Scrabble With Twilight
The Ponyville Library was a place of learning. Books on all subjects could be found within its walls and the unicorn librarian was more than willing to help anypony needing a specific book.
Not that anypony actually went to the library.
Twilight Sparkle, the unicorn librarian in question, had often wondered about the current state of affairs. 'Books are tools to bring light to the darkness of ignorance!', she would say to herself, most often when she was lay on her back in bed, throwing a hoof towards the ceiling and staring wistfully out of the window.
The truth was, the ponies of Ponyville did a good job at whatever it was that they did. The need for clarification on pertinent matters never seemed to arise, and if it did, you could be certain there was a local expert you could go to. In that regard, the Ponyville library lay mostly forgotten, becoming one large, book filled house for the studious unicorn mare and her dragon assistant.
Twilight Sparkle was currently taking advantage of this fact, lying on the floor in the middle of the front room, a Scrabble board before her. The board was currently free of tiles, but two racks had been set up, seven tiles resting on each. The side opposite Twilight was currently vacant, her opponent had gotten bored of how long it was taking for the lavender unicorn to set the game up.
“I'm ready!” Twilight shouted, patting the large dictionary next to her. She had refused to start the game until she found it.
“Thank goodness! Trixie cannot believe you made her wait over a matter so insignificant as Scrabble.” The azure mare appeared from a staircase in the back of the room, a towel wrapped around her mane and her coat still slightly damp. “There was time enough to shower before you had finished searching for that book.” She took her place behind the other rack of tiles, staring at them and not her opponent.
“I suppose I'll begin then shall I?” Twilight's horn glowed with a magenta light and all seven of her tiles flew onto the board and arranged themselves into a perfect line, spelling ILLEISM. “That makes nine points, but using all seven letter nets me an extra fifty, making fifty nine for me!” The lavender unicorn smiled widely.
Trixie merely stared, her lips unmoving from their frown, she raised one eyebrow suspiciously. “You seriously expect Trixie to let this slide? Two I and L tiles on your first turn, using all seven letters and spelling a word that ironically describes your opponent? Trixie demands we restart this game with new tiles!”
The lavender unicorns devious grin exploded into laughter. “You have to admit, Trixie, it was a little funny.”
“Your delay tactics won't work on me, Sparkle.” Trixie's horn glowed cerulean for a moment, all of the tiles floated into the velvet sack and were violently shaken before being put down again. Trixie replaced the letters on her and Twilight's tile rack and coughed once. “Now that we can start this game for real... Trixie shall go first.” She studied her letters for a few moments, using her magic to shuffle the tiles around in order to see them in different situations. Finally, she used her magic to lift all of the tiles from her rack.
“I'd like to see you beat this, Sparkle.” She laughed haughtily as she spelled out the word XARTHON across a random piece of the board. “That's seventeen points, factor in the Triple Word Score and that makes fifty-one points. Finally, add the extra fifty for all tiles used and that's one-hundred and one points.”
It was Twilight's turn to wear a suspicious frown. “Xarthon isn't a word Trixie, it's the name of a classical wizard.”
“Therefore a word,” Trixie replied confidently.
“Proper nouns aren't allowed. It's in the rules.” Twilight levitated a slip of paper, the word 'Rules' in big letters at the top. “Also, you have to play the first word through the centre tile.” She pointed to another one of the bullet-pointed rules. “Are you sure you've played this game before?”
“Of course Trixie has played Scrabble before, who do you take Trixie for?”
“You obviously didn't play it properly then. So because of that and because I'm such a nice pony, I'll let you have another go.” Twilight grinned happily.
Trixie narrowed her eyes before rolling them, her magic taking the N tile back and rearranging the letters in the centre of the board, spelling THORAX. “Thirty-two points for Trixie. It's not one-hundred and one, but it will do.” She replaced her letters with six from the bag and mumbled for Twilight to take her turn.
Twilight thought hard, wearing a reluctant frown, but she floated four tiles over to the board all the same, she spelled GLAZE, using the A in THORAX. “It's only fifteen points, but it's the best I've got.”
“Commendable effort, Sparkle, but this game is far too-” She laid out three tiles to spell EASY, using Twilight's E. She smiled before continuing. “An extra seven points for Trixie... oh wait, is that a Double Word Score? Why yes it is, that gives me fourteen points, totalling forty-six.”
As Trixie laughed, Twilight merely stared inquisitively at her. The azure unicorn didn't even notice for a few moments, but when their eyes locked, Twilight's gaze softened. “Trixie, I've been thinking. How does a pony who says that they've played Scrabble as much as you have, not know the rules?”
“What do you mean, of course Trixie knows the rules.”
