“Ah, fanfiction, my newest obsession! Welcome friends to my world! Not much here, is there? Of course not; I haven’t created anything yet! Why don’t we skip all these pleasantries and get right down to it, what do ya say? Well, why don’t introduce our hero for this story! Come forth my friend!”

Out of the emptiness, comes an average looking male human. He has dark brown hair, is just under six feet tall, and wearing a white Hawaiian shirt and dark blue jeans. He looks around, wondering where he is. “Hello me!”

“Wha? What for the love of all that is good and holy is going on here?” he asks.

“You have been created! You are a character in my new story!”

“I’m a character?” he asks with a questioning look. After a few moments of thinking, he speaks again. “Okay, that is both hard to believe and very cool!”

“Whelp, it’s true! You are me, or the me that I want to be, I guess. So why don’t you tell our readers a little about yourself before we begin?”

“Oh, well then.” He turns toward a blank wall and introduces himself. “Hello, name's Josh. But, please call me DJ. No rhyme or reason behind it, I just don’t like my original name; I need a name that is unique enough to fit my character! I am a native of Omaha, Nebraska in the United States of America, one of the most boring towns out there. Seriously! After the College World Series and The Henry Doorly Zoo, you’ve pretty much seen everything. It’s a city that wants to be a tourist destination. You can call me random all you like, too. BECAUSE I AM!! Crazy, wacky, fun? That’s me! SO GET USED TO IT! Sorry, lost the happy, but the happy’s back!!”

“Also, I am a recent edition to the My Little Pony fandom. So yeah, I’m a brony, but I really don’t like being called one. Nothing against it, just that the word sounds weird when it’s said out loud. Favorite character would have to be Twilight Sparkle, mostly because she was the first character I saw when I watched the show for the first time. Not too proud to admit that I called her cute when I first saw her,” he says with reddening cheeks.

“Now, now, don’t be getting ahead of me. We have plenty of story to do, so go on and enjoy your adventure DJ. Have fun!” With a simple snap of my fingers, the young man disappears from sight, but not before getting the last word.

“I’m not going to remember this ever happening, am I?”

“Well that was a strange dream,” DJ says awakening on his bed. Things have been very strange for this young man this past month. Back in December, DJ discovered the My Little Pony fanfiction website and got addicted to it quickly. Honestly, the stories are much better than the show! Hey, look at that, my thoughts are finally understandable! Weird. Usually, they are all over the place.

DJ looks around his relatively large bedroom and tried to remember what happened before he dozed off. His parents were at work, his younger sister was at school, and he was all alone in the house since Winter Vacation was still in full swing, being only the second week of January. DJ was currently a student at the local university hoping to major in civil engineering and possibly education. Simple, I know, but this life doesn’t hold that much for me.

And that was his problem. DJ has a small problem with the world he lived on; he truly felt that he didn’t belong on it. There was war, crime, death, destruction, pain, suffering, and etcetera. To DJ, the world was a dark and dreary place that would consume itself sooner rather than later. We humans have the power to destroy everything in a matter of hours. Not something that makes someone feel safe, even in the comfort of home.

DJ returned his attention to his personal laptop computer, going back to the current story he was reading. Lately, it was all he spent his time doing; reading fan story after fan story. Personally, he enjoyed human-in-Equestria stories. He is what is known as a reactionist, which means he enjoys the reactions of others when something happens. I love the drama! Secretly, he wished that something like those stories would happen to him. He wanted nothing more than to leave Earth forever, no looking back. DJ had a happy life, loving family (More like controlling), a few close friends (Yeah, ONE), a paying job; easy enough for a young college student. That didn’t ease his hatred for his world; DJ completely hated what his kind had done to their world and could never feel at home on a world ruled by hatred and fear and is destined to destroy itself.

It started out like any other day, but today would be the greatest day of his life so far. As he focused on his reading, a small cloud of green smoke began to pour in through the closed window (somehow). Whenever DJ read, he gets completely engrossed in the story and it takes a lot to grab his attention away from it. The smoke began to shape right next to him, without even noticing. Then suddenly he hear this in his ear: "HELLOOO!"

