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// Day 10-16 
// Story: Cinnamon's Journal 
// by Mocha Star 
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We had a slight scare and were rushed, by our helpers, to a secure place in the police station.  Some people had come by our house in the night and began throwing rocks, snow, and shouts at our home.  We cowered in our room until they seemed to have left, but not after painting ‘Pony go home’ across our front door.

Amber was the most brave of us all because she was ready to cast a repel spell at the first person to come through our bedroom door, but no one came in our home.  It was freezing when we left our room because the windows were broken and there was a police officer knocking loudly at our door.

We knew the calls they made because we were taught them when we went to the police station and when we opened the door Amber was ready to attack, if it was a bad person.  She saw it was a police officer and finally broke down and cried into my side while we were quickly ushered into our Helpers’ Ford and were taken to the police station under heavy guard and led downstairs to special rooms that were jail cells, and were just beds on cement that were built from the walls.

We all stayed together the whole time and were safe, but nervous because what if they stormed the police station, or were waiting for us when we left the building.

We were assured by Written Letter, who had to stay with us, for her safety, that there was no chance that a human police station could be overrun, much less would they allow anyone to harm us.  

They’re like Royal guards, in a way.  I respect them so much more now.  We finally took turns sleeping and Amber slept the least, ready to cast some kind of spell at every noise.  The next morning we started the day with a shiver, because the stone room was so cold, but the door was left open all night so it must have been cold all over.  

We had a human toilet in the room and took turns going and helping each other, because we were scared still.  We got to leave the room when we wanted and several people in jail for real watched us as we were led from the room back to a larger break room where the officers had prepared a buffet of salads and some fish and some eggs.

It made us all feel so much better and we tried to hug every one of them in thanks but some settled for hoof bumps.  We ate with some of the people and tried to talk about what happened in English but some of it wasn’t translatable so Written Letter had to help us and we said thank you so many times I think the word lost it’s meaning, but not really, I’m just joking.

From what I remember we had to give the tale of our ordeal several times and in Equestrian and English and had to write it down.  

There was a little fun that was had the first day, because they have a target range in the basement and they wanted to see what Amber could do with her magic and so she was given a paper target of a human and she was uncomfortable using it but they said it was okay.  

She charged a spell and lowered her horn and lowered her head and I’d never seen her bare her teeth in such frustration.  She apologized after she cast the spell because she’d overcharged it, but she had burnt the paper to ashes and the police were very surprised.  She got to do other magic she knew and even got to fire a human gun, they call it.  I would have thought they’d called them boomers or loud snappers, but they call them guns.

She aimed like she was using her magic and was very good at it, they joked and said we should have one just to be safe, and told her that she could practice anytime down there.  Amber also cast levitation spells on the police for fun, and she also created some water from the air and made a gust of wind around herself.  

We had to stop when the police boss came in and said to stop fooling around and there was work to be done.  Amber thanked the police as they left, because she’d felt a lot better after having fun with her magic.  She didn’t get to relieve stress like that very often and we were allowed to stay, with a couple police, and she got to cast some repel spells and a scorching spell she didn’t know she knew she could cast, a few more times before we were allowed to go to the main floor and meet our helpers.

They said they’d have to get us a new place to stay and we’d have to be a lot more careful about what we did because they’d already caught some of the people that’d attacked our house and one said we were evil because we drank a lot and had sex in public, and that we were demons from their version of Tartarus.

That made us all sad, because we weren’t monsters, we were ponies.  And it was our fault they saw us that way, so we needed to set a much better example.

We had to stay and had a bit of a routine for the next four days before we got a new place in the city at the other side of town on the third, top, floor of an apartment building and there would be a police car nearby at all times and would follow us for the rest of our time on earth.  I thought that was kind, but also a little uncomfortable, until they said that the police wouldn’t follow us everywhere because they couldn’t, but they’d be ready and have a police officer nearby and would help us within two minutes of us needing help.

