Chapter 16

The next day...

My eyes burst open at the evil laughing that interrupted my sleep.
I saw myself being held in a griffon's claws, only mush larger.
In front of me was Twilight being held in a lion's paw.
The laughing repeated.
"Aw, they're so cute together." A menacing voice said.
I know that voice.
"Discord!" I shouted.
"Oh, I'm sorry, did I wake the little pony up?" He said sadistically.
"You put us down!"
"Hm... Nope." He stuck his neck out.
"Now, what fun this will be! Your like two little dolls, oh, adorable."
He laughed again, and slammed me and Twilight together while making kissing noises.
"Oh, Twilight, I wuv you so much!" He said in a mocking tone.
"I know! After all, we did sleep together! Oh he he he he!"
"JUST STOP THIS!" I shouted ay the top of my lungs.
"Oh my, somepony's a bit mad. As you wish."
He threw mt o the ground, but something kept my head facing Twilight.
He tossed her up and grabbed her by the head.
"Twilight!" I shouted.
He cocked his index finger back, and slit Twilight's throat.
"TWILIGHT!" I yelled again.

I gasped and shot up.
Just a dream.
I looked over to see Twilight sleeping peacefully.
Leaning down, I kissed her forehead.
"Morning." She mumbled.
"How'd you sleep?"
"Good." She got up. "Are you okay?"
"Hm? Yeah, just a dream." I sighed.
"Do you need to talk about it?" She scooted closer.
"No, it's fine."
I heard an 'Ahem' from the foot of the bed.
Spike was in his little basket.
"Are you still asleep?" I asked.
"Yeah. I couldn't get to sleep last night."
Me and Twilight blushed.
"You were here the whole time?"
"Yep. I was asleep until you guys got a bit noisy."
I sighed again. "Yeah yeah."
It is a bit early.
"I think we can sleep in a little more." Twilight said.
I nodded and lied back down.
"Hey Twi?"
"Yeah?"
"Love you."
"Love you too."
I fell back to sleep.

Third Person POV

"Well now, this was a surprise." Derrick said, waking up from the music coming from Jeffery's room.
"I'M TRYIN' TO SLEEP IN OVER HERE!" Joshua Shouted from his room.
The music stopped.
Since Derrick wasn't much of a late sleeper, he got up.
Humming something, he made breakfast for everybody just cause, and sat down.
"Brain damage, ever since the day I was born." Derrick sung as he put everything away.
"Drugs is what they used to say I was on. They say I never knew which way I was goin', but everywhere I go they keep playin' my song."
Jeffery trotted down. "Wow, that smells great." His eyes widened as he saw the delicious breakfast on the table.
"Um... Are you on something?" The Unicorn asked.
"Nope. Just feelin' generous."
"And your sure your okay?"
"Yep."
"Alright then." Jeffery sat down and began eating.
"Wow! That is great!"
"Thanks. JOSHUA! BREAKFAST!"
Joshua stumbled down his stairs.
"Morning." Derrick said.
"Yo." Joshua said tiredly.
"Want some breakfast?"
"Yeah, sure." He got up and sat down.
Derrick finished cleaning and sat down lazily.
Joshua was mostly silent, and Jeffery was only a little talkative as he ate his amazing breakfast.
"Any plans for today, Joshua?" Derrick asked the Sleepy Blue-maned pegasus.
"Just dinner with Rainbow." He answered, waking up a bit.
"Alright then. Feel like taking a walk with me and Jeffery?"
"Yeah sure." Joshua trotted out the door, followed by Jeffery and Derrick.
A few minutes into the walk, Derrick noticed something.
"What's that?" He said, pointing to a pink blob hopping down the street.
"Is that Pinkie Pie?" Jeffery asked.
"I think so." Joshua answered.
The pink blob stopped bouncing, and shot forward in front of the trio.
"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pi!" She exclaimed.
Joshua recovered from the surprise quickly, and spoke first.
"Morning. Name's Stary." He raised his hoof, and Pinkie bumped it.
"Dude. You just gave a brohoof to Pinkie. That's awesome." Derrick said.
"Yeah, I think it's a fad or something."
"I saw Chris do it with his friends so I thought; 'Why not try it?' and I did, and it's cool!" Pinkie jumped.
"Right well then. We'll be on our wa-"
"HOLD ON!" Pinkie said excitedly.
"What?"
"Wait! Nevermind it's a surprise!" She bounded off.
"Well that was weird." Derrick commented.
They all continued walking.
"SUP YOU THREE!" They all heard Chris's voice shout from behind them.
Turning around, they all saw Chris wearing a huge grin.
"Hey man." Joshua said, and waved.
"You seem happy." Derrick pointed out.
"Yeah, well."
"Can I ask why?" Derrick continued.
Chris leaned close to his ear and whispered something.
"Oh! Nice." Derrick chuckled.
Chris whispered the same to both Joshua and Jeffery, who also chuckled.
"Man. You know Applebloom came over yesterday." Joshua said, floating up.
"What did she want?" Chris asked.
"She was asking us if we knew what Twilight wanted so bad."
"You mean she heard us?"
"Yeah."
Chris sighed. "Great." He said sarcastically.

