A Reason for Living

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She's in my house?
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She's in my house?

"Well, here we are. Home, sweet home. My room's downstairs, but I'd like to clean up a little first. Feel free to take a look around. I'll be quick." I left her just inside the door and went down to my room. Normally, I wouldn't care too much if my room was a complete mess, but this wasn't a normal girl. In fact, I'm not even sure 'girl' is the right word here. Technically, a technicolor equine was now loitering at my front door. I pushed the thought aside and continued to pick up the heaps of dirty clothes and trash all over my room. To me, it was organized chaos. The shelves were for books and cans of soda while the floor was for clothes and trash. Of course the trash was centered around the overflowing trash can I had by the door. Anyway, I'm sure cleaning my room is just as boring to you as it is for me, so why don't I tell you how this pony ended up in my house to begin with.

It was an average day. Well, I suppose they're all average days until something interesting happens. And for a long time, I had wished something interesting would happen. Orcs would invade my town, a magical artifact would be discovered. A plane would crash in my backyard. Sure, interesting stuff like that (well, like the plane crash) happens all over the world. Just, never here. To quote one of my favorite comedians, George Carlin: "I want to see some explosions and fires. I want to see shit blowin' up and bodies flyin' around. I wanna see thousands of people in the street killing policemen. I wanna see a tornado hit a church on Sundays. I wanna see people under pressure! Sometimes an announcer comes on television and says, " Six thousand people were killed in an explosion today. " You say, " Where, where? " He says, " In Pakistan. " You say, "Aww, fuck Pakistan. Too far away to be fun! " But if he says it happened in your hometown, you say, " Whooa, hot shit, Dave! C’mon! Let’s go down and look at the bodies!!" Now, I'm not a violent person, but I would love to see a nice, harmless, massive explosion just down the street. You know, evacuate the area and just blow someone's house right the hell up. Oh, but blame it on terrorists. A leaky fuel pipe or 'testing' is just too boring. And I guess you could buy them a new home first. Otherwise I'd feel bad for wishing that on someone.

Anyway, as much as I wished it wasn't, it WAS an average day. I woke up and went to work. Wait. Allow me to be more specific. I woke up at 4:30pm and went to work at a supermarket. Had a pretty uneventful shift before leaving and going home at midnight. To me, my day starts when I get home, whether that's from work or school. Even if it's at midnight. Well, my day had just started and I was heading home. It was dark (Celestia, I would hope so) and a bit rainy. Kind of relaxing, really. No one else on the road, me playing a little piano music on the cd player. Someone humming in the back seat. HOLY SHIT! SOMEONE HUMMING IN THE BACK SEAT?? I hit the breaks, pulled over on the highway and immediately flung the door open and got out. "Who the hell are you?" I heard a muffled voice through the door but it was too dark to see who it came from. I reached for my door again and unlocked the doors. "You stay where you are or I will beat the shit out of you!" And with that I threw the back door open.

Now, you probably think I'm going to tell you that there was a pony in my back seat or something, huh? Well, YOU'RE WRONG! Jk, jk, it's a pony. It took me a moment to see who it was, but the first thing I saw was the cutie mark. The bright rainbow and white cloud were fairly easy to spot, even if i couldn't see the rest of my intruder. "You're... you're....!"

"Um... Hi. I'm... Well, I'm Rainbow Dash! And... I have no idea how I got in your...um... house...thing."

I almost fell over. "Rainbow Dash. How the hell?" Yep. So, it was closing on 1am. It was dark, rainy, cold. And there was a pegasus in my car. Talking to me. Sure, I knew who she was, but I had only watched an episode or two at the time. I only knew what the internets had told me. I knew she was a cyan pegasus from Ponyville and that she was the element of Loyalty. And something about being 20% cooler.

Then the questions started coming. How did she... no, she said she had no idea. How... no. "How?"

She giggled a little. "I don't know. One minute, I'm in Twilight's house and the next... poof! I'm in your house! I was gonna tell you I was there, but I figured scaring you while you were controlling this thing wasn't a good idea, so I tried to make some soft noise so you'd hear me.

"Right...well... why are... wait... no... ugh, I'm so... lost."

"You think you're lost. I'm even sure WHAT you are, nevermind where. Why are you standing on your hind legs? And what are those things on your front hooves?"

"Things on my..." I looked at my hands. "Oh! These are hands. I am a human and we humans have hands."

Dash's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "You're a human!?" She jumped past me out of the car and took up a battle stance. "Twilight told me about you! Humans are dangerous!"

I started to laugh. Until I realized that she was right. Humans ARE dangerous. "Dash, do I look dangerous to you?" I swear I said it just like Patrick... except without hooks in my mouth.

She relaxed a bit for a second. "No, I'm pretty sure I could take you."

I rolled my eyes. "That's not what I... whatever. Look, yes, I am a human. And yes, Twilight was mostly right. Humans suck. We kill each other all the time. We have weapons that you've probably never thought could be possible. Weapons that can go faster than even you can. Weapons tha-"

"No way! No one's faster than me." She seemed to change train of thought rather quickly. So I did too. I thought about our bullets. And about our jet fighters. And rocket ships. And lasers. "Yeah. Well, technically we're not faster than you, our machines are. But they cou-"

"Wait! How do you know how fast I am?"

Crap, we're already at this point, huh? I'd read a few fanfictions after those few episodes that I watched. Every single one of them had that one point where the pony finds out they're in a TV show. I wondered how Dash would take it. "Uhh, well... you said you were... I mean...you know what? Balls to it. Dash, here on earth, ponies like you and your friends don't exist. We have ponies, but they're the boring, non-talking, non-flying, non-magical kind."

She looked a little confused. "So, there are only earth ponies here?"

"Well, kinda. But they're not talking earth ponies. And they're considerably bigger than you are now. Anyway, do you have TV in Equestria? Television?"

"Television? Is that like x-ray vision? That'd be sweet!"

I laughed. "No, it's like..." Oh god, how does one explain tv? "You know those Daring Do books? Well, pretend they made it a picture book. With like... a thousand pictures in it. And pretend they made an audio version so you could hear everything that happened. You know... the crashing and the narrator and the talking and everything. Then you played that while you looked at the pictures. It's kinda like that. A million pictures flashing really fast with sounds."

"Wow! That sounds really cool!" She sat down on the pavement and put one hoof up to her chin. "So you can like... sit there and watch books happen?"

That. Was an odd sentence. "Watch books... happen. Well, yeah, putting aside that odd choice of words, yes. You can watch books. Anyway, what I was trying to get at was that we have a tv show about you and your friends. I haven't seen much of it, but I've seen enough to know who you are and where you're from."

Now she looked really excited. She jumped back up to all fours and bounced over to me. "Really? That's so awesome! So does that mean you've seen me do a Sonic Rainboom?"

Stopped for a moment. "Yeah, it wasn't in the first few episodes, but I did see a clip of it online."

"On line? On line with what?" She cocked her head to the side and drew even closer to me.

"On a computer. I'll explain that later. What do you say to coming home with me?"

I swear she must have used her wings to assist her because she moved back REALLY quickly. "Look, you seem really cool and all, but I'm really not that kind of mare."

I quickly facepalmed. "No, I just... ugh. You literally just appeared in my car, right?"

"If that big thing there is a car, then yeah." She pointed to the back seat she had hopped out of.

"Then you have no place to stay, right? All I'm saying is that I can give you a place to stay. For as long as you want. No strings."

"No strings? Yeah, ok," she said with a hint of sarcasm. "How many bits is this gonna cost me?"

"Bits?" Yes, I just remembered their system of currency. "Right, bits. No bits here. We have a different form of payment." I immediately regretted my choice of the word payment instead of currency.

"Dude, I told you, I'm not that kind of mare. And if you don't take bits, then I don't have any way to pay you."

"You don't have to. Look, I'll take the couch, you take my bed. At least for tonight." I looked at my watch. It was almost 1am. "There's no reason my parents would go in my room before I get up tomorrow so no one will see you."

"Why does it matter if anyone sees me? You certainly seem nice enough... apart from inviting me back to your place."

