Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 5
By TDR
The Conjuration Map,
Episode One,
Part One
“Thanks for the help girls. This would have been a pain in the flank other wise.” Twilight offered floating a book up onto another of the crystal shelves.” Particularly with my brothers not helping me.”
Sombra huffed setting down a box of books and storming back out into the main hall.
“Not a problem at all darling. Happy to help, though where are your brothers? Shouldn't they be done with their moving now?” Rarity asked as she dusted off a few books that had been sitting for a while before passing them to Twilight though she paused looking at one.” Wait isn't this a library book?”
“They're still moving their own stuff. Spike is rather protective of everything he has and isn't comfortable with the Crusaders helping him move aside from Applebloom. “Twilight pointed out. Rahs is currently rampaging around trying to decide what room is closest to the theater. The room he first found was nice, but he's also looking at a massive room with a small balcony that over looks the theater.”
“Surprised that's a choice for him.” Rainbow Dash smirked dropping off another box of books.
“The theater room is more a conference room build and it doesn't have a bathroom attached like the other room, granted I figure the tree will put one in at some point or another.” Twilight explained..
“Oh, oh, have you named the castle yet?” Pinkie Pie asked exploding out of a pile of books much to Rarity's annoyance.
“Seshat.” Twilight offered.
“A female name?” Fluttershy asked.
“Given all I have are brothers and a tree wouldn't have a gender any way, giving a female name seems to work for me.” Twilight smirked..
“Mistress of the House of Books.” Sunset offered as she slotted another book on the shelf. “Saddle Arabian?”
“Close, it's from Somnambula on the Hisin Peninsula.” Twilight corrected.
“Ahh. A lot of stuff I knew keeps getting confused with what I learned in the human world. There has to be some connection if for nothing more than the similar names.” Sunset sighed.
“Well, you can study that another time, for now let's get this finished.” Applejack offered rather gruffly as she dropped off another box of books. “How many books do you have any way?”
Twilight smirked looking at the barely filled main library of the Castle.
“Not nearly enough.”
“So this is the table?” Sunset hummed looking over the odd furniture. The thing was massive, likely big enough for six to eight ponies to stand on without bumping into each other and was propped up on rough crystals that grew from the floor.
“Yeah. I've only looked at it briefly so far though.” Twilight offered.” Celestia and Luna came to look at it and they had no clue. I even asked Chrysalis and she told me not to bother her while the statue of imitate doom had yet to doom, whatever that means.”
“Wow this map has everything. Hi mom and dad.” Pinkie waved to a small farm on the map.
“Huh this is pretty cool. It's got a real time update of Cloudsdale's location as well as some of the larger weather systems.” Rainbow Dash whistled floating over the map.
“Doesn't smell like anything either. Kinda odd if it's any sorta magic.” Applejack offered.
“It's very pretty.” Fluttershy supplied.
“Very much so darling, but one would expect a throne or a series of them around this sort of thing given it seems a centerpiece to the whole castle.” Rarity considered.
“Rarity if I had seen anything even resembling a throne in this place I wouldn't be moving in. “Twilight stated.” Still Spike was right this was a rather large mccguffin and I have a feeling this map is just going to add to that somehow. I just wish harmony had added instructions with the instant castle kit we were given.”
“Sunset? What are you doing under the table?” Pinkie Pie asked.
”I dunno, just for some reason I thought there would be a small dog in this thing.” Sunset hummed.
“What, on a wheel like a hamster?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Ehh I dunno.”Sunset huffed.” But I really wanna know how this thing works.”
“You and me both, though I suppose we can add that to the li.. WHOA!” Twilight began, jumping as she felt something tickle her flank along her cutie mark. Looking back she could see it was glowing. As the other girls yelped or giggled The alicorn's gaze swept the room to see every pony else but Sunset's cutie marks were glowing. After a moment transparent images of their mark floated off their rears and glided over the table to swirl around the map before forming over the giant crystal tree visible on the surface.
“You are here.” Pinkie Pie giggled before pointing to the ocean. “ Your luggage is over there.”
The group watched as the marks floated around the table before they all stopped over a small town at the edge of Equestria.
“Ummmmm.” Rarity raised an eyebrow.
“Looks like it wants us to go there.” Applejack offered. “Not sure why.”
“Could be another threat.” Rainbow Dash considered. “I mean how many have we dealt with now, Even if we don't count Chrysalis?”
“ Nightmare Moon, Discord, Sombra.....” Twilight began.
“What?” Sombra called from another room.
“Nothing.” Rarity called back.
“... The Vines, The Diamond Dogs, The Timber Wolves, Tirek, and the Sirens. And if we count all the minor issues like PETA and the parasprites as well as the rest of the stuff we've stopped quite a lot.” Twilight continued. “This might be Harmony's way of telling us something is going on here that we should fix.”
