“Rarity, make a note,” Twilight stated looking over one of the notes she had acquired from Sparks’ Designs, she removed her glasses for a moment to rub her eyes.

Rarity took out a notepad and a pen, and prepared for her employer’s words. “Ready when you are, Mistress.”

“Write up the following employees: L. Shack, B. Yard, P. Mint, and L. Legs. They had one job to file documents about our finances and all Shack did was doodle himself having sex with a co-worker, not bad drawing though. If Yard’s math and… theory is correct, we lost twenty-five thousand bits to hookers and aliens. Mint’s paper is dried and crusty,” Twilight sniffed the paper then reeled back, “smells of sex and has awful penmareship. And Ms. Legs’ paper is just a letter of how she wants to have sex with my Uncle until he ‘soars into the heavens’, with a picture of herself posing nude. What is wrong with my workforce? Why did my uncle and Hoity not do anything about this?” Twilight screamed. Noticing that Rarity was concentrating on her notes, the purple mare hid the picture of Ms. Legs in her desk for later study.

“Finished, will that be all, My Lady?” Rarity asked.

“I guess I could-” There was a loud womanly moan that echoed throughout the halls of the mansion, sounding as if a mare had reached the ultimate climax. “What was that?”

“Forgive me Miss, but we still need to change the mansion’s buzzer tone, your uncle had it rigged that we couldn’t tamper with it ourselves and only Mr. Sparks and the previous Butler knew the password to change it,” Rarity explained.

“I see,” Twilight answered. “We’ll deal with that later, but first-”

“YEEESSSSSS!”

“GO get the door, Rarity,” Twilight muttered, magically keeping her member from pitching a tent in her pants.

Rarity quickly walked down the halls till she reached the intercom by the main doors. “State your business.”

“We are here to escort the Duke to the mayor’s office,” said the voice. The screen above the intercom showed Rarity that it was a mare and a stallion wearing black suits, sunglasses, and ties.

“Oh… OH… oh dear,” Rarity muttered to herself. She completely forgot that today is the day Sparks… or rather Twilight, would go to the Mayor’s office to discuss the land’s matters and how to make Everfree better. “One moment, please.”

“Who was it, Rarity?” Twilight asked, as she walked down the hall.

Rarity’s turned on her heel and put her best smile on. “Oh someponies would like you to go with them to the Mayor’s Office, I hope you don’t mind, considering your schedule and all.”

Twilight raised a brow in surprise. “Really? That’s good news, I did want to see the Mayor eventually. Figure out what exactly I’m the Duchess of… SIlver knew how to keep secrets, which I’m learning more and more about anyways.”

Rarity gave an odd laugh, regaining her composure as Twilight walked out the door. “Very well, let me go get our coats and we’ll be off.”

“It’s hot outside, and why do I need to wait for you exactly?” Twilight asked.

“Well… maybe you are right, I wouldn’t want to get- I mean, I don't want you to get heatstroke, my lady,” Rarity chuckled weakly.

Twilight shook her head in annoyance. “Are you sure that YOU were going to be trained to be the Head Butler?”

“Why of course, dear. I just never had time to actually use my new skills before the master passed on,” Rarity answered nonchalantly as the two walked up to the gates. The suit-wearing ponies walked up to the approaching mares, the stallion was tall with orange fur and short black mane, the other was a slender pegasus mare with blue fur and pink mane.

“Hello, gentleponies. Shall we get going?” Twilight asked.

The blue mare and orange stallion gave each other confused looks. “I’m sorry Miss, but we are looking for the Duke of Everfree, Mister Shining Armor,” the stallion said.

“My brother declined the offer to follow his wife to the Crystal Kingdom, I’m taking his place as Duchess of Everfree for our Uncle,” Twilight explained.

“We will need to confirm this, ma’am,” the mare said, pulling out her own notepad. “What was Mr. Sparks’ favorite movie?”

“Robocolt 3, he loved it because of how cheesy the special effects were.”

“Correct. What is the name of his mother and sister?”

“My grandmother’s name was Twilight Twinkle, and my mother was Twilight Velvet. His mother and sister respectively,” Twilight answered, cleaning her glasses out of boredom.

“Okay, final question: What was his cutie mark?”

