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"I can't believe the shopkeeper gave us this blind buy completely free!"

Sunburst whinnied with enthusiasm, practically skipping behind his wife like a foal.

"I'll make sure to have Spike remind me, we have to send them a donation! I guess it's what we get for spending every weekend there!"

"Maybe this was their donation to get us out of their manes for a while!"

He mused in response to his wife, making Twilight chortle and giggle.

Twilight placed the barrel on the tile of their bedroom, splayed out just like they did when the couple played their favorite board games. The top of the barrel opened with ease...albeit covered them in some dust.

In seconds flat there was a war of magic beams as Sunburst and Twilight ravaged the barrel of its sweet sweet antique and vintage books.

Normally, the lack of variety would be disappointing but not for these two. The next half hour was spent passing each book back and forth until they came to a realization. Every single book was one neither had read before! Some even Twilight of all ponies had not heard of before.

"Sunburst look! The Brain Chemistry of Friendship!"

When she went to continue Sunburst joined her, the two exclaiming in unison.

"Like dopamine and serotonin!"

Even princesses and royal advisors needed lazy days sometimes. With Twilight's abilitiy to speed read they could get through all the books in no time.

So they began.

Only, a few minutes into reading when Twilight went to reach for a highlighter she clumsily bumped her leg into the barrel.

It made a strange noise as though there was something still inside.

"Strange."

Sunburst's magic aura rummaged around for a moment before picking up a long slender box.

His wife's eyes lit up as she saw it. He should have known something strange was up when something was able to tear Twilight from a book.

"It sounds like...a game?"

He mused as he shook the box. Loose pieces rattled against the inside, small and many but not fragile.

Upon opening all the tiles scattered in front of them with a loud clattering sound. All that was left was a folded piece of paper.

"It is a game! It's fascinating! There's old ponish on some of these tiles but the instructions are written in modern english!"

"And theres gemstones on some of the others! It's fate if I do say so myself!"

"Although it's more likely statistical coincidence."

Sunburst playfully cleared his throat, urging her to move on.

"There aren't many instructions here, how curious.

The pieces are split in to two, one side has questions the answers to which will have a matching gemstone piece.

When all the questions are correctly answered and the pieces connected, flip them over to reveal a secret message!"

Putting the instructions down she began to fumble with the pieces. The old ponish text was so small they had to squish their faces together to read it.

"There are only 6 pieces all together, I can't imagine this game has much replayability."

Sunburst chuckled nervously, fearful he would dampen the excitement.

"Oh! Perhaps it's a prototype!"

He perked up with his realization.

"That would explain why it ended up at an antique shop. The old and new ponish present together leads me to believe it's vintage and made to look much older! Isn't that so cool!"

She said, clapping the ground with her hooves.

"Ok ok, the first question, get your gemstones ready!"

Twilight winked.

"This gem was featured as the most expensive ingridient in Cleotrotra's cocktail."

This of course was Twilight's wheelhouse so she quickly connected that question to the piece that displayed a freshwater pearl.

"Long ago, ponies believed this story was true, but now most experts think it is just made up. Stallions who wrote about Cleotrotra would make up all kinds of stories to smear her reputation."

Sunburst nodded knowingly, gemology wasn't Twilight's forte but he was always amazed by the ways their skills intersecting.

Not to mention, seeing her be so right and elucidate on said fact was quite attractive if he did say so himself.

"Let's see if you'll get this one Twi! This gems rarest and most valuable variant is colored black."

Twilight scanned the selection of gemstones in front of her, biting her lip as she wracked her brain for the knowledge.

"Well consider me stumped!"

She beamed from ear to ear.

There was nopony it was safer to make a mistake around than her love.

"Well I know how much you love a chance to learn something new! The answer is Opal."

"Doy! I should have known that one! Rarity would kill me if she was here."

Twilight's sentence trailed off into a nerdy chortle.

"Aw, don't be so hard on yourself! This is one I know you’ll get!"

Sunburst lovingly stroked Twilight's hoof, making her wings flutter like a hummingbirds.

"Let's see, ancient ponies believed this gemstone kept you from becoming intoxi-"

"AMETHYST!-"

She yelped, her cheeks turning a deep magenta.

"-ahem. The answer is amethyst."

The puzzle was almost done with only one more question to go.

This day had turned out to be so much more eventuful than either of them could have hoped. Some magic in the air made it feel like things could only get better.

