Has This Happened Before?

"You remember what skill tree you're going down, right?"

"Um... Maybe?"

I sighed, slightly irritated that he can’t remember how to use his character. Me and Aaron were playing a videogame but the latter had forgotten how to use his character to both of our advantages.

"Are you dumb? For the third time, the Harmony skill tree!"

Ding Dong!

"Ugh, someone's at the door hold on."

"Someone's at your door?”

"Yeah, why?"

"Who the hell would be at YOUR door?"

"Excuse me?"

"..."

"Say it again."

"..."

"... Go fuck yourself."

"NEVAAAARRR!” Aaron's protest got quieter as I put the mic down and got off of my recliner and left the room. I was slightly paranoid of what could possibly happen due to the fact that dad was at work and mom was out on a few errands, ultimately leaving me home alone. As I was walking to the door, my paranoia got the best of me, so I instead went to look through the window to see who's at the door. It's not at all what I had expected.

A strangely tall woman, about 7 feet tall on estimate, was at the door. She seemed like she was in her early 40's but looked younger at the same time, with long, vibrant pink hair, and earrings that were the shape of the sun. She was also wearing a white t-shirt that was a little tight on her chest, and a skirt that almost goes down to her knees along with high-heels. The most eye-catching part about her were ironically her eyes, they were purple, a light-ish purple at that.

It took me a moment to register her appearance and of course being the brony that I am, I immediately thought of Princess Celestia. I quickly shook away that thought though, ’There's no way that's her.’ Regardless, I started towards the door. When I opened the door, the woman was still standing there, with a warm smile.

"Hello, does someone by the name of Christian live here?" the woman asked. ’She knows who I am, so could it really be...? No, it's impossible.’ I raised a questioning brow.

 "Yes, there is but... who are you?" I asked, sliding my ears back slightly to make sure I hear her name correctly.

She held out her hand "My name is Tia, what’s yours?" she asked warmly, my eyes went wide, my first suspicions were right, ‘it really is PRINCESS FREAKING CELESTIA!’ I promptly ignored her offer of a handshake and opened the door completely.

"P-please your highness come on in!" I stuttered. Naturally, meeting royalty made me nervous, but meeting Princess Celestia? Thats a different story, I stood to the side and bowed as she hesitantly walked in.

"Rise, this isn't my kingdom, there is no need to show this much respect,” she told me as i stood, “though, you seem to know my title so I can assume you're Christian, right?" she concluded.

"Y-yes I am Christian, but w-why are you here?" I asked as we walked to the living room.

Her eyes softened, "The very same reason you wish to live in Equestria." she spoke solemnly as we sat down.

"Oh, the bullying, teasing, and even losing all my friends but Aaron, only because me and him are both bronies?" I asked sadly, remembering my state of depression a month or so ago.  I had even started having nightmares of my parents disowning me, leading to restless nights, and rough morning's in the past week.

“Yes,” she continued, ”and as to how I know, your nightmares were strong enough to reach me. It took me so long to contact you because I had trouble attempting to reach your dreams, especially because dream-walking was my sister's specialty,-” her expression dropped at the mentioning of her sister, "-But reaching your dreams were so difficult,- even for me,- I was beginning to assume that you weren't even from Equestria. When I finally could view your dreams, I was beyond surprised to see that, I was right. I left ‘studying the discovery of a new  sapient species’ out of the question when I saw what your fears actually were... and I felt obligated to help you." Celestia explained with her infinitely motherly tone, already making me feel a little better after remembering the past month.

‘Wait obligated to help? Could she really mean...?’ I shook my head to get rid of that thought because I highly doubt Celestia would do such a thing. She noticed this, "are you alright?"

"Yeah... I just thought that when you said 'obligated to help' you meant... never mind." I said with a wave of my hand.

"Bring you to Equestria?" She answered with a smile, "If that was what you were implying, then yes, I was thinking you would rather live in a land of friendship and harmony, rather than this world that is seemingly plagued with hatred and war." She suggested with a hint of disdain at the last part, I could only assume that she only saw the bad parts of my comparison of Earth and Equestria in my nightmares.

A saddening thought crossed my mind, "If you're really going to bring me to Equestria, will we be leaving Aaron? I would rather not go alone..." I asked, awkwardly scratching the back of my head.

She smiled at this, "I was already planning that, seeing as his dreams were linked to yours." I was left baffled for a moment ‘Our dreams are... Linked? How?’

"How is that even possible? There's no magic on Earth." I said.

"You and Aaron share a special bond, no matter how angry you get with each other, you never truly stay upset with each other. No matter how sad one is or ridiculous the reason, the other is there. Your personalities uniquely compliment each other's, and so on. You and Aaron are best friends, and I haven't seen many bonds as strong as this." She said with a warm smile. ‘it's still difficult to wrap my head around the concept.’

"So Aarons coming with?"

"Of course,” she assured, “how could I ever separate such a strong friendship? I was able to look into his dreams through the link, allowing to know approximately where he lives too. Teleporting there shouldn't be much of a problem, besides the distance. Are there any belongings you would like to bring with you as I get ready? Were teleporting across the country, so I'll need to focus."

"Yeah, I'll be right back." I said as I started towards my room, ‘I can't believe this!’ I thought, ‘me and Aaron are actually going to Equestria! It's the one thing I've wanted most since the first few episodes I watched from the show!’ When I entered my room, Aaron must have heard the door close.

"FINALLY, I THOUGHT YOU DITCHED ME!" He screamed from the mic. I quickly picked up the mic after putting my favorite hoodie on.

"Hey I don't have much time to talk, but let's just say you'll have some visitors, seeya!" I said quickly as I grabbed my backpack and emptied it, then put my phone, and earbuds in. It felt like something was in my pockets but I ignored it.

"You dick!"

I promptly turned the Xbox off, paying no heed to the insult. When I went to the door, I stopped for a second, ‘this happens every time… damn, what am i missing? My charger!’ I quickly went to get the charger from the wall before leaving my room. When I got to the living room, I saw Celestia with her eyes closed, with her hands in the air.

"Ok, I'm ready."

I had no warning when her eyes suddenly shot open, glowing bright white, and she quickly balled her fists and emitted a burning white flash.