It has been a couple weeks since we turned in the money and I am happy to note that our major contribution helped us reach the goal in that time. Everyone is happy to no longer have to suffer through the music, except Pinkie, but since she has a copy she can deal with it. The girls and I were walking through the halls, more than ready for the trip and for Summer to finally arrive.

“Attention students. I am happy to report we have managed to reach our goal and the school trip to camp Everfree is going to happen. Right on time too.”

Her announcement caused all of us to cheer in excitement.

“And we no longer have to play that annoying music!”

The cheers only increased, but I could hear Pinkie groan in disappointment.

“But I was enjoying it!”

“Cheer up, my precious party balloon,” I assure her, stroking her hair, “You still have your copy.”

“I know, but I liked listening to it, while dancing to my next class!” She pouted cutely.

“I know, but cheer up. We are going on the trip and going to have a wonderful Summer,” I responded, before giving her a kiss on the forehead.

“That does make me feel a little better,” She began with a cheeky grin, “Want to know what would make me feel a lot better?” She teased me with a flirty wink, before slowly moving her face closer to mine.

“May I remind you, Pinkie, that today is my day!” Rarity exclaimed, glaring at her.

Pinkie froze and groaned bitterly.

“Fish paste!”

Rarity rolled her eyes, while I and most of the other girls chuckled.

We entered the gymnasium, and we took a seat at the bottom of the bleachers, as we eagerly waited to see what was going on.

“What do you think is going to happen?” Fluttershy asked.

“Something fun. We finished taking our finals of the year and with only less than a week left, it’s only natural they are celebrating the end of the year,” Sunset spoke up.

“Finally, Summer has arrived! More free time to have fun!” Rainbow exclaimed with a smile.

“And less pouting from you about wanting to stay in our bed for an hour or two longer, my little Rainbow,” I teased with a smirk.

“Stud! Not in front of the others!” Rainbow groaned with a pout, while blushing hotly.

I and the others chuckled.

“Welcome, everyone to the final assembly of the year,” Principal Celestia began speaking, getting our attention, “I am sure I am correct in saying this school year has been more impactful and interesting than any other.”

“Yeah, with a unicorn from another world having been in this world for a few years now, stealing a magical crown to try and take over, only for a pony princess to come over to stop her. Then having to fight against magical sirens and having to deal with another Twilight stealing magic.” Pinkie summarized with a smile.

“Yes, Pinkie, thanks to Sunny here this year has been more interesting and intense than usual,” Rarity responded while shaking her head.

“I am also happy to see that thanks to your efforts we have made enough money to fund the trip and it only took a little bit of inspiration,” Celestia joked with a teasing grin, only to receive glares and blank stares, “Oh… Anyway, as the final assembly of the year, we are going to hand out various rewards to students that managed to accomplish different things,” She added awkwardly, after no one was amused at her little joke.

The crowd actually got a little excited at her announcement and she smiled, as she looked at her notes.

“Now without a further do, we shall start…”

“Not so fast, sister!”

Celestia froze and blinked, as she watched vice principal Luna approach her with a glare on her face.

“Lulu…”

“Quiet, Tia!” Luna interrupted bitterly, while crossing her arms, “As much as I hate to interrupt this assembly and keep our hard working students from their well earned rewards, this can’t wait and it must be said here in public.”

“Lulu, what are you…”

“Oh, I think you know, or can likely guess at any rate, Tia!” Luna interrupted her again, as she pulled out a sheet of paper from her pocket, “Weeks ago you told me that our budget wasn’t enough for the school trip to camp Everfree.”

“Yes, and we had to rely on donations to fund it. Thanks to our…”

“Even now you lie to me, Tia,” Luna interrupted with a disappointed tone, “Unfortunately for you, I stumbled upon a copy of the budget and found we should have had more than enough to fund the trip.”

“I see,” Celestia could only respond nervously, while sheepishly rubbing the back of her head, as sweat formed on her forehead.

