//------------------------------// // Revelation // Story: The Rainbow Effect // by ashketchumpony //------------------------------// Luke sat outside his house gazing towards the stars. Not that he would be able to see any, now that there were massive cities just about anywhere. It would have been a perfect night to view stars; at least, that’s what his dad had said. He still had to tell him about his watching of 'My Little Pony'. That one is going to be a doozy, he thought to himself, while he heard a loon off in the distance. As he looked back into the sky, he wondered if there really was a place where it was all love and tolerance, not hate and prejudice. The thought of it made him smile. “Luke! Luke!!” His father called from inside the house, “it’s time for dinner!” “Kay dad!” he replied as he got out of the lawn chair in his yard. As he neared the door he heard a crack and, turning around, saw a flash of light off in the distance. “What the heck-“ he started saying as a massive shockwave sent him sprawling on the ground. He slowly got up as his parents came outside. “I need to check this out!” He said to them as he started towards his car. “Wait a second Luke!” His mother exclaimed. “You can’t go alone! You don’t know what that could have been! For all we know that could have been some sort of nuclear test!” “Really, mom? A nuclear test?” Luke forgot how thick his mom could be sometimes as he stepped into his car. Ignoring his parents only to reassure them that he would be okay, he started off towards where he thought he saw the flash. It actually wasn’t that hard to get there seeing that all the trees seemed to be leaning away from the site. It took him about a half hour to actually find the place where he saw the light. In front of him lay a crater that was at least twenty feet across, and five feet deep. The area around and in the crater had been scorched black by the intense heat that had been produced by the flash. In all directions for thirty feet the plant vegetation had been disintegrated to ash. Luke tentatively jumped down into the crater to find the source of the destruction. Nearing the center, he saw something that shook him to his core. Lying down in the center of the site was a sky blue pony with wings and a rainbow colored mane and tail. This is not happening, he thought as he approached the sleeping pony. He knew who this was but couldn’t quite grasp the reality of it. His mind wrestled with the thought that Equestria was a real place. A real place! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rainbow Dash stirred slightly in her sleep. Ugh, she thought, as she reluctantly opened her eyes. What happened? I don’t remember where I am. Where is Twilight? She might be an egghead but she does know a lot of useful things. Like telling me where I am. As she sat up, she saw that she was in the middle of a large crater. Something wasn’t right. “What the hay happened?” she asked to herself, still looking around the crater. A voice caught her attention. “This can’t be happening,” she heard him say. “How could Equestria be real? It just isn’t possible!” She turned her head around and found the source of the speaker. In front of her was a tall, ape-looking creature with a dark brown mane and light brown eyes. He wasn’t very thin or fat, but looked somewhat athletic. She assumed it was a guy by the way his mane was cut. As she sat watching him, he realized she was staring at him. A friendly smile spread over his face as he saw her. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can’t believe this is happening right now. Luke thought as he looked at the pony in front of him. “Hi there,” he said, “I’m Luke, what’s your name?” What if she doesn’t speak the same language? I would just sound like a really weird…thing… I can’t think of anything better than that?! A weird thing? Wow, I have no imagination. He shook those thoughts out of his head. It doesn’t matter what I think, just please, please, speak the same language! “Why should I trust you?” She replied. Luke gave a visible and audible sigh of relief. “Good, you can understand me. I thought you would speak a different language.” He gave a nervous laugh. “Well you can trust me, and should trust me, because I know that you aren't in Equestria anymore, and I can try to explain some things to you.” Rainbow thought for a moment, weighing her options in her head. He seems trustworthy. Besides, he is right. I have no idea where I am, and I could probably use all the help I could get. “Alright." She said. "My name is Rainbow Dash, the fastest, coolest and awesomest flier in all of Equestria! Now tell me where I am. And what are you?” She stared at Luke with what she hoped was a confident gaze. She didn’t want to seem weak in front of this creature, and she still didn’t fully trust him. They had only met a couple minutes ago, in a crater in the middle of a forest, after all. Holy shit! It really is Rainbow! “Well, like I said before my name is Luke. I’m a human and you are in northern Minnesota, on planet Earth.” The last part sounded kind of cheesy to Luke, but he hoped that Rainbow wouldn’t notice it. “We aren’t in Equestria?” She asked, her head cocked to one side. A look of disbelief was on her face as she said this, and Luke could feel her rising panic. “Yeah. This isn’t Equestria. This is going to sound crazy, but I know you from somewhere.” Rainbow opened her mouth to ask a question, but Luke stopped her. “It will be easier to show you than explain.” He said as he brought out a small pad no bigger or thicker than a playing card. He swiped his hand over the top of it and it came to life with an automatic voice greeting them. “Welcome Luke.” He swiped out of the automatic greeting and went straight to a TV website. “Uh, what is that thing?” Rainbow asked, staring intently at it. “Huh? This? Oh yeah, you probably wouldn’t have these where you're from would you? This is a holo-card. It’s kind of like a phone. Except better in about a thousand different ways. Aha!” he exclaimed, bringing Rainbow’s attention back out of the clouds. “Found it! Okay, before I show you this you need to know that this is… well, it’s going to be a shock to you at the very least.” He said before placing the card on the ground and punching through the air above it. he didn't have to punch but it made it look more dramatic. A TV show started playing, the familiar 'My Little Pony' theme song. Rainbow couldn’t believe her eyes. There were her friends - and herself - singing and hanging out like they sometimes did. “I-I thought you said that we weren’t in Equestria?” She asked nervously. “We aren’t in Equestria, no.” Luke confirmed. “Then what is this?” “That is 'My Little Pony', an animated show, for little kids. You probably know more about it than I do, but until I saw you, that was just a world that someone came up with in their heads. I didn’t know it was an actual place.” Rainbow had to let the words sink in for a couple moments. “So how am I here, and how is it that a world that was created by someones' imagination actually exists? That just doesn’t seem possible!” “Ha, you’re telling me! I’m just as confused as you are!” Luke shot back to her. While they were staring each other down, they heard sirens off in the distance. “That’s not good.” Luke said as he broke the silence and the staring contest, and he looked over to where the sirens were coming from. “Come on! We can’t let them find you!” he told Rainbow. “What’s the big deal?” She asked as he picked her up. “Hey I can walk just fine!” “Well come on then! We need to go!” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Authors Note: I would like to thank Lightning Blaze and jediinc for doing some editing and looking for spelling errors. They also helped me to keep going when I wanted to stop. This is my first ever fanfiction so constructive criticism is appreciated. Leave a comment below if there is any thing I could improve on or if you want more. Also IceOfWaterflock is best pony. Thank you!