Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 2
By TDR
A Felidae in deed.
[Ponyville, one week after Pinkie got out of the Canterlot dungeon, second winter after false spring.]
“ Alright first round of pay ups is over, so sorry for all of you who only gave the poor donkey ten minutes or less before giving in to Pinkie Pie, but you know the rules.” Cloud Kicker chuckled.
There was a collection of groans and general grumbling as bits were payed up and the few who were still in the bidding for the pot watched excitedly from hiding as Pinkie continued to try and befriend the new donkey in town.
“Hey Cloud Kicker, is that bidding on Rahs still going on?” Rose Luck asked as she trotted up barely sparing a glance at Pinkie Pie chasing a donkey around.
“Hmm oh yeah, but Rainbow Dash and Spike took over that pot, it was getting too complicated for me to deal with.” Cloud Kicker pointed out. “They're over by town hall office right now with the current spread. You wanna bid on the Pinkie greeting pool?”
“Nah I'm good. Thanks though.” Rose offered quickly trotting off to find Spike and Dash.
“HAHA, thirty minutes pay up!” Fireball chuckled as the donkey slammed the door in Pinkie Pies face again.
Thunderlane grumbled tossing a bag of bits to Cloud Kicker making the pot that much bigger for the winner.
“Just you and me now Carrot.” the pegasus looked over at the tired looking Mr. Cake.
“How exactly are you so confident he's going to last all day rejecting her?” Carrot asked with a small frown. “I only bid three hours due to how off Pinkie's been since Princess Celestia let her out of the dungeons, after she painted them all pink and filled the moat with Gummy Gators.”
“I've met Cranky before.” Fireball grinned. “He's the bearer of the Element of Stubborn.”
[Town hall]
“Right so the pool is set up , lets start this.” Rainbow Dash explained to the small group of ponies looking on at the large chalkboard Spike was writing on.
“Okay first off, the pool is currently at fifteen hundred bits.” Spike explained pointing to each name on the board as he spoke. “All the bits are in the bank just like it was for the flower trio pool. House takes one bit per bet as well as any gathered interest.”
“I still can't believe Rarity won that one.” Octavia sighed. “That was close to two thousand bits on those three leaving their house on a Tuesday.”
“Alright here's the rules for the new comers.” Dash offered.” Minimum bid is twenty bits. You pick who you think Rahs is gonna wind up with. You can pick one of the three or chose another name. Now for those of you who bid on the when is Rahs gonna notice Trixie pool that ones still going on same rules as before. This ones a different bet.”
“We already have a couple of bids on the three from Hearts and Hooves Day, and a few on individual pegasus, those bids are pretty much thrown away money, but hey no scales off my nose.” Spike grinned. “We've got a couple bids for particular griffons, one really creepy one for Princess Luna, and a scattering of others.”
“The pot is shared if he picks one multiple ponies have bid on.” Rainbow Dash added.”Same thing if he opts for a herd.”
“I still say that's a long shot given the hopeless romantic nonsense he has going on.” Spike shrugged.” Most of his sap stories have one to one relationships.”
“Wait, doesn't that give you an unfair advantage if you bid because you're his brother?” Mayor Mare asked.
“Nah , bookies can't bid on the pot they control, and we banned family from bidding to keep Twi and more importantly the Princesses out of this.”Rainbow Dash smirked.
“I wonder if anyone picked Applejack.” Lyra muttered.
“Stop picking weird stuff Lyra.” Bon Bon sighed. “Every Pony already knows she's not interested. She punted Sweet Water into a tree for harassing her about it.”
“I'll bid on Jynx.” Bees called out in his usual brown pony disguise.
“Seriously?” Thorax asked disguised as a gray unicorn stallion with an amber mane and tail. “You're going to bid on the Diamond Dog?”
“Oh right.....” Bees frowned, chided. “ Sorry”
“You should be. Trixie has a better chance any way.” Kevin snorted putting in his bid, with no one really noticing the bug pony.
