Twilight Gets a Puppy
Season 2
By TDR
Caspian and weep
Part 2
[Ponyville Library, Friday morning]
“Does everyone have their squad assignments?” Twilight asked, looking out at the crowd surrounding the table over a pair of sunglasses perched on her nose.
There were a number of nods and sounds of agreement.
“Right, now for the tasks. Rahs is heading Bravo team. Bravos job is to keep the paparazzi and general public away from the date. With Rainbow Dash's tendency to prank ponies, I wouldn't put it past some of the locals to try and target her while she's distracted.”
Twilight pointed a hoof over to Rahs who was wearing a black dress tuxedo with sunglasses of his own. Fluttershy was standing next to him dressed the same, and on her back was a little white rabbit also in a tux. Rahs took the moment to offer a fist bump, which was returned by Angel Bunny.
“Team Charlie will be headed by Spike. Their job is to help deal with the Princesses when they inevitably arrive for this. Spike will also be working as a messenger between the teams.” Twilight continued.
Spike smiled from where he stood adjusting his sunglasses. Shining Armor stood behind him looking a little worried, though Lyra, Bon Bon, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and Pinkie Pie were also clustered around the drake.
“Team Delta is headed by Major Comet Trail. While not exactly a team working with us, the Guard will be around to make sure this doesn't get out of hoof, and no one goes too far. Also to pull the wounded out when that happens.” Twilight continued.
“Wait wounded!?!?” Comet Trail looked to Twilight with a bit of worry shared by the rest of the Guards in the room.
“Paparazzi hunters.” Twilight pointed out gesturing to Rahs' team.
“Shards...” Comet Trail muttered under his breath before turning to one of the other Guards. “Go tell the hospital to be on high alert tomorrow night.”
“Already done.” Twilight offered. “Nurse Red Heart it heading team Echo. Team Foxtrot is Princess Luna. She is going to be keeping Equestria running through all this, though she only agreed to that if we provided her with the details of Saturday, not of the date, but of what happened to her sister and niece.”
Spike smiled wider.
“I'm heading Alpha team, our job is to make sure everything goes smoothly from the date standpoint, no traffic, no issues in the theater, nothing out of stock at the restaurant. We are also going to be helping any one else who needs it on other teams.”
Behind Twilight stood Applejack and Big Mac, as well as Moon Dancer, Sunburst, and the BlueBlood family butler, Wooster.
“Now then for the last minute preparations. Applejack, Fluttershy, Moon Dancer, and I are going to talk with Prince to make sure he's ready for Rainbow Dash. Twilight pointed out.” Rahs, Spike, and Mr. Wooster will go see that Rarity isn't going over board.”
“You'll never get away with this!” a voice shouted from the back of the library.
“Oh lovely she got her gag off.” Twilight sighed as the crowd parted showing a trio of ponies in coral and copper colored armor bound together with a great deal of rope, and six blue and gold armored ponies tied up near them as well,all gagged save the mare who was speaking. The Heart Breakers and the Cake Hunters that had been assigned to watch the Element Bearers and Sparkles.
“You are interfering with guard business and that's illegal under section 6 of the expansion treaty......” the guard rambled.
“Okay first off, section 5 of the expansion treaty, goes on for a number of chapters about how it's illegal for Guards and nobles to spy on the common ponies. Which you lot have been doing for a few months now. If Princess Luna hadn't pointed out the spell you were using to Rahs you still would have been doing it.”
“Also according to your roster assignments all of you are off duty this week and weekend. There for you are not acting in Guard interests. It can be assumed from that you are acting on personal interests while spying on my family and their friends.” Shining Armor spoke up in a tone that made all the other Guards shudder and the bound ones eyes grow wider with each syllable. He was the highest ranked pony in the room after all. “There are a whole lot of things that I can do to you lot with just that little bit of information.”
“But.. Princess Cadence ordered us to this assignment .Sir.” The one without a gag stated fearfully.
“Which is why nothings going to happen to you aside from you being taken out of the equation. So long as you remain good little Guards and stay out of our way.....” Twilight added letting the implied threat trail off before picking it up again. “Other wise either Shiny gets you. Or I can let Rahs have you as he has a permit. Personally I think Shiny's punishment would be easier on you as Rahs just needs an audience for a one pony show he wrote for the stage. You might get assigned to the frozen north with one, but that would be better than the mind numbing ,claw your own ears off, stage play Rahs wrote.”
Twilight smirked as Rahs copied a Griffonesse gesture of disapproval and pointed the digit her way.
[Friday afternoon, Canterlot, Avianna Manor]
Fluttershy, Applejack, Moon Dancer, and Twilight Sparkle looked at Prince Blueblood their heads tilted the same way in confusion.
“Too much?” Prince sighed
The white stallion was dressed in what could be described as 'walking billboard' style.
He had on a brand new hoof ball jersey with the Cloudsdale Hawks logo on it, a ball cap with the Wonderbolts logo on it and a number of other gaudy bits of jewelry designed around things that Rainbow Dash liked that had been in the folder.
“I'll say, Dash don't even like tha Hawks, she's been a fan of tha Griffonston Shrikes fer as long as I known her” Applejack added.
