Author's Note

A Place Called Home...

I apologize as this chapter has not yet been edited.

PART 2: IV - To Learn of Monsters & Magic (TBR)

Noah wearily opened his eyes to see the sun shining directly in his face. He closed his eyes again to try and fall asleep by digging into his sleeping bag, but he was too slumberous to move the rest of his body for shelter.

Giving in to the unrelenting glare of the star, he sat up, rubbed his eyes with one hand, and yawned for a moment or two.

He looked to his right to see his phone plugged in. He grabbed it, stood up out of the sleeping bag, and stretched before heading downstairs. Goddamn, I slept like a log last night, Noah thought. Who knew sleeping at a girls house could have one sleeping so well.

Noah finally reached the lower floor and entered the kitchen. He opened the fridge to find just what he wanted, "Eggs," Noah mumbled, "The perfect food to go along with bacon, if it's here, that is."

Noah searched the fridge after and smiled, there was bacon inside. He sluggishly grabbed the case of bacon along with four eggs, grabbed a paper towel from on the island, and laid them all out. "Okay, time for some breakfast."

Sunset awoke to the sound of bacon being fried along with its smell tickling her nose. She stood up and out of her sleeping bag before heading downstairs. The floorboards creaked at the sound of her steps on the carpet as she walked down the steps towards the delightful smell of breakfast.

She reached the bottom of the steps and turned to see Noah taking pieces of cooked bacon out of a pan on top of Pinkie's stove and onto a nearby plate. She entered the kitchen and asked, confused, "So, you're the one making breakfast. I thought you were Pinkie, but I bet if I go back up there she's fast asleep."

Noah turned around to meet Sunset's tired gaze and replied, "Yeah, I was just hungry as hell, Saturdays usually do that to me. How'd you sleep half-bitch?"

"Like a baby, but honestly, I couldn't stop thinking about what you said last night, your world really must be something, huh?" Sunset answered, and Noah replied, "Like a completely different planet."

Sunset took a seat at the island and pulled out her phone. Finishing the eggs, Noah asked, "Hey, you want some? I suddenly don't feel like eating all of this myself."

Sunset chuckled, "You were gonna eat all of that yourself? That must be some stomach of yours." Noah rolled his eyes, "You want some or not half-bitch?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'll take some," Sunset quickly answered, not trying to put him in a bad mood so early in the morning.

Noah then grabbed two pieces of bacon and put it on the nearby plate. Next, he split the eggs in half and put the right half on the plate, the pan hissing as he did so.

"Order up," Noah announced as he slid the plate towards Sunset. "Thank you," Sunset replied, thankful.

Sunset eyed the delicious meal in front of her, it looked heavenly, as if it was straight from God's kitchen. Her hand hovered over a piece of bacon before she realized something.

"Um, can I have a fork? I just realized I don't have one." Noah turned around from his plate he was making and responded, "Oh, how the fuck did I miss that?"

He then sought through Pinkie's drawers that seemed to never end before eventually finding the silverware. "Found ya basterds," he said triumphantly before grabbing two forks and putting one on his plate, and handing the other to Sunset. "Thank you, again," she said before eating the fantastic yet simple breakfast offered to her.

Noah grabbed the plate he finished making and took a seat next to Sunset. He turned to her, she was loving what he had prepared, practically devouring it, practically.

Noah then unlocked his phone and opened Twitter, it was how he stayed in contact with his home, specifically his country. He swiped to the trending tab and was taken aback, "Holy shit."

Sunset directed her attention from her breakfast to Noah, curious as to what he'd seen. "What is it? What happened?' She asked, and Noah replied, "The president was assassinated."

"What does it mean to be assassinated?" Sunset asked, and Noah turned to her, confused. "You don't even know what assassinated means? How fucking happy-go-lucky is your planet?" Sunset rolled her eyes, "Can you just tell me? If you're saying I should know what that is regardless, then it must be important." Noah sighed.

"Assassination is the murder of an important person in a surprise attack for a political or religious reason, unless they're just a son of a bitch."

