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Tough Times in Ponyville
Mar. 22nd, 2013 07:34 pmUnrest is simmering in Ponyville as citizens learned that their town is facing a 800,000 bit deficit. Mayor Mare called for calm as she explained that Canterlot would not be bailing out the beleaguered town. "We have been told that it is a municipal concern, not a federal one. We borrowed more than we can pay back for rebuilding Ponyville."
As a result, shops will be shutting down and ponies retrained as part of the municipal action plan. The list of buildings and businesses include the day spa, ice cream parlor and carrot farm.
Cutie Mark Crusader Apple Bloom couldn't hold back tears as their lemonade stand was shuttered and sold for scrap. "That lemonade stand was all we had to fund our activities. How are we gonna get our cutie marks now?"
Local school teacher, Cheerilee, on the other hand, was relieved to see that the school was not on the chopping block. "Usually education is the first thing to be cut when a new budget comes down, but the fillies and colts are really good at making globes, which we export to Cloudsdale, Manehattan and other parts of Equestria."
Meanwhile, Ponyville faces another, more pressing problem - Nightmare Moon. Five of the six harmony stones have been activated, but it is not known when the sixth, the element of magic, will be ready. Only nine of the one hundred and fifty magic shards needed have been collected. Twilight Sparkle is at a loss to explain why. "If we can collect one shard a week it will take three years to defeat Nightmare Moon!" a hysterical Twilight Sparkle was heard to say just before her spokesdragon, Spike, said she would be unavailable for further comment.
As a result, shops will be shutting down and ponies retrained as part of the municipal action plan. The list of buildings and businesses include the day spa, ice cream parlor and carrot farm.
Cutie Mark Crusader Apple Bloom couldn't hold back tears as their lemonade stand was shuttered and sold for scrap. "That lemonade stand was all we had to fund our activities. How are we gonna get our cutie marks now?"
Local school teacher, Cheerilee, on the other hand, was relieved to see that the school was not on the chopping block. "Usually education is the first thing to be cut when a new budget comes down, but the fillies and colts are really good at making globes, which we export to Cloudsdale, Manehattan and other parts of Equestria."
Meanwhile, Ponyville faces another, more pressing problem - Nightmare Moon. Five of the six harmony stones have been activated, but it is not known when the sixth, the element of magic, will be ready. Only nine of the one hundred and fifty magic shards needed have been collected. Twilight Sparkle is at a loss to explain why. "If we can collect one shard a week it will take three years to defeat Nightmare Moon!" a hysterical Twilight Sparkle was heard to say just before her spokesdragon, Spike, said she would be unavailable for further comment.
