"Yeah, the king made us all miserable from the get-go. He wanted a mate who wasn't like the others." Gilda sighed.

"In appearance or otherwise?" Natalie shuddered.

"Both." Gilda replied sheepishly.

"So, Miss I-Know-Everything," Lance started as he was piloting the tank, "Where's Manehatten?"

"Go to Ponyville and take a sharp west. You'll be there in no time." Katie replied as she put a bag of popcorn into a microwave. Yes, the Valkyrie was a great multi-tasker in the kitchen as well as in the war-zone.

"Why Manehatten?" Asked Anna.

"There is a pony who's trying to monopolize the city. From what I have observed, it's illegal practices that made it possible. I can't point my finger on what it is exactly, but I know something's fishy." Katie answered as she removed the popcorn bag from the microwave and shook it a few times. It was inflated with delicious buttery morsels that were mere dried kernels a few moments earlier.

"Does he have a mafia?" Lance sighed.

"Yeah. And an army of thieves who make Matt look petty." Katie retorted, "He knows about the Elements of Harmony and openly stated in a news interview he wanted to be the bearer of Honesty. I'm willing to bet he stole that element."

"You shitting me?" Matt asked. Katie shook her head as she popped some popcorn into her mouth.

"What element did we save?" Asked Natalie, who was shocked.

"Generosity." Katie answered before chewing on more popcorn.

"Have there been any monster reports in the city?" Anna asked.

"No. Unless the mafia and thief army counts." Katie shuddered.

"We're almost there! Manehatten, here we come!" Lance shouted in glee as he pushed more buttons about.

"Jubilee!" Katie shouted as she threw the now-empty popcorn bag into an incinerator.

"You played Pokemon?!" Natalie asked.

"Yep. Own everything from generation three onwards, save for White." Katie smiled.

"Damn!" Natalie said as she reached for her own popcorn bag.

Katie got up and walked until she was next to Lance. She was a little too close if you asked him, but he couldn't argue after he saw her unleash her Beastly Rage Overdrive twice in a row.

"Yep, that's it. I think we need to set the tank on the outskirts of Jubilee City before we move in." Katie stated.

"Understood." Lance answered as the tank came to a grinding halt.

"So, what's the plan?" Twilight asked.

"We go our separate ways for a bit and we eradicate any members of the mafia or thief army. Both thieves and mafia wear army suits, but the difference is their hats." Katie replied, "the thieves wear pirate hats oddly enough and the mafia wears police hats."

"So, any normal police officers we leave alone, the mafia and thieves are silenced?" Anna said.

"Yes. At any rate, we're less likely to be caught." Katie answered with a nod. "But we stay put until everyone is ready."

"And just how do we know when everybody's ready?" Lance asked.

Katie grabbed him by the hair and turned his face to meet with hers. Her face darkened. "I think you should know, Nazi."

"Y-Yes ma'am." Lance cringed before he was released from the fox's grip.

"YOU DERPED!" Anna shouted, pointing accusingly at Katie, "YOU FORGOT THE BATTLE PLAN!!"

Katie only laughed, "So I did! Thanks, Captain Obvious!"

Anna's hand dropped to her side. She stood there slack-jawed.

By now, Natalie, Matt, Gilda and Twilight were engrossed in a game of Monopoly. And so far, Matt had most of the money. Natz was already bankrupt. Gilda was struggling to get one piece of property and Twilight was on par with Matt as far as owning power companies and whatnot was concerned.

Gilda declared bankruptcy. Twilight ended up giving her railroads in turn for a full monopoly--which soon proved to be the biggest error in the game she's ever made. Matt sat there with the 'I just stole [insert random item here]!' grin on his face. "Kewl!" He shouted in glee.

"Good--cause now we join in!" Katie called, taking a seat next to the Monopoly table. She was between Natalie and Twilight.

"It's been agreed that on the way of pwning some bitches for our fine readers," Lance declared as if he grew ten bigger ballsacks while he pulled up a chair and sat between the Gryphon and the unicorn, "we discuss how we're going to carry out our little massacre."

"Last time, it was a genocide!" Anna chimed as she put a stool between Matt and Natz.

Katie eyed the player pieces of the board. She saw that each one was normal save for the fact they had a national flag. "I'm 'Murica."

Lance, unsurprisingly, was Germany.

Anna was Ireland.

Matt was Sweden. Natalie was Japan.

Gilda was South Africa and Twilight was France.

The dice was rolled. Katie made the first move. Twelve spaces and she got the Internet Company.

"So," Katie said as she moved her piece, "How bout this: we all split up in groups of two maximum--which, mind you, isn't including NoLegs?" She rolled again, and got a five (3+2). She wound up on the free parking.

"I'm game," Natalie sighed as she rolled the dice and got a two and a four. "But who goes with who, and what do they do?" She got a chance square. Drawing a card, it said she won a million dollars in the lottery. It was handed to her shortly after.

Anna rolled double fours, which landed her in Valley Avenue. She bought the property, "I spy a Dr. Seuss somewhere in that sentence, Natz. Did he possess ya or something?" She rolled again, and got a four and a five. Natalie shook her head as Ireland was placed in the free parking square. More money for the archer. "You have a good point, though."

Matt rolled a five and a one. Drawing a chance card, he landed right in jail. "Dammit, I hate it when I am jailed first turn in. Anyway, I say me and Gilda go into buildings and do the work from there. How's that?"

Gilda rolled snake eyes and bought Jacobs Street. "Sounds perfect, but, uhh.... how do we...?"

"Execute that? Simple--you fly and carry me. I'll be really careful, I promise." Matt answered. Gilda nodded before rolling once more and getting a three and a one. This landed her on Walter Road, which was also bought.

Lance picked up the dice. "Then I take down bitches in the streets from the roof." Rolling a six and a five, he landed on Daemon Street and staked his claim for it in the name of Germany.

Twilight rolled. "I guess I could go with Natalie. We're both mages, so..." She got a six and a four and landed on the 'just visiting jail' square.

"Are you crazy?" Natalie snapped as Katie took hold of the dice, "If we use offensive magic, the whole damn city will know!"

"She's got a solid point. I say, take the Ezio approach." Said the fox as she rolled a three and a two. This landed her one square short of jailtime, though it did net her the Weshdoor Railroads.

"Knife to the throat under the cloak of darkness or something like that?" Natalie asked as she rolled a three and a one, which also landed her on the 'just visiting' square. Katie nodded.

"I guess I could go with Lance to pick off what scraps he misses." Anna sighed as she rolled a two and a one, landing her on the Power Company.

Matt rolled and failed to get a double. He skipped his turn.

"I guess I could stalk the skies from above and take it from there. Fuck logic, I'll turn into a bird doing so." Katie sighed.