[Act 2] ( Thanks to Champ11 for helping me with the medical procedures, he basically corrected some errors i made, thank him when you get the chance!)

Today was a crazy day; hell…i don't even think any of this was real, but somehow my daily criteria managed to shift in only twenty four hours: First, I managed to confront my parents. Second, school was not all that bad, no one to bully me or to make fun of me which was surprising. Third, I somehow got invited to a party. Finally, at the end of the night, my mind decides to play tricks on me.

I don't know what kind of drugs Madison's parents decided to put in that fruit punch at the party, but my conscience told me that in front of me was a familiar Cyan-Colored pony named Rainbow Dash. If any remnants of my masculinity told me to squeal like a fan girl in the presence of my favorite pony, I honestly would have.

However, there was no way in a thousand years that Rainbow Dash could just suddenly appear out of nowhere. Even if she COULD be here right now in front of me, why would she end up with me of all people? I passed this on as a dream, this had to be a dream, because there was like a 0.0000000001% chance she could ever meet me; I had a better chance of marrying my own computer on mars on a unicycle with no suit on!

I nodded to myself "Some dream I'm having, I'm probably still in the clinic at school after getting beaten up by Lewis".

However, why did it feel so real? Dreams are usually random and don't really make much sense, but maybe I am right and I'm either in my own version of Heaven or I'm in a coma. I actually pinched myself a few times; two actions confirmed that this was real. First, I felt pain. Second, I had the judgment to actually pinch myself, so this could not have been a dream after all.

Honestly I didn't care anymore

If I was in Heaven

Or in a coma

It did not matter to me at all

My dream came true

Just now, the pony had used up all of her energy reserves and lost conscious of everything around her. Rainbow Dash shut her eyes quickly as I stood there, speechless…not knowing what to say. I observed her body for a little bit, her mane and tail were unsaturated by rain and dirt. Her fur was light gray instead of a pure cyan color she had from the show. Bruises and cuts that did not seem to originate from the dogs' onslaught appeared all over her body. She was in a critical condition; all of her injuries could get infected if she did not receive proper care.

Her bleeding did not stop, so I knew if she didn't receive medical attention inside, Rainbow Dash would not make it.

I knelled down before the unconscious pony and I took off my jacket to lay it over her body. I wrapped the small jacket around the pony and I picked her up with all my strength, it was not easy at first because she was heavier than I had expected.

Rainbow Dash was about three to four feet tall which surprised me because I had imagined the ponies to be a little taller than that. She was quite smaller than I had expected her to be, she was about the size of a common Labrador. There was no way she could have fought off those dogs by herself, it was a good thing I intervened when I had the chance otherwise Rainbow Dash would have been dead by now.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps down the alleyway; it appeared to be Madison and another person. Shit…how was I going to explain this to Madison and Alex let alone my family? They obviously would not keep this a secret, but I had to take RD somewhere safe, but my house was too far from here, so that was not a choice, I could not stuff her inside my car…what would my foster parents say if they saw a blue pony with wings inside the car? By the time I would get to my house, she would already be dead!

The sound of footsteps got closer to me, I ran with the unconscious Rainbow Dash, still in my arms, toward a wall adjacent to the Bistro's back doors. There, I hid from curious eyes until I could find a way to get help for Rainbow Dash. I guess you could say I was being ignorant because that was exactly how I was acting.

"Chris? Where are you, and where's the woman, is she okay?"

"Jesus…what happened here?" A young teen observed the bloody trails and pipe that only lead to a dead end; Madison turned toward the young boy "Help me find Chris…maybe he's hurt"

Madison and the person, that I presumed to be with her as Alex, walked just inches away from me; sweat began to trail down my forehead. If they found out they would probably tell the others, and Rainbow Dash would be taken away to be locked in a cage somewhere in area 51 or some shit like that. Such a thought made me take deep breaths. I prayed, hoping that they would not find out where I was. I didn't want this to end so suddenly…

"Mad, is this one of your pranks again? If it is, good joke..."

"No, Chris and I heard a woman yell and she was being chased down the alleyway, I swear!"

Alex simply walked away and sighed, "We shouldn't get involved in whatever happened back here, we could get in big trouble."

"What about Chris?"

Alex turned back toward Madison with an annoyed look on his face, "Maybe he's back at the party…alone…just like he wants to be..."

"Could it be possible that something happened to him?"

Alex went towards Madison, anger in his voice. He swung his left arm, "Who cares? We gave Chris a chance to be friends with him, but he acted like an asshole with us…I thought that dance would soften him up a little, but he instead left the party to God knows where"

Madison cringed at this

Madison stood there quietly, Alex walked away until he heard the voice of his friend, "He's just afraid of changing…he needs time to adjust to everything around him…why can't you accept that!"

