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Drew and his team from the past are taking a little break. So to make up for that this chapter picks up where Chapter 30 of Just Another Day 1 left off.

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Ponyville
Drew
Monday, 2192

I guess there were some pranksters or young ones at my door, because I could hear their voices from inside of my house. I went over towards the door and eavesdropped on their conversation. I could make out three little voices, two female and one male.

"Why is this house out here?"

"I don't know, but it looks abandoned to me."

"Legend has it, there is a human that once lived here. Another rumor that's been going around is that a male Alicorn lives here. But these were just rumors, I don't really know if they're true." This is my perfect chance to mess with them, but I don't know what's gonna happen if I actually pull it off. I turned Alicorn and I opened the door, their eyes widened to the size of Luna's full moon at night.

"Get off my lawn you kids!" I tried to get them to scram, but they were just stricken with fear. Then I took a good look at them, they looked familiar, a little bit like the CMC's if I recall. They hurried off of my property, and I sat down on the porch with my lemon iced tea. I've taken a liking to settling down, maybe in a few hundred years I'll ask to retire, today I was just going to look around new Ponyville. A lot can change in 30 years, a lot more than you expect.

"Dawn, take care of Aunts Pinkie and Twilight for me please. I'm going to see Mom my friends real quick." I put on a trench coat and fedora and went out. It was raining, great, all I need to do is light myself a Cigar and look like the Mafia. I then teleported into the Canterlot courtyard, where there were memorials, statues, and a graveyard not that far away. There was an isolated section in the graveyard, where lied Nick, Kaptn, Jhon, and Helena. I can't believe I lost my team not so long ago, it's been about two years since they all died of natural causes. There was a memorial where it was dedicated to the now deceased Elements of Harmony, including Rainbow. The only two now remaining were Twilight and Pinkie, and I'm taking care of them nowadays.

"I'll see you guys again one day, but not for a while. Why do I have to be the one who's an Alicorn? Why couldn't it have been somepony else?" Tears formed in my eyes, a hoof was placed on my shoulder.

"Not now Celestia, I need some alone time."

"But you said you wanted to see me again?" I remembered that voice. It was Rainbow!

"Rainbow? Are you talking to me from the dead?"

"No, you're talking to me from the living, I was chilling with Nick and your old friends. Then you called me here, and I just so happened wanted to see you."

"Well, thanks for ruining the moment..."

"Gladly. Now for the real reason I'm here. Drew, you need to let go, find somepony new in your life. I won't mind, because you're an Alicorn, you're meant to live a long time. By the way how's Night Storm and Dawn Star?" Well, that just made it that much better knowing that it's okay with Rainbow. The thing is I think I'm gonna stay single, too much sorrow when you outlive the one you love.

"Night Storm has a family now, and Dawn Star is still living with me. I keep telling her that I'm fine by myself, but she worries about me and your old friends." Rainbow chuckled, but she looked back.

"Well, come by to talk again sometime, I really need to go. Nick is having a drink off with Kaptn." The apparition of her then disappeared, I chuckled because I'm probably going crazy. I think I was going crazy, the dead can talk to me now, and both Alicorn sisters were in the background, just staring at me.

"Are you alright Drew? Anything we can do to help?" They offered, I nodded ad wiped away leftover tears.

"Just a question. Is it... possible to talk to the dead somehow?" They looked at each other, then back to me, and huddled, I couldn't make out anything that they were saying.

"Actually, yes. If you visit one's gravestone or lifeless body, there is a spell that you can perform to talk to them."

"Oh, and another thing."

"Yes?"

"Can I... have a cup of tea? I'm thirsty as fuck."

"As much as I disapprove of your language, yes you may." I followed Celestia inside, I hung up my coat and hat on my way inside of the castle.

"How do you deal with so much death Princess? I just don't get it."

"The same way you do, you give them your respects as you move on. How do you deal with death on the battlefield?" I thought about it for a moment, I haven't really thought about it considering how many near death experiences I've been through.

"I don't, once the fight is over, you put a body bag over them. We don't really deal with death, it's a natural cause on the battlefield." I responded, and Celestia nodded in acknowledgement.

"Well, I take it that you haven't dealt with close friends dying and moving on so well."

"You know what? This talk really helped me. Hasn't there been problems between us and Gargoyles lately?" Celestia nodded. I then walked down to the Canterlot Armory, I can't believe that thirty years ago this was only filled with crossbows, spears, and swords, but now it's a really futuristic armory. Now, it holds an unbelievable amount of weaponry, such as laser weaponry, plasma weapons, conventional weapons, and melee weapons, not to mention all the suits of armor, like my ODST suit, the Advanced Suit, my old combat body armor, a Spartan IV suit, and other sets of clothes too. I don't really think that Gargoyles are evil, but they wrote a death threat specifically to Princess Celestia, and they also threatened to raid Equestria. I'm not letting stone bats take our stuff, that's like losing a pet rock that stole your favorite video game or something.

"Yes, they've been really hostile towards us lately. They said if we don't work out a negotiation for some type of bribe they'll attack Mane (Like Maine), the northern most state in our country." I guess I'm gonna be testing out a just recently made Snow Suit. Description of Drew's new Snow Suit below.
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Plus the fact that it's winter, this Snow Suit will come in handy. Since Gargoyles are made of stone I think conventional weapons would do the trick. I'll be taking FMJ ammo just in case things get out of hand.

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