//------------------------------// // Filli-mahi Part 2 // Story: Twilight Gets a Puppy, Season 4 // by TDR //------------------------------// Twilight Gets a Puppy Season 4 By TDR Filli-mahi Part 2 [Ponyville] The band battle went off exactly as one would expect. The Dazzlings got their tails stomped. A combination of the Ponytones' music, their town reputation as a group, not to mention their town reputation as individuals, and Rahs' new collection of fan fillies over whelmed the voting box that had set up so that the voting slips overflowed on the floor. The Dazzlings were still good, but given they were not local, had issued the challenge, and had Applejack front row center blocking whatever magic they were trying to perform meant they only got two votes. And all three of the Dazzlings had voted. The trio had departed with a mixture of rage, indifference, and congratulatory cheer, depending on which one was confronted. The Ponytones did an encore. [Outside of Ponyville] “This is bull shit!” Adagio screamed yanking her stone from her neck and flinging it. Aria's hoof shot up catching the stone before it went sailing into the bushes. “Calm the fuck down.” Aria grumbled. “ These things are chaos constructs, of course they are not always gonna act like they should.” “They have for the last hundred years. They worked on that little podunk trading post we passed on the way here from Dodge Junction, so why are they not working now?! Huh wanna tell me that miss engineer!?!” Adagio snarled. Aria glared at her sister then looked at the gem curiously turning it over in her hoof.” Ahh here's the problem.” “What?” Adagio blinked in surprise. “This little part right here is dark, that's a sure sign that you're a little bitch.” Aria explained in a professional tone. “That's it you fuck! I'll kill you!” Adagio snarled. “Bring it mop head, I'll wipe the floor with you.”Aria snapped back tossing Adagio's gem to the side. Both had shifted to their draconic looking sea pony forms and were hissing at each other . “Boobie Puppy was there.” Sonata said calmly as she walked between the two and picked up Adagio's gem. The statement threw off the pair about to throw down. “What?” Aria asked. “Boobie puppy, though she started as a pony then when our magic started up she turned into a big boobie puppy, then our magic faded.” Sonata offered. “The diamond dog that popped up in front?” Adagio asked. “She was at Dodge Junction too.” Sonata offered. “ Why didn't you say anything before!” Adagio glared at Sonata who tossed the gem back to her sister. “I did. Twice, though I saw her turn into boobie puppy this time.” Sonata smiled a maw full of sharp teeth that looked odd on the cheerful looking pegasus. “You ignored me.” “You have a history of weird tangents.” Aria sighed.” Still once is odd, twice is coincidence and dad told us there are no coincidences.” “How does that even work, is she stealing our magic?” Adagio muttered. “Doesn't matter.” Sonata grinned wide. “Oh no.” Aria sighed. “I told you so.” Sonata sang. “She is going to go on like this for weeks..” Adagio grumbled rubbing her temples with a fin. [Golden Oaks library] “Don't give me that, you didn't have to stay a pony for the last four days.” Twilight rolled her eyes as she trotted along side her newly 're-moon dog-ed' brother. Rahs glared at her, his ears flat to his head as the pair approached the front door of the library. “You sicced Rarity in a mood on him, played on his sympathies with Fluttershy.” Spike offered waddling along with the pair.”That's foul play.” “Okay, so maaaybe Rarity is kind convincing sometimes, but you told her to buzz off before, you should have done that now. I mean Big Mac's voice came back and you still accepted that challenge.” Twilight flicked her wings. “Cause it was a stage gauntlet, asking Rahs to refuse something like that is like asking you as the god of books, NOT to read anything put in front of you.” Spike rolled his eyes. Rahs continued to glare remaining silent as Twilight pushed open the door to the library. “Seriously I didn't even really force you to take it to start with...” Twilight started, before she let out a loud yelp as a bucket of water splashed down over her head, the bucket then gripped in a magic glow and upended onto her head fully. Rahs and Spike blinked looking at their sputtering flailing, sister, then across the library where Shining Armor sat in a chair his hooves steepled over his muzzle as he glared at his siblings. “Hello again Twilight. Did you forget to tell your big brother something?” Shining Armor growled. Twilight sputtered