Guitar Strings and Dragon Wings

Metal in Equestria: Chapter 5
The three humans stared at Rainbow Dash and Twilight. Spike tried to get their attention but no one broke their gaze. Wallace spoke first.
"Shit, I left my coffee in the van." Wallace turned and ran the opposite direction to the van about a quarter of a football field away. Packie and Jiggs turned their bodies so they kept him and the ponies in view. Wallace threw open the back doors and took out his green jug. It was still warm. "Fuck, it's not hot." He leaned over so they could just see the side of his head and one eye. "HEY PONIES… DO YOU HAVE COFFEE?"
"YEAH!" yelled Rainbow Dash, after two seconds of silence.
Wallace screwed on the lid. "Sweet they have coffee… oh fuck, what if they use pony money or something?" he was mumbling to himself. He ran back to join his band mates.
"So uh… do I have to pay for coffee? … cuz that'd really suck."
"Well just getting around Ponyville is going to be hard. We might not even be able to get coffee without getting stopped." Twilight said. "Oh and since this isn't a dream we better introduce ourselves... I'm Twilight Sparkle, librarian of Ponyville and personal apprentice of the princess."
"That sounds pretty gay." Said Wallace.
Jiggs gave Wallace an icy glare. "Dude shut the fuck up. This ain't a damn dream so be nice to these…ponies. They are the only ones who can help us, so cut the shit. You too, Packie."
Packie was shocked at his distrust. "What did I do?"
"Nothing… just let the ponies talk."
"I'm Rainbow Dash and I take care of the skies. This lovely weather is a gift from yours truly." She gave a smirk and puffed out her chest.
"Please tell me there are dude ponies." Packie whined.
"Oh yeah… we got them too. Not a whole lot in this town though. They work in the fields mostly." Rainbow Dash said.
"Typical… guys work and the girls play." Wallace let slide under his breath.
Twilight became curious. She had heard the humans call each other names but wanted to know if they only had one. "So you call yourselves Superkill? Is that a clan of humans or something?"
"No just a band name… cuz we play instruments for clubs on stage. It's mostly for the money, but it helps with the ladies too if you know what I mean."
"Ew… okay. Well what are your names then?" Twilight said.
Packie flipped his dirty blond hair back, but his sides ends remained curled up. "The name's Patrick Vineyard… but everyone calls me Packie." He had a nervous smile break across his face. "I'm the talent of the band. I used to live in Virginia but moved to Illinois when I was eleven and met these assholes. Love at first sight." He chuckled.
Wallace took a big swig of coffee and spit out some onto the grass. He didn't even know how he could fall asleep after drinking so much. " Oh me? I'm Wallace Eadler and don't fuck with me, I just drank a lot of coffee… and I play the drums pretty well… I guess." He put the lid back on his green jug.
Jiggs took some spearmint gum out of his pocket and placed half in his mouth. His tongue licked the bottom of it and then he started chewing. "Sorry but I need this after I smoke." He chewed a little more. "The name's actually Anthony Tomelius Jigbane… but just Jiggs works fine and dandy. I would go by Tony but that's my dad's name. I'm also the third Anthony Jigbane… I was gonna name my son that too." His eyes streaked from Packie to Wallace and back to Rainbow. "Oh… chew*chew* … I play bass as well… in the band."
"…and I'm Spike?..." the little dragon mumbled. He suddenly felt ignored. "Hello… I'm a freaking dragon… right here!" He jumped next to Twilight.
"Oh yeah this is Spike… he's my assistant and he helped me get into the Princess' school." She giggled a little.
"She hatched me… so what?" he said angrily.
Wallace took a sip of almost cold coffee. "A dragon… I can dig it. We need more coffee… ASAP."
The group of six turned and started walking toward Ponyville.
Jiggs took a once-over at the group. "We sure are an odd bunch." He said out loud.
"Hey what kinda money do you use?" Packie asked.
Twilight kept staring at the approaching town center. They hadn't seen any other ponies yet. "Well we use bits which are… eh… pieces of gold I suppose."
"Well fuck." Wallace said. "I only got like fifty bucks on me right now."
"Don't sweat it man. I'm sure we'll figure something out." Pack reassured.
The group of six came up to the outskirts of town. There was barely a soul. A few ponies worked here and there on painting and delivering things, but they were too preoccupied with what they were doing to notice the humans.
Twilight turned her head to address the humans. "This here is the coffee shop."
"How the fuck do you get around? All the buildings look the same?" Packie asked. "There aren't any signs, y'know?"
"Well… we just kinda know." said Rainbow, "I've lived here for years and I know where everything is because I've talked to everyone in town."
"Why is everyone so social here?" Jiggs asked himself. Wallace didn't really care, he just wanted some coffee.
They walked inside the white building. There were green drapes over the windows and only some filtered green light reached the inside of the shop.
"Welcome to the Jitterin' Mornin' coffee shop! How can I help y…ya… what are those?" The shop owner was attending three pots of coffee before he came to the counter. The light chocolate milk colored pony stood wide-eyed. His expression concealed the fact that he was usually the most relaxed pony in town. Despite him consuming vast amounts of coffee, the pony had actually gotten used to drinking so much and he needed it just to stay awake now. But at the moment, he was frozen in disbelief.
Twilight quickly scurried in front of the band mates, trying to get the owner's attention. "Okay, these are humans… and they really just want some coffee… I can't really expain, alright?" Twilight had a threatening demeanor and the store owner collapsed under the pressure.
"Alright alright… whatever you want… it's 2 bits a pot though…" he said. He put a pot down on the table using one hoof.
"How do you hold things!?" Packie said. Jiggs and Wallace just kept their mouth shut.
