The Others
Chapter 2
The next day, Kahl was up at around half 8. He took it as an improvement from the previous morning.
When he walked out the door he noticed it was a lot warmer today. He welcomed this change.
He took a deep breath of the fresh air around him and walked down the road.
He decided to call in for Dara again, followed by the other guys.
When he reached his cousins house he walked up to the door and knocked on the door.
After a minute or two with no answer he started knocking again, but still to no avail.
He sighed and turned around to continue his walk, but as he did the door creped open.
"H-hello?" whispered Dara through the gap in the door.
"Dara? It's about time you answered the feckin' door!"
"Yeah, sorry..."
"What's wrong with you?"
"I have a stomach bug or something, I'm not coming out, sorry"
Dara did sound sick, and he looked it too.
"Alright then, hope you get better soon boy, I'll let you get some rest, see ya."
"O-ok, bye."
And with that the door was closed again, and Kahl was on his way down the road.
Kahl's other friends, however, were feeling fine. So after gathering them, and prying Keane off another tree, they headed down to the lake.
The lake was a hangout spot to them. It was quiet, peaceful, and no one bothered them there. Well, most of the time anyway.
"Hey, will I tell you who I really hate?" piped up Shane while the others were in an irrelevant conversation.
They turned and looked at him.
"Who Shane?" asked Bernard.
"Fucking Unicorns! They think there all deadly with their horn and the way they can do magic and shit. It really annoys me!"
Bernard looked at him, disgusted, "Shane that's fucking racist!"
"I AM NOT RACIST! SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
"Shane, you hate them just because they have horns, that's fucking rac-"
"THEY CAN DO MAGIC TOO!"
"Same thing! And stop shouting would you? I'm right in front of you not across the damn lake!"
"Sorry..."
Kahl smirked, "Lads, I think Shane's goin' deaf!"
They all acted really surprised and upset.
"I'M NOT DEAF YOU THICK FUCK!"
"See lads, he has to shout that loud to even hear himself, poor fella."
And so, Shane had one of his fits, but it was followed by lots of "we're only joking" and what not.
So they got back to just normally talking instead of shouting.
"Wait a second where's Dara gone?" Asked Keane, looking around.
"Oh my god I already told you! He's at home sick from some yolk in his stomach!" Explained Kahl, for what felt like the 1,000th time.
"Jesus you don't have to get all mad about it."
"Well you don't have to keep asking do ya?"
"I never heard you say anything about it!"
"Look Keane, jus' forget about it, all right?"
"Fine!"
They all went silent for a moment.
Eventually, Shane broke the silence, "So, Kahl, you know when he'll be back then?"
"Well, you know these things, they usually last just a day or 2, he'll be grand."
Shane nodded in agreement.
"Are them lot doing anything today" asked Keane.
"Keane you can't expect us to know everything about them like that, we're not stalkers." Said Bernard.
"Yeah but, if they were doing anything we could like, mess it up or something!" He smiled to himself, thinking it was a brilliant idea.
"Keane, I think those days are behind us after what we did last year!"
"Yeah, but I miss those days, we were practically getting away with murder back then."
"Yeah, but now we're supposed to be like, tolerant and stuff, not childish."
"What's the point in that?"
"Ahh shut up Keane, all you want to do is cause trouble."
"No I don't! I just don't like them!"
Kahl cut into the conversation, "But why do you hate them?"
"I don't hate them, I just don't like them."
"Why tho?"
Keane looked at him as if he was crazy.
"Kahl, are you stupid? They knocked me into the fucking water for no reason!"
"Last year Keane! Last year! And besides, did Twilight push you in?"
"...no?"
"Did Apple Jack or Fluttershy?"
"...I don't get what this has to do with anything!"
"I'm jus' sayin', let's say if 1 Pony from Manechester done something bad, is everyone from Manechester bad?"
"Of course not!"
"And why?"
"Because Bernard is from Manechester, and I know he's a good guy."
Kahl sighed, "There's just no point talking to you."
"I'm pretty sure the rest of those girls would push me in too if they had the chance!"
Kahl shook his head, "Whatever Keane."
Keane felt proud, feeling he'd won the argument.
