Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 3
By TDR
Gibbous ponies play,
Part 5
[Crystal Empire.]
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No, seriously.
Twilight, Chrysalis and Big Mac went to the train station to meet Miss Harshwhinny. Twilight and Chrysalis spent the time getting on each others nerves, there was a moment where Twilight was going to blast her for giving to much information on her relationship with Cadence and Shining Armor, though Big Mac kept the peace.
The two separated to look for the mare with the floral print suitcase.
Mac made a sign with Harshwhinny's name on it and stood near the platform.
The games inspector came to him.
Chrysalis and Twilight found six other mares with floral print suitcases.
After that it was all business. Twilight could answer anything Harshwhinny asked about the Crystal Empire, and Chrysalis could show her anything she wanted to see having learned the lay out of the Empire almost perfectly given her changelings had scouted every inch of the place for any more traps, and places for a hive.
Rainbow Dash managed to get the weather under control and most of the missing clouds back into the dome. Thunderlane only managed to set off a thundercloud one more time in the process.
Against all odds Rarity and Fluttershy managed to make Cadence's hair look perfect for the meeting. Granted Rarity had to magically hold several of the gems in place the whole time from behind a curtain, but it still worked.
Pinkie Pie.... well. It was a party, though Pinkie Pie's idea of fancy was using the good plates for the cupcakes. Thankfully, it being over the top, but not super fancy seemed to work for Miss Harshwhinny.
When all was said and done Miss Harshwhinny pointed out that while the place was not suitable just yet, by the times the games would be held it could be. The idea that Ponies, Crystal Ponies, Changelings, Diamond Dogs, and a few Griffons were working together to restore the Empire said more for what the games stood for than any number of fancy stadiums.
In the end, with Rarity holding her hair still, Empress Cadence made the announcement from the palace balcony that the Crystal Empire would host the next Equestrian games.
[Buckinghowlite palace, early evening.]
Twilight let out a long sigh and settled back into a plush chair. Big Mac was some where avoiding Shining Armor who was currently hunting for him, and all the other girls were busy. It finally gave Twilight a chance to relax after today's nonsense.
“Hello.”
That only lasted so long.
“Yes?” Twilight sighed turning her head to look over the mare standing nearby.
Twilight regarded her a moment thinking she had seen her some where before. The pegasus mares coat was a coral coloration similar to the Heart Guard's armor. Her long mane was black but streaked with green and seemed to have been braided heavily, the same as her tail. She looked rather similar to Cadence in her body shape though she was much smaller. The cutie-mark was a drama mask pattern with a wreath of green flame around it.
It took Twilight a second before she recognized her.
“What do you want Saturnia?” Twilight asked with a small frown. She really didn't have anything against the mare, she just didn't think she was that bright for wanting Rahs.
“Errr right sorry to bother you but...”
“You want to ask me if it's alright if you try to date Rahs?” Twilight sighed.
“Err yes.”Saturnia blinked.
“Well I have no plans to stop any one from trying, he's a grown dog he can decide this sort of thing for himself.” Twilight sighed. “That said... If you try anything funny, or are looking to take advantage of him... it will not be words we will be having. Understand?”
Saturnia flinched. “ Perfectly, father.., I mean Cadence, said I could as well... evidently she and Princess Luna are watching over this.”
“Of course they are.” Twilight sighed before her ears perked up and she squinted her eyes at the changeling.” Wait, what were you saying? Did you just call Cadence father?”
“Errr..... maybe?”
“Explain.” Twilight stated flatly.
“Well when a mommy alicorn and a mommy changeling decide to get their freak on, and the mommy alicorn decides to get a little more freaky and cast a spell to grow some parts that normally are only on stallions ….” Saturnia began before Twilight cut her off.
“I really did not need to know that.” Twilight shuddered.
“How do you think I feel? I was twelve when I first asked who my sire was.” Saturnia sighed.
“Your mother is decidedly something else.” Twilight grumbled.
“You have no idea. You've only known her for a couple of months, I've been dealing with her for forty three years....”
“You're forty three? Twilight blinks.
“Child of a goddess. Age is barely a number, and most of that has been in hiding from Princess Celestia any way.” Saturnia explained.
“Fair enough.” Twilight shrugged. “ So why are you trying to date your uncle any way?”
“My what?”
“Rahs. With Shining married to you father..... I have no clue how I'm going to process that, Rahs is your uncle.” Twilight offered.
Saturnia's eyes widened at that and her ears drooped. Twilight blinked recognizing the signs of a melt down, she could practically hear the internal screaming. She found it rather odd to see this sort of thing from this side, and found it even stranger that she seemed to have caused it.
“By the stars our grubs would be hideously deformed freaks!”
“They would be any way... have you seen my brother?” Twilight snarks.
“Of course.... I met Twilight Velvet last week when she came to visit and she brought the photo album, he was adorable when he was little...”Saturnia cooed
“Oh shards.... Does mom carry that thing around with her now?” Twilight face hoofed.
“But he's my uncle.......?” Saturnia whined.
