Cleared to Engage
Chapter 5
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Ah, I see now!
Pinkie had been so excited today, even more than usual. She was constantly bouncing and shuttering all day, as if she was hyped on a buffet table of sweets. Pretty much everypony was excited, because today Andrew and his team were moving to Ponyville. Pinkie had a super huge funerrific club party planned for them that night. She had planned a whole week ahead, but her impatience almost got to her, she almost went crazy.
"I'm so super excited! Drew Poo gets to move to Ponyville!" She couldn't control herself, Andrew had promised her that he and/or Helena would perform a song.
"Yes Pinkie, we're all excited. Just don't expect them to be the same, they've been in Luna's Royal Guard Boot Camp the whole week. They might be a bit tired, but the Princess wrote that they passed with flying colors." Twilight explained.
They had been training under the harshest conditions, because Luna was still attached to the old ways, where only the best of the best could pass. It all seemed a bit biased because Andrew and his team had already went through boot camp before, which wasn't fair to the other recruits. So, Luna had a special training program especially for them, and yet they still passed, with the help of their extra abilities, such as hands.
Twilight and her friends were waiting at the train station, she had been warned ahead that they would be coming at 11 A.M. sharp. It was about five minutes before 11, so they decided to wait for their arrival, and they were so rambunctious sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to greet Andrew and his team.
The train had finally arrived, and the door slowly slid open and let out fog that looked like it was forming from dry ice. Four silhouettes formed from the white background, and Andrew slowly lead out his team from the train. They all ran up to him, and he looked down, staring at Twilight with a straight face. They were a bit hesitant at first to say anything, but Andrew formed a small smirk on his face.
"Hey guys! It's been a while!" Andrew picked up Pinkie, and she squished him so hard he started to suffocate. He let go of Pinkie and let her back down, coughing for air.
"Andrew! We have so many things to show you! Oh, I need to give you a tour! There's Sugarcube Corner, there's Twilight's Library, Fluttershy's Cottage- MMmmph!" Applejack shoved a hoof into her mouth, and another silhouette formed inside of the train car behind them.
"Sorry I am a bit late everypony. I had to gather my things." It was Princess Celestia, she had a saddlebag full of parchments and probably paperwork for the new Police Building. They all bowed in her presence, and so did Andrew and his team.
"You all may rise. You too humans." They all did as she told them to, and she cleared her throat.
"If any of you are wondering, I am here to make an announcement so the humans won't alarm the townsponies. Then I will be off, I have a very busy schedule today." They all then nodded, understanding what was going on now. Rainbow then nudged Andrew, she had his full attention.
"We're having a party for you tonight. So I heard you like drinking?" Andrew shook his head violently.
"I can probably out drink most normal people. When I get the chance I drink moonshine, some people say it's redneck alcohol, but it's one of the strongest alcohols on Earth." He explained, they all stared at him, wide eyed.
"What? I'm serious." He shrugged, they all rolled their eyes at him. They had taken the long walk towards the Police Station, which was next to Twilight's Library, surprising enough they had enough room to build there. There they got a grand tour of the place, it was rather spacey too.
"Wow! This place is ginormous!" Nick spread out his arms, putting down all of his stuff.
The Police Station had the sun and moon painted as a mural into the back wall, they thought it was for the decor. As they continued on, they all chose their rooms, or, at least the side they were going to sleep on. There were two rooms, with two beds in each, to save space and funds to build more rooms. There was every necessity inside of there, from locker rooms to a kitchen, they even had an armory in the basement. There was a separate weight room and firing range just right beside the armory as well, it was all underground, so gunshot noises would not disturb anypony on the surface.
"C'mon my little ponies, it's time for the announcement." Celestia then walked out and into the bright light of the sun. The others followed as the town square was full of ponyvilians, and Mayor Mare was on the podium trying to calm everypony down.
"Alright, Alright citizens, calm down. I am here today to welcome Princess Celestia, who is here to make an official announcement, in person. It concerns the new building we constructed near Golden Oaks Library." She then gave Celestia the spotlight, and Andrew lined up his team in an orderly fashion behind the curtains.
"Hello my little ponies! I am honored to give a public announcement regarding that building, the one over there." She pointed to the blue building, which was the police station.
"I am here to announce that Ponyville has an official branch of the Royal Guard Law Enforcement, known as the Police. The ones selected to be stationed here aren't ponies though, they're a completely new species called humans. So I would like to welcome Captain Andrew Hartfield and his team to Ponyville, and I hope you treat him like any normal citizen." Andrew then was pushed, yes pushed, onto the stage, he then looked back to see if he could find out who pushed him, and looked slowly towards the crowd. He had a sheepish smile as Celestia gestured towards the podium, he slowly crept towards it and smiled sheepishly.
