//------------------------------// // Leaving // Story: Strange Happening // by Z-A-C //------------------------------// I awoke to the sound of the TV and Jay talking to his mom. I sat up and looked at the TV to see what was on. It was some sort of "Repo man" show. "Hey Zane you awake yet?" "Yeah. Hey what time is it?" I said rubbing my eyes. "Almost four." "Damn, slept in a bit huh?" "You did, I woke up an hour ago." "You eat?" "Yeah but my mom is making dinner in a bit, so you might just want to get a snack instead of eating something bigger than that." "So, a small bowl of cereal?" "Something yeah." "Alright." I walked into the kitchen and poured myself a bowl of cereal and went back into the living room and watched whatever was on TV. It was now four-thirty and we were now watching America's Dumbest Criminals. His mom (yes he lives with his parents as well) was making dinner and we decided to play some MW3 after it the show was over. He eventually changed his mind and decided since the show was almost over anyway we would just play now. We played some Spec Ops Survival mode until dinner was ready. ^^^%^$%#$%$&^#^#^^&^^^ -------------------------------------- Back at my house. 5:15 PM ------------------------------------- "Hey Twi? When do you think Zane's goin' to get back?" "I don't know. He said he has today off, so I think he would be coming back today." "Ah hope so. We really need to leave soon, can't keep Ponyville waitin' ya know?" "Yeah I feel the same way. Hey what was your surprise?" "Ah'm not tellin'. You'll have to wait until he get's home." "Really? Can't you at least give me a hint?" "Well....Ah suppose Ah can tell ya, just keep quiet ok? Come here." ----^----^----^---- --------------------------------- Jay's Place. 6:00 PM ------------------------------------- "Dinner was good. Thank you." I told Jay's mom. "Thanks." I turned my head to Jay. "So what now?" "You up for some Zombies?" "Sure." We went into his room and started up the Xbox and started playing. He chose Moon as a warm up map. We've been playing for about an two hours now and changed to Der Reise. We were on wave eighteen. I went down and all hell pretty much broke loose for Jay. We didn't go any further than that. He started a new match and we started playing again this time for an hour and a half. *(&*^$&$%#^$@@%&^* ----------------------------- Back At My House. 9:30 PM ----------------------------- "Ah thought he would be back tonight." "There's still time Applejack." "Ya think so?" "Yeah! It's only..." She looked at the clock. "...Oh, I guess it is pretty late." "Yes it is, that's why Ah'm worried." "Don't be silly Applejack. He's fine, I'm sure of sure of it. "Okay Twi." "You just want him back so you can give him his surprise. Am I right?" "I-I um...maybe...but that's not-" "I knew it! Now relax, everything will work out." (**%*^*%&#%%*%$^$&) ------------------------------ Jay's Place. 10:25 PM --------------------------------- We died on round twenty-three and I checked my phone to see what time it was. "Crap I need to get going man." I started pack all of my stuff. "I was hoping we could play another round, but ok." "Nah sorry but I need to head out." Everything was packed and I was set to go. "See ya later." "See ya." I walked out of the house and entered my car and started it. I looked at my iPod to select the band I would be listening to on my way home. "How about Seether. Hmm...I think their newest album will do." I selected it and put my iPod on the passenger seat and then shifted my car into drive. I looked at my gas gauge to determine if I needed to get gas, and thankfully I didn't. !@#$%^&*()_++_)(*&^%$#@! ------------------------------------- Back At My House. ------------------------------------ It was ten-fifty when I pulled into the driveway and opened the front gate. I got into my parking spot, got out of my car, grabbed my stuff, and headed inside. I was greeted by the usual barking of the dogs and I tried to get them to quiet down and it kinda worked. I went upstairs into my room and was greeted by a glowing horn pointed at my face. "U-uh Twi? I-it's just me, power down the magic please." "Oh sorry. Do your dogs always do that?" "Yep." I set my stuff down and sat down on my bed. "Where's Applejack?" "Bathroom. How was work?" "Oh my god Twilight you wouldn't freaking believe how busy it was yesterday." I shook my head. "That sucked. How about you guy's weekend?" "Well Applejack showed me around the woods but other then that, I mostly did research." "Any luck on finding any substitutes?" "Actually I was able to find some. Hopefully they work." "Yeah hopefully." The bathroom door opened and Applejack walked into the room. "Hey Applejack. What's up?" "Yer back! I thought you were going to miss us leaving." "No, I just suck at watching time. How was your weekend?" "Well Ah mainly did stuff around the house, but Ah also helped Twilight with her research. What about yer's?" "Busy and sucked. Slightly stressful to." "Well Ah'm sorry to hear that sugar cube." "Eh it happens. You guys tired?" The nodded their heads. "Ok just