Interlude: Wolf and Winona
Archivist's Notation: Just a fun/silly chapter thing for you guys while I wait for more time off work, so I can resume the story proper.
-- Apples and Wheat --
“The dog is the god of frolic.”
—Henry Ward Beecher
-- Wolf and Winona --
Holo wore a small smile as she admired the land of the Apple family with its pastures, tilled soil, and the rolling hills upon which stood the vast apple orchards, the trees and ripening fruit shining with dew in the morning sunlight. From where Holo sat on the porch she could see the first acre of the tilled soiled, where the wheat seeds had been planted.
Maria must have gotten very good seeds if I can sense their strength already. I'll only need a small portion of my powers for the blessing, Holo smirked as she began to think on what she would do, once Applejack was ready to take her into Ponyville.
Holo's magnificent tail swayed idly while she thought of the food and fun that awaited her in Ponyville, when her ears suddenly perked up as she heard the sound of paws hitting grass and...a collar tinkling? Holo looked over towards the sound, her eyes widening in surprise as she saw a brown and white blur of shaggy fur barreling towards her at full speed.
"Ah! No, stop!" Holo cried out, her hooves clattering on the wooden porch as she scrambled to get up and out of the way.
Only to fail and be tackled off her hooves by Winona, Applejack's faithful border collie. Winona barked happily with her tail wagging rapidly, as she stood upon Holo's prone form.
"Get off of me," Holo growled out with an indignant glare, to which Winona answered with sloppy lick across her face. "Ah!"
Holo struggled as Winona continued to happily and zealously lick her face with the occasional groan of frustration from Holo as she tried to fend off her affectionate attacker.
"What's all this ruckus about now?" Granny Smith grumbled, as she looked out the screen door, "Oh I see ya done met Winona." Old Maria Smith said with a wry smile as she watched Holo try to get the energetic border collie off.
"Get off meEEEE!" Holo squealed as Winona gave her an affectionate and slobbery lick across her muzzle that ended with her ear being covered in drool.
"Aww she's just bein' friendly wit ya," Granny Smith said with a chuckle.
"Mariaaa," Holo pleaded with a whine, as she barely held off Winona's slobbery affection with both hooves.
Granny Smith chuckled, before opening the screen door and whistling causing Winona to look up at her. "Get inside Winona and Applejack will feed ya."
Winona barked happily then hopped off Holo's chest and walked into the farm house, with her tail wagging happily. Holo sat up wiping the slobber off her face with a disgruntled groan.
"Ugh I have little love for dogs that do not know their place."
"Winona's just bein' friendly wit ya," Granny Smith replied wearing a wry smile, trotting past Holo to her rocking chair.
"Too friendly, if you ask me." Holo commented flatly as she sat beside Maria, who was slowly rocking her chair.
"Heh ya said the same thing about old Enek," Granny Smith said looking over at Holo as she rocked in her chair.
Holo groaned rolling her eyes. "Ugh that dog had no respect for his betters, at all."
Granny Smith and Holo exchanged glances then started laughing.
Holo wiped a tear away as her laughter died down. "He was a very good dog, despite his rather rude method of waking me."
"Oh ya mean when he'd grab a hold of yer tail and give it a tug?" Granny Smith between chuckles.
"It was not that funny and besides it hurt quite a bit," Holo said in a rather annoyed tone.
"Oh pushah," Maria countered with a wave of a hoof. "The only thing Enek would hurt was yer pride an' ya know it."
"Humph! I will not even dignify that with an answer," Holo replied with her forehooves crossed and her head held up pridefully.
Granny Smith sat looking at Holo with her wry grin for several moments before Holo looked over to her, the two of them breaking out into wide grins before laughing again.
"Indeed, he was a very good dog," Holo said while Granny Smith nodded as she rocked her chair.
The two friends fell into an amiable silence as the morning sunlight warm them pleasantly while birds sang their praises of spring.
As Holo sat beside her dear friend, she came to realize she had missed these simple joys of conversation and company from her time with Maria the most. Sitting beside her friend, Holo resolved that she would never miss out on these precious moments again.
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Enke? So another S&W character appears
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Fluffy!
hehehe nice cameo with the dog :)
OMG! How have I not found this sooner?! I can't read right at this moment what with the amount of work I have due tomorrow and Tuesday, but just by concept alone you have me hooked. I look forward to this in the coming days. Thank you, O Great and Generous Author.
Just yesterday I was sorting through my favorites un-following the dead stories. When I got to this one I though "well, it's surely dead, but I'll keep it in the list so I can go back and re-read it easily." Not twenty-four hours later, WhaBam UPDATE. Thank you sir for being non-dead.
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No, I will never end a story WITHOUT posting a notification of me ending the story and giving the reasons.
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You're quite welcome.
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Dunno what you're taking about, partner. >.>
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FLUFFY PUPPY!
Haven't read this yet, as I just now found it. It's definitely going on my to-read list, though! I want to see Holo's reaction when she bites into that zap apple!
I am loving this story so much!
I love your story and I cannot believe that there is finally Spice and Wolf in the pony fandom. I don't know if you've answered this question before, but will our favorite merchant be making some sort of past or present appearance in this story?
I plan to read this, but why does the wolf in the cover art have hooves?
I don't usually read crossover stories, but this one seems interesting.