Sunset's face grew in disbelief, she just couldn't believe what he'd said. Murdering someone for politics? She didn't know what religion was though, but it sounded equally important.

"What level of importance?” She asked, and Noah replied. "Well in your terms, I'd say as high as Princess Celestia herself."

This caught Sunset wildly off guard as she gasped in horror and hysteria, murdering the princess? Could that even be done? and if so, who could do such a thing? The princess is just too valuable, without her, who will raise the sun? Well, maybe Luna could do that, but still.

”That's unreal, you must be joking!" Sunset replied, shouting but not exactly. "Not even a little, and if the president's been murdered, America is incredibly vulnerable, unless the vice president decides to grow some balls and come out of hiding," Noah replied.

"Your world really is something, isn't it Noah?"
"Indeed Sunset, without a goddamn doubt."

It was now noon, and everyone, except spike who was sleeping upstairs, was relaxing in the living room watching TV, using their phone, or playing a board game. Except for Twilight who was actually writing for real.

Noah sat next to Sunset again on the loveseat, Twilight on the couch by herself, Rarity and Applejack on the other loveseat, and Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy were on the ground playing Jenga.

What played on the TV was a type of adult cartoon Noah brought, and Sunset was bewildered at the antics that played out in each episode. How can such a fat person do so many things every day? And a talking baby and dog? What is this show? Sunset questioned the existence of this show while Noah chuckled at every joke.

"Noah," Rarity began, "I looked up that M82 thing you were talking about, and this thing looks monstrous! It is a gun, yes, but what type? I'm strangely curious."

Noah stopped watching the show and turned to Rarity, she was holding out her phone and on it showed a massive and heavy-looking black rifle that stretched as long as a normal adult’s height.

"It's a sniper rifle, the strongest of its kind to be exact. It could take a person's head off from four miles away, as long as you can withstand the insane recoil."

Rarity's jaw dropped, "Someone's entire head? goodness gracious, that's absurd!"

"Well, that's technology for you, as a matter of fact, I own one." Rarity's jaw dropped even more, "You own one of those monstrosities?" Noah nodded, and Rarity held her head together in shock.

”Hey Noah, I know you told me I wouldn't want to know about it but, I really wanna know what terrorism is. It's probably horrendous and pales in comparison to what you told me this morning, but the curiosity has been killing me," Sunset asked.

"What in the hay is terrorism?" Applejack asked, intrigued. "Indeed, it sounds awful, I'd love to hear it! As long as it isn't too awful of course," Rarity added, also intrigued.

"Is it some sort of epic party? The ultimate party?!" Pinkie asked as well. "No way, gotta be some sort of... eh, I don't know, something cool though, right?" Rainbow Dash also asked. "Is it some sort of forbidden magic or science?" Twilight also asked. "Is it committing acts of good maybe?" Fluttershy also asked.

Noah thought to himself, No way in hell am I gonna be able to get it through their heads with just words, especially because of all their different personalities... I know.

"Pinkie, can I pair up to your TV for a sec'?" Noah asked, and Pinkie answered, "Well of course! Duh!"

Pressing a few buttons on his phone, Noah pulled up an old video on the TV, the format didn’t even match the screen.

The video displayed two tall buildings in a city in the morning. Everyone stared for awhile waiting for something to happen, eventually, Rainbow Dash questioned, "Is this terrorism? Because if so, I'm bored of it. it's just a building on fire, no biggy. It’s probably fake anyway."

"Relax Rainbow and watch the fuckin' video because it's what y'all asked for," Noah replied, and Rainbow groaned in irritation.

Not long after, Rarity spotted something, "Oh! Well, hello there plane."
"Plane? So that's what that's called," Twilight realized, before squinting to notice something unusual.

"Wait, what's with its trajectory? It seems to be heading straight for the... wait a second."
"What? What's the big idea? I don't...” Applejack added, also noticing the plane's deadly destination.

One by one, each of the girls caught on to where the plane was headed, but it couldn't be, could it? The plane inched closer and closer until...
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"NO!!”
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In utter terror, Sunset shrieked the vociferation followed by the girls screaming, petrified. The plane had hit the south tower and exploded in a fiery inferno.

