Over at the café…

A man and woman were sitting in a booth by the window, and from the looks of things, they were waiting for something, or more specifically, someone. The man had vibrant red-orange hair with strands of peach scattered through it and tied up in a ponytail, charcoal grey skin with tattoos sleeves on each arm, and piercing smokey blue eyes. The girl had platinum colored skin, with gold blonde hair, and vibrant diamond blue eyes.

“ok, he says on his way. Hopefully he won’t take too long.” the woman said as she pulled the phone away from her ear and put her coffee back on the table.

“I still wish he’d tell us what the hell he called us over here for. Sometimes i question that boy’s sanity…” the man said as leaned back a little

“You and everyone else in the family, but the two of us know what he’s been through here, back home, and back in the old country, the last one being highly questionable and borderline unethical, he’s still been though a lot and is our cousin. You just need to be patient, but you have a point, it does beg the question…” the girl said as she looked out the window

“Well i don’t know about you Crown, but i just hope he has a damn good reason for this.” the man said impatiently as the girl shook her head

“Oh Warhammer, do you ever take a break from being such a hard-ass? I’m still surprised you managed to find a girlfriend with that kind of attitude.” Crown said as Warhammer glared at her slightly

“It's Thor, and just because i’m hard-ass most of the time, doesn’t mean i can’t turn it off when I need to and let my soft side shine through. Anyway, what do think Mise wants to discuss with us?” Warhammer said as Crown began to think

“Hmm...i don’t know, anytime mise call a meeting like this with anyone, especially family members, he either wants something like our services or he’s gotten into a situation and needs our help, sometimes both. Though i do have a scarce idea of what he wants...” Crown said, saying the last part quietly, as Warhammer nodded

“You have a point there...damn it where the hell is he? It's been like 15 minutes, where could he possibly be!?” Warhammer said looking at his phone getting even more impatient.

But before Crown could say anything, a loud rumble shook the ground and rattled their ears as they both looked out the window to see a giant 25 ton war machine barreling towards the café.

“Either canterlot in being invaded or that’s mise, and i don’t see any troops so i’m gonna say that’s our bat shit crazy cousin.” Crown said with smug look on her face as Warhammer facepalmed

Mise pulled up to the cafe as parked in the back lot where the delivery trucks parked as he got out of the driver’s seat and crawled back. He grabbed a couple of sacks and climbed out of the tank and into the café.

Mise looked around the cafe for a second until he saw his cousins sitting at the booth “hey you two! I didn’t keep you waiting too long did I?” mise asked as his cousins turned to see him.

“Mise! Oh it's so good to see you again!” Crown said as she got up and gave Mise a big hug as they broke the hug and mise looked up at Crown.

“Bejaysus and begorrah! The hell happened to you!? Last time i saw you, you were eye level with me! Now you’re taller than my friend applejack, and she’s an amazon!” Mise said shocked as Crown giggled a bit.

“Well when a girl gets to a certain age, her body starts changing and-” Crown said teasing mise as she was cut off by my mise covering his ears and saying ‘lalalala…’ over and over again as he walked to the table where Warhammer was sitting

“Hey Thor….jaysus! Is there something the water where you’re from!? seriously, how did you two get so damn tall?!” mise said as he looked up at Warhammer who got up to greet Mise.

Both Crown and Warhammer laughed at their short statured cousin ‘s shock as the three finally sat down.

“Oh mise, you always find a way to make us laugh. anyway, i don’t mean to sound pushy, but what’s the reason you called us here?” Crown asked as Warhammer nodded

“Yeah, you just told us to meet you here, no context on why.” Warhammer said as Mise looked around to make sure his friends weren’t spying or listening in on him.

Once he was convinced they weren’t there, he looked at his cousins with a serious face “well it's two things actually. But first and foremost….i plan on proposing to my girlfriend and I need you, Crown, to make the rings for the engagement and the proposal and the wedding.” mise said as Warhammer and Crown’s mouth’s were agape

“M-mise? I think i might have just had a minor stroke, because I swear you said you were going to PROPOSE!!” Warhammer said as mise tried to quite him

“Shhh! Keep it down, but yes you heard me correctly, I plan on proposing, hopefully marrying, my girlfriend octavia.” mise said trying to keep his calm

“Mise, do you know how crazy you sound right now?!” Crown asked as mise simply bowed his head and sighed then looked back up at his shell-shocked cousins

“Look, I know i’m only 20, and octy is no older. But after everything that’s happened in my life, here in canterlot, back in manehattan, and back home in Ireland, i know what i want in life, I know what i want to do with my life, and who i want to spend the rest of it with. She’s madly in love with me, and i have completely mutual feelings. And i know you both know about my involvement with the IRA, so with that being said, all three of us know im lucky to be here right now, and i don’t know how much longer i’ll be alive. Im still a very high stakes target for rogue grudge filled enemy combatants. So i want to solidify my true love with octavia, she’s the only i ever want to be with for the rest of my life, however long that may be. So will you do it crown? Will you make the rings?” mise said as crown and Warhammer looked at each other and looked back at mise.

The three sat in silence for what felt like an eternity, but in reality was only a few seconds as crown finally broke the silence

“I will make your rings, on one condition, you need to provide the materials. If you really mean what you say, you’ll go the extra mile and gather the necessary materials, that being gold and diamonds.” Crown said as mise smiled

“One step ahead of you, i just got back from south africa this morning, and while there i mined gold and diamonds for that very reason, to prove my love to Octavia.” mise said as he pulled out the two sacks, one filled with gold and the other filled with diamonds as Warhammer and Crown’s eyes went wide

“I...uh...um...huh...i-i’ll get started on the concept art ASAP…” Crown said as Warhammer slapped himself in the face snapping some sense into himself

“Mise...before give us double heart attacks by saying you’re going to be a father, what was the second thing you wanted to discuss, and if i just predicted what you’re about to say just leave now before you kill us.” Warhammer said as mise chuckled

“Oh no, no, no, i’m not having kids anytime soon, in fact i don’t plan on bringing kids into this world till I completely resolve the issue of my IRA involvement. Infact I plan on requesting an appointment to speak before a UN council. I hope to be granted a pardon and amnesty in exchange for ceasing all hostilities towards the united kingdom and her/his majesty’s forces. But to answer your question, i want you to forge a statue.” mise said as Warhammer’s expression softened

“Ok, i can do that, what would you like?” Warhammer asked as mise pulled out a few photos of him and all is friends from CHS and crystal prep

“I want you to make a group statue of me and all my friends, it's going to be put on the front lawn of canterlot high. It’ll stand as symbol of our everlasting friendship and the obstacles we helped each other overcome, even helping to bridge our two schools somewhat which may not seem like much but trust me it's huge.” mise said as warhammer examined the photographs

“Ok...i just might be able to do this, just by the skin of my ass, and with the help of scrapyard in a 100 mile radius and the fillydelphia foundry. We should have it done in about...a month give or take 2.” Warhammer said as mise nodded

“Alright, graduation is about 2 months away anyway, so that should work. Anyway, i think that’s all for now. thank you, both of you, but remember, these projects are proprietary, no one outside the project is to know.” mise said as he said his goodbyes and got up and left

Meanwhile….

A figure was pacing around a dimly lit room, angrily arguing on the phone

“WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN’T DO THE JOB!?!?” the figure screamed as they got a response they clearly didn’t like and angrily hung up, throwing the phone against the wall and smashing it to pieces

“FUCKING SHIT!! ERRRR!!....damn it, i guess what they say is true, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself...lookout Mise….i’m coming for you…” the figure said as they donned a sinister smile and disappeared into the shadows...