Hope Spring and I sat at the booth, writing music. I’m not one for instruments, so I worked on lyrics. Hope however was fluent in note writing. The entire time we’ve been working she’s been writing in music notes. For a dream, she is pretty impressive.

“I’ll never understand how to read those things.” I say.

“Took me a good four months before I finally got it down. I had a good teacher though.”

“Nice. Sorry I can’t be make lyrics for some of the other songs you got here. I guess I’ll have to hear them some time.”

“It’s alright, your lyrics have been helping me make some new music ideas. Your taste in music is very… random though.”

“I hear a song and if I like it, I like it. No matter the genre. Some bands I like more of their music than others, but most of the music I have I don’t even know who made it.”

“Ha, wow. You might just be the biggest oddball I’ve ever met, and when you live in ponyville that’s saying something.”

“From what you’ve told me it seems almost like that’s an honor.”

“You freak.”

“Did I ever claim to be normal?”

“Fair enough.”

“So what do you think we should call this one?”

“From the lyrics, I say we should call it, Foalhood Wonderland.”

“I like that. Especially given- OUCH!” I yelled as a sudden, hard, yet familiar pinch grabbed my ear and dragged me across the floor. “Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!” It finally stopped. Whatever that was dragged me to the front door of the restaurant. I looked up and saw what I can only describe as pony versions of my mothers… Wait a minute? “Moms?”

“Dazz,” Momma Sunset spoke. That’s her voice! “We told you to keep away from the statue. So why did you disobey your mothers?” I gulped. I haven’t heard her speak in that tone of voice much, but I fear it more than death.

“I uh… uh…”

“Leave him alone.” Hope’s voice cut in. “He’s a full grown stallion. Mothers or not, he has to live his life!”

“Look filly, Dazz maybe an adult in Equestria, but he’s from Earth.” Hope looked rather shocked at that, I just was just confused. “He’s still a minor there, so but out of my parenting!”

“Sunset!” I looked up and saw Princess Twilight. “I know you’re mad, but that’s no reason to yell at somepony!”

“He disobeyed us Twilight, and he’s breaking your law right now. I knew we should have walled up the portal.”

“Wait,” Hope cut in again. “You and your spouse,” Mamma Adagio is here!? I looked around a bit and saw mamma Adagio’s hair sticking out behind mamma Sunset. Whenever I was lost in a store I just looked for her hair. “You both are from Equestria, right? You’re Sunset Shimmer and Adagio Dazzle.”

“Yeah, so?”

“Then what law is being broken here. From what Equestrian law states, parents who are born in Equestria that have a child out of the Kingdom also have their foals made legal citizens of Equestria by law. And since Earth has similar laws, Dazz is a citizen of both Equestria and Earth.”

I have never been more confused in my life. Is this even a dream, that ear pinch mamma Sunset… somehow, felt way too real. Speaking of mamma Sunset her jaw was practically on the floor in shock. I haven't seen her this surprised since she got a twenty dollar raise from the district. “Mind if I ask a question.” I spoke, getting everyone's attention. “What the actual heck is going on right now?” I ask as I get up. It’s tricky when you’re on all fours. “First I wake up in what looks like a five year old girl’s imagination threw up, no offense, then I realise everything here is like those stories you used to tell me when I was little, now I’m confused as all hell. Am I dreaming or am I awake and all this is real?”

“It’s real Dazzling Sun.” Princess Twilight spoke. “You don’t know-”

“I wanna hear it from my mothers.” I walked up to them. Both of them looked scared… of me… “Mamma Adagio, mamma Sunset, is this all real?”

They both looked at eachother for a bit, that mental communication thing couples have when they really know each other. “Dazz” Mamma Adagio finally spoke. “This is all real, all those stories we told you are true. Earth and Equestria are parallel worlds.”

I took a deep breath. “Alright then… so how grounded am I?”

“Wait, we just confirmed all those childhood stories true for you, and that’s your first response?” Mamma Adagio said.

“Like you weren’t gonna punish me after this anyway.”

“Sunset, Twilight, Can we talk?” mamma Adagio asked. Mamma Sunset and Twilight nodded confusingly then all three walked into the restaurant I was, I’m gonna guess, magically, dragged out of.

“You’re… taking this rather well Dazz?” Hope said. Right, almost forgot she’s still here.

“Believe me, when I get home I’m gonna hop in bed and not wake up till my alarm rings. Maybe hit Sugarcube Corner and drink milkshakes til I act drunk.” Hope chuckled at that. “In all seriousness though, I was expecting my first day at school to be dull and rather uneventful. I just hope my parents don’t actually start homeschooling me because of this.”

“Same, I really want to see you again. You’re a good friend.”

“You’re my only friend.”

“... Wait, really!?”

“Yeah. Having both parents work in the school system, and being a social outcast makes having friends hard. Hey, when my mom said I was from Earth, you looked surprised, what do you know about Earth?”

“Well, about sixteen years ago, Equestria and our parallel world Earth started some… small negotiations. Mostly it was just with the town the other end of the portal opened in. It was going well. Earth was always in need of materials and crop, and Equestria was obsessed with Earth's Tech, and anime.” I tried with all my strength not to laugh at that last part. “Everything was going really well, until, well, Ponyville. A horde of demons from Tartarus broke out, and some made it through the portal. Since they fed on fear, just being there gave them strength. They caused some major damage to that town on Earth. Then your worlds government got involved and to keep Equestria safe, it was decided to shut the portal down… for good. Save for the fact it opens every thirty moons on it’s own. Least that’s what they teach you in secondary school.”

“I guess Earth’s government isn’t totally trustworthy anyway.”