They sat as still as a stone, hundreds, near thousands of lives were just lost right in front of them. It was unimaginable, none of them could even believe that what just happened occurred in real life.

Noah eyed each of the girls, starting with Sunset. She was holding her mouth shut while staring intently at the television. Twilight had dropped the notebook she'd been writing in and was frozen while gaping.

Applejack had taken off her hat and was running a hand through her hair with a startled look on her face, while Rarity was holding her mouth shut with both hands. Rainbow Dash, ran two hands through her hair and stared, highly disturbed.

Fluttershy was covering her face as soon as she heard the explosion, while Pinkie simply stared and a single tear slowly ran down her face, the innocence in her eyes gone as if it never even existed.

Noah turned off the TV and unpaired his phone, judging from their expressions, they didn't need to see the rest. "So… what do y’all think?," Noah spoke up, but the girls didn't reply, they held their expressions like a deer in headlights.

Eventually, Sunset did speak up, her voice cracking. "What... was... that..."

"That, was terrorism, and you just witnessed it at its worst. The attack which you just witnessed was labeled 9/11, what fully happened that day was two planes hit the north and south buildings of the World Trade Center. Later, a plane hit the Pentagon, then another plane that was supposed to hit something, I don't remember, crashed in a field in Pennsylvania as the passengers desperately tried to regain control.”

“A while after, the North Tower collapsed, then, the south tower. I want you to also note that the planes used in this weren't little private jets or some shit, they were all Boeing 747s, the fourth-largest planes in the world that hold up to three hundred and sixty-six passengers per flight.”

“The total death toll was three thousand and fifteen people, and fifty thousand people were injured, fatal and non-fatal alike.“
The girls now sat looking down in terror, Fluttershy was trying to calm Pinkie Pie down, while Twilight slowly picked up the notebook and regained composure. “Why?”

Noah turned to whom had spoken to see Rainbow Dash looking down at her hands as they laid lifeless on her lap. "I've been asking the same damn question my whole life," Noah answered whilst crossing his arms and settling back into the loveseat.

"Bullshit," Rainbow replied, balling her hands into a fist. "People don't just do things, everything has a reason for it!" Noah was taken aback a bit at Rainbow's use of words, not at all expecting her to swear.

"I'm sorry Dash, but there are some things in this world we can't explain. I, and the rest of my people have wondered for millennia why people do such things. But at the end of the day, all we can really say is: Ain't that a bitch."

Rainbow Dash looked back down at her palms again, not sure how to reply, or what to even think.

”You said millennia, these types of scenarios have occurred in your part of the world for thousands of years?" Twilight questioned, and Noah answered. "Yep, for as long as we can remember, terrorism has been around since the very first century. Yet after all this time, we still don't understand why. It's like questioning existence itself."

"That sounds awful, I can't even begin to imagine such carnage. If your people are capable of this, I can't even begin to imagine what type of wars you have. But surely, the only evil people in your world are the bad people themselves. There's no way a leader from your world could see all of that and enjoy it. Unlike my world." Twilight replied.

When Twilight looked back at Noah, she saw his head had tilted to the left with an expression that easily read, are you sure about that?

"You're kidding," Sunset said, she also noticed Noah's expression and was dismissing Noah of whatever he was getting at. "It's not that simple nigga, all species fight. What should be surprising is that you guys have wars.“

“You guys live in a world filled with candy and rainbows, and yet, even you have conflict."

"Well, ah'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say your wars are even worse than ours," Applejack guessed, and Noah replied. "Unless you guys dropped a bomb with a blast radius of one point three thousand kilometers on a Japanese city or reduced entire forest to barren wastelands and wasted eight-five million lives fighting for objectives that we never even should've had to fight to get in the first place, then I'd say we aren't that different."

The girls stared in untarnished horror, explosives stretching one point three thousand kilometers? Entire forests demolished? Eighty-five million lives lost?! It couldn't be true. "You... you're lying... how... how can... how can people even do that?!" Pinkie cried out, she'd become so sad it seemed she was becoming unstable.

