Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 5
by TDR
Twilight Gets a Puppy,
The Movie,
Epilogue 1
[ Canterlot 4 days after the attack on the Storm King's Island.]
The main dining room of the castle had been partially repaired from where a stray cannon shot put a hole in the wall, and several figures were gathered around the table. A few drinks and snacks and various heavier foods covered the table, though most of those who were there were only picking at it.
Aside from an occasional server, the room was filled with gods.
Twilight Sparkle sat at the far end of the table sipping tea, and taking small bites out of some sugar cookies that sat on a plate before her.
Scattered around the table where the other alicorns, Bleu, Iinii, and Aqua.
Ascpicious was going to be here, though she was reminded of what happened last time she was near Twilight, and remained away. Chrysalis was also there, though her presence was through a mirror propped up in a chair.
The three other alicorns had been freed the moment they were returned to Canterlot.
The nobles had flocked to Celestia begging for her to save them, as Sweetiebelle had gotten it into her head that there were going to be a LOT of changes in Canterlot.
Celestia had them all shooed away and decided she could do with a day or two to relax before taking over her duties, provided Princess Sweetiebelle was okay to continue until then.
She was.
Luna was silent and contemplative. Upon her being freed Sombra had confronted her and spent a good hour berating her for her actions, as she was more important to things than he was and sacrificing herself like that was stupid.
He had then returned Dr. Choppy and thanked her for the rescue.
He had also called her mother at least twice in his rant. And once when he thanked her before he stormed off back to Ponyville.
Cadence had been threatened to be chained to the bed until the foal was born by both Chryssy and Shining.
They had changed their minds once she seemed interested in it and considered a mithral cell instead.
With the sun back under control, the off season snow storm that covered much of the world had dissipated, though there were numerous complaints from other gods to the council. That was something to deal with later.
Twilight being the completionest she was, went back to the dais where it all started , finished the speech to mark the end of the event, checked it off her list then went to get something to eat with Big Mac as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
This was later revealed to be part of her ongoing therapy, something about doing what one could with what one could control in life.
The pirates were pretty much the only ones around to listen to said speech, though afterward they immediately took over nearly all the bars and clubs in the city for the next two days, paying their way with stuff they had nicked from the Storm King's Castle.
Before midnight hit on the second day however there was not a single pirate or pirate ship insight of the city, much to the annoyance of the Guard who were hoping to grab a few drunk pirates after the grace period ended.
Thrawn was probably the most pissed off.
Gilda, Dash , Prince, and Thunderbolt had a awkward double date where the lot of them got into a bar fight with said pirates and wound up in a drunk tank cell for the night until Prince's father bailed them out laughing like mad the whole time.
Prince's mother was less amused.
White did … well... something, maybe.
Comet Trail was nearly sent back to the ICU after his wife and daughter were freed due to his injuries being reopened.
He was put on a months leave, minimum, before he would only be cleared for paperwork for a while.
Aqua laid into her daughters when they showed back up, though neither of the sisters payed attention to it, and Aqua finally stopped in annoyance.
Discord thought it was funny.
Aqua then laid into him and he couldn't ignore it as easily as his daughters.
He still fled first chance he got.
Bleu took her favor back from Trixie, having only given it to the pony temporarily after all, then she went to check on Spike , who was spending his time with his filly friend, who had recovered from her exhaustion enough to get exhausted again after losing her mind about her cutie mark.
Rahs was, of course, mobbed by five females the moment he made an appearance after trying to get himself and Shining to the Storm King's island though the Oneiroi, and meeting the ships halfway back.
Cosma was happy to see him before he went home himself.
The yeti islands were left in chaos and leaderless, the castle itself was plundered by the pirates and the injured and dead were recovered before the airships all left and before any of the remaining yeti could form a coherent counter attack.
