We were walking back to the study, when I remembered Nelson was a free man I should probably call him and make sure he's okay.
"I'll be right back, I've got to make a call." I said and went back to my room to call him. We all exchanged numbers in case of any problems and make it easier to talk to each other. I gave him a call
"Hello?"
"Hey Nelson, welcome back to the land of the free."
"Ha-ha, what's up man?"
"Wow Nelson, I was excepting you to say mate. Caught me off guard."
"Is it because Brian says it or because I'm from Australia?" I heard someone talking in the background and Nelson's muffled voice.
"You having a celebration for your release?"
"No the guys and I are just hanging out. No I'm fine Brian, yes I'm sure. God."
"Brian riding your ass?"
"Yea, you got taken and have a civil conversation with your kidnapper and Brian is all over you."
"You know how Mother England is with her kids, except the rebellious one." I hear Nelson laughing away and he repeats it to the others.
"Brian says he's gonna get you back for that one."
"Tell him he can try, but there'll be a Ponyville Tea Party." *SLAM*
"DID SOMEPONY SAY PARTY?!?" Pinkie suddenly kicks open my door and bursts in wearing a party hat and drags her party cannon in with her
"NONONO OH DEARGOD NO!" I quickly say, she seems glum by my denial of a party.
"Then why did you say party?" She asks sadly
"It's part of a name of an event back home, it's wasn't an actual tea party." I explained
"Oh. Okay! Bye!" And she walks out
"Nelson you still there?" I ask
"Yea, nice save." He says
"Thanks."
"So how was work?" He asks me
"Boring until Brian called flipping out and shit hit the fan with that. But other than that is was chill. An old army truck showed up here about half an hour ago, so that's coming home with me."
"Really? Is it possible that more things will come here?"
"Only time will tell."
"Alright, hey I've got to go, having dinner."
"Ok man, don't let me stop you. See you tomorrow." And with that we hung up. I totally forgot to ask if they got jobs in town or not, I knew some ponies offers them jobs, but I don't know who got asked for what job or they even accepted any. I got up and went back to the study.
I turned a corner and bumped into someone
"My bad, I didn't see you there." I said, apologizing to them, they had long hair, but a stallion's face, so I couldn't tell if they were male or female.
"Of course you didnt you filthy commo-" he began to say before he looked up at me "GUARDS! RETURN THIS MONK-" he said, before I cut him off
"FINISH THAT FUCKING SENTENCE AND I WILL GOUGE OUT YOUR EYEBALLS AND SKULLFUCK YOU!!" I roared at him. He quickly ran away, screaming like a little girl, as he passed a door it opened up, revealing everyone. They looked at me, then down the hall at the screaming pony, Applejack, Dash and Rarity began to laugh at the scene. The rest of them seem... Surprised for the lack of better terms.
"Chris, you don't plan to... Follow through with that, do you?" Celestia asked me
"No, I'm not some sicko, I said to make him freak out. Who was that anyway?" I said
"That was Prince Blueblood, he's a distant relative of ours and he lives here. He always is out chasing mares." Luna explained, Rarity blushed a little at this, maybe he dated her or something.
"Alright, hopefully next time he sees me he'll remember what I said then." I said and we all went back into the room.
"So who did you call, if um you don't mine me asking. You don't have to answer." Fluttershy asked, looking at me with her lone cyan eye, the other hidden by her hair.
"I called Nelson he... sorta kinda of got kidnapped earlier." I said, rubbing the back of my neck.
"There's no grey area between being foalnapped and not, so was he or was he not?" Twilight asked, sounding kinda harsh
"Yea he was b-"
"WHAT?!" The girls all shout.
"Who took him? I'll beat their flank!" Dash said, ticked off and flying around Applejack leapt up and grabbed Dash by her tail and bringing her back down to solid ground.
"Woah sugahcube, calm down." She grunted through her clenched teeth, Dash struggled a bit more before giving up.
"Who was it?" Twilight asked
"Lyra, apparently she wanted to learn about 'humans' or something like that" I said
"She could do what I did. Of course she would have to be a god or an alicorn to do that." Discords's voice resonated around the room. Everyone jumped up and looked around for him. A shadow melted off the wall and appeared in front of me.
"Now what do you want?" I asked, still pissed about the earlier event with him.
"Relax, young lad-" He began to say
"Call me young lad again and I'll show you what ISIS did to that Jordanian pilot they shot down." I threatened, he gulped loudly "So you know what happened then?" I asked. He quickly shook his head and disappeared once again.
"Chris, what did you mean by that. What's ISIS and what happened." Celestia asked. Shit, now I have to explain about a group trying to form their own country where women are almost slaves and they throw stones to kill people.
"It's... Nothing. Don't worry about it." I said hesitantly.
