"So..." started Vinyl. "How do you feel?"

"What do you mean?" I asked her.

"The scars."

"Well my face is a little numb but it feels good. I've had those scars for a while now. Ever since I came to Equestria."

"So you just fight?" asked David.

"No... but I'm good at it. So we still need Applejack and Rainbow. What time is it?"

"Almost 2." said Fluttershy.

"We're making good time. We need to meet Twilight at 3 right?"

"Yeah."

"Alright. Let's get some lunch!"
[I am so hungry its not even funny.]
<How is that funny to begin with?>

30 minutes later

"Waiter!" I asked the pony to come over. "Can I get another cider?"

"Sir. I think you've had enough to drink." I looked over at the 7 empty glasses.
[What? I think *hic* he's calling us drunk.]
<Watch you talkin' 'bout Willis?>

"Fine. I'll have some Coke."

"We don't sell drugs here sir."

"No. I mean Coke Cola. You guys must be shitting me."

"Psst. Bass." whispered David. "They don't have soda here."

"Oh... I'll have some tea please." He sighed and left.

"Are you okay?" asked Vinyl.

"I just had some food. That's all."

"No. You drank 7 glasses of the strongest cider in town. Don't tell me your drunk."

"I'm not drunk."

"Don't tell me what I want to hear."

"Alright. I may be a bit woozy but I'm good... What time is it?"

"2:38." said David. "Plenty of time for you to sober up."

"Alright. I want my tea and my food."

"You already ate it." said Vinyl pointing to the empty plate. "How do you feel?"

"Comfortable. And very hungry."

20 minutes later

We waited outside of Twilight's library and I had some more to drink.

[Hey... want to mess with Twilight?]
<I'm too drunk too drive.>
{You can't drive me.}
[But your doing it now...]
{Yeah. Your right. Here's the keys.} I handed him some imaginary keys and he took them.

"Oh TWILIGHT!" I said like in a higher pitched voice and sang the last word. I went through the door with magic and looked her right in the eye as she was walking to the door. "I'm home... *hic*."

"Are you okay Bass?" I opened the door and let Vinyl and David in.

"I'm fine. Whoa! Since when did you get books?" I walked into the library.

"He's looking different. No scars and nicer clothes."

"Tell me about it." said David. "Um... we've always had books Bass." said David mimicking Twilight's voice exactly.

"I hate them!" I yelled taking a bite out of a book. "Hmm... This taste like... metal..." Some blood dripped from my mouth and I spitted up the golden necklace with a diamond on it. "Hey... Lookie what I found... it's a hat!" I put it on my head.

{HAHAHAHA...}
<I can't breattthhh...>Alpha wheezed out the last word. Hehehe... wheeze. That sounds like a breeze of toxic gas...

"Give that back!" yelled Twilight taking the book and necklace.

"Okay. I'm a little drunk."

"We've noticed." said Vinyl walking me to the couch. "Have a seat sweetie."

"Alright dear. Get me some hangover medicine please." I said getting control of my body again. Vinyl looked at Twilight with a questionable look and Twilight went to the kitchen and came back with a pill. I swallowed it without water and she just stared at me.

"What? I have a high metabolism. The alcohol is already burning up." I said normally. "So Twilight. After you slammed a door in my face we found most of the others except Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Can you help?"

"Sure. We just need to say something like... a pinkie planned picnic..." Twilight said looking at the window when Pinkie Pie stuck her head in.

"Picnic! Yay! I'll get it ready!"

"I want a pinkie cannon." David smacked my hoof.

"No. You'll get one when you behave your self."

"But Sight. That's not fair! I'm older than you!"

"By how much?"

"About 5 years!"

"Oh. Okay you can have one."

"Yay!" I said clapping my hooves together happily like a kid.

[I had my fun.]
<I'm still a wee bit drunk...>
{Lightweights. Hehehe... The opposite of that is top heavy.}
[...Pfft.... HAH! HAH HAH hahahaha...]
<I'm still... drunk...>

"Do you have a plan Bass?" asked Twilight. I showed her my picture of SHGM. "Is that crayon?"

"Yeah! Do you like it?"

