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// Prologue: Out of the Frying Pan 
// Story: Equestria Noir: Through the Looking Glass 
// by Midnight_Tempest 
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My name is Midnight Tempest, a unicorn and I am not of this world.

To be more specific, I am not of this Equestria. I am a unicorn of moderate magical talents, but my real talent lies in how I have learned to create machinery. I am an inventor, a mathematician and a killer.

You must be wondering why I would willingly admit to being a killer, a murderer. Because by the time this book is published, I will be dead. I have nothing to hide and nothing to fear. My last will and testament is to have my memoires published, word for word, so that any rumors and falsehoods about the events of these past 6 months shall finally be put to rest. But first I should elaborate on how I came to be in this new Equestria.

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My home was a lovely little place just south of a town known as Ponyville. The people there are a very friendly bunch, always happy to see a new face as they would an old friend. I wasn't born in Ponyville, or had any family there, I had just found the location to be very relaxing. In time I would find that it was also an excellent place to procure supplies for my experiments and to pursue other 'hobbies' as well.

Her name is Twilight Sparkle and she is the most talented unicorn in all of Ponyville, possibly even all of Equestria save for the Princesses. She has helped me more with my experiments, since she arrived in Ponyville a couple years ago, than in the 10 years since I moved here. She is Princess Celestia's top student, Bearer of the Elements of Magic and most beautiful pony I had ever laid eyes upon. And I fear that I may never see that Twilight again.

I had just awoke from a restless sleep, which was common for me as I would usually dream of Her, my brow was covered in a cold sweat. The sun was only now rising and there was a light mist across the ground, highly unusual as the Pegasi would usually keep this sort of thing from happening. I paid it no mind as I just told myself that the matter would be fixed in a jiffy.

I floated my saddlebags over to and rest them on my back carefully, I had filled them earlier with several bottles and had to make sure that they wouldn't shatter. Nothing more annoying than cleaning glass from a bag, or out of ones flank. I then left early that day for Ponyville, it would be the last time I would see my brightly coloured home ever again.

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I  trotted through the mist, barely even giving it a second thought, until it began to grow more dense. It was even more unusual to see fog, unless it was in the Everfree Forest. I slowed my pace to a medium trot, even though I had traveled the road between my home and Ponyville many times it was best to keep my eyes open for other ponies. I began to grow worried as the fog continued to grow more dense and the light started to fade. The sun had just crested the mountains, so this didn't seem right at all. The Princesses, Celestia and Luna, controlled the sun and moon respectively and it was highly unlikely that either would make the sun fade from the sky.

I stopped in my tracks, everything was feeling alien to me. The darkness had fallen over everything I could see, which was very little at that time, and my thoughts were filled with dread. I constantly was thinking that something had happened to the Princesses, an ancient evil that was sealed away for centuries or more had awoke and was going to destroy everything by swallowing the sun. I couldn't have been farther from the truth, and nothing could ready me for what I was going to find.