Chapter 5: Dreams and Near Misses
The day certainly had been full of surprises. First my friends from Edmonton and Toronto come and nearly discover the ponies hiding in my house, then I hear Markham got attacked and now Brechin had been placed under attack. It was now Midnight, most of the ponies were asleep. Only Twilight Sparkle stayed up with me to watch the emergency services help the poor people involved in the attacks, and the train derailment. Thankfully there were no injuries, just a bloody nose, and that came from the engineer.
"Wow, that's quite amazing," I commented, "usually there's more injuries involved with a train accident. Still, good to know there are no serious injuries."
"But still, this shouldn't have happened in the first place," Twilight sighed unhappily. "I am so sorry Matthew, this is all our fault."
"No it's not your fault, it was Starlight that teleported you here, not the other way around. Besides, if you hadn't gone after Starlight Glimmer in the first place, those poor ponies would still be under her control right now."
"Yeah I guess you're right, but now we have two problems on our hooves."
"Two? I thought there was only one, dealing with Starlight Glimmer."
"Well there's that, but there is also the main question; how are my friends and I going to get back to Equestria? You wouldn't happen to know of a way to get us back there do you?"
"Sorry Twilight, but the answer is no, we humans may have alot of technology, but we got nothing on dimensional travels."
Twilight sighed unhappily, "that's what I was afraid of, and I doubt Starlight will be eager to take us back home. So I guess we're stuck here forever in your world."
"I am sorry about that."
"No it's okay."
We went quiet for a few moments, then a thought finally popped into my head, "hold on a second, Twilight when you came here, did you have your saddlebags with you?"
"Yes, why?"
"You wouldn't happen to have that journal that allows you to talk with a certain other pony, or should that be person, by any chance?"
Twilight was confused, then she figured it out, "oh you're talking about the book that allows me to talk with Sunset Shimmer in the other human world."
"That's the one," I nodded.
"I'm not sure if I did put it in my saddlebag, let me check." She ran over to her saddlebags, and soon returned with a big smile on her face, "lucky us, I do have it here. I can write to Sunset Shimmer and ask her to help."
"Except for one problem Twilight, how is she going to get back to Equestria?"
"She'll find a way. She's very smart after all, and with the help of our Canterlot High friends, anything is possible." She lifted up a pen from my desk and started writing into the book.
Dear Sunset Shimmer. As crazy as it might sound, my friends and I need your help. We were fighting aganist Starlight Glimmer, a very dangerous unicorn when she teleported us to another human world. Our magic's not strong enough to get us back there, there's no device that can teleport us back and I know Starlight won't want to help us. I know thirty moons have not passed yet, but I know you can find a way back to Equestria. If you do get there, please ask Princess Celestia for help. She knows more about dimensional travel than any other pony or person. We will be enterily grateful if you help us. Singed your friend, Princess Twilight Sparkle.
"Now all we can do is wait till tomorrow and hope Sunset Shimmer gets that message," Twilight said to me, putting the pen down.
Twilight turned towards the kitchen to get a drink of water. Using her magic, she got out a cup from the cupboard, took some cold water from the fridge and grabbed a straw to help her drink from the cup. I have to admit, she's really good at using magic. It's no wonder why she was Celestia's best student.
"Hey Twilight, I hope you don't mind me asking, but how many times have you gone to Canterlot High?"
"Only two times," she answered. "I haven't had the time to really go back there, plus everything seems to be okay, so they don't need me. Besides, if anything comes up, Sunset Shimmer's usually the girl to solve any situation."
"Sounds like she's come a long way from the pony that stole your crown."
"Indeed. In fact just recently, she told me about how she helped out during a fundraiser to raise new uniforms for the soccer team, and even helping Fluttershy when the animals escaped from the animal shelter, by accident of course."
"Wow," I smiled. I was about to ask Twilight of some other adventures Sunset's been involved in when I noticed her book was glowing.
"She must've been up working on an assignment, or maybe she was at a sleepover with the others," said Twilight. She then read out loud the message Sunset Shimmer wrote to her.
Dear Princess Twilight. I have recieved your message, and that's quite a predicament you're in right now. And you're right, thirty moons have not passed yet, so I can't use the original passage way back to Equestria, but don't worry, I will find a way, with a little help from our friends. Also, be sure to stay close to your human and pony friends, and watch your backs. I know Starlight Glimmer and she'll do anything to win. I'll try to get back to you as soon as I can. Signed your friend, Sunset Shimmer.
"Now that's an instant reply," I thought to myself. "Well I guess now, the hopes of you getting home lays in the hands, or hooves of Sunset Shimmer."
"Yeah, but I know she'll come threw, she always does."
Dawn soon came, and both Twilight and I were sleeping on the couch. She was on the right end, I was on the left. I groaned as the sunlight hit my face. "Ugh! I forgot how bright that sunlight is."
Even Twilight groaned as the sunlight hit her face, "That's brighter than some of Rarity's gems."
We both got up, stretched for a bit and walked over to the kitchen to get something to drink. I had some apple juice while Twilight had some more water. I turned on the radio to see if there were any other reports of attacks.
"The citizens of Brechin Ontario recieved quite a shock yesterday when an unkown attacker struck the little town, but thankfully nobody was hurt."
