Chapter 2: Same Shit, Different Place

W

Today I went through marvellous experiences on my first day on Canterlot High: I woke up in the janitor's room and came across Rarity and a spoiled Russian douchebag with elephant leg pants who threatened me through his henchmen because I talked to a rainbow-haired girl. Such an incredible morning!

Jack helps me to get up and doesn't say anything. I try to break this awkward ice by saying: "This fucker has even his henchmen..." but doesn't work. To be honest, I feel afraid. Yes, I'm Walter Fuckin' Waters, I don't fear anything, but this is different. I may have Plegovich's nephew as an enemy. That's not something to celebrate.

We get up and a lady stops us. She has purple hair and freckles on her cheeks, something that makes me think that she's older than me (I don't know why, and if you ask me, I'll tell you I don't know!). I know her, she works as a teacher here, on Canterlot High. She, whose face demonstrates concern, asks us if we have seen a girl with purple curly hair. Jack's face changes.

"Excuse me lady but... who's the name of the girl?" asks Jack.

"Um... Sweetie Belle."

Oh fuck. Now we find out Sweetie Belle disappeared! Fuck yeah! What a great day!... Oh, God, what will Abe say? Stay calm, W. You still don't know if this is a kidnapping.

"No, we didn't see her..." says Jack, completely worried.

The teacher goes away in a hurry. Instantly, my phone starts vibrating, I know someone's calling me. Once I see my phone's screen, I feel my balls inside my throat. Abe's calling.

"Jack, w-we are fucking screwed," I say. "Abe's calling."

"What?" he says. "Pass it to me."

I pass the phone to Jack. He answers the call and the first thing we hear is a shout.

"Barnes called me seconds ago, he told me that Sweetie Belle is in his car with his brothers... YOU ONLY HAD ONE JOB! ONE FUCKING JOB, BOYS!"

He knows. So there is only one option: help.

"Sorry, Abe!" I say. "We'll help you right now. Just... tell us where you are and we will kick their asses together."

"Yeah, Walter. You'll do that to disappoint me one more time!"

"But, Abe..." interrupts Jack. "We can help you, you can't defeat those three guys alone!"

"Never saw me fighting, Jack? Arrrgh! I can do that, I don't need your help! Just stay there, because after kicking Barnes' ass, I'll go after you two bitches. Understand?"

Both of us are completely silent. Abe is going to fight against three men! He must be helped by someone!

"Abe, come on, man, you need our help!"

"Shut the fuck up, W! I don't need your help!"

He ends the call.

Abe

Now I officially declare that I hate everyone. The Barnes, W, Jack, even myself. Well, my face is at the top of the list because I didn't give Barnes the money I should have delivered weeks ago. I feel like an idiot, a big-headed douchebag, I stupidly thought that he would never touch my family, and now, they have my Sweetie Belle inside their car! I feel guilty for what I told to myself.

Thankfully, they arrived fastly with the car. I'm now in the middle of the Canterlot-Mantos highway, in a bleak wasteland. They get out, and Freddy has Sweetie Belle tied to his hand with handcuffs. God... why do I have to see this.

I'll describe these douchebags. They are three brothers: Marcus, Freddy, and Pyle. Marcus is the older one and has this characteristic bitch face: dark hair, green eyes, and a scar on one of his cheeks. Pyle is a short, bald and plump guy that always smells like alcohol, he's the middle one. And last but not least, Freddy, a tall, skinny, pale and scary dude, it's the younger one. Marcus is the first one that looks at my face. "Well, Abe..." he says. "I expect that you made us come here because you have the money and not because of something stupid."

"Yeah, I made you come here to let my granddaughter go. The money can wait."

He does an eerie chuckle while Freddy grabs a bowie and touches Sweetie Belle's neck slowly.

No, I can't go through this!

"Well, Barnes," I say while unbuttoning my squared shirt. "I made you come here to fight me."

Freddy and Pyle look at each other. They will interfere in the fight. Sweetie Belle drops her jaw, shocked. My grandpa is going to fight!, she may be thinking.

