"You'll still be here in the morning, right?" Rainbow says as she hovers in front of me in the doorway of the library.

"Duh, I'm not going anywhere without you." I say as I pull her out of the air and into my chest. Her legs wrap around my back and she quickly plants one on my lips.

"Then I'll see you then." And with that, she takes off like a bolt of lightning. I turn around to see Twilight looking at me with a little smile. "What's your problem?" I say with a little chuckle as I close the door.

"I just thought that was adorable." She says with her own laugh.

"That's not the first time I've heard that. You sound just like my friend Skyler, I really think you two would get along."

"Maybe we would. Anyway, I'm going to head to bed now, Spike's already asleep up there, so try not to wake him up. You can use the shower if you want, just try not to be too loud." She says with a yawn as she walks up the stairs.

"Alright, I'll head up in a little bit, I'm gonna chill down here for a while." I say as I lean back on the wall. I sigh and rub my eyes as I slide down the wall until I hit the floor with a thud. I take my hands off my eyes and pull my legs into my chest as I just look around the room. I remember by phone in my pocket and pull it out. No signal, of course. I open the photo gallery and swipe through it, thinking back on all the memories I've made in the past four months. Its only about ten minutes before I hear a clopping sound coming from the stairs. I look up to see Twilight coming down towards me in some robe.

"What happened to going to bed?" I say as I hold me phone between my legs limply.

"I just came down to get some water... Whats that glowing thing you're holding?"

"My phone? Oh, right, you guys don't have these. Well come here, let me show you." I say as I pull my phone back up in front of my face. Twilight trots on over to me and takes a set against the wall. I scoot closer to her to let her have a better view.

"So, what does it do?"

"Well, the overall premise of it, is that it allows you to talk to someone else, no matter where they are. Lets say I'm here, in the library, and you're in Canterlot, and I need to contact you. I would type in a certain number onto the phone, and I would be able to talk to you! Of course, you would need radio towers and another phone, but you get the gist."

"That sounds a lot like the spell that Spike uses to send letters... interesting. What else can it do?"

"Well, it can be used as a camera." I say as I open the camera app. I change it to the front camera and my face, as well as Twilight's, comes up on the screen.

"I-Is that us?"

"Duh, who else would it be?" I say as I snap a photo. "Wanna see some pictures I took on Earth?"

"Pictures from another world!? Of course I do! Why would you even need to ask something like that!" I open the gallery and the first picture to pop up is the first one I took of Rainbow. The picture shows us in a classroom, Rainbow looking up at the camera while I kneel down next to her. I remember taking this picture like it was yesterday."

"Wow, she actually looks... happy..."

"You bet. Its hard to remember any time she was sad other than when she was hiding her feelings from me." I scroll over to the next picture which shows Rainbow and I holding pieces of pizza in our mouths. It makes both Twilight and myself laugh hysterically. The next one brings back some emotional memories. It shows Rainbow and I, soaking wet, kissing out in the rain on prom night. I remember Alex taking this picture without me even knowing and then sending it to me the next day.

"You two really do look perfect for each other. I'm glad you found her Matt, I really am. I just don't know what to do... I want her to be happy with you, but I don't know if we can afford to lose one of the elements."

"I get what you mean by that, but I feel like you're not telling me everything Twilight."

"Ugh, no... I'm not. I didn't say it earlier, but now that Rainbow is back, I really don't want her to leave. Shes my friend too, I don't want to lose her either..."

"Oh... I hadn't thought about that... Well, who knows, maybe Celestia will have a solution to our problem."

"Yeah, you're right. The princess always knows what to do." Twilight says as she yawns. "I'm going to bed now, for real this time."

"Alright, I'll be there in a minute, I'm taking a shower first." I say as I follow her up the stairs. I enter her bathroom to find its a lot better looking than I thought it would be. I turn on the shower to get the water warm, and I lean against the sink while I wait. Once the water is warm, I strip down and step in. The warm water feels amazing since its pretty cold out right now. Ha, never did I ever think I would be taking a shower inside of a tree, in a land full of magic and ponies. The fuck has my life come to?

I don't wash my hair since I usually do that first thing in the morning anyway, so it would be pointless to do it now. I step out of the shower, only to find its really cold in the rest of the room. I groan as I force myself back into the bathroom, and wrap up in a towel. I change back into my clothes, and head to the bedroom. My eyes are heavy, and my body aches from the cold, as well as just being tired in general. I fall face first onto the guest bed, and roll up in the sheets. The bed is way too small for me, so I have to curl my legs up to my chest. I quickly fall asleep to the sound of Twilight lightly snoring.

