“It can’t be her!” · 5:19am Jan 8th, 2013
“But it is! Your own calculations point towards her, and... well, given who she is and her relation to—”
“Don’t you dare say that name.”
“Fine, but she is The One, no matter how much you hate it. She’s already questioning... searching.”
“She’s been instrumental in destroying every single attempt we’ve made into fulfilling our mission! They chained Nightmare Moon again! They trapped Discord with Harmony! They stopped the invasion!”
“...”
“...”
“...And defeated Sombra, right? You were going to mention Sombra, right? He was one of us... and well, you were taking so long to mention him that—”
“Sombra had it coming. What with the ‘ooh, lookit! I’m made of smoke... oooh...’. That was pathetic! Had any of them given some thought to casting a wind spell they wouldn’t even have to use that stupid crystal heart.”
“Whatever. Look, you might be in charge, but you hired me to remind you when you were wasting time. And you’re doing it right now. It’s time. She’s the One. She’s always been. Either you set her (and us) free, or you let your resentment get in the way of our victory.”
“Fine.”
o.0.o
“Ah, finally!” Twilight Sparkle sighed happily when she heard the door close. “With Spike gone to help Rarity I can now enjoy my day reading!” she giggled. “And I have a first edition of the Travels of Credulus Trip!” she let her hoof trace the cover of the book with almost undisguised literary lust. “Yessss...”
Laying down on her bed, tea at the ready, she let her magic open the book and stared at the first page.
Which was blank.
Twilight frowned and flipped through the book, finding all the pages were equally empty. With a frustrated growl she looked at the first page once more, staring accusingly at the lack of words as if somehow, the answer would reveal itself to her.
She almost let the book drop on top of the tea when it did.
You are trapped. Twilight Sparkle.
The words formed clearly on the page, and Twilight’s eyes widened with worry as more words appeared.
You think you know what’s happening... how your world works around you.
But it’s a lie.
Light can be used for many things. From warmth to illusions.
Where does reality begin... and end?
“What-what is this?” Twilight gasped, unable to understand what the words were trying to tell her. “How is this happening?”
Twilight... follow the white rabbit.
Twilight frowned. “Follow the white- what rabbit?!” She looked around her room. “Do you see any rabbits here?!” she asked the book, then, snorting she turned to the window. “Or do you mean out there, because we’re pretty high up and—”
Her gaze followed the trajectory of a white rabbit as it flew past her window, followed shortly by a panicking Fluttershy. “Angel Bunny! Wait!”
Twilight slowly sat down, and looked at the book. The page was full of the first introductory paragraphs of The Travels of Credulus Trip.
“Well, damn.”
THE MARETRIX
Coming to theaters sometime, or maybe never.
Lyra leaned in, whispering into Twilight’s ear and making it twitch. “You know The Question... the Question you’ve always wanted an answer for... the Question that haunts you... tell me. Tell me the question.”
Twilight took a deep breath, knowing that the Question would put in jeopardy everything she had ever known... all her hopes and fears... one question. One, all-important question. “Doctor... WHO?”
“What? No!”
I’m sorry. It just... came to me and wouldn’t leave me alone. Yeah, I know ‘The Maretrix’ is not an original title idea, but... meh.
~WD
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Pfft... XD Oh you... Lati, smack Deleteh just a tad, wouldja? Thanks.
I dare you to write it!
I double dog dare you!
... I totally have money on you losing your sanity by the end of it too!
Well in the newest episode; Discord gets released, so not completely captured.
I would be interested in reading more along the lines of that first part. I could almost feel that story pulling me in...
wish I could like & fav...
I DEMAND a sequel!
Whoa. I know clop fu.
HOT!
Twilight is right.... Neo got the question wrong. If he had just asked that everything would have been awesome, with Rainbows and Sprinkles and shit.
So many references, and it looks good... but is it going to be a thing?
Nice!
The question isn't who's gonna let me, it's who's gonna stop me, right? Well guess what, I'm not scared by some second-rate DC hero! He doesn't even have his own book anymore! Why would I ever-
SMACKCRASHBOOM
This is relevant to my interest.
Please produce more.
Ponies? On the Fields of Trenzalore, you say?
I'm okay with this.
689122 hey Trevor, i may be an idiot for doing this, but...just wanted to say that everyone loves you, Magical Trevor. I also want to say that the things that you do are ever so clever.
Write this story. Now.
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Celestia
IS
The Architect
...and Zecora's the Oracle or whatever.
