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// Chapter 29 - Going Back 
// Story: Quest For Harmony 
// by destinedjagold 
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	"It's a...fan-made art?" I said with a small yet not so awkward-looking smile, even though it was too difficult not to make it look like an awkward one. Claire and Kronz however, arched me a disbelieving eyebrow.

"...of you?" Claire asked, and I was thankful to hear her voice, since it triggered a quick thought inside my head. It quickly made me remember about the things we have talked about while we were in the bus.

Unfortunately, my response was droned by the very loud roar of thunder, so they asked me to repeat what I just said. That little bit of distraction allowed me to think of a few more words to add. "Hey, I'm a brony too," I said with a shrug, "and I kinda like Luna, so yeah." But unfortunately, I forgot a little bit of detail that I just suddenly thought about as soon as the words left my mouth.

"Then how did the image oh so suddenly appeared on my laptop's screen?" Kronz asked, with a small victorious smile. He knew he got me cornered. Unfortunately, my lying ability gave me a quick answer to that one, but it was too darn difficult not to smile back.

"Hey, why are you asking me?" I said, "I don't know a lot of stuff about computers and all..." I shrugged. That was an honest truth. Well, no, not really. I know a few about computers, but not that much to consider myself an average user or whatever they call those kinds of people. My brother's smile dropped, and as he switched his attention back to his laptop, I knew I won the battle.

"So you asked an artist to make a drawing of you and Luna?" Claire asked while looking at my brother's laptop screen. I couldn't really see what my brother's doing, since they were now seated across from me. They may have moved there while I fell asleep earlier.

Okay, so while they're busy with whatever, I need to think of...what Luna has told me...about this strange weather. I stared through the glass window, and the black thunderous clouds are really really looking a lot like back in Equestria. I don't know how it got here, but if it those really are from Equestria, then is it possible for humans to reach that place. I shook my head. No, no time for random and irrelevant thoughts.

Even though it's not my nature to worry about something that isn't my business, those clouds are really troublesome and worrisome. If those will stay in my world, the same as in Equestria, then no, I need to find a way to get rid of those ugly clouds. I'm not doing this for me. No. I'm doing this for my brother. I don't want him to have a future of black clouds forever and ever. I love my family more than myself, and I am willing to take risks just to see their smiles.

I nodded. At least I now have a plan. Now, the problem is how to get rid of the clouds. If Luna managed to contact me here in my world during my sleep, then maybe...

"Not a natural phenomenon? What?" Claire exclaimed, which caught my attention. I stood and sat beside my brother, and read the weather bulletin posted on Yahoo. According to what I'm reading, the stormy clouds 'suddenly appeared out of nowhere' and the ones investigating the 'phenomenon' have 'no clue of what is going on, where the clouds came from, and how strong and dangerous they are'. Well, that's helpful. I sighed.

I glanced at our battery-powered wallclock. Hm... The room's too dark for me to see the time. I took my cellphone instead to check the time, but as soon as I did, I remembered that my brother's laptop is displaying the current time. I slapped myself mentally as I checked the time on my phone. Six twenty-seven in the evening. Hm... I got another text message. I opened it and it was blank. This time, I was...happy...that it was blank, and from an unknown sender.

I took a deep breath and exhaled through my nostrils as letters started appearing on my phone's screen. Okay, at least I have a mission to do when I get to Equestria, and not just some random quest to get back home. Wait, how will I get home anyway? Beat myself up again? Ugh... I need to find a better way to return home other than giving myself pain. I rolled my eyes before reading the message.

"I'm...sorry... But we need you..." I rolled my eyes again. Fine, whatever. As I felt myself being pulled for unknown reason, I kept saying in my head that I'm only going to do whatever...for my family...and not...for the ponies...