After Twilight and Sunset left at around late afternoon I didn’t have anything to do for the rest of the day, my homework was complete, the dishes were in the dish washer, and the kitchen was clean. I sit on the front porch gently rocking in the rocking chair sipping a very tasty and smooth rye whiskey as I look out on the neighborhood, we’ll more like the few houses in my line of sight.

I see Rarity come out of her house with an outfit that could turn heads and break necks, the short skirt rest above her knees while the blouse she wore clung to her frame like plastic wrap over a bowl. She looks over at me as I lift my glass to acknowledge her, the look she gave me was one of disgust as she headed for her white Mazda.

Getting in the driver seat and adjusting the mirror, buckling her seat belt, and starting the car, she peels out of the drive in reverse and comes to a stop. She looks over in my direction snubs her nose in the air and flips me the bird as she drives off down the street. I let out a small chuckle at her antics and take a sip of my drink while leaning back in the chair, I don't really care what she thinks of me.

A few minutes later my parents pull up, the car lurching back as they put it in park in the driveway. “Milo why are you drinking out here alone?” My dad asks.

“Can’t I have a drink while enjoying the evening?” I reply with a flat tone.

“Fair point, I don’t have a problem with you drinking but everyone else might so try and stay inside the house next time, ok son,” he says to me while walking past through the front door.

I feel the thud as the door closes behind him, my mom gets out of the car and walks up the few steps to the front porch. She looks at me raising an eyebrow and tries to reach for the glass in my left hand. I move it out of her reach and give her a glare as I move it to my right.

“Give me the drink Milo,” her stern tone sobers me up almost instantly.

“Fuck off, just because you don’t drink doesn’t mean you have to be a bitch Sarah, besides this is the first drink I’ve had today so lay off,” my tone was equally as harsh as I lock eyes with my mom, “let me be and go do whatever it is you do aside from riding my ass and being a heel.”

“Why do you hate me?” My mom questions as she walks past me and sits on the porch swing.

“You are always up in my business, you always need to know what I’m doing at every waking moment of the day, you force me to do things that you think I would like, you have no clue what I actually like to do, and you have no respect for boundaries, so anymore questions dumbass?” I rattle off my answer in a condescending tone, “didn’t fucking think so.”

I get up from the chair letting it slap against the siding, I walk towards the door grabbing the handle and open it, stopping for a second before turning back to face my mom, “just so you know, you would be a lot happier if you didn’t live life through your children, also I’ll be at a friend’s place for the next week so there’s that as well. Looks like you’ll have to ride dad’s ass for that time so you can have some semblance of normalcy, get a fucking life you miserable cunt.

I walk through the door way letting the door slam shut under its own momentum. I walk down the hall and turn going up the stairs to my room. Opening the door and shutting it behind me shuffling over to my bed and falling down on my back, I shift my arm with the momentum trying not to spill the amber liquid all over the bed.

I fish my phone out of my pocket and open a new text to Sunset.

do I have to bring and if we can go now that would be best.

I send off the text thinking about what I’ll need to bring. My phone vibrates in my hand, ‘‘incoming call’

“Hello?”

“You don’t need to pack anything. If you want to go now then that’s fine with me, let me get Twi and head over to school.”

“Let me guess there’s a magical portal to another dimension on school grounds that only a few people know about, it’s the statue isn’t it?”

“How did you….. Did Pinkie tell you?”

“Nope, just a complete random guess, but back on topic I don’t need to bring anything?”

“No, you don’t need to bring anything, you want to meet up in say half an hour?”

“I’ll be just drunk enough to have my mind blown and probably puke my guts out on the other side.”

“Don’t, please don’t do that.”

“But I am going to do that, so I’ll meet you there in a half hour yea?”

“Yea, you don’t need to bring anything.”

“Got it, see you there in half an hour.”

I hear the soft beeps as the call was disconnected, setting my phone beside me I slowly sitting up I run my now free hand through my hair thinking over what might happen. Getting up I stumble a bit on my way over to where I keep my rum and flasks, walking with the bottle and stainless steel containers in my hand over to my desk, I set everything down and twist the cork off the bottle with a soft pop. I place the small funnel in the opening of the first flask and slowly pour out the amber liquid.

