Twilight gets a Puppy
By TDR
Winter Woof Up,
Part 6
CLANG!
“YES!! PAY UP SUCKERS!” Rainbow Dash shouted as a little rocket of white shot through the large cloud arcing over the town towards the edge of the Everfree. A yellow pegasus flew quickly after the the white furry hoof ball fretting.
CLANG!
“Ooh good distance.” Pinkie Pie cheered while ducking as Rahs went sailing over her head to crash into the side of some ponies house, knocking all the snow off the roof from the impact. With a whumph of white powder, Rahs was buried under the mini avalanche with only his tail sticking out.
“Right, ah had about enough of that!” Applejack snapped before pointing the massively dented snow shovel up at the cloud of Pegasi. “You lots been slacking off enough, we're already running late so git back tah clearing them clouds! Double time! Or Else.”
“Or else what?” Thunderlane grumbled, paying his bid bet to Dash.
“Or ah try tah even out mai shovel with a few more swings.” Applejack growled.
“On it!” Dash smirked packing the bits away in her saddle bag before taking off with a kick that started dissipating the cloud they had been on.
“Pinkie Pie you done with tha ponds?”
“Yeppers.” Pinkie Pie chimed up and every pony tensed, eyes wide as they looked at the pink mare.
“Right, go help clean up tha mess these two made in town alright” Applejack added quickly.
“Okie Dokie!” Pinkie Pie pronked off.
“You four.” Applejack pointed the hoof holding the shovel at the CMC, finally noticing she was doing it when the three fillies hid behind Spike.
”Oops sorry.” Applejack lowered the heavily dented snow shovel.” You four git Rahs back to the library an make sure I didn't wallop him too hard. Stay there an make sure he's really fine. Yah ken try yer hoof at doctors cutiemarks or somethin.”
“CUTIEMARK CRUSADERS PARAMEDICS YAY!!” The girls cheered rushing over to flip Rahs onto Scootaloo's wagon stampeding off with the unconscious Moon Dog.
Spike sighed glancing after the girls and then up at Applejack. “You are a cruel mare, you know that?”
“Ah'm tired of being late with the Winter Wrap up every year.” Applejack snorted. “Sides ah told um what would happen if ah caught um fighting around me again.”
“What did they break this time?” Spike asked with a groan.
“Nothing that ah know of, but they buried me in an avalanche. That counts.”Applejack nodded.
“ Ehh. Fair enough, I need to go save my brother from the 'tender care' of those three. He doesn't need to be back in the hospital again.” Spike shrugged toddling off after the three girls. They were easy to follow as Sweetiebelle was trying to make the 'weee oooo' noise of an ambulance.
Applejack sighed looking around at the other ponies who had gathered around watching her from number of different work crews.
“Well? What are ya'll waiting for. Winters not gonna wrap itself up!” Applejack shouted sending them all running back to what they were supposed to be doing.
Applejack trotted back towards the south field taking note that it was still covered in snow. The rest of the teams had gotten back to work. The weather team actually doubling their efforts in an attempt to remain on Applejack's good side, and so they didn't have to hear Rainbow Dash bragging about her win.
The north field was clear and the rest of the team had moved on to the next vital farm when she arrived back at the farm. Though as she approached she noticed Big Mac was helping Twilight out of the hole in the snow that she had been trapped under when Applejack had left.
“Dang took yah that long tah get out of there Twilight?” Applejack called as she trotted up her bent snow shovel resting over her shoulder. “ Ah figured ya were pushing yerself too hard, but I didn't think it was that bad. Been nearly an hour.”
Applejack paused as she walked up between her brother and her friend, taking note of the sudden distance between the pair of them as she approached. It was also worth noting that Twilight's hair was more than a little ruffled and Big Mac's usual mess of a mane looked like he had recently tried to straighten it. There was also the fact neither of them would meet her eyes, nor each others.
Applejack might have been born during the day, but it wasn't yesterday.
“Mac yah got some purple lipstick on yer face there.” Applejack stated with an evil grin.
Big Mac quickly shot a hoof up to attempt to wipe it off.
“What? But I don't wear lipstick!?” Twilight protested looking back over at Mac only to catch sight of the wide, and somewhat sinister, grin on Applejack's face.
“Oh buck me....” Twilight grumbled hiding her face with her hooves as she turned nearly as red as Big Mac.
“Ya'll ken save that fer later or something we still got work tah do.” Applejack chuckled as Twilight covered her head with her hooves and tried to bury herself back in the snow.