//------------------------------// // You Have No Authority Over Me // Story: The Quiet Kid: Day by Day // by aegishailstorm //------------------------------// "So, what did you think?" William asked Joey as the 2 of them sat on his front porch the next day. "Oh, you mean your parody of Seven Nation Army? It was amazing, aside from the fact that you might have given me, and half the town tinitus. Other than that, it was some of your best work." "Heh, glad you think so. 'Twas good to put this world and it's horrible taste of music in it's place." William shifted his gaze down to his watch. "Well, time for me to head down to 'that' school." He got up, nd began to walk away, whistling as he did. "Hey, William, I've been meaning to ask you, why are you in such a good mood today?" William stopped, and looked down at his friend. "Labtop, music." He stated simply. "That all, I havn't seen you like this since you burst the Storm King's head like a watermelon." "Hmm, I'm not really sure." He casually heftied the FN Scar-17 in his hands as he strolled down the street. Tapping the magizine as he went. He made it to the doors of the school, and swung them aside. "Oh how I hate this place." He walked inside, slamming the doors behind him. "Out of the way!" He ducked just as Rainbow shot past his head. "That ain't good." He ran off after her, Joey in tow. "And the friendship school teacher of the month is...Fluttershy!" William facepalmed as he peaked through the doorway. "Nominations? In this socialist-hippie commune of yours, heh, not a chance!" "I don't know how you keep winning." "The award is based on the students vote, they must really like you!" "Communism!" William shouted, Twilight lit her horn, slamming the door in his face. "Gah, those idiots won't even take my suggestions!" "Maybe it's because, they're... A little extreme?" William grimaced. "Nah, they're ponies, what'ya expect?" "hehem." "Yes, I'm of aware of the fact that you're one of the- You know what? I'm not letting them get away this." He gave the door a tug, and found it locked." "Grrr, you lock door on the William eh!?" A crowbar appeared in his hand, he inserted it into the crevice in between the doors, and pulled as hard as he could. The lock cracked, and the doors swung open. He barged inside. "What is wrong with you?" He demanded. "Whatdya mean?" Applejack asked, "Your the one who came barging in here." "That's no excuse for lying." "What do you mean by that?" Rainbow questioned. "Simple, you claim to teach friendship, just look at this place, friendship can be thought, it just... happens over time, this." He waved his hand at the walls. "Is essentially just a glorified psychiatric ward, but then again, it's not like you're all about to go announce that out there, ain't ya?" "Well..."William stopped Twilight. "You fooled him, you won't fool me." He pointed back at his friend. "What are you talking about?" Rainbow asked again. "Ugh, nevermind, go finish up whatever y'all were doing here." He slammed the door shut, scowling at the six as he did. He listened in on their discussion, hearing that they had decided to take the young six on a field trip." "Damnit!" Twilight, Rainbow, and Applejack led the group out away from the school, with William and Joey in tow. "I'd like you all to understand that I only agreed to this #### because I literally have nothing else, I'm bored out of my mind." "Alright class, today you'll-" William stopped Twilight. "Today your teachers will be trying to to kill you, try not to." "What!?" They collectively gasped. "Er, kidding." They sighed in relief. "Or am I?" he chuckled slightly. "No, I'm kidding, go with AJ and Rainbow, they'll tell ya what to do next." "Hey y'all, ready to get out there and do some learnin' the apple family way?" "This is basically going to be the best field trip in the history of ever, with me in charge of course." "Quick sidebar, stop being so damn enthusiastic about everything! Alright, I'm done ranting, continue." "Why don't you start with shed building first? "Twilight asked the 2. "Heh, don't mind if I do, every creature, follow the leader." Applejack waved the group along, much to William's apparent displeasure, while he was in no way lazy, he wasn't much for manual labor. He walked with the group as Applejack led the group to the edge of her families farm. "Now take a good deep breath, what do you smell?" "Green hell?" Replied William. "Uh, yak?" Commented Gallus. "Nope, try again." "I'm not sure you think I should be smelling, if your talking about the apples, well, I'm pretty sure you've got a screw lose, either that, or a ponies sense of smell is greater then that of a human." He paused for a moment, "Actually, I think it's both." "Correct, and? Anyone, anyone?" William shook his head. "The promise of... teamwork!" He shifted his gaze, leaning up against a nearby tree was a stack of wooden boards, alongside a hammer, saw, bucket of nails. "Yay, slave labor!" William exclaimed sarcastically. "That there's an apple shed, and this here is what we're gonna use to build it!" "Y'all can go on ahead, I've had enough shed building to last myself a lifetime." He thought back to his time living in rual California. "Nothin' bring's friends together like a little hard work and honest sweat!" William sat himself down on a nearby tree stump, and watched as the group repeatedly attempted to build a shed, and repeatedly fail, and just when it seemed like they might actually have finished it, they dropped the roof, sending the whole thing crashing to the ground, leaving only the doorframe standing. "Go figure." He said with a laugh. "Uh, professors? I'm a little confused about teamwork now." "Back in my day, we didn't need no ####ing school for hippies to teach us how to work together!" William shouted. "No...that's because you need a different teacher, follow me!" Rainbow sped off towards the nearest river. "I'm getting the feeling that they're