"HOLY SH--!," DJ yells as he falls off of his bed. He grumble as he stands back up, and then gawks at what had scared the living crap out of him. Stand...er...floating above the bed was a genie… a freakin’ genie! An effin’ genie is my room! BEST DAY EVER! So with all his mighty intelligence and cunning he manages to say, "You are a freakin’ genie!" Smooth DJ. Smooth.

"Ha ha ha," he laughed, starting off good. "Yes, I am a genie. And I am here to offer you a great experience."

"Oh," DJ says as coolly as he could. "And what would that be?"

"I am special kind of genie that appears only to certain humans. Humans that meet a certain requirement."

"What kind of requirement?"

"I am what is known as a World Genie. I appear to beings who are 'imprisoned' in the world where they were born and offer them to not only fulfill their dreams, but also to send them to a new world where they be truly at peace."

"So you are going to kill me? By the way, what is your name?" Isn’t that how you get to other worlds? By dying? Hope not, but whatevs.

"Hm hm hm. What an odd way to ask."

"Yeah, I get that a lot," DJ says with a stupid smirk on his face.

"My name is Genie. And no, I am not going to kill you, what I meant was you can go to a place where you can be happy."

"Oh. Disney spelling or old TV show spelling?"

"Disney spelling. But I am not as humorous I suppose," he replies with small frown.

"Cool, though you seem like you could be funny if you tried. So what are we supposed to do now?"

"I will offer you three wishes. The first two are to be used as you wish, but the third is where you must wish yourself to a new world of your choosing."

"AWESOME! DREAMS DO COME TRUE! Hey, after this you wanna hang out in the new world I choose?"

His eyebrows shot up at that question. "You want to be friends? You wish to still be around me after your wishes are granted?"

"Dude, you are fulfilling my greatest dreams, the very least I can do is keep you company from time to time. Besides, who in their right mind would not want to have a genie as friend? We could have the greatest adventures EVER!"

With a nice sized smile on his face, he continues to speak. "Alright then DJ, I accept you offer of friendship, but now we must get down to business. We only have a short time for your wishes."

"Oh. Well then, good thing I have thought this through before," He says as he grabs two toy lightsabers off of his desk. I’m a collector. Deal with it! "My first wish is for these two lightsabers to be real ones that give me special powers."

"And what powers would those be?"

"Well..."

*Five minutes later*

(Sorry, but not even the reader gets the upper hand in this story!)

"And that is my first wish. I know the loopholes in this wish thing, you know." I have had this dream for a long time. No way am I messin’ this up!

"I can see that. Now what is your second wish?"

"I wish for all the debts and loans that my family and I owe be completely paid off. I will not leave my family with my debts; that would just be stupid and cruel. And paying off theirs would be a good going away gift."

His eyebrows shot up with shock at the selflessness of that wish. "I haven’t been told such a selfless wish for many years. You continually surprise me, human."

"I try," he responds with a stupid grin.

"Now it is time for your third and final wish. What world will you be going to?"

He stops to think over that question. Many worlds came to mind. DJ could go to Star Wars, Kingdom Hearts, Percy Jackson, DC comics, etc. But he stopped thinking those. I realized that even with power giving lightsabers, I would probably get my butt killed in all of those worlds. So then he thought of worlds where he could live a peaceful life where he could just be a protector at most. A world where war and crimes rarely, if ever, happen. One world came to mind. The world that DJ had become infatuated with over the past few months. "Equestria," he says with finality and a smug smile.

"The pony world, huh? If I may ask, my friend," a smile appeared on his face as he spoke those words, "Why would you choose such a peaceful world?"

"I figure it is the only place where I won't get my butt killed and where I can avoid the problems of the world I am currently in."

"Alright then. Equestria it is. But we must be going soon, I can only be here for a short amount of time. Rules and regulations and all that."

DJ nods in understanding. "Can I ask you a few favors first, though?"

"Anything, friend."

"First may have a few minutes to pack some things I need and to leave a note for my family?"

"Of course." At that, he started packing away a few things to bring to his new home. Computer, spare clothes (so I don't have to rely on Rarity at the get-go), and few other things. As DJ packed his asked his other favor, "Second, do you think you could change my body so I could fit in better there?"

"You wish to be turned into a pony?" he asked, eyebrow raised.

