Equestria Academia
The school bell rings and class is in session. The Twilight Sparkle Academy of Academia is renowned for two things: for the order and efficiency it enforced upon its staff and students and for being the number one ranking Academy in all of Equestria. Each classroom is precisely the same. Thirty desks arranged in five columns of six spread out in front of a large black board. A professor’s desk sits in the corner of each room, each adorned with an identical flower arrangement and set of supplies to aid each teacher in their lessons.
From the first bell to the last, students only leave their seats for the midday meal and regularly scheduled communal restroom breaks. Rather than waste time sending scurrying across the vast campus to each class, the teachers came to them. Each professor at the end of his class would pack up the supplies he brought with him and move on to the next classroom down in order to teach the same lesson on the same subject to a different set of students.
Grades were arranged in halls which were themselves separated into three wings. When one student achieves sufficient marks to advance to the next level, a ceremony is held at the end of the week in which the student is assigned to a classroom with available space in the next hall. They begin their schooling at their new level at the beginning of the next school week.
The weeks last from Monday to Friday, with three days off for the weekend to allow for at home study and relaxation. Each school day lasts from 7:30 in the morning to 4:00 in the evening. Classes are generally an hour long with a five minute break in the middle of every other class for restroom usage and a half hour lunch period at noon.
It is within these halls and during these times that the students study all matter of subject material. History, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering and much, much more. During their time in the first two wings, students receive a well-balanced education on the basic tenants, theories and concepts of all the major sciences and academic fields. When they reach the third wing the students are able to choose a field in which to specialize and focus their energy. This field comes to dominate the bulk of their courses with the remaining fields being reduced to only what is necessary to support their chosen pursuit.
In order to complete their studies and graduate the Academy, senior students are required to research develop and present a project relating to their field of study to Princess Twilight Sparkle herself. Each project should strive to discover something new about the world. They are judged on innovation, practicality and the thoroughness of their work. Those who are truly exemplary in their work are invited to join the personal Think Tank of the Princess.
This Academy—and others like it—are the backbone of the Equestrian Empire. We are a nation of science and technological wonder. Gone are the days of mystery, magic and superstition. If a thing exists, it can be understood. If it cannot be understood then it is anathema.
Many resisted the decision to ban the use of magic in Equestria. The law came without any warning or pretext about one hundred years after Celestia, Luna and Cadance had retired into the Aether, leaving Twilight Sparkle in charge of the nation. In her wisdom, the Princess of Equestria had come to understand the dangers of using a power that nobody truly understood. With something so mysterious and unpredictable as magic, it was only a matter of time before an experimental spell or charm triggered a disaster. It wasn't until the destruction of Ponyville in a freak surge of magical energy that the public at large realized the truth of Twilight Sparkle’s words. Casting one final spell, she sealed the magic of the nation away and for a time we were left with nothing.
It was then that the first scientific endeavors began. Pegasi and Unicorns had lost the most influence when the magic was sealed away. With the loss of their weather control abilities, the Pegasi were unable to control when the rains and winds came and their flight was also limited. Unicorns, lacking both the strength of the Earth Pony and the natural athleticism of the Pegasi were also left without a purpose. Joining forces, they began research into the weather patterns and forces that they had wielded instinctively for thousands of years but never truly understood.
Meteorology was the first of many fields that cropped up and from it came many more. The study of weather lead to advanced mathematics and the study of how different growing conditions affected crops. Zoology became a much more important factor in the management of livestock. The study of physics lead to more sophisticated steam engines than those that had powered the largely superfluous trains of the old era, allowing for faster travel and even flight for those once grounded. Aeromobiles became common both for commercial and personal use as a means of crossing the now vast Empire in the span of half a day rather than several weeks’ train ride.
Princess Twilight Sparkle ushered in this new golden age of innovation. Things once though impossible or unnecessary are now commonplace and essential. All that falls outside the realm of what can be studied is decried as superstitious nonsense. With each new advancement in technology, the Empire expands. New races and cultures are welcomed with open arms as the borders continually advance. Most are, indeed, eager to join the Empire and experience its bounties and they bring with them new ideas and ways of looking at things that only further advance the glorious works of this new age. Equestria has become more now than ever before, a beacon of unity and hope. Each passing day brings a new discovery and each new discovery uncovers a thousand ideas worthy of exploration. In this golden age of Science, we have found a peace that will never be broken.
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Intriguing, I wait with bated breath to see where this story goes!
hmmm, not bad, but as Twilights special talent IS magic, surely she understands it at a base level. I mean, I can see where this is coming from, Twilight got so mad when she couldn't understand Pinkie Sense. However, magic never bothered her that way, so, I'm not sure she would do this. Still, nice premise, I look forward to more.
