Friendship Through the Worlds

by ThomasZoey3000

The Meeting

When a person is asked of what they think about Ontario Canada, they could answer by saying that it's full of busy cities, with heavy amounts of traffic, very little scenery, and a lot of people. However, this is not true in the entire province. Northern Ontario is quite picture-esque with woods, small towns and friendly people. This is often the best place to move to if one wanted to escape the big cities, and get away for much needed peace and quiet. That is especially true for the person this story focuses on.

His name is Matthew Gagnon, born in Markham Ontario, he moved away in 2014 for the peace and quiet, and to live a normal life. He's mostly on his own, except for the company of a little orange cat he called Bridget. His home rests on one of the borders of Northern Ontario and the province of Quebec. He doesn't mind it there, though sometimes he does feel a little lonely.

He isn't working at this time, only living on the money from his previous jobs before moving, and soon would go off to film trains for a living.

The story truly beings on a warm summer's afternoon. Matthew had just finished work on his old pick-up truck as it had been acting up. As he walked into the house, he found his little orange cat Bridget coming up, and meowing at him.

"Yes Girl it's me," he said kindly. "Nothing too serious this time, though I really need to consider getting a new vehicle."

Bridget meowed again. Matthew rolled his eyes, "I forgot to feed you again didn't I?" Bridget meowed several times, as if to say 'yes, you did'.

"Okay Girl, calm down, I'll get you some food. And maybe, get myself something to eat too."

He first got out the cat food for his cat, then went to work making a batch of spaghetti and tomato sauce. As he worked, he turned on his television and watched one of his favorite shows; My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Now to most people, it would seem weird for a 25 year old man to be watching a show about magical talking ponies, but Matthew learned a long time that everybody is allowed to have their own interests, so that's why he watches the show. That and it was amazing to watch.

As he worked away, he heard a voice that made his skin crawl. He looked to the screen and saw a pony with a light purple coat, dark purple mane and tail with teal streaks, different shade of purple highlights, and a horn using her magic to steal something called; Cutie Marks off the main characters of the show. She was called Starlight Glimmer.

"Yeah laugh now sucker, cause Twilight and the others will beat you - like they always do," he chuckled over the last part.

All too soon, he was finished making his meal. He put the tomato sauce onto his spaghetti and sat down at his end of the kitchen table. This would allow him to watch the show, and still enjoy his meal. As he was about to take the first bite though, his phone started ringing.

"Really? Now? Oh for crying out loud, can't a guy eat his meal in peace?"

He put down his fork and went to answer the phone, "hello, Matthew Gagnon speaking."

"Yo Matthew! What's up buddy?!"

Right away, he knew who the voice belonged to. Once upon a time, back in his younger days, Matthew didn't have many friends, until he got into the third grade, and that's when he found several friends. Today, only two of the group remain as the others moved away. One of the people he was talking to on the phone was his good friend; Ryan, and the second was his friend; Patrick.

"Hey bro for life, what's up?" Matthew chuckled.

"Oh nothing much, just got a sweet new apartment with my girlfriend, and got a new job at the college."

"Yeah yeah, rub it in why don't you?"

"Sorry Matt, didn't mean to upset you."

"Ryan, you and Patrick have known me for years, do you really think I take offence to that, I was only joking." He rolled his eyes, "I got to work on my sarcasm. Still, I'm happy for you guys. Have you heard from Patrick?"

"Oh, you mean me?" he heard another voice call out to him.

"Hey Pat, long time no hear."

"Not since you moved up North. Can't imagine why, we were like the Three Musketeers, now we're just two. Why did you move away?"

Matthew didn't answer right away, "er - uh - it's not easy to say. But never mind that, what's going on with you guys? I don't get to hear from you very often these days."

"Yeah and we feel really bad about it Bro," said Ryan, "and because we don't talk as much, we want to make it up to you."

"By coming to see you!" announced Patrick.

"Come by to see me? Oh geez guys, you don't really have to do that."

"Oh but we want to," came the reply of Ryan, "and there's nothing you can do to change our minds."

Matthew smirked, "wanna bet? Just kidding, it'll be great to have you guys up here. I mean, it's not like the big city, but I can assure you, you'll have a fun time here."

"Oh we know we will."

"And Matthew, would it be alright if I brought Emily, my girlfriend along?" asked Ryan.

"Sure, the more the merrier."

He gave them his address and after a few more jokes, they hung up and Matthew went back to eating. He took a few bites of his dinner. He was about to take another when his satellite signal went out. Matthew groaned as he got up and was about to head outside, when the signal came back.

"Fix's itself, now that's more like...it?"

Matthew noticed something. It was still My Little Pony on, but the images shown were not of the same episode he was watching. He could see the pony; Starlight Glimmer being followed by the mane 6 ponies. Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Applejack were running after her through a forest of trees.

"Is this a new episode I wasn't aware of?" he asked out loud.

Then he heard their voices, "it's over Starlight Glimmer!" shouted Twilight Sparkle. "You will not harm another town again!"

