I looked around. This world had not changed a bit. It looked like I had just left. I told the girls to stay with me. Chrysalis was absorbed in herself, she was feeling her boobs and was just amazed with her new look.
"Wow Alex, I never knew that human women looked like this. Are they all this stunning?" she asked.
"Well, not all of them. But I could say that some of them do look like that. Come on, we should probably get going." I told them.
We walked up the hill leading away from the river. I led them up to my old neighborhood. I found an old pay phone at the corner of the street I lived on. I pulled some spare change from my pocket and put it in the rusty coin slot in the phone. I punched in my brothers number and heard it ring twice. Then someone picked up.
"Hello?" I heard a voice ask.
"Hey, is this Dalton?"
"Yea, who's asking?" he asked.
"It's me, Alex. Look, I need a place to stay. Can I crash at your place for a while?" I asked.
"You got some balls calling me after what you did. I mean, up in the middle of the night, I don't see you for a while and then all of a sudden you call me telling me you need a place to stay?" he asked.
"Yea, that's about right. Just by your voice I'm going to guess that's a no." I said.
"Are your crazy? Just cause you left doesn't mean your aren't my bro! We have to stick together! Alright, where are you? I'll run by and pick you up." he said.
"Thanks bro, this means a lot. Now there is one small little issue that you should know about." I said.
"What?"
"Well, I have two friends with me, and uh, yea, I think you know where they're from." I said.
"Is it that Luna chick that you brought home?" he asked sounding concerned.
"Yea."
"Did you bring her psycho sister with you?" he asked sounding even more concerned.
"No, she still in the other world. Look, this call is only gonna last for a few more seconds, just get down here and I will explain everything." I told him.
"Fine, be down in a few." he said.
I hung up the phone. I turned to the girls and told them that we would be having a place to stay. They both seemed excited.
"Wow, this could be like a second honeymoon!" Luna said.
"Now lets back this up a second, this wont exactly be a five star experience. This isn't going to be some five star hotel and three meals a day kind of thing. I just need you both to keep your heads, okay?" I said.
They told me that they promised they would. About five minuets later, a black Lincoln drove up. At first I thought that this was the home owners association here to tell us to get out and that they did not allow solicitors or something but it wasn't. It was my brother.
"Hey bro, how you doin?" he asked.
"I'm doing fine, what is this?" I asked looking the car over.
"Oh, this? Its just part of a new bonus I got. I'm living like a king bro. Moved into a big house in a rich neighborhood, but living on your own in a big house sucks, so its good that I finally get to have some family over." he said.
"Well what about mom and dad?" I asked
"Well they have seen it, its just that they really don't keep in touch that well. You could say that they went off the grid. The last I heard of them was that they were in the Bahamas." he said.
I grabbed my things and stuck them in the trunk. I took Luna and Chrysalis's bags from them and stuck them in as well. Dalton looked at them for a second.
"So um, are these the friends you spoke of?" he asked.
"Yea, that's something I have to tell you." I said.
"We are his wives." Chrysalis said.
Dalton almost fainted. He unlocked the door and let us in the car with a dumbfounded look on his face. The three of us got in the back and Dalton drove off.
"Wow, I never thought I would see the day that my brother gets married before I did. Wow." he said.
"Yes, I was able to save him from this witch just before they sealed the deal, but she did it anyway and now we are in a bit of a predicament. Alex does not know who he will divorce and who he will stay with." Chrysalis said.
Dalton kept looking at me from the rear view mirror.
"So, Alex, who are you going to stay with?" he asked.
"I have no idea." I replied.
"I know for sure he is going to stay with me, because I have experience and know what a man likes." Chrysalis said as Dalton almost veered of the road.
The girls kept going on about which one I would chose to stay with. I looked at Dalton with a look that said 'help me please'. We continued to drive for about ten more minutes. He pulled into a neighborhood that required a key card to enter. The entire place was filled with two and three story houses with perfect lawns and expensive cars driving past.
"Dalton, you live here?" I asked.
"Sure do! I got a good paying job after you left and was able to afford to live in a place like this." he said.
"So, tell me, do you live alone?" Luna asked.
"Sadly I do, I am not married and have not been able to find a wife." he said.
"Do you have some human in mind?" Chrysalis asked.
"Not really. I haven't really given it much thought until you guys brought it up. By the way, Alex do you mind going to the store and getting a few things for me?" Dalton asked as we pulled into the driveway of a three story house.
"Yea, anything to repay for letting us stay with you." I said.
"That's good, I will be asking some favors of you time to time, they will be small and nothing you cant handle." he said.
"Anything for you bro." I replied.
We all got our stuff an got out. Dalton led us through his garage and into the house. It opened up into an enormous kitchen and dining room. Connected to the kitchen was the living room and a office area down a hallway. He lead us up stairs and gave us a room for the three of us to sleep in. It had three beds, a large walk in closet, and a window that looked out onto the street in front of the house. I told Dalton that we would we would get unpacked and I would be downstairs in a minute. He said okay and left. I turned and got my clothes unpacked into the drawers. The girls were able to get their stuff put away quickly and then started arguing over who would go with me to the store. I resolved it quickly by saying that Luna would be coming with me. When Chrysalis started to protest I told her that Luna had more experience with the human world than she did. Chrysalis accepted this and told me to not let her do anything to seduce me. I told her I wouldn't and led Luna back downstairs. Dalton tossed me his keys and the card to get in and out of the neighborhood and gave me a list of things to get.
