//------------------------------// // INTRO // Story: Twilight's Hotel // by Undisturbed Grave //------------------------------// KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK! Twilight awoke to the loud knocking at her castle door. She had stayed up late studying a new gravity spell and now was paying for it with this early awaking. She removed her sleep mask and drowsily trot to the front door. She opened and was almost blinded by the early morning sunlight. She opened her eyes to see a unicorn with a clipboard and wearing a pair of reading glasses.  “Miss Twilight Sparkle?” He asked, flipping the pages forward. “Yes?” Twilight asked, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. “Perfect.” He said cheerily. “I’m Bean Counter and I’m here on behalf of the Ponies Office of Internal Tenets Licenses in Selective Section.” “P.O.I.N.T.L.E.S.S.?” Twilight said. “We are not,” Bean said, slightly offended. “No, it abbreviated to spell… Never mind. Why are you here?” Twilight asked. Bean looked back at his clipboard but with a little glair.  “You are the owner of one Friendship Castle, correct?” He said, not looking up from the clipboard. “Yes, that is correct.” Twilight answered, starting to get worried. He pulled out some stacks of paper from the clipboard and float them over to her. “Under Article 4: Section 23, You are required to have sent a notice to the head of the Ponies Office of Internal Tenets Licenses in Selective Section in two weeks to notify of a new building in the area of Ponyville. If the resident dose does not inform of a new building in the area, you will subject to a 100,000-bit fine plus interest.” Bean Counter pulled out a calculator and starting punching in numbers. “Since interest is triggered every month at twelve percent, this is your final payment.” He flipped the calculator and showing its final result to Twilight. “WHAT!?!” She dropped all the paper and grab the calculator. “I've never heard of your group and you expected me to pay this much?” “It is required when new buildings are made. You should have read up on all building laws before moving in.” He said. “It literally appeared after I defeated TTirek!” Twilight shouted. “Article 12: Section 6, “Even if the Building has appeared under magic, scientific or religious reasons, the owner must still report to the Ponies Office of Internal Tenets Licenses in Selective Section in two weeks. You are not the only pony who suddenly get a home out of weird ways.” “Surely if I talk to Princess Celestia…” Twilight started but Bean flips to another page on his clipboard. “Article 20: Section 12. “All payments must be made on time and can only be payable by the subject in question. It cannot be pay by loans from banks, royalties, or mystical beings.” Twilight looked at him in confusion. “We had a pony try to pay us in leprechaun’s gold. Didn’t end well.” “Alright, what is going to happen?” Twilight asked. “Well, what usually happens is we have the tenet’s house repurpose to some kind of service. It happened to where you used to live, the library in the middle of town.” Bean pointed out. “So, I’ll have my castle have a public library,” Twilight said, starting to pick up the billions of papers on the ground. “Unfortunately, you miss the meeting where we discuss what to do with the property. We are repurposing this building for a new hotel.” Bean said before turning away. Twilight stood there in shock before balling up the paper. “I don’t even know how to run a hotel!!!” Twilight shouted before throwing the ball of paper after him.  “Not my problem,” Bean responded before disappearing. Twilight growled and slam the door. How was she going to run a hotel for Celestia knows how long? That when a thought crossed her mind. “I need to talk to Pinkie Pie.” “You want to do what!?!” Pinkie Pie asked, kind of shock. The two were in the map room and looking over several papers and books about hotels. The two were trying to find a way to pay the debt and Twilight just came up with a solution. The only problem was… “The best way for a hotel to make money is to have convections held here,” Twilight said, doing a quick calculation. “All I have to do is hold a few here and then I don’t have to change bed sheets for twenty years. You are one of the best party planners, you have to know at least some that are going to be happening soon.” “Of course, I know but have you ever been to a convection?” Pinkie Pie asked. “I’ve been to the Grand Galloping Gala and help organize it. I think I can handle convection.” Twilight said, rolling her eyes. “No no no no.” Pinkie said, shaking her head. She brought up her left hoof. “This is the Grand Galloping Gala.” She raised her right hoof about five inches above her left. “This is my party… and way up here,” And in an act that should shock Twilight but didn’t, her back left hoof shot up into the air and hover about ten feet in the air. “This is a convection level. You have no idea what can happen in convections.” “Pinkie,” Twilight said calmly, causing Pinkie to go back on all four. “We dealt with the end of our kingdom several times. I fought Tirek and went through time to save the kingdom. I think I can handle convection.” “Okay.” Pinkie said, not convince. “I tried to warn you.”  “So, what the first convection?” Twilight asked. Pinkie pulled a scroll out of her hair and open it up. “The closest one is…