Dylan's pov

"Oh man! I-I just can't believe you're here, and, well, you're just HERE, I thought you were gone for good Dad!" I say as I let go of my long-lost father, feeling nothing but pure joy, confusion, and a bit of angst that this might just be another dream about my father, "I mean, are you really here? Or am I just dreaming again?"

"Hehe, yes, yes I'm very much real, and very much alive my son, you of all people should know that it would take way more than another dimension to get rid of your old man!" My dad said to me with his hands resting with a frim yet gentle grip on my shoulders, letting me know, he wasn't going to leave me alone, not anymore.

But since this IS my dad,"Yeah well, you look like you could be my great grandpa! Hahaha!" I said with the brightest smile I've ever had in years on my face, like an old muscle that hasn't been used in ages, and you know something, it feels, amazing.

After I said this my dad went into an imaginary corner with a comical stormcloud above his head, and I could hear him mumbling something about 'troublesome youngsters' and 'no respect for their elders'. I swear, somethings just never change.

After our comedic routine I hear some chattering just outside the door, making me believe someone is eavesdropping on us.I wasn't proven wrong when my dad suddenly called whoever was behind the door out.

Kenneth's pov

"Alright, whoever is out there you can come out now, you weren't exactly being sneaky in the first place." I said slightly startling my son.

After I said that, a whole plethora of rainbow colored youngsters came burtsing through the narrow single doorway, causing all of them to collapse on each other. Some of them I was able to recognize such as that little Dashie kid who always calls me old, and my 'grand'daughter Jackie, both of them are very sweet little children that I cherish like they're my own grandkids. There are others that I've met but that's for another time.

"Jackie, what do you think you're doing?" I say while sighing in an already knowing tone. And the answer was expected

"Ugh, well first, it'd be mighty kind if you'd tell us how you two know each other." My 'grand'daughter said while trying to get out of the 'mare'pile while also looking at me with a curious and pleading kind of look as were the rest of the youngsters stuck in the pile.

"Yeah! And tell us the truth you old geezer!" I looked over and saw that it was, of course, little Dashie trying to command me to tell them with that slightly arrogant and frown on her face, and let me tell you, it doesn't work well when you're stuck beneath multiple mares.

"Also I noticed that you two kept calling each other 'dad' and 'son' like how he kept calling you 'dad' and how you kept calling him 'son' and you both kept goi-" I heard the bright pink one say with a tone too fast for my aging ears, thankfully little Dashie dicided to intervene.

"Yeah Pinkie we get it, that too gramps, why DID you call him your son? We've never seen him around here before now." She said with a suspicious look towards my son, laced with a bit of distrust.

No reason to lie to them, I guess,"Well, that's because he IS my son"

Thrid person

"...EEEEEEEHHHH?!"

Kenneth's pov

"Oooww, you could have at least lowered your voices a little, I mean isn't this supposed to be a place to treat illness?" I say trying my best to lighten the situation at hand, sadly it was for naught.

"Well aren't you supposed to tell us the truth?!" Yelled a particularly miffed Dashie.

"Well it's not my fault tha-"

"HOLD ON!!"

Dylan's pov

Now everybody's attention was on me, but at this moment I could give less of a shit, now that my initial shock of a 'multitude of colored mares comically barging through a single door' shock has faded,"Dad! What the hell is going on?! I mean who are these people?! Where are we right now?! And how long have you been here?!" I say with a furious, with an underlying tone of worry and concern mixed in.

My father showed me his calloused hands that showed more experience to me than I ever could have understood with regular words, and his eyes, when the hell did he experience so many battles? "My son," he says as he puts one of his hands gently on my left shoulder,"it has truly been a long time since I have last laid my eyes on you.""It has been 26 years since I've last seen you."

My eyes slowly widen with shock and confusion 'no, it couldn't have been that long, it shouldn't have been that long!'"But, it's only been 3 years since I'VE last seen you dad." this time his eyes widen with surprise.

"Okay, not that this isn't interesting but I'd like to know who exactly are you," I heard from the side where the 'mares' were as I slowly looked over, my eyes instantly locked on to who said that, it was that same purple mare who brought me here,"I mean so far all I know is that you two have some type of connection, but I have no clue who either of you are!" I was about to answer here but my dad beat me to it.

"For starters young lass, I need to start from the beginning..."

Timeskip 30 minutes later...

"And that's how I ended up here, with all of you," my dad said finishing up how he got here, which is extremely similar to how I ended up here,"so now that you ALL know the truth, I'm curious as to what my son will be doing from here on." my dad said as he looked towards me along with everyone else in the room, but as he said that another presence made itself aware.

"As am I, I'd truly like to hear about what his decision will be old friend." I heard a voice with an aura that demanded respect, but also laced with a great sense of protectiveness that could almost match my father when he's semi-serious.

"Well I'd first like to say that I ended up here in a very similar way that my dad did,"I say with an almost disbelieving tone, I still can't believe that my dad was stuck here for so long,"but aside from that, I don't see any kind of reason to leave, or rather I have no means of leaving," I say with a comical sweatdrop,"hehe"I make my decision with the trademark Rayson grin,"I guess I'll just hang out with you guys!"

Author's Note

I truly hope that you guys don't hate me too much, but lately I've been repeatedly put down, and discouraged by many people who don't like this beautiful community that I've joined, and lately it truly feels like I'm an outcast and none of my family ot friends want to support me, but you guys, every one of you have given me the strength to continue making this story. Everytime I'm put down. I'm constantly reminded that each of you are also apart of this community, and I love every single one of you like a family. Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to create this chapter, I just hope all of your support will help me find the strength to continue this story that many of you seem to enjoy, and I truly hope that none of you are getting the kind of treatment I'm getting and wish for all of you to treat others with nothing but your best. All I'm asking is don't bring others down, please I implore you, help others feel like they are apart of our community, please treat them like they are family.