"Alright see you later Alex!" I yell as I walk away from the school. Another rough day at another rough school. I wouldn't say I'm the most popular kid at this school, but I'm definitely not the least popular, I just kind of exist. Alex has been my best friend since we were only five years old. Now, here we are in highschool, still the best of friends.

There's also Skyler, my crush since middleschool. So our group consists of myself, Alex, Skyler, and Alex's sister. Skyler has been my crush for almost three years now, and we're really close as friends, but she just never gave me a chance despite the fact that I'm pretty sure she knows that I like her.

I start walking away from the school to my house which is only about fifteen minutes away on foot. I plug my headphones into my phone and try to drown out the world. Alex had to save my sorry ass again today from some asshole jocks on the football team. They tried to shove me into my locker for the umpteenth time, only for Alex to run up and do some weird martial arts thing that cause them all to go to the school nurse. That kid is like a damn ninja. I try to act tough, which I actually am, but when five steroid addicts jump you at the same time, it's pretty hard to defend yourself.

Thankfully, today is Wednesday, and we never have homework on Wednesday. That means when I get home I can just chill out and play video games. Unless my little sister decides to bother me, I should be able to just relax and forget about my rough day.

I turn down my street as my house comes into view. A jog once I can see my house, and make it there in only a minute or two. I turn the doorknob to find that it's actually unlocked, which means that my sister is home already.

"Hey Emily? You home?" I yell as I close the door behind me.

"In the living room!" I hear her respond. I walk to the living room and plop down my bag on the chair in the corner, and join her on the couch.

"How was school?" I say, rubbing her head. I love Emily, but she can be a real pain sometimes, so I try to keep her on my good side.

"Good! We got to make a bunch of art projects!" She yells excitedly.

"Cool, I got to take a Trigonometry test, and got shoved into a locker. Sounds like you win huh?"

"Hehe yeah!"

I turn my attention to the show that's she's watching and I give out a little chuckle.

"You still watch this show Em? C'mon aren't you a little old for..." I try to remember the name of the show until it pops up while going to the commercial break. "...My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?" I finish with another chuckle.

"No! I love this show!" She yells as she hugs the remote. "Wanna watch it with me?"

"As much as I want to..." I say even though I really don't. "I have my own show to go watch. I say as I stand and walk upstairs. I open the door to my room and launch myself on my bed. I turn on my Xbox and sign in. I scroll over to Netflix, and search for the show I want to watch.

"Ahhh, Walking Dead. I love this show!" I say to myself as the episode loads. I hear my mother's car door shut outside, and pause the episode to go greet her

"Hey mom!" I yell as I walk run down the stairs. "Have fun at work?" I say as we enter the kitchen.

"Oh it was just fantastic!" She says in her excited motherly tone. "I got to help a little girl meet her hero when she came out of surgery. I think it was some TV star, but it was so sweet!"

My mother is a nurse at the hospital downtown where they usually work with younger children. I had to go there when I broke my arm last year, despite being seventeen. The nurses there are so nice to their patients, so it's no wonder that my mother would fit in perfectly there.

My mom walks into the living room and sits down with Emily and asks her about the show she's watching, just like I did. The only difference is that she didn't leave, and decided to watch it with her. It's a girl thing I guess.

I watch them for a minute from the kitchen before heading up the stairs. I only make it about half way up when a sudden earthquake along with a loud "BANG!", makes me fall down the stairs and almost break my arm again.

"AGH! How there hell is there a earthquake in Florida!?" I yell as the quake stops. Neither my mom, nor Emily respond. I look at them to see that they're both looking through the glass door that leads to the backyard. In the yard, is a smoking egg-shaped meteor in a fairly large crater.

"Holy shit..." I whisper to myself. I'd seen enough movies to know that a meteor like this usually isn't good. The inner nerd in me thinks it could be some weird alien, and fight or flight kicks in. I run to my parents room and grab my dad's old 1911, and head for the backyard.

"Stay in here!" I yell at the two on the couch. I slowly slide open the glass door and take aim. I slowly approach the meteor with my gun pointed at it. I finally approach the crater after what feels like forever, and I cautiously kick the meteor. The last thing I expected to happened was that it would open up like a container. A strange steam emits from inside of the container that makes me cough and cover my eyes. When I look back, I see a familiar figure that I know that I had seen just recently.

"Emily! Get out here!" I yell behind me. Emily comes running out with a scared look on her face. My breathing becomes heavy, and my body starts shaking. There's no way this is possible, this can't be real.

"What? What's wrong Matt?" Emily says as she hides behind my leg with her eyes closed.

"D-Do you recognize... this?" I say, waving my gun towards the figure. Emily slowly comes out from behind me and gives out a small, surprised gasp at what she sees.

"R-Rainbow?" She says, recognizing the character that we had just literally seen on the television not minutes ago.

"Go.. go distract mom." I say, waving her away now that I've confirmed what the creature is. "I'm gonna bring it to my room. You cannot tell mom about this remember? This is our little secret."

