I don't really know what to say here…I usually have something, but I can't think of anything…so…I don't know.

Well anyway, on with the chapter and I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 34: Family matter (part 2)

Morning: Ponyville library

The sun light shun through the widows of the library as the night turned to day.

I was still asleep in the bed until I slowly blinked my eyes open, I then leaned up on the bed and rubbed my eyes with my hooves before I removed them and looked down at the empty space beside me.

Twilight wasn't in bed with me; I wondered where she was before I looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. It said the time was 11:56 PM; it was almost time for me to go to work.

"Crap, how long did I sleep for? I'm not gonna have time to have breakfast at this rate." I said to myself before I got out of the bed and walked down the stairs.

Once down stairs, I walked into the kitchen to find Twilight, Spike, Jeff, Peewee, and my family sitting by the table eating.

At first, I didn't recognise my family because of their pony forms. But after remembering yesterday's events, it all came back to me and I felt sheepish for forgetting.

Twilight was eating a daisy and daffodil sandwich, Spike was eating gem-stones, Jeff and Peewee were eating different fruits, and my family were also eating flower sandwiches; which surprised me a lot.

My mother then noticed me and she smiled. "Morning, sweet-heart." She greeted.

I smiled back. "Mornin'." I greeted back as I walked over to the table and sat down beside Twilight.

I smiled warmly at her. "Mornin', Twi." I greeted kindly.

"Morning, Matt." Twilight said before we shared a quick kiss, I then looked at my family to see the smirks on their faces. I knew they were smirking because they saw me kiss Twilight, but I didn't worry about that and focused on the plate of sliced apple that was placed on the table in front of me by Twilight.

Before eating, I looked at my mother eating her sandwich. "You do know there's flowers and grass in that, right?" I asked expecting her to freak over it.

She swallowed the food in her mouth and spoke. "Yeah, I do. Twilight offered us them this morning, and since we haven't eaten since we arrived, it was the best thing to do. At first, I thought it would taste horrible, but it's actually pretty good. It must be because we're ponies or something like that." She explained.

I smiled in delight. "Well, I'm glad you all like them." I said before I started eating my apple slices.

As I began to eat, my Dad spoke. "So, what should we do until you can call that Princess…what's-her-name, and ask her if she can send us back home to England?" he asked.

Twilight turned her head to face him. "You mean Princess Celestia, and I already sent a letter to her this morning. She said she's too busy to do anything right now, but she'll come to the library sometime this afternoon. Besides, Matt has to go to work." She explained.

Jess looked at her in surprise. "Wait, you mean we'll actually have to see the Princess? I thought she'd just open that vortex thing from wherever she is." She said.

I turned my head to face her. "Don't worry, Jess! She's really nice. Besides, you'll be with us, I'm sure it'll be fine." I said with confidence.

Jess gave me an unsure look. "But Matt, we don't know how to act in front of royalty. The only connection we've ever had with royalty back home was when you got that letter from the Queen when you were little." She said.

"Just act natural and polite. Trust me, you'll like her." I said with an honest look.

Jess then nodded. "Alright, Matt." she said.

"So how long does your job take?" my mother asked curiously.

I turned my head to face her. "I should be done sometime later in the afternoon, it depends on how many deliveries I have to make. Don't worry, it doesn't take me long." I stated.

"Well, what should we do in the meantime?" my Dad asked.

"Maybe I could show you two around town, and Jess could go with Matt. If Matt is gonna stay, don't you think it's best if you knew the town better?" Twilight suggested with a hopeful smile.

"Well…I guess so, if it's alright with you if you." My mother said.

Twilight nodded. "Oh, it's no problem at all. You're Matt's parents and we want you to feel comfortable around us." she stated.

My mother smiled kindly at her. "Well thanks, Twilight. We'd like to look around your town; we didn't get a good look at it yesterday."

I was happy that they were accepting all this so well, I looked over to Jess. "So Jess, do you want to come to work with me? It's a good way to look around town." I said hoping she'd say yes.

Jess then shrugged. "Alright, yeah. I need to learn more about this place anyway." She said.

I smiled at her. "Cool, so after I'm done with work, we'll all come back here and wait for the Princess, deal?" I said to everyone, they all nodded.

"Good, now let's finish eating before I have to go." I said before we all continued eating our breakfast.

Later that day: Ponyville streets

After collecting my delivery cart from Applejack, I was now walking through the streets with Jess by my side and Jeff on my back.

Only, there was an extra twist this time. Applejack had come along with us to make the deliveries. "So…why did you want to come along again?" I asked with a confused look.

Applejack turned her head to face me. "Because I want to get to know ya sister a bit more. Plus, it's my supply cart and I'm ya boss. And if I want to make the deliveries with ya, I can." She said with a large smirk.

"Cheeky, isn't she? She's a lot like you." Jess said out loud; causing Applejack and Jeff to snicker.