Starlight Glimmer suddenly came to a stop and spun round. The other ponies stopped in their tracks and looked her down. Twilight Sparkle noticed scratches on her.

"You're hurt. If you stop this madness, we can bring you back with us, and get you some medical attention."

Starlight Glimmer didn't say anything for the longest time. Instead, her horn glowed and magic swirled all around herself. Before long, it surronded the other ponies.

"You'll have to catch me first!" And with that, her magic blinded the whole area.

On his side of the screen, Matthew was suddenly blinded by the light, "what the heck is going on?"

No sooner had those words escaped his mouth than he heard screams, shouts and a thud...

When he opened his eyes, Matthew found himself on the couch, with his television off and everything being quiet. "That's weird, I don't remember sitting down on the couch," he said to himself. "Maybe I worked too hard on my truck today, yeah that's probably it."

He turned the television back on, this time putting it on another show, then went to the washroom to spray water all over his face. After the fourth splash of water, he looked at himself in the mirror, "that was really weird. I wonder if anyone else has experienced that."

Finally, he returned to his kitchen and sat down to eat. He got a few more bites of his dinner before he heard Bridget hissing.

"What is it now? Is one of the local strays bothering you again? Just leave it be Girl!" But Bridget continued to hiss angrily. "Oh for the love of Pete. Bridget, cut that..." but he was cut off as he noticed Bridget was hissing at the doors to the area under the sink. He got up, and stood beside her. "Stand back girl, I got this."

He grabbed the door handle and slowly opened it, but it wasn't fast enough for Bridget. She jumped in, and moments later, there was a scream, and a popping sound. Another pop was heard in the kitchen, this time it revealed something surprising, "get off of me you crazy kitty!"

Matthew jumped and yelped, "what the?" Standing there was Rarity from the TV show. He got up and ran back to his washroom. He slammed the door shut.

"What the heck? Rarity isn't real!"

"Then this might be a bad time for me to reveal myself," said another voice. Popping out of his shower was Fluttershy, the meek Pegasus.

Once again, Matthew jumped and opening the door in a hurry, ran out of the washroom, only to run into the wall and get knocked out cold, again.

"Hello? Are you okay Sir?" he heard a female voice ask.

Matthew opened his eyes and found himself looking into the eyes of Twilight Sparkle. His mind told him to run, but given what happened last time, he didn't risk it.

"Yeah, been through worse," he answered.

"We didn't mean to barge in on you. We got teleported here, for reasons unknown."

There came another hiss and in walked Rarity, with Bridget clawing her at her back, "would you be so kind as to get this cat off my back!"

Matthew sighed, and using what strength he had after his double black-outs, he walked over and pulled Bridget off gently, making sure not to hurt Rarity even more.

"Even Opal doesn't do that. Anymore. Why did it have to be me?"

"Maybe it's your style," came the voice of Rainbow Dash as she and the other ponies came walking into the living room.

Twilight turned to them, "uh girls, maybe you should step out before he passes out again."

"No it's fine, I'm done passing out for the night," he replied. He shook his head and rubbed his eyes, "I've lost my mind! Yeah that's it! I've lost my freaking mind! They always said I would one day!" He moved his hands away and opened his eyes, only to see the six ponies still there in his living room, "or, this is the single strangest things to happen to me."

He sat back on his sofa, "and I do mean strangest."

"Sorry for all of this," said Twilight. "I know it must be hard for a human to see something from off world suddenly appear here."

"Uh, how do you know what he is?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Twilight turned to her, "I've been to a human world, twice, remember? First going after Sunset Shimmer, then helping her take down the sirens?" All the other ponies nodded, remembering all of that. Twilight sighed and turned back to Matthew, "allow me to introduce myself, I'm..."

"Twilight Sparkle."

Twilight stopped, and the others gasped.

"You know my name?"

"Of course I do. I know all your names. Rainbow Dash. Rarity. Applejack. Fluttershy. Pinkie Pie."

"Whoa, trippy," chripped Pinkie Pie.

"Um, how is it you know about us?" Fluttershy asked curiously.

Matthew was about to give the obvious answer, but then thought, maybe it's best to explain it in a different manner. "I know this is all going to sound weird, but you are all characters of a series of stories myself and others watch on that moving picture box, called a television." He pointed to the television, which was still showing the original show he had on before passing out the second time.

"You spy on us?!" exclaimed Applejack.

"I feel voilated!" cried Rarity.

"I just see your adventures, and some of your everyday lives," Matthew piped up, trying to restore some calm. "You know, it's like reading a book and seeing what a character does in their lives, but not everything they do."

At once, the ponies got it.

"So, we're part of this, uh, show you watch?" Applejack asked. "But how is it that it shows us, and yet we live out our own lives in Equestria?"

"Well it's...uh, you know, I have no idea. I mean, I'm surprised that you six are even real. Up till now, I thought you were all characters of the show, but this...wow." Then he remembered something, "Wait a minute, where's that Starlight Glimmer?"

