Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 4
By TDR
Dolphin Don't
Prologue
[Friendship express, Wednesday after the Ponytones' concerts, Fall]
Rahs looked out the window of the train as it clacked across the landscape, the sun starting to rise over the edge of the world casting it's rays into the sky just before it would crest the horizon.
Rahs really wasn't thrilled about being up this early.
Sparing a glance to the other bench across from him where Saturnia lay partial curled up disguised as a navy blue pegasus, he took note she had nodded off again. She claimed to have a late night dealing with Bees.
Rahs still wasn't sure if that was another changeling or she was into apiculture.
Still despite falling asleep already the mare had played to one of his interests quite well, whether that was a real connection or not he was unsure, but the curiosity over what was going on with this date kept him, if not fully interested, at least invested.
There was still an hour at least before they were to arrive at the station where they would disembark. It wasn't a town he had heard of, though evidently it was little more than a logging village. Rahs rather hoped that Wednesday wasn't this little towns day.
The second part of the trip was a bit of a hike, though a picnic was prepared, so there was at least something romantic.
Saturnia had also suggested a few books to read for the trip and had asked that he bring one of his favorites,'Wolf of the Harvest Moon' for her to read. It was an older copy of the book that he picked up from a second hand store years ago, but the story, the drama , and the romance in it was something else. He was fairly sure most ponies thought the main character was based off a diamond dog with supernatural powers, but there were hints that it was something more akin to what Applejack had become. Twilight had tried to investigate, but the author had sent their last manuscript over forty years ago, and that had been rejected for no given reason.
To be honest though, the book reading thing sounded more like a date designed for Twilight, but aside from the ungodly hour, it had been a nice trip, if quiet.
The one thing he hadn't found out was why Saturnia was interested in him. And at the moment he didn't feel like waking her to find out, he had too many experiences with those who didn't wake up in the best of moods and was wary of finding out if Saturnia was one of them.
Twilight had explained that Saturnia was interested enough in him to actually seek her out while she was in the Crystal Empire. Chrysalis was rather forth coming about her daughters interest as well.
Though Rahs wanted to hear why she was interested in him straight from the changeling herself.
Well when ever Saturnia woke up any way.
Still a nap didn't seem like a bad thing, thus far this date had gotten off to a slow start, but Rahs was content with that. Given how hectic his life tended to be a little bit of down time where nothing was happening was always nice.
Today should be interesting to say the least, and he had borrowed Spike's camera as well in case something caught his interest. He rather wished he had it in the Crystal Empire last time he went, though for the moment he expected he was going to take a photo of Saturnia in her normal form, he had already gotten a shot of Sunset and one of Applejack and Witch-Jack. The plan was to also get one of Trixie and Jynx on their dates, if nothing else as a reminder that at one point in his life he had five females after him.
Shirley wouldn't think he was serious without proof after all.