They gave us adults a necklace and said all we had to do was push a button and they’d be with us right away and even our helpers would come as soon as they could, with Written Letter, so it was important that we used them only when we needed to.  I guess it’s a nice enough place, but it’s all the way on the other side of the city and is kind of different because we can see one of the main city roads and cars and other vehicles going by.

There’s a Hugo’s close by and we’re close to Wallmart, so that’s nice.  There’s also a movie theatre close by, too.  It’s like our other house, but this one is surrounded by other apartments… Just like our first apartment in Manehattan.  Only this time we’re all together in an apartment that is easily large enough for us all!  We have two rooms and a large bathroom and a kitchen and the living room and dining room are one big room all carpeted.

I think that’s nice, because we don’t want to wake everypony, everyone else up in the middle of the night.  We got settled in and ordered food from a Chineighs place while our helpers and the police talked at a table that was made for humans and was too tall for us to sit at comfortably.

They didn’t mind that we ate our meal on the kitchen floor and then said they’d bring our stuff from our old home to our new one and we’d have to be careful, but they’d keep us safe.  It was too cold to go out and do anything and we didn’t have our computer so we were alone and had to wait until they brought our stuff over.  

It was two days before they got the first load over and it was furniture and our table that they said was for coffee but we used it for meals, not just coffee.  We were glad they brought some stuff, but without a way to contact Equestria or really do anything we spent our time in our new home until the police said it was safe enough to go out shopping, as long as we stayed together in groups of at least three, and one of us would have to be with the foals at all times.

I said that was a bit odd, since foals were typically considered family to the town and were kept safe by the other ponies and then I realized that humans aren’t ponies at all.  It wasn’t too long before we began meeting all our neighbors, because when life comes down to it, all you can have are your neighbors to rely on.  

We met every one of them by the time the day was over and invited them to our Equestrian class next time it was going to happen and there were some human children that the foals could play with and we were invited to several suppers but we don’t and can’t eat that much meat so we planned a meal for everyone that wanted to have one and several people did and others wanted to just come by and show support to us.

The attack on our house was seen across the world on human TV and newspapers and Facebook and no one liked that it had happened, it seemed.  Even ‘The Right’ was against it, but they wouldn’t explain what ‘The Right’ was.  

Supper with so many humans turned out to be a party and it was quiet at first but when we started talking about how hockey was like a game ponies play the party came to life and we knew sports were a good thing on both our worlds.  We learned that UND was the school where we had our classes and they also had the best hockey team on the whole planet!  I was honored to be in the same town as them.

They were having practices and games all winter so we had to see one soon.  The party went until almost one in the morning before all the young were asleep in the children’s room and some of the adults had brought drinks and we had a couple but paced ourselves better this time and when the last people left we noticed a police officer outside the door and he nodded to us as the door closed for the night.

We went to bed happily until the next morning when we all had to pee and finally decided to split it up and us boys used the bathtub while Amber used the toilet and Lilli went in the sink.  It was only pee, after all, and some water washed it all away and it was kind of nice to go as a family, like back home we could go two at a time but these bathrooms… they’re so designed for one human at a time and not even three ponies.

Two days later they brought us our personal stuff and there was a big box that was full of bibles and another that was full of letters from around the area from people supporting us and some businesses offered us free food, too.  Some places that were called Steakhouses were funny, because everything they served had meat and how were we supposed to eat there?!

One place that served meat offered us a whole roasted barbeque pig and Lilli turned from lavender to green at the thought and we didn’t handle the thought much better.  At least our helpers were willing to take the offers from us.  

We wrote to Princess Twilight using the magic book and she didn’t reply so now we’re just getting the apartment together and there’s a new TV coming in that’s going to be better than the last one, they said.  Our winter coats are coming in and it’s supposed to be cold, but warmer compared to when we arrived.

It’s Friday the 22th of January today so I hope tomorrow will be a nice day for a family trot and to do some shopping, because ordering food isn’t very healthy and I feel like I’ve gained weight and that’s not sexy, everypony knows that.