Wandering in Equestria

Dash woke up, she looked at George and noticed he was still asleep.

‘Guess I shouldn’t wake him up, let’s see if he doesn’t forget about our date.’ She thought.

She got out of bed, without waking George, and walked off to prep for their date.

‘I kinda wonder why he hasn’t woken up yet. The dream ended the same time for the both of us.’ She thought.

‘Ah, oh well. I guess it doesn’t really matter.’ She continued, ‘Besides, I do need a bit of time away from him every now and then.’

‘Maybe I can ask Twilight on how I could help get his memory back, then we might have more things to talk about.’ She thought.

She stopped, something just came to her mind.

‘…What have I been doing?’ She thought, ‘Did…did that bubble…What happened?’

I thought I woke up, but apparently the dream wanted to hold me for a little longer.

I looked around, I was in the same place as I was the first time with Dashie. In the middle was nothing, just a black area, while one side had a piece of Equestria, and the other side had a piece of my hometown.

Now that I look at my hometown, it looks…cartoonish, something I may have not noticed last time.

Shortly after, I hear footsteps. Dash wasn’t anywhere in sight, so who could it be?

I look back, only to see someone else, I wasn’t sure who, though.

“You’ve made quite a few mistakes, haven’t you?” He said.

“D-do I know you?” I asked.

“No, you don’t.” He responded with a smirk.

“Then, why are you here?” I asked.

“I came to ‘help’ you with your problem with Rainbow Dash.” He responded.

“Help?” I asked, “What do you mean help? I don’t have any problem with Dash.”

“In a way, you do.” He said, “Twilight screwed up.”

“What?” I asked, “All she did was create that bubble…”

“That has a side effect that only applies to mares.” He interrupted.

“Side effect?” I asked, “What side effect?”

“If a mare were to get stuck to anypony, her feelings for that pony are increased the next day. In this case, the next day being that dream where you two first kissed.” He said.

“So then, she doesn’t really love me?” I asked.

“I wouldn’t say that.” He said, “Deep down, she does have some feelings for you. It’s just that bubble increased those feelings even further, making her lose control over herself in front of you.”

“Well, gee. Thanks for making me feel like an idiot.” I sighed, “And just when I thought I actually did found someone who liked me.”

“I did heal her, though.” He said, “So there’s multiple ways this could play out.”

“If I couldn’t get an actual girlfriend back at home, what difference does it make here?” I asked, still not having all of my memory, I probably should’ve thought more about what I said.

“Well, you can stay at her house. And deal with an awkward conversation.” He said.

“Not sure if I should.” I said, “If I do that, I could end up causing problems between us.”

“What makes you say that?” He asked, “She has feelings for you deep down. If anything, she might let her true feelings out, or she’ll want you to leave so she can have time to think.”

“And…How do you know this?” I asked.

He smirked, “Don’t worry, we’ll meet again. I just won’t be as helpful as I am now.” He said.

And with that, he vanished. I was still in the center, would the dream end here? Or would I have to choose again?

That’s when I heard his voice again.

“There is another way you could end it.”

“How?” I asked.

“If you choose to walk into Equestria here in the dreamscape, you’ll wake up back in Rainbow Dash’s bed.”

“And if I choose to go back home?” I asked.

“You’ll probably wind up back home.”

“I like how you said I’ll ‘probably’ wind up home.” I said, “I’m not taking any chances.”

I walked into Equestria again. And the dream ended.

Well, looks like our date is off, then.

George awoke from his sleep, only to see that Dash wasn’t there. He sighed of relief, he’d wouldn’t have to deal with an awkward conversation right after waking up.

‘Guess it’s time to talk to Twilight, again.’ He thought.

He got out of bed, and exited Dash’s house. He flew off the cloud, and continued toward Twilight’s house.

Once he had arrived, he knocked on Twilight’s door. Only for Spike to open the door shortly afterwards.

“George?” Spike asked, “Something wrong?”

“Let’s just say Twilight’s meddling has caused me enough trouble.” George responded.

Spike looked to his back, where Twilight was.

“Ha! I told you something would go wrong!” Spike exclaimed.

“What?” Twilight asked as she got up, she walked to George, suddenly worried of what happened.

“That bubble?” George asked sarcastically, “Yeah…There’s a side effect that apparently only applies to mares.”

There was a small period of silence. Twilight looked at George with total confusion, wondering just what had happened to Rainbow Dash.

“What…What side effect?” Twilight asked.

“So, apparently…Whenever a mare gets attached to someone, or possibly something.” George responded, “Her feelings for it are increased the very next day.”

“Which is…” Twilight said

“The day Dash ‘fell in love’ with me.” George interrupted.

“George…I-I’m so sorry.” Twilight said, she regretted what she had just caused.

“I-it’s alright, the side effect’s worn off, and I have yet to explain to Dashie about what happened.” George said.

Twilight paused for a moment, “…Dashie?” she asked.

George’s ears flopped down, he was obviously heartbroken over what had happened to him.

“S-sorry, didn’t mean to say that.” George said.

“You really have feelings for her, don’t you?” Twilight asked, she frowned to see her new friend like this.

“Y-yeah.” George responded, “Then having a few days to sleep with her, and hug her, and…”

George blinked, he tried to forget what happened before he would finish his sentence.

“…And what?” Twilight asked, shortly after, she gasped, “You didn’t…!”

George looked up at Twilight, only to see her shocked expression on her face.

“What?” He asked, suddenly realizing what she meant, “N-No!” he shouted.

“Then what!?” Twilight asked, curious of what George did.

“Why do you have to be so nosey?!” George asked in frustration.

“I can’t help it! I’m trying to help my friends!” Twilight responded.

“Wait, that means I’m your friend?” George asked, interrupting the conversation.

“Of course! Thanks to you I learned more about alternate universes!” Twilight said, “Now stop trying to change the subject!”

“I’m not changing the subject!” George exclaimed.

“Yes you are, you’re doing it right now!” Twilight exclaimed.

“Alright! Fine!” George exclaimed in defeat, “We…we kissed. Several times…”

Twilight looked at George, almost mad to hear that.

“…That’s it?” She asked, “You had to make a big fuss over that?”

“Yeah.” George responded, “I don’t like it when people start asking me about my love life.”

“George, I bet Rainbow has real feelings for you, deep down.” Twilight said, trying to cheer George up, “On the outside she may look like she’s tough and ready for anything. But deep down inside, I bet she’s just looking for her perfect somepony.”

“Not sure if I’d say ‘perfect’.” George mumbled, “I still don’t even have all of my memories to answer all of her questions.”

“Then do something else, try talking about something else with her.” Twilight said, “Maybe she’ll admit her real feelings to you.”

“I kinda doubt that, but thanks Twilight.” George said, “You kinda cheered me up.”

“No problem!” Twilight said cheerfully, “By the way, how did you figure out about the side effect in the first place?”

“Considering how differently Dash acted around me, I’d say that was the dead giveaway.” George said, not wanting to mention the guy he met in the dreamscape.

“I guess so.” Twilight said, “Well, good luck!”

“Thanks.” George said, “Also, if things don’t go well for me and Dashie, I can come back here, right?”

“Sure!” Twilight said, “What kind of friend would I be if I let you sleep out there all alone?”

“Thanks again!” George said, heading off to find Dash.

“I hope those two make it work.” Twilight said, “They seem so right for each other.”

