Canterlot
03/08/20
5:45AM
Dakota POV

I had the worst migraine imaginable as I started to wake up. There was a nasty metallic blood-like taste in my mouth, I was in a full blown cold sweat even though the heat was on, my eyes hurt so much that I didn’t want to open them at all, everything was sore, and felt like I wanted to throw up everything in my body while taking a huge shit. This is what it must’ve felt like to have a hangover and it was not worth it. I slowly tried to open my eyes as best I could. I could still hear my truck horn blaring as I had yet to remove my head from the steering wheel. I saw that it was still extremely dark outside when I opened my eyes and lifted my head up. Everything was still spinning and blurry when I opened my eyes and finally sat up all the way. I was feeling around next to my seat to find the reclining lever to bring the back of the seat back up. I finally found it and pulled it upwards and got hit it in the back by my seat and soon found my face buried in the steering wheel once again "Haista Vittu!" I shouted to my seat as it hit me in the back. I sat up again and adjusted the seat again and decided to try and get out of my truck. I opened the door and fell out of my seat and hit the ground and just grunted in pain. "Fucking lift kit" was all I said before I tried to get back up again. My legs gave out and didn't want to hold me up and so I just sat myself up and leaned against one of the tires. I started to feel my eyes sagging again and I knew I was about to black out again. I just reached up as best I could and grabbed my keys from the ignition and turned off my truck before I blacked out again.

6 hours earlier
Celestia POV

I had subbed in with Aqua in place of Dakota for the drinking contest just as his friends subbed in for the human known as Trevor. We were now about 15 shots in and very drunk but still kept going. The other two humans had finally given up after one of them blacked out and we stood victorious. Well, about as straight as you could when intoxicated. I went around looking for Dakota but I couldn't him. One of his trucks was missing and I couldn't find himself while I was in this state. I heard a loud boom in the distance and looked out of a nearby window to see Dakota in a local park that was shut down to be used as an artillery battery. I'm guessing that he ended up firing off one of the large guns in the park by accident and couldn't stand for much longer. I just watched him get back in his truck and stay there. I heard the horn blaring as he most likely passed out. For now, things could wait until day time to be sorted out. I looked over to Luna who said she would take care of everything for me. She dispatched some night guards to the park where Dakota was at to watch over him while he remained in the park while the others were sent to locate where the shell impacted. After the guards left, Luna helped me up and to my bedroom. "Thank you, sister. I don't think I would have made it back here without your help; at least in this state." I slurred. Luna helped me all the way back to my room while keeping me upright. We finally made it back to my room and Luna helped me get into bed. I thanked her one last time before she left and closed the door behind her. I soon fell asleep and I knew that the following hangover was not going to be pleasant.

6 hours later
Luna POV

After helping Tia to bed, I went with my guards to make sure that Dakota didn't cause any more damage while he was still intoxicated. I had been here for about five and a half hours now and I was slowly starting to raise the sun for tia while lowering the moon. It was about another 30 minutes later when Dakota had apparently woken up because I saw him moving around in his truck and eventually open the door and fall out of it. It looked like his legs had given out as he just sat against one of the wheels and reach up to grab something from inside of his truck before he fell back asleep again. It looked like he had one very bad hangover. I would have to have him taken to the castle infirmary to check for further injuries and what not after a night like that. He muttered something after falling out of his truck, and since I'm good at reading lips, I'm guessing he said something along the lines of "Fucking lift kits". He just fell back asleep again as he leaned against one of the oversized wheels. I ordered my guards to move a little closer after he fell back asleep and to have a stretcher brought out to the park right away.

20 minutes later

A medical team with a stretcher large enough to hold him finally arrived after 20 minutes. I ordered them to put him on the stretcher without waking him up. We finally got him loaded up and put him in the car that the medical team had used to get here and started to transport him back into the castle as quickly as we could. We made it back after about 5 minutes and wheeled him to the infirmary. After we got him inside, we let the infirmary staff take over and do their job's and make sure that he didn't hurt himself last night.

