Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 3
By TDR
Waters Academy,
part 2
[Ponyville]
“Come on come on Twilight were gonna be late!” Pinkie Pie grumbled hopping around the balloon at a frantic pace.
“Wow... just wow.” Scootaloo offered watching the pink pony bound around the balloon. The pink earth pony was getting better hang time in her hops that Scootaloo could with her wings.
“She gets like this.” Fluttershy sighed, Fireball was letting her take Scootaloo with them to see Dash as well as her mom and dad. “It's okay though, I want to see how Rainbow Dash is doing too.”
“Yeah!”Scootaloo agreed a little to fast turning her gaze away from Pinkie Pie.
“I am rather surprised she is late, we let Spikey know to tell her.” Rarity sighed.
“You don't think she got hung up saying goodbye to Big Mac do you?”Sweetiebelle asked.
“Perhaps but I saw him setting up his market stall on my way here. She would have had to go a bit out of her way to meet up with him.”Rarity considered.
“Excuse me ladies?” A tall well dressed unicorn stallion questioned as he strode up to the waiting balloon. The stallion was perfectly groomed with a fairly expensive looking suit that Rarity eyed and rung up in her mind as he approached as being nearly as much as her entire shop.
Fluttershy slunk down in the balloon out of sight of him. Pinkie Pie felt a small part of her mane go flat and a bit of her tail stand up on end. As such she stopped hopping and stared at the stallion like an owl looks at a mouse.
The cream furred and black maned stallion nodded lightly to them.” I have a message from a Miss Sparkle to deliver. It seems something has come up and she needs to be in Canterlot, she asks that you go along with out her.”
“Oh?” Pinkie Pie raised an eyebrow.
“Oh well, that's too bad.” Sweetiebelle offered as Rarity tapped her lightly in the nose with her tail. Sweetiebelle's eyes widened and she closed her mouth quickly stepping back.
“Seriously this sounds like a crock of...mmmmphhmpph.” Scootaloo started before Sweetiebelle put her hoof over her friends mouth.
“Language.” Fluttershy scolded softly from the basket.
“I see, such a pity.” Rarity sighed. “Well I suppose with our good friend not going to cast the cloud walking spells on those of us who need it perhaps we should go and see if she needs assistance with what she is doing, the sooner it is done the sooner we can go...” Rarity stated her tail swishing a little as she regarded the stallion. Her expression seemed to have been unchanged, but Sweetiebelle recognized the subtle changes on her sisters face. She was measuring the stallion without any tape. Sweetiebelle also recognized the tone in her sisters voice that hinted she wasn't sizing him up for a suit , but more for a box.
“Oh umm well she did present me a bag of bits to pay for such a thing if needed....” The stallion stammered.” Cloud walking spells are about thirty bits for a unicorn to cast at the welcome center...”
“Oh no, I'm sure Twilight recalls last time we went and how badly they were price gouging for a hundred bits... a hoof. She nearly flipped out I would have to say.” Rarity continued.
“Oh yeah, it was nuts.” Pinkie Pie offered. Her expression looking less like an owl looking at a mouse and more like a rabid badger just waiting for an excuse.
“Yes well twelve hundred bits....” The stallion stammered.
“Twenty, neither Scootaloo nor Fluttershy fly that well....” Rarity added.
“Yes well... I'm sure there's more than enough here for all that.” the stallion muttered drawing out a bag of bits checking it over a bit before throwing more in there from another pouch he had.” I'm afraid I'm needed else where, please enjoy your trip.”
They watched the unicorn stallion scurry off as Rarity hefted the bag of bits with a nod before putting it away in her saddlebags.
“What are you guys doing that was clearly sketchy at best.” Scootaloo fussed.” That guy had to have done something to Twilight!”
“Oh we know.” Fluttershy stated helping Scootaloo into the balloon.”He even thought we were going to Cloudsdale for some reason.”
“Yeah Rarity poked my nose, that's usually a signal to shush a moment when she's talking with some one who's trouble.” Sweetiebelle added.
