Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 4
By TDR
Three's a Cod,
part 2
[Ponyville station]
“So why are you here anyway Sunset?” Twilight asked,as she glanced at the clock on the wall of the station house, before turning her attention back down the tracks looking for any sign of the train.
“I heard Cadence was coming to visit, it's been a while since I've seen her not counting my glorious return, and I at least wanted to say hi or something.” Sunset muttered. “Bit of a history with us, and it's not that good.”
“I suppose so, though I thought you and Celestia were trying to get on better terms, and aside from your date with Rahs, I don't recall you going up to Canterlot since you left.” Twilight stated.
“I haven't, though I've been asking Applebloom about what's going on when she comes back with Sweetiebelle from the sleep overs with Luna. “ Sunset growled. “I don't like what I've been hearing from her, it seems she doesn't even ask after me or what I'm doing.”
“Maybe Applebloom just wasn't paying attention when she did?” Twilight shrugged. “Spike hasn't said much either, but when he goes up there with the girls he spends most of his time either at the game store, running something for the others, or sneaking off to try and make out with Applebloom.”
“Guards?”
“I have four of them on order to interrupt if it looks like it's going too far.” Twilight stated flatly.” I'm willing to give him a bit of privacy , but that has limits.”
“They are not subtle sometimes. I'm surprised Applejack hasn't caught them around the farm yet.” Sunset smirked.
“She has. But she's reluctant to say anything, she usually just sends Big Mac or Granny in to interrupt.”Twilight offered with a smirk.
“Huh, that's my strategy too. I suppose we should expect this, they're becoming teenagers.”Sunset sighed. “ I had to deal with that shit twice as two separate species.”
“I never really understood the issue with it. Rahs got all lanky and strange looking for a while, but I didn't have any issue aside from all the dates Cadence set me up on.”Twilight explained with a small twitch.
“Didn't you find any of your dates attractive?”Sunset asked.
“A few but the ones that I liked tended to be dumb as posts or taken. I really lucked out with Mac.” Twilight smirked.
“Built like a truck and smart, he is a rare one. Though I can understand how you developed that taste, I grew up around a lot of Guards too. Celestia does tend to keep the pretty ones close.”Sunset chuckled. “They pretty much fade to the background after a while which is why I went after that ambassador's son. Exotic and rather beefy.”
“A minotaur?” Twilight asked.
“What no... right human term, beefy means muscular or robust.” Sunset explained before muttering the last bit. “And occasionally tasting like beef.....fuck, do I want a hamburger....”
“Oh.... one of these days we're going to have to set up a dictionary of human terms and slang. I have too many projects at the moment though.” Twilight sighed with a smile.
“Once the portal opens again, we'll pop through and get a dictionary and see if they have an urban dictionary in print. or on a tablet with a solar panel charger.... hmm.” Sunset considered her mind wandering across what she wanted to bring back. Still that was thirty years or so away, so no real rush.
“Oh, I think that's the train.” Twilight pointed a wing to a slowly growing pillar of smoke in the distance.
“Is it on fire?” Sunset asked.
“No, it shouldn't be. Why?”Twilight considered.
“I thought the Crystal Empire used infused crystal powered engines on their trains.” Sunset offered.
“Oh, only a few of them the technology is still pretty new and a lot of places don't have the space to store a solar rock boiler train engine, those things are massive. But in this case the smoke is likely from the passenger cars chimneys, wood stoves are still used to heat most of the older cars because it's rather costly to upgrade them.”Twilight explained.
“Never thought I would say this, but magic makes technological advancement wonky. We've got video games, but only rudimentary planes, no TV, but we have movies and data tablets.” Sunset shrugged. “ Hell, half of that stuff came from other nations at that. While I'm not fond of the fact the minotaur have firearms, at least I get why they never caught on here. Unicorn attack spells, pegasi dropping shit from near orbit and earth ponies able to flick a rock hard enough to pierce a brick wall if they wanted, we don't need guns.”
“Granny Smith has a gun.” Twilight offered.
“That's a blunderbuss full of rock salt and junk, it hardly counts as a proper gun from what I've seen.” Sunset sighed.
“And yet I still would not want to get hit with it.”Twilight nodded.
“Yeah, well, duh.” Sunset agreed as the train's brakes screeched as it slid into the station.
"…..Clap your hooves and do a little shake!" Cadence and Twilight chuckled.
Sunset slowly blinked as she watched the pair of them shaking her head a little as the two alicorns went off on a rapid fire discussion of how things had been, despite the pair having seen each other not that long ago.
“That is still weird to me.”
Sunset blinked then looked over and then up to a figure as tall as her mother. A black carapace covered the form, she had with a greenish blue mane and a gnarled looking horn. Fangs sprouted from the creatures mouth and various parts of her body seemed to be filled with holes as if chunks of her were missing.
“GAH!!!!” Sunset shrieked falling backwards.
“You sure know how to greet someone don't you?” Chrysalis sighed.
“Chrysalis, what are you doing here?” Twilight asked.
The Queen of the changelings shrugged. “I got a ride out here with Cady to see my daughter. I didn't expect to meet Sunbutt's daughter though.”
The changeling queen grinned looming over the fallen Sunset.
“Chryssy. No.” Cadence snapped.
“Oh relax Cady, I'm not Sunbutt, I don't go after foals.” Chrysalis rolled her eyes.
“Except when you did. During the time frame of the war between you and Celestia, numerous foals were taken and replaced by changelings, entire regions of crops were burned and salted, villages vanished without a trace and numerous public works and structures were destabilized from within.”Twilight offered up suddenly. ”Following the figures in some of the older tomes written by ponies and the other races that were allied with us at the time, the war between the Changelings and Ponies, which was never listed as a war, was the closest ponies have come to extinction since before the exodus into Equestria.”
The three of them stared at Twilight who was glaring at Chrysalis.
“What.....?” Chrysalis began.
“I did some research after our talks, despite Celestia's actions being deplorable, you and the changelings were hardly any better. You don't get to play the innocent card with how many foals went missing on those census documents.” Twilight stated flatly. ”And before you protest on superficial evidence, I can check myself with some of Zecora's potions or I can just ask White. He seems to like me for some reason.”
“Probably for something you haven't done yet.” Chrysalis muttered pointing at Sunset.”Can I at least mess with her about her being my daughters competition for your brother?”
“Go ahead, she deserves that for liking my idiot brother for some reason any way.” Twilight rolled her eyes.
“Hey!” Sunset protested.
“Keep in mind Twilight, I like you other idiot brother.” Cadence smirked.
“And I find that aspect of you confusing too.” Twilight smirked back.
“Maaaaybe I should have waited until another time to try and talk with Cadence...” Sunset offered.