My name is Twilight Sparkle, my life had been great! I was a police officer in the small megacity of Neo Ponyville, and honestly, I never complained, that is until this day. On this day my tree house exploded in a big explosion. The house is also serving as a library, but honestly, who reads those dusty old books anymore, everything is digitalized. But let us go back at my exploded house, the point is I am homeless!
I am also an Alicorn Princess from... well it doesn't matter anymore. I was conducting time travel experiments with my student Starlight Glimmer. Turns out it was a really bad idea trying to cross the streams, I never listened. I never listened, even when I was told, Hey it was really bad idea to try and release the Pony of Shadows from limbo. But I never listened, I was just too excited at the possibility of an idea of bringing Starsswirl the Bearded back.
To get my point across we crossed the streams, there was a big magical explosion and now I am in the future! Is this the future? Because I really can't tell, everything looks so sci-fi, just like in Spike's comic books. For some reason Equestria decided to evolve into the dystopian world where ponies had been living in giant megacities, the whole world is run by corporations which were also the new government. Oh and I guess there are also hoovering vehicles because it's the future! As if this isn't enough, as a bonus half the megacity is populated by sentient semi-intelligent golems.
It took awhile for me to realize that I am out of the job. Damn it! All of my friends are dead, and I missed their funerals. Damn it! I think I still visit their graves occasionally.
I think I know what exactly Starsswirl and the Pillars felt when they popped into existence thousands of years into the future. I am kind of in the same boat as him.
I guess it never occurred to him that he could request a use of time travel spell to return himself back in time. I already tried that option, I was denied. I was told that time travel is banned under the directive of section 950/2532. I have to thank myself for that after I disappeared, Starlight Glimmer completely freaked, and Equestria gained the new Alicorn on that day too. You can imagine how it probably went down.
You are going to ask me how exactly Spike comes in all of this, well he kind of isn't. It's a bit difficult to explain. You see while he is still alive he is also very cranky and very old. At some point, he stopped being cute and cuddly. So I did the next big thing I could possibly think of, I've got myself a Spike golem, or did I just cloned him, I don't remember. All I do remember is that I was extremely desperate to have a living memory from my old life back.
Oh right, almost forgot! They told me I cannot be a Princess anymore, so I had to choose a new profession. Why a cop? I really don't know the complete answer to that question. Maybe it's just felt relatable, somehow.
I even got a really good deal. They managed to restore a tree library, I guess they just grew a new tree and then now that is completely mine to own. They told me I cannot have my own castle back, because it's now a museum and a public property and a very popular tourist attraction, well you got the idea, profits.
However, they told me that I am entitled to a portion of the profits. I guess I'll take the deal because more money wouldn't hurt. Like in those moments when the power converter overloads, and then your house explodes in a fiery explosion, #immortalalicorn.
Who makes those power converters anyway? Tirek Industries. Buck! I will never buy their products again!
I think I would need to go to do my job soon. In my days most of the problems were simple. The map told us where to go and so we did. The Friendship Problems, how I wish I could just go back to those simple days, I don't care about being a Princess anymore I just wish to spend more time with them. Maybe if they were still with me, it won't be that painful.
Nowadays I am forced to deal with crazy lunatics who are raving about Alien Invasions from outer space, golems are going to take over the world, and then maybe kill us all. That's kind of insanity. I believe the specialists are calling it Dystopian Mega City Syndrome.
"Spike?"
"Yes, Twilight!"
"Get ready because we are going on the patrol very soon!"
"Okay!"
Twilight Sparkle closed her datapad she just finished filling the report of house explosion, A large chunk of bits just deducted from her bank account for urban vandalism. Another payment accepted for the accidental bystander casualty. Another one for a group of specialists to come over and restore her tree house to the preexisting condition, the order for a new power conductor, this time not from Tirek Industries, Twilight made sure of that.
Twilight Sparkle finished what she wanted to do and then both she and Spike went for a helicopter with a slick design, the engine whined and blades started to spin up. After a few seconds, it's smoothly lifted off and then it flew away in the direction of the big mountain where a large sleek city had been resting on the edge of the mountain.
"Dispatch! this is zero - five - five - niner, Is there any new disturbances?"
"Welcome back zero - five - five - niner. We are forced to disappoint you, everything is being quiet."
"Very well, I am proceeding to the Canterlot city for a fly by!"
"Please be advised that higherups dislike it whenever there are micro-explosions in the urban area!"
"Acknowledged, I will see what I can do about it."
The heli jet tilted left and flew right along the train tracks, for a few minutes anyway, then it pitched back up and flew straight toward its destination.