I decided not to think too deeply into what Luna said in her sleep. Probably just rambling nonsense anyway. After all she is a princess, I’m just the guy she happened to (literally) run into in the park, nothing more. The next day however, came with the resounding sound of a loud banging at my door. Groggily I opened my eyes to see that the clock had barely moved, 06:00 sharp. God had already decided that today was going to be fun for him at my expense… again. I stumbled to the door, not caring who the hell was there, whether it be Kate Upton or Lucifer himself, I really could care less. I opened the door, thousand mile stare along with it. I wanted to see who the hell wanted to bother me now, but when a massive splash of ice cold water met my face head on I knew exactly who it was.
“Aedan!” Gordon said embracing me, “Been WAY too long!”
“I’d say the same.” I said with a smile, “Still carry that crowbar?”
“Never know when a zombie apocalypse is gonna happen.” He replied releasing me so he could finally get a good look at me, “Damn…” he said looking me up and down, “Kinda glad I hit ya with a super soaker, you look like you’ve been through hell.”
“I was up very late last night…” I said balancing myself against the door frame as I whipped the water off my face, “Kinda got a bit on my plate… why the hell are you here so damn early?”
“I thought you were the morning person…” Gordon said, “And Senator Green’s flight came in five hours early… now I’ve got a question for you. You call me asking me to make someone appear out of thin air and when I ask you why you tell me to meet you at your apartment… what’s this about Aedan? Nearly forty thousand taxpayer dollars where dumped in this little excursion. I hope it was worth it.”
At that moment I heard Luna ‘changing’ in the bedroom. “I hope so too… Come in,” I said stepping aside for him, “We should get started.”
“If you say so Aedan…” Gordon said throwing his coat on my hanger, “I really don’t know what’s so important that you-“
Gordon froze the second he saw the perfectly built woman standing in the bedroom door way, desperately trying to clasp her bra on. “Aedan…” Luna whined, “I really need some help right now.”
“Coming Luna.” I said walking past my dumbstruck friend. “What did I say about learning to strap these things?”
“I’m trying Aedan,” she pouted, “but I lack eyes in the back of my head.”
“You’ll get used to it…” I said clasping the straps together, “By the way…” I turned her to face the still drooling man at the door, “This is my friend… Gordon Freeman.”
“Ah Mr. Freeman.” Luna said with a smile walking up to him, “I’m Luna; it’s a pleasure to finally be aquatinted.”
If Gordon wasn’t so busy staring at the rest of her he’d noticed that Luna had extended her hand. The two stood there long enough for it to even start getting awkward for me, and that’s saying a lot given the past five or so days. I stepped between the two, momentarily breaking Gordon’s trance.
“Luna.” I said, “Why don’t you get some of your clothes on, Gordon isn’t used to seeing you like this.”
“Oh, I’m sorry Aedan.” Luna said turning slightly red, “I forgot… I’m gust used to wearing this or less around you.”
“Just get on a shirt and some pants.” I said, “It’ll give Gordon and I some time to talk.”
“I shall Aedan.” Luna said walking back to the bedroom, “I’ll return momentarily.”
“We’ll be here.” I replied watching her close the door behind her.
I turned my attention back to Gordon; he was still staring in the general direction that Luna went off to. I only thought stuff like that happened in cartoons, kids cartoons, but I could always count on good ol’ Gordon to prove me wrong. I waved my hand in front of his face, no response. Then I punched his shoulder, at least he responded to that, but his response was not really what I wanted.
He rose a fist and presented me with it. “Aedan…” he said, “You’ve got to give me a fist bump for that…”
“It’s not like that Gordon…” I said covering my face, “She’s a friend and she needs my help.”
“And that’s why you have possibly the hottest woman I’ve EVER seen walking around in nothing but panties in you apartment?” he said patting my back, “I’d love it if she needed MY help right about now.”
“I’m sure your opinion would change if you knew the full situation Gordon…” I said looking to the door myself.
“Why’s that?” he asked, “If you ask me you have a world class hottie living with you and-“
“She technically doesn’t exist…” I interrupted.
“What?”
“She isn’t supposed to be here… well she’s not supposed to be in our world.”
“She sure as hell looks like she belongs to me…” Gordon said scratching his head, “Why would you say something like that?”
“Well Gordon…” I said looking off, “this might come off as a bit strange to you… but have you heard about the ‘My Little Pony’ show?”
“Yeah.” He replied to my surprise.
“Really?”
“Yeah I love that freaking show, been watching it for nearly a year and a half now.”
Well, Gordon’s a brony, this’ll be easier than I thought it was gonna be. “Well Gordon, who’s your favorite character in the show?”
“Probably Twilight, she’s got the cute/smart vibe, as for non-main characters, I’d say Sweetie Belle or Princess Luna.”
“What if I told you…” I said doing the best Morpheus impersonation anybody’s ever heard “That one of those characters traveled to our world.”
“I’d probably tell you that you’re crazy.” Gordon said, “There’s only one way they could do that, but that’s a theory so far out there that-“
“I’m ready!” Luna said popping out of the bedroom and gaining both our attention. She was wearing a white button up blouse, probably not the best choice given the fact her bra was deep purple, and a pair of form-fitting khaki pants. “How do I look?”
“Stunning…” Gordon said pulling his jaw off the ground, “What were you talking about again?”
“Ponies in our world…” I said rolling my eyes.
“Oh right…” he said, “That would be something, but then the Multiverse theory would have to be true.”
“Multiverse theory?”
“Yeah… the multiverse… the concept is that once something is imagined a separate universe is created with those characters inside it.”
“So things like Halo, Superman and Lord of the Rings, could technically be one hundred percent real?”