I blushed slightly from embarrassment before I decided to try and change the subject. "Err…Jeff, where's our next delivery?" I asked.

Jeff flew off my back and into the supply cart; he pulled out a clip-board and looked at the paper on it. "Looks like the next ones at Fluttershy's cottage." he said.

I turned my head around to him. "Thanks, Jeff." I said before Jeff placed the clip board back in the cart and flew back onto my back.

Jess looked at me with a raised eye brow. "So, you work as a delivery…err…pony, with your pet talking parrot helping you?"

After hearing that, Jeff shot her a sharp glare. "I'm not a pet, I'm a civilised bird. Just because I live with ponies and I'm smaller than them, does that suddenly make me their pet?" he yelled; causing Jess to step away from him.

I looked at Jess. "Yeah, he's kinda touchy when someone calls him that." I mentioned.

"Really, I had no idea." Jess said sarcastically still eyeing the offended Jeff with wide eyes.

After a moment, Jess and Jeff calmed down. Applejack had started walking beside Jess and began talking to her. "So Jess, this place ya go to…University…what's it like?"

"Well it's like school, only you basically live in it. You get your own room and everything; my friends live right next door to my room, so I have lots of company." Jess explained.

"What about your family? If ya live at the school, does that mean ya don't see them anymore?" Applejack asked with a raised eye brow.

"Well, I do. But only once a month, I had to go back to Uni after Matt disappeared. I tried to convince them to let me stay and look for him, but Uni is a very important thing and they wouldn't let me." Jess explained.

Applejack rolled her eyes. "Some ponies! When will they learn that things like family are more important than school stuff?"

Jess gave her a surprised look. "That's what I said. But did they listen? No."

As they kept on talking, Me and Jeff just kept walking with narrow eyes. "…You know they're gonna be talking like this for the next few hours, right?" I said.

"Yep, it's gonna be a long day." Jeff stated.

We both let out loud sighs as we kept walking towards Fluttershy's cottage with Jess and Applejack continuing to talk behind us.

Meanwhile: Ponyville market

After leaving Peewee in-charge of the library, Twilight and Spike were giving my parents a tour of the town. They had already taken them to see the Town Hall, Rarity's boutique, and Twilight's favourite quill and book store.

They were now entering the market and it was busy, as usual. Sales-ponies were behind their stalls while other ponies buying groceries and other items.

While my mother and Dad were looking around at one of the stalls, Twilight watched them a few feet behind them with a worried look on her face. Spike was standing beside her and noticed the look on her face before he spoke. "Hey, you ok?" he asked.

Twilight broke from her train of thought and looked down at Spike. "Huh?...oh sorry, Spike. I was just thinking about how I was gonna talk to Matt's parents." She explained.

"What's there to worry about? You spoke to them yesterday." Spike said.

"I know, I'm just scared that…they may not like me. You know, because Matt wants to stay because of me." Twilight explained before she looked back at my parents with another worried look.

"Well…maybe you should go over there and talk to them. If you think about it, it's really the only thing you can do." Spike said with an honest voice.

Twilight then gave Spike and uncertain look before she sighed. "You right, Spike. I'll talk to at least one of them when I can." She said.

Twilight and Spike then turned their attention back on my parents. At that moment, my Dad walked off to look at a different stall; leaving my mother alone at the previous stall.

Spike looked up at Twilight. "Well if you want to talk to Matt's mom, this is a better time than ever. It's ok, Twilight, she seems like a nice pony." He said in a comforting tone.

Twilight then gulped hard. "Well…here goes." She said to herself before she started to walk over to my mother.

Twilight then stood beside my mother as she looked down at the fruit on the stall. "So…how do you like the market?" Twilight asked trying to start a conversation.

My mother turned her head to face Twilight, she then smiled at her. "I like it, it's very peaceful here, I can see why Matt likes it here so much." She said.

Twilight's ears then lowered slightly. "Yeah, about that…I need to talk to you about something." she said with a small frown.

My mother gave her full attention. "What's wrong, Twilight?" she asked curiously.

Twilight hesitated to talk until she finally managed to do so. "I just want you to know that…I know how difficult this must be for you to let your son go like this."

My mother then let out a sigh. "Yeah, it's hard. But this is what he wants, he wants to stay here." she said.

"I know, and…I'll understand if you don't like me because of his choices." Twilight said while looking down at the ground with slight sadness.

My mother gave her a slightly shocked look. "Don't be daffed! Of course I like you, Twilight. Why wouldn't I?"

Twilight looked back up at her. "Because…Matt wants to stay because he loves this world and me. If there's anyone you have to blame, it's me." she stated.

My mother gave her a sweet smile. "Twilight, why would I hate you for making Matt happy? We're not like those parents who hate whoever our children marry; we're glad Matt's finally found someone. Even if you're a pony, you're still a very nice and lovely girl."

Twilight started to grow more comfortable. "You really think so?" she asked.

