Title:           The Shady Triumvirate! Mysterious Sisters!!
Author:          Captain_Moneybags
Pastebin link:   http://pastebin.com/1rfdDZug
First Edit:      Thursday 12th of February 2015 10:53:11 AM CDT
Last Edit:       Last edit on: Sunday 21st of June 2015 05:03:36 PM CDT

>"Aahhh, I've been waiting for this!"
>Sohpia sighed in bliss as she laid back on the large leather couch, wings sprawled out underneath her
>She was joined by a light blue griffon before long
>"No offense," said Snowglobe, pointing a talon at the orange pegasus mare, "But you've been lying there since we got here."
>"Yeah, but now I have a cold slushie to enjoy!"
>Snowglobe rolled her eyes, sitting down next to her friend
>"It's not like you couldn't have asked earlier or something."
>Sophia giggled, but promptly stopped at the sight of a blue unicorn mare entering the room, a projector set and a tape floating behind her
>Rockette quietly and quickly put everything in place, before entering the tape in the projector itself and taking place on the couch between Snowglobe and Sophia
>The latter was bouncing with excitement at this point
>"Everything ready?" she practically shouted in the unicorn's ear
>"Um, yeah."
>"It's Gotta Guard Art, right?"
>Rockette confirmed this, too
>"Awesome! Drinks?"
>"Took care of that," said Snowglobe, smirking, "I mean, you got one right there."
>"Alright!" added Sophia, "I got the popcorn, so start the movie!"
>rockette got up again, to start the movie
>"It just saddens me that we're gonna have to watch without M-"
>She was interrupted mid-sentence by a soft little pitter-patter on the front door, followed by three loud bonks
>A few seconds passed, in which no pony, nor griffon, moved an inch
>The bonking started again, followed by the door being slammed open and forced from its locks
>"Hah! I knew the steel was just a paint job!"
>A huge, steel grey mass of pony stood in the door way, smiling at her job of breaking in
>Almost immediately, and smaller, yellow pony walked out from under her, whipping her silver braid back in place
>"Oh, Quarter, don't be so brash! See, there's ponies right here, you didn't even have to break in," she said
>Quarter replied by tilting her head up
>"Well," Quarter said, "They weren't making any effort to open up. Besides, if she didn't want me to help us in myself, she'd have used a real steel door."
>The smaller pony sighed in response
>"I... Alright, Quarter. You win." She turned to the now opened doorway, motioning with her hoof, "Come on in, girls!"
>Quarter stepped aside, to let in three more ponies
>Two mares that seemed to be recoloured copies of each other, down to the cutie mark, and a taller, tan mare in glasses who seemed unsuspecting at first, but the copper sheen in her brown mane and the vault door on her flank betrayed that she too was related to the others somehow
>Sophia, Rockette and Snowglobe could only stare dumbfoundedly at their five sudden guests, until the griffon spoke up
>"Uh... Welcome in our, uh, place?"
>The two look-alikes stared at Snowglobe for a second, before breaking into giggles
>"She kind of looks like..." The brown one gestured to outside with a hoof
>"I know, know!" replied the silver one, before falling back to giggles
>Giving the two a slightly puzzled look, the tall mare in glasses walked up to the triumvirate members, the smallest pony right next to her
>Now that she was separated from Quarter's side, she appeared not so tiny anymore
>"Um, sorry for intruding," said the tall mare, extending a hoof, "I'm Dime."
>Rockette carefully shook her hoof, trying not to look  too surprised as she did so
>The smaller mare also extended her hoof, having to do so at an upwards angle to get up to Rockette's level
>"I'm Penny!"
>Dime nodded, "And the two over there are Copper and Nickel, and the big girl is Quarter
>The three also finally walked up for a big exchange of hoof- and clawshakes
>The token earth pony strength was apparent in each of the guests' grips, but especially so in Quarter
>Having shaken hoofs and being acquainted with the five ponies put Sophia at ease, and she nearly made a show out of seating every pony
>"Everypony comfortable? Yeah? We were just about to watch a movie! Gotta guard Art!" Her wings buzzed as she flew about, "Who wants Slushies?"
>Snowglobe sighed, and slid a bit further down the couch
>"Sophia, it took me twenty minutes to make these three, don't make me get up again."
>Rockette's horn shimmered with an orange glow for a second
>"That's okay, Snow, I'll do it. I wouldn't dare to make you suffer from overworking yourself, yet I would never dream of leaving our guests with empty stomachs, and empty hearts!"
>She then quickly trotted into the clubhouse's kitchen, leaving the room in a sudden silence
>"Is she..." Copper finally spoke up, "Is she always like that?"
