Earth

“Ugh, am I glad that’s over.” I exclaim as I enter my room and start putting my school stuff away. I change out of my school clothes and into some a black t-shirt and white shorts. I look in the mirror to see my reflection; a 17 year old boy, 5’11 in height, my black hair becoming close to needing a haircut, my brown eyes covered by my rimless glasses.
“Well, time to get started.” My life has become a bit of a routine:
6:00 a.m. Wake up, breakfast, mom drives me to school
8:10 a.m. – 3:18 p.m. School
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Mom drops me off at home, make lunch for my grandmother and myself and spend time with her
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Homework
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Free time, mostly gaming and ponies
9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Have stuff ready for school the next day, shower then sleep.
I just finished cooking some vegetable soup for my grandmother and made a sandwich for myself. I was thinking of Pinkie’s “Cupcakes” song while making the whole thing. I’ve been a brony for a long time now and I’ve enjoyed the fanfics, music, and art that the community has created. I walk to my grandmother’s room with our food in hand.
“Grandma, your food’s here!” I exclaim.
My grandmother is a sweet old lady. Even though she’s in her 80s she still does help out around the house. Sometimes we say she has to rest, but she’s pretty stubborn. She does have to take her medicine to make sure she’s okay and I take care of her until mom gets home.
“Oh, thank you sweetie.” she says. “Did you put some lemon in the soup?”
I playfully roll my eyes “Yes, grandma.”
She laughs and then coughs a little, she says she fine and I believe her. She’s a tough old bird; I just hope she doesn’t go away anytime soon, I love her to death. We always talk about what happened to me at school or something about her past. We watch movies together and she has the loudest and funniest laugh. I stayed with her longer today because I had no homework due to it being the weekend. She said she was tired, so she was going to take a nap.
I kiss her forehead “Remember, if you need me, just call out for me.” I tell her
“I know, thank you for helping me.” she says
She closes her eyes and once I hear her soft snores; I pick up our plates and put them in the sink, I grab some bottled water and walk to the backyard. Today was a nice spring day and during this time of year, the butterflies are always flying around the place. Pretty yellow butterflies with white bodies, not the same color, but just as beautiful as the ones that form Fluttershy’s cutie mark. I breathe in the air and sigh.
‘I don’t mind this routine, but I just wish things would change. I want some excitement in my life. I would like to go somewhere and make some new friends. Heh, maybe go to Equestria and be friends with everypony.’
I slowly shake my head.
‘If only. That kind of stuff only happens in fanfics like “Living the Dream” or “My Second Life” but that’s what they are, fanfics. There’s no way I’d ever go there. I need to stay here now and take care of my grandmother at least until my mom gets her “at home” job. Still, I can dream, can’t I?’
I take a drink of my water and feel the cool spring breeze flowing by. I then notice that the wind seems to be picking up. I hear a crackling sound similar to electricity followed by a bright flash that causes me to cover my eyes.
‘What’s going on?!’
I hear the wind slow down and I feel the light diminishing. I slowly move my arms from my face and open my eyes, which soon widen in shock. I drop my bottled water and my jaw drops at what is in front of me. I manage to utter 2 words in awe, “….no…..way…”