A cutie mark was commonly the symbol of that pony, their trademark, it was practically them. And a cutie mark was commonly seen on either a pony’s buttcheek, along their back, or on their shoulder. It wasn’t just their special talent, it was the pony themselves. Based on how Silver Sparks had a silver starburst on his company and his mansion. Everypony believed it was his cutie mark, only his family knew otherwise.

“It’s the silver starburst, isn’t it? Why would you ask such a silly thing?” Rarity commented.

“That’s not it. It may sound creepy, but he adored my cutie mark when he saw it on my back when I was younger. His cutie mark was a single silver star with a bow on the top, represents how happy he was helping others,” Twilight answered.

“Ms. Sparkle is correct,” the stallion replied. “Very well, let’s go.”

“Seriously? A questionnaire about my Uncle? Not going to call my brother to confirm this?” Twilight asked, befuddled by the bureaucracy of this land.

“Sorry ma’am but we don’t have time to go over the details of what is what, we just want to get this over with,” the mare said. She brought out a car starter and hit the button, causing the door to open.

“You know, I believe I’d call that lazy,” Twilight quipped.

“Call what you want, Miss. Doesn’t change the fact that we’re now late,” the stallion said.

“And why are we late?”

“We were expecting you an hour ago, but you never came, so we came to get you. Didn’t your butler tell you that?” The mare asked.

“No… she didn’t? Care to explain?” Twilight said through her teeth as she approached the car door.

“Forgive me, Miss. I had forgotten that it was today,” Rarity apologised. She walked over to the car but the stallion stopped her.

“Sorry ma’am, we only need Ms. Sparkle. Please stay here,” The stallion ordered.

“What?! How dare you-”

“It’s fine, Rarity.” Twilight said. “I doubt they would attempt anything against the Duchess of Everfree and the single largest contributor to the welfare of Ponyville. The scandal alone would ruin their reputations and leave them jobless if they're lucky.” She then got into the backseat of the car.

The stallion turned to his accomplice and saw her shrug. As soon as the stallion got into the vehicle, it drove off to the Mayor’s office. Rarity merely stood there and muttered a quiet “but… you haven’t done anything magic-related yet.” She turned her head to see the mail and took it, walking back to the mansion, annoyed and worried about her mistress.

Once she got it, she went through them to find anything addressed to her, then leave the rest on Twilight’s desk. She found only one letter from her parents, the rest were a few bills and some marriage proposals from various nobles. “Barely a week in and already she has suitors. If only…” She muttered, wishing she was in Twilight’s horseshoes. She placed them down and went to read what her parents wanted to say.

Little did she know there was someone hiding in Twilight’s study, a purple dragon that snuck in a little while ago. She had recently destroyed the lewd photo and immediately saw the pile of letters and went through them. While she left the bills alone, she glared at the marriage proposals.

She opened one and read:

My Beautiful Star,

How I would love to run my fingers through your mane. To breathe your heavenly scent. I would love nothing more than to be in your presence-”

With utmost prejudice, the letter was set aflame by a single wisp of fire from the dragon's mouth Barb threw the remaining love letters into the trash hamper and burned them all within the metal confines, and walked off. “No one touches my big sister.”

A moment later, Barb ran back into the room in a freight to stamp out the fire with her foot or ruining the waste bin with her claws.

~Dood~[/hr]

Twilight stepped out of the car and stood before the doors of City Hall, a towering pink structure that stood in the town’s center with a beautiful garden sets of fountains that surrounded it.

“Thanks for the ride,” Twilight called out, walking up the stairs.

“We’ll be back in a few hours to return you home, Miss Sparkle,” the mare called out. They then drove off to do whatever it was ponies in black suits did, while the duchess walked into the hexagonal building.

The secretary looked very similar to the secretary from Sparks’ Designs but she was found filing her nails and chewing bubblegum instead of laughing her butt off. “Hello, where’s the Mayor in this building?”

“Sorry, the mayor is waiting for the Duke of Everfree, please wait until she’s done,” the mare said, not even acknowledging Twilight.

“I may not be the Duke, but I am the Duchess of Everfree. Where is her office?” Twilight asked again, annoyed.

“Look, Miss. I’m not looking for a Duchess, I’m looking for a Duke. Sit down and wait till she’s ready for you,” The secretary scolded, keeping her eyes glued to her nails.