"Ok. I'll accept. If I win, I'll carry your granddaughter to a more beautiful place. If you win, you can carry her and I'll give you another week. I only accept this because you are a fuckin' oldie!"

Oldie? Let's do this.

"First who bleeds?" I ask.

Freddy and Pyle start laughing and the fight starts. I instantly grab Marcus' neck and I throw him away. His head hits the car front. Freddy and Pyle interfere with the fight and start following me while I open my car door.

"SWEETIE BELLE! GET TO THE CAR!"

She instantly enters to the backseat and takes cover inside, while I enter my car and open the glove box, where I grab a crowbar, and I use it to hit Freddy's head. Pyle still wants to grab Sweetie Belle, but I save her by getting out of the car and throwing him to the floor. I thought I could easily win, but suddenly Freddy grabs me by the neck and smashes my head against the car. I try to grab my crowbar but he throws it away. After that I touch my forehead with my hand and then I look at my fingers: RED. My forehead it's bleeding, and that means I lost. Afterwards, I look at Marcus waking up from his unconsciousness.

"Ay, Abe. I told you that you were an oldie! The fight's over... and you too." shouts Marcus, while he grabs a handgun.

The only thing I can do was watching him. The gun is pointing at me, with Marcus' green eyes looking like a fucker. I hear a door being open and someone shouts, it's Sweetie Belle.

"Pyle, please cover the granddaughter's eyes," says Marcus. "She won't like to look at his grandpa's dead body."

"No! Grandpa!" she shouts.

Ok... I must go to Plan B now.

Freddy is only grabbing my head, that means my hands are completely free. I have Jack's old swiss knife inside my pocket, the one I always forget to give it back to him... I discretely move my right hand and look for it. The gun starts touching my head, and Marcus pulls the trigger... only to know the gun was uncharged.

"WHAT?!" he shouts, completely angry. "You told me that the gun was fucking charged!" he tells to Freddy.

It's your opportunity, Abe! I grab my knife and stab Freddy's back with the swiss knife. My head is finally free. I punch Marcus' face while Pyle throws my granddaughter to the floor only to go after me. But then, Marcus grabs my neck, again. At the same time, I remember something.

"Sweetie Belle!" I shout, while my throat is being completely pressed. "What about that movement I taught you?"

She knows what I'm talking about. She runs to Pyle and kicks him in the balls. That's my granddaughter! Love her. Freddy wakes up and grabs my swiss knife, but Sweetie Belle also kicks him in the balls. Two are down, suffering because of his testicles. Marcus is the only one left.

"Bye, brothas," I say and I tell Sweetie to open the door. I put Marcus' head inside and close the door with it. Afterwards, I throw him to the floor while Pyle and Freddy get up. I also grab my swiss knife from Freddy's and my crowbar before we go.

Both of us enter the car and remain silent. I turn it on and fade away from that wasteland. We are just... in the car.

"W-What was that, grandpa? Why did they want me?" she asks me.

I don't want to tell her the truth, but this situation was so complicated I couldn't even tell her a pious lie.

"Look, Sweetie Belle... I had a problem."

"Again?"

Fuck, I can't. I swear I can't. I always tell me to stop making excuses, Abe, 'cause you will turn into a big liar! but I just... can not do that. If my granddaughters knew that I'm inside something like this, I'd be screwed.

"Those were... old friends. They were... drunk and were asking for money."

"Are you hanging out with your old friends again, grandpa? You told Rarity and me that they were very dangerous!"

"I know, Sweetie, but once you know them, you just can't get out of them... such as your friends, Applebloom and Scootaloo. You entered to that group, and now you can't get out!" I say while laughing.

"Yes, grandpa Abe... but I can't get out because I don't want to do it. It's different for you, you can't leave them because... they don't want to."

I don't answer, and I feel like a devil because of that.

A Pony with an eye patch named Ron

The other side of the mirror is the strangest thing I've ever seen in my life. I already knew that this strange new world was filled with coloured horses... but I've just found out that this world is filled with magic!