"Yeah we know that part, tell us something we don't know," I muttered quietly.
"Due to this recent attack, it's been announced that everyone must return to their homes by seven thirty P.M. until these attackers have been caught. Anyone spotted after that time will be arrested on the spot."
"Well at least Starlight won't be able to catch up with you now, not without being spotted. Finally some good news, right Twilight?"
Twilight shook her head, "I'm afraid not Matthew. While Starlight might not know this world as well as you humans do, she can still find a way to move unnoticed and continue her attacks. The police force need to stand guard in each town to be on the safe side."
"This also in, police forces will stand guard all night to make sure this new curfew is being enforced."
"Huh, and I thought that kind of stuff only happened in cartoons," I thought to myself. "There you go Twilight, I'd say she won't get far now."
But I could tell Twilight wasn't convinced in the slighest, but hey, you can't blame a guy for at least believing all will be well, right?
Later that afternoon, I was hanging out with my friends again while Twilight and the other ponies tried to come up with plans for dealing with Starlight.
"It's really surprising if you ask me," said Patrick. "I mean, we come up here in the hopes of hanging out with our best bud, then we hear there are attacks going on in towns we knew or passed on the way up."
"Yeah, you'd think the attackers were heading to New Liskeard," said Ryan.
"I certainly hope not," I groaned unhappily, "cause that's the last thing we need."
At this point and time, the four of us were hanging out near the shoreline and looking out to the calm still waters. There weren't that many boats in these waters and if there were, they are usually small boats. As we continued to look at the grand view, I noticed that Emily was falling asleep.
"Didn't sleep well last night Emily?"
"Indeed I didn't, I just kept thinking on the people involved in the attacks."
"Geez you sound like Twi...I mean, you sound like me from last night, I was worried for those people too." I smacked my forehead and thought to myself; 'idiot, do you want them to know about the ponies?'
"But the attacks wasn't the only thing keeping me last night, I was having some weird dreams."
"Like what?"
"It's odd, but I dreamt that there was a battle in your front yard and it was Starlight Glimmer aganist the Mane 6. They were fighting it out and you wanted to help, but something was holding you back and you couldn't get to them. Then Starlight blasted them and...that was it, I woke up."
"I think you watched one episode too many of that show," commented Patrick.
Patrick and Ryan didn't take the dream very seriously, but I did. I thought to myself if Emily's dream was a sign of things to come, and if that was true, I would really need to stay on guard to be on the safe side.
"Then again, maybe her dream was influenced by that movie we were watching last night, and the bag of chips probably didn't help either," added Ryan.
Suddenly, a thought came back to my head, "I am seriously getting old, I forgot that I need to get groceries."
"Oh hey that's no problem Matthew, we'll give you a hand with grocery shopping, then we can hang out in Quebec for a while. You know, I heard their prices are lower than stores in Ontario."
"Well it's true," I said. "But you guys don't need to help."
"Of course we do, we're your buds after all, and as buds, we help each other out all the time. Right Matt?"
"Uh, yeah right," I nodded nervously.
"Right, then let's get over to Wal-Mart!" Ryan and Emily agreed and all three ran back to their van. I slapped my forehead hard, sighed and walked back to the truck.
After an hour, we pulled up to my house with all the groceries I needed. I bought some extras to make sure the ponies had enough to eat, but I didn't say that to my friends. I said I got that extra food in case neighbours came over, which does happen quite a bit around here. Entering the house, I feared that the ponies would be found by my friends, but I couldn't see them. They were still out of sight when my friends helped bring in the groceries, and stayed hidden when they were helping me put the groceries away. It actually made me wonder where the ponies were hiding.
Soon, the groceries were put away. I sighed in relief, then to my horrors, I spotted Twilight's journal that allows her to talk with Sunset Shimmer.
"Blast," I groaned.
Emily spotted it and looked at it, "This almost looks like the journal from the Equestria Girls movies," she said. "And would you look at that, there's messages from Sunset Shimmer in this. Where did you get this Matthew?"
"It came from a friend," I answered, "and my friend would be upset if anything happened to that book, so may I have it back?"
"Oh sorry," she said kindly and gave it back to me. I sighed again, at least she didn't see the message Twilight sent last night. "Still, you must tell me where I can pick up one of those books."
"I wish I knew, but my friend never said."
"Oh well, I'm sure I'll find one, then I'll have one of the most unique My Little Pony collections back in Toronto."
Ryan just smiled and shook his head. He then looked up to the clock, "looks like we still got some time before the curfew begins, so let's get over to Quebec."
"Yeah," cheered Patrick and Emily.
"You guys go ahead, I got to check on my answering machine downstairs."
They nodded and headed outside. I ran downstairs and whispered out; "Twilight! Rainbow! Where are you ponies?"
"We're underneath your tables," whispered Applejack. She peered out from underneath the tables, "you and your friends cut it close there, we nearly got caught Sugarcube."
"I know and I'm sorry, I wasn't expecting this, but I promise I'll come back alone."
"Pinkie Promise?" Pinkie asked.
"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye," I said and moved my arms in tune with the promise. It was actually fun doing the Pinkie Pie promise. "Again, sorry about this."
And with that, I ran back upstairs to rejoin my friends while the ponies finally came out of hiding.