“Stop fidgeting! It’s not gonna be that bad!” Rainbow tried to reason from her spot next to Andrew on the train.

“I still can’t believe you only told me about this yesterday!” Andrew said exasperatedly.

“Well, it may have slipped my mind,” Rainbow admitted sheepishly.

“How does ‘meeting your parents,’ just slip your mind?”

“I don’t know, maybe it had something to do with how you made me squeal last night,” She whispered into his ear seductively, hoping to change the subject.

“Dashie, as much as I love hearing you say that, this is a big deal! I mean, what if they freak out?”

“Look, my parents have never turned away one of my colt friends before! Except for that one time,” Rainbow trailed off, abruptly turning the conversation away from her leaky memory.

Andrew whipped his head around to look straight at Dash. His eyes bulged almost comically at the new information.

“But, that was because he broke up with me, then came crawling to my house asking for me back!” Rainbow quickly added.

Andrew couldn’t help but let a wise crack slip. His upbringing didn’t allow it to go to waste.

“Did you really have him that whipped Dash?” He chuckled.

Rainbow deadpanned at the snide remark, “You can’t help yourself can you?”

“Hey you know i’ve got a disease,” Andrew reasoned.

“Yeah. What was it? Smart-ass-itis?”

“That’s the one,” The human chuckled, before being ‘literally’ whipped by Rainbows tail.

“Back to the problem at hand...” Andrew began, rubbing the sore spot on the back of his skull. “Your parents were understanding with your colt friends,” Andrew stated letting Rainbow fill in the blanks.

“Oh come on. They're not racists.”

“That’s not what I mean Dash. Racism applies to the same species, different race. I’m an alien. Not only a different species, I’m alter-dimensional. If it were my daughter i’d sure as hell be worried.”

“Good thing i’m not your daughter then. Cause if I was I wouldn’t be able to do this,” Rainbow ended with a big, sloppy kiss right on her man’s mouth. Drawing a few stares from various ponies in the carriage.

“Besides, we're both adults, i’m not going to stop loving you just because mommy and daddy said so,” Rainbow concluded.

Andrew said nothing other than pulling Dash into a hug, letting her lie on his lap, while he stroked her mane.

The rest of the train ride to Cloudsdale was fairly uneventful until they reached the junction at the foot of the Canterlot mountains. Instead of continuing through the mountain tracks to the capitol, the train branched to the left.

Sadly, this engine had not yet been fitted with Andrews gearing system. (Which was proving to be hugely popular.) So the climb up the slope to was fairly slow going.

However, Andrew noticed that the slow, maximum traction speed was starting to get to Dash. Now she was the one that began to fidget in her seat, and her wings kept ruffling and refolding themselves.

“Getting antsy Dash?”

“Ugh I need to stretch my wings. You don’t mind if I-”

“Go ahead beatiful, its not like i’m going anywhere,” Andrew replied warmly.

Dash sat up from her sitting position across his lap to give him a warm kiss on his cheek.

“Thank You,” She whispered into his ear, before launching herself out the window.

In truth, Andrew did mind. Not that Dash needed to stretch herself out, he expected that from the athlete mare. It was that without her beside him, he once again began to worry about the meeting.

He wasn’t worried they’d have a problem with his personality. The problem lied with getting to that stage.

He couldn’t imagine how a human couple would react if their daughter brought home a huge spider or something. It wouldn’t matter if the damn thing was a Doctor, daddy would still probably go and grab the baseball bat.

Couple that with the fact that Andrew had infact been locked up by Celestia herself probably wouldn't go down well either. Although in all fairness he didn’t really do anything to deserve that.

What also worried Andrew is that Rainbow’s parents still lived in Cloudsdale. One wrong word and Andrew could easily find himself falling through what had just been the living room floor.

Andrew was roused from his thought induced trance by a brilliant, blue pony flying outside. Dash had made sure to fly near the carriage so that Andrew could see her.

Even though she was only working the kinks from her wings, Andrew couldn’t help but be stunned by her absolute beauty. She was absolutely gorgeous, and all those stallions that had given her up couldn’t have been a bigger idiot in his books.

At one point, where Rainbow was at the apex of a lazy loop, with the brilliant morning sun illuminating her from behind, Andrew came to a conclusion.

‘To hell what her parents think of me. All they need to know is that I truly love their daughter. And if they disagree with that... it’s their loss.’

After disembarking the train at the station just near Cloudsdale, the pair quickly ascended via hot air balloon until the cities sidewalk was under the basket.

“Come on Andrew. That cloud walking spell only lasts three days and I don’t want to spend it in a balloon,” Rainbow called back from the clouds to her human who was staring critically at the puffy white surface.

“I think I saw a hole,” Andrew said shakily.

Rainbow simply rolled her eyes, “It’s safe! Twilights done this spell heaps of times!”

Andrew said nothing, and continued to gaze at the white sheets of clouds.

Rainbow huffed impatiently, before flying around behind her boyfriend and giving him a hard shove, easily making him topple out of the basket with a scream.

With his face now buried in the cloud surface, Rainbow smiled to herself at her victory.

