Chapters Prologue
Night in Equestria, a time where ponies of all kind and ages retreated to their bed, or a time for parties and go out with friends. The streets of Canterlot were now absent of any sign of life, only candle lit street light illuminate the empty roads. Within the Canterlot Archive the newly crowned princess, Twilight Sparkle, was pulling an all nighter, learning about forgotten spells.
Since her coronation, Twilight was given the privilege of accessing a section of the Canterlot Archive that wasn't accessible to the public or herself before. This section of the archive contains forbidden and forgotten knowledge, its shelves held many scrolls, books, notes and the occasional tax evasion cases records, that was forbidden for the public to see, and tonight, this very section became the venue for Twilight's study on forgotten and forbidden spells.
In the section where Twilight resided, only the sound of pages turning and scrolls shuffling can be heard. Only her and the knowledge surrounding her were inside the archive.
"Hmmmm," Twilight hummed. As she levitated a book.
The book was a hardcover with numerous markers decorating the pages, it was black in color, much like the book of Starswirl the Bearded unfinished spell book that was given to her not long ago. She opened the first page, revealing it's previous owner and author, Starswirl. This discovery created a wide grin and glittering eyes on Twilight's face, and an urge to just devour any knowledge stored within the book.
"Amazing, this book must be ancient !" said Twilight. "Written by Starswirl himself."
Her mind drifted to a vision of applying knowledge and experimenting spells that the book held, but her trail of thought by the lack of light in the room. She realize that the sun had set, turning her head to face the clock, she saw that it was one hour pass midnight.
"Oh no, I promise Spike I'll be back at ten !" the lavender alicorn said.
With a glow of her horn and a loud pop, Twilight teleported to her guest room at the palace,taking the book with her, leaving scattered documents all over the archive floor, and a very irritated archivist.
Twilight arrived in her room surrounded by darkness. She scan the room searching for her number one assistant. She found the purple dragon already fast asleep on the bed, she was supposed to take Spike to Donut Joe's Donut Shop for a gem filled donut tonight, but her studies got the better of her. She decided to go to bed and fulfill her promise of gem donuts for Spike tomorrow. Twilight set the book on the bed stand and went to sleep.
*** *** ***
Celestia's sun rose over the horizon, signaling that the night had ended and a new day has begun. Twilight, still laying on her bed, was awaken by the sound of somepony knocking on the door, she descended from her place of slumber and approached the door.
Opening the door, her sight met by a mare in a maid outfit.
"Good morning princess," the maid pony said, while lowering her head to the tile below.
"Good morning," the new princess answered, but receive no reply.
Twilight, still new being part of royalty, forgot that her social status was now level with both Luna, and Celestia, not to mention her former foalsitter Cadence.
"You may rise." Twilight commanded to the maid.
"Your majesty presence is expected in the dining hall." the maid mare said.
"Thank you," Twilight replied."I'll be there in a moment."
Twilight then turn around facing her room again, to find her bed empty. Where was Spike? She stuck out her head to call the maid pony.
"Have you seen a purple baby dragon anywhere ?" asked Twilight.
"Yes our highness," the maid answered, "The dragon that you speak of is in the dining hall along with your friends."
"Again, thank you," the new alicorn replied, "and please there's no need to be so formal call me Twilight."
After mending her mane, Twilight made her way to the dining hall. Upon entering, two royal guards standing with stoic expression open the door for her, she thank them by giving a silent nod. Inside the hall, a long dining table with food on top await her, along with five mares, two princess, and a very grumpy yet sleepy baby dragon.
"Mornin' sugar cube," said an orange mare, "had good night last night? "
"Darling you look terrible, have you been up all night last night?" a purple maned unicorn asked.
Twilight let out a light chuckle, and blushed in embarrassment being caught red handed.
"Well.... don't just stand there dig in," offered a pink pony, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day remember?"
Twilight answered, "Wouldn't miss for the world," She then took an empty seat located between the Princess of the Night and her number one assistant. The breakfast this morning was simple yet appetizing, it was pancakes and waffles, as Twilight was reaching for a maple syrup she felt someone elbowed her, the lavender mare look to her right, her vision met by a face of an irritated baby dragon.
Glaring at Twilight, Spike said, "You still owe me a gem donut ya know."
Before Twilight can reply to Spike's demand, the baby dragon face was assaulted by a pair of white hooves, "Oh, Spikey Wikey, don't be like that," the white unicorn said. "She just been crowned princess, let her have her fun."
"S-su- sure thing Rarity," replied Spike. Then his face turn to Twilight again, with a lower tone Spike demanded, "You still owe me."
For the next hour during breakfast all ponies present on the table, discuss what will they do today in Canterlot, after Twilight's coronation, the element bearers were given a week stay, free of charge in the Canterlot Palace. The discussion lasted during the whole breakfast. Applejack plan to look for some quality cider that her family made in other parts of Equestria, Rarity declares that she was going to find fabric and gemstones to stock on her inventory, while Rainbow Dash was going with Pinkie, to look for a prank store.
The last of the group that haven't said anything was the pink maned mare, Fluttershy. Twilight was the first to ask, "So Fluttershy what are you going to do today ?"
Before she could answer Pinkie interrupted,"Oh,oh, lemme guess, is it visiting the cutesy wutsy animal at the zoo?" Fluttershy answer with a side to side motion of her head. Before Pinkie continue on Rainbow Dash shove a muffin into the pink mare mouth to suppress the rambling, but that did not stop her to try talking.
"Yeah Shy, what are you going to do today?" inquire the rainbow maned pegasus, "I mean, I know there's not much things to do that is related with animals in Canterlot besides the zoo and the vet."
"Uh-um I was planning to visit......Discord." answered Fluttershy.
"Who 're you gon' to visit again?" asked Applejack.
"Discord," replied the butter coloured pegasus.
Her answer attract every pair of eyes in the room to her and invited a very awkward silence, and all the attention she got only makes her slides down under the table further and further.
*** *** ***
After the breakfast, the Elements made haste for the door, they were eager to start the day of activities in the capital city. Twilight was about to exit the dining hall, but was stopped by a familiar voice, "Twilight Sparkle," it was Luna, "Our sister would like a word with you, please follow me." She led Twilight to the throne room, within the room, the Princess of the Sun was sitting on her throne waiting for anypony to enter her day court.
"Good morning, Princess," said Twilight with a bow.
"Good morning, Twilight," answer the white alicorn."I have something to discuss with you."
Princess Celestia then order one of the guard stationed at the throne room to notify that the day court will be held later than usual. Both Twilight and Celestia then walk down the hallway.
"What is it that you want to discuss princess ?" ask the lavender alicorn.
With a smile, Celestia answered,"Twilight, before I let you go I have one more task for you."
"Let me go?" said Twilight, "What do you mean let me go?"
"Twilight, you are now a princess, soon you will no longer need my guidance on the path you're about to take."
"B-But there are things that I haven't learned yet, there is still so much that you haven't teach me an-"
"Twilight, I am not letting you go now," said the raiser of the sun with a light chuckle, "Not just yet."
"But when?" asked the newly crowned princess.
"I have no answer to that question," replied Celestia."Only time will tell."
There was a momentary silence between them, but eventually the white alicorn mare broke it.
"But, before that happens I am giving you one more last assignment."
"What is it princess?" questioned the lavender mare.
Celestia lowered her head and her horn glow red, out of nowhere a black note book came into existence between the two ponies. The book was the same book Twilight "checked out" of the archive.
"I believe you are familiar with this?" asked Princess Celestia, Twilight gave a nod, as Celestia continued."This is another book of that Starswirl wrote," Celestia explained,"Inside there is one spell that he never finished."
"And you want me to finish it," Twilight completed the sentence. Celestia nodded in agreement. Twilight now knew her assignment, her last duty from her mentor. "It will be done immediately princess."
"No need to rush," said Celestia. "Oh, don't you have a baby dragon waiting for you."
Twilight gasp,"I almost forgot!"
The new alicorn then gallops towards the castle gate. Leaving Celestia as she joined by her sister.
"Don't thou think that soon will still be far away?" asked Luna.
"What makes you say that ?" Celestia asked.
"Thou realize being a princess Twilight Sparkle have to deal with courts, politics, and nobility correct?" Luna replied.
With a sigh of defeat Celestia walked back to the throne room along with a giggling Luna.
Author's Note
Constructive Criticism are welcome, mind the bad grammar, English isn't exactly my mother tongue.
Spike was pacing back and forth across the castle gate, waiting for Twilight to take him to his delicious, moist, gem and cream filled donuts. As Twilight arrived at the gate she was met by a drooling baby dragon with a blank expression.
"Spike c'mon!" shouted Twilight.
Spike snapped out of his day dream, and follow Twilight, "Coming!"
The pair walked down the streets of Canterlot to their destination, Joe's Donut shop. During their walk, ponies waved hello and gave bows to Twilight, being occupied by studying the content of the Starswirl's book, she didn't reply them, she just kept walking to their intended destination. They arrived at their destination, upon opening the door Spike and Twilight met by an almost empty store, only an earth pony stallion in a blue uniform can be seen in one of the booth.
Hearing his door rings Donut Joe exited his kitchen to greet a new customer. "Welcome to Donut Joe Do-" Joe halt his welcome speech to see who was his customer, it was a unicorn with wings and lavender in color, he immediately lowered his head, "Greeting Princess," the lavender princess didn't reply. For a full thirty second there was silence, and Joe held his bow, hoping he will be relieved from his position right now.
Twilight was just standing in front of the counter reading the book held by her magic. Spike finally took action by elbowing Twilight.
"Ouch, what was that for?" asked Twilight angrily. Spike just gesture his head to the opposite side of the counter."Oh, you may rise," Twilight commanded.
Joe rose from the bow and asked, "May I take your order, Her Majesty."
"No need to be formal," Twilight requested, "You and I have known each other for a very long time, and I owe you for those late night study in your store anyways."
"Hehehe, I guess your right," Joe continued, "So what can I get for ya?"
Spike raised his claw an opened his mouth, before he can let out a single word, he was interrupted by Twilight. "I would like half dozen of glazed donuts, four strawberry jam donuts, and two of your specials," Twilight continued with her order, "Coffee and three gem donuts for Spike."
"Comin' right up." said the Joe
After ordering they both took a seat on one of the booth, and Twilight continue her reading. "Twilight, whats is it with you and books," Spike asked. "I mean, you just become a princess,relax will ya?"
Twilight shot a glare at Spike and said, "Spike this book is not just any book it's one of Starswirl the Bearded book," Twilight continued,"And it's my last assignment from the princess before she let me go." Twilight expression suddenly became sullen as she heard those last words.
What does she mean by letting me go ?
"Twi, you okay ?" asked a worried Spike.
"Yeah I'm okay." replied the lavender mare.