"Look, I'm not that kind of..." What word do they use again? Mare must be female so I think... colt? No. Stallion seems more manly. "I'm not that kind of stallion either, ok? And remember? I'm a human. Not all humans are going to be nice to you. In fact, I really should be freaking the hell out right now since a cartoon pony just popped into the back of my car, but for some reason, I'm ok with it." Maybe because it was her? I'd only seen a few episodes, but I'd seen enough to decide that she was my favorite. That was kinda why I'd seen the rainboom of her's. I'd looked for stuff about her specifically on Youtube. Which was a terrible idea since I ended up watching... you guessed it. Cupcakes. But, I figured it was best to keep that information to myself. She already thought I was creepy. "Look. You get the bed, I get the couch and you have my word that I will not ask for money... OR SEXUAL FAVORS... in return. We'll talk again after we sleep, okay? Sound good?"

"Well, alright. It's not like I have anywhere else to go." She lifted herself off the ground with her wings and flew back into the car. That's probably when it started to sink in. There is a pegasus in my car. A blue flying pony from a little kids show. And she's about as real as you can get, assuming i'm not hallucinating. I got back into the driver's seat and started the car. I pulled back onto the highway and headed for home when I saw her put her front hooves up on the passenger seat. "This car thing doesn't go very fast, huh?"

I smiled. "No, it doesn't. We humans weren't made to go very fast. In fact, most people who drive cars drive way slower than this. This car's old, it probably couldn't even make 90. There are some newer cars that can go up to like, 130 maybe. And then there are racing cars that go, well, much faster. To be honest, I'm no NASCAR fan so I have no idea. 200 maybe?"

"I thought you said these machines were faster than me?"

"Not these, no. We have other things that are faster. We have planes. Those can actually fly. Some can even break the sound barrier."

That's kinda impressive. I guess. But it's still not faster than me. I can break the light spectrum."

"Well, yeah we have lasers." Wait a second, do lasers break the light spectrum? Lasers go at the speed of light, right? Cuz they ARE light? I looked over at the pony next to me. It seemed pretty impossible for her to go faster than the speed of light. That kinda of speed seemed like dividing by zero to me. Then again, it seemed pretty redundant to say that since she WAS actually next to me. "Well, I think lasers might be faster than you, but I doubt you'll ever get to race one of those.

"What? Come on! How come? Cuz you know I'll win?" She stood on her hind legs in the back seat with her hands... er... hooves, proudly on her... hips...I guess.

"No, actually, it's because I don't have access to stuff like lasers. Only... well, only really smart humans have them." That was obviously a lie. Laser pointers, Infrared games... we have a lot of lasers, but if I had told her that, I doubt I would've gotten away with just taking her home and not driving out to Guam so she could race a laser pen.

The rest of the ride home was pretty quiet. I wanted to tell her more about Earth and how dangerous it would be if anyone saw her, but I just couldn't decide where to start. Aside from that, my brain obviously was still trying to grasp the fact that there was a cartoon in my back seat. I couldn't stop looking at her. Was she really there? How could she have gotten here? It doesn't sound like she was sent here on purpose. And she obviously didn't come herself. Did she? I decided to ask.

"Hey, what were you doing when you... were... well, when you left?"

"Me? I was testing out one of my new tricks! I do this really awesome corkscrew up in the air, then turn around and do a barrel roll into a sonic rainboom! Problem is, I was headed for the ground really fast. I couldn't pull up in time! So I closed my eyes and braced for a crash and the next thing I knew, I was waking up in your house!"

"In my car. Yeah. Sounds like a cool trick!"

"Hay, yeah! Wanna see it?"

"Umm, hay, no! That's what got you here, remember?" Though I made a mental note of that for if other means of... well, trans-dimentional transport failed. Fight crazy with crazy, right?

I pulled into the driveway and walked Rainbow up to the front door. "Let me go in first, just to make sure my parents are asleep." She nodded and I opened the door as quietly as I could. All the lights were off and the house was quiet. I turned and motioned her inside.

"Well, here we are. Home, sweet home." I whispered. "My room's downstairs, but I'd like to clean up a little first. Feel free to take a look around. I'll be quick." I left her just inside the door and went down to my room. Normally, I wouldn't care too much if my room was a complete mess, but this wasn't a normal girl. In fact, I'm not even sure 'girl' is the right word here. Technically, a technicolor equine was now loitering at my front door. I pushed the thought aside and continued to pick up the heaps of dirty clothes and trash all over my room. To me, it was organized chaos. The shelves were for books and cans of soda while the floor was for clothes and trash. Of course the trash was centered around the overflowing trash can I had by the door. Anyway, I'm sure cleaning my room is just as boring to you as it is for me, so why don't I tell you how this pony ended up in my house to begin with.

Just kidding, that's where we are now, silly!

A/N Soooooooo yeah, new story... This one... hopefully will go on for a while. I don't generally write really long stories mostly because no one ever thumbs or reviews them. I have a few fanfics on fanfiction and fictionpress, but I don't get anything there either. Also, You may have read my other story, A Rainbow of Hope. If not, please do. It's fairly short, a oneshot really. Mostly meant to give you a little feel.

Anyway, I'd like to take this story somewhere new. As i said at the end of Rainbow of Hope, I want to write FOR someone. And I intend to take this fic a long way. Each of the mane six will come to Earth and our hero/smart ass will have to deal with housing them all as well as the others that will join later. I will write anyone YOU want into the story in some way or another. I will say, Twilight will be next along with a few Back to the Future references. So please, if you want me to write in a character (not OC's), pop me a comment and I'll get to work. This includes the CMC, Derpy, Dr Whooves, Cheerilee, Bic Mac, whoever. Also includes shipping. Shipping will be done... well, by majority. And if I can't fill your request in this story, I may just write a oneshot just for you! So it pays to contact me! You request, I fill request. Easy as that!

There's more?!

Okay, getting a few things out of the way first. HOLY CRAP! You guys are awesome! I know I said this in my comment response, but I'll say it again here for those of you who don't go back. (I know I usually don't) I've never gotten this many comments of likes in any story on any site. I'm so glad you guys are interested, and let me say that after coming home from work today to 16 comments, I wrote almost the whole next chapter tonight (July 1st)

It also made me realize, you guys have had some great ideas already, but I may have to close suggestions for a few days. That or just put up votes for A LOT of different things. Depends on how fast I can pump out chapters. Before, I did like... a chapter every 2 weeks, but with so many people looking forward to the next ones, It's going to go much faster.

I sat down with my sister and planned out chapters 3 and 4 with some HILARIOUS ways of getting everypony to Earth. Much more interesting than the usual 'Twilight screwed up' story. I'm just not sure how much I should tell you and how much you'll have to wait for. I will confirm Derpy in the next chapter, but I won't tell who else. Leave a comment letting me know if you want me to tell you who will be next or if you want to be surprised.

Oh yeah, and I'm trying to separate thoughts a little better with this chapter. Thoughts are in Italics while Narration is in normal text. You'll get it quick enough... I hope....

Well, enough of my boring crap, on with the story!

I lead Rainbow into my room as quietly as I could. My parents were asleep upstairs and I really wanted to keep it that way. "Well, here we are. My humble abode." God, that sounded stupid. Even if I was talking to Twilight or Rarity, that would have sounded stupid. She walked in carefully, obviously not used to hardwood floors. Or, you know, the difference between cartoon floors and real floors. Oooh, I instantly felt bad about thinking that. After all, to her, she WAS real.

I walked past her and plopped down on the bed. "This is where you can sleep for the night, I just wanted to show you the place." She looked around nervously, still standing near the door. Oh, I get it, the whole "I'm not that kind of Mare" thing. "I'll be sleeping on the couch in the next room over. This door doesn't lock, just so you know. I'm not gonna lock you in or anything." I walked over to the windows. "And these," I said as I opened both of them, "are now open. I'm sure if you needed to get out, you could bust through this screen, right? Feel free to look around, I don't have anything to hide." Do I? CRAP! Wait... I don't drink. I don't smoke. Anything. I don't have porn mags. I doubt she even knows what underwear is. I did my laundry before I went to work today. I have no posters of MLP in my room to creep her out... Was there anything...

