Re-Election in Ponyville: Defending Her Turf

by StormLuna

Meeting With the Princess

When they arrived in Canterlot, both Amethyst and Miss Mare headed towards the palace. When they arrived, neither would be thrilled to see that there was a long line, longer than last time. What surprised both of them though was that Applejack was in front of them. She noticed them get in line behind her and asked, "Howdy y'all, I take it you are here to file?"

Amethyst replied, "Yes, both of us are." She then gave her a curious look and asked, "What are you doing here? Are you and your friends having problems?"

Applejack said, "Actually, I'm here to file my papers as well. I don't like what you've done with Ponyville and I want to restore it to what it used to be."

Both Amethyst and her soon to be opponent gave one another curious looks before Miss Mare asked, "Wait a minute, are you even going to be allowed to run?"

Amethyst added, "You know you have to live within city limits to run don't you?"

Applejack gave her an intense look and replied, "Yes I know and because of how much the town has grown, Sweet Apple Acres is probably in the city limits now."

Amethyst said, "Well Princess Celestia will know where the exact boundary is so it will be up to her."

Before she could finish her sentence a commotion erupted as a zeppelin had docked in the city and from it emerged Iron Will. Everypony gave him and odd look and when he saw Amethyst there he announced, "My name is Iron Will and Iron Will is here to announce his candidacy for mayor of Ponyville."

This brought about a laugh from all three of them, but Applejack's would be the loudest, "Seriously, YOU'RE going to run for mayor?"

While Applejack found it humorous, Amethyst found it irritating. She gave him a glare and asked, "So I make Ponyville more business friendly and now you're going to bite the hoof that made it possible for you to set up shop?"

Iron Will replied, "There is no law that states that Iron Will can't run for mayor so no. Iron Will is simply exercising his right to run."

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After two hours of waiting and listening to Iron Will boasting to anypony who would listen about his candidacy they finally got to the front of the line. When Celestia saw Applejack standing before her she asked, "Applejack is everything ok?" She then looked at the line and continued, "I don't know what it would be but it is filing day so if it isn't anything serious, could you let me know later?"

Applejack replied, "About filing, I have come to file my papers to run for Ponyville."

Celestia gasped, "Seriously?" She then gave her a curious look and continued, "But don't you live outside of the city limits?"

Applejack pointed back towards Amethyst and said, "Well I did until her growth friendly policies caused the town to grow so much that the city limit had to be expanded."

Celestia was unsure about where the exact boundary was and she knew that she had to find out. She let everypony know that she would be back in a few minutes. Nopony was very happy but when she arrived with a recent map of Ponyville, she showed Applejack the map and unfortunately for her, the current city limit had not reached out that far.

She held the map up, pointed to Sweet Apple Acres and said, "I'm sorry Applejack but you can not run because you do not live within the city limits."

This did not sit well with Applejack but she knew that the map Celestia had showed her was most likely accurate. She sighed in frustration, "Very well your Majesty." As she turned to leave the throne room, she looked at Miss Mare and continued, "Please try and return Ponyville to what it was for all us traditionalists, alright?"

Miss Mare nodded before approaching the princess. When Celestia saw her she handed her the paperwork and said, "You know the drill."

She replied, "Yep, I do."

Miss Mare began to fill out the paperwork and once she had completed it, she handed it to Celestia. Celestia said, "Alright, you're on the ballot and you know the drill afterwards."

Miss Mare sighed, "I know, meddlesome media outlets like ENC stalking me." Before Celestia could even reply Amethyst approached her. She gave her a smile and asked, "Amethyst Star, how is the best mayor in Ponyville history doing today?"

Amethyst replied, "I'm doing quite well and the town is just a few months away from me achieving my ultimate promise, wiping out our debt entirely."

Celestia was impressed by this as she didn't expect that to happen until much later. She said, "Wow, once you get that taken care of, the town will absolutely love you!" She then handed Amethyst her papers and said, "Just like your opponent, you know the drill."

Amethyst filled out the paperwork and handed it back to Celestia. She continued, "Alright, you're on the ballot and you know that if there are two more candidates, you'll have a primary."

Amethyst replied, "Yes, I know." She then pointed her hoof behind her and whispered, "Just wait, you're going to be shocked by who's next."

Celestia looked back and simply winked, "Oh he's nothing to worry about. He might provide some comic relief but that is it."

Amethyst gave her a smile in return before Iron Will approached Celestia, "My name is Iron Will and Iron Will is here to file his papers to run for mayor of Ponyville."

It was all Celestia could do to not break down laughing. She had a grin on her face as she handed him the papers, "Alright, fill this paperwork out and what party you will be running under and you'll be all set."

Iron Will took the paperwork and began to fill it out. Unlike how some candidates are when their political party is not listed, Iron Will knew what to do. He thought for a minute and knew that he would have to name it something that would appeal to ponies. He eventually put down "Ponyville First Party" and handed the form back to the princess. She looked over the paperwork and saw nothing suspicious and said, "Alright, you're on the ballot but I do want to warn you, I don't know how Ponyville will react to a Minotaur running for mayor."

Iron Will replied, "Iron Will is certain that the ponies will find Iron Will's plans beneficial to everypony!"

Celestia said, "Very well, good luck."

Iron Will headed for the exit and while there were still plenty of other candidates filing for other communities, she couldn't help but wonder how big of a margin of victory Amethyst would have this time. While she would never admit it, she secretly hoped that she would win re-election in a landslide since she did make good on her promises to get their debt paid off and provided the community with the economic growth she felt was necessary.

Comments

[BodhiBRO100]

Nice. 😄

[CSC]

Definitely more civil and productive than real life elections and politics. At least HERE policy substance is coming over everything else.

[StormLuna]

9027809

Have you read the prequel to this one?

[CSC]

9027819
Yes I have. And it was more civil AND productive than the real election. At least they discussed actual policy substance.

[StormLuna]

9027824

Well none of the serious candidates running in that one lacked substance and I wanted something much better than what was going on in the real life election, especially granted I wrote that in 2016. I figured that a story about a good election involving an executive role would be warranted and despite it just being fan fiction, a nice reprieve from the real deal.

[CSC]

9027845
Either way, I'd rather have THIS election than the real life one.

[StormLuna]

9027858

As would I. Yes the traditionalists and the ponies who want reform are on opposite ends of the spectrum, it beats the bickering and non-stop fighting and inefficiency involved in real life.

[Dxinsider]

are you ever going to write more Starlight POV as the Element of Magic? please

[spyrofan354]

9027915
SAME INSTEAD OF ALL THE BS THAT MY RACE DOES LIKE BEING FUCKING IDIOTS UGH 2016

[StormLuna]

9149504

I wrote the original to mock real world politics and show how much better pony politics are. I was planning on saving this until 2020 but when I heard that G4 is scheduled to end in 2019 I began to wonder about the future of this site so I did it a couple years early.

9027955
Right now I am working on my 11th and final TiE story. For now that along with updates on "Unpleasant Correspondence" are at the top of my priority list. After I finish the TiE story, my mind will be more clear and I will do one then.