My mother nodded. "To be honest, Twilight. I was hoping Matt would find a girl like you eventually, he was sort of depressed back home for some reason, I figured he was feeling lonely. I tried to convince him to go out and find someone, but he kept saying he didn't want to."

"Really, how come?" Twilight asked.

My mother shrugged. "He was very shy about those sort of things, how was he when he first asked you on a date?" she asked.

"…He was a little shy, he didn't have much trouble asking, but he was still kinda nervous." Twilight stated.

My mother then returned to what she was saying. "Anyway, the point is…you make Matt really happy, I've never seen him like this before. Now Matt and Jess say that the star they wished upon granted them their wishes, but it was you who granted mine. I wanted Matt to find someone special so he could be happier than he was before, and he found you."

A sweet smile then grew on Twilight's face as she heard what my mother was saying; my mother then placed her hoof on Twilight's shoulder. "I like you, Twilight. True, it's hard to believe Matt's going to live here from now on. But if he's happy, I'm happy too." She said kindly.

Twilight smiled warmly at this news. "I'm so glad you think so, and I also know how strange it must be to know your son's getting married."

My mother nodded. "Yeah, that was a bit of a shocker. But if you ask me, I've only known you since yesterday and I couldn't ask for anyone better than you to be my daughter-in-law." She said sweetly.

Twilight felt heart-warmed by what she just said, all her worries about my parents disliking her had now disappeared.

"And don't worry! My husband feels the same way." My mother stated.

Twilight nodded. "That's good to know… and thank you, I feel better now you've told me all that."

My mother smiled at her. Just then, my Dad came back over and noticed them together. "What're you two talking about?" he asked curiously.

Twilight and my mother looked over to him. "Nothing, sir. I was just making sure of something." Twilight stated with a small smile.

My Dad continued to wonder what they were talking about while he was gone, but he decided to drop it and change the subject. "Alright then, so Twilight, do you think you can take us to see that farm where Matt works?" he asked politely.

Twilight nodded. "Sure, follow me!" she said before she walked passed my Dad and walked towards the streets of town. My mother and Dad then started to follow her.

Meanwhile: Fluttershy's cottage

After arriving at Fluttershy's cottage, I gave Fluttershy her bag of fruit and vegetables that she ordered and she took them inside her house.

While Me and Applejack were standing in front of the doorway waiting for Fluttershy to come back with my pay, Jess was looking at Fluttershy's different animals in her garden.

Jess watched as bunnies and squirrels gathered around her, different types of birds were singing on a near-by tree, Jess loved it.

"Aww, these animals are so cute. The surprising thing is they're not afraid, it's as if they know it's safe to be around me." Jess said as she gently stroked a bunny's head with her hoof.

I looked over to her and smiled in amusement. "Yeah, Fluttershy's a natural when it comes to animals. Just watch out for the seal! He's gets excited when he sees a new face." I said.

Jess gave me a confused look. "Seal? I don't see a se-UNF." She couldn't finish her sentence as a black seal jumped onto her back; it then clapped its flippers while barking.

Me and Jeff (who was on my back) burst out laughing as Jess struggled to keep herself standing with the seal on her back. "Haha, hey Jess, I think you made a new friend." I said before laughing again.

"Shut up, you! Get this thing off me!" Jess yelled as her body began to lower to the ground with the weight.

At that moment, Fluttershy came back to the doorway with a small bag of money in her mouth. She then noticed the state Jess was in and gasped; dropping the bag on the floor.

Fluttershy then flew over to Jess and the seal, she then crossed her arms and gave the seal a firm look while hovering in the air.

"Now, Mr Seal. That's not how we say hello; it's very impolite to jump on new ponies. Now get off her and say you're sorry!" Fluttershy said firmly.

The seal then climbed off Jess's back and made a quiet bark before it waddled away.

Jess was glad to be relieved from the weight of the seal; Fluttershy landed next to her and helped her to stand up straight. "He says he's sorry." Fluttershy stated with a sheepish smile.

Jess turned her head to face Fluttershy. "Thanks…you're names Fluttershy, right?"

Fluttershy looked down at the ground and rubbed her hoof softly around in circles in the dirt. "Oh yes, I am. Sorry we didn't get to talk much yesterday, but I could see you had more important things to do, what-with Matt and all." She said in her shy voice.

Jess gave her a small smile. "Hey, don't worry about it! Here, let's start with our names. Hi, I'm Jess." She said as she held her hoof out to Fluttershy.

Fluttershy looked nervously down at her hoof before she slowly grabbed it with her own. "I-I'm Fluttershy." She said quietly as they shook hooves.

They then released each other's hooves. "You've got a lot of animals here, is it hard taking care of them all." Jess said.

Fluttershy shook her head. "Oh no, it's not hard at all, I love taking care of all my animal friends. They all mean the world to me, especially my pet bunny, Angel."

"Angel?" Jess said with a confused look.

