Jason was in deep shit. How in god's name did a helicopter see him flying over Manhattan, and more importantly, how did he not notice being followed?

"Uhh, what are you talking about? That's impossible. How can a person fly? Maybe they were filming a movie? I don't know." Jason said, trying to make an alibi. He ran to his room and brought out his laptop, and looked up what his mother allegedly claimed. The articles were very quick to say that it was a CGI stunt for a movie, and the cameraman must have been on drugs or something.

"Okay, I believe you now. You must have been at karate practice with Sensei Shoji and they cropped a picture of you or something." His father said.

Frankly, this would have been an excellent cover story had Sophie not started crying: "It's true! Jason did fly around. I was there. Here! Let me show you."

Jason was really mad, why did his sister have to blow his cover. Sophie grabbed Jason's arm, and dragged him to the window, and pushed him out.

"SOPHIE!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! YOU JUST KILLED YOUR BROTHER!!!" Both of her parents said. 15 stories is not a fall that you can survive. Jason had two options as he was falling out the window: 1) He could levitate and go back inside the house and survive unscathed. 2) He could allow himself to fall, possibly die, and definitely break every bone in his body. Being the selfish child that he is, he chose the first option, and in an act of self preservation, levitated a few feet down.

"It's okay, guys. I am fine. Look outside." Jason said as his parents looked out the window and saw their son floating in the air; a sight which should be impossible yet is happening in front of their own eyes.

"Jason. H….how is this even possible? Am I drunk or something?" His father asked, quite puzzled.

"Well, it's a long story". Jason said as he levitated back up to the window and climbed back inside the house.

"I have all day...you are in so much trouble!" Jason's mother said.

Sophie interrupted him and told her parents the truth. "Well, you know that show I like "Friendship is Magic?" Well, apparently my brother secretly likes it, and goes on weird internet sites. One of the people on the internet claimed to see real ponies and could interact with them using this quantum device-thingy, and-."

"Slow down, Sophie!" Jason said, quite angry with his sister for throwing him out the window and for ruining his cover.

"Anyways, I found this device online that claims to access other universes. I bought it, and it actually worked. The device malfunctioned, causing a quantum event giving me superpowers. It wasn't supposed to work like that." Jason said, his face turning extremely red.

Jason's father was puzzled: "Superpowers? I believe you. I saw my own boy fly out the window. But talking magical ponies? This sounds like a load of malarkey. Do you still have this quantum device?" Jason's father asked him.

"Honey! You want to SEE the device? We should find it and tear it to shreds. Our children could have gotten hurt!" The Cooper matriarch said with tears streaming down her face.

"But mom...I got to fly on Dashie. It was so cool! Why would you destroy that machine?" Sophie asked. Honestly, I don't even know if the Cooper parents were aware of their children's television habits, and just bought DVDs to entertain them.

"Okay, here's the problem. Even if you destroy the machine, this other universe knows we exist, and can access Earth whenever they want, so destroying it won't do anything." Jason said defiantly, running back to his room with super-speed, collecting the quantum device.

"Want to see how it works? I won't bring back anything crazy. I promise!" Sophie said, turning the console on.

"UNIVERSE SET: EQUESTRIA: TRAVEL OR RETRIEVE?"

"Travel? You're telling me this brick can SEND you to other universes? Have you done that in the week we were gone?" Jason's mother asked lividly.

"No, we only brought stuff here, and we returned all of it. I swear!" Jason said, as he typed "retrieve" into the console.

"RETRIEVE CONFIRMED. RETRIEVE ITEM OR PONY?"

Jason thought about what a good demo item would be to show his parents. They didn't know anything about "Friendship is Magic" lore, so what would they get? Finally, it hit him.

Jason typed: "10 Zap Apples" into the console.

"10 ZAP APPLES SELECTED: FINAL SELECTION CANNOT BE UNDONE. CONFIRM QUANTUM TUNNELING Y/N"

"OOH! Can I press enter this time?" Sophie asked.

"Sure," Jason replied. Sophie pressed the Y key and then enter.

Nothing happened. Jason and Sophie's parents stood there, wondering what would happen next: "How much money did you spend on this thing?" Jason's mother asked him suspiciously. "Uhh, 100 dollars?" Jason said, with a hint of guilt on his face.

After 5 minutes, the machine began running code and then the lights began to flicker. Then, the four tiny electrodes on top of the console began to spark up with static electricity.

"What are you doing, Jason!!" Jason's mother said nervously as the portal began to open. "Are you bringing monsters into our home?"

Jason and Sophie laughed: "We literally are summoning 10 apples. That's it. No weird stuff." Sophie replied as the first few apples began to be launched out of the portal. Over the course of 90 seconds, all ten apples left the portal, and it closed behind them, returning the device to its dormant state.

"The apples we summoned are magical, literally. Try one!" Jason said with a smile.

His parents were too busy freaking out over the portal that opened in their living room to care about magical apples.

"Did...that...portal go away for good?" Jason's father asked.

