Sorry its late! I have had a hectic few days!
Still Ben's POV
Waking up the next morning in a bed I made from excess hay in the barn I got up and stretched as my watch stated it was almost 7 in the morning. Getting up with a grunt I wiped the hay off of my body before taking a few steps down the stairs. Before I went to bed Lance had woken up and called. He was quite mad to know that I wouldn't bring him home but I told him I would do help on the farm and accidentally let it slip I might have some help. It was at that moment that I had hung up and he had told me what I needed to do with Betty, his oldest and proudest cow…
After getting that done, and almost getting kicked by Betty because she hated me for some reason, I left the barn as the sun started to come up as I smiled. Happy April 26 I thought as I put my hands behind my head as I watched the sun slowly rise over the horizon.
Smiling I walked into the house and prepared the two coffee makers… he always had two so that way he could either have day old coffee or just made coffee every morning. He has an odd obsession with coffee some times which is weird.
After heating up the coffee and beginning the second pot I walked up the stairs as I remembered from last night who wanted to help… so the red stallion, Big Mac, the orange mare plus their younger sister, being Applejack and Applebloom, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and finally Rarity. Thank god I can remember their names! Looking into the first room on my left on the left I found that it was the room with both Fluttershy and Rarity.
Walking in I gently shook the both of them awake as they got up groggily. After I was sure they would stay up I let them know coffee was downstairs as I walked over to the next room which had Applejack and Big Mac. Walking in and quickly waking them up I quickly left as I found the room with Applebloom and the young orange mare Scootaloo… quietly only waking up Applebloom I made my way downstairs as I started to prep the coffee for them all. Hoping all of them liked coffee.
As they came down first came down Applebloom followed by Big Mac and Applejack I gave coffee to Big Mac and Applejack while I grabbed a thing of apple juice for Applebloom at her request. After doing that in came Fluttershy who asked for tea instead as I prepped some of the tea that was bought yesterday and quickly made it for her as Rarity also walked in as she grabbed a cup of coffee.
"Can I cook breakfast?!" Pinkie stated as she scared the shit out of me… I completely forgot about Pinkie when waking them all up.
"sure." She bounced towards the fridge as I sat down with my own coffee.
"So what we doing?" Applejack asked with a morning tone stating that she was very tired still.
"I figured me and Big Mac could do most of the heavy lifting… we got animals to take care of as well as a large garden." I stated. "Knowing that Fluttershy takes care of small critters in your world I figured Applebloom could help Fluttershy with the rabbits, ducks, and chickens." Fluttershy smiled at this.
"I would be happy to take care of such cute animals." She said quietly as I nodded thanks.
"I'll take care of the garden darling." Rarity said.
"I never figured you for a garden type Rarity." Applejack said in her normal country accent.
"I've always wanted a garden darling I just never had the time or area to do it." She stated sadly but with a smile on her face.
"Well now that's understandable… any kind of repairs need to be done?" Applejack asked.
"Depends. I know the last time I was here he said he needed to get the pasture fence fixed and I don't know if he did or not." I stated. "We have lots of lumber in the barn that I saw in the barn. We need to be wary and get as much done. Knowing Lance he's going to want to get here as soon as he's able even if it means he walks 20 miles with an injured leg and pulling an IV bag with him." I stated as they all nodded. "And again I appreciate the help."
"It's nothing. We kind of owe him now for helping Pinkie Pie." Applejack stated with a smile as I looked at Pinkie Pie flip pancakes everywhere as I smiled. "Although I will ask just what was his grandfather like?" I gave a short laugh as I smiled slightly at the memories.
"He was a great man. His daughter was Lance's mother. He was quite the crazy one and was pretty good with a guitar. He lost his own guitar a long time ago and that was when he got this farm." I stated as I motioned to room. "At first it was small… but the more he made the more money he made. He accumulated so much money and he only trusted one person… in his own will when he died."
"Lance." Fluttershy said with a gasp as I smiled and nodded.
"Yes. Lance owns all of this plus has all the savings of his grandfather plus a large amount from him owning it for three years." I stated leaning back as I took another sip of the coffee.
"Maybe we… suspected too much about dear Lance." Rarity stated with a worried tone.
"Understandable. Your race was enslaved by our race so it's understandable." I stated plainly.
"Breakfast is on everypony!" Pinkie said with a smile as she put plates of scrambled eggs, toast, and pancakes in front of everyone in the dining hall.
After about 30 minutes we were all outside as we began to work. Turns out some of the fences did require replacement and Big Mac volunteered to get what we needed as both me and Applejack leaned against the fence watching the cows as their dog, Winona, ran around and played around in the pasture. "Ya know this place reminds me of home a little." Applejack stated.
"Really now?" I asked with a smile as she nodded.
"Yep. The country side is always the most peaceful." She stated. "All that's missing are the apple trees and getting rid of everything else on this farm."
