What If: My Second Life

CHAPTER 9: WARNING. SAX STARTS HERE.

Author's Note: Yup, the chapter says it all... Yup...

“Oh my god it's so nice to be back in Ponyville..” I said, smiling and closing his eyes. I was caught up to speed about what happened when I got back. Coal told me everything that he needed to know. We were walking to the farm to go say 'howdy' to Applejack when we saw her walking up the path.

“Hey AJ! How's it going?” Coal asked, a big grin on his face.

“Goin' pretty good Coal!” She smiled at me. “Well, it's good to see yer back Jace!”

“Thanks AJ, I've had a rough couple days and I wanted to get back to working as soon as possible.” I smiled brightly at her.

“Well, yer a mighty hard worker there Jace! Ah'm happy ya wanna get back ta workin'!”

“Yeah, but he can't..” Coal said, looking over at me with a 'What the hell are you doing?!' face. I shrugged and then Coal looked back at Applejack.

“Common boys! I need some help with somethin' at Twi's house iff'n you don't mind comin' along!” We nodded and walked with AJ, chatting with her along the way.

“So Jace, how was Canterlot?” Coal really wanted to know what it looked it.

“It's beautiful! When I got there I thought I died and went to Heaven!”

Applejack chuckled. “Well, ain't that glorious.. Ah've been there mahself a few times..” Coal looked over at her with a sly grin.

“What did you do in Canterlot AJ? Must have been really prestigious to get to go there!” (Oh Coal, you amaze me sometimes)

“Well, Ah've been there fer rodeos ah course! Ah've won lots of blue ribbons in mah years of going to them rodeos!”

“Haha, that's awesome AJ! You should show us some of your moves sometime!” Applejack nodded and kept on walking.

“Uhh.. AJ, what exactly are we picking up at Twilight's house?” I was getting a bit nosy.

“Oh, well uhh, nothin' to important.. Books really!” AJ chuckled nervously and I saw right through that lie.

While walking the streets, no one was around! Usually tons of ponies were around, talking, eating, going to the shops, but no pony was anywhere! “Umm..AJ..Where is every pony?” She started to get nervous.

“Oh! Well.. It's uhh.. Tradition! Yeah! Tradition! Ponies stay in there houses around this here time, it's uhh...A bad time for them ta be out!” Ok, now she's not even trying.. Wait.. Applejack lying to us, no pony around, I just got back, HOLY CRAP. PINKIE PIE PARTY. HELL TO THE YES.

I gave my best poker face and walked with AJ to Twilight's house. The lights were off inside and I could barely contain my excitement!

Applejack opened the door and we all walked in. The lights suddenly turn on and every pony yelled “SURPRISE!!”

We both were surprised at this and smiled wide. “Awesome! Thank you guys so much!” Coal was really happy to know that everyone in Ponyville showed up! Jace looked around and then smiled wider when he saw Vinyl working the DJ booth. He tossed her his I-Pod and mouthed, 'Ruffneck Bass.' She nodded and caught the I-Pod, plugging it in and finding the song. She started to mix the song right on the spot and everypony started dancing.

Jace had to butt into the mixing. He had to get in on it. He ran over to the booth and jumped behind it, grabbing his headphones and mixing along with his lover. He looked under the booth again to see if he... Yup! Still there! Excellent! He waited till the end of the song to reach down and pull out a shiny Saxophone. He turned on Run Away, the song with the epic sax guy in it.

!WARNING! SAX SCENE STARTS HERE !WARNING!

The song started off, opening to an epic violin riff and then a drop with singing. After the singing was done, Jace jumped up on a table and started to play the sax part, getting into it and moving back and fourth to the music. All the mare's stamped their hooves and cheered for him. He sang the male part of the song while Vinyl sang the girl part. When his part came up again, he jumped over the DJ booth and started to get into the music again, pelvic thrusting the air and hopping side to side. People actually cheered more when he did it. Vinyl had a good laugh and danced along a bit to when he played. He actually extended the song to give it a big sexy saxophone riff in the middle of it. (YES. I do play Sax IRL!) He did some spins while playing, and it just hyped up the ponies more. When the song was done, he did a long sustained note, and then lifted his arms, receiving cheering and whistles.

* * * * !SAX SCENE ENDS HERE! * * * *

That thing was just spur of the moment, it was surprising that Vinyl know the lyrics to the song! He got some good feedback on the extended sax parts. He got told by a couple mares that 'it was sexy.' He chuckled to himself, saying how dumb he must have looked. He walked back to the DJ booth, getting a quick peck on the cheek by Vinyl. He smirked and pushed his shades down, mixing more songs.

Coal was enjoying the festivities as well. He had to laugh like a fool at Jace when he did the epic sax song. He remembered that song back on his world and laughed every time Jace would play that on sax. It was a blast from the past.

As Coal was going to get some punch, he heard Twilight say his name. He stopped and hid behind a bookcase, listening in on the conversation.

"He has been having nightmares the last couple of nights he has been here. I don't know if it was because Jace was gone or now but I told him that if he wanted; we could talk about it. He hasn't been open about it to say the least." Twilight said matter of factly.

“What nightmares has he been having darling?”

The sound of the loud dubstep drowned out the voice of Pinkie as she probably said something totally out of context. It was enough to make Twilight shove a hoof in Pinkie's mouth. (kinky?)

“No Pinkie, it's nothing like that.”