"Okay, look, clearly this topic is getting to you all, and I'm not gonna waste my Saturday calming a bunch of teens the fuck down," Noah declared. "Why don't we play some Jenga? Nothing harmful about a rage-inducing board game."

Noah then motioned to Sunset to join him as he left the loveseat and began resetting the game board. Eventually, the others joined in, nobody wanted to continue the current discussion, especially Pinkie.

"I've an idea, Twilight, why don't you explain that shitshow that occurred when half-bitch over here went mad," Noah asked, and Sunset groaned in annoyance. "At the Fall Formal?" Twilight questioned. "No, that time some kid stuck their foot up a bear's ass, no shit the fuckin' Fall Formal!" Noah replied, himself annoyed.

"Look, she just forgot, no need to get angry," Applejack said, defending Twilight. "Yeah yeah, whatever. But seriously, I don't understand how that spectacle I witnessed could even exist!"

"Well, what happened is that when Sunset put on the tiara, she gained the power of the magic inside. With that much at her disposal, she was able to manipulate the students and tear a hole in the school's front entrance. But after she explained her final intents, and you shooting her, she fired that large sphere of magic at us expecting to kill us. But it didn't work, when the magic made contact with us, it activated our own magic, our friendship magic. With it, we were able to defeat her by combining the power of all six elements into an immense beam of pure friendship."

Noah scratched the side of his chin, "My nigga, what? Elements? Friendship magic? This went from a supervillain's evil ultimate plan reveal to the dumbest episode of Spongebob in existence."
"W-What? That sounds awesome!" Retorted Rainbow Dash, color had returned to her face. "My nigga, you know nothing about the word. That's not called awesome, that's called cringe," Noah replied. "But I'm still confused, what the hell are these elements?"

"The elements I'm talking about are called the Elements of Harmony. Six gems that are packed to the brim with tremendous power that can only be activated by what the element stands for," Twilight answered.

"And that would be?" Noah asked, and Twilight answered. As she spoke, she pointed at her friends. "Loyalty," she pointed to Rainbow Dash. "Generosity," she pointed to Rarity. "Honesty," she pointed to Applejack. "Laughter," she pointed to Pinkie Pie. "Kindness," she pointed to Fluttershy. "And magic," she rested her hand upon her heart.

"So, these elements basically are the characteristics of one who does good?" Noah asked, and Twilight nodded yes. He thought for a moment as he scratched his chin again, he then asked, "Would... would you say these characteristics are that of one who is righteous carries within themselves?" Twilight nodded again.

"So... say there was this so-called super element that was all of the original elements combined into one. Is there a chance, a fuckin' sliver, that something like that could exist outside of the original elements?" Noah inquired.

This had made Twilight think strenuously, A super element? Is there a chance that could exist? "Well," Twilight began, "Perhaps there could be a chance, but it might be so old, not even Starswirl the Bearded knows it exists. It could probably be lost to time. Not only that, but it's is a very odd question, why do you ask?"

Noah reached into his shirt and revealed his keychain once again. It was glowing so bright it had left a mark on Noah's chest.

"That's right! Your keychain... wait, a-are you saying that?-"

"No way," Sunset cut off, "To even be considered that, you'd have to have all the qualities that the elements represent. No offense Noah, but you're the last person I know to be capable of righteousness."

"Oh go fuck yourself, Sunset," Noah responded angrily, but deep down, he felt it was a longshot. "Whatever, now, tell me about this magic."

"Can we just play the game? You guys are talking about stuff that half-interest me, and half isn't enough," Rainbow Dash complained. "Sorry, sorry, Noah, do you wanna talk over at the dining room table?" Asked Twilight, and Noah replied, "A'ight."

Twilight stood up and walked over to the dining room table with Noah following behind, hands in the pockets of his second pair of black jeans. Sunset watched with curiosity and thought, why does he care so much? Pretty sure he isn't a scientist or something, so, what gives?

Noah took a seat next to Twilight when he entered the dining room behind her. "Okay, now tell me about this magic," He said, as they returned to the conversation. "Okay, well, it's kinda hard to explain," she replied. "Just spit it out, I'll piece it together from there," Noah responded.

