As we reached the loading bay I could see that the two anthro's were talking with one another. "i will see you tomorrow Mr Pendragon. Your truck has already been brought around. Here are control collars and the remote. They are set to a frequency to where all the collars with the same frequency all you need to do is set it to the specific collar to shock them or to shock them all with the red button." he leaves as I notice that they did bring my truck around... even though I still had my keys on me.

"Don t question it Lance... don't question it..." Ben says as he cuts me off from talking. "i got to get back to work. I trust you should be good over the next two days."

"i should be. Ill give you up a call should I need to." he walks away with a wave as I first pocket the collars and the remote before I approach the two ponies. I walked slowly so I could think of how I should handle them. Once I reached them I decided how I was going to talk to them.

"alright you two." they both stopped talking as they looked at me. Fear evident in their eyes. "my name is Lance... I own a farm not to far from this town and I bought you two to hopefully assist me with it... I have animals and heavy lifting to do which is why I bought you two. Understood?" they both quickly gave me nods as I sighed and waved away the guards next to them. "look... I am not going to hurt you two... I would only hurt you if you absolutely deserved it." they looked at each other. "i may already know your names but would you both please introduce yourselves?"

"m-m-my n-n-name i-is f-f-flutters-shy." the yellow mare said with a low tone.

"I'm pinkie pie!" the pink one yelled getting into my face real quick. She went 0 to 100 real quick!

"again my name is Lance. Follow me to my truck please." they both quietly followed me as they I put them into the backseats. I had to quickly let them know about the seat belts before I could start to drive. After that was done I began to drive home. "alright you two as I said before I work on a farm so ill give you your morning duties now since I already have everything done today. Fluttershy... I own quite a few animals so you will be in charge of taking care of them... Pie you are going to help me do the heavy lifting around the house. Got it?" as I talked to them sternly Fluttershy gave a slow nod while Pinkie gave me several quick nods. "i have another pony that I bought from circulation who I don't know when they will arrive or if I will have to pick them up... you will be working with a total of 8 other ponies making the total of 10 ponies working on my farm." I fixed my rear mirror so I could see their eyes. "got that?" they gave me another nod as I started to see hesitation in Pinkie's eyes. "if you two get your morning chores done ill take you two out to get yourselves some everyday clothes."

the rest of the ride passed in silence. As soon as I saw the dirt path to the farm I quickly turned onto it. Couple minutes later I was home and I opened the truck for the two. "get yourselves acquainted with the farm... your going to be here for a really long time." I told them as I walked away and into the house. I went up the stairs to begin setting up a couple rooms for the soon to be 10 occupants of the house. I could just use the temporary room I still have in the barn.

Several hours later it was dark and I had the rooms all set up for the future occupants and I walked downstairs to find the two talking with one another... so I decided to listen. "he has so much hay in his barn! I cant wait to cook it all up!" hay... cook up? Those woulds should never go together...

"but Pinkie Pie... wont he get mad?" I heard Fluttershy barely say.

"well... maybe if I ask nicely!" she yelled as I jumped slightly and stumbled down the last few steps. I decided to play ignorant.

"ask nice for what?" I asked.

"can I cook up some of the hay you have in your barn!" Pinkie Pie asked quickly getting up in my face once more. I began to think of how many bales I had at the moment... I need at least 100 to properly survive winter with the cows... so ill be lenient this once.

"i need at least 100 bales for when winter comes... I already did my last cut a week ago... if I have over 100 bales help yourself to the extras." I stated... only to suddenly be picked up in a bear hug as I easily heard cracks in my back. I attempted to call out for help but nothing came as air just wouldn't come in.

"Pinkie your hurting him!" I heard Fluttershy yell before I was released and I fell onto my ass.

"hehe... sorry... used to hugging all my friends in Equestria..."

"its... alright..." I coughed out as I stood up and dusted myself off. "your rooms are ready. Follow me please..." they followed me up the stairs and I lead them to the first guest room to the left. "this will be your room for the night. Once I get the rest of you you can all decide how you want to sleep as you wish. Have a good night." I quickly walked away and walked into the master bedroom where I quickly locked the door and I sat down on the bed rubbing my temple. Today went from bad to worse back to just bad... I have two occupants already with another on the way... and I have to have 10 in 3 days for when my brother comes... and that's not stopping my sense of justice in helping them...

they just wanted peace when humans first made contact but instead we just enslaved all of them... I will not separate family if possible. If it means I have to put money away to get another building or something... I just hope and pray that when the time comes I wont have to have more then the ones I need to get... but if push comes to shove ill get more if I need the money... meaning ill have to put away at least 20 percent of what I get as a just in case.

Before going to bed I quickly set the collars with names and connected them to the remote as I knew I would get into trouble without them. I then changed into my nightwear as I then turned off the light and went to sleep... waking up to the sound of rustling I slowly opened my eyes and heard footsteps on the roof... quietly getting out of the bed I slowly moved over to the wardrobe and opened it up. Pushing the clothes out of my way I quietly grabbed the shotgun Grandpa had hidden in the back as well as his satchel of shells as I slowly moved my way towards the door. After unlocking it I slowly opened it to notice movement in the hallway... it didn't resemble the body structure of either of the two ponies as I watched them open the door and I even saw the two sleeping together in the bed. My eyes widened as I watched them slowly close the door as I closed my own and quickly yet quietly began to prepare a trap for my intruder.