Twilight rolled her eyes, and snapped her fingers, the lightest spark of magic shot from the tips. “Fine, I’ll look for her myself,” she replied, walking past the secretary.

The mare finally sat up to yell at Twilight when she found that she couldn’t get up or move her legs. “He-What the fuck? Get back here and fix this!” She cried out, her words failed to reach the purple mare.

Some office ponies ran past Twilight, possibly to help the secretary, while she walked forward and spotted a stallion standing by a water cooler. “Hey babe, wanna know why they call me… Fat Sack?”

Twilight stared at the rude stallion for a moment before saying. “Where is the Mayor’s office?”

Stallion smirked. “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours, babe.”

“This hasn’t been a great day for me, just tell me where, and I won’t merge you with the water cooler.”

“I could make this day better, just come join me in the utility closet for some fun.”

Twilight’s eyes glowed as her horn began to glow. The stallion gave her an odd look before realizing his hand had entered the water cooler through the plastic, and he was unable to remove it at all. “Where is the mayor’s office?” She asked once again.

“Up one level, and down the hall. A white door with Mayor on it.” He answered weakly. Twilight snapped her fingers again and his hand was free from it’s aquatic confines. She then walked away, leaving the stallion to reconsider his tactics.

Twilight followed the stallion's instructions and found the Mayor’s office. Breathing a sigh of relief, she stepped forward and entered it.

The room had a few bookshelves and various maps and schedules on the walls. In the middle was a large circular table where one end was decorated like a desk. Seated at the one decorated spot in the room, was a middle aged tan mare with a white mane, she wore a simple pair of glasses and, for reasons unknown to Twilight, a bathrobe. She appeared busy on her computer. “Miss Mayor?

The mayor looked up from her computer. “May I help you?”

“Yes… we had a meeting today? I’m sorry, but I was just put in this position a few days ago and evidently my butler didn’t notify me of this,” Twilight explained, blushing out of embarrassment.

“Pardon Miss? But… I was expecting a large white stallion, the new Duke of Everfree,” the Mayor replied blankly.

“My brother couldn’t take these responsibilities due to previous commitments, so I’ve taken his place,” Twilight said, smiling awkwardly.

The Mayor gave Twilight a quick look, shrugged. “Well… this was disappointing. I was expecting a stallion, but I can make do with a mare.” She removed her bathrobe to reveal her naked body to the other mare, her large bust jiggled slightly, and her neatly shaved pussy appeared tight, with a few beads of moisture around it’s lips, her stockings clung tightly to her well-toned legs.

“Wha-what are you doing?” Twilight asked, taking a step away from the nude mare.

“I was told to… ‘help’ my new master settle into his position as Duke. It’ll take a few sessions, but I’m sure I can please a mare just as well,” the Mayor stated walking towards Twilight.

“I appreciate the offer, but I’m here for business… can we take a rain-check on that?” Twilight asked, stepping away from the Mayor. “And who told you to do… this?”

“The late master, Silver Sparks. He told me that I now belong to his successor. But…” The Mayor said, she sat on the desk and pulled a carton of cigarettes from her stockings. “Thank Celestia I don’t need to do that today.”

Confused by the sudden shift, Twilight asked “What do you mean?”

The Mayor put a smoke to her mouth and began searching for a lighter, only for Twilight to create a small flame on the tip of her index finger. “Thanks, Miss.” After lighting her cigarette she started. “When I met Silver Sparks, he was an okay stallion. After a while, he took me out to dinner and we both got drunk, I was still sober enough to remember but… let’s just say… he ‘claimed’ me. And ever since then, we start all our meetings about Everfree’s state of affairs with me sucking his dick or riding on his lap. The only thing I’ll miss about him was how he tried to make Everfree a better place for everypony… and that one time he let me put a strapon to his ass, that made me feel better about our situation.”

“Well… I assure you, Miss-”

“Mayor, Mayor Mare.”

“The hell kinda name is- Well, Miss Mayor. I can assure you that we won’t start our meetings with sex, we do need to keep things professional after all,” Twilight said, her eyes switching from the Mayor’s face and her breasts without making the busty politician suspicious, a trick that she learned to use when she hung out with Sunset Shimmer.

