Of Ponies and Jaffas.

Of Ponies and Jaffas
Chapter 2: The Pony Games!

By: Pen Brush and Slayerbrony
Edited by: Pen Brush

It was morning in the world now and Lewis and Simon went into the living room to see the two sleeping ponies still on the couch, still curled up against each other. Simon leaned against the doorway before sighing and shaking his head.

“Well I guess saying it was just a funky dream is out of the question.” Simon said, looking back at the small ponies.

“You would love it either way.” Lewis said.

“Yeah, but still.” Simon said smiling. “Nice to know I’m not crazy.”

“You're still crazy.” Lewis said chuckling.

“How rude.” Simon said sticking his nose in the air in mock disgust.

“Do you want to wake them up?” Lewis asked.

“Naw, let them sleep.” Simon said waving a hand dismissively. “They probably need it more than we do anyhow.”

“Probably. Lets get going.” Lewis said, walking toward the door. Simon just nodded and walked out with Lewis, stealing one last glance at the ponies.

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Honeydew and Xephos woke up ten or so minutes later and stretched like cats before shaking themselves awake. Xephos shook his head before rubbing his eyes a bit and yawning.

“Ugh, this couch is soft, but leaves the worst crick in my neck.” Xephos said twisting his head from side to side.

“Maybe it would help if you didn't sleep so weird.” Honeydew said laughing. Xephos just chuckled and sighed before a loud ‘SNAP’ was heard and he almost turned to jelly.

“Oh that is much better.” He said stretching one more time before hopping off the couch.

“I bet.” Honeydew said before jumping off the couch as well. Xephos looked around the room before he shrugged and began to walk towards the hallway.

“Are you sure that’s a good idea?” Honeydew asked, a little worried as he walked after his friend.

“Probably not. But we might as well look around.” Xephos said as he looked down the hallway on both sides before he walked out and began to explore. Honeydew paused for a second before following him. Xephos just kept walking around, making sure to keep his hooves quiet as he crept around. “Hmmm. I wonder where Simon and Lewis are. I am starting to get kinda peckish.”

“They probably went back to that place we appeared in before they brought us here, what I’m worried about is Hannah.” Honeydew said.

“Yeah that too. Shall we try to find a fridge?” Xephos asked as he peeked around the corner and walked around it.

“Maybe its in the kitchen.” Honeydew suggested.

“Well of course, but that begs the question of ‘Where is this kitchen?’” Xephos said tapping his chin.

“The room with the table and chairs.” Honeydew said, pointing a hoof behind them, they had passed the kitchen and were in the hallway with the bedrooms.

“Oh... right.” Xephos said facehoofing. They turned around and walked into the kitchen before heading to the large white fridge and opening it up. “That... Is a lot of Jaffas.”

“Yes.” Honeydew said nodding. Pushing aside the boxes, Xephos pulls out a few carrots and floated a few over to Honeydew before chewing on one himself.

“These aren’t as good as the ones we have at home.” Honeydew stated as he bit into one.

“Maybe, but at least it’s not chocolate covered cakes and milk.” Xephos said shrugging.

“I kinda liked the cakes.” Honeydew said.

“Well yeah, but I am not going to eat them everyday of my life, even if we can!” Xephos said chuckling and finishing off his carrot before turning back to the fridge and pulling out a jug of milk. “Want some?”

“Sure.” Honeydew said. Xephos pulled two cups out of a cabinet and filled the glasses before putting the milk jug back and sipping on his glass as one floated over to Honeydew. Honeydew grabbed it and drank from it as he ate his carrots. One of the bedroom doors opened as Xephos was cleaning up the mess they had made. He blinked and hurriedly put the dishes in the sink and put everything away before he leaned against the fridge and went limp, grunting a bit as he hit his head on the fridge door. Honeydew laughed a little before going limp as well and lying on the floor as Hannah walked into the kitchen.

