Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 2
By TDR
A Claw-terlot Wedding,
Part 1,
Prologue
[Friendship Express ]
The train was click-clacking slowly up the mountain after a rather rough start where at least two engines broke down and the third had to be stopped because some pony let Bees into the engineer's compartment.
No one was quite sure how the odd pony had gotten in there, but he was promptly kicked out.
Still, three hours, one rock slide, and a knocked out trestle bridge later they were almost at Canterlot. The later two problems taken care of in minutes thanks to one of the passengers.
There were three cars being brought along, the first held a number of supplies, the second the majority of the passengers.
Rarity was in a tizzy, sketching in a note pad getting a few designs taken care of, the invite from Princess Celestia was sudden and she hadn't expected that she would be working on all the brides maids dresses and a wedding gown too, with only three days before the wedding. Sweetiebelle was watching the designs being made and offering insights on things regarding her time with Princess Luna in Canterlot.
Applejack and Big Mac were also writing down a few things, putting together an ingredients list of what they would need for various dishes. Sweet Apple Acres had been marked down as the caterer of this event, and just like Rarity they had three days to get everything in order. Applebloom was off to the side offering her own suggestions on food to the pair. This was not exactly helpful as she had suggested apple fritters at least four times.
Rainbow Dash was hovering over a seat shifting her hoof around as if she was testing the proper angles of various moves, out of all of them she had the least taxing job, just do a rain boom, something she had been able to hammer out consistently since the Best Young Fliers Competition. Scootaloo sat under her with a big sheet of paper trying to sketch out how the moves would look. Fireball sat nearby, lightly dozing.
Fluttershy was curled up in a corner looking through a song book, her birds clustered around her as she tried to figure out which song would be fitting, fretting more and more with each turned page.
Pinkie Pie was currently sitting in nearly all the other empty seats at once, practically vibrating around as she thought of how the Princess wanted her to plan the reception.
The last one sitting in the car was Spike who had recently hatched a little phoenix chick, Peewee The little bird was sitting on his shoulder chirping and hopping about watching out the window. Spike however had his eyes on the door to the other car.
In the other car, there were two individuals.
One was a large dark blue furred canine like creature who was stretched out over a number of seats with his head hanging over a bucket. While Rahs Sparkle had never liked to travel by train, his current illness had started a few days ago. His eyes had gone blurry and his whole head felt stuffed up like he had a cold. Plus given how much he slept or lazed around normally this had knocked him out even further.
He had managed a heroic stand to make it into the car before falling over again in a huff, not even having the energy to move away from the other occupant in the car.
Across from him sitting on a half melted bench was a white pony with flame for her mane and tail. She had recently been told she was to help organize an entire wedding and ensure it all ran smoothly.
For her brother.
In three days time.
A full Canterlot Wedding, with hundreds, if not thousands of ponies in attendance to witness the marriage of a Princess and a secret Prince.
Something she had only heard about the engagement to a month ago.
Something that she had received a letter about from Princess Celestia though Spike's dragon mail today in a off hoofed letter asking how the preparations were going to something she didn't even know was happening.
Suffice to say the interruptions of that stupid pony, and track malfunctions had not helped her remain calm. Rahs being sick didn't help either as the drama dog rarely caught anything, and when he did he played it up like he was in Masque of the Red Death. The only reason she knew he was actually sick this time is he hadn't moved into the second car like every one else.
But most of her ire was directed at the pony who didn't even send her a letter to tell her when the wedding was.
Shining Armor.
Hopefully Cadence didn't mind him being a bit damaged when she got him.
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“Mother. We failed to stop them. The Sparkles and the Element Bearers are on their way.” Saturnia told the mirror.
A loud exclamation of , 'Shit!', was the only response.
you think Saturnia would have learn over the time watch the sparkle that there nothing they can do to keep them away form family event or form twilight and who ever her ire is directed towards.
Hahaha. Appropriate response, Chrysalis!
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They...literally said in the chapter that if something magical affects one of the Sparkle siblings, the others are likewise affected. They meant ALL the Sparkle siblings.
Well, that answers how Rahs reacts to "Cadence"'s "headache cure" spells on Shining.
Never enough pyrocorn Twi.
Sometimes it's the only appropriate response. Short of dropping a precision F-strike.
Ok, if you insist
interesting consider most of the pony train car seem to be made of wood not metal and plastic seems to be unheard of. Twilight isn't instantly incinerating the bench but melting it
Yass, really excited for this one!
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I figure the crown has paid it so that the train that twilight or any of the elemenst or family member are on, are high class cars are everything made of stronger, things then wood.
Why do I get the feeling during/after the wedding that Saturnia will somehow got Rahs alone to tell him on how she feels
So… Chrysalis is a dead mare and she knows it.
Excellent!
I'll go get the stretchers. And popcorn.
There’s something so amusing about the villain hearing the hero is on their way and quickly jamming everything into a travel bag for their one way trip to shitsfuckedville that always amuses me.
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A dead mare and she knows it!
Don’t you see how well Rahs will make her show it?
Shit meet fan. Also I wonder if rah getting sick was intentional. I mean that’s one way to get him out of the way.
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The thumbs up button is broken!
I can only give both of you and the chapter one each!
NOOOOOOOOO!
Oh lookie! A wild Ponyta!
Twilight has unlocked Super Saiyan form! It would be convenient in the future if she could do it on demand.
Rahs was sick? It would be hilarious if he manage to infect fake Cadance too. But this would render him useless in detecting Chrysalis' disguise.