let me do something real quick." I opened my computer and opened the browser and checked the history. "Ok good. nothing but science websites and shit." I closed my computer and started to get changed when I noticed both of the ponies looking at me funny. I pulled my pants back up and went into the bathroom to change. That look in Applejack's eye was kinda concerning. -----+-----+-----+---- I was changed into my sleep clothes and was laying down on my bed. I was playing on my iPod and felt like I could fall asleep at any minute. All of a sudden I felt something jump on my bed and then Twilight's horn started to glow. Applejack was on my bed. "Uh...what are you doing?" "Ah told ya, you were going to get a surprise." That's an interesting tone of voice. "But..." I was cut off by something quite unexpected. "D-d-did you really just?...But you're a pony...." "And is that a problem?" "F-f-for humans, yes. Why did you kiss me?" "Oh Ah'm sorry sugar cube Ah didn't know." Did she sound....disappointed? "No i-it's ok. It was certainly a surprise though." "Well Ah was planning on some other things but.... uh never mind. Ah-Ah'll just go to bed now." Oh god no! Really?! "You didn't answer my question though." "What question?" "Why did you kiss me?" "To thank ya, that's all." "And the 'other things'." "Ah rather not get into that. I forgot myself again sugar cube, Ah'm sorry." "You know what concerns me even more is that was uh....was Twilight going to watch?" Twilight jumped and the glow of her horn suddenly went away. "Sorry Zane, I may have let my thirst for knowledge go a little too far." "Ya think?" I dead-panned. "How about we all just go to sleep before anything else happens. "Y-yeah good idea." We all laid back down and went to sleep. Well Twilight did anyway. A few minutes after the previous conversation, Applejack broke the silence. "Um...Zane you awake?" "Yeah. What do you want?" "Ah just wanted to apologize fer what happened earlier..." "Again?" "Y-yeah again..." "You know, I was actually thinking about that. I mean, you can talk and that rule or what ever it is only applies to earth ponies and you're not an earth pony.......well you are....but you're not from this world." "Yer point?" U-um..." I scratched the back of my head. "...I guess what i'm trying to get at is: I don't think there would be any problems with two sentient beings doing....um.....stuff..." "You sure about that sugar cube? Ah don't want to cause any problems." "Well I'm not entirely sure. No, but looking at it from a logical stand point. It was your idea in the first place. So since I'm not forcing anything on you..." She cut me off. "Ah get it, Ah get it. Now shut up and kiss me." "You got to come over here first." She was more than happy to oblige. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ And romantic/lustful things happened. ^^^^^*^^^^^*^^^^^*^^^^^ I woke up in the actual morning, to find Apple jack still in my bed. She was curled up next to me, her face facing mine. I stroked her mane and that woke her up a little bit. She slowly opened her eyes, smiled and kissed me. I smiled and kissed her back and then reached for my watch and checked the time. It was eight-thirty, I set my watch down and turned back over to Applejack. "I think we have some more to sleep." She didn't say anything, she just buried her face into my chest and I went back to sleep. I woke up again to find that it was noon and that Applejack wasn't on the bed. I sat up and looked around. Twilight wasn't here either, and neither was the ingredients for the spell. I mentally kicked myself for both sleeping in and the night before. She does have to leave after all. I went downstairs and decided to make one of my signature sandwiches. It had cheddar and provolone cheese, three slices of turkey and two slices of ham, two slices of dill pickle and ranch dressing. And to finish it, I put it in the microwave for a minute so the cheese could melt. When it was done, I grabbed a mountain dew, the plate and sat down in the living room to watch TV. I was about half way done with my sandwich when the door opened. I didn't think anything of it and continued to eat and watch the television. What caught my attention was that Twilight walked in. I just stared at her in surprise, she saw me staring and looked herself over. "Do I have something on my face?" "No....I just thought you left. I'm kinda surprised to see you actually." "Why would we leave without you seeing us off?" "Oh I don't know. So what are you up to?" "Testing out the spell to see if the ingredients work." "Any luck?" "It appears my theories are correct. The only real problem is getting the portions right." "I see. At least you can go home though, right?" "Yes." She looked at my sandwich. "That looks good." "Really? It has meat in it." "Oh....well if you took the meat out of it, I would try it." I got up and headed into the kitchen. "White bread or wheat bread?" "You're really going to make me one?" "Yeah of course! Now white or wheat? "Wheat please." "Ok. So you just want the cheese, pickles and ranch then?" "Yes just