//------------------------------// // Hearth Stone Breakers, Prologue // Story: Twilight Gets a Puppy, Season 5 // by TDR //------------------------------// Twilight Gets a Puppy Season5 By TDR Hearth Stone Breakers, Prologue [ Friendship Express, Winter. The day before Hearths Warming eve ] “It's so excitin'! Related or not, it's gonna be a hoot havin' our families together under one roof!” Applejack grinned. “Apples and Pies together again for the first time! Maybe. Unless we're related! Which maybe we're not. I think I just confused myself. “ Pinkie Pie offered shaking her head. “Well statistically there's a good chance you're related still. Even if the connection I found isn't correct.” Twilight offered. “Also, thank you for inviting us along as well.” “Shoot Twi, yer practically family already, and would be if Big Mac would do anything proper like.” Applejack glared at her brother, who now towered over her even more with his new form. “Yah ain't one tah talk sis.” Big Mac offered back glancing over to the other side of the train car where Rahs and Sunset sat, the latter draped over the lap of the former as she fiddled with her crystal tablet. Rahs however hardly noticed as he was snoring softly his head propped up against the train window. “Yah ken shut up Big Mac.” Applejack sulked. “Still I'm surprised you invited us along regardless.” Spike offered. “ It's a bit weird not to be going to Canterlot for the holiday.” “Sonly fer a few days. Sides ah thought you an yer folks didn't get along?” Applejack asked. “There's still a few issues and topics we tend to avoid, but all in all we're doing a lot better than we were years ago.” Twilight offered.” Besides, we're immortal and they're not, I'd rather have good memories of them in the future instead of bad.” “Ah ken understand that, ain't got much memory of my own ma and pa.” Applejack offered. “Moren' ah got.”Applebloom sighed before Spike hugged her. “ Yeah, yah were only a month or two old when they was taken from us.” Applejack let out a sigh. “ Damn diamond dogs. Didn't even leave us anything tah bury.” “You seem to be getting along fairly well with Jynx though.” Sunset pointed out. “ Yeah ah guess. She's only a bit oldern me an her own parents were killed in tha feud they had with tha Bone Hounds. So it ain't like her pack are tha ones who done it. Still hard not tah think about it round tha holidays though.” “Woof.” Rahs added having woken up for the drama. “Pfft. You ain't got nothing tah be sorry bout, just me gitting all melancholy over it is all.” Applejack shook her head.” Now if we ken git Sunset and Celestia tah get along we'll be set.” “We've gotten better.” Sunset offered. “Every so often though she'll say something that reminds me and I need to leave before I'm set off. It's still a work in progress. I'm doing better than Sombra and Luna at least.” “Yeah that's a whole nother mess.” Applejack offered. “Not tha least because he's gonna be stuck with Rarity and her parents fer tha next few days.” “An Luna when she comes to see Sweetiebelle.” Applebloom pointed out. The group paused to consider before shuddering. “Changing the subject, where's Fluttershy?” Twilight asked of Pinkie. “She's visiting her parents in Cloudsdale. She and Marble don't get along very well any way.” Pinkie Pie chimed. ” And I'm under strict orders not to go with in four hundred feet of her brother by a restraining order in six cities, including Cloudsdale.” “What did yah do?” Applejack asked. “Legally I'm not allowed to say.” Pinkie Pie shrugged. “But lets just say it was something not nice for his upsetting Fluttershy.” “Given there's still a number of Changelings who run off screaming at the sight of you.” Spike pointed out.” I'll take your word for it.” “What about Rainbow Dash?”Applebloom asked. “She finally is taking Prince to meet her parents.” Twilight explained. “Woof.” Rahs smirked. “Yeah. I'd kinda wanna be a fly on tha wall fer that meeting too.” Applejack chuckled. [Stone Field train depot] “That is not a word Pinkie.” Twilight frowned. “ It is now. Rooftastic, verb, as in, I'm gonna stand on the roof and yell to every pony how rooftastic this is! “ Pinkie Pie explained. “So help me if I catch you trying to glue that into the dictionaries in Ponyville I'm gonna...” Twilight growled “... What if our families don't like each other?” Applejack muttered looking back at the others. “We are friends, Applejack, and after tonight, our families are gonna be friends too. Do you know what that means? Number of Apples times number of Pies is twenty four, minus my preexisting friendships plus one for Maud and you makes five from twenty four is...nineteen new friendships!” Pinkie exclaimed whipping around and glomping her sister as she appeared on the train platform behind them “MAUD!!” Twilight frowned trying to calculate Pinkie Pie's math. Big Mac didn't even bother. “I'm so excited to see you, Pinkie Pie. You too, Applejack. I hope you had fun sledding yesterday.” Maud stated with no hint of emotion. “How'd you know that?” Applejack blinked. “Isn't it obvious? There are specks of extrusive andesite on your hoof. It's a mountain rock.” Maud explained. Oh she's good.” Granny nodded before leaning over to Applejack in a hushed tone.” Didn't ah teach yah tah wash yer hooves?” “So how's school going?” Twilight asked. “If you thought quartz was high on the Mohs hardness scale, wait 'til I tell you about corundum.” Maud stated. “I missed you so much!” Pinkie squealed