“Oh relax it's not by blood even if you some how wound up being Shining's foal.... shards I don't want to think about that either. Look if you want to go after that idiot and Cadence gave it the green light that means there must be some demented sort of love there, so feel free. “ Twilight ranted. “That said I would very much prefer if we did not have another brawl like what happened last time out of Ponyville.”
“That was mostly Trixie's fault.” Saturnia pointed out.
“Don't care.”
“Errr right... okay..”
“And stop screwing with the mail!” Twilight ordered causing Saturnia to flinch.
“Why would....”
“Spike already found out Bees is a changeling and we've been missing mail since he started work at the post office. Even Rahs could put two and two together eventually. Also Ditzy the mail mare has noticed and given she's dating the Captain of the Ponyville Guard do you really want an investigation?”
Saturnia swallowed.”Right. I'm.... gonna go now....”
“I suppose I will see you around since you live in Ponyville. Oh also, Pinkie Pie.”Twilight smiled.
“Pinkie Pie?” Saturnia questioned.
“Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees?” Pinkie Pie asked suddenly standing next to Saturnia. The changeling mare yelped and lept to the side falling over the coffee table there.
“Saturnia, this is Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie, this is the mare who's been avoiding you for the last year who lives in Ponyville.
Pinkie Pie let out a loud startled gasp.
“Oh my gosh , I've got to do your welcome to Ponyville party and then your congratulations on hiding from me for a year and a happy birthday party cause I missed at least one, oh but what if I missed two, I better throw another party to be sure...” Pinkie Pie grabbed Saturnia as she was trying to slink out the door hugging her in a death grip.
“You are an evil mare.” Saturnia dead panned staring at the grinning Twilight.
“I can't play the scary older sister to Spike, as I like Applebloom and Big Mac won't let me, Nor can I do that to Shining as Cadence is one of my first friends. “ Twilight grinned wider.” Any one after Rahs however is fair game.”
“We need to start planning these parties STAT. No ones been able to beat me in hide and seek for this long. OOHH we can have a hide and seek champion party.” Pinkie Pie squeed dragging the flailing pegasus mare off.
Twilight relaxed again with a small smirk. She had nothing against any of the girls after Rahs, but if she could keep the town property values from tanking any more she'd probably get a medal from the mayor.
“Sounds like you're having fun.” a deep voice offered as the heavy thud of hooves as Big Mac slipped into the room.
“Eeyup.” Twilight grinned wider as Mac Chuckled.
“I see you lost my brother.” Twilight giggled.
“One ah mai cousins is a Heart Guard here. Got her tah send him on a wild goose chase.” Big Mac smiled.
“Next time just ask and I should be able to teleport you out of his reach. “ Twilight smiled. “Thanks for putting up with me today. I figure I was close to blowing it a few times when Chrysalis got under my skin.”
“Eeyup...”
“You're not supposed to agree with me like that.” Twilight laughed as Big Mac leaned over the back of the couch nuzzling her neck. “Least we finally have a moment alone.....”
Twilight go an odd expression on her face.
“Of course I had to ruin it some how.” Twilight sighed as a swirl of green flame formed over her horn dropping a scrap of paper that had a drawing of Rainbow Dash done in crayon on one side of it.
“ Crap.” Twilight grumbled looking at the tattered image before picking it up and reading the other side. Her eyes went wide and she launched herself off the couch.
“CADENCE, WE'RE COMMANDEERING THE TRAIN!!!” Twilight roared rushing out of the room. Big Mac picked up the paper reading it before he galloped out of the room after Twilight.
The paper drifted back down to the floor showing a hastily claw written note on the back from Spike.
'Timber wolves attacked again. Princesses called. Rahs in pursuit. They got Applejack.'
I need a reminder. Who's the captain of the Ponyville guard?
Nice chapter.
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Comet Trail. The Nox Cal Thestrial who started training Rahs.
I didn't know that the Buckingham palace has a spa
pooor bigmac anytime he close to get some, something happens.
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Thank you.
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I thought he was dating the Flower Trio
Really hope that this does not go full grimderp or somthing like that.
OH, I'M MY OWN GRANPA! That song is hilarious when you sing it as off key and mangled as you can get
Loved the Twilight and Saturnia talking and then the ousting of said Saturnia. That was almost evil The evil would have come in if Twilight had told Pinkie that Saturnia was 43
And of course the wolves had to make a reappearance
Those Timberwolves will be kindling shortly.
Twilight knows how to play the game.
Timber wolves attacked again really i am hopping AJ has payed up her insurance.
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that's Lodestone he's not stationed in Ponyville, but he comes down from Canterlot every so often....... for the flowers....
I find this highly unlikely
Wait for real ?
....Huh.... well, what do you know
Child of two goddesses
...you're about to be very cruel to her aren't you ?
So cruel... I LOVE IT
Okay, this will either be really hilarious (as in AJ becomes the alpha of all the Everfree timberwolves) or really bad (as in, and i quote
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Nah, you're thinking of the big guy, can't remember his name though
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I've only really named 2 Nox-Cal.
