Chapter 5: The Truth Revealed
Tony put down his pen, thinking to himself. Who do I think I am, anyway? I'm not fooling anyone with all this except myself. No matter how much I want to be, I know I will never be Tyro. I will never have a fictional character come out of a portal needing my help to get home, and I will certainly never get to go to Equestria. So who do I think I'm kidding with all of this? Just because it happens in a story doesn't mean it can be real. Not even if the story itself says it can be. When all is said and done, it's just a story, and nothing more. A fantasy, a wish.
This is reality, though. There is no magic in the real world, and there are no talking ponies, either. By writing a story about my own desire fulfilled, did I really think that could make it happen in the real world?
I will never have the chance that Tyro had, because Tyro was never real. Neither is Twilight Sparkle, and at some level I'm going to have to accept that. This is the real world, and things like that don't happen here.
Silently, Tony rose from the bench at the park. It was his favoite place to write, because it was filled with happiness and cheer by to children who played there. But now, it only seemed to be taunting him, reminding him that he could never have the happiness he wanted more than anything. He walked quickly down the path to leave the too-cheerful atmosphere, never once looking back.
And so he never saw the slight shimmer in the air near the bench.