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// Bonus Chapter! Trivia and Other Little Things 
// Story: Mating Season in Equestria 
// by ratmage99 
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Thanks everyone for sticking with that last mishap of a chapter, and I am proud to say that it is now back up with a few things fixed. I have decided to do a bit of trivia-type stuff for the bonus chapter, as it doesn't take long and can be quite entertaining. For those of you that don't want to read useless trivia, good day to you, and thanks for reading. 

1: This story actually stemmed from a small idea I had about how to make Equestria seem less... well... perfect. Sure you've got the Everfree Forest filled with terrifying monsters, but the gentlest pony in all of Ponyville can take them down with almost no trouble. I decided that to make it less perfect, I would try to find a reason for the lack of males, or at the very least, a reason for it to be significant that there aren't many. I wrote the first chapter in about two hours, figuring I'd get flamed, swallow my sadness, and go about my merry way. However, while I was writing, I noticed something. I was actually happy to be writing. I wanted Twilight and Macintosh to have a happy ending. The overwhelming response certainly helped, so I decided that if I could write a chapter and have fun with it, two chapters could be just as fun. The next few days were a total storm of inspiration for me, during which I put out chapter after chapter of the story, slowly beginning to notice that people actually liked it. I am used to writing in the total dark or total comedy style, so writing in a romantic style was a huge challenge for me, especially since I find it very hard to stay on subject, such as right now, I began talking about how the story began, now suddenly I'm talking about how different it was. 

2: I actually do love to read criticism from people, as it lets me know that people aren't just reading it, saying "eh, okay." and leaving, it tells me that there are people out there who want to help out any way they can, and want this story to succeed. 

3: Speaking of succeeding, 16,000 views............ wut? The idea that this story could get so popular is shocking to me, especially since I don't think it's my best work. But the people have spoken, and who am I to question the wisdom of the brony community. 

4: Before writing Rarity's chapter, she was my least favorite pony, and I honestly hated her. After writing it, well, I put my canon with the show's canon and... well, I like her a lot more now. For those of you wondering, here's my pony hierarchy:
-Fluttershy
-Pinkie Pie
-Twilight Sparkle
-Rarity
-Applejack
-Rainbow Dash 

I realize that I just alienated about half the community, but I for one don't like Rainbow Dash quite as much as everypony else. No real reason, just my opinion. 

5: (The final one before I go to bed to prepare my brain for writing the next chapter.) The whole reason for that last chapter having the picture for people to translate was so that I could see if people would do it. Honestly, I didn't think anypony would, simply because translating it isn't the easiest. Writing in Standard Galactic Script is so much different on the computer than on paper, which is why the first one was basically awful. For those of you who haven't seen it yet here is the picture. I personally love the way the text looks, and I have started using it all over, causing my teachers in school much confusion, hopefully. 

See you all next chapter, I hope you like it! It contains an...