Andrew woke up late this morning, due to the fact that he had a giant fight yesterday with the Queen of the Changelings. He was truly sore and could barely get out of bed, moaning and groaning while trying his best. He quickly changed into his regular attire, which was his olive green shirt as well as his fatigue pants, along with the RIG running down his spine. He stretched and yawned, popping multiple joints and relocating multiple tendons, making himself feel much better than before.

"It's about damn time you woke up. What took so long?" Night Shade asked.

"Hey, fuck you. I just had a fight. I'm tired as fuck, and I'm finally home after four fucking months." He replied, all Night Shade did was chuckle.

"I'm just messing with you. Hey, get ready, you're supposed to be having lunch with Rainbow, remember?" Andrew face palmed.

"Oh right!" He grabbed his sword and slung the shield onto his back, also grabbing his sidearm in the process.

"I forgot I had these!" Andrew pulled out two Desert Eagles, one was a black color, and the other had a Nickel finish to it.

"You have two now?" Night Shade mused. Andrew had a wide smile and nodded, putting them both back into his dual holsters.

"I need to re-finish it, make them matching colors." Andrew mumbled to himself, adding some idea to his head.

As it neared lunch time, Andrew looked down to his data pad, and he put a hand on his head. A click went off in his head, not knowing what it was, but something clicked.

"Hey Drew! Look out below!" Rainbow bellowed, trying another one of her stunts. Andrew whipped around and caught Rainbow, falling backwards onto his back.

"Jeez, Rainbow! *cough* Watch where you're going! *cough*" Andrew wheezed, just now noticing the position he was in.

Andrew was lying on his back, while Rainbow was dug into his chest, eyes closed. Andrew patted her on the head to wake her up, and she shot up like a lightning bolt, accidentally stomping on his chest with her fore-hooves. He let out a moan as she got off of him.

"Sorry, I was trying one of my new stunts." She said apologetically.

"It's alright, just don't use me as a throw pillow next time." He laughed painfully

"Hey, it's almost lunch! Where do you want to go?" She asked.

"Let's just go to that cafe. I'm not in the mood for anything fancy." Andrew shrugged, Rainbow nodded.

Andrew started to walk on over the cafe at the center of town. As he walked in, he got stares and looks from the other citizens of Ponyville. A little colt even came up to him and asked him for his autograph, which made him laugh.

"What's with the sudden fame? I didn't do anything to deserve this." Andrew said to himself, sipping on his iced tea.

"What do you mean, 'sudden fame?’ You practically saved the royal wedding; it's all over newspaper headlines!" Rainbow grabbed a newspaper out of nowhere and showed it to him. Andrew chuckled as he saw himself on a picture in the cover page.

"I guess you're right. I just don't see the point in all the unneeded glory." Andrew smiled as he put a hand on the back of his head.

"Hey, if I were you in this position. I could use this opportunity to join the Wonderbolts!" Rainbow said, laughing. Andrew rolled his eyes as he looked at the menu.

"May I take your order, sir?" A Unicorn came up to him, Andrew put a hand on his chin.

"I think I'll have the Veggie Burger."

"I'll take the Grilled Vegetable Platter." Once the waiter walked away, it left Andrew and Rainbow in an awkward silence. A few moments later, three fillies came over and tackled him out of his seat, causing him to yelp in surprise.

"Hi Andrew!" Scootaloo said happily.

"We heard about what happened in Canterlot!"

"Well, I guess news spreads around fast. Yes, it's all true." Andrew said, nodding his head.

"Can we see your sword?" Scootaloo asked, making Sweetie Belle uncomfortable.

"I don't know Scootaloo, swords are pretty dangerous." She said, shuffling in place.

"That they are Sweetie Belle, this is no toy." Andrew patted his sword.

"Aw come on! Can you please show us?" Apple Bloom looked at him with her puppy dog eyes, making him uncomfortable. Andrew looked over to Rainbow, who was seen stuffing her face full of food. As she stopped to look up, she shrugged and continued to eat.

