Prologue
Leaving the pub, the group walked across the desolate parking lot. The loud music emanating from inside the building was cut short as the doors swung shut, but the lights still burned brightly through the windows, and if one happened to turn around, they could still see the people they had left, dancing in between the tables, quite a few tripping over their own feet. A blue neon sign hung above the shoddy, wooden building they had just left, and the occasional streetlamp illuminated their pathway over to the car. The black silhouettes of trees formed a ring around the lot, looming overhead in an almost ominous fashion. The doors were opened, and everyone piled back into the sedan, drunken smiles on their faces. There were five in all, and the seats were full, which made for a whole lot of rough housing in the back. Jokes were shared, laughs followed, and the merriment was astounding. Matt took out his Rainbow Dash figurine, placing it in the cup holder next to him. Kyle wiped the sweat off his brony shirt the best he could, feeling surprisingly hot in the cramped car. Sam sat into the driver’s seat, and put the keys into the ignition, probably a little too forcefully for the wellbeing of the vehicle. Steve leaned his head out of the window, feeling a tad sick; Josh patted him on the back, which ended up feeling a bit more like a slap than its less violent counterpart. But no one really seemed to care; they were too busy having fun. The car was put into reverse, and hit its rear bumper on one of the streetlamps in the parking lot before pulling out onto the road.
“Hey guys,” Matt said, his speech slurred from the alcohol. “What if, Equestria was actually real, and there was actually, *burp*, some way to get there?”
This idea brought up even more laughter, and Sam turned around, taking his eyes off the road for a few seconds to look back at his friend. “You’re jokin’, right, man? I’ve heard some crazy ideas fly out of that mouth of yours, but this is the craziest.”
“No, really I mean it. What if we’re actually able to get to Equestria? That would be, err, really awesome.”
Sam turned his eyes back to the road, not that he was able to pay attention to the traffic anyways. A car went by on the other side of the road, almost getting hit because the group’s car swerved partially into the other lane. “Whatever, man. Anyone else here think that it’s possible?” His words dripped with sarcasm, as well as with a bit of drool that fell out of his mouth when talking.
“Ha, of course,” Josh said. “We’re already living in Equestria, didn’t you know?”
“Lol, yeah,” Kyle replied.
“Ugh,” Steve groaned, which everybody took for a yes.
A stop sign flew past.
“Okay, then,” Sam said with a laugh. “I guess I’ll see you guys in Equestria, then. Once we’re there, we’ll send a postcard back to earth, who knows.”
And for one second, everyone believed him. And in that second, the car slammed into the wall, sending everyone into blackness.