For the rest of the day Twilight spend her time within the store premises studying her last assignment, with only coffee, donut and Joe as her companion, while Spike, after finishing his donuts went straight to search for the mare of his dreams, offering help in anyway he can.
*** *** ***
The sun was already setting when Twilight finishes her study, she figured out how to cast the spell that her mentor couldn't. She paid for all her orders and went back to the palace, before she enters she asked one of the guard standing guard on the door."Excuse me sir, have you seen any of my friend came in before me?"
"No your majesty," the guard answered.
"Could you tell them to come to my room if they pass by?" requested the lavender alicorn.
"It will be done your highness," the guard complied.
She thanked the guard and made her way to her room.
Half an hour passed by and only one of her friends had come to her room, it was Rainbow Dash.
"Hi Twi, what do you need me for?" the cyan pegasus asked.
"Hello Rainbow Dash," greeted the lavender princess,"I need you for a spell that I'm about to cast."
"Need me for a spell?" asked the rainbow maned pegasus, "but I don't own a horn, let alone how to cast magic."
"Well, it's not only you actually, but also the rest of the girls." explained Twilight.
The explanation Rainbow Dash received only add to her bewilderment, she scratched her head to the fact that only two of their group can do real magic or cast any spells, those being Twilight and Rarity, but she decided not to inquire further. Both of the mares spent another hour waiting for their friend to arrive. Applejack came next, then Rarity, after that came along the party pony, Pinkie Pie, last to arrive was the timid pegasus, Fluttershy.
"Looks like we're all here," stated Twilight. "Then let's begin."
"Twi, why do you need us again?" asked Applejack. "Ah'm mean less than a half of us can do magic."
"The book said that, in order to spell to work there must be more than one pony to work," explained Twilight. "Here take a look."
"Maybe it's a spell to create a party?!" said Pinkie Pie.
She handed the book to Applejack for her to see, the others soon gathered in a group to see what the book said as Twilight set candles on her guest room floor. Written on the last sentence of the paragraph on the opened page was a phrase.
One must share a strong bond in order to overcome great distance, to face great adversary, with that bond one will accomplish the impossible.
To the rest of the mares the phrase doesn't make any sense, but they decided not to question it. Applejack gave the book back to Twilight. By the time the Elements, excluding Twilight, finished reading, the lavender princess was completing some kind symbol on the floor using chalk. The symbol had a double circular outer line with unfamiliar letters in between and on the out most line was candles put in five separate points, inside the inner circle were straight lines that seems to go in different direction.
"And we are ready," Twilight continued, "Please step into the circle."
The other Element bearer hesitantly put their hooves into the circle. After all of her friend were inside the circle, Twilight proceed to join them. As her horn glowed, so the lines that she had drawn, the candles fire also grew larger and changed color to purple, eventually the circle and the floor became nothing but a bright purple light.
Everypony in the room was starting to worry, as the floor beneath them start to emit a brighter glow. Twilight horn was now emitting sparks, she opened her eyes and her body started to float. The scene was horrifying, as Twilight wings was now flared open and her eyes glowed white. With a blinding light and an explosion they were gone.
Spike walked out of the bathroom after he heard a loud bang outside, "What happened out there, felt like an earthquake...whoa," He was surprised to see the room in shambles after just ten minutes he was gone. Then there was a knock.
"Oh, Fluttershy you forgot your saddlebag...."said the Lord of Chaos. He was stunned to saw a room with scorch mark in the center and debris everywhere, he then greeted the purple baby dragon inside like nothing had happened, "Oh, hello Spike."
*** *** ***
Twilight opens her eyes to find herself lying on the floor, she got up with nausea and headache pounding her head. She then looked around her surrounding, finding herself in a dark hallway.
"Ugh....." came a raspy yet familiar voice.
"Rainbow Dash?" asked Twilight.
"Where are we?" the prismatic pegasus asked groggily.
"I-I don't know," the lavender mare replied.
"Ma'h belly ain't feel'n dandy," stated Applejack, as she proceed empty her stomach.
"Did it work, is it a party spell, tell me!" asked Pinkie, with her hooves covering her eye, hoping for a surprise.
"Well it worked, but it isn't a party spell," Twilight answered.
"Ahhh, ponyfeathers," Pinkie said in disappointment, but her optimism surfaced again,"Well at least it worked."
"Uh-uhm can we find an exit" said Fluttershy. "It's dark in here and I don't really like the dark, if that okay with you."
"I agree with Fluttershy, let's find an exit from this dreadful place," Rarity said as she comfort a trembling Fluttershy.
They eventually started wondering through the hallway looking for an exit. After five minute of search they came upon on a door with a metal plaque of the number four in roman numerals. Twilight enveloped the doorknob, as she was about to turn it a sound came from beyond the said door.
Yellow car!
"There's somepony on the other side! " Twilight thought.
Well it seems that my invisibility pills are still working
BOOM!
Before Twilight could open it, gunshots rang from the opposite side of the door, spent round casing start rolling from the gap separating the door and the floor. Then something crashed on to the door that caused it to dent. After that the Elements backed away from the door, looking for the exit.
"What was that, Twi?" questioned Rainbow Dash.
Twilight had no answer to that question, she just answer as best she can."What ever that was, it doesn't sound friendly."
They came upon another door, on the left of the hallway, the door has metal plaque of a helmet.As they approach the door the air became warm and moist but accompanied by a foul stench. Instead of someone talking there was music . But then there was multiple voice having an argument
Let's get ready to move!
Wait a minute, hold it, hold it, nobody pullin' out, it's only one fuckin' sniper out there!
Back off Mother I'm calling place, I said we're pulling out!
Yeah? How 'bout Doc Jay and Eightball?
I know it's a shitty thing to do, but we can't refuse to accept the situation.
Yeah? But we're not leaving Doc Jay and Eightball!
Doc Jay and Eightball are wasted you know that!
Bullshit! c'mon you guys we gotta go bring 'em back, let's go get 'em let's do it
Stand down Mother that's a direct order!
Fuck you Cowboy, fuck you all asshole!
CHUGA CHUGA CHUGA
God dammnit!
CHUGA CHUGA CHUGA
WEEEEOOOOO!
After eavesdropping on the conversation beyond the last door, the Elements bearer decided not to go through it. They continued down the dark hallway, still searching for an exit, but as they venture down the hallway, whispers and faint sounds of music surrounded the ponies.
You are all weak! You are all bleeders! You are nothing but a bunch of cowards!
....Pity the downtrodden landlord, and his back that is burden and bent....
Ma'h Ma always said life is like a box of chocolate....
....Keep a knockin' but you can't come in.....
Yesterday, seven December nineteen forty-one......
Those words and many others were heard by the six ponies within the hallways, the noises didn't harm them, but enough to make them anxious, they can hear the noises, but what makes them scared is that it has no clear origin like it just came out of the walls beside them. After awhile, the mares reached the end of the hallway, at that end there was another door with a metal plaque of a palm tree. Rainbow Dash was the first one to approach, as she near it, she felt warmth and heard water splashing accompanied by the smell of salt, it almost felt they were on a beach. Then came a ringing from beyond the door, then music , along with voices.
"Hello Sonny, " a voice said with a flat tone
"You better be kidding me Tommy, tell me you still got the money? " a different voice said with an angry tone.
"No Sonny, I don't have the money, " answered the previous voice.
"That was my money Tommy! My money! " the other voice shouted.
"This is a disaster, we are so screwed man! " said a new voice, with a trembling tone.
"Shut up, sit down, relax, we're gonna find who took our cocaine.. and then kill 'em. " answered the first voice.
The voices suddenly became faint and inaudible due to the music covering it, but one made itself audible.
"I run this town now! Me! Vercetti remember the name! "
Rainbow Dash retracted her hooves from the doorknob, she face her friend and said, "Uhm.... should we go back?"
The time is almost over, open one or stay where you are forever
As the whisper disappear, the hallway was suddenly began to shake violently. Twilight looked back the way they came from, and saw that the floor and walls start collapsing, she tried twisting the doorknob but it won't open.
"A little help here!" Twilight called.
Applejack and Rainbow Dash, came to her aid, then followed by the rest of them, they kept bucking and pushing the door. As the hallway collapse closing in, the mares tried harder, and harder opening the door, with a hard buck from the farm mare and the Wonderbolt trainee, the door fell off it hinges, a bright light blinded them and unconsciousness took over.
*** *** ***
Rainbow Dash was the first one to regain consciousness, she got up on four hooves to help her friend to get up. As she helped, the multicolored maned pegasus look around her surrounding, she noted that she was standing on a paved surface now, and on some kind of port, to her front and right was a long building painted white and lined with blue, to her left was a series of garage door, on her rear was the sea.
"Where are we now?" exclaimed the cyan pegasus.
"I can ask you the same question." replied the lavender princess.
"Well at least we are out of that hallway," said Rarity while mending her mane.
"Uhm... maybe we should find somepony and ask where we are?" suggest Fluttershy.
"Twi, Shy right we oughta find somepony tha tell where we are," reinforced Applejack, " I reckon we ain't in Canterlot anymore."
Before Twilight can answer, she was interrupted by a loud roar, she looked to her left to see garage doors opening, revealing numerous yellow carriages, but her mind was boggled by how the carriages move on their own with nopony pulling it and the carriages had odd design, some was very symmetrical and the other ones was a bit curvy. Twilight recognize the carriages as taxis. Some of them even had the firm names written on them, the name was Kaufman Cab .
The taxis moved in a three line formation, there were thirty cabs in the formation, they moved and stopped, blocking the view to the ocean and faced the six mares in front.
"Did you ordered a cab?" asked Pinkie, pointing her hoof to Rarity
"N-no," she answered.
"Did you?" Pinkie asked again, this time to Applejack.
"Nope," replied the farm mare.
"Then who did?" exclaimed Pinkie. There were no answer from the rest, "Well if none of you did I guess I'll pick one then," Pinkie then starts bouncing towards the lines of taxis waiting twenty feet in front of them.
VROOOMMM!!!
Pinkie stopped at mid-air, as another taxi joined the formation, but this taxi was different from the others. The new cab was those who has the curvy design, but it has a paint of black and yellow stripes, resembling to those of a zebra. The Zebra Cab stopped in front of the rows of the other taxis and came silence, the only sound can be heard were thirty-one engine beneath those yellow bonnets. For a minute the mares just stare at the cab and the cabs faced the mares, then thirty one yellow vehicle slowly advance on the ponies in front.
Pinkie continued her bouncing towards the taxis, "Hmmm... which one should I take?"
Suddenly, the Zebra Cab lunged forward and hit the pink pony right on her face. Pinkie went limp and disappear beneath the cab as the pack of taxi kept forward in speed.
"PINKIE!!!" four mares shouted, as they witness the element of laughter disappear, while Fluttershy fainted.
After the display, Twilight eyes darted left and right, frantically looking for an exit. She found a gate adjacent to the building on their right.