no meat." She nodded. "Gotcha. While I'm making this, can you go and ask A.J. what she wants, if anything." "Sure." "Thanks." I left the bread and everything else out and put Twilight's sandwich in the microwave. Applejack and Twilight came in after a few minutes. "You took a little longer then I thought." "Yeah sorry we were discussing something." "So Applejack, you hungry?" "Just a little. Twilight said you were making sandwiches?" "Yeah, you want one?" "Sure. Ah don't much care what you put on it, just no meat please." "Gotcha." *******-********-********-******** We finished eating about thirty minutes ago. They both thought the food was good and thanked me for making it. Applejack and I were sitting on the front porch, watching Twilight experiment with the measurements of the ingredients. I couldn't help but admire how smart this little purple mare is. The human race would learn a lot from her but I bet if the government found out about her they would take her to some facility to "study" her. Such a fate I would not wish on any peaceful species, but this is coming from someone who thinks animal life is more sacred then human life. I could spent an hour trying to discuss the philosophy but I'll spare you. After about an hour of watching Twilight adjust measurements she finally got it. I just sat there and watched the magic happen. I was amazed to say the least, nothing in my life so far has been this awesome. The air was visibly swirling around, the mixture of ingredients lifted up, out of the bowl they were in and made a frame in the shape of an oval. Kinda like the portals in Portal 1 and 2. The mixture started to turn colors. First a section of turned purple, then another section turned pink, then another blue and then another orange, then yellow, and then one turned white. In a word it was weird. Twilight turned around and looked at both me and Applejack. "I modified the spell. Instead of a trans-dimensional teleportation spell, I turned it into a gate way of sorts." I was speechless to say the least. I have always believed that other dimensions exist, and now I'm staring right into one. Twilight spoke again. "This is what took so long. I had the original spell done an hours ago. That's when I went inside and talked to you." She looked at me. "It was originally to say goodbye but before I could say that, I had an idea." I finally found my voice. "So why a portal? Why not just...ya know...teleport?" "That's what Applejack and I were discussing while you were making sandwiches." "Ok?" She chuckled. "I'll let you have the honor of asking Applejack." "Right." She nodded her head. "Uh... Zane?" She scratched the back of her neck. "Yeah?" "W-would you like to come with us? Not to stay of course but just to visit our world for awhile? I thought about it for a bit but then shook my head. "Why delay the inevitable? We will have to part ways anyway, right? So why drag it on?" They both looked disappointed and slightly hurt. "Oh ok then.....Ah guess we should get going Twi..." "Yeah I guess we should. Bye Zane, hopefully we will be able to see you again." I looked down at the ground. "Yeah see ya." "Bye sugar cube..." "Bye..." They both entered the portal and I turned around to go into the house but in the reflection of the window, I noticed that the portal was closing slowly. I shook my head and went into the house. Then a thought occurred to me. Why let it end like this? Why not grab hold of this opportunity to see a different dimension? I couldn't think any logical reason. I ran upstairs into my room, quickly put my jeans and shoes on, yelled bye to my mom, pretty much burst through the front door slamming it closed behind me, sprinted to the portal and did a dolphin dive (because the portal was too small for me to walk through it) and landed about fifteen feet behind Twilight and Applejack. They were walking with their heads down and talking. "Ah thought fer sure he would want to come..." So did I A.J. But he has family and friends to." "Ah guess...But why couldn't he just visit? Ah wasn't asking him to stay." "I know Applejack. I know." I looked behind me and the portal was closed. I looked ahead and they were about I don't know maybe twenty feet now. I slowly caught up and sneaked behind until I wanted them to know I was here. After about a minute of trailing behind them I poked Applejack on the flank. I must have startled her because she tried to kick me. I dodged it and simply sat down on the the path. They both turned around but with different expressions on their faces. Applejack's with an angry expression and Twilight's was more of a confused one which stayed even when it registered that It was really me sitting here. Applejack walked up to me like she was sure she was hallucinating. She touched me, poked me, prodded me, and what ever else until she decided to simply ask." "Is that really you?" "Uh well." I looked around and checked myself over. "No." "Yep it's you alright." She smiled and I got up and started walking with them. I can't believe I just jumped into a portal! And into a different dimension no less!