Ninety five percent of the Storm Kings fleet was destroyed, and the location was quickly occupied by hippogryph and sea pony forces to prevent any other nation from rushing in for revenge or to claim the island chain as their own. Most found that the yeti remaining didn't seem that troubled by the loss of the Storm King and most of the remaining soldiers simply surrendered or tried to run in the remaining airships. Not that they made it far.
Saturnia and the Widows had indeed found the weapon merchant, and after a bloody fight, had managed to kill him, though his two companions were already gone.
The black furred unicorn pony with pink hair, that was found to be dyed, had a cutie mark of six bits, though most of his other identifying marks were destroyed in the conflict. The body was not recognized by any of the Guard or Changeling intelligence units.
They did however find a good bit of necrotic degradation in the ponies organs, but it was unsure the cause.
While the pink mare with him was not identified, the big haired mare was identified as Adagio of the Sirens, proving she was alive, and still a problem.
The recovery of Canterlot and those who had been turned to stone was still ongoing, but thus far everyone who had been turned to stone was coming out of it still alive and healthy, if a bit traumatized.
Luckily due to the events of the last few years, the number of psychologists and therapy providers had increased to where help was easy to get for those who needed it.
“So then, while this has not been wrapped up as neatly as I like, there are only a few loose ends now.” Celestia stated sipping her tea.
“And most of those involve Adagio and the mysterious pink pony.” Aqua sighed.
“ Though there is the matter of Tempest Shadow and the Storm King himself.” Cadence stated.
“I've already questioned Tempest of everything she knows.” Twilight stated simply. “ Unfortunately she didn't know anything more about the arms merchant beyond he called himself Jedidiah. The stallion was the only one she ever heard talk and the other two seemed like arm candy and a secretary to her. She figured they were more, but the Storm King never bothered asking any questions, and she never had a chance.”
“We would like very much to know where all the weapons and those stone balls came from.” Luna muttered.
“Unless we catch Adagio or the pink mare we won't likely know.” Iinii considered. ”But at least we have a cure and can start developing countermeasures.”
“One of them is to simply use a feather touch modifier to any spell you are using to block.” Twilight offered” If the wax seal isn't broken the ammo won't discharge, and even if it is broken with the spell modifier it still won't activate fully if you get rid of it quick enough and don't touch it. The gold ball, I'm less sure about, but according to Tempest that was the only one, and the merchant called it a prototype.”
“Still what to do with Tempest?” Celestia sighed. “ One of my own little ponies turning on her own kind like this is unacceptable.”
“She could be insane.” Cadence suggested.”A broken horn like that, I've never even heard of such a thing, and I've seen unicorns swinging by their horns after they've been impaled into a ceiling beam with no ill effect.”
“What? When?”Chrysalis demanded from the mirror.
“When Shiny and I really started dating after he got out of basic training. There were a few ponies on some of our dates that didn't seem to take the hint.” Cadence grinned.
“She's not insane, she's gullible and very driven , but not insane.” Twilight offered.
“She cannot be allowed to get off free, tricked or not.”Iinii stated.
“She isn't. She's working for me.” Twilight stated.
“What!?” the group of gods questioned.
“Twilight... seriously you can't....” Celestia began
“Can't what? Make another claim of an attack on a god like I did with the sirens?” Twilight smirked.” Because I can if I have to, but I don't think it will come to that.”
“Why would you want her any where around you at all?”Bleu questioned.
“Because she is a very interesting study in physical and mental trauma, and I was very much looking for something else to do now that the Companion spell is completed. Figuring out how to repair a massively damaged horn like this would be of a significant benefit. Cases like this are very rare where a unicorn's horn is broken and they survive, but they do happen, and the case number is so small there is no real research going into it.” Twilight explained. “Plus there is the fact that she out maneuvered all of us and stared you down when you were obliterating things left and right.”
Celestia blinked, then frowned.” And her little minion shot me in the ass.”
“Are you mad about that sister or his comments afterward?” Luna smiled.
“Yes.” Celestia stated.
