Title:           Like Father Like Daughter - Prolouge
Author:          Admiral_Anonymous
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First Edit:      Sunday 9th of April 2017 11:37:19 PM CDT
Last Edit:       Last edit on: Friday 14th of April 2017 10:03:37 PM CDT

>you be Top Boss
>You are the owner of the greatest Hoofball franchise that ever existed
>Well, you like to think of it as such
>You are the proud owner of the Canterlot Royals
>Your club has a rich history, and a good number of Hoof Bowls to its name
>Unfortunately, in recent years, your team hasn't been doing so great
>You're on your third coach in five seasons
>Your GM hasn't been the best at Free Agency signings as of late
>Not to mention that most of his Academy Picks have been complete busts
>The last season that your team played was a complete train wreck
>Once upon a time, it was a tradition for the Royal Sisters to attend your team's home games.
>Once
>This season, they stopped showing up after the home opener
>Which wasn't actually that bad, mind you
>But it's /almost/ as if they already knew just how bad the next home game would be
>And the one after that
>And the next four after that.
>As if it wasn't obvious enough, you were in a bit of a rough spot.
>To top it all off, your team hadn't beaten those damn Zephyrs in seven years
>Seven
>Years
>This is probably what kept you up at night the most.
>That old smug rat who calls himself "Stacked Bit" never let you forget it
>The owner of the Manehattan Zephyrs had been your rival for years before you had both bought the most spiteful rival hoofball teams in Equestria.
>You had both grown up as neighbors, which is where your strife with him started
>How fitting was it that you were both now the most famous rivals in Equestria?
>Princess Twilight didn't care much for your famous and bitter clash, on account for the fact that it did cause quite a bit of derision amongst ponies sometimes
>Whenever you met with her, which admittedly wasn't too often, you and he halfheartedly explained that it was all in good fun
>You could tell that she didn't buy it, but that she pretended to in order to get on with it.
>You knew that Twilight didn't even care much for your team, even though she was from Canterlot herself
>No, she likes the Ponyville Elements.
>Your team also has a minor rivalry with Ponyville for really that exact reason
>The Royals haven't beaten the Elements for an astounding 15 seasons in a row, though
>If it wasn't any more obvious, you were in a bad spot
>Your team was losing favor amongst the Canterlot Elite, whose once favorite pastime was going to Royals games, and seeing them beat the Zephyrs.
>More than a few sponsors have threatened to pull out if you didn't make a change quickly
>This offseason, you had had multiple meetings on the subject
>Nothing much came from your employees in the way of ideas
>What were you going to do?