"Please, tell me she didn't say a sleepover?" Applejack asked. "Ah hope she said torture instead."

"Oh, Applejack," Eris said slinking over to Applejack. "Why would you say that? It's almost like you don't want to have any fun."

Applejack backed away from Eris as she put Rarity in front of her. Eris rolled her eyes and went back to her chair. Looking back at the farmer, Applejack was giving a concerned look towards Twilight.

"Don't look at me!" Twilight hissed. "I was reading during the last sleepover! I don't know what to do."

"I for one," Luna said stepping over to Eris's side. "Think a sleepover is a good idea. I have never been to one myself, so this may be interesting."

"Luna's right," Fluttershy said. "Maybe it would be a good idea."

"How can you say that?" Rainbow said throwing her fore-hooves in the air. "This is probably one of Discord's traps! Or something bad... That h-she usually does!" She yelled before flying over to Applejack. "Are me and Applejack the only sane ones here?"

"Welcome to my world," Eris said rolling her eyes. "The population at a high, three."

"Make that four." Rarity said. "I for one will not be letting Discord, Eris, or whatever she intends to call herself anywhere near my mane. Besides," she said turning her nose up. "I had a spa treatment after I was done helping Cheerilee."

"You're welcome to leave," Eris said as thunder boomed outside. "I hope you brought an umbrella."

Rarity, sparing a glance outside, gulped as rain was blocking any view outside. Looking back at the Draconequus and alicorn, she sighed, flipped her mane and sat.

"Good," Eris said clapping her hands. "Now, who knows how to start?" She asked getting blank stares from the rest of the group. "Oh come on, none of you know how?"

"You don't know how?" Twilight asked.

"No," Eris said letting her ears droop. "I was never really invited to any sort of social activities with any race. You know, the whole mix-up of animals sort of freaked them all out. I was usually a piñata."

"What is a pinata?" Luna asked giving her a perplexed look.

"It's a paper mache figure that you hit until it breaks open and candy falls out." Eris said. "I always had my head smashed in first, and then the ribs, and then the tail was broke off. Afterwards they put the blindfold on the kid and let the brat start swinging." She said crossing her arms. "I always made sure to put poison joke in any piñatas I found."

Luna put a hoof on her shoulder which Eris took. Getting up, Eris yawned, snapped a paw and a ring of sleeping bags unrolled themselves. Snaking into the longest one, a bright orange and neon blue bag, she peered out so only her yellow and red eyes could be seen. As the others were looking at theirs, they slowly got into them.

"This is not very comfortable," Luna said as she fiddled with her chest-piece. "Ponies sleep in these?"

"It would help if you took of your regalia." Twilight said. "Just so you don't have it pressing into your side."

Luna, looking at her tiara, set it on the floor and pulled her hoof covers off, lastly, her chest-piece dropped with a thunk as it hit the wooden floor. Shifting her wings, she was half-in of her bag.

"So," Rarity said as she lay in hers. "What's the first activity we should do? Truth or dare? Spin the bottle? Tell stories? Or give each other makeovers?" She said the last one towards Eris who narrowed her eyes.

"I choose stories." Luna said. "I rarely get any news of your adventures. Pinkie, why don't you begin?"

Pinkie, sitting up in her sleeping-bag, smiled and jumped out. Standing on it now, she began hoofing at it like a cat, circling until she made it just right before laying down.

"Well," she said sticking her tongue out in thought. "I had to foalsit the twins earlier this week. They aren't usually a problem, but Pumpkin had a cold. It just wasn't a normal no!" She said throwing her hooves in the air. "It was a magic cold! Whenever she sneezed, she froze something! She froze the stove, the fridge, the counter, and my mane." She said taking off her mane and showing them her smooth, pink noggin.

Twilight was shocked, Rarity was rubbing her mane, Applejack and Rainbow were looking at their reflections, Fluttershy was more shocked than Twilight, Eris was snickering, and Luna was shaking her head.