"Uh, hi, everypony. I'm Andrew Hartfield, I am the leader of Ponyville's very own Police Force from now on. Hopefully I can see you whenever I walk the streets of this fine town, and perhaps get to know any of you better. I am honored to be leading the very first generation of Ponyville Police Officers, and I will see you soon." He then rushed off of the stage, covered in sweat that wasn't really there.
Andrew never had to make a public announcement in a long time, he was always with the Delta Force, working quietly, and keeping things hush hush. His chest was pounding, almost to where it gave him a heart attack, but luckily he could barely stomach it.
"You did good for your first announcement, Andrew." Celestia came up to him. He nodded. Pinkie brushed up against him and he lifted his arm to get it out of the way.
"Now we can take you to that party!" Pinkie tried to drag him, but he wouldn't budge as he looked at the sky.
"Pinkie, it's barely after lunch, clubs are usually awesomer at night." Andrew explained.
"Andrew, it's more awesome, not, 'awesomer'." Andrew had a deadpan expression.
"Twilight, 'awesomer' is a word. It's here in my Dictionary of Awesome." He pulled out a diary with leather bindings, the title was, Andrew's Dictionary of Awesome.
"You know that's just a journal, with made up words, right?" Andrew shook his head and laughed.
"If it's in this dictionary, than it's a word. Or at least in my case." He put it back into his sling backpack.
"Changing the subject now. Pinkie, it's barely past noon, how can we possibly go to a club at this time?" Pinkie's expression saddened, almost to a crying state.
"I'll make it up to you tonight, I promise." Pinkie then bounced back up.
"Pinkie Promise?" Andrew tilted his head and squinted his eyes.
"Pinkie Promise? What's that?"
"Okay, follow after me. Cross my heart, hope to fly." Andrew copied her motions as she said it.
"Stick a cupcake in my eye." When Andrew hit his face with he palm of his hand he groaned.
"Ow, my face." He rubbed his eye.
Later That Night...
"Wow, this place is bumpin'!" Nick raised his arms as he took a breath of the atmosphere. The whole club was as if it was Tron themed, full of black surfaces and neon lights.
"For real, I could stay in here all day." Helena put a hand over her mouth and muttered.
"Hey Pinkie! Hey girls! Officers." Andrew nodded his head towards her.
"Andrew, guys, this is Vinyl Scratch, the DJ here."
"Vinyl I say, you have one of the best clubs I seen ever." Helena's English accent slipped out a little bit, she's been getting better but she still has slip ups.
"Thanks Miss Helena-"
Please, just Helena's fine."
"Well, thanks Helena, for the compliment. I have all but a few problems, including finding a gig for tonight." Andrew stopped her right there.
"I think we can fill in for that." He crossed his arms. And all the girls were about to fall to the ground laughing. Andrew took serious offense to this.
"Hey, if you actually are good, I'll pay you 150 Bits." Andrew grabbed a microphone and went on stage, Helena had a huge smirk on her face, as well as every other human.
"Why are you smiling? Is there something funny about to happen?" Rainbow got over her laugh, and she joined the rest of the humans.
"Andrew and I can sing pretty well. I think he's about to get 150 Bites, or whatever you call them."
Andrew then walked on stage and cleared his throat. He grabbed the attention of everypony inside of the club, he plugged in his iPod and selected a few songs, he tossed Helena a microphone for a later song, and he then switched it on.
(Music)
It was all silent, and there was hoof stomping from every corner of the building. Vinyl's jaw was hanging all the way to the ground, and her glasses weren't covering her eyes anymore either. He smirked as Helena climbed on stage, he then took this one out and Helena plugged in her iPod, it was customized with a pink paint job and gems covering the back of it.
(Music)
Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young
They all cheered as Helena walked off of the stage, Pinkie was so happy at this point. She just wanted to burst with excitement, she went up to Andrew and had a huge smile on her face.
"Can you do one more? Pleasepleaseplease?" She begged, Andrew grunted and rolled his eyes. He took back a microphone.
"I'm doin' this one for Pinkie." He pointed to her. She waved back with her hoof swinging around like a ragdoll. He waved back slowly and he noticed he was being stared at a large audience.
(Music)
"Well that was eventful." Andrew said in the, "Not Bad," face. He yawned as he went to join the party, where they hosted a drinking contest.
"Oh hell yes. Sign me up!"
'This is going to be a long night.' Andrew thought, Pinkie sure as hell knows how to throw a party.
Next Chapter: Chapter 6 Estimated time remaining: 7 Hours, 33 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Hope you like the songs! If you have any suggestions feel free to tell me.