“Well… It was in his will that I’m owned by his successor, so sex every once in awhile is okay after all,” Mayor Mare cooed, rubbing her hand along Twilight’s leg. “And you are a cute filly, after all."

“Yes, fine, whatever. Right now it’s business. I’d like to know the land over which I lord,” Twilight requested, fixing her glasses. “But first, put your robe on please.”

The Mayor rolled her eyes and went back to her desk. After putting her bathrobe on, she sat down and leaned in her chair. “What do you want to know.”

“Let’s start with cities, exports, tourist attractions, everything basically,” Twilight said, sitting down in a chair.

“Cities is easy… there are only three towns in the Everfree Lands: Ponyville, Manehatten, and Trottingham.”

“Whoa… Manehatten is larger than Ponyville, why is Ponyville the capital?”

“Because it was made first and has a longer history. Anyways, our exports are Apples, Sweets, and Chaos.”

“Chaos?” Twilight asked, rather confused.

“A business… thing named Discord, wanted to set up shop in the Forest of our namesake. The only thing it had was the Castle of the Royal Sisters and the contract we had it sign made it promise not to touch that place, and that we get a cut of all its sales. Ever since, its been doing its own thing in the forest and we’ve been making plenty off it.”

“But…. how do you sell chaos?”

Mayor Mare chuckled, her robe loosening around her top, giving Twilight a clear view of her cleavage. “It bottles it and sends it to a factory in Canterlot, from there… I have no idea what it does with it. And with the rumors I’ve heard, it’s best if it’s left unknown.”

“Oh,” Twilight said, dejected.

“Don’t worry, some questions are better left unanswered. Our tourist spots are mostly in Manehatten, with the casinos, theaters, and shows. Here, we have the nature park and your Uncle’s magazine company.”

“Interesting… anything else I need to know?”

“Not really, this is a growing city after all. The only reason anyone comes here is to escape the city or visit Sparks’ Designs to get laid with one of the models,” Mayor replied, putting her cigarette out in an ashtray.

There was a quiet knock at the door, and it slowly opened to reveal a yellow pegasus with a long pink mane. She wore a green dress with yellow sweater over the top, the thick fabric had Twilight guessing her chest size as it was so difficult to tell. “Oh… sorry Miss Mayor. I just wanted to ask…”

“Well, Dear? Speak up?” Mayor ordered, watching the timid mare.

“Do you know who this is?” Twilight asked the Mayor.

“That is Lady Fluttershy, a noble’s daughter from Cloudsdale. She recently began living in Ponyville because she didn’t like the pollution that her hometown produced. Friends with your Uncle I do believe,” the Mayor responded.

Twilight turned back to the shy pegasus and studied her, “I think I’ve seen you before… but I can’t remember where.”

“Maybe at the funeral? I gave Silver’s sister and husband my condolences. I’m sorry you lost such a good stallion,” Fluttershy said, lowering her head down.

“The verdict is still unknown whether Silver was a good stallion or a bad one,” Mayor Mare commented.

“I see, I must have just saw you pass by,” Twilight muttered, baffled by why she would recognize a face she might have seen for a few seconds. “You had something to ask?”

“Oh right, sorry. Could you… maybe… could we start another fundraiser for the animal shelter? If you don’t mind that is,” Fluttershy requested.

“This is the ninth fundraiser you’ve requested for the animal shelter within the past five months, Fluttershy,” Mayor answered.

“That is excessive, but… how much did we manage to raise those previous attempts?”

“The first two raised thirty thousand bits, the next five raised between four thousand and six thousand, and the two earliest raised fifty bits each.”

Fluttershy swallowed her breath and pressed on. “But the animals need it, they don’t get to run free and find love, or adventure, or eat properly… all they eat is that… poop you give them, excuse my language.”

“That is kinda cruel…” Twilight muttered.

“The Animal Shelter is as big as Spark’s Designs and Sparks Manor put together, it has a forest and sand pit that is half the size of Everfree Forest, and Mr. Sparks hired a five star chef to cook meals for all the animals. This all happened after your fifth fundraiser,” The Mayor explained.

Twilight’s concern for Fluttershy’s plight dwindled greatly upon hearing this. “Miss. Fluttershy, correct? Don’t you think you’re… spoiling the animals?”

