Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 6
By TDR
Where the Alexstrasza Lies
[Oneiroi
“So they kicked you out?”
“Not really. It's just that it's zap apple season, and I tend to get in the way. I cost them a bit of a harvest a while ago and I've done my best to stay away since, though it's not exactly easy to resist if I'm there. I'll bring you a jar you'll see what I mean. Besides it's been a bit since I've come by to just visit. Still a lot of things about moon dogs I don't know.“
“So says the god of moon dogs.”
“You know what I mean. I've been raised by ponies.“
“Seems to have done well by you. Given how many are seeking to be your mate.”
“They're gonna kill me is what's gonna happen there.”
“Only if you don't give them pups. The big one seem very insistent on that. Not the blonde big one the other one of the two.”
“Two big ones? There's four of them bigger than me now, and one of them can change to be bigger than me. And the smallest one likes to burn things.”
“ HAH sounds like fun. Should I tell you want I've heard they dream about?”
“Ah stars, please no.”
“Lets just say I've been talking with those who watch their dreams since I still can't keep an eye on you or the other Sparkles directly and all I have to say about what I've heard is, Woof.”
“Please tell me I'm not related to any of them who are watching their dreams.”
“Not directly no. Not in a way that would matter to pony sensibilities any way.”
“There is that at least.”
“Most of them are mated anyway, though Azure is single, but she's terrified of your sister and Bri said no, so no worries about another after you.”
“Should I ask which one you support?”
“Pfft why would I chose. You like them all, go for them all. Not like a pack with a single male is odd here or for the ponies going by your brother there. Plus seeing as some are already teaming up to get you, all you need to do is hold on a bit to see if all of them will team up at once to jump you.”
“Seriously?”
“What I'm an old dog who loves his wife, but I will happily live vicariously through my son.”
“You've been talking to Nightlight again haven't you?”
“Hey I watch his dreams, and the Princess showed him how to be a lucid dreamer. We chat.”
Rahs grumbled as Cosma chuckled.
“Not listening to Granny's story?”
“Nope.”
“Yeah Ah spect you'll hear it a few times. Granny loves bringing it up, specially with ya'll being a new attentive audience.”
“Eeyup.”
“Was the Zap Apple harvest like this when you were growing up?”
“Eeyup.”
Witch-Jack sighed glancing over at Bright Mac. The pair of them staring at a group of zap apple trees waiting for them to hit the right level of ripeness before they could gather them.
“Well. Ah see where Mac gits it.”
“Yer tha one asking nothing but yes or no questions.” Bright Mac smirked.
Witch-Jack laughed.” Fair enough.”
Sunset looked over the papers before her with a small hum. Big Mac stood nearby letting his 'cousin' go over his work.
"I'm actually impressed every time I look at your stuff Mac." Sunset shook her head. "It didn't take you any time at all to rework several contracts to vendors after the whole Rich tragedy. You're actually making more money now off cider and jam sales than ever before."
"Eeyup." Big Mac nodded.
Sunset nodded and looked out at the field from under the tent. This whole thing was a little weird in truth. The Zapp apples had the rules and requirements on them that spoke of a very potent ritual, likely something built up over years and years to get to this point. The first year she was here Granny had made sure that Sunset knew to follow the rules she laid out on the farm if she was going to help.
No magic was allowed during the harvest and certain things needed to be observed. No using doors on the first day, every one had to climb out the windows. No bathing the second day unless there were at least 2 apples of differing varieties with you and you spent at minimum twenty minutes in the tub. The third day there was no ingesting of any apple product.
The list went on with some days not allowing or forcing you to do certain things by the hour. The whole family went along with it like it was nothing, Sunset was still surprised that there wasn't a blood sacrifice somewhere in it. And that was before the requirements for the water, the odd jar testing and the proper placement of buckets.
It was also rather odd that Witch-Jack appearing due to all the magic in the air didn't change the pattern or the way of things. It was kind of a surprise that nothing had been messed up all the years that others helped.