Alex just stood there

Madison softly said, "He's not an asshole, he's just misunderstood"

Alex turned around, "You need to forget about Chris, if he wants to be alone for the rest of his life, let him be alone"

Alex entered the Bistro through the back door, where he rejoined the climax of the party, Madison just stood there…unsure of what her morals were telling her now. Maybe Alex was right; maybe Chris would never be like any of them. Apparently, Alex was telling the true, after rejecting her conversation back at the balcony…maybe Alex was right all this time.

I didn't want to be alone…not anymore...it was wrong of me to turn away Madison after she tried to help me. It made me think about Rainbow Dash…I was being selfish.

I needed Madison's help or else Rainbow Dash would die from her wounds. I was going to hate myself for doing this, but I had no choice.

I stepped out of the wall toward Madison, she was slightly teary eyed and it was combined with droplets of hard rain. I softly tapped her on the shoulder. She turned her head to see my expression which was full of regret.

"Did…did you hear all that?" She asked

I slowly nodded, "yes, but Alex is wrong, I don't want to be alone anymore…I'm sorry for what I did back there…I really am"

Madison's pupils focused on the brown jacket, she noticed Rainbow colored hair that poked out of Chris's wet jacket and a rather long tail that ran down the opposite end of it; she curiously went toward it, "What is that?" I squelched in response when she attempted to reveal Rainbow Dash. I backed away slowly with the unconscious pony.

"Listen…will you promise not to tell anyone?"

She raised an eyebrow, "Chris…what is going on, and what's that thing in your jacket?"

"Do you promise…yes or no!" I psychologically slapped myself, I didn't mean to shout at Madison, but I needed her full cooperation to save Rainbow.

Madison flinched, "Yes! I won't tell anybody, I promise!"

"Alright…"

I slowly unraveled the jacket, the Rainbow-Colored mane got longer until Madison could depict blue fur and hooves. Madison's eyes widened to the sight unveiling before her; I prayed to God that she would not run away in a panic after seeing Rainbow Dash. Madison tried to form simple words, but her body trembled in surprise. In front of her was a Cyan-Colored Pegasus pony.

"Is…is…that"

I nodded

"She was the one yelling for help in the alleyway; I saved her from the dogs" I explained.

Madison extended her hand and brushed Rainbow Dash's mane, "She's…beautiful"

I moved Rainbow Dash away from the somewhat inquisitive Madison; she appeared to snap out of her trance for a moment, enough to listen to my pleas.

"Listen Madison, she needs our help…or she isn't going to make it" I said softly

Madison simply stood there, unable to form other words. She examined the cuts, bruises and torn flesh from the injured pony.

"Those dogs…THEY did that to her!"

….

…..

"Madison, please listen" I asked again

Madison got silent all of a sudden

I rolled my eyes, I grabbed Madison's arm to get her attention. I had a sort of demanding accent in my voice.

"Madison, we need to help her now, please or else she will die!"

Madison wobbled her head a few times, she was out of her trance once again and simply said, "Follow me…"

Madison guided me through the second back door that leads into the kitchen and it was a route we could use to circumvent the party that was going on in the bistro; most of the food products that were made for the party had already been depleted by the party members. Half of the party members that were here in the bistro were gone by now which meant the party would end soon, so we didn't have much time left to care for Rainbow Dash's injuries. The smell of meat and other various traces of food products contaminated the air. Through the kitchen was a small hallway that served as a liaison from the kitchen towards the house upstairs. Down the same hallway was a brown door, the same one Madison and I went through to get to her room. Madison instructed me to lay low while she checked to see if any unnecessary eyes came creeping around; After Madison gave the all clear for me to move towards her, I began walking to her while keeping my head low just in case no one would be able to see me through the kitchen window because of the several "Curious" guests that were hanging out near the window. Madison opened the brown door and guided me upstairs to her room once again. We passed by all the rooms across the hallway and finally made it to her beige door once again. Madison allowed me to enter the room first with the unconscious pony. Unfortunately, Rainbow Dash was leaving a trail of blood and rain water behind as I carried her, and even my hands were soaked in the pony's blood. I looked back and noticed the trails of blood that were left over…shit.

Madison went toward her windows and she shut the blinds so no one would see us with the Pegasus; I laid Rainbow Dash on the Palina Chocolate Brown mattress and waited. The amount of blood on the floor was ridiculous at this point; if we didn't clean up all this blood we would be in serious trouble.

