The world we once knew and lived in is no more. Cities and once proud countries lay in ruins and the remaining survivors are scattered across the vast destruction in hopes of survival and the recreation of civilization. However, disease and greed got to them first. What's left of the human race looked to theft and murder to acquire supplies and shelter. But on the long anticipated day, the human race brought itself to the cliff where extinction waited patiently below, and threw themselves off it . The human race was no more. Now after the nuclear winter came the earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and volcanoes. This multitude of natural disasters reshaped the lands and buried some of the ruins that were left behind. In some parts of the US, which is now Equestria, stands the tall skyscrapers of the old and forgotten world. The roads, cars, and signs of the old world were left visible, but the now-inhabiting locals knew nothing of them. They would ask questions like "What are those?", "Are they places where aliens landed?", or "Were these their gods before Celestia?"
The answers to all these questions were left in a fog of mystery. The obscurity made it impossible to answer these questions. Until Now.
Today's date is September 18, 5033 or in the Equestrian date system, September 18, 1013 AC.
Twilight was having the greatest feeling of her life. Cleaning Day, the day she finally cleans her library, was among her. Since it takes Twilight about a few days to clean the library in its entirety she asked her friends to help her.
"Where are they? They told me they would be here at 3 o'clock sharp. It's 3:30 now." Twilight's irritation grew as she levitated a book about ancient myths and put it in the fantasy section of her shelves.
"Hey Spike?" she asked containing her irritation to the best of her abilities.
"Yeah?"
"Can you look out the window and see if they're coming?"
"Uh yeah, sure. They're coming to the door right now."
After Spike concluded his findings from the window, there were three subtle knocks at the front door.
Twilight quickly ran to the door and swung it open. Before the door was even halfway open, Pinkie Pie charged in and tackled Twilight right there.
"Pinkie get off of me!" grunted Twilight as she pushed her pink friend off of her.
"Oh sorry Twilight, I didn't see you there." Pinkie returned with her usual cheery tone.
Twilight let out a light sigh. "It's ok Pinkie, but where have you girls been?"
"Oh I'm so sorry dear." Rarity answered, "it's just that we were finishing our own daily chores." Rarity then put her iPhone into her purse and put on the best smile she could.
"Yeah Twilight. Why do you have to constantly worry about us all the time? We can handle ourselves." retorted Rainbow as she strolled into the library and made her way to the adventure section and took out a Daring Do book that she hadn't read yet and began to read it.
"Well we better get started then."; said Twilight as she handed each of her friends a stack of books to organize.
"Should I order a pizza while you girls start working?" asked Spike helpfully as he picked up the phone and start dialing the proper number.
"Huh? Oh yeah. Get three large cheese pizza and 3 apple sodas." yelled Twilight in the back as she shelved multiple books at once in the non-fiction section of the shelves.
[-- A/N Just to let everybody know that apple soda is a actual soda and it taste kinda sweet and apple orange type of taste. This type of soda aren't really that popular and they mostly sell this at Germany and Asia. --]
"Okay," Spike slurred the word and continued, "anything else?"
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Twilight said with a fake surprised tone. "You're still helping us right after you finish that call."
Spikes's happiness immediately plummeted down by 20% and the edges of his lips bent down into a frown.
About an hour after the pizza came, the six friends were almost finished with everything. In all actuality, they weren't even cleaning up the library anymore. They were sitting in a circle chatting and playing truth or dare.
"Uh, Fluttershy! Truth or dare?" asked Applejack with a mischievous grin.
"Truth!" replied Fluttershy with slight discomfort.
"Who do you like?"
"I... uh. I like Big Mac." answered Fluttershy shyly.
"I KNEW IT." yelled Rarity as if she just won a bet.
"Really?" asked Applejack slightly shocked.
"Well you already useed your turn so now its Pinkie Pie's turn," scolded Twilight as she grabbed a slice of pizza.< /p>
Without hesitation Pinkie blurted, "I dare Rainbow to fly into the roof and quickly come down."
"Pft, that's it?" Rainbow smirked as she flew up to the ceiling. She hit the desired target after a few seconds causing a very loud sound and vibration. The collision caused a huge black book to fall out of its place on the shelf and land on the floor.