1 hour later
Dakota POV

I woke up in a hospital bed still feeling like absolute dog shit after last night but at least the AC was running so I wasn't sweating my ass off anymore so that was nice. I opened my eyes and found myself in the same hospital room that I was in over a year ago when I first arrived in Equestria and it looked like nothing had changed. I fully sat up and looked around and saw that I was hooked up to many different machines. Is this standard operating procedure for a hangover in Equestria? I still wanted to throw up and grabbed the trash can next to my bed and started to hurl. I finally stopped after about two minutes of puking and felt much better afterwards. The foul smell of methanol filled the air as I still held the bin close to me just in case there was still some more vomiting to do. I felt much better after getting all of the alcohol out of my system as I was no longer sweating, everything stopped spinning, some of my strength had returned, my migraine had subsided substantially and my body temperature had returned to normal. I put the bin down next to the bed and was about to get up to go and look for a water fountain as I was now thirsty after that and I needed some liquid. I forgot that I was still attached to all of these machines as I felt the tubes and wires yank on me as I sat up. Guess I gotta do this some other way then. I looked around before I saw my clothes sitting on a drawer and decided to reach into my pants to see if my iphone was in there. I pulled it out along with my AirPods and checked the time it was only 8:45 in the morning and there probably wasn’t that many ponies here right now. I decided to put my AirPods in and watch YouTube to help pass the time until a nurse came to check on me. I decided I was going to watch Blastphamous HD do the disgusting soda challenge on youtube. I put my AirPods in and was about to hit play until I heard the door open and saw a white earthpony nurse step into my room. I already New right away that it was nurse redheart as she was one of the first ponies I had met after coming to equestria.

“Oh,Dakota, your finally awake. How do you feel?” She asked. “Well, after throwing up, I actually feel much better than I did last night but at the same time, I’m also pretty hungry as well since I didn’t eat anything yesterday.” I replied. “I can bring you a menu if you want to order something from the galley to eat.” She said. I accepted her offer and she came back 2 minutes later with a paper menu with many different breakfast options. After looking it over for a couple of minutes, I decided on some pancakes with hash browns and grits with choice of white or wheat bread toast. Redheart took the menu back and said that my food should be here within 45 minutes.

Redheart was a nice mare to be around. She was funny, caring, and kind. A few months ago when I was at a nightclub that I decided to open up with my friends, she came with me and told me how she got transferred to Canterlot Castle. The head doctors at Ponyville general hospital took notice of how she liked to keep things professional in the workplace and volunteered to work late solely out of good will. What caught me off guard was the fact that she told me that she was still single. She said that she never just find the right pony to settle down with, but I knew that was gonna change. Last night, at my party, I saw the way that she was looking at Kevin on the dance floor. It was clear that she had a crush on him, and he felt the same way because I caught him staring at her during our little karaoke session last night. This obviously wasn’t the first time since I caught Kevin staring at her at the nightclub as well. I decided that being the good-hearted charismatic bastard that I am, I would try and get them introduced to each other later on this weekend.

Redheart came back with my food earlier than expected and set the tray down on the table next to me. She gave me a fork and pulled a chair up next to me as I started to eat. We made small talk all throughout the morning as we talked mainly about last nights events. Redheart said she was sober throughout most of the party and then she saw me downing shot after shot after shot. She said she had never seen someone drink so much potent alcohol and keep going afterward. She counted and said that I managed to take on a total of 42 shots of vodka which completely surprised me. After I was done with my food, Redheart told me that she was going to start my discharge work from the hospital and said that I should be out of here by noon at the latest. I looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was a little past 10:25 in the morning. After getting up out of the bed, I removed my hospital gown and put my actual clothes back on and sat back down on the bed. I pulled out my phone and decided to watch some youtube videos to pass the time. Redheart came back about an hour later and told me that the discharge work was complete and that I was now free to leave. Upon hearing that, I got up, stretched out, and then proceeded to leave. Instead of going to find either Celestia, Luna, or Aqua, I instead went back to the park where I blacked out at last night to get my truck back. It was about a 30-minute walk and the streets of canterlot were already crowded. Children were out playing while their parents were busy shopping, while other ponies were busy opening up stores and stands to get ready for another day of work.

A pair of pegasi fillies had actually been following me for a while now, most likely because they were curious about what I was since they had never seen a human before. The scale of my size compared to their own was significant, to say the least. When they were on the ground, they were about 2 foot 11 inches tall while I stood at an "average" 6 foot 2 inches tall. I could hear them whispering behind my back, asking each other questions like "what is that thing, what is it wearing, where did it come from?" The usual types of questions. I just chuckled quietly at their curiosity since it reminded me of when I was their age. They apparently heard that as they started asking each other once again what I was chuckling about. I decided that the best for them to learn more about me is to let them ask me the questions they have. "You know, If you want to learn more about me, you could just ask me any questions you have." I said to the two fillies. That got their attention as they quickly fell silent as I turned around to face them. Of the fillies had a pure white coat with a bright red mane and tail and deep blue eyes while the other filly had a light blue coat with a greenish blue mane and tail and amber eyes. The white one was the first one to speak up. "What are you, Mister" she asked in a somewhat enthusiastic tone. "I'm a human, little ones. My name is Dakota Rodriguez." I replied to her question. The blue one was next to ask something. "Why are you wearing so many clothes?" she asked. "Humans can't hold body heat as good as ponies can since we don't have coats of fur like you do so we wear clothes to keep ourselves warm and its also a decency thing as well." I replied to her. After a few more questions, I asked them where their parents were. They said they were in the market some things real quick since they were headed to the park. I told them that I had been heading that way as well. I also told them that they could meet me there with their parents as well if they said it was alright. After that, they took off to go and find them while I resumed my walk towards the park.

