*2 days earlier, seconds after Austin's jump into the chasm, the black suits stare down into the darkness of the chasm's maw, unsure of what to do*
The lead black suit spoke into his earbud. "We lost him sir. He managed to jump into the chasm." A very angry voice replied. "We're not paying you morons to tell us if you lost the target. We pay you to capture the target. Now we have to find a way to get him out. He doesn't know what he's gotten himself into...He could be our country's....maybe even our universe's...only hope of stopping what's in play. We need to catch him, and tell him what's going on. And the only way to do that is to either send someone in after him, or use our inside source. And I'm not losing more agents on a freefall down into Equestria. Tell her what needs to be done. You know what to do."
The black suit motioned to his team, then they left out of the forest.
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Present day, the FBI HQ
"Is she in place?"
"Yeah. Now we just hope she'll follow orders this time."
"You're talking about Agent 32-PDP. She's never really one to listen."
"But she knows when to listen to reason."
"Let's hope she knows now is the time."
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Present Day, Equestria, Ponyville - Sugarcube Corner
I strolled into the bakery with Twilight, now trying to befriend a certain pink mare. Hopefully, she won't be as creepy as last time. Twilight called into the back room. "Pinkie? Pinkie!!" Pinkie Pie came hopping out like usual, and Twilight smiled. "There you are." Pinkie smiled. "Hiya Twilight! Hiya Austin! What brings you here today? Cupcakes? Cake? Cookies? A party?" Twilight giggled a bit. "Oh no, nothing like that Pinkie. We were hoping you could befriend Austin. He'd like to know more about us." Pinkie gasped, then dashed into the other room like a bullet. Me and Twilight exchanged confused glances, then watched as Pinkie ran back out with a cake that had sparklers and in red frosting, it read: "Happy Befriending Austin". Told you she was creepy.
Suddenly, Pinkie's 'Pinkie Sense' kicked in. Her ear flopped, her tail twitched, and then her left hind leg kicked out. "Wuh-oh." she said. She looked worried. I blinked and noticed the cake was made extremely fast...which was odd...
Meanwhile, seeing as how I was distracted by the cake, Pinkie Pie took Twilight into the other room.
"Twilight...Twilight...Listen. It's Discord....He's returning."
"What?! How can you tell?"
"My Pinkie Sense....and the Earth officals....told me."
"I don't get it Pinkie...You're always going on and on about your Pinkie Sense and-"
"I can't tell you everything Twilight. But Austin may end up being our and his world's savior..."
"Are you sure?"
"My Pinkie Sense is never wrong...."
Twilight bit her lip nervously. "Twilight? You okay in there?"
Twilight came back out. "Coming, coming...." Pinkie then ran her hoof across her mouth, indicating she wanted Twilight to keep quiet about it. At least to me. Twilight just nodded and smiled at me. "Hey Austin. Want to learn more about the Elements of Harmony?" I shrugged. "Sure." Twilight took me into the library and gave me a book, labled 'The Elements Of Harmony: A Reference Guide'. "Read this. It'll tell you everything about them. It got updated too.
"The Elements Of Harmony are the 6 magical jewels that helped banish Nightmare Moon, and turn the evil god of Chaos, Discord, into stone. They are represented by 6 ponies who reside in Ponyville." I read aloud. "You might be interested in the chapter about Discord...." Twilight said, flipping the pages to a section about chaos. "Discord, the god of Chaos. A mixture of different animals, Discord is a sight to behold. 1000's of years ago, he ruled over Equestria, spreading chaos and dread wherever he went...-"
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"-....And so, with the power of the Elements of Harmony, the 6 ponies managed to send Discord back into his stone prison, where he remains until this very day. No one is certain what the future holds, but ponies can only hope that the god of chaos does not return."
I looked at the clock. I spent a good hour reading that chapter, but for some reason, Twilight kept urging me to finish it. I dunno. I looked at Twilight. "So you're supposedly the Element of Magic, then?" Twilight was organizing some books on a shelf. "Yeah, you could say that. I'm more the pony that represents it...The Elements are actually kept in Canterlot Castle."
"Huh. So what if I was an element?"
"What?"
"If I was one of these Elements...Which one do you think I'd most represent?"
"Umm....I don't think you'd be any of them...You seem to have trouble grasping Laughter, and Honesty.....well you're not exactly completely truthful. Um, Loyalty maybe, but I'm not sure. Definately not Magic, and I don't think you'd be good for Generousity....And....well....Kindness isn't likely either."
I stared at her, insulted.
"Well I'm sorry, Austin...But you just seem to have trouble grasping the magic of Friendship...that's more what the elements mean...The Elements of Harmony are based on Friendship."
"Hmph...So what you're saying is I need to grasp the magic of friendship before I have any chance of being ANY element?"
"Why are you so upset? So what if you don't nessessarily represent an element....it's not exactly a job they give to ANY pony...erm...human."
"I'm sorry Twilight, if I'm over-reacting..." I sighed heavily and sat down. "It's just...I get upset when someone questions my integrity. I'm a nice guy Twilight. I'm just stressed. Dropping into a new world, possibly never getting back home... It was all too much. But I'm nice, Twilight. Back home, I had no trouble finding new friends...I was kind, loyal, honest, generous, I always made them laugh....You got me on the magic part, but you know what I mean...I just let it go to my head and I kinda started acting hostile."
Twilight trotted over and put her hoof on my shoulder to comfort me. I was almost near tears. Talking about this made me think of everything and everyone I left behind. Twilight gave me a hug and smiled. "It's okay, Austin. Just calm down..." I hugged back, her soft lavender coat suprisingly comforting. She smiled and pulled away. "Better?" I slowly nodded and wiped my eye. "Thanks Twilight..." Twilight gave me a gentle pat on the head, then set the book back on the shelf. "Hey Twilight?" "Yeah Austin?" "Can you help me?" "With what?" "The magic of Friendship? If I'm gonna live here, I might as well know somepony." Twilight gave me a warm smile. "Sure thing. But tomorrow. We'll have more time." I nodded and we went to bed.
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*Present Time, Earth, FBI HQ*
"Did she do it?"
"Yep."
"Now we just wait and let it all play out...Hopefully Agent 32-PDP will tell the others."
"We can only hope."
"Do you think Austin will rise to the task?"
"Does he have any other choice?"