And Sunset still hadn't figured out what Granny meant by saying , the Zap Apples showed up when they wanted. Given there had been two harvests this year already and only one last year both at odd times for any sort of harvest only added to the saying.
It was also odd that Granny was telling some story about Applejack putting the whole family in the hospital and Pear Butter and Applebloom were eating it up despite how embarrassed the giant fluffy magic devouring monster was getting because of it before she stormed off.
Sunset sighed and shook her head with a smile. She hadn't exactly had any sort of family interaction like this before.
It was nice.
Maybe one day when Celestia got her head out of her ass they could do something.
[?]
Solomon sat back on the couch and let his head fall back stretching his spine a bit. He could feel the neck of this latest body tear a little , the icor making up it's blood seeping out. He would need a new one soon, depending on the results from Diamond Tiara he might be able to grow a body that lasted longer, eventually one that he could fully inhabit.
The easiest way would be to take a demi god child before their third birthday. He could simply overlay his personality onto the foals and take over. That had been the plan with Sombra, but even under his control the damn mare interfered and he missed the window he needed. Though he did find raising a son amusing, in the end the lack of control he had over the colt proved his undoing however, and it put him further into the debt of his master and made him a revenent.
Solomon sighed. He hated times like this, quiet moments that gave him time to reflect, to look back and see the mistakes he made. He should have turned Luna first in secret and then ensnared Celestia when she was at her lowest with her sister fighting her. With his own clear involvement Celestia simply became angry and she had a goal , but she was kept at bay by the control he had over Luna. And that kept others at bay giving him the freedom to do what he wanted for a few years.
All of it was ruined by the whims of the foal he should have used as a new body. Though he thought he had the time back then, he was still in the body he was born in and was still young by most standards.
Ah well the past was the past and he had to look forward to the future. Provided his two newest minions could get what he sent them to get the next step was clear. If he couldn't create a body that would hold up, he needed to steal one. Sadly he was attached to the pony form or he would have had plenty of chances for a demi god body, as most gods were rather prolific. It was a small wonder the world wasn't overflowing with demi gods. There were certainly a lot, but given they were kill-able that likely kept the population down.
He had an idea to go after the newborns of the crystal empire, it would have been fitting in truth, but given how protected they were he didn't expect his chances being very good to even get close to them, and that was before they were confirmed gods and thus useless.
Changelings were a difficult obstacle to overcome when they were on the defensive. Any pony, rock, or end table could have been an infiltrator watching those two.
Foals of the god of changelings and the goddess of love.
Even he had to admit that the eldest Sparkle was a lucky stallion. Granted the group chasing the moon dog had some nice ones as well, though the bipedal nature of some of them was a turn off, and he had no interest in the dogs. Celestia's daughter and the changeling Princess though, not to mention the other Siren, though he liked the blue one before she became dragon lord.
Ah well, not his issue, but it did show that there was something about the Sparkles. He was amazed the dragon only had the one filly after him, though perhaps that was untrue and others who were interested simply hadn't shown themselves. He hadn't paid much attention to the youngest aside from what Diamond Tiara had told him. He could almost see Diamond Tiara pining for him, only to refuse to admit it.
Perhaps she would get what she wanted, though he hoped the girl wasn't as trite as to fall into that old trope.
Still his interest was fully on Twilight Sparkle. Goddess of magic.... what a power that would be. And if his theories were correct, well, he would know exactly what it would be like to control that.
[Crystal Empire]
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!”
Chrysalis sighed.“The twins set Shining on fire again.”
Cadence shook her head.” I'll go get the hose.
Tempest and Twilight stared at the sky and more importantly the massive black spot that hid the sun from them leaving the pair in a cone of darkness.
Tempest stepped to the side, leaving the cone and stepping out into the sunshine before walking around the cone curiously noting it surrounded Twilight in five feet in all directions.
“Right is this a prank or a boon given how hot it is today?” Tempest asked as Twilight shrugged.
“SPIKE!!!!!!” Rainbow Dash screamed out flinging the fathers day card at the cackling drake as he ran off a cone of darkness around him.” Will you stop it with this joke!”
“Only when it stops being funny.” Spike called back.