Author's Note

This was supposed to be my final story but I just can't do much more. Please enjoy my broken masterpiece

To Tornado Alley!

Berlin Ohio

I was getting myself a room at the Berlin Grande hotel when the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end signifying something was about to go wrong " That will be 128 dollars for tonight please" the receptionist said to the mare next to me.

"Ok, here you go" the mare said placing a handful of bit's on the counter. The receptionist looked at her with a polite but forced smile

"I am sorry but we currently don't accept bits. If you have cash or credit I can still get your room" the receptionist looked down at the cash register "Damn lazy people don't even think about the pony's" she muttered looking back at a room behind her

"Oh, that's ok I will look around some more" the mare said. My mind went blank and before I could think I found myself talking

"Hey! she can have my room I already paid for it" I quickly said, the receptionist and the mare looked at me curiously. I forced a small smile and calmly gave the mare my room key before walking back towards the entrance.

"H..Hey! where are you going to stay then?" the mare asked from behind me, not stopping I pushed the door open and called out behind me

"I slept in my car before and I can do it again, it ain't no problem" I said. Closing the door behind me I walked out of the hotel and across the parking lot to my car. The air was hot but not unbearable, pulling out my car keys from my jeans I unlocked my blue 2003 Toyota Camry and opened the door. Hot air blasted my face and the seat was very hot, getting in I started the car and blasted the A/C but before I could close the door the mare from earlier stopped me.

"Please, why don't we just share the room? that would be best for us wouldn't it?" she said a slightly pleading tone in her voice, looking up at her I eyed her curiously.

"How do ya know I'm not some sort of creep? How do you know I won't murder you? Hell how can I even trust you?" I exclaimed "Look, let me break it down for you. Us human's can be deceptive and very dangerous, and sharing a room is generally not something strangers do. While asleep they could rob you or worse"

The mare looked at me and smiled, waves of heat passed behind her "If you haven't noticed I'm a unicorn. I can easily take you, and do not worry I would never hurt you without a reason" she then looked at me with a small hopeful smile.

Sighing I shut off the car and put the keys into my left pocket, standing up I locked the car and shut the door "I feel you won't let me leave without a fight so...... fine you win" I said slowly walking back to the entrance of the hotel. The mare smiled and happily trotted beside me. As we entered the lobby cold air blasted over my body causing me to let out a sigh, looking around I saw a staircase that lead up to the second floor. Past that on the left was the receptionist desk and an elevator next to it, on the right was the breakfast area that had a bunch of restaurant tables. Taking a deep breath the faint smell of cleaner and the familiar relaxing 'hotel smell' filled my lungs. Letting out my breath and breathing normal I started walking up the staircase to the second floor and to our room. My parents gave me the money to stay here but after the first night it was up to me to pay, feeling tired I stopped in front of door number 26. Looking over at the mare I folded my arms "well? I gave you the room key" I said trying not to sound snarky. The mare looked at me and smiled before using her magic to slide the key card across unlocking the door. Opening the door I walked in and flopped onto the bed quickly hiding my wallet under the mattress.

"Wow, nice room!" The mare exclaimed looking around, setting her saddlebag down she turned and look at me "Hey, you ok? it's a nice day out. why don't you go out and explore?" she had a small but hopeful smile on her face and looking around I remembered what I came here to do

"uhh," I moaned "I need to sleep, I have a LONG drive ahead of me" opening an eye I looked at her "I am driving down to tornado alley for the season, here on Earth the weather cannot be controlled by pegasi, there is too much space and the weather is too reliant on other systems. It would be impossible for them to control it so we still have tornadoes and such" stretching out I grabbed a pillow and placed it under my head the smell of freshly cleaned fabric filling my nose.

"well...... I was hoping that you would be willing to take me to get some food. I have not eaten for a few hours." she said shyly, grunting I remembered that I needed to fuel up my car anyways so killing two birds with one stone seemed like a good idea.

"Ok, let's head down to the gas station you can get food there" I said quickly pulling my wallet from the mattress and putting it back into my back pocket. Standing I headed for the door but stopped when I realized I was already outside, the hot summer sun making my body warm I looked around and saw the mare standing next to my car. "cool, magic I forgot" walking to my car me and the mare hopped in. She looked nervous but I chalked that up to being her first time in a car "you ever ride in a car before?" I asked feeling the heat cover my body.

