“Hi there,” said Raven pleasantly. “Today my special guests are our local teacher Cheerilee and our solar diarch Princess Celestia.”
Both ponies waved at the laptop screen politely and Chrysalis, sitting on the other side of Raven, huffed. “Why is Celestia here,” the changeling queen hissed.
“Because the royal coffers are being raided thanks to this story,” Princess Celestia said politely.
“Right,” said the author as he held Chrysalis’ shoulder before she did something drastic. “The wagers on FIMFiction were lackluster compared to the ones here in Equestria.”
“Yes, but they expected you to pull exactly the same thing as your original,” said Cheerilee happily.
“My sister wagered twenty thousand bits on a unicorn transformation,” said Celestia bitterly.
“Pinkie was keeping an eye on the wagers so I didn’t even see them until they were done,” reminded the author.
“Yep,” confirmed the rather distant party pony. She was accompanied by Twilight Sparkle in a distant corner doing math.
“I have the total,” said Twilight calmly. “Thanks to your twist that threw us all for a loop, save for Rainbow of course, the total is forty thousand seventy seven bits. I've taken out the thirty bits Rainbow put into the pot plus her increase due to the odds.”
Cheerilee beamed. “Thanks for everypony’s generous donation to the school here in Ponyville! We’ll be able to expand and hire more teachers thanks to all of this.” Her smile was quickly replaced by a wicked grin, “or maybe I’ll just stop getting donations from Filthy Rich and boot his obnoxious daughter from class.”
Of all ponies, Chrysalis stared at the teacher, ready to dispense words of wisdom. “Now, now Cheerilee, you’ll want that money after all of this is spent on improvements. It’s only a flat amount after all.”
“She has a point Lee,” the author said calmly as the changeling queen rested her head on his shoulder.
Princess Celestia looked to Raven as he wrapped an arm around a very content Chrysalis. “Raven, you aren’t suffering any side effects of being around Chrysalis?”
“Not that I’m aware of. I mean, I care for her and not whoever she would be imitating.”
“Raven is a loveable creature,” said Chrysalis with a blissful sigh, “I feed on his kindness and joy only enough to live from day to day. I mean sure it isn’t love, but my senses tell me that he practically radiates it.”
Celestia grumbled as she dropped a large sack of bits on the floor. “My thousand bits are in there as well Miss Cheerilee. I hope you can put all of this to good use.”