After several minutes I watched the door open from the shadows as I watched them slowly approach the bed. I almost let out a laugh seeing them in a all black ninja attire as I could see that they had wings but I couldn't tell the color... as they approached the dummy in the bed I took aim with the 12 gauge shotgun in my arms as the intruder raised a knife before stabbing down where my dummies head was. I narrowed my eyes as the intruder let their guard down as they walked towards the door. Before they exited I moved into the open and put the shotgun to their back. "hands up..." they quickly froze where they were as I noticed their body structure.

From what I saw at the Center the intruder was still a pony and by the slimness of their figure they had to be female. So a female Pegasus just attempted to murder me in my sleep. "who... the fuck... are you?" I asked in anger as she slowly turned her head to the left to look back at me. Her eyes seemed to be a shade of red in the darkness but I could barely tell since I was still groggy.

"Alex?" I heard as I saw the door to the girls room open.

That moment of distraction was all she needed as she spun around and kicked my shotgun from my hands setting off one of the shells in the double barrel as she tackled me to the floor. We wrestled on the floor until I kicked her off into the wall and I made to tackle her to the floor if she hadn't flipped my heavy coat onto me and slipped my legs out from under me. As soon as I got out from underneath it the gun was pointed directly at my head as I quickly ducked as she fired the gun. "Alex!" Fluttershy squealed out before she fainted.

I used my right arm to push the gun away from my body regardless that it was empty before I delivered a left hook straight into her face sending her flying into the mirror that hung on the wall. I flipped open the shotgun and loaded it as I then aimed it at her only for her to role out of the way.

I fired prematurely as she grabbed onto the shotgun before kicking me in the one place that's every mans weakness...

I fell to my knees as she aimed the shotgun at me one last time... before a click was heard as I smiled. She looked at it all confused as I slowly got back to my feet and as she looked at me I delivered my best right hook into her gut sending her through my the closed window next to my bed. I quickly picked up the shotgun and loaded it as I took aim outside at her running body before I fired hitting her in her left arm... using this moment I took aim again until she flew off behind the tree in the middle of the farm as I fired hitting the tree instead... I cursed out loud as I reloaded my shotgun and just watched as she went to far away for me to retaliate...

"whats going on in here?!" I heard Pinkie yell as the lights turned on. "are you having a slumber party without me!" she yelled as she threw a finger at me accusing me. I ignored her ranting as I grabbed my phone off of the dresser and called Ben. After a couple tries he picked up.

"what is it Lance... its 4 in the morning..." I heard him groan out in annoyance. "i literately just got to sleep."

"get over here now Ben."

"Wha-"

"i was just attacked in my own fucking home by a damn Pegasus in a ninja suit! I am in no mood for games at the moment!" I yelled into the phone before I turned off the phone and stared off into the direction my assailant flew in.

an hour later the cops were at my farm going around looking for information as to what anthro attacked me. "description?" Ben asked groggily as I glared at him a little.

"slim figure, must be athletic, Pegasus with red eyes. Well a variant of red I never got a good look." I told him as he wrote it down. "cant you guys scan the blood or something to find the damn anthro?!"

"Lance their blood is highly different from ours so it would take months until we got a match if we attempt to match every pony in the world. It would cost money to... but I'm sure the chief will overlook this considering who you are." he says. "listen Lance we will find that anthro."

"no..." I stated angrily.

"no?" he asked surprised.

"as soon as you find out who that anthro is... don't even look at it... I want to be the one to hunt her down..." I stated as I walked away from him and towards the house.

"you and your damn grudges..." I heard him mutter as I walked over to the two anthro's being watched heavily on the porch... I had to quickly give them their collars other wise they would of gotten into trouble instead for not having their collars on them.

Several hours later the cops were all gone as we got a couple more hours of sleep until it was time to start work. Pinkie had somehow made pancakes even though I had no flour at the moment but I enjoyed them. They started their work as I went through that days newspaper to already find that I was on the front page... they made it look like I was a helpless fool that was saved by the very anthro's that I had just bought the previous day... they would do anything to promote the Center...

"um... Alex..." I heard the familiar soft voice ask for me.

"Yes Fluttershy?" I asked as I worked on the underneath of the truck while Pinkie moved the hay that was extra then what I needed to a spot to where she would know where it was.

"um... one of the cows is sick... they are going to need medication for it..." I already knew which one she was talking about...

"kitchen the cabinet right above the sink. Look for the bottle that says Betty and follow the instructions on the container." she didn't even reply and she walked away towards the house. I was still on edge because of the attack last night. I just feel likes its going to come back and bite me in the ass later for some unknown reason... as soon as I was done with the truck I looked at the sun and determined it to just about be noon. Standing up I wiped myself down a little before looking around the farm... Fluttershy definitely did her job as all the animals have been fed and Betty has had her medication. Pinkie has also done her job even though I figured she would be the one to goof off. I sighed knowing what this will cost me but a deals a deal. "alright you two! A deals a deal so get ready to go to town!" and they did just that wordlessly.