Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful what you wish for

Tie in with the Room For Rent Universe

Chapter 1 – ‘Mr. Lucky’

“Holy shit this is awesome!!!!”

“That it is Don Riker!  While you’re celebrating your good fortune why don’t you tell the listeners at home what radio station plays the best rock of yesterday and today?!” the DJ replies over the phone and radio.

“K-DOG 103.3 the rock hard Diamond Dog!” I shouted back.

A moment later I could hear them switch it to commercial and then the DJ took a little different tone.

“Seriously, congratulations on winning the grand prize of the free trip Mr. Riker, and tomorrow we’ll need you to come by and pick up the gateway pass.  You’re also going to have to have a complete physical.  If your insurance doesn’t cover it we do have a station doc on hand that can do it, but she’s… well, she’s a peculiar on how she treats folks,” the DJ replied.

“No, my insurance will cover it.  I just can’t believe that I’m getting to go to Equestria.  I mean this is a dream come true.  Oh man, I’ve got to call and tell Louis about this.  I mean this is…  Holy shit dude this is so awesome!” I exclaimed.

“Well, again congratulations on your prize.  Anyway, the sooner you get your physical and pick up your pass the sooner you can start your vacation,” the DJ replied.

I nodded, and then realized that he couldn’t see the nod.

“Absolutely, I’ll be by tomorrow.  Damn… this is going to be so awesome!” I said.

I gave all of my information that they needed and then hung up the phone.  There was a crap ton of stuff that I needed to do.  I was going to be living every bronies’ dream, and I was going to be doing it hardcore.  I looked through my closet and thought about what I could wear over there.  I thought about wearing some of the stuff that I had from before the portal.  T-shirts with Equestria Girls on it, maybe the one with Discord on the front saying “Everypony needs a little chaos,”, but in the end I knew that I shouldn’t be too weird.  I had heard how some of the bronies that went over there were asked to leave because they ended up being a little too obsessive.  In the end I picked out a few sets of casual formal wear, a few DC and Marvel shirts, a couple pair of shorts, and my lucky Nike Air Jordan’s.  I looked at the old court shoes.  I had found a pair of the original 1985 shoes, in my size, on Fee-bay, the digital auction house so well known for its tons of fees, and ended up getting them.  Sure, they had cost about a hundred and fifty bucks, along with another ninety for the site’s fees, but since getting them I’ve had mostly good luck.  Sort of, okay I’m not dead yet so more or less good luck.

I put the lucky shoes in my suitcase and slammed the lid shut.  It groaned with the pressure of the clothes inside and I quickly thought about something.  They said that nothing really advanced would work over there.  That meant my cell phone wouldn’t work at all.  I was going to have to buy a disposable camera instead of taking pictures with my second generation Robotz phone.  Oh well, it was okay.  I would still have some pictures, and I could always scan them into the computer here when I got home.

I grabbed the older smart phone and quickly dialed my doctor’s office.

“New Life Medical Clinic, this is Sandra, how may I help you today?” a nasally voice asked.

“Sandra, this is Don Riker.  I’d like to know if I could get in today as a walk in for a physical?” I asked.

“Dr. Loomis doesn’t have any appointments after three thirty.  If you can get here a few minutes early we’ll see what we can do to get you worked in.  Is there any reason for the physical we need to be made aware of?  Have you contracted anything recently?” she asked.

“Ummmm, no, but I have to have a physical before I can take my trip, so I need a physical,” I replied.

“Oh, that’s fine then.  Go ahead and come in,” she said.

She hung up the phone and I looked at the time.  It was only one pm and that meant that I had two and half hours.  I sniffed myself and realized that a shower wasn’t out of the question.  I walked into the shower, quickly took it, and then I thought about work.  I had tomorrow off, but then I had to go in.  Well, I needed to let them know that I would be taking vacation.  Hell, I wouldn’t be the only one to have done this to them, and besides it was a shitty job.  If they wanted to let me go they could.  This place had an abundance of shitty jobs, and I could get on at any of them.  The thought of Smiley-Mart came to mind and I quickly shivered.  Okay, any of them but there.

I had heard horror stories about Smiley-Mart.  Everyone who worked in retail had met someone who had worked there.  Employers loved to hire those guys because they had been trained so hard on customer service that they could never turn it off.  On top of that Smiley-Mart didn’t like to pay competitive wages, so they tended to give people twenty to twenty-five hour shifts.  It wasn’t illegal to do, but it was unethical as hell.  I’d go work at Burger Queen before I went to work at Smiley-Mart.  I shook that feeling off.  There were other places to work at, and besides I was one of the best computer techs they had there.  Feeling a bit more confident I strolled out of the bedroom, down the hall, and into the bathroom of my apartment.

