Journy of Life

by Broniesb4hoenies

Chapter 4: Deals are made

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Hey Everypony/body Bb4h here. Nothing much to say today. just gonna keep uploading from fanfiction.net.

After breakfast, I decided to take them on a tour of the house, when an angry bleating assaulted my ears. *sigh* my phone had other ideas though. "I'm sorry girls, I gotta take this." I said, standing up and going to the other room to take the call from my foreman. They each nodded, allowing me to go.

I walked into the kitchen and into a pantry, just in case we both got verbal with each other. After removing my phone from my pocket, I saw it was not the foreman, but it was Gideon. An old acquaintance of mine that I had met in high school. God I remember when we both got in trouble for making Molotov's and "testing" them at the local junkyard. Honestly, I didn't like the sadistic fuck. He got in trouble with the law WAY too much. After pressing the 'answer' key, I was greeted by the huffing and puffing of Gideon's voice . . . right he ran two miles every morning. But it was Saturday, so that meant ten miles around SSP. I didn't understand why he loved it there so much, but I will admit. The community of SSP is small and easy to make friends with. {Hey Gid, what's up} I said, making sure he could hear me. {Fine, fine. say, i gotta ask you if you'd like to join me for a beer or two later?} Ugh, one other thing is that Gid is a lightweight when it comes to alcohol. So far, he's only been able to take three swigs from my bottles of vodka before passing out. {Sorry Gid, 'fraid I can't go this morning.} {Why not?} Follow-up questions are a regular occurrence with Gid. {Well, I have family over right now} making a bold lie to him. I didn't have any other family members other than mom and dad. I can only pray that he forgot 'bout that small detail. {Dude, you're letting your parents stay there! I thought you never wanted to see them ever again?} Fuck… {Uh, no?} Damnit! {Man, you gotta quit that lying streak you have. It'll end you, in more ways than one.} He said, the sounds of his feet hitting the pavement had ceased. Either he was at a rest point or he was done with his run. {God, fine! I don't wana go because…} I thought about it. I couldn't tell him that I had six trans-dimensional ponies in my house that turned human. He'd send me to the padded cell. {Because?} Damn, he's still there!

{Because I have some other friend's over. and I'd like some time with them since, I haven't seen them since elementary school.} I said, making my voice sound as depressed and normal as possible. Normally I could lie through my teeth, but with Gideon, well, he could see through all of my lies. {… Dude, why didn't you say so? I was just about to go to the VFW and drag you're sorry ass along. you stay cooped up in that mansion most every day. you need to get out more.} {Hey! Im active! I get out-} {yeah, to fish or go walking around the Mississippi river. and yet you rarely ever go out after those!} fuck, he had a point. {Ugh, Gideon, look im tired right now and I don't wana fuck with an argument on my outside activities, Ok?} {Fine, fine. but I expect you to go with me next Saturday. either way, feel up for helping me again tonight?} {Again, friends, im taking them out to dinner.} I heard him sigh again; his trademark sigh was a mix of a grunt and a sigh. It almost sounded like a grizzly bear. {Ooook. so when are you available?} I walked out of the cupboard and looked at the calendar. Most of my week was booked, but Wednesday I had clear of everything. {Wednesday. I have nothing scheduled that day. That sounds good?} {Yeah, sure see you then.} And then the small clicking sound alerted me to the fact that he had hung up on me. The little shit enjoyed being the first to hang up. And I let him be the first.

Walking out of the cupboard I was met with the sight of green eyes and a pressure on the tip of my nose. I was face to face with applejack. Her nose was pressed against mine. I would have been startled, had I not have anticipated someone eavesdropping on my conversation. "And what was that all 'bout sugarcube?" She said, her face still pressed against mine, a faint blush apparent on her cheeks. "What?" I said, shrugging. "Those lies!" she silently yelled. "The problem there is that you lied to somepony 'bout us!" sighing again, I told her. "would you prefer option A which is him calling the government to tell them about all six of you being from another dimension, never seeing the light of day again as you have test after test, experiment after experiment done on you all? or would you like option B which is where he calls an insane asylum and I get taken away from all six of you, never to see you as I may be, lobotomized, shocked and given an ice bath that will "turn me normal" again, and while im gone, Gid takes the Red Star Gas Co. and kicks all six of you out of the house, for you all to try and find a job on your own, which in today's economy, is harder than trying to toss a boulder twice the size of a barn? I don't think you will like the truth about earth. So promise me that this next bit of info doesn't reach the others that it stays between me and you." I said, being both truthful and a little Over-exaggerated as lobotomy's had been discontinued since before the 60's and ice baths are no longer used. But it looked like it still got through to her, as her expression changed to understanding.