"No. I meant could you make me a little more physically fit and maybe make me more musically inclined?" Not exactly a picture of health, ya know. I am not fat, but I am not in the best of shape either.

"Oh. I don't see too much problem with that. How musically inclined?"

"So I can sing, dance, and play any instrument. I know that place musical magic, but I want to be prepared just in case. I don't want to embarrass myself, too bad."

"Consider it done." He snapped his fingers and DJ began to feel better than he had in a long time.

He placed a note on his desk as well as his credit cards and other things that will be of no use to him in Equestria. Clipped the new lightsabers to his belt and threw his bags on to his shoulders. "I am ready to go!" DJ says with a happy smile.

"Before I open the portal, be aware that once you go through, you may never return to this world. My magic will prevent you from returning for the rest of time. A one-way trip, if you will."

That stopped him...for like a second! "I care about my family and everything, but this is my dream and nothing will stop or deter me! TALLY HO MY GOOD GENIE!" DJ replies with his trademarked British accent. Okay, so it’s not trademarked, but it only really works for me. BTW: whenever I start talking fancy, I usually resort to a British accent. Don’t know why I am telling myself stuff I already know, but hey, I could be insane for all I know.

He smiled warmly at DJ and pointed his finger at the floor. Suddenly a giant swirling vortex opened in his bedroom floor and it was the same green color as the genie. "Very well then, friend. This portal will take you to your new home."

"This better take me to the Equestria of my dreams," DJ says with a sly smile.

He gave him the exact same look. "Of course. Anything less and reputation would be tarnished!"

DJ laughs at that and moves toward the portal. "Whelp, see you later Earth, it's been fun, but a new world a waits." DJ curls up a little and jumps over the portal, cannonball style. Then he yelled, "YAHOOHOOHOOOOOOOIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!" Goofy will always be classic! The portal closes above my head as he begins to fall to another world. MY NEW LIFE AWAITS BELOW!

"Well, my little ponies, that was quite the adventure we have just experienced," Princess Celestia says with a warm smile.

"Tis true, sister, quite the experience," Princess Luna agreed.

The two Equestrian rulers were sitting with Elements of Harmony at the dining room table of Princess Twilight Sparkle in Books and Branches Library. The new princess and her friends had just saved Ponyville from the Everfree Forest by relinquishing their Elements to the Tree of Harmony. Discord was among them as well but was just floating lazily, not really paying attention. Then he said, "Well, ladies this has been a fun bit of chaos, but I will be off." With that he snapped his clawed fingers and disappeared with 'pop'. Everything was silent for the next moment as the others were still tired after helping repair the town, even the ever active Rainbow Dash was on the ground tired.

That was until a massive hole appeared in the ceiling above the table and something fell with a loud yell and a groan. The strange creature then yelled at the hole, "THAT HURT! I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS, MAN!" And with that said, the creature then groaned as it fell on its back on the table. It then opened its eyes and found itself staring at the upside-down, frightened yet intrigued muzzle of Princess Twilight Sparkle. It then smiled and said, "Hello Princess Twilight, name's DJ! Nice to meetcha!"

**********

DJ was definitely in pain. Falling several stories and landing on a table that seemed harder than concrete will definitely do some damage on your back, that’s for true. After shouting his frustrations, DJ happened upon a familiar face, or muzzle. DJ smiles in recognition and greets the pony in front of him, still upside down, mind you. “Hello Princess Twilight, name’s DJ! Nice to meetcha!”

Her shocked face revealed it all. She had no idea how he knew her name, but DJ supposed he would thinking like her if this happened to him. She then started talking, shakily of course. "H-How do you know my n-name?"

"That is a question that will be answered when I am able to sit up without being in tremendous pain," he replied being that smart ass that he naturally was. After saying that, DJ slowly started to sit up, groaning all the way. He did manage to sit fully up, thankfully, and figured that his back would be sore for a while. "Ah. Man that is going hurt for a while. What did I land on?"

"My dining room table," said Twilight matter-of-factly.

"Oh. Then am I in the Books and Branches Library or is called the Golden Oaks Library?" he asked trying to clarify which was the true name. Different stories use different names. Just want some clarification.

"It's the Books and Branches Library. My home."

