it at the bottom of the scroll! And there is no quill in my mouth!" Pinkie hid the quill, before disappearing again. "This will be a long week," Rainbow muttered, "Even for me who loves pranks." "I see thy has disrupted something of mine," Luna spoke, using her Royal Canterlot voice. Rainbow screamed, before flying off. "Ooops," Luna snickered, "That might have been a teeny bit excessive." She walked forward, and straightened the rug. "There, that's better." And I'm lucky that the others are asleep at night Luna thought, smiling, before flying towards the tower where Celestia slept. Prank PlansAuthor's Note This will be in Twilight's POV. Each chapter will be a different POV, hopefully it won't get to confusing! Prank Plans I face-hoofed once I landed in my library in Ponyville. Why did Cadence have to drag me into this prank war? Everyone knows I hate pranks. It really disrupts my studies. Yes, I technically completed my studies when I became an Alicorn, and the Princess of Friendship, but, when can you stop learning? Never. If Luna won this Prank War, she'd be perfectly un-bearable! Excessive bragging would surely ensure her becoming "Master Pranker" or whatever title Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash would give her. Celestia getting the title, eh, that wouldn't go so well either. NO CELESTIA, I AM NOT SAYING YOU LIKE BRAGGING Sorry, just had to say that. Celestia seems to pop over here whenever I say something that potentially is not describing her as perfect. Like now. I walk into my bedroom to grab a quill, and guess who's there. Celestia. "Good night, Princess Celestia," I say, "What brings you here?" "Celestia," she states, before continuing, "I thought I heard someone say my name." "Celestia," I say, "I was just saying how you willl definitely win this prank war. I mean-" Celestia cut me off, "-of course I will. I am the master at pranks." I probably wouldn't say that to Luna. "Of course Celestia," I reply, "Now, where'd my quill go?" Luna loves pranks, and she's good at it... "Well," Celestia replies, "I must go now. See you tomorrow for our weekly meeting." "See you," I reply half-heartedly, resuming my search for my quills. Where could they possibly be?!? "Spike!" I call, "Can you find me a quill?" All I get in return is a loud snore. Right, he's asleep. Baby dragons do need their sleep. "Owlowiscious!" I call, and he swoops over. "Can you find me a quill?" "Who?" he replies, and produces a red quill for me. "Thanks Owlowiscious," I reply, "Where'd you find that?" I get a "Who" in reply. I guess that's what owl's say. It does get frustrating when his "who's" don't actually mean "who". Okay, that's confusing. I've never really understood why owl's say "who". Okay, I've gotten a quill, and I've found a bottle of ink. I'm surprised that there aren't a lot of quills lying around. I mean, I usually have fifty spare ones, ten extra ones, five just-in-case ones, and at least two for using right now. Where'd they go? Eh, I need to make a plan first for the prank war. I'll go buy more quills later. I grab a scroll and use my magic to write, "Plans for Pranks" Step 1: Figure out target Step 2: Find weaknesses (Example would be Luna and her mornings) Step 3: Devise another plan for the specific prank in mind Step 4: Ugh. My plans must be at least ten steps long. As Rarity would say, this simply is cannot do! I pace around the library, wondering what other steps I could add. Right. Pranks don't and can't involve planning. Surprises. Aha! That's it! I grab the quill, with my magic of course, and write down: Step 4: Devise plan in head, do not write anything down My hoof-writing hasn't always been the neatest. I guess using magic is a better solution, although, my writing is still rather messy. It's readable at least. You should see Luna's writing. It's barely readable. Owlowiscious flies over, "Whoo!" "What do you want?" I ask him, annoyed to be disrupted. I guess that's the only downside to having a pet. I notice the clock he's holding. "It's FIVE in the morning!?" I scream, "How could time have gone by so fast?" I better get some rest. I need to be ready for tomorrow's meeting. Oh, it'll be impossible not to jam pack my schedule. Now that I think about it, I am rather tired. "Alarm clock set?" I ask Owlie. Owlowiscious nods, "Whooo Whoo" I nod off to sleep, and hope that an hour of rest will be enough. Teleporting back to the main castle will be hard. Long distance has never been my specialty. And why is there that moon on the.... Night StarsAuthor's Note Luna's POV Night Stars This is going to be spectacular! I've always been bored during the night, so this will be a great way to spend the nights. I've never really understood why I've been able to survive on one hour of sleep every night. I guess I'm just exceptional to the "five hours every night" rule that most pony doctors use. Which means I get an extra four hours to spend planning and pulling pranks every day, or night. When Cadence told me about this, I was excited! I mean, who doesn't love pulling a couple pranks? I'll probably never have such fun in a long time! I mean, when you are the Alicorn of the Night, how much fun can you have? Everypony's always asleep when you are awake. And I'm never fully awake during morning meetings. Celestia literally has to plan my entire week for me. And that argument over whether nights or mornings are better, I spaced out halfway through Celestia's hour long lecture about how the sun helps everypony in Equestria. I've never been a morning pony. I teleported to Twilights library. I landed on her bed, and noticed Celestia right in front of me, setting a trap for Twilight. I quickly melted into the shadows, watching her. I've always been one of the best at undoing traps. It would be SO funny when Celestia realizes that Twilight never fell into her trap, I think. I wait for a while, until Celestia's little talk with Twilight is over. How dare she claim that she is the master of pranks? It's ridiculous! I guess, Celestia does love to do a ton of bragging. I use my magic to make a quill appear for Owliscious, who brings it to Twilight. I've always liked owls. Like me, they stay awake throughout the night. Twilight disappears, probably off to write a plan. I still don't get the importance of planning. I'm the master of improvising, and pranks involve a lot of improvising. I step out of the shadows, and grab the