"Over there!" Twilight shouted.
"What about Fluttershy?!" Applejack cried.
"Carry her!" the lavender princess answered.
As soon as they gallop to the gate, a taxi blocked their path and were forced to separate. Applejack, with Fluttershy on her back went right, the rest went left. The farm mare gallop as fast as she can, pushing her body to the limit, she eventually slowed down due to the extra weight she carried. She saw her friends move left and right avoiding the murderous pack of taxis that were after them, some missed her friends by inches and ending up crashing into each other.
The orange pony then start to gallop again, unknown to her three taxi was approaching from different direction to where she was, finally those three cabs met and the timid mare, along with the farm mare disappear between the wreckage. Twilight turn her head around to see that another two of her friend had disappear, tears start filling her eyes, but the feeling of sadness was replaced by vengeance. She stopped an turned around.
"Twilight, what are you doing?!" Rainbow Dash shouted in question.
"I'm going to slow them down," Twilight stated," Just keep running!"
Rainbow Dash complied, she and Rarity continue to gallop to the gate. Twilight took a defensive stance, she took aim with horn glowing, then she releases a bolt of magic. Her shot hit a cab on the front causing the engine to caught fire, the said cab swerved right and hit another cab, causing it to loose control and flip over. The burning and overturned cabs slowed down the other taxis, Twilight use this moment to rejoined with her friend.
Rainbow Dash and Rarity kept galloping for the gate, hearing a crash, they we're satisfied that Twilight able to took down one of the yellow menace. But their gallop was cut short, as another cab appear in front, they were forced to separate again. Rarity made her way left, away from the exit, unfortunately her escape was cut short as she was hit by another cab by from her side, she didn't saw it coming.
It was only Rainbow Dash and Twilight now, they kept on going, they tried to keep a straight course to the gate, but that was impossible, because cab after cab kept blocking their path.
"Use your wings!" the prismatic mare said.
"What?" Twilight asked.
"Flap your wings!" Rainbow Dash commanded.
Twilight complied and start to move her new appendages, a few seconds later she was on the air. The alicorn and the pegasus was now flying, but only mere inches off the ground, and still vulnerable to pack of cabs. Twilight arrived at the gate, but she was alone.
"Where's Rainbow? " Twilight thought.
Twilight looked back, to see that the taxis were closing in on Rainbow Dash. She took aim at the cabs chasing the pegasus. Before she let out a shot, another vehicle arrived on the other side of the closed gate. The vehicle was white in color, unlike the taxis it has a more sleek and aerodynamic look to it. Twilight ignored it and focus on shooting the cabs that were chasing her friend, she hit one, but only deflates it's front tire. Then there was a gruff voice coming from the new vehicle.
Get in quick!
She kept shooting bolts of magic onto any taxi that came close to Rainbow Dash, but her attempt was in vain, more of the pack of cabs descended on the cyan pegasus. Twilight was now in the verge of crying as she about to witness her friend demise. Before she did she was pulled backward into the white vehicle. The last thing she saw was the bearer of the element of loyalty, pinched between to two yellow vehicle before darkness took over.
*** *** ***
Ken Rosenberg was running into the estate, only to found his client sitting on the carpeted stairs, surrounded by bodies,"Tommy! Oh my god, Tommy! What happened?" he asked
"What does it look like?" Tommy answered.
"It looks like you ruined your shirt," Ken continued, " And Tommy, that was a beautiful shirt! Tommy, what on earth happened ?"
"I had a disagreement with a business associate," said Tommy with a calm tone, "You know how it is."
"Tommy, I had disagreement, I send them an angry letter," Ken explained, "Maybe I pee in their mailbox, not start World War three!" Ken continue on, "Maybe you should see my shrink."
"That stupid prick Lance..." muttered Tommy.
"I never liked the guy, okay?" Ken said,"He's neurotic, he's insecure, he's self-centered - the guys an asshole! I'm glad you took him out."
"I don't think we're gonna be getting more heat from up north," Tommy said, " 'Cause there ain't no 'up north' anymore, it's all down south now."
With a smile and widen eye Ken asked his client, "Wait, does that mean what I think it means? Oh Tommy baby!"
"What do you think it means?" Tommy asked.
"That we're in charge - I mean you're in charge, Oh Tommy!"
` They both start walking to the door of the mansion, heading outside of the building.
"You know this could be the beginning of a beautiful business relationship," Tommy stated, "After all, you're a conniving, backstabbing, two-bit thief, and I'm a convicted psychotic killer and a drug dealer."
"I know." Ken said, "Ain't it beautiful?"
Before they stepped outside the lights on the mansion suddenly flickered, both Tommy and Ken glanced around.
"Must be the power box," Tommy concluded.
Then a power explosion rocked the whole mansion. Both Tommy and Ken ran outside to see what was going on, they were met by one of the guard that usually hang outside the mansion.
"Mr. V something exploded on the maze," said the guard.
Now Ken,Tommy and the guard ran to the epicenter of the explosion, what they found only was out of their world.
The orange glow of sunset brought the last hour of warmth to the city as the day turned to night, it's inhabitant were beginning to step out of their shaded homes, avoiding the scorching heat of the tropical sun. This warmth was the same feeling Twilight felt as she openeed her eyes, but her mind drift back to the last chain of events, she look around to see none of her friends present. She realize what had happened.
"They're all gone...gone.. "
Her mind drifted back to the past chain of event, the spell, the hallways, the cabs. Memories of the past event came hitting her back, she remembered seeing her pink friend being crushed under the stripped menace that is the Zebra Cab, then her gentle yet shy friend along with the farm mare disappear among the wreck of cabs, then the element of generosity, and lastly her cyan friends, all gone.
Tears filled her eyes as she realized that all of her friends were no more, eventually she cried, weeping for her deceased comrades.
*** *** ***
Tommy and Ken were led by the guard towards the center of the explosion through the labyrinth next to the mansion, only two of the men held weapons, Tommy held his M4, the same rifle he used to kill Lance and Sonny, the guard brought an Uzi. Tommy and the guard both had their guns at the ready, expecting the remnant of Sonny's men.
Tommy was curious about the guard regarding how he moved through the labyrinth, his movement was silence yet at a very quick pace, almost like a professional, Tommy decided to ask, "Were you in the service?"
The guard nodded, without looking back to his employer he answered, "Yes sir, I was in Vietnam until '73, 1st Air Cav."
That answered Tommy curiosity, he wondered if Phil knew the guy, but he doubt it. The trio of men was now approaching their destination, the smell of smoke was stronger and the number of burnt wall of the labyrinth intensified. They turn left, and found scorched earth and a crater ten feet wide.
"I thought my time of dodging V.C. mortar was over." the guard joked.
"Pssst, you hear that?" Ken said, attracting the other two men attention.
"Hear what?" Tommy asked. "What did all that shooting messed up your ears?"
Amongst the sound of flames that was turning the grass wall into ashes they can hear someone crying, but the crying wasn't right, the voice belongs to a female, and as far as Tommy knows the Forelli's doesn't have female in their ranks. Tommy and the guard approach the crater, while Ken stayed behind.
Tommy and the guard approach the crater, as they got closer the crying was becoming more audible, and it was definitely female. Both men now able to see the center of impact, on the center of the crater, what they witnessed was unbelievable yet amazing. The two saw a horse, a purple horse with wings, and a horn that adorned it's head.
"What is that?" the guard asked in bewilderment.
Tommy don't know what to reply to the question, but he tried the best he can, "Its a purple horse."
The guard tried to jump into the crater to get a closer look at the creature in it, but was stopped by Tommy's hand. He gesture his head toward where Ken was and regrouped with the said lawyer.
"So what's in there?" the lawyer asked.
"A horse," Tommy answered.
"A horse?" Ken questioned again.
"A purple horse, with wings and horn," explained the guard.
"You guys must be joking right?" said Ken. But his question was answered by two very stern face.
"Go see for yourself," Tommy suggested.
The conniving lawyer decided that they were joking and wanted to see what was on the crater, he approached the crater and saw what the previous two men did a crying purple horse, he immediately turn back to his companions.
"Believe me now?" Tommy asked Ken.
"I know what I see, but I don't think I can believe it," Ken said, "Maybe I should lay off the coke for a while."
"Well it's definitely real," the guard, "We ain't seeing things, or hearing things."
Tommy pondered at the thought that they were hallucinating the same thing at the same time, but he quickly dismissed the idea because it literally impossible. He reached a dead end on coming up with a logical explanation why is there a purple horse laying on a crater in the middle of Starfish Island. Then he asked to the rest of his three men group, "Got any ideas?"
"Well we can't just leave a unicorn on your backyard can't we?" Ken said.
"A unicorn?" Tommy questioned.
"Yeah, ya know horses with wings and horn, a unicorn," Ken explained. "It's greek myth, and there's paintings of it inside the house."
"Anyways, any idea how are we getting out a unicorn outta my backyard?" Tommy asked to his lawyer and his employee.
"Maybe we an lure 'em out?" the guard suggested.
"With what exactly?" Tommy said.
"With food I guess." the guard continued his idea. "Carrots maybe?"
Tommy agreed with the idea, a quickly set the plan into motion. "You, what's your name?" Tommy asked the guard.
"Vincent sir." the guard gave up his name.
"Alright you're the one with the idea,Vincent, get some rope." Tommy commanded the guard then turn to Ken, "Ken you grab some carrots from the fridge, go!"
With that Ken went back into the house and make a dash to the mansion's kitchen to find the carrots Tommy mentioned, the guard went to jetty behind the house, he grab the mooring rope used to tie speed boats to the said jetty and went back to the labyrinth. Within three minutes Ken and the guard came back with the items required to lure the purple unicorn out of the labyrinth.
"What's the plan sir?" Vincent asked.
"We're gonna lure that horse outta the crater first," Tommy continued, "Then we tie 'em up and place it in the house."
*** *** ***
Twilight eyes had open it's gate and let stream of tears flow for how long, she didn't know, she felt guilt of unable to protect her friends from the yellow menace. She lost track of time of how long she had been mourning for her friends death, but she didn't care, unfortunately her mourning was abruptly interrupted by a voice. She looked up to the source of the voice, instead of a pony, her vision met by an alien, it was a creature covered in skin not fur, it posses a curly mane on it's head and it wears a purple suit and a pair of glasses. The creature's claw like appendage approach her with an orange vegetable on it grasp.
"Here horsey, horsey, horsey," the alien called.
Twilight was terrified as the creature was getting closer and closer, in hoping of fending off the creature, she charge up her horn and shot a bolt of magic.
"Holy shit!" the alien swears.
"What the hell was that?!" shouted a different voice.
After hearing another voice, Twilight ears drop an she closes here eye, fearing that those creatures would came back for her. After a while the creatures didn't reappear. Twilight decided to climb the crater to check her surrounding, she found herself in a labyrinth. Suddenly something grabbed her mane from behind, and the claw like appendages returns and put a rag upon her mouth, the rag had an intoxicating smell that cause her world to turn dark again.
