Sleep. That was the only thing on my mind. I was exhausted by school and wanted nothing more than a nice nap. So in my final period of the day, I made sure to sit in the back of the class so I could get away with catching some Z's. I was just beginning to drift off when I turned to the side a little and fell right out of the desk. I hit the deck and snapped awake. I head the entire class start to laugh and the teacher walked up to me.

"Luke Barrett, were you asleep?" she asked.

"No, I was writing the next great American novel. I dropped my pen, reached to grab it, then fell on the floor." I said with a sarcastic attitude.

"Well mister, I suggest you pay attention to this class. If you don't pass this class, you will not have enough credits to pass high school." the teacher said.

"Like I could possibly care. I don't plan to go to college or anything, I'm going into the Navy." I said.

It was true, I was in the NJROTC(Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.) program at my school. It helped us with some of the stuff we would have to know and face in the Navy, like attention to detail.

"Well, you still need a high school education to go into the military. So stay awake in the foreseeable future, okay?" she asked.

"Sure, I will." I said.

As soon as she turned around, I laid my head back on the desk and went back to sleep. I had a very strange dream while I was asleep. I dreamed of a war, in a land not like the one I lived in. I wish I would have found out what had happened, but the bell to end the day woke me up, just before I could truly tell what was going on in the dream.

I walked out of the school and found my friend, James. We both lived in the same neighbourhood, so we walked home together a lot. We were some of the best friends you could have ever met.

"So, Luke, heard you fell asleep in one of your classes." James said.

"What are you, my mother?" I asked.

"No man, I just heard of what happened. That thing you said about the next 'great American novel' was hilarious." he said.

"How did you learn about that?" I asked.

"Some of my boys were in the same class as you. I got connections, remember?" he asked.

"I still don't believe that." I said.

We both laughed and started our trek home. It was a long walk, but we made it to and from school during the week. We both kept walking up the main road, but went off into the woods as a short cut to our houses. The path was dirt, but had been stomped down to form a path. The path lead through the forest into the back of our neighbourhood. We both were walking along when I saw a glint from a bush.

"Hey, what's that?" I asked.

"How should I know, why should I care?" James asked.

"No dude, check this out." I said.

I walked over to the bushes and picked up what I saw. It looked like a coin of some sort, or maybe a medallion. It looked like solid gold, and was heavy enough to be. It had a picture of the sun on it. I quickly stuffed it in the pocket of my pants and rejoined James on the path.

"So what was it?" he asked.

"Nothing much, just a rock." I replied.

"I have found that there are a lot of those laying around now a days." he said sarcastically.

I told him to go kill himself and we entered my neighbourhood. We parted ways and walked to our houses. I unlocked the door to mine and opened the door. I walked in, put my keys in a bowl next to the door, and ran upstairs to relax. I had no homework to do, and it was a Friday, so I had not a care in the world. I remembered the medallion in my pocket and pulled it out. It seemed to get heavier every time I touched it. I laid it down on my desk and jumped on my bed, closing my eyes and drifting into sleep. My dream was strange. It started out with me sitting in a chair. I looked around and saw that I was in a room. It was just sitting, and the room had just blank grey walls. I just sat there, then I heard a voice behind me.

"Who are you?"

I stood up and looked behind the chair quickly. I saw a girl my age standing behind me, but she did not look like a girl I had ever seen. Her hair was mostly purple, but seemed to have a different colour in it as well. For some reason I could not tell.

"Who are you?" she asked again.

Well, me being the ladies man I am, I said:

"The better question is, who are you?"

"You found something today, it was gold, do you still have it?" she asked.

"Yeah, its on my desk in my room. Why?" I asked.

She disappeared before she could answer. I tried to get her to to reappear, but it did not work. I woke up to someone shaking me.

"Wake up, come on, wake up!" the voice said.

I was too tired, but the voice seemed to be in a hurry, because it pulled me off of the bed and I landed hard on the floor of my room. I groaned and said something along the lines of "what the hell was that for, you motor city mother fucker". I looked up and could not believe my eyes. It was the girl from the dream I just had. I sat up and apologized for what I said.

"Where is the medallion?" she asked.

"Over there, on the desk." I said, pointing over at my desk in the corner.

She ran over to it, picked it up and held it close to her chest, like she was happy to see it again. She put in a purse she had and ran over to me, bending down and hugging me like I was a long lost friend. I was confused at the moment, so I asked her to explain herself.

"Well, my name is Twilight Sparkle. I come from the magical world of Equestria. I came here to look for this medallion. It is part of a prophecy that must be fulfilled, and I think that you may be apart of it. What do they call you, human?" she asked.

"My name is Luke, Luke Barrett. What are you talking about?" I asked.

"There is not time, you have to come with me!" she said.

She grabbed me by the hand and began to drag me off down the stairs of my house and out the front door. I knew that for some reason, I would wish I had just left the medallion in the bushes.