clock. I speed forward the time by a couple hours, before hanging it on the wall. I rattle it a bit, to get Owliscious' attention. I hear the flap of near silent wings, so I melt back into my shadow form. My hearing has always been extraordinary, I'm able to hear the slightest of sounds. It's probably a byproduct of me being awake during the night, when everything is quiet, but not silent. Owliscious looks at the clock with pure panic. I don't understand how Owliscious and Twilight are so similar; they both follow schedules very strictly. He flies out of the room with the clock in his talons. I undo the trap Celestia set, and then wait for the characteristic yell of Twilight, and giggle. I stuff my hoof in my mouth to stifle my laughter when Twilight appears a moment later. Shoot! I left a moon behind! I have a small pouch of moons and stars that I used to create the night sky. Sometimes stars need adjusting, and the moon has so many phases! It gets annoying remaking everything from scratch every time the stars or the moon shift, so I created a bunch of stars and moons for pretty much every phase that the night sky goes through. No wonder they say the night is so predictable, I think to myself, I haven't changed the phases since they last millenia! Reminder to self: I must remember to change up the night a bit tonight. That gives me an idea! I should change the stars a lot, and confuse everyone. Wait, no one actually bothers to notice the night sky. I slip out of the dark shadows again, and see Twilight snoring soundly. I suppress another round of giggling, and make sure Owliscious is out of the room before grabbing the clock and pushing it forward by several hours. Twilight's reaction to being late will be hilarious. I use my magic to push the other clocks forward or backward by several hours, until they all read something different. I grab my dropped moon, and check to make sure I left no traces of anything, before flying away. I don't like teleporting. At all. It's all too random. I mean, you just can't predict what will be there when you teleport somewhere. Flying is much better, which is why I hid my castle in the night sky. When I was a filly... "Luna! Luna!" ponies chanted. "Luna! Luna! Luna! Go! Faster! Luna!" A black Alicorn zipped past the crowd gathered, easily overtaking the older Pegasus. Her black wings flapped harder, a trail of stars shimmering in her wake. She crossed the finish line first, beating the others by a lot. "I knew I could do it!" she grinned, spinning in circles in the air. "Cici! I did it!" A white Alicorn smiled at the younger Alicorn, "I knew you could too." The black filly flew up into the air, and dove back down again. As she neared the ground, a blast of silver spread across Equestria. She flew up again, and a did a figure-eight in the air to celebrate. A silver trail shimmered with stars behind her. I've always taken a liking to Rainbow Dash, the first pony to ever repeat my feat of making a Sonic Starboom. They call it a "Sonic Rainboom" now, but I can't complain. Rainbow was the first to do prove it wasn't a Mare's Tail, so I guess she deserves the honor of having it named after her. Besides, I can only do a Sonic Starboom at night, when everyone's asleep. I push harder, nearing the speed needed to do a Starboom. My mane and tail start glowing. I'm actually doing it again. The chilly night air slips under my wings, and I smile. One last push, and a wave of silver spreads out like a ripple across Equestria. I can swear I hear a small voice chanting, "Luna! Luna!" What a great feeling it is to fit in again. To feel wanted. I do a few loops in the sky, before I reach my hidden castle. I must rest now, for tomorrow will be a big day- for pranks. I open up my book, and watch Twilight snoring. I may or may not have left a small star behind to watch Twilight with. This prank war will be stupendous. And I will win this. Just off TimeAuthor's Note Celestia's POV Just off Time I can't believe it! Twilight's late to our meeting! And why is everypony else late too? I'm pretty certain I scheduled this correctly. I grab the planner, and yes, today is the day for our meeting. It's also the correct time. Then why in Equestria is everypony late? I check my watch, and yes, it is 9:00 a.m. There has to be an explanation to this! No pony is allowed to be late for my meetings! No pony at all! "Princess Celestia!" Twilight begs, appearing in a magenta flash. "I'm super sorry! I slept through my alarm! Honest!" I rise to my full height, "First, you can call me Celestia. Second, how did last night go? And, it's okay, no one else is here." "It was nice," Twilight replies, "But I wasn't able to plan anything.." "Why?" I question her, wanting to know how she reacted to the trap. Twilight looks at me. "Since I lost track of time?" "No traps?" I ask her. "What do you mean," Twilight asks me, raising an eyebrow, "traps?" "Nothing!" I quickly reply. How in Equestria could I be so stupid as to give away my plan? "I was just wondering if Luna had set any traps? I wanted to see if she had pulled any pranks yet?" "Oh." Phew. She didn't suspect me. But, how could she not have fallen into the trap? It was set so any pony who walked into the room would be instantly showered with black paint and various stars and moons. And I am the master at setting traps. "Celestia!" another voice spoke behind me. I turn around to face Luna. "Celestia! I can't find my bag of stars!" "That can't be good," I reply, "But I do have to ask, why are you late?" "I'm late?" Luna asks me, "I'm on time. You wrote here that the meeting was at 9 a.m., today. I'm not late. I'm actually on time for once." "It's ten, almost eleven!" I shout, "You're LATE! And by a lot!" "It's almost eleven?" Twilight asks, "It's a bit after one according to my clock?" "No," I say, getting annoyed. I shove my watch into Twilight's face, "It says ten fifty-two!" "Well," Twilight shouts at me, "MINE says one-o-seven!" I glare at her. How dare she talk back to me. I notice Pinkie Pie jotting down something out of the corner of my eye, but I ignore her. "It's TEN-FIFTY-TWO!!" I yell. Cadence appears in a flash of green/blue/whatever-color-her-magic-is. "Hello!" She notices us arguing, and backs up a bit. "Woah, what's going on everypony?" "Twilight here," I explain, "Has gotten the time all wrong! And you are late!" I hear Luna giggling, and I glare at her. "Is this a