Disclaimer: All MLP:FiM characters belong to Hasbro and DHX Media. I do not own any of them except my OC. Also, this chapter is slightly inspired from the fanfiction A Journey Beyond Sanity Chapter 142 "56 Tricks Later."

Life has been challenging over the last year. There was the friendship journal fiasco, then dragon vs. changeling "threat," the incident with Caballeron, and of course, who can't forget the double edged sword disaster? I will never forget that nor will Twilight. After that incident, it hit both of us pretty hard. I still didn't forgive myself for that, and I probably never will. I have never done anything more stupid in my life all because I didn't want a friend to suffer the same fate I once did when I was young. It made sense at the time, but after a bit, I regretted it and never forgave myself. That burden and scar will always remain there. But, even through all that, me and Twilight have grown closer together. Our love for one another cannot be broken so easily. It will take a lot before it will ever be broken. Anyways, on a different note, the royal paperwork has been the same. Nothing new with that.

I went to the library to read something, but I couldn't find anything good to read. It was so boring in here. Hmmm. I have an idea. Recently, for some odd reason, Rainbow keeps trash talking me. I constantly ignored it, but since I have nothing better to do, I'm gonna do something. I took a piece of paper and wrote in big fat black sharpie "YOUR JOKES ARE PETTY! -Zachary the King of all pranks." I sent it away to be shipped to Rainbow's house and now I shall wait. That should draw her attention. I headed to the kitchen for some breakfast, and of course the whole castle gang is in here. Twilight, Starlight, and Spike for the uneducated. Well, I guess it could be hard to tell. So I'll be nice this once. I said "Morning ladies. Morning Spike." They all said their respective greetings and I grabbed my breakfast and headed to the dining room table. Starlight asked me "So, how are things going?" I said "Eh, fine I guess. Just kinda bored here lately."

Starlight asked me again "What makes you say that?" I looked at Twilight and then back at Starlight. I said "Let's just say from the things that I don't want to go into detail with. Seriously, they are that bad." Starlight said "Oh, okay. If you don't want to talk about it, then that's fine. I was just curious." I said "It's okay. I knew you had good intentions." Spike then said to me "I just don't understand why Rainbow keeps trash talking you." I don't know why either. Speaking of which, the doors burst open and came a furious Rainbow Dash. I said "Oh, look who finally showed up. I was wondering where you were. It was getting quite boring. It seems you have found my note." Rainbow said "That was really insulting. You think that you're the king of pranks. That's a complete joke. How could you say something like that?" I said "I was being serious. They really are petty." Rainbow retorted "You don't even know how to prank." Excuse me? You are talking to a human here.

I said "You're joking right? I am a human and we are masters of pranks. Humans can think of far better pranks than putting whoopie cushions under the seat of royalty. I can show you what real pranking is." Rainbow said annoyed "I doubt that's true." I said with my scepter glowing "You want to go down that road? Because once you enter, there's no way out." Rainbow said "I declare war against you. You think you can steal the crown from the Queen of Pranks? Then prove it to me. This weekend, we'll see who the better one is. If I win, you have to clear all the clouds in the sky on the whole planet." I said "And if I win?" Rainbow said "Uh, if you do, which is doubtful, I'll do whatever you ask of me." I said "Deal. You're on." We did the whole handshake thing and she dashed off. No pun intended. Starlight asked me "Do you have any ideas on how to prank Rainbow?" I said "Oh, believe me, I do. She does not know whose territory she is crossing into." Just wait and see Rainbow. You'll regret ever defying me as the King of Pranks.