just ignoring me at this point. How about you?" He asked Joey as he stood up and began to follow Rainbow. "I haven't the slightest." "Well, you best figure it out, I hate being ignored and I hate not being taken seriously." He held up the M4 in his hands and cycled the bolt to further his point. "Last one to the stream is a rotten apple shed!" He heard fading in the distance. "I don't care!" He shouted back with mild annoyance. "Who's ready to smash the all time Equestrian record for river canoeing!?"William facepalmed. "I haven't gone canoeing in...well, since I was 10. I think I'll sit this one out." "Is that even a thing?" Gallus asked. "First time I've heard about it." Sandbar replied with a sigh. "We need to get to the finish line before this alarm goes off, mean ya gotta move fast!" "I will go at whatever pace I wish, any attempt to circumvent my choice will be met with violence. Is that understood?" Rainbow swallowed hard. "Er, yes." "Great, let's get started." He watched as Rainbow tossed each of them a paddle. "Uh, Yona have questions-" "No time for questions, get in the boat!" "You really think winning some canoeing' record is gonna get you that teacher of the month trophy? "Applejack asked sternly. "I'm pretty sure everycreture's gonna like it better than pounding nails and cutting wood." "Rainbow! It was your idea, and I don't like waiting, get in the damn boat!" "Ugh, yak no like water." "Get in the #### boat, what are you more scared of, me, or an inanimate liquid, huh?" Yona thought about it for a moment, then hopped onboard. "Common, let's go, stroke, stroke!" Rainbow demanded. "Yep, that's it guy's, lets go." William mocked as he sat cross-legged in the back of the canoe. He watched as they sat, floating in place. "Alright, that's it, you see Applejack's team? Do what they're doing." The group listened, and actually began to move forward. "Ah, much better." The canoe sped off down the water. "I hate boats." He commented under his breath. After a while, they came to a fork in the river. "Left!" "Right!" "Eye Aye captain!" Silverstream called. "What the hell are you doing? They ain't your captain. "He turned back to face the front of the boat, to find it moments away from getting wrecked on the rocks at the center of the fork. "Well, that's me." In a flash of light, William's BDU fatigues were replaced by a drysuit and snorkel, he jumped of the side of the canoe, just as it hit the rocks, tearing it to shreds, and sending the young six, Rainbow, Applejack, and Joey flying past the rocks, and crashing safely into the stream beyond. "I love field trips!" He heard Silverstream call out from downstream. "I hope you're happy." Applejack said, looking over at Rainbow with disappointment. "Obviously not, because there goes our new speed record-" "Help! Yak not swim!" William groaned. "You 2, deal with that." He jabbed a finger at Ocellus and Silverstream. He himself swam for shore. "How's the canoeing going?" Twilight asked from the shore. "About as good as the apple shed building." Smolder spat. "I had no intention of getting wet on this trip." William said in frustration as he stepped out of the river, exchanging his drysuit for his BDU fatigues and armor. "I had this all under control, until Applejack-" "Both of you screwed up. Acknowledge that, and work past it." He turned to Twilight, "I require no lecture from you." "William's right, we're sorry Twilight." "I can't believe you, you were supposed to be teaching teamwork, and you're competing with each other? I thought you were past that." "Completion is the basis of teamwork." William said. "What was that?" "Oh, nothing, continue scolding them. "We are! Mostly." "We got carried away with wanting to be teacher of the month is all." "The teacher of the month wouldn't care about being teacher of the month, I know Fluttershy would be thrilled to see another pony win." "I'mma have to disagree with you on that first point Twilight." William whispered, thinking back to his years in highschool. "Well that's it! I'm taking over this field trip." "What are you planning on doing with said field trip?" "I... Uh." "Yeah, that's what I thought, tell you what, we're going on a hike, and you can't stop me, Rainbow, Applejack, sort out your personal problems later, lets go!" He turned and led the group off though the forest. Being sure to take a clear cut path this time, he had had enough of the jungle like environment of the Everfree. After a while, they came to a fork in the trail. William eyed both paths with suspicion. He made his decision before Rainbow and Applejack could begin feuding again. "We go right, left path gives me bad feelings." He said bluntly. "Alright then." William and the group broke through the treeline, before them stood a ravine, with the river below. "Seriously? Ugh, ladder bridge time! Rainbow, Silverstream, Joey, be good flying creatures and carry the yak over, rest of you, follow my lead." A ladder bridge appeared in his hands, slinging his rifle out of the way, he unfolded it across the gap. Making sure to firmly anchor r it to the ground. "There, done and done, now, every creature crawl, do not screw this up, I'd hate to have to drag your corpse from the river later." The worryingly nodded in agreement. And followed William across the gap. AT the same time, those of the group that could fly, ferried Yona across, finally, the last of them made it to the other side, and in a flash of light, the ladder bridge was gone. "Gah, that never gets old!" William said with a smile as the group headed off toward the school. "How was the field trip? What did you all learn?" Twilight asked as the group wandered in through the door. "Uneventful, and I learnt that taking care of other's is...painful. Here's your charges, I'm goin' home." Without another word, he turned his back to the group and left. "I think I'll be going with him, bye!" Joey waved to the group and flew after William.