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While moving into Ponyville Holiday meets a chivalrous knight on his long journey home.

I rolled a d4 and a d100 to find a character and then repeated the process. I ended up with these two. This is written for the May 2021 Pairing Contest. I decided to let the dice fall as they would as an extra challenge.

Now with a reading.

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Comments ( 17 )

You know ever since maud introduce her pet rock it kind of reminds me of plank from Ed Edd n Eddy lol

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At this rate this story will be my most popular to date.
P.S. Should I add the comedy tag? I was trying to be funny, but not sure if it warranted.

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Probably just in case

Not gonna lie, it took me several minutes to try and remember how Holiday is canon :rainbowlaugh::facehoof:

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There were 315 character tags. Even ignoring ones like 'Main Six, Changlings, and Wonder bolts’ it is still a lot of people. Just as very few people remember the name of everyone who lives in their town very few can recall every character from MLP. Glad I could remind people of the little known characters.

Well this was a pretty interesting day for holiday and despite the rock Boulder did not say anything somehow she kinda understand where to find his home this was a pretty random and funny story keep up the good work

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Thank you. I'm glad you liked it. I enjoyed writing Boulder without Maud. It was a challenge, but that's just part of the fun.

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Well now, isn't this interesting. This little thing I made over 30 hours on a whim is now my most popular work. It was fun to make, and short enough that it doesn't take to much time away from my larger works. Plus the competition specified up to two entries. To quote one of my favorite inventors, "Ferb, I know what else we're going to do today!"

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Nice work! Currently trying to work on my own entry for this contest :pinkiehappy:

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I think it should be more of a "random" fic than "comedy".

:moustache::duck: What the knight didn't know was the other side of the castle lurked a fearful dragon and his mistress . . . But that's another tale for later

Aw, what a wonderful nibble of a fic!

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I'm glad you like it.
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It was never intended to be much either. Just a casual meeting of two who might one day be friends. I'm impressed I managed as well as I did writing a story with Boulder and not Maud. No one else has ever done that to my knowledge.

This was some thing, although I don’t really have much to say about it sorry

Once upon a time, a noble knight was separated from his liege. He had spent all night trying to return to the castle, where he knew she would be anxiously awaiting his arrival.

the sudden shift to this romantic, introspective language contrasting the very practical prose of the Holiday section works really great! makes the ambiguity of whether or not Boulder is a sapient creature even more fun and interesting

“That's odd. I thought I tossed this into the bushes.” She set it next to the map and went about putting away the groceries.

that does raise a lot of questions!

“Do you want me to take you there? I suppose I don't have anything else I need to do until this evening. If nothing else it will be a pleasant walk.” She tied the pebble up in the tip of her scarf. “Let's see if that keeps you snug.”

aww, love how Holiday just goes along with it! very whimsical

What she was most certainly not expecting was a mailbox and stone path.

no matter how strange the abode, it must be legible to the Equestrian Postal Service. i like it!

“Nice place you've got here. I'll be sure to bring Scootaloo and her mates down here sometime soon. Maybe you can bring your mate, have ourselves a bonzer day?” The little rock did nothing, but Holiday was sure it was listening. “See ya round then.” Holiday began heading back home.

hehe, love it when the ponies are Australian

“Well, as crazy as it sounds, a little rock told me,” answered Holiday. “I've never known anypony to say so much without speaking a word.”

well, this was cute! Maud never making a direct appearance to mediate between Boulder and the outside world also forces me to think about Boulder as a separate character from her, which matches how Holiday is rarely thought of as a separate character from her context of Lofty and Scootaloo. definitely gets me wondering about what stories can be gotten out of absolutely random pairings like this. thanks for it!

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I'm glad you liked the dual perspectives. I liked it, but at the same time I felt unsure. And I enjoyed playing around with maybe he's alive, maybe not.
Okay, by the end of the story it's pretty apparent, but don't expect explicit confirmation in-story.

I thought it fit best that Holiday was skeptical, but after a few hints she's willing to entertain the idea. It doesn't line up with any common forms of magic, but Holiday knows that she doesn't understand all of the mysteries of her world.

I can't take credit for the mailbox, it's actually canon. You see it at the end of Rock Solid Friendship.

I do hope I hit the accent alright. I did some research for it, but I am decidedly not Australian.

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