//------------------------------// // Watch Out! // Story: Waters: Equestrian Gangster (Original Version) // by King Genesis //------------------------------// W Gym "What do you mean?" asks Twilight Sparkle. "Who is looking for us?" I think I shouldn't have opened my mouth. I'm about to tell them the devastating fact that their heads are on Blueblood's eyes. If I tell them the real truth, they would get scared and run away... or maybe, they wouldn't believe me, then one of them dies and the other six run from Canterlot or commit suicide. I should grab the truth and lower it... That's the best I can do. "Well... I've heard there are some strange guys that were looking for you," I say. "And..." "Are they those idiots?" asks Rarity. "The Diamond Boys?" I try to answer that question but someone else interrupts me: "They weren't the Diamond Boys, Rarity." says Rainbow Dash, who has recently entered the gym. "I don't care who they are, but you don't need to make an effort for us," she says. "Why?" I ask. "Come on, dude! We have superpowers! We can defeat everyone!" "Everyone?" asks Twilight Sparkle. "I don't know if something with equestrian magic can be easily defeated..." "Come on!" shouts Rainbow Dash. "They were just some cops..." "But... if we hit cops... that will be illegal!" says Fluttershy. "Trust me," says Rainbow. "These guys are not cops... aren't they, W?" Everyone looks at me now like if I was their guru. "Um... no." "And do they have equestrian magic?" asks Sunset Shimmer, shocked. I answer no. "See?" says Rainbow Dash. "We can beat up those guys with our bare hands, girls!" "Are you sure--?" I couldn't even finish that question when everyone answered me that they were capable of defeating two corrupted cops... um.. and would they be able to defeat a governor who has a whole gang behind him? I don't think so. Manehattan. Sombra Jail Sombra Jail is one of the few state prisons inside Equestria. Everybody knows equestrians are loyal and kind people but they can also be ruthless and sadistic when they want to. That's when Sombra Jail enters: an enormous, sad and completely secured place who has inside the most dangerous people of Equestria. Sombra Jail's entrance is an enormous steel gate with robust policemen taking care of it from its two sides. A car stops in the entrance and a cop approaches it. "May I know why did you come here?" asks the policeman, while looking at the man who has just lowered his window... it is Mr Blueblood. "I need to see a man." "Which man?" says the policeman, while Blueblood opens the car door and gets out. "I've heard Sombra has a man." "Yes," answers the cop. "Our director." "Your director?" "Yes." "Oh, that's so strange... I've heard one of your prisoners fired your director and then he turned himself into the jail's man." "What the fuck are you talking about?" says the cop, who's mad now. "Wash your bloody mouth if you are saying that we are weaker than those bitches inside, asshole." "I'm not lying, you dumbshit," answers Blueblood. "I know the Man here is an inmate who's controlling everything, even you, so... can I enter to the jail, talk to him about something and then leave? I will not say anything." The cop doesn't speak and looks at his partners. One of them nods with his head. "Ok," he says. "Have a good day." Lunchroom. Sombra's Jail. The lunchroom is just sad and monotonous. A room with only two colours: grey and black. There are no windows, no TV. Only prisoner cells and four grey tables made of steel. Mortimer Blueblood is waiting in one of those tables when someone rings a bell: Lunch time. Lots and lots of prisoners come out of their cells to have lunch. No one recognizes Blueblood, except for a hoary, fat, purple-skinned man who smiles at the moment he looks at him. "Blueblood," says the man. "What are you doing here?" "Hello, Gladmane," he answers, surprised, having a smile on his face. "I knew you were going to be the man." Gladmane's smile doesn't exist now. "Oh," he says. "I'm afraid to tell you I'm not the man." "Then who is it?" Gladmane starts clapping and then, all the other inmates start clapping too. Others start whistling while several ones start slamming their fists against their tables. A minute later, the Man appears. A blonde, thin, grey-skinned boy who has all of his torso covered in tattoos. He has an eagle tattoed, a lion, a drawing of Lord Tirek, a draconequus and he also has phrases like: "FAMILY MATTERS" "LOS MANTOS BOY" "BORN IN THE ORPHANAGE, RAISED ON THE STREETS" "MANTOZ GANGSTERZ" "What happened?" asks the Man. Gladmane raises his hand and speaks: "Someone has been asking for your appearance, man." The Man laughs while nudging Gladmane with his elbow. "Don't call me man, you moron. Call me by my name, Dream Raider." Dream Raider sits down in the table and faces Blueblood, and then smiles while the Governor starts chuckling. "Well, Dream," says Blueblood. "Can I Call you Dream?" "Yes." "I've heard you