Chris's POV

The walk with the guys was normal, and I forked off the road to get to the library.
I opened the door to see Twilight carrying Owlicious on her back.
"Hey Chris!" She said.
"Hi Twi." I said and kissed her cheek.
"I was just headed to the park for the pet play-date." She said.
"Cool. Mind if I come?"
"Not at all! You have a pet, right?"
"Yeah, I do. Just a sec." I cantered upstairs and opened a mini-rift.
"Let's see here..." I mumbled as I rummaged through the rift.
"There you are!" I exclaimed as teeth clamped on my hoof.
I pulled out a very familiar creature.
"Wazzup Hedy?" I exclaimed, pulling it closer.
"I haven't seen you in a while. Thank god a helped take care of you when Kleiner sent that rocket huh?" I pulled it in, and gave it a kiss.
Before spitting the bitter taste from my mouth. "Right. Remind me not to do that."
"Chris! We're leaving soon!" Twilight called.
"Be right down!" I called back, and went back downstairs.
"What is THAT?" She said, putting emphasis on he last word.
"Well Twi, this is a Headcrab. Goes by the name of Lammar. Hedy Lammar." I said shaking her off my hoof.
"Really. Interesting..." Twilight leaned closer.
"Uh... you probably shouldn't-" I was unable to finish as Lammar threw herself on Twilight's head.
Twilight yelped as it clamped onto her face.
"Twi, calm down." I said, chuckling a bit.
Twilight stopped screaming and looked at the Headcrab latched onto her muzzle.
"Lemme help." I offered, and tried to pry the thing off.
"There we go!" I exclaimed, as I pulled her off.
"You didn't tell me about that part." Twilight said.
"Yeah, I was about to warn you. Let's hit the road, shall we?" I opened the door for her, and with a giggle, she trotted out and I followed.
We arrived at the park where Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie had already arrived.
"Hey girls!" Twilight exclaimed as we approached them.
"Hi Twilight!" Pinkie said, popping up into Twilight's vision with gummy latched onto her mane.
"Hello Pinkie. Hi Gummy."
"What's that?" Pinkie said, jumping in front of me, eying Lammar.
"A Headcrab. Pretty cool lil' thangs. Just don't stick your head too close to her."
"How come?" Pinkie cocked her head and came closer to Lammar.
"Because he likes heads and will grab onto any that he sees."
"So like this?" Pinkie thrust her head towards Lammar, and she jumped onto Pinkie's head in the same position as before.
Pinkie giggled past the Headcrab on her muzzle. "It kinda tickles!"
"Let's git' this started!" Applejack exclaimed, throwing a stick in the air, and Winnona caught it mid-air.
Everypony else started playing with their pets.
Gummy was clamping onto Pinkie's mane, Owlicious was flying around doing... Owl things, Applejack was playing fetch with Winnona, Angel was being Angel, Opal was chasing her toy, and I wrestled around on the ground with Lammar latched to my head.
Suddenly, Lammar jumped off my head and went to the trunk of a tree in the park, where the other pets were grouped.
I noticed Opal sitting in a branch next to Rainbow Dash, who had just woken up.
She hissed at the pets below her, before she was summoned down by Rarity.
Rainbow floated down from her perch.
"Sincerest apologies Rainbow, if our pets were bothering you." Rarity said, and looked at the cat on her back. "Say your sorry, Opal!"
Opal's response was turning away and hissing.
"She's... Sorry." Rarity said in a not-so-posh voice.
"What are you all doing out here?" Rainbow asked.