Just then, Fluttershy's pet bunny Angel, hopped up to Jess and Fluttershy and they looked down at him. He crossed his arms and patted his foot on the ground with an impatient look; he then rubbed his stomach with a sickly look.

"That's so wired; it actually looks as though he's trying to tell you something." Jess said while looking down at the preforming bunny.

Fluttershy turned her head to face her. "He is, he's trying to say he's hungry. I'd better feed him, can we talk more later?" she asked.

Jess gave her an unsure look. "I don't know, if that Princess of yours can re-open the portal, I'll be going home. I don't really know if we'll see each other again after that."

Fluttershy then frowned slightly. "Oh…ok." She said quietly.

Jess then placed her hoof on her back. "Hey, it's ok. We said we'd visit sometimes, maybe we can spend time together then." She said sweetly.

Fluttershy then gave her a kind smile. "Ok, I'd like that." She said.

I then walked up them, Jeff was holding the small bag of money in his wings. Fluttershy then came up to me with a thankful smile. "Thanks for the fruit and vegetables, Matt. I just know the animals are gonna love them."

"No problem, Fluttershy." I said smiling at her.

Just then, Fluttershy felt something tug down on her tail. She turned her head around and looked down at the tip of her tail to see Angel pulling it; he then stopped and looked up at her with an impatient look.

I then noticed him. "What's up with him?" I asked with a raised eye brow.

Fluttershy turned her head back around to face me. "That's his way of telling me he's hungry, I'd better go back to the house and feed him." She explained.

"Ok, Fluttershy. I'll see you later then." I said before Applejack walked up behind me while pulling my delivery cart behind her.

Applejack then unattached the cart from her back and re-attached it to mine.

"Goodbye, Matt. I'll see you later." Fluttershy said before she grabbed Angel in her arms and flew back towards her cottage.

Once she went back inside and closed the door, we all began to walk back towards town. I then turned my head to face Jess. "So, how do you like Fluttershy?" I asked.

Jess looked at me. "She's…nice, I just find it strange how she can take care of all those animals by herself." She said.

"Well, that's her special talent, to take special care of all animals no matter how big or small. Sometimes she can tame really dangerous creatures, like a Manticore." I explained.

Jess gave me a confused look. "A Manti-what?"

"Not important right now. What is important is that we get back on task, I still have a few more deliveries to make." I stated before I walked on ahead towards town.

Jess watched as I walked away from her, she then looked at Applejack with a raised eye brow.

Applejack narrowed her eyes. "Yeah, he gets like that about his work." She stated before she started to follow me.

Jess watched as we both walked back to town. "This place has really changed Matt. Back home, all he'd ever do was sit around playing his video games or go on the lap-top. But here, it's like he's a whole new person." She thought.

Jess then shrugged. "Well, at least he's not so grumpy anymore." She said to herself before she galloped after us to catch up.

Meanwhile: Luna's castle

Princess Luna was sitting on her throne; she was using her magic to make the small scroll float in front of her, the same scroll that Zelga had given her a while ago.

She had already read it 34 times already. She continued to read it over and over again, trying to find a positive reason to make the potion.

The more she thought about it, the more her heart grew heavy with worry.

"I don't know what to do. If I make the potion and use on Matthew, I'll get to experience a romantic connection with him for an hour. But if anyone were to find out I did it, it could possibly cost me my friendship with Matthew and Twilight Sparkle. Not to mention, my sister would be most disappointed and ashamed….oh, this is giving me a headache all over again." Luna said out-loud to herself as she held her hoof against her forehead in frustration.

Luna then removed her hoof and returned her attention to the scroll floating in front of her.

She then gave it a different thought. "Am I really that desperate to know what it's like? Would I really risk our friendship for my own selfish desires?...maybe…maybe I should just accept that Matthew doesn't-" Luna was cut off by one of her guards entering the throne room.

The guard walked up to Luna and bowed before looking up at her. "Your highness, your sister is here and requests to see you." he stated.

Luna was surprised by this news. "Send her in!" she ordered. The guard nodded before he walked back out of the throne room.

"I wonder why my sister came to me, she usually requests for me to come to her." Luna thought.

After a few minutes, Princess Celestia walked into the throne room and up to her little sister. Luna smiled warmly down at her before she placed the scroll on her thrones arm and walked down the small stairs to reach Celestia.

Once together, they both embraced each other with a loving hug. "Sister, it's been so long since I last saw you. I haven't seen you since the Gala." Celestia said.

"I know, my sister. I've just had a lot on my mind lately." Luna claimed.

The two sisters then separated from their hug and smiled at each other. "So why did you come here? You usually send a letter asking me to come to you." Luna said.

"I know, Luna. But I didn't want to trouble you, so I came myself." Celestia stated with a smile.

Luna then raised her eye brow. "So, nothing is wrong? You just came here to visit me?"

"Well…that wasn't the only reason I came to you." Celestia said.

Luna gave her a wondering look, Celestia then sat down in front of her. "You see, Matthew's family has come to Equestria."