*** *** ***
"Holy fuckin' shit!" the lawyer cursed, "That thing almost took off my arm!"
"Well that plan didn't worked," Vincent stated.
"Damn it, I should've known," Tommy said.
"Know what sir?" Vincent asked.
"A scared animal is the most dangerous animals," Tommy explained to the guard. "You don't spend 15 years in prison without knowing that."
Tommy proceed to make another plan on how to removing and relocating the unicorn that had attacked his lawyer out of the labyrinth."Vincent get me a piece of rag and look for a bottle of chloroform," Tommy ordered Vincent.
Vincent immediately ran back to the house to get the things his employer needed, soon he was back at the labyrinth. Tommy soak the rag in clear liquid that is chloroform."We gotta make sure it can't see us," said Tommy.
"How?" Ken asked
"We gotta go behind 'em," Tommy answered.
The three men maneuver around the crater make sure not to be seen by it's occupant. Arriving behind the crater, they all took a prone position on the grass and waited. Half an hour later the occupant of the crater popped out it's head, with chloroform soaked rag in his grasp, Tommy yanked Twilight's mane and put the rag on her mouth, making her unconscious, Vincent then tied Twilight's leg, and the three men ran back into the house.
Within the office of the hawaiian shirt businessman, one of his employee, his lawyer and himself were sitting in different spots in the room, but their eyes were trained at the unconscious pony that lay on the sofa. There was silence in the room, nothing but the sound sea and air conditioning were audible. All of them were speechless, to see a mythical creature sleeping on your couch isn't something you see everyday on this crime infested city.
"So what do we do with it?" asked the lavender suit lawyer.
"What do you mean what do we do with it ?" Tommy threw a question.
Ken stood up and start pacing back and forth across the room."Tommy look, I like horses, I would like to ride one, and maybe keep 'em as pet" Ken continued "But not the ones straight out of a kid story!"
"Ken shut up, sit down, relax." Tommy said
Ken does what his client said, he sat down and catches his breath after his out burst. "First of all, we can't let thing go." Tommy said.
"Why not ?" Ken questioned his client decision.
"Because I doubt that the swamps of Florida is its natural habitat." Tommy explained. "Hell, I doubt that thing even from Earth."
"Well we can't keep it right ?"
"Ken, how many laws does the state of Florida have concerning keeping a purple horse with horn and wings."
"None."
During their conversation, Vincent moved from his seat and to the sofa where Twilight was sleeping. He saw that the pony beside him shifted in her slumber, he began to gently stroking the alicorn mane in attempt to calm it down. Twilight eventually stop shifting and kicking in her unconscious state.
"Exactly," said the man in blue, while pointing to his lawyer.
"So what do we do with it ?" asked the lawyer.
"Well, for now lets just keep it and lets see what it does," answered Tommy.
**** *** ***
Avery Carrington, a 51 years old Texan and property mogul, had just came back from a week long business trip from Las Venturas along with his personal intern and assistant, Donald Love. As both of them arrived at Escobar International Airport, Avery told his student to fetch their luggage while himself made a beeline to a public phone to arrange their transportation.
"Urrghh.... I don't remember this thing being so heavy," Donald complained as he slowly drag his mentor bag.
"Hurry up boy, the limo waitin' outside," said Avery, "And be careful with that bag, it got fine whiskey in it."
Donald continue to drag his boss' bag toward the waiting limo, slowly. Unknown to the two the said bag have picked up had additional content, but that extra weight had gone unnoticed by the two or airport security for that matter. Reaching the limo, Donald immediately put the bag in the trunk, alongside his own and Avery's golf bag, shutting the trunk he rejoined his mentor in the back of the limo.
Applejack open her eyes and was met by darkness, she tried moving her body, but only to found she is stuck, she buck the thing that keeping her in place, but it didn't move, she bucked harder, nothing. The farm mare was getting irritated with the result of her attempt, Applejack gave one hard buck. The result of her bucking wasn't freedom, but the sound of broken bottles, followed by liquid soaking the mare's orange fur. Applejack stopped her attempt to break free from his prison, and wonders what she had broken. The liquid reached AJ's muzzle, along with a strong odor of alcohol. She licked it, it tasted like her family's cider only stronger. She wanted more, but go against it.
"Ah can't be drinkin' now," the farm mare thought, "I gotta get outta here."
She continue to buck the bag, in attempt to retrieve her freedom. Unfortunately, the odor alcohol became overwhelming and she started to doze off, eventually she stopped kicking the bag and paid more attention to the liquid soaking her fur. She licked it again, and crave for more.
"Ah guess I can have sip or two," thought the apple mare, as she grabbed a bottle that rolled close enough for her to reach. She bite the cork holding the content and pulled, with loud pop the golden liquid inside the bottle was freed and ready for consumption, with both hooves on the bottle Applejack took a sip of the liquor.
"Hoowee! that's a mighty fine drink," said Applejack.
Putting everything aside, the farm pony began chugging the whole content of the bottle, leaving behind the thought of escaping from the dark inside of the bag.
*** *** ***
Tommy, and his lawyer, along with the guard had move to the estate lounge, they were sipping bourbon taken from the from the mini bar in the room to calm their nerves, and to make sense what just happened today. Leaving Twilight unattended in Tommy's office.
RING RING RING
The sound of his brick cellphone stopped Tommy from finishing his third glass, he grabbed his phone from the coffee table nearby and answer it.
"Tommy Vercetti speaking," said Tommy to the phone
On the other end of the call, was one of his previous employer, and now a business partner, Avery Carrington.
"Howdy, Tommy! " said the aged gentleman from the other hand of his phone.
"Avery ?" asked Tommy.
"The one and only boy! " proclaimed the property mogul, "Hey, listen ah' just got back from Liberty and ah' reckon I drop by and maybe talk a little business with you. "
Tommy silently cursed on the sudden turn of event,he has a purple horse with wings in his custody and now his business partner was coming over, not to mention the bodies of Lance, Sonny and his men were still scattered around and inside the house, he answered the best he can, "Yeah, yeah sure."
"Great, now where you at? " asked Avery.
"Starfish Island," answered Tommy.
"Be there in an hour ." said the Texan.
With a press of a button Tommy terminated their conversation, "Son of bitch."
"Who was that ?" asked his lawyer.
"Avery." deadpanned Tommy.
"Shit!" cursed the purple suited man.
"What are we gonna do sir?" asked Vincent.
Tommy was again faced with a mission for the third time today, and now he have to make plan of hiding that horse from Avery, and make the house as presentable as possible within an hour.
"First we gotta hide that thing." Tommy said to his lawyer and guard.
"But what about the bodies?" asked Ken.
"We can take care of that later," said the business man in blue, "Avery won't mind a corpse or two."
Tommy was interrupted by his cellphone sounding again, he proceed to answer it, "Hello?"
"Oi Tommy, Tommy we gotta a little situation 'ere down on the club, " yelled someone with a British accent.
"Kent if your band is causing problems again because they're high or drunk I am going to personally shoot you!" shouted the businessman in blue, "on your lazy British ass!"
"No, no it's not that my boys have been behavin' for a couple a weeks, " answered Kent Paul, "OI STOP THAT YA CRAZY HORSE! "
For a few seconds, there was sound of glass shattering, women shrieking and something heavy fell down.
"Kent what the hell happening down there?" questioned Tommy.
"I-I'll explained later gov just get 'ere " *BEEP *
With the called ended, Tommy turn around to face his companions, "Alright, this is the plan."
"Who called?" asked Ken.
"It's Paul," answered Tommy, "But never mind that, Vincent, you go clean up the bodies, go asked the rest of the guys to help."
With a nod of confirmation, the hired muscle walked out the room to round up the rest of his co-workers to dispose of the bodies.
"Ken, I need you to hide that horse," explained Tommy to his lawyer.
Ken nod, "Where do you want me to hide it ?" asked the attorney.
"Hide it in the trunk of the limo," said the man in hawaiian shirt.
Ken agreed, just before he leave the lounge to do his job, he asked his client, "What are you going to do?"
Tommy emptied his third glass of bourbon, "I am going to Malibu Club," explained Tommy, "Paul making trouble again."
After that, Tommy leave the lounge for one of the businesses he recently bought, the Malibu Club. With his client away Ken walked to the lounge's door to proceed to hiding the creature that was sleeping on Tommy's office, but before he left, Ken eyes fell upon the bottle of bourbon on the bar.
"I need a drink," thought Ken aloud.
He then walked back to the bar and pour himself a drink, leaving his chores to a later time. Upstairs, the purple alicorn opened her eyes.
"Where.... am I? " asked Twilight to herself.
Not receiving answer, she got up and out of the sofa, and looked around. The princess found herself in a room decorated in black with the exceptional red carpet running through the middle and golden statues on either side of the room, she walked to the back of the room facing the windows and the sea.
"Where exactly am I?" asked Twilight aloud.
She turn around, looking that the door of the room was left open, the alicorn proceed to leave the room and into the mansion of Tommy Vercetti.
Author's Note
The next one will include pink, and white.
Sugar
Tommy grabbed the key to his Admiral and walked toward the front door of his enormous estate, passing some of his guards who were cleaning the floor of blood and picking the body of the late Sonny Forelli.
"Eh, boss?" one of his henchman asked, "where ya wanna dump the body."
"Take one of the boat out back and dump out on the sea, " said the man in blue.
"You got it," answered the hired muscle in confirmation.
As two of his goons walked away with the corpse of the mob boss, Tommy continued on walking out of his mansion, reaching the bottom of the huge stair of his front door, Tommy glanced back to his office door which was left open, he was worried that the creature that he brought into his home was dangerous, not only that, he was skeptical about Ken hiding it. He shook the thought away, and getting back to dealing with Paul at his club. Unknown to Tommy, he was being watched by the said creature as he depart from the house.
*** *** ***
Earlier
The center of the club was crowded with people dancing, while most of the booth and tables were occupied, either by men in suits or with women, or both, with loud music deafening their conversation, it was just another day for Kent Paul. Sitting on the bar alone, the band manager and criminal activity informant was eyeing for someone, hoping to take one of them for a one night stand, to no avail none met his criteria.
He spun his stool around facing the bar, a layout which he had seen for many years since his arrival in America.
"Oi barkeep!" Paul called to the girl behind the counter, "gimme a scotch please."
The bartender quickly made his order and handed it to Paul. Instead of ingesting the liquid, Paul just stare at it, the golden liquid reminded him of his home, and times that his life wasn't filled with hanging out with dangerous criminals and getting beaten and screamed at by some ex-con from Liberty City, it was a good life. His mind stray back to the present, thought about the band he's managing, and financial matter, he sighed at the fact that he owed Tommy some money, due to his band misbehavior in the club, which results in two broken table, six chairs and the bar supply of liquor.