I open the door to my bedroom to get something and what do you know? A giant brick wall is in the doorway and to make it worse, there is honey, cotton candy, and champagne in here. Good thing, I have magic because I can get rid of this crap. I raised my scepter and got rid of it. Har-har, Rainbow. Very funny. I'll wait until night time to plant my first prank. After a couple of hours, I snuck my way to Rainbow's house and began planting my first prank. I cast a spell so she couldn't hear me and I got started. The first thing I did was place obsidian walls in every doorway and window so she couldn't get out. Next thing I did was take spray paint and write terrible things on the walls stuff like "You suck" and stuff like that. Finally, I cast a spell where when Rainbow walks out the front door, she'll fall through the clouds and straight into a pit with zombies everywhere. Yes, I can be that destructive. Now, we'll wait until morning. I headed back to the castle and there was a whole bunch of sinkholes everywhere, which was probably another trick of Rainbow's, so I avoided it and went to bed.

The next morning…

I woke up and of course I heard a loud scream from afar. My prank worked. Hehe. Take that, Rainbow. I went to the kitchen to get some breakfast and Twilight asked me "What was that loud scream?" I said "Let's just say that I planted a really good prank on Rainbow." Twilight frowned at me and said "You didn't hurt her did you?" I said "What? Of course not! I ain't that dark. Every prank I do is in the name of fun and nothing else." Twilight said "Okay if you say so." I went to have my breakfast and suddenly something blew up in my face. Great. Rainbow must have planted another prank before she went to bed last night. Twilight had a shocked expression on her face and then I heard laughing. Rainbow said "You should have seen the look on your face. It was priceless." I said "Okay, Discord. You think this is funny. Well, I'll have something better than this petty bullcrap." Rainbow said "Yeah, right. I will still be the Queen of all pranks." I said "We'll see about that." She dashed off and I continued eating my breakfast."

After I finished my breakfast, I headed to the library, but then I got stuck in something. I looked down and of course it was slime. Ugh. Disgusting. I could see through the window Rainbow smirking and dashing away. You ain't getting away with this, Rainbow. I got rid of it with my magic and continued on. Time for my next prank. I cast a spell to track Rainbow's location and I saw that she was bragging. Watch this Rainbow. I summoned an obsidian wall in front of her and she hit it. I laughed hysterically as she got some nice justice served to her. However, I saw Rainbow growl in annoyance and dashed off. She's probably planting her next prank. Except, I came prepared. I secretly have a portal gun. For the people that don't know about the game portal, here's how it works. There is a gun that shoots out portals and you can go to different locations. You point it at one location, and point it at another location. It's pretty simple.

So, where Rainbow was headed was the first portal and the ceiling at her house was the second portal. Basically, she'll fall through the ceiling a bunch of times. However, this method is very deadly. You have to be extremely careful. I looked out where she was and my prank was activated. She fell for it. However, I'm not done quite yet. After the whole portal thing is done, she'll be teleported to her bedroom and cannons filled to the brim with grape juice that sticks like super glue. I saw it all happen and I was just laughing hysterically. She honestly thinks that she is Queen of Pranks, but I believe I will be able to steal the crown from her. She's just a pegasus that uses lame jokes while I have overpowered alicorn magic and can make things so much better. I WILL win this guaranteed. After all that laughing, I went to go have some lunch. When I went to get dessert, a pie was thrown to my face. I turned around and Rainbow was angry.

I said taunting her "Oh, if it isn't the supposed "Queen of Pranks." Your pranks stand NO chance against mine." Rainbow gritted her teeth and said annoyed "Be quiet! I WILL win this war and you will be embarrassed for good!" I said "We'll see about that. Also, you need new tricks. The pie trick is so old. No one even does that anymore." Rainbow growled in annoyance and left. She thinks she's soooo good with pranks, when she gets exposed from mine. It's an instant ego killer. I went back towards the library and of course Rainbow planted her next prank. A floor trap. She forgot I had wings. I flew up and teleported out. Rainbow laughed and flew off. Oh, that's so funny. Time for the next prank. I followed her and made her teleport into a whole bunch of twinkies that I placed inside her house. Okay, maybe you're thinking that wasn't that good of a prank, but I added something in there. When she would get out, the twinkies would follow her until I got rid of them.