"Yeah, until I decide to use it again." He replied, grabbing an apple and eating it. The Apple family clearly knows what they are doing with their apples. It is the best apple Jason had ever eaten in his life, combining the sweetness and tartness of both Granny Smith and Gala apples, combined with a certain indescribable tang (must be the magic?).

Sophie took an apple as well, and also was amazed at its qualities. "Where did you get this, Jason, from Sweet Apple Acres?" She asked him. "I think so, I just typed in 10 apples, and this came up. I didn't specify location." He replied, unsure of the apple's origins. Regardless, the apples taste really good.

"So what you are telling me is that my two children summoned ponies and objects from a FICTIONAL world, and my son got superpowers by mistake. Does this sound right?" Jason's father asked. His two children nodded in shame, upset that they made their parents worried.

"Let's examine this further. Let's say that I were to invent a universe, where everything is made of pasta. Would this device be able to summon pasta whenever I want?" Jason's mother asked, now somewhat interested in the potential culinary properties of this device.

"HOLD ON!!! This is MY device that I used MY money for. Only Sophie and I can use it, Twilight Sparkle explicitly said this, and she said that their universe will be checking up on us to make sure we aren't abusing this power." Jason said sternly.

Jason's father laughed. "You mean that purple unicorn from the show for kids your sister's age? She was in our home? You must be joking."

Sophie began to cry: "It's true. She was here, and so was Rainbow Dash. I can summon them if you want. I am not a liar!" She said, having a full blown temper tantrum on the floor.

"Well, if you summoned 10 apples from a fictional world, then I guess you might be telling the truth about these ponies. That doesn't change the fact that you put yourself in danger, Jason, and let your little sister mess with technology that I can't even begin to grasp." His mother said, confiscating the device.

"ACCESS DENIED. UNAUTHORIZED PERSON HANDLING QUANTUM TUNNEL" said a robotic voice coming from the console. It zapped Jason's mother lightly, and magically moved to Jason's room.

"What...the...hell? Did Twilight modify the device to only recognize us as the users?" Jason asked his sister. "Beats me. I thought you were the smart one." Sophie said, laughing.

"I am so mad at both of you, but it seems that you outsmarted me with your fictional pony stories. I will find a way to access this device, and I will donate it to the university so they can see how it works, and how it could help people, not give children godlike power." Jason's father said, as he stormed off to his room, angry with both of his children.

"I don't think that would be the wisest choice, sir" said a voice that I didn't recognize. A portal opened up that wasn't from the Quantum tunnel, and an alicorn walked out of it.

"Holy shit. It's Celestia. I've certainly screwed up now!" Jason said, cowering in fear.

"Relax, child. I am not angry with you, I am angry with your father." She said as she teleported him back into the living room.

"Uh, who is this, and why is there a-whatever that thing is in our home?" Jason's mother asked, as her husband was hiding behind the sofa, afraid of Celestia's presence.

"I am an alicorn, and I am actually here to compliment your children for using this device for the power of friendship!" She said, with a smile.

"The power of what now?" Jason's mother asked.

"Well, Twilight told me about why you ordered this device Jason, and how your race created Equestria for the sake of fiction, and to be honest. I was appalled at first. It was only when Rainbow Dash came to me and said you summoned her to try and make a friend did I truly approve of this "quantum tunnel". In our universe, Mr. Cooper, friendship is extremely powerful magic, which can move mountains. It seems your son appreciates this value, and wants to make a friend of his own. Surely any parent would be supportive of this endeavour, no?" She said, looking at Jason's parents with suspicion.

"Uh...that is true. Jason doesn't really have that many friends, except for his karate teacher, whatever his name is." Jason's mother said.

"SENSEI SHOJI!" Both siblings said in unison.

"Anyways, I came here to let you know that I have fixed the quantum debacle, and your friend Rainbow Dash will be living in your universe for a while, as an ambassador to Equestria. She will be able to use this tunnel whenever she wishes, and will be sure to look after Sophie whenever Jason is in school, or vice versa. I have my own kingdom to run, so I wish you humans well. Goodbye." Celestia said as she went back into the portal.

Usually, around now, the portal closes, but it didn't close. Instead, something strange happened. A bipedal figure, around the same height and age as Jason, walked out of the portal, with rainbow hair and teal blue skin.

"Remember me?" Asked the figure, who sounded like Rainbow Dash, but looked nothing like her.

"Dashie, is that you? Why do you look like us?" Sophie asked, confused.

"Well, Celestia wants me to fit in on your planet better, so she changed me into this. Besides, now that I have two legs, Jason can finally show me this "karate" thing for real. I might be good at it." She said, as the portal closes behind her.

"Holy shit. Dashie is a human now, and she wants to learn Karate? Do you even have any of your previous abilities?" Jason asked her.

"Well, if you look at my necklace, you can see that I am wearing the Element of Loyalty, and I can use it to get some of my old pegasus power, like superspeed or flight, kind of like these "magical girl anime" you have on earth. Twilight did some reading on your planet before I left.

"This is going to be one heck of a day." Jason said, a bit nervous, but eager to see what will happen next.