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// Mare Mar for Mayor! 
// Story: Assorted short works 
// by Adrian Brony 
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	The Ponyville city hall was roaring with excitement as the new mayor walked away from her podium, her speech still rippling through the minds of the citizens. A sea of multicolored dots sprawled in front of the building’s steps. Some held signs, reading such things as “Equal rights in Equestria!” and “Mare Mar, for Mayor!”
        A small pool of ponies gathered away from the main crowd, holding signs closer to “One mare + one stallion = only way.”   An even smaller puddle of picketers across the road amassed, rejected by the smaller pool. Their message was far less diplomatic, “Celestia hates fillyfoolers!”

        The city hall was busy with party members running papers everywhere, working hard to respond to newspapers from all over Equestria. The tan earth pony tugged at her collar, “Do I really have to wear this thing every day now? It really chafes. Thing doesn’t even look good on me.”
A pale green mare laughed, heartily trotting across the room, “Aww, get used to it. I’m sure you’ll pull the look off ‘ventually.” 
        Mar grinned and chuckled, “You’d think my campaign manager would have warned me about this thing.”
 Her partner pat her on the back, “Well what business do ya have complainin’ anyway? Now the samesiders don’t have to keep no secrets anymore. Soon as the council gets the marriage bill to the desk again, it’ll finally pass ‘stead of gettin’ vetoed soon as it shows up.”
        Mar winced, looking down awkwardly. The green one frowned, realizing what she just said. The tan pony mumbled, “We were set to wed a week from now. I just hope she’s happy wherever she is now.”
        Mar’s campaign partner smiled, looking her in the eyes, “Ah know Fuchsia’s happy now. She’s proud of all this.”
        Mar smiled to her assistant, “Thanks, Smith.”

Author's Note: This was written for yet another Equestria Daily 300 word writing event back in March of 2011. And yes, "Mar" is pronounced the same way as "mare."