Rainbow was already angry enough, but when she discovered that the twinkies were following her, she got frustrated. She flew faster, but the twinkies were able to keep up with her. I had cast a spell to where the twinkies were able to fly faster than her, so when she tried to get away, it would be no use. After that, the twinkies made her hit a giant obsidian wall and ouch that looks like it hurts. I appeared before her and said "You will never stop the king of pranks. Hehehahahaha!" I disappeared before she could say anything and headed back. All I heard was an extremely loud growl from her and I just smirked at her. No one can ever stand against me when it comes to pranks. Not even the supposed "Queen of Pranks" herself. I got back to the castle and went to have a snack. After having said snack, I went outside and above me was a cloud. Not just any cloud. A rain cloud. It just poured on me and ugh! I hate the rain. I always hated the rain growing up. I said "This isn't funny. This is just touture. I hate the rain you know." Rainbow smirked and then lightning struck me. OUCH! I'm lucky I'm immortal, otherwise I would be dead at this point. Lightning is 25,000 degrees fahrenheit which mind you is hotter than the sun's surface, so it's quite deadly.

I looked at Rainbow with an annoyed expression saying "You do realize that lightning can kill somepony right? That act is extremely dangerous and reckless on your part." Rainbow just rolled her eyes and said "You're just complaining that you hate a little rain." I said "We'll see about that when I take the crown from you." Rainbow growled in annoyance and said "That won't HAPPEN! I WILL win this war, not you." I said "Okay, whatever, stubborn egotistical pony." Instead of responding, she let out a loud growl and just kicked the cloud leaving me. I was confused for a second, but then another lightning strike hit me. You stubborn, foolish, arrogant pony! Time for the next prank. I used my location spell again and saw Rainbow was going back to her house. Perfect. I covered her house in green jello and if she manages to escape, there will be skeletons all over the place to freak her out. Also, if that's not enough, all she'll see is complete darkness and there will be slenderman jumpscares. Yes, I'm thinking about everything here.

I looked from afar and it turns out that my prank was a success. Rainbow was screaming as loud as she could to get out of that jello. After she managed to get out, she screamed even louder with all of the skeletons and slenderman jumpscares. It was SO hilarious. Twilight came out and asked me suspicious "What did you do this time?" I said "Let's just say Rainbow's ego got killed after causing me to get struck by lightning with her having a storm cloud over my head." Twilight looked at me again and then left. I looked back towards Rainbow's home and had a smirk on my face. You can't beat me Rainbow. No matter how hard you try. After a few hours of nothing happening, I went to have some dinner. At the dinner table, Starlight asked "So, Zachary. How's your day been?" I said "It was pretty great. It's actually quite funny that Rainbow says she's the "Queen of Pranks," yet, they stand no chance against mine." Twilight said "You know, you seem to worry me. You have overpowered magic and if you're feeling a certain emotion, then it turns destructive."

I said "I know that, Twilight. But all my pranks are all in good fun and are not physically harming anypony. Trust me, I reviewed over these pranks of mine before I did them." Twilight said "If you say so. Just be careful." I said "I will Twilight." After having dinner, I headed back towards the library to read a book for a little bit. When I was heading to the library, I heard something go boom and I saw something headed straight towards me. I went inside my shadow form and went inside the wall. After that thing was gone, I went back in my lion form and I was not happy. What was that thing? Wait. There's only one pony that must have done that. Rainbow Dash! That. Was. NOT. Funny. Did she seriously try to recreate the double edged sword incident? Bruh, that was dark. That is absolutely no joke at all. I looked over and saw Twilight's eyes gone wide. Next thing I know, Twilight had tears in her flowing down her face and was hugging me with all her might.

I believe that thing triggered that memory again. It's like she has PTSD from that. Okay, that's it. Rainbow has crossed the line this time. NO ONE makes Twilight cry. Not even my own friends. I didn't think I would have to do this, but she's left me no choice. It's time to unleash the final prank. No more Mr. nice guy. It's time to end this prank war once and for all. After several hours of reassuring Twilight and getting her to calm down, I headed out to Rainbow's house to do this final prank. Thankfully, she was asleep, so I can do this prank without any interruptions. So here's how I'm going to do it. I'm gonna play a bunch of screaming noises to wake up Rainbow, then she'll see a bunch of zombies trying to eat her, and then I'll appear in my shadow form in front of them looking completely like Sombra and getting really close to Rainbow to where she'll give me the victory. Easy as that. Time to do this. Twilight, please don't get mad at me for this. I'm only doing this because one of Rainbow's pranks made you cry.

