Crossing Over
By Alaborn

Standard disclaimer: This is a not for profit fan work. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is copyright Hasbro, Inc. I make no claim to any copyrighted material mentioned herein.

Epilogue

Ever since returning to my world, I felt a strong desire to do something real. Math. Science. I thought engineering would suit me well. After two years of community college, and a 4.0 my second year, I transferred to Purdue University. The mere act of living in a dormitory for the first time forced me to be more social than I had been in the past. I tried random activities with the guys on my floor, though the less said about our intramural Ultimate Frisbee team, the better.

I also made a stronger effort to connect with my parents. I still didn’t care much about sports or television, so I just tried asking for advice. It didn’t matter what subject I chose. It didn’t matter if I really needed the advice. What it gave me was some actual, adult conversations. I gained new respect for all the things they did right in their lives.

I had hoped to complete my bachelor’s degree in the traditional four years, but it looked like an extra semester was going to be necessary. With trying to finish a degree as fast as possible, I didn’t have as much time to devote to the Harry Potter fandom, maybe visiting my favorite Web sites twice a week. To the average person, that might sound like a lot, but trust me, it isn’t. But late in the fall of my senior “year” was an exception. The first part of the final Harry Potter movie had just been released; I of course caught a midnight showing. It was something fresh for us fans to discuss, and discuss it we did.

The big argument was whether the final book really needed to be split into two movies. I took the side that it wasn’t necessary. I repeated an argument I had made back when the final book had been released, that there were so many scenes that could be condensed or skipped to make a more exciting movie, one that could easily fit in a normal movie’s running time. The thread on the forum was passionate, to say the least.

Refreshing the thread, one poster’s response to my perfectly reasoned argument was one of those stupid lolcat pictures, with the caption “U MAD?” Normally, I’d ignore those, except for what was on that picture. My jaw dropped when I saw a blue-green pegasus with a rainbow-colored mane smiling at me.

“Where’s that picture from?” I typed in response.

I probably ruined my mouse clicking refresh every three seconds. Finally, I got a response, the cryptic message “Join the herd” with a hyperlink to YouTube.

What is this? “My Little Pony, Friendship Is Magic, Episode 1?” A story… one I heard before. “But how could they possibly…” And then the narrator’s voice faded into a familiar voice. The animated storybook was replaced by a book being read by… Twilight Sparkle.

No. Way.