Once Twilight and Applejack arrived back at Coco's apartment, they were able to explain to the others, minus Mike and Rara, about all of the details and how they should explain it to the couple. Since Coco was going to be around them for most of the time, she decided to tell them that it was to help them live together in both worlds without any problems. Since Rara got her own passport when she went to the singing contest, that left Mike as the one who needed a passport. Fortunately, thanks to being Rara's partner, Mike was able to get one very quickly. Coco also told them that it could also help them create music based on the experiences they shared together.

Of course, Mike and Rara weren't sure if they should believe her, but decided to go along with it and hope for the best. Now that Mike was cleared to come to Equestria, all that was needed to do now is to help him move in with Rara. With the help of the Mane 6, they were able to help him move some items that Mike decided to take with him out of his apartment in Lebanon, to Coco's apartment in Manehattan.

"Thanks for your help girls," said Mike as he was carrying a suitcase with some of his clothes. "I'm gonna need some of this stuff while I'm here."

"It's no problem at all, Mike. We're always happy to help you out," replied Rarity as she was using her magic to carry another suitcase with more of Mike's clothes.

"We know you'll be here for a while until Sapphire Shores can get something established for the both of you to live in," Applejack added as she and Pinkie Pie were helping carrying a trunk with some of Mike's possessions.

Twilight, meanwhile, was carrying a box that had a lot of electrical stuff that Mike wanted to bring. Rainbow Dash decided to carry Mike's guitar and laptop. And finally, Starlight and Fluttershy were carrying some bags of food from Earth so that Mike could have something to eat, since ponies are herbivores and they weren't sure what food Mike would like in Equestria.

When they finally made it to Coco's floor, they saw the door to Coco's apartment open. Coco came walking out into the hallway.

"I knew that was you girls," said Coco. "Come on, we need to get everything ready for Mike."

The group went inside and after painstakingly climbing up the stairs to the second floor of the apartment, they made it to Rara's bedroom. Mike looked around to get an idea of Rara's bedroom. From what AJ and Rarity told him, this used to be a spare bedroom that Coco had when she moved in. The room was fairly simple, and more old fashioned than Mike's own apartment. Mike then saw Rainbow Dash putting down his guitar next to Rara's piano, which Mike was glad to see in the room. After taking another look around, Mike saw that Rara's closet was right in front of the bed. He also saw that the room also had a joint bathroom, just like a master bedroom, meaning that Mike could have all the privacy he wanted. The joint bathroom's door was to the left side of the bed.

Twilight went downstairs to the living room. After spotting the TV in front of the couch, she placed the box that she was carrying next to it. "Where's the outlet?" she asked.

"Right behind the TV's counter," Rara replied. "But don't you think it would be a bit too much for him to use... this kind of equipment?"

"Oh don't worry," replied Twilight. "The magical energy in this world is just like the electrical energy on Earth. All we need is the right surge protector to handle it. Luckily, I already did this some months ago when the humans started shipping their technology to us. There shouldn't be any problems with this stuff. The only catch is that we don't have Wi-Fi here in Equestria."

Rara had a confused look on her face. "Wi-Fi?"

"It's another name for the internet," Mike said. "It's how we humans communicate with the entire world, to some degree. When we start touring on Earth, I'll show you some of that stuff. Right now though, I need my computer to help with writing our music." Mike went back upstairs to Rara's room to get his laptop.

As everyone continued to unpack, Rara took notice of a strange black box with lots of wires attached to it's back, and lots of buttons with strange symbols on it's front.

"What's this?" she asked.

Pinkie noticed what Rara was pointing at. "Oh, that's a DVD player. It's like a film projector only the films are in color. And you can insert any movie or TV show you want into it."

Rara then noticed Pinkie Pie putting down another box next to the TV counter. Curiosity took ahold of her she looked inside it what she saw puzzled her. Inside the box, were lots of DVD cases. No doubt these were the movies and TV shows that Pinkie was talking about. Rara found the titles very strange, some read: 'Star Wars', 'Harry Potter', 'Indiana Jones', and 'James Bond 007'. She also noticed a lot of colorful cases that had a logo which read 'Thomas & Friends' in red letters inside a cloud at the top of the spines. She then began to read the volumes of the cases as some of these were pretty alien. One volume read: 'Spills and Chills', another read: '10 Years of Thomas', another read: 'Steamies vs. Diesels', and another read: 'Tales From The Tracks'. Rara decided to stop looking as there were a lot of these 'Thomas & Friends' volumes. She looked over and saw Mike walking down the stairs to greet the others who were helping with the food.