“You tried to play a proper noun and tried play the word without going through the centre tile, those are two of the biggest rules.” Twilight furrowed her brow. “It's clear that you were sincere when you played the word as well, I could tell you weren't joking. I know what you're like when you joke.”
Trixie momentarily froze, somewhat at a loss for words, but she quickly caught herself, putting on a haughty expression. “It's a boring story, let's just continue with the game, okay?”
“No, Thursday night is spend time with Trixie night. It's in the schedule.” The lavender unicorn floated a large calendar over and shoved it in the azure mares face. The current date had the words 'Spend time with Trixie' pencilled into the box. “See. I want to spend time talking to Trixie about her Scrabble habits.”
Trixie took a deep breath before letting out a short, empty chuckle. “Scrabble habits, huh? Oddly fitting.”
–
The nuns at the convent didn't often let us fillies have any fun. “The Princess of the Night doesn't believe in fun.” they would say.
They did however, recognise how games could encourage the young mind to grow. The nuns weren't bad ponies, they never wanted to harm us in any way, they were just firm in their beliefs. Every now and then ponies would donate things to the 'poor little orphans' at the convent- games, clothes, that kind of junk. Stuff they didn't want their kids to have any more.
As the oldest, I was pretty much responsible for all of the other fillies, I would solve disputes, I would cheer them up with small performances and I would show them how to play the games that got donated to us.
One of these games was Scrabble, but all we had was the board and about half of the tiles. I remember one of the fillies crying because we couldn't spell her name with the tiles, the box didn't come with a V, so we just made do. We didn't have any rules either, so I made them up, I turned it into a spelling game where you had to make words to get more points. It was like real Scrabble, only a lot more chaotic.
The fillies really seemed to like that game, and because it was somewhat educational, the nuns didn't mind it either. They knew when to crack the whip, figuratively speaking of course, but they were pretty lenient.
One of the days, we got another Scrabble set with a lot more letter tiles, so we pooled them together and found that we had at least one of every letter now and more than our fair share of E tiles. There was another game though, a broken looking game of Battleships. The board was beyond saving, but we still had all of the pieces and that was what gave me an idea.
I'd create a new game, using the Battleship pieces, the Scrabble tiles and whatever else we had on hand. I ended up calling it Scrabbleships, not terribly creative, but I was only young. The basic premise was that you had to blow up your opponents ships with your own and you used a dice to move the ships from square to square. You had to roll the exact number to land on their square to successfully land an attack, but if you did, you destroyed their boat. However, you could use your turn to build Scrabble walls, protecting your boats and making it harder for your opponent to destroy you. You couldn't fire over Scrabble walls, but you could fire on them and destroy one of the tiles, allowing you passage through.
It was a really fun game and got rather exciting at times. There weren't many rules, mainly because I made the game for little fillies and I didn't want them to feel swamped in rules. I just wanted them to be able to pick up a dice, some boats and some tiles and have a good time with it.
I'd like to think that, despite not playing the official way, our own little game taught us that you can still learn the right lessons, even if you have the wrong pieces.
–
“That was a sweet story,” Twilight said sincerely, “I love hearing about your past. You're such a mysterious and private pony, which I suppose I can relate to... but I like that you're willing to share these things with me.”
“And I would prefer it if the details of my past were to stay hidden, mystery is a big part of the Great and Powerful Trixie's allure.” The azure mare took the towel from around her head and floated over a brush, pulling it through her mane casually.
“Oh right, it was my go wasn't it?” Twilight stared at her tiles, deep in thought.
The Great and Powerful Trixie however, she was staring at Twilight herself. The lavender unicorn was a strange pony and she had a number of quirks that made getting along with her rather difficult at times. Trixie thought that it was definitely worth it though, Twilight was a magnificent pony and an excellent Scrabble opponent.
When she wasn't being a stickler for the rules, that was.
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Loved it
Friendshipping at 5 am is like warm glass of milk finally sleepy
The D'awws are very therapeutic
Cute
Heh... This is actualy pretty good!
So much dawwww! Loves your take on trixie!
Awesome way to end my evening. Thanks Earl Grey!
And now my car ride in the rain just got a little happier
You don't disappoint, Earl.
I loved it, but I have to ask. How is Thorax only 16 points? The star in the center usually counts as a double word score.
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Really? Wouldn't that be a little unfair, having the first player get an instant Double Word Score? Huh, just read the rules, and you're right. I'll go change that.
Thanks everypony, this was just a really random idea that got into my head at work. Didn't take long to write, but it was fun.
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Heh but now, she totals 46 instead of 30
Really cute. That's about all I can say. I really like these small, touches of life type fics. They're good for on the go guys like me!