“No, they need this more than ever, they always look so sad in the shelter,” Fluttershy said, tears in her eyes. “I just want to help them, to see them smile.”

“So if I were to see the shelter myself, I would share your sentiments?” Twilight asked.

“Oh my yes, you need to see their adorable faces scrunched in sadness… but it’s bad that they are in such a state, we need to make them as happy as can be,” Fluttershy exclaimed, dragging Twilight out the office. The Duchess looked back to see the barely clothed Mayor wave goodbye, with a sly grin on her face.

The Mayor leaned back in her chair and chuckled. “This could be a interesting time in Everfree.”

~Dood~[/hr]

Fluttershy had pulled Twilight to her car outside the Mayor’s office. “You know they may see this as kidnapping, right?”

“This is for a good cause, Miss Duchess ma’am. The animals need our help… so I need to show you first hand how much they suffered in that terrible place,” Fluttershy stated, pushing Twilight into the passenger seat. She got into the driver’s seat and buckled in. She put the pedal to the metal and sped off to the shelter, scaring the life out of the poor unicorn.

It didn’t take long for the two to reach the Ponyville Animal reservation, which was a large building up front with a large sign with it’s name on it. There was a dome behind the building with a opening that lead into a pasture that indeed had it’s own forest. Twilight saw the telltale signs of a magical force field that kept the animals inside and from hurting themselves or others.

“Come on, Miss.” Fluttershy said, she got out of her seat, ran to the other side and pulled Twilight out of her car by her arm.

“Twilight, my name is Twilight. Why all the rush anyways,” the Duchess asked, managing to get her arm away from the pegasus.

“You need to see how the animals have suffered here, if they don’t get what they need… It’s not something I want to see happen,” Fluttershy cried, she lunged forward only for Twilight to teleport behind her. “Please, just trust me on this.” she fell to the ground, moping

Twilight felt a little guilty for resisting Fluttershy’s urgency; especially now that she is on the ground, on the verge of tears. “Well, I already agreed to see how they’re doing, then I’ll consider what we will do, would that suffice?”

Fluttershy looked up with a small smile. “Thank you, Twilight.” She stood back up and lead the purple mare to the doors of the shelter.

The room smelled of pine and the cool air felt great on Twilight’s fur. Before them were a light blue unicorn stallion with white buzzcut mane and a yellow earth mare with long red mane. “Hello, how may we help you?” The mare asked, she then noticed Fluttershy and rolled her eyes. “Another crusade to help the animals here, Fluttershy?”

“Yes… they are miserable here, we need to help them,” Fluttershy scolded.

“I just wish to see if Fluttershy’s claims are valid,” Twilight said off-handedly.

“Oh good, maybe you can talk some sense in her then. She’s been telling us for months how badly we treat the animals when we give them as much love and care they need. We feed them, we play with them, we help them when they are hurt, what more can we really do?” the blue stallion asked.

“You’re not giving them enough love. Come with me Twilight, I’ll show you the truth,” Fluttershy said, pulling Twilight by the arm through the doors to the preserve.

Fluttershy entered the clearing and was immediately attacked by various loving woodland critters, hugging her tightly. Twilight however looked around the reserve and… it look beautiful, all the animals were happy, lounging in the sun or interacting with their fellow beasts in happy ways. Her vision was then taken by a white bunny that her new friend held up. “See how miserable they are?” The bunny started to do its best to look sad.

“They seem very happy to me… good actors too,” Twilight stated. Rabbit soon glared at her and tried to punch her, only to fail as his fists couldn’t reach Twilight’s face.

“But… they are suffering here.”

Just as she said this, the largest garden salad Twilight had ever seen was pushed into the clearing, the sight of it made Twilight’s mouth water. The sheer size of it looked like it could feed her entire class and still have some to feed one of the school clubs. “They have to share that you know? That isn’t enough for these poor critters,” Fluttershy commented, holding a squirrel, a kitten, and another rabbit in her arms.

Behind that bowl was an equally large bowl of the same salad, and behind that was a meat dish for the carnivores. While the animals ate, one of the squirrels appeared to be complaining about the quality of one of the cherry tomatoes and threw it back at the hired help, convincing Twilight fully. “Yup, this place needs help.”