Luna went wide-eyed at this news, she also became worried. "Matthew's family? B-But they are from another world, correct? That is the one thing you told me about Matthew's past. A-Are they here to take him back? Is he leaving Equestria?" she asked growing more worried by the second.

Celestia raised her hoof. "Calm down, my sister! Matthew's family has chosen to let him stay in this world with Twilight, but they wish to return to their home. Which is why I need your help."

Luna was relieved by this news, but was confused by why she needed her. "Me? Why do you require my help?"

"I've found a way to re-open the portal that brought them here, but it'll require both our strengths to make it work. Also, to give them a way that allows them to come back whenever they wish." Celestia explained.

Luna wasn't sure at first, but she couldn't refuse to something like this. "I understand, sister. We will return to Canterlot at once and help Matthew's family." She said.

Celestia smiled proudly down at her. "I'm so glad to hear you say that, my sister."

Luna smiled up at her warmly before Celestia got up and walked towards the throne rooms exit, Luna was about to follow her before she looked back at the scroll on the thrones arm.

"…I'll sort it out later." Luna said under her breath before she followed her sister out of the throne room.

Later that afternoon: Ponyville library

After finally finishing my work, I returned to the library with Jess and Jeff. Applejack had gone back to Sweet Apple Arches with her empty delivery cart.

Twilight and Spike had finished giving my parents the tour of the town and was also back at the library.

We were all now in the kitchen talking about our day. "So, how do you guys like the town?" I asked.

"It's really good, we saw the farm where you work, the market, the Town Hall, and the Day Spa. I'd like to go in there sometimes and see what it's like." My mother said.

Once Jess heard what she said, she looked at me. "You have a Day Spa here?" she asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, that's Rarity's favourite spot in town. I go there all the time to go in the hot-tub." I said.

Jess's eyes widened with surprise. "They have a hot-tub? Oh, I'm definitely going there when I get the chance." She stated.

"I'll take you some other time. Right now, we have to focus on helping you guys home." I said.

"So when's this Princess of yours going to show up anyway?" my Dad asked.

I was starting to wonder that myself. "It should be any minute now, she said this afternoon, right?" I asked looking at Twilight, she just shrugged.

Just then, we saw a flash of light come from the living room and we got up to see what it was.

Me, Twilight, and my family walked into the living room and my family's eyes widened with awe at the sight of Princess Celestia and Luna standing in the middle of the room.

Me and Twilight bowed our heads, I looked over to my family to see they were just standing there with blank expressions on their faces. They then snapped out of it and looked at me. "Bow down!" I whispered.

My family then got the idea and bowed their heads.

We then raised our heads back up, I then walked up to Celestia before I turned around to face my family. "Guys, this is Princess Celestia. She's the ruler of Equestria and Twilight's teacher." I said.

Celestia looked down at me. "Thank you for the introduction, Matthew." She said with a small smile.

Celestia then looked at my family and smiled down at them. "It is very good to finally meet all of you, I've been wondering if you'd all ever come here." she said.

My family were silent, until Jess broke it. "Tall, isn't she?" she said looking up at Celestia's length.

I then became worried that she may have offended Celestia and I looked up at her. "Sorry, she's never met royalty before." I said.

Celestia looked down at me. "It's quite already; I get that reaction a lot in my travels." She stated.

Just then, I noticed Luna standing beside her. Not only was I surprised, I was nervous because I wasn't sure if she still felt upset with me about what happened between us a while back.

"Luna? What're you doing here?" I asked nervously.

"My sister requested for me to accompany here to meet your family, she needs me to help her open to portal to send them home." Luna explained.

Jess stepped forward. "Wait, you mean you can actually open the thing again?" she asked.

Celestia looked at her and nodded. "Yes, I've found a spell which will allow Luna and I to temporarily open the portal that will send you back to your world." She explained.

"Temporarily? You mean…if we go back, we can't come back?" My mother asked with worry rising in her body.

Celestia shook her head. "Not necessarily, there is a way for you to return to Equestria when you wish. However, nothing like this has ever happened before. If we do this, you all must swear to follow the rules I will place upon you." she said in a serious voice.

My family looked at each other before they looked back up at her and nodded in agreement.

With that, Celestia's horn glowed and there was a small flash of light. When the light cleared, there was a small round golden amulet floating in front of Celestia, it had a small white crystal in the middle of it.

We all stared at it with wonder. "What's that for?" Jess asked.

"This amulet will allow whoever wears it to open the portal whenever they choose. For now, it's powerless, but Luna will summon the power of the star and place it into the amulet. The power of world travel…in one little necklace." Celestia explained.

"That's the part I don't get, how's it possible that we all got here just by wishing on an ordinary star?" Jess asked.

Luna then stepped forward. "I believe I can explain that. I have studied my stars for many years; they are a mysterious and powerful magic. Not to mention, unpredictable. Many of us wish upon them for our own desires to come true, but they do not answer to wishes of greed."

