Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 3
By TDR
Gibbous ponies play,
Prologue
[Ponyville, Early Winter, one month after Lyra won the Trixie pool. And no she still hasn't shut up about it.]
Twilight leaned back in her chair looking down over the check lists she had made for the next few days. Spike was behind her standing on a step ladder, doing his best to make a cake, though he kept eating the gems.
Not that his 'helpers' were doing any better. Owlowiscious might simply be watching, but Blakeney kept stealing the eggs and Pewee kept stealing the fruit he was trying to add.
Twilight was still on the fence about Rahs' pet raccoon, but according to Fluttershy Blakeney liked Rahs fairly well. Rahs was also the only one other than Fluttershy he would listen to.
Pewee on the other hoof had been gone for a good while up in Canterlot where Philomena had been teaching him how to be a phoenix. Unfortunately this meant he had picked up a number of Philomena's bad habits, including her love of pranking. Luckily he tended only to use his evil powers on the other pets, Rahs, and occasionally the crusaders.
Getting locked in the freezer by Twilight once was clearly enough of a warning for him.
Mr. Whipple mkII sat in his cage drooling, and trying to eat through the bars to get to the cake. Spike was feeding him the scraps, but the voracious little monster clearly didn't think it was enough. Given it hadn't reproduced yet it likely wasn't.
“Alright Spike I've got your itinerary for the weekend.” Twilight smiled holding up a long checklist.
“I'll be sure to feed it to Mr' Whipple the moment your back is turned.” Spike offered, biting down on his own tongue as he dumped gems into the mix to prevent himself from eating any more.
“Seriously it's not that bad. This is one of your first times being left home alone.” Twilight frowned.
“Twilight. I've been left home alone more often than you or Rahs have. ”
“Not for this long.”
“Okay fine what ever, it's two days. That is hardly an extended vacation and it's not like I can't contact every princesses and three other gods if something happens here. Not that I'm that sure what Iinii or Chrysalis could do but still.”Spike rolled his eyes swatting Blakeney's paw with his spoon as the trash panda went for another egg.”Plus we don't even know if Rahs is going to go with you yet.”
“That is a good point. Where is he? He's been rather... subdued for the last month.” Twilight frowned.
“Well if he's not hiding and moping in the 'Rahs cave' or out in the library studying every single romance novel he can get his paws on he's likely still asleep.” Spike offered swatting Pewee's beak as he tried to steal a cherry.
“Seriously he finally has some one interested in him and his response is to freak out and mope?” Twilight rolled her eyes.
“I think it's more that he has three interested in him and he's over whelmed. He's been friends with Trixie for years and Jynx has been his trainer for a good while as well. He also bonded with Saturnia over the books he likes and he doesn't want to hurt any of them by picking one over another.” Spike offered getting his claw hit by two spoons wielded by Blakeney and Pewee when he went to grab a gem.
“So basically he's taking the most dramatic route he possibly can with this.” Twilight sighed.
“Of course.” Spike grinned.
“Ugh, alright fine. Not my business unless one swears revenge against the family. I still need to talk to him before I go, do you know where he is?” Twilight asked.”The girls will be here before too long and I need to pack myself. We need to help Cadence and Shiny get everything ready for this games inspector.”
“Nope, but I can find him pretty quick.” Spike offered, hopping off his step ladder and trundled out into the main area of the library before clearing his throat.
“THE BARD WAS A HACK! WHAT KIND OF IDIOT WRITES SONNETS IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER?” Spike bellowed.
A low growling from above him announced the other Sparkle siblings presence.
“Found him.” Spike offered as he sailed over Twilight's head, crashing into the sink.
“Spike!” Twilight sighed. “While you're over there take care of the dishes, Rahs stop throwing your brother and get in here.”
“WOOF!” Rahs snapped at Spike who rolled his eyes as he shook the water from his head.
“Yes, yes, we are all aware The Bard wrote some sonnets in iambic tetrameter, that's not the point.” Twilight placated. ”Did you want to come with the girls and I to the Crystal Empire?”
