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// Chapter 3 
// Story: The Great Mishap 
// by aer307 
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	When RD and I got home, we were met with a wall of questions from my parents. "Why were you at school so long? Why is there something written on your car? Who is this girl with you?"
"If you would be quiet and let me talk I will be able to answer your questions, but please, if you are going to ask anymore, ask them one at a time!" I said, a little annoyed. After they had settled down, I began to answer the daunting mound of questions before me, "For your first question, I was talking with my friends and a new girl at school. Second, some of the seniors decided that it would be funny to write on my car. And lastly, This is Rachel Dalke, the new girl I just told you about." In my mind, I thought it was best to introduce Rainbow Dash with her human name, not wanting another landslide of questions to flow over me.
Seeming to be satisfied with my answers to the questions, they decided it was best to add more questions upon my me. "So, you meet a new girl at school and you decided to bring her home with you? Are you two going to go out on a date? I also heard prom is coming up soon, are you planning on going?" my dad asked.
Shocked by these set of questions, all I could do was look between him and RD. Luckily, Dash took over from there. "Andrew and I are friends, and he has offered to let me stay here while I get somewhere to live permanently," she said with a little color to her face, for which she quickly turned her head in an attempt to hide it.
"Yes, well, you are welcome to stay here until then, Rachel," my mom said, pleased that it seemed that I was over my MLP phase and was starting to act like an almost senior in high school should.
Seeing that my parents were pleased with the answers I gave, RD and I went up to my room. When I opened up the door to my room, Rainbow looked around the room and noticed the part of my wall that I had stored all of the My Little Pony merchandise I bought. Looking back at me, RD asked with a twinkle of amusement in her eye, "You seem to like this "show" that me and my friends come from don't you?"
"Well, uh... I..." I stammer as I try to hide the redness that is creeping onto my face. "Anyway, lets figure out where you can sleep." I look around the crowded floor trying to find the few foam pads I use when I go camping. "Can you help me find some foam pads I have?" I ask.
Dash, appearing to be glad that the attention was changed from the question, started looking around the room when she found the pads. "Are these what you are looking for?"
I turn around and say, "Yes thanks. Let me just clear some of this debris out of the way." I move my attention to making a spot on the ground. After I have cleared away a big enough area for me to lay down the pads. When this task is complete, RD and I sit on the bed. We just stay silent for a little until RD grabs the remote control off my side table and turns on the TV. To my dismay, it was last on the HUB channel and the show happened to be on.
"So this is what you meant, huh?" Rainbow asks turning her head to me slightly. "I really thought you were making it up." She turns her attention back to the TV screen when she notices something. During the show, Spike was calling out for Twilight in the Library and the whole place is a mess. "I wonder what happened there? You know, after my friends and I got teleported out of our world and into this one?" RD asks in a soft voice.
I lay back on the bed and think for a little before replying, "I honestly cannot tell you Rainbow Dash, I wish I could but I just have no idea."
Rainbow Dash turns around and looks me in the eyes and says excitedly, "Will you help me look for my friends? And will you help me find a way back to our world?"
I look back at her, her eyes pleading me to say yes, so I told her, "Yes, I will help you find your friends and a way back to your world. That is a promise, and I do not plan on making promises that I cannot keep." For the rest of the day we sat there on the bed and I told RD stories about how I came to learn about the show, favorite moments and etc. When night came, I let her have the bed and I slept on the floor.