MLP: The Portal

Chapter 23: Besties

Alex watched as these four girls that seemingly showed up out of nowhere entered into his apartment, and hugged Rainbow Dash and Rarity and Fluttershy in what was clearly a happy reunion. He was really just completely confused; what was going on here?

"You guys finally found us! What took you so long?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Oh my gosh, it took so long for us to figure out where you guys even went. When we finally got here is what was the easy part, but we had to recreate the accident from scratch first, and that was hard!" Twilight explained.

"It took a lot of calculating and a lot of long nights, but it finally paid off." Starlight said with a relieved nod and smile.

"Are you girls okay?! Are you hurt?" Applejack asked urgently. They shook their heads.

"Not at all, dear. Luckily, we found ourselves this gentleman, his name is Alex. He has graciously been allowing us to stay here in his apartment all this time." Rarity said, introducing him to the others.

Suddenly, the other girls were surrounding him, bombarding him with thank you's and questions all at the same time. It was so overwhelming that Alex nearly fell backwards trying to put more distance between himself and them.

"Don't kill him now!" Rainbow Dash said with a laugh.

"Sorry, we're all a little excited. But we can't thank you enough for taking care of our friends." Twilight said. Alex nodded.

"Yeah, no problem. Glad to see that you guys finally showed up. The girls were worried about how long it was gonna take." Alex said.

"We're mighty grateful, sugarcube." Applejack said with a tip of her hat.

"Yeah, yeah, you're welcome. Um, so Fluttershy and the others have told me some about you, but I guess it's good to get properly introduced." Alex said with an awkward chuckle.

"Right, of course. I'm Twilight, as I already said." She said with a nod.

"The name's Applejack!"

"And I'm Pinkie Pie!"

"I'm Starlight, nice to meet you." She said with a nod, offering her hand. He shook it.

"Nice to meet you too. Nice to meet you all. If I remember correctly, Applejack, you're a farmer. Pinkie Pie, I hear you make delicious desserts. And Twilight is supposed to be the one to prove to me that magic is real." Alex surmised.

"Yep!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Nice memory." Fluttershy said.

"I'm guessing the girls have told you a lot already about where we come from." Twilight said. Alex nodded.

"Mhmm, in great detail. However, I find a lot of it difficult to believe." He admitted.

"What's hard to believe about Equestria?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"Well, it's pretty clear this world is very different from ours, so I can understand. There's a lot about this world that we don't understand either." Twilight said in response.

"Huh, Rarity said something similar." Alex said with a chuckle.

"Mhmm. We were hoping you could show him a little of what you can do, Twilight." Rainbow Dash said.

"Of course, but we can save that for later. We should probably get you girls back, let everypony know that you're alright. We've been worried sick." Twilight said.

"Oh! Yeah right, um…about that…" Rainbow Dash coughed.

"You girls don't wanna go back?" Applejack asked abruptly.

"Of course we do! It's just…you know, what's the rush?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"I would like to see Evan again before we go back." Fluttershy said.

"I really should be getting back…but we can come back, can't we?" Rarity asked.

"Uh, yeah, sure we can. Now that we have the calculations down, it'll be much easier to go back and forth." Starlight answered.

"It doesn't even require the both of us to do it anymore. Just one." Twilight added.

"Oh, good! In that case, I'll go back tomorrow." Rainbow Dash said.

"Tomorrow?!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

"No, um, that's fine, I actually would like to learn more about this world. So maybe I'll stay." Twilight said.

"How about we switch places then, darling? Would that be alright, Alex?" Rarity asked.

"Sure, that'd be okay," Alex nodded. "You're free to come visit as you like."

"Ohh okay, can I come visit too?!" Pinkie Pie asked excitedly.

"We'll come back tomorrow." Starlight said with a chuckle.

"Tomorrow?!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed again. The girls snickered a bit.

"We'll be waiting for you when you get back, Pinkie." Fluttershy said with a smile.

"Yeah, and then you can see some of the awesome stuff we've seen here!" Rainbow Dash said, giving Pinkie a hug.

"Okay, that sounds good." Pinkie Pie said with a smile.

"We heading back then?" Starlight asked.

"Could we, please? I really need to see Sweetie Belle again." Rarity pleaded. Starlight nodded.

"Alright. We'll see you all then. Don't go anywhere." Starlight said with a chuckle.

"I don't know. They've tried to run away a few times." Alex said sarcastically.

"No we haven't!" Rainbow Dash said with a laugh.

"Yeah, I'm just kidding. They actually did the opposite, they broke in." Alex said, giving Rainbow Dash a mischievous grin.

"You broke in?" Twilight asked.

"Uhh…oh well, we really must be going. We'll see you tomorrow." Rarity said, getting up.

"Yes, we will." Starlight said with a nod.

"And Alex? Thanks again, for everything," Rarity said, hugging him tightly. "I'll have something special for you when you come to Equestria." She promised.

"Oh, don't worry about all that," Alex said, hugging her back. "And you're welcome. Get home safe." He said with a smile.

The girls all waved them off and left, leaving Alex with Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and now Twilight in place of Rarity. Twilight took a seat on the couch, and smiled politely up at Alex.

"This is a nice little place you have here."

"Thank you." He said, taking a seat adjacent to her.

"It's a huge relief that you finally made it. Has anything happened in Equestria while we were gone?" Fluttershy asked.

"No, thankfully. Just we've all been worried about you, and of course, the animals have been worried about you, Fluttershy. I also explained a bit of what happened to Spitfire, Rainbow Dash, and she wanted me to let you know that you'll have a lot to make up when you come back." She relayed.

"Ah man, that just means extra practice and cleanup duty!" Rainbow Dash groaned.

"Heh, that sucks." Alex chuckled.

"So, what've you been up to with Alex while we were trying to find you?" Twilight asked curiously.

"Alex showed us around the area a little bit. We've gone on walks; we went to see a few movies." Fluttershy answered.

"He also showed us some really cool video games!" Rainbow Dash said with a laugh.

"Haha, nice. So, you were basically keeping them entertained?" Twilight said with a giggle. Alex chuckled.

"Kinda. We've all been just hanging out since we've all gotten to know each other and gotten comfortable and everything. I'd just gotten used to seeing these girls every day too." Alex said with a chuckle.

"That's really nice, and it's a huge relief to see that our best friends were in such good hands. It seems you made a new best friend, huh, girls?" Twilight said with a chuckle.

"Ayy, I'm cool with calling ya'll besties." Alex said with a chuckle.

"Besties it is then." Fluttershy said with a giggle.

"Besties." Rainbow Dash repeated with a nod, not saying anything else.

"That's good. In time, you'll get to know all of our friends, if you'd like to." Twilight said. Alex nodded.

"I've got no problems with that. They all seem like cool people." Alex said with a smile.

"They're the coolest, well, not quite as cool as me, but a close close second." Rainbow Dash said with a chuckle. Alex chuckled as well.

"Yeah, Dash has the swag factor." Alex said.

"Swag," Twilight repeated with a snicker. "You could call it that." She teased.