"Alright that's the computer all set up," he said.

"So, is this everything from your home?" Rara asked Mike.

"Not everything. Just the basics. I was able to explain things to my landlord, and he was able to let me keep it with a slight discount, since I won't be there often anymore, but I do need a place to keep the rest of my stuff until later on. I've already paid in advance for the next 3 months, and he plans to make sure that it's left untouched. That way, we have a place to go to on Earth if you ever want to get away."

"That's...nice," replied Rara.

Finally, everything was unpacked and put away. The Mane 6 and Starlight all said their goodbyes and left the apartment, leaving Mike and Rara to themselves. Both looked at each other, trying to find a way to break the ice into the so-called relationship. Eventually, Rara was the one who broke the silence.

"So, what do you want to do now?"

"Well..." Mike looked around to see if there was something to do, but there was nothing that stood out, making things even more awkward. "Is there...anything you need done to help with your music career?" Mike just mentally face-palmed at what he just asked. 'Nice one, dumbass.'

"Actually, I had some lyrics that I've been working on, but it doesn't sound right." Rara went to grab a stack of papers that she had on the coffee table. "Do you think you can help me with it?"

"Uh, sure," replied Mike. 'OK, maybe I'm not a dumbass.'

The 2 spent most of the day looking over some of the lyrics and added music to them. By the time Princess Celestia's sun had set and Princess Luna's moon began to rise, they were able to get a couple of songs done and decided to call it a day. Rara grabbed a change of clothes and went into her bedroom's joint bathroom. Mike then took the time to get changed himself. After changing into a white v-neck shirt and a pair of dark blue shorts, he walked out of Rara's bedroom and grabbed a can of soda from the fridge. He then went to the balcony and looked at the beautiful view of the Manehattan skyline. 'Wow, it looks just like New York' he thought as he took a sip from his soda.

He suddenly heard the sound of the balcony door opening. He looked behind and went rigid. Rara walked out wearing a black sports bra and black running shorts.

"Enjoying the view," said Rara.

Mike quickly shook his head and regained his composure, snapping him out of what he was seeing. "Uhhh...which view are you referring to?"

Rara let out a small giggle. "The view outside, silly," she replied as she pointed out to the Manehattan skyline.

Rara walked over to stand next to Mike and looked out at the view. Mike decided to turn around and do the same.

Rara then asked Mike a question. "So, how long have you known AJ?"

"For a few months," Mike replied. "She and Rainbow Dash were looking for any farmland to bring some of Equestria's food trees to Earth to see how well they would do. I heard that there was some unique fruits that grows here."

"Yes there is," replied Rara.

"Well anyway, they decided to get something to eat in Downtown Nashville. I was also at that same place that they went to just to listen to some local entertainment while getting some things done on my computer. As I was working, both AJ and RD were walking behind me and were curious as to what I was doing. I was startled at first, but was able to explain what I was doing. They asked if they could sit next to me at my table, and I allowed them. They told me what they were doing in the area, and I gave them a few ideas to look into, since I used to live in a farm area with my father before he passed away."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," replied Rara.

"Eh. Age and deteriorating health do catch up to people eventually. At the very least, he went peacefully. I was stuck with the family estate, since my mother passed away in a car crash while I was a kid. Dad never re-married, so I was left with the house and everything that was with it. Eventually, I was able to get everything taken care of and sold the house so I can move on with my own life. But anyways, back to the story. All 3 of us spent the time talking about the similarities between our 2 worlds and more about each other. AJ asked if there was a way for us to keep in touch if they ever return to the area. So I wrote down where I lived and how to contact me, knowing that someone from my world would be able to help them get in touch with me. A week later, AJ came back with all 5 of her friends. They had just finished up with some foreign exchange business and wanted to see me. That was the first time I ever saw them use that new portal system that Twilight invented. I even floated to them the idea of cell phones and how they worked. Seeing that as an opportunity to bring another piece of human technology that could help ponies, they decided to bring cell phones to Equestria, and now they can talk to me whenever they want to."