"Really? it doesn't sound like nothing." Applejack pointed out
"I know, it's just that human history is full of wars and violence, but ISIS has taken up a notch." I said
"ISIS... that sounds familiar Chris. Where have I heard it before?" Twilight asks, raising a hoof in her chin and idly scratching her chin.
"On the news yesterday in Brussels." I replied, the girls gasped and the rest of them looked confused
"So these ISIS... brutes did that?" Rarity asked, my silence was the answer.
"Oh my." Fluttershy said quietly.
"Yeah." I replied, I looked around at all of them, shock plastered on their faces. "Now what?" I asked. Luna stood up, and stretched her back like a cat and said, "I do not, but I will take a nice bath."
"I'll join you sister." Celestia said
"I'll join you Aunties" Cadence said, soon everyone else said they join as well for a bath. They all looked at me, waiting for my response.
"Yea no count me out. Public bathing fell out of style when the Roman Empire fell." I said
"So? Ponies bathe together all the time. Big Mac, AppleBloom and Ah all shower together." Applejack pointed out. I personally thought it's weird they would all shower together.
"But why?" I asked
"Ponies have a hard time washing their backs, so it's not uncommon for friends to bathe together." Celestial explained
"Oh. So you can't do this?" I asked, and turned around rubbing my back with my hands and grabbing the other hand for a minute.
"Alright alright show off." Dash said
"Coming from Ms. Modesty herself?" I asked, sarcastically, everyone laughed blush Dash just blushed and we all left and went our separate ways.
"God damn, I should've gone and put some pants on." I muttered to myself. I was slowly losing feeling in my legs, but I had a hoodie and twelve years of experience in the harsh NorthEast winter. I was back outside to get a farther look at the truck. Maybe some hidden Nazi gold or something like that. Yea that'd be nice, some gold and I'm set for life. Wait, gold is common here. Fuck. There was a group of guards walking around it.
"Pretty cool, huh?" I called out, they all jumped a little out of surprise. I walked up to the cab and jumped in and was engulfed by darkness.
"Would you like a torch sir?" A guard asked
"No thanks, I have one with me." I said, pulling out my phone and turning on the flashlight. I took a look around for anything of interest. A glint on the floor got my eye, I reached under and felt something, it was wooden. Maybe I actually did find stolen Nai treasure, but with my luck it'll be empty. After some moving it around, I pulled out my prize and was greeted holding the stock of a trenchgun.
"Huh, that's odd." I muttered to myself, I did a quick rundown of the rest of the cab, but came away empty handed. Not even ammo for the gun. I climbed back out and looked under the seat for some ammo. I found two boxes, each holding two dozen rounds. I went to check the bed of the truck real quick, this time checking under the seats as well, but came up empty. I went back in happy with my find.
"Oh that's nice." I said, sighing happily as I out on a thick pair of thick sweatpants. I sat down on my bed, thinking about what to do next. I had no clue where everyone was at, no doubt still bathing though and I still had wasn't going to join them. I put my music on shuffle and looked around the room, searching for an idea. I saw my travel bag hanging on the back of a chair near the fireplace and I got an idea. I grabbed it and pulled out my sketchbook and color pencils, planning on drawing something or die trying. I noticed a table with a old radio from the 1930s on it.
I sat down in the chair and started to draw, I had no clue what I was outlining but part of me didn't and the other part did. I started to draw a simple rectangle and split it into quarters. The top right quarter I drew four stars, the top left I further spilt into thirds, the whole bottom was the same design, a box straight in the middle and two lines at a forty five degree angle coming down from the middle. The right corner four seven sided stars and a five sided star.
I began to color it in, the top right was colored blue and the stars were left paper white. The top right had the left and right thirds shaded in with red. The bottom was shaded in with blue and red. Just as I finished I realized what I drew: a combination of everyone's flag. The stars form the US, the red and white from Canada (minus the maple leaf) and the bottom was the UK and Australia. I sat there trying to figure out why I drew this, when someone knocked on the door.
"Come in." I called out and everyone walked in
"So what did you do while we were away?" Cadence asked me
"Well, I went back out to the truck and nearly froze my legs off, but I found a trenchgun so it was well worth it. I came back here and drew this funny looking flag for some reason and now I'm waiting for a fireside chat with FDR." I explained and pointing at the radio.
"Who's FDR?" Celestia asked
"He was the 32nd President of my country. His first two terms he had to try and fix the economy when the whole world was in a depression. He used the radio, to talk to Americans about issues." I said.
"Hmmm, interesting." She replied "Would you care to join us for dinner?" She asked
"Considering I have no money and no idea where else to eat. Yea." I said and I stood up. Only to get knocked back down by a pink princess.
"Carry me." She said, laying a hoof over her forehead. I looked at Shining and mouthed 'Help me' and received a 'How?' in return. I groaned and with walked to the dining hall.