shoving the bucket off her head and started to yell at her brother only for a gout of flame to come from her mouth as the little dragon she had become with the poison joke mixture fell over backwards at the sudden burst of flame. Rahs looked down at his sister with a smirk, then up to Shining. “I spent two days running from a pair of mares that really wanted to try out my cursed form. I managed to evade them and meet up with that zebra you told me about. I got the super potent mix and an agreement that she wouldn't make the cure for you. I also used up all your cure shampoo you had to fix my problem, and I paid off the spa to not treat you though it seemed Rahs had a deal with them to get treated regardless. I also hid or bought every copy of supernaturals in town as well as any specialty mixes from the two alchemist shops in town and I bribed Applebloom not to make the mix for you either.” Shining Armor growled. [Sweet apple Acres] “ Applebloom where tha heck did you get all this.” Applejack gasped looking at the massive pile of candy and cookies that filled her room , that the filly was swimming through like a duck who was part of the 2%. “It's mai first bribe as a potion maker.” Applebloom smiled. “It ain't to make a love potion was it?” Applejack frowned. “Nope it was NOT tah make somethin.” Applebloom cheered “Oh.... well.... huh....” Applejack considered. “ Well stop eating it you'll ruin yer supper.” “ Enjoy your week as a lizard.” Shining smirked. “Hey!” Spike snapped. “Sorry.” Shining shrugged..”But only a little bit, you could have sent me a message.” “I only have the connection to Cadence and Chrysalis.” Spike huffed.” You never paid for the gem for me to connect to you.” “Fair enough. Still. My work here is done.” Shining stated and with that he popped away in a flash of teleportation. “I really need to ward this place from him.” Twilight growled. “Good luck, he taught you everything you know about wards and shields, but I'm pretty sure he didn't teach you everything he knows.” Spike nodded sagely. Sombra tilted his head looking over the forge in the back of the shop. It was an old bellow furnace one that he was familiar with, but it was set up oddly by his consideration, granted that was likely due to the owners. It would still be suitable for what he needed. However there were issues. This was the fifth blacksmiths shop he had visited in Ponyville. The first two had been some modernized mechanical contraption as a forge and were useless to him, one of the others was too small as it was designed for jewelry, the other belonged to a crystal pony family which according to his parole he couldn't intentionally visit. This one however had a very large issue staring down at him. To say the brown curly furred minotaur was burly was an understatement, the female minotaur at his side however was frail and delicate looking by minotaur standards. Which meant that she might actually have to show effort to break him in half with one hand. The young bulls eyes glared down at Sombra, the golden orbs glinting in the light of the forge. “ You want to use my husbands forge?” the female asked. “Indeed, if possible. I have a few things I wish to work on and thus far his forge has been the closest to what I need.” Sombra offered. “Hmmph.” The bull gruffed. “I'm surprised you didn't go to one of the more mechanized forges, most ponies seem to prefer that.” The cow offered. “I do not trust the newer forges to work properly, the materials they produce tend to be of inferior quality if not carefully moniterd. If they cannot learn how to regulate the forges heat on their own they should not be using one.” “Hmmph.” the bull offered. “My husband does not like magic in the forge, unicorn..” the cow frowned. “Of course not, magic will infect material and tools, altering the shape and intent. Another reason to dislike modern forges with the magic power sources, it bleeds into what is made.” Sombra explained. “ That causes issues with further enchantments or repairs down the line.” “Hmmph.” The bull enunciated. “If it is a matter of pay I have the bits..” Sombra started “Flail.” The bull spoke before she could. “We left two rivers behind us. Do not get greedy now.” The dark furred cow frowned then threw her hands in the air and stormed off into the main house. “You will work for me unicorn, as an apprentice. I have many smaller projects to take care of and I could use the extra hands. If you prove yourself to practice the words you preach and are competent, I will allow you to use my forge.” The bull stated. “That is acceptable.” Sombra agreed