Twilight, for a welcome change of events, awoke gently for the first time in what felt like forever. Slowly, she opened her eyes.
Observing the bed she was on, she noticed several things at once: first, Applejack's bed was quite small, second, Applejack was not in the bed, and third, Applebloom was quite warm.
…Applebloom?
Suddenly fully awake Twilight now could see the little yellow filly she was curled around.
"Applebloom? Why are you in Applejack's bed?"
No response.
"Applebloom?" Twilight put a paw on the filly's back and gave her a gentle shake.
The filly still did not respond.
Twilight knew that the filly would probably not be excited about being woken up by a wolf, but if she wasn't waking up at all, that was much worse.
Twilight decided to cut her losses and try the one of only things that Spike had always used successfully on her. Assuming the filly wouldn't wake to the call of "you're late", she used the method that Spike had used as his backup plan since they were young.
Twilight licked the filly.
That was normal right? Dogs did that all the time, and she was just playing the part right?
Might as well be thorough... She licked the filly again.
Aww, Now her fur is going the wrong way! Twilight licked again... And again... And again...
Twilight kept at it until she heard the door open.
"Hey Applebloom you seen- oh, Twi... I... Uh... What are you doing?"
Twilight retracted her tongue, closed her mouth, and stood back up.
"Now you weren't about to take a bite of my sister now were ya?" Applejack asked, giving a very unamused look to the wolf sampling her sister.
"NO! I was trying to wake her up! -and she!-" Twilight tried to explain, shaking her head.
The wolf's growls and whimpers meant little to the farmer, but the frantic head shaking was universal enough.
"Suuure... I'm going ta' give ya the benefit of the doubt and not buck you out the window right now."
Twilight gulped as she gave a nod.
"I came to say that breakfast is ready. But just so you know, Apple is not on the menu."
Twilight gave a sheepish nod, and followed the farm mare out of the room.
As soon as she was sure the monster was gone Applebloom opened her eyes. She had managed to play dead the whole night, but if Applejack hadn't come by she probably would have been- Ah!
She jumped as she heard a banging on the door to her room.
"Applebloom! You up yet? I forgot to tell you Scootaloo and Sweetiebell are here for you!"
Maybe they can help!
Applebloom followed her sister downstairs, past the kitchen where IT was, and was on the way to the clubhouse with Scootaloo and Sweetiebell before IT saw her go.
The filly trio had galloped half way to the clubhouse before the other two fillies spoke.
"What's the rush Applebloom? Do you have an idea for our cutiemarks?" Scootaloo said excitedly.
"Yeah, uh... is everything alright Applebloom?" squeaked Sweetiebell.
The farmer filly turned to her following friends. Scootaloo was beaming with excitement while Sweetiebell looked concerned.
"No! Everything is not alright. I didn't get any sleep last night because I was almost eaten right in front of my own house! Applejack saved me but then she let it into the house too! It snuck into bed with me! I was almost breakfast in bed!"
"Whoa! Cool! What kind? Did it have big teeth?" Scootaloo bounced with excitement.
"Not cool! I don't really know what it was, and seeing as it was going to EAT ME, yes it had big teeth! Anything else?"
"Would it make a good cutie mark if we caught it?" Scootaloo asked unabashed.
"No!" Applebloom and Sweetiebell said in unison.
"Well then, what are we going to do about it?" Scootaloo asked.
"We're going to do what we usually do when we have problems." Applebloom answered.
"What? Ask your sisters or Rainbow Dash?"
"No Scoots, I think she means we're going to build another catapult ...again."
"That's not right either Sweeetiebell, we only do that when we try helping Scoots learn to fly. No, right now we're going to visit Zecora!" Applebloom shouted.
Sweetiebell cautiously approached the subject of "Why?"
"Because she knows everything! She'll how to stop the monster before it eats anypony!"
"Cutie Mark Crusaders Monster Hunters YAY!"
Across town in the middle of the quickly filling marketplace a conversation was overheard. "Seriously I saw that animal care pegasus taking that beast from the market yesterday over to Sweet Apple Acres in the middle of the night. Shady stuff I tell you..."
One market-goer couldn't help but hear the mares' gossip as they passed him in the market. He was off duty, but he took his work as the Ponyville dog-catcher very seriously ...despite the city council's claims that Ponyville didn't really NEED a dog-catcher... Anyway he had never been fond of how Fluttershy, the goody-four-shoes, had always prevented him from catching any of the stray animals in the little town. The way she always caught them before he could was always a thorn in his flank, or more specifically his long-handled-net cutiemark.
But this was finally his chance, an actual non-pet possibly-feral canine had been sighted in the town, and Celestia be bucked if he was about to let that challenge to his sacred dog-catching honor -no- his destiny go unfulfilled!
He was going to catch this scourge if it was the last thing he was going to do.
Yay! I was about tovisit Youtube!
EDIT: Sweet new chapter, however I am slightly confused about the Dog catcher... Why wasn't he in the show?