"Is this... my cutie mark?" She asked. I whipped my head around so fast it almost flew off. Well, crap. There she was, by my dresser with one of my new shirts. It had her cutie mark on it as well as a sonic rainboom and the words 20% Cooler written right on the front. How the hell do I explain that?

"Well, yeah, it is. See, I've only seen a few episodes of that show, but I did skip forward and watch the episode where you... well, helped all of your friends get their cutie marks by doing a sonic rainboom. Let's just say, to me, you're like a Wonderbolt." I said, scratching the back of my head. I could barely lift my head to see her reaction, I was so embarrassed. She was holding the shirt up in front of her and looking down on it like she was seeing if it was her size.

"A... A Wonderbolt, huh? Wow. I don't think anypony's ever said something like that to me before..." Oh my god, did I creep her out? Of course I did, I'd certainly be creeped out if I were her. Some... strange creature I've never seen before suddenly knows everything about me like a stalker... Has watched all the important events in my life... How do I fix this? What can I say?!

"What about Scootaloo? She certainly seems to look up to you." Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant, brain. What's that? I creep her out by knowing so much about her? Let's tell her MORE about what I know! Great plan!

Luckily, she didn't even seem to notice. "Yeah, Scoots is cool, but you're somepony I've never even met before. Having a fan that you've never met before... actually feels really cool," she said, finally lifted her head from the shirt. She looked at me with a big smile. For the first time (and most definitely not the last) I had to hold in the biggest man "Squee!!" of my life. It made it that much harder when I noticed how red her cheeks were. Wow, I never noticed before, but I don't think it's possible for her to hide a blush. She's blue and OH MY GOD, THAT IS THE CUTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN.

"So, you know about Scootaloo, what else do you know about me?" she asked, putting the shirt back on the pile.

Really? REALLY? Ok, brain, well played. You win. "Well, I know about Nightmare Moon turning back into Luna. And I know about how Twilight moved to Ponyville and about her first Winter Wrap Up. And I've seen how you and your friends got their cutie marks. I remember Applejack being stubborn about needing help on the farm during the harvest." I stood up and started pacing around the room. "And, there was an episode about pranks, but all I remember is you getting a ring around your eye from the telescope. And Pinkie getting the hiccups. That was pretty funny. And I remember when Trixie showed up too and Twilight was afraid of showing off her magic. That was a good one too, I liked when..." I turned back to face her and had to hold back another squeee. She had already fallen asleep on my bed, right in the middle of the conversation. If it were any human I knew, I would've been kind of insulted. What? Am I not interesting enough to even keep you awake? But I mean, come on. This is Rainbow Dash. A SLEEPING Rainbow Dash. How can you be mad at that? Besides, she's obviously tired. I wasn't sure how long she's been awake before coming here, but it was going on 2:30am now. Any questions she might have could wait until morning.

Speaking of which, I actually didn't have many questions for her. I mean, sure, I was curious as to how she got here and all, but I doubted I would find that out very soon. The more interesting question is how would I get her back? Obviously I didn't really want her to go back. I'd been living here a month shy of 21 years and nothing interesting ever happened to me. Well, nothing good anyway. Now there's a technicolor pony in my bed. Sleeping. Adorably. Ugh, why can't I just stand here and watch her sleep all night? Oh right, she already thinks I'm creepy. Let's just go ahead and watch her sleep all night. Fantastic idea. But... but... it's like there's a tractor beam. I can't just... Oh, screw it, I'm friggin tired. Come here couch! Here boy!

I closed the door behind me and made my way out to the couch in the living room. I pulled the pillow off the back and didn't even bother to go find a blanket. I just knew I'd be out instantly. I closed my eyes. And I heard a loud POP. My eyes stayed closed. Pop? No, screw that pop. I heard nothing. There was no pop. I turned and shoved my face into the pillow. No, brain, that was part of the dream. Now, chop chop. Let's get to... oh, who am I kidding? I've never even heard that pop and I know it's-

I opened my eyes. "Twilight. God damn it, Twilight." She looked at me, a mixture of confusion, anger and hurt made possibly the strangest cartoon pony face I have ever seen. This wasn't confusion, then anger, then hurt. It was all three at once. Her jaw dropped. And there's surprise. Forgot that one.

"How do you know who I am?" she asked, her mouth still wide open.

Ugh, not this again. "Please tell me you know what television is?" She cocked her head to the side. I sighed. "Fine... magic, ok? Look, I knew why you're here. To take Rainbow back, right?"

"You know where Rainbow Dash is?" She exclaimed loudly.

"Hush, hush! My parents are sleeping. Yes, I know where she is, she's in the next room. Also sleeping."

I started to sit up, but was met with another REALLY peppy voice behind me. "What's she doing sleeping? It's the middle of the day! And it's time to go home! We've been so worried about her!"

I fell off the couch. Literally. Fell off the couch. Thankfully, my head missed the coffee table in front of it. It turned to see Pinkie Pie laying on the back of the couch. Vibrating. She looked like she just drank a 5 hour energy or something. "Pinkie, it's..." I looked at the clock, "3am. It's time to sleep. I know you guys want to take her back, but can't you at least let her sleep here tonight and go back in the morning? I mean, Twilight, isn't there some limitation on your magic that only let's you break the laws of physics once per day or something?"

"Well, not really. And I didn't break any laws of physics, it was just a simple teleportation spell! Just like transporting myself around the library, only I had to lock on to Rainbow Dash's magic signature."

"What? Magic signa...you know what? Screw it. It's magic. Besides, breaking the laws of physics is only for..." I pointed over at the top of the couch which was now empty. "Great. Where'd she go?"

Another familiar voice answered me from behind... again. "Ah think she went to check on Rainbow." If I were on the couch, I would have fallen off again. Damn it, that's the third pony to scare the shit out of me today. Of course, if I'm being scared cuz more ponies are showing up, I'm not gonna complain. "So, about staying the night?" I looked at Twilight with the best puppy dog eyes I could manage. I have to say, in hindsight, I probably looked absolutely idiotic. Here I am, 20 years old, male, scruffy blonde stubble, looking at her with a sad attempt at a pout and I probably looked like someone was blowing air in my face. But again, despite my ideas about myself, she gave in.

"Well, I suppose one night won't hurt. Applejack, what do you think?"

"Well, ahm okay with it. He seems like a nice enough... er...whatever he is, and if he got Rainbow to trust em, he's good enough fer me." She walked forward and raised a hoof. "Mah name's Applejack."

Oh god, is she offering a brohoof or a hoofshake? This is going to be like one of those times where I do the complete opposite of what the person...er... pony wants, isn't it? "Nice to meet you in person, Applejack. Just so you know, I am a human. And my name is-"

"Psssst." Twilight interrupted me. She was peeking through the door into my room, motioning us over. Applejack and I trot... er... wal... er...mosied on over to the door to see what she wanted.

This time I couldn't resist a squeal. It was the highest pitched thing that ever came out of my mouth and it was totally worth it. There on my bed, was a sleeping Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, cuddling together. The only thing that could have made it better would have been a Fluttershy with them. ( FORESHADOWING :D )

Twilight gently pulled me away. "Well, I guess that settles it. We'll stay for the night and we can head back to Equestria tomorrow. AFTER you tell me how you know who we are." I would've been surprised she didn't force me to tell her that second if I didn't notice her eyes struggling to stay open. Two more of them? I nmy bed?I am getting my camera. NOW.

"Alright, my room is your room. Like I told Rainbow Dash, the door doesn't lock and the windows are open. Just promise me one thing. When you leave tomorrow, you'll at least let me see you off. No leaving while I'm asleep, okay?"

She nodded with a yawn. "Alright, we won't leave until you get up. G'night... er... nice human guy." She trotted into the room with Applejack right being her.

"G'night partner," she said with a tip of her hat.

"Yeah, goodnight." I reached up to do the same. Realizing I had no hat, I just have her an awkward salute. I'll have to warn her about that. I tend to copy people's accents and mannerisms when I'm around them. She'll probably end up thinking I'm making fun of her when I start talking like her. And I know I will, it's just a matter of time.