"Alrighty then." Then he started to look around, only just now noticing that he was surrounded by the Elements of Harmony and the co-rulers of Equestria. "Well, this going to make things easier," he thought out loud. "Greetings ponies! My name is Josh, but you all may call me DJ. It is nice to meet you all."

"Hello DJ," said Twilight. "I see that you already know who I am, but --."

DJ interrupted her at that. Rude I know, but I already knew what she was going to say. "It is not just you I know, my dear Princess and Element of Magic." That shocked her even more. "I know everypony here! Princess Celestia, princess of the Sun. Princess Luna, princess of the Moon. Applejack, Element of Honesty and owner of Sweet Apple Acres. Rainbow Dash, Element of Loyalty and the fastest flyer in Equestria. Lady Rarity, Element of Generosity and owner of the Carousel Boutique. Pinky Pie, Element of Laughter and Ponyville's resident party pony. And last, but not least...,"

DJ stopped, looking around for everybody's favorite shy little pony. He couldn't see her anywhere, but knew that she was here, somewhere. Then he decided to look under the table and was met by the adorable face of Fluttershy. "Ah, there she is! Fluttershy, Element of Kindness and Ponyville's animal care giver." She was shaking in fear of him, that much was obvious. So he decided to lower his voice and spoke as calmly as possible. "Don't worry Fluttershy. I won’t harm you. I only wish to be your friend," he said. He wanted to be friends with all of them. Good glory, I think this world is already messing with me! DJ was terrible at meeting new people and making friends, but it seemed to come so easily here.

He then notices that she had stopped shaking and was staring at him with a dumbfounded face. Fluttershy had no idea how he knew about her, but even she could tell when someone was being sincere. She slowly flew out from underneath the table and sat next to Twilight. She tried hiding here face in her hair, or mane as it were, but DJ could tell she was smiling at his attempt at friendship. DJ then looked up to see that the entire mane 6 were staring at him, completely shocked at how he knew so much about them. Even the princess had looks of surprised! I SHOCKED CELESTIA! WOO!

"Ha ha. Surprised I see?" They nodded their heads a little. All except Pinkie Pie who had bounced onto the table and was staring at him with a huge grin. "Hello Pinkie Pie"

"HI! WHAT'S YOU NAME? OH THAT'S RIGHT YOU SAID IT WAS DJ! NICE TO MEET YOU DJ! DO YOU LIKE PARTIES? DO LIKE CAKE? WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE KIND? MINE IS---?" DJ did the only thing he could to keep his dwindling sanity: he used his right hand and clamped it on her mouth. Even though she still tried to talk; it was completely muzzled, though.

"It is very nice to meet you in the flesh, Pinkie. I will answer your questions if you answer one of mine first. Do you agree?" She nodded her head so fast it nearly threw his hand off. Since she accepted, DJ slowly took his hand of her muzzle. What I was about to ask would affect my life forever. Since this was a private question, he leaned in close and whispered into her ear, "Will you teach me how to use Pinkie Physics?" I desperately wanted her powers!

Her eyes shrunk to pin pricks, completely shocked about my knowledge. She whispered back, "How do you know about that?'

"Because we are similar my dear party pony. I, too, enjoy being crazy and having fun!" She smiled brightly at that. Another being like her?! It was unheard of and now she had someone she could finally relate to.

"You want to be like me?!" she had hoped for this day for a long time.

"Of course, then together we could have a lot of fun around here. So will you accept?" She nodded her head faster than he could see. I will be a human Pinkie Pie! "THE RANDOMNESS HAS DOUBLED!" he shouted. All, but Pinkie backed up at the loud noise.

"And as I promised, dear Pinkie Pie, I will answer your questions, but I am sure the other Elements of Harmony and the Princesses have questions of their own. So I feel that it is time for Question and Answer session! Pinkie your questions will be answered at a later time, don’t worry. Twilight get your notes, you are going to need them." She was shocked that he knew about her notes, but shock quickly turned to excitement at the chance of new knowledge. She quickly raced upstairs and returned a few seconds later, notebooks in hand...err...hoof. She had the famous creepy smile that she always got when she was going to be learning something new. It looked cuter in person. WHOA, Wait, WHAT?! DROP THOSE THOUGHTS DJ, RIGHT NOW! No pony dating, that may come later, probably not, but today has been a bunch of firsts. Pretty sure I don’t swing that way.

