The Ol' Switcheroo (S1 E19)

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Weekends! The thing working ponies and school foals look forward to.

What am I doing today? Plotting revenge in my bedroom against Zoe for being a rotten friend. How dare she make contact with Joe, even though she knew I was crushing on him! Well, I mean, I never really told her I liked him. At all.

But still! She should've known me well enough to know!

I roll out the sheet of blueprints for my master plan on my bed, the only source of yellowing lighting glowing from my beside lamp. Flufflepuff comes over blowing raspberries, trying to get a peek of the plan. I shoo her away with a hoof, getting her to sleep in the cardboard box across the room.

Tonight is the grand opening of a new Wonderbolts Academy right here in Canterlot! I would be excited, I'm invited to go because I live in the castle. Three tickets - me plus two guests. I guess Celestia expected me to invite some friends or something.
So, of course, I'm gonna go! Too bad I can't enjoy it. Well, I can, after my vengeance plot has been followed through.

Nopony got the memo about Zoe not being my friend anymore, and I'd already given her a ticket before I officially un-friended her. Which is a perfect opportunity for any trickster pony.

I grab a white pencil from nearby and add a finishing sketch of a smiley face on the blue paper, before rolling it back up, weaving it through my tail to hide it. I turn and see Fluffle looking at me, concerned, like she knows what I'm gonna do.

"What?" I snap sharply. She pokes her tongue out, eyes going derped. "Oh, yeah?" I raise a brow, "Well, what would you know?" With that, I flick my mane and storm out the door, slamming it loudly.

I sigh, making my way down the hallway. Okay, so maybe I was a little harsh on Flufflepuff. But she was getting nosy!

Suddenly, Celestia calls my name from down the hallway. I turn to her. "Yeah?" I reply.

"I know you're excited for the opening tonight. But remember your duties before you have fun," she answers, before turning, continuing her walkabout.

Oh, right. Loki.

I make my way to his cell, which isn't hard because his cell is in the room next to mine. My bedroom, of course, not a cell.
I creek the large doors open, trotting in. Loki looks up from the same book from before and lifts a brow. "Really? No bursting in? The screeching of my name? How unusual," he states as I fly up to the glass. "You're losing your touch on grand entrances."

"I know," I nod, putting my hooves behind my back. "Just... didn't feel like it," I shrug, trying to look as innocent as possible. Suddenly, the blueprints slip slowly and obviously out of my tail, landing on the floor loudly. I giggle nervously.

Loki 'ehehehe's. "Mischief?" He smirks. I nod quietly.

"I won't tell if you won't," I say.

"I won't tell if I'm there to witness it," he says slyly.

"Wh- you... you want to tag along?" I look at him, wide eyed. "Well... sure, but..." I trail off.

Loki merely smiles, leaning forward. "When do we start?"

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I knock on the throne room doors, fiddling with my hooves nervously. I really hope Loki's plan works.

"Come in!" I hear Luna's Traditional Peasant Voice.

I fly in to see her sitting on Celestia's throne. "Luna! What are... you doing here? I mean there. I mean-"

"Just keeping my sister's throne warm for her. Her hindquarters be'eth chilly in November, she always gets pins and needles in it when she sits down," Luna replies.

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