I went inside and cast a spell to where nopony else can hear what's going on so when Rainbow screams for help, nopony can hear her. First part of the plan. I was in my shadow form and began lighting my scepter and the noises went off. Rainbow groaned in annoyance a little bit and rolled around. So, I raised the volume to get her to wake up. She still didn't get up. I raised it some more to hopefully get her to awake. She did, but she fell back asleep. That's it. I raised it full blast and that's what got her to be awoken. Next part of my plan. I lit up my scepter again and zombies began appearing. This caused Rainbow to look scared. She said nervously "Whoever is doing this, it's not very funny." Says the pony who thinks it's funny to strike me with lightning and send Twilight into an emotional breakdown. More and more appeared and Rainbow began backing up. Rainbow finally screamed out and that was the signal for the final part of my plan. I appeared before her in my shadow form to look like Sombra and I could tell she was scared real bad. I could smell the fear she had behind those eyes.

Rainbow said scared "What are you doing here?" I said "The Crystal Empire shall be mine once more. Also, I can smell your fear behind those eyes. You think you can run away and hide, but I will always be here." Rainbow said scared and angry "GO AWAY, SOMBRA!" I said "Why should I? Wasn't it you that did all those ridiculous pranks to your friends? I can taste your wrath and it is DELICIOUS!" I looked into her eyes and cast the spell that Sombra does that shows your worst fear. Yes, I know. That's quite dark. But it's only to silence anyone that tries any funny business. Rainbow was then even more scared and screamed a couple of more times. Finally, after a bit, I said "Man, did I get you good." I removed the spell and Rainbow said "What are you talking about?!" I went out of my shadow form and revealed my lion form. Rainbow's jaw dropped. She said "That was you?!" I said "Yes, it was indeed. That's what you get for deciding to be dumb and recreate the double edged sword incident. Do you have no morals at all? Because of you, Twilight went into an emotional breakdown and I had to comfort her for like 3 hours. It wasn't fun."

Rainbow then sounded remorseful. She said "I'm sorry. I didn't realize that it was that bad." I said "It was. You should know better than to pull something like that. That was very hard on Twilight and doing something like that is just dark and just pure sinful. It was also hard on me as well. Something like that is NEVER something you make a joke about. Having somepony go into an emotional breakdown because of one's stupidity in the name of "pranks" is not worth it. Know this. Take this as a lesson to not make a joke of something that is no laughing matter." Rainbow was on the verge of tears and said "I promise I won't do that again. I never wanted to make Twilight upset. I was just mad that you did all this stuff to my home." I said "Just because I do that, it does not give you permission to make jokes about things that are really serious. Anyways, are you finally ready to give up?" Rainbow said "What would you do if I don't?" I said going back into my shadow form and getting in her face "Let's just say that it won't be pretty for you." Rainbow said scared "Okay! Okay! I give up! You are the winner."

I said "Good. Now since that I have the crown, you must do everything I say for the next week. I knew the whole time that I would steal the crown from you. Anyways, I'll leave you alone for tonight. However, if you dare to pull another prank on me, you will get severe consequences. Do I make myself clear?" Rainbow nodded and headed back to bed. I spread out my wings and headed back to the castle. I actually did it. I won the war. It was kinda brutal, but I knew I could do it. I am now known as the King of Pranks. No one shall EVER dare to pull pranks on me again. After tonight, that silenced any attempts to prank me ever again. Humans are always victorious when it comes to pranks. Rainbow made it almost easy for me. Sure, some of her pranks were unexpected, but they were all so lame. Mine actually did something and was far greater than any creature has ever seen. I made it back to the castle and went to bed turning off the lights and falling asleep.