I looked at the mint green tub.  All in all the apartment wasn’t a bad one.  Sure, it was unrevonated, the carpet was a color of orange that had existed in the 1970’s and never really made it out of that decade.  Actually, I’m fairly certain that this apartment had been the set of a few pornos back in its day.  The fake wood paneling didn’t really help the look of the apartment either, but I ignored it for the most part.  I stripped off in front of my tub, turned on the water, and waited for a good three minutes while the boiler decided to kick on.  After I was sure that I had hot water I got into it and quickly took care of some business.

A few minutes found me dressed, wearing the Discord shirt I had decided against earlier, because why not, and a comfortable pair of blue jeans along with my Honey Badger workboots.  I stepped out and walked down to my car.  The few times that I had rode with Louis to work reminded me of why I liked my old prehistoric car so much.  There was a lot more room in here.  I turned the engine over in my old LTD until it caught and headed off toward Dr. Loomis’ office.

The moment I arrived I walked in to see a nearly cleared out waiting room.  Feeling fortunate I walked up to the counter and signed in.  Sure, I was a good hour and thirty minutes early, but if they could get in faster that would be perfect.  I took a seat and picked up a magazine that just happened to be lying beside me.  I lifted it up and was greeted by a picture of a mare, lying on her back, legs sprawled out, and her face flushed.  My eyes widened and I took in what I was seeing before I closed the magazine and noticed that it said ‘Playcolt’.  I looked across from me and saw a nervous looking stallion sitting there.

“Hi,” I said.

“Howdy,” he replied.

I knew that I recognized the voice.  Hell, I had watched the show religiously before the portal opened.  The voice sounded so familiar, but I was having a really hard time thinking about who it was.

“Was this yours?” I asked.

“Ah’d kindly thank ya to not go mentioning it.  Ma fil-um girlfriend might git a little bit mad,” he replied.

“No problem, my name is Don,” I said.

“Thank ya, names Braeburn,” he replied.

“Braeburn… wait a minute you mean Applejack’s cousin?” I asked.

“The same.  It’s funny, she can’t go nowhere without somepony knowin’ her,” he replied.

I laughed a little and he did the same.

“So, dating someone here huh?  How’s that going?” I asked.

“Purty good.  She’s a might ornery at times though,” he replied.

The door to the back opened and a young brunette stepped out.  She was cute, and there was something familiar about her.  I was trying to place it when she stopped, saw me with the magazine next to me and then looked at me.

“You!” she exclaimed.

The waitress, she was the waitress that waited on Louis and me before.  She walked over and grabbed the magazine and picked it up.

“It’s guys like you that are making these poor mares feel like they have to do this kind of thing to be accepted!  You and that ‘friend’ of yours!” she exclaimed before she threw the magazine in the trash and then looked at Braeburn.

“Sweetheart let’s get out of here,” she said.

They got up to leave and he looked at me and mouthed a thank you.

I nodded.  I did hope that it worked out for him, or at least sort of worked out for him.  I waited for a few more minutes went back into the examination room and a few minutes later I heard the sound of squeaking shoes walking down the hall.  The door opened and the room filled the smell of cherry tobacco.  The older man walked toward me, and cleared his throat.

“I understand that you’re taking a trip right?  Somewhere exotic?” he asked.

“I won a free trip to Equestria!” I exclaimed.

The excitement was still thundering in my head.  I saw him smile as he walked over to a drawer and pulled out a different chart than the one he had.

“Well, then that means that we get to treat you for an entirely different list of things today.  Medical studies from Equestria have reported that for the most part there isn’t a whole lot of illnesses over there that humans can catch very easy, but we can take a few nasty things with us that they can catch.  So, from your file I can see that you’ve had the chicken pox when you were a kid.  That’s good.  It means the virus is long since dead in your system.  We’re going to draw a little blood, check you for some STD’s, unless there’s some reason we shouldn’t, and go from there,” Dr. Loomis said.

“STD’s?” I asked.

“It’s a standard precaution, and I don’t want to go into why it is.  Now, if there isn’t a reason to test you then we’ll skip it.  So, what’s your sexual history?” he asked.

“I’ve had sex before,” I said looking away from him.