As soon as the door was shut, I ran back out to the living room where I'd put down my phone. NEED a picture. Will not survive without picture of sleeping ponies. Arriving in record time back at my door, I realized that the door was closed. Crap! I can't just open the door and take a picture of them! But... I NEED picture!

Through the door, I heard somepony jump up on the bed and sigh. "'Night, Twilight."

"Goodnight, Applejack." The movement stopped and I started back toward the couch. Then I heard Twilight again. I quickly found my ear to be attached to the door.

"Hey, Applejack, what do you think of this guy? I can't figure him out!"

"Hmmm, I dunno, Twilight. He sure seems nice enough, a bit awkward maybe, but ah think anypony would be a bit nervous about havin four aliens in his bedroom."

"Yeah, but he knows who we are! Isn't that kinda... creepy?"

"Yeah, you got a point there. And he did dodge the question of how he knew us a bit. But, ah think if there was gonna be trouble, it would'a been when Rainbow was asleep. Before we showed up."

Twilight paused, obviously thinking. "Yeah, I suppose you're right. Well, I'm going to get some sleep. That spell tired me out a lot more than I realized."

"Yeah, I'm pretty tuckered out ma' self. G'night, Twilight."

"Goodnight, Applejack."

I tip-toed away from the door and back to the living room. I should probably get some sleep myself. I looked over at the desktop computer in the corner of the room, noticing it was still on. Then again...

Well, there's number two. This story is already half as long as the stories I usually write, so things are going very well. I must apologize now though, this was not very well thought out on my part. Here I am, thinking I'd get 2 or 3 comments per chapter and I'd try to incorporate everyone's ideas... Yeah, fail. I got a lot more than I expected and unfortunately, some conflict with each other. I hope you'll all understand when I say that I can't use EVERYONE's ideas. I will try my best, especially after the intro when I get into the 'where should they go for a day out?' or 'Who should go back to Equestria and who should stay longer?'. Please don't answer those now ^_^ I need to get everypony here first.

Anyway, sorry, about the long Author's Notes this chapter, they should get shorter now that the initial shock is over. See you next time!

Fun Fact! Did you know, according to FimFiction, creeped and teleportation are not real words? O_o

Q&A

Hey, Everypony! Sorry I didn't get this out on the 5th like I was hoping for. I think that was the day I literally slept for 18 hours. My sleep schedule has been so messed up. Some days I have to work 6-12 midnight, then got up for 6am the next morning, so i just don't go to sleep that night and sleep more the next day... I'm not even sure what today's date is, but I know it's later than I wanted it to be.

Quick warning... there are some swears and stuff in this chapter and in future chapters. I doubt there's many people on this site who aren't old enough for that, but I thought I'd warn you anyway. I mean no offense by words here, nor do I mean any offense toward Derpy here or in future chapters. I love her to death.

Anyway, here's a little Derpy!

Waking up the next morning, was... difficult. And considering I had a gaggle of ponies poking and prodding me to get up, that's saying something. The reason? The computer was on. As difficult as it was to not come off creepy when I told them I knew about them, I still decided to watch more. And by more, I mean a lot. And by a lot, I mean all of them. Okay, well, not ALL of them, but in the 7 or so hours between when they went to sleep and the time they started trying to get me up, I got about 20 minutes of sleep. And that was only because I knew it would be REALLY awkward if they woke up to me watching them. Indirectly of course, but still.

Of course, the real reason I was having trouble wasn't the lack of sleep. Sure, that added to it a bit, but I was used to going long hours without sleep. The real reason was the dream I had. It was Sarah. Again. A dream I had every so often about this girl. This wonderful, beautiful girl.

See, I liked this girl Sarah in high school for almost 3 years. She was pretty awesome. She was totally a geek and proud of it, just like me. Well, I'm more of a music geek whereas she liked anime. Excuse me. LOVED anime. I watched a few shows with her here and there, and it was cool, but it was hard to get into it when we watched them all in a row the way we did.

Anyway, the dream. I was with her again. Not dating, just... you know there together. I still loved her. And I still wanted to be with her. It always seemed to be the same dream. We were eating at the same table, eating the same food in every dream. And every time, she'd get up from her seat and come over to the one next to me to sit next to me. And she'd lean over and kiss me on the cheek every time and tell me she wanted to be with me. And every time, I felt the warmest feeling a human being possibly can feel in my chest. And every time, I would relax and enjoy that feeling. And then wake up. It was torture. Having the same dream, thinking it's real even though it's happened a million times. Wishing she would actually kiss me and tell me she loved me. There were more than a few times when I would wake up hugging my pillow thinking it was her, only to start sobbing when I realized it wasn't.

But I was getting used to it. That didn't make waking up to a nightmare any easier though. I still wondered what exactly was keeping me alive. My parents were distant. My friends... well, I doubt they'd think much if they suddenly never heard from me again. My sister would be pretty sad though. I'll admit, she definitely had a hand in keeping me around, but I wasn't around just for her. My heart always said "Why not do it?" But my brain would always say "It's not that bad."

My first bit of consciousness came with a weight on my chest and a lot of high pitched voices. Have you ever had one of those moments, usually during a sleepover of vacation, where you wake up and have no idea where you are or who is with you? This was one of those moments. My eyes still closed, I COULD NOT for the life of me, figure out where I was, who was yelling at me or why my chest hurt. It took a good ten seconds of listening to the voices to realize who it was and even then, I was skeptical as to whether or not they were real. And once I finally did realize, I didn't want to get up.

Apparently Rainbow Dash explained (as best she could) how I knew about them. Twilight must have known what a TV was, because she didn't ask right away like I expected her to. Instead, she had warmed right up to me and was now sitting on my chest, poking at my face with her hoof.

"Wake up. Wake up! We need to get back Equestria and I told you we'd wait until you were up to go. So get up!"

"You mean if I never get up, then you'll stay forever?"

"Stay for-" Twilight jumped off of me like I just reached to molest her or something. "Stay?! But...but... we can't! We don't belong here! Why would you want us to stay?"

I tried my best to stay calm and just shrugged. "I dunno, you guys seem like a lot of fun. Why not hang out for the day? Experience the world a bit?"

Applejack and Rainbow Dash clearly didn't like the idea. Dash was probably still creeped out and Applejack... well, I don't know. She just looked awkward. Like she was in a home she was unwelcome in. Twilight on the other hand, looked very thoughtful. She seemed to be very interested in the idea of learning about a new world. And although I wanted the others to want to stay too, it was Twilight's magic that would bring them home, so she had the final word. I turned to see Pinkie's reaction; to see if I could get her to help me out a little, but she was nowhere to be found. Unsurprising.

But, Twilight had made up her mind. "Alright, we can stay for a little while anyway. If you're sure we won't be too much trouble."

I really couldn't hold it in any longer. "Hells, yeah! So, um... not to jump right to it, but do you think I could introduce you to my sister? I think you'll really like her. And I'm sure she'll like you, although she still makes fun of me for watching the show." Though it's hard to take her seriously when she's sitting there watching with me.

"Ummm, I thought you said that was a bad idea?" Rainbow Dash seemed to be in a bad mood. Must just be because it's early.

"Well, she's my sister. And she's seen the show too, so she knows you like I do. Besides, I don't think I could keep you guys a secret for very long. I'll probably end up telling my parents too."

Twilight seemed pretty alarmed at the thought of my entire family knowing. "Then why did you ask us to stay?! I thought it was super important we stay hidden!"

"Well, yeah, it is... but I have a certain few people that I know for a fact it would be safe to tell. Now, speaking of secret, where is Pinkie?"

"I'm right here, silly!" I turned to the source of the voice. It was Pinkie walking down the stairs.

"Pinkie! I...you...!"

Pinkie reached the bottom of the stairs and bounced over to me. "I was hungry! I hope you don't mind I helped myself to the kitchen. "At first I was going to make scrambled eggs, but I had those yesterday! Then I was going to make oatmeal. Then I was like...OATMEAL?! Am I crazy or what?" Pinkie asked with the BIGGEST smile on her face. I couldn't tell if she actually thought there was something wrong with oatmeal or if she was just... you know... being Pinkie.

Applejack made her way towards the stairs. "Well, if yer parents aren't home, that means we can go find ourselves somethin' to eat, right? I don't mean to intrude, but ah'm a might hungry if ah do say so."