"Uhh…Madison, what are we going to do about all this blood?"

Madison heard this and went to her closet and took out several paper towels and then walked towards me, "Please make sure every bit of blood is gone" She instructed

I obliged and went off to work; I started with the floor in her room, then down the hallway, then the stairs, and finally the kitchen. I got to tell you…cleaning oil is one thing, but cleaning blood takes forever. I had to keep rubbing the same floor twice to get the job done. It was really frustrating considering it was everywhere. Thankfully, I cleaned up all the blood with good effort in less than twenty minutes. I then took all of the blood soaked paper towels and dumped them outside the Bistro where the trash cans were. Maybe that was not a smart thing to do, but I didn't care right now. Anyway, I walked back to Madison's apartment. After I entered her room, Madison locked it tightly so no one would get in.

"Did you clean everything?" She asked

I gestured the floor and nodded

"Alright, now we need to deal with those injuries" Madison said as she went toward her bathroom

"You mean you didn't do it while I was cleaning!" I retorted

"Calm down, I can't seem to find any…my parents like to misplace my stuff a lot while I'm at school. I don't know why"

I sighed

I sat down on the bed next to Rainbow Dash. I barely heard Rainbow's breaths, and her bleeding stained my jacket. At least my jacket prevented staining for the bed. I didn't want Madison's bed to be covered in blood after all.

Madison suddenly gasped

"I remember where I had it now!" Madison went under her bed and took out a large first aid kit.

I wiped sweat off my forehead in relief

"Sorry about that, my family and I have a thing for misplacing things"

Madison placed the kit on the bed and opened it; I looked in amazement at how many things were inside it.

The first aid kit contained supplies which included: alcohol, packets of aspirin, a blanket, a breathing meter, five roller bandages, antiseptic wipe packets, cleaning cloth and other disinfectants. Madison set the supplies adjacent to the pony and took out a red piece of paper from the kit.

"There, that should be enough "She said sarcastically.

She handed the instructions to me

I read the instructions on deep cuts and wounds in the instruction manual.

"Go ahead and read it" Madison commanded

I nodded

(1. Take a bandage or dressing and hold at injury sight, and elevate the extremity.)

I raised an eyebrow

"Elevate extremity?" I asked

"They mean to raise the injury above the heart, so that the blood flow slows down as a result" Madison explained

Madison took out a large white bandage from the kit and examined Rainbow Dash's left hind leg which was where most of the bleeding originated from. It was a large bite mark that had several holes filled with blood in them, and there was nothing to hold back the intense bleeding. Rainbow Dash's cutie mark was just above the injury, so it survived the onslaught indefinitely.

Madison applied disinfectants first and then the aspirin to kill off any infections and prevent any superfluous pain that could have spread all over Rainbow's body. Then she placed Rainbow's leg above her torso so blood would flow back to the rest of the body and prevent clogging. Finally, she applied the white bandage over the wound, using the entire package to seal it off. However, blood seemed to stain through the bandage anyways, so this freaked me out.

"She's still bleeding!" I panicked

"Calm down, it happens. We just need to apply more first aid. Just keep reading" Madison reassured

I controlled my breathing again and continued.

(2. Next…apply...another…bandage roll over…the…first bandage to...keep…pressure on the wound.)

Madison put a hand on my shoulder, "Calm down, Chris…she'll be alright"

Madison set the bandage on the blood stained cloth.

"How did you know about this?" I asked

"It happens all the time when Alex and I go camping together with his family, someone always gets hurt. Basic knowledge of first aid and basic survival skills" She winked

"I see..."

Madison applied the second bandage with impeccable speed and accuracy. This time, the bleeding stopped indefinitely, so I was relieved.

Afterwards, Madison went on to the bleeding on Rainbow Dash's right forearm which sustained less damage and bleeding than her leg, but still had the possibility of a deadly infection. It also needed attention from all the dirt and bacteria that could have been on the injury. Madison also found a large wound on Rainbow's left abdomen. She handed me some bandages and disinfectants and said, "Could you apply these to her abdomen while I fix her arm up" Madison demanded

"Alright"

As carefully as I could, I unrolled the bandage and softly lifted Rainbow's body, so I could apply the cleaning cloth to remove any dirt on her wound and apply disinfectants. Then I applied the bandage around her torso, I rolled the bandage around her abdomen until the entire package was used. It was kind of hard but I could say I did a great job. I inspected my work, no bleeding continued from her left side with the large bandage around her abdomen.

Madison finished up with Rainbow Dash's forearm and some other areas that had cuts and bruises, but found yet another damaged area…the pony's wings.