“Seriously?  Don, you’ve been my patent since you were eighteen.  That’s eight years, and in that eight years you’ve never?” he asked.

“S…sure I did,” I said feeling a little self-conscious.

He shook his head and touched my arm.

“We’ll have them run the screen on the blood work.  Now, we’re going to touch on your diet.  I can promise you that Burger Queen isn’t available over there.  For the most part a good portion of the population is vegetarian, although there are a few omnivores, and it reflects on their dining.  So as a preventative I’m going to suggest that you take protein supplements.  You can get these at Smiley-Mart for about six dollars.  Two pills, twice a day.  It should be plenty to ensure that your diet isn’t too out of whack.  Just be sure to eat something more than salad.  I’d suggest beans, potatoes, eggplant, and some soy if they have it.  That will provide the other protein that the supplements don’t have,” Dr. Loomis said.

He quickly checked me, and when he was finished I had them take the blood sample.  Before I left I asked how long it would be before I actually got the results.

“With the exception of the blood test everything else is normal.  The lab will run the tests on the blood, and the results should be in tomorrow.  Don, take it easy, and enjoy your trip,” Dr. Loomis said.

I nodded, walked out to my car, and started it up.  The sounds of The Who’s behind Blue Eyes came over the old speakers and I began to sing along to it as I pulled out and headed to work.  When I got there I noticed that Louis was gone.  That was odd.  I was sure he would be here, and maybe even be chatting it up with Amanda.  I walked back toward where she had been, and to my surprise she was gone as well.  Shrugging it off I walked into the manager’s office.

“Mr. Riker, it’s a surprise to see you here; however, we could use you today.  Ms Cameron quit, and another employee has decided that it was a good time to take his vacation today.  Clock in, and get to work,” he said.

“Actually, I wanted to take a few days off.  I just won a trip, and there’s sort of time stamp of when I can take it,” I replied.

“Mr. Riker I believe that you’ve mistaken me for someone who actually cares.  Clock in, get to work, or clean out your locker,” he replied.

I looked at him and shook my head.

“Okay, I know that you can’t threaten me like that.  First, I’ve got two weeks of vacation time built up, and second I know that you need me.  I’m one of your best employees,” I said.

“Were one of my best employees.  Mr. Riker, if you want to go on this trip then go.  Clean out your locker, leave your name badge, and I suggest that you get to looking for work somewhere else.  It’s that, or you can do as you were told,” he said.

I turned toward the time clock.  I knew this job wasn’t the only job available, and I had psyched myself up for this earlier.  If I clocked in there was no way I would ever get to take my vacation in time.  Mr. Hill was the kind of manager who loved to lord his power over everyone.  I breathed out, looked at him, and smiled.

“Be seeing you then,” I said.

His eyes widened as I turned around and walked to my locker.

“I’m not kidding Riker!  If you do this then you are through here!  I can promise you that you’ll never work in this store again!” he shouted.

I grabbed a box, opened my locker, and pulled out the few MLP comics I had, a couple of dvd’s I had forgotten to take home with me, an old mug that I promptly threw into the trash, and finally a small pink friendship bracelet that Pinkie had given me.  I slipped the friendship bracelet on, made sure everything else was in there, and grinned at him.

“According to the company rules I should get paid for my two weeks of vacation that I never took.  So, have a nice life, and I’ll see you around,” I said.

I walked out of the building feeling free.  Sure, I was out of a job, but that place sucked ass anyway.  I couldn’t help but start singing the lyrics to Take over the World.  Tomorrow was going to be great, and after the trip I could find another job.  Hell, my next check from this place would more than pay two months’ worth of rent with all ease.

I hadn’t seen Pinkie at her job, so I figured that I would let her know the great news later.  I walked out to the car, got in, and once it started I headed home.  I fired up the computer and opened my email.  I had thought about calling Louis, but knowing him there was every chance he had his phone off.  It would be simpler to just shoot him an email and let him know what was going on.  Hell, maybe he’d want to get in on this.

‘Louis!