"Well, alright. Why not?"

I led the group up the stairs and into the kitchen. I figured fruit and toast would be good for the ponies, but I grabbed a box of Cheerios to see if they'd like that. That counts as grain, right?

I put the cereal, bowls, cups and plates out on the table and the ponies sat down. There were only enough seats for them, but I didn't mind standing. Turning to get the milk, I heard the sound of breaking glass behind me.

"Really? I-" Turning around, there wasn't much to say. The bowls and cups were mostly on the floor, broken. In their place were two more ponies. Rarity and... Derpy? Yes. There sat Derpy and Rarity on my kitchen table. Derpy seemed to be wearing a partially made dress that had ripped and caught fire on the edge a bit. There was fabric scattered all over the kitchen. I saw a pin cushion had landed near my feet. There was even the upper half of a mannequin in the sink. We all seemed to have the same reaction. Mouths wide open in shock.

Finally, Rarity asked what we were all thinking. "Derpy! What... what have you done?!"

Derpy started to visibly shake as tears started coming to her eyes. "I... I just don't know what went wrong!"

My brain couldn't decide what to do. That was probably the funniest thing that had ever happened to me, and I wanted to laugh. But poor Derpy was on the edge of tears. I just couldn't laugh until I made sure she knew everything was fine.

"Derpy! It's okay! Actually, I'm really glad you... how...DID you get here?"

*Sniff* "I don't know! One minute, I was helping Rarity by trying on some dresses and the next-" *Sniff*

I walked over and gave Derpy a big hug. Out of all the ponies that are here, Derpy's the first one I get to hug. You know? That's perfectly fine with me. As long as there's more to come. Releasing Derpy, I turned to Rarity, hoping that she hadn't passed out or anything. I could only imagine this from her point of view. One minute, she's pinning a dress to be fixed, the next, she's on a table in a strange new world with a strange creature hugging her friend who apparently managed to bring her here. And I thought Pinkie was the only one to defy physics.

Rarity was finally starting to regain the ability to speak. "Derpy! I... you! How?" She looked around then at me.
"What? Where am I? What ARE you?"

"I am me." I doubt explaining to her now would do much good anyway. Much easier for the others to explain it. "Welcome to Earth, Rarity."

"How do you know who I am?"

"Yes." I was intent on making this as confusing as possible. The others didn't butt in at this point, so I assume they
were going along with the idea.

"No, I asked HOW you knew who I was. Not IF you knew."

"Yes! Exactly." I couldn't help but snicker a little.

Derpy seemed to have calmed down. Well, she was still as confused as Rarity, but at least she wasn't on the verge of tears anymore. Hopefully messing with Rarity a little would make her feel better.

I stepped forward, offing Rarity a 'handshake' "Welcome to Earth! I am Even." I motioned to the others sitting at the table. "This is Pink, Purple, Orange and Blue." Well, that worked out well. I said that without even thinking! Now to kick it up a notch. "My dear, Derpy Hooves. My queen! It is with utmost pleasure that I welcome you to my humble home. All hail Queen Derpy!"

Nope. I couldn't continue. I lost it right there. I was quite literally rolling on the floor laughing. "Oh, god. That was amazing. It's strange that I'm already getting accustomed to random appearances of ponies. I'll be right back. Twilight, could you try to help them out? I have to use the little filly's room." I left them in the kitchen with tears in my eyes. I really wished I could have kept that up. Derpy probably would have been ecstatic that she was a queen.

I did my business and came out of the bathroom. I immediately heard giggling from my sister's room. Oh, balls. Was that Pinkie's giggle? I rushed to the kitchen only to have my stomach drop. Balls. They're not here. And that means it WAS her giggle. Then again, giggling is probably a good thing. I made my way back down the hallway and into my sister's room. There, as I expected, was all seven of them. Six ponies and my sister laughing it up.

"Oh, good. I see you've met."

"Brother!" My sister ran over to me and gave me a huge hug. "There are ponies here! How are there ponies here?"

"That's a very good question. One that I will hopefully answer soon. Twilight, could I borrow you for a minute?"

"She nodded. Yes, I suppose this is probably overdue."

I took her back out into the kitchen and we both sat down at the table. She looked adorable sitting on the chair like that. "So. I'm sure you've got questions. Shall we alternate? I'd like to start." She nodded. "How did you, Pinkie and Applejack get here?"

"Oh, that's easy. It was a simple teleportation spell. I just locked onto Rainbow Dash's magic signature and we ended up right here with her! Okay, my turn. I think I understand it now, but just to be sure, how do you know who we are?"

"Well, here on Earth, we have television. Do you know what that is?" She shook her head. "Well, Rainbow Dash described it as 'watching books happen'. Will that suffice for an explanation? I can show you a TV later."

"I suppose that makes sense. There must be a way to visually record and playback an event using magic, I just haven't found out how yet."

I think that's called memory, Twi. I don't understand it either. "Okay, well, here on Earth, we have a TV show called My Little Pony. It's basically... about you. Well, the six of you, mostly. It shows us the most important events from the time you moved to Ponyville to the time Discord attacked. And a few other things like how you each got your cutie marks and stuff."

"Wow! That's a lot! I've been living in Ponyville for almost 3 years!"

"Well, she show has something like 52 episodes. And there'll be more coming soon." Squee! "I haven't seen them all, but after last night... I've seen most of them anyway."

"Can... Can I see them?"

Oh, god. Is that a good idea? I think... that would be amazingly fun actually. Watching ponies with ponies? That's be like direct commentary and deleted scenes as we go along! I can be asked! "Yes. I would like that. But we'll do that some other time. Right now, it's my turn again. "How did Derpy and Rarity end up on my kitchen table?"

"I have no idea. Some of the things Derpy does make abut as much sense as Pinkie's Pinkie sense. You just have to go with it. My turn again! Are you humans really as violent as I've read about?"

"Yes." I had no idea what she's read about us, but after reading Cupcakes last night, I don't think there's anything we won't do. "We murder, pillage, thief, swindle..."

"What, are you all pirates or something?" she asked with a very amused... and kind of sexy look.

Why did I find that look sexy? Wait... was that flirting? My head hurts... That aside, I laughed at the irony of that question. "Yes. Basically, we are pirates. We just talk differently from the pirates you know. Instead of 'Arr' and 'Matey', we say 'Homie' and 'Fuck' and 'Nigga'. We still rape yer churches and burn yer women. So much time and so little to do." She started to question me, but I continued my quote. "Wait. Strike that. Reverse it.
Thank you. My turn. How did Rainbow Dash get here?"

"I haven't the slightest idea. Do you know what she was doing? How did she show up?"

"Well, I was driving my car home from work. Right... car. Like a... really tiny train big enough for only four or so people. Anyway, I was driving my car and she apparently just popped into my back seat. I didn't hear a pop like I did with you guys and Derpy and Rarity, but it was probably just too loud in there to hear it. She said she was working on a new trick and was about to hit the ground and when she opened her eyes, she was here."

Twilight suddenly got really excited. "She did it?! I knew she would do it someday! That's amazing!"

"What? What is amazing?"

"She did it! She broke the space time continuum!"

...

"...What?"

"She must have been going so fast that she ripped a whole in the fine line between the space and time dimensions
and when she went through it, she must have appeared here!"

"So... she hit 88mph then."

"Oh it would have to be-"

I interrupted her. "Yup. She hit 88mph. Next question."

"Ok, then... Why did you want us to stay so badly?"

I sighed. I was hoping she wouldn't ask about that. "Well, think about it like this. You guys are to me what the
Wonderbolts are to Rainbow Dash." There was a LOT more to it than that, but... well, it wasn't something I really wanted to
talk about.

"Wow! That's...Are we really that popular here on Earth?"

I shook my head. Mostly to stop thinking about those... other reasons. "Not really. I mean, there are plenty of guys
my age who watch the show, but most people see us as just... weird and perverted."

"Perverted? You couldn't possibly..." She stopped seeing the blush on my face.

"NO! I mean... I don't personally or anything... just some people... like you guys a lot... and Luna looks really good in
socks... And you like to experiment, so..." This was clearly the definition of digging your own grave. "ANYWAY! MY TURN.
Do you... want to... go back to the others now? I think I'm out of questions."