“Not just that. A thousand or so years ago, when Princess Luna was banished to the moon, without the Elements of Harmony to defend us, we started banishing monsters to other worlds… Including your mother Adagio, and two others.”

Now my jaw was on the floor. “But, mamma Adagio isn’t a monster. She looks like any other pony here. And back home she’s the most gentle person you’d ever meet!”

“I can see that she is, now! But before… She almost caused Equestria to crumble underneath itself.”

I felt hurt. I know my mother damnit! Yet the people here say she’s a monster!? “I want to hear her say what’s true and what’s not!”

“Dazz! I’m not calling your mom a monster, but she did do bad things a long time ago. A looooonnnnnnggggggg time ago.”

“She’s only in her forties.”

“Dazz, remember when I said over a thousand years ago Equestria was banishing villains to Earth?” I nodded. “She’s a siren, she is over a thousand years old.”

“...” ERROR. ERROR. Dazzling Sun.exe has stopped functioning. “That’s impossible! Does she look over a thousand years old to you!?”

“Dark magic does more than just corrupt the user, how do you think creatures like monsters and demons live so long?”

“... I am sooooo having a talk with my moms when we get home.”

* * *

My moms said I am allowed to go back and forth between Equestria and Earth, but they’d tell me the conditions later, after school. My first day of highschool and I paid absolutely no attention to any of the classes. I just kept thinking about what my mothers were going to tell me about this… world hopping, and I kept thinking of questions to ask them. It’s not like the first day of school actually teaches you stuff, it’s mostly what to expect from your classes and getting used to the new environment.

Finally the time came for school to let out, and the car ride home was quiet. My family hasn't been this quiet since uncle Flash died.

We got home, the apartment my mother Sunset has owned/rented since her highschool days. It’s the perfect size for a family of two parents and one child. We all sat in the living room. Mamma Adagio and I on the couch and mamma Sunset on the reclining chair aunt Sonata gave her when I was ten.

We all just sat there for some time. Looking at each other. “... So,” I say, breaking the silence. “What’s the verdict?”

“Well,” Mamma Sunset spoke. “You are allowed to go to Equestria, so long as you come back before nine, set your phone to remind you of this Dazz. You are also getting this.” Mamma Sunset pulled out an odd, thick, cloth bound book. It had the image of the Wondercolts statue burned onto it. “This, is a very special book. That friend of yours in Equestria, Hope Spring, Twilight gave her one similar to this. I had something like this a long time ago. This book is magic, it will allow you two to talk to one another. Just write out what you want to say on the pages and a copy of the sentence will appear in her book in Equestria.”

“And it works?”

“Yes, This was actually meant for you. Then… events happened.”

“The demons?”

Mamma Sunset looked surprised. “How did you?”

“Hope told me a few things.”

“I see. Yes, fear demons attacked Earth. A few people even… died… Anyway, this book also acts like a key for the portal when it’s not open on it’s own. Just have this with you when you want to enter Equestria and exit and the portal will open.” Mom gave me the book, my initials were sewed into the cover. “Don’t lose it, Dazz. Promise me.”

“I promise. Anything else?”

“Yes, Hope is going to act as your… overseer whenever you’re in Equestria. That’s why she has the other book.”

“Alright… I actually have a few questions for you both.”

“What is it Dazz?” Mamma Adagio said.

“... Is is true?”

“What?”

“Hope said Equestria used to banish… monsters here… were you-” I stopped mid sentence when I looked at mamma Adagio, she was facing the floor and tears were dripping down like a leaking pipe. “Mom…”

“D… Dazz… I…. It’s true. Your aunts… Sonata, Aria and I… we did horrible things. Me more than the both of them put together…”

“It was the pendants Adagio, not you.” Mamma Sunset said. Pendants?

“But I WAS in control when I… When I…” Mamma Adagio broke, mamma Sunset and I grabbed her into a hug. She was like a wolf howling. Loud, sad cries with a river of tears to follow.

I felt like shit. I made her remember those horrible things. This though, her crying… a monster doesn’t regret like this. They don’t regret period.

We were like this for a few hours. Mamma Adagio eventually settled down. “Sorry-”

“No, mom. I’m sorry. I made you remember those things you regret doing.”

“Dazz, the reason we are so overprotective of you is because our mistakes have carried over to you.” I was confused again, mamma Sunset noticed this.

“Dazz,” She said. “Your mother and I both used dark magic, that doesn't ever truly leave you after It's 'gone’, it's always there, forever. When you were five, we had Twilight test you to see if any dark magic was in you. The results were positive. If you get angry enough, sad enough, go through something horrible, it will awaken. It's why we did everything to keep you happy after Flash died.”

“So that's why you broke the bank taking me to every amusement park from here to Florida?”

“Yeah.” Mamma Adagio said. “Twilight actually helped us with that. Gold is one of the few things that goes through the portal without changing. Is there anything else?”

“There is one. If mamma Adagio is over a thousand years old, is that why your nickname for her is Queen Cougar?”

Mamma Sunset blushed cherry red while mamma Adagio laughed loud enough to break glass. “D, Dazz!”

“Yes Dazz, that's actually why.” Mamma Adagio admitted. “It's also why my nickname for her is Little Pup.”

Thud. Mamma Sunset hit the floor. “You two are EVIL!” Mamma Adagio and I just laughed. “And you're grounded for three months.”

“What!? … Okay, fair enough. I'm going to bed. Night Mamma Adagio, night… Little Pup.”

“GO TO YOUR ROOM!!”

Yeah, that probably got me another week at least. Totally worth it though!