"Yeah, well, I had to help wrestle some storm clouds earlier." Rainbow said. "Thunderlane, thinking I said a lightning storm when I said sunny skies, decides to start pulling storm clouds out the wazoo. So here I am, just staring at him while he smiles, and I'm thinking of putting his head through one. But I don't, so while I'm cleaning up, he's laughing every time I get shocked." Rainbow said rubbing her hooves. "I still can't touch a lightbulb without it turning on."

The others were snickering, she was smiling as she shocked Rarity. Rarity glared at her as her mane shot out in every direction. Rainbow and the others burst into laughter as she tried to get it back down.

"Luna, why don't you share some stories?" Twilight asked looking away from Rarity. "I'm sure you have some interesting memories."

"Me?" Luna said. "Well, all I really remember from my past is... I would say the most memorable memory I have came from being with my harem." She said smiling. "They knew just where to put their hooves."

"You know," Twilight said feeling her cheeks heat up. "I think, as interesting as that would be, wouldn't be appropriate here. What if Spike heard you? Who knows what he'd do?"

"She's the princess of the night," Eris said sticking her head out. "He's a dragon becoming a teenager. We all know what he would be doing." She said making twilight's cheeks turn purple.

"Still. Not. Appropriate." Twilight hissed through her teeth. "Do you have any stories, Dis-Eris?"

"I do!" She said getting halfway out of her bag. "There was this one time where I turned Celestia orange. She wasn't happy with it, but I was having a ball until Luna came and tried to blast me into a wall."

"Which I did." Luna said smirking.

"She did, but you know me," Eris said snickering. "I just took it and melted into a puddle." She said shrugging. "Celestia started yelling at Lune about why they don't kill other beings like that over a joke, Luna was complaining because I had been tormenting them both, and I was eating popcorn while they bickered. Good times." She said wiping a tear away.

"Maybe for you," Luna said. "I felt more inclined to have the Cerberus chew on me than deal with your antics for a day."

"Not everything I do is a joke." Eris said frowning at the alicorn beside her. "I was helpful too. Just ask Applejack and Fluttershy. I was helping Equestria the moment I was set free." She said getting confused looks from the two ponies.

"Eris," Applejack said giving Eris a deep frown. "How the hay did ya help us? Ya turned all ma'h corn into popcorn and ma'h apples were too big for the trees."

"And the small animals got long legs." Fluttershy said.

"I didn't expect either of you to understand," Eris said turning over so she was looking at them upside-down. "I was ending world hunger with your apples, and the popcorn would have been salty enough that ponies would have to have bought your apple cider or juice, otherwise they could have drank from the chocolate milk rain. And I gave the rabbits longer legs so they could get away from predators easier. You saw chaos, I saw chaos and peace."

"She has a point." Pinkie said. "If she kept the food that big, then you could have bought Granny Smith a new hip, a new barn, and nopony would be hungry. And aren't you always sad when one of your rabbits get eaten, Fluttershy?" She asked tilting her head, making a beam of light hit Twilight in the eyes.

"That's not the point!" Applejack said stomping a hoof. "It ain't right growin' crops like that or messin' with the animals. It certainly wasn't alright when she made ma'h brother start actin' like a dog."

"You made her brother behave as a dog would?" Luna asked looking Eris in the eyes. "He wasn't a feral one, was he?"

"Of course not," Eris said rolling her eyes. "He had the mind of a chihuahua. All he did was dig holes, bury some rope, and gnaw on a wagon wheel. I don't physically injure ponies, but if they hurt themselves in one of my tricks, then that's their own fault. Especially if it's all cotton candy, really, how do you sprain a wing in that?" She said looking out the window.

The room was silent except for the sound of rain pelting against the glass and the occasional thunder boom in the distance. Fluttershy yawned but was shocked awake when a particularly loud one shook the glass making her zip her sleeping-bag.