Rainbow Dash's left wing was broken; this meant that she was unable to fly due to the fractured bones in the humerus section of her wing. This reminded me of an episode I recently watched, the episode was called Read It and Weep. In the episode, Rainbow Dash injured her wing during a stunt and later learns to appreciate the joys of reading. However, I noticed only this time…it was her left wing, not her right wing from the show that was injured.

"I uhh…don't know much about wings" Madison frowned.

"Don't you usually need a surgeon to like…place the bones back together or something?" I asked

"Pretty much…" Madison said as she inspected the wing

"Oh shit…" I thought to myself, her broken wing most likely needed surgery to get it working again. However, how would we explain to a surgeon that we found a cyan colored pony with broken wings from a cartoon show in an alleyway?

"You can't like…force it back a little?" I asked

"I could risk breaking it even more if I do that; maybe it will heal by itself eventually…" Madison said

Then Madison thought about something, she went back into the bathroom and brought back a splint for the broken bone for Rainbow Dash

"Alright! nice!" I shouted

Madison applied the splint on the broken wing, so that it would become immobilized and would not risk getting worse.

The last finishing touches was to set her in a correct position on the bed to sleep, then Madison sat down on her couch and waited. I still had blood on my hands, so I went into the bathroom to clean up. When I was done cleaning my hands, I sat down next to Madison and also waited for a response from the Pegasus. We both prayed, hoping that all of our hard work was not in vain…hopefully Rainbow Dash would not die from blood loss.

As time dragged on, the vociferous sounds of party goers had dimmed down to only small conversations, I checked the time on my watch…12:32 am. I knew I had to leave soon, but I didn't want to leave. I wanted to make sure Rainbow Dash would be alright after all of this. Soon enough though…Madison's parents knocked on the door

"Mad, is Christopher in there with you?"

Madison gasped

"What are we going to do! If they find her in here, we are screwed." Madison said

I looked around; the only way to hide her without instigating more bleeding would be the bed sheets. We didn't have time to move her anywhere, I guess improvising this would have to be the solution to our problem.

Then, we heard the door knob unlock itself

As fast as we could, Madison and I set the bed sheets over Rainbow Dash and we set several pillows over the body to hide her presence even more; we sat adjacent to where the body was on the pillows. Both my parents and Madison's parents entered the room.

We tried to put on the best faces we could think of, but Madison and I could hardly contain our lie through expression, we had crooked smiles on our faces. I must say I had the most ridiculous face I have ever expressed in my life. Sweat softly ran down my sides, I steadied my breaths and reassured to myself that everything would be alright. I turned towards Madison; she was also in a similar condition like me.

Madison's father, Russo, noticed our somewhat silly faces and asked.

"What is going on here?"

All we could simply say…out of anything we could have thought of was, "Nothing" We both said with glee in our voices.

Our mouths seemed distorted by the lie we had made, it really reminded me of Applejack when she lied in Season 2 episode 1. I just had to chuckle softly when I saw Madison's face.

"What's wrong with the bed?"

"Oh! This? Hah! Nothing, we were just playing a new game we made up just now" Madison improvised, she waved her arms around while explaining.

Her father inspected the "game" and then raised an eyebrow, "That does not look like a very fun game at all to me" Russo told his daughter

"Pfft, what? Are you kidding dad?" Madison suddenly started jumping up and down the bed near the body. Oh God, what was she thinking!

"First I jump on the bed, and then Chris has to say a tongue twister 10 times. If he says everything perfectly we change positions"

Everyone just stood there, mouth gaped.

I was nudged by Madison to improvise; I was not very good at that sort of thing, but whatever.

"Uhh…yea…" Madison said awkwardly

"Say a tongue twister!" Madison whispered

"What's a tongue twister?" I asked

Madison nudged her forehead and stopped jumping, "Well, he's still a beginner because I made the game up"

"Right…" Russo said quietly

My foster farther suddenly walked toward me and said, "Christopher, it is time to go"

I sighed, "Can I stay for tonight please because I am having a lot of fun"

"No"

"Please…just for tonight!" I assured

"NO!" My father shouted across the room, everyone except my mother seemed to look frightened by my father's sudden outburst

"I have had enough of your anarchism, you and I are going to have a long talk about this tonight" My father grabbed my shirt and dragged me out of the room; my last glimpse was a concerned Madison and the Rainbow Dash I hoped to see when she wakes up.

As our family was walking towards the stairs, I heard a plea down the hallway. "Oh, let the kid stay George"

My father suddenly stopped, "You remember what I told you about this boy, Russo?" My father turned around to face the slightly older man down the hallway with fury in his eyes.