Applejack ran by with a stick in her tail that somehow, was not falling. "Why we always round our critters for a regular lil' Pony pet play-date in this park!" She threw the branch and Winnona chased after it.
"Uh, you do?" Rainbow asked.
Applejack ran past her again. "Same time every week."
"I thought you knew, you didn't know? She didn't know?" Fluttershy said, and pawed the ground.
"Well we had initially planned on inviting Rainbow of course, except-" Twilight began, but was cut off by Pinkie.
"We were totally gonna invite you Rainbow! Then Twilight remembered that you don't even have a pet!" Pinkie shot next to Rarity somehow. "Then Rarity remembered that you really like to take naps in the afternoon!" Pinkie shot to Applejack. "So Applejack figured you wouldn't be missing out on anything anyway!" Pinkie shot next to Fluttershy. "And Fluttershy nodded our heads in agreement like this." She held onto Fluttershy's head and made her nod along with her.
I just can't live without doing this.
"What is love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more!" I sang, bobbing my head.
Pinkie stopped nodding and let go of Fluttershy, who continued nodding, almost against her will.
"Oh, please don't be mad at us!" She said.
"Oh, I'm not mad. You all are right. Not much point in a pony-pet-playdate fer' me if I'm a pony without a pet right?"
"Exactly!" Applejack said.
"So ifin' you'l excuse us." Applejack continued playing with Winnona, and we all resumed playing.
Not seconds later Rainbow Dash shot from her perch to the ground.
"Hey! Just because I don't have a pet now doesn't mean I never want a pet!" She exclaimed.
Fluttershy's eyes widened and she turned to face the cyan pegasus, all while giggling excitedly.
"Oh really? You really want a pet? Really Really? Cuase' I've got so many wonderful choices at my house!" Fluttershy grabbed Rainbow and flew off in the direction.
"Oh and I know you'll just love them! And they'll love you! Oh!" The canary yellow pegasus pony exclaimed.
Rainbow looked down to see her feet dragging against the ground.
"And you'll be best friends forever!"
Rainbow hepled the excited pegasus and began flapping her own wings.
I giggled slightly. "I think quite a few things could have happened just then. One, Fluttershy was hyperventilating, Two, our Ozone layer got messed up and Fluttershy breathed in some sort of gas, and three, Fluttershy was fueled by ecstasy."
Twilight giggled. "Ozone layer?"
"Yeah. I has smartness."
"Ecstasy? What gave you that profane idea?" Rarity asked.
"Did you not hear the way she breathed?"
"Oh, right."
I noticed Gummy staring at Lammar.
Either because he's just facing her, or otherwise, it beats me.
"Lammar! Can you come here for a sec?" I called over to the Headcrab.
She let out a few noises, and hopped over to me.
Gummy's gaze followed her.
"I need to talk to Pinkie about something." I told Twilight.
"Okay." She replied.
"Hey Pinkie!" I greeted her.
"Hi Chris! Hi Headcrab thingy!"
"Her name is Hedy Lammar. You can call her Lammar."
"Should we have a party for her?"
"No, I think she's fine. But I wanted to talk to you about Gummy."
"Has he been bad?"
"No, it's just... I think he likes Lammar."
"That's so cute!" She shouted.
I chuckled. "Yeah, so, you think you can get him to make a move?"
"Of course I can!" She bounded towards Gummy, and whispered something into his ear.
"Hi Rainbow!" I heard Twilight say.
"Hey Skittles!" I said, and cantered over.
"She's having a competition or something to see who's going to be her pet." Twilight said.
"That's right! It starts at the town square!" Rainbow said confidently.
"Sweet."

Half an hour later...