“See? That wasn’t that bad was it?”

Andrew said nothing as he rose, still shaking violently. Which concerned Rainbow a great deal.

“You okay?”

“I just got pushed out of a hot air balloon at fifteen hundred feet, what do you think?” He snapped.

“Sorry,” Dash wilted.

Andrew grumbled to himself and began to move. She knew he had a fear of heights, what in her right mind would make her think it was okay to pull a stunt like that?

Glancing over to his now saddened marefriend, a sense of guilt filled him. Forcing him to pull her into a hug.

“Sorry Dash but... You gotta remember i’m not used to this kinda stuff. You can’t expect me to take it in as fast as other ponies would,” He said as he hugged her tightly.

Dash simply nuzzled into his neck as Andrew began to move along.

“Uh Andrew? You can let go now,” Dash said.

Andrew chuckled nervously, if the spell failed, dash would be his only saving grace. Which meant he was not keen on letting his lifeline go.

“Not a chance.”

The walk through Cloudsdale did wonders to take Andrews mind off of the meeting. Pegasi culture was nearly a carbon copy of old greek culture from Earth, except with more clouds.

Even though Andrew grew up in possibly one of the most unlike Greece places in the world, it still felt nice to be able to recognise the architecture, to a degree.

Pegasi also seemed to be leaders in innovative technology. Like humans, they strived to create and shape, albeit on a less destructive scale.

Unfortunately, their time sightseeing had to come to an end. Mainly because Rainbow had seen it all before and insisted that there really wasn’t anything else ‘cool’ to look at.

Turning away from the city proper, they entered what looked like a typical suburban street, except made of clouds.

“Relax Andrew, they're gonna love you! Heck my dad was the one who introduced me to Gilda, I don’t think he’ll have a problem with you.”

“Well that’s... Comforting, but what about mum?”

Rainbow bit her bottom lip and turned her head away from her lover.

“Rainbow,” He said sternly. “What about mum?”

“Mom... Mom will... Oh look there it is!” She cried happily, racing over to an average looking house.

Andrew was clearly not happy with Rainbows hesitation, but approached the home nonetheless.

“Wait here,” she gestured for him to stay on the sidewalk, out of view.

Rainbow quickly flew up to the door and knocked thrice. A few moments later, another mare opened the door.

She looked alot like Dash, Her coat was a few shades lighter, like a washed out blue, and her mane had less colors in it as well as being thoroughly brushed. She didn’t seem to be a whole lot older than Dash, maybe a few years.

Rainbows eyes widened. “Masquerade?” She squeaked.

“Oh Rainy! It’s so good to see you again! How’s my little sister?” Masquerade gushed, sweeping the younger mare up into a hug.

“What are you doing here?” Dash questioned, clearly not affected by her sisters pathetic attempt at a crushing hug. After all she had Pinkie and Andrew to toughen her to those.

“Mom said you found yourself a stallion! When I heard I just had to come see him for myself,” She laughed, before looking around.

“So where is the brute that managed to steal my sisters heart?”

“Uh he’s here. But I have to warn you Massy, he’s... Not a pony.”

Masquerade looked genuinely surprised by this. “Oh!... Well, i’m sure he's a nice griffin then,” she smiled sweetly.

“Not a griffin either.”

“...A minotaur?” Masquerade said, actually sounding disappointed.

“No!”

“Oh please Rainbow, tell me you’re not dating a goat!”

“What? Ew no! He’s, uh... Andrew can you come here?” She called.

“Andrew? That’s an interesting nam- whu-ah,” Masquerade blubbered, as all six foot five of Andrew stomped up to the house.

“Uh, hi,” Andrew stumbled.

“Dash... what is that?”

“I think you mean, ‘hello what is your name?” Dash responded sharply.

“Uh, what she said,” Masquerade squeaked.

Noticing her discomfort around him, he kneeled down so that he wasn’t towering over her, Andrew extended a hand. “Names Andrew,” he said sweetly.

Masquerade looked down to the odd claw, before looking over to her sister, who was motioning a hoof bump with her two forehooves.

“C-charmed,” She smiled weakly, extending her hoof to meet the gesture.

“So we just gonna stand out here on the doorstep, or are we gonna come inside?” Dash said.

“Oh, yes. Come on in i’m sure mom and dad would love to met you Andrew,” Masquerade added as she motioned the pair to enter.

The house was average in appearance, but average for cloud houses still meant very large. Beyond the front door was a long hallway, that wormed through the centre of the house.

As they walked, Andrew leaned over to Dash who was flying beside him. “Your sister seems nice,” he smiled genuinely.

“She’s a whore,” Rainbow responded bluntly, causing Andrew to nearly stumble from how sudden that statement came out.

“That’s a bit harsh Dash.”

“Well its true! I used to love my sis, till she brought home a different stallion every night,” She grumbled.

Andrew pondered this for a moment. Rainbow was the element of loyalty, it only made sense that her sister being disloyal to all those stallions wouldn’t go down well with her.

He felt a smile cross his face when he remembered that he would never have to worry about Dash cheating on him.