Buddy, this is fucking amazing news!  I won a trip man.  Seriously, off of that radio station I kept telling you about.  Anyway, I wanted to let you know that I’m heading out tomorrow to get my pass.  Yeah man a pass, a gateway pass, I’m going to Equestria!  This is going to be so awesome.  If you don’t mind to let Pinkie know that would be cool.  Who knows, maybe you’ll get a chance to come over too.  Oh, bud, Mr. Hill threw a major fit, and when I get back I’ll be finding something else to do.  Seems like he’s pissed off about Amanda up and quitting her job.  That’s kind of fucked up and weird.  Anyway, talk to you later buddy,

Don,’

Feeling better about there being an email sent I leaned back and thought about the next day.  Before long I stretched out and even though it was still early in the evening I was fast asleep.  The sound of shouting woke me up and I groaned as I stretched.  Falling asleep on my old couch wasn’t the best idea.  I could hear the shouting of my upstairs neighbors and I rolled my eyes.  There was always a fight about something.  Usually I could only make out a word or two, but not anything more than that.  A couple of weeks without having to deal with hearing a shouting match would be a slice of heaven.  I walked to my bedroom and grabbed my suitcase.  The clock said it was five am, and I figured that I could head toward the radio station and then take the two hour car trip to the gateway.

Still smiling I walked out of the house, locked it, and then walked to the car.  I unlocked it, put the suitcase in the trunk and then started the old car up.  After about ten minutes I was pulling into the radio stations parking lot.  I walked up and pressed the intercom button.  After I showed my ID through the camera they let me into a small waiting room for a few minutes before a young woman walked into the room with me.  She smiled, handed me a clip board to sign, which I did happily, and then took it back.  She then pulled out a sealed envelope.

“This has your Gateway pass, the one thousand three hundred three dollars spending money, and list of hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues,” she said.

“Don’t you guys book the hotel?” I asked.

“Sorry, but unfortunately they don’t allow us to book hotels through the normal means we usually would.  Typically when booking a hotel we use a pay card for the studio, but the hotels in Equestria don’t accept digital payment because they’re not equipped for doing so.  That’s what this is for,” she said handing me another small envelope, “This is a stay voucher that is accepted at a few of the hotels in Equestria.  I’m going to assume that you’re going to want to go to Ponyville.”

I nodded and she grinned before pointing to a single name on the list.

“That is the Doo Drop Inn.  It’s one of the two hotels in Ponyville, and from what I understand the oldest.  It was around before Oakhill was built after travel between our worlds was commonplace,” she said.

“This voucher says it’s good for one night,” I replied.

“Yes, unfortunately that’s all they would give us a voucher for.  My suggestion is to decide if you like the hotel room, and work out an arrangement with the manager.  From what I understand the ponies are very hospitable,” she said.

I rolled my eyes, thanked her and walked out.   It didn’t matter.  I was still getting to go to Equestria.  I had a little over a thousand bucks for spending money, another six hundred that I took out of the bank for the same reason, and now I was ready to head out.  This was going to be awesome!

Two and half hours later it was more along the lines of being awesome when I finally got to get to the portal.  My physical had come back, I was clean, they were screening me, asking me a dozen questions, and I was being as honest as possible.

“Had I watched the show before the gateway opened?”

“yes,”

“Did I have any intention of trying to engage in any similar adventures that were presented on the show?”

“No,”

“Have I now, or ever, felt attracted to a native to Equestria either as presented on the show, or after they’ve crossed over?”

“yes,”

“Would I ever consider attempting to talk, or coerce, a native of Equestria into engaging in sexual acts with me?”

“Would I try to make someone do anything they didn’t want to?  No,”

“Have you now or ever been prone to violent outbursts?”

“No,”

“Have you now, or ever, read any of the dark or grim fan fictions based on the Equestrians?”

“Yes,”

“Would you want to attempt to emulate any of these fan fictions?”

“God no!”

“Do you understand that technology beyond 1989 does not work at all, and technology beyond 1980 doesn’t work completely correct.  Knowing this, is there any piece of technology that may fail you and would be considered important for health reasons?”

“Nope,”

“Sir, the Equestrian/United States Gateway law number 1701-A indicates that any visiting person will fall under the Equestrian Law and Government.  At that time you will become a tempory citizen of Equestria.  Because of this reason you will be granted dual citizenship.  This citizenship can be revoked by the Equestrian Government officials through the royal family.  Any action or punishment they choose to present has been given clearance by the United States.  It is also the same for the visiting civilians from Equestria.  Should you ‘marry’ while on vacation your spouse will be held under the same law and codes as you are held under.  Do you understand?”

“Yes,”

“Very well, Sir, by the power vested in my by the President of the United States I am glad to announce that you are cleared for gateway usage.  Do us all a favor and try not to piss off the locals.  We’ve had a hell of a time dealing with a few drunken brawls that’s broken out, and to be honest I don’t like dealing with the Royal Guards.  They’re far too much like the damned Marines,” the overweight woman said as she led me down a hall.