“Oh thank you, I knew you’d see the truth.”

“I think this place has had enough charities for a good few years, Fluttershy. I’m sorry but… these animals are spoiled,” Twilight said, placing her hand on Fluttershy’s shoulder.

“WHAT? But… they look so sad,” the animals in her arms gave their best puppy dog eyes. Twilight turned to the carnivores and some of them appeared bored, barely touching their prepared meat.

“I think the meat-eaters share my sentiments,” Twilight commented. “Look… Fluttershy, it’s pretty easy to see that you’re being manipulated by the wildlife here. Sometimes you just gotta say no.”

“But… they need me…”

“They don’t need to be pampered, if we were to release them back into the wild, odds are very against them right now. We’ll need to slowly pull back on all the stuff they don’t need to live.”

Fluttershy kneeled on the grass when one of the kittens gave her a worried look. “but… Ms. Fluffykins needs her daily massage.”

Twilight merely stared at the cat named Ms. Fluffykins, the cat doing it’s very best to prove the new Duchess that the massage is mandatory for it’s survival. “If there was anything an animal doesn’t need… it’s to be massaged.”

The cat hissed and tried to claw at Twilight’s face but the purple mare kept her distance. “Now you’ve upset her. Don’t worry Ms. Fluffykins, you’ll get your massage,” Fluttershy scolded, cradling the kitten in her arms.

“You’ve gotta be kidding me,” Twilight muttered. She turned to see the mare from earlier. “Hey! Get over here.”

“Something you need Miss?” the mare asked.

“Stop with the coddling. They are no longer animals… they are spoiled brats. I can understand that we need to help nature but we do not need to pamper them like they are kings. They are lost animals that need a home, not the princess herself,” Twilight exclaimed.

“You can’t do this! They’ll starve without their neighponese imported salad,” Fluttershy cried, she stood and grabbed Twilight’s shoulders and shook her for a moment before flinching away quietly.

“I can actually. I’m sorry Fluttershy, but these animals are not your children. They are beasts that have manipulated you into giving them luxuries they shouldn’t have been exposed to. Look at the carnivores,” Twilight ordered. Fluttershy gave a small glance to the meat-eating animals.

The tiger appeared bored, poking at the slab of cooked steak, the bear looked like it was barely enjoying its fish, and finally, the wolf appeared more fascinated by the other animals than the meat before it. “It may be because they are the lowest on the food chain, but I’m sure the herbivores did this to keep themselves from being eaten by them, thus making them more greedy… animals shouldn’t act like us ponies, it’ll bring bad things to the preserve.”

Fluttershy thought long and hard, watching the bear, tiger, and wolf look in despair. The she heard something from Twilight, “Do you have anything not cooked in the back?”

“Yes ma’am.”

Twilight smiled. “Throw it out here for these three.” And the mare took out three bloody pieces of steak, raw and dripping in it’s juices. She tossed it to the bored carnivores, who immediately saw it and happily ate the raw food. “Your special talent is animal communication, right?”

Fluttershy turned her head and blushed. “Yes, how did you know?”

“A hunch,” Twilight answered. “What do you think those three would say now that they had something more fitting to eat?”

Fluttershy gave Twilight a glance and walked closer to the three. Twilight couldn’t hear Fluttershy speak but she definitely knew she was communicating with them. Smiling when the Tiger and wolf gave her a tongue bath.

Fluttershy returned, feeling guilty. “They… they said that the leaf eaters started calling the shots a month ago and started bossing the employees and other animals around. They said it was my fault for letting them tell me what to do.” She felt a hand press against her cheek.

“Fluttershy… It’s alright to want to help your friends. I’ve learned that the hard way when I was a teenager. I blew a building sky high trying to help my friend with a science project. Uncle Silver laughed it off and paid for the damages, but I still felt bad for it. I got a part time job as a librarian to pay him back for it.” Twilight chimed, rubbing Fluttershy’s shoulders. “How about this, I’ll try and meet you halfway. I’ll order in some fruit trees and berry bushes for the animals. We’ll still take care of them, but not to such a radical degree. We’ll add a pond too with fish in it. Surely the carnivores will enjoy something other than steak every once in awhile.”