"Well he might not like getting rid of all the other farm animals and the garden but he does want apple trees."
"I heard ya the last time." She stated slightly annoyed as I lowered my smile to a simple smirk. "What can ya tell us about Lance?"
"He's a great guy when you get to know him as well as I do. He's a jackass at times when you are not. He's going to dislike all of you for working the farm since he will say it's his burden to bear no matter what." I said as I spotted Big Mac entering the large pasture in the distance carrying some heavy lumber. "If you do what he asks and answer his questions he will warm up to all of you. With how many of you there are we are going to need to think up of an idea of housing."
"What do you mean by that?" she asked looking at me with a raised eyebrow.
"He's not one for separating family and friends… if any of you see a friend in the market… he will most likely buy them for all of your sake…"
"He sounds quite odd if you ask me." I gave a short laugh. "Not knowing what he will do next."
After about an hour we had all the fences fixed and stuff as we approached the house. We began to walk around to the back of the house to find that the chickens had all gotten loose as well as the ducks and rabbits. Fluttershy was going around everywhere with Rarity and Applebloom as they tried to catch them all. Big Mac and Applejack immediately ran to assist as I soon ran after them to join them with a sigh. After about several hours of that… we soon caught them all as we were all muddy, except for rarity, twigs and leaves in our hair, again except for Rarity, and finally we were all tired, except Rarity was the most tired.
"Well… how did you three do back here?" I asked the three mares.
"It all went good until one of them threatened Applebloom." Fluttershy said with slight annoyance, a pout on her face, and arms crossed.
"They did what?!" Applejack yelled as she stomped over to the wire fence. "Which one of them was it?!"
"Applejack calm down…" Fluttershy quickly said worried in a quiet tone. "Applebloom had accidentally dropped the small bag of feed onto a ducks head." She stated. "She already apologized but the damage was done… they all broke out in small fear as the one tried to use the fear in the other animals to escape."
"I told him he needed better wire fences!" I said putting a hand to my forehead. "But nooooooooooo he's okay with what he's got…" I stated annoyed.
"Ben! Where the fucking hell are you?!" all of our eyes widened as I heard the voice of the one I didn't want to hear just yet… Lance's…
Lance's POV
Getting a ride from the tire store owner was quite easy. All he asked was that I come again when I needed more tires. I waved as he drove off as I slowly approached my own farm as rage built up inside of me… he knew I would most likely be back soon but to have them help on my fucking farm?!
"Ben! Where the fucking hell are you?!" I yelled enraged by the fact that he would do this… soon I heard whispers coming from near the house as I saw swift movement inside the house after about 5 minutes.
"Um… come again! No one's home!" I heard Pinkie's voice say before it was soon followed by many voices combined into one.
"Pinkie Pie!"
"Ben I'm already pissed off as is!" I yelled once more as I approached the porch just as the door opened to reveal a sheepishly smiling Ben… as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Hi… lance…" my right eye twitched as he looked like he was going to die soon… which he was… "Um… about the farm…" immediately my pocket knife flew from my hand as I flipped it open and threw it at him. Creating a small cut on his cheek as he stayed there in shock. Eyes wide unblinking and as pale as white. He was shaking greatly as his eyes diverted to the cut he had on his cheek.
"Now hold on for just a minute!" I raised an eyebrow as Applejack came into view with an angry expression on her face. "Why the buck would you attack a friend?!"
"Applejack I deserve this greatly." I could hear Ben fiercely whisper as she grew surprised. "just stay back…" she hesitated before nodding and stepping out of view as he looked at me once more before he gulped.
"I'm waiting…" he nodded.
"You need to learn when to get help Lance." I froze. "No matter what happened to you in the past three years you kept going and just got yourself even more hurt in the process."
"Like that matters!" I yelled as pain flared up in my left leg as I flinched.
"You see!" I looked at him. "How are you going to maintain the farm all by yourself?!"
"I'll find a way to do so!" I yelled another burst of pain went through my leg. Damn… the painkillers must be wearing off. "I will honor my grandfather's name!"
"Just shut the hell up Luke! Listen to yourself!" he yelled surprising me. "Your acting like a stubborn mule who's trying to walk! Without any legs!" could of picked something better to say. "I should of worded that better…" you think? "But! You need to learn! I remember something your grandfather told me! How you hardly had any friends at all! He wanted me to make sure that you got friends when you died!"
I froze once more and looked at him. "But they always failed! Just look at the ponies!" he motioned to the windows on the sides as I saw all the ponies except for Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash. "You just couldn't break them apart… break apart families… break apart friendships…" he stated weakly… "Just come in here and talk…" I looked around… I saw that some of the fence was fixed… I could see that the garden in the back was taken care of… I gave a sigh.
"Fine…"
Next Chapters Riddle:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away… but what needs to be done to keep a thunderstorm away?