“You still don’t know him very well, Twilight.” Spike said, “Are you sure him and Dash are right for each other?”

“Yeah.” Twilight says with a smile, “Something tells me that he has a lot of good in him.”

Dash was sitting near the tree where she taught George to fly. She was curious of what happened, the effects of the bubble wore off, so it only left her to wonder.

“Do I really love him?” Dash asked herself.

Shortly after, George flies by the tree, only to see Dash sitting there. Once he landed, Dash looked up at him, having a curious look on her face.

“Hey Dash, how do you feel?” He asks.

“I’m alright.” Dash sighed, “I’m just unsure about a few things.”

“Is one of those ‘things’ our relationship?” George asked, knowing what the answer will be.

“N-no…I-I mean, sort of.” Dash said, worried about what she would say. Her face turned to the ground, she was embarrassed, one day she’s sleeping with him, the next she’s questioning her love for him.

“It’s alright, you don’t have to say anything.” George said, “I understand you didn’t really feel that way.”

Dash looked back up at George, confused by what he just said.

“What?” Dash asked.

George sat down next to her, trying to calm her down.

“Basically that bubble had a side effect that made your feelings for me ten times as strong.” George replied, “So, even if you saw me as a friend, that bubble made you think you were in love.”

“Were you affected by it, too?” Dash asked.

It stung a bit, though he ignored it shortly after. Dash didn’t know he loved her, so he didn’t take it too seriously. Though putting some thought into it, he didn’t seem to act very much the same after that bubble.

“Not sure, actually.” He replied, “But I think I’ll manage.”

“I-I just need some time to think.” Dash said, trying not to hurt George any more than what he was, “I’ve kinda seen you more as ‘just a friend’.”

“So, like, ‘good friends’?” George asked.

“A little, those two weeks of me teaching you how to fly were pretty fun.” Dash replied, “It gave me something to do, since all I ever did was train for the wonderbolts. But I doubt I’ll even make it.”

“I think you could, but then if you ever decided to date anypony. You’d probably have a hard time seeing them.” George said, “Having to deal with training, then actually performing, then coming back home. You’d have a hard time if you ask me.”

“What makes you say that?” Dash asked.

“Well, it’s kind of a common thing. Singers for example, they devote almost all their time to practicing, then preforming, then any extra things he or she has to do. Then if he or she is even lucky enough to get a break, he wouldn’t have time to see his friends or family.” George replied, “Well, unless they traveled the world along with him or her.”

“And…How do you know all of this?” Dash asked.

“Well, I can remember there were performers in my universe.” George said, “There are a few things that slowly start coming back to me.”

Dash nodded, she understood the price she’d had to pay if she wanted to live her dream.

“I think I’d be better of here with my friends.” Dash said.

“Good to hear, Dashie.” George said, “I-I mean…Dash.” He said shortly after catching what he just said.

Dash smiled, “You can call me Dashie. Just as long as you let me call you ‘Georgie’.” She said.

“Ugh, but ‘Georgie’ sounds like a girl’s name…” George whined, “Can’t you think of anything less girly?”

“Nope!” Dash said with a smirk, she was getting her revenge for all those times George was teasing her.

“Fine. I guess I can live with one pony calling me that.” George said.

“Good.” Dash said as she hugged George.

George smiled, this was his first real hug with Dash. Since the effects of the bubble worn off, he didn’t have to worry about her doing things because of it. So he hugged her back.

“Awww. Nice to see you got along. It’s too bad I have to break up this moment.”

George and Dash immediately broke the hug, and looked where the voice came from.

It was a black stallion, with grey-ish eyes, his mane and tail being a snowy white color, and him just as tall as George and Dash.

“…Do I know you?” George asked.

“No, I’m afraid you don’t.” The mysterious pony said with a smirk.

George looks at Dash, wondering if she knew him. She looks back at him, only to shake her head in denial. He then looks back at the mysterious pony.

“Hold on a second.” George says, getting a good look at the stallion.

‘Wait, he sounds a lot like…’

“You’re that guy I met in the dreamscape!” George exclaimed.

“Good to see you’ve figured it out.” The mysterious pony said, “But like I said, I wasn’t going to be so nice next time we meet.”

“Didn’t think it would be this soon, though.” George said, while Dash only looks at each of them while they talk.

“Look, I’m glad you made up with Rainbow Dash and all.” The mysterious pony said, “But you have to make a choice, here and now.”

“What?” George asked, “What choice?”

“I’m your only ticket back home.” The mysterious pony, “I can open a small portal for you to head home with. But you need to choose.”

Dash looks at George with worry, she was already starting to get used to him. She didn’t want him to leave. George on the other hand thought about it, he had left so much behind: His family, his friends, his parents. It all made him think, should he stay with the mare who’s starting to consider him as a ‘good friend’ and possibly date her afterwards, or go home, and abandon everything in Equestria.

After a minute, only one thing ran into his mind. He had decided.

“No.” George said, “I’m not going back.”

Dash was surprised to hear this, he would have abandoned his whole family, even his parents for her. Something she didn’t notice when she was affected by the bubble, to be honest, she didn’t even remember everything they did together.

Her heart fluttered when she heard him say that, she wasn’t sure what she felt. She snapped back into reality shortly afterwards, continuing to listen to the conversation.

“I figured you might say that.” The mysterious pony said, “Listen, my boss only wanted me to bring you here for a while. Either you come back the easy way, or I’ll have to do this the hard way. And I don’t want to have to do this the hard way.”

George stopped for a second, and quickly thought about what he just said.

“So…You’re the reason why I’m here?” He asked.

“In a way, yes.” The mysterious pony replied, “I also caused your memory loss. I couldn’t have you wandering in Equestria with all of your human memories.”

“I figured.” George growled, he got up, and walked up to the mysterious pony, “Fine.” He said.

“Huh? You’ve changed your mind?” The mysterious pony asked.

George nodded, “Yeah. I’m willing to give everything here up.”

Dash looked in shock and also sorrow. She felt a tear come off her eye, she wiped it off, hoping nopony saw. She thought George planned on staying with her, instead he gets up, and decides to leave.

The mysterious pony smirked, “Good.” He said, he turned around, gesturing a portal to open with his hoof.

George knew what he was doing, he only hoped that his plan would work the way he expects it to.

Once the portal opened, the mysterious pony turned towards George, but was tackled halfway through. George had tackled him, the both of them going inside the portal, with it closing shortly after they fell inside.

Dash only sat there. She had just witnessed the stallion she considered to be more than a friend leave. It stung her, deep down. Only to end up in tears a minute later.

She cleaned up her face, holding back all her tears, and flew home.

I wake up, only to see the world wasn’t so…’cartoonish’ as it was before. It was a shame, really, I was really getting used to it. But then I got a closer look around me. I was home, well, my hometown, at least.

I was at the park that I’d use to take my dog to every now and then. Though it was completely empty, I suppose everyone might be working or at school. Though thanks to me not having my memory of it, I could only question where I was.

I got up, only to see I’m human again. At least I’m not dreaming this time, I’m actually back as my old self.

“Am…am I back?” I said, again, talking to myself.

As I dusted myself off, I saw someone else lying on the ground. Most likely it was the guy I tackled into the portal.

He awoke, only to get up, and see I was conscious, as well.

“You have no idea what you’ve done.” He said, “It doesn’t matter anyway, I got you home. That’s all I needed.”

He gestured to open another portal again, only to fail.