*Knock*

*Knock*

*Knock*

"Ugh... what?" Twilight moans as we both wake up to the sound of knocking at the front door. I unlock my phone to see that its only seven in the morning. I'm used to waking up this early for school, but I guess Twilight isn't. Fuck, speaking of school, I'm probably gonna fail this year if I keep missing so many days. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll excuse me of the all the days I missed since, really, none of them were my fault. We get up sluggishly and waddle down to the front door where the knocking continues.

"Who disturbs my slumber?" I say with a slur and a chuckle. Gees, I sound fucking drunk. I can see Rainbow hovering there with a big dumb grin through my blurry eyes. "Oh, its just you." I say as I close the door in her face. I laugh to myself before opening the door again. "I'm just kidding, I'm an idiot in the morning."

"You're an idiot all the time." Rainbow says with a laugh as she wraps herself around me. "Can I borrow him for a while Twilight?"

"Just have him back by eleven." Twilight jokingly says like a protective parent.

"C'mon, I want to show you so many things Matt." Rainbow says as she bites down on my sleeve and basically drags me outside. We start walking into town, but I'm annoyed that she didn't let me grab my jacket first. Its cold as shit out here!

"So, what did you want to show me?" I say, my voice still groggy from sleep. I rub my eyes and groan as the sun burns them.

"I don't really know! I just thought we would travel around and see the town. I want you to see my home now!"

"Rainbow, I've already seen Ponyville several times on your show. What else is there to see?"

"Oh, um... How about we just go look at some shops?" She says as she leads me down a side road.

"I don't remember seeing any shops in the show, what are you talking about?"

"There's a little shopping district on the south side of town. I guess it was just never shown in that show... Its still weird to think there's a show about us."

"Well, like I said, I think the show and this world are two different things, so its not completely the same. Well, show me these shops, maybe there will be something interesting."

"Okay, here take these." She tosses me a heavy little bag. Where the hell did she just pull this from? Yeah, I'm not gonna question it, probably magic or some confusing shit like that. I open the bag and my eyes shoot open.

"Holy crap! Are these those bits you were talking about Rainbow!?" I say as I take one out of the bad. They're surprisingly heavy, but I guess that's to be expected from gold.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot that I told you about those. Now you can get rich back in the other world I guess. You can keep some if you want."

"Nah, that's too easy. I'll bring one or two back, but I won't sell them. I wanna earn my money through hard work." I say with a confident smile.

"Ugh, that sounds so lame Matt, its just like you."

"Yep, that's me! Lame ol' Matty." I say with a chuckle as I close the bag back up and stuff it in my pocket. It weighs down my leg, but I compensate for it by shifting my weight. We walk into a little shopping district, and immediately I'm surrounded by what feels like hundreds of pairs of eyes. I just ignore the stares and keep walking, making sure to stick close to Rainbow. Now I now how she felt her first few weeks back on Earth.

"So, you gonna go clothes shopping or something?" I say sarcastically as I eye a couple of clothing shops.

"What? No, Matt, you know I'm not like that at all! I was hoping to look at some sporting shops or something." Now there's something I can be interested in. We walk into what looks like a general sporting goods shop. There's some familiar equipment l spot on the shelves like hockey sticks and such. Rainbow immediately squeals as she flashes over to a bunch of stuff that I don't really recognize.

"What's this shit?" I say as I walk up to her with my hands in my pockets to keep them warm.

"This stuff is not... what you said. Its Wonderbolts memorabilia! I love them!"

"Wonderbolts huh?" I say as I unroll a poster. It shows three pegasi with smoke trails behind them. "Yeah, I think I remember these guys from the show."

"They're my heroes!"

"Am I your hero?" I say with a smirk.

"Oh course you are." She says with a laugh as she rubs up against my leg. I notice something that catches my eyes across the store. I jog over to a shelf where I pick up a compound bow. I pull the string back to test its strength, and I instantly love the feel of it.

"I'm totally buying this." I say as I walk past Rainbow and towards the checkout counter. I lay out a few bits on the table to purchase the bow and a six arrows. I put the quiver of arrows on my back, the put the bow over my chest like a sash. "Well, how do I look? Like Robin Hood?"

"Robin Hood?"

"Nevermind, lets get some lunch, I'm starving." We walk out of the shop and head for a little cafe near the middle of the shopping district. We sit down at a table outside, though I have to basically sit on the ground because of how low the tables are. The waiter gives me a strange look, but quickly recomposes himself before levitating two menus over to us. I'm never going to get used to seeing magic like that.

"Gees, there's just a bunch of salads and stuff... damn it." I mumble as I flip the menu over.

"Well yeah, there's like no meat here. At least, not in Ponyville. Just get a salad or something."

I'm about to respond to her when we both hear a blood curdling scream.