//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Welcome Home // Story: The Lost Pony: Misty on Earth // by Movingtarget Productions //------------------------------// The Lost Pony: Misty on Earth Written by: Movingtarget Productions Chapter 5: Welcome Home Date: Wednesday, July 25th, 2025 Time: 17:28 Location: Rudolph Rd. South of Bowling Green Ohio, 1.5 Miles North of Rudolph Ohio Misty woke up after a while on a sofa which was odd, considering that she fell asleep in the passenger seat of Matt’s truck. She sat up and took a look at her surroundings which included a white entertainment center with a black box that was a bit tall on a shelf below a large TV, an impressive surround sound system with speakers placed behind the couch, a bar under the TV, and 2 speaker towers on either side of the entertainment center. Moving away from that, she noticed the kitchen, a small bathroom, the front door, a stairwell, and a few random bits of furniture, her ears twitched as she heard footsteps on the stairs and she turned to see Matt coming down the stairs holding an open laptop in one hand and a phone with RGB lights on it. “Hey Matt, where are we?” Misty asked as she got off the couch. “Oh, hey, we’re at my home. We got here about an hour ago.” Matt said as he set the devices on an end table. “You have quite a nice place, what are the 2 devices you have? They look different from back home.” Misty said as she looked at the laptop which displayed the wallpaper that was a picture of Matt standing next to a red vehicle. “Laptop’s a 2022 Hewlett Packard Pavillion 15 Laptop. Powering this piece of aluminum and plastic is an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 mobile chip with Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics. Stock memory is 12GB of DDR4L RAM but I upgraded to 32GB fairly recently. Wait, did you actually understand all of that?” Matt looked at Misty. “I did get a bit of it. The specifications sound powerful. What’s the phone?” Misty asked, smiling. “ASUS ROG Gaming Phone 6 with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 APU chip and 18GB of memory. I got you a new phone too.” Matt said before going over to a shelf and taking out a black box that said S22 on the top. He opened the box and gave the phone to Misty “What’s this phone?” Misty asked as she used her magic to hit the power button and peel off the plastic protections. “Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. About as powerful as my phone but it comes with a stylus on the bottom.” Matt said as he showed her how to deploy the pen. After showing Misty the basic functions of her phone by showing them on his, Matt picked up the HP and opened Edge. A YouTube tab popped up and started playing a Mainly Facts Askredit video. He opened a new tab and typed in Google Account. He navigated to the account page and clicked his profile picture which displayed “Matt Fredrick, CassTheRedEscort@gmail.com.” he clicked on a plus icon under the account, and a new page opened which asked for a new email to be inputted. Matt then handed Misty the laptop and told her to make a new account for herself. Misty was on the couch with the laptop in her lap, thinking about how to customize her account. She already had her new email which was “MistyBrightdawntheUnicorn@gmail.com.” and she wondered what to put as her profile picture, she already had put in legal info like birthdate and name. She used the webcam to take a picture of herself and set it. After doing so, she read the note Matt put on the bezel which told her 2 more websites to visit. She put in the first one which led her to the Microsoft account creation page which she rinsed and repeated for Microsoft then Samsung. After that, she powered on her S22 and logged into the accounts for both Google and Samsung, then she took note of the time. She closed the laptop lid and went to the kitchen where she found Matt reading a book and sipping on tea. “Hey Misty, you done with setting up?” Matt asked, putting the book down. “I did, what are we gonna do for dinner, Matt?” Misty asked. “We can get takeout as I need to go to Costco in the morning.” Matt replied as he stretched and put his tea in the microwave. Matt got his keys and led Misty out the back door, seeing the different kinds of cars Matt had. There was the truck she rode in, a red sedan, the red wagon from the picture which was under a canopy, and a white 18-wheeler. “So, you know of the F-150, the red sedan is my ‘07 Ford Crown Victoria that I bought from a PD auction in Toledo, the white truck is a 1982 Ford Aeromax that I bought off a friend, and finally, the wagon is my first ever car, a 1993 Ford Escort LX. She has served me well. She broke down a couple of years ago and I can’t find the parts to fix her.” Matt said with a bit of a sad face, which broke Misty’s heart a bit as he seemed to be quite attached to the little car. Misty noticed Matt get in the Crown Victoria and she did the same. Once settled in, Matt started the engine, backed out of the driveway, and drove off, making a Right turn onto US 6 and exiting onto OH-25 North, Driving into Bowling Green. Misty looked around as they drove through the south end of town and onto the north end, pulling into a Burger King in front of a run-down mall. After getting a meal for the 2, Matt drove the long way back to his house, showing Misty most of Bowling Green. “I can officially say this, Welcome Home Misty.” Matt said as they pulled back into their driveway a bit later. After a few hours of eating and getting a tour of the house, Misty yawned. “Tired?” Matt asked. “Yeah, where’s my room?” Misty asked and Matt led him to a spare bedroom with some sheets and a blanket, Misty took them and went into her room, “Goodnight Matt, thanks for everything you’ve done for me so far.”  “You’re welcome Misty, sleep well,” Matt said before going into his own room and laying in bed, “I think I’m in love.” Matt said before going to sleep.