“O-okay, but they’ll be okay, right?” Fluttershy asked, tears falling down her face.

“It’ll take some adjusting, but they should be okay. We’ll make the changes little by little to help ease them away from the pampering nonsense.”

“That’s all well and good.” Twilight and Fluttershy turned to the stallion and mare who was staring at them. “But how are we going to get all THAT?”

“I’ll pay for it, and we’ll be making some cuts. I’m sure the chef would like to cook for ponies again rather than animals,” The four ponies heard a cheer from the back with a few crashes of dishes hitting the floor. “Hopefully they’ll be more docile now. But…” Twilight turned to Fluttershy. “I want you to volunteer to help them through this transition. All you need to do is plant trees and bushes, and help make a suitable pool for fish to swim in, we’ll get some gooberfish in for that.”

The carnivores began licking their lips at the mere sound of gooberfish. The help weren’t very knowledgeable in this however. “Gooberfish?

“Gooberfish is a freshwater fish that is believed to be the dumbest fish in existence, the only reason they survived so long is because they have millions of young that start off highly intelligent but get dumber as they grow bigger. A favorite prey to many meat eating creatures,” Twilight explained, fixing her glasses.

“So… where do we find such a helpful mcguffin?” The stallion asked, annoyingly.

“They are rare in Equestria, but very plentiful in the griffon kingdom. I’ll order a male and a female from there and they should populate the pond within a week,” Twilight said, turning to leave.

The mare from earlier walked up to her and politely bowed. “Thanks, miss. Fluttershy really is a nice girl, but… her bleeding heart has been causing us grief for a long time now.”

“I can probably see why. But don’t worry about it, it should return to normal soon enough,” Twilight said, walking out the door. The mare gave her a small smile and waved good bye.

As Twilight reached the car, she turned to see Fluttershy slowly making her way there. “I’m… I’m sorry, Twilight. I thought they were suffering… I guess I’m just a stupid filly.”

“No… If I had to say anything against you… you were just too kind. It’s a good thing to want to help, but you also need to know your limits,” Twilight replied.

“You know… you’re a lot like your Uncle, Twilight,” Fluttershy covered her mouth out of fear. “I’m sorry… I shouldn’t have said that.”

“It’s fine, Fluttershy. It’s actually good to know that my Uncle was also good when he wasn’t with family. So, how did you know him?” Twilight asked, getting into the car.

“We met at a party in Cloudsdale, he was really sweet to me. He said that he had a niece my age that he’d love to introduce me to… guess he got that wish,” Fluttershy weakly giggled, turning the car on.

Twilight merely chuckled as she put her seatbelt on. “I guess so.”

“As I was saying; we liked to talk in the park, about his company, his business, about the animals and my father. Those two were friends… until after I begun visiting Mr. Sparks at his mansion.”

Twilight cringed slightly. “I’m… sorry Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy gave a confused look as she drove. “Why are you sorry, If I may ask? He was nice and gentle. And the fruit smoothies he had Vinyl make were delicious after we took a stroll through his garden.”

“So you two never… Hold on, may I ask who Vinyl is?”

“Wait… what did we do? and Isn’t Vinyl your butler?”

“No… my butler is a unicorn named Rarity, and I asked if you and my Uncle ever… had intercourse…” Twilight asked awkwardly.

Fluttershy blushed intensely as she tried to keep control over her car. “Oh my… no we haven’t. He never made any moves on me… at least, that I’ve noticed. And I’ve… never heard of a mare named Rarity, but I did see a white unicorn maid with a pretty purple mane. Vinyl didn’t say she was training another butler… so…”

“WELL, guess I have to have a chat with my head butler when I get home. So tell me about Vinyl and how can I find her?” Twilight asked.

“Vinyl was a odd unicorn, she was friendly… she was a good butler but she didn’t act like it. She usually sat with us and chatted, Mr. Spark didn’t mind because he said that chatting with two young mares made him feel younger. She would also have this knack of predicting Mr. Spark’s every move. Like after our walks through his garden, we’d find Vinyl listening to her music with our smoothies on the table, freshly made. I liked her, and she didn’t seem to dislike Mr. Spark, so I wonder why she left. And why this ‘Rarity’ decided to take her place. I don’t know what happened to her after that… I’m sorry.” Fluttershy muttered, stopping at Twilight’s mansion. “Have a good night, Twilight.”

