//------------------------------// // Chapter 4 // Story: Life After Death // by John Rim //------------------------------// "You can't be." Jack said, then he slapped Scrapper across the face, then so did Scrapper, after that they just kept on going back and forth to make sure they weren't dreaming. "Ok we aren't dreaming!" Scraper said as he grabbed Jacks hand. "Why would we be dreaming? We're dead!" Jack shouted. "Apparently not anymore." Scrapper said as he looked around. "Am I the only one who feels younger? Like I am a teenager again?" Jack asked looking at a huge building that looked very odd to him. "I feel that way to, but you look just like you did on the ship before you put on the armour, just a bit shorter." Scrapper said. "Well I was only 25 so I wouldn't look that much different." Jack pointed out. "The same effect goes for you, but you clones don't age normally, you have that ageing chip thing." "Why are you trying to make sense of anything? We should be dead!" Scrapper exclaimed. "Good point. Now, I say we should head into that big old building and find out where we are, because I don't think we are getting home." Jack said. "Alright, but first I'm finding out what is in my Backpack." Scrapper said. "That looks a lot like the ones that the Republic uses." Jack said taking off his backpack and setting it on the ground. "Oh! so does mine!" After that he opened up his backpack, however scrapper was looking at his pack trying to find the republic symbol. "My blasters are in here!" Jack said as he pulled out his trusty LL-30 Blaster Pistols. "Awww, were's the armour?" Jack asked as he looked around for his Mandalorian armour. "These things can't hold everything, and they aren't expandable." Scrapper said. "Maybe it's somewhere else?" Jack suggested. "I wouldn't count on it." Scrapper said as he pulled out his two DC-17's. However, while they were trying to figure out what was going on, Sunset and her friends were trying to figure out why someone just screamed. "Who just screamed?" Sunset asked looking around the cafeteria. "I don't know, maybe it was someone not in this room!" Pinkie Pie said. "I don't think so, the only people that aren't here is Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna." Sunset pointed out. "It could have been one of them." Rarity said. "That was a boy though, I think maybe two of them." Sunset said. "Well all of the boys are in here." Applejack said. "Should we check outside and see if anyone's there?" Rainbow Dash suggested. "I guess we could, but we should hurry, we don't have much time left." Sunset said, then they all went to go check outside. "Let's put everything back in our packs, we don't know if there is anything else here, and if there is what there opinion on weapons are." Jack said. "Why would anyone else be here?" Scrapper asked. "Just for safety sake." Jack said as he put his guns in his pack and putting it on. Then shortly after so did Scrapper, then they headed towards the giant building in front of them. Once they entered the building, they noticed glass containers with trophies, banners with the letter C and some horses, more glass doors, some lookers in hallways and two staircases. "I think this is a high school." Scrapper said. "Or really I thought it was a medical bay." Jack said sarcastically. "Shut up." Scrapper said as he saw a group of very colourful girls looking around the same age as Jack and himself. "Who are they?" He asked. Then after he said that they all came into the room and were looking at him and Jack. "Well they look like human teenage girls, but in colours I've never seen. I wonder if they speak Galactic basic." Jack said. "Umm, who are you?" Sunset asked. "Oh look they do!" Jack said as he walked up to the yellow one with pink hair, only to have her quickly hide behind a light blue coloured one. "What odd skin colours for humans though." He said as he looked at the blue one now. "Hey, do you mind not staring at me?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "Sorry about my friend here, he is curious, we don't come from around here." Scrapper said pulling Jack away. "Well if you aren't from around here then you must be new!" Pinkie Pie said happily. "That means I can throw you a party!" "Well, that sure would be new!" Jack said. "Where did you come from then?" Sunset asked. "Someplace far far away. I don't remember what exactly it was called." Scrapper said. "Well then, how long will you be staying here?" Sunset asked. "I guess forever." Jack said. "Well then welcome to Canterlot high!" Sunset said. "Thank you, my name is Scrapper and his name is Jack." Scrapper said. "My name is Sunset Shimmer, and that's Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Apple Jack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie." She said pointing to each person as she said their name. "It is very nice to meet you all." Scrapper said. "Do you need to sign up for the school still or have you already done that?" Sunset asked. "We need to sign up, if you wouldn't mind pointing us in the general direction." Scrapper said. "Here follow me, I can take you to the place you need to go." Sunset said as she walked to the principal's office. "Thank you." Scrapper said as he and Jack followed her. "I wonder if this planet has ships we can use." Jack said as they were walking. "I doubt it, from the looks of things I can't tell if they have even figured out how to make things hover." Scrapper said. "How would they not be able to make things hover, everyone in the galaxy knows how to at least do that." Jack said. "I don't know if we are in that Galaxy, or even that universe. We did die after all." Scrapper said. "Oh yeah." Jack said. "Alright, here we are." Sunset said as they reached their destination. "Thank you." Scrapper said as he and Jack walked into the office to get signed up for the school. "He seems really nice, maybe we could be friends!" Sunset said happily. She was hoping that he gets the same classes as her so that she can talk to him more and become his friend. She also thought about the other one Jack. Mostly she was wondering why he would wear a hoodie and gloves when it was hot outside, but also why he was so curious about her and her friends. However he did say that he was from a place far away so she just put it at that and thought nothing more of it. However while she was thinking her friends came up behind her. "So, do you think that they are the ones who screamed?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Probably, because they seemed to be the only ones there, and they were both boys." Sunset said. "I wonder what type of party I will trow for them." Pinkie thought out loud. "I'd say just a normal one, but with blue instead of pink." Sunset said. "I'm gonna go start on it now!" Pinkie Pie said before dashing off to set up the party. "I like Scrapper, he is very polite." Rarity said. "Well, we should get back to lunch while we can, I want to finish my food." Sunset said, and with an agree from everyone else they went to finish their meal.