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// Thursday 
// Story: Waters: Equestrian Gangster (Original Version) 
// by King Genesis 
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Flash Sentry's Hospital Room



Flash Sentry is a lot better now. He is now walking and the only thing he has is a small plaster on his right arm. He hasn't got any bruises and he has small scars on his torso that have been cured. He is happy, because he knows tomorrow is going to be his last day in the hospital, and Friday night was going to be awesome! He will go to the party and won't tell anybody about it.

Suddenly, a nurse tells him that a man is looking for him. Who will be? A friend? Rarity's grandpa? He lets him in, but he realizes he's not a man that recognizes. It is a blue-skinned, fat man with dark hair. The nurse walks away and leaves them alone.

"Hello, Flash," says the man. It is Gordo.

"Who are you?"

"Well... let me present to you myself. My name is Black."

"Black?"

"Yeah, Black. I came for you because... you seem to be an athletic, sporty man."

"Ok... what kind of job offer is this?"

"A job?" Says Gordo, while chuckling. "It is not a job, but a task."

"What kind of task are you talking about?"

"Um... it's hard to explain, but you will understand."

Meanwhile, some footsteps can be heard from outside. They are getting nearer to them. Flash knows that task is not a nice thing, just by looking at Gordo in the face. Someone opens the door and looks at both men and instantly closes the door and pulls out a gun.

"Holy shit, Abe," says Gordo, while smiling.  Flash is now scared. "I thought you didn't carry guns to a hospital."

"What the fuck are you doing here?" Asks Abe, angry.

"Teaching."

Suddenly, Gordo gets up from his chair and tries to handshake Abe. "Get out of here," says Abe.

"Ok... will you explain to the kid what is happening then?" Says Gordo while opening the room's door and laughing. He walks away.

"What happened?" Asks Flash.

"Um... do you remember that job thing I told you days ago?"

"Yes."

"Well... he was a partner of mine. He wanted something, I wanted another thing... our thoughts crashed and he is looking for newbies."

"And why he...?" Suddenly, Flash gets up from the bed and points out at Abe. "Did you tell him about me?"

"What? No!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes! Why would I do that?"

"Um... yeah... but how did they find me?"

"I just don't know how did they figure out... they may have followed me."

"But... who was that dude? What did he want? Why his thoughts crashed with yours?"

Abe opens a window and lights the cigarette. "It's a pretty long story, boy. If you want to hear it, sit down."







Las Pegasus. Butter Valley. 



Butter Valley is Plegovich's home, but it is also a small, wealthy, private town where the richest equestrians live. Inside one of those houses, Grey Footprints is organizing his speech as one of Pegasus' candidates as governor. He is also looking at a picture of himself while smoking. 

"No," he says to himself. "No cigarettes. No smoking. People don't like smokers."

He gets up from his chair and comes outside. He throws the cigarette on the street but suddenly someone starts clapping. He turns around and looks at Mr. Blueblood. 

"You are doing good, Grey," says Blueblood. "Leave that stupid cigarette. It will be better for you."

"Who are you?" Asks Grey.

"Don't you remember me?" 

"No."

"Your other side may remember."

Grey starts gasping and falls to the ground. Blueblood slowly grabs him and gets him up. "Do you recognize me now?"

One of Grey's eyes starts shaking. "Blue... Blueblood."

"Oh, dirty old Blackle... you are still that ruthless motherfucker."

Grey Footprints grabs Blueblood from his shirt and whispers: "I'm not that thing anymore."

"Thing? How dare you? You were Plegovich's Weapon... you were worse than Sergei and all his stupid henchmen... even the Devil feared you, Grey."

"Things change, Blueblood. You know. I am now a candidate. A politician again. The thing that I always wanted to. I wanna help people... not kill them."

"Are you sure? Would you like to do it... only one more time?"

"I am completely sure! Stop!"

"Ok... if you say, alright." says the Governor and walks away. "I would like you not to say anything."

"I think I changed my mind," answers Grey. Blueblood smiles and turns around, but Grey says: "I will be on Canterlot's elections... I wish your city knew who you are... and I would love to see..."

"See what?" 

Grey's right pupil shrinks and his left pupil starts growing. "I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR FUCKING DRAINED BODY ON THE BLOODY FLOOR WHILE CRYING BLOOD TEARS BECAUSE YOU LOST! YOU LOST!"

Grey Footprints' pupils go back to normal and he runs away. Blueblood walks away from Grey's house, laughing.







Canterlot High's Gym



The party set is almost complete. Pinkie Pie is now decorating the remaining things while W and Spike are just looking at her.

"Pinkie's ability to decorate is awesome," says Spike. "What do you think of those balloons?"

"Micro is not stupid," says W, while smiling.

"Micro?"

"Um... I think she is cute. You were talking about her, right?"

Spike chuckles. "Yes, but I wasn't talking about her physical appearance, although she is kinda cute."