"You know I don't have a license, right?" I asked.
"On the contrary, we dressed up Jeff to look like you and had a drivers license made for you." he said tossing me a leather wallet.
I opened the wallet and looked inside and sure enough, there was a drivers license with my name and a picture of Jeff looking like me. The picture did look like me so if I got pulled over the license would be believable. I asked him how I was going to pay for the things on the list and Dalton said there was money in the wallet. I told him we would be back soon and walked out the door. Luna and I got into the front of his car and I turned it on. We put on our seat belts and I slowly pulled out of the driveway. It took me a minute to remember what to do while driving and I got the hang of it as we exited the neighborhood. I pulled onto a street and drove towards a Walmart I saw on the way to Dalton's house.
"Alex, there is something I must ask you." Luna said.
"What is it?"
"Well, you see, about us having a child." she said trailing off.
There was no escaping it now. There was no way I could get away from this conversation.
"If you want to have a child, then it is my marital duty to give you one." I said and then regretted saying it two seconds later.
"I'm glad you feel that way, Alex." she said as we drove into the parking lot of the Walmart.
I found a parking space and we both walked into the store. Luna looked around in amazement. I guess she had never seen anything like this before. I got us a cart and pulled the list from my pocket. It read:
Milk
Eggs
Oj
Hamburger meat
Salad mix
Tea bags
Liter Fluid
Charcoal
Hammer
Nails
I thought the list seemed kind of weird, but my brother was letting us stay with him so I did not object. The first thing on the list was milk. I led Luna to the refrigerated section and picked up the milk. One by one we added the items to the cart. When we were done we headed to the check out isle to pay for everything. The total was $66.73. I looked in the wallet and found 300 dollars. I paid for the stuff and we left. We put the things in the trunk of Dalton's car and headed back to the house. I pulled up to the gate and scanned my card. The gates opened and I drove in. It took me a few seconds to find Dalton's house cause they all looked the same. I drove up and Luna helped me with the groceries. We walked in through the garage and laid the stuff down on the kitchen. I heard voices from the office. I walked towards it. The door was opened and I could not believe my eyes. Chrysalis was on top of Dalton kissing him passionately. I leaned against the wall. They did not seem to notice me cause they had their eyes closed.
"Hiya!" I blurted out randomly with a grin spreading across my face.
Both their eyes jerked open. Chrysalis leaped off of Dalton and stood in the corner. Dalton sat up and began scratching his head like nothing happened.
"Alex, baby, that wasn't what it looked like." Chrysalis said.
"It sure did look like it to me." I said.
"Alex, I'm sorry bro." Dalton said.
"It's alright dude, I should actually be thanking you. I have been thinking of a reason to divorce Chrysalis and now I have a perfectly good one." I said.
"What!" Chrysalis said with anger rising in her face.
There was a knock at the door. I ran to go and get it slamming the door behind me. Not sure why I guess it was to keep those two in their place. Luna was just about to open the door when I got there first. I told her I would open it. I opened it and saw a man about my age with black hair that seemed to be combed over to the right of his face. He wore a navy blue t-shirt with black gym shorts. He was panting like he had been running a lot.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"Sorry for the intrusion sir, my name is Wild Heart, I was a guard for Princess Luna. I was sent here to give you and her a message." he said between pants.
"Wild Heart? I haven't seen you in a while! What is the message?" Luna asked from behind me.
"The message is that the negotiations will begin with the first leader tomorrow. We will be trying to figure out what she wants and what she plans to do. My orders are strict. When one of the princesses gives me a message, I am to come to the human world and relay it to the both of you." he said as he caught his breath.
"Are they paying you to do this?" I asked.
"No sir, Princess Cadence says it is my civic duty." he said.
"Well that's a load of crap. Stay here for a minute." I said.
I ran up the stairs to find one of the bags of gems I had won a few days ago. When I found one of them I grabbed it and came running back.
"Here you go, Wild Heart. It's for all the trouble of doing this. Every pony deserves a little something for their hard work." I said handing him the bag.
"Ah, Princess Celestia was correct, your kindness knows no bounds. I must be leaving now. Is there a response you would like me to take with me?" he asked.
"Yes, tell Cadence not to screw this up." I said.
"I will deliver the message sir. I will return if there is any new activity." he said and ran off.
I closed the door.
"He's a good man. Doing all this just to keep us informed. It must be horrible for him to have to run back and fourth between the worlds just to send a message. Why would they be doing that anyway? Why don't they just send it using magic?" I said.
"There is very little magic in the human world, Alex. The message may get to the recipient, but the entire message may not reach them. It is just easier to send a messenger instead of risk loosing any part of the message." she explained.