Kent's thought was disrupted by the flickering lights the club, then suddenly all went dark.Voices of disappointment filled the club, quickly followed by confused chatter of patrons. For five minutes the power didn't come back and patrons were standing outside, waiting for the power to come back. Another five minutes gone by and still no power, after ten more minutes the lights finally came back.
Kent, who have been sitting on the bar during the blackout, had managed to grabbed a bottle of scotch from the bar, with a mocking grin he gave toward the bartender, he slips upstairs with his loot. Arriving in the private lounge upstairs of the club, he immediately pour himself another drink, as he sat down on the leather sofa (which is synthetic) in the room, his bottom landed on something soft and furry, paying no attention to what he just sit on he let the scotch enter his system.
"Ah, that felt good," said Paul, as he consume the golden liquid.
The informant pour himself another drink, instead of directly drinking it he stopped. Kent felt warmth on his bottom and the cushion he was sitting on was unusual it term of shape, there were hard spot here and there. He turn his vision to the cushion behind him, he was surprised at what he saw. The cushion isn't like any other in the room, it was pink, contrast to the black ones in the room. Kent kept staring it, and noticed it was pulsating, it was alive. Kent just stand in front of it.
"What the hell?" said the British to no one in particular.
He distance himself from the sofa and start circling the pink blob, studying its features, he noticed on that the pink blob has some kind of hair both on the front and the back with a darker shade of pink. Paul locked his eyes on the blob, waiting for a reaction, after minutes passed nothing happened, the blob only pulsate, like it was breathing. With the bottle of scotch still in hand, he grabbed a pointer stick that was nearby a chalkboard with his free hand. Paul crouch across the sofa and in front of a coffee table, slowly he brings the pointer closer to the pink blob, and poked it twice.
*** *** ***
Within the mind of Pinkamena Diane Pie
The sun shine brightly, as it's ray of light was reflected by the ocean, making the water sparkle. On a beach, Pinkie Pie was lying on it's pristine white sand, enjoying everything the place had to offer, the fresh air, the see breeze, the calm water, everything.
"Ahhh... This is the life," stated the party pony.
"Your a drink madame," said a male voice behind her.
"Thank you," said Pinkie.
The stallion gave Pinkie her order, bowed and left the premises. As Pinkie enjoyed her Strawberry milkshake on the beach, she still wonders how did she get here. She remembers that her friends were along side her inside that hall, but the rest was a blur to her. As the pink party pony slurps on her milkshake, a row boat containing two stallion earth pony dress in red coats approached the shore line. Pinkie gave the occupants of the vessel a wave of her hoof, but it was not replied. Reaching the shore, the occupants of the small vessel disembark and approach the pink mare.
"Are you or are you not Pinkamena Diane Pie ?" asked one of the stallion.
"Yup, thats me!" said Pinkie Pie.
Before the stallion continue her belly rumble, her legs shakes and her head nod quickly three times.
"Twich-a-twitch!" exclaimed the pink pony.
The stallion look at her in confusion, he swiftly regain his composure and continued on.
" Miss Pie, due to your numerous criminal offenses that you have done toward the empire," stated the stallion, "a death penalty have been issued on you."
Paying no attention to the stallion, Pinkie gasps, "of course I'm in a dream!" exclaimed Pinkie.
"I am here to execute you under the order of the empire," said the stallion, "may god have mercy on your soul."
"Well, every dream got to end some how," said the pink mare with a shrug.
The other stallion come in front pinkie with a flintlock musket, he pulled back the cock and fired. As the millie round hit Pinkie's head and the smoke cleared, her body disappeared into the thin air.
"Thank God that was over," stated the stallion with no musket, "now we can deal with that Jack Sparrow guy."
*** *** ***
Back at the Malibu Club
Within seconds of Paul poking the pink blob, he finally received a reaction. The pink blob lying on the sofa begin to rise from it's slumber. As the pink blob stand on the leather sofa, it reveal itself to be a pink miniature horse.
"It's a bloody pink horse," muttered the music producer, "a pink small horse."
The said small horse turned to face Kent, a big pair of blue eyes stare at him in silent, for a half minute both Paul and Pinkie glare into each other eyes in silent, until the pink party master decided to broke the tension.
"Hi!" greet Pinkie, accompanied by a large grin planted on her face.
The man in red hawaiian staggered back in shock, as what he just witnessed and heard was utterly impossible, an equine with a vocal capability that can be understandable by any human being.
"Th-that's impossible!" exclaimed the band manager, "you aren't able to talk!"
"Of course I can talk silly," replied the party extravagant, "why wouldn't I be able to talk?"
"Cuz yer a bloody horse!" pointed Kent, "horses can't talk!"
"I'm not a horse, I'm a pony," corrected Pinkie.
Kent make his way to another chair and sat down, still staring at the pony he just had conversation with. He kept thinking what he just done, witnessed and heard, every thing was impossible yet he had done it.
"I haven't see anything like you before," said the pink pony.
"So do I," replied Paul.
"Well let me introduce myself," the party pony continued, "my name's Pinkie Pie my friend call me Pinkie and yours?"
"Paul, Kent Paul," answered the informant.
"Well that's a weird name for a monkey, Pauly the talking monkey." the pink mare kept going, "So Paul."
"Yeah?" said Paul flatly.
"So whatsyourfavoritecolourwhatmilkshakeflavourdoyoulikedoyoulikekittensdoyoulikepartiesandisthataprtydownstairs."
As Kent was assaulted by questions asked by something out of a children bed time story within inches from his face, he quickly avoided answering by chugging the content of the bottle of scotch in his grasp. While Paul kept chugging, Pinkie look pass Kent shoulder and saw that were more of this monkey like creature dancing to music below, which she can translate as a party.
"AAAAA PARTY!" cried the pink pony in excitement.
Pinkie quickly darted to the door with incredible speed, that all Kent see moving was a pink blur heading downstairs. He stop his drinking, and look at the entrance way of the lounge, the band manager ponders as what just happened, he just let a talking pink horse into one of the most crowded location in the city, which is now owned by a man with a very short fuse, that he knows, and would probably break his arm if he find out about a talking pink pony running around his club. Kent rose from the sofa and made a dash downstairs.
"Fuck,fuck,fuck!" cursed the british, "Tommy gonna kill me!"
As he reached downstairs, his eyes start a frantic search for the pink pony, he found her in the middle of the crowd on the dance floor. Kent move in to apprehend the pink menace, only to bump into dancing patrons, losing his target. Again he search for the Pinkie, he found her on the stage dancing with four other performance, who kept dancing while giving the pink equine a quizzical glance. Paul cut through the crowd towards the stage to retrieve the pink pony, as the gap grew closer between them, Pinkie moved with lightning speed. And again Paul lost sight of the mare.
"Bloody wanker!" cried Paul, "Would you stop movin' for a bloody second!"
Paul resume to go after the Pinkie Pie, he looked left and right and wasn't able to find the pony anywhere on the dance floor, he kept on looking but he couldn't find the mare he been after.
"Heeeelllllooooooo!!!!!!" said a familiar sounding voice.
Kent turn his head to see Pinkie on the bar, on the other side of the counter was the female bartender that had serve him before, the said bartender just stood there her face was locked on an expression of surprise and disbelieve as she stare at the pink pony in front, while the pony hoof was waving in front of her face. Kent quickly cut through the mass of people on the dance floor and made his way to the bar, quickly he cover the muzzle of the pink mare with his hand, stopping the numerous blabbers coming out of it.
"Is that a talking pony?" asked the bartender with a shaken voice.
"What! No, no," Paul lied, "This is a new anamatron thingy, ya know one of those Domestobots."
"Uhmmm.... sure, sure." the bartender said.
With the pink pony secure in his grasp, Kent heads upstairs to the lounge.
"Let's do that again!" said Pinkie with glee.
"No you can't go downstairs!" scolded the man in red, "and you can't go anywhere either!"
Hearing this Pinkie's mane straighten and her ears droop and her head hung in disappointment, her inability to have fun or forced to be alone always made her sad.
"Why not?" asked pinkie softly.
As Pinkie looked up, Kent found himself looking at the face of the pink pony who has the face of a pleading child on the verge of tears. Kent reconsidered his choice of words before answering, he couldn't stay mad at this pony, although it just talked and understand everything he just said, he couldn't stay mad at something so innocent looking.
"Because you are supposed to be surprise!" Kent lied again.
Pinkie's face lit up again with excitement, her mane and tail turned puffy, along with a huge grin.
"Me, a surprise?!" asked Pinkie.
"Yeah, a surprise for a good friend of mine," convinced Kent.
"Well where is your friend then?" asked the pink mare.
"He's not here yet," said Kent, "he's on his way here at this very moment."
"What should we do then?" asked the pink pony.
"We'll just have to stay here," commanded the man in red hawaiian.
"Okey dokey lokey," Pinkie agreed.
Kent sit down on a couch, thinking what to do next with the thing in front of him right now, he can't call Tommy he thought, he'll just be mad at him anyways. He brought up the bottle of scotch he had been carrying, opened the cap and took a sip, then he reached for his pocket, pulling out a small bag full of a white substance. He then carried on to empty the bag of it content and lay the white powder on the table, he then formed a line from the white powder, lowers his head and suck it in with his nose. Pinkie saw this and was bewilder on how Kent consume what looks like sugar, she move beside Kent and lick a small portion of the white powder.
"Bleuhh..... what is this stuff?" asked Pinkie, "this is definitely not sugar."
"You don't do it from the mouth," said Kent, "try doing it from the nose."
Kent don't usually consume cocaine, and it isn't the best way to calm your nerves either, he only use coke for a party and the event after, but at a situation like this he didn't care. The pink pony beside him began snorting the white powder, effects were immediate, as Pinkie Pie began to bounce faster and faster, until only a pink blur was seen. Her bouncing gotten out of control and the pink blur began bouncing off the walls of the lounge at an incredible speed that make any physicist jaw dropped to the floor, or decided to rewrite physics itself.
"HOLY SHIT!" exclaimed Kent Paul.
Kent was forced to take refuge to the floor as the moving pink blur almost hit him,he crawled slowly to a heavy table that were situated on the corner of the lounge, taking shelter below it. Kent was helpless against the pink projectile as he don't have anything to deflect it, as second goes by, items on the lounge started to be displaced, paintings, coffee tables, lamps, and more. Fortune smiled at Kent as a phone fell and landed near where he was hiding, he immediately punched in Tommy's number.
*** *** ***
Moments later
Tommy arrived at the Malibu Club, in his now beat up Admiral after hitting five pedestrian, 2 motor bikes, a car, and some of the city properties. With a frown on his face he walked inside, he asked a bouncer where was Kent Paul and tells him that he was at the bar
Tommy walk around the dance floor, instead of cutting through it. Arriving on the bar he saw that Paul wasn't there.