“Well, did he tell ya anythen about it?” Applejack asked stifling a yawn.

"He told me what he thought it meant. Apparently he thinks his subconscious is telling him not to trust us. Coal told us a summary of his emotional growth when Rainbow first brought him to me. It was a horribly sad story, but it revealed to us that he has immense trust issues. The fact that he has been half as open to us as he has been....is actually rather amazing."

“Yeah, that story was a tear jerker in my opinion.. But.. I mean his friend hasn't been to talkative lately..He started to hang out with Vinyl Scratch a lot.. I think they may be together at this point. I remember her going to the hospital when he was there. I peeked in and I SWEAR I saw them kissing!” Rainbowdash stamped her hoof to add to the I SWEAR.

“Well, it's probably what he wanted to get out of the way when he first came here... He must have had someone back on his world and she reminds him of her.” Twilight suggested.

“Well, I absoloot-a-lee loooove those two being together! Really cutey-wooty~” Pinkie Pie said with a little squeal.

“Ah must admit, they do look really cute!” Applejack smiled, looking over at the DJ booth, seeing the two work in harmony (GET IT?!)

“Well, now we should really get back to talking about Coal. I mean, Jace hasn't been around us a ton...But Coal really has nowhere to go...He just seems so... Out of it at some points..”

Fluttershy raised her hoof to get every pony's attention. “Um..Sorry but.. I-I just think he's getting adjusted to living here... I mean, if I was sent to a place that I knew ever existed before... I would be scared and distrustful of others..”

They all nodded in understanding.

“Oh I know! Coal is all grown up like his friend right? Well maybe he should get a filly friend of his own! I mean, his friend found one already! It shouldn't be that hard. It would give him a pony to trust more than any pony!”

"That would be mighty fine and all, but Ah doubt Coal would like that. Ah know his friend found some pony ta love but, Coal is ahlot different than his friend!” Applejack pointed out. “Besides, maybe it's not Coal's thing to love a pony...Probably finds us weird..”

"Ehehe" Twilight laughed nervously. "I haven't told all of you girls about what I overhead Coal talking to himself about....have I?" Coal went pale.

"Oh.My.Fucking.God! What did she hear!?" Coal was screaming at himself for ever having gotten into that stupid habit of talking to himself!

Dash tilted her head in contemplation. "No...you haven't told me anyway. Do any of you girls know what she is talking about?" The girls just shook their heads in unison.

Coal's heart was beating faster than it ever had. He was so scared. What did she hear? How fucked am I? Is my life here over almost as soon as it began? Coal was near panic stricken, but all he could do was shut up and listen on.

Twilight gave a little sigh and blushed a bit before starting. "Well...on the day I first met Coal. I had to go pick up Spike from Rarity's. When I got back; I overheard Coal talking to himself. Jace was doing that concert thing. I know that is pretty rude, but I was far too curious to stop him. He was talking about how attractive he found us, and how he kept taking glances at our....flanks." Twilight was steaming after that last statement. The other girls weren't fairing much better. "He went on to talk about how he wanted a wife and kids, and how he felt that no pony would ever see him as more than a friend. Coal is actually very hard on himself. He swore a lot. Calling himself names and just being really pessimistic. So actually; Coal already thinks of us as being well.....mares. He thinks of us like how a stallion would think of a mare."

The girls were slack jawed, and Coal was nearly on the verge of tears. There was no going back from this. His new life, my new friends, it all felt like it was being torn from him.

Rarity was the first to respond. "I remember you telling me that darling. I didn't know he was looking at us though. I'm not sure how I feel about that."

Dash was the next to respond. "He told Fluttershy and me that he thought of us as mares...you know...romantically. It didn't bother us too much though, but I didn't think he was getting hot and bothered by us!"

"He has been awful huggy. Ah can't believe Ah trusted him. Ah wonder how much he has been enjoying those hugs and what not." Applejack turned red with a mixture of shame and anger. "And that kiss! He knew that his friend wasn't dying! He just wanted ta' get somethin'!”

All the girls except Twilight and Pinkie started looking real angry. Coal just wanted to curl up and die. He couldn't stop it anymore. Coal was crying. He had ruined his one chance at happiness here. He guessed he could always leave Ponyville, but where would he go? What would Jace think of him? He just let the tears fall down his face and got up and left. He walked through the party goers and made his way outside. He didn't know where he was going, but he just needed some time to himself.

Jace saw him walking through and saw his eyes were red. He raised a brow and told Vinyl to take over while he went after him. He moved through the ponies and got to the door, running after him. “Coal! Coal, where ya going man?” He yelled out, soon catching up with him. Coal just pushed him away. “Whoa man! What happened?!”

Coal just looked down, sobbing silently. “The girls all knew about what I said when I was talking to myself...I told you about that..” He shook his head. “I didn't know that Twilight was right there listening to me..”

I looked back at the party and then walked past Coal. “Common man.. We're gonna go have a little talk..” Coal looked up at him, his tears were gone, but the sadness was still there. He reluctantly followed his friend, not even taking a second glance at the techno party behind him.

Author's Note: Honestly, I hated writing this chapter. I had to put this in there because I needed to get back on track with the original story. Yes, I did copy paste the original talk into this story, just so that I didn't have to type it all out again. Most of it was crucial to the fighting and I just changed up stuff so that it would go along better with my version of the story. Please don't hate me for this!