“Oh … I think I can get that jersey fairly quickly....” Prince stated nervously.
“I think girls... we have our work cut out for us.” Moon Dancer sighed.
[Ponyville, Carousel Boutique]
“ I can't move...” Rainbow Dash growled from under a massive layer of frills and lace.
“It will be fine darling we'll just have to adjust a little.” Rarity crooned. “ Now then do you remember what I told you about the salad fork?”
The front door was suddenly kicked in, the heavy oak swinging open hard on it's new reinforced hinges. Rahs lowered his leg stepping forward only for the door to hit the wall at the end of it's swing and rocket back smashing the moon dog in the face and sending him tumbling back into the street.
“Dude I told you it was unlocked!!” Spike shouted pushing the door open at a more reasonable pace as Rahs rolled around on the street clutching his nose.” You're a team leader not a siege leader.”
“Bork.”
“Yeah yeah, it's no ponies fault but your own, suck it up.” Spike taunted.
“I say will he be alright?” An older stallion with Spike asked looking back at Rahs. The stallion had an impeccable mane and tail cut to his faded red hair, and his graying mane still looked rather impressive even with the black and white mottled pattern it might have once been starting to blend together as he aged. The fine suit with tails hid his cutie mark, though it was fairly clear he had some sort of rich and noble bearing which drew Rarity's attention away from Rainbow Dash.
“Errr I am sorry sir but my shop is closed for the day....despite the intent of certain individuals who do not know how to knock.” Rarity glared at Rahs who repeated the Griffonesse gesture at her from where he was on the ground.
“My name is Percival Wooster ma'am, ex-adventurer, and butler to the Blueblood family. I answer the door, I clean up the estate, and I take out the trash. And I try to keep some of master Prince's ideas under control. Given that this is the most normal thing he has done in the last ten years, I am here to make sure everything goes off smoothly.“ Wooster offered. “Now that that is said I am to understand that you have been assisting a one Miss Rainbow Dash in preparing for a rather high class date with Prince?”
“Attempting to, yes.” Rarity sighed. “It is a bit of a uphill struggle.”
“I see and where is Miss Dash at the moment?”Wooster smiled.” I am happy to offer my assistance in this matter.”
Rarity blinked and pointed to what looked to be a massive ball of lace standing on a riser in the center of the room.
Wooster and Spike blinked just able to see Rainbow Dash's nose and hooves poking out of the mass of cloth and silk.
“Rainbow Dash?” Spike asked before starting to crack up and falling over laughing.
“Spike if I could move I would be punching you so hard right now.” Rainbow Dash growled.
“Oh calm down, this isn't what you shall be wearing, I'm rushed for time so I started with a Prench Bustle and I've been working from there with arraignments and such. The finished product won't look anything like this.” Rarity rolled her eyes.
“Not to ruin your work ma'am, but I should point out that the young master has never been a fan of the ball scene. In fact due to his issues with suitors he quite likely loathes it.” Wooster added. “If you do not mind suggestions I can assist you in creating something that is more to his taste.”
“Hmm, an bit of inside information would help out immensely sir. Very well I accept, though I am loathe to start over from scratch once more, it will give me more time to prepare her with proper etiquette.” Rarity agreed.
“Actually ma'am I would suggest throwing that out too, a few pointers will not be bad, but we shall not be needing to know where proper placement of silverware is just yet.”Wooster commented.”
“Well alright, shall we get started then? We still need to do something about her mane....” Rarity sighed.” And her date is tomorrow.....”
[Canterlot]
Princess Cadence looked over her war room. The 'secret tunnel' had been filled in with several tons of cement, though some how Luna and Celestia still found their way down here from time to time. She was considering moving it some where else in fact. All of the strings and images had been removed from the display before her. A picture of Prince Blue Blood and a picture of Rainbow Dash were all that was on the board with one bit white string and one bit of black string running between them. Interest and no clue the other existed. After Saturday she could change that to another color. She really hoped it would be pink.
But that was neither here nor there.
Prince Blueblood had finally found 'her' and there was no way Cadence was going to miss this.
Princess Celestia frowned as she made her way through the halls of Canterlot.
Her nephew had found 'her' and was prepping for a date. The 'her' in this instance was the issue.
Twilight wrote often about Rainbow Dash as of late and it worried Celestia that some one with such a large ego and penchant for pranks might be dating her nephew.
Not that she was against it, but Prince had been hurt a number of times already and if this turned out to be a prank she would be most cross that he was hurt again after all this time.
As such she had prepped to make her way to Ponyville to make sure that their date went well.
There was no way Celestia was going to miss this.
Princess Luna wiggled a bit deeper into her plush bed , her game controller floating before her as she tapped in a sequence of buttons that made her armored space bounty hunter punt the electric rat off the edge of a cliff. The projection on the wall drew her attention, though she could hear her sister pacing the halls.
The note from Twilight clued her in on the situation, though she had been sure to make sure Tia didn't see the note.
There was going to be a great deal going on in Ponyville tomorrow and there was no way Luna was going to go any where near it.