“How can you trust her after all that?” Aqua questioned.
“I don't, but unlike the Storm King, I am actually interested in solving her issue, even if it's not soly for her benefit. Not to mention the fact if I dump her in the Ponyville branch of Guards they can only improve further with her skills and training.”
“The Ponyville Guards are already terrifying enough.” Chrysalis muttered.
“Still I cannot agree to allow a criminal of her skill to simply be placed in Ponyville, she belongs in Alpalcatraz at the very least.” Celestia stated.
“Why? She fits right in with all the other criminals in Ponyville. Sunset the dimensional thief, Sombra the evil king, the riot rousing Sirens, Discord occasionally, Chrysalis when she comes to visit her daughter.... what's one more. Particularly versus things like the Cutie mark Crusaders. One of whom STILL doesn't have her mark and I'm sure her friends are going to double their efforts to fix that. ” Twilight grinned.
There was a collective shudder from the gods.
Celestia sighed.”You are going to do the same if we ever catch Starlight Glimmer too aren't you?”
“Her issues have got to be fascinating.”Twilight grinned.” I may as well go for the whole set of the prophecy after all, minus Tirek though.”
“We feel that this might bite thee on thine ass Twilight.” Luna muttered.
“I dunno, I already have some very dangerous individuals watching my back, adding a few more to that list can't be a bad thing. Seriously I figure if I can fix Tempest's horn , I'll have to stop her from forming the church of the Sparkle god or something in gratitude. Seriously if the Storm King had played her fair we might have had more problems than we did.”
“Well I don't like it , but this is not my business.” Iinii sighed.”However I would very much like for you to turn over the Storm King's head so he can be restored to stand trial for this. His actions threatened more than just Equestria, and I do not see him escaping banishment in Tartarus.”
“Yeaaahhhh about that...” Twilight sunk down in her chair a little, all confidence she had when talking about Tempest gone in an eye blink as she now refused to meet any ones eyes.
“Hmmm? Bleu asked.
“I kinda...... misplaced his head on the way back....”
There was a moment of silence, and then a whole lot of yelling.
>Misplaced
Into a public sewer, deep space, a volcano, or the swinger's club at a retirement village?
Five bits she dropped in either the ocean or Oneiroi.
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'Was' in this case meant 'had been'.
Ah yes you "misplaced" it and have "forgotten" where it is
I don't know if someone has made this comparison, but Rainbow and Prince remind me a lot of The Thin Man. An extremely wealthy heiress marries a hard-boiled detective, and is always up for joining the shenanigans and adventures of he and his low-life associates. It feels to me that Rainbow has pulled Prince into the life that he's always wanted.
I prefer misplacing it into the deepest part of the ocean she could find between the Island and Canterlot. Preferably something like the Mariana Trench even if he reformed the pressure would immediately crush him like a grape over and over
Seriously Twilight?!!! How do you misplace a head??? It's not like it got up & walked away........or did it?
I'm imagining it being lost in a yak town... Constant smashing just to have it reconstitute.
Doubtful. He probably smirked and figured the game just got fun again.
I doubt he’s dead.
Oh God… Twilight is Magic!!!!
So where is the Paperweight?
So Solomon is finally dead? I'd be happier knowing they picked up the body (to prevent him coming back), but I suspect they didn't.
Also, what's betting Twilight manages to shove her returned 'Community Service' onto Tempest?
I doubt it. This IS Thrawn, he probably figured that was how things would go down and planted trackers
LOL! I bet
Yes, misplaced. In a box with this playing since she knows that whoever that is stoned is still aware
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20 says she's keeping his head alive and has him like B.R.I.A.N. from teen titans. Only without any robot body so he can't escape her lectures and rants.
Making him wish he was dead like she promised.
switched “were” and “dead” in editing looks like
So he is more spectral then alive, either that or properly paranoid.
Not yet. Give it a few more years and several more disasters and they shall be skilled enough to take on the entire Equestrian Royal Guard.
