themainframe | First Spell [Video]

[The video has some static before it clears. The screen reveals a purple and pink-haired girl, looking curiously at the scnee. She moves it around, curiosity growing before she sits it down with a puzzled look.]

What is this thing?

It's called a D-Terminal Twilight. It's a special device that is meant to help you while your here.

Special device? Hmm,... So what exactly does it do Kudamon? Is there a book that I can read to understand how ti works?

[Chuckles] I'm afraid not Twilight, at least none that I know of. But to but it simply, it allows to to talk to others that have been brought to this world. It has several functions, such as voice and video messaging.

Really? Well this sound slike it'll come in handy. I wonder how you activate it.

Well... You already have. Look at the screen, everyone can see you right now.

Huh? [Looks at the screen... and realizes that the video is on. She blushes in embarrassment] Ugh... whoops. Sorry everypony... or whatever you are. I hope I didn't interrupt anything. I'll just... Ugh... How do you turn this off?

Allow me. [Pushes a button and the video ends]

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We're around young adult age, around nineteen or twenty. But I feel more like a teenager in this body...

Wow, I wouldn't have guessed I was younger...I mean I'm still a teenager but I'm more capable then most adults I know.

I guess it's just how I feel. But I've never seen this kind of body before, so I could be wrong.

Age is just a state of mind they say.

...well, and some physically. You're definitely not a kid [chuckle]

Definitely not. Well... I guess a teenage body will be okay, at least until I can figure out a way to return to my pony body... If that's possible.

How would you use the buttons on these devices though? I mean...hooves and all.

Well in my case, I just use my magic to do something like that. Pegasus and Earth ponies are taught how to use they're hooves for that sort of thing.

Huh...I'll have to imagine how that works.

As much as I'm sure you'd all like to be on all fours again I think I'd hope for the magic to come back first.

Oh yes. I can live with this new body, but I really want my magic too. It would be really helpful in this strange world...

What sort of magic do you have? Err...formerly.

The legends and stories from my world always said unicorns were very magical so I'm curious.

Well yes, unicorns are very magical and we're the only ones whop cna use magic. We mainly use it for levitating things, but unicorns who wish to further they're magical abilities can do things like change things into other things, create barriers, and use offensive magic.

It may not sound like much, it's a lot more effective to show it. But magic is very powerful when a unicorn is trained to use it properly.

Sounds impressive to me. Magic is a wild and dangerous force where I come from. Those who have a connection to it are usually a threat if they aren't on your side.

I see. That can happen in Equestria to, and we do have our share of unicorns who use magic for evil purposes. It's pretty balanced out really.

Mmmhmm...define evil?

Well... there's been a corrupt alicorn trying to cause eternal night although we freed her form the evil, a God of Chaos turning everything in Equestria chaotic and bizarre, a shapeshifting race known as Changlings trying to take over the city of Canterlot, and an evil unicorn king using his power to torture and imprison his subjects for thousands of years.

So... evil as in hurtfula nd cruel, I supposed.

Huh...sounds like home actually.

So when big bad threats like that pop up who steps up to restore the status quo?

The Princess does sometimes, but it's normally my friends and me. We bear items known as the Elements of Harmony, which use the power of our friendship to banish away the evil forces. There were tow cases when we didn't have them, but we still found a way to defeat the bad guy.

[sighs] I meet actual unicorns and they turn out to be heroes. It's like the universe is mocking me.

Huh? [That sounded... strange.] Wait... a-are you a... a bad guy?

Let's just say the jury is still out on that one.

Oh, umm... well... okay then...

[At the very least, Jinx didn't seem evil like Discord and Sombra, so as long as she didn't try anything harmful to anyone, Twilight supposed that ti was fine.]

If you look at it objectively, a villain usually doesn't see themselves as the bad guy.

I supposed that's true...

And good and evil is all very subjective. What may appear to be evil may have perfectly good reasons to happen, but still be bad for others.

I guess your right... Princess Luna had a good reason for trying to spread eternal night, and even then she was just being controlled. I've never thought about it like that before.

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