"No, I recently got here to earth, in fact I left Equestria yesterday. I ended up here so I decided to stay awhile" she said " Oh I almost forgot my name" she extended a hoof towards me "Name's Charged Breeze, what's yours?"

"Name's Austin. Austin Garcia, nice to meet you Charged Breeze" I said bumping her hoof. After that I buckled up and started the car "you have to buckle up" I said pointing to the seat belt with a smile

"Please, just call me Bree. And I don't know how to use these 'seat belts' could you show me?" she asked used her magic and tugged on the belt, chuckling I reached over and properly buckled her up before starting the car and heading down the road to the gas station. "wow, this is so cool!" she exclaimed looking out the window

'We just started moving and she is already excited' I thought. Stopping I turned on the blinker and looked both ways before driving out. The rest of the drive was uneventful, Bree just looked out the window and I was listening to classic rock with my arm out the window. When we did get there I undid her buckle and gave her $50 to get food while I pumped gas

'Why do I always end up giving my money to random people/pony's? In a few days I am going to be living off of plant roots again' I thought to myself. The pump clicked and the smell of gasoline filled my nose, finishing up I headed inside, Bree was looking at a bunch of stuff so I walked to the counter and paid for the gas. There was a sign on the register that said "we accept bit's" and I turned to Bree but said nothing, she paid for her things and we set off back to the hotel. Nothing else happened for the rest of that day, Bree just watched T.V and ate her snacks while I tried to get some sleep for tomorrow.

When tomorrow came I took a quick shower and peeked at the clock,

6:21

Sighing I grabbed my phone, phone charger, and my wallet from under the bed before leaving, when I got down to my car I was shocked to see Bree sitting patiently in the front seat and her luggage bag in the back, I walked up and hopped in

"what are you doing here? I thought you were asleep back in the room!" I said shocked, looking past her I could see the sun just starting to creep over the horizon.

"well" she tapped her hooves together in front of her, "you said you were going to tornado alley and I got curious, so I looked up where that was." she looked at me and smiled "You helped me, so I thought the least I could do would be to accompany you for your long drive" she kept tapping her hooves together but stopped and looked at me "Unless you wanted to go alone, If that's the case I will stay here," Bree said in a slightly sad tone. I looked over at her and quickly looked away,

"F....fine FINE! just stop with those damn puppy eyes," I said "damn pony's have to be so adorable" I mumbled. Starting the car I rolled the windows down and started making my way to the state line.

The Song

"Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Ooh, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh
But when the taxman comes to the door
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no

Some folks inherit star spangled eyes
Ooh, they send you down to war, Lord
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"
Ooh, they only answer "More! More! More!" yea!

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, one

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no"

I sang along to the song as we drove. The wind blew in through the open windows flowing over me, looking over I could see that Bree was captivated by my music, my singing, and the scenery, by now we have been driving for six hours and needed a break, we stopped at a small gas station to stretched our legs then use the restroom. After some shenanigans we took off again this time instead of music we familiarized ourselves with each other, we asked questions about when we were young our friends and just general questions about each other.

"so you have had a pretty rough life huh? I'm sorry for you" Bree said looking down at the dashboard, I in turn just laughed and ruffled her mane a bit

"you don't have to be sorry for me, what happened happened. There ain't nothing you can do about it" I said in a chipper tone, we stayed in silence for a few minutes until I turned the radio back on. More driving later and it was getting dark and my eyes were getting heavy so I pulled in a truck stop and parked, rolling the windows up and shutting off the car I leaned my seat back and closed my eye's "you wanted to travel with me so here we are. Now get some shut-eye, you will need it." I said shifting into a more comfy position. From the corner of my eye I could see her sit there confused, but she quickly undid her seat belt with her magic and curled herself into a ball of fluff.

I woke up at 5:37 in the morning, putting my seat to its normal position I put calming music on from my phone and gently buckled up Bree. Starting the car I pulled out back onto the highway, the calming music kept Bree asleep while I drove towards my destination. It was not until 8:26 when Bree finally woke up

"where are we?" she asked, sitting up she let out a yawn before looking around finally setting her gaze onto me

"well, we are currently just outside of Canton, Oklahoma" I said gesturing to the wilderness. "tomorrow we start the storm chasing!" I exclaimed happily. Bree just smiled at me as we pulled into the hotel, we checked in and spent the rest of the day exploring the town before returning to the hotel. This time I paid for a two-bed, bed-room because I liked the company of Bree and did not mind having her around, it was refreshing because I usually traveled alone. Letting out a sigh I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep while Bree watched T.V