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“Ughhh.” I groaned as I threw my covers off. I felt sticky and covered in sweat from the nightmare I had been having. I opened my eyes, which had crusted over and swung my legs over the edge of my bed. I sat up and groggily rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. I looked at my alarm clock, which I had just slapped into silence.

6:00

I sighed and stood up. I walked over to my bathroom and flicked the light switch, effectively blinding myself in the process. I blinked and rubbed my eyes a couple times until my eye sight had returned. I peered at myself in the mirror and frowned. I looked like crap, and it was all because of that nightmare.

I had been standing on a burning plain, and overhead in the sky, the sun had gone black. I had looked around, trying to find somebody who could tell me what the hell was going on. I ran and ran, dashing around and through flames that for some reason, I couldn’t feel. Eventually after what felt like at least an hour, I came across a village. The only problem, was that this village had been destroyed. It looked as though bomb after bomb had been dropped upon it.

I could see area’s where homes had once stood and where people had once walked, their outlines etched into the brick where some walls had still stood. I almost cried right then and there. It was sickening that so many people could be wiped out so easily. As I moved through the village, I realized, it wasn’t a village at all, but a city, a destroyed city. What was left of the road I was on, went on for miles. I continued to walk along until I heard something that sent a chill up my spine. I heard a little girl crying. Now everyone knows from horror movies that when you here a child either giggling or crying, you stay the fuck away, but me being the curious idiot I was, I had to go look.

I followed the sound through what used to be an alleyway and around a blackened wall. When I turned the corner, I found a small girl huddled on the ground in front of me. Curious but a bit apprehensive, I crept forward and placed my hand on her shoulder. She turned her head and looked at me. She had emerald green eyes and a pale face. Bloody tears streamed down her face.

“What’s wrong?” I had asked.

“He killed them all. My whole family. Why didn’t you save them, why didn’t you save me?”

As soon as she said, “save me” her face changed and her flesh began to decompose, leaving bits of rotten flesh hanging from a cracked and broken skull. Her eyes deteriorated and left her sockets empty. After a matter of seconds her half decomposed body began to cackle wildly. She lunged toward me, and that’s when my alarm had gone off.

I looked away from my mirror and turned off the light. I left the bathroom and turned on the light in my bedroom, trying not to trip over anything due to my temporary blindness in the dark. Once the lights were on I went over to my drawers and opened the top one, pulling out one pair of white socks and a pair of white Fruit of the Loom boxers. Second drawer, a simple white short sleeve t-shirt, and the third drawer, a pair of baggy black jeans. I closed the last drawer and put on my clothes. I walked over to where my backpack was sitting and stuffed the textbooks that were sitting next to it, back in, with complete disregard to whatever papers may have been crushed by them.

Once all my stuff was ready, I grabbed my favorite zip-up hoodie, shut off the light and headed downstairs. I jumped the last three steps and dropped my backpack next to the couch. I walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. I quickly scanned it and found some bread and butter, which I grabbed. I closed the door and placed them on the counter. I then moved to the pantry and scanned it, looking for the Nutella. It took me a minute of searching before realizing it was right there in front of my face. I grabbed it and brought it over to my bread. I took the bread and placed it in the toaster as I got a small plate out.

After about three minutes, my toast popped up and I once again, mistakenly grabbed it, causing my fingers to burn. I yelped and dropped it on the counter and immediately stuck my fingers in my mouth to try to cool them. I knew it wouldn’t help too much considering my mouth was warm, but I did it out of instinct. Once the pain in fingers receded, I grabbed a paper towel and used it to pick up the hot toast. I placed it on the plate and brought it back over to the butter and Nutella. I took out a butter knife from the silverware drawer, and placed one small pat of butter on each slice, spreading them around. Once my toast was safely buttered and cooled a bit, I spread some Nutella on each one and sat down at the table. I took a quick sniff of my breakfast before chowing down. I don’t know why I do it, but ever since I was little, I like to smell my food before eating it. I guess you could compare it to smoking. It’s a habbit.

Once I was finished eating, I placed my plate in the sink, grabbed my backpack, and headed out the door for school. To be honest, I never really enjoyed school, it always bored me, and learning of most things bored me, except a few select subjects, of which nobody is allowed to know about. See, I am a lover of fantasy. I enjoy reading it, playing games involving it, and I love researching real magic and such. It fascinates me. I ran to the citi bus that had just pulled up and paid my fare. I sat right in the front in my usual seat.