prank?" "Sure is!" Pinkie Pie replies, "20 points for originality and hilariousness! Oh yeah, and ten points for removing your trap!" Luna winks at me, and I glare at her. "But, but but-" "No buts!" Pinkie cheerfully says, "I suppose you should get on with your meeting now! I'll be going!" "Oh yeah," Pinkie continues, "I'll be keeping my eye on you!" "I guess we'll have to get this meeting going now." Why did Luna have to beat me in everything? When ponies say that I am the elder sister, they assume my magic is more powerful, that I am the leader. The truth, Luna's always been better than me. At everything. She created the Sonic Starboom. I've never been able to recreate her feat. And she had correctly predicted Rainbow Dash would be the first Pegasus to do it after her. Her imprisonment on the moon was entirely my fault. "Luna!" a white Alicorn yelled, "Why do you have to be better than me? At everything?" The Alicorn paused for a moment, fighting back a flood of tears and rage. Years of jealousy pent up inside her, fighting to break free. "I'VE always cared for you!" she raged, "I'M the one who taught you everything! Now you go and perform this "Sonic Starboom"? It's enough that ponies now like you more! It's time I told you the truth about your abilities!" "What do you mean?" the younger black Alicorn asked tentatively, backing up away from her sister. "You show off!" the older Alicorn continued, "IT'S time I told you the truth. Ponies shun you and the night. They celebrate me." "Okay?" the black filly asked, her eyes wide and fearful. "By disrupting this," the white mare whispered, "You will be the cause of Equestria's downfall. Every time you do something that catches peoples eyes, you loose yourself to your dark side." "That is not true!" the black filly yelled, standing up tall. Her eyes glowed brightly, and narrowed. Her voice was deeper now, and raspier. "I am the Ruler of the Night. My powers are far greater than yours. Submit to me. Now." "Never!" Six gems floated around the white Alicorn, each representing an Element of Harmony. "I will not fight you Luna!" "Luna? I am Nightmare Moon." No. It's too sad. It's too livid in my memories, too painful to remember. Luna's always had this dark-side of her. We all do. I was mad at her for becoming too independent, and I was mad at everypony for following her. I was the one who caused her to turn into Nightmare Moon. "Celestia!" Twilight yells, snapping me out of my daydreams. I look around at the other Alicorns, and wince. I can feel the wetness under my eyes. They all saw me cry. "Sorry," I say, quickly wiping my eyes, "Spaced out there for a sec. Can anyone get me some water to rinse my eyes out? I think something got in?" Luna and Twilight quickly hurry away, leaving me with Cadence. "Princess Celestia," Cadence whispers, "don't lie. What were you crying about?" "It's nothing," I reply, "Just a painful memory." "Memories aren't nothing," she answers, her voice as calm and soothing as always. "Tell me about it. You must share it." "I can't." It's too painful. I feel tears forming again. "Please." I shake my head, "No." I wipe my eyes again, and Twilight hands me the water. I dunk my head in the cold water, and relax. That was only a memory. Everything will be fine now. I lift my head out of the water, and shake my mane dry. "Thanks Twilight." Tanks for BreakfastAuthor's Note Luna's POV Tanks for Breakfast Hehehehehahahahahahahahahaha! Okay, you have to admit, that was the best prank ever! I have a feeling Celestia wants to kill me. But, unfortunately, I am immortal. While Celestia mopped up her tears, I moved quickly to bring out breakfast. Thankfully Celestia had made it already, I was still half asleep! Not that anyone would blame me if they turned invisible, it was Celestia who had made the cake. "Come on," I said, "Breakfast time! We have a long day ahead of us." I used my magic to bring the cake over to the table. I think Celestia went a bit overboard with the fluffyness, but who am I to complain? I love fluffyness! I bit into my cake. It was just the right amount of fluffyness, and just so delicious! I saw the others chomping down on their cake too. I giggled, quivering in my seat, trying to not laugh. Moments later, Celestia turned a delightful shade of invisible. "This is too funny!" I gasped, speaking in between my laughter. "Not funny!" came the reply from around Celestia's seat. I flew into the air, and kicked my hooves, doing flips in midair. "Way too funny!" I laughed. "This prank war is getting out of hand. How can we even do our duties if we keep focusing on our pranks?" Twilight asked, "We do need to take care of our subjects." Trust her to remember that stuff. "Not to worry!!" Pinkie bounced into my line of vision from somewhere. "I've got it all covered! You get two hours every day to take care of your kingdom, school, whatever you need! You will be allowed a prank free environment for those two hours, and exactly only those two hours every day! Rainbow'll help with that stuff!" Pinkie bounced down the hall, and disappeared. "Okay, let's get back to breakfast." I said, glad that I'd have a small window of time to stay prank free. Cadence stared suspiciously at her cake. Twilight bombarded hers with as many magic spells as possible. I just sat there and ate my cake. It was delicious. "Are you sure this is safe to eat?" Twilight asked, blasting one last spell at her cake. The slice of cake started doing the hokey-pokey around on the table. "Nope!" Cadence shouted, "I would stay far away from that!" She blasted the cake with a laser beam of teal light. You put your right hoof in, You take your right hoof out, You put your right hoof in, And you shake it all about, You do the hokey-pokey, And you turn yourself about, That's what it's all about! "What did you two do!?" I cried, and blasted it with my own laser beam of black light. I stared at it wide-mouthed as the music seamingly coming from the cake came faster and louder. I looked at the other two, and saw that they were just as confused. Celestia, on the other hoof, was relatively quiet, if she was still in her seat. The invisibility potion I put in should be wearing off in a couple minutes. You put your left hoof in, You take your left hoof out, You put your left hoof in, And you shake it all about, You do the hokey-pokey, And you turn yourself about, That's what it's all about! "LUNA!" Celestia