The short walk down the hall ended when they entered a large, sunlit living/dining room at the back of the house. The floor was two steps down from the hall, giving the room a sunken, laid back appearance.

Andrew had little time to take in the abode, when a white blur rocketed out from a nearby door, and tackled Rainbow to the ground.

“Ack!” She croaked as she was thrown to the floor.

“Arr dee! Your back! How’s life being a national hero?” The white stallion on top of her chuckled, whilst giving her a playful, yet rough noogie.

“High Ace! Get off me!” Dash shrieked, struggling wildly, trying to escape the torment.

“What? And let my favorite sister hide behind her new stallion? Nuh-uh, i’ve been waiting for this,” He laughed, launching into a new attack of brotherly affection.

“So where is this new guy huh?” He asked as he finally let her go. Andrew was quite amused that he somehow hadn’t been spotted. After all, he didn’t exactly blend in.

“Gid’ay,” Andrew chimed in his ‘Traditional greeting’.

“Whoa, never though Dash was one for sea monsters,” High Ace said, not trying to be malicious.

‘Sea monster? Okay that one’s new,’ Andrew thought to himself.

“Trust me mate, i’m a ground pounder, born and raised.”

“Huh, well nice to meet ya!... Mate,” High Ace responded, throwing on the colloquial tic at the end, thinking Andrew would appreciate it.

He didn’t.

Before Andrew could remark about that slightly racist comment, two more ponies entered.

‘Oh crap.’

Awkwardness would best describe the mood inside Rainbow Dash’s family home. After Rainbow parents had entered the room, things got interesting.

Like Dash had predicted, her father, Spectrum blitz (Nicknamed Bifrost, for some odd reason.) had been fairly accepting of Andrew, after some early jitters. As it turned out, Spectrum had worked with Minotaurs at his first job. The fact that Andrew reminded him strongly of one helped immensely.

Andrew had also discovered they had a mutual love for racing. Even if Andrews had originated from an alternate source. The Pegasus rallies weren’t a patch on the V8 supercars as far as the human was concerned.

Unfortunately that was about all the bonding Andrew managed with Dash’s father. The reason being in the form of a pink mare with a blue mane.

Firefly.

Andrew now realized why Dash hadn’t answered his questions about her mother. She was a complete, unmatable, unfathomable, cold hearted, bitch.

Not the obvious, brainless high-schooler type either. A crafty, passive aggressive one. Of course, she pretended to be happy for Dash, but it was obvious to anyone that their was no truth behind it.

“What the buck is that!” had been her first words to Andrew. Not a good start.

After Rainbow had explained who he was, what he was and that he was not going to eat them, she hovered close by the human. He wouldn’t have minded so much if she didn’t constantly badger him with accusing questions, or call him out on every little slip of the tongue, that the previous Australian had been prone to letting out.

It wasn’t his fault he was brought up, using ‘bloody’ like others would use a comma.

It also didn’t help that she constantly talked down to him, like he was a lesser being. Obviously, both Spectrum and Dash noticed these things, yet none did anything about it. The former out of love and the later out of fear.

‘The one pony Dash is afraid of. And it has to be her own mum!’ he shouted to himself.

Though, it did now make sense where Rainbow got her brashness from.

So now, as Andrew sat on the ‘slightly too small lounge’ with a cup of coffee in his hands, (Courtesy of Masquerade.) avoiding eye contact with the unpleasant mare sitting opposite him.

Between Rainbow’s bitchy mum, her obviously, racist older brother, and her ‘getabout’ sister who was still very cautious of him, things were not looking good.

“So. Andrew,” Dash’s mother started. “What are your intentions with our daughter?”

‘Oh god this question? Could you get any less hostile?’

“To be the best boyfriend I can. She deserves that after all i’ve heard about her previous relationships,” Andrew said, rather cooly.

“Boyfriend? You mean Coltfriend?” She asked.

“Sorry mom, you’re never gonna get him to use those words. Believe me i’ve tried,” Dash spoke up.

“Hey, everybody, and everyone work just as well,” Andrew commented.

“Hmm,” The older mare hummed. Causing a feeling of trepidation to fill Andrew.

‘Great. How’s she gonna use that one against me?’

“Andrew,” She said sweetly. “Can I speak to you privately for a moment?”

The human felt his blood run cold. He briefly wondered how this scared him more that anything he had ever heard in his life previously.

“Uh, yeah sure,” He said as he stood, causing Massy to shrink into the sofa as he towered over them.

Andrew nervously made his way over to the side room Firefly had motioned for him to come to. Upon entering he found the mare looking at him with a strong gaze.

“So, what did you wan- Mmpf!” Andrew was silenced by the old mare, flying up to him with impressive speed and planting a kiss straight on his mouth.

One word entered Andrew’s mind.

‘Fuck!’

Author's Note

Before any of you blast me for writing G'day wrong, I want to clarify that, that is how Americans think we pronounce it. Trust me when I say that the Aussie who actually do say G'day (there aren't many) pronouce it as Gid'ay not Gud Dai.

And, yeah a two parter! aren't you lucky?