She walked over to the fridge and accidentally stepped on Honeydew, making him wince before she took her foot off him and looked at the floor to see them, “Why did they leave these plushies on the floor?” Hannah wondered sleepily as she picked them up by their necks and walked to the living room and put them on the couch before going back into the kitchen to eat.

“Ow....” Xephos whispered rubbing his neck slightly.

“At least she didn’t step on you.” Honeydew grumbled, rubbing his side.

“I really hope they tell her soon.” Xephos whined as he laid there.

“Me too.” Honeydew said. Xephos just continued to lay on the couch and decided he would just go back to sleep.

“Ugh we need to talk to Lewis and Simon when they get back.” Xephos said sighing.

“Why do I still have this hat on my head?” Honeydew wondered as he looked up at the felt hat.
“Because its.... Comfy?” Xephos suggested.

“It...kinda is yes.” Honeydew said.
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Hannah came into the living room a few minutes later with a camera and put it down on a table before walking over to the couch and picking Xephos up by his horn and moving him to make him sit, then picking Honeydew up like a puppy and doing the same with him before taking a picture of them sitting together, before walking back to the kitchen and uploading the picture onto facebook with the computer in their to say thanks to the anonymous yognaught.

She got off the computer and quickly left the house to get to work.

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“Okay so we are alone now.... What do we do?” Xephos asked stretching a bit as he rubbed his horn.
“I dont know, whats that thing?” Honeydew said as he walked over to the Xbox under the TV and pushed the button to turn it on as the TV turned on and it turned white, “Ok...”.

“Did you break it?” Xephos deadpanned.

“How would I know if I broke something?” Honeydew asked.

“I dunno, maybe it’s just... Being silly.” Xephos said waving a hoof in the air. “Try pushing buttons or something. That usually works.”

“Ok...” Honeydew said as he looked for buttons before finding the controllers and picking one up with his mouth, “I can't read what these letters are!” He exclaimed, punching the buttons on the controller with his hooves. The screen changed to black before squares appeared with what looked to be games.

“Well you certainly did something. Whatever this is.” Xephos said. He picked up an odd shaped remote control before he pushed the green button with his hoof making the screen go back again. “Whoops.”

“Are they just putting gibberish for words here?” Honeydew wondered as he pushed the button on his controller again and brought it back to the squares.

“Maybe? We don’t know how they work. Maybe it’s like prench ponies.” Xephos said shrugging. “Or the Prussians. With all those backwards letters and such.”

“I’m just going to pick something.” Honeydew said, hitting the A button on the controller as it was hovering over the Skyrim option as the TV turned black again. It stayed that way for a few moments before a symbol that looked to be made out of stone appeared. It looked like a dragon trapped in a diamond along with four white lines of the strange text appeared again.

“It’s about dragons?” Honeydew wondered.

“Maybe. I dunno.” Xephos said shrugging. “Shall you pick the first option? That may do something.”

“Ok.” Honeydew said, moving the toggles with his hooves to hit the first option at the top, making the screen change with more of the words before slowly making the game start with the strange creatures tied up on a wagon.

“Are they going to be fed to the dragon?” Honeydew asked.

“How would I know? All I know is that they are in trouble for something.” Xephos said leaning back.
“Ok.” Honeydew said as the characters started talking, “Oh, they talk, not easy to hear them though.” He muttered as he tried to move the screen around to look.

“Maybe we could turn it up? I don’t know.” Xephos said looking around.

“If you find a way to turn it up that would be great.” Honeydew said as he moved the view around wildly and looked at the front of the wagon, not listening to the other prisoners anymore, “What is pulling this wagon? A pony?”

“Uh... Maybe?” Xephos said as he picked up a small black rectangle. “This might do something.” He said as he clicked the thing and the sound went up to almost deafening noise.

“Little too loud!” Honeydew yelled and she put his hooves over his already hat covered ears.

“SORRY!” Xephos shouted and he poked another button making the volume go down to a normal level. “There.... Good gravy what is with all this stuff?”