“Judging by his bearing and the suit he is decidedly a Canterlot noble. Lord Money Bags if I am not mistaken. “ Rarity smiled.” He and a number of others have been on the Guard's watch list for a while given some questionable things they tried to pass in the day court.”
“You still have tea with Nightingale?” Fluttershy asked.
“Of course dear, just because Applejack, Twilight, and Rainbow Dash told their Guards to 'bugger off or else' doesn't mean I did.” Rarity offered.
“I'm on my fourth one this month.” Pinkie Pie grinned.
“Yes, well, Nightingale did say being your guard is the best way to get early retirement.” Rarity scoffed. As she stepped into the balloon with her sister. “The way I see it Twilight was likely foal napped to either try and force something politically past the Princess, or even to try to force her hoof in marriage to one of their little group.”
“Then we need to do something, or go rescue her!” Scootaloo fussed.
“We are doing something silly.” Pinkie Pie smiled tossing the landing ropes into the basket. “ We're going to the Wonderbolt's Academy to see Dashie. That should be well out of the line of fire.”
“What?” Scootaloo blinked.
“The noble likely would take her to Canterlot dear. Currently Rahs, Spike, Applebloom and Applejack are also going to Canterlot.” Rarity offered as the balloon lifted off. “It was quite nice of him to pay us off to stay out of the way, particularly since I am able to cast the cloud walking spell myself now. Granted it isn't as if we need to be paid to stay out of Twilight's way when she's in a mood.”
“Drooping mane, rising tail. Sparkle shenanigans.”Pinkie Pie nodded sagely.
“Ahh I see.”Rarity nodded.” Perhaps they will have a sale of what is left of his properties that I might be able to turn into a shop after all this is done.”
“Okay, but if they caught Twilight then ...”Scootaloo protested.
“Scootaloo what day is it?” Fluttershy asked.
“What? It's Friday, why?” Scootaloo blinked.
“Friday is Tuesday in Canterlot.” Sweetiebelle explained. “Remember what big sis Luna said?”
“Oh? Oh! OOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooh.” Scootaloo realized. She pondered a moment more before speaking again. “Can I use my share of the bits to get ice cream?”
“Provided we find a vendor. Now then, Pinkie Pie can this balloon go any faster?” Rarity asked.
[Later, Canterlot]
Rahs wasn't exactly sure what he was doing in truth. He had agreed to accompany Applejack to her meeting with Ascepius and her assistants. The Goddess of medicine was super excited as this was something she had never seen before in the medical field.
Applejack was of course, less than thrilled to have a new medical condition named after her.
After that they were probably going to poke around a few shops here and there before heading to the castle for lunch. It had been a while since he had seen Emareial and so long as they didn't interrupt a castle rush for food they should be fine for getting something to eat. Including something proper for Applejack.
Rahs had noticed that Witch-jack went straight for any sources of meat, including a couple of Fluttershy's little friends on more than one occasion. It was a safe bet the witch wolf wanted meat as well as magic, but Applejack was set on her herbivore diet. Hopefully Emareial could help ease her into the fact she couldn't just eat plants.
Or she could just be tempted with bacon. Even Twilight couldn't resist bacon.
Applejack was already pissed off about the chocolate thing after getting sick on some Hearth's Warming candy.
Rahs was also keeping an eye out for any one who might cause issue with the four of them, and they had already had the guard called on them a few times. Nothing came of it of course save there were a few pegasi guards watching from the roof tops ready to come down in case something happened that Rahs couldn't deal with.
The Sparkles were rather infamous among the Royal Guard after all, and two of them were here along with a cutie mark crusader on a Friday. Applejack and her curse were considered the least problematic of the four.
Rahs didn't have the heart to tell them his sister was likely in the city as well. The noble he had seen snag Twilight and then Big Mac in a teleport trap had rode the same train they did to Canterlot.
Clearly they wanted both of them alive and while Rahs rather wanted to protect his sister like always, after the PETA thing , he figured Twilight needed to blow off a little steam.
Besides he recognized the noble.
If what he thought was going on was going on this was far too stupid for his pay grade.