The next day…

I went downstairs for breakfast and of course Twilight, Starlight, and Spike was there. I said cheerily "Morning ladies. Morning Spike." Twilight smirked at me and said "Someone's sure is excited today." I said "That's because this man won the Great Prank War. Rainbow finally gave up and I have declared victory and stole the crown from her. It was so great. Now she has to do everything I say for the next week." Starlight said "That's pretty interesting. It's good to hear that Rainbow will prank you no more." I said "I know it is. Now, I need to bring Rainbow here for the first thing." I went to the castle doors and shouted loudly "Yo, Rainbow. Come down here!" Rainbow dashed down and said, sighing "What do I have to do first?" I said "First, you must apologize to Twilight for pulling that prank last night and causing her emotional turmoil." Rainbow sighed at this, and faced towards Twilight. I could tell Twilight wasn't happy with her.

She said "That was you, Rainbow?! How could you?! You know very well that something like that caused me pain and for you to do something incredibly stupid like that just for a ridiculous prank is extremely hurtful! As my friend, you should have understood something like that." Rainbow looked like she was about to cry a river. She said with a lump in her throat "I'm so sorry Twilight. I didn't mean for that to happen. I didn't know it would cause you pain. I promise I won't do it again. I hope you can forgive me. If not, I understand." Twilight looked at me for a second, and I gave her a nod. Twilight turned back to Rainbow and said "I forgive you Rainbow. But, if you do something like that again, I won't be as forgiving." Rainbow said "I understand Twilight." She turned to look at me and said "So, what's next? You have to scrub my entire room top to bottom. If you don't die from exhaustion 20 years from now, I'll be more lenient."

Rainbow just nodded and began scrubbing. Ah, so satisfying. After a long day, Rainbow was able to go home as I allowed her to since my room was squeaky clean. She still had stuff to do for the rest of the week mind you, but her work for the day is done. Suddenly, Twilight came over and sat next to me. I said "Feeling better, Twilight?" Twilight said "Yeah, I do a little bit. I'll say that for how broken you claim to be, you sure know how to give emotional support." I said "Well, I try my best. I really only get it because of my own experiences with these issues. I will always be a broken man, but with you by my side, it makes it less painful." Twilight smiled at that and gave me a kiss. Figures she'd do that. I just returned it because I can. After a bit, we heard a loud scream that said "NOOOOOO!" Twilight asked me "What was that?" I said "That was Plan B for Rainbow. I always have a trick up my sleeve and I wanted to get the last laugh. But let's not focus on that right now." Twilight agreed and we continued making out.

It turns out that my backup plan was posting a bunch of Zephyr Breeze posters all over Rainbow's house saying that she's hot and he would want to marry her and stuff like that. Just because I won the crown, doesn't mean I can't get the last laugh. So in conclusion, it was a nice weekend. Nothing will ever stand against my pranks and I will always be by Twilight's side no matter what.

AN: Another chapter done! Sorry for this chapter being shorter than expected. It's just a lot harder to write chapters that don't follow the main storyline. Anyways, I know this was a bit dark, but this shows that no creature can ever oppose Zachary's pranks. Some of you might also think that Twilight now has PTSD or something, but I'm honestly not sure. If you want to say that she has that, go ahead. I'm not gonna say that she has it because not everyone knows what that is. I know that's weird, but it's reality. All I'm gonna say is that she suffers from emotional breakdowns sometimes and nothing else. It's easier to say and I like saying that more. If you don't like that, too bad. Deal with it. Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter.

Next Chapter: Family Cruise! Twilight gets invited to go on a Zeppelin cruise with her family and she takes Zachary along with her to meet the rest of her family. However, Twilight makes a deal with Iron Will to keep her family happy. But Zachary notices that she isn't happy herself. After a bit, Twilight's anger boils over. Will Zachary be able to provide words of encouragement to his girlfriend, or will he let her wallow in despair?

Until then, my fellow readers