//------------------------------// // Putting Your Toe Beans Down. // Story: Twilight Gets a Puppy, Season 2 // by TDR //------------------------------// Twilight Gets a Puppy Season 2 By TDR Putting Your Toe Beans Down. [Maize Maze] Rahs grumbled a little taking a seat on the ground so other ponies could see over him. This was a rather unexpected situation. He had Twilight and Fluttershy pressed to either side of him, half under his coat due to the press of the crowd around him. Twilight had wanted to meet the author of a self help book she was reading and Fluttershy wanted to have more confidence. At least that was what he was told, he didn't buy it at all from Fluttershy after the raid. As such both of them had asked him to come along with them. Fluttershy to make sure she actually went, and Twilight in case the crowds were too much for her. He had only had to throw one pony to the back of the stadium for trying to do the same to Fluttershy. By the end of the crowd filing in however they had wound up about in the middle of the crowd, thus he was getting squished between the two. Were one not his sister and the other close enough to Pinkie Pie, the earth pony's sugary scent clung to her, he would have been considered lucky by most guys. Both of them only seemed fully there when they were focused on their interests. Still if this seminar worked then he supposed it wouldn't be too bad. Twilight didn't exactly need a confidence class, but the ideals from it could be transferred to some of her problems and he was willing to help her with that. So was Spike, but it was a school night, so the little drake missed out. Fluttershy seemed a little less prone to phobias and mental issues, but her very personality made her a a push over for some of the locals, at least when they knew Angel Bunny wasn't nearby. Rahs thought she could benefit from some acting classes, but that was his go to for everything really. Maybe the same thing he got Trixie to do make a persona for herself that could do everything that she herself couldn't. It was worth trying, if this didn't work. Rahs blinked as the arena lights dimmed and the spot lights clicked on, revealing a smokey stage. He was quite certain that the horn blasts were playing a short cheap version of Pontera's 'Eye of the Tiger' as well. A shadowy form appeared in the smoke and threw off a cloak, Rahs was already impressed with the theatrics. There was a explosion of fireworks and a massive blue minotaur strode out of the smoke throwing boxing jabs and hopping about riling the crowd up as he went. Rahs' jaw dropped and he quickly grabbed Twilight's book from her hooves looking over the author's name before staring back at the figure on the stage. Rahs stared as the minotaur did his best to work up the crowd even more, the lot of them stomping and carrying on. “Now to show that Iron Will's teaching can help any pony, I'm going to need a volunteer.” The large minotaur stated, looking out over the audience, most of whom raised a hoof. Those who did were automatically checked off his list of possible volunteers, the ones who could best help from this were the meek ones hiding behind others not raising their hooves at all. They would be the best to showcase his training steps and would show the most improvement in the shortest time. Granted he hadn't expected the large figure to rise out of the middle of the crowd, looming over all of them. Iron will narrowed his eyes as a spotlight passed over the massive figure and he gestured getting the light operator to bring it back and stop on the large dark blue figure in the lavender long coat. “YOU!” Iron Will snapped, pointing at the cat a scowl on his face. He hopped off the stage and advanced into the crowd. The ponies between Iron Will and the figure quickly parted as the minotaur stomped up to dark figure, the locals recognizing the Moon Dog immediately. Iron will took note of the two ponies at his feet before his gaze met the amber orbs of the Moon Dog. The two stared at each other, both of them standing the same height , meeting each others gaze as if they were ready to throw down. The crowd waited with baited breath. Suddenly there was a sound like a gunshot as hand and claw met in a powerful and likely crushing slap together in a crushing claw/hand shake. “Will.” “Rahs you son of a bitch, how've yah been?” Iron Will smiled. “Of course he knows him...” Twilight face hooved. “So you met my brother in an acting class?” Twilight questioned taking a sip of the tea the Minotaur had offered them. The small group had been invited back stage after the presentation. “Right, Iron Will was in Canterlot and he joined a couple of theater classes to master speaking on stage in front of large crowds.” Iron Will exclaimed. “Wow, what are the odds.” Fluttershy muttered. “Pretty good, actually, there were and still are only two theater groups in Canterlot that accepted non ponies, Rahs is part of both of them.” Twilight explained. “Princess Celestia doesn't like it but it's a private business so she can't tell them how to run things so long as it doesn't hurt any one, and they still allow non ponies to the shows at standard price, they just don't involve non pony actors. Something that's hurt them in recent years given Princess Celestia and Princess Luna frequent the two theaters that allow every one, and Franches Montagnesn Cloppala, refuses to allow any of his plays to be shown at those theaters.” “Right being the two biggest in the class we got paired together to go over small stage plays and lines.” Iron Will smiled gesturing to Rahs with a thumb. “Hardest part was to getting this guy to say anything in any language I could understand.” “Yeah he does that. Thanks for signing my book.” Twilight sighed. “Don't mention it.” Iron Will smiled.”I've got another book for you little filly, though if you have any trouble I'm sure Rahs here can help you out too. That persona thing he and Shirley came up with is great, it's chapter eighteen in my book.” “If you can't follow my plan, become some one who can.” Twilight read.” Huh.” [?] “Twilight Sparkle,Unicorn, Element of Magic, despite her emotional and metal problems as well as a list of phobias, she will be the most problematic. Her magic is on par if not greater than the last known royal arch mage. Rumor has it that was the position Celestia was grooming