And apparently, even Trixie can't escape the confines of the mighty Twilight checklist! It's like trying to break a Pinkie Pie Promise. No good can come from it if you do!
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I love stories with these two
And it was well done. They've apparently grown close enough that Twilight can put up with Trixie's personality and that Trixie can have some respect for Twilight in turn. It's still bound to be wonky friendship, though, and that was well portrayed here. The little snipppet of Trixie's past was a nice touch as well, since it allows for at least one one of them to learn some more about the other.
It's so nice to be able to act like I know my stuff
But really, I thought it was great.
Okay, hopefully I've got all of the scrabble scores right now
I even changed Trixies score from the first word she plays because I found out that the added 50 points for using all seven tiles is added onto the end and not used in the triple or double word scores.
A friendshipping Twixie? Piqued.
Very cute, if a bit brief. Snapshot style, though, yeah? I can't complain.
But unless I've misread, a convent of Luna worshippers? You simply must expand on this.
Well I enjoyed this story. :) Glad I went to page two on browse.
Neuex gave 4/5 horseshoes on the story.
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I'm glad you did as well!
I have no idea why this is as popular as it seems to be xD Thanks to everypony for keeping me busy looking at my notifications bar today, it's been crazy.
I should write random stuff more often... Fimfiction needs a Mayor emoticon.
This deserves more chapters! you paint a very interesting picture of Trixie's youth, and I want to respectfully request more insight!
I'm gonna try Scrabbleships for real.
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More you say? I'll have to think about it
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SCRABBLESHIPS IS THE BEST GAME EVER! It's hilariously fun.
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I'm glad somepony caught the Simpsons reference xD I took the game name from there, but I optimised the rules a little and made it playable.
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And now the sequel, where that picture would actually apply, lol.
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It was a good 'short and sweet' read.
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I couldn't for the life of me find a picture of Twilight playing Scrabble. I couldn't find ANYTHING with ponies and Scrabble. I am dissapoint internet
It was only by pure luck that I found a picture of Twilight and Trixie playing something. It's virtual Scrabble 'k?
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Works 4 me!
I think I'd actually play scrabbleships. It intrigues me.
I do love a spot of friendshipping... so relaxing.
Very well written, and has the likes to prove it. My only complaint is that it is short and has been getting less views lately.
I liked the connection they had together here it was very interesting and to be honest, I would expect them to do this if they ever hung out. Just them talking while playing scrabble and Trixie talking bout her past a bit was quite fun.
Now i want to see what other games they could play...
906527 Giggity.
1385143 Lol it sounds like that dosent it. XD
The first word ILLEISM actually scores 74 points, because the first word is placed on a double word score, and Twilight would be smart enough to arrange it so the M fell on the double letter space.
But next time, show them playing Scrabbleships.
So cuuuuute :3
My day's been kind eh; I had a hell of a time trying to print stuff off at Uni and almost had to walk home instead of take the bus, but this really helped me calm down. Also my heart is now a gooey mess on the floor :)
Ah, I remember this story from a while ago! This is where I got my "Trixie is an orphan" headcanon!
Okay, that put a huge smile on my face. Rather good Trixie, rather good Twilight. I loved the checklist. And Scrabbleships? I gotta ponder that one. Sounds neat.
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5 bucks that game is some sort of Mario Party. Only THAT DAMN GAME can cause such reactions.
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I knew that picture looked familiar
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I'm actually pretty amazed that someone ponified it.
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I'm pretty sure that Mario Party was N64 generation. Don't think there was one on Snes. My bet's on Street Fighter Alpha 2, I always lose when it gets down to the wire
Grah! It's too short. Well-written, funny, good characterization. Only problem is that, well..its' too quick. The back and forth is nice, but then it moves to the interesting backstory, then end.
I wanna see more banter...it's so well written. (Then again, it might have worn if it went on too long...) A nice 'quick-fic'. A+.
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I liked it.
wait, no...
I love it. seriously. Trixie's past is really touching. :3
Why has this become suddenly popular!?
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It's even on the most popular list right now. I'M ABOVE PAST SINS!
Thanks to everyone for giving me about 40+ Notifications to flick through xD but especially to 1388220 for finding that picture. I seriously had no idea my image I chose was ponfying anything
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That's an SNES? Then why did it look like a N-
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I... need to pay attention to detail.
Scrabble with Twilight. Otherwise known as "You lose!"
388571 Oddly enough, that is the SAME EXACT TIME I just read this.
Creepy.
Trixie's past is so cute, and weirdly enough, it suits her! The showoff filly having that cute, mysterious past nopony really knows about. 
Me gusta. This story is sooooo going on my faves.
1390863 Anywho, dah-link, I simply LURVED this story!