That seemed understandable. I walked back to the living room and found Chrysalis and Dalton waiting for me. I sat down on the couch and Luna joined me.
"Who was that?" Dalton asked.
"It has nothing to do with you, just don't concern yourself with it." I replied.
"Alex, I know your mad and I'm really sorry." Dalton said.
"Dude, chill! Its okay, like I said, you were actually doing me a favor." I said trying to get him to believe that it was fine.
"That's something I wanted to talk to you about, Alex. What do you mean by he is doing you a favor? Am I that hard to be married to?" she asked.
"No, its just weird being married to two people at once and it is better if I stay with the one I originally planned on marrying." I said.
"Well, now that we have gotten this out of the way, I assume we will be filling out the divorce papers when we return?" she asked.
"That would be the proper action." I said.
She got up and said that she would be getting her shower. That gave me a thought. What were we going to be having for supper? Luna had already put up the groceries and I had forgotten what we had bought.
"So, Dalton, what will we be eating for supper?" I asked.
"Well, you see, I have to tell you something. Mom and Dad invited me to eat at their house. I told them that you and your wife would be joining us." he said.
"And when were you planning on telling me this?" I asked.
"Probably on the car ride there. Don't worry, they're not mad at you or anything. I covered up for you, though they will be expecting to know who you married." he replied.
"You told them I was getting married?" I asked.
"What? Do you really think they would believe that you ran away the night you got back? No, I told them you ran off the Vegas to get married. I did not say who though. Either way, I did just recently call them and tell them that you would be bringing your bride with you so there is no backing out now." he told me.
Great, the family I hated more than anything in the world and I would have to face them again. I told Dalton fine, that I would go. He said good, that we would be leaving now. Chrysalis had just walked in with nothing but a towel on, I told her to go and get some clothes on, that we would be meeting the parents tonight. She said she would be back in a moment. Ten minuets later she came out wearing a black dress with spaghetti straps. I had no idea where she got it from but I had no time to ask. Luna looked at her and said she would be back as well. Five minuets later she came back in a similar looking dress except it was blue and sparkly. She had put her hair back into a ponytail and was looking good. I went to put on a new pair of clothes since my other ones reeked of sweat. I went back to find a pair of black dress pants, a black shirt, and a white hoodie. Dalton had gotten it for me, since my other white hoodie and pants were in tatters(Due to being attacked a few times and being killed once). I pulled on the clothes and some new Vans and ran for the door. I leaped in the car and the four of us sped off to my parents house. Dalton informed me on how everybody was doing. He said that Jeff had gone back to college and Samuel had done the same. The only people that were left in the house were Amanda, Shelby and Sarah.
"Great. Three of the people who tortured me the most during my childhood will be eating with me tonight. I wonder what they have in store for me." I said.
"It's okay, Alex. They actually blame themselves for your mysterious disappearances." Dalton told me.
Good, they deserve to be guilty. Years of torment made me be the most antisocial kid in our neighborhood. While most of the guys were out playing football, I would be in my room hiding from my sisters. When the guys would be hanging out at the pool I would be hiding from my sisters. When they all hit puberty I wanted my life to end.
We pulled up in the driveway and got out. We walked to the front door and I rang to doorbell. Five seconds later, Shelby opened the door.
"Hey little bro, its been too long. Dalton told me about your good news. Which one is the lucky lady?" she asked looking at both Chrysalis and Luna.
"Its me, I was the one who nabbed him!" Luna said with a bit of a excitement in her voice.
"Then this must be?" Shelby asked.
"This is, Christina." I said motioning to Chrysalis.
Chrysalis gave me an angry look. I ignored it and walked in past Shelby. The girls and my dad were all in the kitchen waiting for us. My dad walked up and shook my hand and welcomed me back home. I could tell living with a house full of girls was horrible. We all gathered around a table and sat down as my mom brought in the food. Fried chicken, corn, biscuits, gravy, beans, mini pot pies and sugar cured ham. My mom had really pulled out all the stops for this. We all loaded our plates with food. I was surprised when I saw Luna testing out a piece of chicken. She bit into it and seemed to like it. Chrysalis sat across from me. A few times she tried to make up for kissing my brother by playing footsies(If you don't know what it is, look it up.). She kept rubbing my leg with her foot. I ignored her and tried to pay attention to the conversation around me. She kept looking at me trying to give me an apologetic look. She stuck out her bottom lip to try to look sad. I did not give her the satisfaction.
"So, you must be Luna. I believe we have met before but never as my daughter-in-law. Tell me, how is being married to my son?" My father asked.
"Well, I must say he is a nice man and he treats me like royalty. He waits on me hand and foot and makes sure I am okay before he sees if he is okay. He is very romantic and a good kisser as well, but you almost have to rip it out of him. He is so shy that you literally have to take the lead. This one time I had to pull him into a shed at the beach just to get him to kiss me!" Luna replied.
I almost chocked on a piece of chicken. That is the one thing I expected Luna not to say and yet she did. My father had a grin on his face and my mother looked like she would have shot Luna if she had a gun. Everything was going well, I guess, but then there was a frantic knock at the door.