Chapter 8: Rehearsal

"Alright every pony, listen!" Celestia shouted. Everypony grew quiet and they were each sitting in a wooden chair with a cushion in it in a circle on stage. "As you all know we're doing Impossibile Caritate. Luna is passing out scripts and they're marked according to what part you're performing." Luna then gave each pony a script. "So today we'll be doing a read through of the script. JUST reading it. The ensemble will read their part together. But before we begin, let me introduce..." A tall pink mare with dark pink, purple, and yellow mane walked onstage. "Mi Amore F..."

"Cadence!" Twilight exclaimed. She got off her chair and ran to her. Cadence smiled.

"Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake. Clap your hooves and do a little shake," they both said. They both laughed. Every pony else was confused.

Discord was in his "bedroom" part of his cave under the opera house. He was hunched over his table where his model of the opera was. He was pinching his goatee.

"Um, what should I write next?" Discord asked. "What to do? What to do?" His replica then whispered into his ear. "Maybe you should see what they're working on now. Maybe that'll give you an idea." The real Discord's eyes widen.

"That's a pretty good idea," Discord said to his replica. "Why didn't I think of that?" He snapped his claw and his replica disappeared. He then grabbed his cloak and headed off.

"I love you Jack," Cadence said.

"I love you too Rose," Shinning Armor responded. "Please, don't go back. Stay with me, Rose."

"I will," Cadence said.

Discord groaned from box 5.

"Not another romance," Discord complained. "Ug. Why!?" A replica of himself then appeared and said,

"Because they have nothing better to perform. But there's something you can do right now." A wicked grinned formed across Discord's face.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" the original Discord said.

"Pranks!" they both said.

"Alright you all may take a lunch break," Celestia told them. "You have thirty minutes."

"Perfect," Discord whispered to his replica. He was still in box 5. "That's plenty of time."

"Uh finally," Chrysalis muttered.

"Wow, there's a LOT of lines in this opera for ensemble," Pinkie said. They were sitting at the ensembles' table in the dinning room.

"Yeah, I can't believe we have that much to memorize," Fluttershy added.

"I can't believe that Cadence is here!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Yeah, how do you know her?" Pinkie asked.

"She was my foalsitter before we moved," Twilight answered. "She was, well, is AMAZING! You'll love her!" Fluttershy and Pinkie giggled. Twilight raised an eyebrow.

"Well, your brother certainly does," Fluttershy said. Twilight was still puzzled. Pinkie pointed to Cadence and Shinning Armor who were laughing and blushing.

"He hasn't taken his eyes off of her since she came in," Pinkie pointed out. "Love is in the air."

"Huh," Twilight said.

"There that should do it," Discord said as he finished shaking out the rest of the powder onto a chair. He then looked up to see how his replica was doing. "You done yet?"

"Yeah," his replica responded. "They're ready."

"Good," the original said. "We'd better leave before they get back." He then teleported to box 5 and his replica followed after him.

"Think it'll work?" the replica asked.

"Hopefully," the original said. "Otherwise we'll have wasted a good thirty minutes."

"Alright everypony let's be seated," Celestia said. Everypony were back in the auditorium and sat down in their chairs. They sat down but when Chrysalis and Blueblood sat down powder went up and they started coughing and itching. Then a bucket of slime landed on Chrysalis and another one on Blueblood. Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie chuckled while everypony else was holding back a laugh, except Celestia. Then Blueblood levitated the bucket off his head.

"Ah! My hair! My hair! Ruined!" Blueblood exclaimed. Everypony lost it after that. They all laughed except Celestia. Then Chrysalis took her bucket off.

"Who did this!?" Chrysalis growled and then she glared at them. Everypony shut up when she glared at them. She then looked up to the scaffold and saw the stage manager. "Did you do that?!"

"No, well, not on purpose, I promise," he told her. "I accidentally knocked them over. Don't know how they got there though. They were supposed to be in the supply closet."

"My clothes are ruined! You ruined my clothes!" Blueblood exclaimed.

"Sorry," he responded. Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Twilight giggled. Blueblood glared at them.

"What are you three giggling about?" Blueblood asked. They stopped.

"Nothing," Twilight responded. Celestia sighed.

"Chrysalis, Blueblood, you may take a shower and clean up," Celestia told them. "Come back when you're done." The two left muttering under their breath. "The rest of us will continue on as intended. Beginning on page 50." They all opened their scripts to page 50 and continued on.

The Discords were laughing crazily in Luna's room.

"That was TOO funny for words!" the original said. "We need to prank them more often."

"Yeah, maybe then they'll quit!" his replica added.

"And what a great that'll be," the original agreed.

"And the itching powder was a great touch!" the replica responded. "Now they're itchy AND gunky!"

"Remember the look on Blueblood's face?!" the original said. He then magiced a hair style similar to Blueblood's onto his head. He then said in an overdramatic Blueblood voice, "Oh! My hair! How dreadful!" They both laughed hysterically. He then made the fake hair disappear.

"And remember Chrissy's!?" the replica said. He then magiced a Chrysalis' wig and then said the following in an overdramatic version of her voice. "Who dares prank me!? I am the queen of all and (in his normal voice) blah, blah, blah." They continued laughing.

"So you DID prank them?" They turned to see Celestia at the door.

"Uh, oh, busted," the replica whispered to original before disappearing.

"Luna, is Discord in trouble?" Fluttershy whispered. They were still doing the read through and they were sitting next to each other.

"Probably," Luna answered. "Why?"

"Well, I...I'm kind of glad he did the prank," Fluttershy admitted. "I know I probably shouldn't but it was funny." Luna smiled.

"Agreed," Luna said. "They also completely deserved it."

"Jake, I..." Cadence began.

"We're back!" Blueblood exclaimed as he and Chrysalis walked in. Twilight, Pinkie, and Luna groaned.

"So much for a snob free rehearsal," Pinkie muttered.