"No." she said harshly and lit the picture on fire.

"Aw..."

"Don't feel down." said Vinyl. "She was doing you a favor anyways. A giant robot wouldn't work."

"It would! I could build it out of some schematics and use it to increase the power output of the orbital friendship cannon!"

"That's sounds impressive actually." said Twilight.

"But now I've lost all hope towards it..." I swear I heard what was like a bell at a boxing game ringing. The room faded to black and white until they started talking again.

"It's fine." said Twilight. "I guess we're even..." she said quietly.

"What was that?" I asked her.

"Nothing."

"I didn't hear anything." said David.

"It sounded like you said we're even. Even for what?" I asked her raising my eyebrow. "And no lies. If you do... I'll tell the princess!" I said like a threat.

"You wouldn't dare!" she backed up into her chair.

"No. I wouldn't. I need you alive. Hahahaha!"

"Uh..."

"Listen Twilight. Since these boys can't spit it out." said Vinyl.

"Hey." said David.

"Oi." I told her.

"I'll have to do it. I don't think Rainbow likes us and no one's seen Applejack. I've been asking around."

"So that's where you went. Clever." I said turning to David. "Between you and me... I think Vinyl's been drinking."

"Huh. I would have never guessed." replied the white unicorn.

"I know. Hey... Sight?"

"Yeah?"

"I don't think she's drunk. I think it's me."

"Oh really? What are you going to do about that?"

"I'm never drinking again." I looked over at Twilight. "Where's your restroom?"

"Upstairs." I high tailed it out of there and went to the toilet so I could puke up my drinks.

"BLEAGH!" I couldn't hold it in anymore.

[You alright?]
{I'm fine. Alpha how are you still drunk?}
<How are you drunk? Hmm?>
{Hehehe... because I'm the... drinker?}

"You okay?" asked Vinyl. She was watching through the door.

"I'm fine. I just needed to get that out."

"You hungover?"

"No. See... I'm a good drinker. I just need to do it... over time."

"Okay then. Let's go to the picnic."

"Picnic?"

20 minutes later

All the girls were having fun at their, little picnic. Octavia, Derpy, and some of the others even showed up. I didn't see the Doctor but I did see Rainbow Dash. Yeah. But due to the fact that she still hates me... guess who doesn't get to sit at the picnic.

"This sucks." I said to myself. I was over at the tree away from them so I could stay in the shade. I looked over and saw them relaxing and giggling. Why can't I get something productive done today? Wait... I got 4 more elements to help me out. Never mind!

[Can we go over there yet?]
{She, and by she I mean Rainbow, said that she'll call us over when she feels like it.}
<Even David's getting food! Look. Here comes Celestia.>

I looked over at the bright light and both Tia and Luna were there. Huh. Guess they get invited but not me?

"Hi Bass!" said Celestia waving her hoof at me.

"Hi Tia." I said a bit depressed. Honestly I don't feel sick from the alcohol. I feel sick because I'm depressed as hell! It will do that to you. It's just... I've been thinking.

<Colgate?>
{Yeah. We saw Vinyl once in that timeline. David said that Iron killed his friends. Does that mean...}
[It can't be.]
{And Colgate is always so happy! She'd never kill herself! So the Nightmare must have had a part to do with it.}
<This whole time and they were under our noses.>
{And we were too blind to see.}
[I don't know what to say...]
{Then say nothing.}

"Is something the matter Bass?" asked Celestia. She was the only one who walked over here. Vinyl tried but every time Rainbow gives her this stare as if she's going to kill her.

"Yeah. I just feel... bad."

"About what?"

"The Nightmare. I've just been thinking."

"It was something in a different time Dustin."

"No it's not! I came from the future! I know what's happening."

"Sister. Let's have some food." Luna said wrapping a wing over Celestia.

"Of course. Don't lose hope now Dustin." she said walking away. Luna looked at me and mouthed 'I'll talk to you later about it.'

So here I am... under a tree... alone. And I don't get to eat any food... because I'm under a tree... alone.

[Your not alone. You have us.]
{Alone.}

I summoned my guitar and decided to play a song to myself. I played it quietly so no one would hear me.