"Well I know, one amethyst that absolutely intoxicates me so perhaps we've stumbled on another apocryphal tale."~

Sunburst mused, to anypony else it would be a little...cringeworthy but to Twilight...well...

"W-what? I...I, my coat is heather! I have no idea what you're talking about! LETSJUSTREADTHELASTQUESTIONTOGETHERPLEASE!"

With the paper placed on the ground between them Twilight bumped heads with Sunburst in her stupor. When her vision cleared they could both see the last question.

Not a gem but a rock, this brightly colored stone is mottled with white calcite and brassy pyrite.

A short knowing glance saw the purple alicorn pushing the old ponish piece to the final remaining gemstone. Lapis Lazuli.

They took turns flipping over the puzzle pieces until the message they had been waiting for was revealed.

"Foal?"

The word lingered on the air for a second, Twilight silently watched the gears turn in his head.

"Oh! We never considered that this might not just be a prototype but a translated version from another language. If I had to guess it was meant to say fool! A practical joke on the overthinker?”

“Quasi-homophones are easily to fumble for an equish-as-a-second-language speaker….however.”

Twilight stepped away for a moment and pulled out something black and laminated.

“I think it has something to do with something I shared with our close friend, the antique store owner.”

Sunburst didn't understand the convoluted nature of Twilight's theory until he laid eyes on what she handed him.

An ultrasound.

“F….Twilight I don't understand do you mean….?”

She nodded, blushing profusely and hiding her face in her wing.

Sunburst couldn't stop himself from jumping for joy. He was married to the smartest, most beautiful mare he had ever known and they were going to have a foal together. He had to have been dreaming!

“The girls helped come up with the puzzle, Pinkie even had her sisters chip in. It ended up being harder AND simpler than I could have guessed.”

She looked down at the scattered pieces and the image of the unborn foal inside her.

“I suppose the rest of our lives will be like that now.”

“You know what the old ponish ponies say Twi!”

Twilight joined him, answering in unison.

“Reward prefers risk!”

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For kindheart525 's Thirdverse Ships Contest (OPEN)Hi everyone!It’s been a bit (over a year) since I’ve last hosted an art contest, but I’ve had this idea for awhile and decided I’d go ahead with it! Welcome to the Thirdverse Ships Contest, where you have the opportunity to draw ship art of the following MLP ships:Twilight Sparkle x SunburstApplejack x Sugar BelleRarity x Filthy RichRainbow Dash x Big MacintoshFluttershy x Quibble Pants x Pharynx Pinkie Pie x Tempest Shadow x LunaDespite the contest’s name, you do not have to be a follower of the Thirdverse or any of my next gens to enter. Anyone can participate even if you’re brand new to my page! The objective is simple! Just pick any of the ships above and draw them being a couple or throuple together. You can write fluff, drama, pretty much anything you’d like as long as it’s from a place of love for the ship! I chose this theme because I know we all love shipping these colorful horses and I hoped everyone would have fun with it! ❤️RULESSubmit as many entries as you want! No limits here!Both traditional and digital art is welcomed! Fan fiction is also allowed.Humanized and anthro characters are also allowed.Bases are allowed but not recommended. Please credit the original basemakers and put in more than two minutes of effort.NO art theft! Your entry will automatically be disqualified if I find out you stole or traced it.No AI content is allowed either. I want something created by a human.All entries must be submitted to your gallery. Don’t just put it in stash or scraps.Please do NOT include any next gen kids, this is about the ships only. Other canon friends and family members (ex: the Apples) can be included, just no OCs.Please submit a NEW deviation, don’t just repurpose an older one.Entries can be rated R for profanity but no porn or gore please!Send me links and/or mention me in your description so I can see your entries!What am I judging exactly?CreativityCraftsmanship (try not to make it sloppy)Storytelling skills (you don’t have to write a story; sometimes one drawing tells a whole story in itself)Ability to follow the rules PRIZESFirst Place: One full-body from me and one shaded full-body OR three adult customs from @FrostCorpsClub Second Place: One bust from me and one flat-color full-body OR two filly/colt customs from @FrostCorpsClub Third Place: One line-art from me and one line-art full-body OR one foal custom from @FrostCorpsClub Let me know if you’d like to be a prize contributor! DEADLINE: January 1st, 2024 Good luck and have fun! 😄 -Kindheart 💜

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"I can't believe the shopkeeper gave us this blind buy completely free!"

