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// Town Meeting 
// Story: A Filly and Her Wolf 
// by Teotle 
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After socializing at Sugarcube Corner, Twilight and her friends had arranged a town meeting with the mayor. The meeting would take place in the town hall. Twilight would introduce Teotle and explain to everypony what the stakes are. After everypony in town had arrived, Applejack and Pinkiepie gathered everypony who have already met Teotle, and those who have gotten to know him.

The mayor took the stage, a spotlight shined on her as she announced, "Citizens of Ponyville, you are probably wondering why I've arranged a town meeting on such short notice. Allow me to introduce Ms. Twilight Sparkle." The mayor had pointed a hoof at Twilight and another spotlight shined on her. She was walking up onto the stage and stood next to the mayor..

Twilight was a little nervous at first, she took a deep breath and said, "Hello everypony, I'm Twilight."

"Aren't you the pony who is currently in charge of keeping Nightmare Moon at bay?" Asked a pony in the crowd.

Twilight frowned and said, "Yes, but her name is Nyx, and she's my daughter. That's not why we're here though. We're here to talk about a friend of mine. someone that I've been watching over for the past week. To those who don't know him, I'd like you to meet Teotle."

Another light shined on the stage, this time on Teotle, who was sitting in a chair. He shook like a leaf as some ponies in the crowd gasped at him. They haven't known about him until now and were starting to get anxious. Teotle looked behind him where Nyx was watching from behind the stage. She smiled and used her hoof to signal for him to turn back around and make a good impression with the crowd.

"What is that thing?" Asked another pony from the crowd.

"He isn't a thing." Replied Twilight. "He's a baby wolf. He has feelings just like everypony does."

"Where did you find him?" Asked another crowed member.

Twilight answered, "Well, let me start from the beginning."

From there Twilight began the telling the story from the past week. She explained to everypony about the legend of Shadowflame, and how he'll return if Teotle is taken back. Some ponies asked questions about Teotle, like whether or not he's safe, what happened to his leg, or if the princesses know about him, and Twilight and her friends did the best they could to answer all of them.

Mr and Mrs. Cake told the crowd how Teotle helped with baking and how good he is with their kids. Affluent said how Teotle helped her reconnect with Diamond Tiara, and drove away the wolf scouts. Ditsy Dew talked about how he helped reorganize the mail after she dropped a stack of envelopes. Every pony who was on stage had good things to say, and eventually, the crowed agreed on how good he was.

"So we all know why we want him to stay here?" Asked the mayor. "Raise your hoof if you want him to stay."

When the ponies raised their hooves, Pinkie counted them all and said, "Wow, good start."

The mayor then said, "Now, raise your hoof if you think he should leave."

When the other majority raised their hooves, Pinkiepie counted them, did some calculations in her head and then said, "Well it's official."

Everypony waited for the answer, but Pinkiepie was silent for a while.

"Well?" asked Twilight. "Whats the answer?"

"Huh? Oh right." Pinkiepie replied. "I did the math and we have now decided that Teotle will..."

Just then two crowds member asked the change their vote to let Teotle stay.

"Ok, everypony." Pinkie said. "With those that last vote, it is now official that Teotle will stay in Ponyville."

With that said, many crowd members began to cheer and shout. Many were happy that Teotle could stay.

Twilight then looked at Pinkiepie and asked, "Wait a minute, it was decided by one vote?"

"Yeparoo." Pinkie said, pulling out a confetti cannon and shooting it into the air.

Twilight couldn't help but think about it all day after the meeting. How could the town favor him by a single vote? How many ponies were there who didn't like him? Who were they? This rang in Twilight's head all the way home. Teotle and Nyx were content, talking about how excited they were about today. Twilight was glad to see Nyx and Teotle happy, so she tried to wait until tomorrow to worry about the meeting.

When they arrived back at the library, it was late at night. They went inside and went straight upstars to get ready for bed. It had been a long day. Not only did Twilight study for hours, hang out with her friends, and organize a town meeting, but she also spent alot of tme answereing some lingering question from the members of the crowd. It all took a toll on her.

Twilight tucked Nyx into bed and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "Goodnight Nyx." She said

"Goodnight Twilight." Nyx replied with sigh.

Twilight was on her way to her bed when she looked at Teotle. He was watching the moon from the windowsill, just as he has every night since he arrived in ponyville.

"Teolte?" Twilight asked

"Yes?" Teoltle replied.

Twilight went up to him and asked, "Are you ok, don't you ever sleep?"

"No." Teotle answered.

"Why not?" said Twilight

"I've had nightmares ever since my mother sent me away." Teotle explained. "I dream of her, my only family, dying by the hands of my father, Shadowflame."

Twilight jumped up onto the windowsill and sat next to Teotle. "He isn't your father, you know. At least not a very good one."

"What do you mean?" Teotle asked.

"Fathers are supposed to raise you and keep you safe, not use you to bring themselves back to life." Twilight said, putting a hoof onto his shoulder. "Teotle, you have more family than you know. You have Nyx, Spike, Owlicious, Peewee and I."

Teotle looked away from the moon and replied, "Really?"

"Oh of course." Twilight replied. "Family is the people you hold dearest in your heart, and they protect each other."

Teotle then asked, "If family protect each other, can we try to protect my mother? She doesn't want me to be Shadowflame, and she sacrificed herself so I could escape."

Twilight smiled and said, "When we get the chance, we'll help her. I promise."

Tears began to from in Teotle's eyes at that promise. He gave Twilight a hug and said, "Thank you, Twilight. I think I can sleep now."

Teotle jumped down from the window and lay down on the rug in the middle of the room.

Twilight rolled her eyes and said, "Teotle?"

"Yes?" He answered.

"Go ahead into bed with Nyx." Twilight demanded. "You shouldn't have your first sleep in a week on the floor."

Teotle wagged his tail, went over to Nyx, and climbed onto the foot of the bed. Twilight sighed and went to bed soon after.