The wrench chronicles (bioshock)

sorry about the super long wait guys i have been, on holiday ... then the summer sale of steam happened, then i procrastinated for a day or so ... but here it is.

Twi:

"so is he being controlled now?" that was my major worry, Jack could be under control and he could just be here to overthrow Celestia.

"I don't believe so; his mind is more or less clean from control. Although your friend Pinkie seems to have a lot of power over him, just remember he is easily influenced."

Hmm that might be a problem, just another thing to add to the list of things that I need to talk to people about. "thank you now I'm going to go visit Jack, oh and can we keep Jack in the dark about this, just trust me on this" she nodded her head, I turned around and left the room heading back to Jack and Pinkie.

As I entered the room I saw that Pinkie was awake "mornin Twi" Pinkie was stood at the end of the bed and was stretching out "I'll just wake Jack up" she walked over to his head, normally I would stop her, but I really wanted to see what kind of control she had on him. "Jack it's time to wake up" Jack almost instantly woke up, admittedly he was still groggy but he was awake.

"Pinkie how do you do that?" I looked at her questioningly; she put a hoof on her chin and stood there in what was undeniably a thinking pose.

"I think really hard and he does it" Jack was looking confused by now; this is very interesting Pinkie can control Jack just by thinking hard enough.

A knock on the door signalled that Jack had a visitor, wonder if it's RD or AJ, both Fluttershy and Rarity were busy with their respective jobs. I walked over to the door and opened it; behind the door was Octavia and Vinyl. "Hi Octavia, hi Vinyl you come to see Jack?" to be honest they weren't the last ponies I would have expected but still pretty surprising.

"Yeah, we heard Jack had got hurt and came to see if he was alright" they had bought him a bouquet of roses, not the most typical of flowers but who am I to judge.

"anyway Jack but I have to get going, I have a few jobs to sort out, I'll see you later alright?" he was still groggy, that much was obvious, apparently being woken up by mental command isn't the best way to wake up.

"Yeah sure, have ... Fun" I left the room the clamouring had only just started.

Jack:

"hi guys it's nice to see you two are working out" they both blushed.

"Well yes, I have to thank you for setting us up, without you I might not have ever talked to her. Anyway how long till you get out of here?" they handed over the bouquet of roses, I went to grab it with my left hand and winced at the pain, I then grabbed them with my right hand.

"Thanks and I shouldn't be here for long" Pinkie clonked me on the back of the head with her hoof.

"no foreshadowing"

"foreshadowing? Foreshadowing what?" I grabbed the apple from the side and started to eat it and then I started to cough, for god sake. A doctor came running, his stethoscope was jiggling occasionally hitting him in the face and he grabbed an injection from the side and injected it into me.

In the last few seconds of consciousness I saw one thing, both Octavia and Vinyl looking worried and I heard one thing as well, "told you." typical.

Four days later:

After four days of recuperation I was ready to leave, it would have been earlier but it turns out I wasn't allowed to eat anything because of the medicine I was on. My visitor today was Rarity "so Jack any plans for when you get home?"

I nodded my head "sleep a lot of sleep, the beds here are not very comfy for someone my size" the dark rings under my eyes were testament to this, fact. I and Rarity were walking towards the front desk to sign out of the hospital. When we finally got to the front desk the pony behind it, was doing some filling "excuse me, I would like to sign out"

"name?" really? She looked up at me "oh Jack, yes, sure you can sign out, just a note, don't use any magic, it could re-open the wound. You may go now, have a nice day" I was finally glad to be out of there.

Rarity passed me an apple from her saddle bag, I took a bite into it, so much better than hospital food "so you have a crush on Pinkie" I almost choked on my apple, before I could ask how she knew she told me "Spike told me, I managed to get him to spill the beans" gonna remember that one Spike.

We were walking down a surprisingly quiet street, wonder what's going on, I could see the top of the library from here. Rarity opened the front door and stepped inside, she seemed to be moving quicker than normal, I stepped inside and ... "ahhhhh!"

???:

I was sat at my table surrounded by the dunces that couldn't even get a simple artefact from an abandoned ruin, what could have gone wrong? "Would one of you like to tell me what went wrong, it was a simple task!"

"I'm sorry boss, we tried our best, but there was a thing there. It had a magic that knocked my workers out before I could grab it." I sighed, complete incompetence.

"I hired you because I thought you were able to deal with a few hiccups. But I'm stuck with you for now; I will know the location of the next amulet in a week or so. Oh and don't fail me again"

Jack:

It was only a party, Jesus that scared me. The party banners were up and I could see Pinkie's cannon over in the corner, gonna keep an eye on that one. "There aren't any horny mares are there?" Twi shook her head, "so what is this for?"

"It’s for saving Jass and Night and getting better!" Pinkie leaned over the side of a massive speaker set up and pulled both Vinyl and Octavia into view "it's time for the music!"

Three hours later:

Ow my everything hurts, after two and a half hours of partying I had forgot about the cannon, typical. "Ok I think it's time for bed young ones" I grabbed a sleepy Night and Jass who was asleep and started to climb the stairs.

"I'm not tired though!" she yawned just after saying this proving otherwise. I put Jass and Night into my bed; we really need another one, two if possible. I stumbled down the stairs hoping everyone else had gone home ... No dice.

All of them were around the table with a single bottle of some alcohol Twi looked at me "Jack want to join us?" I shook my head, "oh ok then, may I just ask one question before you go to sleep then?" I sat down on the sofa and nodded my head. "Are you and Jass stronger here?"