"Well," Rarity said biting her lip. "How about some truth or dare?" She asked glancing nervously at the others.

"Truth or dare? That does sound interesting, what do you think Twilight?" She asked giving Twilight a toothy smile.

Twilight, looking between Luna and Eris, gulped and nodded while giving the lunar alicorn her best fake smile.

"There's just one problem though," Eris said making them all look at her. "We haven't got any hard cider."

"Why would we need hard cider?" Twilight asked. "It's truth or dare!"

"As far as I know, you need at least some form of alcohol." Eris said snapping her tail from inside her sleeping-bag and materializing a pair of bottles and shot glasses. "Who's first?"

"Rainbow!" Pinkie said pointing a hoof before any of them could speak. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare, duh." Rainbow said rolling her eyes.

"I dare you to..." She trailed off from her sentence, all the while tapping her chin with a hoof. "I dare you to... Go throw me near Spike!" She said making them all, even Eris, give her weird looks.

"You want me to throw you...?" Rainbow said. "At Spike?"

Pinkie nodded and curled up into a ball. Rainbow Dash, scratching her head, grabbed the pink pony by her shoulders and began to hover in the air. As they watched her slowly go up the stairs, Eris and Applejack gave a small snicker when they heard Pinkie yell and Spike make a thud, probably from hitting the floor from an elevated surface. The two ponies came back down the stairs, laughing with a fuming Spike shaking a fist from the top of the stairs.

"Ok, Ok," Rainbow said laying back down. "Twilight, truth or dare?"

"Me?" Twilight said looking at the others in shock. "Um... Truth?" She said pulling her bag closer to hide her expression.

"Is it true that Discord kissed you on the cheek last Hearts and Hooves day?" She asked getting surprised looks and a smug look from Eris.

"Not true." Twilight said. "I would have made him stare at a cockatrice if he did that. Ok..." She said looking at the others. "Rarity, truth or dare?"

"I suppose I'll go with truth." Rarity said. "I've learned not to trust dares. Go on dear, ask me anything." She said smiling at the lavender alicorn.

"Is it true you turned in your last book in late?" She asked smiling proudly while the others gave her bored expressions. "What? Is that not a good question?"

"Twilight, dear," Rarity said coughing into a hoof awkwardly. "You asked me that yesterday and I said no. I can see the book from here," she said pointing at a medium sized hardback. "Princess Luna," she said leaning forward. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare." Luna said smiling smugly.

"I dare you to take two shot glasses of the hard cider." Rarity said letting her smile broaden.

"Just two glasses of cider?" Luna laughed. "I thought this was a challenge?" She said lifting a glass from the stack.

"I'm not finished," Rarity said making the alicorn freeze. "Each of them must have a raw egg in it."

The others mouths were open, making 'O's, Rarity was getting up from her bag and going towards the kitchen with Luna's shot glass. Coming back with two eggs, she picked up another glass and cracked both of them in there before pouring a generous amount inside.

Luna gulped as she stared into the yellow and gooey looking substance. Sniffing one, she turned her head away and gave a cough. She took a deep breath, and in one turn, emptied both of them within seconds before swallowing. She shivered and gave a small belch which she blushed from.

"That was the most vile thing I have ever consumed." Luna said licking her lips. "Eris, truth or dare?"

"Truth. I don't trust any of you after that." Eris said giving Rarity a thumbs-up where none of the others could see. "Just nothing-"

"Do you have a crush on somepony?" Luna asked staring at Eris along with the others. "It's difficult keeping up with your dreams, but I thought I saw a more intimate one, one night."

"Well... I wouldn't say I have a crush but, um..." She began mumbling and twiddling her thumbs as a large blush bloomed on her cheeks. "Uh... I think... Celestia is cute."

The small shot glass Luna was sipping from was suddenly sprayed onto Pinkie as Luna began to cough, Twilight was pouring herself a glass of cider, Applejack and Rainbow Dash were green, Pinkie and Fluttershy were both smiling.