"… Ok sugarcube, Ah promise not to let this here talk reach the others." I silently thanked whatever force allowed these ponies' to be so forgiving. "Ok. Take the peace and serenity of equestria and try to compare it to earth." "Uh-huh" "then forget everything about equestria. Earth is NOTHING like equestria. Most of humanity is greedy and egotistical. Humanity is plagued by constant bickering and can usually end up in a war." She was about to yell 'what', but I clasped a hand over her mouth just as she came close to yelling it. "Shhhh. Remember. Humans aren't all like that. Some of us are actually caring or careful. Hell, near 20% of mankind is pacifist's, meaning they don't believe in fighting. But I don't necessary like wars, yet I believe if one that is so big happens, then maybe after the official body count is tolled up, then maybe humans won't fight anymore." I said. It was true. I hated war, yet I also believed that anything of large importance would be fought over. "Now, remember, you and me are the only ones that know of this." I said, removing my hand from her lips. "But why tell me sugarcube?" she asked, her eyes portraying confusion. "Because…" I contemplated telling her she and flutters were my number one spot, yet I chose the safest route. "Because I can trust you." I said. She then gave a short laugh, before looking me dead in the eyes. "Sugarcube, there's no need to lie to me. I can see the blush on your face. If'n Ahm right, then ya'll have a crush on me. Am I right there, sugarcube?" shit. note to self, practice you're bodily functions secretly. "Hit the nail on the head, there AJ." I said, nervously rubbing the back of my head. "Well, don't worry there sugar cube. Ya'll aint the only one here with a crush on somepony. And ya'll won't have too look far." Wait… does that mean what I think it means? I think it might. Another blush began appearing on my face. Looking over to the clock on the wall, I saw that it was now precisely 09:56

We both walked into the dining room to see that no one was there. "What?" I quipped. "Where did they go?" I then looked to AJ who stood there smiling at me "they went to explore the house, didn't they?" I asked. Face-palming in the process as AJ nodded her head. "I reckon they did just so." she said, placing her closed hands on her hips. Then out of nowhere, the pink ball of wonder fell from the ceiling, landing on the table with the grace and poise of a cat. "Hey guys! I've already found my room!" pinkie pie exclaimed, being just as energetic as in the show. "Pinkie, the dining room is not a bedroom." I said, still having my hand firmly applied to my face. "No silly filly, a bedroom! I found one and claimed it in the name of Pinkie!" she said, just as she did a full jump over both me and AJ, doing a 360, she pulled out "FUCK!" I pulled AJ to the floor and shielded her ears, just as pinkie pulled the trigger to my Mosin-Nagant, the guns recoil caused the gun to shoot out of her hands and fly behind her, the 7.62x54mmR round flew overhead and impacted a small tacky vase and was imbedded in the oak wall. The sharp Crack of the gun caused pinkie to jolt upwards into the air and then duck.

After a minute or two, I stood up, holding out a hand to both pinkie and applejack, both accepting "What in Blue Blazes Was that!" Applejack yelled. I walked over to the gun and picked it up. I almost gawked at the way the gun layed. The bolt had been knocked upwards and had already ejected a shell, which layed not to far away from the guns position. And almost as luckily as me pulling down AJ, the PU scope hadn't been damaged in any way, shape or form. I made a mental note to clean the gun later. But now I had a bigger problem. "Pinkie… Where exactly did you take this from?" I asked, my nerves being steeled by the adrenalin that coursed through my veins at the moment. "From that extremely messy bedroom at the end of the hall. I thought it was a party cannon, only downsized." I sighed as I heard several footsteps ring out behind me. Pinkie was talking about the master bedroom. My Bedroom. The bedroom I had yet to actually sleep in. "Pinkie, can I count on you, as well as everyone else here, to never, under any circumstances, enter the large double doors at the end of the guestroom hallway? Please?" I looked up from the ground too see all six girls giving me a short, curt, nod of the head. "If I may, why can't we enter that bedroom?" twilight asked, her eyes showing fear for the gun I held in one hand, aiming it at the ceiling, the stock, or the butt of the gun, resting on the ground. "That's the last place I was with my grandfather. When he passed from this world." I spoke, sadness ebbing at my voice. "That's silly, you said no one ca-""pinkie, I think he means his grandfather is no longer … living." rarity said, correcting pinkie. I nodded my thanks to rarity for explaining it. Then twilight had to ask. DAMNIT she had to ask! "Can we at least know what that is in your hand, uh?" "Jonathan. Jonathan Galahad. Sorry for not saying it sooner. But I've had too much on my mind as of late." I said "and I believe I should explain to all of you what this is and what it does. I said, ushering all six into the living room. I felt around in my pocket where I found the walther P99, the safety active and the mechanism being de-cocked, keeping it from going off in my pocket.