Well I don’t see anything bad happening from this.
No sir ree.
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I feel like they could do that from the start
"Misplaced."
The head's in the Oneiroi, being used as a combination chew toy and soccer ball.
Best reward for insomnia plagued. Great update ♡
Surprised they didn't have a drawing of the "pink mare" based on descriptions, really curious to see the reactions when they realise it's diamond tiara.
Well shit... My argument just died a horrible and most terrible death by logic...
What... WAIT WHAT? The FUCK!
PURPLE NOT SO SMART!!!
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Depends what she means by 'misplaced'. If she gave it to the Moon Dogs, it's probably safe.
So any changes that stay? Cant imagen being drasticly changed dont have lasting things. Than again Sharp teeth are not nessesary a boon in a Pony diat or to please puppy husbando
¯\_( ͡° V ͡°)_/¯
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Meh... Good enough. Plus that nose itch Twilight Sparkle told about
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Unless its in a hidden Pocket dimension as stress ball
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Sparkle vengance 👏
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A most fitting end. Perhaps he gived up Godhood to escape the torment... But isnt it impossible unless it can be transfered like with the Griffon Godhood?
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Meh... At this point i can see how Twilight turned him into a talking Orange or something
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Excellent observation! The only nit I see in the comparison is that Rainbow Dash is a bit less obtuse (and occasionally, circumspect) in her observations than the various portrayals of Nora Charles were.
Not a good sign — it possibly implies that “Jedidiah” may have been a flesh golem, i.e., a “meat puppet”, animated by Solomon in order to maintain his distance from any being capable of identifying him by sight, smell, sound, taste (seriously), or magical signature. If true, it makes one wonder if he can maintain more than one simultaneously, in which case who knows where else he’s insinuated himself by now.
Somehow I get the feeling that TDR's version of the Legion of Doom is about to gain a new member...
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With his love of Necromancy stolen from Grogar and having made a curse for transferring souls before, and the necrotic decay of the organs in the body, my best bet is he is a Parasitic Soul right now, taking bodies as he sees fit to further his goals.
Island has gone BOOM! And the yeti's likely know better then to even try attacking Equestria again. Now the real question,did the Widow's get a good enough look at the arms merchants to spoil who is back?
"She had not yet cleaned off the blood of the Storm King that had splashed on her from the multiple times she killed him. No one waswilling to say anything about it."
Likely for the best, it's been a stressful week, best not to risk Celestia's bug killing instincts flaring up.
And now Celestia has one more lever to use to get the useless lot to behave. "Well if we can't come to an agreement about this before the weekend, I'm sure Princess Sweetie Belle will resume talks while me and Luna head off on vacation..."
And was heard muttering 'baka' under his breath.
Ummmmmm....... think who you are talking too here you two!
She'd still find some way to make it about getting her kink on!
Because Book Horse!
Best.Night. EVER!
White did exactly what he had always been doing.
So much for Immortal Trixie.
Because the CMC are always the CMC
Suuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeee............. Yeah that is totally exactly what happened, and totally going to stick.
So, fake body, or is this a Palpatine (Legends version) situation of him wearing out his bodies quickly and already having spares ready?
Becuase yeah, no one is expecting him to both be and stay dead.
Becuase as noted.... idiot.
This is Cadance.... do you really want to know what led to this?
Becuase she is an utter and total badass who it's actually useful to have around and working for you, who is overwhelmingly comptent and will actually prove useful in dealing with shit like this, and it would be nice if the Sparkles had somepony around to head off these situations early or deal with their light work for them.
All very legit points!
.... really? Really?
And given this is Sweetie Belle....... yeah, they are right to be worried....
"You will be my new research projects!"
"Can.. can we just take a cell in Tartarus instead?"
"Ahahahahahaha.... no."
