Andrew couldn't remember the last time that he was in pain when he woke up. It could've been the time that he woke up after sleeping on the floor all night, or it could've been the time that he had to sleep at his friend's house since his was burned down. While he couldn't remember the last time this happened, here he was, waking up with a huge pain in his backside.

And here I was hoping for a good night's sleep..., he thought to himself. While getting into a sitting position and stretching, he opened his eyes, only to find that he didn't know where in the hell he was. He seemed to be up on a hill, overlooking a clearing full of grass, trees, and a small lake... or something like that. The sky above him was blue, almost too blue, with small clouds here and there.

On the plus side, at least I don't have to worry about it raining...

Not knowing where he was or how he got there, Andrew jumped to his feet, scrambling to find anything that even remotely looked familiar. He started to quietly freak out, racking his brain for anything that could piece together what was happening. First thing that came to mind was that his friends had played a prank on him... some how. What he didn't understand was how they got in, since his front door was locked.

While he was pondering on how they got into his home, a figure started to walk up the hill, wearing only a sweatshirt that seemed too small for them. The hood was up, covering the face of it's owner. The figure walked up to Andrew, and sat as far as four feet away from him. Andrew never saw the figure approach him, since he was too far into his thoughts to really notice the world around him.

After what seemed like forever, the figure cleared it's throat, grabbing Andrew's attention. His eyes focused, and drifted towards the thing that made the noise. His eyes finally rested upon the small figure sitting in front of him, and he became extremely confused.

"I didn't know that the passage was still working...", it has said, startling the man into stumbling backwards a few centimeters, but not knocking him over. "I mean, I could've sworn that they were closed off a while ago."

The words confused Andrew, but not for the reasons he thought. He never questioned the sentences themselves, no; he questioned the fact that the small figure sounded strikingly... familiar. It didn't help that it was almost whispering, but he could still hear it just fine.

The man never once tore his gaze away from it, and it took him a while to work up the courage to even say anything. After a few minutes, though, he said something.

"...hello..." It wasn't a bad start, could've been better. It didn't help that he was shaking quite horribly and it was evident that it knew he was scared shitless. "Where am I...?"

The figure seemed to contemplate on speaking to him, or at least that's what he thought it was doing. It's really hard trying to read someone when their face is covered by a piece of cloth. Both of them sat there, in complete silence, just kind of... taking the other in. When a few minutes passed by and neither said a thing to the other, Andrew took that as a go ahead and speak thing.

"My name is Andrew... what's yours?", he nervously asked. Again, he could've said it with more of an umph behind his voice, but he was still extremely confused and scared.

"Hello Andrew, the name's Rainbow Dash, and welcome to Equestria." Now this confused him. He knew of Equestria, him being a avid watcher of the TV show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, but that was just a work of fiction... right? I mean, there was no way that he was in one of his favorite TV shows... right?

Sensing his apprehension towards the information that he was given, "Rainbow Dash" huffed out of what could've been anger. "She" fidgeted for a few minutes, moving back and forth on the ground, before moving her left appendage towards "her" head. The first thing that Andrew noticed about this appendage was the fact that it wasn't human. It was blue, and, most damning of all, it was a hoof. This surprised the young man, and made him start to rethink his first thoughts and, more importantly, his doubts about the information that "she" seemed to have shared.

After moving "her hoof" for an eternity, it finally fell upon the hood of the sweatshirt. It was ripped off not a few moments later, showing the true identity of the owner. And, to add more doubts to his thoughts, there in front of him was Rainbow Dash in all of her glory. Her prismatic mane was the first thing that he noticed, seeing that it was just as vibrant as it was in the show. Her sky blue coat was just beaming in the morning sun. The last thing he seemed to notice was her eyes: a bright violet. It was then that he noticed that she was staring at him with an almost annoyed look.

"You done checking me out yet?", she asked. Andrew's face grew a little hot at the words she had said, and started to stammer just slightly. She shook her head, glaring at the young man. "Everyone who comes through here does the exact same thing as you just did. It's fine, it wasn't sexual in any way, you were just 'making sure'... as some of the others have said."

It didn't click at first on what he had just heard, but, after about 30 seconds or more, he opened his eyes slightly, and looked down upon her. "What do you mean 'others'? Am I not the first here?"

Rainbow shook her head 'no', looking straight into his eyes.

"Where are these so called 'others'?" After he had asked this question, Rainbow got a distant look in her eyes. Not knowing what to do or say, Andrew stood there awkwardly, waiting for her to return from her thoughts. His eyes darted away from the pony sitting across from him and towards the gigantic mountain that was just on the horizon. How he hadn't noticed this before confused him, but, considering what he was going through at the moment, he cut himself some slack.

"They left..." Her voice shocked him, his eyes daring back towards her within an instant. She was looking at him, but not really showing much emotion.

"Where did they go?", he asked. Once again, her eyes glazed over and, this time, it didn't look like he was going to get the answer he wanted.

A few minutes later, Rainbow Dash shook her head to clear her thoughts, looked at the human in front of her, and beckoned him to follow her. She stood up and started to walk down the hill, in what seemed like to Andrew, a random direction. He followed shortly after, pushing himself down the hill and behind Rainbow.

"Where are we going?", he asked. Again, he heard a sigh, whether it was from exhaustion or anger, he didn't know. She didn't say anything for a few minutes that followed, both walking in silence. Finally, she gave him an answer that he was comfortable with hearing.

"We're going to meet the others. They'll be so excited in hearing that another human has decided to grace us with his presence." With the way that she had said that, Andrew knew right then and there that it probably wasn't going to be good for him, nor were they going to be excited about his arrival...

Author's Note

Now, I must first say thank you and sorry.

I want to thank you for clicking on this story. While it isn't the first time I have written something in general, it is the first time that I have posted something onto this site, so... do with that what you will.

I'm also sorry since I'm not the best at grammar. English may be my first language, but they really don't teach grammar anymore in school, just spelling. And, if they did, then it went in the ear and out the other, and that's my fault, not yours.

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Thanks, and see you guys in the next chapter.