"Not really, I think it's a case of everything's lighter here, now goodnight everyone."

"night Jack" they all chorused, I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.

Twi:

"So girls what do you want to do now?" I looked round the room the all shrugged their shoulders, except Pinkie, wait where is Pinkie? She came into the room from the kitchen with a blanket, what's she doing with that? She proceeded to throw it over Jack.

"What he might get cold during the night." I thought about it for a few seconds meh it made sense; I mean jack has just got out of hospital so he won't be feeling his best.

"Well if we are having a sleepover, we need a certain book." I heard AJ and Rarity groan but we have to do it by the book! Now to get on with ... "oh my gosh, I forgot the friendship report! I need to send it to Celestia by tonight!" I ran off upstairs and left my five friends behind.

"Wasn’t it due yesterday?" Rarity had remembered it was a Wednesday and not a Tuesday.

"Do not tell her that she will blow a casket if we tell her that."

Jack:

I woke up way before dawn, a sudden thought hit me, wait what happened to that artefact I found? There it is I spotted it on one of the many bookcases. The wood was a dark brown and it had a little gold handle, engraved on the top was a picture of some kind of insect wing; it had what looked like some circular holes cut out.

I flicked the catch open and popped the lid open, the smell of stale air wafted out, whatever this was it hadn't seen the light of day for a long time, inside was a necklace and it was the same as the symbol on the box. A golden chain was the only way to wear it, against my better judgement I put it on, nothing happened.

"Wonder if Jass wants ... Whoa I feel weird" I stumbled around for about five seconds before I steadied myself, I noticed I was looking at things from a dramatically lower angle, weird.

"So Jass, you want to do anything today" ah so Jass and Twi are awake well, well "you alright Jass?" I turned round to see Twi looking at me with her head cocked, wait what?

I looked down to see a dress "this is not happening ... This is not happening, this is not happening"

"what's the matter?" Twi was obviously not aware what was going on.

"Twi I'm not Jass I'm Jack, I don't know why but I have changed into Jass" Twi started to laugh, err "follow me then" I walked up the stairs towards Jass and Nights bedroom, Twi's concern was growing I could tell that much. I slowly opened the door and walked inside, Twi gasped when she saw Jass and Night asleep in the bed.

"Ok now I believe you, now how do we change you back?" we walked back downstairs and into the kitchen. I tried to reach the apple on the top of the counter, I jumped up and down arms outstretched, and after a few seconds of trying I crossed my arms. Twi chuckled at this.

"How am I meant to know how to change back? Can't you find out how to change me back … Oh" I smacked my head on the counter and all of a sudden I was tall again I looked at my arms and saw the chain tattoos, I'm back baby. I looked at the necklace around my neck; I took it off and threw it to Twi. "Put this on and imagine being someone and say their name"

She grudgingly agreed and after she put it on she mumbled "Rarity" all of the sudden Rarity was before me.

"Aha it's the necklace, now just say change back" she said it and ... Nothing, oh god. "Erm maybe say ... Change me back?" she said it and then Twi was in front of me again.

"we have to take this to Celestia, this is too dangerous for us to handle" I opened the box and Twi put it inside, I flicked the catch shut and put it in a pocket, "I suggest you go get Jass and Night up while I make them a packed lunch."

I jumped up the stairs three at a time and slowly opened the door to the girl’s room to find both Jass and Night awake and in Jass' case dressed. "How would you two like to see the princess ponies?"

Jass nodded her head but Night shook her head "I don't like them" the whole killing me incident, yeah that would do it.

"Night could I convince you to give them a second chance, they are really nice they were just scared." she nodded her head while Jass looked confused, "now I think Twi is making you some breakfast and lunch." both their faces lit up and they pushed past me, Night pulling ahead but having to wait for Jass to open the door.

I walked downstairs to find chaos raining, both Jass and Night were terrorising Twi for food, "ok that's everyone's lunch sorted" I looked over her shoulder to see nine lunches In front of her "there's Pinkie, AJ, RD, Rarity, Fluttershy, Jass, Night, you and me." oh so the others are coming.

We left Spike in charge of the library and rounded up the gang, once everyone was present Twi gave the overview of what we had found out. RD and Rarity didn't seem to believe the story that is until I brought the necklace out and all of a sudden Princess Luna was next to them.

"So how are we getting to ... Canterlot is it?" Twi nodded her head and pointed towards what looked to be a steam engine from back home. On my back was my bag and it was filled to the brim with lunches and Night, not many ponies had seen Night so far, and I looked over at Pinkie and saw Jass was enjoying the ride.

It turns out we didn't have to pay because Twi gets a free ride up to Canterlot whenever she wants, being the student to Celestia seems to haven its advantages.
I yawned deeply and rubbed my eyes "Jack darling why don't you get some more sleep?" Rarity was right I needed sleep.

"Ok make sure I'm awake when we get there, thank you" I shut my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

Twi:

I could see the Canterlot train station ahead and decided it was time to wake Jack up, he had a smile on his face, seems like he was having a good dream. "hmm I wonder"

"what's that Twi?" Rarity always knew when I was planning something.

"Well I wonder what he dreams about, maybe we should find out, for science!" Rarity didn't seem too happy about the whole arrangement.

"I don't think you should Twi, a dream is private, we shouldn't pry into his private thoughts." maybe she is right ... Nah, I started the magic and entered his mind ... Oh sweet Celestia

A shiny silver penny to whoever can guess what Twi saw in his dream