"What do you mean?" I asked curiously.

"The stars only answer to wishes of pure heart. When you and your sister wished upon one of them, they were wishes from your hearts." Luna explained.

Celestia then looked down at me. "She's right. You felt lonely back in your world; you spent many days hoping to find true friends and love. When you wished to come here, the star sensed all your feelings and decided to grant your wish." She explained.

I was surprised by this news; Twilight had a look on her face that told me she found all this fascinating.

Celestia then looked at Jess. "And you wished upon that star to find your brother, the star sensed your sadness and also granted your wish." She explained.

"So…that's how all this happened? How we were brought here?" I asked.

Celestia looked at me and nodded. "Yes, it is. Only by wishing with your heart did your wishes come true, the stars will never grant a wish of greed or selfishness."

"But my wish was selfish, I wished to come here to have the perfect life." I stated with my ears slightly low.

"Maybe, but your wish also helped grant another. If your wish helps another's come true, the star sees it as a selfless act." Celestia explained with a smile growing on her face.

I began to wonder who she was talking about. "Really, who?" I asked.

Celestia then gently placed her hoof on my cheek before she slowly turned my head around to face Twilight, I was surprised by this. "…Twilight? My wish helped her?" I said.

"Yes, she wished to find the perfect colt. Her wish would help you find love, so the star saw her wish as a selfless act too." Celestia explained.

"…But in the end…we made our wishes come true on our own. The stars only brought us together, the rest we did ourselves." Twilight said with a warm smile on her face.

"Precisely. In a way, you both granted each other's wishes." Celestia stated with a smile.

I didn't know what to think, I walked up to Twilight and we smiled lovingly at each other. She was more than right. I use to think that star granted my wish, when it was really Twilight who made it come true.

The moment was then broke by my Dad. "So anyway, you were saying something about some rules." He said.

Celestia then looked back at him. "Oh yes…(clears throat)…if I am to intrust you with this sort of power, there are rules that must be followed. Rule one; never let anyone in your world know that ours exists! For if someone with selfish desires were to come here, it could mean disaster for us."

I then looked at my family and nodded. "She's right, the last thing we need is guys in suits putting everypony in cages for study."

My mother nodded. "We understand, we won't tell anyone about you. But what about members of our family, can they know?" she asked.

"Only if they can be trusted to follow these rules." Celestia said with a raised eye brow.

My mother nodded before Celestia continued. "Rule two, keep the amulet safe and hidden! We wouldn't want it to get lost or fall in the wrong hooves…or hands. Because without this amulet, there's no hope of you to returning to Equestria."

My family nodded to tell her they understood.

"And finally, rule three. When in this world, keep the amulet with you at all times! We don't want any of the ponies here to use it and get themselves lost in your world, especially the ones who are up to no-good." Celestia said.

"What do you mean up to no-good?" my Dad asked.

"Let's just say, there are ponies and creatures out there that aren't so friendly." Celestia stated.

My family then looked at each other before they looked back up to Celestia and nodded.

Once Celestia knew they understood everything, she nodded back. "Very well then, we shall allow you to have access to this power." Celestia said.

Celestia then turned her head to face Luna before she nodded down at her, Luna nodded back before she closed her eyes and her horn glowed.

While Luna's horn continued to glow, there was a bright light shining through the window. Just then, a ball of light seeped through the window and floated towards Luna.

We all stared at it with wide-eyes as it hovered in mid-air. "What's that?" Twilight whispered.

"The power of a star, this will be placed into the crystal on the amulet. With it, you will have the ability to open the portal and go home." Celestia explained.

With the amulet still floating in the air, the ball of light hovered towards it and it touched the small white crystal on the amulet. Then there was a large flash of light; causing us to shield our eyes with our arms.

Once the light faded, we removed our arms to see the ball of light was gone but the amulet was glowing white.

"It is done." Luna stated.

Celestia walked over beside Luna and smiled down at her. "Thank you, Luna. And well done." She said with a proud smile, Luna smiled warmly up at her.

Celestia's horn glowed and the amulet hovered towards my family, Jess then grabbed it with her hoof and watched as the small white crystal glowed. "So…now what?" she asked.

"Well, we can open the portal and send you home. Or you can stay a little longer, it's your choice." Celestia stated.

They looked up at her before my mother looked over to me. "Matt…we'd love to stay a little longer, but we have responsibilities back home. Jess has Uni, and you Dad and I have work. You understand, don't you?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I get ya. Just remember that you can visit any time you want to! Twilight and I will always welcome you." I said.

My mother walked up to me and smiled warmly at me. "I know." She said before we shared a hug.

My mother then broke the hug and my Dad walked over to us. "Matt…even though we're far away, remember that we all love you very much! And behave yourself, alright?"

I nodded. "I will." I said before we hugged too.

After we separated, my Dad smirked at me. "And don't go doing anything naughty with Twilight." He whispered, only it was loud enough for Twilight to hear.