[What song are you feeling?]
{I don't know. I just want to play.}
<I know one. How about... the 'Worker's song'?>

I started to strum my guitar to the Dropkick Murphy tune but I played on Acoustic and not Electric so they wouldn't hear me.

"Yeh, this one's for the workers who toil night and day
By hand and by brain to earn your pay
Who for centuries long past for no more than your bread
Have bled for your countries and counted your dead"

<In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We've often been told to keep up with the times>
[For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
And with sliderule and stopwatch our pride they have robbed]

[All 3 of me]
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about

"And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war
Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore"
[<And expected to die for the land of our birth
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth?>]

"What are you singing?" asked a familiar voice behind me. All 3 of us immediately closed our mouths and turned to see Vinyl.

"Uh... it's the Worker's Song."

"Your a worker?"

"Was. It's just a song from my world though."

"I don't understand what its about."

"How much did you hear?"

"All of it."

"Okay. It's about the workers who get the work done and no one will ever remember them for their help. They fight and die and just get replaced by inhuman objects like robots and are left with nothing in the world."

"Uh huh. Alright. So... what happens to the people who don't help them?"

"Nothing. Not even guilt can pierce their greedy hearts."

"Rainbow said you could come over. Right?" she yelled over at them.

"Yeah." said Rainbow. Vinyl helped me up and walked me to the blanket.

"Hi guys." they all stayed quiet. I sat down and looked at elements and the others. Octavia gave a clear throat sound and David coughed. "What?" They continued with their game. "Vinyl what's going on?"

"*cough*" she faked coughed as well. Vinyl! Of all ponies! I stayed quiet and looked at them and looked over my body to see if something was wrong. I couldn't find a single problem. I looked where I was sitting and nothing was wrong about my spot either.

{I don't understand.}
[There just being jerks.]
{But... *sniff* their my friends.}
<Aw don't cry in your head. Please?>
{Alright.}

I didn't move at all. It was as if I received a message from the magic conch. But my stomach got the better of me. I looked down and saw only leftovers. They didn't want to save me anything. Well that's just... rude! I'm not eating any of it mind them.

"So Bass." started Rainbow. "I heard you've been through a lot."

"What do you mean?"

"I didn't know you were sent falling by accident and the fight with Cold Iron."

"That wasn't me. Didn't you read the papers? David's the hero!" He smiled a little bit. "Now why is everyone acting... weird."

"It's just..." started Rarity. "We... uh..."

"We? We what?" I asked her to finish. "I'm asking you girls to help us with the Nightmare. It's fair if you ask me for things in turn." I looked over to my left and just now noticed Applejack. Huh.

"Good!" started Twilight. "We need cables to build the fortress around the castle to amplify Shining Armor's magic spell so we..."

"Twilight! Please dumb it down for me."

"We need you to get spider strings so we can make the strongest cables."

"As in cobwebs? How are they the strongest?"

"Not a spider spider." said Fluttershy. "The Metal spider queen is the only one who can make the thickest webs."

"And these webs are metal? You guys aren't asking me to get them are you?!" Oh no!

"Yeah. Your not scared are you?" asked Rainbow.

"Yes! Giant poisonous spider and you want me to ransack her lair for her webs!"

"She not just poisonous. She's immortal." said Pinkie.

"Your making it worse! Why me?! Why not David who can talk it down with his speeches?"

"David can't summon lightning with a guitar can he?" asked Vinyl.

"You just had to go there."

"How bad could it be?" asked Applejack.

5 hour hike later

"That bad." I said standing outside the large cave. It was the size for hundreds of adult dragons. I turned to them. "Here." I handed Vinyl my brown over coat. I grabbed a large club like stick and wrapped some metal around it from the webs.

"You want to go in alone?" asked Twilight.

"I never said that!" I looked up and turned to see they all ran away. "Thanks guys. Great friends! Make me fight one of my biggest fears and by myself!" I lit the torch up. "This had better be some damn amazing fortress!" I rolled my sleeves up and grabbed the torch and began my descent into the belly of the best. FMEOWking perfect.