Equestria: Land of Horse and Man
Chapter 2: It Begins
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Carlos nodded and yelled," WHOA! WATCH OUT!!!!!".
McGee turns his head towards the front and immediately stops the car in front of a man in a brown coat and jeans. The man stood there in shock and fell.
McGee and asked the man if he was alright," Hey man, you alright? What are you doing on the middle of the road, sir?".
He told the man to stay off the road to avoid accidents and follow the sidewalk. After that, McGee and Carlos continue their way to West Junes Street. By the time they left, Celestia woke up from her nap and gave a yawn.
"Is that guy okay, McGee?" asked Carlos.
"Yea, and that reminds me something, she can use teleportation, can you handle her?" as concern as the pony is capable of doing anything from teleporting to unlocking doors.
Eclipsor does as the cop said, follow the sidewalk, maybe is the gray slab of stone he's walking on. But something is telling him that his daughter is definitely in this city, somewhere. He took another path in between the buildings and stayed there for a while until things started to calm down. McGee parked his car near to the location and as planned, Carlos stayed in the car with the baby pony while McGee attends the situation in West Junes St.
"Stay here, ok pony," Carlos said nicely to the pony.
"C'mon, gear up people! Carl, where's McGee!?" said the Commissioner.
Carl replied ,"They're coming sir, I just called them. They are on their way,".
After that, McGee comes in and said, "Hey! (PANT), sorry I'm late,"
The Commissioner realized that Carlos is not with him."Where's Carlos, McGee?".
McGee explained that Carlos has a bad backache and needs to stay in the car and be a guard of the perimeter instead. The Commissioner understands and lets McGee take some armor for him.
"Hurry up, McGee. Those protestors are gonna attack anytime.", said the Commissioner.
Eclipsor quietly sneak out of the alley and carefully head west where the police forces are. He sees something that he scares about humans, their guns. He sees the police forces with guns in their pockets and throwing small cans that spray gas out to scare the people away. Eclipsor ran away from that direction and took a corner turn. He saw a car in the distance. He can see a humanoid figure bending over and something familiar, a pony suddenly teleporting behind one of the figures. He knows that's Celestia and immediately ran over to their direction.
"Hey! You there!"
McGee and Carlos heard a scream and saw a flash of light in front of their eyes and saw another creature that looked like the baby pony with 4 legs, wings and a longer horn. They both are again in more shock.
" Please, don't hurt her. I'll do anything for you, just don't hurt Celestia.", said the pony king.
"Wait, you're her father?", asked Carlos.
"O..ok, her name is Celestia? And we don't intend to hurt her, we just want to get her to her home.", McGee talked calmly and nicely to the adult pony.
Carlos was cuddling Celestia while his brother talks.
"I see. Well, thanks for not hurting her. Aren't you suprise to see a talking pony?", said Eclipsor.
"I've seen enough weird things today. So, bye," McGee said.
As they left, Eclipsor turn invisible and ran towards the forest area.
"So, that was...uh... something," said Carlos is in a speechless attitude but feel that they will be safe and keep their secrets safe with them.
"I'll be going now, stay here,ok?", said McGee.
At home, Carla is in her living room couch, watching the news after sending her son to school.
(EARLIER)
Carla is sending her son, Timmy, to Dashville Elementary School after her husband left for work. "Now, be a good boy Timmy. Did you pack your food?" asked Carla to her 8 year old son.
"Yea, it's in here. Is dad really coming home late today, mommy?" asked Timmy.
"I'm afraid so, my darling. Hey look! Your cousin Jimmy is here!" Carla said pointing at a Toyota coming behind them.
Timmy and Carla exited the car and said their greetings to Juliet and her 9 year old son. Tim and Jim gave a tight hug to each other. Juliet and Carla too gave a hug to each other. Both of them said goodbye to their sons and continued to chat outside of the school compound.
Carla put her handbag on the car hood to chat with her friend and relative.
"I'm glad that big piece of machinery is out of our house. Its taking out a big portion of our garage," exclaim Juliet.
" Mmhm. So, did Carlos eat his breakfast yet? He must've taken a lot of time getting that machinery into his car,"-Sees a man in a cloak going through her bag-"Hey! Get your hands out of my purse you prick!"
Carla threw a punch at the man's face and the man fell on the ground. Juliet tried to pin the guy but the guy managed to get up and ran away.
"Yea! Run away you moron!" shouted Carla, attracting attention from students and grown-ups.
"Carla, you alright?" asked Juliet.
Carla exclaimed she was alright. Juliet helped her stood up from the ground and she checked her purse if he stole anything.
"Stupid rascal, thinking he can steal stuff from me. Mm, that's weird, he didn't steal anything," Carla said.
Then, she and Juliet decided to go to the police station to lodge a report on the robbery. After that, she went back home and take a rest. Few minutes later, she got a call from Juliet. She picked up the phone in the hallway. It was Juliet telling her to on the TV and turn to the news channel. When she watched the news, she was shocked that there was a protest happening in Dashville. Suddenly, she felt teary being in fear that McGee will be hurt.
(NOW)
Carla is worried that McGee will get hurt in the protest. Then, the phone in the hallway rang. Carla stood up from her couch and turn off the TV. She walked to the phone and picked it up.
"*Sniff* Hello?" she said.
"Hey, why're you crying?" A familiar voice sent chills down Carla's spine.
"(GASP) H-How did you --Interrupted by Unknown Man-- Nice bag you had there. McGee must've gave you the money for the bag," interrupted the long forgotten dark past of Carla.
Carla hung up the phone in rage and fear that he'll someday come to this house. The phone rang again and the moment Carla picks up the phone, she yelled,
"LEAVE ME ALONE YOU HEARTLESS MONSTER! DON'T CALL ME AGAIN!!"
"C-Carla?" that was when she realized she heard a voice of a man she worried and cried for.
The SWAT and police officers of DPD arrested more than a 100 protesters and interrogated them. They say that there had been rumours about the world going to end in war tomorrow, so they did this to tell the government to stop it immediately. The police didn't believe them and send them to prison for disturbing the peace of Dashville, endangering the lives of others etc. McGee and Carlos went back to their home and fetch their kids from school since its already afternoon.
The two families went straight to bed after dinner like everynight. McGee stayed up until 2 in the morning, still thinking about those ponies and interrogations. What do the protesters mean war is going happen and why are there ponies living among us? Is he in a dream?
Then, he heard something shaking, but its not an earthquake. He hears and sees series of jets flying through the air and helicopters as he looks outside. Dogs barking, houses lights turn on and army trucks passing through the suburban area.
THATS WHEN IT BEGINS........
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