“Well, guess I don’t have enough power to do that so quickly.” He said, “That’s fine, that’ll give me some time to deal with you. That way you can’t come back into Equestria.”

“I doubt that, if anything, I will go back to Equestria. And I will take you down.” I said.

“Go ahead, you’ve got nothing on me anyways. I still have all my powers that my boss gave me, I can use them to beat the living crap out of you.” He said, right after that, he vanished.

I looked around, he wasn’t anywhere. He couldn’t have had gone back to Equestria just yet, he just said he didn’t have enough power. Right then, he appeared from behind me. Delivering a hard punch to my head, making me fall face first into the ground.

That hard punch made something click in my head, he didn’t break any bones or anything, but I remembered something.

I knew how to fight back.

I quickly got back up, ready to take on anything he would throw at me. It seemed strange, though. I didn’t even know how to fight earlier, and now I suddenly remember how to fight. Almost like he planned for that. The only thing I thought was either he purposely gave me back one of my memories, or he gave me a fake one.

But it didn’t really matter at the time, all I needed to do was protect myself. And that’s what I did.

He threw several punches to my face, something I was able to block and dodge. It was only when he started to use his ‘powers’ in order to cheat.

He would be able to use his powers to somehow give himself the ability to fly, something that made it only twice as hard to fight back. It was already hard enough because somehow he was already used to a human body, which got me a bit pissed at times during our battle. Knowing that it would’ve taken some time to get used to another body, I’ve only gotten adjusted a while ago, only to have to fight back as a human, which only made me struggle more.

Guess I’ll just have to use every ounce of strength I have to finish him.

Dash was in her bed, softly crying into her pillow, she was in a deep state of depression, it’s only been a few hours since George left.

“Rainbow!”

Dash looked up, no one was at her house, so it must’ve been someone outside.

“Rainbow Dash!”

Dash got up shortly after, wiping her face off, and holding back the rest of her tears.

She opened her door, and looked down, only to see Twilight.

“Rainbow!” Twilight yelled, “I could hear you crying from down here, are you alright?”

Dash shook her head, “I’m feeling a bit down at the moment Twilight, is it anything important?” she said.

“I wanted to see what were you crying about, isn’t George there with you?” Twilight asked.

Dash shook her head, and flew off the cloud, landing next to Twilight.

“Then if he’s not with you, where is he?” Twilight asked.

“He’s home.” Dash replied, a tear falling off her face.

Twilight froze in place for a second, she saw how one of her best friends was feeling, along with her new friend being lost without his memory. She could only let out a small “Oh…” while she sat there to think.

“Yeah…” Dash said.

“Rainbow, I’m so sorry.” Twilight said, she knew by how Dash was feeling was cause of George’s trip back home.

“I…I just need some time alone.” Dash said, opening her wings.

“Wait.” Twilight said, “Do you…like him?”

Dash closed her wings, and stopped to think.

“I…I don’t really know.” Dash replied.

“What happened? How did he get back home?” Twilight asked.

“Well, we were talking, and then this black stallion interrupts us. Claiming he could send George back home, and that his boss or something only wanted him here for a while.” Dash replied, “Then shortly after, they talked about how George lost his memory in the first place. And then the mysterious stallion opened a portal, with George tackling him through the portal.”

“…Wow.” Twilight said, “It sounds to me George was trying to protect you.”

“What?” Dash asked.

“He was going to risk everything he had back home to stay with you, then finding out that the mysterious stallion was the cause of his memory loss. I think he was trying to protect you.” Twilight replied.

“I…I didn’t think of it like that.” Dash said, “But…He’s still gone…”

“He’ll be back.” Twilight said reassuringly, “…I hope.”

Dash noticed the slight doubt in Twilight, and frowned. “I hope so too…”

I was able to counter most of the attacks, but I wasn’t able to counter it all forever. He was only stalling me while his power was recharging.

“Hope you had fun.” The mysterious person said, “But it’s time for me to finish my work in Equestria.”

I quickly ran in to throw another punch, only for him to dodge it, and push me onto the ground.

“Silly boy, you didn’t really think you could beat me, did you?” He asked sarcastically.

He opened a portal while I was lying on the ground. I quickly got up, only for him to finish the portal. He looked back at me, smirking.

“Have fun at home, Georgie.” He said.

I got pissed, quickly. I could only handle being called that by Dashie, since it was the little nickname she gave me. Hearing someone else say it felt like an insult, I lost control completely, and just followed the first thing that came into mind.

As soon as he turned around I quickly tackled him into the portal…again. At least I knew I’d be heading back into Equestria, which gave me some happiness during all of this. Knowing I’ll be able to see Dash again made a bit of my stress go away, which was mostly just stress about fighting for my life, and seeing her again.

It’s been almost half the day since George has left. Leaving Dash to assume he’s gone for good.

Dash looked out her window, hoping to see if George would come back.

Off in the distance, out of anypony’s sight. The portal opens, with George and the mysterious pony falling through it.

They both laid on the ground for a while, only for George to get up a minute later, and see the unconscious stallion.

“He’s out cold.” He said, “With that, I have some time to get some help.”

As soon as George ran off, the mysterious pony grabbed on to one of his legs, tripping George.

“Not so fast, lover boy.” He said, “This is just a minor setback.”

“What makes you think I actually wanted to go back home?” George asked sarcastically, “I finally have friends who actually care for me, and willingly gave me a place to stay.”

“Well it’s a shame, because you’ll never get to know them anymore.” The mysterious pony said.

“Who are you, anyways!?” George asked.

The mysterious stallion smirked, “Since this will be the last time you see me. I guess I should introduce myself.”

‘This guy may be a jerk, but he might just be dumb enough to fall for this.’ George thought.

They both stood up, each of them being a couple of feet away.

“There are five of us. Our boss hired us to cause chaos around Equestria.” The mysterious pony said, “I am Number One.”

‘Number One.’ George thought, ‘Why does that sound familiar?’

“Well, gee. You have labels.” George said, “…Not that I think about it, that whole ‘Number One’ thing does sound a bit familiar. Oh well. Nice knowin’ ya!” he said as he quickly flew off to find somepony who could help.

“Pretty smart, kid.” One said, “But not smart enough.” He used his powers in order to fly off, chasing down George.

George was pretty quick, not as quick compared to Dash though. Once he had that thought, he slowed down a bit, losing focus on reality. Number One being right behind him, George quickly snaps back into reality.

Number One planned on flying under him, grab him, and throw him onto the ground. Luckily George was able to counter, once Number One was below him, he quickly closed his wings, and used his legs to stomp on him.

Both heading for a crash course to the ground, George planned on using Number One to break his fall, and buy himself some time to get help. His plan worked, he was able to hurt Number One during that fall, which bought himself time to get somepony to help.

Knocking came on Twilight’s door, it was loud and quick. Almost like someone was panicking.

“I got it!” Twilight yelled, opening the door, seeing George behind it.

“Twilight!” George exclaimed, “I need you to use the Elements of Harmony!”

“Wait what?” Twilight asked, “How did you know about the…”

“I read your books and you told me the story like five times. If you think I wasn’t paying attention, think again.” George interrupted.

Twilight smiled, “Good to see I have somepony who listens to me!” she said.

“Can this wait? I really need your help here!” George exclaimed.

“What’s going on anyways?” Twilight asked, “Rainbow told me you tackled somepony into a portal back home.”

“I’ll explain on the way, just c’mon!” George said as he ran off.