Twilight's head darted in every direction, "oh geez, in all the chaos, I forgot all about her."

The ponies looked around, but couldn't find her in or outside the house. They met up with Matthew in the kitchen as he moved back in there to heat up his dinner.

"Wait a second? How do you know Starlight Glimmer?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Is she a character of the show too?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"She is, though something seemed different this time when I saw her. You six were chasing her through a forest, then there was this blinding flash of light, and...well, you know the rest."

Twilight pondered this, "clearly Starlight Glimmer used a teleportation spell on us, but how Matthew ended seeing it is beyond me."

"Maybe it was because this was where the doorway was for the portal," suggested Pinkie Pie, "however, the spell probably backfired on her and she ended well over six and a half hours away from here."

There was silence from every creature.

"How does she come up with stuff like this?" Matthew asked.

"Trust me, you'll get used to it over time," answered Rainbow Dash. "By the way, do you have a name? Or do we have to start calling you; human?"

"Rainbow Dash!" snapped Twilight, and using her magic, brought Rainbow Dash down from where she floated before. "That's no way to speak to him! Especially given how it was your hoof that knocked him out the first time."

Rainbow Dash grinned sheepishly, "sorry, my bad."

"It's cool, though that explains the bruise on my face, and yes I do have a name. It's Matthew, but you can call Matt, if you wish. Also, welcome to Earth. New Liskeard Ontario Canada to be exact."

"Earth huh? I have to admit, I've never heard of this Earth before," Twilight admitted.

Applejack piped up, "well it's a real pleasure to have met you Matthew, but we got to go after Starlight Glimmer, bring her back to Equestria, and make sure she is dealt with for all the crimes she committed. Let's go Everypony!"

The ponies were just about to leave, when Matthew dashed ahead of them, blocking their path.

"Are you nuts?! Going out there is dangerous! Some humans like myself could take the idea of you being real, sort of, but others will not. They'll want to capture you, and do horrible things to you."

"Uh Matthew, no offence, but have you even met us? We're the greatest ponies in all of Equestria, we can handle a few humans!" boasted Rainbow Dash.

"Besides, we have to find Starlight Glimmer, or who knows what she'll do," added Applejack.

"Not if you know them like I do. Besides, do you even know where to look?"

Silence returned, until Fluttershy, much to everyone's surprise, spoke up, "actually, no we don't. We don't have the map to help us this time, and without any knowledge of this world, Twilight can't teleport us to her."

"So then, what are we going to do?" asked Rarity.

"I guess we stay here, and learn from our new friend here." Twilight looked to Matthew, "as long as that's okay with you?"

"Well I - well that's to say - I don't usually - oh for the heck of it, I can allow it for now."

"Just one more question, and this goes to Twilight." Pinkie Pie looked Twilight Sparkle firmly in the eyes, "how are we going to get home?"

Twilight's eyes widened in shock, "oh dear, Pinkie Pie has got a good point. I only know of simple short teleportation spells, not cross dimensional travel."

"Whoa, whoa, wait a second here," interrupted Rainbow Dash. "Are you telling me that even if we find Starlight Glimmer, and capture her, we might not be able to return home?"

Twilight sighed and answered, "seems that way."

Matthew sighed and looked back to his dinner, "looks like I'll be playing host for a while," he thought to himself. "Better get started on being one," and with that, he went to work making food he knew the ponies could eat.

Meanwhile, a long way's off from New Liskeard, a bright flash of light appeared in the middle of an intersection. Cars and trucks swerved to avoid it, crashing into nearby objects or other vehicles in the process. Once the light was gone, a creature could be seen. It was Starlight Glimmer, "ow, that hurt. Where the heck am I? And where's Sparkle and her pathetic friends?"

Before she could make a move, she heard sirens and moments later, police, fire and ambulances arrived on the scene. One officer noticed the pony, "what's that doing here?"

"Maybe it escaped from the zoo," suggested another.

"Must be a weird species from another country then, cause I've never seen one like that before."

"I'll call headquarters and ask them to capture this horse."

Starlight Glimmer's ears perked over this, "I'm a pony you hairless apes!" she shouted, making everyone freeze.

"Look here creature, who can talk for some reason, we can't have you standing there! We're going to take you away before someone gets hurt."

"Like you?" Starlight smirked. Using her magic, or what energy she had left, she was able lift several officers into the air, then slammed them down to the ground, rather hard. This was all she needed to run and get away.

Other police officers were called to find her, but she was nowhere to be seen. Starlight Glimmer had taken shelter in an old rundown house. Her magic was drained badly, and without it, she could go nowhere.

"Blast it! If it wasn't for that Twilight Sparkle, I wouldn't have used that spell! This is all her fault!" She stomped her hoof on the floor, which poked a hole through it. She took in a few breaths before continuing to speak, "fine, I'll wait here and recharge, then I'll go after her, return to Equestria and finish what I started. And should anyone get in my way again - they're toast." And she cackled quietly to herself.