My name is Paradox. I'm not quite sure why that's my name, but where I live everyone is given strange names. Smelly Underwear, Balloon Cheese, Relativity, and so on. My name is actually fairly normal, considering.
Oh, right. I forgot to tell you where I live. Well, I used to live in Miasma. You've probably never heard of it, but it does exist. It's kinda like an inter-dimensional plane of existence. In Miasma, we break the fourth wall. Ever wonder how Pinkie Pie can pull a party cannon out of midair? Miasma is why.
Let me explain a bit better. Some ponies/humans/creatures/etc. are born with an unusual sense of perception. They are, from the moment they are born, aware of many things that others never become aware of. These unusual ones can 'feel' Miasma around them. As such, they are able to harness some of its energy. In Miasma, the citizens do our best to supply the other planes of existence with materials, and so on. To use an example that you are probably familiar with, we are the ones who make sure everything, in all planes, is balanced, but not too balanced. We can control planet's rotations, create new species, create balloons out of thin air for Pinkie's stunts, and so on.
Now, to explain a bit more, let's go back to the start of the last paragraph, where I was talking about unusual 'creatures' with the power to harness some of Miasma's energy.
As you can guess, the level of energy they can harness varies widely. Pinkie Pie, for example, can control a relatively small amount. Discord can harness a much larger amount, so much, in fact, that it almost becomes dangerous. When creatures like Discord harness a large amount of Miasma's energy, then they have great power. As such, the citizens of Miasma have to take measures against these creatures, to ensure Miasma's well-being, and to ensure that the other planes do not get too far off balance.
There, explanation done. Not all that good of an explanation, but it's kinda hard to explain Miasma. Anyways, now that that's over, lets talk some more about me.
Like I said, my name's Paradox. The inhabitants of Miasma can shift forms, but the form that I usually took was that of a medium blue 'earth pony' stallion with a dark blue mane and orange eyes. In Miasma each inhabitant is in charge of a specific plane or planet, and I was in charge of Equis, the planet that Equestria is in. I took my job rather seriously, since Equis has far more beings that are connected to Miasma than most other planets do. I was pretty proud of my work, since, in my opinion, Equis had turned out pretty well so far. Well, mostly. But that's another story.
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I woke up with a pounding sensation in my head. That was odd enough, considering the fact that Miasmians were immune from headaches, but what was even stranger was that it felt like I was lying on itchy, cotton, sheets. I flickered my eyes slowly open, and gasped. I was lying on a white bed, in a white, sterile-looking room with minimal decoration. Glancing quickly around, ignoring the pain in my head, I quickly deduced that I must be in some sort of hospital room, on one of the other planes of existence. I looked down, and saw that I was still in the form of a blue stallion. Closing my eyes, I concentrated on shifting forms. Strangely enough, I felt nothing. I opened my eyes again and saw that my form was still the same.
I racked my brain for information. The only possible explanation for this was that I had somehow lost my connection to Miasma. That would be scary enough, but even worse, I was stuck in an entirely different plane, with no way of getting back to Miasma!
I groaned. Just then, the sound of hooves clopping on the floor met my ears. My head jerked upright as a pale tan unicorn mare with a wispy yellow mane entered the room. Her horn lit up with a soft blue glow to match the color of her eyes, as she gently levitated her nurse's cap to a better position on her head. I groaned again, this time inwardly. Of all places, I was stuck in Equis. Which, I reminded myself, now had no Miasmian care-taker. The mare coughed softy and spoke up.
"Hello, my name is Healing Potion." She said in a gentle, high voice. "I'm your nurse."
I sighed and said to her, "What happened? How did I get here?" She probably wouldn't be able to give me much information, but I still needed all the information I could get about how I ended up here.
She frowned slightly. "Nopony is really sure. Some fillies found you lying outside the boundaries of the Everfree forest, unconscious. They brought you here immediately, and the hospital has been taking care of you since."
Great, I thought to myself, now I have even LESS of an idea how I got here. Nevertheless, I smiled at her and said, "Well, I'm very grateful."
She seemed to perk up at that. "Oh, it was no trouble. Any hospital would have done the same." She grasped a notepad from a table by my bed, and said, "Now, then. First thing's first. What's your name?"
"Paradox." I told her.
She seemed slightly puzzled, and said, "Paradox? What an unusual name for a pony. Well, anyway. Next question. Where are you from?"
I cracked a bit of a grin. Most ponies didn't even know about Miasma, so I would certainly be put in a loony bin if I told her the truth. So instead I said, somewhat truthfully, "I'm not exactly sure."
She immediately frowned again. "That's concerning. Do you remember anything other than your name?"
"No, afraid not. I must have some sort of amnesia." I lied.
She sighed. "Well, in that case, I'd better consult a doctor," She turned to leave.
"Wait!" I said. "Could you please bring in the fillies who found me?"
"Certainly." The mare said. "I'll tell them, and they should be here in a few minutes." She turned and exited the room, closing the door behind her.
I sighed as I laid back in bed. Maybe I could get some clues from the fillies about how they found me. In the meantime, I desperately needed some shut-eye, something that had been completely unnecessary in Miasma. I set aside my worries as I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.