(Wild Spark's POV)
My journey began before my friends and I went to Equestria. My name is Wild Spark. I’m a black unicorn stallion and my eyes are neon green. Both of my mane and tail are jet black with white and green stripes. My cutie mark… well, it's complicated. Because right now, I’m going to talk about how my life went into a whole new level of crazy. It all started 10 years ago.
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10 years before the Summer Sun Celebration
I was 11 years old and I used to live with my mom and my brother outside of Equestria. My brother is a dark brown unicorn named Bam-Bam and he wears glasses. His mane and tail are black and red dreads while his irises are royal blue. His cutie mark is a game pad controller. He wears a black hoodie and a black pants displaying his cutie mark. He’s 2 years younger than me, but sometimes we are mistaken for twins because of how our voices sound nearly identical, how we sometimes we act differently, or how we wear the same brand of glasses. I wear glasses sometimes, but I mostly wear them if I’m either reading or if my vision is acting up. My eyesight is okay, but the vision of my left eye is a little blurry.
Our mom’s name is Splendor Bloom, and she owns a beauty supply business called “Kinboshi”. She’s a dark blue unicorn with a translucent pink and yellow horn, while the color of her mane and tail is black, and her irises being caramel brown. Her cutie mark is a flower with purple, pink, and yellow petals and the bottom of its stem being translucent pink. My family and I happen to be omnivorous ponies. Lucky for us, we live near a griffin restaurant. However, the only meat I can't eat is fish. Any seafood I take first bite from, my ears feel like they're on fire, my tongue feels irritated, and then l vomit.
My Journey Started when my cutie mark changed from an unknown phenomenon. Here’s where I’ll explain about my cutie mark. Before it used to be a game controller being designed by a pencil, it represents how good I am at playing games and drawing. But a day after I got my cutie mark, that’s when the phenomenon happened.
The sky had suddenly darkened with a shade of green and what appeared above me was a huge green vortex filled with unbelievable amounts of electric energy. I was too shocked to move or say anything. All I could only do was stare at it and the only words I could mutter was “Holy crap.”
Five seconds later, the vortex shot a huge beam containing every ounce of its power at me. I still couldn’t move or scream due to my shock, the beam made physical contact with me, and it hurts a lot. It felt like every fiber of my body was being disintegrated and being put back together at the same time. When the beam dissipated, the vortex was gone too.
I panicked thinking that the beam tore me apart, so I checked myself to see if any parts of my body were gone. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case. However, I can’t say the same for my cutie mark. The controller was still there but the pencil was replaced with a paint brush. Now it’s a card showing white silhouettes of both the controller and paint brush. The card is also surrounded by two lightning bolts.
Not only that, but I noticed something about my magic felt different. That’s when I inspected my body again only to noticed that my entire body was now coated with green electricity. I panicked again, trying to find a way to turn it off. Good thing I was a fast learner, so I tried to calm myself and think about myself not being coated with electricity. After a moment of concentrating, I channeled some of my magic to dispel it. To my relief, it worked.
After getting myself together, I quickly went home to tell mom and Bam-Bam everything that happened. We went to a hospital to see if I was okay. The Doctors told us that I’m physically okay, they also said my magic was somehow enhanced, like something new was added. He also said that it could make me hyperactive.
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Four days later, I chose to go to a library to do some research on supernaturals, electricity, magic, and secretly about genetic mutations. I wasn’t the only pony who was doing the same. A librarian told me there were three foals at the table to my left with the books I was looking for. I chose to join them to see if we can share the books. In front of me were six foals with three of the books I was looking for.
The first one is an earth pony who seems be a year older than me. His black coat being slightly lighter than mine, and the color of his eyes are violet. The color of his mane and tail is white as snow with the tips being violet while his haircut looks a little messy. His cutie mark seems to have a purple wormhole being surrounded by four pale yellow stars. He was also wearing a pink hoof band with three hearts being sky blue, pale yellow, and deep violet.
The pegasus colt on his right has a dark gray coat with his feathers having a fiery gradient you would see on a Phoenix and his eyes being fiery orange. The color of his mane and tail is a palette of fire while the back of mane being long, and the front had a quiff haircut. His cutie mark is a big fireball with light blue being in the center of it.
