Okay, getting a few things out of the way first. HOLY CRAP! You guys are awesome! I know I said this in my comment response, but I'll say it again here for those of you who don't go back. (I know I usually don't) I've never gotten this many comments of likes in any story on any site. I'm so glad you guys are interested, and let me say that after coming home from work today to 16 comments, I wrote almost the whole next chapter tonight (July 1st)
It also made me realize, you guys have had some great ideas already, but I may have to close suggestions for a few days. That or just put up votes for A LOT of different things. Depends on how fast I can pump out chapters. Before, I did like... a chapter every 2 weeks, but with so many people looking forward to the next ones, It's going to go much faster.
I sat down with my sister and planned out chapters 3 and 4 with some HILARIOUS ways of getting everypony to Earth. Much more interesting than the usual 'Twilight screwed up' story. I'm just not sure how much I should tell you and how much you'll have to wait for. I will confirm Derpy in the next chapter, but I won't tell who else. Leave a comment letting me know if you want me to tell you who will be next or if you want to be surprised.
Oh yeah, and I'm trying to separate thoughts a little better with this chapter. Thoughts are in Italics while Narration is in normal text. You'll get it quick enough... I hope....
Well, enough of my boring crap, on with the story!
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I lead Rainbow into my room as quietly as I could. My parents were asleep upstairs and I really wanted to keep it that way. "Well, here we are. My humble abode." God, that sounded stupid. Even if I was talking to Twilight or Rarity, that would have sounded stupid. She walked in carefully, obviously not used to hardwood floors. Or, you know, the difference between cartoon floors and real floors. Oooh, I instantly felt bad about thinking that. After all, to her, she WAS real.
I walked past her and plopped down on the bed. "This is where you can sleep for the night, I just wanted to show you the place." She looked around nervously, still standing near the door. Oh, I get it, the whole "I'm not that kind of Mare" thing. "I'll be sleeping on the couch in the next room over. This door doesn't lock, just so you know. I'm not gonna lock you in or anything." I walked over to the windows. "And these," I said as I opened both of them, "are now open. I'm sure if you needed to get out, you could bust through this screen, right? Feel free to look around, I don't have anything to hide." Do I? CRAP! Wait... I don't drink. I don't smoke. Anything. I don't have porn mags. I doubt she even knows what underwear is. I did my laundry before I went to work today. I have no posters of MLP in my room to creep her out... Was there anything...
"Is this... my cutie mark?" She asked. I whipped my head around so fast it almost flew off. Well, crap. There she was, by my dresser with one of my new shirts. It had her cutie mark on it as well as a sonic rainboom and the words 20% Cooler written right on the front. How the hell do I explain that?
"Well, yeah, it is. See, I've only seen a few episodes of that show, but I did skip forward and watch the episode where you... well, helped all of your friends get their cutie marks by doing a sonic rainboom. Let's just say, to me, you're like a Wonderbolt." I said, scratching the back of my head. I could barely lift my head to see her reaction, I was so embarrassed. She was holding the shirt up in front of her and looking down on it like she was seeing if it was her size.
"A... A Wonderbolt, huh? Wow. I don't think anypony's ever said something like that to me before..." Oh my god, did I creep her out? Of course I did, I'd certainly be creeped out if I were her. Some... strange creature I've never seen before suddenly knows everything about me like a stalker... Has watched all the important events in my life... How do I fix this? What can I say?!
"What about Scootaloo? She certainly seems to look up to you." Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant, brain. What's that? I creep her out by knowing so much about her? Let's tell her MORE about what I know! Great plan!
Luckily, she didn't even seem to notice. "Yeah, Scoots is cool, but you're somepony I've never even met before. Having a fan that you've never met before... actually feels really cool," she said, finally lifted her head from the shirt. She looked at me with a big smile. For the first time (and most definitely not the last) I had to hold in the biggest man "Squee!!" of my life. It made it that much harder when I noticed how red her cheeks were. Wow, I never noticed before, but I don't think it's possible for her to hide a blush. She's blue and OH MY GOD, THAT IS THE CUTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN.
"So, you know about Scootaloo, what else do you know about me?" she asked, putting the shirt back on the pile.