"He is to never leave my sight! Satan is always trying to assimilate into his mind and body, I will not allow it!" My father swung his right arm in a paranoia state. My mother comforted her husband, while I was a victim of being a little too close to the loud yells and sudden movements of my foster father.

"George how about a proposition, think about it?"

"No" My father said

Russo walked toward my father. He laid his arms on my father's shoulders, "I will take care of him if he needs any help, you can come pick him up first thing in the morning if you like" Russo said

Russo's wife, Marcella, looked at us with glee. "Certainty…we haven't had company with us for a while, let him stay for one night at least!"

Silence dominated the scenery of the apartment; my father looked at me with concerned eyes…I really hope that was not the same glare he was going to use before he would beat me up tonight.

With my father, there were five stages until he unleashed his fury on my frail body.

The first stage was his usual mood with me, the last was definitely beyond any mercy he could have had on me.

The list goes as follows:

Pissed

Really pissed

Very pissed

You better stop pissing him off soon!

Last and certainly least.

I warned you, kid. You're on your own now.

I was on number 5 for sure for all the shit I've done today; it seemed my only refuge would be Madison's room for the night until my father calmed his nerves which I really hoped he would soon. He took my hand once again and forced me to make eye contact with him, "Make no mistake child, we are not finished here"

He let me go with such a traumatic force that seemed to have a profound effect on the Madison family, how could a father abuse his child like this? Madison's parents have known my father for years. However, they seemed to have never seen him act like this before…they were seeing the true nature of my father…it was his true manifestation…a monster.

"Listen George, he'll be alright with us, make no mistake about it" Russo finished

My father simply took out a piece of cloth and cleaned away all the sweat from his aging forehead, my mother helped him walk down the stairs; Marcella got the door for them. I have never felt so much relief in my life from all that conflict, I hugged Russo's fat apron with glee.

"Thank you so much!" I said happily

"Stay out of trouble kid; I don't want your father acting up like that again in my house"

Marcella kneeled down before me and asked, "Why did he act so violent with you? Was it because of something you did or broke?"

I lowered my head, "I'd rather not talk about it"

"You can tell us anything. We have known your father for years and we have never seen you, so we don't know how you and him relate."

"He's not my real father" I simply said

"So he told us" Marcella finished

I looked back toward Madison, whom was eagerly awaiting my stay for the night. She slightly uncovered Rainbow Dash's sheets, so she could breath.

"Anyway, thank you guys" I hugged her parents once again before returning to madison. These people…were so different from my foster parents; they reminded me a lot of my biological parents. They hardly knew me at all, only for a day and yet they seem to care about me enough to have a sense of comfort for my feelings. It made me smile inside, but I could never truly smile on the outside. The last time I smiled was when I was a young boy, aged six before that fateful day of the car crash eight years ago. Today was truly the first day I felt a sense of happiness in my veins, this was totally new to me and it would be something I would gladly get used to from now on.

I looked at my watch again.

(2:35am)

Madison's parents were sound asleep. I couldn't sleep nor could Madison from all the eagerness to greet the Pegasus once she woke up. About an hour ago, Madison slipped into the same trance she had done when she first saw Rainbow Dash out on the street. Madison never took her eyes off the sleeping blue Pegasus for one second; she was truly amazed by the sheer animal. I wanted to ask Rainbow Dash so many things. There were things we, the fans, had already known from the show, but I wanted to ask Rainbow Dash about the feeling of flying and all the sorts of things that were included from the show. Madison seemed more curious than I was however, she didn't know anything about the show or its presence on the internet. She just kept staring at the pony, wondering where it came from…if any of this was happening right now. I didn't know if this was real, I really hoped it was…however something kept telling me that everything seemed to go my way after the incident at school, sort of like a good dream you have when you sleep. Was this really a dream? Was I ever going to wake up? I sure hope not.

I turned my head toward Madison and quietly said, "You're probably wondering who she is"

Madison kept staring at the creature while answering the question, "yea…why? Do you know who she is?"

"Yes. This might sound crazy, but she isn't from here at all"

Madison turned towards me with a somewhat sarcastic look on her face

"I kind of figured"

"She's from a show called My Little pony Friendship is Magic"

Madison tried not to laugh, "My Little Pony? As in the show for little girls…how would you know who she is?"

