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// Dog show Stoppers 
// Story: Twilight gets a Puppy 
// by TDR 
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Twilight Gets a Puppy
By TDR




 Dog show Stoppers




[Sweet Apple Acres]


“Where are we going sis?” Applebloom questioned, pushing aside a branch.

“Mom'd have a fit if she knew I was going into the Everfree. “ Scootaloo smiled practically bouncing along though the woods.

“Isn't the edge of the Everfree Forest on the other side of the farm?” Sweetiebelle pondered, walking through the muck without much of a care, unlike her sister.

“Yeah I think these are the woods that act as storm surge protection in case the river floods.” Spike offered plodding along with them.

“Also keeps the winter wind from blowing straight off tha river into tha fields.” Applejack nodded.

“Does that actually work?” Spike  questioned.

“Beats me, but we've always left this bit by tha river alone an ah don't see a need tah change it. We' got a  few crab and wild apple trees that grow out here, but nothing we harvest.”Applejack admitted. “Sides that ain't why ah brought y’all out here. This is!”

Applejack stepped aside pointing up to a structure in an old apple tree.

“What is that thing?” Applebloom asked.

“ What are we looking at? Sweetiebelle asked.

“I have no idea.” Scootaloo muttered.

“Wow did the river really flood that high to dump all the junk in the tree?” Spike asked.

“What? No... Cutie Mark Crusaders, welcome to your new clubhouse.” Applejack presented looking at the four following her, all of whom looked on with mixed expressions of worry and disgust.

”Well don't thank me all at once..... this was my club house when I was your age.” Applejack stated, walking up the ramp. “Sure it hasn't been used in a while, but it's empty and on a secluded, private, part of the farm.....”

“This is because of happened to Dolly isn't it.” Applebloom deadpanned. “ That's why we can't use the barn anymore.....”

“Fluttershy said her wool would grow back.” Scootaloo rolled her eyes.

“Yeah, but she said it would grow back green.” Spike sighed.

“I bet my sister would buy it if it came back another color, but she has issues with green.” Sweetiebelle muttered.

“Any way, it's all yours.” Applejack continued ignoring them.”It just needs a little TLC..”

“Is that tender loving care, or totally lost cause?” Scootaloo grumbled.

“Termite luxury condos?” Sweetiebelle offered.

“Terribly lopsided construction?” Applebloom chimed in.

“Ya'll been hanging around Spike too much.....” Applejack frowned as the Dragon laughed.

“We're supposed to turn this into our new clubhouse?” Applebloom flattened her ears.

“It'll be fine, maybe your get yer cutie marks while fixing it up.” Applejack smiled leaning on the wall before crashing through it with an explosion of dust and splinters.

The four of them look through the new hole at Applejack as the mare pushed herself up out of the debris and dust.

“Maybe house cleaning?” Applejack muttered with a sneeze.