This story takes place between the end of the Rock Heartbreaker arc & "Comedic Coronation Prep"

Hope you enjoy! :)

Today was a very special day, namely for a certain Cerean and his horse. Jedi Master Ki-Adi Mundi, through a magical ritual known as the Ride of Love, had been matched months ago with a funny young mare named Comedia Evermare. For a member of a species with dual mind and heart, comedy was not something Ki-Adi set either of those things to most of the time. But, the pony he got matched with loved to play jokes, and she played one on him the moment they met. Naturally, Ki-Adi felt sure he would do fine. He was a Jedi Master, so how hard could taking care of a horse be for him?

A lot harder than he thought, especially since Comedia had a lot of energy and didn't always listen to him. It was like looking after a child of his own, except with four legs that made it hard for him to keep up with her. But as happy and silly as Comedia appeared, his senses were confirmed when he learned Comedia was actually a prisoner in her own home, and that her biological mother and father did not care for her at all. When he learned all she'd been through and how badly she feared being forced back, Ki-Adi made a decision that would change his life forever. It was a long and hard mission that involved inspections, interviews, and legal challenges, but today, that mission was officially complete.

Comedia was super happy as she and Master Mundi left one of the many buildings of Coruscant and arrived at the Jedi Temple, where everyone was waiting to hear the news the Cerean had said would be coming today.

Everyone was so excited as they gathered together in the Council Chamber to hear the news.

"Well?" said Master Yoda.

Ki-Adi then held up the official holo-documents that were actually adoption papers.

"It's a girl." Ki-Adi said.

Everyone voiced their congratulations to Master Mundi.

"You're officially a father again." Anakin said. "Be ready for a lot of crazy stuff."

"For once, I agree with Skywalker, especially since your daughter is a teenager now." Mace said.

"I've been looking after Comedia for three months now," said Ki-Adi. "The only difference now is that legally she is my daughter and-"

"And she vanished?" Anakin said, noting an empty spot beside Master Mundi where Comedia had been standing.

"Comedia?! Where did you go?" Ki-Adi looked around.

"Daddy, I'm right here." Comedia said, coming out from behind a chair.

"What were you doing back there, young mare?" Master Fisto asked.

A ladybug landed on Comedia's muzzle then, making the silly-corn giggle.

"Following this little guy." said the alicorn. "I love ladybugs."

"Gabby, I thought I told you to stop bringing bugs in here." Anakin said, Gabby having a history of bring butterflies and ladybugs indoors, wanting to keep them as pets.

"I didn't bring any in on purpose," said Gabby. "They just follow me sometimes."

"Comedia's adoption is not the only news, however." Ki-Adi said.

It was a celebration on its own that Comedia Evermare was officially a Mundi now, but it was also a celebratory thing that Comedia was going to be crowned a princess. And when they told everyone this news, they found it amazing, but also surprising.

"I thought you had to be born to a king and queen or marry a prince to be a princess." Lamenta said.

"Things are a little different in most Enchanted kingdoms where the monarchy are concerned," said Garrett. "In some, the firstborn child is the heir, but even then, the title of heir to the throne is earned, not merely a birthright."

"In Equinaro," said Comedia. "Any pony can be of royal blood or even adopted by royal blood, but it takes some kind of royal worthy deed to get promoted from Lady, Lord or Duchess to Princess. And in my case, I guess uncovering that the queen's own cousin was abusive to his own foals and was planning to overthrow her using Emeraldi or me made the cut."

"Makes sense." Anakin said. "You were very brave to stand up to them like that. Not every kid facing a tyrant in their own home, and that's coming from a former slave. Though, to be fair, you at least didn't have a transmitter in your body. Did you?"

"I don't think so." Comedia said. She looked at some of the other horses. "Do we even have that kind of thing?"

"Did you not see a doctor right before you were matched?" Zipp asked.

"I did." Comedia said. "Now that I think of it, I would think a doctor would catch a transmitter inside me."

But, as honored to become a princess as Comedia was, one thing she was not too keen on was one thing every princess does: wearing a dress.

For someone who didn't believe in luck, Ki-Adi found it fortunate that he found something nice for Comedia to wear last Life Day for her family's holiday party, but he was currently busy assisting Queen Reigna with other details of the upcoming coronation. So, Ki-Adi asked Padme to take her dress shopping. You've probably experienced or at least witness the daunting task of browsing and trying on different dressed for special events. Wedding dresses, prom dresses, quinceanera dresses, bridesmaids dresses, and homecoming dresses, but probably not a lot of coronation dresses.

Padme brought Comedia to a boutique that had recently started selling clothes for horses. Since Equinaro became allies with the Republic, quite a few people in the city on Coruscant in and had gotten matched with horses, which meant some wanted to dress their horses up in different saddles, and sometimes shirts, hats, even dresses. And, Comedia needed a special dress for her special day.