I initially expected Rahs to ask fake Cadance for magic ball as a greeting present. Two things might happen - either Rahs complain her magic taste completely different or the backlash cause Chrysalis' shifting to fail. Thus, war break loose much more sooner than planned.
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Saturnia is staying in ponyville.
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Nah If something is cast on Rahs all of them will feel it, if something is cast on shining, only Rahs will feel it, same with if it's on Twi or Spike. It's more of a starburst pattern than a square with Rahs in the middle.
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9559016 where would the fun be if the episode ended in that first meeting?
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metal train car seat with cushions, well, it HAD cushions
Mother. We failed to stop them. The Sparkles and the Element Bearers are on their way.” Saturnia told the mirror.
A loud exclamation of , 'Shit!', was the only response.
Best 3 lines of the chapter. Engine Chrissy knows her plan is bucked now.
This chapter’s going to be perfect
The kind of laughs I’ve dreamed since I was young
Every-one on the ground
Giggles going all around
This chapter will be the best of a~ll
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oh i figure she stay in ponyville, she has enougth sense to get herself and those who loyal to her to stay far away form castle, and what about to happen
Hey at least you have managed to make sure they might (probably not) be too busy for a day or two to notice anything
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Rahs' Sick cause Chrissy is using her magic on Shining Armor, which is bad, very very bad. Cause she is using Mind Control. If the effect latches through the connection onto Rahs, then Chrissy would have control of a magic eating tank.
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But that would mean it also affect Twilight and Spike in some way. Remember Discord?
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Not quite True, as the Author pointed out to another commentor. Magic is a 2 way street, from Each sibling to Rahs, and from Rahs to each of the others. Because of that, any magic effecting one of the other 3, effects only Rahs as only Rahs is connected to that one sibling. However, if Rahs is the one hit with a spell, he's connected to all of them, so it effects all of them. Rahs is the one Discord changed, Rahs is the one effected by Poison Joke, and so on.
Plan B. Keep them as busy as possible, make their lives extremely difficult with preparations that they won't be ready at all for the invasion. And prey that it works.
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Oh, now I get it
Saturnia and her subhive tried really hard to stop that train, but nope. There's an irate Twilight on that train, and it's getting to Canterlot. Chrysalis' reaction sums it up quite well.
I can only assume that this version of Chrysalis is a better actor than her cannon counterpart, otherwise too many of the Bearers will start asking questions early. She can't afford to get called out by Twilight, since this version of the Bearers has (hopefully) already well learned the lesson about isolating one of their number. It's not quite the same, but too similar to the lack of faith in Dash that resulted in the catastrophic blowout of the Mare-Do-Well incident.
I suspect that Rahs may notice that something is awry right off the bat with 'Cadence' due to his own acting skill, but choose not to call her out immediately to see what she's intending to do with this setup. Much like he did with the PETA idiots.
Eeyup Chrissy saying shit about sums up how bucked she in in 1 word
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Plan c everyling defects and throws the queen under the bus and run for it plan d calling it off and using diplomacy with celestia and Luna before fire head finds out
Author, you missed the chance for this to be an Ocelot Wedding. For shame! XD
A little short the chapter... Waiting for the next one
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......... Bugger
At least we will get to see how Cadance turned out in this AU, eventually.
Thaumonuclear warhead, code name: Sparkle ready for launch. Target aquired. Locked. 2 minutes to launch...
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Lol that works!
I feel so sorry Tirck come later in the show cuz this is what's going to happen. Twilight is going to be empowered with all the other alicorns magic she's going to get really mad and go rapidash then Spikes going to get a major size increase because of that power and Rahs is going to go completely moonwolf. Tireks just going to look at them and go F***.
I don't know how shining will fit in there with a power boost but he'll be in there somehow if he doesn't get drained before hand.
I'm anxious to see how a at least somewhat competent and intelligent Chrysalis will deal with this cluster
Shot is right! Your buggy ass is about to be so kicked, 10 generations later will still be feeling it!!
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Are you telling me that Rahs is the Canary in the Coal Mine here? Him getting sick like this is because Shining is being brainwashed?
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Speaking of Saturnia, I forget, which chapter was she introduced in? Or is she new?
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Yes, the Magic is hitting Shining Armor, and through their connection it's mildly effecting Rahs. I don't know why it's making him sick tho, as every other time a spell was cast, it effected him in the exact same way, just maybe to a minor effect. So maybe not full loyal mind control, he should still be under Chrysalis' subtle control.
But then again, it could be because it's Changeling Magic, and not Pony or Chaos magic.
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Wow. Also, it's entirely possible that different creatures react to mind control differently. He eats magic, and Shining doesn't, so it's entirely possible that he's just reacting to it by getting Sick as a Dog. Pun ABSOLUTELY intended.
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Not quite, if I understand his magic eating abilities. If the spell was cast at him, like a Beam. He could eat it. But it's being cast through Shining Armor's connection, which he can't eat or effect from my understanding, as then magic wouldn't effect him at all from his siblings, he would just eat it before it effected him. I also remember that eating it also harms/hurts the pony he eats it from, they get a 'Backlash' effect.
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You missed what I was implying. I was saying that it's entirely possible that Moon Dogs have a natural resistance to mind control. Which is why it's making him sick, rather than brainwashing him. Because it CAN'T. That means he's got an excess of foreign energy in his system that his body has no idea how to handle.
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Hmmmmm. Dual wielding flamethrowers. Yuuuuuuuuuussssss.
Madness = Discord
Envy = Likely Chrysalis
Lust = Likely Sombra,
Magic = sunset
Greed = magic stealing centaur guy
Pride = starlight
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I love this, this is the greatest image ever!
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How could you forget Tirek?