“After everything with Tirek we're being sent on another adventure?” Applejack huffed. “Fine, I'm down, maybe this is like an early warning system and we ken git the drop on something first.”
“That's not a bad idea. Though is it only you girls going? Does it just show who needs to go, or who it wants to go?” Sunset pointed out.”Hell does it even have any other cutie marks that it could send any where or just you six?”
Sunset blinked as her cutie mark glowed and she looked back as it floated above the table and stopped over Sweet Apple Acres. It flashed a few times though it didn't go any where.
“That is the most obvious 'you stay here' I've ever seen from something that doesn't talk.” Pinkie Pie stated.
“Right.“ Sunset huffed. “I guess that means that it just wants you six to go.”
“Well I suppose I can.” Fluttershy muttered.
“I'm game.” Pinkie Pie smirked.
“ Of course I shall come along Darling.” Rarity scoffed.
“This route looks like a bit of a trek the train only goes so far, and the rest would be on hoof. “ Rainbow Dash pointed out looking at the map. “Seems like an of adventure. I'm in.”
“Well guess I'm stuck holding down the fort.” Sunset sighed. ”Though good luck convincing Spike and Rahs to let you go on your own.”
“Neither of them are showing up on the map, and Rahs has his own stuff to look after. It will be fine. Spike's going to be too distracted with moving and what Rahs doesn't know won't bother him.” Twilight frowned.
The others stared at Twilight silently before the purple alicorn sighed.
“He's standing right behind me isn't he?” Twilight grumbled as the others nodded.
“Bork.” Rahs stated simply.
“First off.” Twilight whirled to face him. ”No, you are not coming. You got hurt a lot more than I did in that fight and it's only been a week. You are staying here.”
Rahs leaned down nose to nose with his sister.
“Bork.”
“I most certainly can make you stay here.”Twilight growled her horn starting to glow.
“Bork!” Rahs snapped back, his tail lashing as his ears flattened to his head.
“Oh Shit. GET TO COVER!” Pinkie Pie bellowed.
[ One hour, six fires, one small gravitational singularity, a few thousand bits of damage, and a very confused ferret later.]
“BORK!” Rahs stated.
“What he said.” Twilight grumbled.
“I DON”T CARE.” Spike snapped. The dragon stood on the map table glaring his siblings, both of whom had their noses to a different corner of the room where Spike had made them stand.” We just moved into this place, and I had just set up my figures on my shelves when they all got knocked down. Do you have any idea how much glue and touch up painting I'm going to have to do to fix them all? These weren't the easy to repair plastic ones you guys broke either, NOOOOOO. You some how had to manage to break ONLY the old metal ones, ones that getting an arm or sword to stay on was a nightmare and a half. And don't get me started on the models with the stupid heavy metal wings. Plus I'm out of the shade of green that I used on half of them. I need to go to Canterlot to get my paints and don't think I won't tell every Princess I find, PLUS mom and dad about this stupid fight over this stupid table.”
The table chimed lightly.
“Stuff it!” Spike snapped, stomping on the table. “Now then, I'm playing the outsider on this one despite agreeing with Rahs. So here's what's gonna happen. Rahs is going with you, and a couple of Guards too just to make sure this isn't something massive again.”
“Now wait just a.. AGGH!!” Twilight started before Spike spritzed her with the spray bottle he held.
“No buts. Whenever you get to where you're going the Guards and Rahs are gonna hang back and let you do your thing, whatever that is unless something bad happens.“ Spike ordered. ”The guards are only gonna be there to report back if something does go down because I know how much bullshit you two can take.”
“Woo... AKKK!!” Rahs started before he was spritzed.
“What did I say!? No buts!” Spike growled. “We all just went through something that could have killed everyone and I'm not to happy that you're throwing yourself into something else again so soon. And you don't even know what it is! Personally I'd be more than happy to just let the Princesses know and let them send a whole squad of Guards out there to deal with it. But for some reason the tree thinks you six are enough. So I'm going to hold off calling in a freaking strike force in case this can be dealt with peacefully with just you six. And if you don't like it, I can have you argue with the Princesses, who I might add, due to your refusal Twilight, outrank you still. And they can and probably will, order you to stand down.”
The other girls glanced to each other then to Spike who glared at his siblings as they grumbled and growled respectively.
“Good. Now I'm going to go see if Comet Trail has a couple of ponies who want to go along with you to be messengers. Then I'm gonna head up to Canterlot and try and get my glue and paint. Seriously you'd think Ponyville would get a game shop or a full on comic shop by now with how much I spend on stuff.” Spike ranted. “The rest of you should get ready too.”
“Yes sir.” Pinkie Pie saluted.