One of the droids took some measurements of Comedia and brought out a selection of beautiful dresses. Except, the sales workers didn't quite get the response from Comedia they were hoping for.

"May we present our newest addition," said a worker, presenting a sparkling gold gown. "A golden dress for a golden princess."

But Comedia was shielding her eyes with her wing at the dress's glistening... actually, more like literally glowing.

"I think that one's a little too bright." said the alicorn.

"No worries, we got plenty others."

So, the workers brought out a few other dresses. There was a pretty red one that kinda looked like a Santa Clause theme dress.

Comedia shook her head at that one.

"Too Heartmas-y."

Then, they brought out a pretty silver one. Comedia didn't like that one either.

Then they brought out an orange one, a magenta one with sparkling ribbons, a shiny green blue one that looked like a mermaid's tail, a white one with colorful spots that looked like sprinkles, and a black one with gold ribbons that was definitely too fancy for Comedia's taste.

"Nuh-uh!" "No Way!" and "Nope!" were the only words to come out of Comedia's mouth. She shook her head so much she was starting to get dizzy, and chirping birds appeared around her head.

"Now I'm seeing birds." Comedia said dizzily. "And I'm gonna faint."

And Comedia collapsed.

"Comedia!" Padme exclaimed.

"I'm good! I'm good." Comedia heaved. "No dresses I like here."

"Thank you," said Padme to the workers as she helped Comedia up. "You have a lovely selection, but I think we'll check elsewhere."

Padme walked Comedia out of the shop, a little disappointed.

"I'm sorry you didn't find anything you liked in there, Comedia." Padme said. "What exactly didn't you like?"

"Um... they're dresses." Comedia said. "Why can't I just wear my saddle?"

"It's a coronation. Not a rodeo. Besides. I thought that black one with the gold ribbons looked lovely."

"Let's be real. I looked ridiculous in it." Comedia said. "Besides, they all itch!"

Comedia started to scratch her side against a pole.

"Well, that was just one place. There's gotta be a dress you like somewhere."

But, Comedia's stomach was growling. So, Padme decided it would be best to get some lunch before they did more dress searching.

Padme took Comedia to this nice restaurant she sometimes went to with other senators for meetings. Now, picking restaurants was not easy if you have a horse, given that they're vegetarians by nature. Luckily, Padme knew this place had good salads. But even royal horses did not always have the best table manners, that being proven as Comedia dipped her face in her bowl and started to get bits of lettuce on the table and on her muzzle.

"Tell me, Comedia. Are you having any concerns about being a princess?" Padme said.

"Um... not really. Technically, I'm still fifth in line for the throne, so I'm not exactly worried about being queen. Fantasia was literally born for it. When her parents were away, she led so well. She's a natural."

"Normally I wouldn't fear the worst, but what if something did happen and you did need to become queen?"

Comedia honestly hadn't thought that far ahead into accepting the new title; she just didn't want to offend her cousin by rejecting, and not just because she was the queen. But, even if she hadn't accepted, she's still in line for the throne, and as a princess, the expectations would be higher.

Most princesses you probably know probably don't wear propeller hats or spend their time playing pranks and telling jokes. They had to act seriously polite; perfect posture, perfect table manners, wearing fancy attire, and pinkies raised while drinking tea. Well, that last one wouldn't apply to Comedia since she didn't even have fingers. Still, she wasn't sure she could pull that off.

In her head, Comedia wondered if it was too late to call Queen Reigna and back out of the coronation.

A few blocks away, in a jewelry store, workers and customers were minding their own business, doing their jobs selling to customers looking for a new necklace, earrings, or an engagement ring, when a new customer came in through the door, but they weren't exactly a customer, that being proven as they slammed the door behind them and pulled out a gun.

"Everyone down! This is a crime with style." exclaimed a woman's voice.

People immediately did get down, but one worker was able to hide and call the police.

Except, when the police got there, they were not equipped to handle what this thief had in store for them.

Sometime later, Comedia was walking down the street with Padme after checking many other boutiques. Comedia didn't find one dress she liked. She seemed more interested in trying on hats, especially funny ones. The only thing they did buy was a firefighter helmet Comedia tried on and liked, and decided to wear as she and Padme went walking.

"I don't know why you liked that helmet better than any of the dresses." Padme said.

"I, for one, think it makes me look cool and courageous. That's what firefighters are." Comedia said. "Believe it or not, it was between that and the police cap. It would probably make me look a little too serious. But, I have to admit, something about their uniform just makes you really take them seriously."

"And yet you have a problem with a princess' uniform."

