//------------------------------// // Chapter Four: Food goes in mouth // Story: The Conversion Bureau: The Land Downunder // by Da Bunnana King //------------------------------// The Conversion Bureau: The Land Downunder By Da Bunnana King Chapter Four: Food goes in mouth === I stood there in the lunch room being assaulted with tantalizing smells that wafted from the opposite side of the room. I swear I could see the aroma of the food drifting through the air. I felt swept off my feet as I slowly walk to the other side of the room... Until I was crash tackled by a chrome colored pony with a charcoal black mane. "Alex!" yelled the pony who must of been some form of pegasis since it had chrome wings poking out from his back, "Hi random pony who probably just screwed up my arm again... have we meet?" I said as I could feel pain emanating from my shoulder, "Oh yeah I forgot, I am a pony now. It’s me Louie, from school!" he said hopping off of my chest, "Sweet baby Jesus... It is you Rabbit." I said as I could see the same hair and eye color of his past human self, his black hair and blue eyes and I had a good theory of why he turned out as a pegasis. You see back when I was still in school Louis attended aviation with me and he was always top of the class and any time that he could get behind the yoke of the aircraft he was the first in line. After I joined the army apparently he got accepted into the RAAF as a pilot, but after we were all disbanded we all went our separate ways. "So... what brings you out here Mexican?" he questioned me, "Oh you know, the surfing, the beach and no HLF madmen gunning after you ever day or two." I replied as I began to dust my semi-clean shirt, "Ahh forgot about that whole ordeal with the HLF... Oh!! You’re never going to believe it but guess what?" he said as his face exploded with an enormous smile, "A ten foot pink elephant with a horn and wings invading Woga Woga?" I replied trying to keep a good poker face but it was failing quickly, "Close but no cigar... Jude, Martin and James are here too! Isn't this exiting it’s going to be like school all over again, except without Mr. Phillip ranting about not putting trash in his bin." he said eagerly as his eyes were now gleaming with excitement, "Awww yeah were getting the gang back together. Now one can stop our plans for world domination. AHAHAHAHAH!" I cackled maniacally, "Louis who are you talkin... Alex, is that you?" said the slightly chubby red unicorn with a blond and somewhat blue mane, "Yeah it me Martin… So where is James?" I asked looking around for a ginger pony, "He is in getting converted now. He went in a little after you came in." replied Martin who was now looking at me strangle, "Strange because I was just in the doctor’s room getting a bullet wound fixed or is there a sick bay and one of those rooms where you get converted in?" "No just the one and when did you get shot?" said Louis who was now hovering close to me looking for the bullet hole that he will never find, "This morning and I am surprised that you didn’t hear the RPG or the landmine explosion this morning... I mean where I was hiding out was barely five clicks away from here... then again there were hills surrounding the OP so I guess the sound waves." I said to myself trying to figure the problem I had created myself, "Alex you don't need to figure it out. Anyways it’s good to see you back here in society." said Martin nuzzling me, "It’s good to be back... speaking of being back, where has the albino gotten too" I said looking around for Jude, we called each other by nick names a lot since when we were all young and new to school we always forgot each other’s names so we made up nick names. We called Jude the 'Albino' since he had near on white blond hair and extremely pasty white skin, Louis we called the 'Rabbit' since he was the fastest of us back then and they called me 'The Mexican' since of my first name being Alejandro. So it stuck forever, I didn't mind it... heck even in the army they called me 'The Mexican.' "I think he is in the toilets washing up." Louis replied, "Ahhh... So what is for lunch?" I asked as I could tell my stomach beginning to beg for food, "I don't know but it’s not tacos." Said a voice from behind me, "Just because I can leap over high fences and, or walls." I said turning my head to see Jude in my peripheral vision, "Meh true... So when did you decide to come back to society?" "Ummm... maybe an hour ago... heck if I know I've just been going off the sun for about half a year now." I said shrugging as we made our way to the food, 'Yes. Now come closer my precious food... come closer... ness.' I thought to myself as the smell from the food was altering my brain to think only about it and its deliciousness, "Hahahah, Alex you so crazy, but I guess not talking to anypony for half a year would do that to you." Louis said laughing as drool began to dribble out from my mouth, "Hey... when all you can eat is berries and rotten pig meat everything looks... sooo delicious." I said as I walked over to the counter pressing my face against the germ shield's glass staring at the salads, pancakes and various other fruits and vegetables, "Wow, the only time I have seen you do that was when you saw Natella for 50 cents." commented Jude, "Don't care, food." I responded, the cafeteria worker trotted up and tried to pry my face off of the shield but was to no avail, so they ended up luring me away with food so I could get what I wanted. "So gentlecolts what can I get you and your friend." he said, he was a cobalt unicorn with a black mane and large green eyes, he also had a marking of a salad being toasted on his flank, "Hey Green... Ummmm... could I get the Caesar salad and an apple please?" asked Jude, "Sure thing and what would you two young stallions like?" Green said turning his head to my two ponified friends, "I'll take the hay fries and the daisy sandwich." said Martin, "I'll go with hay fires and some hay." Came Louis, "There you go," Green said levitating over two trays of food to my pony friends and then he looked at me, "And you Mr..." "Just call me Alex. I guess I'll have that and that." I said pointing to the large pile of greens and the apple, "Not one for words I see." "No it’s just I have been eluding capture or my demise in the bush not three kilometres from here. So I have only had a diet of berries and mutated pig meat for half a year now so I do believe that the sight of actual food would cause me to drool at the mouth and..." I said acting like a complete dick head and after Jude elbowed me in the rips, "Okay I'll stop, could I have my food please?" I asked politely, "Yes you can." he said levitating the tray over to me, "How are you doing that? WHAT IS IT!!!" I yelled trying to comprehend how that small pony was able to suspend a tray without and wires, "Whoa Alex calm down. It’s just magic." said Jude placing a hand on my injured shoulder and grabbing the tray for me, "Sorry Green but Alex here hasn't seen ponies at all let along them using magic." "I thought most humans knew that ponies could fly or using magic. Well we can all use magic but it is all different types of it, but if I could ask, how come you don't know about us?" said Green moving closer to the counter and leaning over it to get my answer, "I find the military to be a large and dense rock that I used to live under a good form of acquiring knowledge about anything." I replied smugly hoping that he would understand my poorly laid out joke, "I think I understand, well have a nice day gentlecolts, oh and welcome to the Ripley Conversion Bureau Alex, my name is Green Salad." said Green, "Nice to meet you mate." I said walking out with my friends to start my new life... or at least the beginnings of my new life. === Authors Notes: Oh look it’s raining again in Queensland… Meh… Oh look I updated… Meh… Oh looks its exam block… Fuck. Well I won’t be updating too often since I have to study and such so I guess I’ll see you in a week… maybe? Oh and if you want to be a pre-reader so you have the chance to go "Alex your story is piss poor... Fix it!" then slap me with a glove then send me a message or something... or be creative and do it through interpretive dance. So I shall go now to study... BUNNANA KING AWWWWAAAAYYYYY!!! -Bunnana King