And I swear, that cheer was a reference to SOMETHING and I think I know what that SOMETHING is.
o-o
uh-oh
Short...
NEED MOAR!!!
2331139 Soon...
2331144 And you say that with an evil smile, while I laugh evily.
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2331190 Same deal except your hiding, while I still laugh evily.
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2331222 And Applejack kicks your ass for lying, while I still laugh evily.
now where is Celestia in all of this I thought spike would of sent her a letter by now
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Crap.
Hello Mr Shit, I would like to introduce you to Mrs Fan.
That dog catcher may just be... biting off more than he can chew.
Twi still has her magic here, and is rather large, and has sharp teeth. No amount of net is enough to hold a teleporting wolf.
great job! MOAR!!!!!
This is Twilight Sparkle, wielder of the Element of Magic, student to Princess Celestia. Defeated Discord. Was selfless enough to let Spike help destroy King Sombra. Bursts into flames on occasion and tends to over-analyze situations.
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I agree with RandomNPC, that dog catcher is barking up the wrong... Oh god, that joke would have been awful. And rhyme.
Wait a second, if Twilight can still use magic , then... Why no translating spell?
Let's see...
Purple
Horn
Stripey hair
Starburst mark
Knowledge that twilight does magical experiments.
Knowledge that twilight isn't here and twilight looking wolf is.
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Wolf cannot be twilight, never, must be purged.
This chapter was such a tease. I want more...oh soon eh? Well not soon enough I say.
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And random dog catcher because...shenanigans. Hmmmm, magically gifted, analytically genius wolf vs...butterfly net...My money's on the net, especially if it has magic-negation like in Fairly Oddparents.
The call of her late what?
Missing a "him" there.
2331553 sounds like cartoon logic to me! which is why i am completely overlooking those facts because this is a good fic! lolz
you tease me with your short chapter
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because we need a plot, duh
2331679 Quality does not require logic.
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Cartoon physics...welcome to pinkies world
This story has a lot of potential, but the prose isn't very engaging. A lot of the time, it almost reads like a shopping list. You just tell us what the character is feeling and thinking and planning, rather than *describe* it. Chapter 5 had a lot of that, particularly the bath scene, and the end of chapter 6 with the dog catcher is also a good example. If you were to make it more descriptive ("showing" rather than "telling" as it is called), this would be a good story.
Poor Apple Bloom ... she needs MOAR Twily cuddles!
So not only is the possible encounter with the princesses going to be hilarious but now add the CMC and a Dog Catcher into the fray?! This story is just getting more awesome.
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I would agree, though she really needs to channel her aura of Puppy cuteness (Wolves still have it. It's true.)
monster hunter cutie mark crusaders?? Sounds like a certain wii u game??
Well, she still has her magic, so I guess the dog-catcher is in for a surprise.
2331871 ahh how very true that is.
Applebloom....
When are you going to figure out that "monster" is Twilight, who would NEVER hurt you?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder causing Mental Breakdowns notwithstanding
And here I thought the 90's were over.
I've watched this movie before.
Heh, sounds like someone is suffering from Repressed Cutie Mark Syndrome.
Four hunters? After a purple wolf?
LOGIC.
And I'm overlooking that!
I like the story, the only thing I have a problem with is Twilight's Language issue. She would be smart enough to use a scroll and pen to communicate.
I could go for an Apple Bloom Filet Mignon right about now
2334789 but here, instead of a silly trap made from scrap to deter the hunters, Twilight has got freaking Magic!
Promising concept, but I'm actually finding this boring... and I'm finding the fact that none of her friends have told Celestia (despite Fluttershy being the only one who promised not to) very odd.
Six chapters and still comedy...not very good comedy...Well, I'm out. It's well written at least. I've seen no errors.
4563752 Well, all the other times in the show they told Celestia after they solved the problem, sooo...
2332875 CUTIE MAR CRUSADERS CREATURE CATCHERS, YAY!
The dog catcher.
. . .
Seriously? That's all you've got? Why would ponies even need a dog catcher? Ponyville doesn't even have a police station, why would they have an animal control unit? I'm going to keep reading and hope it gets better though.
how has that not been fixed yet?
Sweeetiebelle ---> Sweetie Belle
*generic villain intensifies*
Shit bout ta go down!
It's a shame nopony realises they're talking smack about a princess of equestria as well as a national hero.
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*sigh* I hate how people, even ponies, misinterpret wolves to be monsters because they get the main role as the villain in most storybooks. In reality wolves are very shy and will not attack anything unless it's for food or if they're threatened.
6881150 That and intruding on their territory. Though I'm pretty sure they see that as a rival predator sneaking up on their den.
A dog catcher.....greeeeeat.
Xd
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And I'm pretty sure they give you more of a warning and a chase out of territory rather than outright attacks.
Though I suppose being a prey species has something to do with the fear.
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Wolves are pack animal so if a wolf is hunting on it's own it is likely desperate, kicked out of it's pack and attacking people because it is starving.