I blushed brightly. "Daaaad." I whispered loudly while Twilight giggled with her hoof over her mouth.

My Dad chuckled. "Oh, I'm just messing with ya." He said.

Then finally, Jess came up to me and hugged tightly. "We're gonna miss you, you know that?" she said.

I hugged back. "I know, I'll miss you too." I said.

After hugging for a few seconds, we broke the hug. Jess put the amulet around her neck before she and my parents turned around to face the two Princesses. "Alright, we're ready." My Dad stated.

Celestia nodded. "Very well."

With that, Celestia and Luna turned around to face a clear wall before their horns glowed brightly, both their horns then shot out a beam and it hit the wall.

As the beams continued to shoot out their horns, they began to cross until they formed one whole beam of yellow and blue. As it continued to shoot against the wall, the portal began to spread open. Once the beams stopped, the portal was completely open and there was a loud blowing wind noise.

Celestia turned around to face us. "The portal is open; it will send you back to your home. It won't last long though, so you have to go in fast." She yelled over the loud blowing noise.

My mother then quickly turned to me and hugged me. "We love you, sweet-heart." She said.

I hugged her back. "I love you too, Mum." I said.

No one had time to take turns, so my Dad and Jess joined our hug and we were now sharing another family hug.

We all then broke it before my family turned to face the portal on the wall, Celestia and Luan stepped aside to let them pass.

My family then slowly walked up to the portal, they all looked back at me and I gave them a small wave. They smiled warmly as they waved back. "We'll see each other again, we promise." My Dad yelled over the loud noise.

"I know." I yelled back.

With that, my family turned to face the portal again before they each took a deep breath and jumped into it. Once inside, they shot off into the deep centre of the portal until they couldn't be seen anymore.

The portal then began to close; it shrunk down until it became a tiny dot on the wall and disappeared; leaving the wall looking normal as if it didn't happen.

The room was silent; all I could hear was my own breathing as I thought about what happened to them. I looked over to Celestia. "Are you…are you sure it sent them back?" I asked.

Celestia gave me a calm smile. "Would you like to find out?" she asked.

I wondered what she meant by that, I nodded. "Then take my hoof!" she said as she held her hoof out to me.

I then walked up to her and took her hoof in mine, Celestia's horn then glowed and we both disappeared in a flash of light.

Meanwhile: England/my house

The back garden of my house was quiet; the only sound there was were the birds singing and the chickens clucking in their pen.

Suddenly, the portal opened in mid-air above the grass and my family flew out of it.

They each hit the grass covered ground with a hard thud. "Ahh…if we're gonna do that often, we need to work on the landing!" Jess groaned on the ground.

They all then got up off the ground and looked at themselves to see they weren't ponies anymore; they were back in their human forms. "Hey, we're human again." Jess said.

"Thank god, it's hard work walking on four legs." My Dad stated as he rubbed his head.

Jess then felt something dangle against her chest; she looked down to see she was still wearing the amulet. She grabbed it in her hand and held it up to look at it better.

"I promise I'll keep it safe, and we'll never let anyone else know." Jess said under her breath.

Jess then looked at our mother and Dad, they all then watched as the portal closed.

They all took a moment to think about what just happened, they had just travelled to another world, another universe, and I was still there. But knowing where I was and who I was with, they knew it I would be alright.

And they knew it wasn't goodbye forever, they had the amulet and they could use it to re-open the portal and come back any time they wanted.

After finally feeling comfortable with it all, they all looked behind them to see our house. They all then walked towards it to get inside.

Once inside, Jess went upstairs to her room and grabbed a small box with a lock on it. She opened it and placed the amulet inside, she then closed the box and locked it with a small key.

For safe keeping, she placed the box and its key in one of her drawers which no one opens often. She then closed the drawer and took another moment to think about what's happened.

Just then, our mother came to the doorway of her room. She saw Jess on her knees looking down at the drawer she had placed the box in. "Hey…it'll be alright, we'll see him again." she said softly.

Jess turned her head around to face her. "I know…it's just…it'll be so different without him." She said trying to keep a smile up.

Our mother smiled in amusement. "We said the same thing about you when you first left to go to Uni." She stated.

Jess let out a small chuckle at that, she then got up off her knees and walked up to our mother. "…I'm gonna miss him." She said.

Our mother then wrapped her arms around Jess and hugged her. "I know, we'll miss him too. But he's with Twilight now, he's happy. And besides, we can always go back, right?"

Jess hugged back and nodded her head on our mother's shoulder.

Our mother gently patted her back before they separated. "Come on, I'll make us some dinner." She said before she turned around and walked towards the stairs.

Jess took one last look at the drawer that she put the box in. "Your secret's safe with us, I'll make sure of that." Jess said under her breath before she began to follow our mother back down stairs.

Meanwhile: Equestria/Celestia's bedroom

Celestia had taken me to her bedroom. In it, she had a large round mirror hanging on the wall, but it wasn't any ordinary mirror.