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That'll be revealed later on. However, there was a hint to him in chapter two when
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Because the Equestrian side of the multiverse is weird like that trust me I've been there.
A Spice and Wolf crossover? How in the nine hells did I not know about this sooner?
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Because you were busy shopping after Goku came by to visit you and Kami, and ate all the food again.
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Duly noted!
I plan to read this when I'm not under the influence of sleepiness, and will comment further then!
I'm trying to make a transition into non-HiE stories, and need all the help/inspiration I can get.
Plus, wolves are awesome.
EDIT: Your avatar is... interesting.
You know, I usually avoid crossovers...in fact I don't think I've read a single one. But this idea actually sounds interesting.Seems like the concept would mesh really well with the world. I'll have to read it later...still have to finish the anime now that I think about it.
Holy crap a Spice and Wolf Crossover! Might have to go watch that anime again, hardly remember it now.
Wish I could provide some solid input or cc, but to be honest I got nothing. Was probably too glued to it in the first place. Thank you for this!
I love that cover image btw. Did you draw that?
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No the sauce for the pic is in the source link under the pic. I can't even draw stick people!
Glad to see you're still updating. Still enjoy your writing and the particular crossover you used. Makes me want to watch the series again.
Dude. Some of us have to sleep. Why is your story so damn good?!
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Why does the wolf have hooves?
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Because the Equestrian side of the multiverse changes things like that. Plus it's the form Holo wears in order to blend in.
good friend, when i first saw the story i thought, this could be good, and i´m glad to see you have honored the original spice and wolf, your story is great, i hope your work allows you to write more because you got me hooked
have my fav and thumbs up
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Thank you for your kind words and encouragement.
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>my dearest waifu
Back off I saw her first!!
I have been meaning to give Spice and Wolf a watch. I have heard many good things about it despite it being mostly about economics. I can't see how an otherwise boring topic, to me at least, tends to get such glowing reviews. This fic just might get me to watch it finally.
Also I know you wrote that chapter awhile ago but your 'dead apple parents' thing wasn't that big of deal. Since according to writers on the show and 'Apple Family Reunion' they are. Though you probably have already been told this before. Still I tend to think at least one or both died around the same time Applejack left for Manehatten, which is why she wanted to leave in the first place. Then again this is my own personal headcannon and the story works well enough that its a minor gripe.
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NSFW
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Yes I am quite aware of that particular aspect of the show. After all there is a meme that states "Come for the Fanservice, stay for the Economics." Wont exactly be a problem for Holo in the ponyverse now will it? Their nude all the time too!
Still I just can't wrap my head around why the economics part of the show is somehow interesting. Which is why its been so hard for me to try and watch it. Then again I never thought I would like ponies till I gave it a shot, so who know?
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But horo is so wise that she can be everypony waifu
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(it has so much more, to me it was a sweet story about what travels means, the passage of time, human nature, love, nature, it can go on, depends on what catches your eye 
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The show is solid, i too encourage you to watch it if you have the time, and don´t worry, i still dont know why i liked that much about a show of economics
*Grins* very cute. It's nice to have stuff like this in between the major chapters as a bit of a break because we can see really amazing interactions. I'm happy to wait as long as need be.
Economics is key, apparently since I really am in my Economics class right now. Love the short, but nice, chapter dude.
Eh, real life comes first. No worries on rushing things, you'll just burn yourself out on story writing and fail in rl, nicely done chapter :)
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LALALALALALALALALALA CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!
Seriously, though I wrote that under the idea that Equestria has large amounts of magic in its soils and that magic is why their trees, crops, etc grow so fast and so well. My head canon is weird like that.
This is a cute story and nicely done -- I like it.
I had no idea what Spice and Wolf was before finding your story, but it almost seems to be perfectly made to fit into FiM fiction. You've done a nice job integrating the two together, from what I can tell.
If I had to criticize at all, it'd be to say that the constant hugging between Holo and Granny began to border on sappy. But of course I can just keep reading onward from there. Otherwise I have no real complaints and I'm hoping you'll have the next chapter soon (of course).
I can't remember, but is it fanon or canon that crops grow so well under earth pony care because that is more or less their magical gift?
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The hugging and sappy stuff is based off the fact that Granny Smith and Holo hadn't seen each other in 65 years. Plus ponies are very touchy feely with displays of affection, both in the show and IRL.
I just figured earth ponies were best at farming and farming related things because of the Hearth's Warming Eve episode.
New chapter maybe next week-ish. My work schedule is craptastic lately.
2309692 No need to explain about the PDAs (public displays of affection). You are the author of the story: I was just expressing an opinion on something I felt was actually very minor, critique-wise.
My question about the farming aspect was geared more towards my thought that all of the pony races have their magical gifts, the skill at growing things being one of the earth pony's. I was just curious where that came from, because i can't remember. I was thinking of that episode, as well...
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I don't mind explaining things. So yeah, that episode kinda set my head canons well.
Nicely done interlude, had a good laugh :)
Wait, wait, wait, isn't Winona a girl, from the last time I check MLP wiki
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I distinctly remember AJ referring to her as 'girl' more than once.
2393756 they stop referring to Winona, after granny mentions her old dog.
Holo should just think of Winona's enthusiasm as training.
She'll have to deal with outright craziness once Pinkie Pie throws her a party