"AAAAAHHHHH!" A terrified scream was heard from the living room.

"Grace..." We said in unison.

Forgetting my and Derrick's quarrels, I instantly threw off my covers and ran for the door.

"No! Christina wait!" Derrick caught me, shut the door, and restrained me from escaping.

"What are you doing?! Let me go!" I pushed.

"No! You're going to get yourself killed! Didn't you hear those gun shots? I can't let you risk your life!"

"But I have to see if she's okay!"

"With a gunman running loose?! What are you going to do if he pulls the gun on you, huh?! You're not made of rubber, you can't deflect bullets! I promised you that I would get you home. Safely. And that's what I'm going to do."

Derrick looked me in the eyes with more sincerity that I've even known was possible. He really did care about me, even if I was stranger... maybe he's right. I probably would get myself killed. Joseph wouldn't like that at all... if he's even still alive.

I sighed and let my head rest on Derrick's chest. Now that I could feel a heartbeat, I felt a lot better. I took a deep breath and stepped back.

"I'm still mad at you, you know..." I stated with a stern face.

"Yes, I know." Derrick kissed me again, more passionate this time. As we parted, I noticed something that should not be there.

"Derrick... how long has it been quiet?" I cautiously asked.

"...now that I think about it, quite a while..." He responded with a little fright in his voice.

Derrick cracked open the door a little to hear or see what had happened. He was quiet for a little while before motioning me to come with him into the hallway.

We blended in with the wall like ninjas and hid our presence. Walking quietly, careful to not make a sound. We heard some conversation between Grace and and another man, but judging by his voice he might have been a year or two older than Derrick.

"Grace~ How are you going to shoot properly if you always scream~" The male teen teased.

"You always scare me! Comin' into my house all sneeky like a mouse!" Grace retorted, putting the gun back under her right pant leg.

"Our house," He corrected. "I figured that you missed me these past few weeks. Being all alone in the scary woods where monsters lurk." He made a 'scary' face at her to show his impression of a monster.

"I told ya that I was fine! I thought you were leaving for good the last time you left." Grace was now finding the remote to turn on the TV.

"You know you missed me~" He cooed in a 'sexy' voice, coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her.

"I'll tell you again and again, I don't like you so get off of me before I bash your face in."

"Alright alright!" The teen said backing away from her. "Jeez... Am I not welcomed here?"

"You never were welcomed" She shot back coldly.

"Ouch..."

"Looks Like someone's gonna need a burn heal..." I thought.

"Grace~ I brought you what you wanted~ It's Apple Jack~"

"A-Apple Jack?" Grace stuttered.

Did she just say Apple Jack?!

"M-my little pony?!" Derrick and I exclaimed in union, giving our location away.

Wait, Derrick too?!

"It's alright, you two can come out." Grace said.

Derrick and I walked into the living room to see a semi handsome teenager with midnight black hair. He wore an oversized Pinkie Pie sweatshirt, blue denim roughed up jeans, and My Little Pony socks. In his arms was a medium sized Apple Jack plushie. If I didn't know better, I would have called him a minor Brony.

"Grace~ I didn't know that you had people over~ I would have dressed better~"

I could literally see the squiggly lines in his speech, he reminds me too much of Italy...

Grace sighed as she said, "Christina, Derrick... this is my husband, Carter Mills..."

"H-husband?!" Derrick and I exclaimed in unison.

"It was kinda a forced marriage that happened many moons ago, I still remember all the cake we had!" Carter clapped his hands as he reminisced.

"My family was wasn't exactly... financially safe... I was raised on my family's farm and we did all we could to survive with all the urbanization happening. Eventually, Carter's family came along to buy our land."

"My father really just wanted me to find a mate... and money of course..." Carter said that last part so quiet that I almost missed it, "But when I saw Grace, I just had to ask her hand in marriage!"

Carter's expression was too feminine for his somewhat manly appearance. He's acting very suspicious, I think he's hiding something, something disturbing...

"We were only seven when we met... of course I said no to his offer. But he insisted as we got older." Grace looked annoyed as she explained.

"Long story short, we got married when we turned twelve and lived happily ever after~"

"In your dreams" Grace coldly came back.