Twilight quickly hovered a small box containing the Elements of Harmony.

“I really should lock these somewhere. But at least I kept them here before I decided to do that.” She said.

Dash was silent, she was laying on her bed, staring at the roof. She was having a hard time trying to take a nap. All she could think of was George, she didn’t know why, but he was all she could think about.

“Rainbow! We need you!” Twilight yelled.

Dash looked out the window, only to see Twilight and all her friends. All of them wearing their Elements of Harmony.

Dash got out of the house, “Twilight?” She asked, “What’s going on?”

“We’ll explain later! But right now we need your help!” Twilight exclaimed.

Dash nodded, and flew to Twilight, and put on her Element.

“Alright, now c’mon!” Twilight said, as she ran off, with everyone following her.

Dash wondered what was going on, but she went on and followed Twilight along with everypony else.

George flew off to find Number One, only to be attacked from above, almost the same attack he used, except it was the other way around.

Almost near the ground, George quickly used his wings to slow down the falling speed, so he wouldn’t crash on the ground.

Number One vanished once George had landed, only to appear in front of him.

“That was a nice distraction.” One said, “But I’m through playing games.”

“That’s funny.” George said with a smirk, “So am I.”

“What makes you believe you could actually beat me?” One asked, “I have my powers, I can send you back home, right now, and you won’t have another chance to return to Equestria.”

“You may have your powers, but I have something that’s even more powerful.” George said, still smirking.

“Oh really?” One asked as he tilted his head, “And just what is that?”

“You’ll see.” George said, taking off to the skies, as One continued, he could see six ponies off in the distance.

Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash. All standing there, getting ready to use their Elements. Dash on the other hand wasn’t really looking at the battle off in the distance, frustrated about the events that had occurred.

“…Crap.” One said, knowing there was no escape from this.

All six mares flew up slowly, each of their Elements glowing brighter as they got higher, once they were a few feet off the ground, their eyes glowed white, then shooting a rainbow beam off at Number One.

George got on the ground, a short distance away from Number One to prevent from getting himself hurt from the Elements.

The beam hit Number One, and lasted there for about thirty seconds. Once the beam was gone, George thought the battle was over.

He was wrong.

One was still standing there, smirking, he wasn’t affected by the Elements at all.

“Wha...” George said, his mind running, his happiness all turned into total fear, One was still standing there, still alive.

“I gotta say, George.” One said, “You put up a good fight, but you’re a lot more helpful than I thought.”

“What?” George said, his heart racing through his fear.

“Look behind you.”

George slowly turned his head behind him, worried of what he might see.

He saw his friends, all in the same place when they were using the Elements, few feet in the air, but they were turned to stone.

George felt his heart sink, the 5 mares he befriended, and the one mare he fell in love with, frozen in place. After seeing this, his emotions were a mix of fear, sadness, and anger. He turned his head back to One, who had just been smirking this whole time.

“How…” George said, unable to finish his sentence with all his mixed emotions.

“I used the power of their Elements against them.” One said, “I gotta say, I was planning on doing that. But you made it easier for me to do that.”

“No!” George exclaimed, his anger taking over his emotions, “I didn’t cause this! You were supposed to be frozen in stone. Not them!”

“Too bad, George!” One exclaimed, “We all don’t get what we want. I had to use up almost all my energy just to do that!”

George snapped, he was in complete anger, letting his anger getting the best of him.

“Then you’re about to use the rest of your energy running.” George said.

“Now, George, why would I run?” One asked, “There’s nothing left for you to do. Your friends are frozen, everything you have in Equestria is gone.”

A tear fell from George’s face, only to go into full rage. The elements slowly glowing, George bolts to One, throwing out a punch that had been amplified by the elements. Knocking Number One back several feet.

George slowly walked to One, who was laying on the ground.

“How did you…” One said.

“That was for Applejack and Pinkie Pie.” George said, his rage flowing through his blood.

The elements glowed brighter, amplifying George’s second punch, knocking back Number One farther than last time.

One used the little energy he had to get up.

“How are you doing this!?” One asked, all he could do is just stand there, there was no backing out of this one.

“That was for Fluttershy and Rarity.” George said, his rage still flowing through him.

The elements glowed even brighter, amplifying his third punch, knocking back One even further than the last punch.

One had taken some serious damage, all he could do was get up, and use any energy he had to at least back away.

George walked faster, catching up to One.

“That. That was for Twilight.” George said, “Want to know who this last one is for?”

  One quickly shook his head, frightened by George’s anger and strength.

“This last one is for Dashie.” George said, a tear falling off his face.

The elements were at its brightest, giving George the power he needed to finish the job.

As George threw his last punch, once his hoof came in contact with One, it felt like time had frozen.

George could see a small spark at his last punch, once the spark was gone, time came back up to speed. The impact on the punch knocked back Number One for what looked like a mile.

“...Holy crap! That hurt!” George exclaimed, shaking his hoof around. A few seconds later, he quickly ran off to One, to see if he was either dead or unconscious.

“I’ll admit, you have quite a lot of strength…” One said using the small amount of energy left, “I’ll be back…And I’ll finish you when I do return.” With that, he vanished.

George calmed down shortly after, it was over, for now. He looked back, only to see the 6 statues off in the distance. He ran to the stoned mares, wanting to get a good look at him, hoping he could do something.

“No…” George said, “No, no, no. They CAN’T be frozen!”

George stood there, he could only think of anything he could do to help.

…He could hear voices. He thought about a recent conversation he had with Twilight.

“You know George…Equestria has a princess.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Two of them, actually. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.”

“That’s good to know, I guess. Besides them being Princesses, what’s so special about them?”

“Well, Celestia can move the sun, and Luna can move the moon, together they make the day and night cycle.”

“Huh, in my universe, it’s the complete opposite, if I remember correctly.”

“How so?”

“The sun and the moon move on their own. So, the Princesses must have a lot of power in order to move the sun and the moon, right?”

“Well, they are alicorns, so yeah.”

“So that means they can do more than an ordinary unicorn, huh?”

“Pretty much.”

“Good to know.”

“I’m always sending Celestia letters about my lessons on friendship.”

“So THAT’S why you’re always talking to yourself at night.”

“Well, I’m only saying what I want Spike to write, since he can send letters to Celestia magically.”

“Huh. That’s pretty neat.”

“There’s a lot about Equestria you don’t know. If you do plan on staying here, you’re free to borrow some of my books.”

“Thanks!”

George had an idea. He could only hope it would work.

George flew off to Twilight’s house, hoping he could execute before the day ended.

“Spike, I need you to write a letter to Princess Celestia!” George said. “It’s an emergency!”

“What happened? Is everypony okay?” Spike asked.

“Um…I think it’s best I don’t answer that, Spike.” George said, trying not to worry him.

“Okay, I see your point.” Spike said, “I’ll get the stuff to write the letter.”

“Gee, you’re being so calm about it.” George said, “Are you normally this calm in emergencies?”

“No.” Spike replied, “But if I start panicking, I’ll have a hard time writing the letter. And we won’t be getting anywhere.”

“True. To be honest I’m surprised to see you act this way.” George said.

“Don’t get used to it, once I’m done here, then I’ll start freaking out.” Spike said.

“Right…” George said, ignoring Spike’s current behavior, all he needed to do was send the letter and get it over with, and hope his plan worked.

George sat near the statues, hoping the Princess would be there soon.