roared, and leaped at me. "I will kill you!" "Sorry, you can't!" I replied back. "Dog pile!" The last thing I saw before a heap of white took over me was Cadence and Twilight looking at each other. I grinned, before I whited out. Which is to say, got tackled by Celestia. I got smushed under the dog pile of Alicorns. "Ugh," I groaned, straining to breathe, "This was not a good idea." While they were all distracted, I used the moment to cast a spell on all of Twilight's quills. The ink coming from the quills should possibly maybe hopefully change everything that Twilight writes down into Tanks. Don't ask me where Tanks came from! He was the first thing that popped into my mind! And, little tortoises scattered around on the scroll will be hilarious! You put your whole head in, You take your whole head out, You put your whole head in, And you shake it all about, "Luna," Celestia whispered into my ear, "I will get you back." I could practically feel the empty threat there. Cadence and Twilight flew into the air. The piece of cake was still marching around Twilight's plate, marching in a perfect circle with a circumference of 32. I've always been the math-y one, so ask me anything and I'll know it! -insert virtual wink- You do the hokey-pokey, And you turn yourself around, That's what it's all about! Geez! Who knew a piece of dessert could be so irritating! "Oh, sorry guys, my spell to remove the potion may have failed to work," Celestia apologized half-sincerely with a grin plastered on her face. She pointed her horn at the cake, and missed, blasting the plate right next to it. The cake marched faster, until it was a blur. "Hey Twilight, get Spike and your quills," Celestia commanded, "I have a feeling we'll need the Elements of Harmony for this." "My friends won't like being dragged to Canterlot for a piece of confectionery," Twilight reminded Celestia. "This is your problem." "Actually, on the contrary, Rarity will probably enjoy a nice trip to Canterlot," Celestia countered, "SPIKE!" "Yes Princess Celestia of the Sun?" Spike asked, zooming over. He held one of the quills that I had placed the spell on earlier. "Okay, dictate my message," Celestia instructed him, "To the friends of Twilight: Greetings, we are currently battling a loosing battle against an annoying piece of confectionery. I call upon you to use the Elements of Harmony and save Equestria from the loud and headache inducing song "The Hokey-Pokey" sung by this slice of uncooperative cake. Your favorite Princess, Celestia." "Um, Celestia," Spike spoke softly, "I think Twilight might be their favorite Princess, no offence your highness." "No matter," Celestia spoke sharply, "Send it to them, it'll arrive the next time they are together." "Which will be when?" Twilight muttered, glaring at Celestia and the Cake equally hard and with the same amount of irritation. Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack gathered under the waterfall for a picnic, when a flash of green fire appeared, and a scroll materialized out of thin air. "Why did Celestia send us a bunch of turtle doodles?" Rainbow shook the scroll. "I mean, Tank does make everything about 20% cooler, Right Tank?" Rainbow patted Tank's shell. "Well Darling," Rarity replied, taking a small bite out of her sandwhich, "I just don't know." "Prank war!" Pinkie Pie bounced up, "That's twenty points for Luna!" "Huh?" the others chorused, with one singular, "Oh."
The Pranks are onAuthor's Note This will suck. I guarantee it. Anyways, enjoy a horrible story! The Pranks are on The Pranks are on: "Are you sure this is a good idea?" Twilight asked, looking skeptically at Princess Cadence. This wasn't exactly a normal thing that princesses did on a normal basis. And you couldn't plan for a prank war. Everything was too random. Cadence nodded, "I have complete faith this will brighten up everyone's day, and night, and bring some joy into Canterlot and everyone's day." "And Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash being the judges?" Twilight asked, sure that there was something that would happen. Something bad. Especially with Pinkie Pie being a judge. Hopefully no busts of Pinkie Sense would occur. That would be a disaster. And hopefully I can find a way to plan for this, Twilight thought, All I need is a plan for everything to go right. "Absolutely," Cadence replied, "Besides, we all love pranks too. What could go wrong? They know the rules. And we do too." This was the one thing that Cadence needed, a break from the stress of managing the Crystal Empire. Especially with the threat of.... Twilight nodded, "If you say so. Have you informed Luna and Celestia yet?" "She has," a voice spoke behind Twilight. Twilight spun around, "Luna!" "I have to say your reaction to Luna's harmful comment was rather, how should I put it, interesting," Celestia smirked, giving Luna a wink. "Hey, hey!" Pinkie Pie bounced down from the roof. "No double-teaming! No congratulating others for pranks or giving any ideas!" Luna looked at Pinkie, "Technically, I have not done anything wrong, as this prank war, as you call it, has not yet begun. Unless I am wrong and I may start pranking others now." "Nope! Hasn't started!" Pinkie replied, "Rainbow still has to read the rules, and I still have to say the magic words!" Rainbow Dash landed beside Pinkie Pie. "This will be so awesome! Let's get started with the rules." Rainbow pulled out a large scroll, and held it up for everypony to read. No physically hurting anyone No double-teaming No giving each other ideas No working together Have fun Make sure others are having fun You must have fun No being mean Have a lot of fun Laughing is okay All pranks are allowed Fun must be had "Pinkie!" Rainbow glared at the pink Earth Pony who was bouncing up and down. "How many variations of "Have Fun" did you write?" "Weee! Weee!" Pinkie bounced up and down. "This will be so much fun!" She ignored Rainbow's question, bouncing around in a circle around the four Alicorns. "Pinkie! I asked you a question!" Rainbow Dash glared at Pinkie. If this didn't work out, well it would be Pinkie's fault. "Oh," Pinkie replied sheepishly, "Um, only about five-hundred, sixty-five! I lost count after the 500th one... You probably should also read rule 227, rule 483, and rule 321. Oh yeah, and rule 430!" "Rule two-hundred twenty seven, pranks cannot involve insects. Rule four-hundred eighty three..." Rainbow