"Where's Kent?" asked Tommy to the women behind the counter.
"He's upstairs," answered the bartender,"with the a Domestobot."
"A Domestobot?" inquire the man in blue.
"Yeah he said, it was a pink pony anamatron," answered the woman,"whatever that is."
Tommy rushed in the direction of the stairs leading to the lounge, he skipped steps wanting to save time, and to see if that 'pink pony' was the same kind he found on his mansion's maze. As he arrive at the entrance of the lounge, Tommy was struck by a pink blur and fell to the floor. As he regained his sense's, Tommy found himself to be inches of a pink face with huge blue eyes and grin.
"SURPRISE!!!!!" yelled a loud female voice, "are surprised huh,huh,huh?!"
"I was," said Tommy.
"HOOORRRAAAYYYYY!!!!!" cheered the pink mare as she bounced rapidly around the room, still under influence of the cocaine.
"KENT WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" screamed the man in blue hawaiian.
"Tommy you there?" called Kent from under the table, "Thank God you came I was-"
"Why the hell didn't you tell me there was a talking pink pony running rampage on my club," interrogate Tommy, with Kent collar on his grasp.
"I haven't got the time," said Kent defensively, "the phone got hit by that thing."
True there was a broken phone on the desk behind the two men.
"Great now I have another one on my plate," complained the entrepreneur in blue hawaiian shirt.
"Wait there's another one?" asked Kent.
"Yeah a purple one with wings and horn," answered Tommy, "at least this one normal, except it can talk."
"Maybe the other one can talk too," said Kent.
"And?" said the Tommy.
"What I'm saying is maybe these ponies can talk to each other," suggest Kent, "we should take this one back to your house."
"And what that'll do?" again, asked Tommy.
"Maybe they know each other," said Kent.
"What gives you the idea?" asked Tommy.
"Well, as you just said they're both colorful unlike the normal ones," explained Kent, "and maybe the other one can talk also."
Tommy pondered at Kent ideas, he had to admit himself that the man in front of him maybe correct at these ideas.
"Alright we can take 'er in," Tommy said, "but no one can see or hear of this."
"How? half of the club already saw her," said the man in red hawaiian.
"Well apparently the bartender bought your alibi," informed Tommy, "she believe it's a Domestobot."
"Heh, what a bloody idiot," insulted Kent, "but how are we going to move it discreetly though?"
"Good question,"said Tommy.
Both men tracked with their eyes the pink pony keep her cocaine induced bouncing around the room. As they think of a plan of moving the pink mare with no one noticing.
"Open your shirt," said Tommy.
"What?" questioned Kent.
"I said open your shirt," commanded the businessman in blue, "or I'll brake your legs."
"Fine," said Paul with a sighed of defeat.
Both men took of their hawaiian short. Tommy fortunately had undershirt on, while Kent doesn't, revealing his upper body, which could raised suspicion, thought Tommy. Then again there are half dressed performer in the club.
"Okay you go behind her and I'll go up front," said Tommy
Kent complied, he followed the pink mare from behind, as Tommy waits in front of it. As the Pinkie approach Tommy, the ex-con had his hands ready to catch the pink mare, with his shirt wide open, to cover the body of the pony. The mare was closing in fast, due to the cocaine she consumed. Tommy caught her inches from where he was standing and Kent suit followed to assist grabbing the lower part of the mare. Tommy grab the pink mare's on a headlock while Kent grabbed her by the stomach. Stuffing Pinkie's muzzle with a cushion of one of the sofa and covering her in their shirts, both men ran downstairs, making their way behind the stage and out of the club. Outside Tommy opens his Admiral sedan trunk and threw in the pony and retrieving Kent and his shirts.
"Phew glad that's over," said Kent in relieve.
"Not yet you limey bastard," said Tommy, "you gotta come with me."
"Why?" asked the british.
"It's your plan remember," said Tommy.
With a groan of disappointment, Kent entered the Admiral back seat. Tommy started the engine of the car, as it whined to life both of them heard siren closing. What both men first witnessed was not a green and white with red and blue flashing, instead it was a cyan blur with a rainbow spectral tail, followed by numerous police car, unmarked and marked, along with a helicopter.
"That's Rainbow Dash!" yelled Pinkie from the back seat.
"How?! you're supposed to be in the trunk!" exclaimed Kent.
She dived down to the floor and squeezed her self from the back of the driver seat, as she defy logic, physics, and her own anatomy by sliding pass through under the seat and to where the pedals were. She pressed the gas pedal and the car surged forward, Tommy took control of the car direction by handling the wheel.
"Who's Rainbow Dash?!" yelled Tommy as he struggle controlling the car.
"She's my friend!" answered Pinkie from below Tommy.
Pinkie releases the gas pedal, and let Tommy to stomp on it on his own. As Tommy regain full control of the vehicle, he begin driving to the direction of the pack of police car that went by and began pursuing Rainbow Dash.
A Tangle with the Law
Rainbow Dash was sweating, not because of exhaustion but from panic. She flew low and fast dodging cars, building and pedestrian. She didn't know what she did wrong to be chased by multiple police vehicle and helicopter that screamed at her telling her to stop.
"POLICE STOP! PUT YOUR HAND ABOVE YOUR HEAD!" yelled the helicopter pilot.
The rainbow maned pegasus kept going, ignoring the command of, what she interpret as 'flying machine'. To the officers of the Vice City Police Department, what they were chasing was a cyan car with a rainbow taillight, although it may sound out of the ordinary, they still chase it.
The road Rainbow flying above is straight and long, she kept flying above it hoping to loose her pursuer, as she can't fly high due to the helicopter after her. After a while she encountered a sharp bend on the road, she flew passed it with ease, Looking back, she saw that some of her pursuer had crashed unable to maneuver through the sharp bend, but they were still too many of them, what's worse her pursuer seems to grow in number as time goes by.
At the back of the pack of police cars, a white four-door sedan had just started to join the fray, unlike the other police cars who were chasing in pack, this one stay out of the pack and move more recklessly. It move left and right more often, looking a way to the front of the pack.
"C'mon, c'mon c'mon!" yelled Pinkie, "we gotta catch up with her."
Tommy rarely let anyone told him what to do unless they pay him, but he did what Pinkie tells him, he don't know the reason why he listen to talking pink pony, then again the said pony owe him a bunch of his club's property.The Admiral keep moving left and right, looking for any gap that may lead them in front of the pack of police cars. Tommy was beginning to get frustrated, unable to get in front of the pack.
"Hold on tight!"
Tommy stomp on the accelerator pedal hard, pushing the engine of the car to the limit, and awfully close to a police car in front. The Admiral made contact to the patrol car in front. The force of the Admiral hitting it was enough to make the officer driving to loose control of his vehicle, the car swerved right, hitting a pedestrian and come to a stop after crashing into a palm tree, the tree then fell down, crushing a taxi from above.
"DISPATCH, WE HAVE A SECOND SUSPECT VEHICLE, A WHITE, FOUR-DOOR, SEDAN."
*** *** ***
Half An Hour Ago
"Auughhh.... my head."Rainbow Dash moaned as she rubbed her forehead.
As she came around, her eyes were met by a large metal contraption. The contraption in front stood unmoving, as if it was watching her with it's transparent rectangle eyes. The cyan mare began to feel uncomfortable being watch by the contraption, but her curiosity and stubbornness got the better of her, she edged closer to the contraption, and touched it. It was cold, the silver part she touched was cold and hard. Rainbow Dash walked to its side, wanting to see more of it.
Her search was interrupted by sound of hoof steps closing by, Rainbow peeked around the corner of the contraption to found a creature, stood on two legs, covered in clothing, and a furless face about twenty feet away, closing to her position. Rainbow Dash frantically looked around for cover, she dived under one of the other contraptions next to it, and observed the strange new creature. The steps became louder and louder as the creature approached her, she thought that the creature had surely pinpoint her position, but her eyes were fixed on the creature coming her way. Finally the creature have gotten so close, only it's legs were visible from where Rainbow was hiding, she waited for a contact from the creature, which never came, instead it enter the contraption and sat inside.
Rainbow Dash stared at the creature, but the creature didn't stare at her, a sign which tells her that it haven't found her. The contraption began rumbling, then it travelled on reverse on it's wheel, leaving Rainbow coughing on it's exhaust fume. Irritated, in the lungs and pride, Rainbow crawled out of her hiding place and went after the creature in the contraption.
"Hey come back here !" shouted Dash.
She chased the contraption through the concrete structure, dodging pillars in the dark interior of the building, but whenever she was in the middle of a floor, the metal contraption would go on an opposite direction to her's on a lower level of the building.
After changing direction a few times, Rainbow Dash was finally behind the moving metal contraption, she flapped her wings, bringing herself closer to the contraption. Instead of making contact to the metal contraption, Rainbow flew past it as the metal machine turn right on the exit, leaving her hitting another.
The cyan mare recovered swiftly from the collision, then turned to look at what she just crashed into. It was another one of those metal contraption, painted green on the front and back with white covering it's center along with letter that spelled "POLICE".
*** *** ***
The Present
Rainbow glanced at the street behind her, numerous vehicle, marked and unmarked cars from the VCPD were still after her, with the exception of the white Admiral who took the lead not long ago. Rainbow Dash return her gaze to the front, only to widen in surprise. A pair of police car had block the north end of the street, she tried to bank right, another blockade formed by the VCPD closed her exit
Rainbow hovered in the middle of a three-way junction, frantically looking for an escape route, but there was none, the sky wasn't in her list of escape route due to the hazards of the 'flying contraption' that kept an eye on the sky. Going back wasn't an option either, her pursuers were still closing in to her.
"I can't be arrested, not right now! " said Rainbow Dash.
The white Admiral skidded to a halt just beside the hovering pegasus, the front passenger door swung open and a pair of pink hooves grabbed her out of the streets.
Entering what known to Rainbow as 'metal contraption', she was met by a familiar face that is Pinkie's, the only thing alien to Rainbow was the white stuff on her pink friend muzzle, and it was uncomfortably close to her.
"Hi Dashie ! Were you racing those green boxes ? Oh you should've come with me there was this great party in this club," said Pinkie with glee, and it continued, "Oh, and you should've tried this NEW sugar !"
"PINKIE!" shouted Rainbow.
"Yes Dashie ?" asked Pinkie.
"Those green boxes are after me! We gotta get out of here !" exclaimed the cyan mare.
Pinkie giggled and snorted, "Well why didn't you say so, Let's go!"
Pinkie dove under the passenger car seat, only to reappear below Tommy's as the pink pony pushed the gas pedal to the floor. With no control over the his Admiral's speed, Tommy swung the steering wheel to the right, into the direction of two VCPD cruiser blocking the street.