After 25 minutes of waiting, he felt a hoof on his back. He quickly looked back, he saw a tall, white pony. She had a horn and wings, she was an Alicorn. It was Princess Celestia.

George’s mouth was wide open, he was shocked that the Princess actually came and helped. Then again, this did involve her student, so this made a big impact to her as much as it did to him.

“I came as soon as I read your letter.” Celestia said, “Twilight has told me quite a bit about you.”

George closed his mouth, his shock turned into happiness. He has the Princess here to help him.

“Then that means you know where I’m from?” George asked.

“Yes.” Celestia replied.

George went wide-eyed for a minute.

“But don’t worry. I’m not going to send you back home.” Celestia laughed.

George sighed of relief.

“Twilight has also told me you have some feelings for Rainbow Dash.” Celestia said, knowing it would bother him.

“Annnnnnd, that’s why I don’t like it when somepony asks about my love life.” George said.

Celestia laughed a bit, then focused back to the statues.

“So, how did they get in this state?” Celestia asked.

“Somepony somehow used their Elements of Harmony against them.” George said, “I...don’t want to talk about it right now.”

“It’s alright. I’m not going to force you.” Celestia said, she looked at the statues, “I only have enough magic to free one of them, maybe two of them if I free Twilight first.”

George smiled a bit, at least he would be able to get two of his friends back. And with Celestia knowing about his feelings for Dash, he might know who Celestia would free first.

Her horn began to glow a pinkish color, the glow also coming from around the statue of Twilight. The brighter Celestia’s horn would glow, the more powerful her magic was. As is began to glow brighter, Twilight’s statue began to crack in several places.

George could only watch in amaze. He didn’t expect that Princess Celestia herself had the power to free them from their stone prison.

Pieces of the statue began to fall off, revealing Twilight’s skin as more pieces fell off. Once the statue completely broke, Twilight fell to the ground. She slowly got up, looking around.

“What…what happened?” Twilight asked, then finally looking at both George and Celestia, “Princess Celestia! What are you doing here?”

Just before Celestia could say anything, George pointed behind Twilight, when she looked back, she was shocked to see her five friends. Each of them turned to stone. A few tears fell off her face, until she looked back at George.

“You!” She yelled, her face showing almost complete anger.

George’s eyes widened, shocked to see Twilight look angry for the first time.

“M-me?” George said, trying not to piss off Twilight any further.

“You did this!” Twilight exclaimed, “You’re the reason why we were turned to stone!”

“But I just…” George said.

“But nothing!” Twilight interrupted, yelling out almost everything she said, “You should’ve gone back home when you had the chance, George!”

“Twilight I...” George said, trying to explain what happened.

“All this time I thought there was some good left in you.” Twilight interrupted, her voice getting softer, “I guess I was wrong.”

“Twilight listen to…” George said, still not being able to finish his sentences.

“No!” Twilight exclaimed, “Get out of here!”

George frowned, his ears flopped down. “Twilight…” He said, trying to explain everything.

“Go!” Twilight exclaimed.

Celestia stood there in surprise, as she had never seen her student so upset at anypony. While George was completely shocked, all he could do was just walk away, he was just as upset as Twilight was, but she had more of a right to be upset. George has only known them for about three weeks, Twilight on the other hand has known them for several months.

‘…Did she just treat me like a dog?’ George thought. ‘What…I…Oh forget it. She’s right, I should’ve just stayed home when I had the chance.’

Celestia watched as George walked away, then looked back at Twilight.

“…What?” Twilight asked, “If it wasn’t for you being here, I still would’ve been trapped in stone! If it wasn’t for him we…”

“Wouldn’t have been stuck there, I see that.” Celestia interrupted, “But if it was also not for him, I wouldn’t have known that you six were trapped in stone in the first place.”

“I…” Twilight said, thinking about what to say next, but unable to finish her sentence, “You’re right.”

Celestia nodded, “You just need to give him another chance, he was only trying to help.” She said.

“Well, it was us who was helping him.” Twilight said, “But yeah, I see what you mean.”

“I’ll have George explain what happened later.” Celestia said, “I didn’t want to ask him earlier since it obviously hurt him to see you six like that.”

Twilight frowned, hearing Celestia say how George felt made her feel guilty. She had just yelled at him for having them turned to stone, and she didn’t even think of what George was really trying to do.

Twilight ran off, but got held back by Celestia.

“If you’re going to apologize, I think I know something else that work rather than running to him and apologizing.” Celestia said with a small smirk.

Twilight looked back at one of the stone statues, “You’re not thinking…?” She asked.

Celestia nodded.

“Wow Princess, didn’t expect to see this side of you.” Twilight said.

“But I need you to help me. I don’t have enough magic to free all of you.” Celestia said.

Twilight gulped, “M-me?” She asked, “Are you sure about that?”

Celestia nodded, “I know you’ve studied enough to know how to do this.” She said.

Twilight sighed, and turned around to the stone statue.

Both of their horns grew bright, small cracks appearing on Rainbow Dash’s statue.

Once the statue broke entirely, Dash had fallen onto the ground. She slowly got up, and looked around.

“Wha…” Dash said, “What happened?”

“We were turned into stone somehow, Rainbow.” Twilight said, “Look behind you.”

‘Probably shouldn’t have had said that.’ Twilight thought, ‘She doesn’t even realize George is back. Dang it Twilight! Why’d you have to be so forgetful!?’

Dash looked back, seeing her other friends trapped in stone. Dash felt her sink, she was already heartbroken when George left, now seeing her friends being trapped in stone. It was already more than enough to make her cry, but somehow she held it all in.

“There is something I need to tell you, though.” Twilight said.

“I-it’ll have to wait a while, Twilight.” Dash said, a tear falling off her face, “I…I gotta go.”

Dash quickly ran off, and flew off.

“Rainbow!” Twilight exclaimed, she was about to chase her down, only to be stopped by Celestia again.

“Let her go.” Celestia said, “Look where’s she’s going.”

Twilight looked, and saw that George hadn’t walked very far.

George was walking very slowly his head facing down, unsure of what to do next.

Just then, something quickly flew by him. He quickly looked up and saw a small rainbow trail, the same trail Dash made whenever she was flying.

“What…Dashie?” George said, looking back at Twilight, only for her to nod at him, and he nodded at her back, smiling.

He flew off, and started following the trail, ending at a cloud. He landed on the cloud, seeing Dash off in the distance.

‘Hold on…I remember this.’ George thought, he looked around, it was the same cloud that he first dreamt of with Dash, the same view, the same time, everything was the same.

George smiled, he know what would happen. And he was hoping this would happen, just not like this though. He slowly walked to Dash, who was crying and sobbing her heart out. He sat right next to her, trying to comfort her.

“Dash…Are you okay?” George asked.

Dash looked up, and looked off to where she heard the voice.

“G-George…Y-You’re here…” Dash said, slightly blushing, she sniffled, trying to hold back her tears, “I…I don’t want you seeing me like this…”

“Dash, I know what happened.” George said, “I was there…I was the one who called to Princess Celestia for help.”

Dash sniffled again, and instantly hugged him shortly after George finished his sentence.

“Thanks for being there for me, George…” Dash said, hugging him tighter.

“Don’t worry Dash…You know I’ll always be here for you.” George said, forgetting everything about the dream.

Dash looked up at George, a few tears falling off her face. While he quickly wiped the rest of her tears from her face.

“I…I know…Now I understand…” She said.