Really? REALLY? Ok, brain, well played. You win. "Well, I know about Nightmare Moon turning back into Luna. And I know about how Twilight moved to Ponyville and about her first Winter Wrap Up. And I've seen how you and your friends got their cutie marks. I remember Applejack being stubborn about needing help on the farm during the harvest." I stood up and started pacing around the room. "And, there was an episode about pranks, but all I remember is you getting a ring around your eye from the telescope. And Pinkie getting the hiccups. That was pretty funny. And I remember when Trixie showed up too and Twilight was afraid of showing off her magic. That was a good one too, I liked when..." I turned back to face her and had to hold back another squeee. She had already fallen asleep on my bed, right in the middle of the conversation. If it were any human I knew, I would've been kind of insulted. What? Am I not interesting enough to even keep you awake? But I mean, come on. This is Rainbow Dash. A SLEEPING Rainbow Dash. How can you be mad at that? Besides, she's obviously tired. I wasn't sure how long she's been awake before coming here, but it was going on 2:30am now. Any questions she might have could wait until morning.
Speaking of which, I actually didn't have many questions for her. I mean, sure, I was curious as to how she got here and all, but I doubted I would find that out very soon. The more interesting question is how would I get her back? Obviously I didn't really want her to go back. I'd been living here a month shy of 21 years and nothing interesting ever happened to me. Well, nothing good anyway. Now there's a technicolor pony in my bed. Sleeping. Adorably. Ugh, why can't I just stand here and watch her sleep all night? Oh right, she already thinks I'm creepy. Let's just go ahead and watch her sleep all night. Fantastic idea. But... but... it's like there's a tractor beam. I can't just... Oh, screw it, I'm friggin tired. Come here couch! Here boy!
I closed the door behind me and made my way out to the couch in the living room. I pulled the pillow off the back and didn't even bother to go find a blanket. I just knew I'd be out instantly. I closed my eyes. And I heard a loud POP. My eyes stayed closed. Pop? No, screw that pop. I heard nothing. There was no pop. I turned and shoved my face into the pillow. No, brain, that was part of the dream. Now, chop chop. Let's get to... oh, who am I kidding? I've never even heard that pop and I know it's-
I opened my eyes. "Twilight. God damn it, Twilight." She looked at me, a mixture of confusion, anger and hurt made possibly the strangest cartoon pony face I have ever seen. This wasn't confusion, then anger, then hurt. It was all three at once. Her jaw dropped. And there's surprise. Forgot that one.
"How do you know who I am?" she asked, her mouth still wide open.
Ugh, not this again. "Please tell me you know what television is?" She cocked her head to the side. I sighed. "Fine... magic, ok? Look, I knew why you're here. To take Rainbow back, right?"
"You know where Rainbow Dash is?" She exclaimed loudly.
"Hush, hush! My parents are sleeping. Yes, I know where she is, she's in the next room. Also sleeping."
I started to sit up, but was met with another REALLY peppy voice behind me. "What's she doing sleeping? It's the middle of the day! And it's time to go home! We've been so worried about her!"
I fell off the couch. Literally. Fell off the couch. Thankfully, my head missed the coffee table in front of it. It turned to see Pinkie Pie laying on the back of the couch. Vibrating. She looked like she just drank a 5 hour energy or something. "Pinkie, it's..." I looked at the clock, "3am. It's time to sleep. I know you guys want to take her back, but can't you at least let her sleep here tonight and go back in the morning? I mean, Twilight, isn't there some limitation on your magic that only let's you break the laws of physics once per day or something?"
"Well, not really. And I didn't break any laws of physics, it was just a simple teleportation spell! Just like transporting myself around the library, only I had to lock on to Rainbow Dash's magic signature."
"What? Magic signa...you know what? Screw it. It's magic. Besides, breaking the laws of physics is only for..." I pointed over at the top of the couch which was now empty. "Great. Where'd she go?"
Another familiar voice answered me from behind... again. "Ah think she went to check on Rainbow." If I were on the couch, I would have fallen off again. Damn it, that's the third pony to scare the shit out of me today. Of course, if I'm being scared cuz more ponies are showing up, I'm not gonna complain. "So, about staying the night?" I looked at Twilight with the best puppy dog eyes I could manage. I have to say, in hindsight, I probably looked absolutely idiotic. Here I am, 20 years old, male, scruffy blonde stubble, looking at her with a sad attempt at a pout and I probably looked like someone was blowing air in my face. But again, despite my ideas about myself, she gave in.
