Creation. The beautiful mishmash of Light and Darkness born of the Primal Explosion, the first breath of the wild, and the origins of life…
But creation must have a balance, and as such in moments of Great Distress creation itself creates agents to maintain said balance, or to gently nudge it towards survival of itself…
As we enter yet again the Ponyverse the Zen no Ban’nin has made his home, we move through Ponyvile swiftly reaching Golden Oak Library, and upon further inspection, discover that both the Alicorn of Ponyvile and the most faithful love slave / “Please notice me Senpai" of Princess Celestia are in the basement of the library…
“Ok Twilight… let's see if this new version of your multiversal door works…”
Says Poncho as he looks at the horseshoe shaped door, built with wood and with a set of 8 dials embedded in the right side, at doorknob level, only for Miss Sparkle to answer…
“It should work, and adding the thaumic address system will ensure that others can use it to travel safely…”
Oh yeah, thought Poncho, remembering that the purpose of the door testing was to develop a way to travel using the ether between universes…
“So, I only have to cast energy to the focus Crystal, yes…?”
Asked Poncho as in one corner of the void that is the ether between universes, someone notices something, and so it is relayed…
“Boss…? Something seems to just have entered the universe… it is something small, but not insignificant…”
Said the ever familiar voice of the soul of Poncho's pipbuck, its hologram flaring to life as Poncho started charging his horn, causing him to lose focus before replying...
“I see… I will investigate...”
“Oh, what is it? If it is something easy can I go with you…? Please…?
Said Twilight as she saw the Alicorn in the room, making puppy eyes, hoping it would help her explore the unexplored, yet Poncho answered gently…
“Twilight, do you remember when I told you how can I travel between universes with my body…?* You can't come with me, as your body can't handle the ether, that's why we made this thing for the easy bus project, so you ponies get changed to a form that can survive there for the couple seconds you would get out of your universe… but I think I have an idea…”
After this exchange happened, back outside, a small ball of white light continues traveling, summoned by higher powers, as what it is and represents is necessary… until it stops…
“Mmm… what’s this…? A soul… why is a single soul traveling creation…?”
Said a shadow like figure, shifting between Alicorn and human, as it extends its hoof, which soon changes into a hand, before reverting to a hoof, and, upon contact with the soul, the shifting figure’s metaphorical eyes widen, as the Alicorn of Ponyvile in astral projection realized what soul was he interacting with…
“What the…? Kal…? You Died…? Dude, you are Superman, Dying is not within your skill set...”
To this musings to the void, the soul in the hoof / hand seems to twinkle, as if addressing the ethereal shadow stopping it, this not being unnoticed by it…
“I see, you aren’t but another version of him, one that died so he could help here… but here there are no beings like you, and the special powers you possess depend on your body… were you to go as you are you would not offer more than wisdom and a couple things you learned...”
To this, again the soul shimmered, as if answering the shadow, to which the shadow answers back…
“Very well, I think I can help you… right now you are magical energy, that will go to where it's needed, so I will bend the rules this once... ”
And, moments after this is said, a small vial appears in the void next to the shadow and the soul, filled with a red liquid, as the soul continues…
“This is a bit of your body’s blood, I will bond it to your current soul self, so, no matter what happens, you’ll have the full access to your special skills, as if you merge with somepony, it will bond with the pony’s being, giving him or her your skills,but in a lesser potency that your body had, and if not, it will grow you a new body to live… a body that will be like your old one, but fitting to your new playground...”
Then, the liquid in the vial started bubbling out, thinning until it became a red blood light, to which, the shadow being let go of the soul he was stopping, to use both his front hooves / hands to manipulate the light blood, ushering it into the soul, causing it to shift from white to a swirling ball of blue and red light…
“Of course, to avoid you spoilering the fun this conversation won’t be recalled by your still there consciousness, but only by the very core of your soul… now go, Godspeed Hero...”
And so, the soul speeds up again, moving towards one of the infinite myriad of spheres in the void, going to the Universe where it was called to help… and the shadow chuckled to himself…
“Mmm… I might have to have a clone here, just in case more souls need of their worldy being to truly help wherever they are going…”
Finished musing Poncho as his as astral self moved back to his Ponyverse, the deal with the heroic soul complete, only to find himself looking at two big eyes as he became whole again…
“That was amazing…! You just got something from another universe and magically worked with it to strengthen a soul…! That's a whole new field of study on it's own…!”
Gushed Twilight as Poncho looked at her, blushing as he said…
“It was no biggie… it's nice to know that the portal offers a clear view of the destination…”
And so, we end this adventure in science, but it's not the end, and s next time, the Alicorn of Ponyvile will have a chat with a certain being of chaos about not throwing carelessly his garbage...