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My Little Pongons

As days went this was a half dozen six of another Spikey was busy with assistant duties with Twilight and Rarity got stuck

with the pongons.(You can thank dear Aunty Pinkie for the new name of species), little balls of fur and scales armed with fire razor sharp

claws and the most adorable faces. Normally Rarity would object to the least bit of grime but Twilight had given her the flame proof

enchanted tools to handle an outing at the park and Spikes influence armed her to handle the baby buzz saws.

Her skin was covered in fur and scales the color of purely driven snow, Her petit black claws capped hooves of ivory.

Raritys change was only going to last till the next birthing while Twilights testing was on going as was the paparazzi.

Her business boomed with the newspaper, magazine articles and the unique arrangements that came from royalty.

But deep down she was stifling a scream or was it a squeal? Her mind raced with ideas as her hormones raged through her body.

She rolled to her back and squealed like a filly "Roar!" Oops Dracony noise lady mares be damned!

The two pongons roared with their mom "Roar! - Squeak !" Well they still have a lot of growing to do.

Looking up side down at the results of a love struck dragon and a unicorn with a track record of dramatic romantic demolitions.

"It could be worse" She shuddered "Your daddy could of been some other foolish thought of your mother - My Celestia what

possessed me to be so vane, so shallow?" She sighed "Precious scales you did this to me this lady can see quite clearly now".

The sapphire and emerald eyes looked hungrily at her treasures below, bounding then pouncing breakfast al la cart was served.

What was the dragon lady to do when duty calls and call they did. Rarity lit her horn and discretely cover the pongons with a

monogramed blanket nursing may be natural put it doesn't hurt to be polite, after all Rarity is a dragon lady.

The sun warmed her fur and scales as she peeked in the basket "hmmm" a few cucumber sandwiches with shaved rubies

a flask of cider and a flask of tea and a box of scones. Tucked along the goodies was a single note rolled up and tied with a purple ribbon.

She unrolled the parchment revealing a simple drawing of a knight of a dragon a damsel in a dress and two fuzzy balls with

green and blue dots for eyes with a red heart framing the whole design.

Below tucked to the side was a few romance novels complements of Aunty Twilight Sparkle and her design note pad

As she was drained of milk her design pad filled with ideas colors shapes feelings of beauty and joy.

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Flame and fury escaped Spikes maw as he roared at the weight crushing him down as Twilight screamed

"Spike stop you can't do it!" her horn glowing at the ready.

"I must I will" Spike bellowed as he forced the weight up and away blowing out a stream of smoke.

Rainbow hovered yelling "You call yourself a dragon? Gummy has more bite than you do give it up scaley".

The bar dropped into the rest as Spike huffed out "That's one hundred bits you owe me" Spike smiled while Rainbow pulled

out a bag of bits.

"That's enough of the strength and endurance" Twilight spoke with satisfaction of another item checked off her special dragon

regiment "Item three hundred seventy seven". She went to prepare for her next procedure routine as usual.

"Three seventy seven?" Spike took a step back "Three seventy seven" he took another slow step back "Three seventy seven".

Spike turned and bolted for the door trying to exit the lab, in a purple flash all time stopped and a needle took the blood sample for

item three seventy seven. Spike held out the wounded limb like it was torn off in a fearsome battle with Fluttershys Angel Bunny.

"Ouch ouch ouch gosh Twilight what did you use a rusty fence pipe?" Spike gasped crying for the added drama

"You know how much I hate that!"

Spike continued his pity party in front of the two. Rainbow reached in her bag of bits and tossed two extra at the drake.

He stopped rolling on the floor to look at a snickering Dashy "What was that for?" Spike puzzled at her expression.

"Dude you must be taking lessons from the number one drama queen of Ponyville, I had to pay for a performance like that".

"Wait till you get poked with a big old rusty fence pipe". Wiping his eye for a faux tear, blush coming to his cheeks.

Twilight continued the examinations late into the noon hour stethoscopes and little rubber hammers made way to

wires and graph machines Spike laid back as Twilight asked him a battery of questions.

The laid back dragon started to snooze a little still answering Twilights quizzing haphazardly.

Clinical questions had a way of boring the drake to slumber the graph hummed along just as flat as the dialog till Rainbow

opened her fat muzzle "Spike how hot is Raritys flank?" she started giggling like a little madmare.

Before Twilight could say anything the graph came to life its stylist scribbling across the full scale as buzzing filled the air.

