After notifying the workers and Miss Walker, after she woke up of course, of the new arrangement for going inside the house... they were more then happy to agree as I started back to work on the chores that needed to be done. There weren't all that many left thankfully and they were done quite quickly. Now I was just watching the anthro's work while only a couple humans actually helped them out. They got the bottom floor almost entirely done by the time the sun reached the edge of the horizon. Letting them know they could stop and they happily did so... before they got to work on setting up camp so they could spend the night here.

I allowed it since they told me where they had arrived from and figured they didn't have a place set up yet for them all to rest. I looked out over my property from my porch as I looked from the good looking tents and trucks turned temporary homes towards the poorly kept tents of the anthro's. I took a deep breath of air as I then looked towards the sun almost completely gone in the distance. I had talked with Miss Walker, when she worked up the courage to talk to me, about how far they were into the budget. They only used about 100000 dollars so far and from what she is expecting they wont have to use more then 500000 dollars with a minimum of 300000 dollars. Reason why 100000 was because they already bought all of the appliances and apple trees before they arrived and they would be arriving after tomorrow.

(I have no idea about money so I'm just using what I feel is right)

I appreciated her telling me as she quickly rushed off as she received a call of something important for my projects. She also left me a list of what order she would like to have my projects done. After the apartments were done she was going to have the team split into thirds and have one group start the expanded kitchen and storage, another start laying down the fence and digging holes for the apple trees, and the final group would start to work on the large garden behind the house with a door to the kitchen and the expanded kitchen.

I approved of it as that's what I wanted them to start on next... Big Macintosh I knew was the right one to trust with the job of protecting the others with a gun. He seemed to realize that I would treat them well as long as they treated me well. So basically what they did to me I would do to them. The four Pegasus had come downstairs for only a moment while I was outside I was told and kindly asked for some food which Pinkie Pie happily provided before they retreated upstairs once more. At least they were eating that was all I cared for at the moment.

I allowed Macintosh to keep the gun I should also explain as I knew the only way they could trust me was if I trusted them. And this was a very risky leap to do in gaining trust but I believed it worked. I even told him in secret, after having him promise to not tell anyone, that as they earned my trust I would notify them of the places I hid my guns for protection should it be needed and he agreed with me.

I snapped back out of my thoughts as I watched the small fires of the anthro's making started to be put out by the guards as they were ordered to sleep for a busy day tomorrow. Seeing the stars starting to come out I stood up straight and walked back into the house and into the kitchen. Everyone had already fallen asleep except for Fluttershy possibly as she wanted to watch over the two who were still unconscious although she expected them to wake up soon.

I pulled out a soda from the fridge and sat down on a stool. Opening the soda I took a quick sip as I felt the refreshing beverage go down my throat as I smiled and put my feet up... and began to think... ever since the day mother called things have changed severally. First the addition of the anthro's then the changes of my own attitude. I feared for what the future brings if this all happened in less then two weeks. Considering sooner or later the anthro's now living here will change me... I will get very soft and most likely eventually start purchasing their friends and family at least once a week.

The more anthro's I buy the more ill have to spend on clothes and food bills. With the addition with the apartments with their own bathrooms, as everyone could use the house's kitchen, my water bill would increase severally. If I'm lucky I could make it through the years with little profit and that's if my supposed family doesn't do something. Feeling my phone vibrate I calmly set down my drink and pulled it out. Seeing it was Ben I instantly brought it up to my ear. "you just love causing trouble don't you ya jackass." I chuckled. "oi! You know that every complaint about you comes through me and I get yelled at when the chief goes in a rage! And hes already pissed off by whats been happening recently!"

"should I even ask?" I responded I heard him get his breathing under control.

"the contractor called and notified of what had transpired should the man decide to try and press charges against you. Smart of her as not even an hour later that's what happened and the call was dismissed. But the chief still determined it as a complaint and put it into your file... Lance... some of the others are thinking you will soon become a threat to society" I gave a small sigh. "this is no laughing manor." I chuckled.

"that was a sigh... then you heard a chuckle."

"damn you Lance... look try to keep things quiet alright or else the next time you might get an unfriendly visit from little old me." I gave another chuckle.

"so you finally admitted you are old... well talk to you later old one."

"lance you damn son of a-" he never got to finish as I canceled the call and set the phone down as my smile turned into a small frown. Even though he called I knew what it was about before I even talked to him. I needed to get my anger under control before something happened that was to much. Grabbing my drink I took another sip as I looked over to a picture of my grandfather and myself when I was younger. I believe it was just a year before his death and he had taken me fishing I believe. Taking another sip I remembered a few things he told me on that trip.

"to a Pendragon... rage is as common as breathing to us some can control it... while others cannot. But a secret of this rage is very simple... the more rage occurs...

the more often it happens...

the curse of Pendragon. That's what I was told it was named. No one knows how it came to be. All that is known is the dark history and the death and pain caused by it. Something I wish was forgotten. Its this curses reason that mother and father had gotten so high up in the food chain of the company they worked for... before their bosses untimely death and they took over and did a horrible job... until something changed.

And that something was the portals to Equestria. No one knows how they did it or why they did it. All they know is that its creation made it so that more people could do what they wanted with these new beings. They were treated even worse then the slaves back when America was first formed from what I read about. While some owners were nice most were not.

I gave a small sigh as I looked out the window and took another sip of my drink. I couldn't help but wonder while my mind was on the subject. How did they make the openings to Equestria? How did their technology advance so quickly and how did they already have so many collars made for the anthro's? I froze in my seat as my eyes widened.

Its because they already knew about Equestria!

I quickly stood up putting down my drink as I began to pace around the room. They couldn't of known how to keep each of the anthro's contained as when they revealed the portals they explained that this portal would open up for the first time. So how did they know how to train the people who would be going over to capture the anthro's? How to keep them all subdued and their will broken?

They had to of found a pony or something and kept it secret. Either that or they had opened up a portal way before they revealed it to the public but I'm leaning more towards that they had to of found someone. When a portal was opened everything in the area would start to decay for some reason and any trapped in its half a mile radius just up and died. This phenomenon couldn't of been missed if the second belief was true and it would have been revealed a lot sooner.

But what was up with their technology? That was another question. Their technology was the same used in the past for those who wanted to try and open up portals to different dimensions or time travel... so how did theirs work? How did their technology work when other companies who tried to copy their work ended up exploding in their faces? Quite literately actually as well. Every attempt has ended in a explosive failure with deaths always happening.

This technology was given to the people when they opened the portal to contain the anthro's... but then a rumor started up that the magic oriented anthro's could feel magic coming from all the technology. And when the companies tried adding magic to their attempts to copy the advanced technology they were lucky to even know who was killed as they were vaporized. But now begs the question...

"how did they get this technology in the first place..." I muttered as I looked out at the trucks sitting on the side of the road leading to the house and the street. "when they opened the portal after getting all of it?"

"no one knows." my eyes widened at the voice.