This mirror had the power to see things that are happening in other places, even things happening in other worlds. Celestia and I had been standing in front of it watching my family's every move since they got back home. With this, I knew they made it back safely.

However, I never knew living apart from my family could be so painful. True, I would've had to move out and get my own home eventually. But I didn't expect it to happen so fast.

I stood there with a small amount of tears in my eyes; Celestia looked down at me with a concerned look. "I know it hurts, but you will see them again, Matthew." She said sweetly.

I used my arm to wipe the tears away. "I-I know…its ok, I'm alright now." I said trying to be strong.

Celestia's horn glowed and a tissue appeared in a flash of light, she then used her magic to hover it in front of me. I took it in my hoof and wiped the rest of my tears away before I blew my nose into it.

I looked up at Celestia with a thankful smile. "Thanks."

"You're welcome." Celestia said with a smile before she threw the used tissue in a bin.

After pulling myself together, I let out a small sigh before I looked back up to Celestia. "Well, I'd better get back home to Twilight. I…I really need a rest, it's been a hard day." I said.

Celestia gave me an understanding smile. "Of course." She said before her horn glowed.

I then disappeared in a flash of light; leaving Celestia alone in her room.

Ponyville Library

With a flash of light, I then reappeared inside the library and I felt dizzy. "Whow…I should really work on getting use to that." I said to myself as I wobbled left and right slightly.

After shaking off my dizzy state, I looked around and saw Twilight sitting in the kitchen with Spike, Jeff and Peewee. She noticed me before she got up and walked up to me.

"So did they make it back?" Twilight asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, they're fine." I said.

"Good, are you ok? I know how hard this must be for you, do you want to talk?" Twilight asked with a concerned voice.

I shook my head. "No thanks, Twi. All I want right now is to have a minute to relax." I said calmly.

Twilight nodded. "Ok, Matt. You go have a lie down! I'll check up on you later." She said.

I gave her a small smile before I walked towards the stair, I then walked up to our bed and I crawled up on top it before I laid my head on the pillow. I didn't bother getting under the covers; I just lied there looking up at the ceiling trying to relax my body.

Meanwhile: Luna's castle

After returning to her castle, Luna was now in her throne room pacing back and forth in deep thought.

"This was too close, what if Matthew was ordered to return to his world by his parents? I would have never seen him again, then I would never know what it's like to have the colt of my dreams love me. Even if I decided to use the potion, it would have been too late." Luna said to herself.

Luna then looked at her throne to see the scroll was still on the arm of the throne, Luna's horn glowed before the scroll lifted off the arm and hovered towards her.

Once in front of her, she used her magic to unroll the scroll and read it again. After a few minutes, Luna finally made her ultimate choice.

"Today was too much of a risk; I cannot allow it to happen again. I must know what it's like, I need to know what it's like. I…I love Matthew, I…I just want to know what it would be like if he loved me in return." Luna said out-loud to herself.

Luna felt strongly about her choice, even though a wave of guilt repeatedly flowed across her body. She hung her head with her ears down.

But she thought that this would help her move on, all she wanted was one hour with the colt she loved and then she'd give it all up like it never happened. If she had any chance at freedom from her own feelings, it had to be done.

That night: Ponyville library

At last, it was finally time to end the day and get some peaceful sleep.

Spike, Jeff and Peewee were already in their basket fast asleep.

I was also already in bed under the covers, Twilight had just come up the stairs and crawled into bed with me. Twilight looked at me and saw how I was just looking up at the ceiling; she wondered if I had even noticed her beside me.

Twilight then waved her hoof in front of my eyes and I jumped as I snapped out of my train of thought; slightly startling Twilight.

I turned my head to face her. "Oh sorry, Twi. I was miles away." I said.

"Still worried about your family?" Twilight asked.

I turned my attention back up at the ceiling. "Not as much as I was before, but…you know how it is." I said.

"Yeah…but hey, it'll be alright. We'll see them again; they said they'd visit a few times. We'll invite them to our wedding, that way they'll be here to see us get married." Twilight said with a sweet smile.

I turned my head to face her again and I smiled at her. "Yeah, we'll do that. I just wish they would've stayed a bit longer." I said quietly.

"I know you do, I wish they did too" Twilight said softly before she planted a small kiss on my cheek. "But just try and get some sleep! You've had a hard day; you might feel better in the morning." She said.

I nodded. "Ok Twi." I said before I laid my head on the pillow, Twilight then did the same.

"Goodnight, Twi. I love you." I said before I closed my eyes and relaxed.

"Goodnight, Matt. I love you too." I heard Twilight say.

We both then drifted off to sleep, knowing that somewhere out there, my family would be going to sleep in their own beds thinking the same thing about us.

This is a new thing in all our lives, both my birth family and my pony family have been brought together and have accepted each other into their lives in friendship and harmony.

In other words…Two worlds, one family.

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