"I suppose. I think most of my other questions I can answer through research or by just a difference in culture. Shall
we?"

I nodded, getting up. I led her down the hall, back to my sister's room. I opened the door. And everyone was posing.
"What the hell?" My sister was panting. I looked around. Dash, Applejack and my sister were posing in the middle of the
room and Pinkie was hanging from the ceiling fan. "Did... DID I JUST MISS A SONG?" My sister nodded, still out of breath.

...

"DAMN IT!"

Few quick things... I love quotes and references. I am not a clopper, but I do not judge.

Next chapter.... Fluttershy to complete the Mane Six. And chapter 5 has been planned. There is be references to the show and many lols will be had. Thanks for reading!

Not surprised

Hey, everypony!

Sorry this took so long to get out. It's been like... 2 weeks, right? Yeah... I've been crazy busy. Working 40 hours weeks as a part-timer for the Fourth of July, then parties, then Connecticon, then my birthday (which I spent at Connecticon). But now I'm back and I should be back to a normal schedule. I'll update AT LEAST once a week, hopefully twice now that the story is going to start going somewhere. So... yeah! Enjoy!

"DAMN IT!! Really? I missed a song?! That's like... the worst thing EVER!"

They all broke their poses, a little confused. Applejack stepped forward. "Sorry, Sugarcube. But ah'm sure you'll catch the next one. Pinkie Pie tends to do that sorta thing rather often."

"Yeah!" Exclaimed Rainbow. "I'm sure you'll be there for the next one."

I sighed. "Fine. The next one then." Obviously, I was still mad at myself for missing a song. But, both Rainbow and Applejack said I'd be there for the next one. How long did they plan on staying here? "So, you're all here to see the wonders of the human world. But, I have no idea what to show you or how to do it without anyone seeing you. Any ideas?"

My sister jumped up. "Let's go to the amusement park!"

"That... is an awesome and terrible idea. I would love to take them to the amusement park, but getting them on rides without anyone seeing them? They'd have to be invisible."

"Or human!" Twilight walked over to me. She gave me a sniff, then started to walk around me slowly.

"Uh, Twi? What in the hay are you doin'?" asked Applejack.

"Yes, I think I can handle that," she answered. Right, well, that answers that. "A transformation spell! I'll just turn us all into humans for the day!"

"Woah woah woah. You can do that?" I asked.

"I got us all here, didn't I? If I can teleport a bunch of ponies to a different world, I think I can change our appearance a little."

"And this is safe? The spell won't wear off during the day or be permanent or hurt anyone?"

"No, of course I won't hurt anypony. Like I said, I got us all here just fine. Which reminds me, I think Fluttershy would feel a little left out if we didn't bring her along. I'll go get her and we can be on our way!"

"Wait, Twi, I think you should..." *Pop* "...and she's gone. Well, what should we go in the..." *Pop* "...and she's back again? How...?"

"I'm back!" And so she was. With Fluttershy right behind her. Oh, good lord, don't yell. Don't yell. Do. Not. "FLUTTERSHY!!" Well done, brain. Well done.

"Eeep!" Fluttershy squeaked and hid even further behind Twilight. Of course she would be afraid, idiot. I may be an animal, but that doesn't mean she's going to be all friendly to me. There was the dragon thing... "Sorry! Sorry, Fluttershy, I didn't mean to scare you." I was trying to be a quiet and kind sounding as possible.

Rainbow Dash flew over to her side with a wing over her for comfort. "Yeah, Fluttershy, he's cool. He let us stay here last night after I... Umm... ended up here... somehow."

"You hit 88mph." I responded, deadpan.

"88?! I was going WAY faster than-"

"Yes, I know, I just like saying it. Basically, you were going so fast, you broke the barrier between the dimensions."

"I did?! I mean, of course I did! I AM the fastest pegasus in all of Equestria, after all."

"Yes, that is absolutely amazing. Don't do it again."

"What?! Why not?! That's SO AWESOME!"

Oh my god, she did the 'So Awesome" thing. That was SO... wait a second... "I'm serious. You do it again, who knows where you'll end up! We all got lucky that you ended up here this time, but next time you could end up somewhere way more dangerous. Like a planet full of volcanoes. Or in space!" Space. "If you ended up in space, you'd die instantly!"

Rarity jumped off my sister's bed and came over. "Yes, Rainbow. Please, do us all a favor and refrain from breaking the universe and endangering yourself like that. It's bad enough we have to watch you crash into trees and buildings all over Equestria."

"Hey! I don't do it all the time! I'm just doing some really tough tricks and they don't always work out the way I want." She was turning visibly pink.

That's odd. I watched the whole first season last night and then some and I can count on one hand the number of times she blushed. Even when she won the Young Flyers Competition, I don't think she blushed. Hmm, must just be a side affect of being in our world. She probably would have done it way more often if it wasn't a cartoon.

"Dash, it's fine. You can keep doing those tricks." The other ponies (minus Derpy) gave me really dirty looks. "What? She's not going to get better if she doesn't push herself and try new things. From an athlete's point of view, you can't be satisfied doing things you know you can do." They all relaxed a bit, knowing I was right. I'd almost forgotten Derpy was there until now.

She sat quietly near the corner of the room ever since I came back in and they stopped singing. She was inspecting a few of my sister's dolls. We all seemed to be distracted together. A quick glance around showed everyone in the room now looking at Derpy. Not that she noticed. She just went on, making them hop around on the floor, making bubbly and vroomy noises. I heard Twilight let out a little giggle and Derpy finally noticed us all staring at her. As she looked around the room, her eyes which usually looked in their respective directions, (Left looked left, right looked right) crossed and uncrossed as they looked at each pony individually before finally, they both fell on me. She looked like a deer in headlights, but somehow, she didn't seem upset like she did before.

"Enjoying my sister's dolls, Derpy?"

"Mmhmm!" She nodded happily.

"Well, alright then." Welp! My life is complete. I keep saying I've never seen anything cuter and yet, they continue to up the bar. I'm going to die of cuteness overload. And you know what? I think I'll be okay with that. Now, weren't we talking about something more important than this like....

"Humans! Twilight, didn't you say you could change all of you into humans for the day?"

"Oh, right. Yes, I should be able to change us all into humans for the day. And no, the spell is 'permanent', but only until I change us back. That just means that even if I fall asleep or something, we'll all stay humans."

"You're sure? I don't want to end up having to cover up a pony sighting."

"No, I'm quite sure," answered Twilight. "It won't be a problem. But before we go, what exactly IS an amusement park?"

"It's... well, honestly, I'd rather it all be a surprise. I promise, you'll have fun. I think Dash will like it the most. Anyway, let's get ready to go, shall we?" Oh, god, there are eight of us plus my sister. That's nine tickets I'm going to have to pay for. Nine times $35... Well, it's be worth my savings to have a day with them before they leave and to see their faces on each ride.

"Wait, wait, wait." Rarity was unhappy. "I'm not going to go anywhere unless I have some things with me. Even as a human, I want to look my best. Twilight, would you be a dear and take me back to Equestria to get a few things?"

"Sure, Rarity." She turned to me. "We'll be right back!"

"Okay, but could you just-" *Pop* "...and she's gone again. Why don't we go out to the living room where there-" *Pop* "... and she's back again. With a pile of stuff." Rarity's 'a few things' must have consisted of half her wardrobe. She had four HUGE suitcases now on the floor behind her. Well, they were on the stuff on the floor behind her. My sister's room wasn't exactly clean to begin with. And now, we had 7 ponies in the room, plus my sister and myself and SOMEHOW, Derpy found her way into my sister's Lego's in the closet and figured out how they worked right away. She had already made herself a Lego muffin. Perfect.

"Rarity, that's a bit much. Besides, you're going to be human. I doubt you'll be able to wear any of that stuff."

"Oh, I know, but I simply couldn't leave with these things. A girl needs a few things to keep herself looking her best."

"Alright, well, Twilight? Humanize everyone, if you please?" To say I'm looking forward to this would be a gross understatement.

"Wait! We almost forgot Spike!"