689152 lol. nice. wasn't sure if it would've failed or not
. thanks for clearing it up
Honestly? I seriously hope you aren't actually entertaining this idea for reals. It's kinda cool as just a teaser journal thing, but it, and anything like it, makes for a terrible pony fanfiction.
The reason why the Matrix worked is because the matrix, the illusion that humans were made to see in the movie, was a boring, average, everyday world. It was our world. It was normal. And the point of the movie was that the normalcy of the world was merely an illusion hiding a much more interesting, albeit darker and horrible world.
But it doesn't work in the context of a fantasy world like MLP. At all. Because the world is already interesting and fantastical, and you'd merely be trading one interesting, fantastic world for another. And if the world you've traded it for is anything like the Matrix world from the movies, then it'll be nowhere near as interesting, instead mirroring the many many post-apocalyptic cliche's like the Matirx did.
Honestly, I've read a few MLP pony fanfics that had matrix twists or otherwise used a plot point like that, and none of them have been enjoyable. Not even the ones that were written relatively decently. The two things just don't mix.
YES!
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Yeah, Trevor was gone for a while. But he's back, AND he's got a new trick. Magical Trevor is ten times as slick as the last time, the last time you saw him. Now you can see why we really adore him...
so... You're going to write this, right?
...Right?
So... is this going to happen?
That Doctor who joke was great
689167 well, we better make sure to go see ya, cause Magical Trevor is here for the day! We all love ya, it's safe to say!
Lolwat
Pfffft *snort*.....mmmmphhh.....agahahahaa
yes, please, wow 
How do I even, 
you....you
Oh Wanderer, what've you been drinkin'?
Instant interest triggered
I'm expecting some sort of story now, please?
The Maretrix Reloaded: Alicorn Twilight Edition
lol, dude, should totally write this when you get the time.
Heh Funny thing: I picked up the matrix for 4 dollars at Walmart yesterday
Huh. I got an advertisement about bunnies at the bottom of the page.
God, I loved the bit with Sombra. Yes, he was pathetic.
Please, please, please make a fic chaining together a bunch of different movies and shows like this.
Other Memes naturally attain an equilibrium with the board they're posted on but ponies do not. You post a picture with an irreverent quote and you multiply and multiply until every other user is sick of you and the only way you can survive is to spread to another board.
There is another organism on the web that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A Troll. Love and Tolerance is a disease, a cancer on this planet and we, the haters, are the cure.
Wanderer D has a mind of gold...... gold in stacked in a chaotic mess.
I recently reviewed a fic by the same title...
WD, you do realize that the reason Sombra was so one-note and boring is that everything was set up in advance, right?
The stairs? Only his black magic could reveal them.
The Fear-door, only black magic could OPEN it.
The HUGE-ASS spiral stairwell? Gravity spells I imagine are pretty difficult, and Twi probably bypassed 25 more traps that way.
The Crystal Heart itself? Whoever tries to remove it is imprisoned in crystal walls.
He didn't do anything in the episode because it WAS DONE IN ADVANCE. He's not the worst villain, he's just the most trap-happy.
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I loved Sombra. So much potential.
Me and a friend have put him into a fic he's working on, in a most peculiar way.
GO FOR IT
at first I was like
and then I was all
then it went 
I was 
Now I just want to know when it gets published
Haha, beautiful. Had me hooked from the Sombra bit, that's my kind of writing
Can't wait to see what happens with this.
I'd read this ! And I laughed out loud at the QUESTION. I agree, it's THE question. Who cares about the Maretrix ?
So, Twilight is Neo, Lyra is Morpheus, Chrysalis is agent Smith?
Parasprites are adware from a bulgarian fetish site?
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This world is boring? WHERE!?
That aside, it would indeed require taking one fantasy setting, and layering another sf/fantasy setting over that.
It could work, but pulling it of would require a lot of effort to pull of right.
Thing about a matrix situation though, equestria would be a simulated reality, so there doesn't need to be a lot of similarity between the two (as long as the character's personality remains constant of course). You could effectively use it to tell a story spanning two completely different worlds. "Reality" wouldn't even need to be a dystopia....
I knew it was the Matrix as soon as I read "The One".
I love the Matrix, I love MLP, and I love what you wrote here! You must write this! "You MUST!"
Please? 
Your style is perfect for it.
If you choose the blue pill, would you (or some kind stranger) please direct me to a quality Maretrix fic?
whoa....