"I can show you part of it. I'm not pulling the whole sword out." Andrew gave in, complaining.

Andrew held up his sword in his lap, and unsheathed part of the sword. He revealed only the ricasso, and it let out a glare bright enough to cause Andrew to squint his eyes. The CMC's "ooh'd" and "ahh'd" at the sword, and Andrew quickly resheathed it, putting it down so he could eat.

"If you'll excuse me, I'll be eating now." Andrew picked up his burger one handedly and took a giant bite out of it.

Both Andrew and Rainbow finished as quickly as they started, as they were both fast paced eaters. Andrew let out a burp as he downed the last of his iced tea, making Rainbow laugh. Andrew took out a gold coin and placed it on the table, and let out a sigh of relief.

"That was good." Andrew said; Rainbow nodded in agreement. As they continued to stay at the table, they talked and talked, until something happened.

"This is a catastrophe! I don't have anypony to put on tonight! I'm too busy to do it myself, I was planning on having a band play for me!" Vinyl cried out, making Andrew come over to check out the problem.

"What seems to be the matter Vinyl?"

"I have no-one to put on stage for tonight! I'm ruined!"

"Uh, Vinyl? Didn't Drew perform in your club before?" Rainbow added, and her pupils shrunk to the size of pennies.

"Oh no, Rainbow. I'm trying to give up on that career, remember?" Andrew fussed.

"Please?" Vinyl begged.

"No."

"Please?" Great, now even Rainbow is siding with Vinyl.

"No."

"Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease?" They both said in unison, in a really fast pace. They also fluttered their eyes, which made Andrew uneasy.

"...Fine." He deadpanned.

"Yes!" Both Rainbow and Vinyl brohoofed, Andrew face palmed himself directly in the forehead.

"I'll gather the team, and I'll meet you at nine." Andrew explained, Vinyl nodded her head and happily trotted off.

Rainbow and Andrew parted ways, leaving Andrew going towards Rarity's boutique. He was complaining earlier of how his uniform ripped, and he can't fix it himself because he doesn't have enough resources. He wouldn't get another shipment of supplies until next week, preposterous!

Andrew knocked on the door, and he heard a very distinct, "Come in!"

"Welcome to Rarity's Boutique-" Once she opened her eyes and saw Andrew's uniform, she gasped at the giant hole that was in it.

"Hey Rarity... uhh, I need you to fix this for me. Do you mind helping me?" Rarity's eyes sparkled, she loved the challenge the humans brought over for her.

"I would love to, right this way." Andrew passed by Sweetie Belle, patting her on the head and walking off with her big sister.

"Well, I have to say it's more than just a rip. Practically half the uniform is gone, so I'm going to have to make a completely new one." Rarity explained, making Andrew laugh.

"Yeah, sorry about that. I was like doing some sort of workout, and it ripped in half. I couldn't find the other pieces to it." Andrew said sheepishly.

"It's fine dear. Just give me the design blueprints and pick it up some time tomorrow." Andrew printed out the schematics on the datapad on his wrist, giving her the piece of paper. Andrew thanked Rarity and went back into town, not knowing what to do next.

As Andrew went into town, he saw an unusual sight to see. He actually saw a zebra in town, not a common sight to behold. She seemed to be holding a lot of stuff, so he went on over to help her.

"Thank you kind sir, I was having trouble. Do you mind carrying double?" Andrew smiled as he picked up another bag, they weren't all that heavy to begin with.

"You must be Zecora, I've heard a lot about you from my friends." Andrew explained, she nodded and smiled.

"Indeed that is true, though I do not know much about you." Andrew was about to question why she spoke in rhyme, but shrugged as he kept going.

"I'm new here, along with three others that look exactly like me. We're called humans. I'm Andrew." Zecora nodded.

"Where do you live, Zecora?"

"I live in the trees of the great Everfree."