Me and the girls were at the town square watching the contest begin.
Rainbow Blew a whistle, and the pets all straightened up.
We began cheering, before Rainbow blew the whistle again and hushed us.
"So! You all think you've got what it takes to be my pet do ya?"
Rainbow advanced on the flamingo, so that they're noses were touching. "Well, we'll see about that!"
"If any of you don't think you could handle it, back out now before you humiliate yourself in front of your piers."
The ladybug took note and flew down.
"This competition isn't for the weak! You'd better be prepared to STEP UP YOUR GAME."
Rainbow looked at the butterfly. "You call that flapping?"
The bug flapped much harder. "That's better!"
"There's only room on team Dash for one of you. And my future pet needs to be able to take it to the extreme!"
Rainbow shot into the air. "Any questions?"
"I've got one." Applejack whispered. "Does she understand what a pet really needs?"
"Yeah! Like care and attention, love, and affection!" Winnona popped up in front of Twilight, and licked her.
"Ugh! And breath mints!"
Fluttershy pushed the Tortoise next to Fluttershy.
"Now you just try your best and-" Fluttershy was cut off by Rainbow.
"Seriously Fluttershy! The turtle? What did you bring that thing here for?"
"Technically he's a Tortoise. And he's always dreamed of being somepony's pet. He just wants a chance to compete, he won't get in the way. You won't even know he's here."
There was an Awkward silence in the air.
"No." Rainbow said sternly.
"Oh, just let him try!"
Rainbow sighed. "But there's no way he can possibly keep up, look at him!"
Rainbow rolled him over, and the Tortoise fell beck to his normal stance.
"It won't hurt to let him try!"
"But-"
Fluttershy rubbed the Tortoise's shell against Rainbow's cheek.
"Just let him try!"
"Ugh, fine! But don't say I didn't warn you! This isn't a game you know!"
The cyan pegasus turned back to the line.
"Alright, now these games determine which one of you has the most important qualities I'm looking for in a pet."
She bounded to a distant hill, and left a rainbow blaze behind her.
"Speed!" She shouted.
She bounded back to the line, zig-zagging between contestants.
"Agility!" She said once she was back in front of the group.
"Guts!" She flew up to a cloud and spun around it, to show a pony-shaped cloud.
"Style!" She landed back down.
"Coolness!"
"Awesomeness!"
Rainbow pulled a pair of shades out of nowhere and made what looked like a gang sign.
"Radicalness!"
"Aren't those all the same thing?" Twilight asked.
"You would think that Twilight." Rainbow patted her head. "And that's why you would never qualify to be my pet."

"Speed!" Rainbow announced once the pets were lined up at the track.
"On your marks!"
"Get set!"
Rainbow blew the whistle and the pets bounded by, all except for the Tortoise.
The bat flew by. "Sorta speedy."
The butterfly was next. "Not speedy."
"Pretty speedy!" Rainbow said as the duck created a blur with it's wings.
"Could be more speedy." Dash graded the owl.
The falcon screeched, and shot forward, almost cooking the owl.
The large bird hit the finish line and then some, and proceeded to clean his wing.
"Yeah! That's speed!"
The tortoise finished his first step.
"That's just sad."
"Don't diss the Tortoise bro!" I shouted.

"Agility!" Rainbow announced again.
The butterfly went through a few things, but nothing impressive, even to me.
"Sorta agile."
The flamingo scrambled around on some gymnastic object, and fell off.
"Not agile."
The toucan went into a tube and flew out the next second.
"Pretty agile."
The bat did the same as the butterfly, only faster.
"Could be more agile."
I noticed the Tortoise look like he was preparing for a jump, but only stuck his neck out and flew down.
"Wanna know the opposite of agility? That." Rainbow said as she flew past.
The hummingbird shot through the whole course in two seconds.
"Yeah baby! Now that's what I call agility!" Rainbow spun around and extended a hoof.
"Don't leave me hangin'!"
The bird smacked it's wing against the Pegasus's hoof, but fell down.
"I'm gonna have to shave a point off your score for that one."