Dash trailed off, "WHERE IS RULE FOUR-HUNDRED THIRTY!" Rainbow looked angry. "Ooops!" Pinkie giggled, "There is no rule four-hunded thirty! I omitted that! I thought I told you!" "You did not!" Rainbow countered. Pinkie bounced up and down, "Well," bounce, "I"bounce "might" bounce "have"bounce "forgotten"bounce "to" bounce "tell"bounce "you" bounce bounce bounce. "Well," Luna said, "I believe that it would be a spectacular idea if we stop talking about rules and begin this challenge now. I believe that you two will be overseeing the pranks. Ten points for a basic prank, twenty for a good one, fifty for super good one, and a jackpot of one thousand points for one that is amazing? Am I correct?" "Yup!" Pinkie yelled, "LET'S GET GOING!! Remember, rule four-hundred and seven is also very important!" Pinkie bounced out of sight. "There is no rule four-hundred and seven!" Rainbow Dash sighed, "Well, I'll be going now. Remember, we'll both be keeping an eye on you." Rainbow Dash flew off, leaving a rainbow behind her. Cadence nodded, "I'll be at my castle with Shining Armour. Here's a crystal necklace if anyone wants to teleport to my castle for a prank. I Pinkie Promise that there is no tracking spell and there is nothing wrong with them." Pinkie popped out, "You better say the words! I've got my eye on you now!" "All right," Cadence began, "Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." After she finished, she handed the other princesses a necklace with a glowing crystal heart. Twilight put hers on. "So how exactly do I teleport with this?" "Just as you normally would do," Cadence replied, "The crystal is simply a key, to allow you access to my castle. Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to teleport into it, as I have put up extra security around my castle and around the Crystal Empire." The others nodded, and teleported away. Twilight to her Ponyville library, Celestia to her room, and Luna to her hidden castle that blended in with the stars. Cadence was the last to leave, smirking, before disappearing to her castle in the Crystal Empire. "Good night everyone!" Pinkie called out. "Good night!" She waited a bit, before bouncing off to her suite that Celestia had allowed her to stay in. She still needed to Pinkie-fy it a lot more. Pinkie realized something, and paused, before shouting, "And let the prank war officially start! Have fun pranking!" "Pinkie!" Rainbow whispered, appearing behind Pinkie,"That was a liiitttlee too late! And I will get you for those omitted rules!" Pinkie smiled smugly, "Well, rule three-hundred twenty two is "Judges are not allowed to pull pranks or to have anyone pull a prank on others during the prank war." So, have fun! I pulled mine before the prank war started!" She did an exaggerated wink at Rainbow, before bouncing away. Rainbow unrolled the scroll, and scanned it, before finding rule 322. "Pinkie!! There is no rule three-hundred twenty two!" Pinkie popped out of the ceiling. "Ooops! I added it at the bottom of the scroll! And there is no quill in my mouth!" Pinkie hid the quill, before disappearing again. "This will be a long week," Rainbow muttered, "Even for me who loves pranks." "I see thy has disrupted something of mine," Luna spoke, using her Royal Canterlot voice. Rainbow screamed, before flying off. "Ooops," Luna snickered, "That might have been a teeny bit excessive." She walked forward, and straightened the rug. "There, that's better." And I'm lucky that the others are asleep at night Luna thought, smiling, before flying towards the tower where Celestia slept.
Prank PlansAuthor's Note This will be in Twilight's POV. Each chapter will be a different POV, hopefully it won't get to confusing! Prank Plans I face-hoofed once I landed in my library in Ponyville. Why did Cadence have to drag me into this prank war? Everyone knows I hate pranks. It really disrupts my studies. Yes, I technically completed my studies when I became an Alicorn, and the Princess of Friendship, but, when can you stop learning? Never. If Luna won this Prank War, she'd be perfectly un-bearable! Excessive bragging would surely ensure her becoming "Master Pranker" or whatever title Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash would give her. Celestia getting the title, eh, that wouldn't go so well either. NO CELESTIA, I AM NOT SAYING YOU LIKE BRAGGING Sorry, just had to say that. Celestia seems to pop over here whenever I say something that potentially is not describing her as perfect. Like now. I walk into my bedroom to grab a quill, and guess who's there. Celestia. "Good night, Princess Celestia," I say, "What brings you here?" "Celestia," she states, before continuing, "I thought I heard someone say my name." "Celestia," I say, "I was just saying how you willl definitely win this prank war. I mean-" Celestia cut me off, "-of course I will. I am the master at pranks." I probably wouldn't say that to Luna. "Of course Celestia," I reply, "Now, where'd my quill go?" Luna loves pranks, and she's good at it... "Well," Celestia replies, "I must go now. See you tomorrow for our weekly meeting." "See you," I reply half-heartedly, resuming my search for my quills. Where could they possibly be?!? "Spike!" I call, "Can you find me a quill?" All I get in return is a loud snore. Right, he's asleep. Baby dragons do need their sleep. "Owlowiscious!" I call, and he swoops over. "Can you find me a quill?" "Who?" he replies, and produces a red quill for me. "Thanks Owlowiscious," I reply, "Where'd you find that?" I get a "Who" in reply. I guess that's what owl's say. It does get frustrating when his "who's" don't actually mean "who". Okay, that's confusing. I've never really understood why owl's say "who". Okay, I've gotten a quill, and I've found a bottle of ink. I'm surprised that there aren't a lot of quills lying around. I mean, I usually have fifty spare ones, ten extra ones, five just-in-case ones, and at least two for using right now. Where'd they go? Eh, I need to make a plan first for the prank war. I'll go buy more quills later. I grab a scroll and use my magic to write, "Plans for Pranks" Step 1: Figure out target Step 2: Find weaknesses (Example would be Luna and her mornings) Step 3: Devise another plan for the specific prank in mind Step 4: Ugh. My plans must be at least ten steps long. As Rarity would say, this simply is cannot do! I pace around the library, wondering what other