"I knew, Spike," says W. "First Rarity, and now Pinkie Pie."

"What? I am not... You know, in love... With Pinkie Pie!"

W starts laughing and Pinkie Pie shouts with a big smile: "Hey guys, what do you think? Are the balloons OK?"

There are colored balloons all over the roof. "I like it," says W. "You have talent."

Pinkie Pie fastly climbs down the ladder where she was and starts squeezing W's cheeks. "Thank you, thank you!"

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, PINKIE!" shouts W. Spike laughs. "Don't laugh, you!"

Pinkie then hugs Spike and now W is the one who laughs. "I'm truly anxious, you know?" she says. "But I don't know who am I going with... Lots of boys talked to me about it but I still don't know!"

"Really?" asks W. "Who?"

"Gummy was the first one who asked me! I should have known that he was going to ask me that!" she says while laughing.

Pinkie Pie turns around and climbs the ladder again to reorder some balloons. "Gummy?" whispers W to Spike.

"It's... Pinkie Pie's plush toy."

"Um... what do you mean with plush toy?"

Spike's cheeks turn to red now. "I... I'm not talking about that! It's an alligator, you pervert!"

"Oh... sorry," he answers while chuckling. "But... a plush toy..."

"Yes, it doesn't have life. It's just things from her mind. She's cute but crazy."

"That means... lots of those boys may be fake... am I right?"

"Maybe."

W smiles. "Micro Chips, here we go."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"W!" shouts Pinkie Pie. "Would you do me a favor?"

"Sure, what?"

"Go and ask my sister for a bag of confetti."

"Oh no," whispers Spike. W looks at him, surprised. Why would he say oh no?

"Sure... who is your sister?"

"Maud Pie. A grey-haired girl... she has a monotonous gesture, you will recognize her."

"Oh no," says Spike again. Both W and him get out of the gym and start looking for Maud Pie on the hallways. W asks Spike why is he so worried. "You see," he answers. "She is kinda special."

"Why? Pinkie told me she had a monotonous face. What does she mean with that?"

"You will understand."

Maud Pie appears at the end of the hallway holding a weird, orange stone. Spike points out at her and W looks at the stone, confused.

"Hi," says W. "Are you Maud Pie?" She slowly moves her head and nods her head. W looks at Spike and understands what was he trying to say. "Um... your sister told me you had a bag of confetti..."

"Yes," she says in a very low voice. "Right here." and pulls out from a locker a small bag filled with confetti.

"Thanks," says Spike but W doesn't turn around and leave. He is just looking that orange stone in shock.

"Where did you get that?" asks W.

"Bought it in a garage store. Called my attention. Orange. It seems to have a small powder around the stone. It was really expensive, to be honest. Those strange sellers told me they used to consume it."

The word consume makes W rave. "Um... Maud Pie... That's not a stone."

Spike is now confused. Maud does not change her face. "What is it, then?" asks Spike.

"That's crack, Maud," says W. "A very dangerous drug." 

Maud now looks at the crack stones and says: "Now I know why they were so fragile. It didn't feel like a legit stone. Thank you." 

Maud Pie throws the crack in a trash can and stays there, looking straight at a wall. W and Spike slowly go away.

"Wow," says W. "She looked like a drug consumer on rehabilitation."

"I told you she was special," says Spike, and then whispers: "Would those guys you told me before coming to the party tomorrow?"

W's face changes, but tries to calmly answer: "No. Why?"

"Are you sure? Even Blueblood? You know, because this is a party administrated by him..."

"Even Blueblood."

"But are you sure?"

"Yes, Spike!"

After that conversation, W goes back to the gym and gives Pinkie the bag of confetti. Then, both Spike and he sit down on the floor.

"And is one of your friends a famous burglar?" asks Spike to me.

"Um... No. I do recognize burglars because of their stories. Why?"

Spike looks at W, laughing. "I know you."

"You don't know me," answers W.

"Come on... I know you are lying."

"What do you want to know?"

"I know some famous burglars. Twilight had a book called The Infamous Story of the Clock which talked about lots of gangsters. "

"The Clock lived during the '70s, Spike."

"But then, the Clock was destroyed and created two clans: the Benvenuto and the Red Beast."

Benvenuto. Red Beast. Those two clans came out from the Clock and W remembers them because of their faces. The Benvenuto was the place were Ron, the infamous Pirate, was born as a gangster. His father, the notorious Iron Glass, started working in that place and taught his sons how to survive inside the mafia. Other famous figures like Gordo and his father Wade started there On the other hand, the Red Beast's captain was Public Property, who was Plegovich's father.

"Yeah," says W while looking to the roof.

"You recognize them, don't you?"

W looks at him with a serious grin. "What do you want me to say?"

"The truth."

W gets out from his pocket a sweet and puts it in his mouth. "My father was born in La Benvenuto, and he educated me like a burglar. Is that what you want?"