"Alright!" Rainbow said once she put the cat carrier down.
"Which of you has the guts to try and get Opal's favorite toy away from her?" She set down the raggedy mouse in front of the cage and opened it.
Opal popped out hissing.
All the pets seemed scared, other than the butterfly, who approached the cat and spread her wings.
Something about those wings seemed to pop out at me and...
"Ghastly Gorge!" Rainbow shouted.
"THE HECK!" I shouted.
"Are you okay?" Twilight asked.
"How did I get here?" I asked.
"You were walking with us the whole time."
"That freakin' butterfly."
"DUN DUN DUN!" Rainbow shouted.
The eagle screeched, and Rainbow went up to it with a tissue.
"Gahzuintight."
"Where's that music coming from?" I asked, hearing a familiar orchestral number.
"What music?" Twilight said.
"The Flight of the... Ugh, what's it called?"
"What are you talking about?"
"The Flight of The Valkyries! What is that? Nevermind! Actually, Ghastly Gorge isn't scary. It s fun! Heh, I've flown through it a million times before myself so, obviously I ll be at the front of the pack! But whichever of you make it across the finish line with me will have proven you can keep up with me. And will have earned the honour, and glory, of getting to be my pet! Rainbow went to the edge of a cliff they were on.
Ready... Set Go! She bounded off.
I ll meet you guys at the finish line! I said as I flew off to spectate. Rainbow chuckled. Try to keep up! I flew over the oncoming tunnel, while Rainbow flew inside.
She stopped for a moment to smooth her hair.
Can t catch me! Rainbow Dash hummed a bit of the song.
You hear it too? I muttered.
She approached a bunch of brambles.
Come on slow pokes! You wanna win, don t you? She shot into the brambles, avoiding each one.
The pets all eventually got out, the falcon was last and had a branch stuck to his wing.
Oh! I forgot to tell you! Watch out for the Quarry eels! They don t like it when you get too close to their nests! Like this! Rainbow shot past the holes in the walls.
Large, red, purple finned eels came out of the wall, missing Rainbow and slamming into the canyon walls.
To avoid another accident involving these things, I flew up and above them.
The bat was caught, but popped out the eel s nostril.
The eagle barely avoided getting his head bit off.
Easy peasy one two threesy, right you guys! Rainbow turned around, but slammed into a wall A crack appeared, and crept up, breaking a large chunk of rock out of the wall.
Rainbow barely avoided it, but other, larger and smaller rocks were falling.
AVALANCHE! She shouted.
The pets flew past her, and a rock landed on her.
Rainb- I too was interrupted by a smaller rock to my head.
Darkness crept around my vision, and I fought to stay awake.
Another rock came down on my head, and I my vision was covered in pitch black.

Oh, it s so good to see you again. A all-too-firmiliar menacing voice said.
Discord. I said in a low tone, and slowly got up.
Element of Confidence. Or is it Chris? Impact, maybe? You can go back to hell. Where do you think I came from? I sighed. What do you want? Oh, just want to mess with you, that s all. And you mess with by murdering my marefriend in front of me? Somepony is learning the lingo of Equestria. And yes, that is how I mess with you. Besides, ponies have a better... reaction with violence, and not total chaos. And I can still do both! He laughed crazily.
I hope your ready. He said suddenly.
For what? He leaned in close to my face. My return. Chris! I heard Twilight shout.
Chris wake up! She pressed.

My eyes shot open.
Chris! Twilight repeated, only with more relief now, and kissed me.
After the long kiss, I broke it.
What happened? I asked.
You got hit in yer noggin durin' the avalanche! Applejack exclaimed.
Great. Unconscious again. I chuckled.
I tried to get up, before a pain shot through my head and my vision blurred.
Holding my head, I lied back down.
Are you okay? Twilight asked.
Yeah I just... Ugh... I might have a concussion. That s Chris for ya. Rainbow said.
I looked over at the cyan pegasus to see the Tortoise next to her,
My wing got caught under a rock and he helped me. She said.
What d you name em ? Tank. Rainbow answered.
Cute. I got up more slowly this time, and Twilight held me stable.
How long are you gonna be doin this? Applejack asked.
Till I collapse. I replied, slightly chuckling.
Right. Let s get you home partner. Applejack allowed my to lean on her, with Twilight doing the same on my right.
Man, I think this concussion is getting to my head. I said.
Hey! We re heard the avalanche from our house! What happened? Joshua shouted, coming from inside the Gorge.
Hey man. I said, before more pain shot through my head.
Dude, what happened? Derrick asked when he came with Jeffery.
Just a concussion. Twilight answered.
Oh man, that sucks. Let me help, Applejack. Jeffery offered.
Much obliged. Applejack said, switching places with the baby blue unicorn.
So, who started the avalanche? Joshua asked.
Rainbow slightly blushed.

One hour later...

