You hear a high pitched squeal and cackle of doom rain down upon the town, giving you an idea of which direction you need to head to.
Moonie is apparently causing enough trouble to get you called out of work to sort it out. You have no idea what she's done but you're already fuming over it. It's hard enough to get settled into a new job without this kind of thing happening regularly.
Arriving back at the town hall, you notice Moonie standing on the roof. Surrounding the building is a bunch of snowmen, all with something different to decorate them. There's one with buttons for eyes, others with food and a few are wearing your clothes. You let out a sigh then Moonie's laughter stops as she notices you.
"Ah, Anon. You have arrived at an opp--"
"Get down from there, right now."
"You interrupted my monologue."
"It has been snowing so it's slippery. Climb down now or I'm climbing up."
"Come! Join me up here for the perfect view of my conquest of Equestria!"
"With snowmen?" You ask sarcastically as you look around for a way up there.
Her laugh becomes a little more sinister as the snowmen begin to move. There's one beside you and so it startles you, as a reflex you whack its head off which causes the entire snowman to collapse in on itself.
"YOU DARE BETRAY ME," Moonie shrieks, "SEIZE HIM."
The snowmen move towards you. With a swift backhand, you cause the two in your way to collapse as you climb up the town hall. You're not in the mood to play around, nor do you have the time.
"General Buttons! Major Dick Winters! You'll pay for this!"
As you scale the slippery building, you can't help but wonder if she chooses the cutesy names on purpose. It's hard to take any conquest seriously when a general is called Buttons.
You reach the roof and Moonie begins to back up. The snow gives way under her footing and she is about to slip but you grab her to hold her up at your eye level.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"You want to explain to me what is you're doing before I ground you for a year."
"A year? That's nothing."
"Yeah, a whole year in a place full of sunshine and rainbows where we'll talk about our feelings all day while we cuddle bunnies. Everything will be pink, everyone will have cutesy names like Nightmare Woonie and--"
"STOP! You're going to make me sick."
You place her back on the ground where she takes a seat and looks up towards you.
"You know, you're pretty twisted. And you can relax, I wasn't really going to take over Ponyville or Equestria."
"And the snowmen?"
"Easily taken down like you saw. I was just bored because you've been working a lot lately."
"There's lots of work to be done some days. There will be times where I'll be home even earlier than when I worked at the bakery."
"Really?"
"Yeah. But I need you to behave. Stuff like this is going to cause delays, and probably increase my work load."
"Poo," she says as she blows a raspberry.
You lift the little filly up into your arms and place her on your back so you can climb down. It's a little tough for her to get a grip on your back so she wraps her legs around the back of your head and neck making it hard to see. Despite the slippery slops and soft hooves in your eyes, you make it down. Moonie leaps onto the ground, then you hear the stampede of the Cutie Mark Crusaders rushing over.
"Moonie," Scootaloo calls as she brings her scooter to a halt.
"We heard you're going to take over Equestria again," asks Applebloom in a worried tone.
"Does this mean we can stay up late?" squeaks Sweetie Belle.
"Nope. Unfortunately I've been bested by the hero Anonymous," Moonie cheers as she uses her magic to make all the snowmen collapse.
The other three fillies chime in with their own cheers. You smile and shake your head as you head back inside to get back to work.
"Sorry about that Miss Mayor. It's all sorted now though."
"It's alright, and you can just call me Mayor. You don't need to be so formal, it's only us in this office anyway."
"Right."
"Moonie has been quite the handful lately," she says almost offhanded as she passes you a few forms.
You feel a little embarrassed at her remark. While she doesn't sound like she's judging you, you can't help but feel like a bit of a poor parent. Guardian. Person in a role of authority. Mayor doesn't look up at you as she speaks because she's busy reading over a few forms herself. So it's hard to gauge if this is just an attempt at small talk or if she's annoyed at you.
"She's just acting out because she's lonely. I'll just have to work something out," you answer, trying to sound as reassuring as possible.
"I'll sure you will. After all, what hope does Moonie have against Anonymous the hero?" She replies with a giggle.
You blush slightly.