Of all the things I’d have thought possible, this was by FAR, not one of them. “There are many possibilities in the ever-expanding universe,” was something I’d been told time and time again by various science teachers I’ve had for a good portion of my childhood. However, even they would be as dumbfounded as I was when the implausible, the improbable, and the outright crazy happened...

“Aaaand, done!” I said as I finished up an online game on my Xbox 360. “…whelp, I’m bored. What to do now…? Maybe I’ll just take a walk to kill time… or maybe aimlessly surf the internet until somethin' catches my eye…” As I pondered what I would do to spend rest of the already-late afternoon, I began to notice a dim, purplish gleam forming in the center of my room.

“What the hell…?” I asked myself in wonder. “Man, that’s what I get for starin’ at this TV screen for so long…” I muttered as I took off my glasses to wipe them with my shirt. However, even after putting them back on, the gleam was still there, and appeared to be getting brighter. I took my glasses off once again; only this time, I began to rapidly rub my eyes, figuring that there was something in them. Of course, that failed to be effective in the least, as the gleam was still there, getting brighter. In addition, a small gust of wind began to blow. Confused, I looked at my window to see that it was closed. I then got up and checked my air vent. The lack of flowing air through it told me that the air conditioning was off. Whatever was going on was seriously starting to freak me out.

"I’ll b… ack, gir…!” A feminine voice shouted vaguely, seemingly from nowhere. Further discombobulated, I looked around to realize that no one around me.

“Whoa, what? I know I ain’t high or nothin’… Ah’own even smoke…” I mumbled, scratching my head in confusion. “Somebody here?” I asked aloud. No answer. Instead, the gleam became a bright purple glow, as the swirling winds increased in intensity and an electric crackling sound began to emit from the strange, inexplicably bright light. I shielded my eyes as the shining, luminous light became too bright for me to stare at directly.

*Crackle Crackle*

*Whish*

I was beginning to wonder if there was a hurricane about to form in my room, when *BOOM!* a loud, thunder-like crash rattled my room, startling the living hell out of me.

"Oh, shit!" I hurriedly ducked for cover behind my bed as the purple light quickly brightened and expanded, making the area flash a blinding white. After a few seconds, the wind, light, and crackling noises dissipated in almost an instant. Trembling with the sudden intensity of a crack addict hopped up on caffeine and adrenaline, I slowly peeked from behind the side of my bed farthest away from the explosion to find my jaw almost dislocating in shock at what I laid my eyes on…

"...M-maybe I AM high... What the...?"

“Wow, what a trip… That took a lot out of me… Next time, I should probably ask for help from Rarity…” a small, strange talking animal muttered to itself after emerging from what I’d guess was some kind of portal.

“Get the f… How does somethin’ like this even…?” I whispered to myself loudly.

“Oh, hello there!” the home invader spoke aloud. I almost moved to hide myself back behind my bed, but figured I’d surrender, as the being had already spotted me.

"Damn...! Might as well come out now..." I thought, still afraid beyond belief of what was standing in front of me.

“Um… hello,” I sheepishly replied.

“Hi! My name is Twilight Sparkle! Who…" it trailed off, taking on a look of total astonishment. "...and WHAT, may I ask are you?” the strange creature asked as I crawled from cover, ironically looking as confused as I did.

“Uh… My name is Tyshawn… I’m… a human,” I barely managed to shakily murmur as I was still looking in shock at the creature standing before me and TALKING; in perfect English, no less!

“Well, Tyshawn, I’m very sorry to have alarmed you like this. You see, I was practicing this spell I had recently learned which was supposed to allow me to travel great distances across Equestria, and I—!”

"Whoa, wha...? 'Equestria...?'"

“Hold on, hold on, hold on..." I respectfully interrupted the extraterrestrial being. "Okay, sorry to interrupt, uhh… Twilight Sprinkles, but you don’t even have to finish that sentence for me to have a ton of questions…” I skeptically interrupted, the fear in my voice mostly gone as I figured from the tone of the creature's voice that it wasn't here to rip my brain out or do something freaky like in a typical science fiction movie. “Also, you ain’t in any place called ‘Equestria,’” I added, wondering what horse-back riders had to do with Twilight’s appearance here.

“Sparkle,” the unicorn-like extraterrestrial being corrected matter-of-factly. “But what do you mean, ‘not in any place called Equestria’?”

“Exactly what I said, er... Twilight. You are not in Equestria. You are in America.” At that, its face twisted up in total bewilderment.

“America? What the hay kind of country is that?”

“Certainly not one where you’re from, I’m guessin’...”