steps I could add. Right. Pranks don't and can't involve planning. Surprises. Aha! That's it! I grab the quill, with my magic of course, and write down: Step 4: Devise plan in head, do not write anything down My hoof-writing hasn't always been the neatest. I guess using magic is a better solution, although, my writing is still rather messy. It's readable at least. You should see Luna's writing. It's barely readable. Owlowiscious flies over, "Whoo!" "What do you want?" I ask him, annoyed to be disrupted. I guess that's the only downside to having a pet. I notice the clock he's holding. "It's FIVE in the morning!?" I scream, "How could time have gone by so fast?" I better get some rest. I need to be ready for tomorrow's meeting. Oh, it'll be impossible not to jam pack my schedule. Now that I think about it, I am rather tired. "Alarm clock set?" I ask Owlie. Owlowiscious nods, "Whooo Whoo" I nod off to sleep, and hope that an hour of rest will be enough. Teleporting back to the main castle will be hard. Long distance has never been my specialty. And why is there that moon on the....
Night StarsAuthor's Note Luna's POV Night Stars This is going to be spectacular! I've always been bored during the night, so this will be a great way to spend the nights. I've never really understood why I've been able to survive on one hour of sleep every night. I guess I'm just exceptional to the "five hours every night" rule that most pony doctors use. Which means I get an extra four hours to spend planning and pulling pranks every day, or night. When Cadence told me about this, I was excited! I mean, who doesn't love pulling a couple pranks? I'll probably never have such fun in a long time! I mean, when you are the Alicorn of the Night, how much fun can you have? Everypony's always asleep when you are awake. And I'm never fully awake during morning meetings. Celestia literally has to plan my entire week for me. And that argument over whether nights or mornings are better, I spaced out halfway through Celestia's hour long lecture about how the sun helps everypony in Equestria. I've never been a morning pony. I teleported to Twilights library. I landed on her bed, and noticed Celestia right in front of me, setting a trap for Twilight. I quickly melted into the shadows, watching her. I've always been one of the best at undoing traps. It would be SO funny when Celestia realizes that Twilight never fell into her trap, I think. I wait for a while, until Celestia's little talk with Twilight is over. How dare she claim that she is the master of pranks? It's ridiculous! I guess, Celestia does love to do a ton of bragging. I use my magic to make a quill appear for Owliscious, who brings it to Twilight. I've always liked owls. Like me, they stay awake throughout the night. Twilight disappears, probably off to write a plan. I still don't get the importance of planning. I'm the master of improvising, and pranks involve a lot of improvising. I step out of the shadows, and grab the clock. I speed forward the time by a couple hours, before hanging it on the wall. I rattle it a bit, to get Owliscious' attention. I hear the flap of near silent wings, so I melt back into my shadow form. My hearing has always been extraordinary, I'm able to hear the slightest of sounds. It's probably a byproduct of me being awake during the night, when everything is quiet, but not silent. Owliscious looks at the clock with pure panic. I don't understand how Owliscious and Twilight are so similar; they both follow schedules very strictly. He flies out of the room with the clock in his talons. I undo the trap Celestia set, and then wait for the characteristic yell of Twilight, and giggle. I stuff my hoof in my mouth to stifle my laughter when Twilight appears a moment later. Shoot! I left a moon behind! I have a small pouch of moons and stars that I used to create the night sky. Sometimes stars need adjusting, and the moon has so many phases! It gets annoying remaking everything from scratch every time the stars or the moon shift, so I created a bunch of stars and moons for pretty much every phase that the night sky goes through. No wonder they say the night is so predictable, I think to myself, I haven't changed the phases since they last millenia! Reminder to self: I must remember to change up the night a bit tonight. That gives me an idea! I should change the stars a lot, and confuse everyone. Wait, no one actually bothers to notice the night sky. I slip out of the dark shadows again, and see Twilight snoring soundly. I suppress another round of giggling, and make sure Owliscious is out of the room before grabbing the clock and pushing it forward by several hours. Twilight's reaction to being late will be hilarious. I use my magic to push the other clocks forward or backward by several hours, until they all read something different. I grab my dropped moon, and check to make sure I left no traces of anything, before flying away. I don't like teleporting. At all. It's all too random. I mean, you just can't predict what will be there when you teleport somewhere. Flying is much better, which is why I hid my castle in the night sky. When I was a filly... "Luna! Luna!" ponies chanted. "Luna! Luna! Luna! Go! Faster! Luna!" A black Alicorn zipped past the crowd gathered, easily overtaking the older Pegasus. Her black wings flapped harder, a trail of stars shimmering in her wake. She crossed the finish line first, beating the others by a lot. "I knew I could do it!" she grinned, spinning in circles in the air. "Cici! I did it!" A white Alicorn smiled at the younger Alicorn, "I knew you could too." The black filly flew up into the air, and dove back down again. As she neared the ground, a blast of silver spread across Equestria. She flew up again, and a did a figure-eight in the air to celebrate. A silver trail shimmered with stars behind her. I've always taken a liking to Rainbow Dash, the first pony to ever repeat my feat of making a Sonic Starboom. They call it a "Sonic Rainboom" now, but I can't complain. Rainbow was the first to do prove it wasn't a Mare's Tail, so I guess she deserves the honor of having it named after her. Besides, I can only do a Sonic Starboom at night, when everyone's asleep. I push harder, nearing the speed needed to do a Starboom. My mane and tail start glowing. I'm actually doing it again. The chilly night air slips under my wings, and I smile. One last push, and a wave of silver spreads out like a ripple across Equestria. I can swear I hear a small voice chanting, "Luna! Luna!" What a great feeling it is to fit in again. To feel wanted. I do a few loops in the sky, before I reach my hidden castle. I must rest now, for tomorrow will be a big day- for pranks. I open up my book, and watch Twilight snoring. I may or may not have left a small star behind to watch Twilight with. This prank war will be stupendous. And I will win this.
