A belated text addition · 1:48pm Oct 19th, 2020
I admit it – I forgot to include a scene in chapter 99 that I set up a few chapters earlier. I've added it in now, but if you have already read 99, you don't need to go back. Here it is!
On one of those rare occasions when Trixie and I could take a day off, relax, and forget about running an empire for a while, I fell asleep in a chair out in the Royal Gardens, beneath the shade of the gazebo. I woke to the sensation of something tickling my hind hooves. I pried open my eyes to see a huge timberwolf licking the frogs of my hooves as they stuck out over the edge of the deckchair. It looked up at me with its big glowing green eyes and opened its mouth to expose its wooden fangs.
“WURF!”
“Gah!” I cried as I fell out of my chair before the creature started licking my face. “Gallus! Come and get your pet! He’s tasting me again!”
Twilight’s experiment in raising my son’s timberwolf pup using pony magic had proven to be spectacularly successful. The fearsome creature was the friendliest pet in the world and the only person he liked almost as much as my son was me for some unknown reason. Also a mystery was why Twiggy loved to lick me all the time. Fortunately, his breath was minty and far more pleasant than dog-slobber. The only way to stop the tongue bath was to scratch his ears. He leaned into my ministrations with his tongue lolling contentedly. It occurred to me that this was why he licked me – he had me well trained.
Gallus flew up looking quite embarrassed. “Sorry, Dad. As soon as we came through the portal from Ponyville, he shot off looking for you. Umm… seeing as you’re free, wanna play flying discs with us?”
Playing Frisbee with my son and his dog – what more normal thing could a father do? “Sure! Let’s go!”
Nice addition. Still i have the feeling there was something we forget...
grate little addition to the chapter.
Damn dogs... now you know why I prefer cats.
(of course, now I'm living with an english mastiff, a pit bull and a chihuahua. All nice, but they're DOGS...)
Poor Mark, Trained by Dog.
He wouldnt stand a chance against a Cat.