“Bark?” Rahs questioned.
“No it's only going to be for the weekend. We need to meet the Friendship Games inspector and I want to have a look over the libraries a bit. Spike's staying here due to that crusader sleep over thing he agreed to, but what about you?”
Rahs sighed sitting down at the table as Blakeney crawled into his lap to be petted. He considered before shaking his head. “Woof.”
“Alright I suppose that is a good point. Saturnia's up there with Cadence and Chrysalis still and you're trying to figure this out. It also doesn't help half the empire has the hots for you as well.”
Rahs rolled his eyes, though he frowned a moment later. “ Wuff.”
“I plan to. I might be able to find some validity to that journal we found in Solomon's stuff. “ Twilight sighed.”I'm going to let Moondancer and Sunburst look it over as well, they've been there long enough they might have seen something like it. Keep not doing that thing and we'll see what we can find. I don't want to bring this up to Princess Celestia or Princess Luna just yet. I don't know what sort of reaction we might get from either of them and I really don't want to set those two fighting again.”
“Yeah last time they had a big fight we got Nightmare Moon.” Spike muttered.
“Woof.” Rahs shrugged.
“True it might not amount to anything, but I'd rather be careful and I don't want Celestia to think you might be able to do that.” Twilight sighed.
“Woof.”
“Yes, I know evidence points that you can't, other wise there'd have been more issue with the PETA and Bone Hounds than there was. Not to mention the thieves guild.. but... well you read it and we know what happened to the changelings. I'll see if I can have schedule a talk with Sombra when I get back. I don't think this has any real relevance unless there's another one hiding away lost in time somewhere.” Twilight sighed. “Anyway, every pony but Applejack is going, she's been feeling nauseous the last few days, that new prescription she was given clearly isn't agreeing with her. The crusaders are going to be over at the farm for most of the weekend. I'd like you to keep an eye on them and her. I don't want something else to show up and cause issues.”
Rahs nodded scritching under Blakeney's chin.
“Don't worry we got this.” Spike added.
“Alright that takes care of item twenty three on my list, now to see if I can get Big Mac to go.” Twilight smirked.
“I thought you had to pack?” Spike questioned.
“What I pack depends entirely on if he is going or not.” Twilight explained.
"Bleah. Too much information."
Nice to know that getting a steady supply of vitamin D's making a world of good for Twiggles
Are you really going to help with the inspector or just finding an excuse for a date?
But I was hoping for an immediate epilogue with Saturnia meeting her dad! Ugh.
Viciously waits for next chapter.
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not so good for Macs blood pressure though...one more shock and...
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Painkillers, a shit ton of water, and a lock
Lol I just loved how the trebury sink is immune to flying drake's that pissee of there brother
Alright, anyone recall if there was any indication that Applejack got laid recently to allow this to be construed as a morning sickness episode?
Oh good, it's nice when the disciplinary lessons stick immediately. Oh, and nice to have him sticking around unlike in canon.
One shudders to think the horrors that mind has seen
Having the world's only cell phone service built in to your belches sure comes in handy
Trash pandas :D
If this doesn't turn into a wooden spoon sword fight I will be sad
Glad those 3 are finally having the family get-together
How close is it to the full moon and/or zap apple season?
Like your Nightmare Night costume, for example?
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i with you, though I kind of hope after weekend there she goes to her changeling mom "sorry mom I love you but I want to move in with my other mom and her husband, they seem to have they head on right more so then all the other gods out there"
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It's always a full moon in Equestria. And Zap apples happened in the fall.
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Far as any one knows AJ is one of the few mane 6 who has yet to be laid. Rarity is another. Sometimes crappy medication is just crappy medication.
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None that I can think of. Nothing happened during the wedding in the last fic and as far as I can remember nothing happened in the Crystal Empire. And as Applejack was thoroughly checked after the Timberwolf attack, I doubt some kind of malevolent spirit somehow got into her to be born as an unholy abomination, so it just might be medicine not agreeing with her as stated.
