//------------------------------// // Just a Normal Day // Story: Day-Z: The Last Stand // by RexAlpha10 //------------------------------// RIIIING RIIIING RIIIING. The sound of my alarm clock going off while I try to ignore it. I turn in my bed and face the clock and just stare at it trying to turn it off with my mind but of course, fail in my attempt to do so. Letting out a long sigh I get up and walk over to my dresser with my alarm clock sitting on top of it. I flick the light switch on and punch my alarm clock to make it stop. Once the alarm stopped I checked my clock because I thought I heard the sound of glass breaking. “Just great. I really hate Mondays.” I mumble to myself. Next time don’t punch clock. I thought to myself. I go to take a quick shower and get ready for work. I comb my blue striped black mane a little and once satisfied a shake my head violently messing it up because you know, why not. I walk out of my apartment and made sure to lock the door. I give my wings a quick stretch and fly off to the office to see what the weather schedule for the day was. “Sup bro,” my friend said flying next to me. “You look like you had a rough morning.” he said with a chuckle. “Today’s Monday. My mornings are always bad on Mondays.” I told him. Cloud Breaker was my best friend here in Fillydelphia. We grew up together so he would get a quick out of seeing me on Monday morning. My entire life only consists of two days and those are Mondays (which suck) and Fridays (which are the best). Cloud was a blue pegasus with a brown mane. His cutie mark was just a normal cloud. “So Night, what do you think the weather for the day is going to be?” he asked with a suggestive smile. “Not sure but I hope it rains because I just wanna sleep today.” I said. “You always wanna sleep.” “Actually I was planning on hanging out with Silver Beats and her band, they said they needed help fixing some stuff.” “That’s cool, I got nothing to do after this so can I join?” “Yeah, sure.” We finally arrived at work and start setting up the clouds. The weather today was just cloudy so all we did was place a few clouds in random locations. It took us two hours to finish but once we were we done we took off to the recording studio where my friend Silver Beats would be. Before we got there Cloud and I took a quick stop to get a snack since we always skip breakfast. Once we got there we were greeted by a grey mare with a black mane. “Hey Silver I’m here and I brought Cloud.” I said a little loud. “Finally, geez what took you guys so long?” she asked. “We got a snack.” Cloud answered. “Did you get me anything?” she asked with a hopeful smile. “No.” I replied. “Well I guess somepony isn’t going to go to the concert for free then.” she said facing away from us. “Hey no fair. Come on give me a break you know I don’t eat breakfast.” I say with a pleading tone. “Okay fine, this time I forgive you but next time bring me something.” she said with a smile. We finally finished the conversation and went to the equipment room to see what was broken. I wasn’t too surprised to see that they blown up three speakers. Cloud on the other hand had his jaw hanging. “Yeah, I think that Golden Strings went a little over-board at practice last night. Can you fix it?” she asked. “Yeah, give me an hour.” I say. “Cloud can you hand me the screwdriver?” I asked to the still shocked pony. He snaps out of his astonishment and walks over to the tool box on one of the nearby tables. I start to unscrew the broken amplifier parts and replace them with the new ones. Once I finished I checked the clock on the wall and saw that only fifty minutes went by. Great I finished early. I thought to myself. I told Silver that we were done and left. Cloud just went home but I remembered that I had to go the store and get a new alarm clock. Once I got my clock I went straight home. After setting up the clock, I just picked up my laptop and laid down in bed. I checked my email to see mostly junk but one email caught my attention. “From dad, What does he want?” I said to myself. I opened it up and read what it said: Hey son how have you been? I miss you and so does your mom. Sorry we haven’t sent you any emails for a while. I’ve had to train some new recruits and your mom…well you know we can’t talk about what she does. Hope to hear from you soon. -Dad Dad was in the army and mom is a scientist. I have no idea what she does exactly but she couldn’t tell me because it was apparently top secret. The reason this email was weird was because my dad sent it to me. My dad and I never got along when I still lived with my parents. He was strict and very disciplinary. He wasn’t always that way but that changed when he became a drill sergeant. He started getting unbearable to be around so Mom divorced him and left. When she did, Dad calmed down a bit. We started to bond and stuff, he taught me all the fighting moves he taught his soldiers and how to use a gun. One time we went camping and I got lost in the forest for three days. My dad found me on the third day which was good ‘cause I ran out of food. Luckily I didn’t run into anything dangerous. After a while, Mom came back and remarried my dad. By the time that happened I was planning on moving out of the house. When she did come back he starting being that strict parent again and was always getting on me about school. After a little thought I finally came up with something to email him back. I’m fine. Work is boring as always but everything is good. I miss you guys too. I would visit but I don’t have the money and you know how lazy I am. Hope your new soldiers haven’t been giving you too much trouble. I read over my email before clicking send. I just started watching some stupid videos on internet before getting really bored. I got onto skype to see if anyone wanted to play some games with me. No one was online so I just started to play Arma 3. Once I got on I clicked on the server I go to play the Atlas Life mod. I connected my controller (I use my wings to play with the controller) and just played until it was time to eat. After having a little war with the cops (I was a rebel on the server) I quit and checked the time. 1:00 p.m. I played for four hours. This speaks wonders on how exciting my life really is. Deciding it was time for lunch I got up and headed out the door to go to my favorite place. The donut shop. After I got donuts (and practically scarfed them down) I went to nearby shooting range. It had been a while since I had shooting practice. Once I got there I was greeted by an earth pony with a brown mane and a light brown coat who went by the name The Gunsmith. “Well, well, well look who’s back. My star shooter, how ya been?” the earth pony asked throwing a hoof around my neck. “Hey Gun, sorry I haven’t come in for a while guess my laziness is catching up with me.” I said with a sheepish smile. “That’s fine, you’re here now aren’t you? Your old sniper has just been collecting dust, why not give her a go?” “Alright.” I walked over to the locker with my Intervention and opened it. I grabbed the strap of the gun and put it on so the gun was on my back. After that we both walked over to the woods where he would everything set up. We both went to the wooden watch tower and he took his position as my spotter. I laid down prone with one hoof on the trigger and the other on the magazine. I closed my left eye as I looked through the scope and found my target. A can. “No wind. Looks like 500 meters.” Gun informed me. I took in a deep breath and fired. The gun gave a violent kick into my shoulder which hurt a little but I just ignored it. Keeping my scope on the target I saw the can explode. The shot still ringing in my ears I let out the deep breath and pulled back the bolt. I heard the shell hit the floor with a light ping sound. “You still got it Night.” Gun said with a big smile on his face. “Thanks but I don’t know how I would do without you.” I said pushing the bolt forward. An hour of sniping went by before I returned home. This time I brought my Intervention with me so I could clean it. Once I was done I stretched and yawned turning my head toward the clock on the wall. 6:00 p.m. “Well it’s time for bed.” I said to myself. I got up and walked over to my room. I closed the door and propped my gun against the door frame then jumped into my bed. I pulled the covers over my body and closed my eyes. That’s one boring day down. Can’t wait to have another tomorrow. I didn’t have work tomorrow so it was going to extra boring at that. after a few minutes of just laying there I finally fell asleep.