Just off TimeAuthor's Note Celestia's POV Just off Time I can't believe it! Twilight's late to our meeting! And why is everypony else late too? I'm pretty certain I scheduled this correctly. I grab the planner, and yes, today is the day for our meeting. It's also the correct time. Then why in Equestria is everypony late? I check my watch, and yes, it is 9:00 a.m. There has to be an explanation to this! No pony is allowed to be late for my meetings! No pony at all! "Princess Celestia!" Twilight begs, appearing in a magenta flash. "I'm super sorry! I slept through my alarm! Honest!" I rise to my full height, "First, you can call me Celestia. Second, how did last night go? And, it's okay, no one else is here." "It was nice," Twilight replies, "But I wasn't able to plan anything.." "Why?" I question her, wanting to know how she reacted to the trap. Twilight looks at me. "Since I lost track of time?" "No traps?" I ask her. "What do you mean," Twilight asks me, raising an eyebrow, "traps?" "Nothing!" I quickly reply. How in Equestria could I be so stupid as to give away my plan? "I was just wondering if Luna had set any traps? I wanted to see if she had pulled any pranks yet?" "Oh." Phew. She didn't suspect me. But, how could she not have fallen into the trap? It was set so any pony who walked into the room would be instantly showered with black paint and various stars and moons. And I am the master at setting traps. "Celestia!" another voice spoke behind me. I turn around to face Luna. "Celestia! I can't find my bag of stars!" "That can't be good," I reply, "But I do have to ask, why are you late?" "I'm late?" Luna asks me, "I'm on time. You wrote here that the meeting was at 9 a.m., today. I'm not late. I'm actually on time for once." "It's ten, almost eleven!" I shout, "You're LATE! And by a lot!" "It's almost eleven?" Twilight asks, "It's a bit after one according to my clock?" "No," I say, getting annoyed. I shove my watch into Twilight's face, "It says ten fifty-two!" "Well," Twilight shouts at me, "MINE says one-o-seven!" I glare at her. How dare she talk back to me. I notice Pinkie Pie jotting down something out of the corner of my eye, but I ignore her. "It's TEN-FIFTY-TWO!!" I yell. Cadence appears in a flash of green/blue/whatever-color-her-magic-is. "Hello!" She notices us arguing, and backs up a bit. "Woah, what's going on everypony?" "Twilight here," I explain, "Has gotten the time all wrong! And you are late!" I hear Luna giggling, and I glare at her. "Is this a prank?" "Sure is!" Pinkie Pie replies, "20 points for originality and hilariousness! Oh yeah, and ten points for removing your trap!" Luna winks at me, and I glare at her. "But, but but-" "No buts!" Pinkie cheerfully says, "I suppose you should get on with your meeting now! I'll be going!" "Oh yeah," Pinkie continues, "I'll be keeping my eye on you!" "I guess we'll have to get this meeting going now." Why did Luna have to beat me in everything? When ponies say that I am the elder sister, they assume my magic is more powerful, that I am the leader. The truth, Luna's always been better than me. At everything. She created the Sonic Starboom. I've never been able to recreate her feat. And she had correctly predicted Rainbow Dash would be the first Pegasus to do it after her. Her imprisonment on the moon was entirely my fault. "Luna!" a white Alicorn yelled, "Why do you have to be better than me? At everything?" The Alicorn paused for a moment, fighting back a flood of tears and rage. Years of jealousy pent up inside her, fighting to break free. "I'VE always cared for you!" she raged, "I'M the one who taught you everything! Now you go and perform this "Sonic Starboom"? It's enough that ponies now like you more! It's time I told you the truth about your abilities!" "What do you mean?" the younger black Alicorn asked tentatively, backing up away from her sister. "You show off!" the older Alicorn continued, "IT'S time I told you the truth. Ponies shun you and the night. They celebrate me." "Okay?" the black filly asked, her eyes wide and fearful. "By disrupting this," the white mare whispered, "You will be the cause of Equestria's downfall. Every time you do something that catches peoples eyes, you loose yourself to your dark side." "That is not true!" the black filly yelled, standing up tall. Her eyes glowed brightly, and narrowed. Her voice was deeper now, and raspier. "I am the Ruler of the Night. My powers are far greater than yours. Submit to me. Now." "Never!" Six gems floated around the white Alicorn, each representing an Element of Harmony. "I will not fight you Luna!" "Luna? I am Nightmare Moon." No. It's too sad. It's too livid in my memories, too painful to remember. Luna's always had this dark-side of her. We all do. I was mad at her for becoming too independent, and I was mad at everypony for following her. I was the one who caused her to turn into Nightmare Moon. "Celestia!" Twilight yells, snapping me out of my daydreams. I look around at the other Alicorns, and wince. I can feel the wetness under my eyes. They all saw me cry. "Sorry," I say, quickly wiping my eyes, "Spaced out there for a sec. Can anyone get me some water to rinse my eyes out? I think something got in?" Luna and Twilight quickly hurry away, leaving me with Cadence. "Princess Celestia," Cadence whispers, "don't lie. What were you crying about?" "It's nothing," I reply, "Just a painful memory." "Memories aren't nothing," she answers, her voice as calm and soothing as always. "Tell me about it. You must share it." "I can't." It's too painful. I feel tears forming again. "Please." I shake my head, "No." I wipe my eyes again, and Twilight hands me the water. I dunk my head in the cold water, and relax. That was only a memory. Everything will be fine now. I lift my head out of the water, and shake my mane dry. "Thanks Twilight."