Madison suddenly gave the most mischievous expression so far, "YOU watch My Little Pony? Oh this is too good; you are the least person I would expect from to watch it"

"And why is that?" I asked her

"Well because…you're a guy"

"You'd be surprised how many guys watch the show and you would be more surprised how old they are"

"Really? Educate me"

I smiled

After a while, Madison seemed to catch interest in the topic because I decided to show her what the show really had to offer. It turns out one of her favorite shows was Foster's Home for imaginary friends, so I told her about Lauren Faust and her collaboration with the show and MLP. I showed Madison Equestria Daily including some information on Wikipedia and even some fanfics on . She was really interested and surprised that the show had this much popularity. I told her about bronie's role in all of this, she seemed to understand perfectly. Thank god she had a computer in her room; the battery life on my IPod was 12%.

She giggled after I explained to her about Rainbow Dash.

I explained how she was the fastest Pegasus in all of Equestria, how she was presumably the favorite of the mane 6. I told Madison everything about Rainbow Dash, and she seemed to go along with it pretty well.

She giggled as I explained, "You are very interesting, Chris" She said to me

"Thanks, you should really watch the show sometime…it's really good."

She nodded

"However, I don't think it's a good idea that we tell the REAL Rainbow Dash about all of this because she might not like it one bit"

"I see what you mean, but how are we going to explain how she got from Equinia to earth so suddenly"

"Equestria" I corrected her

"Whatever"

"Honestly…I don't know…I guess we will just ask her ourselves when she wakes up"

Madison yawned, "I can hardly keep my eyes open now…let's call it a night"

I checked Rainbow Dash's pulse, she was fine for now which made me sigh in relief. We turned off the lights and went to sleep. I of course, being the gentlemen, slept on the floor while Madison slept on the couch by herself.

…

…..

…..

Chris…

Who was calling my name?

Chris…wake up

Wake up? I am awake

Light suddenly shined into my face, I was greeted by a distorted face. It took a while to adjust to the light. When some of the blurriness cleared, it was not Madison's room I was looking at. In fact…this was not her house at all! Everything around me seemed much larger than I previously recognized it to be as. By now the blurriness cleared completely, and I was standing in a very familiar room. Toys were scattered everywhere, the walls were blue with paintings of clouds on them all over the room. I was resting on a small bed, fit for small children…

Wait…small children?

I looked at my body, my predictions were correct.

I was a small child

I was six years old, and from what I could remember…it was the year 2003 all over again.

The person I saw earlier had left the room; I presumed it was because their role was to wake me up for "school?"

This was obviously a dream, or even a flashback of my times as a young child. I walked all over the room, remembering everything I used to play with. I picked up a familiar object I immediately recognized as hot wheels. I used to love hot wheels so much; I also loved playing with helicopters and planes alike. I really had the inspiration to become a pilot, but it never happened.

The person returned and he kneeled down before me. I had immediately recognized his face, his expressions, everything. This person was my father, MY REAL FATHER.

"Say Chris, guess what day it is?"

I thought for a second, I looked at my calendar, March 12…

Today was…my birthday! Today was my 6th birthday all over again.

"My…birthday!" pain suddenly enveloped my ears, "Ow…"

I was not used to this higher pitched voice…it kind of irritated my ears.

"That's right! Let's get you in the Kitchen; everyone is waiting for you there!"

My father picked me up and took me out of my room; it was my old house…just like I remembered it. When we arrived in the kitchen, I saw the rest of my deceased family waiting for me: My mother, my younger sister, my slightly older sister, and my dog…how could I forget about my dog, Spot.

The cake was already set up on the table and was being lit by my mother; my father brought me to the chair and nudged me on the head.

"You ready to make a wish?" he said

All of them looked at me, the pain of seeing them all again pierced my soul...tears began to form in my eyes…this was a moment that was burned inside my mind and would never leave. I wanted to warn them about the car crash, but I didn't remember where or when it was supposed to happen. It was one of those dreams I never wanted to leave behind, being with my family once again.

I softly murmured to myself, "My wish came true already"

My father and mother noticed my tears and walked toward me, "Is something wrong Chris? You don't like the cake?" My mother asked

"Mom, Dad…is this real?" I had to ask them

They looked at me with confused expressions

Chris

?

Chris!

Who was that person yelling to me, it appeared to be my older sister?

Chris!

?

WAKE UP CHRIS!

Wake…

No…

No!

No! Please no!

Everything around me began to distort out of reality and things faded to black…my family disappeared right in front of me…the walls and inanimate objects twisted and turned until they were nothing but space and time.

I was alone again…in a black void…the same black void I was experiencing a few days ago…

"Oh God not this dream again…"

I looked around, but it was pitch black. I could not see anything.