Tommy shouted a warning to the passengers to brace, everyone ,excluding Pinkie, held their hooves and arms to the seats. The Admiral struck two front end of the VCPD cars that were blocking their route, the force of the impact was enough to make space for the Admiral to go through and for Pinkie to bounce like a ball inside the interior that made everyone to lower their head for cover.
Gaining control of the gas pedal once more, Tommy sped through the street and into a multi-storey parking garage. Parking the Admiral on an empty space, Tommy exit the vehicle and told the others to do so.
"What are ya bonkers ?!" asked Kent, "We ain't walkin' with a couple of brightly coloured horses !"
"Hey! We're ponies !" Rainbow Dash corrected.
"Not to mention a flying and talking one!"
"I'm getting us a new car, cops we'll be looking for that one," Tommy explained, "You three stay here, If the cops come looking you call me, If is not the cops hide, understand ?"
"Okey dokey lokey."
"Whoa-whoa-whoa hold on,"said Rainbow.
Tommy raised an eyebrow to the cyan mare words.
"Pinks, why should we trust this thing ?" asked Rainbow to Pinkie.
Pinkie, still bouncing rapidly gave her answer "Well he's seems trusty enough !"
"And I saved your sorry ass today," Tommy added.
"Wait..... Dash have donkeys ?" asked the bouncing pink mare.
"No, it means he save her hide today," Paul explained.
"I'll be going then." said the man in blue, leaving Rainbow to let out a huff.
Tommy then walked out of the parking garage, leaving Kent Paul with Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. At the entrance of the garage he paused, and looked back.
"This is gotta be one of the weirdest shit I've gone through," Tommy told himself, "I hope Ken is doing better when that other one wakes up." Then start his search of another vehicle.
Trail of Stars
The Florida sun was no longer above them. The structure they were in was enormous, clearly a sign of wealth Rainbow Dash interpreted. She turned her head in every direction, examining the estate, while Pinkie bounced merrily beside her and Applejack lay on her back mumbling incoherent sentences.
Tommy had sent Avery home, telling him he would continue their business discussion sometime in the future, Avery gladly agreed, leaving Tommy with three ponies, one drunk, one sober, another on cocaine induced bouncing. Wasting no time at all, Kent, Ken, Vincent, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie and a drunken Applejack followed the man in blue up another large staircase towards a door at the top of the steps.
Twilight jumped as the black doors bang, revealing creatures she had never seen or read before, one had clothing that were mainly hued in blue. Startled, Twilight let go of some of the papers she had been examining. The creature stared up to her, she slowly descended from the air and touched the floor. Even after landing, the creature in blue clothing kept eye contact, making her feel uneasy.
Tommy spoke, "I'm going to ask you questions and you are going to give the answers."
"Hey-ey that's no way to talk to yer mot...*hic *"
Twilight peeked over the creature she was facing, beside three other being like the one in blue were her friends. She dashed towards them and enveloped them in a group hug. Tears began to forming on the purple pony's eyes, "I-I- thought you girls were gone."
"Of course were not gone Twilight were here !" Pinkie cheerfully reassured.
Rainbow Dash asked, "Whaddya mean gone Twi ?"
"Ah' love you to ma."
"The...*sniff*...carriages..." Twilight said between sniffs.
Looking at the hugging equines cherishing their reunion, Kent asked Rosenberg, "Is there anymore booze 'round here."
"The mini bar in the living room, first door on the left bring up some shot glasses up here while you're at it," said the lawyer.
The band manager turned his back on the hugging ponies and went downstairs to fetch more liquor. They were still hugging each other, Twilight was still sobbing but glad to see her friends well and alive, being left out from the hug was Applejack. Rainbow Dash had numerous questions in my mind, but decide to kept her mouth sealed for the time being. Tommy had a different idea, he wanted answers.
Without saying anything he created silence, with silence the hugging stopped. Twilight turned to the man in blue, with a very serious expression etched on his face. She faced him, thinking hard what the strange creature wanted.
"Oh right questions..." she reminded herself.
*** *** ***
Kent made it to the mini bar without any incident, despite being buzzed from the Scotch he consumed on his way to the estate. He browsed the selection of wines, whiskies, and champagnes of the mini bar. There weren't a lot to choose from, then he settled on the same thing he took not long ago, Scotch.
Putting the bottle and three glasses in a tray along with a bucket of ice, he began his journey back upstairs. Before he did, the phone rang. With no one around to answer he picked it up.
"Hello ?"
An elderly voice said, "Is Mr. Tommy home ? "
"Yeah, sure he's home what 'bout it ?" Kent asked.
"I need to speak to him right now ! " the voice on the phone demanded.
"Hold, I'll go get 'em for ya," said Kent.
"There's no time ! Just get Mr. Vercetti on the phone ! "
Deciding it wasn't his problem what the man on the other side of the phone business' with Tommy, the band manager replied, "Alright, alright."
Leaving the liquor, he went back upstairs dry but with a phone in hand. Kent gradually climbed back up the carpeted stairs, he entered when the purple one was talking to Tommy. His arrival abruptly halted the conversation, everyone turned their heads to Kent, except Applejack and Pinkie Pie.
Directed at Tommy, Kent said, "Someone wants with speak to you."
The man in blue Hawaiian shirt took the phone and answered, "Vercetti here."
The rest were left out of the conversation between Tommy and whoever was on the other side of the phone. But as it was clear that Tommy was somewhat trying to calm down the caller, repeatedly the man in blue asked for clarification. During the span of the call, Tommy mentioned, 'men in black carrying guns', 'vehicle parked outside', and 'they're here not for the money' for everyone to hear.
Tommy asked whether they were federal agents, the caller said, "No, they have no badges, but they asked me if I have seen a unicorn. "
Upon hearing the last word Tommy paused, staring at the ponies. He returned to the phone to end the conversation and promised he'll be there soon. A beep marked the termination of the call. Tommy stood and grabbed a pistol from his desk. He then continued to put on a bullet-proof vest.
Seeing the man in blue was putting on some kind of clothing Twilight asked, "What are you doing ?"
"I'm going to my movie studio," he said.
In astonishment, Rainbow Dash exclaimed, "Wow you got your own movie studio ?!"
"Yes, and I have no doubt that I'm going to find another unicorn there."
Baffled the pegasus asked, "Another unicorn ?"
In realization, both Twilight and Rainbow Dash shouted, "Rarity !"
"So you know it, good, if anything happens I'm going to compensate you for damages." said the man in blue.
"Rarity ?! Where ?" asked Pinkie, still bouncing thanks to cocaine.
Twilight asked, "Can we come, I mean to make sure if she's alright."
"Sure, no one's stopping you," he continued, "but I'm not sure about two of your friends there."
Twilight looked at her said two friends which were Applejack and Pinkie. From where she was standing, Applejack was still surrounded with the strong odor of alcohol, and seemed to lose the ability to stand straight for the moment. Pinkie, she deduced the pink mare was being herself. She asked Tommy if Applejack can stay here, he said no. Twilight asked if there is any place where her orange friend could stay. Tommy told her, she could stay either in his apartment in front of the North Point Mall or the one across of Rosenberg's office.
"Ken take the orange one..."
Rainbow Dash corrected, "Applejack, it's Applejack."
"Ken take Applejack to one of 'em, " he threw the keys to the lawyer, "wait 'till I call you."
*** *** ***
The white Oceanic exited the mansion premises and headed west. After leaving behind Starfish Island, it made a right heading towards Downtown Vice City. It was the first time Twilight saw this strange new world, besides the ocean view from Tommy's office. As they travel, she took in her surrounding, on her left were concrete buildings similar to those in Manehattan, and on her left was the sparkling blue water that surrounds Vice City.
Reaching Downtown Vice City, the road became narrower, but the range of things to see became wider, only Rainbow and Twilight who observed them, while Pinkie kept bouncing. On pavement, Tommy's kind walk, run and roller-blade, all of them were wrapped in clothing, some light, some bright and some utterly ridiculous. Their mane weren't colorful compare to Rainbow and Twilight's, instead they were fashioned in a variety of ways, mostly to look big and puffy.
While the ponies were distracted by Vice City, Tommy recollected his conversation. The conclusion was baffling, he was now accompanied by technically four aliens who lived in a monarch, where friendship is held up high, and magic is a common practice among them, along with two define beings controlling the night and day. He shared this to Vincenzo during the drive, he also had a hard time taking it in.
Crossing the bridge from Downtown Vice City to Prawn Island, he was flagged down by a man in blue floral shirt. Coming to a full stop on the middle of the bridge he asked the man who had stopped him, "What's going on ?"
"Don't know boss, security told us there were a bunch of black vans went through the gate," said the man.
"What else did they told you and what're you doing here ?" Tommy questioned him.
The man explained, "They told me a bunch of guys got out of the vans with guns, big guns, and we're keeping eye on them from here."
"Alright keep doing what you're doing," Tommy continued to drive into Prawn Island.
As he about to make the turn to his Studio's front gate, he found both lane were blocked by cars. Another man flagged the car to stop, a once crouching man stood up and ran to Tommy's car while keeping his back bent. What he told was basically the same to what the previous employee did, the man went back to crouch behind one of the cars that were blocking the road, gun unholstered. The aging automobile was put on park besides the studio's wall, away from the gate.
The entrepreneur in blue inserted a clip to a pistol, he handed the said pistol to his employee on the front passenger seat, and load a revolver. Twilight, Rainbow and even Pinkie paused to look what the strange being was doing. Twilight took a mental note about the strange object Tommy was holding with his appendages, silvery in design with a small wooden part that let Tommy's scale-less claws grip it. She wanted to ask about it, but before she got chance the entrepreneur in blue already opened the door and exited the vehicle.
He gave an order, "Stay put."
The purple and blue one nodded, Pinkie replied, "Yesssss sir!"
Tommy and Vincenzo joined the security force of the studio. Behind the cars they were briefed about the situation.
"Anyway we can get in ?" Tommy asked.
The chief of security told him, "From the front ? No. From the back maybe," he continued, "but we'll need a boat to do that."
"How about the side gate ?" the man in blue questioned.
"There's a van there..." said the chief.
Their discussion was cut short due to a woman's scream. Several men, all covered in black clothing ran from the gate and headed towards a black van parked right in front of it. The security chief shouted a warning with his pistol aimed at the group of men. They replied the warning with a hail of lead. In an instant the chief went down, in an instant Tommy stood from the cover of the cars and fired.
BLAM BLAM
A bullet struck one of them and the figure in black went down, but not dead, only struggling to stop the bleeding. The figure holding a white, four legged being covered with a black bag upon its front portion, which was emitting a whine, entered the van under cover fire of his comrades. Another threw two bags into the said vehicle. A different black van drove out of the studio, spraying bullets towards the security guards and Tommy. The entrepreneur on blue emptied his revolver, this done nothing as one of the van plow through the blockade. As a second van drove by he caught a glimpse of a creature he was familiar with.