Twilight just stared at the results her mouth open "Well that's something".

Rainbow looked at the paper and started laughing clutching her sides bending over she lifted up the article of humor.

"Look Twilight look!" she cried out her fits of comedy continued "Look!"

Twilight stared at the scribbled lines with a blank expression "What?' she was at a loss for words, "What's so funny?"

Rainbow lost it rolling on the floor loud guffaws bellowed out of her lungs "It's - it's - it's. . . a wing boner!"

Spike awoke looking at the two mares "Ah guys what's so funny?"

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"So Butters what got you assigned here any way?" Frosty asked his partner "Another raid on the mess hall?"

"Nope".

"Messy hoof locker?"

"No neat as can be".

"Dull brass work and armor?"

"Look for yourself".

"Could it be from that time lady Raritys cat hoofed your flank to you?"

"Why?"

"I can still see Luna laughing at you in front of the whole squad, You getting a Purple Heart for stopping the Opal uprising -medic! medic!".

"I swear somepony hates me I'm always getting the short end of the pike".

The bat bony put on his gear saluted Royal Guardspony Sgt. Buttercup "You're relieved from your post, Your new orders".

"A little early for my relief isn't it?" Night Frost passed Butters a sealed note a hay eating grin plastered on his fanged muzzle.

A field order for Butters? His eyes peeking at the contents. . . he gasped "Oh Flank! Now I know somepony hates me!"

"You have your new assignment beats mess duty"

"At least in the mess I can eat the leftovers".

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Rarity watched her drake with Twilight strolling into the park with the usual guard escort.

Behind her she heard her own two sentries talking, turning her head she saw Buttercup trotting up removing his helmet he sat in

the grass obviously waiting for Spike and The Princess to take their places. The Night Guard stood his post funny he looked too happy

for such a mundane assignment or does this have any bearing with Buttercups social position?

When the two royals got next to the blankets edge Butterscup stood at ease and presented the orders to the Princess,

He started to bow when Twilight spoke up "No need to bow Sgt. Buttercup"

He then raised a hoof salute.

"I'll have none of that"

Bowing once more he slapped his hooves to his sides.

"You can relax I won't bite".

Ducking and bobbing he lowered himself to the grass not knowing if this was some trick or was Princess Twilight really that casual.

Twilight and Spike joined Rarity on the sheet spread across the grass Rarity nuzzled him softly not wanting to wake the pongons.

He peeked under the monogramed blanket to see his offspring snoozing "How long?" he whispered with a smile.

She whispered back "close to three hours I see our guard finally got his new assignment orders". She gave Spike sly wink.

Butters sat nervously in the grass his plight not unknown to the white mare "Twilight not that it is any of my business but why

is Sgt. Buttercup just sitting here , What is his new position or assignment if I should be so bold to ask?"

Twilight looked up from her treat "Oh nothing special he's moving out of the main post in Canterlot to the castle something to

do about logistics".

Spike looked at the bewildered stallion "Hay Butters take a load off Frosty's got the watch and don't sweat the small stuff

I got it handled we got plenty of room in the castle".

Spike pulls Butters down next to Twilight and plops his plot next to her stuffing a cucumber sandwich into the guards muzzle.

"'merfle' I sure want to thank 'smack' you for the help with 'munch' the new orders but 'gulp' I swear Spike somepony in

high places hates me really really 'cough' hates me I wanted special forces and I got this". he raised his hooves eyeing the park.

Twilight spoke "Spike take a letter. . ."

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Princess Celestia watched the letter from Spike appear in a flash of green smoke she grasped it and began reading

a frown started to grow as she saw Twilights report and accommodations made for the new guard she continued on into the script

a small smile crept on her muzzle then she read Spikes note secreted at the bottom and she burst out laughing.

"Luna phase one is finished it's time for phase two for operation Sparkling Buttercup".

"The same treatment as the Lady Rarity and her Dragon mate my sister?"

"Yes Luna ,Little Candance might be a Princess of love But I shall best her once more!"

"By dream cheating as always my sister?"

"But the offspring are adorable Lulu".

"I thought it was the wager?"

"Well that too my dark sister".

"Twilight with foal by two?"

"Twilight by a nose in three?'

"Send a dispatch to the Crystal Empire".

"Why not let the press issue a statement?"

"You're such a wicked sister".

"Yeah but think of the pongons"

"Pongons?"

"It was an element of laughter thingy".

"Cake?"

"Sure"