Here we are. Twilight announced as we reached the library.
She shouldered the door open.
Should we try for upstairs? Jeffery asked.
I think he ll be fine. Twilight answered.
I grunted in protest, getting a chuckle from everypony.
What happened? Spike exclaimed.
Avalanche. Jeffery answered.
Oh my gosh! Do you need any help? Nah, we re good. I was lead to the couch and I slowly took a seat.
I guess we should go. Joshua said.
Yeah. Derrick agreed, and they all left.
Come on everypony, we ain't got no business here. Applejack said, shooing the girls out.

Third Person POV

"Alone again." Jeffery said, bored.
"Yeah, I know." Derrick replied.
"At least we have stuff to do."
"Like what?"
"Play instruments."
"Oh yeah. We could start a party."
"I guess."
"You definitely don't sound that happy bout' it."
"Yeah it's just... well, Chris, you, and Josh already have marefriends, and-"
"He hasn't ruined the date yet."
They both shared a laugh.
"I need a mare, bro." Derrick said once they calmed down.
"Yeah, I know."
"So, what am I gonna do?"
"I don't know. Do they have strip clubs in Equestria?"
Derrick punched him in the shoulder playfully. "Yeah."
"Well why don't you go?"
"Cause' it's bad N' stuff."
"Like you care."
"C'mon man, your freakin' tempting me."
"Don't be like that, man!"
"I know, it just doesn't feel right and..."
"Your lonely and need it."
Derrick sighed. "Just this once."
Derrick grabbed a cloak and headed out.
Jeffery slumped down on the couch with a sigh of relief.
"Finally, alone."
The unicorn thought for a moment.
He never really thought about what he would do when he was alone, only being alone.
"Now what?" He asked himself.
"I should get a drink." He said to himself, and grabbed some cider from the fridge and chugged it down.
"Here I go." He grabbed five more bottles.

Later that night...

Degree was walking home from the club.
The trip wasn't as bad as he thought it would be, but he forgot his bit pouch.
He got home and heard crashing coming from inside.
Opening the door, he saw the couch turned over, and something going on in Jeffery's room.
Joshua came downstairs. "Hey man! Where were you?"
"Club." Derrick answered. "What's happening upstairs?"
"Jeffery got drunk and invited Applejack over."
"Ah. So how long were you here?"
"Like, two hours."
"Great." Derrick said with sarcasm.
"I was waiting for you to get home so we could look out for Big Mac."
Derrick sighed. "You sure?"
"Definitely. Big Mac will be looking for his little sister."
"Yeah, good Idea. I'll go first." Derrick chuckled.
"What?"
"Nothing just... nevermind. See ya later, IF I don't meet Big Mac."
Derrick left again.
'Alright, Big Mac, Big Mac, your gonna be looking for your little sis' He thought.
'Is that... nah, to bright. That? No way, he's wearing a tie.' Derrick spoke to himself in his head.
"What's with the cloak?" He heard a mare whisper.
"It's for reasons!" Derrick said.
The mare giggled. "Reasons?"
Derrick sighed. "Yeah. Reasons." The orange pony flipped his hood back to reveal his face.
"Oh, um..." Her face turned a feint red.
Derrick felt himself turning slightly red also when he saw the beautiful mare.
She was an earth pony like him, with a cobalt coat, a bright blue and red mane.
"H-hi." Derrick said nervously.
The mare had the same amount of nervousness on her face as in her voice. "He-hey there."
There was a long silence between the two, before A larger Stallion came by.
"Let's go, Scarlet." He said sternly.
The mare followed the stallion silently, not taking her gaze off Derrick.
When they were both out of sight and earshot, he let out a dreamy sigh.
He continued the 'Patrol' for half an hour before he went back home.
"Hey man. What's with the dopey face?" Joshua asked when Derrick entered.
"I met the most beautiful mare ever." The swooned stallion replied, staring into space.
"Right after you got home from a club? What a coincidence."
"I know, just get out there an-" Derrick was interrupted by a knock at the door.
"Tell them to be quiet!" Joshua whispered.
Derrick nodded and went upstairs to Jeffery's room.
Opening the door, he whispered, "There's somepony at the door!"
He went back downstairs and nodded to Joshua.
The black pegasus opened the door.
"Oh! Big Mac hey." He said calmly.
Derrick trotted behind him.
"Howdy boys. You haven't happened to see Applejack, have you?"
"Nope." They both said in unison.
Big Mac raised an eyebrow. "You sure?"
"Yes sir!" Derrick said.
Big Mac hesitantly trotted away.
Joshua slammed the door shut and let out the breath he had been holding.
"That was close." Derrick said.
"Looks like Applejack is gonna have a talk with her family tomorrow."
"Let's just hope it doesn't turn into a stupid teen girl's favorite TV show."
"I'm hittin' the sack."
"Yeah, me too."
They both went to their rooms.
Derrick went to the wall that cut off Derrick's room from Jeffery's.
"Guys! We're goin' to sleep!" He shouted.
Once the noise quieted down he went to bed.

