My Little Family

I woke up to the sun in my face. The alarm clock read 10:32. Then, I saw the necklace next to the alarm clock. The portal! I shot up and almost fell out of bed, rushing over to the closet to get clothes, then rushed to the bathroom. I took a shower, brushed my hair, and ate within 15 minutes. I grabbed a few Gersh Devices, but almost forgot my necklace. I grabbed it, went down to the teleporter room, input “Equestria”, and dashed through the portal.

I started to fall again, but this time, I didn’t have my umbrella. I did have my necklace, so I pressed it. I turned into the Panzer and started flying towards Canterlot. When I arrived in front of Canterlot, I pushed the button to return to normal and started walking towards the doors.

“Hello, Johnny.” One guard said.

“Hello, guards. How are you doing today?” I asked.

“We’re doing good.” The other guard told me.

“Good. I’m here to see Princess Celestia. Do you know where the throne room is?”

“Yes,” Guard 1 said, “Go to the first staircase, go up to the third floor, turn left, and it’s the door at the end.”

“Thank you! Have a wonderful day, gentlemen!”

“You too!” both guards remarked.

I went to the throne room, and knocked on the doors.

“Come in!” she chirped.

“Good Morning, Celestia! How are you?” I asked.

“Johnny! I’m good, how are you?”

“I’m good, thanks for asking! I'm here to put in the portal. Have you decided on a room for the portal yet?”

“Yes, I have! I’ll show you.”

She walked out of the room and down the hallway, and I followed. She took me to an empty room.

“This is it.” she announced.

“Alright, I’ll get it done as soon as I can.”

“I’ll leave you to it.” She told me as she left the room.

I took out a Gersh Device and started to set it up.

I finished the teleporter and then walked to the throne room.

“Celestia, I finished.” I told her.

“Great. Thank you so much.” She replied.

“No problem. Can you come here? I'd like to show you how it works.“

“Sure.”

I led her to the room and showed her the teleporter.

“Oh my.” she gasped.

“So here, there is a list of places you can choose from. Right now, it only has my house, but if you need me to add any more places, then let me know. You have a bar on the right side so you can scroll through the different places. All you have to do is touch the bar and slide down or up. To choose a place, you press the name of it, and then it'll ask you if you're sure. Just press yes and the portal will open.”

“Thank you so much for this.”

“No problem. Do you know where Twilight is? If she agrees to it, I’m going to put a teleporter in her place.”

“She should be in her castle. It’s a crystal tree in Ponyville. You can’t miss it.”

“Alright, thanks! Have a good day, Celestia!”

I flew into Ponyville and spotted the castle. I landed about twenty feet away so I didn’t do any damage to the castle with the rocket flames. I put away the suit and started walking towards the castle. I knocked on the big doors and the ground started rumbling. I looked behind me, and a whole bunch of ponies were behind me. I knocked again, and Twilight opened the doors. She saw the ponies running at me, and pulled me in.

“Thanks.” I said, as she closed the doors.

"No problem." She replied.

“Wow. This castle is huge.”

“Castles tend to be. So, what brings you here?”

“I wanted to ask you something.”

“Alright.”

“So, yesterday, in Celestia’s throne room, I said I couldn’t make another teleporter.”

“Yes.”

“So, after I got rid of the robots, I went to Celestia to tell her they were gone. After that, she pulled me into a room so Luna, Cadence, and Shining Armor could ask me questions. Not all at once, Luna first, then Cadence and Shining Armor.”

“Alright.”

“While Luna was interrogating me, I brought up how I came here because of my teleporter. She was very interested and asked if I could make one for her. While I can’t make one for everyone, I did figure out a way to make a teleporter for Celestia in case she ever needs me. So, I was wondering if you wanted to have the same thing.”

“Really?” She gasped.

“As long as you have a spare room or a basement.” I replied.

“Yeah, I have a spare room. Follow me.”

I followed her through the grandiose castle into a spare room.

“Alright, I’ll have it done as fast as I can.”

I did the same thing for Twilight that I did for Celestia, showed her the final product and showed her how it works.

“Thank you so much, Johnny!” She said.

“No problem.” I replied. “I have two more things I wanted to ask you.”

“Yes, Johnny?”

“Well, the first thing is, could I come with you the next time you go to the Crystal Empire?”

“How come?”

“When I talked to Shining and Cadence, I brought up the teleporter and how I could put one in the Crystal Empire, and they agreed to it.”

“Sure. What was the other thing?”