"M-My sister!?" Luna said catching her breath. "You think my sister is cute?"

"Yeah, so what?" Eris said scratching at the floor. "I can't have a few fuzzy feelings towards her? Sure, we were enemies, but... Anything is possible, right?"

"Ah'd say," Aplejack said looking towards Twilight. "Twilight has gone and downed a third of the other bottle. Twi, you feelin' alright?"

"I feel fine," Twilight said even though her cheeks had turned a light shade of purple. "Appleflap." She said before snorting and snickering.

"Right..." Applejack said taking the bottle away from the lavender alicorn as slowly as possible.

"Alright, my turn," Eris said. "Applejack, truth or dare?"

"Dare." Applejack said gently pushing Twilight's hoof away. "dang it Twi! Ya don't need anymore!"

"I dare you to balance six rubber ducks in a pyramid while Pinkie tries to distract you." Eris said as she summoned six rubber ducks onto Applejacks back.

Applejack, shocked by the cold rubber suddenly touching her and the weight of them appearing, jumped and knocked the pyramid down. Eris and Pinkie let out a sigh as the ducks disappeared.

"Alright, alright," Applejack said. "Truth or dare, Eris?"

"Me?" Eris said raising her eyebrows. "I thought we couldn't dare the last player?"

"Dare it is." Applejack said smiling. "Ah dare ya to drink the rest of this cider." Applejack said shaking the bottle in front of Eris's face.

Eris took the bottle with a flat stare, wrapped her tongue around the first half, titled her head back and ate the bottle with the cider inside. Licking her fingers, she blew a raspberry at the flabbergasted Applejack. Pinkie was trying to wrap her tongue around the other bottle and managed to tie it around the cork, Rainbow was rubbing her throat as she stared at Eris, Twilight was leaning onto Luna who was trying to keep the lavender alicorn upright, Rarity and Fluttershy were shaking their heads.

"So," Eris said after a hiccup. "Luna, truth or dare?"

"Truth." Luna said pushing Twilight away again. "She's a lightweight, is she not?"

"She is, now," Eris said rubbing her hands together. "Do you have a special somepony in mind?"

Luna paused and let Twilight finally wrap her fore-legs around her neck, looked down in thought and smiled. Getting twilight off again, she turned towards Eris with a smile.

"I do." She said. "There was a handsome stallion on Nightmare Night; red coat, blonde mane, green eyes, and a well toned barrel." She said ruffling her wings. "Oh, I have not seen such a stallion like him in years."

"That stallion was ma'h brother!" Applejack said grabbing the other bottle and taking a generous swig. "Ma'h brother over at the farm. Big Macintosh." She said nodding.

"I may have to visit sometime," Luna said making Applejack smile. "So, Pinkie Pie, truth or dare?"

"Ah vant dis cak off." She said pointing at the cork her tongue was wrapped around. "Off."

Eris, taking her tongue, pulled it back and let go. Pinkie's tongue rolled back in like  a window-blind, she spit out the cork and licked her lips. Picking it up, she threw it over by Twilight and watched as it bounced off her chest. Twilight looked at it, tilted her head, and then sent it into the ceiling where another thud from Spike was heard.

"I choose dare!" Pinkie said. "Make it something fun! Like juggling monkeys over a lava pit! Or turning rarity green while she's asleep!"

"I beg your pardon?" Rarity said scooting away from Pinkie. "Now I'll have to sleep with an eye open it seems."

"Pinkie," Eris said snapping her talon to get her attention. "I dare you to pull a prank on Applejack that involves celery."

"Celery?" Applejack and Pinkie asked simultaneously.

"Yes, celery," Eris said bringing a piece into view. "The gross vegetable that only tastes good with peanut butter and raisins. I would have chosen a tomato, but I've already done that." She said eliciting a glare from Applejack. "It took you this long to find out?"