"So that's how cell phones came to Equestria," replied Rara. "It was all you. You floated to them the idea, and they liked it. Coco actually has a cell phone of her own to keep in touch with Rarity."

Mike then looked at Rara and asked, "I'm curious, how did you get into music?"

"Well, after my time with AJ at Camp Friendship, which was a FillyScout summer camp, I knew I wanted a career in music. Once I got older, I performed at some local restaurants here in Manehattan. That's when Svengallop noticed my talents and helped me get my first record deal. He got a staff to help me with my image and music, and was even able to have them as my backup dancers. I made it to the big time in under a year. But I also made sure that I also helped out with charities, which Svengallop tried to cancel at times. I never knew he was just using me to get all the perks in my life until I went to Ponyville. I reunited with AJ for the first time since we were kids, but she started to get very fidgety with Svengallop. I didn't believe her until she showed me the type of pony Svengallop really was, and thus I fired him."

"Well, he got what he deserved," said Mike. "Now he's out of a career, and all of his clients now work under Sapphire Shores."

"True. Although I do wonder what happened to the backup dancers. I hope they were able to find new jobs to work on," said Rara.

"Maybe Sapphire hired them as well," said Mike.

"I hope so," replied Rara. She then looked at Mike. "Coco told me about a profession you currently do; racing cars?"

Mike smiled. "Yep, racing at the highest levels of professional racing."

Rara was intrigued. "She also told me that you signed 3 new contracts with 3 different race teams across 3 racing leagues."

"That's also correct," said Mike. "13 NASCAR Cup Series races, 11 IndyCar races, and IMSA's 5 Michelin Endurance Cup races."

"And what are they?" asked Rara.

Mike turned to Rara and said, "The 13 NASCAR races that I'm doing are: the Daytona 500, Circuit of the Americas, Iowa Speedway, Nashville, Chicago, the Brickyard 400, Michigan, the Bristol Night Race, Talladega, the Charlotte Roval, Las Vegas, Miami, and the season finale in Phoenix. The 11 IndyCar races that I'm doing are: St. Petersburg, Long Beach, the Indy 500, Detroit, Laguna Seca, the Iowa Speedway doubleheader, Portland, the Milwaukee Mile doubleheader, and the season finale in Nashville. And finally IMSA's 5 Michelin Endurance Cup races are: the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, the Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, the Sahlen's 6 Hours of Watkins Glen, the Tirerack.com Battle on the Bricks, which is a 6-hour race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and finally, the Motul Petit Le Mans, a 10-hour race at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta."

Rara was shocked. "Wow, that's a full schedule."

"Indeed it is," said Mike. "But I love a challenge."

Rara smiled. Then she yawned. "Well, I think I'm going to sleep. I have to stop by Sapphire's office tomorrow. Apparently, there's something she wants to show me. You going to join me?"

Mike could not believe what he just heard. "In your bed?"

"Yes. There's nowhere else to sleep on except for my bed, and..." She looked down for a moment, blushing. "Well, we are married anyway."

"You still wanna go through this?" Mike asked Rara.

"Well, AJ did say we should give it a shot, and Rarity did tell me that you were 'quite the charmer.'

Mike face-palmed. "Damn you Rarity!" he said to himself and let out a sigh. Mike looked at Rara. He could see a lot of beauty in her, and it was something he hasn't seen in anyone, human or pony. 'Huh, I guess Pinkie's right. She does seem to be one of the most hottest and sexiest mares in all of Equestria.' he thought. "Sure. I mean, it's not like I'll ever fall in love with a pony ever in my life."

Both of them giggled, and made their way up the stairs to Rara's bedroom.

As they laid down and pulled the covers, Rara leaned over and gave a peck on Mike's cheek.

Mike looked at her and asked, "What was that for?"

"I don't know. I just thought it was the right thing to do. You don't like it?"

"No, no, no. It's OK. I just wasn't expecting it," Mike replied. "Night...sweetheart."

Rara let out a small giggle. "Goodnight."

The 2 then fell asleep, completely oblivious about some growing feelings within them.

To Be Continued.

Author's Note

Wow! More chapters in one day. Well, there is a reason for that. With this weekend being Thanksgiving weekend, I have a LOT of free-time, therefore, I decided to write as many chapters as I could. That way, when the holidays come, I can only focus on uploading Christmas and New Year's Specials.