//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: The call // Story: Ponyshock: fishy beginnings // by ishmar //------------------------------// Isaac went outside, into buckingham, the place was mostly harbors, docks, and markets. buckingham mostly smelled of fish and was separated by long roads that were at least 7 miles long. ponies usually left buckingham by bus, Pegasai didn't dare to fly for the fog from the warm lakes and oceans were to thick. isaac:how much? bus driver: 6 gold coins isaac:damn, the price has gone unusually high within a day busdriver: hey buddy im paid to drive not listen to you complaint isaac: calm down i was just talking to my self for a bit busdriver: SCHITZO isaac: do you want my money or not, cause i got it right here busdriver: ...get on... ~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2:30pm, 5 and a half hours before the royal party ~~~~~~~~~~~ Meanwhile at ponyville twilight is studying alchemy there were several books open some on the ground some floating in the air but all were on different variations of the subject (here i will try to alternate between twilight and spike speaking ill label the first two quotations so you know what pattern im using) Twilight "Hey spike what have you been doing?" Spike "Just surfing the EWW" "EWW?" "The equestia wide web" "Oh" "You?" "Studying up on the subject called "alchemy" "co..co*chock* XMOTGHAZW" "SPIKE ARE YOU OKAY? WHATS WRONG" "PQMGURYEXB *black out*..." "spike?.....SPIKE......SPPPPPPIIII-" "chokes" "spike?..OH THANK CELESTIA your still alive" spike spat out a letter spike gasped for air and said "I gotta stop eating so much topaz" twilight carefully took the letter out of spikes mouth, and read the letter out loud Dear, twilight i am sending you on a cultural field trip to buckingham you will study the culture there and how the people are alike in a way a bus will be just outside northern ponyville to escort you. Yours truly, Celestia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3:45pm. 4 hours and 15 minutes till the royal party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Isaac could tell the busdriver was a greenhorn, his reckless driving habits, and his rude attitude towards isaac were unacceptible, they eventually arrived at the fish market "this is were you get off" said the busdriver isaac departed from the bus the fish market was a ghost town "hmmp, must be because every pony is getting ready for the party?" isaac said to himself there were nopony isaac had seen to day except for the busdriver and the fish merchants. Isaac walked down to the place were they sold his favorite ocean perch, as he walked down he was not greeted ay all by the merchants witch was unusual the fish merchant seemed to keep rushing to and fro through the back doors of the shops carrying crates as isaac approached one fish shop there was a merchant that feel asleep isaac walked up to the man and said "sir, um...sir SIR" the merchant woke up in a frightening fashion "AH WA-WAHT HUH WERE WEN..THE PARTY OH GOSH I FELL ASLEEP" the merchant then went to the back door of the shop Isaac said to himself "Well i geuss ill go call juda" Isaac then walked to the closest phone booth and trotted in he then dialed 153-604-9678 the phone then beeped for a few moments then isaac herd a voice from the other side "hello?' "is this juda?" "yes" "this is isaac you emailed me saying you had to talk to me about quote on quote important business" "...ISAAAC my cousin want to go bowling?...NAAAHH just kidding" "...quoting much?..anyway what did you want to talk about?" "uhh i don't know umm im on gaggle..you want me to search something up on gaggle?" "JUDA.CHECK YOUR "SENT MESSAGES" ON HAYMAIL ONCE IN A WHILE FOR CELESTIAS SAKE" "OK ok jeez uhh lets see here......OH that im wanted to hook you up with a guy who wanted to talk to you about somthing" "link me" "will do ...... "isaaac my...buddy" anonymous voice said through the phone "is this some joke? please tell me im being punked" "no isaac, you see i have..important job for you...you see I've looked over your profile and i came to the conclusion that your a very trustworthy colt" "yeah, and?" "ill give you a large ransom for a mission..you could say" "what is it?" "...you see its simple really I've set everything. just walk in to the castle undetected and look for a colt in a suit with grey skin and red main he'll give you the bottle" "the bottle?" "the bottle" "....this is bullshit" "oh, really i guess you want be needing 100,000 gold coins...enough to get you out of your hellhole you call "home" "there no way you could gather that much money in a lifetime" "I have external sources..." "ill believe it when i see it" "so we got a deal?" "yep" "good...besides maybe you'll fill in that blank.flank. of yours *a single laugh*..." "......fuck you" "fuck you too" with that Isaac hung up the phone and was once more haunted with the fact that he was 19 years old and had no cutie mark Issac sighed and was met with a bus at the end of the stone walking path, the door to the bus opened with a loud screech and out trotted a pony with a purple mane and pale purple skin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5:00 pm. 3 hours before the royal party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Oh hello, I'm twilight sparkle" "Hey, I'm uh...I gotta go" Isaac said solemnly and trotted onto the bus" "wonder what's his problem?" Spike "I don't know but he seemed rather strange, did you notice he had no cutie mark?" "Yeah that's strange" "Oh well, I guess ill trot around and socialize with the residence" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6:30 pm. 1 and a half hours before the royal party ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "were to?" "ponyville" "you gona get out of this hellhole of a town?" "no, im going to the royal party" "you don't look very much like a royal party guest" "..." "...ok then good luck getting inside the castle" "i don't need luck" ~~~~~~~~ "it sure is gloomy here, and everypony here seems so depressed" "yeah i agree twilight, its like something out of a horror novel to me" "well I'll wright a short report to celestia and get out of here" "yeah the place is giving me the heeby jeebies anyway"..... TO BE CONCLUDED