Discord is back in town to see how his friends are doing. During his visit, he gets into an argument with Max the changeling over what constitutes a prank.

Discord is of the opinion that for a prank to be funny, everyone must see it. Therefore it must be loud and showy.

Max says some of the best pranks are only ever noticed by the one who set it up.

...Twilight Sparkle's day was ruined from the moment she slipped out of bed.

Commenter challenged me to throw out a story in which Twilight keeps tripping. This is the result of the idea. Turned out I found the topic funny and that made it pretty easy to write. Please note that this story is in no way connected to Twisted Fate. Max was the name I started with a while ago, I just made the bad decision to use the name again.