“Hey.” I said to the driver, “Where’s Joey?”

“Joey? Sorry kid, but he got fired yesterday.” He replied.

I frowned. Joey was my usual driver, and he was probably the coolest bus driver you would ever meet. Whenever I got on the bus, he would not only sometimes wave my fare, but he would always have some kind of soda and junk food, so I usually got to have something good before getting to school or going home.

“Why’d he get fired?” I asked.

“Our company found out he was gay and decided it would be best if we got rid of him. I don’t see what they hated about it. I didn’t mind and I know most of the other drivers and co-workers didn’t mind.” He explained.

I only stared at him. It upset me that people were so judgmental these days. I get a lot of teasing because I’m bisexual, and I’ll tell you, it sucks, especially when they won’t leave you alone no matter where you are. I turned and looked out the window as we pulled up to the school. Once we pulled up and the bus came to a stop, I stood up, slid my backpack back on and said bye to the driver and walked up to the school.

* * *

I sat in my math class, trying my best to keep myself awake. We had just finished lunch and had headed back to class. Apparently, when you eat two or three burgers from McDonalds, you get really damn tired. I felt my eyes begin to droop and before I knew it, it was too late. I passed out.

I stood once again on the plain, only now it wasn’t burning. I looked around me and noticed the golden aura the place now had. I turned around and saw a bright light coming toward me. Normally I would be scared, but this light, it had a calming feeling to it. I stood there, unable to move as it came closer. Soon it got really close and I closed my eyes. When the brightness disappeared, I opened them to find a large white horse with wings, a horn on its head, and a golden tiara and bib as well. It came up to me and looked right at me and smiled.

“Jason, I’m glad to meet you.” It said, the voice coming from it sounding feminine.

“Wh-who are you? And how are you talking?” I asked.

“My name is Princess Celestia, Ruler of Equestria with my sister Luna.” She replied.

“Um, ok. Where am I?” I asked.

“We are standing in the Plain of life.”

“How can it be a plain of life? Last time I was here it was burning.” I explained.

“The place you had seen before was not the Plain of life, It was the Plain of Shadows.” She said, her voice causing me to want to sit there and be my best.

“So why are we here?”

“I need to know, if you had a chance to start life anew, in a new place, where you can be happy and enjoy the comfort of new friends, would you take it?” she asked.

I looked up at her and blinked a couple times. I was thinking pretty hard about it. A new life?, new friends? It all sounded too good to be true. But, as I always have in the past, I decided to live with a little risk.

“Yeah, sure.” I said.

“Good, now awake and look upon your new home.” She said as she slowly faded away. Now I was just confused.

Suddenly the Plain began to fade.

I slowly opened my eyes and yawned. I felt more rested than ever before, and it felt great. I sat up and looked around, realizing, I was no longer in school. I was now lying in a small bed, with a blanket covering me. What really struck me as odd, was the detail my surroundings had. Everything here looked like it had been drawn on a computer. It was like I was sitting in a cartoon. I looked down and noticed, even my hands and the rest of me had the same detail. As soon as my mind caught up to the fact that I was no longer home, I began to freak out. I fell out of the bed and onto a solid wood floor. I stood back up and was about to run out of the door when another horse, kind of like the one from my dream, stepped through the door. It looked at me and smiled. It had a brown mane and a lighter, golden brown coat. It also had a picture on it’s butt. It was a picture of a bookcase with a variety of books.

“Hi! I’m glad you’re awake.” He said, and I could tell he was definitely male.

“Wh-what is with all you horses coming to me and talking?!?” I said, still freaking out.

“Whoah! Who are you calling a horse, I’m a pony. And you are?” he said, sounding offended.

“I’m Jason, now where the hell am I?” I asked.
“Equestria of course. Although, your only the third human who’s ever come here.” He said smiling.

“Th-the third? You mean there are others?” I asked, calming down bit by bit the more I talked.

“Yeah, about a year back, a Human by the name of Alan ended up here. He came into town and freaked out about us ponies in much the same way you are. After a while he warmed up to us and eventually, he saved us from an old enemy known as Monochrome. And he’s the only one to have married the princesses and some of the elements of harmony. The other is Connor, he was sent here to bring Alan home, but decided to stay due to his own love interest, Trixie. Other than that, no other humans have showed up here, until you that is.” He explained.

