//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: Come At Me Bro // Story: Elements of Brotherhood // by Fuster Cluck //------------------------------// The carriage landed on the outskirts of Ponyville. The ponies and humans stepped out of it as the guards pulling the carriage flew away. “The fuck is this place” Asked Dmitry as he looked around. At least in the Crystal Kingdom the buildings seemed structurally possible, here they seemed impossible. He scanned the surrounding town, his face one of disgust. “Well! Can I show you where you will be living?” Said Pinkie, obviously excited about showing somepony new around town. “Well I guess” answered Artyom, who was slightly annoyed by Pinkies hyperactive personality. They walked through the center of town, most of the ponies out at this time were heading for dinner or a drink. All, however, were completely terrified by the six foot tall giants. “It’s just over here!” Pinkie squealed as they neared a large, wide, but still impossible structure. The entire frame of the building seemed to be slanted. They walked through the front door. “Why the fuck are these doors so tall?” asked Sasha. “Oh, they’re tall just in case a princess would need to fit through them” responded twilight. The team stopped and examined the inside of the building. There were no support columns or load bearing walls, the place should have collapsed under its own weight. There was a kitchen in the right corner along with a couch in the left and a table in the middle. “Your rooms are upstairs, the princess set a note to the mayor telling her make the rooms ready before hand.” Said Rarity. Artyom waltzed over to the sofa and set his xbox up infront of it. He then proceeded upstairs, followed by the rest of the group. There were five rooms and each soldier picked one out. All agreed the one at the end of the hall is where they would store their equipment and weapons. Each room had a king sized bed big enough for the humans along with a closet, dresser, night stand and a bathroom. After storing all their equipment the team headed back downstairs. “Hey, mister Human, What’s this?” Asked Twilight who was pointing a hoof at his xbox. “It’s an xbox 360, it creates a virtual world you can interact with. I guess, for you at least, you could say it’s like a book where you can see, hear and interact with the characters and world.” Twilight’s eyes lit up at the thought. A book that you can live? Hell yes! “May I try?” “Why the fuck not?” Artyom started up ‘Halo 4’ and watched as the lavender unicorn cheered with glee as the title screen came into view. After a brief introduction the first mission started up. “Oh yeah, I forgot to mention” he said as Twilight tried her hoof at an assassination. “There is a LOT of killing in it” Twilight was in complete shock. ‘I just killed it, I’m a murderer!’. Artyom saw this and attempted to comfort her. “It’s just a game, it’s no different if your character kills someone... Er, pony, in a book” Twilight understood this. They weren’t real, they were fictional, their species doesn’t even exist for Celestia’s sake. Once she got passed this she started seeing the appeal of something like this. “This is kind of fun” she said as she punched a grunt square in the jaw. Fluttershy gasped. “But those things are so cute!” “I’m not tired yet” said Sasha from the kitchen “What do you want to do?” Artyom pondered the question for a while then turned to the ponies. “Can we sample some of the night life?” Three ponies and three humans walked down the abandoned streets of Ponyville. Pinkie and Fluttershy went home and Twilight and Dima decided to remain at the house. “What is that horrid hat you’re wearing?” asked Rarity who was staring at Dmitry. He was wearing a fur hat with ear flaps and a crest with the old sickle and hammer. “It’s a ushanka, it keeps my head warm” he answered, obviously annoyed at how he had to state the obvious. “Oh, yes, by the way darlings, tomorrow I would like to make some new clothes for you!” said Rarity who was obviously excited by the new challenge. ‘ ”Ere we are” said AJ as they approached a building. ‘Two Fingers in Cider’ read a large neon sign. “Mah cousin runs this ere joint, he’ll hook us up with free cider, or whatever you please” The humans nodded as they walked in to the bar. The inside was lit by nice, warm lights. It just so happened there were seven seats free by the bar. Everypony stopped what they were doing as they watched the strange creatures, accompanied by three of the elements, take a seat. Sasha ordered a vodka, along with the other Russians. The stunned bartender placed three shot glasses on the table and took out three bottles of vodka, all of which were half the size of which the humans would deem normal. Completely ignoring the miniature shot glasses, they went directly for the bottle. Sasha, being the drunk fuck that he is, downed the whole bottle in ten seconds flat. He quickly ordered another one and turned to the rest of the group. “If you told me before we left that I would be getting drunk with a bunch of fucking ponies, I probably would have shot you” He said to no one in particular. The seventh seat beside AJ was taken by a stallion that was obviously hitting on her, but to no avail. “So why don’t we head on back to my place so we can... you know” he said as he ran a hoof up AJ’s flank. “Wow there partner, I’m not interested” replied AJ who was growing uncomfortable with the stallion. “Oh come on, you know you want to” He got more aggressive as he pulled AJ into a tight embrace and would not let go. He then moved his muzzle closer to a struggling AJ as he prepared to kiss her. “HEY, FAGGOT, SHE SAID NO!” The stallion was thrown from his bar stool and on to the ground. Sasha unleashed a savage kick to his right temple, knocking him unconscious. Sasha turned back to take a seat but was stopped. “HEY ASSHOLE, WHO THE HAY DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?” Sasha spun around as nine pissed off stallions surrounded him. “SOMEPONY OBVIOUSLY HAS TO BEAT SOME SENSE INTO YOU!” barked one. Sasha felt a heavy hand on his shoulder as Artyom and Dmitry both stood from their bar stools, coming to the aid of their comrade. Applejack and Rainbow Dash also came to his defense. Rarity decided to hang back and watch, not wanting to get her hooves dirty. Sasha took a step towards the group of stallions. “You want a fight?” he said as he cracked his knuckles and neck. “Come and get one!” The stallions charged.