“Can we bid on some one who hasn't shown up yet?” Time Turner called out.
“Nah, too vague unless you have a name.” Dash canceled.
“What if I have six?” Time Turner muttered considering as he played with the end of a rather long scarf he was wearing.
“Then six bids.” Spike stated looking at the Doctor oddly. He wasn't even sure what Time Turner was a doctor of, he just insisted on being called that some times. Still he usually had jelly foals to give out so Spike wasn't going to say anything.
“Alright let's get the bidding going before any one who shouldn't hear this shows up.” Rainbow Dash smirked.
[ Later Golden Oaks Library. ]
The Mane Six, minus Dash, and plus Rahs, sat around the kitchen table munching on small cookies and drinking tea, coffee, cider, or coco as their preference. Pinkie had been telling the story of how she had gotten Cranky and Matilda together.
“So after I get them to meet and they have this super moment , I kinda get ushered out. Then I came here to tell you about how Matilda finally met the one she was looking for!” Pinkie Pie chimed in grinning from ear to ear.
“How lovely.” Fluttershy added quietly.
“Ah think yah just lucked out in that yah knew about Matilda's photo album. “ Applejack snorted.” Yah almost made an enemy there ah think rather'n a friend.”
“Oh don't be such a silly pony Applejack.” Rarity scoffed.” This is a beautiful story of star crossed lovers passing like ships in the night.”
“What was that now?” Applejack demanded also wondering why anytime romance came up boats were somehow involved lately.” Who's a silly pony?”
“You're a silly pony.” Pinkie Pie chimed up.
“Who is?” Applejack growled glaring at Pinkie Pie.
“You is.”
“Applejack.” Twilight sighed as Rahs snickered.”Please don't encourage them.”
Applejack sat back with a huff grumbling about the silly pony comment.
“As a change of subject Applejack, were you and Applebloom going to participate in that Sister-hooves Social event in the Spring?” Rarity asked.
“Sister-hooves Social?” Twilight asked looking up from her coffee.
“Yeah it's an annual event, though it wasn't that big of a thing until this year. We only ever had a half dozen show up fer vittles and a bit of healthy competition.” Applejack offered. “ With all tha new faces in town it's gonna be much bigger this year.”
“Hmm...” Rarity hummed.
“I'd love to get Maud to come to one , but she's super busy with school.” Pinkie sighed adding more marshmallows to her drink before Rahs ate them all.
“Why'd yah wanna know? Yah avoided it tha last couple years.” Applejack questioned.
“Nothing nothing at all darling” Rarity smiled sipping her tea. Not noticing the strange look Fluttershy was giving her nor how the others clearly didn't believe her platitudes.
Wow, Ponies take their betting seriously.
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As they should! *screams towards Spike "Hey bookie! Put me down as betting for Trixie!"*
So, did FIreball win, or does him eventually giving in mean she didn't?
lol so much betting.
hmm if somebody where to open a casino in ponyville i wager he/she could get lots of bits.
Spike could run one for both bits and gems hehehe
...Time Turner, why you using possible future knowledge to cheat at betting.
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That's why there is Las Pegasus in Equestria.
They really have low expectation of their own princess.
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Correction he would loose every bit he had and loose 20k bits on top of it, you just cannot feasibly run a casino when the possibility of someone with a talent for playing casino games or beating cheaters and rigged games is almost certain. hence why the gambling is instead limited to betting on the actions of others as a form of monetary exchange and entertainment.
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that made me lol,
also I for somereason now see him end up with applejack, just cuase that would mean all 3 sparkle in ponyville are crushing/dateing a member of the apple family
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It's not cheating if it's only a possible future...
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Of course they do. They live with her.
I like the allusion to the ditty about G1 Applejack, but it feels too unnecessary. If not for Twilight telling Applejack not to encourage them, I would’ve thought that she lost a bet or was dared and so had to ask ‘Who’s a silly pony’ every time she heard somepony call somepony else a silly pony. It’s like; based on the A/N that it’s a filler chapter, filler within filler.