20 minutes later

I finally reached the park where my truck was and saw the fillies with their parents having a picnic about 50 away from said truck. The fillies waved me over as their parents caught sight of me. The mother was a pegasi mare that had a white coat with a silver windswept mane and tail while the father as a Unicorn stallion with a dark blue coat and a similar hairstyle. They smiled as they waved to me as well. I went over and sat down with them and got to know the family. They two fillies that I met were named hurricane winds, and hail storm. The parent's names were sacred rune and high pressure. I had already given the parent's my own name afterward and talked with all four of them for about an hour before I heard one of the fillies start talking about my truck. I explained to all of them what it was for and offered them a demonstration and to give them a ride home after they were done. They thought about it for a few moments and then accepted my offer. After about 5 more minutes, they packed everything up and started walking over to my truck with me. I unlocked the doors for them and opened them so they could get in. I told them that they would have to give me directions on where they lived so I wouldn't end up dropping them off in some random part of canterlot. After I told them how to put the seatbelts on, I put my keys in the ignition and started the powerstroke engine. The fillies face's lit up in excitement as the diesel engine roared to life. After that, I put it in drive and departed. I turned on the radio about 5 minutes in after I told them that it was standard for most vehicles to come equipped with one and started to play some music. After another 20 minutes of driving, I finally reached their home and let the family out of my truck as they waved goodbye and went inside. After they got inside, I started driving towards the place in ponyville where the artillery shell had hit last night.

2 hours later

It was still a long drive but it was better than taking all day by taking the train. I reached the area where the shell hit which was actually on Applejack's farm. I could see her and her family out talking with some royal guards as I pulled up to the area. Once I pulled onto the farm, all eyes turned to face me as I pulled up to the group and turned off the engine. I got out and walked over to the group and told them about what happened last night. I explained that I was pissed my pants and swearing like a Scottish sailor drunk after my party, I had gone for a drive against my better judgment, ended up in a park that had part of it closed off to be used as an artillery battery, tripped on the legs of one the big guns, and accidentally triggered the firing mechanism that caused the gun to fire. Applejack seemed convinced with my explanation as she calmed down after a bit as I offered to clean up the area affected by the shell, fill in the crater, and replant the apple trees destroyed by the blast. I walked over with the group to the crater, but upon looking down into the crater, I saw that the shell had not exploded and was a dud. I'm guessing that it hit the ground with such tremendous force that it tore up the terrain and has been sitting here overnight. I asked one of the unicorn guards to help me lift the shell out of the crater carefully and to get rid of it. We carefully carried the warhead over towards a nearby creek and threw it in and unsurprisingly, detonated when it landed in the water. We both got covered in cold water as my clothes were now soaked and the guardsmare standing next to me was now shivering as well. "What in tarnation was that!? What did you just do!?" I heard Applejack call out as she rushed over to us. "The warhead detonated when we threw it in the water. That was the only way we could get rid of it without calling down an entire bomb squad." I replied.

After a couple of hours of helping Applejack fill in the hole in the ground and replanting new apple trees, She thanked us and gave all of us some apple cider before we left. The guards went back to canterlot while I stopped in ponyville real quick to make a pitstop at A local convenience store to buy some food. I bought a couple of energy drinks, a bag of chips, A few bags of mini donuts, A pack of soda, A case of beer, various different candies, a sandwich, and some fresh motor oil and coolant. After I paid for what I needed, I got back on the road and was back on my way to canterlot. Ever since we introduced motor vehicles to Equestria, more and more cars have shown up on the roads and more roads and freeways have been built. The main difference between our vehicles and the pony vehicles, is that they use magic as fuel while we use gas and diesel fuel to keep our engines going. Aside from cosmetic difference's as well, the concept of rush hour also followed as well. Traffic wasn't too bad but I was still moving at about 35 MPH until I got on the freeway. To take my mind off the long drive, I plugged in my phone and decided to listen to 21 savage on my way back. Police had also been trained to help enforce the new traffic laws and they now had radar and laser guns to monitor speed. When I found out about that, I knew that my radar detector and laser jammers would finally have a use again. Speaking of which, My radar detector started beeping as I was most likely coming up on a traffic cop shooting radar to monitor speed. The speed limit on the freeway was 70 MPH but I had been doing around 85 so I had to slow down or risk a ticket.

