Deleted scene from Just Us Big Sisters · 12:23pm Oct 12th, 2015
So in the last chapter, the Elements discussed various nobles they thought might be able to help them out. Originally they then imagined what would happen if they actually tried to ask those nobles for help, and comedic hijinks ensued. I cut those flashbacks for pacing and tone reasons, but just in case anyone wants to see them, they're below:
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The sun had set by the time Raindrops returned to Trixie's house. She once again entered through the front door and reached the living room, where she heard a lively debate.
"...I know he's a jerk, but I'm just saying, that whole martial law thing was to protect us, right?" Lyra was saying. "If we can find Fisher and tell him what Juggernaut's doing, wouldn't he try to call her off?"
"I really don't think that's a good idea," Cheerilee countered.
"Why, what's the worst that could happen?"
Cheerilee rolled her eyes. "Well..."
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Fisher leaned back on the cushion in his secret underground lab, which was fully up to the standards of evil industrialists and engineers everywhere. It had lasers, beakers full of glowing liquids, brains in jars, and a steam powered gear system which didn't do anything but which added a great deal to the mood. "I see," he said. "This is indeed a serious problem. Rest assured, Elements, I will take care of it at once."
Raindrops blinked. "You will?"
"Of course!" Fisher rose, and hundreds of Factory Security employees appeared around him. "And my first step will be invading Canterlot, declaring martial law, and instituting a fascist regime with more than enough power to take care of Juggernaut!"
"Uh." Trixie raised a hoof. "I think that might be a little--"
But it was too late. Fisher ran out of the bolthole, followed by his team, and the Elements pursued to see that Canterlot was already in flames.
"Archduke Fisher invades Canterlot!" called a newscolt who was standing outside Fisher's secret lair for some reason. "Representative Lulamoon held responsible!"
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Everypony looked at Cheerilee, who shrugged. "What? He's been known to overreact."
"Why would I be held responsible?" complained Trixie. "It was Lyra's idea!"
Amidst the general laughter, Cheerilee added, "In any event, the Shadowbolts and Guards have been hunting Fisher for over a week. If they can't find him, I don't think we'll have any better luck."
"Then what about Greengrass?" ventured Ditzy. "Maybe he could run one of his 'games' on Juggernaut."
Trixie snorted. "Would you really want him to? I mean..."
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"That went well!" chirped Greengrass as he trotted through Ponyville. "Just a little scheming, and I not only got Juggernaut exiled to Shouma, but I also stopped Applejack and Carrot Top from feuding, put up a fence around the Everfree, helped the Cutie Mark Crusaders get their marks, and shatter-proofed Trixie's window!" He beamed. "Not bad for an afternoon's work."
"Sure," growled Trixie as the Elements walked alongside him. "So, what do we owe you?"
"Two hundred bits, a nice lunch, a game of chess with Cheerilee, and..." Greengrass burst into maniacal laughter. "The town of Ponyville!" He whipped out a parchment and thrust it at them. "Which you agreed to trade me in exchange for my help!"
Trixie gasped as she read over the document, which she herself had signed. "You told me this was to grant a bourbon dispensary a business license!"
"I lied!" laughed Greengrass. "And I employed my cunning strategy of making the form look boring so you wouldn't read it!" He swept a hoof around him as the town began to warp and dramatic violins sounded. "Ponyville is henceforth renamed Greengrassville! The statues in its center will be replaced by statues of me! And the new uniform for the Representative is a clown suit!"
"Greengrass takes over Ponyville!" called a newscolt as Trixie was forcibly shoved into a clown suit. "Representatie Lulamoon held responsible!"
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"Oh, come on!" Trixie crossed her forelegs. "Why am I always at fault?"
The others looked at her. "But you were telling the story," said Ditzy.
Trixie blushed. "Um. Anyways, even if Greengrass wasn't a scumbag, he lost all his influence in the Court, remember? He doesn't have any power to get Juggernaut removed. Any other ideas?"
Cheerilee brightened. "There's Baron Max. He worked with us in Canterlot. I know he'd help if we asked."
"We know he'd try to help," correctly Lyra. "But I don't think it'd work out too well..."
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"Stop harassing innocent ponies!" ordered Baron Max as he decked Juggernaut in the face.
Juggernaut blinked, then kicked Max in the face hard enough that he burst into a million bits of pony.
"Elements!" They looked up to see Duchess Fragrant Posey standing atop a gigantic weather factory, face burning in anger. "You got my coltfriend killed! For that I sentence Ponyville to one thousand years of winter!" She bucked the factory, which immediately dropped ten feet of snow on the village.
"Ponyville condemned to eternal snow!" called a newscolt from somewhere under the blanket of snow that now completely covered Ponyville. Representative Lulamoon held--ack! Help! Representative Lulamoon is strangling me!"
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Trixie glared at Lyra, who giggled at her, and then sighed. "Basically, yeah. Max might be a nice guy, but he solves most of his problems by punching them in the face. That's not really applicable here. So he can't--" She turned slightly and seemed to notice Raindrops peeking in from the doorway. "Raindrops! Hi!"
Fascist Fisherville sounds like it would be an interesting place to see...
Don't know why this wasn't left in. It's great!
Fisherville sounds like an amusement park, where *everypony* follows the rules. Or else. Come to think of it, there wouldn't be much amusement in that park.
"I'm fine," said Max's bits, "I can just trot it off!"
"Hey that's supposed to be a secret!" said Fragrant.
"Come on it's obvious enough that I know it," said Lyra to her own imagination, "And I've never even met you!"
"Fair Enough. Max, you, me, snuggling, now!"
We sure wouldn't want Puissance to help. She's really crazy.
I would've kept them in. :p