Chapter 6: Homecoming
Alex
The day after the Gala, I was given the day off to recover. Gold Heart tried to do the same in an effort to take care of me, but as much as I would have loved that, I had to convince her to go to work so that I could meet with the rest of the gang. Once she was gone, I emediately ran to meet them.
Upon arriving at Spark's marefriend's house, I found him, Baws, Dash, and Paz waiting for me. Baws grinned.
"Nice eye. Your marefriend give that to you?"
"You know how I got this!" I responded. "Speaking of marefriends, where's-"
"Not here. Thankfully." answered Sparks. "But let's focus. We've got some major problems to deal with."
Baws
"And what's that?" Sarcasm left my voice. "We could've stopped her long ago from getting the amulet!"
Rainbow patted a hoof on my back. "Its alright. I thought Zecora put up that amulet ages ago!" She said.
Spark sighed. "Apparently not, but with her having that Amulet, they could wipe out every single thief we know." He said.
"But, we're the good ones, right?" Rainbow asked. We gave her a nod. "Yeah, we're kinda the ones who returned the Wonderbolts suits a few months back." I said.
"Anyway, we need to do something fast. How's that mansion of yours, Winter?" Spark asked.
"Not sure. Want me to check right now?" I asked, and they confirmed with a bunch of 'yeah's. I took my leave, but I still heard conversations from inside.
Let's see how my house is doing, hmm?
Alex
"So what exactly is our plan?" I asked.
"Well, I'd assume that Scarlet Rose will be hiding out somewhere." said Spark. "She needs time to learn how to control the amulet's power so that it doesn't begin to control her. I'd assume that she's holed up in her large estate outside of Canterlot. So to put it simply, we need to get there, asses the situation, and come up with a plan of attack before she unlocks the amulet's full power."
"Sounds like a difficult task." I grinned. "Should be fun."
Baws
"...And the guards, nor the fire ponies, never payed this off?" The mare behind the counter asked. My body reaction was to face hoof my own muzzle. I gave another groan. "Yes, damn it!" I replied.
She seemed very uninterested, and she gently pushed her glasses back. "Sir, do you have any evidence to prove this?" She asked.
It seriously didn't last long when I flipped a table or two. I went back to her, my voice urging to yell like a caged gorilla. "Check...the board." It came out through my grinding-in-fury teeth.
She lazily checked the board, but her eyes turned to pinpricks when she finally saw my name. "Oh, Mr. Winter, um...I didn't know they owed this much." She stumbled.
She lazily checked the board, but her eyes turned to pinpricks when she finally saw my name. "Oh, Mr. Winter, um...I didn't know they owed this much." She stumbled.
"No shit, Sherlock Hooves. Is it almost done?" I asked. She kept looking through her board, and she gave a look of innocence towards me. "It's ready." She said.
Fucking FINALLY!! "Great! Where is it? Can you show me?" I asked. She gave me a nod, and directed me towards the back of the office. Following out of the building, I was full of joy that I was able to get that piece of information through that thick skull.
A few blocks down, I saw my home. My mansion.
...It's Celestia damn beautiful.
Alex
"...Then, once everything is ready, we'll be ready to formulate and spring our trap." finished Sparks.
"Hmm... With all the stuff we're gonna be doing, we're probably gonna need to establish a safehouse." I said.
"Agreed."
"Huh? What's a safehouse?" asked Paz.
"Basically, it's a temporary base of operation near the main place of our objective that is both secure and secret." Sparks explained.
"Like my brother's new mansion?"
"Kinda." I replied. "However, the mansion will be our permanent base of operation. Speaking of which, I wonder if Baws has finished with the ponies in charge of that."
My answer came in the form of a kicked-in door.
"Heeeeeeeey, everypony! Guess what!"
Baws
Pastel was the first to answer. "Is it a new toy?!" She asked.
"Nope! It's my mansion!! It's finally finished!!" I told her. At first, I saw confusion, but a couple minutes later, and walking a few blocks down, they saw the beauty. The beauty of my damn house! "Oh my Celestia!! H-how...? Is the guards debt that much?!" Spark asked.
"And you thought it was pretty from the outside!" I told them. The outside was three stories tall, and it was a reasonable size for a pegasus like me to fly around in. Pillars were shown outside to make it look like its the only thing keeping the mansion up, and it was in red and gold. This beauty cannot be described in more details! This is all your gonna get, because I was to shocked to explain it all. The insides were red and gold as well. The moment you enter, grand stairs are ahead of you, and two other hallways beside it leading to the kitchen or the living room. And let me tell ya, they were gigantic!!
Upstairs is no surprise from downstairs. Four rooms made for a damn king, and all of them having their own pattern. One of them was for me, having a 'Cloudsdale' feel to it. You know, blue, the bed is made out of fluffy clouds, that kind of stuff. Alex's room was more unique for some odd reason. His was a green and red pattern, and it had his cutie mark for his cover bed sheet. Don't get me started on his damn bathroom; it's like staring into lava, but the lava is painted gold. The fuck?
Spark was being a fan girl on his room. He called it a steam punk room. Full of technical clocks and the odd stuff of machinery, his closet had a advance science, yet old days kind of feel. What he called gears decorated his room. Pastel was squealing when she saw hers. Her room was filled with all kinds of toys that weren't even out by today standards. Her room had a purple with a green outline painted all over her walls, having black flowers painted in a cross-pattern. The toys hid in the closet (might as well been Colts R Us) and her bed was her hair style all over.
"My home is amazing." I say through all of this.
"...Can I--?" I waved my hoof, interrupting Pastels comment. Her eyes grew big in anticipation, and ran into her room to play with her toys.
"...Wish I had a room." Dash said.
Oh yeah...I completely forgot her.
Uh..."Sorry, but, we should get going now. Its getting late." Spark spoke for me.
Rainbow nodded, and waved at us. "See you guys tomorrow!" She said. We waved her goodbye, and she left the door.
Now...TIME TO ADMIRE MY HOME!!