The Prank

by RainbowFlash96

Rating: everyone
Tags: Derpy Hooves, Random, Princess Celestia, Main 6, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Spike, Comedy
Length: 2726

A back story to The Change-Up

WARNING: CONTAINS HORRENDOUS GRAMMAR.

This was my second story, so I had no grammar incentive whatsoever. I advise skippin this story and the previous(The Change-Up). These two are still up here so I can look back and see how far I came ffrom getting 9 likes to 65 on my other story :)

Wondered how the whole thing with Celestia and Twilight's friends came about? Well here it is, the backstory!
I suggest reading The Change-Up before this you won't be necessarily confused but its better if you read the first one.

Published 2013-03-02 16:10:01 UTC
Last updated 2013-03-06 01:58:27 UTC

The Note: Little ponies view

The Note: Little ponies view

"UGGG!!!!!!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. She was laying down on a cloud hovering just above Applejack.

"UUUUGGGGG!!!!" Rainbow Dash said even louder trying to get someponies attention.

"Dash, what do you want?" Applejack asked

"AJ I'm DEAD BORED. Everything has gotten so boring, nopony wants to do anything, and Twilight has had her nose in her books for DAYS!"

"Then wha' don't y'all do what you came here for, help me pick these apples!" Applejack kicked the apple tree and the apples fell right off it neatly into a bucket.

"Umm.... I meant do something cool."

"Dash, If y'all don't wanna help just go."

Suddenly the ponies saw Spike, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie all approaching them. They all, well except Pinkie, had faces of distress on.

"Rainbow Dash, good you're here. We all need to talk." Spike said.

"Well to cut to the chase," Rarity explained, "We're all worried about Twilight, she hasn't come out of that Library for days."

"Yeah and I'm super bored." Dash added

"This isn't 'bout you dash." Applejack said, "Yeah Rarity, we're worried to."

"W-What are we going to do..." Fluttershy said.

"I don't know but we better find something out soon" Spike warned.

"Everypony calm down, all she needs is a good laugh or scaring and she'll snap right out of it!" Dash joked

Everypony looked at her, she just solved their problem

"Dash, you're a genius!" Rarity said

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All of the ponies gathered once more at Fluttershy's cottage to figure out what they were going to do next.

"Okay Dash, what do y'all suppose we do."

"I don't know, I only have so many good idea's a day!"

"Come on everypony think." Spike said.

They sat thinking about it for almost an hour, throwing ideas back and forth, side to side, up and down. They went through multiple ideas such as popping through her window and scaring her the old fashioned way, and throwing her a party (Its not a mystery who thought of that one).

"We're never going to think of anything!" Spike exclaimed

"I say we have a PARTY!!!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"Pinkie, we already said no...twice."

"You know, i bet the Princess is just as bored as we are. I mean she's just sitting in her castle all day oooohhh maybe she needs a party TOO!!!"

"Pinkie, no parties. But asking the Princess is not a bad idea.... hmm... maybe.." Spike said

"OH I GOT IT" Dash exploded,"we should send a letter to the princess and ask her if she wants in on this little stunt. I bet she could make it 20% cooler."

"That's a great idea Dash! Fluttershy, do you have some parchment and a quill?" Spike asked

Fluttershy went into a back room and grabbed what Spike wanted. He grabbed the supplies and started to write.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Sorry to bother you Princess, but we are concerned. It's Spike and Twilight's friends, and we are worried about Twilight. She has been sitting in the Library for days doing nothing but research. So Rainbow Dash had an idea. She suggests that we play a prank on Twilight to teach her to lighten up. We haven't figured out the details yet but we would rea--

Rainbow Dash suddenly grabbed the paper and quill and flew up to the ceiling, so nobody could get her.

"Guys, this letter blows, let me fix this."

So she began:

PRINCESS!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SINGLE MOST GREATEST THING YOU WILL EVER DO IN YOUR LIFE!!! YOUR LIFE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME 20% COOLER. So if you want in meet us at Fluttershy's Cottage tomorrow at noon.

"Dash STOP give me the paper back!!" Spike yelled

Suddenly Applejack grabbed Dash's tail and brought her back down.

"HEY!!!" Dash objected. Applejack grabbed the paper back gave Rainbow Dash a death stare and then started to write,

Princess, don't mind Dash, she's just real wound up ri' now and I reckon she needs to do something fun quick or she'll explode. Much Obliged

Spike grabbed the paper back from Applejack and finished the letter. "So you have all ruined this letter, now she will never come."

Spike went to the window and sent the letter to the Princess. It was only five minutes later when a scroll came from Spikes mouth. Spike opened it up and read the two best word they could have ever heard:

I'm in

All the ponies, including Spike, had smiles on their faces as they wondered what would be in store for them tomorrow.

The Plan

"I'm just so excited right now I could just explode!!" Rainbow exclaimed.