As most could tell from their first time talking to Keane, he wasn't a very open minded Pony. He stood strong for his beliefs, once he had made his mind up on something it was nearly impossible to change it again. This wasn't all bad to, he was loyal to his friends. And any goals he was set he would achieve them at nearly any cost.
"And besides Keane, there's no way you can catch a fish with your hooves!"
"What! Yes I can! In fact, I was about to get one when she pushed me in!"
"Sure Keane, sure."
"Fine I'll fucking do it then!" he walked out onto the pier and hopped in a little row boat.
The other three shook their heads.
Bernard walked out onto the pier too, "Keane c'mon we don't have time for this crap, get out of the boat."
"But I actually can do it!"
"It doesn't really matter, get out."
"No!" he started rowing the boat out towards the middle of the lake.
"Keane! You're taking this a bit too far, don't you think?"
"I can do it Bernard! Just shut up!"
They all walked out the pier and watched as the boat slowed to a stop in the middle of the lake.
Shane sighed, "He's only gonna humiliate himself."
They all thought that.
Keane looked at his reflection in the water, "Ok Keane, let's show them you're no bull shitter!"
He stayed still looking into the water, until he saw a small shadow beneath the surface.
Naturally, he didn't think it over and flung his hooves into the water, splashing and thrashing around.
"Keane!" Kahl shouted over, "Even if you were tryin' to catch a fish, you're only scarin' them off with that crap your doing!"
Keane took his hooves out of the water, acknowledging what Kahl said.
He knew he had to take it slow or he'd get nowhere, and that it'd only be worse for his reputation, which wasn't in the best shape at the moment.
He went to the other side of the boat and watched and waited.
He was there for a few minutes, purely concentrating on the water in front of him.
Shane turned to Kahl, "He doesn't even have any bait to attract them, if a fish does go near him, it's pure luck!"
Kahl nodded, "And it's hard to get a grip on a fish right out of the water anyway, even if he did have the reflexes to grab it, he wouldn't be able to hold on to it."
Another small shadow drifted near him.
He waited patiently for it to get closer.
It got closer and closer until it was nearly right in front of his face.
Keane smiled to himself, "I got you this time!"
He dug his front hooves into the water quickly, clamping them around the shadow and pulling it out of the water.
The other 3's jaws practically dropped as they saw the small green thing between his hooves.
"I DID IT! I DID IT! I CAUGHT IT!" He started jumping up and down, rocking the boat violently left to right, some water spilling in.
"Wow..." whispered Bernard.
"I DID IT! I CAUGHT A..." just then he looked at the thing between his hooves and stopped shouting instantly.
He dropped the leaf on the deck of the boat, speechless.
Kahl walked to the edge of the pier, "Hey, what's wrong Keane?"
He again picked up the leaf and held it above his head so they could see.
Shane's eyes widened, "What is that? Is that a leaf?"
Bernard tried not to laugh, "Yeah! Oh my god Keane!"
Kahl just smiled and shook his head, "c'mon Keane, nice try, come back in."
Keane wasn't mad, just disappointed with himself. He'd been out there for 10 minutes and made a big fuss over a leaf. He started rowing back to the pier.
When he got there the others helped him out of the boat.
"Go ahead then, laugh at me." He hung his head.
Kahl smiled at him and gave him a pat on the back, "Well Keane, you didn't get the fish, but at least now you can say you caught a leaf with your own two hooves!"
Keane chuckled, "Yeah, I'm the best at catching leaves after all!"
"Haha, you sure are Keane!"
They were still at the lake as the sun began to set, the beautiful clear sky started slowly turning from blue to orange.
"Well lads, any plans for tonight?" asked Kahl.
They all shook their heads.
"Me either, I can't think of anything to do."
"Yeah," said Shane, "It's actually so boring around here."
"Don't worry tho lads, I have a feelin' things are gonna get better!" Kahl smiled
"Yeah," said Bernard, "But for now we just have to make due."
Keane yawned loudly, "I don't know about you guys, but I'm tired as hell."
"Oh come on Keane, the sun is only goin' down now, you can't be tired already!" said Kahl
"I'm not a late sleeper."
"That doesn't mean you have to be an incredibly early one, seriously you'd swear you lived in the old folks home."
"Shut up Kahl! I'm going home, see you tomorrow or whatever." Keane started walking away from the lake.