As before…I heard flapping of wings beat out in the distance, I began to run away from the vociferous sounds that kept getting louder with every step I made. I kept running, not looking back…I stopped only to come across the cliff once again. The pebbles or rocks fell into the endless void of space and time, the flapping of wings got louder and louder…the sound of voices rang in my ears.

"Shit…not this again"

As before, I was pushed from the cliff and I began to fall endlessly into what I presumed to be "Hell"

Then everything went dark from there…

"Chris! Wake up!" A young female said quietly to me as she moved my body around.

I opened my eyes.

A familiar face was staring at me, Madison, "I think she's waking up"

I rubbed my eyes, I heard the bed twist and turn with noises that didn't stop.

I was fully awake now; I was back to reality…the reality that Rainbow Dash was here with me and Madison. I pressed on my forehead; I had a slight headache from that traumatic experience.

I checked my watch once again "7:12 am" I sighed

I turned my head and looked out the window; the blinds were just opened by Madison to allow some light in the dark room. It was still raining…no sunny day once again, but I didn't care…I was used to the rain anyways. Madison and I tried to keep the best posture possible while introducing ourselves to the Pegasus.

We heard the pony slightly yawn, excitement took over my emotions. This was truly the most exciting thing to ever happen to me in my life! I almost squealed with glee

The cyan colored pony brought her body upwards toward us, her eyes were still closed. Rainbow Dash rubbed her eye sockets.

"What a horrible dream…I was surrounded by dogs…and I was attacked…"

Madison just stood there, surprised as ever. It was a pony that was talking, something she thought would never happen. Chris was right, the Pegasus had the ability to speak and think like humans did, Madison was amazed to see this with her own pink eyes. Madison rubbed her eyes over and over again.

"This is real, isn't it?" Madison asked me
I nodded

Unfortunately, Rainbow Dash heard Madison's voice and she opened her Rose-Colored eyes.

Rainbow Dash gasped, "Who said that!"

A cold sweat fell from her forehead. Rainbow Dash tried to stand up, but she immediately recoiled in pain from all the injuries on her. The pony observed the scenery around her; it was unlike anything she had ever seen before. Moreover, she saw two strangers in front of her view.

I decided to speak first, "Hello, how are you feeling?"

Rainbow Dash looked at us in silence for a few seconds before erupting into a state of panic.

"Where am I! Who are you people and what do you want!" Rainbow squirmed on the bed sheets, trying to get out of the bed.

"Take it easy, or you'll end up hurting yourself" Madison said

"Please, let us expl…" I was interrupted

"I don't know what you monsters want, but I won't go down without a fight!" Rainbow Dash tried to move out of her bed in a fighting position, but ended up falling from the bed instead with the blankets falling with her. Rainow Dash found her way out of the larger blankets of cotton. I rushed to Rainbow's aid. However, as soon as I laid a hand on her to help, she kicked me in the face with her right hoof. It hurt like hell. I thought I lost my left cheek for a second there. I fell back in a thud and I yelled in pain.

"Leave me alone!" She shouted

I quickly regained my posture and I rubbed my cheek in pain. All the noise Rainbow Dash was making would surely wake up Madison's parents. Madison raised a finger and exhaled air toward it.

"Shhhh!"

"Be quiet please…we can't have you making noise in the house" Madison said

"I can make all the noise I want! You'll never take me alive!" Rainbow Dash yelled across the room

"Listen! We are just here to help you, we would never hurt you. In fact we were the ones that helped you get better last night!" I retorted

Rainbow Dash looked directly at me with a ferocious expression

"Nice lie, whatever you are, but I'm not listening to anything you have to say! I've seen what you creatures do to animals out there, so I am not about to be served on a platter to be eaten by some degenerate pack of animals!" Rainbow Dash tried to stand on her four hooves but fell down in pain.

What did she mean by that? I slapped my forehead in response, of course…she was a horse…her kind does not eat any sort of meat whatsoever.

"No, you don't understand…"

Rainbow Dash tried to stand up once again with her legs, but failed miserably. She examined herself, bandages covered almost all over her body. It was as if she was mummified alive or something.

"What did you do to me?" She recoiled

Rainbow Dash began to fiddle with her bandages, Madison ran over to Rainbow

"Stop! You'll only hurt yourself more by doing that!" Madison yelled

All the frustration in trying to make her understand boiled in my mind, I just had to shout to get her attention

I stopped my feet into the wooden floor, "RAINBOW DASH, LISTEN TO ME FOR A GOD DAMN MINUTE WILL YOU!" I shouted

Madison looked at me with a frightened expression

Rainbow was suddenly caught by my attention; she stopped struggling with her bandages. Her eyes stared deep into my soul.

