Chapter 6 Sunday Thoughts

Chapter 6 Sunday Thoughts

Perspective: Mathew

THIS CARRIAGE IS AWESOME! It goes really, really fast! It's a bit bouncy, but thanks to the cushioned seats it's not much of a problem. Though the seats don't really matter, I can't help but look out all of the windows as we travel down the dirt road. I look between Stephanie and Miss Lynn and wonder how they could possibly have such bored expressions. This has to be some kind of extreme magical device of awesome.

"Guh, can't this hunk of junk go any faster?" Stephanie asks in a gruff.

"FASTER!? We're already going... like... super fast! What more could you want? Wait... can it fly?" I ask, getting laughs from both of them.

"Super fast huh?" Miss Lynn asks with a chuckle. "Sorry, but we aren't breaking the speed limit. You'll just have to deal with it until we get to town."

"Can we at least put the radio on?" Stephanie begs. Miss Lynn just rolls her eyes and turns a nob, making the thing before me glow as sounds come out from the doors.

"Whoa... that's cool." I mutter as the slow music fills the carriage.

"Meh, it's only FM." Stephanie says as she looks out the window. I just shrug as I listen to the music as I look out every window.

Rose's house has disappeared from sight behind the gentle rolling hills of farmland. Large fields of golden yellow crops sway in the wind as large trees fill the horizon. The road we're on has been raised a bit, just enough so we could see over all of the tall crops. In the distance I can see a cluster of small buildings. Most of them look as if they're made of bricks or wood. The road turns black and smooth as we begin to near the town. I think I can see more pon...er... people to!

"Okay kid," Miss Lynn says as she pulls me back to sit down. "You need to stay seated now."

"Why?" I ask, tilting my head slightly.

"Well... it's against the rules to stand in a moving vehicle. You don't want me getting in trouble now, do you?" She asks as we slow down, barely making it to the edge of town.

"I'll stay seated." I say quietly. Sitting like this doesn't give me a good view of everything, but I don't want to get Miss Lynn in trouble, so I'll just deal with it.

At least I can the see top of the buildings though. Some are pointed while others are flat... this is boring. I want to see the people and the inside of the buildings and all the other stuff they have. We come to a stop as I hear some ponies talking outside. It sounds like a mare and a stallion. I tried to sneak a peek, but Lynn held me back.

"Shh..." She says as she puts a finger over her mouth.

"Why?" Stephanie asks loudly.

"Well... a talking... person, like Mathew is... strange. We don't want a ton of people rushing Mathew all at once now do we?" She asks us. We look to each other before looking back to her and shaking our heads. "Good, so lets try not to be seen by-"

"Lynn?" A mare calls from outside. "Lynn Darenger, my heavens what a surprise."

"Oh... Mrs. Mouldouth, Hiiii." Lynn says slowly as she moves her body to cover the window.

"My my my, up early aren't we. Will we be seeing you at service today?" The mare asks as she walks up to the window. I try to sneak a peek, but can only see a pink dress and blonde hair.

"You know, I was just on my way to drop off Stephanie with Ben, don't want-"

"Stephanie Allen? How... what is that?" The lady asks as she leans over and looks at me.

"HE'S MY PONY!" Stephanie yells before I can answer as she holds onto me tightly. "We're going to Sunday school together, his name is Mathew." She stares at the two of us for a second before shifting her gaze over to Miss Lynn.

"Honestly Lynn, church is no place for play things-"

"Huh? Oh! right, we'll just leave it in the car then-"

"I hope you do." She says in a tone that sounds almost nice, but leaves a lot of room to be mean. "Well I wont keep you any longer. Be sure to send my regards to Ben." She says as she walks off.

"Okay!" I yell back to her, getting Lynn to cover my mouth.

"What-"

"BYE!" She yells before making the carriage lurch forward. She lets out a long sigh as she shakes her head and rubs her forehead. I guess I wasn't suppose to talk... this place has too many rules.

We ride around a bit more before finally coming to a stop behind a tall white building. It's only two stories high, but the front part goes up more and comes to a point, kind of like an upside down ice cream cone. On top of that part of the building is metal cross, not sure why though. Lynn takes a few glances around before opening the door and escorting us inside. I wanted to look around a bit more, but Lynn wanted to get inside as quickly as possible.

"Hello? Ben?" Lynn calls out as we walk through the door. The wood paneled hall goes down three doors before ending with a set of double doors. I like the shaggy red carpet, but I wish the lights were on a bit more, it's fairly dark in here.

"Lynn? Groooovey baby, you came on down to volunteer, right on." From the last door on the right comes a woman with waist high purple pants, a very loose white shirt that has a massive collar, and a vest that has long cut up strands that go down to her knees.

"No, Ben, I'm just here to ask you a-"

"BEN'S A GIRL!?" I yell in surprise. I honestly thought that we were looking for a stallion.

"Whoa, I, am a vestige of life, not some company label of stereotypes that the man tries to keep down." She tells me.

