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// Episode 1: Arrivals- Part 1 
// Story: DigiPones: Digital Ponies Season 1 
// by DougtheLoremaster 
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In the land of Equestria, a young lavender-furred Unicorn was getting ready for bed. Tomorrow was her first day of pony kindergarten, and she wanted to be prepared. Standing by her desk on her hind hooves, she nudged the quill and ink well, not really knowing how they worked yet, but excited to learn. She loved learning new things. Almost as much as she loved books. From the doorway, a familiarly warm voice spoke up.
“Excited about your first day, huh?”
Turning sheepishly away from the desk, the little filly’s face was flushed with embarrassment as she responded.
“Sorry, mama. I just wanted to make sure my supplies are all in order.”
Chuckling, the mare in the doorway used her magic to levitate the small filly into the bed.
“Oh, Twilight, you’ve gone over them twenty times. Now it is time for little fillies to snuggle tightly under the covers and dream until the sunrise. Time for bed. Sweetie.”
Velvet watched as her daughter wiggled her way under the covers and closed her eyes, snuggling her one-eyed rabbit stuffed animal. Turning off the light with a loving smile, Velvet whispered softly.
“Good night Twilight.”
Slowly closing the door behind her, Velvet Twinkle went out to the living room where her husband waited. Meanwhile, in bed, Twilight slowly opened one eye, before eagerly crawling out of bed. She headed over to the desk and eagerly poked the inkwell again. Suddenly, the ground shook violently, causing the inkwell to tip over.
As the black pool dripped onto the carpet below, Twilight broke out in a fit of tears, the young filly bawling at the top of her lungs, but her mom didn’t come running. Nopony did. Twilight sniffed as her crying ceased. Where was her mommy? Her mommy always came running when she cried. The ground shook once more, sending the little Unicorn scurrying out the door, desperate to find her mommy in the living room; where just moments ago the TV had been blaring.
However, there was nopony there when she arrived. The TV was off, and the room was dark, causing her to sit down and begin crying all over again.
“Mommy!”
Suddenly the light flicked on and a young colt, just a head taller than Twilight came running to her side. His fur was as white as the driven snow, and he possessed a brilliant cobalt blue mane. The Unicorn grabbed his little sister up in his hooves and rocked her.
“Twily! What are you doing out of bed?”
Twilight immediately giggled and shouted.
“Shiny!”
Looking at the ink-stained fur of Twilight, Shining Armor looked around before looking at his sister.
“Twily? Where’s mom and dad?”
Before she could answer, another massive ground quake shook the house, causing the front door to suddenly swing open. Walking cautiously over to the door, Shining armor peered out of it and his mouth fell open. Twilight raced over to her brother to see what he was gawking at, when she stopped dead in her tracks, her eyes transfixed on the sky.
A massive rip in the night sky had appeared amidst a shining aurora. And in the midst of it stood seven bipedal creatures. They ranged in appearance, some had blonde hair, some had brown, some had dark skin while others had light. The one thing they had in common was they looked utterly defeated and a few were dissolving from the ground up. 
Twilight gazed on in awe at the seven massive creatures that stood by them; some kind of dragon with a metal claw, a wolf that walked on two legs, a massive red beetle with a glowing green orb on its back, a gigantic bird with strange markings, a beast with a shell that wielded a hammer, and a pixie but not small like the ones in Equestria. And next to them floated two angelic-like beings. They seemed to be in the midst of a struggle with something.
And then it happened. A girl amidst the group shouted out.
“We are the DigiDestined! We will never surrender. Come on MetalGreymon, one last time!”
Twilight watched as a cheer went up from the group and as one they raised their hands to the sky, clasping strange devices. As one they cried out.
“Digi-Fusion Energize!”
The monsters beside them vanished in a blinding flash of light and Twilight stared in amazement as the bipedal creatures stood clad in armor that resembled their monsters. Bracing themselves, one looked down at Twilight and for a moment their eyes met. 
Behind that armored dragon head, Twilight could see her eyes burned with determination as she smiled and Twilight saw her lips move. 
“It’s your turn, now.”
Raising her head, the metal-draconic armor-wearing bipedal shouted to her companions before charging forward.
“For the Digital World!”
The rift in the sky closed as with a final cry of resolve, the group raced out of sight, leaving behind an awestruck pair of siblings.





An anxious Twilight raced down the royal hall towards the throne room in Canterlot Castle. Galloping at top speed, she avoided guards as papers spilled out of a satchel on her back. Gotta hurry! The Unicorn mare boasted a luxurious mane and tail of indigo and violet, her fur a gentle lavender and on her flank was a peculiar marking; a glowing blue hollowed-out ying-yang within a stylized eye.
As papers landed on the floor, various calculations and formulaic equations could be glimpsed before they were levitated back into her pack as she ran by. Today’s the day. I’ll finally prove to them I’m not crazy, that it does exist.
