//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Those Were the Days // Story: When the Bomb Drops // by digitalmk06 //------------------------------// Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rainbow and Twilight gets underway to remove the doors around Twilight's castle, but Rarity wasn't very happy at it at all. So, she reminds her friends to be careful and mind the paint. Rarity then said to Applejack and Fluttershy, "Just you be careful, you two!" Then the door then fall onto the ground which made Fluttershy go spooked. Meanwhile Pinkie, Rainbow and Twilight is taking more doors around the castle and puts it in the exact location where Applejack and Fluttershy's were. Once again, Rarity was totally jealous about it. "Watch the paint, darlings!" said Rarity. Twilight used her horn to use the hammer to put the needles on the door. Rarity then said, "I hope you know what you're doing. I'll put the screws in a plastic bag. You'll only go and lose them. Remember, they're in the right-hand jug on the dresser." Rarity uses her iPony to check her TikTok posts. After she uses her iPony, she went back to see her friends. The inner-core refuges is strongly underway. "It's going to be very draughty with no doors on." said Rarity "I expect it's a safety precaution. It'll let the...blast go straight through." said Rainbow as she gives the leaflet to Twilight. "Alright. It says here...The inner core or refuge should be placed at an angle of 60 degrees for maximum strength." explained Twilight "I should place it up against the wall, if I were you, Twilight." said Pinkie politely "Yes, but which are the degrees? Oh dear! We haven't got any angles." Twilight was shocked. "I think Rainbow did it at school. You had angles with degrees in. right, Dash?" asked Twilight "Well, that's the only thing I can't remember. I think I'll ring our Scoots. She'll know." said Rainbow as she use her iPony to call Scootaloo. "Hello, Scoots. All right? Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Shining Armor, Princess Cadance and Fluffy Heart?" said Rainbow as she was talking to Scootaloo on the phone. Good. Look, I'm building this governmental inner core or refuge, and it says, "Place it at an angle of 60 degrees." said Rainbow "Well, what's that mean, exactly?" asked Rainbow "It's not cobblers, Scoots. It's in the governmental directive." Rainbow was a bit serious in this situation. "You mean you're not constructing an inner core or refuge? Me and Twilight gave you the leaflets especially!" Rainbow was not amused at Scootaloo. "But what about Spike, Princess Cadance, Shining Armor and Fluffy Heart? Don't start singing! What do you mean, "We'll all go together when we go"? It's not funny. No, but it's our duty to carry out governmental instructions in time of war, Scoots." shouted Rainbow Dash This made Rainbow extremely furious "Look stop laughing, will you!? I'm surprised at you. You're supposed to be a responsible daughter by now." She shouted once more Twilight then hoofpalmed. "A protractor? The angle at the bottom?" concerned Rainbow "Yes, yes, I see. OK, Scoots. Thanks. Now, listen. Just you start that inner core or refuge, it's your bounden duty and your friends. Alright? Seeya, Scoots." said Rainbow "Now, remember what I said. I am your daughter. I do know a bit about war." said Rainbow "Love to Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Spike, Princess Cadance, Shining Armor and Fluffy Heart. Goodbye." Rainbow ends the call and put her iPony in her wings. "Yes. So basically, Scootaloo says I need a protractor. Spike said he can get one at Willis's. said Rainbow as she talking to her friends. "Scoots was killing herself laughing, and she was singing songs to Fluffy Heart!" she said furiously "I can't understand it. I think it's nerves." said Twilight. "Yeah. She's gone a bit hysterical." said Pinkie "She can't be drunk at this time of day." said Rainbow seriously "Our Scootaloo doesn't drink!" said Twilight. "Oh, no, no, no. No, no, of course not, Twilight." said Rainbow "And most importantly, Scootaloo is not going to make an inner core or refuge." said Rainbow "I remonstrated with her, but she was adamant." said Rainbow. "Scootaloo says if Celestia cops it, she'll cop it. And not to worry, Dash." said Rainbow concerned "It's an irresponsible attitude." said Rainbow. "I'm a bit disappointed in him, adopting that attitude." said Applejack "She was always a very responsible boy when he was in the Cubs." said Pinkie "It was going to that art college that spoiled her." said Twilight "She met some dreadful people there." said Pinkie "Huh! Blessed beatniks!" said Rarity furiously "I don't suppose it'll make a terrific amount of difference, the exact angle. It'll probably all fall down anyway. What with the bomb, an' that." said Rainbow. "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well, Rainbow. " Applejack was a bit concerned about it "Yes, Applejack. But it is only temporary. After all, it'll all be over in no time." said Rainbow kindly Meanwhile in the different countries of the world, the Russian are getting prepared to launched the nuclear bomb. and it was only two days away to hit Equestria. Hours later, Rainbow was in the shower washing up herself. Then she begin to wonder "Funny to think they were on our side in the war." she said. "Who, Rainbow? asked Fluttershy has she dry up herself "The Russians With old Joesph Stalin." explained Rainbow. "Oh Yes, he was a nice chap." said Twilight "I liked him." said Applejack "Like an uncle, he was, darling." said Rarity "I liked his moustache and his pipe aswell." said Fluttershy Rainbow then got out of the shower, and then brushes her teeth. "Yeah. Roosevelt was nice, too. There was three of them." she said "Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. They're all good blokes. Defeating old Hitler, Goering and Musso, and all that lot, on the other side." said Rainbow remembering the last war (Which is World War 2). Rainbow then finished brushing her teeth and she went off to her friends's bedroom. "You somehow knew where you guys were then. I don't even know who the people are these days."said Rainbow worrying "I expect it's all done by committees, I believe." explained Applejack "Yes, and meetings. I expect they have loads and loads of meetings, and thus arrive at decisions. Commuters, too." said Twilight while reading 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy. "They all use commuters these days. It's got very impersonal." said Rainbow "Churchill with his cigar, old Stalin with his moustache...you knew where you stood." said Pinkie "Do you think they'll invade? asked Applejack "Oh, no, no. They won't need to." said Rarity "It'll all be done by missiles. Long... range. " said Rainbow as she sets up the bed. "Then they'll instil commuters to take charge of us." said Rainbow "It's funny to think there's no shelters this time." said Rarity "We had an old Anderson in the garden." Rarity has flashback to the Second World War when she was a filly, in a Anderson shelter. "I can see it now. We had nasturtiums growing all over it. And we painted the front green. Painted, it looked quite nice. Next door, my neighbours grew cabbages on theirs." said Rarity and then laughed. "Yes. We had a Morrison." said Twilight. "Hm, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Pinkie and I used to sleep in it." said Twilight "I stuck pin-up girls all over the inside." said Rainbow "Betty Grable, Anne Shelton, Patricia Roc." said Pinkie" "The roof got all smoky, cos I used to read in bed with a candle." said Applejack "Yes, it was nice in the war, really. The shelters, the blackouts, cups of tea." said Fluttershy "The ARP, the evacuees." said Applejack "Canterlot fillys seeing cows for the first time." said Twilight Old Whinneyston Churchill on the wireless don't forget! said Rainbow "The ten o'clock news." said Applejack while putting her hat away. "Vera Lynn singing away. Worker's Playtime." said Rarity "Spitfires and Hurricanes in the blue sky over the cornfields. The White Cliffs of Ponyville." said Rainbow while finishing reading her Daring Do book. "Good ol' Jerry coming over every night." said Fluttershy while yawning and then falls asleep. "Those were the days." said Twilight as she turned off the lights and she and her friends went to sleep.