Tommy ran back to where the car was parked and so does Vincenzo. Tommy started the engine and went after the vans.
"What's happening ?!" asked a panicky Twilight.
Pinkie said, "Sound like somepony playing with fire crackers !"
Tommy didn't answered, instead he changed gear and the old car lurched forward, faster. Looking onto the rear view mirror he found the group from the bridge had caught up with him, along with another car filled with security guards. The car with Tommy's men from the bridge overtook him, it moved to the right lane and smashed the van in front of Tommy. It wasn't long before the van was punctured leaving tiny holes and came to a stop short after. Unlike the previous, the van in the middle of the convoy opened it's back door, and start shooting.
"GET DOWN !" Tommy shouted.
The windshield was blurred with cracks as bullets impact without mercy. Tommy started kicking the broken windshield and with the guard's help, it was out of the way in moments. The shooting stopped, he saw the men in the back of the gun was busy, one was putting another magazine, another was tending to his gun. Tommy raised his gun.
CLICK CLICK CLICK
He grabbed Vincenzo's gun. Seven shots later the men in the back dropped, but the van was still moving. The white creature that they had captured loses the piece of cloth and stood at the back of the van for everyone who had followed the van to see.
"RARITY !" Twilight shouted.
"Oh Hi Rarity !"
The remaining vans made a few turn before they were in another straight road, one that headed back towards the west side of town. With the revolver loaded again, thanks to Vincenzo, the entrepreneur in blue raised it once more.
BLAM
The bullet found home in the driver's head, kicking out brain matter into the van's inner windshield. With no one at the wheel, the van loses control and smashed into another car, before coming to a halt at the edge of the side of the bridge.
Two-Third of the Party
Tommy arrived in front of his first home in Vice City soaking wet. Rain had come again to Vice City, a routine of the weather that had stuck for sometimes after the bridges were open and the hurricane warning lifted. The hawaiian-shirt clad man took shelter in the lobby of the Ocean View Hotel, he took a seat in the lobby's restaurant. A waitress served Tommy a cup a coffee and threw a towel with it, he said his thanks and flush caffeine into his system, while keeping his eyes on the waitress as she left his table.
Although the drink was finished, the rain didn't. He paid the waitress for the coffee along with tip, in return she gave a car key. The businessman returned outside, making beeline for the yellow and white Oceanic that regularly parked in front of the hotel. With a twist of the ignition key, the aging engine beneath the hood came to life. Tommy never knew who owned the car, but when in need the key always available from the waitress working at Ocean View Hotel.
The blue shirt entrepreneur made his way to the multi-level parking garage. In the middle of the journey, his phone rang, "Tommy here."
From the other side was Avery, "Tommy my boy where are you?" the real estate mogul asked. "I'm in front of your lawn and ya ain't here to greet me."
"Sorry ," he apologized to the elderly gentleman, "There were some business I have to attend to."
Avery replied, "Understandable son, say when you gon' come home and talk 'bout yer investment ?"
"I'm on my way back as we speak," Tommy told Avery.
"A'right, see ya soon."
A beep signaled the end of the call. Tommy made a turn into the parking garage, he maneuvered through the ramps and parked next to the battered Admiral sedan. Leaving the vehicle, Tommy didn't heard anything beside the wind and traffic, looking to the spot where Kent and his four legged passengers were, the businessman found the space vacant. "Shit," Tommy cursed, he had told them to hide if anyone spotted them, how effective their hiding was being questioned. Not in a place where they were meant someone did came.
Having little intention to stay in the parking garage any longer, he sound the klaxon of the Oceanic. The horn echoed through out garage, and sure enough, it fell on the intended ears. The rainbow hued mane mare and the informant appeared behind a pickup, while the pink one popped out of a trash can, still rapidly hopping up and down with white around her muzzle.
Tommy pointed into the car. "Better do what that man said," Kent Paul told the cyan pony beside him.
"He didn't say anything," Rainbow pointed out.
Kent faced the Rainbow with his buzzed expression, shrugged and walked into the car along with Pinkie. Rainbow Dash soon followed. Seeing Vercetti with his face at the moment, Kent decided to sit in the back along with the ponies, the moment he released the cap for the Scotch, it was snatch Rainbow, who put her mouth on top of the bottle's neck and chug the golden liquid.
*** *** ***
The aging automobile's tire screech as it made a sharp turn into the premises of Starfish Island's largest mansion. The whole journey was a miracle, as they traverse through Vice City, Pinkie had bounced all over the car, appearing out of impossible places. It was a hair raising thirty-minutes drive, but with Scotch on board, they survived the ordeal. Pulling in front of the massive staircase to his estate, the entrepreneur in blue parked behind a black limo, Avery's black limo.
There was a momentary silence in the car with the, exception of Pinkie Pie, still rocking the car with her bouncing. Tommy looked at the slightly buzzed and half-way drunk passenger at the back of the car, he kept his eye at the two silently, one that told them he wanted to speak. Somehow, Rainbow got hold of Pinkie's tail.
Tommy commanded, "Stay in the car."
Rainbow raised a hoof to object, but her voice was muted when Kent plugged it with the bottle of Scotch as he nod. Tommy left Kent Paul, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash at each other company. "What did you do that for ?!" Rainbow raised her voice. Kent put a finger on her muzzle and hushed her, "Ye don't want tha' go up against that man," Kent warned her.
Too stubborn and pride still irritated she yelled, "Oh yeah we'll see about that !"
She flared her wing, as she was about to fly out of the window, Kent grabbed her by the tail. "Let me go !" she cried, and Kent kept pulling. As the Scotsman and Pegasus struggle against each other, cocaine induced Pinkie asked Kent, "What're we playing now ?!"
"Uh...uhm...tug o' war," said Kent.
"Oooohhh classic, count me in !" she joined in the fray and pulled Rainbow Dash in.
Tommy hiked the steps into his house, as he about to enter the door, Avery's student, Donald Love. Shakily he greeted Tommy and told where his mentor was waiting, "He's waiting in the lounge Mr. Vercetti."
"Thank you," he slip a couple of Benjamins into his pocket, "buy yourself something nice, don't worry I'll tell Avery I sent you away."
"T-thanks Mr. Vercetti but.. Mr. Carrington told me..."
Tommy told him, "I can't have you eavesdropping on our discussion, now scram."
He watch Donald leave from the top of the stairs, and relieved he was too focus looking back at him and not the Oceanic he passed by. As he set foot on the marble floor, Ken Rosenberg the lawyer hastily step down the stair and approached the man in blue Hawaiian shirt. "Tommy we got a problem," Ken told Tommy.
Tommy turned to face the man in pink suit, "What kind of problem ?"
"The thing in your office," he broke the news, "It's awake."
"What is it doing right now ?" Tommy asked.
"It's staring at the security screens last time I check ," Ken told him.
"You get Vincent and look after it," Tommy instructed, "Avery is waiting for me I gotta go."
"Tommy, I'm your lawyer for god sake !" Ken groused, "Not a some animal caretaker, I have no experience on these kind of things."
"Yes you do, these things talk, you're good at talking now go !"
"How the hell do you know that thing talk ?!" Ken questioned him.
Indignant with the questions Tommy hissed, "There are two others in the car I brought in just know and they're with Paul, If you wanna practice talking horse go ask them !"
Tommy left Ken to greet his business associate Avery Carrington. Ken was left standing in front of the stairs mesmerized by what Tommy had told. "They...talk..." with task assigned to him, Tommy's lawyer set to locate the only person within the mansion who knew about their current situation beside his client and himself.
As Tommy approaches Avery said, "Ah' see you sent ma'h student away this is a practically a learning opportunity."
"I don't want anyone to know about this," Tommy told him, "Besides this is not as safe as your limo."
"Hell son, this place a damn fortress," Avery exclaimed.
Tommy told him a plausible situation, "A Fortress it maybe, but I don't know if Diaz's operations were being 'observed' "
Avery went silent for a moment. He considered Tommy as a fellow businessman, and one investor that doesn't just show up in a board meeting once a year. He also knew about Tommy's business', this was obtained through financial background check, as same as every investor that funded his real estate business. The elder property mogul realized his investor in blue had to be careful, and had the right reason to be so, no one owned a mansion this big with profit from a printing company operating less than a year.
*** *** ***
Ken Rosenberg ran down the massive steps of Vercetti Estate, heading towards the Oceanic parked on the drive way. He brought Vincenzo along in trying to talk to similar creatures to the one in Tommy's office. When Ken told the henchman in blue, he dismissed his boss' lawyer had lost it, but Ken told him that his boss was the one who said that horses talk. He didn't want to think his boss was crazy, so he followed the man in pink suit.
"You sure boss said that thing can talk ?" Vincent inquired.
"No," Ken answered, "But the others."
His eyes went wide in surprise and disbelief, "There's more ?"
"I don't want to belief that but he said he brought them in himself," Ken informed him.
Arriving in front of the aging automobile, both men saw two heads resting on each other, one Ken recognized as Kent Paul, frequent patron of The Malibu Club, the other was a rainbow maned, blue pony that had one wing on Kent's left shoulder. A closer look revealed an empty Scotch bottle on the seat. Suddenly a pink figure pressed itself against the window.
Pinkie greeted, "Hi !"
Both men jumped in surprise and the goon in blue made a cross with his fingers, "Mio dio !"
"Myname'spinkiepiewhat'syoursareyouKentsfriendsdoyoulikepartiessorryitalkedfrominsidethisboxbutTommytoldmetowaitandnotgetout"
As the blabbering continued, both men looked at one another making eye contact, avoiding contact with the fast talking pink pony inside the car. Ken halted the intention to try and talk to the pony, and started forming a plan to put a lid on the pink muzzle in front of him. His lawyer mind went blank and no plan was formed. "Any idea how are we going to keep that...away from Avery ?" he asked.
The sound of shoes tapping down on the steps reached their ears, both Ken and Vincent cursed silently at the untimely arrival. Both quickly decide to enter the Oceanic. Vincent at the drivers seat, he quickly ignite the fuel within the aging combustion chamber and put the car in reverse, dodging detection of the property mogul. Staying put short of the exit still grabbed the attention of Avery who glanced at them in the distance, but quickly went back to Tommy.
Both lawyer and hired gunman sighed in relieve. "Oooohhhh I like your suit," commented Pinkie on Ken's attire.
"Before I leave," Avery opened his limo's trunk, "As a token of our relationship...."
The elderly Texan stopped talking as the stench of strong liquor tickled his nostrils. The case where the whiskey had been stowed was leaking liquid. Avery hoped it was the champagne he carried along, but after dipping his finger into the pooling liquid and a lick he confirmed it was whiskey. "What in Sam's hell ?!" cursed the stetson wearing entrepreneur.
From the trunk out came Applejack, one that reeked of whiskey, wobbly and ultimately drunk.
Drunkenly she slurred, "D-d-daddy is that you?"