"Alright, why don't you-" *Pop* "...go get him. Pop." Nothing. "POP!!" Nope. Still nothing. Of course. My luck. "Rarity, why don't you-"

*GASP* The suitcase at the top of Rarity's pile just popped open and gasped for air. I should be surprised. Why am I not surprised?

"Oh, dear Celestia! Ah thought ah was gonna die!"

"Applebloom! What in the hay are you doin' here?" asked Applejack.

"Well, us Cutie Mark Crusaders were helpin' Rarity pack her stuff fer her trip and decided to come with her! Oh, my! Scoots and Sweetie Bell are still in the suitcases!"

"SCOOT SCOOTALOO!!" Applebloom yelled quite literally at the top of her lungs. Somehow, I expected that. Didn't expect my sister to yell with her though. We exchanged a look. She just shrugged. Whatever.

Scoots came popping out of the suitcase right under Applebloom, also gasping for air. "Geez! It's really hard to breath in those suitcases. Where's Sweetie Bell?"

We heard a muffed voice from yet another suitcase, this one on the bottom. "I'm in here! Hold on!" *Thud* *Thud* *Pop* The suitcase opened. "I'm free! Woah!" Sweetie Bell's suitcase opening from the bottom finally caused the whole pile to come toppling over. Right on me. Again, I wasn't surprised.

*Pop* AND that would be Twilight. Good timing.

"Oh, my! What happened in here?"

I could hear Applejack dig herself out of the pile. "Hey, Twilight. Not much, just mah sister and her friends causin' some trouble, as usual."

"Woah! Suddenly, I was being lifted by my feet into the air, apparently by magic. I hung there, upside down, taking in the sight in front of me. Ten ponies, a dragon, my sister, me levitating over a pile of four suitcases still filled with 3 of those ponies. And Derpy still sitting in the corner, now with a dozen Lego muffins. And a partridge in a pear tree. Anything else going to happen?

As if to answer that question, Spike burped. Now, I expected a letter from Celestia. Perhaps to ask where half of Ponyville went or to offer her help in getting everyone back. But no. For this first time today, I was surprised. Spike's burp went from a small green flame to a small puff of green gas. That green gas swirled and grew until *Pop* Yep. You guessed it. Princess Celestia. I must say, as surprised as I was, I don't think anyone was more surprised than Celestia herself. Being transported against her will, to an unknown human planet to find a human floating upside down right in front of her must have been... well, the last thing she might have expected.

I mean imagine that. Walking through your castle, having a conversation with the Captain of the Royal Guard, and suddenly you're staring at a strange, upside down creature in some weird place in an EXTREMELY crowded room. Thank god I'm not claustrophobic. *Crackle* WAIT! Was that? *Slam* Yes. Wonderful. My parents are home. I now have Eleven ponies in my room and my parents are home.

"Twilight! Make everyone a human now!" I heard the front door open. "Hurry! My parents are coming in!" I closed my eyes, now hearing the door to my sister's room open. *Pop* Well, crap. Wait, wasn't I going to tell them anyway?

"What in the-? Who are all these GIRLS?!" I opened my eyes. I had heard the pop and assumed Twilight had changed them both successfully and in time. Oh, god, I hope she spawned them clothes. Sure enough, there were now eleven girls in my room. Wait, no. Spike was a boy, my sister was already a girl and Celestia was more like a mother.

Regardless, I now had to explain why I had 10+ girls over and why we were in my sister's room AND get them to believe the whole pony thing. And it was only 10am. This was going to be a long day.

Okay! So! I'm looking for ideas again. I'm planning on giving the character a day with each pony individually by the end of the story. Some might be dates, some might be friends, or awkward or.... just about anything. This includes all characters so far as well as any requests (Vinyl Scratch, Cheerilee ect.) I'm not going to do Celestia unless you guys are interested in that. I have no idea what a day out with Celestia would be like. So... yeah. I think all the main characters are in at this point. Others like the ones mentioned above will appear, but unless requested, will not play a big role. Dates will be casual. No shipping will be done until the end if there will be any. I'm not sure yet. I will however set up those ships ahead of time should you guys vote for it, and I will let you know when we get close to the end when voting will start. Thanks for reading!

Time to go?

Sorry, people. I have no excuse for taking so long. Hope you enjoy.

Alright. Time to step back and take a look at what's going on. There are... 1.. 2, 3, 4... 5, 6... 11 ponies in my living room. Well, not all in my living room. And they were humans right now. And a dragon. Also a human. Don't want to leave the little guy out. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy are talking to my sister down the hall. Princess Celestia in on the couch, chatting with my parents. The three little ones are marveling at their new human bodies. Applejack, Rarity, Twilight, and Spike are huddled around the TV, completely fascinated. Rainbow Dash is taking a nap on the couch next to Celestia. And Derpy... is just sitting there on the floor in the corner? That's odd.

I sat down next to Derpy. "Hey, Derpy! Why are you sitting over here, by yourself?"

"Oh, no reason, really."

"Bull. You obviously look depressed. Did someone say something to you? Was Rarity mad?"

"No! Well, a little. But she said it was okay since Twilight and the others were here too. She just said to be more
careful next time."

"Oh, well, it's good that everything worked out, right? Though I still have no idea how you got here in the first place."

"That's just it! I have no idea how I got here. Things like this happen to me all the time! Like the time I dropped that
piano on Twilight, it wasn't even in my hooves to begin with! No one ever touched that piano, it just fell, apparently right out
of my hooves. I try to be careful. I really do, it's just... I..."

"Derpy! It's okay. Really! Nobody's really mad at you. I know some ponies laugh at you or blame you for things, but
we really do like you. Let me tell you a little story." She jumps up and starts to circle in place, then lays back down, looking
up at me anxiously. Just like a puppy. "Okay then. You know how we humans have a show that all of you are characters in,
right?" She nods. "Well, obviously, you are one of those characters. The time that you broke part of city hall is the time I'm
talking about. I don't know what happened. But after that episode aired and us humans heard your voice and the way you
acted, a lot of us flipped. There a lot of little kids who watch the show and the parents of those little kids were very upset
that... well, we assumed it was Hasbro or Lauren Faust... wrote you in that way. I have no idea what connection they must
have to Equestria. Anyway, there were a lot of angry parents saying that ponies like you shouldn't be part of a kid's show
and that you should be taken out.

But, at the same time, there are a lot of guys like me who watch the show. And when we say you, we loved you. And
we were appalled that anyone would this we were making fun of you. Sure, we thought it was funny that you somehow
broke city hall and were prone to accidents, but we weren't laughing AT you. We would NEVER laugh at you. And I'm sure
everyone in Equestria feels the same. We may find it funny that you can have such bad luck and we might get a little
frustrated when things we worked on are destroyed or messed up, but we could never stay mad at somepony as cute as
you," I said, already blushing.

I realized she had been on the verge of tears. I don't know if it was because she was remembering all the times that
people must have been mad at her or because she was upset before I even started talking to her, but either way, she
surprised me with her response. A hug. Another hug from Derpy. And I was more than okay with that.

She lets go and I can't help but ask her: "So, is your name actually Derpy Hooves or was that a nickname that stuck?"

"No," she says, still wiping away tears. "Derpy is my real name. Some of my Ponyville friends try to call be Ditsy
instead, to make me feel better. But I know most ponies don't really mean anything by it."

"Well, as long as you know that, I guess it's okay." I trail off, still thinking about that hug. Derpy in human form is pretty
damn cute. Her eyes are a lot less noticeable though. I gotta say, I liked the pony eyes bett- what am I saying? It was just
a hug between friends. And she's not really a human. Where the hell did this come from anyway? Still, they ARE... I
looked around my living room. They are all pretty cute for human girls.

