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// Prologue 
// Story: Magic Gear 
// by kari 
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Prologue


By:FeralTwilight



Twilight Sparkle has been a sneaking agent for the past few years under the guidance of her teacher and the ruler of New Equestria, and Equestria before that. Although Twilight Sparkle has an unmatched record for her skills without failing a single mission, Celestia has seen that her isolation from other agents and refusing help from others is not a good sign of things to come. When Twilight was first born, she was brought to a chamber hidden under the streets of Canterlot amidst the sewers and infrastructure beneath the massive city, along with five other newly born fillies to take part in Operation Harmony, A plan thoughtup by Celestia should Equestria be in need of a new hope to bring them through dark times and possibly even the end to what she had upheld for many years. As the ruler of New Equestria, Celestia spent many a year thinking of a possible solution to the problems she and her citizens faced during these hard and saddening times. One night she was hit with a spark of inspiration and decided to take the now stone Element of Harmonies that once protected the land with their magic, and made them into a serum that would make the person injected exhibit the respective properties of their Element of Harmony. Once this was finished she undertook a search for pure souls, those of newly born foal's that contained no impurities in them. Throughout this search, she came across many a candidate, but through the remaining traces of the elements' powers that remained within her, she found only the true wielders of the elements and brought them together to entwine their lives into a pattern that only time could tell the events of.
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The six chosen were as follows, Rainbow Dash, the element of Loyalty, Pinkie Pie with the element of Laughter, Applejack with Honesty, Rarity with generosity, Fluttershy with kindness, and to unite them, Twilight Sparkle with the final element, Magic. Each were sent back to where they came from, but Celestia had great plans for each, but the most vital was Twilight, for she would lead them through any situation. At the young age of eight, Twilight was sent an invitation by the Princess, Celestia herself to become her apprentice as a sneaking agent amongst the elite should she perform well and surpass most of her expectations. Without a single moment of hesitation she accepted and was sent to Canterlot Castle to begin her training with little to no thought of what greater forces she had put into play nor why she had been chosen so quickly or even chosen at all.

During her years spent under the Princess' wing, she exceeded all expectations without any failure and broke all previous records made by other cadets. Through her amazing prowess and ability, she began creating a reputation for herself and was seen as a role model by all who trained along side her. For any other pony, they might let it get to their head, but not Twilight. She couldn't have cared less if she was revered, she just tried her hardest and always found her way out of situation regardless of how impassible it might have seemed.

Only four years after joining, she accepted into a squad where most ponies had to continue training for almost twice as much time. Although the younger ponies idolized her, the older and more experienced ponies of the academy thought she had let the fame get to her head. This was soon disproved after an incident in the outskirts of Appleoosa where the squad she was part of found an encampment of Buffalo holding one of the other squads that were sent to investigate captive. Her squad warned her not to venture in and attempt to save them, but she disregarded their warnings and began descending the cliff towards the camp. Her Squad returned to Canterlot for backup but the next day when they were ready to depart, she walked through the glistening stone arches with the captured squad following in her wake. This earned her a great deal more of respect, and from hence forth began her solo career as Celestia's elite Sneaking Operative of whom would receive the most challenging and difficult tasks.

To begin our story, we start off with that very mission that she had braved against all odds and upon its completion, attained the rank she now upholds in modern Equestria.