>Sophia nodded happily, where Snowglobe just gave a "Yeah."
>"Well," Nickel added, "at least she's being considerate!"
>"Unlike /somepony/," finished Penny, sticking her tongue out at Quarter
>Her target stepped forward, and stomped a hoof on the wooden floor
>This caused Snowglobe to quickly get up and try to cool things down before it'd get too heated
>"So, hey, what're you all here for anyway?"
>"Yeah!" Sophia landed next to the griffon, adapting a suspicious look, "How'd you even find us? Missus made this place all sneakily and stuff!"
>Even Quarter and Penny stopped quarreling to just stare at the two
>As did the three others
>After a short, yet awkward silence, Dime spoke up
>"So you mean that Dollar has never told you about us?"
>"You," Nickel stepped forward, "you /are/ the 'Shady Triumvirate', right?"
>Quarter adapted a suspicious look herself, "The one Dollar wrote to us about, right?"
>"Woah, woah," Snowglobe spread her wings a bit, allowing Sophia to hide behind them, "Again, who are you? Who is this Dollar?"
>Dime threw a look to her companions, before turning back to Snowglobe, her soft expression changed to a more stern-looking one
>"Let me introduce myself properly. I am Dime Moneybags, the eldest of us five sisters," she motioned to the other four with a hoof, "and we, all of us, are younger sisters to Dollar Moneybags, the multimillionaire businesspony known to the public as Missus Moneybags. Honestly, I'm surprised you don't even know her name."
>It took Snowglobe a few seconds to comprehend it all, before shaking her head once
>"Sorry girls, she's not here tonight."
>"Yeah! Added Sophia, "Just when we were gonna watch Gotta Guard Art!"
>This news was answered with four gasps of shock, and one of excitement
>"You mean you have Gotta Guard Art here?" said Penny, running up to Sophia, "I /love/ that one!"
>The four other mares and griffon watched and listened the two get all excited over their favourite scenes for a moment, before Quarter turned back to Snowglobe
>"What do you mean, she's not here? We came all the way from Canterdam for nothing? Do you know how far that is?!"
>Copper and Nickel quickly rushed to her side to calm her down, and Dime also took a position between them Snowglobe
>"Actually," she started, "Only Penny and Quarter still live in Canterdam, but besides that, I'm a little worried that she never talks to you about us..."
>"But she has!"
>All but the two movie fans turned to the doorway to the kitchen, where those last three words had come from
>Rockette stood there, five slushies floating gently behind her
>"I remember clearly! Sophia and Snowglobe weren't there that day, so they don't know."
>She slowly made her way to the rest, while talking
>"One dreary night, Missus and I were sitting on this very couch, enjoying the quiet, each other's company and a cup of tea, and she poured her heart out to me."
>Small tears began to form at the corners of her eyes as she supplied each of the sisters with a drink
>"She told me of her sisters back at home, and how she misses them! How she thinks she should write you more often, and that you should visit her here one day! Oh, it touches me so!"
>A few awkward seconds passed, until Rockette continued her speech with full vigor
>"Oh! But she's not here! Oh, if only she knew, she's missing out on her dearly missed family! Oh, how it fills my heart with sorrow..."
>Copper carefully extended a hoof to pat her back, only to find herself with the unicorn crying silently against her shoulder
>Nickel raised an eyebrow on confusion
>"Is this... Does she always do this?"
>"Yeah," answered Snowglobe while taking a seat on the couch again, "It's on her cutie mark, too. So what did you call Moneybags earlier? Dollar?"
>Dime, Nickel and Quarter nodded as they sat down too, the oldest of the three giggling softly
>"You didn't know? Oh, I know we really should keep them, but... Let's compare secrets!"
>Snowglobe chuckled and laid back
>"You know, I think you girls aren't such bad company after all... Rockette, start the movie!"
 
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What's this?
Bonus scenes?
 
>"Gotta Guard Art!"
>"Gotta Guard Art!"
>"I understand why Penny's getting all excited, but isn't Sophia a grown mare?
 
>"Girls, she's still sort of crying on my shoulder..."
 
>"So, basically, if I were to claw at any of you, you'd punch me in the face?"
>"Yeah, pretty much."
>"Bring it~"
 
>"You know,"
>"Dime,"
>"And Penny,"
>"Really hate it,"
>"When we talk,"
>"Like this!"
 
>"Copper, stop it!"
>"Nickel, stop it!"
 
>"Home sweet not-my-actual-home- hey, who kept the door unlocked? You never know who migh- girls?!"
 
>"Sayonara... Artemis-senpai-san!"
>"Guts Gritty-chan! Nooo!"
 
>"This part always makes me tear up..."
>"As far as I've seen, every part makes you tear up."