“I never got your names.”

“Oh. I’m so sorry! Follow me.”

I followed her to the cutie map and she told me, “Let me get the others here and I’ll introduce them to you!”

I waited around for five minutes in the Cutie Map room before thinking, 'I could probably play guitar to pass the time.'

I opened a portal to my house and got my acoustic guitar. I didn't want to spend a whole bunch of time setting up, only to then spend a lot more time tearing down. I got my black acoustic guitar, and played "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)". I really got into it, and played it really fast at the end, like in "Bullet In A Bible". After that, I played "Wake Me Up When September Ends". I got really into that as well, and during the second verse, tears were falling down my face, since it was really personal to me. I even started getting choked up during the last verse. I wiped my face, and breathed in through my nose and out through my mouth to calm down. 'I really miss you guys.' I thought. I then played "I Miss You" by blink-182. I played it the way it was played at the Pepsi Smash. After that I played "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" (I didn't say the bad words), then to cheer myself up, I played "Minority" (not saying the bad words), "Warning", and "Ordinary World".

"What's taking them so long? Well, if I had to get everywhere on foot, it would probably take a while to get my... friends..." I then realized that I didn't have any friends, since I lived alone. "But, if I did have friends, and I had to walk everywhere to get them, it would probably take me a while as well. I also have to factor in that they could be anywhere. I have to give them credit for that."

"You don't have friends?" Twilight asked from the hallway, saddened by what I said.

I jumped when I heard her voice. I didn't focus on the question she asked, I was focused on something else.

"H-how much o-of my singing d-d-did you hear?" I stuttered, almost not wanting to know.

"A ton, dude." Rainbow Dash replied, her and the others coming into the room and out from the hallway. "We heard you halfway through the song before 'I Miss You', then all the rest."

I wasn't surprised they knew what I was singing. I had been acting like I was playing live, so I had been saying the names of the songs before I played them. I looked at their faces. They all looked shocked.

"Was it that bad? Oh my. I'll just go. I don't want to disturb you all any more than I have already." My chest tightened, afraid that they thought it was terrible. I opened my Gersh Device, but Twilight said, "No, no, no. It was really good. About as good as the top musicians in Equestria."

"R-really?" I gasped. I steadied my breathing.

"Yeah. Why would you ever think that your singing is bad?" Applejack questioned, surprised as well.

"Well, it's just that..." I took a deep breath. "...When I went to school, I would sing all the time. But the other kids made fun of me for it. So, I always thought that it was bad. I never sang around anyone after that, even around the animatronics, when I was friends with them."

The Mane Six all looked at me with shock. Twilight then hugged me and said, "I'm sorry about that."

"Yeah, they were all wrong. You have a beautiful voice." Starlight complimented.

I blushed and said, "Why thank you! That... that means a lot."

"Is that why you don't have friends?" Twilight asked.

"Partially. I didn't have any friends in school, and then after that, I still don’t have friends."

"Haven't you ever tried going out to make some?" Rarity queried.

"Well, that is kind of hard where I live."

They all looked at me with confusion.

"I'll show you why. Come with me."

I guided them to my world and outside of my house.

They all looked around the empty state. "Why is it so quiet?" Rainbow asked.

"Because nobody lives here, except for me." I replied.

"WHAT?" They all exclaimed.

"Yeah. A few years ago, everyone just left. I don't really know why, but they did."

"Why did you stay here? Why didn't you and your family leave with everypony else?"

I just stared at them for a second, thinking about my family.

"I'd rather not get into that. How about I show you around my house, then maybe you can show me around the town you all live in?"

"Alright!" They all agreed, in unison.

I showed them around my house, then they showed me around Ponyville. When we arrived back at the castle, I said, "It's getting pretty late. I'm going to head back to my house. Good night."

I headed towards the teleporting room, but Twilight asked, "Um, Johnny?"

I turned around, and she continued. "I- we were thinking; since you don't have any friends, how would you like to be friends with us?"

"REALLY- I mean," I cheered, with an unsavory voice crack. I cleared my throat "really?" They all giggled, and Twilight said, "Yeah! Maybe we could teach you about friendship. After all, that's what Equestria was founded on."

"I thought it was founded on land." I joked.

They all laughed. "That too. So, what do you say?"

I shook her hoof, and said, "I would love to be friends with you all." I then pulled her in for a hug, and whispered in her ear, "Thank you."

"No problem." She whispered back. The others then joined us in our hugging. We broke off, I went back to my house, and I went to sleep.