Grace waltzed over to the couch, found the remote, and turned on the Holy Netflix.

"OMG MY LITTLE PONY!? Grace, you put it in your watch list?!" Carter shouted.

"Yeah... I figured if I didn't, you would hack my head off."

"Grace you're so thoughtful! I love you so much!" Carter hugged her neck and nestled into it, lightly kissing her neck.

"Alright, alright! Just sit over here with me. Oh, do you guys mind if we--"

Derrick was already sitting down on the far side of the couch, ready to watch My Little Pony before Grace could finish her sentence... wait, Derrick's a BRONY?!

"Well then, Christina, wanna come join the party?"

I had no choice honestly, I didn't want to be alone, plus I want to know more about Carter, he acts too weird for a guy, even a straight guy... He's hiding something, I know it.

~~~

So it ended up like this, Carter sat on the far left, Grace sat next to him, I'm next to Grace, and Derrick sits on my right. Her couch was pretty roomy, so being comfortable was easy coming.

"Grace~ Can we watch season one, episode one? I want to show these new ponies the ropes of ponyville!" Carter questioned.

...Da Fuck?...

"Sure..." Grace obeyed without hesitation.

Grace pressed the play button and our introduction to a new fandom began.

~ About twenty-five minutes later ~

"What happens next?! Does Nightmare Moon take over?! I need to know!" I shouted as the first episode ended.

"I knew you would love it!" Carter exclaimed, "Do you have a favorite Pony yet?"

"It's only the first episode... But I've taken a liking to Fluttershy." I happily smiled.

"My favorite pony is Rainbow Dash, she makes everything at least 20% cooler." Derrick commented.

"My favorite has to be Apple Jack." Grace said, she was holding an Apple Jack plushie so it was plenty obvious.

"My favorite... hmm... I don't have just one favorite pony! I like the Cutie Mark Crusaders, but you'll find them out later, my favorite from the Mane Six is Pinkie Pie! I wish I had a party cannon!" Carter excitedly stated.

I'm becoming even more suspicious of him... maybe spending too much time in Ponyville has gotten to him...

"Can we watch another episode Grace? Pleeeaaassseee?" Cater batted his eye lashes to look innocent.

"But I wanted to show Derrick what Hetalia is," I gave Derrick the death glare "He'll live to see another day~"

"Grace please, Hetalia..." Derrick quietly Pressed.

"...Alright, Hetalia it is! But we'll watch it on DVD, Netflix doesn't have Axis Powers." Grace concluded as she turned off Netflix.

"Awww~" Carter saddened.

"Oh stop your whinin', you'll be fine!"
Grace teased as she retrieved the Hetalia DVD.

Grace put in the disk, got comfortable in her seat, and pressed play on the first episode. I was so happy that I swear that I felt a gravity defying curl coming on.

~ About ten minutes later ~

"Why did I see the title sequence twice?" Derrick asked.

"Hetaria episodes are onry about five minutes rong, Derrick-kun." I answered in Japan's accent, where my ls sound like rs.

"How much of Hetalia have you watched?" Grace asked.

"Up to The Beautiful World, the newest addition, and it truly is a beautiful world." I smiled as I remembered all my favorite parts.

"I've come to a decision," Carter announced, getting our attention, "I... am in love... with Hetalia."

I squealed and ran over to hug him, I have a fellow Hetalian!

"Can we benige watch it? Please? Please, please, please, please, please, please?" Carter and I asked in unison. I immediately thought if those birds going 'Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!'

"No, not tonight. We have things to figure out in the morning."

"Awww~" Our excitement dropped.

"What do we have to figure out?" Derrick questioned.

"Well for starters... your powers."

"Y-you... You know?!" Derrick and I exclaimed.

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(A/N: Hiya Luckies! Sorry for the cliffhanger! Exciting things are going to be happening in the next chapter. More questions will arrive and some questions will be answered! Exciting right?

As you can tell, I do kinda have a My Little Pony fetish... My favorite pony is Rainbow Dash. ( ^ω^ )

Comment your favorite pony, song, or moment in the comment section if you're a fellow MLP lover!

I hope you'll keep reading my Luckies!

BAI~! ☆〜（ゝ。∂）