.......I can't say she is wrong.....and given this is Tempest, I'd give it about ten minutes from the creation of that church before she declares a holy war and goes out to forcibly convert all the heathens to it.
..... HOW DO YOU MISPLACE THAT!
Or,did you 'misplace' it, maybe over board into some nasty perma-nightmare while in the dream realm?
And yeah, this went as well as could be expected, got the Sparkles nerfed in a way that makes sense to let the others show how badass they are, and then end with the glory of why you do not fuck with Princess Twilight Tuesday Sparkle! And yay Tempest being treated well and smartly. The whole forgiveness thing is also a practical way to get useful minions.... I mean friends.
Speaking of Starlight, did anyone ever tell Sunburst about what Starlight did?
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Pfft, yeah they killed the overarc villain offscreen and not in a confrontation with any main characters? Yeah right. Rahs gives you an F in drama.
Most likely that was a puppet body of some sort, based on the comments about necrotic degradation.
Also hope Twilight means "misplaced" as in she misplaced in a pile of Ponyville Schoolhouse's kickballs, not that she actually lost it...
And wonder how long til someone finally starts up Ex-Villains Anonymous in Ponyville?
Hmm, I suspect head theft by nefarious forces.
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Please, that would violate the rules about giving them a head start and not treating them like crimnals before that time limit is up. And would be a very large issue if found out.
He had a line of scout pickets set about a days sail away from Canterlot ready to follow and report back when they saw the pirates leaving.
Aw man there goes dragon Trixie, though I guess it’s for the best if she is going to get a permanent upgrade it narratively should come from Rah’s.
You made her a princess, she has to build her power base somehow. Not her fault everyone competent is crazy.
Can’t let them stagnant now, can we?
And now the million bit question that both the audience and everyone in that room is asking. Did Miss completionest legitimately misplace something, or was this an “oh no it looks like I misplaced those pink socks I was gifted, totally by accident.” Kind of misplaced.
d'aww
nice
How?!
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Or was it called a favour on white to displace the head in time left him with discord opps it’s in the Mariana Trench let the guards decided what to do or tempest has a new stress ball to kick about that won’t break easily
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oh please, that group started last month...they meet weekly...
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They drink together nightly.
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and then the PTG gets called in for damage control...
I bet it’s in the other world in a museum
10979747 That's one of the rules they can give it UP
How do you LOSE a head Twilight!? It's not like a set of car keys, it's a bloody head!
Tempest Shadow, head Cleric of the Church of Sparkle.... I can see it.
10979908 An interesting idea given the lack of magic would or very low level there of wonder how well or quickly he'd regenerate. I mean from what happened with Twilight and Forge Scale he'd still be immortal and largely immune to injury
awesome 2 chapters. grate writing team.
some how i am not believing this.
Twilight has a trophy to study for a good long time.
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Better idea: toss it onto a neutron star. Technically, it wouldn't be atomized, but I'd like to see him even stack one molecule on top of another when he's being constantly crushed by 1011 times normal gravity.
10979954 Truthfully Celestia's star would work maybe not as hot or as much pressure but easily enough to do the job. Same as dropping it into Challenger Deep aka Mariana Trench which is around 7miles deep water pressure there is round 8 tons per square inch
Ah yes... Misplaced it...
After effect of either a possession or necromancy I'm guessing
They couldn't identify Diamond Tiara... interesting
Speaking of Grubber, any word on what happened to him?
That could be fun
I know, aren't they great
Oh yeah, the Ponyville guard probably gonna need that skill increase
It's more likely that someone stole it
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Commander Vimes is in a similar Vein though his wife doesn't willingly go on cases with him most times.
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Sucker bet, but the Mayor is still unsure how she keeps doing it.
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really the only one who paid attention to her was Tempest and even then only just, that they got any description at all was due to tempest as the yeti mostly think all ponies mostly look alike. Kinda like some dragons.
10980035 Ding Ding Ding, give the Zebra a prize. Now the question is. Who?