Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 3
By TDR
Mitchell Duel,
part 3
[Ponyville]
Rahs padded along the road listening to Trixie with a small smile on his face. It had been a long time since they had hung out like this, all that was missing was Shirley for it to be the full group again. One never forgot their first play and the friends they made from it after all.
He was a little surprised that Saturnia and Jynx had left, particularly without telling him why they showed up in the first place. Still it wasn't unexpected, Jynx was in charge of a pack of mostly unruly diamond dogs and had to take care of running things there first and foremost.
He was pretty sure Saturnia was in charge of honey production or the like on one of the farms around town, she always seemed to be complaining or grumbling about bees.
Still this was nice, it had been a while since he and Trixie had talked, she wasn't thrilled to find out he hadn't gotten any of her letters, though Rahs pointed out there had been some issues with the mail system as of late.
He had a small chat with Pinkie Pie as she popped up and Trixie thanked her for her help with her wagon.
A little later a conversation with Rain Dancer on the other paw seemed to cause Trixie to bristle up. Rain Dancer must have picked up on it because when he looked away for a moment the pegasus evidently skedaddled. Rahs was fine with that as Rain Dancer was rather forward in her interests in Rahs and although he didn't share the interest with her, she hadn't gotten the memo that the rest of the town did regarding his lack of interest in being turned back into a pony. Particularly for dating purposes.
After that encounter though, the streets of Ponyville seemed to be clearer of ponies, some of the shops were even unoccupied.
There was also the prevalent scent of a very odd magic. He wasn't sure what it was but it seemed to be coming from Trixie, she smelled like her usual gunpowder, but her magic had the vague taste of coffee along with the blueberries it usually tasted like. He couldn't be certain without asking for a direct taste, and he didn't want to quite abuse that. He still couldn't stand even the smell of strawberry shortcake thanks to Cadence.
[Just outside of Ponyville]
A rather large crowd stood around staring up at the barrier. Some of the unicorns attempted to breech the barrier with no luck.
Occasionally a flash of light appeared and another pony popped out of nowhere standing around confused, particularly when the ponies around the new arrival either cursed or cheered.
The current betting pool was on who would be telported out of town next.
Rarity was winning the most as she had taken note of the path the pair were on as well as noticing they were the cause.
However all of the ponies gathered were staying away from a pair of figures at the edge of the shield . A rather large diamond dog and a very angry changeling.
“There is no way that show pony could be this strong!” Saturnia cursed her horn blazing as she tried every spell she had to cut through the barrier with no luck.
Jynx simply watched.”Perhaps it is not her who is strong but you who are weak, little flea.”
“Oh that's it, you wanna have a go!” Saturnia snarled whirling on the diamond dog.
“And deal with the Princesses? Not a chance.” Jynx smiled. “Though you are free to take a shot, afterwards everything I do would be in self defense and the Princesses would not allow you to try any more.”
Saturnia growled though she backed down.”You're one to talk you're not even trying to get in.”
“I know how to get in.” Jynx stated.
“Pig shit! If you knew why would you still be out here!?”
“Because seeing what you try gives me an idea of what to expect from Trixie.” Jynx stated simply. “Also watching you fail is amusing.”
“I hate you.” Saturnia snarled.
“I am glad.” Jynx smiled baring her fangs. “ But you are correct, there is no sense leaving Rahs to Trixie for too long particularly as most of the town is out here now.”
“WOOOOOO!!” Rainbow Dash shouted as another figure appeared, looking rather disoriented. “It's Kevin! Pay up!”
The crowd grumbled a little.
“Fine then lets see you get in there.” Saturnia snapped.
Jynx turned, took one step, and fell forward seemingly seemed like she was going to face plant though a quick motion had her burrowing into the ground with a shower of dirt. After only a few breaths the diamond dog popped up on the other side of the shield dusting off her dress.
“What!?” Saturnia snapped, glaring back at Jynx's grin.
The changeling cursed diving into the hole to follow. Jynx grinned wider and stomped on the ground collapsing the tunnel on top of the changeling, leaving her with her flank in the air, back legs kicking wildly as she stuck up out of the dirt.
With another smirk Jynx darted off to find Rahs, leaving the bug cursing behind her on the other side of the shield.
[In Ponyville]
“So … what's the deal with the necklace?” Cadence asked curiously as they trio of goddesses watched Rahs and Trixie walk past, the group still in their disguises.
“Tis an alicorn amulet.” Luna offered.
“A what?”Chrysalis asked.
“ An alicorn amulet, or as they used to be called a 'dog treat'.” Luna explained. “We... when we taught Sombra magic we had him practice his enchanting by making empowering amulets. Solomon thought it amusing and didn't realize we were giving them to the resistance so they could try and kill him. Sombra simply thought it was a lesson. The amulets themselves do not offer much of a boost in power, they simply open the pathways to allow more power to be accessed than a unicorn normally would. Of course the feeling of being overpowered gained them the name of Alicorn Amulet, despite the fact they were barely worth feeding to the witch wolves as treats.”
