//------------------------------// // Sleepover // Story: The Girls: Children of Troy and the Sons of the Bear // by Chelis //------------------------------// Canterlot was in the distance as the sun began its descent into the night. The castle shined brightly, like a beacon back to peace and safety, as well as back to see Rainbow Dash again. In fact, she was with her friends, waiting at the train station platform for our return. She was excited to see me again, seeing how there would be a million reasons why I wouldn't make it back home. "Egghead!" She cried in joy as she tackled me, not even letting me leave the damn train. "Boy, you're happy to see me!" I said. "I was worried, I really was!" She said as we shared a quick kiss. Jenna was giving Celestia and everyone at the station what we ran into. "They are organized, but not a company or a government from our land, just a bunch of kids. I'm willing to bet they broke into an abandoned Soviet warehouse and found this shit," Jenna added. "Soviet?" Celestia asked. "Long story of a long forgotten era. It's best you don't know, yet," Jenna smiled. "Still, we need to destroy their tech, and rescue the ones who were taken. But, I don't know how to go about doing that until I know their forward base here in this world. Any ideas?" A guard spoke up," There are rumors that they are coming from the Everfree Forest. I know there's plenty of places to hide there, but we can't risk losing troops in the vast expanse of that place." "We will have to check it out tomorrow, I don't think we can get there by nightfall since it's already here," Brock spoke up. "Shit, and we can't skip practice, we can lost our starter spot, after working to get there!" Nas added As much as I wanted to give him shit for it, he had a point. The three of us worked hard for that opportunity, and just to needlessly throw it away without looking for other options was not the best idea. "Well, What if we all turn in now, and come back after our classes?" Trisha asked. "I don't mind that at all, hey Celest', do you have maps of the Everfree to look while we are back home?" Joshua asked. Celestia nodded to the captain of the guard, who replied by turning to two of his pegasus guards to fly to the castle and get the maps. "How should we do this, guys? Drive to school or Stay at home?" I asked. There was a rule: never leave your dorms at night, especially since the campus was in the middle of the worst part of Los Angeles. Every dark corner might as well had a street thug with a handgun and a hand out for your stuff. "I pick home, I don't mind," Nassir said. "I pick home," Trisha added. Jenna and Joshua shrugged and went along with it. Then came the girls. "Well, if it's not too much, what if we spend the night and plan with you?" Twilight asked. I knew Rainbow Dash would hate me if I said no, so… "Sure, but only until nine" I said. They cheered for the sleepover, and I was once again tackled by Dash in joy. Dating her turned out more painful than I thought, especially with all those joy tackles on my ribs. *** "Pizza's here!" jenna announced when she walked in, the five boxes of large pizzas finally arriving. It was just like old times, having the girls stay and having pizza as dinner. We were watching television when Jenna arrived, so it was paused as we all crowded the table. We grabbed slice after slice and ate in the living room, and resumed watching television. "How's the farming life, AJ" Nassir asked as he put his arm around her. "It's going along swimmingly. Harvest is coming up, and ah would hate to see the crop ruined because of this," she said. "Yall be find, mama. Just gotta believe we will kick their asses," he said confidently. "yall think so," Aj said. "yea, watch. Ya gonna love me by the end of this!" "What makes you think I don't love you now?" Aj grinned. "Woah, woah, wait," he stuttered. Aj began to laugh, "Ah love it when ah mess with your mind," "Yea, yea. Funny." Rainbow dash was sitting on my lap as I watched. She leaned back, her body conforming with mine, and hung her neck back to whisper in my ear. "She likes him, you know," "He likes her, I whispered back." "You should let them borrow your room and 'you know what'" she suggested. "If we can't, neither can they." "You're horrible." "Yet you still love me." "Sure, keep telling yourself that," she said as she leaned and and we shared a quick kiss. *** 'We are gonna stay up till ten, we will plan our attack' they said. Yet, everyone is asleep. You're hanging out with lightweights, Trish. Leave it be to athletes to not handle a bit of sleep deprivation. I had my eye on their k-cup coffee machine the second I came from the portal to his house, and with everyone asleep, it was time to use it. They even have the Starbucks Coffee! jackpot! "Hey Trish! make another one for me, will you?" Brock asked, sitting out on the porch. I was surprised, didn't even know he was awake. So I did, made two cups of coffee, grabbed a handful of sugar and creamer packets and walked outside to Brock. "Thank you," he said as he carefully took his cup. After getting our creamer and sugar in, we both gave each other a smile and gingerly bumped our cups together. One thing I took away from that he had blond hair and green eyes. Oh god am I a sucker for a tall man with blond hair and green eyes. "Hey Brock, can I ask you a question?" I asked. "I can't help you hook up with him," he sarcastically said. I giggled, i had a feeling he was going to say something like that. "No, I just wanted going to ask: what the fuck happened?" "What do you mean?" "Is ending up in another world and watching a guy make out with a horse common at Lake Forest?" He laughed. "Not before those six showed up. Those girls have been nothing but a positive in my life, and able to do some deep blue hero shit." "I bet your girlfriend is waiting to kick your ass," I said, hoping to test the water. You're a football whore Sue me, me. "Na, no girl. I want to just do what I do," he replied. "Yea, im single as well," I said nervously. "Yea, because you are trying to date a guy with a girlfriend." It took me a second to realize it, and couldn't stop laughing. "Yea, yea," I answered. He looked nervous, like he was desperately thinking of more conversation etenders, so I had to help him out. "Think we will help Equestria with this invasion?" "I hope so, they don't deserve this." "Same. Just have to figure what to do now that I met Rainbow Dash," I said with a sigh. I knew I had to move on, didn't mean it still wasn't depressing. Brock took a deep breath and spoke "How about this? After this is all over, let's go out to dinner, a-as friends." My heart stopped a bit, and I smiled. "sure."