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// Episode 3: A Hop, Skip, and a Jump 
// Story: The Mysterious Mare Do Well - Reloaded 
// by Equinoxx 
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While Seastar practiced her magical abilities, other strange occurrences began to happen all over the land of Equestria. One pony in particular, a mare named Loose Steel, who lived in Fillydelphia, felt a surge of energy shock through her body, knocking her out. The mare later awoke, finding that nothing was out of the ordinary. That raised the question as to why she passed out in the first place. She was going to ponder the strange matter more, but a knock on her door drew her attention.

"Hey Loose! You in your room?" She heard a voice call from beyond the door.

Loose walked to the door and opened it, seeing a maroon coloured mare on the other side, Loose's roommate. "Yeah, yeah. What's up, Carol?" Loose asked.

"I've been looking for you all day and turns out you were in your room the whole time!" Carol stressed. "Did you even leave your room at all today?"

Loose's eyes widened in surprise. Was she really unconscious the whole day? "I... Don't know?" She offered.

"What'ya mean by that?" Carol raised an eyebrow.

"I think I may have slept through the whole day?" Loose didn't want to worry her friend by saying she passed out for such a long time.

"Ugh. Loose, did you stay up all night again?"

"No-I mean... Yes." Loose decided to 'admit'. Thankfully that was a better alibi then the truth, though it still meant her roommate was disappointed in her.

Carol sighed with a shake of her head. "You need to stop doing that. You still have a job you know."

"I know." 'In hindsight, maybe concern would've been better. Loose slumped a bit.

"Just try and fix your sleep schedule at least." Carol continued. "I'd hate to see you lose a job again."

Loose nodded in return. Carol turned around and walked away from the door. Loose sighed and thought it best to see a docter as soon as she could. Ponies don't just pass out at random. She looked out her bedroom window, seeing that the sun had fallen below the skylines of Fillydelphia.




(Seastar's pov)

The sunset looks really damn beautiful from here. I didn't really expect The Well to have such a great view. Anyway, I've been trying to practice magic for the past few hours, only stopping to eat the lunch I told the computer to make. Unfortunately I haven't had much luck other than getting a few sparks, but I won't give up! Still, I didn't expect magic to be so hard to learn, then again I have no clue what I expected, let alone what to do. Oh yeah, nearly forgot! I should probably check out that transit to Ponyville for future notice.

I made my way for the elevator and stepped inside. It's generally what you'd expect from an elevator within a damp cave. Not homey at all. At least it didn't smell bad. Once the elevator reached it's destination I stepped out, being greeted by a large tunnel with multiple smaller tunnels going in several directions. In the middle was a small car like vehicle atop some train tracks, which also went down all the tunnels. The car was purple with some blue highlights, a bit too stylized for my liking. Actually, why don't I test it out? No reason not to.

I eagerly hopped into the car and chose a direction. How about left? As I locked in the direction I wanted to go, a screen in the car buzzed on. Apparently I'm off to Ponyville then! Talk about some luck. I press the 'go' button aaaand... Is anything going to happen-"Aaahhhh!!!" I screamed as the car burst into motion. I swear, why does the universe hate me so? Aside from that, the ride was unsurprisingly bumpy. Annoyingly so.

Soon enough though, I arrived at my destination, which is just another large cavern area... Yeah that seems about right. I get out the car and enter another elevator. I wonder where this elevator will come up from. Well I guess I'll just have to find out. I pressed the only button on the elevator and it went up. I stepped out as the door opened and found myself in a... broken down shack? Honestly that's not very subtle, but hey, at least the townsfolk of Ponyville aren't known for their intelligence... That felt mean to say, but it's not like I have anyone to apologize to.

I walked to the door of the shack, which is thankfully locked, and cracked it slightly open. I seem to be, somewhere. I don't really know the layout of Ponyville, especially with how inconstant the show is. Well then, I guess I better learn... But not right now! Now I head back to the well and look at where each tunnel leads to.

Once back I learn that most tunnels lead to major cities or towns, but there were a few that were simply landmarks. Just to make it clear, none of them go to Cloudsdale, since y'know, it's in the sky. But I'll find some way of getting up there eventually. After I learn how to use that cloud walking spell at least. I don't really want to become the first meat pizza in all of Equestria. But for now, it's bedtime!


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