“That’s all!? That’s all you have to say!?” Luna asked, glaring darkly, “Where did the extra money go, Tia?”

“Now, Lulu. You don’t have to…”

“Yes, since you made the students pay for this trip when they didn’t have to, it’s only fair they learn the truth. Now, Tia, answer me. Where did all the extra money go?”

“....”

“Fine, if you won’t answer than I will,” Luna responded bitterly, before pulling out another sheet of paper, “I knew you had a cake addiction, Tia, but to use a sizeable portion of the budget to help fund a constant supply of it is a new low, especially when you make our students have to donate to fund the trip, so you could get away with it!”

“Fine! I can never have enough chocolate cake! It’s the best thing in the world. No, universe and I don’t regret lying about the budget just to have more of it!”

“I mean she has a point about cake,” Pinkie mumbled, with a smile, only for it to instantly deflate at our stern frowns.

“Pinkie, we all love sweets as much as the next person, but that doesn’t justify what she did,” Rainbow told her, while shaking her head.

“Yeah, you’re right,” Pinkie admitted with a sigh.

“I think I heard enough!”

We were stunned by the stern and frustrated male voice, that was also full of authority. I noticed Principal Celestia paled in shock and slight fear and I could understand why. Approaching her was an incredibly tall man, that was even a head taller than her, with dark black skin and short matching hair. The look on his face was one of harsh authority, as he glared at her with his scary red eyes.

“I… Even me at my worst would be scared straight not to do anything if he was around,” Sunset told us.

“Perhaps, because he looks like the type that would be able to notice and do something about it,” Rainbow added, getting a nod from Sunset.

“Superintendent Sombra, what a…”

“Save you pointless butt kissing for when you aren’t in huge trouble, Celestia!” Sombra snarled, “I have to admit I am disappointed in you. The school board and I were impressed to see your school’s standardized test scores rise well above their norm. Despite the rumors and the incident at the friendship games, we were willing to look away, but to learn you greedily took some of the budget all for yourself and made your students have to fund a field trip, we can no longer do that!”

“Sir, you don’t…”

“Oh, I think we should keep a closer eye on you and this school. Like you said earlier this year has been more interesting and you earned this through your actions.”

“I… I understand,” Celestia could only say, before sighing in defeat.

“Good. Now for your punishment. You are to refund all the money you received back to the students and fund the trip yourself.”

“But… Yes, sir,” She accepted her punishment, “Thank god I decided to only spend a little of it each week on my cakes.”

“Miss Celestia before I make my leave, you have a problem and you better shape up and not do something like this again, or you can kiss your job goodbye.”

“Yes, sir!” Celestia only responded nervously and in fear, as she watched him leave.

The only thing we all could do was sit in silence over what occurred, as it all set in. Celestia took a relaxing deep breath, before glaring at Luna.

“Did you really have to do this, Lulu! Get me in trouble with Mr. Sombra!”

“Yes, like you apparently had to take some of our budget for your cake addiction,” Luna responded, returning the glare, “Now, it’s time for you to face the music.”

Celestia could only groan in anger, as Luna left the gym, before she gave us all a sheepish smile.

“Anyway, students, care to actually hear the rewards now?”

The girls and I could only shake our heads in pure disbelief. Who would have thought this whole donation was a scam from Celestia just to fuel her cake addiction? While this isn’t as bad as the magical events, it’s still really messed up. Oh well. It’s the end of the year, so I think I will just focus on the fun the girls and I are going to have, especially since we are getting our money back!

Well, Celly got busted. I had this twist in mind shortly after she first introduced the trip idea, though couldn't picture how to reveal it. Originally I wanted Marcus to stumbled upon it and actually wanted Luna to be involved, but scrapped it since I wanted her to actually get punished and needed a way to have that happen, so I had Luna discover it and set up an ambush with human Sombra, who's the superintendent, because why not. He just seemed like the perfect fit and it's nice to imagine someone actually larger and more in charge than good ole Celly!