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TheDriderPony


"Only the most subtle of references." -No fanfiction writer ever

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After telling Pinkie that she doesn't believe in the "Hearths Warming Pixie", mysterious objects start to turn up in Twilight's castle. Is this the work of her friends, or something far more sinister? And what in the world is she to do with all these birds and pear trees?

Chapters (13)
Comments ( 145 )

Twilight chuckled as she descended the ladder she'd been on.

Umm... why would she be on a ladder? Twilight IS an alicorn here right? :rainbowhuh:

7790562 Oh yeah... so she is. I keep forgetting that.

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Now why the hell are they blinking? :twilightangry2:

It's green cover read

Its

Standing on it's hind two legs

its

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*Walks away with the songs Ponyville in flames and the pony running around in total panic and terror*
OK I feel better now WAY to much cute from the link had to burn it.

Oh i am liking this! Please continue!

7793217 I'm trying. My goal is a new chapter every day through the end of the song. Let's just see how that goes.

*facepaws* You be a cruel cruel person and I LOVE this idea. At least Twi has the rooms for all that is coming.

I like the way Spike thinks.

"Surely you can't be serious!"
"I am serious! But thanks for spelling my name correctly. You have no idea how often people call me 'Shirley'. It’s really annoying."

7794247 There's actually another reason as well why I decided on that name. I'm waiting to see how long it takes someone to get it.

[Update]: Since no one ever guessed. I'll reveal the secret: Shirley was also the name of the mother in The Partridge Family.

i can't wait for the three French hens!

:duck: half dragon pony ?
:moustache: delivers gifts
:twilightsmile: your foals? :raritystarry::moustache:
:facehoof: Surely you jest...

Oh no. She's getting the full treatment.
I do wonder if "8 maids a milking" will be changed to just 8 cows. Which will be 40 by the end.

Oh dear. *falls over in a fit of laughter* let's see by the end of this she will have:

12 pear trees
12 partridges
22 turtle doves
Will add more as they come. :facehoof:

Oh shit, it's the version where everything repeats but adds one more set of items. So:

1x12
2x11
3x10
4x9
...
12x1 so 364 items in total.

This were about as good as they could get.

Things

To it's branches clung small

its

You remember that if old tree

don't need if

:duck: Spikey call me when it gets to the gold rings precious scales...
:moustache: How about maids a calling?
:raritystarry: Don't push it buster!
:twilightoops: that's my line...

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She went down with the castle.....:pinkiehappy:

*pulls out a list from thin air* OK let's see at the end we are looking at:

12 pear trees
12 partridges
22 turtle doves
30 prench hens
36 calling birds
40 gold rings
42 geese a laying
42 swans a swimming
40 maids a milking
36 ladies dancing
30 lords leaping
22 pipers piping
12 drummers drumming

*looks at the list a few times* Yeeeeep Twily is up shit creek with no paddle mehehehehehe.

for flight or flight

flight, flight. no fight

Comment posted by Mr cold ghost deleted Dec 17th, 2016

Couldn't Twilight have asked Fluttershy to ask the birds who placed them there?

:moustache: We can always call KFC and see if they can use their seven herbs and spices,
:facehoof: Spike!

Naughty Hearth's Warming Pixie!

Sounds like Papa Fouettard (Father Spanker), the opposite of Santa Claus in the French version of the Santa tale.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_(song)

Colly bird is an old term for blackbird.

I was unaware there were versions of the song with different gifts.

and released good-sized fiery blast.

released a good-sized

The chatted amiably for a time

They

Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!" Fulttershy cheered,

HOW DARE YOU BUTCHER BEST PONY'S NAME


jk


you should probably change that though

7800756 Though strangely, the European term "blackbird" means something different from the American one. In America, blackbirds includes ravens, crows, and jackdaws, while in Europe, blackbird refers to a small bird more closely related to the American robin or thrush.

Comment posted by Shadow Star deleted Dec 18th, 2016

When I first read the chapter it stopped roughly two thirds of the way through. Then i refreshed the page and the rest appeared.

7801816 If the chapter cut off abruptly for you like it did for me, it looks like that just got fixed. Refreshing a few times helped. :P

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Sorry about that, I'm not sure what happened. Everything should be fixed now.

:duck: Spikey Wikey what did you find for me?
:moustache: Nothing absolutely nothing
:twilightsheepish: kissy kissy
:raritystarry: You little scamp! Are you resorting to black mail?
:moustache:A SMALL PRICE FOR DIGGING UP 5 GOLDEN RINGS
:raritycry:GOLD DIGGER? :facehoof:

HE HOPPED OUT OF TH....???????

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Do the pixies look like these?

This is very funny so far we have 5 golden rings four colling birds three French hens two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree now im hungry for a tasty juicey pear

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It's too bad that she's too nice to put some of those to good use. :pinkiecrazy:

7801864 Not quite. Imagine if someone shipped Ember and Iron Will and drew a picture of their resulting child. And then a pony came along, didn't like the product, and hastily drew pony features over the bovine ones.

There's going to be a hundred birds in there. Who's going to clean up after them?

You know out of all the stuff Twilight is going to be getting it will only be the lords, ladys,drummers,and pipers she has no use for.

Of it wasn't for the circumstances

If it wasn't

"At least until a clearer pattern merges."

emerges

Comment posted by Mr cold ghost deleted Dec 19th, 2016

:twilightsheepish: What are you reading?
:duck: A beautiful mane
:twilightsmile: A book on fashion?
:moustache: It's a story about a mad scientist who finds a new formula for hare dye.
:flutterrage: A blond Angel Bunny!
:twilightoops::raritystarry:

"Oh don't be coy. I've seen through your plot! You thought I wouldn't be clever enough to think that you were smart enough to come up with something so complex, didn't you? So deep and so layered. But you underestimate me Rainbow Dash. You underestimate me greatly." Twilight chuckled menacingly as she began to circle, like a predator around a cornered prey. "Oh it was a challenge, I'll concede you that. You gave me every reason to think it was everypony except you. First you had Pinkie plant that story, so I would think it was her trying to prove it to me." She took a step closer. "Then there was the trees to make me think it was Applejack. " She took another step. "Then the birds, to redirect my suspicions to Fluttershy." Another step. "And then you threw Rarity in my path with the jewelry." She was nearly nose to nose with the genuinely scared pegasus. "But then. You. Messed. Up."

"Wha- What did I do?" The panicking pegasus squeaked out.

Twilight leaned in, close enough that she could whisper directly in Rainbow Dash's ear. "The eggs..." she breathed. She pulled back quickly, and resumed her half-circling half-pacing. "That was the last clue I needed. The only connection eggs has to me is the nickname 'Egghead' which only you call me! After that everything fell into place!" She pointed an accusatory hoof. "You are the one who's been sneaking all these things into my castle! Skulking about in the shadows of the night! And all because of your disturbingly deep crush on me!!"

Aaannnd the stress drives Twilight insane.

One would think that Twilight would know better then dismiss something as a old tale. After all, the Mare in the moon was listed as such.

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