>What's better than 1 pony? >Why, 2 ponies! >So how could you have resisted the deal? >The box in the middle of your room is damaged, kept together by tape and prayer, it keeps shaking and you hear muffled noise from within. >You gulp, are they as excited as you for this? You honestly don't know who's inside, perhaps one or two of the mane six? Background pony? >Maybe Lyra and Bon Bon? >Gah, you can't wait any longer! >You open the box and as you do, packing peanuts explode in your face as you jump back in alarm. >"We will not fear the red menace!" >"Tы cвинья! Tы yпaдeшь!" >"Talk properly, I only speak the language of the free market!" >"Capitalist pig! Communist is future we will take over. You watch!" >Oh God, what? >Two little mares wrestle out of the box. >"HA, Communism is the very definition of failure!" >You stand there as they keep ineffectually roughhousing. >You don't know these characters, how could you? One's completely red with a golden mane and an hammer and sickle cutiemark and the other, Jesus Christ the other... >She's red, white and blue, you're not sure if it counts as a mark if it covers the entire legs but you feel a need to salute. >"Ten years Gulag!" "What is this" >The two mares stop bickering as they realize you're there. >"Hello." >"Zdravstvuyte, tovarishch!" "Who the hell are you?" >You ask absentmindedly in confusion. >The ponies untangle themselves from each other while glaring each other down. >"I'm Freedom, friend, here to fight for truth, justice and the American way." >"Commie--" The red one starts before the Uncle Sam one sniggers. >"Yes you are!" >Red ignores this for now "I am Commie, tovarishch, here to liberate proletariat from clutch of Bourgeoisie!" >"You mean enslave the proletariat." >"Rich coming from dirty capitalist who nickel and dime the poor worker so that richer become richer." >You facepalm "What did I just waste my money on?" >"You mean OUR money, eh, tovarishch?" >"Attempting to seize the means of production in MY American Soil!?" >Freedom tackles Commie and begins another bout. >Okay, this needs to stop. >You pull them off each other and pick them up in each arm. "You listen to me, I payed good money for some pony friends, and if there's one thing I know about friendship is that you don't talk politics if you intend to keep them. So this stops now, under my roof I am God, understand little ponies?" >"In God we trust!" >"Atheism is only allowed system under glorious communistic regime." "I will send you to my personal gulag, so help me." >"Of course, tovarishch!" "So you will drop this right now and behave, because I'm getting my damn money's worth so you will learn to live with each other or I swear I'm cutting the both of you loose. You wanna know what happens to ponies who get cut loose?" >They slowly nod their heads. "You don't wanna know what happens to ponies who get cut loose." >You shake your head and they follow suit. >You put the ponies down and excuse yourself to take a piss. > >The room is silent as the two mares glare at each other. >"Just so you know, death is a preferable alternative to communism but I'm not going down because you mess up." >"T'che, we fight the good fight. but... кoммyнизм нe мoжeт yпacть c нaми..." >After the warning from the man, the house was split into two -- East and West. This marked the beginning of the era called the Cold War.