"Sorry."

"Okay, so Lynn, what brings you to my humble abode?" Ben asks Lynn.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Ben."

"Yeah."

"Do you notice anything... odd in the room?" She asks her as she glances down to me. Ben takes a look around, waving her arms around slowly, as she tries her hardest to find the source of the oddity. I just wait for her to notice me.

"Mmm... OH! You brought Stephanie to class, far out sister." She says as she high fives Stephanie.

"No Ben, the pony." Lynn says as she face palms. Ben looks down to me, to which I wave, and looks back to Lynn.

"Right, right. Hows it going love child." She says as she shows me two fingers. I'm not sure what that means, but at least she isn't freaking out like everypony else.

"Ben, there's a talking horse in the room..."

"Where?"

"RIGHT HERE BEN!" She yells as she points to me.

"You said that was a pony." She says as she pulls out some sun glasses and puts them on. Lynn face palms a bit harder now. "Anyway, I have to start class now. You coming little love pony?" She asks me with a large smile.

"What are we learning about?" I ask hesitantly.

"Well.... that 's a good question." She says with a pause as she thinks about it. "Huh, I forgot to make a lesson plan..."

"Again." Stephanie whispers to me.

"Ben, can I talk to you over here please?" Lynn says as she pulls her down the hall, leaving Stephanie and me alone.

"So..."

"Let's go get something to eat." Stephanie says as she runs to the middle door and opens it. I run after her to find the room inside is a small kitchen. We go to the fridge where we start going through the food. Stephanie makes the comment 'there's never any meat in here' and I nearly fainted. Meat? They eat... meat? But there's nothing in here other then veggies! Not to mentions all of the farms. Are... are they growing the food to feed others JUST TO EAT THEM! "Hey Mathew, want an apple?"

"MONSTERS!" I yell as I hop away from her.

"... what?"

"I mean..." I stutter as I suddenly feel very silly. "I don't really like apples that much."

"But you're a pony." She states plainly. "Ponies like apples. It's law."

"No it's not!" I snap back.

"Is to!"

"Is not!"

"Is to!"

"Is not!"

"Is to!"

"Is not!"

"Is to!"

"Is not!"

"Is to times infinity!" She argues, folding her arms in confidence.

"Is not times infinity plus one!" I retort, pleased with my clever response. There's no way she can one up-

"Is to because I'm a girl and I say so."

"... what!? NO IT DOESN'T!" I yell back at her, only to have her smile and turn away from me.

"That's how it works here, so eat up." She says as she tosses me an apple. That's... that's... that's just not fair! Why do girls get to boss us around like this!? Why don't we get a say in anything? REBELLION! I start my revolution... by not eating the apple. TAKE THAT GIRLS!

*GURGLE*

I look down to my tummy as I feel the emptiness eat away at me. I haven't eaten in awhile now.... NO! I'm not eating the dumb apple! I look over to the fridge and see Stephanie leaning against it, waiting. NEVER! I sit on the floor and stare back at her as she bites into an apple, smirking as she chews loudly.

*GURGLE*

My tummy quakes again. I curse my luck as I chance a glance down at the apple. I guess a couple bites couldn't-NO! I have to do this. To crush the tyranny of girls! For all stallions, big or small. FOR EQUESTRIA! Wait... where?

"Alright my little star eyed vessels." Ben says as she walks into the room. "Lets go to the classroom to get started-"

"Did you make a lesson?" Stephanie asks innocently as she follows her out.

"Uh... I thought we'd expand our minds during some soul searching Ti- Chi, you coming Mathew?" She asks from the doorway.

"Huh? Oh, yeah." I say slowly as I follow them out. Equestria, why does that sound so familiar?

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Perspective: Lynn

After I dropped off the kids I move back to the truck, unsure of what to do next. I pull the door open, only to have it slammed shut. After the initial shock of the door being shut I take a look at the arm holding it shut. That's a military uniform...

"Jason?" I ask weakly as I turn around. "JASON!" I yell as I leap into his arms, kissing his cheeks and hugging him tightly. "I though you were in Afghanistan for a few more months!" I say as I continue to kiss him.

"Well, taking a shot in the leg gets you a ticket home-"

"YOU WERE SHOT!" I yell as I back off him.

"Well, shrapnel, but don't worry. It was only a flesh wound." He reassures me as he moves back to embrace me. I lean up on my tip toes to kiss him more passionately on the lips, moving my hands through his blonde hair. He chuckles a bit before breaking the kiss to grab his bag and toss it into the bed of the truck.

"My place?" I ask eagerly.

"You know it, but why do you have Roses' truck?" He asks a he takes the driver seat. I run around and jump in, barely registering his question.

"Oh, she let me borrow it to drop some stuff off in town, now lets go!" I tell him. We take off for my place, getting naughtier and naughtier the closer we get. Why did I have her truck... don't care. I'll figure it out later. After spending some time with my man.