"Goooood morning!" Derrick heard a menacing, but happy sounding voice cackle.
"The heck?" Derrick said quietly to himself.
"Do you not remember me?"
Derrick did know that voice from somewhere...
"Come now, think!" The voice pressed.
"Discord." Derrick said.
"Finally! Goodness me, I was starting to think you'd have forgotten me."
"Forgotten you?"
"I'm a Demi-creator, you fool. I know of every Dimension there is. Including your former one."
"Demi-creator?"
"Oh? Has 'Chris' not told you?"
"Nope."
Discord chuckled.
"So, your saying that you knew about me when I was a human?"
Discord's voice sighed. "Yes."
"Show yourself, coward."
"As you wish."
Discord's form appeared.
"Man, your ugly." Derrick said.
Discord cackled evilly. "Not to some. I think something wants you awake."
Derrick raised an eyebrow, before his alarm went off.

Derrick's eyes shot open.
That was weird.
He slowly got up, and went downstairs.
"Morning." Jeffery said groggily.
"Hey man." Derrick replied.
Jeffery had bags under his eyes and was on his hind legs, holding an ice pack to his temple.
"Hangover?" Derrick asked.
Jeffery nodded.
"How old are you?"
"I'm 13 in human years, but 24 in pony years."
"Right. How old would I be, then?"
"25. Josh would be 24 too."
Derrick chuckled. "13 and hungover."
"Yeah, well. 13 and I've done it."
"How old would Chris be?"
"I don't know."
Derrick stopped for a moment. "How are we on food?"
"Lemme check."
Jeffery trotted downstairs and into the kitchen.
"Not much!" He shouted groggily.
"BUCK!" Derrick screamed.
"What?"
Jeffery came back upstairs.
"How are we supposed to get money for food?"
Jeffery's eyes widened. "Who's gonna get a job?"
"What do you mean? Your qualified to get a job!"
"But I'm hungover."
"Whatever. I'm gonna get dressed."
Derrick went back into his room.
"Do you think we need clothes for job interviews?" The orange earth pony-turned human shouted.
There was a silence as Jeffery thought for a moment.
"Nope!" Cloud announced as he replaced his ice pack with another, colder one.
"Don't we have to schedule interviews?" Derrick asked.
Another silence fell across the air.
Derrick thumped his head on the wall.
Jeffery came back upstairs into Derrick's room.
"We'll be fine, man." The unicorn assured him.
"Right, whatever."
"I'm going back to bed." Jeffery said, walking out.
"Hold up." Derrick lifted his head off the wall and held up a hoof.
Jeffery stopped. "What?"
"Does Chris have a job?"
"I don't think so. Not any more at least."
"Then how the heck does he get his money?"
Derrick began pacing around the room.
"Not a clu- Oh my god." Jeffery's eyes widened.
"What if he's robbin' and stuff!"
"Nah man, he's not like that. Is he?"
"I don't freakin' know." Derrick seemed to be panicking.
"We should ask him."
"But what if he has like, a bunch of guys that'll try to kill us if we knew about his 'Second job'?"
"What the heck are you talking about? We're his friends!"
Derrick stopped pacing and tried to calm himself. "Your right. I'm gonna go see him right now!" Derrick started towards the door.
"Good luck." Jeffery said, holding his head. "Freakin' hangovers." He muttered, trotting slowly to his room and falling onto his bed.

(This took me WAY longer than it should have. Now I need to focus on my side story, and NOT more ideas for other stories.)