//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Portals Are Sometimes Fun // by Delta //------------------------------// We all started to venture towards Ponyville. I just couldn't believe that I lost all of that I owned and loved back on Earth. My friends, my family, and the people I hated. If someone had told me one day, I would be sent to a world filled with ponies, I would've thought he was crazy. But now I'm here, a new home, with new friends, in a new town, on a new world, with a new life. And now that I realize it, I would've died if Pinkie hadn't shot that Portal. Nathan must feel really bad about all of this. I hope I can figure out a way to tell him I forgive him. Twilight broke the moment of silence, "Hey, Justin. What was that dangly, item sticking out of your pocket?" I looked at her with a little bit of confusion. Then, I realized what she was talking about. I reached into my front right pocket and pulled out my MP4. "You mean this?" She nodded. "This is a MP4. It holds music on it and you can listen to music on the go." I chuckled a bit at what I said, because I sounded like a Salesman. "Hopefully, I can charge it on this planet." "Do you have anything else in your other pockets?" Rainbow Dash asked as she was flying right next to me above my head. I reached into my left pocket and pulled out my phone. "This object is called a 'phone'" I showed them the object. "What you can do on it, is call other people by typing in a series of numbers and the person with that number will answer their phone, and we can talk through the devices." I informed them. I took a look at it myself to see if I had a signal. "But without a signal, It's completely useless. Do any of you girls want it?" I asked them, pointing the phone at each individual pony. "Ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh. I do! I do!" Rainbow Dash shouted. I handed it to here. She could barely hold onto it with her hooves. I laughed every time she dropped it. I then checked both of my back pockets. Only my right back pocket held something. It was my wallet. "This, girls, is called a 'wallet'" I opened it up to show them the contents. "This is where you put your money. Here's where your I.D. goes. Here's where you put your credit cards. And here's where you put other objects, like pictu-" I abruptly stopped talking and pulled out a picture. It was a group photo of me and my friends. I just stared at it for 2 minutes. A tear formed in my eye.Rarity interrupted my gaze. "Uh, darling, what is it?" "Oh, uh," I whipped the tear away from my eye. "This is a group photo of me and my friends." I held It down a bit, so they can all see it. I was sitting on the ground, with my legs crossed, hair a little over my face. Brandon was on my left, knelt down hand on my shoulder. Same with Savannah, but on my right. Nathan and Joey stood over us, both hands in the air showing off the rock n' roll hand gesture. "That bit of a chubby fella, he's Nathan. The bald one next to him is Joey. The one on my left, his name is Brandon. And on my right, her name is Savannah." Another tear formed in my eye at the thought of never getting to see my best friends again. "It's okay, dear. You have us." Rarity said, trying to cheer me up. "At least we're better than nothing, right?" "Yeah, you're right. I didn't mean to make any of you feel bad. I mean, you're taking me in in my time of need. I shouldn't be making any of you feel bad. Here, Rarity, you can have this." I handed her my dollar bills and coins to her. "I guess the currency here is completely different, since we're on a different planet." Her eyes grew big at the site of me giving her my money. "Oh, Justin, I can't take this from you." "Yes you can. I was a bad friend for making you feel bad, so I'm giving my money to you. You could probably put it on a dress or frame it somewhere in you're boutique." I opened up the bag she was carrying on her back and put the money in it. "Thank you, Justin. I shall frame it somewhere in my boutique, for you." We finally reached Ponyville, and the moon was fully overhead. The town was empty. I guess it was because it was a little late in the night. "So, Twilight, which house is yours?" We walked up to a giant, hollowed out tree. "I'm guessing this is it, huh?" She nodded and opened the door. She motioned me to come in. I had t crouch a little to fit in the doorway. We all said our goodbyes, and the other girls made their way towards their own homes. I looked at a clock, suspended on the wall, telling me it was 8:00 P.M. "Spike! Come here please." At that, a short lizard-like creature walked down the stairs towards us. "Yes, Twiligh-" He stopped talking and stared directly at me. "Who's your friend." "Hi there, Spike, my name is Justin. I'm gonna be staying here for awhile. I came from another planet, because of Pinkie shooting a Portal, with which I fell through and ended up here. Forever." Spike walked over to me to get a better look at me. He's just barely above my femur. His spines on his head reach up past my stomach. "Well, it's great to meet you Justin. I'm a dragon." "That's cool. Hey, Twilight. Do you have a shower? I smell like shit, right now." "Yeah, It's through that door and to your left down the hall." She pointed to a door, on our left, inside her circular library. "Thanks." I walked towards the door and behind it was a kitchen. I looked to my left and sure enough, there was a hallway. I walked down it and found two doors. I opened the one on the left and their was a washer and a dryer. "Oops, wrong door." I closed the door and walked into the bathroom. I pulled out a towel and laid it out. I turned on the water and stripped myself down. I washed my hair and my body. It's a good thing they have rags here. I turned off the water and stepped onto the towel and dried myself off. I put my clothes back on and grabbed the wet rag and towel and walked out of the bathroom. Twilight and Spike were in the kitchen cooking some dinner. "Twilight, where do you want me to put the wet towel and rag." "Oh, just throw them into the laundry room. I will pick them up tomorrow." I walked back down towards the laundry room and threw the wet cloths onto the floor. "What are we eating tonight?" "Salad." She said with a smile. I don't really like salad, but I might as well eat it. The table was low and their weren't any chairs either. Their were only cushions on the floor. I sat on the one across from Twilight. Spike came over and set the bowls down in front of us and sat on the cushion to my left. "So, Justin. Do you want to tell me a little about yourself?" I told him basically what I told the girls. "Aaaand that's basically why I mostly hate a lot of people at my school. Now you tell me about yourself." "Okay, well, I'm a dragon. I'm 9 years old and I love to eat gems, I love to sleep, and I love Rar-" He quickly put a hand over his mouth as to not tell me what he loves. "Hehe, you love Rarity, don't you?" "Please, please, please, don't tell her or anyone else," he begged me with pleading eyes of mercy. "Don't worry, bro, I won't tell her. Now, you were informing me about yourself." "Thank you, anyways, I basically work here with Twilight as her assistant. And she is also like my mom or my big sister." He smiled towards Twilight and she smiled back. Ugh how I miss my mom and big sister. "I don't really care for music and I hate books and being woken up from my naps." At that, we all finished our salads. I took their bowls and set them into the sink. After that, I made a big yawn. "This has been a very eventful and tiring day." I said as we walked out of the kitchen. "Where am I gonna sleep?" Twilight then stopped for a few seconds then slapped her face. "I completely forgot I only have one bedroom and one bed." I walked over to the wall, across from the doorway of the kitchen, took off my jacket, balled it up, and set it on the floor. I laid down on it and faced the wall. "Ah well, goodnight." "No, Justin. You can sleep in the bed with me," she said. I sat up and looked at her. "Um,no. I'm fine right here." "Justin, it's hard and dirty and-" "No, it's not. I slept on floors before. I'm not gonna sleep in a bed with you. It will make me feel uncomfortable." I said sternly. "But I-" "No! Look, watch this" I pulled out my MP4 and turned it on. The song So Frail by Mirrorthrone started to play. She heard the deafening scream that started off the song and watched me lay down. She lifted my right earphone and spoke, "At least let me go get you a blanket." I nodded and she went upstairs to her room, and got a blanket out from her linen closet. She placed it softly on me. I was already asleep before she had gotten me the blanket. "Good night, Justin." She then walked back upstairs and went to sleep.