My shiny new tower
Buyers remorse
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"Spike! Great dragon spike! I need some food if you want to keep me in here much longer!" I yelled from atop my new tower, the sun glinting off as the clouds flittered by.
It had one door on the bottom, leading to the courtyard that housed the resident princess-knapper. The great dragon spike, he was rather large for any dragon. He was purple with green frills, and his eyes shone like the largest emeralds. And wings large enough to let him fly. A rather interesting specimen, if you were looking to document dragons. I had already done that a few years back, his folder was in the red filling cabinet, middle drawer, d-section. He had been my guard and jailor ever since i bought my first tower. He also new how to cook really well.
"What could you possibly want now? Dinner was two days ago!" He lashed out against a nearby ruin, flinging stones around like child's play.
"I told you twelve years ago! Ponies don't digest like lizards!" I threw a rock i had picked up yesterday, it had exactly two hundred and fifty sides to it. Each facing a different way. The trajectory of my aim led the rock right between his shoulders.
"If you keep this up I won't eat the next prince that comes this way! And I'll make sure that he's an inconsiderate jerk, who treats you like a trophy! Now shut up and I'll get you some cabbage and carrots from the market! Hand me that amulet that lets me shrink, so they don't freak out." He huffed a few clouds of smoke as i tossed the amulet down to him.
It was a gold medallion that had a simple engraving on it. The spell itself was rather intricate, several enchantments layered to shrink him down to a more manageable size.
He grumbled and trudged off to the nearest village, ponyvile. A rather quaint and interesting village. 'I don't think I will ever be able to go see it. Oh well.'
As he took off towards the market i began to get back into the book that i had been reading, star swirls book for attaining enlightenment unicorns edition. I had read this three times and each time i notice something that I hadn't noticed before. As i opened the book i noticed a sound akin to someone screaming at the top of their lungs.
"What the hay is that? I don't remember sending any invites out tPo any princes yet." I looked out my window to see a white stallion waving a sword in his magical aura, while running at a full gallop. Right for my door. Groaning i flipped a switch besides me that would lock the door. With several iron bars.
"Fear not fair maiden! I shall free thee from you captor! For i am the one and only! Prince blueblood!" He stopped right before hitting his face on my door. And grabbing the doorknob with his magic. As it resisted his try's he began to swear rather profusely.
Rollin my eyes, i grabbed another rock that i had brought up with me. I dropped it right in front of him. "You do know the rules right? You have to best my captor before you can claim me for kingdom. So since he isn't going to be here for a while, I suggest that you rest till he gets here. He really is the greatest of the dragons that my parents could find." I turned back to my book and went back to reading.
"Could we just talk till he gets back then? The last i checked that isn't against the rules. Please? I left my food back at camp. I'm getting pretty hungry. Do you have any food up there?" His ranting had become rather annoying.
"I just sent my dragon to get me some food, i have been starving for two days! The last meal i had was three days ago! And even that was a very small dinner! So buck off and quit annoying me!" I picked up my second rock that i had grabbed, this one i was going to save for making spike get me a bag if doughnuts for my up coming birthday. It had three hundred and twenty three sides to it. By the time it hit his flank i had ducked back inside.
"What is wrong with you?! You threw a rock at me! You could have hit me in the head with it! Your crazy! You can just wait for the next prince to come around! Good by!" He grumbled to himself and started to trot off. That was when i noticed that the rock was stuck to his armor.
"Oh well, i guess that I won't have any doughnuts for my birthday this year." I leaned back out the window, "hey! Pompous prick! Get back here and give me back my rock! I was saving it for my birthday!"
Meanwhile
"Hello! I would like to reimburse my crown for one free princess rescue please." A strange cloaked stallion said.
"The cashier mare looked up from her magical directory, "place your crown on the counter and file forms e-23 through 67 and if you have any coupons, please feel free to hand them over." Her flat blue mane reflected her current mood. As she shuffled the appropriate documents on the counter, the cloaked figure fidgeted uncomfortably.
"Um i only have one coupon, but it's pretty old." He pulled out a silver ticket that had an ever shifting runic circle on it.
The mare looked up and as soon as she spotted the coupon, stopped and nervously lifted a hoof to touche the fabled card. "For that, you could skip the paperwork and i would happily hand over a detailed map for the best, and the most compatable princesses available."
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