“I don't know...the wagon stopped.” Honeydew said, not knowing what to do. After a few minutes the screen moved over to the person in armor holding a scroll and quill. After that a screen came up with the default character that Honeydew was playing as.

“What?” He asked, confused as he tilted his head as he stared up at the screen. Xephos just pushed a button on the remote and watched the human turn into a giant bipedal cat.

“I think I want the cat.” Honeydew said, clicking the cat. A white line popped up next to the cat as well as more text, “This is going to be all text based isnt it.” Honeydew grumbled as he hit random letters.

“I hope not.” Xephos said laying his chin on his hoof as he laid down and watched his little friend play the game.

A prisoner ran away and got shot by an arrow and fell dead, “Well...this doesn’t bode well to me.” Honeydew said nervously as the lady said he wasn't on some list.

“Well don’t try running then.” Xephos said chuckling.

“I can't move anyway.” Honeydew said, moving the toggles to try and move his character. The screen panned and showed him walking while a man was taken to the block.

“Come on! Let’s just get on with it!” The man shouted before the lady clad in armor nodded and the axe was brought down severing the mans head.

“... Ow.” Xephos said blinking.

“Oh my Celestia!” Honeydew yelled, terrified as his character moved on its own to the beheading block.

“So this is the game? You make a character to be beheaded?” Xephos said putting a hoof over his mouth.

“I guess, but what was the dragon about?” Honeydew muttered, watching as the guy brought the axe up. There was a deafening roar before a large dragon filled the screen. In a manner of seconds the dragon roared and spewed fire out of it’s maw.

“Well then! That escalated quickly!” Xephos shouted, beginning to smile. “This has gotten interesting!”

“At least this isn't just about making a character and dying, the dragon is friendly!” Honeydew said as he stood in one place, watching the dragon. The dragon looked at Honeydew’s character before setting the group of guards behind him on fire. Along with the guard before with the scroll helped him up while ushering him to the tower, “Maybe not so friendly.” he said as he followed the guard, only to have to choose between the guard and one of the other prisoners.

“Who do I go with?” He asked as he looked between the two people as the dragon continued to carnage the village.

“Eh... Go with the guy in the red. The imperial guy saved you before the dragon chomped you.” Xephos said pointing to the red guard.

“He was going to let the guy with the axe kill me.” Honeydew pointed out.

“But he did save you. The other guy just wimped out and ran like a little bit-” Xephos began to say.

“I’m going with the guy who ran away, smarter than the guard.” Honeydew said, running after the other prisoner.

“Okay then.” Xephos said shrugging. Honeydew moved his character to run after the prisoner. They ran into the building and after a few minutes of chatter, and looting corpses of several dead people, Honeydew was running out into the wilderness with the weird prisoner.

“How is this about the dragon?” Honeydew asked as the prisoner left him alone.

“I dunno. Maybe you are supposed to befriend it?” Xephos said tilting his head. “Or maybe you are supposed to like.... Actually I have no clue.”

“The guy said something about a dragonborn before leaving, is he saying somepony was born from a dragon?” Honeydew asked.

“How does that work?” Xephos said scratching his head. “I mean... I don’t think one of those guys has enough... Well you know what I mean. To impregnate a dragon.”

“What other way would it mean then, that the dragon impregnated a female?” Honeydew asked as he started walking down the path.

“I don’t know. Maybe it’s magic.” Xephos said scratching his chin.

“Alright.” Honeydew said, moving his character to walk off the path into the trees.

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“There chasing me!” Honeydew yelled, backing away from the three armoured men walked towards him, “I only killed a chicken on accident!”

“You shouldn't have killed it in the first place!” Xephos laughed.

“I didn’t try!” Honeydew yelled, backing up against a house.

“Yeah, you just swung an axe at it’s head is all!” Xephos cackled as he fell to the ground laughing.

“I didn't know I had an axe!” Honeydew said, running away from the guards as they followed after him. Xephos just kept laughing as Honeydew ran from the guards shouting a few insults and otherwise just being a complete idiot as he ran. He started jumping on the controller and pressing random buttons to go faster, accidentally bringing up the map.