They should probably hurry to lunch. It was going to be safer inside the castle, though he'd rather have caught the train to Appleoosa.
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Twilight Sparkle was not a happy mare. She didn't feel stupid for falling for the teleport trap. She had actually stopped to study it to try and figure out who would cast that on her door mat and set it to her.
She did feel stupid for falling for the illsionary snake trick. That the snake was also a quesadilla just made her feel dumber for thinking , even in her panicked state, that such a cheesy evil reptile could even exist. What would it be called. A snakadilla? Quesaerpant?
Okay she needed to stop thinking about that.
She was less than thrilled that she was currently in a large golden birdcage. The cage itself wasn't so bad, but she was rather insulted some one had put down newspaper along the bottom.
The crosswords were already done.
She was also slightly insulted that some one had put three suppressor rings on her horn. At last check she had been able to burn through five without hurting herself, and that was back when she had first become the Bearer of the Element of Magic.
She could rule out a Discord prank, this was too orderly.
She was angry, but had not yet hit the 'scorched earth' level of angry as Spike liked to call it. She was clearly going to miss the balloon with the girls. She would have to pop by and see Rainbow Dash another time.
The room she was in was some sort of fancy ball room. Unused clearly given the fact that she was hanging from a large cage in the corner... this had better not be a don club dancer cage. Those places were odd any way mares putting on more clothes to the excitement of the stallions.
Most of the room had been cleared out though the windows were all covered. The lack of dust told her it wasn't abandoned, and was probably some nobles home.
What was in the center of the room pushed her much closer to the scorched earth level of angry however.
A large dome shield filled the middle of the room and underneath it was a large red stallion who was only now stirring from the knock out spell coupled with the teleport trap.
Big Mac sat up looking around before reaching out a hoof to prod the shield lightly. His eyes were drawn up to the cage Twilight was in. He suppressed a 'pretty bird ' joke and nodded to her instead before looking around the room curiously.
At that point the door to the room opened.
“You!” Twilight snapped.
*Checks feed* "Hmm... nothing this morning."
*Checks fimfic homepage literally seconds later, scrolls down to see updated section* "!!!!"
They've invented a new medal for those watching her. The Pink Heart. Much to Cadence's annoyance.
Rares, I don't think even you can make a boutique out of a crater.
Hear that, witch-jack? You got a lot of catching up to do.
Man, I feel that
XD I love that fanon
Time for the mega laser
Stupid thing that I am doing right now. Eating while reading this, SO much laughing at the coming pain and suffering
So instead of seeing Rainbow at the floating academy, we are likely to see how Canterlot survive the Sparkles shenanigans instead?
This is even more than I could have asked for! Though I feel sorry for Rainbow to miss all the actions below.
I hope there are enough insurance in Canterlot to cover the damage.
Did Rarity just swindle the kidnapper for the pocket money? Element of Generosity is a smooth negotiator.
Is this some kind of a curse in Equestria? Seems like the Sparkles could not escape the Tuesday no matter where they go.
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It has more to do with the close proximity to the Ever Free Forest, one of Discord's old hangouts. There are 7 settlements including Ponyville and Canterlot around the forest. Each one has their own day for weird shit.
... and some people wonderwhy thegene pool has life guards...
Looks like whatever the name of what section of Canterlot they are in is about to get a new name: Vacant Lot. Well, i guess Canterlot could always use a second park.
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IIRC Fillydelphia is another one, they got the parasprites after Ponyville.
Sir, you again brightend my day!
To the annihilation of canterlot!
This is the first time I've ever seen "far too stupid for his pay grade" being employed, and the bill to recover my sides in orbit shall reach you, good sir!
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I’m going to respond to the second comment, that’s implying that 1, there would even be a crater, and 2, if there was anything left, there wouldn’t be some sort of magical radiation
I wonder who it is, well I think Rah should tell luna that twilight been capture and is somewhere in cantalot and most likely by a noble and be ready to pay the bills
Welp, some bitch is going to wish he was dead by the end of this.