got rid of the Director of Sombra's." "Yeah, what do you want?" "Woah, easy," says Blueblood while smiling. "I came here to talk and that's it." "I know you, Blueblood," says Dream Raider. "Those oldies from the nineties... Gordo, Plegovich Bros, Seductive... I recognize all of them... they were douchebags, just like you." "Oh, come on..." says Blueblood. "I'm not like those douchebags... I've been in jail once, you know... well, only a month or two but... I know what it feels like to be trapped inside a piece of shit like this." "And what do you want?" "I've been thinking about including you in a project," says Blueblood. "You see... yesterday I remembered your story while reading a newspaper... Dream Raider, the Street Orphan who was raised in the orphanage and claimed for vengeance... he killed those motherfuckers who ruined his life inside their mental jails and ironically, he finished rotting in one because he killed an idiot who fucked his girlfriend. It is like a legend, isn't it?" Dream Raider's face doesn't demonstrate happiness. He is starting to lose his temper. "What do you want for real?" He asks. "Well, I've been involved in a project that you may like... and I'm desperate for allies, you know..." "And that's why you are here, right?" "Yes." Dream Raider thinks about it. Blueblood is one of those old rascals, but he needs to listen to him first. "Tell me." "Well, listen... the Fort. Pegasus' Fort." "Are you crazy?" Says Dream Raider. "It is a magical lock, and we also don't know what's inside it." "Lots of money." "Are you sure? Nobody entered there except for authorities." "And who am I?" "You are Canterlot's governor, but that Fort is in Las Pegasus. You don't control Las Pegasus." "Yeah, you are right, but I had lunch once with Pegasus' authorities." "And what did they tell you?" "They said they were trying to grab the money from inside. So..." Dream Raider thinks again. There's a small probability that Blueblood is lying to him, but eventually, he accepts. "Ok," he says. "Very good, Dreamo," says Blueblood while laughing. "Don't call me Dreamo." "Why?" "Only my friends call me Dreamo." "You mean... the prisoners?" "The orphanage boys." "Oh yeah... I don't remember them." "Charles, Contact, W..." "W?" asks Blueblood, shocked. "You mean... the Bedmaker?" "Yes." "Oh... well, there is a thing about him." "What?" "He is... against us..." Dream Raider stands up. "I strongly deny the offer, Blueblood. I will never be against my friend." "But... it's a lot of money!" "With that money, I couldn't buy a friend like W. Thank you for coming, Blueblood, but leave before my prisoners smash you." Blueblood stands up and leaves while chuckling. Everyone looks at him in silence until he passes through the lunchroom's door. Then, everyone sits down and waits for their food. Dream Raider sits in one of the tables and calls an inmate. "Yes, Dream?" Asks the Inmate. "Do you still have that phone?" "Yes." "Give it to me. I need to make a call." Blueblood gets a text message from Gordo. It looks like he is desperate. "Hey, some guys want to hunt the girls before us. Some cops who worked for you, I don't know. They don't want to listen to us and they want the Fort." That is not good news. Shoppe Street The girls are inside the Sweet Shoppe, while W, Jack, and Abe are outside in Arpeggio's, Fletcher's music store, which is almost opposite the Shoppe. Abe's original plan was to take care of the Elements inside the Shoppe, but Rarity answered the same thing she said to W: We have superpowers. However, Abe is so worried that wanted to take care of them anyway. They went to Arpeggio's, who's near the Shoppe, and they also went to visit Fletcher for a little bit. "So... you are inside a gangster volcano that may turn into a gang war," says Fletcher. "... and Mortimer Blueblood is also in there?" "Yes," answers W. "But... how can Blueblood...?" "Things happen," answers Abe. "That's... weird," replies Fletcher. "A governor... well, I've heard he was in jail but... it's kinda ironic." Meanwhile, W receives a phone call. He looks at his phone's screen: Dreamo. "Why would Dream Raider call me now?" Says W while answering the call. "Hi, Dreamo... yeah..." While W is talking to Dream Raider on the phone, Abe is just looking at the Sweet Shoppe and Jack is talking to Fletcher. Suddenly, W's smile slowly disappears while talking to Dream Raider. Fletcher looks at that and his attention is called. "But... how could Blueblood?..." says W. That name calls everybody's attention and all of the guys look at him. "Yeah... sure... thank you for telling me this, Dreamo. If I can, I will visit you on the weekend. W ends the call while everyone is looking at him. "What happened?" Asks Jack. "Blueblood... he went to Sombra... and asked for help. Do you know what that means, right?" Jack and Abe nod their heads. "He is looking for allies..." says Fletcher. "Oh shit, are you really inside a gang war, guys?" "Yes," says