her for before the pair had a falling out. The Princess and her student have mended their bridges, though Twilight prefers to live away from the castle. She is most dangerous when some one she cares for is in trouble, see my earlier message on what happened to the dragon migration in Twin Peaks. She is dating the eldest son in the Ponyville branch of the Apple family, a one Big Mac, she has made friends with nearly every pony in Ponyville or at least met their acquaintance, and is close friends with the other five bearers of harmony and the Blueblood noble house. Princess Cadence was also her babysitter and Shining Armor is her brother.” “I know that, get on with the others.” Rahs Sparkle, Moon Dog, adopted, had been known to take an earth pony form due to the reaction to Poison Joke. Has combat trained with the Royal Guard in Ponyville and with the leader of the Jade Wolves, formerly Wolf Fang pack of Ponyville. Skill level unknown, but due to incident in Fillydelphia is considered proficient enough to defeat an entire organization through brute force and guerilla tactics. minor spells do not work on him at all and major spells take more power than usual to keep affecting him, eats magic and uses it to buff himself and heal wounds, neither of these are a conscious process. Anything that does hit him will be felt by the other three Sparkle Siblings and anything done to one of them affects him though for a lesser duration and higher upkeep. Has also been reported to have been the one that kept Discord busy by himself while the others hunted the Elements of Harmony. The state of Discord's statue upon return to Canterlot adds validity to this rumor. “Interesting. Go on.” “Spike Sparkle, Dragon. Adopted. Despite being what most dragons consider a baby, he has shown that he is much smarter than many give him credit for, seems to excel in out of the box thinking and strategy even more so than his sister, but perhaps on par with his eldest brother. Hard to damage scales, fire proof and is capable of messenger flame to his sister, and all three Princesses. Has been known to be able to grow to a massive size some how, details on that are unknown. Currently dating the youngest of the Ponyville Apple family...... I guess, they're still grubs after all....” “Move on to the Elements.” “Applejack Apple, earth pony, Bearer of Honesty. Farmer, impressively strong, stubborn though has some hoof to hoof fighting ability, mostly from what has been seen variations on boxing and wrestling. Siblings are Big Mac and Applebloom, elder is one Granny Smith who has known connections to Princess Celestia.” “That is something we can use later.” “Rarity Reignolds, Unicorn, Bearer of the Element of Generosity. Rumored to have been adopted into Princess Luna's family along with her younger sister Sweetiebelle. Liaison between Ponyville and Jade Wolves. While fairly weak magically she knows a number of martial arts taught to her by her father Magnum Reignolds, former Private investigator, former wrestler in the Luca Burro circlet, her mother Cookie Crumbles is barely of note.” “I've had reports on that. Apparently Luna has a habit of adopting or attempting to adopt ponies at random. A bit of an oddity as one of the noble families is directly decant of her and she want's nothing to do with them. Still I can use this. Go on.” “Rainbow Dash, pegasus, bearer of the Element of Loyalty, highly skilled flier, black belt in three martial arts, including Griffonesse Kenpo, and a brown belt in two others. Possibly the most combat focused of any of them due to her desire to become a Wonderbolt. Currently dating Prince Blueblood of the BlueBlood family, is some what of a big sister to a one Scootaloo Fyre. “The daughter of Spitfire and Soarin Fyre of the Wonderbolts. These ponies are far more connected than I thought.” “It gets worse. Fluttershy Shy, Pegasus, Bearer of the Element of Kindness, parents in Cloudsdale, nothing of note there, brother however is the former head of the animal rights group PETA.” “Oh stars, those idiots. They invaded the Los Pegasus hive twice trying to free the grubs....” “... any way, possess something of a 'stare' ability though the details of it are unknown. Known affiliates with the Planeteer group of eco terrorists, the sea pony Green Peace, and at least two other eco terrorist groups either by association with a member, or by deal made with said groups leadership. Is also a member in good standing with the Canterlot Gardens, Royal Conservation Group, Humane Society, and Friends of Feline. As well as dozens more documented and undocumented animal welfare groups. The attack on the PETA HQ was in part preformed by one of these groups.” “That.... is worrying.” “ Then there is Pinkie Pie, earth pony, Element of Laughter. Has evaded all manner of information gathering and has likely found out more on us than we have on her. Known baker in Sugar Cube Corner, suspected of dating Fluttershy, known sister, Maud Pie, everything else is a mystery, she's done impossible things, has something called a pinkie sense, and she has noticed Kevin.” “What?” “She noticed Kevin, and gave him a cupcake for 'looking like a sad little bug pony'.” “You're kidding?” “No. Then there are the CMC Scootaloo, AppleBloom, Sweetiebelle, and Spike. They have a list a mile long....” “We know about them, there's files and files in Canterlot insurance claims about those four.” “There are a smattering of others. Prince Blue Blood, the Goddess of Storms Bleu Scale, Alpha Jynx who knows of us. Where ever Rahs' real parents are, they have been over heard in discussion but no location was over heard. And of course a one Trixie Lulumoon who has seen through our disguise.” “We have tracked them from earlier reports. Jynx is being kept busy with some dissident elements we have riled up, Trixie is in Neigh Orleans, the letters for Bleu's wedding invite have been intercepted as have the ones for King Kaz. We have no idea on Rahs' true parents, but they are not on any guest list we have seen so perhaps they are unreachable. So far we have been able to keep the exact date of the wedding from the Sparkles in Ponyville, but the close interaction between Shining and Twilight has made keeping the knowledge of it from them entirely impossible. It's a long shot, but delay them as long as you can.” “Of course mother.” Saturnia sighed.