After another hour of driving, I finally made it back into Canterlot around 4:30 pm and decided that I would stop by the nightclub that we opened up in the downtown area. Canterlot needed some nightlife and we helped fix that issue. We named the club "SOLAR" and it was pretty big. There were 3 levels for patrons to be on, The DJ booth was on the second floor, as well as the entrance to the office where we ran everything. The office was also part of the VIP section. There was a garage that was connected by a stairwell to the office, and there an elevator that led down to 5 different sub-levels that only staff had access to. The five sub-levels were built to use as a warehouse to store weapons, ammo, food, and equipment for the Equestrian military. There were also five floors worth of 60 car garages that were currently holding tanks, APC's, and humvee's as well for the military. The actual club part itself composed of a laser light system paired with an LED light rig that ran all up and down the wall's and ceiling. The main colors of the clubs walls and accents were Orange, Blue, White, and black. A dry ice system and numerous fog machines were also installed and would be used during the key DJ moments. There was a large bar on the third floor as well as two smaller bars on the other floors. I loved being the DJ most of the time as the patrons usually loved when I played ace hood's song, Bugatti for them during the key moments and even sang along on the microphone with Trevor and Brian. I pulled out my phone and texted everyone and told them to meet me at the club so we could get things figured out about what exactly happened last night. I texted everyone and they said they would be here in 45 minutes. That gave me some time to get the club ready for tonight.

I liked to change up the music selection every week and this week was going to be a good one. Tonight, the ponies of canterlot would be treated to a mix of Tekashi 6ix9ine, offset, metro boomin, 21 savage, future, migos, Snoop Dogg, ace hood, blue face, YNW melly, post Malone, Lil nas X, Rick Ross, French Montana, birdman, 2 Chainz, and many other rappers. I got my entire Apple Music library upload to the Mac at the DJ stand and hit play, shuffle, and repeat. I ordered a double jager on the rocks from the bar and waited for the others to show up.

30 minutes later

I heard footsteps coming down the entrance to the nightclub and then saw everyone coming in. Celestia, Luna, Aqua, cadence, shining armor, Johnathan, Cody, Kendall, Trevor, Nataly, Brian, Gerson, Manuel, and Mr.Hesington all came down and then started walking up again to get to me. Once they got up to me I invited them to sit a table with me close to the DJ booth.

"Alright, So. I don't remember much of exactly what happened last night after I got drunk, So that's why I called you guys here to see if you could help me fill in the blanks." I said. "When you tagged out of the drinking match along with Trevor, you didn't seem to know where you were going and ended up getting in one of your trucks and driving off to some park and setting off a huge cannon." Kendall told me. "A couple of us got in the other truck to follow you and make sure you didn't accidentally kill someone." Brian added in. "I already knew about the drunk driving part. Is there anything else that I missed?" I asked. "That's about it. Luna had some guards watch over you throughout the night until morning time when she had you brought into the infirmary to deal with that hangover you had." Aqua added in. "Well if that's the case, then I'd say that was a rather eventful night." I said. At that point, the guys told me that they recorded everything on their phones as well. The dancing, singing, drinking, everything. I told them that they would have to send those clips to me at some point so I could see them myself.

4 hours later

The night club was now packed full of patrons as the music was in full blast. Right now, a Skrillex and Alvin risk remix was playing and the club goer's were absolutely enjoying the music. I was at the DJ booth and I was shredding the turntables like a boss. This was technically the after party to last nights events as it was kind of short-lived by what happened. I treated everyone to free drinks, all access, and great music. Aqua was standing next to me and jamming out while I worked the effects and music. I kept the dry ice system going as this was a key moment. There were speakers everywhere and every time the bass hit, the club shook a little bit. It felt more lively than the actual party which was weird. All in all, club solar was probably the better place to have a party than the castle ballroom. I would have to put the club down as part of my will that will go to Celestia when my time comes because I want this place to thrive for a long time.

A good day like today only happens once every couple of months and today was probably one of the best. I even saw that family from earlier on the dance floor. What a good way to wrap the day. The rest of the night was going to be a good one.

Author's Note

IM BACK FROM THE GRAVE MOTHERFUCKER!!!! I CANT BE KEPT DOWN, YOU CAN DOUBLE TEAM ME, YOU CAN TRIPPLE TEAM ME, YOU CAN QUADRUPLE TEAM ME, MULTIPLY THAT SHIT BY 36, DIVIDE IT BY 4, AND CARRY THE 8, AND I STILL CANT BE KEPT DEAD!!!!!! Anyways, enjoy the chapter