Prologue
“Hey doc, you online?”
“Yes, I’m here. Do you need any help?”
“I’m just about ready with the machine, but there are just a few bugs. Can you help?”
“Sure.”
I was working on the machine for several months. It was a machine with the power to transform humans into ponies, and vice versa. I used an inter-dimensional telecommunicator to contact Doctor Whooves for tips and help on tricky problems.
“Okay, so what you need to do is to cross a few wires,” Doctor Whooves said. “Take the green wire and move it from the XR2 port to XR6.”
“Got it,” I said, realizing I sounded like a total geek. “What do I do with the black wire?”
“Just put that in XR2.”
“… And, done!”
“OK, try it out.”
I stepped into the machine. I inserted my key and instantly a holographic menu was presented, offering the three types of pony-Earth pony, Pegasus, and Unicorn.
“Ah, what the heck, I’ll go Pegasus. I always wanted to try flying anyway.”
I pointed my finger at an icon showing wings. The machine instantly went into action. It scanned me several times, and then before I knew it, everything went black.
I woke up in a daze. I was still in the machine. I removed the key and walked through the open chamber door. I walked to a mirror, and I was amazed by what I saw. In front of me was a green-eyed blue Pegasus with a silver mane, combed back as if it were wind-blown. I turned around and saw a green thunderbolt with a small line of binary code going across it on the Pegasus’s flank. I couldn’t believe my eyes.
My telecommunicator began to blink red, and started beeping. I cantered over and pressed the ‘Answer Call’ button. Doctor Whooves stared at me for a few seconds over the monitor of the communication device.
“Well, I can see it worked as planned.”
“Absolutely! And I’m loving the results.”
“OK then, are you ready to come to Ponyville?”
“Am I ever!”
“OK then, I’ll prepare the TARDIS.”
I waited a few minutes, passing the time by attempting to use my wings. After a while, I saw a flash of light and instantly the TARDIS appeared in front of me. The doctor stepped out.
“Are you ready to come?”
“Sure!”
I grabbed a briefcase containing some important items. There was my laptop, charger, a pair of headphones in case I get bored, a document containing some information, a wireless internet stick (I was never sure if Wind wireless worked across dimensions, but I wanted to find out.), and my favourite book. I jumped into the TARDIS, and the doctor followed behind me.
The TARDIS began to travel through dimensions. Doctor Whooves asked me a question.
“What should I call you when we are in Ponyville?”
“I’m not sure. I never really thought of that… How about… Electronic Lightning, e-Lightning for short?”
“Sounds good to me, e-Lightning.”