I walked into the room she indicated.  I could see a few ponies in there as well.  One of them looked at me, smiled and waved, and I returned it.  I walked up to a window and presented my gateway pass.

“Okay, one normal use trip to Equestria.  What’s your intended duration of stay?” she asked.

“Two weeks,” I said.

“Sure, it is,” she said as she stamped the gateway pass, “Go the right side of the room, go through the red door, walk down the hall, and open the blue door on the left.  Once you’re there the two techs will give you the okay to enter the gateway.”

I followed her directions and once I was in the room I looked at the gate itself.  Every story about it looking like something from Star-Quest was right.  It looked just like the gate the Ra-Guls had used to first come to humanity in South America.  The glowing purple looking pool of water, that was standing straight up, rippled slightly.  The two techs seemed to enter in a few codes and the rippling stopped.

“Ah, you must be the next traveler.  Let me see your pass,” one of the techs said, “Good, good.  Okay, you can walk through now.”

I followed his advice, walked into the portal, and I felt it completely surround me.  It felt like diving underwater, and suddenly I felt disoriented.  I fell forward, my suitcase tumbling over in front of me and I slowly stood up.  I shook my head trying to understand what happened.

“Welcome to Canterlot sir.  I’m Dusk Skies,” a bat pony mare said.

I studied her for a moment before I let out a small excited sound.

“Oh sweet Luna another Brony…  Why in the holy buck isn’t Star Shine here to deal with this?” she asked.

“He’s went to their side to be a representative, and that left you in charge Dusk.  Just deal with it,” another mare said.

She rolled her slitted eyes and looked at me.

“I’m sure that you’re ready to travel sir.  There is several various modes of transpiration, but if you are using your world’s currency I’m afraid it gives you two options.  Taking the train or walking.  If you want to take the train the station is down at the end of the road,” she said.

“Wait, it’s night outside?” I asked.

“Of course it’s night out.  If it wasn’t then Gleaming Shield would be doing this,” she said in a huff.

“Sorry, thanks for suggestions, and the train will be fine.  Would someone mind to show me to it?” I asked.

The other mare walked in and nodded.  Unlike her friend, who was wasn’t in full armor, she was.  I could see a tuff of her red mane sticking out from under her helmet.  Like her friend she was a sort of smokey gray color, but it didn’t look bad at all.  I walked out with her and followed her as she led me out of a small room and into the street.  I looked behind me and realized that I had been in part of Canterlot Castle.  I nearly squealed in excitement at the fact that I had actually been in the castle.  I instantly wondered if Princess Luna was up.  Of course she was up. She had to watch over the night.  I smiled like an idiot at that thought and the mare in front of me shook her head.  She looked at me with her green slitted eyes.

“So, business or pleasure?” she asked.

“Oh pleasure, I won a free trip, and I just had to come,” I said.

“That’s good, and welcome.  I’m sorry that Dusk is a little upset.  She… sort of had a boyfriend from your side a while back.  He was a Brony and it didn’t end too well,” she said.

“Sorry to hear that.  What happened?” I asked.

“She caught him in bed with Honey Pot.  To be honest I never thought that a human could run that fast before,” she replied.

“She chased him?” I asked.

“Oh, chase… yeah, you could say that, or you could say that she pulled her spear, screamed about him being an unfaithful… well I won’t go into it, and tried to give him a little memento to remember her by,” she replied.

“Oh…  Damn, glad it wasn’t me,” I said.

“My name is Artic Rose, and it’s a pleasure to meet someone who is at least honest about their feelings.  Although… I would suggest that you not wear that shirt around Princess Celestia,” she said.

I looked down and realized that I still had my Discord shirt on.

“Oh…  Wow… I can’t believe I forgot to take this thing off,” I said.

“It’s fine, although if you run into Discord I suggest that you let him talk as long as he wants to about how he’s represented in your world,” she suggested.

I nodded and soon found myself at the station.

“Thanks for the walk, and the information,” I said.

“Not a problem, and hey, if you’re back in Canterlot maybe we can hang out.  I don’t mind hanging with you bronies,” she said.

I nodded and watched as she trotted off.  Okay, Ponyville here I come.

The sound of the train station wasn’t exactly what I had expected.  Of course I expected to arrive about the same time, but instead I had arrived pretty late at night.  I walked into the station and up to the ticket booth.  A tired looking stallion stood there behind it.  He cocked an eyebrow at me for a moment before yawning into his hoof and pushing a schedule out to me.