I don't want our mom to know about this just yet, she would probably have a heart attack. I'm surprised I haven't had one myself yet. I scoop the creature out of the crater and start heading back to the house. I see my mother on the phone with what I'm assuming is the police. Luckily her back is to me so I slip in, and head up the stairs. I use my shoulder to nudge my door open and lay the, I guess it's called a pony, down on my bed.

The pony is a light blue, maybe cyan, with multicolored hair and huge eyes which are currently closed. I place my ear to her chest and hear a gentle heartbeat. I hover my hand in front of her nose and feel a small movement of air which confirms that she is still breathing. Emily comes in and tells me that mom didn't notice me bring the pony in. I lock the door behind her and place Emily on the bed next to the pony.

"Alright Em, what is this thing?"

"That's Rainbow Dash, she's from my show!"

"Okay, but your show isn't real, you know that."

"But she's right here!"

"Okay, okay, just... let me think. If this is real, and a cartoon character just came to life in our backyard, we can't let anyone know about this, not yet anyway. If the government found something like this, they would probably try to do tests on her, and you don't want that, right Em?"

"No! I don't want them to do tests on her..." Emily says. I didn't tell her what those "tests" were, as a ten year old shouldn't have to know about dissection.

I realize if she wakes up and sees us without warning, she'll probably freak out. I take an old jacket that doesn't fit anymore, and rip the sleeve off. I tie the fabric around Rainbow's eyes and lean against the wall with a sigh.

"What are we gonna do..." I mumble as I rub my eyes. "There's a cartoon pony... on my bed..."

"Dis... wha..." A faint mumble comes from my bed. I look between my fingers and see that Rainbow is slowly waking up. I rush over to her and try to make sure this is as easy for her as possible.

"Don't move. You literally fell out of the sky." I say, keeping her in a laying down position. "What's the last thing you remember?"

"Discord... ugh, there was... an argument. He tried to... Twilight. I jumped in front of her." Rainbow mumbles in mixed up words and stutters.

"Rainbow Dash... I'm gonna get straight to the point. I'm going to be blunt with you." I say as I get ready to take off the blindfold.

"What? Blunt about what?" Rainbow says as she comes back to her senses.

"About this." I say as I yank away the blindfold. The room is completely quiet for minutes on end as she just looks between me and Emily, jaw hanging open.

"Who... What are you!?" She finally yells.

"Shhh, don't be too loud. I'm Matt and this is my sister Emily, we're humans. You crashed in our backward in some weird meteor. I have reason to believe that you are from a different dimension or universe. Don't freak out."

"How do you know my name?" Rainbow says with a skeptical look. I hadn't thought she would ask that. How do you tell someone they're from a cartoon?

"Emily, turn on my Xbox." I say pointing to my Xbox and TV.

"What's an Xbox? Rainbow says. "And when can I get out of here?"

"You can't leave. Not yet." I say sternly. "If anyone finds out about you, they will take you, and they will do tests on you. You're lucky we found you before someone else did."

"What do you mean? I can just fly home! Let me out!" She yells as she tries to walk over to the window.

"Rainbow you don't understand!" Emily speaks up for the first time. "This isn't Equestria, this is earth. You can't go home."

"What... I'm not in Equestria?" Rainbow says as her ears droop and tears start to form in her eyes. "I-I'm stuck here?"

"We don't know that! Now, look at this. It may shock you so please don't freak out." I say as the Netflix logo pops up. I search for "My Little Pony", and when the logo for the show pops up, Rainbow just about flips out.

"How did you get a picture of my friends!?" She yells at me angrily. "What the buck is this!?"

I ignore her a play the first episode. Hopefully this won't go too bad.

Forty-five minutes, and a lot of crying later, Rainbow finally accepted that she wasn't real, at least not in this world. Now that she knows that she's stuck here, at least for now, she's become more open towards me and Emily. She also understands that she can't be seen by anyone besides my family, and that I will be the one to introduce her to my parents.

Eventually my mom calls me and Emily down to talk to the police who have showed up to inspect the meteor. I explain what I saw, lying about just what was inside the meteor. I see Rainbow peeking down at us from the stop of the stairs, and wave at her to get back in my room. A special group in hazmat suits show up and take the meteor away. Of course my dad would come home during the whole thing so we have to explain why his yard has a giant crater in it.

Night comes around and everyone heads to bed. I make sure to lock my door before laying down. I let Rainbow, who is tired from crying all evening, sleep in my bed, while I sleep in my sleeping bag on the floor.

As dumb as it sounds, I have a magic, talking pony with wings living in my bedroom. This could change my life forever. If word gets out about Rainbow, we could be harassed by paparazzi for who knows how long, or worse.

I just hope everything works out for the better.

Author's Notes:

New story that I came up with after finishing my finals at school. Hopefully it will be fun to write so I can continue the story down the road.

Hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for more chapters!