Lost in her thoughts, Twilight slammed into something hard. Falling back onto her flank, Twilight groaned as she rubbed her aching hindquarters. Looking up, she found herself staring into the stern face of a white-furred Unicorn dressed in golden armor. The Unicorn’s flowing cobalt mane poked out from beneath the helm the stallion wore. Twilight grinned sheepishly.
“Hey Shining, sorry about-”
“Twilight, you know you aren’t allowed here.”
Twilight spoke excitedly.
“Shining! I found it. The portal, for real this time!”
Shining Armor was not amused by this, as he spoke coldly.
“Not this again. Twilight it doesn’t exist, stop embarrassing yourself. Go home.”
Looking desperate, Twilight shouted at him.
“It does exist! You saw it too!”
Her shouts had caught the attention of other guards who had stopped to watch. Shining Armor looked to either side of him before saying callously. 
“Twilight, it was a dream. None of it was real. We aren’t foals anymore, the time for pretending has passed. You need to grow up and set aside these childish fantasies. Now, as Captain of the Royal Guard, I am ordering you to go home.”
Twilight’s eyes hooded over as Shining Armor turned away.
“Shining, I-”
“Go home Twilight.”
Before another word could be uttered, the guards that had been listening stepped forward, spears drawn.
“You heard the boss, get lost, you crazy Unicorn.”
Twilight’s eyes burned with the saltiness of tears as she shouted suddenly to the retreating form of her brother.
“I’ll show you, Shining! It is too real! You’ll see.”
Turning on her hooves, Twilight raced away, tears flowing down her muzzle as she ran.





Slamming her hooves on the desk in frustration, tears coursed down her face. All around her were the various charts, graphs, equations, and formulas of years of research. Twilight stared at the words: The Digital World Portal. For years she had been called crazy, a dreamer, a fool for seeking what she saw that night ten years ago. But now, now she was sure she had proof, she wasn’t crazy. She would show them.
Her cutie mark pulsed with energy as her horn lit up with light blue magic. As the portal manifested, her heart leaped; this was it! Finally, she would be vindicated, finally, she would be- huh? As the portal opened wider it had revealed…nothing. No land of strange creatures, no colorful landscapes. Just a hole in her floor revealing what lay beneath.
“No, no,no. This isn’t-”
Frantically, she levitated a nearby parchment. Had she forgotten to carry the two, or maybe she should have divided instead of multiplied for x? Or…Her eyes hooded over in defeat. Maybe Shining is right. Maybe, maybe I really am crazy.
Twilight hung her head in shame, perhaps everypony had been right about her; maybe she was just chasing fairytale nonsense. After all, the next morning her mom and dad had been there, eager to hear about her night but unaware of any earthquakes. Maybe she really had been deluding herself all these years. 
Angrily, she lashed out, using her magic to shred her research, before stopping, that night flashing before her eyes once more. That night she and Shining had received weird runic cutie marks, unlike any seen in Equestria. It had been so real, she couldn’t forget it. The last stand of those creatures; The words spoken. It had to be real, but if so what was she missing? How could she open the portal to the Digital World?
That’s when she spied the strange device sitting there on her desk. She stared at it. What was it? Where had it come from? Curiosity overcoming her, Twilight levitated the odd object over to her to examine it.
It seemed to be specifically designed to be worn on a hoof, boasting a strap of an unknown material. After turning it over a few times, Twilight noticed an electronic screen and her cutie mark etched above it. Blinking, she put her hoof in the strap and watched in amazement as it suddenly tightened to a snug fit on its own. 
Surprised, Twilight instinctually attempted to remove it with her magic, but to no avail, the device didn’t budge. Lifting her hoof up to her mouth to manually remove it, Twilight was taken by surprise as the screen hummed to life and a beam of red light washed over her face.
“Wha-?”
Startled, Twilight fell over and stared at the screen as numbers and figures flashed across it before displaying an image of her, and her name, height and age. Twilight shook her hoof, trying to remove it only to see it was no use. As she frantically shook her hoof, she accidentally pointed it at the still-open portal, causing a flash of light.
As the light faded from her eyes, Twilight gasped in shock. The portal now showed a jungle, some plants Twilight had never seen, and little creatures Twilight had never known. She cheered excitedly. She had done it! Now she just had to show Shining and-
“Another Digi-Destined to thwart my plans…”
A large billowing shadow had filled the entire portal as a pair of ruby-red eyes glared at Twilight. And before Twilight could so much as yelp, a gargantuan black scaly claw reached through the portal and grabbed her. Twilight gave a squeak of fear as the scaly claw retracted back into the portal, dragging Twilight in its grasp. The sinisterly silky voice spoke once more as the portal closed behind Twilight.
“Not this time.”