Naturally
Heh
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I'd imagine it's referring to her timber wolf bite
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So is this confirmation that Dash finally lost her V-Card then? And she *didn't* go on an innuendo rant about it!
Interesting to see how this "episode" plays out, with AJ out, Chryssi in, and Twilight hopefully confirming who is who instead of the key misinterpretation of the episode.
$5 says Chryssi tries to "help", and causes problems down the line.
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She's currently in the Crystal Empire, so... we'll probably get to see some of it?
Alright, so no epilogue of Rahs dealing with that revelation, going to address it in this ep? Given what it's taking on for the show, should likely involve the same overall idea, if twisted slightly (And making much more sense, this ep remains one of my biggest 'guilty pleasure' episodes, I enjoy nearly every scene, find it so damn fun, and yet the overall plot is an utter mess that makes no sense, which is largely due to things not going well for it behind the scenes. Production on this one was so messed up and pressed for time that the reason the ending does not make sense compared to everything leading up to it is the ending scene was from another version of the script and never got changed to match the changes to the earlier portions.) So, setting up the Games, or going totally off the rails?
Winning along shot bet everyone mocked you for, why would she? Has Rahs actually dealt with this at all since then?
D'awww, that's still sweet. Though he shall never be as epic as Tiberius!
Yeah, do not fuck with Twilight, she will respond several fold.
Also, damn they have a lot of pets around.
No idea, and make the situation worse, but far more fun.
Is it a large cardboard box filled with blankets?
Ah, true... something I didn't think about, he does care enough to not want to make a choice, just to avoid hurting any of them. Clearly there is only one answer that will make everyone happy!
The Drama Dog signal has been sounded!
Yay parental bonding! How much of that involves them both giving her very detailed tips for how to get Rahs?
Ah, right..... that.
Well, avoiding the Spike being an idiot issues of the other ep nicely.
That could be taken SOOOO many ways.
Alright, so basic idea is the same, now to see how this leads to hilarious catastrophe.
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Well, given Chryssi seems to now be crashing in the Crystal Palace, that's not really much of a move.
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She's ben dating Blueblood for long enough.... and she likely did, it just didn't happen on a Tuesday so we didn't get to see it.
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Put me down for $10 that Chryssi wants to help, and Shining Armor's been given the job of 'distracting' her for the visit.
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25$ buck down it going to be twilight and shiny job to keep Chryssi busy as the inspect put in request that none of the sparkles be around her or the games when they happen,
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Ohh that is a Lyra level bet, cause Chryssi avoids Twilight as much as possible, and even moreso pissing her off, and you know she won't be able to be around Shiny for more then five minutes without making some kind of suggestion or innuendo that would piss off Twilight.
Feeling nauseous, eh?
...I sense a disturbance in the force.
Pewee -> Peewee
Hm... I wonder how Rahs will go for that... The Bitch don't mind others having litters with Rahs while the Mare and Ling rather go for solo mass breeding...
I like this. This sort of continuity isn't done often in stories like these, and shows how long it actually takes for severe injuries like those to heal. The only thing missing is physical therapy, which would likely be a necessity, after something that vicious, and who knows how many weeks in the hospital. Still, good work.
https://youtu.be/c5Y25FT7DxE
Twilight might get sooner her Foals than Rahs his Puppys
Everyone is after Rahs bone, mares must have a strong need for Vitamin D
The Crystal Empire is waaay better off than in canon. This should be fun.
Hm... wonder how the Changelings will change the equation of the storyline.
Crystal Unicorn and Pegasus are extinct, but so far as I understand all ponies parents have a 1 in 3 or 4 chance to get a Unicorn / Pegasus/Nox Cal / Earthpony.
There for I would say the Crystal Empire only need to wait for the next 1-3 foal waves to come for the Crystal Unicorns and Pegasus to return.