I only met a guy here: Calculated Risk, the only stallion that showed me Ponyville and the things behind its back, but the only thing I came for haven't appeared yet.

I only crossed the Portal because this guy knows about the Elements of Harmony. The only thing I know about those elements is that if you have all of them at your hands, you can be the most powerful man in Equestria. People say that the Elements of Harmony do exist, and there are copies in my world: The Human One. Other ones say that these elements are only in this dimension, inside six mysterious ponies.

"So, these elements of harmony may be inside the ponies, right?" I ask Calculated Risk.

"Um... yes, but the elements of harmony may not be the same in your world. Here on Ponyville, the six elements are six mares. One of them is Twilight Sparkle, the princess."

"What do you mean with not the same?"

"Well, most of the times people who hold the Element may change per dimension, but that doesn't mean that there's no probability that the elements may be the same mares."

"The same mares?"

"Yes, Mr Delight."

I only nod my horse head. Honestly, talking about the horse things, I learned fastly how to walk, look and breath like a horse. The only thing that still drives me crazy is the nonexistence of my hands. I just can't adapt to that.

We come across a big building that he calls the Carousel Boutique. From it gets out a white mare, with blueish strands of hair. "There she is, Rarity," he tells me. Rarity? Abe's granddaughter? "I think she has the element of Generosity."

"What? Can she be the element of generosity from my world?"

Calculated Risk looks at me. "She can."

W

I hear a car on the outside. He's here, ready to kick our asses. Jack and I get out of the school, and the first thing we see is him along with Sweetie Belle. She seems not to be traumatized but stains on her cheeks show that she cried. Abe is completely angry, and he has also a scratch on his forehead.

"You two are the best babysitters in the world, thank you," he says. Both of us feel devastated. I look at Jack and then he points his eyes at me... Shall we apologize? he mentally says to me, through his look.

"Sorry, Abe..." I say.

He sighs and looks at both of us while Sweetie Belle enters to the college and is received by the vice-principal Luna.

"Look, thanks for Star Swirl she's alive. I forgive you. Oh, and Jack... Here's your swiss knife."

Abe gives Jack a pretty new swiss knife and after that, he greets and goes away with his car. We enter college again and I sigh while Jack walks away after telling me he will go to the bathroom. Principal Celestia appears and starts talking to me.

"Is she OK, Mr Waters?"

"Um... If you're talking about Sweetie Belle, yes... I think."

Celestia frowns at me. "What happened with her?" she asks. Celestia didn't know about the kidnapping. I have to make an excuse now.

"She's got lost, principal."

She sighs at me.

"Part of me is my fault because I wasn't responsible... but I thought that you were going to take care of her."

"Yep, but something happened to Jack and me."

She looks at me, confused. "May I know what happened?"

"Three masked men trapped us because I messed with Pietro Plegovich's favourite girl."

The principal sighs at me. She understands what I'm trying to say.

"Sorry," she says, in a very smooth voice. "Luna and I expelled Pietro Plegovich lots of times, but he always returned because of his uncle. That man seems to be the most powerful human being in Canterlot, and it seems that nobody knows him!"

"Yep, Nicholas Plegovich."

She looks at me, surprised. I bet she's thinking about how I know that name.

"And how do you know that name, Waters? Do you know him?"

Told ya. I want to laugh because I was right about her, but this situation is getting me nervous. I hate when I say more things that I should, and this is an example.

"Um... I found him in a book."

She starts laughing and seems that she believed what I said. Honestly, that was one of the most stupid excuses I've ever invented. "I thought you knew him personally, I am completely crazy."

Both of us laugh. Then, she greets me and goes back to her office. Jack appears at the same time.

"Hey, Jack. I have a question." I say with a smile. We are coming back to normal.

"What, W?" He says while holding the swiss knife.

"How many years old can Celestia be?"

He looks at me, serious. Well, he always looks at me seriously! Let's be honest! "I don't know, W. She may have the same age as me, between 45 and 50."

"Aw, man... Too old for me."

"What did you want to do?"

"Um... I was going to ask her out."