Equestria: An hour ago

It was an hour ago that Twilight Sparkle had responded to Princess Celestia’s letter. Needless to say, she was ecstatic to see her mentor again and that she was going to add to her lessons of friendship. She had responded that she had gathered her friends and were on their way to Canterlot. The royal sisters were in the throne room, awaiting their arrival.
“Did you acquire the items I asked you to retrieve from my room, Luna?” asked Celestia
“Indeed sister. I must admit, you certainly prepared for everything when you planned this.” said Luna, while holding a silver box with her magic and placing it on the floor, in the middle of their two thrones. The sound of the throne room doors opening shifted their attention and they saw Twilight Spark, Spike, and her friends making their way towards them.
“Princess Celestia!”exclaimed Twilight as she went to nuzzle her mentor as Spike and the rest of the girls bowed in respect.
“It’s a pleasure to see you again, my faithful student.” said Celestia
“Indeed, and it’s a pleasure to see you all once more. Please, rise.” said Luna, to which everypony rose up.
“So, what is it you need of us Princesses?” asked Twilight.
“Yeah, is there some new threat we need to take care of?” asked Rainbow Dash, while putting up her hooves for a fight.
“No, Rainbow Dash. Luna and I have called you all here for a very important task; we are going to have a new arrival coming to Equestria, he will live here in Equestria and will not only teach you all some lessons in friendship but will be learning alongside you as well.” explained Celestia. Pinkie let out a huge gasp and starting hopping around
“A new pony! Oh, this is going to be super-duper fun!”
“Oh, he’s not a pony Pinkie Pie.” said Luna, which got everypony confused.
“Pardon me princesses, but did y’all just say he’s not a pony? If he’s not, then what is he?” asked Applejack.
Celestia smiled and began to use her magic once again to open the window to view Earth. She remembered the human she chose and focused the spell to find him again, once she did, she showed him to Twilight and her friends, who gasped in shock.
“This is who is coming to Equestria, Applejack. He is from a species called “humans".” said Celestia
Everypony looked at the strange being with curiosity and a bit of fear, since they never seen anything like him before.
“Oh, look at the clothing he is wearing. So different, it could look a bit better though.” said Rarity
“Um…he’s not going to hurt us, is he?” asked Fluttershy
Celestia shook her head “Not at all Fluttershy, in fact…”
She began channel her spell to see what he was doing now and everypony saw him brining some food to an older looking human. Everypony sees him talking and taking care of her and began to relax, knowing that he is so caring shows he can’t possibly be dangerous. Celestia then dispels the window and asks them what their thoughts on him.
“Well, he seemed pretty cool!” said Spike and everypony began agreeing with him.
“Well, I will be using a spell to go to his world and talk to him about coming here, I will be back momentarily. Please, wait here so you all can meet him.” said Celestia, to which everypony nodded.
Celestia closed her eyes and began charging her horn to use the spell to go to Earth. Magic began circling around her and gathering at her horn. Once she had enough energy, she opened her eyes and a great light spread throughout the throne room. When the flash ended, Celestia saw she was face to face with the human. She gave a kind smile and heard him whisper:
“…no…way…”

Earth: Present

This isn’t possible! Standing in front of me was Princess Celestia herself!
‘If this is a dream, please don’t wake me up!’
“Am….am I dreaming?”
I hear soft laughter coming from the princess and she speaks:
“I can assure you, you are not dreaming Jeronimo.”
I gasp and fall on my knees
“How…how do you know my name?”
She walks up to me and I knelt in front of her. I then feel something soft cover my back. I look up to see her sitting in front of me, with a smile on her face and a wing covering me. I slowly lift up my hand and look at her. She nods and I slowly touch her coat. It feels so soft and warm that I just slowly nuzzle my face into her chest.
“This….this is real…isn’t it?” I ask in awe.
She nods “I know a lot about you, Jeronimo. You see, I recently wanted to bring a human’s touch into Equestria. I used a spell to search for a human who can not only teach about friendship, but can learn as well. In the end…I found you. I then used another spell to learn more about you and I know you are the perfect choice. So... how would you like to come to Equestria?”
I look up “Why me? I mean, there are so many people much more deserving than me. I’m just a regular person, I’m nothing special.”
“It’s who you are that makes you special and the reason you were chosen. You have a kind nature and you always try to help others. You might have your own flaws but everyone has them. You are a wonderful person and that’s why I want you to come with me.” said Princess Celestia.
I sigh and slowly stand up, as does she and I walk away from her a bit.
“Princess…this is a dream come true, but…I don’t think I can go. I mean, as boring as it is, I still need to get my education. Then there’s my family and friends who will be worried about me if I just disappear without a trace. Also, there’s my grandmother, I can’t just leave her unattended while my mom’s at work. I’m sorry.” I close my eyes as a tear comes down from my eyes and trails down my cheek.
‘Well…there goes my dream come true.’
I feel something soft touch my cheek and wipe away my tear. I open my eyes to see the princess smiling and touching my face with her wing.
“Jeronimo, you are truly a pure-hearted individual. Also, who said you could never come back? I am offering a way for you to be able to come to and from Equestria. As for your grandmother…”
She closes her eyes and I see her horn glow. A small, white sphere grows from the tip of her horn and then slowly flies off. I follow it and I see it is headed for my grandmother’s room. I go inside and go to my grandmother’s room to see she is still asleep. The white sphere appears and slowly dissipates, covering my grandmother in a warm white glow and then disappearing.
“I used my magic to cure some of your grandmother’s ailments. I couldn’t remove all of them, but most of her pains should be gone.”
I turned around to see Princess Celestia right behind me, I smiled and hugged her.
“Thank you so much!” I exclaim
She laughed and hugged me back.
“I know you still want to tell your family about what is going to happen, so if you want, I will be here alongside you when you tell them.” she says.
I gulp nervously and nod. We walk towards the living room, waiting for my parents to get home.
‘Princess Celestia is going to talk to my parents about me being able to go to Equestira!? Well, this is going to be interesting.’