They were all there, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Fluttershy. Fluttershy's cottage was going to be the Headquarters for the best prank in the history of Equestria, especially because the Princess was involved.

"Yeah we all know how excited y'all are, but would you mind turning down the volume just a tad?" Applejack scolded Dash.

"Well, it's not everyday Royalty helps you pull a prank on a friend." Rarity said with a hint of sarcasm.

"D-do you think we s-should really d-do this?" Fluttershy murmured.

"HAY YEAH!!!! This is going to be sooo awesome!!!"

All they could do was sit there and wait for the Princess to come. Fluttershy was playing with Angel Bunny, Rarity was brushing her mane, Applejack was taking a nap, Pinkie was hopping up and down, and Rainbow Dash was shaking with anticipation and kept repeating, "20% cooler, 20% cooler, 20% cooler." They all stopped what they were doing when there was a knock on the door. Fluttershy went to go answer it but Rainbow Dash beat her to it. She opened it and the Princess was standing outside.

"Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh!"

"Hello my little ponies," Princess Celestia laughed, "So... who's ready to get their prank on?"

"It's an honor for us to-" Rarity began but the Princess raised her hoof. She walked in and turned around to face the ponies.

"No need for formalities Rarity, I'm just relieved that somepony wanted to have some fun for once!"

"20. Percent. Cooler."

"Princess, this is mighty generous of you. I CAI'NT WAIT!"

"I was so bored and then I got your letter and I couldn't pass on this opportunity! The only problem was getting past my guards!" The Princess laughed

"Princess, we don't really have a clear plan yet. We were hoping you could help." Spike suggested.

"You didn't think I would come her without a plan in mind would you?"

"AWESOME!!!! What is it?"

"Wait!! ....oh if y-you don't mind... I just wanted to get some snacks for all of us first.. if thats okay with y-you.."

"Of course it is Fluttershy, don't be so timid" The Princess said. Fluttershy went into the back room and grabbed some snacks and drinks. She brought them out for her guests and placed them on the table.

"That was so kind of you Fluttershy you really didn't need to do this."

"O-oh it's my pleasure."

"Okay everypony, listen up. Here is my plan." The Princess began, "I'm going to cast a spell on you six to make you change species. Well except for you Spike." Spike frowned a little but was still excited. "I will specifically turn Twilight into a pegasus, but the rest of you will be random. Then I will send a racing vest to Twilight. She will get so frustrated and give up that she will have to send me a letter, when she does and gets the racing vest I will come out and tell her I played a trick on her."

"THATS AWESOME!!! PRINCESS YOU'RE A GENIUS!!!" Rainbow shouted

"Princess that's a great idea, but what happens if Twilight never gives up?" Applejack questioned.

"Don't fret my ponies she will have to give up because this spell that I will use is one I made up over a century ago. I kept it to myself and nopony knows about it but me. There has never been such an occurrence of ponies switching species, she will have to give up. I know she will." The Princess said with a confident smile on her face.

"Wow Princess you had everything thought out!"

"Yes, I really needed a break and this was the perfect thing. I just had to be prepared!"

"Good, and thank you Princess for all of you're help. Everypony ready?" Spike asked.

"YEAH!!" They all shouted in excitement. Princess Celestia would cast the spell in the dead of night while everypony was sleeping. She would then send the racing vest to Twilight to ensure that it would reach her by mid afternoon.

The Princess left soon afterwards and the other ponies stayed at Fluttershy's until it became dark. They then went home in preparation for tomorrows fun.

The Execution

It was in the dead of night, Princess Celestia got out of bed and cast the unknown spell, making sure Twilight became a pegasus. Suddenly Luna appeared in the doorway.

"Tia? What was that spell you just said?"

"Oh nothing you need to worry about my sister."

"Oh, is this all part of your plan?"

"Yes."

"Alright Celestia, however I have never heard that spell what is it for?"

"Something I put together almost one hundred years ago, just for fun."

"Alright, I will leave you. Have you're fun tomorrow."

"Thank you, I will!" The Princess went back to bed, she had the racing vest in a package by her bed. She would send it tomorrow morning.

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The Princess woke up, raised the sun like she always does, and then got to the important stuff. Pranking her faithful student Twilight. To ensure the package got to her by Mid-afternoon, she directly teleported the package to the Ponyville post office with a note.

Ensure delivery to Twilight Sparkle by mid-afternoon.

She then watched her brilliant plan unfold as she cast a steak out spell. The spell allowed her to see exactly what was going on from getting the package to seeing all of her ponies every move. It was like watching everything on a screen right in front of her. She watched as her student woke up and started immediately freaking out and start researching. Her friends arrived, and she had to say, they were very good at acting. They even convinced her that they were worried. She saw that Pinkie Pie had become a unicorn, that troubled her, but she knew everything would be alright.