Derpy was wearing an oversize grey T-shirt and sweatpants. Pinkie had a light pink tank top with short jean shorts.
Fluttershy a long yellow sundress. Applejack looked as you'd expect. Like a cowgirl. Short shorts, straw hat. Twilight was
actually wearing a sweater-vest. Did they even have something like that in Equestria? Where did she get her ideas for
these outfits? Dash looked like she was wearing a warm-up suit for track or something. Rarity's dress was short. Almost
too short, but knowing her, it was probably exactly what she wanted. Beautiful and perhaps a little teasing. The Crusaders
looked a lot like their older siblings. Applebloom looked like Applejack, Sweetie Bell's dress was like Rarity's only longer
and more innocent (thank god) and Scoots. Well, she looked a little like Dash, but with more of a skateboarder look.
Baggy jeans and a T-shirt. Somehow, she still managed to look a little like a chicken.

And of course Celestia. Good lord, even Rarity's Gala dresses couldn't match up to her dress. It was something of a
mix between 17th century queen's dress and a jewel encrusted wedding dress. Easily the most beautiful dress I'd ever
seen.

The whole lot of them were... well, more than interesting. I could already see it was going to be hard to keep my mind
from seeing them... THAT way. I mean really, how wrong is that? They're not actually humans, they're just... well,
temporarily humans. Right?

Brain Convo-

But they're damn HOT! The whole lot of them! Even Celestia was a fucking MILF!

Ew! Brain! No. I've never seen Celestia that way. Hell no! Although there was that picture of Luna wearing socks.
That was kinda cute.

Right, now imagine her as a human wearing socks. JUST socks.

Goddamnit, brain, no! I don't even know how old these girls ARE!

So? Who knows how time passes between here and there? They could be 200 years old! I mean, come on, if
Celestia is over a thousand, how old is Granny Smith?

... Good lord, I never thought of that. But, if they're 200...

DETAILS, details, it's fine! They look and act like they're your age, why not go for it?

If a guy looks and acts like a girl...

Okay, okay, fine. But that's not the point here. You know all about them.

Yes, which is quite creepy to them.

Yes, the way you're doing it now. You can use that to your advantage. Which one do you like best?

Why are we still having this-

WHICH ONE?

I...I don't know... I've always been attracted to the shy, nerdy girls at school... but there's no way I'd have the guts to do
anything with Fluttershy! And I really like Rainbow Dash's toughness. I think we'd have a lot of fun together just hanging
out, but I can't see us doing anything romantic. But Derpy's so cute and Twilight's like.... seductive and... God damn it. I am
NOT doing this. They are PONIES! END OF CONVERSATION!

Alright, fine. But I'm your brain and I control your boners. Have fun with that.

I said, end of conversation!

No, really, end of Brain conversation.

"Okay, so about the amusement park. Mom, dad, can I have a minute with the girls alone?"

My mom looked away from Celestia. "Sure you can. After you explain who they are and why they're here. I don't mind
you having a few friends over, but where did they all come from! I don't remember you having this many friends."

"Gee, thanks mom. Look, I guess I was going to have to tell you anyway." I took a deep breath and started naming
them from left to right. "That's Applebloom, Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo. Over there is Rarity, Twilight, Applejack and the
boy is Spike. I assume you know that you're talking to Princess Celestia. Rainbow Dash is the one asleep next to her and
down the hall are Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. They are ponies from the magical land of Equestria. That one (pointing to
Twilight) got here by teleporting. That one (Pointing to Dash) got here by going so fast, she broke the barrier between
dimensions. That one (Pointing to Celestia) Came by way of Dragon burp and that one... (pointing to Derpy) Right, sorry,
Derpy. Missed you before cuz you're sitting in the corner. That one is Derpy Hooves and none of us have any idea how
she got here. We good now? There's really nothing else I can say that would make any sense to you."

Celestia stood up, taking my mom by the hand. "Here, why don't we leave them alone and I'll try to explain what's
going on. I'm sure this must all be very confusing." My mom nodded, still in shock from my... er.. introduction. They went
down the hall into my parent's bedroom and closed the door.

"Alright then, the park. There are... I think it was 11 of you. Plus me and my sister is 13. Twilight, unless you can
magic up some money or tickets for us, there is no way I can pay for all of us to go."

"I can't do that! That's... well, it's not right!"

"Yeah, I figured." Personally, I'd gladly endure a bit of counterfeiting on my conscience to have a day with the girls.
"Besides, we'd need at least 2 cars. Maybe even 3 to get us all there and I doubt my parents will want to go. It's a pretty
long drive." I looked at the clock. "It's not worth it to go today anyway. We'd have had to leave like... 2 hours ago."

"Yeah, an' ah hate to say it, but ah think we should be getting back to Equestria. Big Mac an' Granny Smith must be
worried sick."

Oh, no. They want to go already? "You don't want to at least stay for the day?"

"No, I think Applejack is right," said Twilight. The Princess shouldn't be away from Canterlot for long. Especially since
no one back home knows where she is."

"But... you can't! You only just got here!"

"I'm sorry, but we have to. Rarity, go get your things. I'll get the Princess."

"Well, couldn't we at least go to the park for the day? Have a picnic or something?"

They all turned away awkwardly. None of them were interested in staying. Not even the Crusaders were interested in the human world. Fluttershy came over and put a hand on my shoulder, but even she couldn't look me in the eye. Even she didn't want to stay.

Twilight came back with the Princess. "Alright, gang. Let's head home. Gather round."

They all gathered around Twilight and looked at me. I could tell they felt bad. And I wanted them to stay. Of course I
did. But I couldn't make them feel worse either. I wanted to show them everything. Show twilight our culture. Show
Fluttershy all the animals here. Show Rainbow all the cool sports we have. There really was something for all of them. But
I couldn't say that. I had to just let them go. They came into my life so easily, why couldn't they go easily too? There was
no reason to keep them away from home. Twilight had her magic, it's not like they were stuck. The whole this was an
accident to begin with. Besides, if I were on some strange world with an alien, I'd probably want to get home quick too.

Twilight gave a small wave. "Goodbye, friend."

I waved back. I wanted to ask if they'd visit. If they come back to see me sometime when they had nothing to do. I
REALLY wanted to ask if I could go with them. But I couldn't.

Twilight's horn started to glow and they changed back into ponies.

"Wait! You can't! Don't you want to see the world? Applejack, we have farms too! Rarity, we have a whole world of
fashion! I'm sure you'd love it! Pinkie, don't you want to go to a human world party? Derpy! I... We have muffins!" None
of them answered. None of them could even look at me. Except Derpy. I saw Pinkie wipe her eyes next to Derpy. They
were both crying. I hadn't noticed, but I was too. I mean, who wouldn't? I only had a moment to stare into Derpy's eyes
before she disappeared right in front of me. And I was alone. Again.

I fell back into the chair behind me. They were gone. Came and gone in only a day. It really seemed like forever ago
that Dash appeared in my car. It had really only been two days, but it felt like I'd known them forever. Like I was part of the
gang. I knew they wouldn't be back. Not a single one of them wanted to stay. It was hard enough getting them to stay one
night, there was no way they'd come back. In fact, Twilight would probably find some way of making sure she never ended
up here again. Blocking the dimensional path they came through with her magic or something.

I stood up and headed downstairs to my room. Closing the door behind me, I stopped. I was going to watch an
episode. That was my instinct. I felt like shit, so I'd go watch some ponies. Somehow, I doubted that it would make me feel
better this time.

I laid down on the bed and stared at the ceiling. What could I do now? Nothing really went through my mind. I just...
laid there. Until I heard a...

*Pop* I sat up, looking around. Nothing. There was no one there. Of course I was hearing things. The sound I
wanted to hear so badly. The sound I knew I wouldn't hear.

There was a knock at the door. My parents always knocked, thank god. "Come in." A few second went by. "You can-"

"Hello?"

That voice. That's not my parents OR my sister. I jumped up, flinging the door open. "DERPY!! You came back?!"

"You said you had muffins?"

Again, I'm sorry this took so long. I've been trying to put an amusement park chapter in almost every story I write, but I always end up with writers block. So until then, I'm giving everypony a day with our guy. Also, since no one asked about it, this wasn't meant to be a self-insert. This is a character I use in my stories on fictionpress and most every other story. A character with a consistent background and personality that is similar to mine, but different enough that I don't feel that it's me in the story. Anyway, I've already started the next chapter and although it's a bit late, it will include the Olympics a bit. Thanks everyone... re-reading the comments was the only thing that stopped me from just cancelling this when I got completely stuck on the park. Thank you!