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// Chapter 2 
// Story: Some of our favorite underapreciated ponies in The Buckeye State 
// by Movingtarget Productions 
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I woke up a few hours later with the same adorable pony sleeping on my chest.

"Hey man, good news." Dameon said with a hint of excitement.

"Hey. What's up?"

" We got no more freight!"

"Oh thank god. Start of the Wood County Fair is tomorrow. Maybe I can see How a pony will do in public."

"Oh boy"

"Eeyep"

At that point, Rose made her presence known.

"What time is it?" She asked.

"16:29. Aka 4:29." I said while pulling out my Samsung Galaxy J7 and checked the time.

"What's that?" Rose asked again

"A cell phone. Works like the CB but is a personal device. Very handy in… Sticky situations…" I said.

Right on the dollar Lilly Valley and Daisy woke up from the little heap next to a fire extinguisher and a First Aid kit. They then noticed me and Dameon and looked like they were gonna freak until Rose went over and explained what happened since shit had hit the fan. Once they calmed down, we introduced each other then heard the cab door open and in walked Matthew and Eugene with the twin spa ponies and Vera in tow. The 2 men looked like they had the time of their lives.

"Jesus Christ. The hell happened to you 2?" I asked with a small smirk on my face

"Pampered by ponies. I LOVED IT!!" Matthew said.

"I agree." Eugene replied.

"We gave these 2 our best service, in the best way we could…" Aloe said.

"Yeah yeah. Not our fault we were assigned to a smaller cabbed Heritage unit." Eugene said with slight embarrassment

"Well we can't blame you for it." Vera said.

I chose this moment to butt in. "So. How will we do this? 6 ponies, 4 men, all from different places."

"I'm a rual Wood County resident." Eugene said.

"East Toledo Of all places…" Matthew added.

"Helen." Dameon said.

"I'm a local resident. Bowling Green to be exact." I said.

The 6 were watching us as we discussed what to do. We decided I would be their caretaker. Not only do i have a decent sized house on the bird streets, i have a decent sized truck, i had bought a 2017 Ford F150 XLT with the large bed and crew cab. So when we got back to the yard, i beelined for the parking lot, tracked down my fucking truck because it was parked next to another truck that was identical, i drove back to the train and questions SPIKED. It took 15 minutes to rally the ponies into the truck. Now, One thing most folks from out of town should know is that BGSU is within the city limits so people need to be careful around town because kids don't know how to drive. That being said, we drove into town from a back road. When traffic picked up, my passengers were in awe at the many vehicles on the roads. We came up to a traffic signal and Lotus finally spoke.

"What is that device on that pole?" She asked.

"That's a traffic light, it helps other cars and trucks not play bumper cars by giving the cross traffic right of way. Oh shit forgot i'm turning right." I said as I applied my right turn signal and hung the right onto Wooster. Then came the 2 modern circles on either side of the I-75 overpass. "Fuuuck I hate BGSU for dropping these roundabouts in." I moaned.

"The what?" Lilly asked.

"Roundabouts are more efficient than traffic lights and stop signs buuuut they take up a bit of space.." I said again as I weaved across the bridge then made a left turn into the Circle K and pulled up to a pump.

"What's this place?" Daisy asked.

"Gas station. My gas light came on."

"Is there food here?" Lotus asked

"Luckily yes, this station has a small convenience store, you are gonna have to stay in the car for everyone's sake."

"Fair enough." Rose said.

I got out of the truck, filled up the truck, then got a few bags of chips, 6 small Polar Pops, then an XL for myself and walked back out where an Escalade full of kids was to the left of the truck and a small bus on the right. Now i would get nervous as fuck but this time it was a shitshow in the 1st degree, i made a mad dash for the truck and got in very quickly then passed out the food and drinks earning odd stares from everypony exept Roseluck because she had tried a Coke back on the train and from what Dameon told me, she enjoyed it. I started the truck and pulled out and hung a right then a left back onto Wooster goin west. We were behind a floral delivery truck and the driver never secured the door 'cause a bunch of roses flew out and dropped on my windshield then luck was really on our side because i was able to spot the railroad crossing gates lowering and matted the parking brake. After clearing the bunch of roses on my windshield and waiting for the train to pass, we crossed the tracks and came up to Main St. Then out of nowhere we were T-boned by a karen. Least to say we got to my home with slight hiccups. When we walked in, I saw the ponies had passed out cold from the sight. So I lifted all of them into the master bedroom and turned on my 45" Vizio flatscreen, fired up my Xbox One, then watched TV then Rose came down and sat on the couch as well. After the 30 minutes of CBS Evening News was up, I switched it over to Law and Order: SVU because why not. After 3 episodes, the soft as hell thing of cuteness fell asleep, after another episode, I turned off the TV and Xbox, activated my ADT home security system, and fell asleep with my head on Rose's back.

 to be continued…