"Okay," Twilight started. "Well, magic is basically what fuels our world. Without it, many things wouldn't be possible. Every creature has it within them, but only unicorns can bend it at their will."

"Unicorns?" Noah questioned, and Twilight replied, "Yep, in Equestria, there are four types of ponies. Earth Ponies, Pegasuses, Unicorns, and Alicorns. Unicorns are born with a horn on their head that allows them to bend magic to their will. Pegasuses are born with wings allowing them to fly. Earth Ponies are simply normal ponies with no other features. And alicorns are a special type of ponies that have both wings and horns.

So far, the only known alicorns in existence are Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and myself."

Noah scratched the side of his chin again, "Jesus, and yet, all of humanity thought you guys were myths for the longest time." Twilight tilted her head, "W-Wait, you've heard of us before?" Noah nodded yes, "Earth ponies do exist in our world, but motherfuckin' unicorns and pegasuses? Those legends are as old as mankind itself.”

"You won't believe this, but we thought you were the myths since the dawn of ponykind," Twilight replied, and Noah was bewildered. How the hell does this planet have so many similarities to Earth? , He thought.

"Is your planet called Earth too? Sunset might've told me yesterday night, but I kinda forgot. Twilight shook her head, "No, our planet is called Equis." Great, more things that don't make sense, Noah thought.

"Why is your planet's name the same as this country?" He asked, and Twilight answered. "I don't know, our worlds are definitely connected, but I just don't understand why."

"You know what, I don't care. Now what the hell is this magic?" Noah asked again, raising his voice a little. "Okay, okay, calm down," Twilight replied.

"Magic allows us to use spells, to move multiple things around at once, like psychokinesis. It also allows us to concentrate on what we have and gather enough energy to create a weapon of pure energy in multiple forms, whether it be spears and swords, or a beam of pure magic, like what Sunset threw at us at the Fall Formal."

"Oh, so, kinda like Dragon Ball Z? A-Actually, don't answer that," Noah responded, causing Twilight to tilt her head, confused. "Um, okay? So, is that all your questions? Because I'd like to ask you some questions now if that's alright with you."
"Yeah, shoot," Noah answered.

"Okay, well, what is it like? To live in your world?" Noah crossed his arms, "I mean, it's alright. The only thing I truly loved over there was my family and friends, and that's a deep love. Well, a family and friends type love, I gave up on that other love a long time ago, those hoes are all the same, you know? No, you don't, but that's not a big deal.”

“So explaining the world entirely? Shit's fuckin’ wow, they've got this crazy-ass virus taking the world by storm right now. Hong Kong, a city in the east, is on fuckin' fire, some dumbass leader is bombing or gassing his own people, not sure which, and for fuck's sake, the third world war almost started this year! And with the President dead, God knows what the fuck will happen now."

Noah's eyes returned to Twilight and she was leaning back with wide eyes of her own. "Too much for ya, Twi?" he chuckled, and she replied. "Well, yes! Noah, no offense, but your world sounds awful! Surely there are good times, right?"

"Twilight, that was all this year, kinda but, I don't care. Horrid things have occurred in my world for eons. But, indeed, there is some good.

But, just like the news, nobody gives a shit about the good in the world. I don't know why, it's just the way we are, but it's the little things in life that matter, right?"

Twilight nervously chuckled, "U-Um, y-yeah, right. Do you wanna head back now?" Noah shrugged, "Yeah, sure."

Noah continued to pack up his stuff as he was preparing to leave Pinkie's house for his own. He grabbed everything inside the room, his socks, his shirts, his pants, his underwear, and his hoodie.

Quite the sleepover this was, Noah thought, I hope I didn't scar any of them for the rest of their lives... Eh, they'll be fine.

Noah picked up his briefcase after zipping it up and began to roll it out of the room. He rolled it down the bumpy stairs and entered the living room whereas he saw Rarity showing Applejack something on her phone.

"The fuck? Where'd the other five of you go?" Noah asked, and both Applejack and Rarity looked up from the phone to answer.