“How do I get out of this?!” Honeydew said, looking down at the controller.

“Um... Try pressing this button.” Xephos said pushing a glowing green ‘X’ making another menu pop up. “Gah! I give up.”

“I’m just going to do...this!” Honeydew yelled, pressing the B button and getting out of both things just as the guards caught up to him, “Buck!” He said as he searched quickly through his weapons and took out a sword, before he slashed each of the guards until their life bars dropped and they simply fell to the ground.

“I guess that is one way to escape the law.” Xephos said hopping onto the couch.

“They had a note, I don’t know if guards have notes to kill somepony who didn't do anything.” Honeydew said, looking at the note even though he couldn't read it.

“Maybe it’s because you escaped a dragon demolished town?” Xephos said. “Maybe that is illegal or something.”

“Illegal to run from a dragon trying to kill everypony?” Honeydew asked, looking at Xephos.

“Maybe?” Xephos said shrugging.

“That doesn't make sense!” Honeydew said turning back to look at the note.

“Does us being brought here randomly make any sense?” Xephos asked leaning down and poking Honeydew in his side making him jump slightly. “And still ticklish I see.”

“I’m not.” Honeydew said frowning as he left the note and started walking again. Xephos just rolled his eyes and watched Honeydew play the game. After a good hour or so Lewis and Simon came home along with Duncan, since he drove his own car this time, and they walked through the front door as Honeydew was getting attacked by a dragon.

“Watch out watch out! He is breathing his fire!” Xephos panicked as he pointed at the screen.

“I see that!” Honeydew yelled as he blocked with a shield he had taken from a body.

“Use the shouty thing! Push his face back!” Xephos said shaking Honeydew a bit.

“I don’t know the button!” Honeydew shouted. Xephos just picked up Honeydew and used his magic to make the remote use the shout before watching the dragon wince at the force of the shout.

“Now now! Kill it kill it!” Xephos said shaking Honeydew again.

“Stop shaking me and maybe I will be able to!” Honeydew yelled. Xephos just smiled sheepishly and put him back down before watching the dragon die and dissolve into a pile of bones and it’s soul get absorbed.

“That is still creepy.” Xephos said shuddering.

“So...I’m dragonborn?” Honeydew wondered.

“I think so?” Xephos said scratching his head.

“This still doing make sense.” Honeydew muttered.

“You just killed a dragon by shouting and slamming it’s face with a club. Is it supposed to make anymore sense?” Xephos asked not noticing the confused humans in the doorway.

“I don’t know!” Honeydew said putting his front hooves in the air.

“Then why question it?” Xephos said shrugging before seeing Lewis, Simon, and Duncan. “Oh hi guys!”

“Uhh, hi.” Simon said before giggling at the ponies silly reactions to the video game. “And you were worried they were going to break something, Lewis.”

“They probably did.” Lewis said.

“I did nothing of the sort!” Xephos said in a mock hurt tone. “Honeydew ate your jaffas though.”
“You ate them too!” Honeydew said, before looking at the humans, “And I think the game is broken, we can't understand the text.”

“Well that may be because you can’t read our writing?” Duncan said more questioningly than answering as Xephos firmly, but lightly, tapped Honeydew on the head.

“Told you!” He said triumphantly.

“You didn’t tell me anything!” Honeydew yelled, jumping onto the couch.

“I was still right.” Xephos said smugly. “Whether you heard me or not.”

“You’re right about nothing.” Honeydew said.

“Oh you are just being difficult.” Xephos said patting him on the head.

“You didn't help me very much during the game.” Honeydew accused.

“Yeah but you were playing. Besides I helped you kill the dragon!” Xephos defended.

“After you almost killed me.” Honeydew replied.

“No!” Xephos said like he was a child.

“Yes!” Honeydew said back, equally childish.