“Hm?” George said, “Understand what?”

“That…I-I Love you…” Dash said, “I finally understand…how I felt about you…”

“Dash…” George said, “What do you mean…?”

“All this time I felt…weird when I was around you…ever since I helped you learn how to fly.” Dash said, “I’ve secretly loved you…I didn’t even know it until now…”

She looked George right in the eyes, and blushed.

“Dash... I…” George said.

Dash immediately threw herself forward, pressing her lips against George’s, interrupting his sentence.

George was surprised at first, his wings quickly opened, but shortly after, George closed his eyes and followed along on Dash’s kiss.

George broke the kiss shortly after, Dash was blushing more than before, they both looked into each other’s eyes.

“I love you too…Dashie…” George said.

Dash smiled, and nuzzled into his chest, trying to rest her eyes for a few minutes.

George smiled, hearing Dash say she loved him made it worth leaving his universe behind. He laid back, letting Dash get more comfortable.

“Thanks for cheering me up a bit.” Dash said, “Seeing you here. Comforting me, it feels nice.”

“Yeah.” George said, thinking back to something, “Hey, déjà vu, huh?”

“Don’t ruin the moment, Georgie.” Dash whined, looking at George, “I’m still upset about my friends.”

“Right. Sorry, now’s not the time to joke.” George said, “My bad.”

“But at least we know what that dream meant.” Dash said.

“Yeah.” George said, “I did get a bit confused last time.”

“Well, we both were confused with that bubble.” Dash said, reassuring George.

“Sure. Let’s go with that.” George said, trying to get a small laugh out of Dash.

Dash giggled a bit, then looked around.

“What’s wrong?” George asked.

“Nothing, it’s just…I don’t want anypony to see us like this.” Dash said, “It’s bad enough that somepony already saw us hugging…”

George pulled her closer, adjusted her onto laying on top of him.

“So what if somepony saw us hugging?” George said with a smirk, “It’s not like anypony saw us kissing.”

“True.” Dash said, she smiled a bit, and gave him a small peck on the lips.

“I still don’t see the problem with having anypony see us like this.” George said, “After all, you’re always napping like you said. I don’t see the harm in seeing two ponies in love. It’s not like we’re the first two to ever fall in love.”

“Yeah, I guess you’re right.” Dash said, “It’s just that everyone assumes I’m not into the ‘sappy’ things, like this.”

“How come?” George asked, slightly curious.

“They all assume since I’m always avoiding the moments where I see somepony else like this, and they all see that I’d rather train for the Wonderbolts rather than to find somepony who would care for them, they just guess that I’m not into that.” Dash replied, “But it’s the complete opposite. I would love to have somepony who cares for me. It’s just that every time I see somepony else with their special somepony, and seeing how nopony has tried asking me out or anything…It makes me feel like nopony cared. So I always looked away or acted grossed out before I would get questioned to death why I haven’t found anypony.”

“Geez.” George said, “Sounds like you had a rough time.”

“It’s not that bad.” Dash said, “If it weren’t for the bubble confusing us to death, we probably wouldn’t even be here. I might have accidently acted all grossed out if I found out you had feelings for me.”

‘Ouch.’ George thought, ‘Hearing that makes me a bit glad Twilight meddled.’

“But, at least we’re here now.” Dash said, “I guess that’s all that matters, right?”

“Right.” George said.

“So…What now?” Dash said, “I mean…I’m not used to the whole dating thing. To be honest I almost started to actually think I didn’t like the ‘sappy’ stuff.”

“Neither am I.” George said, “I’ve never dated a girl in my life, neither have I kissed a girl.”

“Yet you were able to pull off that kiss earlier?” Dash said.

“I was only following along on a kiss you started.” George said, “How did you even learn how to kiss like that?”

“Well.” Dash said, “I guess most of it is just from seeing other ponies kiss, y’know, before I’d look away or gag a few seconds later. I’ve been wanting to try it for a while, so I did.”

“Looks a lot like more than just watching ponies kiss, then shortly look away.” George said, “You must’ve gotten some experience from somewhere.”

“I may have dreamt a couple of times.” Dash said, “But I never actually kissed anypony in real life.”

George looks off at the sky, and sees the sun is setting.

“Well, at least I wasn’t late for our date.” George said.

Dash looked off at the sky, noticed the sunset, and smiled.

“Not as romantic as I expected it to be, though.” George said.

“I don’t know…” Dash said, “Something about looking at the sunset with you makes me feel better.”

George smiled, “Yeah, I guess you’re right, Dashie.” He said as he softly kissed her cheek.

Dash smiled, and looked at George

“Alright, come on. I got some explaining to do to Princess Celestia.” George said, trying to get up.

“Celesia can wait a few minutes.” Dash said, holding George back down, having a smirk on her face, “I’m not done with you yet.”

Before George could say anything, Dash was already kissing him, she had wrapped her arms around him, and he had done the same. Both of their wings quickly opened up. George’s wings were sticking out of the cloud, if anypony was looking up at the cloud, they would see his wings. They both were slightly surprised by this, but they were too lost on their kiss to even care.

About five minutes later, they broke the kiss. They both smiled, they knew they both found their special somepony.

“Okay, now we can go.” Dash said.

“Aw, I kinda hoped that would last a little longer.” George said, “Next time, I guess.”

They both got up, and looked off to where Celestia and Twilight were.

“Huh, they’re not there.” Dash said.

“I wouldn’t expect them both to be out here at this time, anyways.” George said, “After all, we were kissing during the sunset.”

“Yeah.” Dash said, “They’re probably at Twilight’s house.”

“Probably.” George said, “Hey, before we do head off to Twilight’s house. I want to ask you something.”

“Sure, what’s up?” Dash said.

“What happened with our wings earlier?” George asked, “I didn’t pay much attention to it, but now I’m a bit curious.”

“Well, it’s like…” Dash said, “It’s like during a certain moment, like our kiss, we lose control over our wings and they just…spring open, I guess. I’m not exactly sure how it works.”

“Oh.” George said, “I think I get it.”

“I’ve seen it happen to several pegasi, but at different moments rather than a kiss. So it’s not that big of a deal.” Dash said.

“Alright.” George said, “At least now I learned something extra about pegasi.”

Dash nodded, prepping her wings to fly.

“Wait.” George said, grabbing Dash’s attention before she took off, “We’re officially a couple now, let me carry you.”

“No thanks.” Dash said, “I don’t like being carried around much.”

“You could be relaxing on my back.” George said, “While I do all the walking.”

Dash smiled at the thought.

“Are you sure you’re alright with that?” Dash asked.

“I’ve had to carry you before when you were glued to me thanks to that bubble.” George said, “Except this time you’ll be on my back, and not glued under me.”

Dash opened her mouth, she was going to say something, but then stopped to think.

“I guess I’ll be alright with that.” Dash said.

“Besides, it’ll help me practice flying with someone on my back.” George said.

“You’re just finding another excuse to carry me.” Dash said, “And it kinda worked. I was tired anyways.”

George smirked, “Sure you were.” He said.

“I was trapped in stone, in the air, after using my Element of Harmony, how does that not make me tired?” Dash said.

“Relax, I’m teasing.” George said, carrying Dash on his back.

“If you drop me…” Dash said.

“I’m not going to drop you.” George interrupted.

Dash held on to George as tight as she could, holding herself close to him.

George took off, flying off to Twilight’s house, hoping Celestia and Twilight would be there.