Sunburst whinnied with enthusiasm, practically skipping behind his wife like a foal.

"I'll make sure to have Spike remind me, we have to send them a donation! I guess it's what we get for spending every weekend there!"

"Maybe this was their donation to get us out of their manes for a while!"

He mused in response to his wife, making Twilight chortle and giggle.

Twilight placed the barrel on the tile of their bedroom, splayed out just like they did when the couple played their favorite board games. The top of the barrel opened with ease...albeit covered them in some dust.

In seconds flat there was a war of magic beams as Sunburst and Twilight ravaged the barrel of its sweet sweet antique and vintage books.

Normally, the lack of variety would be disappointing but not for these two. The next half hour was spent passing each book back and forth until they came to a realization. Every single book was one neither had read before! Some even Twilight of all ponies had not heard of before.

"Sunburst look! The Brain Chemistry of Friendship!"

When she went to continue Sunburst joined her, the two exclaiming in unison.

"Like dopamine and serotonin!"

Even princesses and royal advisors needed lazy days sometimes. With Twilight's abilitiy to speed read they could get through all the books in no time.

So they began.

Only, a few minutes into reading when Twilight went to reach for a highlighter she clumsily bumped her leg into the barrel.

It made a strange noise as though there was something still inside.

"Strange."

Sunburst's magic aura rummaged around for a moment before picking up a long slender box.

His wife's eyes lit up as she saw it. He should have known something strange was up when something was able to tear Twilight from a book.

"It sounds like...a game?"

He mused as he shook the box. Loose pieces rattled against the inside, small and many but not fragile.

Upon opening all the tiles scattered in front of them with a loud clattering sound. All that was left was a folded piece of paper.

"It is a game! It's fascinating! There's old ponish on some of these tiles but the instructions are written in modern english!"

"And theres gemstones on some of the others! It's fate if I do say so myself!"

"Although it's more likely statistical coincidence."

Sunburst playfully cleared his throat, urging her to move on.

"There aren't many instructions here, how curious.

The pieces are split in to two, one side has questions the answers to which will have a matching gemstone piece.

When all the questions are correctly answered and the pieces connected, flip them over to reveal a secret message!"

Putting the instructions down she began to fumble with the pieces. The old ponish text was so small they had to squish their faces together to read it.

"There are only 6 pieces all together, I can't imagine this game has much replayability."

Sunburst chuckled nervously, fearful he would dampen the excitement.

"Oh! Perhaps it's a prototype!"

He perked up with his realization.

"That would explain why it ended up at an antique shop. The old and new ponish present together leads me to believe it's vintage and made to look much older! Isn't that so cool!"

She said, clapping the ground with her hooves.

"Ok ok, the first question, get your gemstones ready!"

Twilight winked.

"This gem was featured as the most expensive ingridient in Cleotrotra's cocktail."

This of course was Twilight's wheelhouse so she quickly connected that question to the piece that displayed a freshwater pearl.

"Long ago, ponies believed this story was true, but now most experts think it is just made up. Stallions who wrote about Cleotrotra would make up all kinds of stories to smear her reputation."

Sunburst nodded knowingly, gemology wasn't Twilight's forte but he was always amazed by the ways their skills intersecting.

Not to mention, seeing her be so right and elucidate on said fact was quite attractive if he did say so himself.

"Let's see if you'll get this one Twi! This gems rarest and most valuable variant is colored black."

Twilight scanned the selection of gemstones in front of her, biting her lip as she wracked her brain for the knowledge.

"Well consider me stumped!"

She beamed from ear to ear.

There was nopony it was safer to make a mistake around than her love.

"Well I know how much you love a chance to learn something new! The answer is Opal."

"Doy! I should have known that one! Rarity would kill me if she was here."

Twilight's sentence trailed off into a nerdy chortle.

"Aw, don't be so hard on yourself! This is one I know you’ll get!"

Sunburst lovingly stroked Twilight's hoof, making her wings flutter like a hummingbirds.

"Let's see, ancient ponies believed this gemstone kept you from becoming intoxi-"

"AMETHYST!-"

She yelped, her cheeks turning a deep magenta.

"-ahem. The answer is amethyst."

The puzzle was almost done with only one more question to go.

This day had turned out to be so much more eventuful than either of them could have hoped. Some magic in the air made it feel like things could only get better.