“Wh-what?” was all I could say before I passed out and fell to the floor.

* * *

When I came to, I was still on the floor, and the pony was no longer there. Maybe I was imagining things, but of course, that wouldn’t explain all the cartoonyness of this place. I stood back up and slowly walked to the door and pushed it open. I walked down a well lit hallway, and judging by there being candles on the walls, I guess this place didn’t have electricity. I could see that the whole place was made of a rich caramel colored wood that gave the place a surprising homey feeling.

I exited the hallway into the living room to find the pony sitting on a small couch, with a book in hand. I wasn’t sure if I was over the fact that he could talk, let alone be smart or read. I slowly took a step forward and the floor creaked. I mentally face palmed as he looked up and smiled.

“Oh good, your ok!” he said happily hopping up. I hadn’t noticed it before, due to his mane blocking it, but he had a small horn on his head, much like that princess, only smaller. It glowed with a deep rich brown aura, lifting the book up and placing it back on its shelf. I looked at him in a bit of shock and wonder.
Magic! Real Magic!!!!

My inner fanboy immediately overcame my worry about where I was, and the fact that there was a talking pony. I stood there and stared at his horn like a child would cake or a new toy.
I smiled big and wide.

“Y-you can do magic!” I said.

“Yes, I can, can’t you?” he asked.

“Um, no, at least I don’t think I can.” I replied.

“Oh well. If I might ask, do you have a name?” I asked.

“Page Turner. I’m the owner of not only this lovely home, but of the bookstore next door, Tattered Pages.” He relied happily.

“So, uh, where in Equestria am I?”

“Well Jason, you’re in Ponyville. If you need, I can go fetch Alan, he lives here you know. I’m sure he can show you around.” Page said.

“Uh, sure, I could use some kind of human contact.” I said.

“Ok, come with me.”

I followed him out and had to duck in order to leave his home. As soon as we stepped out I looked around and couldn’t believe what I was seeing, not only were there ponies everywhere and of different sizes, types and colors, but the entire place was gorgeous. I took a breath and smiled. Even the air felt nice. I followed Page Turner along a main road through town and as we went, I could hear the ponies of the town whispering.

“Do you see that?”

“Look, another one, and just as hansom too!”

“I wonder if he’s going to the Gala with anypony yet.”

My smile wavered a bit as I realized that these ponies where almost exactly like girls on earth, the only difference was that girls on earth never hit on me…or called me hansom. I continued to follow Page until we came across an opening to a path lined with such beautiful nature that it made me almost want to cry tears of joy. I followed him along the path and after walking for a while, we came upon a large house that looked like it could fit three whole families.

Page trotted up and tapped his hoof against the door and waited. After two minutes, the door opened and a blue Pegasus with a rainbow mane and tail answered.

“Who is it and why are you h-” she stopped as she laid eyes on me.

“Alan!” she yelled as she ran back into the house.

I sighed, such a wonderful first impression, ruined. I continued to stand there until I heard footsteps coming down a flight of stairs. I say footsteps because it didn’t sound like more than two legs.

“Who’s there?” Alan said as he stepped outside. He looked right at me and smiled.

“Well, well, well. Looks like Tia was right. You did make it. Welcome to Equestria…little brother.”
Chapter 1, Part 2: Family

I stared in disbelief. I had heard that I had a brother at one point and that he had left home to go work for some big research firm. My parents had been talking about it, and they had been upset because he had gone missing. I almost completely forget about it until now.

“Are you just going to stand there? Or are you going to say something.” He said smiling still.

“Y-you, but…I…” I lost it. I could not so much as form a single coherent thought.

Sigh, “Alright come here man. I got it, I’ll admit, this place still leaves ME speechless sometimes. But it’s not as much the place as it’s the inhabitants.” He said, placing his arm around me as he pulled me inside.

“Thanks for bringing him Page. Have a good day!” he said to Page, whom I had forgotten was still standing there.

“It was no problem. And have a good one yourself.” Page replied. He smiled and began a quick trot down the path. I blinked and finally managed to say something.

“Why?”

“Huh?”

“Why did you leave.” I asked. I was curious. I honestly wanted to know what, of all things made him want to come here, granted the place was spectacular, but why ponies?
He sighed and sat me down in his living room after closing the door behind us.