Abe. "We are." "Did you know what happened in that canterlotian gang war between Gordo and the other guy... that son of a bitch killed his wife and caused chaos in every mile of Canterlot! Do you know that this whole thing may change Canterlot forever?" "Yes, Fletcher," answers Abe. "And shut up. It was Rarity or Canterlot. I decided." Abe starts looking at the Sweet Shoppe again and something calls his attention. Police cars... there are four of them. Four? Isn't that too much? Some cops start getting out... they have guns! Guns! "GUYS!" shouts Abe. "Alert! Alert!" W and Jack look outside and they start drawing their guns. Abe grabs his phone and desperately calls Rarity. On the outside, W looks at a young, pale lady with blue hair coming out of the café with a phone on her hand. She looks at the cops and enters the café again. That girl was Rarity... and she realized that something was wrong there. Five cops enter the Sweet Shoppe and they are expelled by some kind of magic. Then, Twilight Sparkle comes out with a Pinkie Pie filled with sweets... explosive sweets. They start fighting against those guys but they run away when they hear a gunshot. That's when the remaining girls appear and start fighting against the cops. "I've got to do something, quickly!" Shouts Abe, while looking at her granddaughter using a magical shield to protect herself. "No, Abe!" Shouts W. "They are doing good!" Abe doesn't listen to W's words and comes out of Arpeggio's with a handgun in his pocket and balling his fists. Jack also leaves the music store behind him and they try to get into the fight, but Twilight Sparkle uses her magic to move them into the music store again. Pinkie Pie knocks down some cops using her explosive sweets while Fluttershy is calling every bird near the street to attack. Eventually, the cops realize they are too powerful and run away. That's the right moment when Abe, Jack, and W get out of Arpeggio's and come across with the girls. "I told you, girls!" shouts Rainbow Dash. "I told you these guys were dangerous!" "I just don't understand..." says Sunset Shimmer. "Why would the police go for us?" Every one of the girls looks at W, Jack, and Abe. Rarity's grandpa releases a sigh and starts talking: "Look, it's a long story. Can we get together in a place and talk about it? You need to listen to my words now." Sunset Shimmer's House Everyone is now reunited at Sunset Shimmer's kitchen table. Abe told the Mane 7 that a friend of Los Mantos told him a corrupt family was trying to obtain their powers by using the cops against them. "That is senseless," says Sunset Shimmer. "How could they use the police?" "They probably made a deal with them," answers Abe. "Who knows?" "And do you know who's this family, grandpa?" asks Rarity. Abe and also Jack, who is behind his partner, shake their heads. A street. Meanwhile, W and Spike went for a walk to relax a little bit. W knows that the next days are going to be heavy, and he's trying to make this day a good one before all this chaos. "So... What happened today?" asks Spike, confused. "It's a long story," answers W. "Come on..." says Spike. "We have all the time in the world, just you and me." "It has lots of people involved, Spike," says W. "Including... politicians." Spike's face is now pure shock. "What? You must tell me this, man! How can politicians be involved in this? Come on! Come on!" shouts Spike, and he keeps persuading until W interrupts his whim: "Ok! Ok! I will tell you!" he shouts, while Spike smiles. "This is confidential, Spike. Don't tell anybody." "Even Twilight?" "Even Twilight." Spike realizes this is serious, and W starts talking: "Years ago, a guy came up with an idea: rob las Pegasus' fort." "Wow..." says Spike. "That would be awesome to see if that fort wasn't so hard to open..." "Well..." says W, and he keeps telling the story: "This guy liked this idea so much that he started telling his friends about it..." W suddenly stops and looks at Spike for a second. He is about to say a hidden truth: "Including me." "W-What?" says Spike, shocked. "A-Are you going to rob...?" "No, Spike. I won't. Can I talk...?" "Yeah..." says Spike. "But you must explain this to me. You should call the police if your friend is planning to rob it!" "He won't do it... but now the problem appears. My friend told this to a lot of people... including Mortimer Blueblood and other crazy guys from Equestria." "Mortimer Blueblood?" "Yes." "But... what the?" "I told you," says W. "It's hard and long to explain... I'll summarize it... Blueblood and his friends want your owner and her friends' powers to open that fort and rob it... and that means..." "They... will use them..." "Um... yes... but not in that way... they will..." "Will what?" "Kill them." "WHAT?" shouts Spike, before trying to grab his tail to relax. "Do you mean they are looking for them to murder them?" "Uh-huh." "That's... oh my god! We must stop them right now! Come on! We