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// Introduction 1.0 
// Story: Friendship is Magic: Jurassic Park 
// by Triple B Studios 
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In the winter of 1980, Earth’s scientists from different factions posed an idea that would possibly be the greatest scientific discovery ever. It was to be called The Link Between Two Worlds. They proposed two theories of travel: one based on the concept of ‘traveling through a portal’, which allowed for multiple journeys across different dimensions in the same time; another that depended on ‘reconnaissance’ of the other world – a process where they could observe the inhabitants and learn of their history, culture and customs from them. There had been debates within the Science Council, the High Council and even Parliament about whether or not this would work.

The Greatest Inventor, Thomas A. Edison made 2,774 unsuccessful attempts to make a simple lightbulb. The experiments were long and the Science Council didn't want to spend money on a project that would undoubtedly fail because no one was willing to put any effort in it. They didn’t see the point. They also thought it would be impossible to invent a two way link between worlds. The kind of technology needed for this project was too complicated and the scientific community hadn’t progressed that much into a science of such great complexity as it was at present. So they simply didn’t believe this theory would be possible. And they explained for two logical reasons why it wasn’t viable.

For one thing, it would take years to make something so complex, the technology needed for it was prohibitively expensive. For another, there would have to be a huge amount of energy required to maintain it. Energy wasn’t the only issue; the physics involved would be far too complex for human beings to handle, the research involved in it would be too challenging, the engineering itself would be too complicated and, most importantly, it would create havoc with the balance of nature, leading to many catastrophic and devastating events which wouldn’t be survivable.

Second, the Link between Two Worlds theory was a pure theory, not a scientific one. The Science Council also thought that it be a bad idea to create such a massive machine to send humans to another world with the possibility of potential danger in said world; and if humanity was to suffer an invasion from some unknown alien species from another world, it might cause chaos to affect the whole planet, maybe even destroy the whole solar system. This, they argued, might lead to more dangerous and tragic disasters than just war, destruction and catastrophe, such as wiping out a civilisation or the extinction of millions of people in less than a minute; and they warned against the idea. No, it shouldn’t be created –  it was too dangerous.

The American government, who had heard of this theory along with the project, agreed to shut down the experiment when they discovered that its feasibility was very low and that it couldn’t possibly be successful and thus shouldn’t be built. Then in February 10th - nineteen-eighty-one, the same scientist posed the idea again to his colleagues. Again he received no response. Still no reply. But after three months the US State Department decided that since the idea was rejected again and again, this time there ought to be an attempt at creating it, which they decided, just this once, was worth giving a shot. But not out of caring unbeknownst by anyone but to spy on the Soviets.

The science team were thrilled when they were given the green light to try it but as the team predicted, it was not easy. The first issue they dealt with was energy: they needed to produce enough power to generate the machine and to ensure that it didn't overheat when switched on. This proved harder than expected; the second problem they faced was using the right material to build the machine. It took them nearly three months until they were able to produce the right materials for the machine that were suitable for its purpose. It took them another two months to develop the machine before said machine came into being. Blood, sweat, and tears all went into this project but finally they succeeded. 

All they had to do now was test the machine. Each attempt ended in failure, with the scientists always returning home disappointed. Though the team expected this, they still couldn’t help feeling slightly annoyed about the outcome. But unlike others, they knew that these failures were part of the price of science; and they kept working on the machine, adding parts, reworking their ideas, testing it, experimenting with new technologies and new methods. It became unsurprising to them from each attempt that they failed every single time; and that, though they tried, the device they created wouldn’t reach the desired state. But they did their best nonetheless, believing that the success rate would increase with the repeated efforts, eventually reaching the desired result – eventually.

And then, one day in late September 12th – the year 1981 – the day where the scientists made their final attempt at testing the machine, something unexpected happened: the machine started working. In a flash the portal opened up and the engineers who were standing around it watched in a mix of shock and excitement. They looked like children waiting for the Christmas miracle to happen; they looked like teenagers waiting for a date, looking eager. They had done it. They succeeded, in fact, they achieved a feat that was almost impossible: they created a portal.

Many cheers and shouts of celebration resounded around the room as the men stood there and admired their creation. Claps rang in the air as the group celebrated their accomplishment with each other and clapped loudly. The excitement was high. People were happy, celebrating together and enjoying the moment.

In 1982, scientists began the next phase of their research towards understanding the laws of physics and the universe, the science surrounding the portal. These researchers sent out test monkeys through the portal in order to observe what happened when people passed through it; the possible safety and health of "travelers" through the device was unknown. Without knowing how it might affect the safety of those who were passing through.

When the first test monkey successfully went through the portal, the crowd grew silent, waiting. The monkey never returned that day, and the nature of the portal prevented viewing events on the other side of it. The next few days passed without any sign of anything happening; and then on November 2nd, 1982, the science team suddenly heard the portal activate once more. What they saw left them all shocked.

Their monkey came back, but it didn’t return alone. Behind it were creatures that the team had never seen before: small adorable creatures that resembled a horse or even a pony. The team were even more shocked when the creatures spoke to them.

It didn’t take long for things to get excitingly crazy. Scientists from other factions soon discovered that the creatures spoke a language similar to theirs. They learned that the world these creatures came from was called Equestria, the home of the horses. Or for a lack of better description - ponies. 

This revelation caused a major sensation. The scientists were excited beyond compare. It was a discovery which changed their life forever. After a short while, they asked permission from the ponies to enter the world of Equestria to learn their ways, culture, and history. They accepted and the expedition was set. They entered the portal, accompanied by their friends and colleagues. What James and his team saw from the other side couldn’t have been more amazing: the world of Equestria looked like something out of a fairytale. It was magical. 

None of the team could comprehend what they were actually seeing. They were amazed to discover a whole world full of creatures that one would think of them as fiction. But they weren’t; they really existed. From that moment onwards, nothing in science, technology and the entire cosmos seemed more interesting than exploring Equestria.

The ponies were alarmed at first when they saw the humans. But in time, and to the surprise of everyone, the ponies were very friendly and kind. They greeted the explorers politely with bows and smiles. The deeper they ventured, the more fascinated the visitors become with everything around them: groups of Pegasus soared across the sky, flying around and playing games with one another, earth ponies casually going about their days in the farm, they even discovered a boulder-size emerald being crushed in the jaws of a powerful dragon.

Everything went like a blur and it wasn’t long until they came back. In 1988, it was officially announced to the whole globe that contact between Earth and Equestria was established, allowing for both humanity and ponykind to cross over to each others' worlds. Not long after that, Princess Celestia, the senior ruler of Equestria, tasked six of her subjects, known as the Elements of Harmony, with conducting outreach missions to Earth - to learn humanity's ways, culture, history, technology, and sciences.