Tanks for BreakfastAuthor's Note Luna's POV Tanks for Breakfast Hehehehehahahahahahahahahaha! Okay, you have to admit, that was the best prank ever! I have a feeling Celestia wants to kill me. But, unfortunately, I am immortal. While Celestia mopped up her tears, I moved quickly to bring out breakfast. Thankfully Celestia had made it already, I was still half asleep! Not that anyone would blame me if they turned invisible, it was Celestia who had made the cake. "Come on," I said, "Breakfast time! We have a long day ahead of us." I used my magic to bring the cake over to the table. I think Celestia went a bit overboard with the fluffyness, but who am I to complain? I love fluffyness! I bit into my cake. It was just the right amount of fluffyness, and just so delicious! I saw the others chomping down on their cake too. I giggled, quivering in my seat, trying to not laugh. Moments later, Celestia turned a delightful shade of invisible. "This is too funny!" I gasped, speaking in between my laughter. "Not funny!" came the reply from around Celestia's seat. I flew into the air, and kicked my hooves, doing flips in midair. "Way too funny!" I laughed. "This prank war is getting out of hand. How can we even do our duties if we keep focusing on our pranks?" Twilight asked, "We do need to take care of our subjects." Trust her to remember that stuff. "Not to worry!!" Pinkie bounced into my line of vision from somewhere. "I've got it all covered! You get two hours every day to take care of your kingdom, school, whatever you need! You will be allowed a prank free environment for those two hours, and exactly only those two hours every day! Rainbow'll help with that stuff!" Pinkie bounced down the hall, and disappeared. "Okay, let's get back to breakfast." I said, glad that I'd have a small window of time to stay prank free. Cadence stared suspiciously at her cake. Twilight bombarded hers with as many magic spells as possible. I just sat there and ate my cake. It was delicious. "Are you sure this is safe to eat?" Twilight asked, blasting one last spell at her cake. The slice of cake started doing the hokey-pokey around on the table. "Nope!" Cadence shouted, "I would stay far away from that!" She blasted the cake with a laser beam of teal light. You put your right hoof in, You take your right hoof out, You put your right hoof in, And you shake it all about, You do the hokey-pokey, And you turn yourself about, That's what it's all about! "What did you two do!?" I cried, and blasted it with my own laser beam of black light. I stared at it wide-mouthed as the music seamingly coming from the cake came faster and louder. I looked at the other two, and saw that they were just as confused. Celestia, on the other hoof, was relatively quiet, if she was still in her seat. The invisibility potion I put in should be wearing off in a couple minutes. You put your left hoof in, You take your left hoof out, You put your left hoof in, And you shake it all about, You do the hokey-pokey, And you turn yourself about, That's what it's all about! "LUNA!" Celestia roared, and leaped at me. "I will kill you!" "Sorry, you can't!" I replied back. "Dog pile!" The last thing I saw before a heap of white took over me was Cadence and Twilight looking at each other. I grinned, before I whited out. Which is to say, got tackled by Celestia. I got smushed under the dog pile of Alicorns. "Ugh," I groaned, straining to breathe, "This was not a good idea." While they were all distracted, I used the moment to cast a spell on all of Twilight's quills. The ink coming from the quills should possibly maybe hopefully change everything that Twilight writes down into Tanks. Don't ask me where Tanks came from! He was the first thing that popped into my mind! And, little tortoises scattered around on the scroll will be hilarious! You put your whole head in, You take your whole head out, You put your whole head in, And you shake it all about, "Luna," Celestia whispered into my ear, "I will get you back." I could practically feel the empty threat there. Cadence and Twilight flew into the air. The piece of cake was still marching around Twilight's plate, marching in a perfect circle with a circumference of 32. I've always been the math-y one, so ask me anything and I'll know it! -insert virtual wink- You do the hokey-pokey, And you turn yourself around, That's what it's all about! Geez! Who knew a piece of dessert could be so irritating! "Oh, sorry guys, my spell to remove the potion may have failed to work," Celestia apologized half-sincerely with a grin plastered on her face. She pointed her horn at the cake, and missed, blasting the plate right next to it. The cake marched faster, until it was a blur. "Hey Twilight, get Spike and your quills," Celestia commanded, "I have a feeling we'll need the Elements of Harmony for this." "My friends won't like being dragged to Canterlot for a piece of confectionery," Twilight reminded Celestia. "This is your problem." "Actually, on the contrary, Rarity will probably enjoy a nice trip to Canterlot," Celestia countered, "SPIKE!" "Yes Princess Celestia of the Sun?" Spike asked, zooming over. He held one of the quills that I had placed the spell on earlier. "Okay, dictate my message," Celestia instructed him, "To the friends of Twilight: Greetings, we are currently battling a loosing battle against an annoying piece of confectionery. I call upon you to use the Elements of Harmony and save Equestria from the loud and headache inducing song "The Hokey-Pokey" sung by this slice of uncooperative cake. Your favorite Princess, Celestia." "Um, Celestia," Spike spoke softly, "I think Twilight might be their favorite Princess, no offence your highness." "No matter," Celestia spoke sharply, "Send it to them, it'll arrive the next time they are together." "Which will be when?" Twilight muttered, glaring at Celestia and the Cake equally hard and with the same amount of irritation. Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack gathered under the waterfall for a picnic, when a flash of green fire appeared, and a scroll materialized out of thin air. "Why did Celestia send us a bunch of turtle doodles?" Rainbow shook the scroll. "I mean, Tank does make everything about 20% cooler, Right Tank?" Rainbow patted Tank's shell. "Well Darling," Rarity replied, taking a small bite out of her sandwhich, "I just don't know." "Prank war!" Pinkie Pie bounced up, "That's twenty points for Luna!" "Huh?" the others chorused, with one singular, "Oh."