After filling my flasks I put on my leather jacket and get ready to head over to the school. Heading back down the stairs I am greeted with everyone in the room staring at me.

“Where are you going this late?” My dad asks with his arms folded over his chest.

“To meet up with a friend from school, we are doing a project together in shop and he wanted to meet up so we can go over what needs to be done.” I reply as I head for the front door.

“You have school tomorrow,” he says as I open the door.

“Ill stay at his place and get a ride from his mom,” I reply before shutting the door.

***

As I walk up to the statue from the parking lot Sunset and Twilight are sitting on the steps talking amongst themselves, about what I don’t know. I slowly take the joint from my lips and lightly tap it to knock the ash from the end as I walk up to them.

“So it might be a shock to him when we pass through the portal and end up on the other side so let’s just take it slow at first.” Twilight said to Sunset who nodded in agreement.

“Alright let’s get this over with, I only have three joints and two eight ounce flasks to last a week,” I speak up.

“Oh you’re here, alright let’s not waste any time.” Twilight said as she got up offering a hand to Sunset.

We walk over to the statue as Sunset walked behind me with Twilight leading the way. I felt uneasy with going into the unknown but I knew my Gods will be with me on this journey. I watch as Twilight touches the surface of the polished stone of the statue’s base as it ripples like water, she gently pushes forward and glides smoothly through what should be solid stone.

“You’re next Milo,” Sunset tells me as she pushes my back a bit to make me move forward.

Still in awe at the sight I just witnessed I slowly make my way to the base of the statue, I place my hand on it and it feels like stone but also something else as my hand sinks inward.

“It feels like cold spaghetti, it’s weird and squishy.” I say as I step forward, my whole body slowly being pulled.

“It’ll be quick, don’t fight it.” Sunset says as she lightly pushes me the rest of the way.

“That’s what someone says as they are watching a man bleed out in the street, if I die then it’s o—” I was cut off as the portal sucked me in completely.

The experience was otherworldly, the bright rainbow of color whirled around me as I was not only transported but transformed into something else. I held the Mjöllnir around me neck tightly in a fist as I pray to Thor and Odin for protection, my limbs were contorted into hooves and my bipedal stature became shorter and more equine.

“On your head, an— Where the fuck am I?” I finish my sentence as I stand on crystalline floor surrounded by what look like ponies all staring at me.

“How do you feel Milo?” I hear Twilight’s voice call out.

I blink trying to get my eyes to focus, “I feel like I need a fuckin drink,” I say with a small discomforted moan.

I take a step forward down the small ramp that looks like something out of Stargate SG-1, I hear the soft clip clop of my hooves on the crystal floor and look down. “Oh would you look at that,” I mumble, “I still have my leather jacket, hopefully my joints or flasks didn’t get crushed.”

A dark blue blur is all I see before my body reacts on its own, standing on my hind legs I catch the thing speeding at me twisting my body and slam it on the ground as my wing positions itself at its throat.

“Your reflexes have not dulled I see,” the dark blue pony says to me as she looks in my eyes with a small grin on her lips.

“Choose your next words carefully or they could be your last,” I growl out, my wing getting closer to her throat and the pressure on her wing beneath my hoof, “well are you going to make goo goo eyes at me all day or are you going to explain who you are?”

Twilight and the others all rush to get me off of the pony beneath me. “I will ask you one more time before I dislocate your second wing joint, who are you!”

“Milo get off Princess Luna!” Twilight and Sunset yell at me.

“It seems you don’t remember us Black Berserker, I feared this might happen,” Princess Luna said under her breath as she tried to move.

I see her horn light up and feel a slight tingle on my hoof holding her wing down, I quickly smack her head with my left hoof right where her horn is and the magic stops, “explain before your horn goes through your heart,” I say calmly.

“My after all these years you still know all the hoof to hoof combat I taught you, and as for explaining who I am it’s a long and involved story and if you would get off me I’ll tell you the whole thing.”

Author's Note

Short chapter today still trying to iron out some finer details of the story as a whole, this is more of a side arc that ties in with the main story. For any of you wondering there is still time left for the battle of the bands which I am still working on the details of as well as more details on the loss of his fiancé as well.

Hope you all are enjoying the story so far comments are much appreciated