"Oh," says Spike. "I thought you... were lying... who... who was your father?"

W realizes he committed a stupid mistake. He just said the truth when he could have lied and get away with the true facts. "Wade Waters."

Spike nods his head. "Wow... I'm talking with the  Mantos Hero's son... That's awesome," he says, and then smiles while moving his tail. "And why are you here then?"

"I am here now to take care of your owner and your friends."

"Oh yes, how stupid from me... Oh, and do you know any other gangster?"

"Um... I don't remember," he says while smiling.

"Gordo? Um... who was his name... um... Cosmos? uh... I remembered Twilight was scared of one, and I agree with her, to be honest..."

"Really, who?" says W, laughing.

"Grey Blackle. I think he was his name."

W's smile disappears and looks at Spike in shock. "Do you know him?" asks Spike.

"Fuck."







Las Pegasus. Golden Horse's Casino. Friday. 1 A.M.



It's now Friday night in Las Pegasus. Streets filled with wealthy people going to casinos or having a drink in enormous bars. The town is more illuminated at night than the whole day. And what about the noise and visual pollution? Geez. It is torture.

There are more than fifteen casinos in Las Pegasus, but one of the oldest and most famous inside the town is the Golden Horse. A giant, yellow structure filled with neon signs and jazz music. Inside, people playing blackjack and poker, slot machines, and croupiers. 

Two men are running around the chaos inside the casino. Both of them are carrying sunglasses while they are inside the building. They are the infamous Delight Brothers, Ron and Tom. They are looking for a specific man. Robust, blue skin and, light blue eyes, and bald. He always wears the same black tuxedo with a red tie. After looking around for decades, they found their man drinking a martini while playing on a slot machine. They sit in two chairs which are between the man.

"Nice martini, Ghetto," says Ron.

Ghetto looks at both men and laughs. "What the fuck are you doing here, Ronny? Oh... and you came with the Assistant," he shouts.

"Assistant?" says Tom.

"Stop," interrupts Ron. "This is not a joke, Ghetto. We didn't come here for hookers or money."

Ghetto finishes his martini and leaves the glass in the slot machine. "You are in a war, right?" he asks. Ron nods his head. Ghetto gets up and goes into a lift which is near the machines. The three men enter the lift and close the door. There are three buttons on the lift. First Floor, Second Floor and Parking Lot. There is also an alarm button and a light switch. Ghetto presses the alarm twice and switches the lift's light off. Suddenly, a radio voice appears.

"Welcome to the Golden Horse Casino."

"Seductive," says Ghetto. "We have visitors."

The voice appears again, but more distorted: "To the Golden Horse Casino, Welcome."

The lift starts elevating and the doors open in a cozy room filled with sofas, alcohol, and cigarettes. There is an old, purple-skinned, orange-eyed woman smoking a cigar while playing the piano. There are also three familiar girls next to her: Adagio Dazzle, Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze. Ron gets surprised because of the Dazzlings' appearance in the room.

"What?" says Ron. "What are the Siren Sisters...?"

"We are not the Siren Sisters anymore, Ron," says Adagio. "Oh, good evening too. We haven't seen each other for a long time."

Before the Battle of the Bands, Adagio Dazzle was Ashton's wife, a man who was inside the Ashton Clan who controlled Phillydelphia 15 years ago. Sonata Dusk and Aria Blaze were Ashton's wives too, and the three of them were mistreated by this whole family. Ron, his partners, and a young W fought against that family and defeated them, and that's how they saved the Dazzlings from that hell. Ron has called them since that day the Siren Sisters.

"Yeah, I know," says Ron. "You are now the Dazzlings. I prefer the Siren Sisters' nickname. It is a lot better."

"Fuck you," says Aria Blaze.

"Aria!" shouts Seductive before playing the last note in her piano. "No swear words in front of me, especially to friends of mine... and saviors of you." Seductive gets up and hugs Ron. Sonata asks who are they but no one answers. "I know what's been happening for days, Ron. I can't help you."

"What? Why?"

"Ghetto is my only man left. You know Las Pegasus isn't mine anymore. All my men... went to Plegovich."

Ron sighs and grabs his face. Tom just looks at the roof. "I can't talk to Plegovich... it would be a long way to get nothing."

"I know, Ron, and sorry. I can't help you with anything. I don't have guns, men, anything. The only thing Plegovich gave me was the Golden Horse. I could have had more casinos, but he wanted Adagio and Sonata as a barter. He said he didn't want Aria because of her attitude. I denied that offer."

Ron doesn't listen to her now. He is just thinking about what he can do.

"Don't worry, Ron... you have one man left," says Seductive.

"I won't talk to Grey Blackle."

"It's an option, just think about it."

Ron and Seductive look at each other, Sonata keeps asking Aria but Adagio gives her a taco to shut her up. Tomorrow is the party, and the gang war is round the corner.

To be continued...