“No, I didn’t you big liar!” Xephos said playfully pushing Honeydew while smiling.

“Yes you did.” Honeydew said, smiling as well.

“Oh you are just making things up you crazy little bugger.” Xephos said sideways hugging Honeydew and giving him a noogie through the felt hat.

“You were playing this all day?” Lewis asked.

“Pretty much. Well, Hannah took pictures of us them put them on the that weird machine, but other than that yeah.” Xephos said.

“She pulled your horn as well.” Honeydew said, laughing as he got out of Xephos’ grip.

“The computer?” Lewis asked worried, looking at Simon and Duncan before walking over to the computer and typing quickly on it.

“Yeah that thing, that hurt you know! These things are sensitive.” Xephos said rubbing his head. “I still got a headache from that too.”

“That’s why its always so easy to cancel your magic whenever I want to.” Honeydew said smiling.

“I will push you out a window.” Xephos grumbled as he continued to rub his head.

“That won’t hurt, it never does.” Honeydew said.

“Yeah but it’s still annoying. I mean, me picking you up by the scruff of your neck is one thing, but stopping my magic is totally different.” Xephos said waving a hoof to emphasise his point.

“Hey Duncan?” Simon asked looking to his friend, both of them still in the doorway.

“Yeah?” Duncan replied as he watched the two small ponies bicker.

“How do you think the others are going to react to this? I mean we can’t keep them hidden from everyone.” Simon said.

“We have done it so far.” Lewis said, coming back from the computer, “I deleted the picture.”

“Well yeah, but Simon does have a point. I mean, if you think about it, the more people that know, the more people that can help us take care of them. I know Sjin will freak out over real ponies and be more than willing to help.” Duncan said scratching his chin. Xephos’ ears perked up and he looked towards Simon, Lewis and Duncan.

“Sjin is here too!??” He said excitedly.

“Um... Oh! No, we mean our friend Paul, his Username is Sjin.” Duncan explained as Xephos’ ears lowered and he hung his head.

“Oh...” He said in a slightly depressed manner.

“Why do you have our names?” Honeydew asked confused.

“Freaky coincidence?” Simon asked shrugging with a unsure expression.

“Ok.” Honeydew said shrugging.

“He would believe that...” Lewis muttered, rubbing his nose exasperated.

“Yes, yes he would.” Xephos sighed out.

“So Sjin would probably freak out, but what about Sips?” Lewis asked.

“Let me guess.” Xephos began rolling his eyes.

“His name is Chris and his username is Sips.” Simon said in sync with Xephos at the end.

“I bloody knew it.” Xephos said in mock triumph.

“Um, my guess is he would probably do one of his signature ‘What the fuck is this shit?’ lines and then go on this long tirade of what they are and how they came to be.” Duncan said chuckling. “All in all, I think he might accept it a bit easier than most.”

“Still, we are not telling anyone else.” Lewis said firmly.

“Okay okay, but if they see them...” Duncan began.

“I will say hi!” Honeydew said, appearing on Duncan’s shoulder.

“And they will probably scream and run away.” Duncan chuckled, scratching Honeydew’s head.

“Scream because of teleportation magic?” Honeydew asked, looking at Xephos.

“Well that, and the fact that you are a small pony wearing a felt hat and talking.” Duncan said.

“That’s normal.” Honeydew said.

“For you maybe. Humans around here don’t see too many of you guys.” Duncan said walking over and sitting on the couch as Simon walked over and sat down in the chair next to the couch. Honeydew got off Duncan’s shoulder and sat back down next to Xephos on the couch.

“So other than playing video games and being manhandled by Hannah, what else did you two do?” Simon asked leaning back.

“Nothing.” Honeydew said as Lewis sighed as he walked over and sat on the couch as well.

“Well... We did explore a little bit.” Xephos pointed out.

“Not much.” Honeydew said, nudging Xephos with a hoof.

“But we did explore. Unlike all those caves you kept freaking out about.” Xephos said rolling his eyes.

