Every cloud has a silver lining

New York

"This looks like the place" you say to yourself while approaching a dark, metallic blue door. A good friend of yours, Trevor, has invited you over to the bar downtown for your 21st birthday "celebration". Not much of a big surprise that he would plan it at a place like this. While gripping the door handle, you let out a sigh, then push it open. Blaring hard rock music mixed with the sounds of conversations and laughter greet you as you step inside. The door closes with a creak, then you begin to scan the area for Trevor. Several customers notice you as you walk by, and they give a,"you don't look like you belong here" glare at you. You turn your head in the opposite direction to avoid eye contact with them, only to see a bunch of drunken, somewhat attractive girls dancing on a stage while spilling alcohol from frost-covered bottles in their hands. Directly in front of the stage stand a couple of burly-looking men with cigarettes between their fingers, who are laughing with each other and enjoying the show. The vibrating of your phone interrupts you, and after sliding it out from your pocket, the screen reads that you have a "new message from Trevor". You tap on the screen to open the text, which reads," I'm at the bar. Hurry up".

"calm down Trevor, jeez" you say as you try to find the bar. five minutes after going in a circle, you see Trevor sitting at the bar. you sit next to him. He is better looking than most guys you know, he usually gets all the ladies. He turns toward you and smiles. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY" he yells. he pulls you in for a manly hug and then he says "I know you have never had ANY alcohol in your life, so as a present I'm paying for all of your drinks!" You smile and then laugh at that. We both are sophomores in college. He always gets invited to parties and you always get pushed aside. He has been drinking since he was a senior in high school so he can handle his alcohol, you on the other hand are a bit concerned that you are going to barf on the floor and then slip on it. Trevor calls the bartender and says "I'll have a shot of whiskey and my friend here will have some beer." he says pointing at you. "But Trev..." you begin but he cuts you off. "No buts, you are going to drink your fist drink and enjoy it" The bartender arrives giving Trevor his shot an you your beer. Trevor pops the cap on you beer and drinks it all in one go. "Trevor! what the hell?" you ask. "you though that would be your first drink? HA yeah right." he pulled out a bag from his hoodie and poured a clear liquid into the beer bottle. You manage to see the label on the bottle inside the paper bag. "Everclear?" you say out loud "isn't this stuff illegal?" "SHHHHHH! shut up man!" Trevor says "I don't want to get arrested like last time"

About a year ago, Trevor had gotten arrested because he was smoking a joint on campus with his friends. Trevor had called you the "goody goody child" before because you never did anything with a risk. You were about to take the biggest one of your life.

You stare at the bottle. "Okay lets drink at the same time" said Trevor as he put the bottle back in you hand. You think "Oh well, what could go wrong?" "Three" Trevor starts "Two" you continue. "ONE" you say at the same time as You bring the bottle to your lips an Trevor brings the Everclear bottle to his mouth instead of the shot glass.

The liquid burned as it trickled down your throat. You look at Trevor who drank the entire bottle!

Your vision began to blur an you felt terrible. You lean over to Trevor whose face began to turn very red. "LETS GO HOME NOW" He nods as you stumble out the bar together. You jumble with your keys and unlock your car. Trevor sits in the passenger seat as you turn on the car. The last thing you remember is the loud roar of the engine going down a road.

Ponyville-

Rainbow Dash sits on a cloud bed rereading her favorite Daring Do book. She hears a knocking at her door. "Who had the audacity to disturb Rainbow Dash on her day off?" Rainbow thought as she flew toward her door to answer it. She opened the door saying "Hey WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" Twilight and Fluttershy stood at the door. "RAINBOW! THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE!" Twilight screamed as she yelled "FOLLOW ME!" and took off. Fluttershy followed her as fast as she could and after her, Rainbow with not a clue to what's going on followed too. They arrived at the library where the rest of the town was. Pinkie jumped out of nowhere and yelled "OMIGOSH THOSE TWO ALIENS FELL OUT OF THE SKY!" and then ran off in another direction screaming.

"What?" Rainbow asked as she flew above the crowd and saw a big chunk of metal stuck on the side of the tree and different unknown parts littered all over the ground. What's going on?

Two strange figures hung out of the large piece of metal stuck in the tree. They were covered in blood, lots of it. A fire erupted from the back of the metal thing and progressively got bigger every second. There was an explosion and the two figures hit the ground hard. The loud bang threw all of the residents of Ponyville to their knees and backs. Terrified, the cutie mark crusaders cowered under Rarity who still stood in horror. She turned and ran to Twilight who was hovering over the wreck. "DO SOMETHING TWILIGHT!"

"Oh alright" she said unsure of herself. She pulled the two figures off the ground with her magic and placed them in a safer spot.

"What are they?" Scootaloo asks

"I don't know darling, I don't know" says Rarity. A crowd of ponies circle around the two bloody figures.

Rainbow lands next to one of the figures. "Did it just move?" Rainbow thought as she saw one of the aliens move it's head.

"GET A DOCTOR NOW!"