Wallace walked up to the counter and pulled out a tiny handful of coins. Most of them were silver and some were pennies. He laid them on the counter sloppily and some of them were spinning from the angled landing. Then all the coins settled and it got quiet again. There were two quarters, a dime, three nickels, and 4 pennies set on the counter.
"Just take it… alright?" Wallace said as he grabbed the pot of coffee and started filling up his half-gallon green jug.
"Oh… I'll just take these…" The store owner picked up the four pennies with a sly glance. He must have thought the copper was valuable and was stealing from Wallace without him noticing.
"Um… okay dude, you can have those." Wallace couldn't believe the store owner only wanted four pennies for a pot of coffee. Man this is such a steal, he thought to himself.
"Gee thanks… mister." The store owner slyly put the pennies in the register. These coins must be worth a fortune where he's from. They have such a pretty orange color. He must not realize that I'm practically stealing from him, he thought to himself. "You have a nice day ya'll!" The brown store owner shouted as they walked out. The bell by the door rang as it shut behind them. "Thanks Mr. Potts!" Twilight and Rainbow called back to him.
“See you guys in a few minutes!” Mr. Potts bellowed.
See us in a few minutes. What does he mean by that? Twilight asked herself.
The six stood outside while Wallace raised his jug to his face. He hand was shaking and a bead of sweat ran down his face, despite the weather being a crisp seventy-two degrees farenheit.
"You gotta stop drinking that shit."
"Shut the hell up, Packie." Wallace took another sip. "Ah man, that's some good shit." He shook his head in satisfaction.
"So how long until we can go home?" Jiggs asked Twilight.
"I'm not sure, we have to see the princess… even though I'm sure she'll be furious with me." The purple pony lowered her head in grief for herself.
This part of town was quiet. Every time they moved their feet on the gravel road there would come a crunching noise. Twilight was thinking of why it was so quiet, but she couldn't reach a conclusion. Rainbow Dash saw she was deep in thought. "Hey Twilight… what's the matter?" Rainbow searched her memory.
Wallace took another loud sip. Slurp*
"HORSE APPLES!" Twilight and Rainbow looked at each other. They looked as though they had seen a ghost.
"You guys forgot about that already?" Spike said.
"YOU KNEW?" The ponies were synchronized in speech.
"Well… yeah. But I didn't know if I should've said anything…" Spike sighed.
"HEY GUYS!" Pinkie Pie yelled with glee. She snuck up on Rainbow Dash, who nearly took off flying in one direction as fast as she could.
"Pinkie! What are you doing? Wasn't there a town meeting?" Rainbow asked her.
"Yeah there is, but I wanted to come find you guys first because I didn't see you there and then I saw you had some humans here! That's great because they can help me make cupcakes later and I’ll make three new great amazing friends!" Pinkie Pie was hopping up and down.
"No Pinkie… we need to go now. We can't miss that meeting because the princess might be there and I need her help with something." Twilight said.
“I didn’t see her there. Was she supposed to be?” Pinkie interjected.
“I’m not sure but we have to go anyway.” Twilight was growing visibly flustered.
"Okie Dokie! Let's go then!" Pinkie Pie lunged under Wallace and threw him on her back. "You like coffee too? It's my absolute favorite! But I can only have three pots a day before I start getting really bad shakes!"
"Woah what the fuck is going on? Hey I've never rode a pony." Wallace took another sip. "Hey guys… I guess I get the pink one."
Pinkie Pie turned her head to face Wallace sitting on her back and stared at him with a usual happy grin. "It's awesome riding ponies! Don’t ask me how I know!"
Wallace nodded his head and took another sip. "This is my kind of pony!"
Twilight looked to Packie and Jiggs, realizing she needed to choose one of them. "Rainbow Dash… you get Packie!"
"Suck it Jiggs! I get the Rainbow one, so fuck your shit!" Packie yelled at his face.
Rainbow lunged under the blond-haired teenager and he sat upright on her back. "Don't get any funny ideas." She cocked her head to him and gave him a glare. Packie wasn't so intimidated. "Whatever pony… we're gonna be good friends in no time." He smiled like a little kid.
Jiggs simply walked over to Twilight and she nodded. "My grandpa takes care of some horses." He was careful to watch his wording, so as not to offend Twilight. "Never thought I'd be riding a purple pony."
"Well… I never thought I'd have a human riding on my back. It was all theoretical anyways. Sigh*" Twilight said nonchalantly.
Jiggs and Twilight had a calm understanding. He took out a cigarette and his yellow lighter. "I hope you don't mind."
"Nah it's fine." Twilight said
The three ponies nodded and started galloping. It took about three minutes at full speed to get from one side of town to the other, but they were going to town square.
They were halfway down one street. Spike sat on Jiggs' shoulders, but he didn't seem to mind.
Wallace took another sip and slipped his arm around Pinkie Pie's mouth. She took a swig as well.
Rainbow had the lightest load of all, considering Packie was in fairly healthy shape.
"Hey human…huff*… hold on…huff*… and don't…huff*…panic!" Rainbow said. She extended her wings and moved Packie's legs out of the way. They started a take-off like on an airplane. Both of them quickly gained height and altitude.
"HO-LY SHIIIIITTT!" Packie yelled at the top of his lungs.
"We're just gonna take a little shortcut!" Rainbow yelled. She was more relaxed in the sky.
"Fuck you Packie!" Wallace yelled as Pinkie Pie shook underneath him.
Mr. Potts was locking up his store as he heard the commotion behind him. Seeing several humans riding ponies was something he never imagined he would ever see. “Oh well. Off to town square I suppose.” He started to walk lazily for the other side of town. “No need to rush.”