For the next three hours he told me everything that had happened to him, from the portal to his victory over Monochrome. I stared in disbelief. I had to admit, these “mares” as he called them, were actually pretty good looking…for ponies. And he got to bang two princesses and five others? I sat there pondering everything I had just heard. As I thought, I hadn’t realized that his seven wives had creeped up behind me. They all popped up, succeeding in scaring the living crap out of me as they tackled me to the floor. The only one who remained where she was, was one of the princesses. I looked up at her as soon as they all got off me. I recognized her immediately as the mare from my dream.

“Jason, It’s nice to see you.” She said smiling.

“Uh, yeah, same here. I take it you’re all Alan’s wives?” I asked.

“Yup!” they all said in unison. They all lined up and introduced themselves.

“Heya there sugarcube. Ah’m Applejack, it’s a pleasure to meet ya.” She said with an admittedly annoying southern drawl.

“Sup, names Rainbow Dash, Fasted Pegasus in Equestria and future greatest wonderbolt in history!” she said, flaring out her wings in a proud pose. I chuckled inwardly at her arrogance.

“Hello darling. I’m Rarity and it is very nice to meet you.” She said, giving a bit of a curtsy. I could tell she was a very froufrou type of mare.

“Hi! I’m Ditzy Doo, or Derpy, you can call me whatever you want.” The grey one said smiling at me with big yellow misguided eyes. I flinched at the completely un adulterated cuteness.

“I am princess Chrysalis, pleasure to make your acquaintance.” The big black one said, smiling.

“And I am Princess Luna, Tia’s sister and ruler of the night.”

I immediately bowed to each of the princesses, gaining a giggle from all seven and a chuckle from my brother.
“Jason, you don’t need to bow to them, their family.”

“Hey, it’s just common courtesy. By the way, is there anything to eat. I’m starved.” I said, my stomach grumbling in agreement.

“Yeah, right this way.” Alan said, leading me to his kitchen. He opened up the fridge and pulled out some assorted fruits and veggies, and a couple cupcakes.

“Dude, really? Quit joking around, where’s all the meat at?” I asked, hoping for some chicken nuggets or a hotdog.

“Ok, Jason, first things first, Now that you’re here, the only time you can eat meat is if you come with me to the Everfree forest and help me catch some fish. Otherwise, it’s vegetarian diet for you. The Ponies here are vegetarians and they don’t take to kindly to carnivores.” He explained.

I looked from him, to the food and back to him. I sighed.

“Fine, mom was trying to get me to eat healthy anyway.” I replied. And despite having to eat healthy, I snatched a cupcake first, peeling off the wrapper and sinking my teeth into the treat. As soon as it hit my tongue, I had a foodgasm. It had to be the greatest tasting cupcake in the history of cupcakes. Alan just stared at me, an amused look on his face.

“Whuf?” I asked, food still in my mouth.

“You look like Rarity just gave you the greatest blow job of your life!” He said, as he began laughing. Rarity only blushed and looked at Alan with a bit of a sultry look.

“Make another joke like that and I might just have to do that to you.” She said.

Alan stopped laughing and looked at her. “Wow Rarity, dirty talk in front of a guest? Never thought you had it in you.” He smiled.

I swallowed and began laughing. I had to admit, this shit was funny. As soon as I started laughing, everybody else did too, and it took as a good two minutes before we could stop laughing and breath.

“So what’s this Gala everybody’s talking about?” I asked.

“Jason, here, it’s everypony, ok, it make take some getting used to, but it’ll leave the ponies of Equestria less confused. As for the Gala, it’s a huge ball that’s going to be happening a month from now, usually for the fanciest ponies in Equestria, but me and all the girls, including my wives, are all invited. You can come too if you’d like.” He explained.

I thought about it. I wouldn’t normally be caught dead at a ball, or dance. I was usually at a concert or drinking from my mom’s private liquor stash. But, if Alan could do it, then so could I.

“Sure, I’ll go, but uh, I need a suit or something don’t I?” I asked.

“Oh of course Darling. I’ve made quite a few for our dear Alan here, so I’ll have one made for you soon. I’ll need your measurements later though so that I can tailor it to fit you just perfectly.” She said enthusiastically.

“Oh and one more thing Jason…Your going to need a date.” Alan said smiling.

I gulped.

Author's Note

Hey everypony! Guess who's back in business!!!! That's right, I have internet and I am once again writing. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I hope to have this story going strong! ARMY STRONG!!!!! HOOOAAHH!