"Well I know, one amethyst that absolutely intoxicates me so perhaps we've stumbled on another apocryphal tale."~

Sunburst mused, to anypony else it would be a little...cringeworthy but to Twilight...well...

"W-what? I...I, my coat is heather! I have no idea what you're talking about! LETSJUSTREADTHELASTQUESTIONTOGETHERPLEASE!"

With the paper placed on the ground between them Twilight bumped heads with Sunburst in her stupor. When her vision cleared they could both see the last question.

Not a gem but a rock, this brightly colored stone is mottled with white calcite and brassy pyrite.

A short knowing glance saw the purple alicorn pushing the old ponish piece to the final remaining gemstone. Lapis Lazuli.

They took turns flipping over the puzzle pieces until the message they had been waiting for was revealed.

"Foal?"

The word lingered on the air for a second, Twilight silently watched the gears turn in his head.

"Oh! We never considered that this might not just be a prototype but a translated version from another language. If I had to guess it was meant to say fool! A practical joke on the overthinker?”

“Quasi-homophones are easily to fumble for an equish-as-a-second-language speaker….however.”

Twilight stepped away for a moment and pulled out something black and laminated.

“I think it has something to do with something I shared with our close friend, the antique store owner.”

Sunburst didn't understand the convoluted nature of Twilight's theory until he laid eyes on what she handed him.

An ultrasound.

“F….Twilight I don't understand do you mean….?”

She nodded, blushing profusely and hiding her face in her wing.

Sunburst couldn't stop himself from jumping for joy. He was married to the smartest, most beautiful mare he had ever known and they were going to have a foal together. He had to have been dreaming!

“The girls helped come up with the puzzle, Pinkie even had her sisters chip in. It ended up being harder AND simpler than I could have guessed.”

She looked down at the scattered pieces and the image of the unborn foal inside her.

“I suppose the rest of our lives will be like that now.”

“You know what the old ponish ponies say Twi!”

Twilight joined him, answering in unison.

“Reward prefers risk!”

---------------------

For kindheart525 's Thirdverse Ships Contest (OPEN)Hi everyone!It’s been a bit (over a year) since I’ve last hosted an art contest, but I’ve had this idea for awhile and decided I’d go ahead with it! Welcome to the Thirdverse Ships Contest, where you have the opportunity to draw ship art of the following MLP ships:Twilight Sparkle x SunburstApplejack x Sugar BelleRarity x Filthy RichRainbow Dash x Big MacintoshFluttershy x Quibble Pants x Pharynx Pinkie Pie x Tempest Shadow x LunaDespite the contest’s name, you do not have to be a follower of the Thirdverse or any of my next gens to enter. Anyone can participate even if you’re brand new to my page! The objective is simple! Just pick any of the ships above and draw them being a couple or throuple together. You can write fluff, drama, pretty much anything you’d like as long as it’s from a place of love for the ship! I chose this theme because I know we all love shipping these colorful horses and I hoped everyone would have fun with it! ❤️RULESSubmit as many entries as you want! No limits here!Both traditional and digital art is welcomed! Fan fiction is also allowed.Humanized and anthro characters are also allowed.Bases are allowed but not recommended. Please credit the original basemakers and put in more than two minutes of effort.NO art theft! Your entry will automatically be disqualified if I find out you stole or traced it.No AI content is allowed either. I want something created by a human.All entries must be submitted to your gallery. Don’t just put it in stash or scraps.Please do NOT include any next gen kids, this is about the ships only. Other canon friends and family members (ex: the Apples) can be included, just no OCs.Please submit a NEW deviation, don’t just repurpose an older one.Entries can be rated R for profanity but no porn or gore please!Send me links and/or mention me in your description so I can see your entries!What am I judging exactly?CreativityCraftsmanship (try not to make it sloppy)Storytelling skills (you don’t have to write a story; sometimes one drawing tells a whole story in itself)Ability to follow the rules PRIZESFirst Place: One full-body from me and one shaded full-body OR three adult customs from @FrostCorpsClub Second Place: One bust from me and one flat-color full-body OR two filly/colt customs from @FrostCorpsClub Third Place: One line-art from me and one line-art full-body OR one foal custom from @FrostCorpsClub Let me know if you’d like to be a prize contributor! DEADLINE: January 1st, 2024 Good luck and have fun! 😄 -Kindheart 💜

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