Her immortal heart almost stopped when she saw Pinkie use her magic. She almost intervened if it were not for that grey Earth pony who they called Derpy. She was all ready to go as soon as she saw Derpy get a package but it ended up just being a cupcake. That seemed to help Pinkie calm down.

A faint laugh came from the Princess when she saw Twilight take out the magic necklace. She hasn't seen one of those in years!

Luna became curious and, during some point, came in to watch. When it came time for Twilight to give up and send her a letter, The Princess wondered where that package was. She realized that the grey pony, Derpy, gave Pinkie the wrong package before and now she had to wait for her to go back and give her the right package.

Wait? Why was Pinkie going to get the package anyway? That little pony is very smart. She saw what was going on and instead of giving Twilight the package she gave Pinkie a cupcake. It was that, or she really is just a silly pony!

Twilight sent the letter and it arrived to Celestia, but she never opened it. She knew what it would say, she heard her write it. She also didn't wanted to miss any moment of her brilliance.

Luna and her shared many laughs. When the mailmare finally came back and delivered the correct package, Celestia got very excited. Luna started to laugh so hard that she had to hold her gut when she saw Twilight's face after she opened the package. Luna wanted to keep watching after Celestia left so she cast her own steak out spell and watched as Twilight totally go schooled by Celestia. Her sister finally returned home and could not stop smiling.

"That was probably the most brilliant thing I have ever seen." Luna complimented.

"Thank you. That was good wasn't it!"

"I never knew how devious you were Tia, I better watch my back!"

"You know it!" They both shared more laughs. The day was almost over, that had been one of the most interesting days Celestia has had in a long time. She had so much fun and really enjoyed spending time with Twilight's friends. They were all wonderful ponies. The Princess headed of to bed, completely satisfied with herself.

Epilogue: The Letter

"I can't BELIEVE the Princess would do such a thing!" Twilight said to herself. "I wish I could give her a piece of my mind!"

Twilight eventually decided to write a letter to the Princess, however she would never send it. Shining Armor told her when she was younger, "If you are ever mad at somepony, write a hateful letter to let your anger out, but don't send it just throw it out. It will make you feel better." She didn't think he ment the Princess but she figured the same principle applied. She began:

Dear Princess Celestia,

WHAT THE BUCK DID YOU DO THIS FOR? DO YOU REALIZE THAT I WAS ABOUT TO LOSE IT ALL DAY??? I understand that you wanted to have some fun but play the prank on somepony else!. I mean you almost ruined my life!!!

Not only did you almost ruin my life, but you did it to my FRIENDS TOO! I mean have some sympathy mare!!! OOOOO I AM SOO MAD AT YOU RIGHT NOW!!! YOU JUST WAIT!! I WILL GET BACK AT YOU. IF NOT TOMORROW, IT WILL BE SOMEDAY!!!!! MARK MY WORD CELESTIA YOU WILL PAY!!!

Your faithful yet BUCKING MAD STUDENT,
Twilight Sparkle

Author's Note

WOOO!!! Sequel done!! This has been so much fun to write. Thanks for all the support on these stories. Shout out to my friend Grace who has been so supportive of my writing! (FYI there will not be another sequel, Twilight will never get her back, Celestia will always win.)

The Note: Celestia's view

Celestia walked into the great hall of the castle and looked around.

"LUNA!!!!"

"Sister, what is it you need of me?"

"Luna, I'm dead bored. Do you want to do anything?"

"Why don't you pay Twilight a visit?"

"Ugg, no she'll think something is wrong then do that really creepy eye twitch thing she does. Honestly Luna that scares me."

"To tell you the truth it kind of scared me also."

"You know I wouldn't mind if Discord came back, maybe I wouldn't be so bored."

Just then a letter suddenly appeared at the hooves of the Sun Princess. She used her magic, opened it, and began to read:

Dear Princess Celestia,

Sorry to bother you Princess, but we are concerned. It's Spike and Twilight's friends, and we are worried about Twilight. She has been sitting in the Library for days doing nothing but research. So Rainbow Dash had an idea. She suggests that we play a prank on Twilight to teach her to lighten up. We haven't figured out the details yet but we would rea--

PRINCESS!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE THE SINGLE MOST GREATEST THING YOU WILL EVER DO IN YOUR LIFE!!! YOUR LIFE WILL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME 20% COOLER. So if you want in meet us at Fluttershy's Cottage tomorrow at noon.

Princess, don't mind Dash, she's just real wound up ri' now and I reckon she needs to do something fun quick or she'll explode. Much Obliged

Your faithfull student's friends

Spike, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy

"Luna, can you take care of my duties tomorrow? Something important just poped up..."

"I think I can manage that for a couple of hours. Go have fun!"

The Princesses shared some laughs and went back to doing whatever princesses do.

Author's Note

Kinda short i know, but next chapters (kind of a loose term) are going to be longer