Jack stares at me, I think he wants to vomit. Then, he strongly grabs my trenchcoat.

"Woah! Jack, calm down!"

Jack lets me go and shakes his head. "Sorry, W. I didn't want to do that... Do me a favour, go to the janitor's room and put this swiss knife in my bag, and please...Don't touch anything. Last time you made a mess with my father's notes. Be careful."

"Yeah, Jack, I won't do anything..."

I'm on my way to the janitor's room, relaxed but, at the same time, shocked. Why did Jack lift me in that way? And I was also worried about Abe, who has just saved his granddaughter from a kidnapping. This morning was longer than ever...

I found the room, but next to it, there are two little kids. "No! Don't enter! It's for your good!" tells me a little kid with a black t-shirt when I was about to enter. Next to him, there is a taller, turquoise-haired kid... (Jeez, Turquoise-haired, I'm a genius at describing people).

"Who are you?" I ask them.

"Please, dude, do not dare to enter to the janitor's room, the Great & Powerful Trixie is being threatened by Pietro!"

The taller kid also talks: "Oh no, Pietro... He scares me!" A Russian dude is not going to stop me. I instantly open the door and I look at Pietro lifting a young, blue-haired girl.

"Very good, Pietro! Lifting a defenceless girl. You're such a Plegovich!"

Pietro lets that girl go. The other two kids are completely shocked... They are looking at someone confronting Pietro!

"Is it him, Snips?" I hear behind me. Both of them stop talking after that.

"Do you want me to send my boys again?" Pietro says, with his characteristic accent.

I instantly laugh, and I know what I'm going to answer.

"Yeah, I remember you sent me those boys because you didn't want me to touch that rainbow ass with your elephant pants..."

Pietro smashes my head against the wall and grabs my neck. The blue-haired girl gets up and escapes... Wait! Don't leave me alone!

"You are going to suffer, Mantos douchebag." He tells me, and I instantly spit his face twice. He cleans his face with my beloved trenchcoat.

"Not with my trenchcoat, fucker," I say while I punch his chest with my right fist. After that, Pietro throws me to one of the mattresses inside the room and runs away. I sigh while getting up and then I act like if nothing happened. Those two kids disappeared I put Jack's swiss knife in his bag, while I do that, an old and dirty envelope falls. I grab it and look at a tiny written paper:

"Tommy: I hope you can accomplish your dreams. I will always support you, no matter what. You saved me from my own solitude and now I consider you my saviour. Thank you for helping me, wish you luck. -Celestia. ♥"

OK. What's this? Tommy? Celestia? Why is the Principal of this? I want to ask Jack, but he will find out I touched another thing from his bag. I want to leave it inside the bag but, at the same time, I want to keep it in my trenchcoat, because there is also a photo inside the envelope. I try to look at it, but somebody interrupts me: It's the blue-haired girl. I instantly keep it in one of the trenchcoat's pockets.

"I thought you were going to help me," I tell her while laughing.

"Sorry, but the Great & Powerful Trixie can't face an enemy like Pietro. Anyway, thank you for saving me."

Great and Powerful? What the hell? "Great and Powerful?" I say. "You didn't look powerful against Pietro."

She frowns at me. Afterwards, those two kids appear and enter the room smiling while holding and a sheet of paper.

"Sir, may we have your autograph?"

Oh shit, I'm already famous inside this school.

"Hey, you two! Get out of here!" shouts Trixie and the two kids go away. Is she a young mother or what?

"Poor of you, taking care of your children..."

She blushes and then looks at me, angrily. "They are not my children! They are my... um... assistants."

"Um... uh... OK."

There is a little bit of tension between us. I feel like a stupid for telling her that... Children... Come on, I'm so idiotic!

"Look, um... I've got to go." I tell her. She smiles at me and we greet. Once I got out of that room, the little kids appear again.

"Please sir, we need an autograph from you!"

"OK then," I tell them, smiling.

"It's a great honour to meet the Bedmaker in real life."

...

Oh shit, they discovered me.

To be continued...