“You wasted the torches, I didn't want to go into pitch black caves.” Honeydew said.

“We always could have made more!” Xephos said. “But you wasted all the sticks on making all those shovels and picks!”

“So we could mine, and you just rhymed!” Honeydew said laughing.

“Oh hush up you!” Xephos said playfully pushing Honeydew.

“No you!” Honeydew laughed, pushing Xephos back. They started a small tumble of Honeydew and Xephos as the humans could only watch and laugh at the rather adorable and humorous fight. Soon it ended with both of them heaving on the ground and Honeydew laying across Xephos’ belly as they both panted for more oxygen.

“Why... Do we... Always... Do that?” Xephos panted and chuckled out.

“Because you started it.” Honeydew said, getting up.

“No you...” Xephos tiredly said as he rolled back onto all fours.

“You try and fight an earth pony, you won't get what you wanted.” Honeydew said, shaking himself.

“Oh shut up and let me get my breath back.” Xephos chuckled out as he stretched out.

“Well that was interesting to watch.” Simon said, barely containing his laughter.

“Yeah, they sure have a way of working out their arguments.” Duncan said, suppressing his laughter.

“At least they didn't break anything.” Lewis said, sitting back on the couch.

“You are always so pessimistic Lewis!” Simon said starting to laugh.

“No I’m not.” Lewis said.

“You kinda are.” Duncan said laughing with Simon.

“Shut up.” Lewis said.

“Oooh, come now Lewis, that’s not very nice.” Simon said giggling.

“Whatever.” Lewis said.

“Oh when did you become a stick in the mud? Lighten up a little! It’s not everyday adorable ponies are put into our lives.” Duncan said smiling.

“Adorable ponies that have the power to destroy things with magic.” Lewis pointed out.

“Oh like I would purposely blow something up.” Xephos said dismissively waving his hoof. “Pfft, get over yourself.”

“You have blown stuff up on purpose before.” Honeydew said, smiling.

“Yeah, but that was because you kept saying ‘Use the TNT, use the TNT!’.” Xephos said hopping a little in place to impersonate Honeydew.

“Besides that.” Honeydew said.

“Okay, once.” Xephos said as Honeydew just stared at him. “Okay twice.....” Honeydew didn’t let up. “Okay I did it several times, but that was just because it’s fun making big holes with just a small block of TNT!... And once by nothing but magic, but in my defense you scared me.”

“How did I scare you? You knew I was behind you!” Honeydew said laughing.

“When you are in a dark cave and you see something behind you smiling with a sharp tool in it’s hoof, you are going to freak out a little bit regardless of who you are with.” Xephos defended crossing his hooves.

“The monsters didn’t have sharp tools.” Honeydew said.

“Well maybe not then, but that doesn’t sate the fact, you scared me, so Nyah.” Xepho said sticking his tongue out at Honeydew again.

“You scare easily.” Honeydew said, getting a mischievous smile.

“Only when I am in dark caves.” Xephos said uncrossing his hooves.

“Spider.” Honeydew said, pointing a hoof at Xephos’s head.

“We aren’t in the simulation.” Xephos said.

“Normal spider featherbrain.” Honeydew said. Xephos looked up and saw a small little black spider. He blinked for a moment before beginning to flail about.

“Get it off, get it off!” He began shouting as he fell backwards. “It’s going to suck my blood!” Honeydew laughed and fell onto his back.

“It’s not funny! I have arachnophobia!” Xephos shouted as he finally got the spider off and blasted it leaving a small scorch mark where the spider once was. He panted for a moment before glaring at Honeydew. “You are a jerk.”

“Thanks for the scorch mark.” Lewis muttered.

“You are scared of nothing.” Honeydew said, sitting back up.

“I am terrified of spiders! You know that!” Xephos said sitting on his haunches and crossing his forelegs, slightly pouting.

“Well, at least we know to clear the place out of spiders later.” Duncan said looking at the black spot on the floor.

“A bit of an overreaction don't you think?” Simon asked looking at Xephos.

