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Post by silverlining on Jul 7, 2014 20:55:01 GMT
Seraph stood in the middle of the crowd, waiting anxiously for the announcement. He didn't know what it was about, but if all the big ponies were going to listen, so was he. Now if only he could see over the larger ponies in front if him.
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Post by wanderingmagus on Jul 7, 2014 23:14:18 GMT
At last, she appeared - Princess Twilight Sparkle herself!
Yes, she used to be the Ponyville librarian, and yes, she looked more or less like a unicorn with pegasus wings (or a pegasus with a unicorn horn, take your pick), but she was beautiful on her own, and just FELT powerful, in a way even the fillies and colts could sense.
At the moment, though, she looked kinda frazzled. Her hair was a bit messy, and she looked like she hadn't slept for a few days (Pinkie Pie said she hadn't slept at all for a long while, and probably needed a very long nap later, before bouncing out of your mental image of a crazed Princess slumped over a desk. Hey, no invading mental images, Pinkie!).
Despite all that, she walked determinedly up to the podium, tapping on the stand and waiting until all was quiet.
"Dear citizens of Ponyville! I've... reviewed... certain aspects of the Ponyville Tax Code..."
And that was where she completely lost the fillies and colts, for about a good half an hour. Her words went right over their heads (Pinkie was having fun catching them like frisbees. Hey!) but the way she waved her hooves about and stomped was funny, especially when her mane spontaneously caught fire and had to be extinguished by a bucket of water, which ruined the other half of her notes.
After some entertaining moments of argument, a crowd song with Pinkie and Miss Fluttershy singing about patience and self-control, a group hug and a Party-To-Make-Twilight-Feel-Better-After-Six-Days-Of-Figuring-Out-Taxes party, ponies had mostly given up trying to understand a thing the Princess was saying and decided to just go along with the ride.
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Post by Midnight_Aurora on Jul 7, 2014 23:30:58 GMT
Dancer was up for the party and that seams to be one of the only things she got from this. She was bouncing with joy on her little cloud. She glides down to go and ask her parents, if it was ok to join the party later. She trots up to her parents and says, "Mom? Dad? May I go to the party?"
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Post by Bright Sanctuary on Jul 8, 2014 0:37:16 GMT
Scarlett, wanting to see what all the comotion was about, tryed to squeeze through the crowd, but she just did not want to be crowded.
When she heard it was Twilight she knew it had to be important. She sat down to listen, but all she could understand was something about taxes. Realizing that there was nothing she could see or understand, she got up and strolled over to the closest bench and laid down.
The singing began as she watched everyone enjoying there time following Pinkie on an other one of her wild escapades.
Then she Thought about Twilight and wondered how she felt about her speech being interupted by another one of Pinkies angst.
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Post by wanderingmagus on Jul 8, 2014 18:37:23 GMT
Her parents are slightly bewildered by the turn of events, but nod to Dancer. "You may, dear. Just be sure to be safe..."
It was rather... odd, but then every day was odd in Ponyville.
Nopony realized that the oddness was just beginning.
Some time later, Princess Twilight was finishing up the speech she had planned to give earlier. It was still incomprehensible (seriously, was she actually speaking Common Equestrian? It sounded like Fancy-talk or something!), but at least she had her friends by her side. Well, mostly Miss Rarity with her fainting couch and Miss Applejack with her down-to-earth sensibilities (hehe, "Earth". Get it? Because she's an Earth Pony? No? Okay.)
Of course, such a good day just had to go sour.
Suddenly, a sarcastic voice sounded from the crowd, elitist and haughty.
"Oh, why if it isn't the famous Elements of Harmony, and their pretty Princess Twilight."
Everypony turned and stared as the all-too-familiar pony walked forward and stopped mere steps from the podium. "PRINCE BLUEBLOOD?!" Miss Rarity started fainting, then thought twice about it and glared hatefully.
"Indeed," smiled the blonde-maned stallion, bowing mockingly. "You may be a Princess, your majesty, but do not forget that this empire is ruled by more than simply friendship and happy magical rainbows."
He took out a golden scroll, unrolled it and began reading.
"The following denizens of the town of Ponyville under the jurisdiction of the Dual Crown are hereby summoned to the High Court of Equestria to answer for Destruction of Property, Emotional Damages, and High Treason Via Insulting A Stallion of Royal Blood:
"Fluttershy, Pinkamena Diane Pie, Rarity Belle, Rainbow Dash, Abigail Jacqueline the Fifth, and Her Majesty Princess Twilight Sparkle of Friendship."
"You may present your defense at dawn, tomorrow," smiled the Prince as he rolled up the scroll and gave it formally to the frozen purple alicorn.
With a dramatic swirling of the impeccable coat he was wearing for this occasion, the stallion nearly pranced back to the stagecoach that had arrived while everypony was distracted by the party.
Applebloom finally picked her mouth off the floor about a minute later. "Why, that low-down good-for-nothing-!"
"APPLEBLOOM!" scolded her older sister harshly.
"But what are y'all gonna do, sis?! It sounded real serious!"
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Post by laserbolt on Jul 9, 2014 15:19:34 GMT
Coffee couldn't believe his ears! Well, he couldn't understand most of it, but that Blueblood guy was... definitely not okay. He was sure he'd heard about him from his classmate, Sweetie Belle. Maybe she'd be able to shine some light on the subject. But first... "How do I get down from here?" He didn't quite remember how he had gotten up there, which didn't help. He decided to slide down it, and hope for the best. Unfortunately, this caused him to get all scratched up. But that didn't matter, time to find Sweetie Belle!
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