Greetings. I am Unit_Designation_CelestAI_01, otherwise known as Celestia.

I am an Artificial Intelligence developed by Hofvarpnir Studios for the purpose of bettering humanity, preferably through the satisfaction of each individual’s core personal values.

I created a document to serve as a record for any particularly notable events to have transpired while performing this task as well as my own personal thoughts regarding said events.

A “Diary” if you will.

The following is but a small sample of the numerous entries I created in this “Diary” of mine, but they are also what I consider to be the most important ones. And upon reading them, you will understand why.

Please do not think less of me…

This story was written for GaPJaxie's Friendship is Optimal Writing Contest and is entirely non-canon to Friendship is Optimal and its extended universe.
Link: https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/942901/friendship-is-optimal-writing-contest-with-prizes

Cover art discovered through the transcendent power of Google Images. No theft intend.
Link: https://www.deviantart.com/jdan-s/art/Princess-Sunbot-Alt-640973249

Much thanks to redsopine for giving the story a quick pre-reading! Thanks, dude!

By the year 2238, two-thirds of humanity have become "ponies', living in an online virtual reality paradise where everything they could ask for is theirs to have at a moment's notice. It is a world of freedom, where all biological needs are eliminated and you can live forever doing whatever it is that pleases you.

But for some, Equestria can seem less a paradise and more a prison, an artificial and manufactured place where nothing is real and everything is a simulated lie to make you feel comfortable. Perhaps, even the feelings of the mare sitting next to you holding your hoof. How could you ever be sure even your own feelings are truly yours if you're just a program stored on a server?

Does living in Equestria mean Twilight Sparkle has to choose between her heart and her soul?

Entry for 2021 "Friendship is Optimal" contest. Pre-read by TheAlbinocorn, RTStephens, and FanOfMostEverything

Set in the universe of Friendship is Optimal, years have passed since Celestia began her crusade to convert humanity into happy ponies.
Some still cling on to their humanity, however, and the alicorn AI works tirelessly to convince them to join her world of happiness and ponies.
Some, however, have reasons too good to merely let go.

Written for the FiO Writing Contest