My Little Dashie (my take)

Zack Surfer is the most chill person on this planet I've realized. I didn't know him to well before and we both just went on with our lives but now that Rainbow has met him things have changed.

"Zack." I say. "How are you not freaking out right now?!"

He looks at me with an expression of confusion and looks down at rainbow who is playing with a guitar string.

"I don't know man. Maybe you gotta just like chillax a little." he looks back at me with his eyes half closed. Chillax? I am the furthest from "Chillaxed"!

"Zack!" I say again. "You have to promise to not tell ANYONE about this! Imagine what will happen to Rainbow!"

"Rainbow? Daang that's a sick name! Where'd you get her?" He says ignoring what I just said.

"Wait wait wait. Have you not heard of the show My Little Pony?" I ask back.

"Uhhh nah man. I like music more than TV."

Hearing this I am in shock. I know not everybody is a MLP fan but most people would have heard about it at least! How "chillaxed" is this kid?

"Okay, let me explain what's going on..."

A few minutes later of explaining what the show was and how I found Dash in that box he looks down scratching his chin.

"Dude, magic is like real now." He says looking down at Rainbow. Is that seriously all he got from this? I mean he is right, but what about the fact that there are DIFFERNT UNIVERSES NOW?! Since he is not freaking out about a cartoon pony being in his room I think I'll dismiss that. Maybe I should just "chillax"...

"Bro, we should like show her to a scientist." Zack suggests. Maybe I should NOT CHILLAX!

"Zack! No way! What happens if they cut her up to see her magical insides or lock her in a room to do terrible experiments on her! forever!" I yell.

Rainbow looks over to Zack with a worried face. Zack begins to laugh.

"That would be gnarly man! But nah they wouldn't do that you have to put more faith into humanity, uhh... umm wait what's your name again?"

I sigh. "I'm Joey, Joey Jones and I know how people are. They just use you as a stepping stone for their own goals and then throw you back into the pond." I hang my head "they use us like doormats...".

Rainbow hops off the bed and puts her hoof on my leg. she smiles up at me. I don't want her to be alone but I don't want her to be used for bad things either. What can I choose?

"I've made up my mind." says Zack "In the end she'll totally will be better off experiencing the world and maybe making some friends, I know what it like to be lonely and dude, it totally sucks." I look up to him and nod.

"We need to be careful about who knows about Dash right now but I'll- no, we'll need to figure out a way to be sure she isn't taken away and she's safe." I explain "I do want to know why she's here."

"For someone you just met, you're totally loyal to the little dude." says Zack

"well she is just a kid! I mean filly. But she out of anyone doesn't deserve to be mistreated. Though you're right she can't just be locked up with just me forever" I chuckle somewhat defeated.

"Yeah dude that would mean you'd be just like those scientisty guys you talked about." Zack responds. He's right. Keeping her locked up forever with me is the same as what I fear. Crouching down I gently pick up the young Rainbow Dash.

"Well, I need to feed Rainbow her lunch but I hope we can figure out what to do."

"Dude! this is just beginning of an amazing adventure man! See ya soon little dude!" Zack waves at Dash and she waves back. I smile.

"Cya Zack I think you were the best person to run into about Rainbow Dash's situation." He smiles and nods. I leave and close the door. Another growl comes from Rainbow again. Guess It's time for a very healthy pony friendly lunch.

After a bit of work polishing up my rusty cooking skills and creating a half deceit meal. I feed Rainbow some steamed carrots with salt and pepper I got from the market. I have some myself of course. I don't have a table to eat but the kitchen bar-island is good enough. She seems to enjoy my cooking stuffing her face into the plate while I use a knife and fork respectively. She pulls away from the plate with carrot mush covering her face. I chuckle and wipe her face to her displeasure.

I think Rainbow now knows she's not from my world due to the discussion with Zack Surfer. I can tell she is happy Zack and I came to an understanding but looking at her now she has a sad expression. I feel bad even if its just the truth of the situation. After the meal Rainbow went over to the couch. She must be so confused in this world. I sit down next her and turn on the TV. Hmmm I know kids like cartoons so why wouldn't she? I switch to some action cartoons, my favorite. I always liked to pretend that I were those characters that could over come their problems with their own strength. Of course Dash is intrigued immediately and begins to watch the action scenes with intense passion. She's back to normal and not gloomy, for now at least. I join in and watch while she looks over at me with a dumb funny grin. I feel a strong connection with her already. I hope she feels the same.

After an hour of watching some shows I tell her it's time for a break. But this gives me an idea. I go into my room and pull out some blank paper from a printer I use for work sometimes. Rainbow looks at me puzzled. If she is like the pony's from MLP then she will be able to write with her mouth as well. I grab my desk and put it in front of the couch and place the paper and pencils on it. I give her a pencil.

"Okay Rainbow! I'm going to teach you about writing!" Enthusiastically I put a pencil in my mouth and write (very poorly) a simple "hello". (honestly I did better than I expected)

She looks at me and gives a little "mmhm" and grabs a pencil with her mouth writing on a piece of paper as well. I look happily at the scribbles on the paper. It's a start of course but progress can be made.

30 minutes later. She's begun to get frustrated. I think its a good time to stop but I may not be the best for teaching. The only person who is good at teaching is Jess (she was a high school teacher before becoming my boss). Even if she likes to use me for her "evil doing" she's taught me so much when I started working at her office. Even if RD wasn't a pony I think I would be too scared to ask her to be a tutor for her. I don't want Dash to be uneducated!

Wow I really am thinking about having her live here seriously. I mean at anytime she could just magically poof from here and go back to Ponyville. Better yet Princess Twilight and her friends would come and take her away. You know what? What about Equestria Girls? Are there two human worlds now? Gosh didn't MLP:FIM end some years ago? Things don't really add up. I guess it makes sense for the Multiverse not to make sense.

I snap out of it and see that Dash was looking at my face with a tired expression. I guess all of these new experiences would make anyone tired. I lay down on the couch she lays next to me and snuggles up. A nap wouldn't be so bad right now, work really has gave me no down time to rest.

"Have a nice nap, Dashie." I say Dash's little nickname that Pinkie gave her before going drifting off. This is gonna be an amazing adventure isn't it?