I doubt Chrysalis turned bad or did it as a joke... A certain Wonderbolt trainee should be busy and not know Twilight... The noble could be too obvious and that also take out Blueblood, Sombra is reformed and is too soon for Tirek or Starlight, and Trixie already appeared...
A evil Tax Collector? Not that exist any good Tax collector but...
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she doesnt have to, that kind of thing comes out of the Sparkle Disaster Relief Fund...Shining Armour was the one who got all the guard to buy in and put it before Celestia after that disaster that his siblings caused...
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I don't remember that...... which chapter and story did this happen?
Ok people we got a sparkle level meltdown any minute now 50 bits gets you into the fall out shelter foals colts and fillys are free to hide parents must pay.
Says film and flam outside shabby bunker
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it didnt, but would u really put it past them?
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true I could see them do it, though I figure the princess pay it all out of her own pocket and form normal relief fund, or do it in a way so since someone else was casue of it they sparkle are not liability andfund need not pay ie if someone dumb enough to kidnap twilgiht
The gene pool will go down this day by a few people
I love how at this point her friends aren't even worried about Twilight's potential kidnapping. The only things on their mind are A) getting away from ground zero of a Twilight Sparkle Rampage of Revenge and B) pity for the poor sap who set this up
Meanwhile in Canterlot Castle
Celestia: “While I appreciate the sunflowers, Discord—“
Discord: “And?”
Celestia: “— and for removing the last vestiges of Gooselestia—“
Discord: “and?”
Celestia: ”—and the 40 freshly baked angel Food cakes—“
Discord: “You’re welcome!”
Celestia: “—was teleporting everyone in the castle’s walls into the throne room to share them really necessary?”
Luna: “Not to mention sealing us all inside a shield not even Sombra’s knowledge and magic can remove?”
Sombra: “How did all these squares make a circle?!”
Discord: “I wanted front row seats.“
Celestia: “I know it’s Friday. And everyone in the castle knows Rahs and Spike are in the city. We’re on level 1 Preemptive Disaster Relief Status.”
Discord: “Including the nobility?”
Celestia: “Obviously. Now the guard has been alerted. All emergency services are on standby. All contractors within a 300 mile radius stand ready to rapidly repair any and all conceivable damage those two could produce—“
Discord: “Oh I almost forgot!” Discord snapped his talon and a Jumbotron appeared in place of Celestia’s throne in the very tight throne room. It flickered for a moment before displaying the image of an oversized bird cage. A birdcage holding one very angry purple unicorn in a very, VERY well furnished home.
Luna: “Isn’t that?”
Celestia: “Yes. Discord!”
Discord: “I had nothing to do with it.” Discord snapped his lion paw causing Sombra to appear in the recliner next to him. “Snooty Junior, you’ll want to watch this.”
Celestia: “Discord—“
Luna: “Sister, we both know that home.“
Celestia: “…Twilight’s been foalnapped… And she’s been taken to Canterlot… on a Friday… Discord, where are we right now?”
Discord: “Saddle Arabia.”
Celestia: “…”
Discord: “I did say I wanted front row seats.”
Well this is going to going just great where's my
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Well that's a good idea if whats going on.
Also magical mushroom cloud imminent
grab the popcorn! this is gonna be good!
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So Fillydelphia's day is Wednesday?
O am hopping we get good details of this going down.
hum wonder if there medical covers accidental l gelding?
Suuuuuure
None of them are buying it (except for Sweetiebelle, because she's polite like that)
Well played you two
Ehhh, I'm giving you a fifty-fifty chance
The best kind of shenanigans
Well that's nice of you
Ah, so your just being polite right now then
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dont forget soda and a good couch
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SKULLFACE!!
Is that a Spyro reference?
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Planning a travel in Equestria must be a pain in the flank.
Oh, that is just too, too funny! I can’t believe I’ve never seen that turn of phrase before. You win the Internet for the day, good sir!
Have a mustache.
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Ah, but isn't popcorn a vegetable?
Huh, apparently it is also a whole grain and a fruit, so I would say it is diet approved! or
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Actually on a sudo carnivore diet plus I don't really like popcorn
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Had to look that up. I had figured you had ment a lose weight diet. Thanks for the clarification. Might I suggest candy coated cockroaches as an alternative. I'm not sure if they would be allowed on your diet or not, so please pardon my ignorance if they are not.
