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// Prologue 
// Story: Video Game Magic 
// by FoxMcCloud7921 
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It was another warm summer day in Canterlot. By now, most schools were done with the spring term, which meant a large number of students were enjoying some much needed R&R. Many were spending their morning at the local coffee shop, talking about vacation plans or in some cases what they were thinking of taking the next coming term. All except for one, that is. 

The girl was wearing a black hoody, which covered her amber-colored hair, streaked with shades of dark red. Despite everything, the girl didn’t seem to care whether she’d be sweating underneath or not. She had more pressing matters to tend to. 

Her name was Terra, and every once in awhile she would look up from her laptop and check her surroundings, only to see the same things: people were chatting, drinking their coffee, or surfing the internet. Maybe she was being paranoid. 

She was also keeping an eye out for someone from the staff that would approach her and kindly remind that if she wanted to use the Wi-Fi here she’d have to pay for something. She’d been coming everyday for the last week and no one paid her any mind. It was probably better that way. 

Terra looked back to her computer screen and looked back at the news. Nothing of major importance was going on, other than that Camp  Everfree had been saved from being torn down to payments being paid. She clicked on the link, not because she was interested in the story but rather who was in the story. 

There was a picture of seven girls all grouped together with members of who she assumed were part of the camp staff. The story also mentioned how the girls teamed up with others from Crystal  Prep Academy to do an online original music video. She didn’t have to look it up, she’d heard over a million times by now. 

In truth, she’d been keeping an eye on those seven girls for the past week now. Terra felt they could be very important. Luckily, they all had social network accounts which made her job much easier. She started to look them up one by one. 

The first was Twilight Sparkle. She had been going to Crystal  Prep Academy for the last couple of years but only recently she transferred to Canterlot High. She didn’t have to find out the details, she already knew. 

Then there was Rarity, fashionista extraordinaire, or at least that’s what she says on her Facebook account. Fluttershy, the timid one who gave up a lot of her time to help local wildlife. Rainbow Dash, the athlete who was almost guaranteed to earn a scholarship to any college of her choosing. Pinkie Pie, the- 

Terra had to pause for a moment to gather her thoughts on this one. “She’s…unique as far as I can tell.” Actually, she had encountered her a few times though thankfully she never approached her. If she had, Terra would have to switch places of interest. The library was always opened but it attracted the wrong crowd sometimes. Plus their Wi-Fi was slow at times. 

Next was Applejack, she was well-known all across Canterlot due to her family business. Terra wasn’t much of a cider person but the Apples made good cider. Good pie too whenever she got the chance to try some. 

Then there was Sunset Shimmer. She was a bit of an anomaly. Up until a few years ago, Sunset Shimmer wasn’t a name people knew. She only created an account over a year ago, though as it turned out Sunset had an old one but deleted it due to getting a lot of backlash from other users.  

Oh yes, she was able to look up that information because she was good with computers. You didn’t want to make an enemy of her that was for sure, though no one ever interacted with her and she liked to keep it that way for now. 

Terra had been going through Sunset’s photo album when she noticed a recent photo that was taken with a girl she didn’t recognize. She had different shades of purple in her hair and again and wearing a pink beany. Considering she was apparently friends with Sunset, it meant she had to be friends with the others. 

“Interesting…” Terra had been curious about this group before but now she was fully intrigued. She was well aware of the…incidents that surrounded them which attracted her to them in the first place. “Could they be the ones?” she thought. “For so long I’ve been trying to put an end to this…game, but I can’t do it alone, and no one else can help me. But these girls…maybe they can help me. Maybe they can finally put an end to all this.” 

She stared at her computer screen, almost spacing out. It was funny, all anyone here could see beyond the screen was 1s and 0s and code…but they had no idea. It was much more than that, so much more. Terra shut down her computer and put it back into her bag before getting up. She glanced up at the camera watching her as she put in her earbuds connected to her MP3 player. “I bet you’re watching me aren’t you…?” she thought. “You’re probably thinking ‘What’s her next move?’ Get ready to be surprised…” She wasn’t going to let them continue to get away with their acts. Even if they managed to catch her, she’d eventually slip from their grasp again. 

Terra walked out of the coffee shop, the rest of the world apparently oblivious to her presence. As she walked down the sidewalk, she lowered her hood, letting her short hair flow in the wind. It probably would’ve been better to confront them face-to-face but she couldn’t and it pained her to use such deceitful measures but what choice did she have? In the end, she hoped they could forgive her…if there truly was an end to all this. 




                                                                                                                  


Video Game Magic