DJ decided to start off the Q & A with an introduction. "To save a few questions, I will tell you all a little about myself. As I said, my name is DJ and I am a human from the planet Earth. And yes Twilight, I am just like those creatures you met when you went through the mirror in the Crystal Kingdom." She stopped writing, once again in shock. This is really fun! "I enjoy having fun and being my true self. Who is that, you ask? Why that would be me acting as however I feel fits the situation. Whether that be using different accents or talking in different tones. It is who I am and I will never change!" DJ let that little bit sink in. "Alright then, what questions do you have for me? Princess Twilight, you may go first, if you wish."

"Alright. First, you can call me Twilight. I am still getting used to this whole 'princess' thing. Second, what are you doing here?"

"Thank you for the clarification, Twilight. To answer your question, I was visited by a genie who gave me three wishes with one catch. The third wish had to bring me to a new world. I used the first two to settle a few things back home and then wished to be sent to Equestria. And so you know, I have no intent on going back. I wanted to come here and also the magic that sent me here prevents me from going back for the rest of time."

That little bit of information was confusing to the new princess, but she took it in stride. The next to ask a question was the princess of the night. "Why did you choose to come to Equestria?" Even DJ could sense the small bit of malice in her voice, but he pretended not to notice.

"I figured that I could live a happy life here. Most of the worlds that came to my mind would have probably ended up getting me killed because of my natural personality," he said with a sly smile. That was the honest truth and she could tell, he hoped. She seemed to, at least, since she nodded when DJ had finished answering.

Applejack spoke next, asking what was on everypony's mind. "How do ya know all of that stuff about us?"

"Ah. I knew that question will come up, but it will be a little difficult for you to understand based upon the difference between your world's and mine's levels of technology. So perhaps it would be better to show you instead. But first, does anyone here know what a computer is?" DJ wasn't really expecting an answer, but of course Twilight did. She always does. "Twilight?"

"Yes, I know what a computer is! I have one in the basement. It's pretty big but it has 500 kilobytes so it would make sense."

That last bit made him laugh out loud. "AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" If there is one thing I know, it’s computers. So yeah, this makes me laugh.

She frowned a little bit. "What's so funny?," she asked with a little anger behind it.

"Nothing really it's just that 500 kb is barely anything on my world," he said bringing out his laptop. "You see Twilight, this thing here is what is known as a laptop or portable computer. And it is much more powerful than the massive one in your basement."

That angered her a little. How could that little thing be more powerful than mine? she thought to herself. "How so?" she asked curious. Based on his answer she would retort.

"Well, while your computer has 500kb the one in my lap boast 750 gigabytes." That shut her up! Her eyes went wide, and that means WIDE! It looked like her eyes were about to burst with what DJ had said. Did, did he just say GIGAbytes? And seven hundred and fifty of them?! Twilight screamed in her mind. "That is actually roughly the standard back home. There are even computers back home that possess several terabytes of storage by default." I think I actually broke her with that bit of info. DJ could swear sparks were shooting out from her ears!

He opened up his laptop and powered it up from the sleep mode he had put into before packing it. Thankfully it had not been damaged when he landed on the table, which he just noticed that he was still sitting on. Ah, well. I'll get off when she tells me to. He opened up the MLP folder he had and looked for an appropriate episode to show the group. He decided to ask, "So what was your recent adventure?" making it seem like he was just making conversation.

Rainbow spoke up, "We just returned the Elements to the Tree of Harmony and saved Ponyville from the Everfree forest! Yeah, we kicked flank!" That stopped him for a second. Did I time travel? That was the season four premier and his world was already several episodes in. I mean, the most recent has Pinkie find out she was related to the Apples! Now DJ has always theorized about time and world travel and its consequences so he decided against showing and telling them about what was to come. We would get there soon enough, anyways right?

"Well then, I think might just shock all you!" DJ turned the computer around and they all gathered in front of it. He hit play for the two part season four premier and just watched as their faces betrayed their every thoughts. This is gonna be interesting!