“You too, Fluttershy… Drive safely, and don’t spoil the animals,” Twilight said, walking up to the gates. After hearing that Fluttershy had drove off, she pushed the intercom button.

“Who is it?”

“Rarity… we need to talk, NOW,” Twilight ordered as the gate opened for her.

She marched up to the door where Rarity was waiting for her. “You wanted to speak with me, Mistress?”

“Curious how a maid became the Head Butler, care to enlighten me?” Twilight asked, crossing her arms in annoyance.

“We-well, the previous butler had been grooming me in secret to take her place-”

“Why would a butler groom a maid to become a replacement butler?”

“Well, she was going to retire-”

“Whatcha guys talking about?”

Twilight and Rarity turned to Barb sucking on a popsicle. “Nothing much, Barb. Just asking why a mare named Vinyl would ask a maid to take her place.”

“Vinyl? You mean Vinyl Scratch?” Barb said with glee. “Vinyl was Uncle’s Butler, that’s nuts!”

“Who is Vinyl?” Twilight asked, becoming enraged.

“Vinyl is the biggest sensation in Equestria, she makes the best dubstep and techno music. She became bigger recently too, playing in Manehatten clubs and whatnot,” Barb answered, excited to hear her favorite musician worked for her uncle, then realized what that may actually mean. “She probably won’t like us much… especially after what Uncle must have done to her.”

“I met with a mare that knew Uncle moderately well actually, he wasn’t as bad as we were led to believe. We don’t know if Vinyl was forced to do things with Uncle, especially now that I know he can control himself moderately well,” Twilight stated.

“How do you mean, Mistress?” Rarity asked.

“He had a guest over quite a bit named Fluttershy. According to her, the two only walked through the garden and talked, no sex occurred between the two, which somewhat contradicts your statements about my Uncle,” Twilight said, leering at the white unicorn.

“Really? That’s good, I really didn’t like to think about our uncle as a pervert,” Barb said, sighing.

“Unfortunately, there is far too much evidence that says he is… but he may not be as bad as we think he was. We’ll still need to have a chat with Vinyl though for all the facts,” Twilight said, trying to make plans to go to Manehatten.

“Very well, Mistress. But may I recommend this after we get more help around the mansion? I’d rather not leave Sweetie Belle alone, since I may be accompanying you, and your sister may not like staying put while you talk with a performer she likes,” Rarity stated.

“You bet, I don’t wanna stay back this time, I still wanna know what Twilight thought of Uncle’s company since I’m not going to see it anytime soon,” Barb pouted.

“I’ll ask Fluttershy to babysit Sweetie Belle for us, in the meantime. I need to make some calls,” Twilight sighed, walking to her room.

Rarity and Barb raised a brow upon hearing this. “What calls, Mistress?”

“I need to order some trees and bushes for the local animal preserve and gooberfish. I promised Fluttershy I would,” Twilight replied.

She reached her study and picked up the phone, looking through the phone book for something that could help when she noticed charred paper in the trash bin. “What the? Barb, have you been in my mail again?”

Even now, Twilight was still clueless as to why Barb would burn her letters, this time it appeared she burned much more than two of three though.

Author's Note

Thanks, James Rye, neeobrony7, Bloodraven432, and everyone else that looked through this while it was on the google doc, dood.

So... I originally planned Rarity to be the Head Butler, but due to me being unable to make Rarity said Butler without making her act high and mighty, made me think "let's make Vinyl the butler, dood".

As well, some one made the suggestion of having Fluttershy a noblemare that was friends with Silver Sparks, hopefully I didn't butcher that too much with this chapter, dood.

So... I think Rarity might be being put back into her spot as maid while Vinyl takes her duties back... mind you, I'm not making Vinyl go hardcore Butler like James Rye kept yelling at me to make Rarity do, dood.

Also... porn next chapter, dood.... which I'm going to write RIGHT NOW!

And I think the Iron Pony Mini-series chapter won the votes for that one, dood.

Can you guys tell that this story is being structured the same way I structed Misadventures, dood?

I still wanna find a way to make the Horizontal Rule more... noticeable without it being a big ass picture that makes readers go "wtf is this?", dood.