"Hey, if you faced the kinds of dresses I have, you'd-"

But Comedia stopped mid-sentence when Padme stopped and looked at something, prompting the pony to do the same. Not far from where the two ladies stood, there was a crime scene at a jewelry store, and several police vehicles arrived moments later.

Amid Padme's objections, Comedia's curiosity got the better of her. Naturally, Padme ran after her.

Comedia screeched to a halt and saw people talking to some officers about a robbery that happened not that long ago. Except, she noticed that all the people there seemed very formally dressed, all in ball gowns, even the men.

"Uh, do most people wear ball gowns to go jewelry shopping?" Comedia asked Padme as she caught up to her.

Padme got a good look at all the people wearing gowns at the scene and was as perplexed as Comedia.

"No. Not usually. I wonder what happened here."

"Let's just leave before anyone sees me in-" said a new voice, but they were interrupted when Comedia burst out laughing.

"Too late." Inspector Divo groaned, as he was just now seen wearing a pink dress like Sleeping Beauty's. The two other male officers beside him were also in dresses.

Padme struggled not to start laughing as well.

"Inspector Divo," greeted Padme, trying not to laugh. "What happened here?"

"Nothing that concerns you or your laughing horse."

"Comedia, please stop laughing."

But Comedia just couldn't stop laughing; she'd laughed so hard, she was laughing on her back.

"I...I can't help it!" Comedia guffawed. But she tried to calm herself. "Sorry. I'm just not used to seeing police officers playing Princesses. And pink is really not his color."

"If you must know, this wasn't by choice." Divo said. "Some crazy woman put these on everyone."

Suddenly, Padme thought of something.

"How exactly did she put the dresses on everyone?" Padme asked.

"Some kind of bedazzled weapon, I think. What's it to you?"

"Maybe the fact that it sounds like an enchanted villain." Comedia said. "And regular police and scientists aren't exactly equipped to handle that."

Padme decided to call her husband and check the data base.

"Anakin, there was just a robbery at a jewelry store, and the thief turned everyone's clothes into ball gowns with a bedazzled weapon." Padme said. "Does anyone in the MARED Escapee list fit that bill?"

Anakin checked the MARED data base for any Enchanted criminals known to transform clothes into gowns. Padme gave him what details she could get from the police. The culprit was a woman, her entire outfit looked like something you'd see on the runway, and she didn't take any chains from the store. Just the stones that were on them, as well as all the cash from the registers, and everyone's wallets and any jewels they had too. But, she did use the chains to trap everyone, and it was taking a while to get everyone's wrists and ankles untangled from the expensive chains.

It turned out there were actually a number of fashion-based criminals, but there was one that fit the bill.

Anakin pulled up a picture of a blonde woman with a high ponytail in a sparkling pink tutu dress, stylish knee length heeled boots, and her face was covered by a masquerade mask of glittering diamonds. Her real name was Darby Styles, but her criminal alias was Drag Queen, a former fashion designer turned master thief. She was initially arrested because she started plagiarizing other designers' work, but upon release, she stole technology from her ex-husband, who was a literal wizard and an inventor, and she combined magic and technology that gave her the power to turn any piece of clothing into a ball gown.

Padme had the picture sent to her phone and the police to identify her.

"That's her!" Divo said.

Other witnesses testified that picture matched the person they saw perfectly.

As silly as it may sound, Drag Queen was pretty devious. She used several weapons to create fashion based weaponry, her favorite being a pink ray gun bedazzled with diamond rhinestones, and whenever someone got hit with the ray, they were placed in very constricting gowns that not only made it hard to move, much less fight her, but a lot of men, including local authorities were too embarrassed by their new outfits to go after her.

"Can't really say I blame them for feeling embarrassed." Anakin said.

"I know what you mean." Carmine said, remembering how embarrassed he was when Silly Filly placed him in a dress as a joke. "But believe it or not, some guys aren't. Strange as it sounds, I knew at least one guy friend who enjoyed in back in high school. And in some lands, it's actually normal for men to wear skirts. Technically, they're kilts, but you get my gist. Still, if Drag Queen turns everything into ball gowns to rob people..."

"There's no telling what she might go after next." Kara said. "Check out what she's been known to steal besides jewelry and cash."

According to her records, there was an extensive list of thefts and other offenses Drag Queen committed before she was sent to prison:

Kidnapping, fraud, even murder were among the list of crimes she committed. But in the category of thievery, the list included bank robberies, rare silks, sensitive information on various celebrities, weapons, even poaching jewel pegasi from Equinaro many years ago.

"She's one of the poachers who's come after my people." Sapphire's eyes went wide at that. "If she were to find her way to Equinaro..."

"We're not gonna let that happen." Anakin said. "Padme, see if you can find anything out from any witnesses. I'll gather as many helpers as I can."