"I've never been to the Everfree Forest, though I heard some weird stuff happens in there."

"The Everfree is not safe, though I live there, because I have faith."

As Andrew followed Zecora into the Everfree Forest, he noticed that there were bunches of blue flowers in the clearing, though he avoided touching them for some odd reason.

"That is Poison Joke, Andrew. I advise that you not touch it." Night Shade popped up out of nowhere, causing Andrew to snap out of his day dream.

"Why not?" He retorted.

"Poison Joke is a lot like Poison Oak, it causes the victim to experience weird or even funny symptoms at random." Night Shade explained, Andrew nodded.

"Well Zecora, here we are." Andrew set down the crates full of supplies on her door step, she smiled at him.

"I thank you for the favor, I think I may have something that can reward you for your labor." She gave him a clay bottle, and he swished it around, and heard some sort of liquid.

"It's called the Potion of Life, may it bring your soul some spice." She smiled at him. Andrew pocketed the potion and went back to the Police Station.

Andrew went back into the barracks, where everyone was hanging out. Helena was playing video games, Jhon was sharpening his machete, and Nick was taking a nap. Nick was a heavy sleeper, and he barely made it through boot camp because of that. Andrew, Helena, and Jhon all came up with a way to get him out of bed. What they would do is that they would take of the blankets, and if that didn't work, they would flip the whole mattress upside down. Andrew went through step one already, so he grabbed the side of the bed, and flipped it over, waking him up instantly.

"Guys, listen up. We got a gig over at Vinyl's club tonight at nine, get your stuff together." Andrew explained.

"I thought you tried to give up on that?" Jhon asked, Andrew shook his head.

"When you have multiple ponies begging you to do something, it's hard to resist." He face palmed, ashamed of himself.

"Whatever, I'm looking forward to it." Nick brushed it off as he fixed the flipped mattress.

"Yeah, I see no problem."

"Hmm." Jhon continued to sharpen his blade, checking it from time to time.

"Well, here's the stage, here's your equipment, and Andrew, here's your marefriend." Vinyl gestured to Rainbow, who was waiting anxiously for them to arrive.

"What took you guys so long?" She fussed.

"We would have been here sooner, if Nick didn't stop to take a shit." Andrew pointed on over to Nick, who clutched his stomach.

"Great, now we don't have a person to man the mix table."

"Uhh, I could fill in for that." Vinyl raised her hoof.

"Great! Let's get started!" Andrew clapped his hands together, and he grabbed the electric guitar that was to the side of him. He plugged it into the wireless adapter and tuned it,, making sure it was right for him.

"Alright Ponyville, so we're going to start off the night celebrating our return to this lovely, quiet town. Tonight, we're going to make the best of what we've got!" Andrew explained, and the crowd rand whistled, one mare even fainted.

"So, that one was Feel Again, by OneRepublic, a very old school band back in the early 21st Century. We're going to step it up a little bit with this one." Andrew stopped to catch his breath.

"Alright, so I'm going to have my lovely co-singer, Helena, take over for me, while I switch with her." Andrew gave her the microphone, keeping his electric guitar.

"Well, I have to say that was pretty fun, but I think Andrew needs one more song to put in." Helena trolled, causing Andrew to sigh as she put the microphone back on the stand.

"Well, that's it for tonight everypony." The crowd got all sad and didn't want them to go, but Andrew was about ready to start drinking.

Rainbow met Andrew on the bottom of the stairs, getting right under his arm. Andrew laughed and patted her on the head, causing her to blush. Andrew went on over to the bar, where he met Berry Punch, pouring drinks like no tomorrow.

"Hey Berry, long time no see." Andrew greeted her.

"Likewise, what can I do for you today?"

"I'll take a few shots of Moonshine, please."

"Comin' right up!"

Author's Notes:

Hope you like the song selections! Anyways, there's not going to be any major fighting for a few chapters, I apologise. Anyways, Act 3 will be the longest in the story, just a heads up.