will go to Blueblood's house! We've gotta kick his ass!" "Spike, we can't. He is Canterlot's Governor and he also has lots of men under his hands. If we kill him, all the men under him will go after us. Understand?" "I never said that we were going to kill him!" "It's the only way we can defeat him!" "Why don't you call your fri...?" Spike looks now at W, angry. "Your friend with the beard... Rarity's grandpa... Were you trying to kill Twilight and her friends?" "What? No! I don't want to kill them!" "Are you sure?" "No! I'm not a friend of Blueblood!" "Um..." says a feminine voice that interrupts W and Spike's argument. Both of them look at the girl who's talking. She's Trixie. "Trixie?" asks W. "What are you doing here?" "Trixie would like to know how can Twilight's dog talk." "Um..." says Spike. "It's a long story..." W chuckles while hearing Spike's excuse. "Anyway..." says Trixie, while laughing. "I've got some great news, W!" "Really? What?" "Prince Blueblood has just invited me to the Fall Formal!" Now W and Spike look at each other, completely shocked. How is that---? Prince Blueblood? On Canterlot High? What kind of paradox is this? And also... Prince Blueblood inviting Trixie to the Fall Formal? That's strange for real. "Blueblood?" asks W. "How did you do it?" "Well, he had Trixie's phone and he called me! Isn't that great and powerful... like Trixie?" W doesn't answer. He knows there is a hidden plan behind this. Spike just says: "Yes... it is awesome." "What do you think, W?" asks Trixie, joyful. W just smiles at her and raises his thumb. Then, Trixie greets them and walks away smiling. W starts shaking his head while Spike chuckles. "I don't like this," says W. "Blueblood hates Canterlot High and then, out of nowhere, invites Trixie to the Fall Formal. That's suspicious." Spike keeps chuckling and says: "Come on, W, admit it... you're jealous." "I'm not jealous. I just think... it is weird." "Don't lie, W! You like her!" W starts getting mad and says: "Why don't you shut up and go fuck Rarity, for god's sake?" "Hey, what's your problem with Rarity?" "Every time you see her your tail goes straight like a fucking line. Don't lie." The Next Day. Canterlot High. The Cutie Mark Crusaders are playing hide and seek while on recess. Sweetie Belle runs to the parking lot and hides behind a car. Then, she starts hearing some strange noises and a conversation between three men. The voices start approaching her and then, someone discovers her. "Hey, did you miss me?" says one of the men. Sweetie Belle looks at him. Brown-skinned, green eyes, dark hair and a scar on his chin. He is next to a plump, bald guy and a pale, skinny dude. They are the Barnes. Sweetie Belle instantly runs away from the parking lot and finds Applebloom. "Found you!" says Applebloom. "Girls...! A-A... Applebloom! They are here! They are here!" "Who? Your... kidnappers?" "Yes!" says Sweetie Belle, while crying. "Do you have your grandpa's phone number?" asks Applebloom. Meanwhile, the Barnes enter to Canterlot High and are received by Vice-Principal Luna. "Hello, lady," says Marcus Barnes. "May I know where is the principal? Mr. Blueblood has an offer for you." "I am the Vice-Principal. And you are...?" says Luna. "We are Blueblood's assistants, madame." Luna feels comfortable while talking with Barnes, and later she carries them to Celestia's office. Celestia's Office "Cel..." says Luna. "There are some of Blueblood's workers that want to talk to you." "Sure..." says Celestia, surprised. "Let them in." Luna lets the Barnes brothers in and Marcus gets a sheet of paper out from a folder. "Here it is..." says Marcus. "The Party for the Good Ol' Canterlot." "What is that?" asks Celestia. "Well, madame... it is a secret project made by our governor, Mr. Mortimer Blueblood, to celebrate Canterlot's 187th Anniversary." "Um..." says Celestia, confused. "But Canterlot was founded in April, not October..." "Yeah, we know, but Blueblood wants to make a celebration this fall. He just loves our beautiful city... That's why he planned to do this party... right here." "Are you serious?" says Celestia. "We will have our Fall Formal in three weeks." "We have everything under control, miss. You won't have to pay or to do anything, because we have everything we need... the only thing that we want from you is your authorization to make the party here. We know Canterlot High is one of the best schools around Canterlot, even Equestria..." Celestia smiles after hearing that. "Well, thank you for your flattery. May I know if there is a specific date for this party?" "Um... this Friday, miss." Celestia thinks again... is this worth it?... She looks at her agenda and arrives in a conclusion. "Sure," she says. "No problem, but I only accept this because you said you had everything you need." "Sure," says Barnes while smiling. "Thank you." Sadly, both Celestia and Luna don't know that this party is more than a party. To be continued...