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Time doesnt work that way, there is always an infinite number of possible futures, all twisted together in a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey...stuff. yet at the same time, every future is true, even the falsehoods...ESPECIALLY the falsehoods...
I get it!
I see what you did there. And I liked it
I see The Doctor cheating like usual... Good.
Here's hoping it's Trixie. The other two just don't have the same connection with him. Though based on recent trends Rahs will either be forced into a herd and nobody will care, or the whole thing will be forgotten when we move to the next episode.
lol
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And giving us a hint as well.
I'm putting 100 bits on Trixie. *discreetly hands another 100 bits to the author*
(Whispering) "...and don't you mess it up!"
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or Spike finds a way that lets him earn said bits/gems etc even if the house looses.
this Spikes do got a good business sense
Bumping into gates, And knocking over fences, Who is, You is, Applejack.
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unlike us humans, ponies in general are not that inherently, gullible, or dumb. they would pick up on the scam within the first few games, and leave the establishment by the fifth even after wining a few matches.
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*uses a home run bat* NO BRIBING!!
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Hey, I don't see a rulebook, do you?
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oh, Krak grenades... your right... but still! I may be saving you from a major loss of bits...
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Hey, I can run faster scared than you can angry! Also, my OC wears a helmet, and everyone knows that helmets make you automatically safe from all threats!
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the head at least...*picks up the bat* anyway, no matter how it plays out, the story is still good right?
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Oh yeah, I'm just having a bit of fun.
*Pulls out a pen and squirts you in the eye with ink*
Ha! The pen is mightier than the... bat?
Wait a second...
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oh now that ink was uncalled for!
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*begins running away, laughing hysterically.*
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Okay Guys no discordian death battles please.
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ok, ok...
and the Doctor's in... great chapter hope to see more soon
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So I guess los Pegasus is legit ? Because apparently ponies go there all the time
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legit gambling on feats of capability over games of chance is mostly what I'd think would be found in Las Pegasus.
50 bits on at least 2, if not a herd
And another fun bit, just letting things play out while everypony else has fun with it and/or gets on with their own things.
So, how long till Ponyville becomes the gambling capitol of Equestria? If nothing else, between RD, Spike, and all the insurance adjustors who need to set prices for things, it should be breeding the best odds makers there are. Now, if they ever get to the point they can easily calculate what will make the odds of something precisly 1 million to 1, things will get interesting.
Pinkie Pie, so insane,not even "You locked in here with me" applies, cause she's not even locked in.
Keeping the Princesses out of the betting pool..... very smart. I don't think Tia would really mess with things, but Luna would definitely try to... even up the odds a bit.
Somepony hit Bees. Not for the bet, but just because it's Bees, it's fun seeing him suffer.
So how long till "Having access to time travel to see the results" is another reason to be banned from the Ponyville Betting pools?
I hatelove you story..... and for that bit, you know the one, take this!
I feel like Ponyville has a gambling problem...
Was Ponyville a gambling problem? Than again they are bonding over it.
Time turner is disqualified from the betting because he has an unfair advantage with him being a time traveler.
Hmm...I can think of three others that I'm almost positive will be showing up...but...that would require...hmm.
8 years on this site and someone finaly does it.
Oh this makes me chuckle, ahahahahahahaa!
foreshadowing
Thats grand scale cheating doc, useing knowledge from the future! what do you even need the bits for, tardis break down again?
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at the time we didn't know that, thought it was just lyra being lyra, but hindsight makes seeing shadows of 4 much easier.
Ponyville the Asylum of Equestria, with a cute case of Gambeling addiction ♤
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Communal gambling s social activities seem very... interesting. Only problem is when addiction get predated on.
Good EA has no hand in this, they be breaking anyone's bank without giving anything of value in turn.