...we have found a peace that will never be broken.
Nothing can go wrong.
Nothing.
At.
All.
I think that's pretty awful in some ways, to strip people of inborn inherent abilities.
Not sure where you're going to take this, but I'm guessing there might be some dissident groups taking science in a different direction: how does magic work, how did the princess block it, and how that block be undone. After all, if it can be done, it can be examined WITH SCIENCE! If anything, understand the underlying principles of magic might actually lead to greater abuse of it and danger than experimental use. The implication being that experimental use only reveals limited information which may or may not being passed on. Devising an alternative access than horns opens up the possibility that any pony could use it... for anything.
Twilight Sparkle clearly thinks she knows better than everybody else, and doesn't think she owes it to those who taught her magic and didn't do this before she was around... What would she have done without magic? Would she have had any friends, have ever met Princess Celestia... even gotten a cutie mark? I think a Twilight Sparkle could have been born and died unnoticed in such a world as this.
P.S. Does this abolish cutie marks? After all most of the cutie marks involve those inherent abilities.
I think Twilight's become a wee bit power-hungry in the future
But I can definitely see her creating academies glorifying science.
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science!"
BTW, if you guys have any questions you would like to ask me about this world feel free to do so. I'll do my best to answer what I can without spoiling anything.
Unicorns would be furious about this as they now have to pick things up in their mouths. Pegusai would suddenly suffer mass unemployment and be reduced to eating grass to live.
so has twilight stopped mana's very existence or simply sealed the ability to weild it? cause if she sealed mana's existence from the world two bad things well happen 1. the world well begin to degrade as mana, the planets own life energy, is unable to move and cycle. and 2. dragons well go extinct as there very existence is dependednt on mana and magic, there blood runs with magic, there scales are essentialy hardened magic! if the latter option is true, twilight is going to be in for a shock when a random uncorn magic user is born with magic powers on par with her own as a princess. either way magic can only be held off for so long before something goes wrong.
also you haven't mentioned discord, he is the anomaly here seeing as he is a being who exists to be the opposite of order. if he is free i am certian he is agianst twilights removal of all chaos, life requires just as much chaos as order after all, if he is sealed she does realise when he inevitably becomes free she won't be able to stop him beause a single alicorn isn't enough right?
This looks interesting, but I feel that this would serve better as a prelude to an actual first chapter, instead of the prologue you have it serving as.
equesria without magic...ok we all know where the story goes...(oh Equestria without Magic is Bullshit! And you can not stop a Magical creature to wield magic without killing or kripling it)
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The great thing about fantiction is that you can make up all the rules that the show doesn't cover.
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She sealed the ability to wield it. And I'm going to come out and say that the magic in this world works nothing like you just described and alicorns/princesses are not born. When she sealed magic away, it was sealed away for all ponies, not just those currently alive.
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All of the races objected at first. They only agreed with Twilight after Ponyville was destroyed by magic. As mentioned in the story, pegasi were among the first to find a new place in the world and pioneered some of the first sciences. Unicorns having to pick things up with their mouths is not really a major issue....
An Empress Twilight story? Excellent.
Damn double post.
Anyway, if there's no magic, how are the sun and moon raised or is this like a propaganda chapter and
EmpressPrincess Sparkle still has magic and wields it with an iron hoof? (After all, if she's the only one with magic, that means no elements to turn her to stone/moon imprisonment.)Also, inb4 the Ponyville explosion was like the Reichstag Fire (i.e. a False Flag Operation by Twilight to fully seize power.)
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Too late! Already read your other comment. Now I know everything! (Curse the lack of an evil laugh emocon.)
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Everything? I doubt that.
the story has twilight has an empress you have my attention
I have been wondering this for awhile now. it says that all the other princesses have gone to the great beyond. so princess sparkle is essentially alone. will there ever be any other alicorns? if not, why not? is twilight to be the last of the alicorns? this premise seems so sad. I would hope that there is a way for more alicorns to be created. I cant imagine equestria to exist without the existence of more alicorns. alicorns are an essential part of equestrias very existence. twilight cant handle EVERYTHING alone. can twilight create any more alicorns to help her with her responsibilities. if twilight is the last of the alicorns, the sadness would be overwhelming. what will happen to equestria when twilights time to leave comes? if celestia, luna, and cadence have gone, then isn't it reasonable to assume that twilight will one day be gone as well? this comment has nothing to do with this story. I was just absently musing about the premise of the continuance of the alicorns existence in equestria. the prospect of their existence coming to an end is just too sad to contemplate.