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// prologue 
// Story: It was a day like any other 
// by krutosutrererrasdrtwe 
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	It was a day like any other in the sleepy town of Thamesboro. It was late December, The last day before Christmas break. The Children were very anxious to get out of school early, none more than Mark Jenks, an 8th grader at the Thamesboro Intermediate School. He was about the regular height for his age, maybe a little on the skinny side, with his hair in a somewhat bowl cut fashion. He did not have many friends at his school, as he moved to the district in January.  He had a somewhat sorrowful look on his face, probably because he has little in the ways of friends. His parents usually don’t spend much time with him, as they are focused on his slightly younger brother, Bill. Bill was born with a disease that left him rather sickly and paraplegic, so most of his parent’s attention was diverted to Bill’s special needs. His parents also were at work a lot, his mother working as a teacher, and his Dad working as an assistant manager at a nearby grill/propane outlet didn’t leave them much time to be together. What Mark did find solace in, was playing videogames. When his parents were at Work, Mark and Bill would often play RPG’s like Final Fantasy and Disgaea (only the first one, as Mark thought that the subsequent one’s sucked). The two would play together, by creating a character with the same name, so that they could play together. Although these were not the only types of games they played, they enjoyed these together, because Bill loved the idea of living in a world full of Magic and adventure. Bill didn’t like games like Call of Duty, because it made him feel sad that he could never do those things. Other than playing videogames, the two would often enjoy watching a good cartoon. The brothers enjoyed cartoons, as it was an escape from the harsh reality of the real world. They would enjoy a wide variety of cartoons, from Aaah real Monsters to Invader Zim, they watched them all. Or at least all of the “manly” cartoons. If their Dad caught them watching those “girly” cartoons, Mark could only see a get together with the belt. While his father wasn’t there much, he served in the Army, and Mark knows how his father would react to anything as outwardly feminine as watching a girls show. While his Dad was by no means abusive, there were certain things that might push him over the edge. Watching a girly show would be one of those things. 
That December morning, the two boys were off to school. Mark preferred to walk to school, as he enjoyed looking at the landscape along the way. His Brother was picked up by the school minivan. Bill hated going on the van, as the kids would make fun of him at school, and call him retarded for taking the van. The day went by very fast; pretty much just the same thing he does every day. It all went as usual until the end of 10th period, dismissal. As Mark went to his locker, he saw Mike getting pestered. Mike was a small messy haired blond kid, who was also new to the school. Mike was the closest thing Mark had to a friend, although they never really talked much. Mike was held up to the locker by the school bully, Ryan. “So what’s in that backpack of yours kid, any money for me? “Said Ryan. Mike, being scared damn close to death, whimpered “nothing, I don’t have any money mister”.  Ryan, thinking he was being swindled emptied the bags contents on the floor.  Mike’s heart stopped as he saw the Fluttershy plushie hit the floor.  “Looks like Nerdy boy is a sissy, eh” said Ryan as his goons started cracking up. As Ryan began holding up the doll for all to see, a girl named Rachel came in. She was one of Mark’s classmates, and often dies her hair, as her hair tends to have an unnatural shade of grey to it. “Let go of him, you asshole” proclaimed Rachel. “Or what” proclaimed Ryan “are you going to die this cumstain like you die the one’s in your hair?”. With that, Mark finally had enough and said “how dare you talk to a lady like that you failed abortion”. If this were a cartoon, steam would have came out of Ryan’s ears, as his face turned red with anger.  And with that the hallway turned into a warzone, ending with Ryan jabbing Mike in the head with a pencil. The teachers ran to apprehend the bully and his goons, but they were too fast.

Mike, Mark, and Rachel went to the nurse, to get patched up. After that, they all walked to Mark’s house. “sorry about that whole fight thing, those kids are real jerks” said Rachel. “What was that even about, that thing just looked like an off brand teddy bear” said Mark. Mike replied “that was not a teddy bear, that was a Fluttershy”. “what the heck is a Fluttershy?” said Mark. Mike then divulged that he was a Brony, and showed them a book in his backpack. “What is that funny looking book in your backpack” asked Rachel.  Mike replied “it is a DVD I found in the library, I think it is MLP related”. Mark then responds “I have never watched the show, but I guess I could go for some magic right now”, and with that Mark popped the disc in the computer. Some strange download happened on the computer, and weird symbols began flashing on the screen, and pictures of the mane 6 began scrolling through the desktop. “Damn it, Mike, I think you downloaded a virus to my computer” said Mark. Just as he said that, the computer began playing the first episode of MLP FiM, and a minute or two later, Bill happens to walk in. Bill gasps as the FiM theme begins playing, and sighs. Bill then yells “Mark, wtf is this?”, and Rachel quickly responded “ it is My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic, don’t diss it before you try it”. Bill took a second to comprehend what the usually shy Rachel just said, and watched the two part episode. After the episode was done, the computer crashed, and Mark said jokingly “Mike, if you weren’t so poor, you would be paying to repair this”. With that Mike began to sob a little bit, as Mike’s family was poor. His mother died during childbirth, and his Father never quite recovered from her death. He took to drinking, and soon landed himself into a large amount of debt. Currently they are living from paycheck to paycheck, and Mike’s Dad just got fired. “Sorry, Mike I was only kidding about that, I can fix me computer no problem “. They went on with small talk for another hour or so, and then departed. Mark decided to get some sleep, and wished his brother goodnight. After he tucked Bill in, Bill took out a Rainbow Dash doll from inside his nightstand. “I love you rainbow dash, what I would do to be able to fly with you “said Bill. And with that, they went to sleep. At about 3 AM, the computer turned on, and the screen began emitting a bright light, drawing in the consciousness of Mark, Bill, Rachel, and Mike from around the neighborhood.
Mark opened his eyes, and saw a bright world full of Pony’s. He tried to pinch himself on the cheek, but found out that he lost his fingers, and that they were replaced by hooves. He looked around him and thought he was in a dream. “Why this is an interesting dream” Mark thought “However, I don’t know enough about Ponyland or whatever its called to fully appreciate it, so I’ll just wake up “. Try as he might, Mark could not make himself wake up. Out of desperation, Mark hit his forehead with his hoof, and painfully realized that he had a horn going through the middle of his forehead. And with that, he screamed a wide assortment of obscenities that was heard throughout Ponyville. As he realizes that he is in the middle of a busy street, he notices an orange pony walk up to him and say “hay, what in tarnation are you doing yelling that kind of language in the middle of Ponyville, there are youngins out there that might repeat those nasty words” exclaimed Applejack. “Now who do you think you are Mr…” Applejack looked for a clue on Mark’s Flank to determine what his name might be, but instead, she found it was blank. Mark then tried to explain how he came to this world to Applejack, but she stared at him with a look of confusion as he was mumbling on about  how this world was fake. “Mr. whatever your name is, you better come with me to my friend Twilight’s house before yah teach the little fillies any more of those colorful words, or get sent to the loony bin.”, and with that Applejack lassoed and dragged Mark to the library.