"Well, I suppose one night won't hurt. Applejack, what do you think?"
"Well, ahm okay with it. He seems like a nice enough... er...whatever he is, and if he got Rainbow to trust em, he's good enough fer me." She walked forward and raised a hoof. "Mah name's Applejack."
Oh god, is she offering a brohoof or a hoofshake? This is going to be like one of those times where I do the complete opposite of what the person...er... pony wants, isn't it? "Nice to meet you in person, Applejack. Just so you know, I am a human. And my name is-"
"Psssst." Twilight interrupted me. She was peeking through the door into my room, motioning us over. Applejack and I trot... er... wal... er...mosied on over to the door to see what she wanted.
This time I couldn't resist a squeal. It was the highest pitched thing that ever came out of my mouth and it was totally worth it. There on my bed, was a sleeping Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, cuddling together. The only thing that could have made it better would have been a Fluttershy with them. ( FORESHADOWING :D )
Twilight gently pulled me away. "Well, I guess that settles it. We'll stay for the night and we can head back to Equestria tomorrow. AFTER you tell me how you know who we are." I would've been surprised she didn't force me to tell her that second if I didn't notice her eyes struggling to stay open. Two more of them? I nmy bed?I am getting my camera. NOW.
"Alright, my room is your room. Like I told Rainbow Dash, the door doesn't lock and the windows are open. Just promise me one thing. When you leave tomorrow, you'll at least let me see you off. No leaving while I'm asleep, okay?"
She nodded with a yawn. "Alright, we won't leave until you get up. G'night... er... nice human guy." She trotted into the room with Applejack right being her.
"G'night partner," she said with a tip of her hat.
"Yeah, goodnight." I reached up to do the same. Realizing I had no hat, I just have her an awkward salute. I'll have to warn her about that. I tend to copy people's accents and mannerisms when I'm around them. She'll probably end up thinking I'm making fun of her when I start talking like her. And I know I will, it's just a matter of time.
As soon as the door was shut, I ran back out to the living room where I'd put down my phone. NEED a picture. Will not survive without picture of sleeping ponies. Arriving in record time back at my door, I realized that the door was closed. Crap! I can't just open the door and take a picture of them! But... I NEED picture!
Through the door, I heard somepony jump up on the bed and sigh. "'Night, Twilight."
"Goodnight, Applejack." The movement stopped and I started back toward the couch. Then I heard Twilight again. I quickly found my ear to be attached to the door.
"Hey, Applejack, what do you think of this guy? I can't figure him out!"
"Hmmm, I dunno, Twilight. He sure seems nice enough, a bit awkward maybe, but ah think anypony would be a bit nervous about havin four aliens in his bedroom."
"Yeah, but he knows who we are! Isn't that kinda... creepy?"
"Yeah, you got a point there. And he did dodge the question of how he knew us a bit. But, ah think if there was gonna be trouble, it would'a been when Rainbow was asleep. Before we showed up."
Twilight paused, obviously thinking. "Yeah, I suppose you're right. Well, I'm going to get some sleep. That spell tired me out a lot more than I realized."
"Yeah, I'm pretty tuckered out ma' self. G'night, Twilight."
"Goodnight, Applejack."
I tip-toed away from the door and back to the living room. I should probably get some sleep myself. I looked over at the desktop computer in the corner of the room, noticing it was still on. Then again...
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Well, there's number two. This story is already half as long as the stories I usually write, so things are going very well. I must apologize now though, this was not very well thought out on my part. Here I am, thinking I'd get 2 or 3 comments per chapter and I'd try to incorporate everyone's ideas... Yeah, fail. I got a lot more than I expected and unfortunately, some conflict with each other. I hope you'll all understand when I say that I can't use EVERYONE's ideas. I will try my best, especially after the intro when I get into the 'where should they go for a day out?' or 'Who should go back to Equestria and who should stay longer?'. Please don't answer those now ^_^ I need to get everypony here first.
Anyway, sorry, about the long Author's Notes this chapter, they should get shorter now that the initial shock is over. See you next time!
Fun Fact! Did you know, according to FimFiction, creeped and teleportation are not real words? O_o