“Exactly, but the concept behind it is way too farfetched…” Gordon said whipping the fog off his glasses, “I’m sure you understand how ridiculous that idea is.”
“Gordon…” I said, “what you just said… the multiverse thing… it’s real.”
“Somehow I doubt that you have no proof.”
“You see her.” I said pointing to Luna, “That’s Princess Luna from your pony show.”
Gordon froze for a second, looked to me than to Luna then back to me. “You’re kidding… You’re kidding right?”
“I’m not…” I replied seriously, “Luna… show him.”
“Are… are you sure?” she asked.
“I trust him more than anyone else we’ve met Luna, I promise it will be ok.”
“Very well Aedan…” Luna said as her eyes began to glow, “I trust you.”
Gordon watched in pure disbelief as a bright blue sphere enveloped Luna, only showing a shadow in the middle, slowly taking the shape of something completely different. When the ball finally faded it revealed the dark blue pony I had come to know in the past few days. Gordon remained frozen, he was going through the exact same thing I’d gone through on Saturday.
“Is… he ok?” Luna asked me shaking off her clothes.
“I just think he’s a little shocked…” I said smiling, “Well Gordon… do you believe me now?”
“P-P-Prince…” he said pointing at her and trembling, “P-P-Princess… Princess Luna…” and with that my overly macho best friend fainted onto the hardwood floor of my kitchen.
“Well... Shit…” I said looking to the now limp body, “That didn’t work out like I wanted it to…”
“Is… is he dead?” Luna asked worried, “oh Celestia I KILLED someone!”
“He’s not dead…” I said grabbing him, “He’s just knocked out, all he needs is some rest…”
I was right about that, all Gordon needed was a little rest, nearly five hours of it, but rest none the less.
“Ow…” he said rubbing his head, “What… what happened?”
“You fainted after Luna showed you that she’s a pony.”
“Yeah right that was just a-“ Gordon froze the moment he saw Luna again, she was standing right next to me, with a look of worry only a pony could pull off.
“Are you alright Mr. Freeman?” she asked, “I’m sorry I frightened you like that I hope we didn’t start off on the wrong hoof…”
And once again Gordon fainted. I covered my face and slowly drug my hand downward. “Please go back to human form…” I grumbled, “Or else this will last forever…”
“I think that’s a good idea too…” Luna replied with a smile, “I’m sure that if this cycle continues he’ll fall into coma before long.”
“Just turn back into a human…” I said fighting a smile, “Please…”
This time we didn’t have to wait as long, only thirty minutes, but that didn’t matter I was still going to remind him about this at every given opportunity. “What… just happened?” he asked sitting up.
“You saw a pony from the television show you love and decided to faint the moment you saw her.” I said with a raised eyebrow. "Twice..."
“What time is it?”
“Quarter past eleven…” I replied, “You’ve been out for nearly six hours.”
“I’m so sorry about that Mr. Freeman…” Luna said apologetically “I never meant frighten you…”
“Aedan…” Gordon said pulling me close to him, “would you be so kind as to explain to me what the HELL is going on?!”
“With pleasure…” I said gently prying his hand off my shirt, “but you’ll need to calm down and let me start from the beginning.”
“Alright I’m calm…” Gordon said looking to Luna, “Now start explaining…”
It took me nearly two hours but Luna and I had pretty much gotten everything that needed to be ‘said’ said. From running into each other, the most awkward day of my life, Wal Mart, even Mr. King, I left out Jamie and Luna’s little subconscious speech though, had to focus on the major matter anyway. After we were done, Gordon just stared at us blankly, as if his brain had turned to mush. Luna and I looked to one another then back to him, still no response.
“I guess it’s a lot to take in…” I said shrugging my shoulders, “We could get something to-“
“This…” Gordon said looking at the two of us, “This is huge… bigger than anything that anyone has ever done… I… I don’t know how but she’s here… the real Princess Luna… is in your apartment… and she is so freaking hot… God she’s hot…”
“I think I get it…” I said placing my hands on his shoulders, “You have a slight infatuation with Luna… but right now I need you to focus on me.”
“Yeah you’ve got my attention.” He said completely ignoring me, I could feel his stare making Luna uncomfortable. So I punched him as hard as I could in the shoulder. “Good God Aedan!” he said reaching towards the pain “The hell was that for?”
“Pay attention to me Jackass…” I growled, “I’ve gotta go back to work, but I can’t leave Luna here all by herself as long as Mr. King still runs this place.”
“You really care about her…” Gordon said smiling “Don’t you?”
“I promised to keep her safe, and if I’m not here but Mr. King is… I won’t be doing my self-appointed duty.”
“So what do you need me for?”
“Luna doesn’t exist in this part of the multiverse right?”
“Only as a child’s television cartoon character…”
“But not among us.”
“Right.”
“I need you to make her…” I said, “I want you to make her exist in our world as one of us.”
“You know what you’re asking right?”
“I’m asking you to make someone show up out of thin air.” I answered, “So… can you do it or not?”
“Well I can…” Gordon said, “but making a person just appear in all government data bases is a lot more difficult than removing them, not to mention I’d have to go back however many years to make it all happen.”
“But it can be done?”
“Yes.”
“Then let’s get started.”
“Why does it need to be so detailed?” Luna asked, “Can’t I just-“
“One slip up in a fake identity could land you in a federal prison for a very long time Luna…” Gordon said reaching for his briefcase, “And I’m pretty sure none of us want that.”
The briefcase clicked open, revealing a massive amount of gadgets and gizmos that I’m sure us regular folks wouldn’t know existed until twenty years from now. Gordon looked to the both of us and with the small click of a button his computer spring to life.
“Now…” he said with a smile, “Where would the radiant night princess like to be born?”