“No! Spiders are evil little monsters and deserve to die in the woods!” Xephos snapped, being rather agitated.

“That is snakes.” Honeydew said.

“Those too, but spiders can die with them.” Xephos said.

“Spiders take care of the bugs.” Honeydew pointed out.

“They are still evil.” Xephos said not budging from his fear of spiders.

“Dear god they are smaller than you.” Lewis said.

“Did you know that the smallest spider in the world can literally kill a two hundred pound pony with a single bite?” Xephos asked.

“Yes, and it's easy to kill them.” Lewis said.

“But if they bite you.” Xephos said pointing a hoof. “Then it’s game over. I just don’t like them okay!”

“Alright, calm down.” Lewis said, picking Xephos up as Honeydew jumped onto the couch.

“Fine, I’ll calm down.” Xephos said rolling his eyes and huffing a bit. Lewis rolled his eyes and started to rub Xephos behind the ear. The pony calmed down considerably and began to pur slightly as his hind leg kicked a little bit.

“Well at least we know how to relax them when they get worked up.” Duncan said chuckling.

“They are like bloody dogs.” Lewis said.

“Hey! I am maroon! And a pony!” Xephos said looking up at Lewis.

“I see that.” Lewis said.

“Then why did you say ‘bloody dog’?” Xephos asked tilting his head.

“Its an expression!” Lewis said.

“Half right.” Honeydew muttered, folding his ears back.

“What's that?” Simon asked looking at Honeydew.

“I don't know...we have blood.” Honeydew said, looking back at Simon.

“Um... Okay.” Simon said unsurely and scratched his beard.

“So expressions and pony’s liking ear scratches and belly rubs, what do we do now?” Duncan asked leaning back in his seat.

“Find a way to keep anyone else from knowing about them.” Lewis said, indicating the ponies with his head.

“Well we just have to make sure they don’t go outside or make too loud of a ruckus when they are left here alone. Shouldn’t be too hard.” Simon said shrugging.

“Shouldn’t be too hard with a pony whose talent is digging?” Lewis asked, looking at Honeydew.

“What?” Honeydew asked, confused.

“Get him a sandbox!” Simon said laughing. “And a little plastic shovel!”

“I don't like sand.” Honeydew said.

“Well we can figure that out later.” Duncan said.

“I could always practice my simulations. It would keep my talent sharp and keep Honeydew happy with digging.” Xephos suggested.

“I think we can trust them outside, they won't go anywhere anyway.” Lewis said, taking his hand away from Xephos’ head. Xephos whined a little bit before snorting and jumping onto the couch and curling up before laying his head down.

“What if somepony sees us?” Xephos asked.

“You could always bark.” Duncan joked. Honeydew looked at Duncan and barked, doing a realistic impression of a dog’s bark. “Yeah, just like that! No one will know the difference, dogs are all sorts of colors nowadays.”

“That shouldn’t be normal for a pony to do that...” Lewis said.

“Lewis, does a normal pony incinerate a spider with a small laser?” Simon asked.

“No.” Lewis said.

“Then why question it?” Simon said smiling. “Just go with it, and everything will be fine.”

“Fine.” Lewis sighed.

“Well, I guess we have a plan. And if you don’t mind.” Xephos said shifting himself a bit and laying his head down while closing his eyes. “I am going to take a nap. With all the spiders, roughhousing, and discussing of future plans, I am tuckered out.”

“Alright.” Lewis said, standing up. Duncan just shrugged and said his goodbyes before heading out and driving off. Simon just yawned himself seeing the sleepy ponies made him tired himself and he said goodnight to Lewis and went to his room.

“Night Lewis, sorry about burning your floor.” Xephos mumbled out as he drifted off into sleep.

“It’s fine.” Lewis sighed as he went to his room.

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Hannah came home a few hours later, seeing everyone else had already went to sleep and, being too tired, decided to sleep on the couch with the ponies, not even bothering to get her pajamas on.