“Citizens of Equestria:” Twilight read aloud to the circle of ponies gathered at the bridge, “Canterlot Royalty informs you that there will be a mandatory raffle for tributes for the first Equestrian Games.
“Reporting is mandatory. There will be three females taken from your cities, as well as three males. Two Earth Ponies, two Unicorns, two Pegasi
“Good luck, and may the odds be in your favor.”
She leapt from the edge, landing near her five friends.
“Can you believe it?!” Pinkie Pie was jumping around, “Equestrian Games! What do you think they’ll be like?”
“Celestia’s letter wasn’t clear.” Twilight lifted her young assistant onto her back, “It just said that there would be a name-mandatory raffle in two weeks.”
“I think they’d be rather dreamy.” Rarity sighed, “Who knows, there could be a fashion portion in them.”
“Buuuurp!”
“Ow!”
“Heh, sorry Rarity.”
Twilight picked up the letter that escaped from Spike’s usual letter-eruption. “Huh, it’s actually for you Rarity.”
“Por Moi?” A teal aura took the scroll from a lavender one,
Dearest Rarity,
Your assistance is needed for the first Equestrian Games. More specifically, the making of the tributes’ uniforms.
We would like, in three days preferably, you to make three dozen jumpsuits. A dozen of those need to be for Pegasi.
Eighteen of them need smaller waists than the other eighteen, for our female tributes.
They need to be fitted for any size, so we would like jumpsuits that stretch, and then conform to the body size and shape of the tribute wearing them, with a zipper going from above the crotch to the middle of the throat.
Twelve need to be black with a dark red stripe going up the right hind fetlock, around the back, then up to the throat.
Twelve need to be dark grey with a dark blue stripe from the fetlock to the throat
The last twelve need to be chrome black with a dark lavender stripe with the same requirements above.
Boots are to be laced around the middle of the fetlock. All dark grey.
Thank you for your generosity. A Royal Guard will be at your boutique at noon in three days to pick them up.
May you have all the luck in the world.
Prince FoxTrot.
Rarity felt a little woozy. “Thirty-six uniforms? In THREE days? FOR THE EQUESTRIAN GAMES?!”
“Pinkiecatcher!” The pink pony got to the white unicorn in the nick of time, preventing Rarity to hit the ground in a painful manner.
Spike set the scroll down, “These games are going to be the death of ponies!”
What they didn’t know is that he was right.
FoxTrot looked at the assortment of volunteer mentors. “Each of you will be issued a tribute.” He paced in front of the line, “They will be your source of pay. The longer they are in The Games, the more money you will get. Whoever’s tribute wins will get a bonus.”
The solitary green eye wandered over the assortment. “Iron Will!”
“Your Highness?” The Minotaur bent low in a respective bow.
“You will be assigned to the tributes from Ponyville. Brig!”
A baby-violet Unicorn started, “Yes?”
He turned to her, “You will be assigned to the city of Manehattan.”
She nodded, “My brother will help train. If that is alright with you.” She added hastily.
“Go ahead, we need all the help we can get. Hay Pitch!”
A straw-colored Pegasus raised his head, “You will get the tributes from around here.”
He nodded, “I understand my Prince.”
FoxTrot shuddered, “Evergreen and Gilda. You two will collaborate with the contestants from Cloudsdale and
Appleloosa. Faust, you’ll take Fillydelphia.”
A dark green Unicorn, a Gryphon and a white Unicorn snapped to attention at their names, and then nodded at their designated cities.
“Which will leave Meadow Lark with Baltimare.” A tiny Pegasus nodded her grey coat and matching eyes shaking with excitement.
“You will teach them how to defend themselves. Teach them to survive. The other tributes will want to kill them. So will the elements of nature.”
He looked at the six mentors. “You are all dismissed. The raffle will begin tomorrow at one.”