The unicorn filly on his left seems to be younger than the rest. Her coat is fuchsia pink with her horn being pearlescent yellow on the tip and the color of her eyes are sky blue. Her haircut bun buns and the back having fringes. The color of her mane and tail is deep violet with pale yellow and sky blue. Her cutie mark is a green thread with a pin covered with blue stars. Looking at it tells me that she very good at craftsmanship. She is wearing two different hoof bands. The one on her right hoof is black, purple, and white while the other hoof band on her left is deep violet with three hearts being sky blue, pale yellow, fuchsia pink. Looking at both her left band and the band on the earth pony next to her, I think they are wearing those show that they have a bond.
Next to the pegasus was an earth pony who strangely enough, has claws and his ear are slightly bigger than normal. His coat has fur, and its color is a lighter shade of gray. The color of his eyes is forest green. He has a Mohawk and the color of his mane and tail is darker shade of gray. He’s wearing gloves for both his front hooves and back hooves. He’s also wearing green jeans and his cutie mark is on it. It looks like a potion filled with sky liquid and the vial is surrounded by a couple of sky-blue stars. I can only assume that he’s great at alchemy.
Next to him was an earth pony filly who looks oddly metallic. The color of her coat and mane are both a lighter shade of gray. Her eyes are entirely magenta, there were no pupils, and the bottom of her eyes were lines that are straight down to her chin. Her cutie mark was a yellow circle above a yellow ring. I don’t know what her cutie mark means, but I think that she’s good at science and probably biology.
And lastly, next to her was a unicorn filly. Her coat is Pale Magenta-Pink. The color of her eyes is Cinnabar red. The color of her mane and tail are Pink as a flamingo. Her hairstyle is short with bold spiky bangs in the front while the back has a ponytail. Her cutie mark is a cookie with rainbow sprinkles and in the center was a brink pink star. Looking at it makes me assume that she is a good at bakery and pastry, I think I can even smell a scent of freshly baked cookies from her.
Normally, I would either freak out or just walk away, but I’m a gamer and a nerd. Luckily and thankfully, I’ve played enough games and read enough comic books to know that I should never judge a book by its cover. Not to mention, my mom raised me to not be a bully.
So, I went ahead and approached the table and greeted them. “Excuse me, I know what I’m going to ask is pretty suspicious, but-”
Before I could ask my question, the pegasus cut me off and said, “You’re looking for the books about supernatural, enhanced magic, and genetic mutations.”
I stood there with eyes wide open and said “Yes, but how did you know I was going to ask that?”
The metallic mare replied, “Probably because our project is kind of related to them.”
I then asked, “Does that project involved something to come out of nowhere and you get caught in the crossfire because you were close enough for it to do so?”
It was their turn to look at me with their eyes wide open, the Pale Magenta-Pink filly then replied “Yea, but how you know about that?” I used my powers to flash my eyes with some small amount of electricity. They all stared at me with their eyes wide open again, their mouths were also slightly open agape.
After a few seconds passed, I asked “You guys think there’s one more room for another partner for this project?”
The lighter gray earth pony then said, “That depends on what you would do once you’ve gotten the answers that you’re looking for?” He raises a good point; I really don’t know what I would do after I figured things out.
I thought about it and there are obviously stuff I want to avoid doing, so I went ahead and told them “Well for starters, I’m not aiming to do anything stupid with them like frying ponies by accident (definitely something I want to avoid), power abuse, be drunk with power, let some psychopaths do experiments on me for whatever crazy re-”
A hoof covers my mouth to cut me off and the jet-black earth pony then said “Alright, you’ve made your point. Just stop before you say something that would scare my sister.”
I look at the pink filly next to him, back to him, and their hoof bands. I had a feeling they they had a bond, so when he said ‘sister’, my thoughts were confirmed. “Sorry.” I apologize with a sheepish smile.
He then replies “It’s alright. Anyway, I think we got enough room for one more project partner. I think we should introduce each other. My name is Light Void.”
He points at the fuchsia pink filly, “This is my little sister, Crafty Bliss.”
Crafty waves at me, “Hi.” I wave back.
Light then points at the dark gray pegasus as he says, “That’s Quick Pyro.” Quick nods and point at the light gray colt and said, “This is Carbon.”
He waves, and the metallic mare says “I’m Razza.”
The last mare introduces herself and says, “My name is Sweet Mojo.”
When they were done introducing themselves, they all looked at me and Sweet asks “What’s your name?”
I had a calm smile and said, “I’m Wild Spark, but you can call me Wild.” This is the day I made new friends who understood what I was going through.