That's an 'oof' from me, dawg.
oh boy, this is gonna be good
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Tirek should not be a threat at the moment, it was mentioned at the end of the wedding that Luna found out one prisoner was missing from Tartarus when she checked, but they captured him
Oh, whats that? You smell death? I don't. I smell the result of stupidity, but I don't smell death. PTSD noises
Two words come to mind about Twilight's situation...
Fire and blood.
I can only hope collateral damage is kept to a minimum.
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9924480 In many cases the results of Sparkle shenanigins are covered by the crown, under the 'Noble Cause' act set aside for would be and known Heroes of the crown. Your tax bits at work.
Rarity also offered a large number of gems 'donated' by dragons towards past and future damages her friends might accrue.
In situations like this however the offending party tends to be the one who pays. Much as PETA did.
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i see, though I wonder how many of these nobles are going to go to the crown to try to get they money back. I bet on atleast 1 will do so
And today’s Darwhinny Award goes to...
If you other stories use a large birdcage as a trap LOL. Which ever noble this is they clearly don’t have enough brain cells
Now back to our regularly scheduled overdose of self centered egocentrism!
Do not question The Pink One.
Which means you should instantly not trust anything he says.
Yup, see above. I mean it's even in the Rules of Acquisition, and those would never lead you wrong.
Look at scoots, getting a nat 20 on her Sense Motive roll.
Of course Rarity sees through the BS, she's the groups skill rouge after all.
Wow, how slimy must the aura this guy is emitting be? Not even the Flim Flam Bros/ got this kind of reaction.
Ka-Ching! Now let's go see WTF that asshole is doing!
1. Sweetie Boops! YAY! 2. Great little sibling signals.... the asshole never stood a chance.
"Some of us appreciate a little polite conversation." She also pressed ganged the guard into being her pack mule at times, and living dress-form didn't she?
"She keeps moving.. so fast....how can a pony move that fast... how can you guard a pony you can't follow? How does she do it!!!!!"
Let's hope guards have good veterans medical coverage for mental health issues.
... rescue..... her? Scoots... think who you are talking about.
Always think ahead! Smart planning Rarity.
Lets just hope the remains don't need to take a few centuries to be safe for habitation after she's done.
What day is Tuesday in Cloudsdale? Just curious if every town has a day like Tuesday.
There we go Scoots!
Yeah.... that tends to be the type of honor most would gladly do without.
Oh.. that can't be good. Still, Fluttershy at least is in tune with nature enough to understand the needs of a carnivore, and how little control Witch-Jack has over those needs. And Rahs is right, this is something AJ is going to need to accept if she's going to get it under control.
None can resist the allure of bacon!
Oh.... ow..that..... that really sucks... chocolate or bacon... that is a tough one to decide which you'd rather not be able to eat.....
Okay, what situation would that be where Rahs wasn't able to deal with it, but a few pegasi could?
Okay fine, damage control and trying to get uninvolved civilians outside the blast radius.
That is a rather unique espression, and just love his whole reaction to this. Yeah Rahs is smart in his own way, and great to see him caring about the needs of his sister, letting her have a bit of fun of her own.
Yeah, loving the set up for this and how instantly everypony knows the only danger is to property values near wherever they are trying to hold Twilight captive.
Which is about on par with the 'Oh Shit!" of 'Gandhi has discovered Nuclear Armaments.'
Panic triggers are like that.
........................ ......... nani!? Just... the fuq? How.... how brain dead are these idiots?
Of course this just adds to the insult.
Yeah....... enjoy being turned inside out whoever did this, you deserve it.
Ohhhhhh..... You might want to go home and sanitize your everything after this, just to be safe.
How else would a pony strip club work?
Thus keeping open the possibility of ever having kids.
Are so bucking screwed!
Well, seems this IS a case of self centered ego centrism breaking things, just not the one I was expecting.
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Darvin Award winner... That Nobel !