"Yeah, bye Keane." Said Kahl.
Bernard and Shane also made their quick good bye's.
The 3 of them stayed there talking for a while.
"You know lads, we don't even know them." Said Kahl
"Know who? Asked Bernard.
"You know, the girls. They could be really nice and you wouldn't know 'cus we never gave them a chance or anythin', we jus' automatically disliked them.
"Where's this coming from all of a sudden Kahl?"
"I've jus' been thinkin' recently about stuff, we really have no reason to be hatin' on them, it isn't fair really."
"Kahl you sound like a damn preacher."
"No I don't you fool! Remember yesterday when one of them cleared the path for us so we wouldn't get wet?"
"Yeah...well...she said she was only doing her job! If it wasn't her job she probably wouldn't have done it!"
"As if you would."
Bernard went silent for a moment, "Just fuck off Kahl, I'm going home, it's nearly dark out." He started walking down the path away from the lake.
"Yeah Kahl, I think I'll go too." Said Shane, also starting to walk away
"Alright, see you lads tomorrow!" Yelled Kahl after the pair.
"Bye!" Replied Shane
"Talk to you tomorrow." Replied Bernard.
As the 3 disappeared down the road Kahl stood there, watching the sun go down.
He had such appreciation for the beauty of the sky, in day and night.
As the sky went black he lay down at the lake side, looking at the stars.
"What are you doing out here?" Came a voice from behind him.
He spun his head around to see the bright blue Pegasus, Rainbow Dash.
"I could ask you the very same question!" replied Kahl, also wondering what she was doing.
"Well, I was going home, and I saw you out here in the middle of the night, so I just came down here to ask what you were doing." She walked over beside him.
Kahl stood up, "Well, I'm jus' out here lookin' at the sky."
"...Why are you looking at the sky? It's the same old boring sky, there every day and night."
Kahl shook his head, "It's not borin', you should count yourselves as luck you have a sky clear as this every night."
"Yeah, thanks to me."
"And you do a very good job of it too, back home we never have nights like this. The sky is constantly painted black and grey with clouds, we don't count on folk like you to clear it, we just leave the clouds come and go, a starry night is a rare thing over there."
She looked amazed to hear this, "The Pegasus Ponies don't clear the sky there? So they just let the wind do it?"
"Pretty much yeah."
"Wow, and so that's why you left?"
"What? Oh no, not at all."
"Why then?"
"Well, over there, the country used to be owned by Manechester, but that was a while ago. Then we all started this big rebellion and won back most of the land. Only about 10% is still under Manechester's rule, and the people who live in that area are constantly at war with the other "free" parts of the country. So I went and took Dara with me, because I don't want anythin' to do with it, at this point I just want the war to be over, free or not."
"Wow, I never knew there was still war in Equestria."
"Well at this point it's more of a cold war kind of thing, no one has done anythin' for a while but there is this tension building up. So who knows."
"Oh..."
"Yeah..."
There was a brief silence.
"Anyway," Kahl stood up "I must be gettin' back home."
Rainbow Dash frowned slightly "Aww, do you have to?"
"Well, it is pretty late, and I try not to stay up to late these days, I used to have the sleepin' patters of a fuckin' owl!"
"Haha, well I guess I'd better get going to, it's been nice talking to you!"
"Thanks, it's nice to have someone listen for once."
"Anytime, see ya!"
And with that she shot up into the air, soon out of sight, into the night sky.
Kahl gave the sky one final look and drew a sigh, he started walking down the path towards his house.
AN: Ok you guys, second chapter done.
The reason I'm sending out 2 chapters practically right off the bat here is because of the issue with the internet (Aforementioned in the previous chapter) and I got a good start on this chapter after finishing the first.
Yeah, not a lot of Dara in this chapter, I'll have to make up for it somehow :/
Oh yeah, don't expect me to update this every few days, I promise I'm going to try my best with this one, I'll put my spare time into this fic, between school time, homework, being with my friends ect.
So yeah, I plan to work on a bit every night before bed, which is what I'm doing right now, and its half 1 in the morning...so yeah.
Hope you guys like it so far, Please Review! I'm open to constructive criticism, as always, to help me improve on the story. No flamers\haters please.
So, see ya next time lads :D