"How do you people know my name?" She was so confused by now, first the little girl with Fluttershy on the boat, then the billboard, and now these kids?

What did she mean by that? Did other people already meet her here? Or perhaps…she found out…

Rainbow Dash looked at both of us with such confusion but then stomped her left foreleg into the wooden floor, "HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME!"

I sighed…

I kneeled down before the Pegasus pony which scared her a little bit from my erratic movements.

"Before I can explain to you what's going on here, I want to introduce myself. My name is Christopher and this is my friend, Madison" Madison gave a soft smile while Rainbow kept her ferocious expression to us.

"I found you in the alleyway of a restaurant that belongs to my friend. You were attacked, and I came to rescue you. You passed out right after I saved you, so my friend and I brought you inside and we took care of your wounds."

Rainbow's eyes dilated in realization, "I remember you, you're that guy with the pipe that kicked those dog's butts…I gotta admit that was pretty cool of you to do"

"Thank you…" I responded

"Well…that still does not explain how you know my name" Rainbow retorted

I sighed

I tried to explain the best way I could without making her react so suddenly.

"This isn't Equestria Rainbow Dash. It's a totally different world from yours; no ponies like you thrive here. I guess you can say it's because ponies like yourself are not indigenous here, and maybe because this world is too messed up to the point you ponies cannot not survive here at all"

I guessed my little lie had to do it.

"Me and thousands of other people know your name because our world spies on all of you, we want to learn more about you ponies, so we send professional convert operatives to your world to observe all of you" My big fat lie seemed to work because Rainbow Dash seemed to let her guard down.

"Observe us? Why?" Rainbow Dash asked me with curiosity

"Well, it's because we want to understand why you are all capable of loving each other while we humans cannot"

"Humans? One of my friends told me about them…they've been extinct for millions of years!" Rainbow Dash gasped

"Not in our world, we are not" I retorted

"So, you're all humans..." Rainbow lowered her head and quietly talked, "Twilight told me about humans…they are loud, erratic, incapable of anything but destruction"

Rainbow Dash looked up to me with assertiveness in her voice "Why should I trust you?"

Madison walked towards the Pegasus and extended a hand to the pony, Rainbow Dash seemed to squelch in response. "Please stay calm, I'm just going to fix your bandages" Rainbow Dash decided to keep still to see if this was true, but she was ready to strike should anything go wrong. Madison was quick to fix all the misplaced bandages and set them all in the right places again.

"I still don't trust you guys, how do I know you guys won't poison me later and then cook me up for supper?" Rainbow Dash asked

I walked towards the pony, "We had that chance when you were unconscious, but we're not those kinds of people. We want to help you"

"Help me? In return for what?"

"Okay, here is our proposition…you stay here with us and provide Madison and me with information we would like to know about Equestria and we will provide you with all the necessary shelter and protection you need"

Rainbow Dash retorted, "I don't need shelter or protection, I need to find a way home besides…I'm not going to betray my own kingdom just for your own benefits"

"It's nothing like that, we just want to know how your world works and how you got here, that's all"

Rainbow Dash thought about it

"I don't know…I just want to go home"

I put a hand on a chin

"Well who said we couldn't help you find your way back to Equestria? We did save your life after all"

Rainbow thought about it carefully, "You guys promise you won't feed me meat or anything uncool like that?"

Madison and I nodded, "We promise"

Rainbow weakly stood up from the cold floor, "Okay…you guys got yourselves a deal" Rainbow Dash suddenly spit into her right hoof and gestured it towards me, I knew this well enough to be the brohoof for Rainbow Dash and Applejack. I decided to do the same, only with my hand…kind of weird though. It was like a combination of a high five and a brohoof which was pretty cool I guess.

Madison somewhat cringed at the disgusting act

"Deal" I responded

Madison came toward us and offered her knuckles to Rainbow Dash; the pony did a brohoof to the human female as well.

"Deal, welcome to the Ritz" Madison said

I stood up and said, "We promise we will help you find your way home, whatever it takes"

All Rainbow Dash could do was smile softly at this comment.

Finally she found people who could understand her situation. Finally she would be able to get her head straight and figure out a way out of this miserable planet with the help of these two unlikely candidates to help her along the way.

Madison gestured the bed, "But first, you need some rest…your wounds are still healing"

"Ugh…but I hate staying in bed all day!"

"I'm sorry, if you move now you risk opening up those wounds and bleeding again" Madison responded

"Oh fine, but just for now" Rainbow Dash finished

Madison helped her get on the bed again while I got the bed sheets and placed them on the pony.

I guess this was going to work out after all

Today was going to be a great day