“You’re really getting the hang of this.” Dash said.

“I learned from the best.” George said.

Once they had arrived, George had knocked on Twilight’s door, loud enough for anypony one room away to hear it.

Dash laid her head on top of George’s, relaxing while he did all the walking?

“So you decided to stay up there?” George said, “I thought you didn’t like to be carried.”

“I changed my mind, it feels pretty nice to be carried around places.” Dash said.

“Would you do it more often?” George asked.

“If you were okay with it, then yeah.” Dash said, “I’d love to do this more often.”

Twilight opened the door, and noticed her two friends behind it.

“Oh, hey you two!” Twilight said, “We were wondering where you went.”

“Up in a cloud.” George said, “I was able to cheer Dash up there.”

Twilight smiled, “Glad you’re feeling better, Rainbow.”

“Thanks.” Dash said lifting her head off of George’s, “If it wasn’t for George coming to cheer me up, I probably would’ve gone completely insane.”

“I think ‘completely insane’ is an over exaggeration.” George said, “You may have gone crazy, but not completely insane.”

“Shut up!” Dash said playfully, looking down at George.

“Well, come inside already. It’s getting really dark.” Twilight said.

George walked in, seeing Celestia sitting not far away.

‘Well, at least she hasn’t left yet.’ George thought.

“Good to see you back so soon, George.” Celestia said, “I’ve been wanting to ask about what happened to Twilight and her friends that turned them into stone in the first place.”

“Yeah. I’ve been wanting to talk about that too.” George said, “According to Twilight’s books, it should’ve taken a lot of power in order to do something like that.”

“That’s what I wanted to ask.” Celestia said, her face getting more serious throughout every sentence, “Who did you encounter that was able to do this in the first place?”

“Not sure, really.” George replied, “He called himself ‘Number One’. And that there were ‘five of us’.”

“Hm.” Celestia nodded, “I haven’t heard of this character, but whoever he is…”

“He has the power to open a portal back to my universe.” George interrupted.

Celestia stopped for a moment, and tilted her head.

“Yeah, I’m a bit surprised by it too.” George said.

“I told Twilight about him.” Dash said, looking to Twilight, “Did you ever look for anything related to that?”

“Not really.” Twilight said, “There’s nothing on anyone having the ability to open portals to other universes. I only assumed it had to have been someone from his universe.”

“Nope.” George said, “I would’ve known if he was from my universe. But the fact that he knows about both universes worries me. With that knowledge he could cause some serious trouble.”

“I’ll keep an eye out for this ‘Number One’ character.” Celestia said, “If he has the unique ability as you say he does, then we need to find him before he causes more trouble.”

“He’ll be back.” George said, “I think after our battle, he’s wanting to finish what he started. If we don’t find him, he’ll find me first.”

“Then we’ll just wait until the next time.” Celestia said.

‘You sure that’s the best idea, Princess?’ George thought, ‘Sitting around and waiting for the bad guy’s next attack?’

“Well, I must head back to Canterlot.” Celestia said, “But before I go, I need you to tell me what ‘Number One’ looked like.”

“He was a black stallion, with white mane and tail.” George said, “That’s the most recognizable parts I can name out. I didn’t see any cutie mark on him or anything, and he pretty much looked like an earth pony.”

Celestia nodded, “I think that’ll do.” She said, “If we find anything, we’ll let you all know. In the meantime, you should find another way to free your friends from that stone prison. It’s not so easy using magic to free them.”

‘One alicorn was able to free one mare from stone in 30 minutes. Yet it took an alicorn and a unicorn together took 15 minutes.’ George thought, ‘Sure, let’s not question Equestrian logic.’

“Will do.” Twilight said.

“Oh, and I almost forgot.” Celestia said, turning her attention to Twilight, “Here.”

George and Dash watched as Celestia gave Twilight a letter, she turned her attention to George, then smiled.

“Twilight will give that to you when the time is right.” Celestia said, “Now, I must go.”

Celestia walked out of the house, and flew back off to Canterlot.

“Is it just me, or did the Princess look like she was in a hurry?” George asked.

“She’s like that sometimes.” Dash said, “You kinda get used to it.”

“Right.” George said, “So now what?”

“Well, I’m off to go study and see if I can find a way to free our friends. You could help out if you like.” Twilight said.

“I’m pretty tired from traveling to my universe and back, and having to fight in both universes…Not as easy as you think.” George said.

“Right.” Twilight said.

“I’m just glad I didn’t lose you guys.” Dash said, laying her head back on George’s.

“Me too.” George said, turning his attention to Dash, “So Dashie, do you want me to take you home?”

“No thanks, I think I can handle going home without being carried.” Dash said, “But I’m not quite adjusted to having you live in my house, though.”

“I didn’t ask if I could stay, that bubble got us confused, remember?” George said, “Something that was supposed to be one night only ended up being like two or three nights.”

“Right.” Dash said, getting off of George, “Thanks for understanding.” She said, softly kissing his cheek.

Twilight smiled, she finally got her two friends together like she had hoped.

“No problem, Dashie.” George said, “Good night.”

“Night.” Dash said, leaving the house, taking off to go to her own.

George’s attention slowly turned to Twilight, who could only help but smile at the sight of him and Dash together.

“…I hope you don’t mind if I stay here for a while longer.” George said.

“No I don’t mind.” Twilight said, “So, you and Rainbow finally got together?”

“Yeah, we did.” George said, “The bubble didn’t help very much, though.”

“You’re never going to let that go, are you?” Twilight asked.

“Nope.” George said, “I asked you not to meddle and you still did. It only helped a little, but still. Dash and I got together on our own.”

“Alright, alright.” Twilight said, “Geez. I won’t meddle next time, okay?”

“Alright.” George said, “Good night.”

“Night.” Twilight said as George walked up the stairs into the guest room.

‘…Wait.’ George thought, ‘Did she just say ‘next time’? Great.’

Well, I’m not surprised to say this. But here I am again. Bright room, completely black, all I could see was myself. I slowly heard footsteps shortly after, I turned around and saw…myself. Last time something like this happened it was due to Twilight’s spell, or was it? Now that I think about it I never really did find the cause of that last time I encountered my human self.

“Hello, George.” He said.

“Um, Hi?” I said, questioning pretty much everything at this point.

“I know what you’re thinking, am I another ‘fragment’ of your memory?” He said, “The answer’s no. I’m not.”

“Then, who are you?” I asked.

“Well, how do I say this right…” He said, “Think of it like this, I have all your memories, yet I don’t turn into smoke and force you to inhale me to receive my memories.”

“So then…What are you here for?” I asked.

“Let’s put it this way. We’re pretty much stuck together from now on.” He said, “I’m pretty much everything you used to be back when you were a human. And of course everything you currently are.”

“So, like, a separate copy of me?” I asked.

“Not quite.” He said, “First off, I was awakened right after you completely punched ‘Number One’ in anger. And second, I’m also here to protect some of the memories you shouldn’t be using here in Equestria.”

“So, like a guardian?” I asked.

“Kinda.” He said, “Guardian of the memories that you shouldn’t have, anyway.”

“How do I know I can trust you?” I asked.

“Well, we’re practically the same person. Whatever you’re thinking right now, I know what it is.” He said.

“Oh really?” I asked.

“And I also know for a fact you think Rainbow Dash is hot.” He said.

At that point I felt my face get hot. Geez, how’d he find that out?