"Ah should have know," Applejack said. "Especially when it was laughing at me."

"Don't feel too bad," Eris said scooping Applejack up like a foal. "We all miss the small things around us sometimes, like how you haven't noticed that I never put the celery stick with peanut butter down and it's currently in your tail." She said making Applejack jump out from her grasp and check her tail. "Gotcha."

"That wasn't funny." Applejack said sitting down. She froze when a loud snap resonated out from under her. "Pinkie, did ya just put celery under my sleeping-bag?"

"Maybe." Pinkie said looking away. "Or did you put them there to frame me?" She asked leaning over to stare down Applejack.

"It was you." Applejack said. "Rarity, truth or dare?"

"Dare." Rarity said biting her lip. "Not something to gross, alright?"

"Rarity, ah dare ya to... Hm, what do ah dare ya to do?" She asked herself as she stared at the white unicorn. "Ah dare ya to go down the stairs in your bag."

"That's it?" Rarity said taking her sleeping bag up the stairs and getting in. "So, just get down with it?" She asked looking at the numerous steps.

"That's right. Just don't break anything." She said making Twilight snort in laughter. "Eris, could ya get Twilight some coffee?"

As she was looking at Eris, Rarity teleported down to the floor and was moving back to her spot when Applejack looked back. She looked to the side and saw Rarity smiling back.

"What's with all the noise?" Spike said from atop the stairs with a ski cap on that covered his eyes. "And why was I almost hit by a cork, Twilight?" He said crossing his arms while looking the wrong way.

"Spike," Luna said looking at him oddly. "Why do you wear your hat like hat? Is that how your generation wears them now?"

"No, I just don't want to see whatever you all are doing." He said. "With all the noise, Pinkie being thrown at me, and near deaths so far, I don't want to see whatever you all are doing. And why does it smell like a sewer in here? Twilight Didn't back up the sink again, did she?"

"T-That was once!" Twilight yelled back at him. "You know I-I can't cook worth a bit!"

"Twilight, are you feeling okay?" He asked sliding the hat up. "Oh, you're just mildly buzzed."

"Spike, where did you ever hear that term?" Rarity said making him sigh. "You weren't hanging around with those ruffian dragons again, were you?"

"No, I'm over those jerks." Spike said. "As for my brilliant vocabulary, Twilight has some weird books in here. Why does she even have them, I don't know, but I know she isn't supposed to be drinking. She can't handle alcohol well, it tends to make her-"

Twilight took that as the right moment to charge up the stairs, nearly knocking Spike down and flinging her mug with the sudden output of magic. Every occupant in the room watched as it sailed through the air before smashing through the nearest window, and the storm behind it to show a clam night.

"Why has the storm stopped there," Luna said as she picked up a piece and saw rain still pelting it. "But not here, Eris?" She said showing the piece to the Draconequus.

"You know," Eris said. "I think now would be a great time for us to go to sleep. Why don't you just go get in your sleeping-bag and just get all toasty warm? Goodnight!" She said before disappearing into hers an zipping it shut.

"Well, since there's no storm," Rainbow Dash said stretching her wings. "I'm going home."

"Ah'd rather sleep in ma'h own bed rather than on a library floor." Aplejack said going to the door. "Comin' Raity?"

"Yes, somepony needs to look after Sweetiebelle at night." Rarity said. "She stays up so late, and so laong in the day I don't know how she does it."

"I need to get back to the bakery." Pinkie said putting on her fake mane. "See ya princess!" She said bouncing through the broken window.

As they left Fluttershy inched her way into her sleeping-bag and zipped it slightly. Luna looked towards the stairs and saw Spike shaking his head at the doorway to Twilights room.

"Just wait there princess," Spike said. "I'll get the guest bedroom made up for your stay. Just as soon as I clean up Twilight's bathroom floor. Jeez, you couldn't aim a little?" He groaned.

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