“Odd…" Twilight mumbled as it focused its attention away from me. "I seem to have made a bit of a miscalculation in the incantation... Note to self: Further research must be conducted on the spell that inadvertently brought me here instead of anywhere in Equestria... Still, I guess I’ll have to mark this down as a new branch of transportation magic… Yet, there's much to evaluate because of the mistake I made... Hmm...” Twilight pondered to itself for a short while as the room went silent. As the creature was wondering what had happened to transport it to this place, I surveyed every inch of its small, horse-like body. It had such a strange, yet… cute look to it. Like a teddy bear, or a pet. Either way, I felt compelled to touch it. I slowly approached the somewhat-small, purple alien and laid my left hand on the top of its head and applied very light pressure with my fingers. It instantly became apprehensive, as I’d expected.

“What are you doing?” Twilight asked in surprise after shaking my hand off of its head and backing away.

“I’m… uh… obtainin’ knowledge… and stuff… yeah, tha’ss it.” I answered uneasily, realizing how foolish my excuse sounded as soon as I uttered it. “Other than the fact that you can talk and that you don’t look like anythin’ I ever seen before, you seem pretty tame. Are you housebroken?” I asked, assuming it was some sort of animal that had lost its owner.

“You mean like some kind of pet?” It asked, raising an eyebrow at me in what seemed like offense. My eyes widened in surprise at its knowledge. “Well, you’re dead-wrong if you think I’m some stray animal. I’ll have you know that I am a pony.” I almost laughed at the irony of Twilight’s statement about not being a stray animal.

"I fail t' see the point in that remark. But alright, that rules out the possibility o' bein' a lost pet, I guess..."

“A pony, huh?” I asked, tilting my head slightly and raising an eyebrow myself. “Not sure how bein’ a pony is different from bein’ an animal…"

"It's a huge difference, actually."

"Right... but I guess that you bein' a horse--!"

"Pony."

"Sorry, 'pony'...explains the mane, horn and tail… The horn must mean you’s a unicorn. But that don’t explain the fact that you’re purple and so are your eyes, along with the oddly… straight dark blue mane and tail with purple and pink highlights...”

"Yes, I am a unicorn. But what's so strange about my appearance that...?" the alien horse-- er, PONY didn't finish its question as it noticed me leaning to the right to get a better look at its body. I noticed a tattoo of some sort adorned on its backside.

“Hey, what’s that starry-lookin’ thing on your butt? That some kinda brandin'?” I asked rather brashly. The alien’s jaw dropped a little as it blushed in embarrassment at my admittedly rude comments and question.

“You’ve got quite some nerve, talking to a mare in such an incorrigible manner,” the indignant unicorn stated in annoyance, glaring at me. I was about to stick my foot further into my mouth with yet another idiotic comment regarding its-- I mean HER gender. However, I caught myself and instead slid backward a couple of inches in apprehension. “I’ll have you know that I was born the way I am, and I’m proud of it. Also, to answer your question, this is my Cutie Mark,” she explained, turning her body to face sideways, looking back at her flank. “It is a symbol of my special talent, which deals in the infinitely vast and ever-expanding subject of magic."

"Whelp... Now I'm REALLY lost... What sense does THAT make??"

"But that’s enough about me for now; what about you?”

“What? What about all the—!?”

“In due time, Tyshawn. But for now, I'd like to familiarize myself with my surroundings… As you can see, I’m entirely new to this country.”

“Fair ‘nuff… Quick note, though: I think you’re in a whole ‘nother world, given that you look way different from any horse on this planet and you can talk but ain’t seen a human before. Anyway, what do you wanna know?” I asked nonchalantly.

“Hmm, where to begin…? Ah! You said you were a ‘human,’ right?”

“Yea.”

“Well… What’s a human?” she asked with utmost curiosity.

"Really? You don't know what a human being is?" I questioned, shocked at her realization.

"I can't say I do," she replied. "I haven't seen anything quite like you before. Would you mind enlightening me?"

“Sure. Ah, well… let’s see…” I pondered as I rubbed my chin, trying to begin a proper explanation of my species. “Okay, do you have monkeys where you come from?”

“That we do,” Twilight answered, her eyes widening in eagerness to hear what I had to say.

“Good, tha'ss gonna make this easier. So anyway, humans are like monkeys, but… We don’t got tails, most of us ain't nearly as hairy, and we are able to stand completely upright on two legs, seein’ as instead of havin’ ‘forelegs’ like you, we have ‘arms’ an' ‘hands’."

"Intriguing..." Twilight mumbled to herself before giving me a once-over. "Do you have a gender? If so, then are you male or female?"

"Yes, I have a gender. I'm male. There are two predominant genders in this world, by the way: Male and Female."

"I see... I also can't help but notice your clothing."

"What about it?"

"Is... is it common for a human to wear clothes?" she asked. I almost gave her a look like she was crazy, but it took mere seconds to understand the inquiry, as she wasn't wearing clothes herself. Odd that she even knew what 'clothes' were, though...