“Next train will be here in fifteen minutes, it’s the last one for the night, and the morning trains begin at eight am.  That’s a good six hours after this one,” he said.

“Does this one go to Ponyville?” I asked.

He grinned and shook his head.

“Sure, it goes to Ponyville, but if you’re interested in meeting any of the elements, or Princess Sparkle herself, I’m afraid that you’re out of luck.  They are currently on Earth as representatives,” he said.

“That’s okay. I’ve already met one of the Elements, but right now I just really want to visit Ponyville,” I replied.

He nodded, tallied up the cost of the ticket and looked at me.

“That will be twelve bits or twenty American dollars,” he said.

I raised an eyebrow and then dug out a twenty.  I handed it to him, and watched as he held it up for a second.  Apparently they ran onto some counterfeit bills already.  He nodded, stamped a ticket and handed it to me.

“Once it gets here the train will be boarding for ten minutes.  I suggest that if you need to use the little colt’s room that you go ahead and do so now.  If not then board the train.  It’s a four hour trip from here to Ponyville by train.  That’s mainly because you have two stops along the way.  You’re allowed off of the train at both stops, but like here they only have a ten minute boarding and unboarding wait.  Since this is the last train I would suggest waiting to get off until you have more time.  Also, it seems that a lot of people end up going to Ponyville thinking that there’s a lot of stuff to do.  That’s actually not the case.  It’s a small town, and with the exception of the occasional festival it’s pretty uneventful.  If you’re looking for excitement I might suggest Las Pegasus,” the stallion suggested.

“Thanks, but I just really want a few days of peace, and I really want to see Ponyville.  I mean I had seen it on the show before,” I said before I could stop myself.

“Ah, I figured you were a brony.  The shirt is kind of give away.  Well, enjoy your trip,” he said.

I thanked him and walked out to the loading platform.  A few moments later I watched as a faint golden light began to glow brightly.  It rolled up to where I was standing and then past it.  Once it stopped I could see the train that I had seen so many times on the show.  Oh there was some differences.  While it looked similar the train actually looked like at train and not a cartoonish version of itself.  A tired looking brown mare with a blond mane stepped out of one of the cars.  She rings a bell for a second before she cleared her throat.

“Canterlot!  Everypony off that’s getting off!” she shouted.

A few moments a few staggering ponies and humans exited the train.  I watched as a few of them walked passed me and then the same mare rung her bell again.

“All aboard that’s coming aboard!” she shouted.

I walked toward her and showed her my ticket.  She dug out a ticket puncher and clipped the ticket twice.  She passed it back to me and stepped out of the way.  I found a seat and put my suitcase above me on the holding rack.  Once it was out of the way, and strapped down, I leaned back into my seat.  The mare climbed aboard the train after a moment and grabbed a small rectangle device.  She lifted it to her mouth and cleared her throat.

“Thank you for taking the Friendship Express Lines.  Engineer all passengers are aboard, so let’s get the train moving,” she said.

A few moments later the train jerked forward and I smiled as we began to pull away from Canterlot.  I watched as the hills passed by and the next stop we stopped at was a smaller town.  It seemed to be just a few miles outside of Canterlot. I would assume that it was a suburb of Canterlot.  We stopped, she made the announcement again, and a few moments later a mint green and white pony climbed aboard.  She appeared to be a female, and I watched her for a moment, and tried to put the color scheme with a pony that I would know from the show.  I was drawing a blank.  After a couple of minutes the mare walked back toward where I was sitting.  She simply took a seat and didn’t seem to pay me any attention.  I decided that the poor mare most likely had a tough day, and she didn’t want any attention right now.  This was bothering me because I knew that I knew her.  I wasn’t sure where from, but I knew that I knew her from somewhere.  I knew it wasn’t Colgate, or before the gateway opened there was an official name decided on of Minuette.  It wasn’t her though because this mare didn’t have the Colgate colors.  I racked my brain for a moment, but the truth was I was just too tired to really think too hard about it.

Sure, it was actually pretty early back on Earth, but I had driven a few hours, was interrogated in order to travel here, and then there was the fact it was night.  So instead I just stretched out, closed my eyes, and decided that a short nap was in order.  After all I would get there before too long.  As I closed my eyes I saw the mint green mare turn around and look at me with her golden eyes.  Those same eyes widened and she held in an excited gasp.  I tried to hold back on sleeping, but it seemed that I was just too tired to help it.  Moments later darkness found me.