My Little Pony: Changelings

Chapter 372: Dawn and Dusk Dance (2)

"Okay, time's up, now..."

"Wait a minute, there are us too!"

With a bang, the door of the theater was pushed open, and Twilight Sparkle flew in with Stars. After Twilight Sparkle braked, Stars rolled all the way and hit the lottery jar next to Granny Smith. The paper balls inside immediately flew everywhere. Stars pressed against the glass jar and looked at Twilight Sparkle dizzy.

"Why not teleport?"

When Twilight Sparkle heard this, she was stunned for a moment, as if she had forgotten about it because of her anxiety. However, she looked at the time, and at this moment, the hour hand and minute hand just coincided, and the registration was closed.

"I'm sorry, Twilight Sparkle, although I hate to say it, it seems that you are late."

Applejack walked up to Twilight Sparkle and apologized, saying that the time was up and the registration was closed, so Twilight Sparkle could not attend. But Twilight Sparkle was quick-witted, and she turned her eyes and said to Applejack and the others.

"No, in fact I have already signed up successfully."

Twilight Sparkle pointed her hoof at Starlight who was pushing against the glass jar. At this moment, he was trying to pull his head out of the jar, and the scene was a little chaotic for a while.

"According to Rule 66 of the Ponyville Quiz Contest, it is clearly stated that as long as you put in your item for the draw, you can participate in the quiz contest. In fact, the paper draw is not the only rule. After all, it is not stated in the rules, right?"

Applejack was stunned by the sudden sophistry, and then she turned to look at Granny Smith. Granny Smith flipped through the book and found that there was indeed no provision for drawing lots for participating in the competition. After all, drawing lots with slips of paper was common sense and not a requirement. Seeing Granny Smith nod, Applejack could only agree that Twilight Sparkle could participate in the competition.

After pulling his head out of the jar, Qunxing Huanghuang shook his head and looked at the ponies around him with a confused look on his face, wondering whether he should continue his nap or not.

It seemed to be fate that Twilight Sparkle and Pinkie Pie formed a team, because the drawing that Starry Sky spit out had three balloons on it. Looking at Pinkie Pie, who had a lively personality, Twilight Sparkle couldn't help but chew her hoof.

"Hi, Twilight Sparkle, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Speaking of which, you have been learning the royal ways for a while. We haven't gotten together for a long time."

"Yeah, Pinkie, but today's race is very important to me. I might become the pony who wins the Triple Crown, so..."

"Oh, no problem. I will definitely help you win. We can form a group, such as the Twilight Faction, or the Sparkling Faction, and..."

Twilight Sparkle listened to Pinkie Pie's excited words, then glanced at Starlight who was pushing the door open. She seemed to sense something, so she closed her ears and lowered her tail, pretending to know nothing.

Qunxing Huanghuang quickened his pace, but helplessly, he felt that he was walking in the same place, and the door that bounced back also caught his head. Then he turned around and found that his tail was stepped on by Twilight Sparkle's hind hoof.

Seeing Twilight Sparkle giving him hints with his eyes, Qunxing Huanghuang could only helplessly put his hoof on his head, indicating that he knew and could definitely make Twilight Sparkle the champion.

Later, at the invitation of Granny Smith, Qunxing Huanghuang volunteered to be the scorer of the competition, and then distributed the scorecards in the competition. However, when taking the scorecards, Qunxing Huanghuang secretly replaced Granny Smith's card.

"Ahem, the first question is about royal etiquette. How strange! I remember that I never missed this kind of question. But never mind. How many times should a royal napkin be folded to show the princess that she is currently in an unhappy mood to the guest horse?"

"Oh, it's impossible for a pony to be unhappy. We are happy every day. The royal lunch must be full of laughter..."

Pinkie's sudden answer interrupted Twilight's outstretched hoof, and then she collapsed and watched her teammate give the wrong answer. Twilight quickly covered Pinkie's mouth and said five times, but Granny Smith shook her head, because Pinkie had already given the answer first, so Twilight's answer did not count.

Looking at the minus one point in front of her, Twilight Sparkle quickly calmed herself down. After all, this was only the first question and there were many more to come. She was not in a hurry.

"The second question is about the royal apple. It's about apples, but I don't remember to add royal in front of it. What shape are the apples in the royal garden?"

"Round, apples are round, Applejack, I'm faster than you!"

Pinkie Pie waved the question at Applejack to indicate that she would answer it first, and Applejack smiled bitterly. Such a simple question was snatched away by another pony. As an apple pony, she didn't get the apple question. She would be nagged by Granny Smith again when she returned. But Pinkie Pie was also a member of the apple family, so it was not a shame for the apple pony.

Compared to Pinkie Pie who was spinning on the table, Twilight Sparkle slapped herself hard on the face with her hoof. The apples in the Royal Garden were square, and the Blue-Blooded Prince had specially used a mold to fix the shape so that they looked good. Pinkie Pie was wrong.

Looking at the negative two points in front of her, Bi Qi exclaimed that this was impossible. How could an apple be square? How could an apple be square? This was simply the opposite of the heavenly power!

"Okay, next is the third question. It's about Princess Cadence. Before she became a princess, was she an Earth pony, a Pegasus, or a unicorn?"

"A unicorn, it's a unicorn, just like Twilight Sparkle!"

Seeing Pinkie Pie following the bell frantically, Twilight Sparkle immediately rubbed her sideburns in frustration and said to her.

"No, Pinkie, it's Pegasus! I..."

So, in the following competitions, the questions were all about the royal family or some strange and remote knowledge. Although they were all extras of the competition, they were all beyond the scope of the ponies in Ponyville, so none of them could answer them. However, Twilight Sparkle was not happy even though she knew this knowledge, because...

During the lunch break at halftime, Twilight Sparkle was about to collapse when she saw the score of -45 in front of her. Looking at Pinkie Pie who was eating heartily, she immediately pulled over Starlight, who was about to eat a cupcake, and said to him.

"Think of a solution for me. If they keep going like this, they will tie. If they tie, I'm out!"

"Yes, sir!"

Looking at Twilight Sparkle who was staring at him, the stars responded with royal etiquette that couldn't be more standard, and said that since Plan A of replacing the original with the fake didn't work, then they should use Plan B to conceal the truth!