The First is Comet Trail ( based on a char from my one shot The Quest) He's a Pegasus version of Nox- Cal which are Thestrals. Luna left him in Ponyville to head the Guard there and keep an eye out for Rahs and help train him. He was the towns most eligable bachlor for a while before he chose Ditzy.
Lodestone is a Earth Pony Nox- Cal a Nocturne. He was back ground in a few chapters at first before his first major appearance as the stallion the Flower Trio were all flirting with. He's a squad captain in Luna's Decaff brigade, though he's recently gotten promoted due to his actions in the crystal Empire and is a Major now. He visits Ponyville every so often for the Flowers....... yes... all of them.
The fact that you just bypassed the episode makes me headdesk even more at canon events.
Big evil sis Twilight is hilarious. Also noting that she is using more Griffonic cursing.
And not sure if Fortyhe or whatever his name was is stirring up the timberwolves, or if this is something else.
Okay, Taking bets. Who is behind this as this is seeming less and less like random angry spirits now.
Forthe
Solomon
Nameless Noble After Twilight.
oh SHIT, now they got a taste for APPLES!
Correction, she has been mostly inside her house admiring Rahs' photos and screening his mails.
Will we finally see Timberjack this time? It will be hilarious when Flutterbat come around.
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Evil big sis Twilight is best Twilight.
As a certain changeling could say... "Curse you Lady Luck!"
Ah, more fun. Yet another great chapter. Spotted a couple of typos:
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your
Speak the name of the Devil and they shall appear...
Case in point.
*Clears My furry ears* Applejack taken? OMW *takes flight on wings of night*
I require more popcorn
Should be 'You have no idea.'
This sentence is in the present tense, all the ones around it are past tense. Should be 'Twilight blinked.'
Other than that, great chapter, want, neigh (err nay), NEED MOAR! Also, my upvote button appears to be broken, I can only upvote once.
timberjack time?... maybe they want to keep her?...
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Or maybe they are curious if she actually tastes like apples.
Calling it now. Applejack and Rahs are gonna get shipped, defying everyone else's expectations.
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I'm betting on Solomon and nameless nobles.
Alright, so things are set up, now to see what starts going wrong.
SUUUUUUUURRRREEEEE!!! If anything, ever does this, at all, just keep in mind Maxim 17
17. The longer everything goes according to plan, the bigger the impending disaster.
Go Big Mac! Also, Twilight, calm down. It's not you don't have your freaky little kinks as well.
1.Leave it to Big Mac to do the smart thing.
2. Aren't you all not supposed to know who she is or when she's coming? Wouldn't this kind of be making clear you were breaking those rules?
That better have resulted in RD freaking out and being sent flying to face plant into the crystal dome over the spa. That is still one of the most hilarious moments in the series and I will be gravely disappointment in your story if this did not happen.
I figured it would mean using the fancy, lace trimmed doilies rather then generic napkins.
Well, that was rather anticlimactic...... not sure how I feel about this to be honest.
Hi Saturnia! Time for a talk about Rahs?
"Just don't give me ANY details about what you plan on doing with him."
Nice, reasonable, mature... and fitting for this Twilight. Long as you aren't trying to hurt or screw over her family, she'll trust them to do their own thing.
Yes, this.
Ohhh boy...
She definitely takes after her mother.
Ehhhhh, more like Step-uncle-in-law-by-way-of-adoption. So, not really that big a deal.
1. There is ZERO genetic relations.
2. Even if he WAS your biological uncle, though squicky to most, it's not really that huge an issue. Yes it increases the odds of something bad happen genetically speaking, but not all that much.
PUPPY!
"And before he started wearing pants."
Yeah, that was just asking for trouble. Even with as crap as his perception rolls are, he might get a nat 20 eventaully. Also, you do NOT want to get The Great Derp pissed at you.
I don't know what to say, this is just awesome.
At this point, I'm surprised they haven't sunk to the point of creating underflow errors in account books.
"He never looks into my bedroom without a verbal 'all clear' not after the last time."
They really, REALLY have some issue..... like damn.
Well, that did not go how I expected, but we are going into awesome time so YAY! Also, SEE SEE! Maxim 17! You let things go too well for too long, things had to go extra wrong to balance it out!
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I'm going to go the Lyra route, this is really the work of one of the other three possible suitors interested in Rahs we haven't met yet.
Yikes. Zecora's a shaman, right? Can she do exorcisms? Because it looks like they really need to give that forest a good exorcism...
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better yet call the winchester brothers
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Nah, break out the Napalm, F-111‘s, BLU-82‘s, and the CH-54‘s.
Were gonna flatten that forest.
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Void bombs would be FAR more powerful than all of those COMBINED WITH WHITE PHOSPHORUS
Nice they managed the Inspection.
Wtf... Exterminate this bloody Timberwolfes for good...
Drama incoming...
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Good luck keeping ghosts down without necromancy
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I would borrow mine, but hes about a few thousand years away in development
Seriously... Is Applejack now a Timberwolf delicacy or something?!
Chrysalis improved the Crystal City by leaps and bounds.