"Yea, we wear clothes on a regular basis."

"Really? Why?"

"Well... for lots o' reasons. But we'd be here all night if I went int' that."

"Mm-hmm... I see. Is there anything else you'd like to teach me?"

"Hmm... Yea, humans are also capable of speech, as evidenced by the fact that this conversation is unbelievably happenin' now. As I’m assumin’ these 'ponies' are the dominant species in your world, humans are the dominant species here. Tha’ss just the basics from my point of view, though.”

“Wow, I see…!” Twilight responded in thoughtful understanding. “Well, what about ponies? Are there ponies here?”

“Well… yes and no,” I answered uneasily. “Y’see, while there IS such a thing as horses an' ponies here, ‘ponies’ of your kind would supposedly be… how you say, ‘not real.’ Your look seems like you was drawn out of a cartoon o' some sort... no offense."

"None taken," the mare pardoned, though when I got to the subject of her appearance, it struck a chord in my head.

"Hmm... Interestingly enough, there’s this kids’ TV show I’m not too familiar with that your look reminds me strongly of. I think i'ss called My Little Pony or somethin’ like that, an' there’s tons o' toys an' books an' whatnot based on it.”

“What!?” Twilight asked in shock. “So what you’re saying is, in this world, a world that is strikingly similar to mine is known about and visible through this… ‘TV’ device, but not tangible, or believed to be real?”

“I guess so. I’m also gonna guess that in your world, humans don’t exist, and that there’s nothin’ that even hints to us existin’?”

“100% correct,” the unicorn responded. “At least until now, anyway... Say, seeing as there’s the possibility that my world’s already known of, has there been any research done in order to prove its existence?”

“Research?” I asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Well yeah," she responded most seriously. "You know... Magic tests, teleportation spells, et cetera.”

“Um… if your idea of ‘research’ includes ‘makin’ toys and merchandise for human children, girls specifically, but recently missin’ the demographic, instead attractin’ humans my age and older,’ then I’ll say it’s goin’ swimmingly!” I responded sarcastically. She let out a small chuckle.

“Nice one. You’re pretty funny,” Twilight complimented. “But seriously, what about the magic? Can’t humans use magic?”

“Sadly, no. There ain’t one magic bone in our bodies. I'ss all physical labor an' technology for us. The closest thing to magic we have here is maybe… Optical illusions an' strange ways to exceed the believed physical limitations o' the body.”

“How peculiar… You can’t even do something like this?” she asked as her horn began to glow a bright magenta and, within a second, my entire body was engulfed in the same luminous shade of ethereal light.

“Whoa, what the fuuuuUUAAAAH!” I screamed as I began to involuntarily float into the air, thrashing about like a fish out of water. She levitated me over my bed, and loosened her magic grip. The glow around me disappeared instantly as I came crashing onto my bed face-down. Twilight giggled again.

“Cute,” I flatly stated with a fake smirk after lifting my head. She giggled a little more. “Ahem! Well, to answer your question: No. No we can’t do that,” I said, getting up off the bed and standing in front of her. Comparing my height to hers, her head seemed to meet a little below my waistline. Her size overall was pretty close to that of an actual pony in this world, though maybe a little bit smaller. It was sort of hard to tell, given I didn't necessarily have a reference guide for this sort of thing.

“Whoa, you’re huge!” Twilight exclaimed looking up in surprise. “Are all humans this tall?”

“Mm, not really,” I said, unsure. “I’m six feet and three inches tall, while I think the average height for humans—at least, in America, is somewhere lower. But then, there’s many other humans who are taller than I am. Some by a little, others by a lot. That, and humans have various body shapes an' sizes. In terms o' shape, I’m pretty lean.”

“Is that so? Interesting. I see… I’ve got a lot to… *yawn* learn…" she observed, seeming tired. "I’m worn out from that faulty teleportation spell, though.”

“We only just scratched the surface on learnin’ about each other. Buuut, I assume that means you gonna be sleepin’ here rather than teleportin’ back to Equestria, huh?”

“Funny AND smart. I can tell we’ll get along just fine…” the purple unicorn whispered as she hopped onto my bed and curled herself up, and rested her head in her hooves. "You don't mind if I... *yawn* sleep here, do you...?" she drowsily asked, despite already making herself comfortable.

“Hey, who said—?” I began, but decided not to finish my question, as I saw she was already fast asleep, snoring lightly.

“Aww... For some freakish alien horse thing... She’s adorable…” I said to myself, unable to fight the wan smile that crept onto my face. I looked at the clock to see it was inching towards midnight. “Man, time flies...” I took out a pair of pajamas and went into the bathroom to change into them. When I came back, I found a comfortable position next to my new extraterrestrial unicorn acquaintance, making sure not to disturb her peaceful slumber as I joined her...