“Ha!” He said, “That made you blush! See, I told you!”

“Alright, alright.” I said, “So then, if you really hold my memories, why can’t I have the ones I need?”

“Oh, right. Let me start off with giving you back your memories.” He said, “Maybe that’ll be enough proof that you can trust me.”

After he said that, I could see so many things flashing on my mind, so many different memories. At least I can remember everything I needed to remember, now.

“There. Now you can answer everyone’s questions, if they still have any.” He said.

“Gee, thanks. I guess.” I said, a bit confused at all of this.

Shortly after, we both heard loud tapping. It was three loud taps that were enough to catch my attention.

“Well, looks like someone in the real world is trying to wake you up.” He said.

“Huh?” I said, “So soon?”

“There’s a lot about the dreamscape, I’m still learning about it myself, to be honest.” He said, “All I know is that time is really wacky in here. For all we know, you could’ve slept the whole day already.”

The room started turning white, as I was slowly waking up.

“Well, I won’t bother you anymore today, but we do need to talk later.” He said.

“Right.” I said, “Thanks for giving back my memories.”

“No problem.” He said, “Don’t forget, we need to talk later. It’s about Number One and some things that I looked into in the dreamscape.”

The whole room became brighter, until all I could see was white. Then I woke up.

George woke up, and noticed it was still nighttime. He heard the loud tapping sound again shortly after he woke up.

“Ugh…” George said, “What’s going on?”

He heard more tapping, the sound was coming from his window. George looked to the window, and saw Dash tapping on the glass, trying to get his attention. Once George had noticed Dash, quickly moved her arms around.

“Dashie…?” George said, still a bit half-asleep. He got up from bed and walked to the window, and opened it, as soon as he did, Dash ran inside.

“Dashie…” George said, “It’s the middle of the night…What’s going on?”

“What? Can’t a mare see her stallionfriend whenever she wants?” Dash asked.

“Yeah, but not when it’s the middle of the night, Dashie.” George said, “What’s really going on?”

“Well, I had a rough time sleeping, and I was hoping if I could sleep with you tonight.” Dash said.

George narrowed his eyes, “Sounds like that’s only half of why you’re here.” He said.

“Okay, fine!” Dash said, “I…I had a bad dream.”

“What was it about?” George asked.

“It was…about us…” Dash replied, “Mostly just you turning our friends into stone, and you saved me for last…” She said as tears started flowing from her face.

“Oh…” George said, “Dashie. You know that’s not gonna happen.”

“I know…But it seemed so real…when I woke up, I had a hard time going back to sleep.” Dash said.

George grabbed her, holding her close to him. She cried a bit into the hug, but he did whatever he could to cheer her up.

“It’s alright, Dashie.” George said, softly kissing her forehead, “If you really want to, you can sleep here with me.”

Dash sniffled, and looked up at him, and smiled.

“Thanks.” She said, “It really means a lot.”

“No problem.” George said, softly kissing her lips.

Dash blushed, and they smiled as continued their hug for about a minute.

“…Plus its freakin’ cold out there.” Dash said, “I would’ve been frozen in bed if I hadn’t come over here.”

“That explains why you feel so cold.” George said, “C’mon, you’ll feel better in the bed. Wait…that kinda sounded wrong.”

Dash giggled a bit, “Don’t worry, if I wanted to try something, you’d know.” She said.

George got in bed, covering himself with the blanket, only for Dash to join in, covering herself with the blanket as well. He slowly grabbed onto her, and pulled her close, so they would cuddle themselves to sleep. She smiled, and wrapped her arms and legs around him, and nuzzled into his chest.

“This is nice…” Dash said, “We should do this sort of thing more often.”

“Yeah, we should.” George said, “I don’t mind sleeping with you like this, it’s pretty comfy cuddling with my marefriend.”

“Same here.” Dash said, slowly falling asleep, “I wasn’t very into cuddling, to be honest...But now I see why so many ponies like to cuddle with their special somepony.”

George smiled, “Good night, Dashie.” He said, softly kissing her forehead.

“Good night, Georgie.” Dash said, falling asleep.

‘I could really get used to this…’ George thought, ‘Who knew I’d find love in another universe, when I couldn’t even get a date in my own. Sometimes I wonder how things are going back home, though.’

Two hours ago…

Dash was in bed, thinking about the events that occurred earlier. She started thinking about her dream of becoming a wonderbolt. Should she continue to pursue that dream? Or should she stay with her friends and George? Hearing what he’s said about performers started to make her think about never getting to see her friends again.

Eventually, she decided on what she wanted to do. She didn’t want to lose her friends, even if it meant never becoming a wonderbolt. She was already upset that she almost lost her friends earlier today. All she wanted to do was sleep at this point, and hope for the best tomorrow.

…Until she had that dream.

It was a stormy night, Dash was panicking, trying to run away. She looked back, and saw George holding on to Twilight by her neck, turning her into stone. Dash could only gasp and continue running. She runs into a corner, and looks around for a way to escape. George slowly walked towards her, she was cornered, nowhere to run, nowhere to fly, nowhere to hide.

“So, ‘Dashie’.” George said, his attitude being completely different than his original, “Hope you enjoyed the show. Cause you’re next.”

“No!” Dash exclaimed, “Please! This isn’t you, George!”

“Oh, but it is.” George said, “I’d say that I’m sorry it’d have to be this way, but I’m really not.”

“George, please.” Dash said, tears flowing from her eyes, “Don’t do this, what about all the good times we’ve had?”

“Hmph. ‘Good times’.” George said, “I kinda feel sorry for you. Your own stallionfriend, right here, turning your best friends into stone, and then doing the same to you.”

“George…” Dash said, “I know there’s still some good in you! Please!”

Dash woke up right after that. Breathing heavily, tears flowing from her eyes, her heart beating insanely fast. She didn’t know what to think of this nightmare.

“It…It was just a dream.” Dash said, “Whew. For a second there I thought that was really happening...”

Dash tried going back to sleep, but she was worried she’d have the dream again. She would keep tossing and turning, trying to get some sleep. But the thought of possibly having the nightmare again wouldn’t let her sleep.

“Ugh!” Dash groaned, “Why am I having such a hard time sleeping!?”

Dash looked around, and thought about the dream again. She groaned in frustration, she wanted to stop thinking about the dream. She needed something to help get her mind off of it. She needed to see George again.

“Geez, I just finished having a nightmare about him, and then now I want to see him in real life.” Dash said, “…But he somehow knows how to cheer me up.” A small blush showing on her face as she softly smiled.

She got out of bed, left the house, and took off to Twilight’s house. When she got there, she noticed how everyone was asleep. She looked around to see if she could see George through one of the windows. When she saw him, she started thinking of how to get his attention without waking anypony else up.

“Aww…He looks so cute when he’s asleep.” Dash said, beginning to tap on the glass. It was soft at first, but wasn’t loud enough to wake him up, then she started tapping on it harder, until he woke up.

George could only wonder what happened in Dash’s nightmare. He’d have to ask tomorrow, once they woke up. He looked back at her, who had wrapped her arms and legs around him, and was nuzzled into his chest, enjoying her sleep, probably the best sleep she’s had. Then again, it was the first time he’s seen her sleep, excluding the times they slept together when they were confused by the bubble. He smiled, and couldn’t help but to kiss her head.

“She so cute when she’s asleep.” He said, wrapping his arms around her, slowly falling asleep. He softly petted her mane until he completely fell asleep.