([{TIME SKIP: 1 Hour 25 minutes later}])

After explaining that humanity has had more than its fair share of wars. They were all flabbergasted, all except AJ, who stood by my side, telling them what I said to her before. "But why do you all have war? Why can't you all just not fight over things?" Twilight asked, her voiced strained, probably from being nervous and again on the edge of tears. Then again, I'd probably cry too if I found out a new world that I though could be paradise, was actually a war-torn hell hole with few friendly people. "It's just how things have been, twilight. Nothing can be changed about it. Absolutely nothing. No one can evade death or war. Humans have always been fighting over the most trivial things, whether it is affection from a parent to a bicker over oil, or fighting over who the "master race" is. I can only recite a story from a book called the Bible that tells of the first murder. It was all caused by one boy who wanted the same affection from both his parents, the first humans, and from the god they worshiped. So he lured his brother to a secluded place where he murdered him with a club. After that, wars and fights had been wagged. However, that's just from a book that comes from the biggest religion to humanity. The white coats, or scientist, say that we were born from microscopic organisms. Anyway, humans fight the most stupidest things." I explained. The look on fluttershy face was anything but happiness. It was filled with sorrow, and tears. She was afraid of me now, im sure of it. I merely sighed in depression. "Actually, the way dash acts, you know the brash, arrogant and fighting nature fits in with earth on a basic level." is said "it's the honesty that you have the hardest time with on earth." at that statement, AJ looked over to me, her face giving the impression that what I said was a big thing, a very, very big thing.

"Look, if you all don't trust me now, I'd like to make it up to you all." I said, gaining most of their attention. "What do you mean, dear?" rarity asked, a look of confusion plastered on her face. "I'd like to take all six of you to a fancy restaurant that I've had in mind of going to for the past two months." I said. In truth, I didn't know of any new restaurant, I just had a romantic restaurant in mind, but it really was nothing much. "Well then I'd like to go, yet what is it, a restaurant, or a fine dining establishment?" rarity asked. "Its fine dining, it's called la belle vie." after saying that it was a fancy Restaurant, rarity's eye's bulged out and looked around at the others. "What?" I asked. "We don't have any cloths!" rarity eeped. Confused until I realized that she is a fashonista from equestria. "I take it you want to make some cloths rarity?" I asked, her head nodding in confirmation. Well, maybe I could take them out for a bit. And im sure that with today's standards, they'd only get the occasional 'What the fuck' look form anyone on the street. I decided that I could shrug it off once or twice. "Say rarity, since I have no sewing machine or fabric, what do you say you and I go and get some things?" I asked. Her head nodded and she immediately stood up and walked over to the door, before I stopped her "Rarity! Hold on! Would any of you girls like to come with?" I received a no from dash, her head shaking left and right, "O-o-of course" came the reply from fluttershy, applejack agreed, her head going up and down. Pinkie pie, her hair having gone completely straight after I told everyone the story of things, immediately poofed back up. "Yepperou!" she exclaimed, jumping up walking over to rarity. Twilight shook her head no "I'd like to continue checking out the library you have." she said, standing up, walking away to the stairs. That makes four going with me into town to get some supplies during the 9 hours we have until the dinner date. I grabbed my keys and put on some cloths that wouldn't let people now that I was out and about.

Thankfully, I had changed into normal civilian clothes. I had put on a dark red shirt with a yellow hammer and sickle on the upper right shoulder. My dress pants turned into olive drab cargo pants. And I put on some combat boots I had bought during my second year alone. I then bought a Vietnam military over coat. After putting on the overcoat, I grabbed my keys and followed the four girls, who had walked over to the Dodge Dakota. *sigh* my wallet, im sure of it, is going to ache after this trip.

Hey Bro's, Bronys, Pegasisters and everypony in-between. Bb4h here. _ that was my old greeting. No wonder it sucked. nothing much else to say.

*Do 'svidania, stay healthy-Broniesb4hoenies*

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