"Twilight went somewhere, Rainbow Dash went home-" answered Rarity. "Fluttershy just left, Sunset's using the bathroom upstairs," answered Applejack. "And Pinkie's down in the basement," the two of them answered at the same time.

The three of their faces changed from normal to confused almost instantly. "Did we just say that at the same time?" Asked Applejack looking at Rarity, who replied, "I... I think so. That's something that normally occurs in movies. How strange."

They continued to stare at each other before happily giggling at what had just occurred. Indeed, it was quite strange for something like that to occur in real life, but they didn't seem to mind as it wasn't that serious.

"Fuckin' weirdos," Noah mumbled. "So, what's the plan, since y'all decided to talk about it and leave me out of the damn thing," Noah asked, and Rarity replied. "We suggested that we should get to work on the song tomorrow at Applejack’s home/farm, Sweet Apple Acres at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow.”

“You aren't exactly apart of the band but, you're welcome to come."
"Okay," Noah replied, nodding his head, "I ain't got anything else to do, but I do have one question."
"Which is?" Applejack questioned, and Noah answered. "Can I bring McFly?"

Applejack and Rarity simultaneously tipped their head's in perplexion. "Um, who's McFly?" Rarity asked, and Noah answered, "He's my dog, a labradoodle to be exact." Rarity freaked like a typical high school girl, "You have a dog!? Is he cute?!"

"Indubitably the cutest on the planet, precious is a fuckin' understatement," Noah replied. "Oh wow, a labradoodle? Ah ain't ever heard of a dog like that, ah’m guessing he’s a mix between a labrador and a poodle?" Applejack asked, and Noah answered, "Oh yeah, and he's hella chill. Well, kinda."

Rarity tilted her head, "Uh, what do you mean? Is he vicious towards others?"
"Nope, he's the opposite. For the three and a half years I've had him, he still feels uncomfortable and anxious near others besides my friends and I. Not sure why, but he must've had a bad experience with humans. It might explain why he was frightened of us when we first got him.

"Well that sounds just terrible. Hopefully, Lil' McFly will get used to us," Applejack hoped. "Indeed, I'd hate to feel how anxious he is within a single inch of another person, just horrid. So no worries Noah, you can bring him along."

”Yeah, and he'll get to meet my own dog, Winona" Applejack added. "Alright, sounds like a plan. I'll see y'all tomorrow, just gotta take a shit real quick," Noah replied, turning around before he could see Rarity's and Applejack's slightly disgusted faces.

When Noah had made it up the stairs and reached the bathroom, he looked down to see if the lights were on, they weren't. Seeing this as the go-ahead, Noah opened the door with his left hand and began unbuttoning his pants with the other.

When he opened the door, he stopped in his steps and froze like a sculpture. Apparently, someone was still inside, he knew this as the lights were automatic.

Noah stood silent as he found himself staring at a topless Sunset Shimmer, her bra and shirt on the floor next to her.

Instinctually, Noah stared at Sunset's bare breasts without a second thought in his mind. They were covered in lotion making them shine under the bathroom lights. They were also hard, meaning she was thinking, or even doing something sensual before he walked in. Indubitably, Noah was as erect as a diamond in mere seconds.
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"Um... y-you look... busy... I-I'll just... um..."
"Get out!

Noah scrambled to exit the bathroom and flung the door closed as fast as he could. Holy shit, was all Noah could think.

Almost as if there was a she-demon in the house, Noah hastened to leave Pinkie's house like a madman. He grabbed his suitcase, rushed past a bewildered Applejack and Rarity, and charged through the front door. Luckily, it was open. If otherwise, Noah wouldn't have a shoulder anymore.

Less than five minutes later, Noah arrived at his house and parked his Audi in the garage. He opened the garage door and was greeted by an ecstatic labradoodle that he heard barking as soon as he laid eyes on his house.

Unfortunately for McFly, Noah avoided him completely and dashed to his room. Once in, he slammed the door, locked it, and leaped onto his bed. Finally, as he didn't think a single thing since he saw her, Noah let the thoughts surge in.
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My nigga, those tits were fatherfuckin' flawless!

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