“So you are saying that Trixie is naturally this powerful? She's cast nearly sixty teleports to the cities edge on top of this shield.” Cadence gasped.” And that's with Rahs around.”
“She was accepted into my sisters school as a filly for a reason my pinkest niece.” Luna offered.
“How...... you researched her didn't you?” Cadence narrowed her eyes as Luna grinned.
“Of course, we wanted to know everything we could about the horse we were backing as they say.”Luna blinked, glancing up before pulling off her beard and offering it to Chrysalis. “Would thou hold this for me a moment.”
Chrysalis blinked looking down at her hoof at the swath of Celestia's tail she had been given.
Luna and Cadence both suddenly vanished in a pop of teleportation leaving Chrysalis alone on the bench.
“What?” Chrysalis asked, before looking up.”Well shit.”
The sudden impact of a comet like mass of white and gold slammed down on top of Chrysalis with enough force to cause the changeling queen to explode in a shower of green goo like she was a particularly vile bug that was smashed.
The bench also did not fare very well
Stepping out of the crater with a large bag on her back was Princess Celestia. The goddess of the sun was clad in heavy golden armor, a newly made set to account for all the cake. The solar princess shook out her legs a little as she glanced down at all that was left of Chrysalis, taking note of her tail fragments in the mess. She glared over to her sister and niece who were both sitting there wearing fake beards and mustaches that looked to have been made out of Chrysalis' tail.
“Was that necessary auntie?” Cadence frowned.
“Impressive, her shield is warded to allow gods free passage, she truly is gifted.” Luna acknowledged looking at the unblemished shield top.” Even if she fails to woo Rahs perhaps she will accept an offer of training from us.”
“She'll be fine.” Celestia offered to Cadence only for a blast of magic to slam into her sending her tumbling down the street, her armored helmet and shoes left spinning in the air where she stood as a reformed Chrysalis stomped after her.
“This day just got a lot more interesting.” Cadence frowned.
“Five bits on Tia getting the higher count.” Luna stated.
“Done. One point for Auntie and one for Chryssy already.”
Trixie growled as Jynx started walking on the other side of Rahs. She wasn't sure how the diamond dog had gotten back through the barrier, but Rahs had noticed her so Trixie couldn't simply just throw her out again.
Trixie was not thrilled as she noted Rahs' reaction to the alpha.
She had seen the look on several of her own fans that were interested in her, but either too shy or too intimidated to try and say anything about their feelings for her.
Rahs was crushing on the larger mutt.
This would not stand, but she needed to get him alone again before she could say anything, mostly too keep from embarrassing herself in front of an audience, and because she expected Jynx or the other one to try something.
Luckily a distraction happened rather quickly as a large black pony like bug soared past them to crash into a building on the other side of the street.
“That's six for Tia.” Luna called.
Rahs stared after the flying changeling, puzzled by it as Trixie poofed Jynx away again, only to be surprised herself as Princess Celestia in damaged battle armor trotted past with bent 9 iron held in her magic.
“Excuse me my little ponies. I'm just playing through.” The Princess said with a smile trotting off after her alicorn bug sized golf ball.
Rahs turned back to say something only to notice Jynx was gone and Saturnia was at his side now.
Trixie was not thrilled that the pegasus was back.
An explosion sent the Princess of the Sun spiraling into the air to crash down on the other side of a building with an irate looking green maned bug pony rushing after her with a snarl on her face.
“Seven for Chryssy.” Cadence called.
“Mother?” Saturnia blinked in surprise, though when Rahs turned to question that statement Saturnia was gone.
“Was that completely necessary?” Jynx asked looking down at Trixie from the other side of the mare.
“How do you keep getting back in here!?” Trixie snapped glaring up at the diamond dog.
“You're not going to win this.” Saturnia stated trotting back up.” I will keep coming back as many times as it takes.
Rahs raised an eyebrow as the three glared at each other.
“What will it take to get you to leave Trixie alone!” Trixie snarled.
“More than just sending us outside this stupid shield of yours.” Saturnia snapped.
“Acting like a story villain and trying to get rid of your competition is not going to work.” Jynx stated.
Rahs blinked looking up at the red dome over the town. That was new. How the heck had he missed that?
“Fine then.... Trixie was trying to be nice, but if you want Trixie to be the bad guy, Trixie will be the bad guy!” Trixie snapped her eyes glowing red.
Rahs wasn't sure why they would want Trixie to be the bad guy, as she did a fairly weak job of it in the auditions for Maleficent.
That thought was quickly derailed as Trixie's horn flared and everything went red.