"Huh, can somepony pick that book up and put it back on its shelf?" asked Twilight as she helped to see if Rainbow had a concussion.
"Hey girls," Rarity started, "I don't think this is any ordinary book." Rarity slowly bent down to pick it up.
Twilight looked to Rarity with a hint of interest and annoyance. "Why is that?"
Rarity took a close look at the mysterious book and replied, "Because it says that it's classified and for Vanessa Me yer's eyes only." Rarity slowed down to pronounce the name properly before looking back to Twilight.
"Vanessa Meyer..." Rainbow Dash looked from her spot on the floor and made a face as if she was in deep thought but finally said, "That's a weird name. Are we going to open it?"
"I think we should. It seems to be a really old book. Plus, there's even a video camera in here." said Rarity as she opened the journal and held out a video camera for everyone to see.
Fluttershy took a closer look at the camera and looked to Twilight, "Can you put this on your computer to see if it works?"
With a simple "sure", Twilight grabbed the camera from Rarity and connected it to her laptop with a cord. To the dismay of Twilight, her laptop couldn't read the camera's files but simple relayed a message.
[= Warnin g! Unknown wire connected. Please connect using a Level 2 computer for complete access. =]
Applejack read the message quickly and inquired, "Does anypony have a level 2 computer in this here Ponyville?"
"No one here does Applejack. Only Canterlot has those kind of computers since they're too expensive." replied Twilight with a disappointed sigh.
All the girls followed suit and looked down at the camera knowing that they won't able to see its footage.
After a brief moment of thought, Twilight perked up. "But I'm going to Canterlot later today and Princess Celestia said you girls could come along if you wanted to."
"Really?!" all the ponies asked in unison.
"Yup I was just about to leave as soon as all you girls went home. Hmm, since we have the book here we might as well read some of it."
< p class="double">The girls nodded their heads in agreement and quickly got on the floor in a circle and started reading the first few pages.
October 20, 2032
Well this is my first time ever writing in this journal, but who cares I'm the only person that's going to see it anyway.
Well today I just finished college at Princeton University and I feel great!! I had a good breakfast and I don't even have to worry about taking those slow and painful classes ever again. Unfortunately, I've got a new problem: going back to my weird family and begin to find a job. Well this is my first entry so I'll keep it short.
"Well that was the first page." muttered Twilight obviously bored.
"Princeton University? I've never heard of that college before." chimed Rarity as she thought about it.
"Ye ah, and 2033? What kind of year do you think is that?" Asked Applejack with a scoff.
"I don't know... Maybe it's those journal-diary types of writing." Replied Twilight with a hand on her chin.
"Well don't stop. Keep reading," Rarity said in anticipation.
November 23, 2032
Yay! I just got promoted to the supervisor at the accounting company today. Thank God I was the top student in my class. Well, tomorrow it's thanksgiving and I'm going to my grandparents' house for the big dinner feast. They're so proud of me for graduating. Oh, and also, today Sarah just got engaged!! I'm so happy for her and plus I'm going to be her bride's maid at her wedding! Well, all I know is that she's getting married in about three months. We also went to the store and picked up our dresses for the occasion. I hope the pictures I put in here don't come out. Well, thats all journal. I gotta stop writing because it's midnight already.
"Lets see the dresses!" Rarity said in a very familiar and ambitious tone, "I want to know how pretty they are."
Twilight flipped to the next page and there it was. Six unknown species in wedding dresses and heels all in a single picture.
Fluttershy peeked at the picture and immediately backed up a little, "What are those things?" she managed to squeak.
"I think those are humans." Replied Twilight with great interest.
"Humans?" they all asked in unison once more.
"It was a myth and legend about a bipedal species like us with hands and everything, but no fur or tail. They used tools to survive just like us too."
"But how did the writer get a picture if these species?" asked Rainbow with a skeptical look.
"I reckon it's just a painting." declared Applejack tossing her head away from the picture in disbelief.
"No Applejack, this is a picture alright. It may be old, but it's a picture." Twilight answered confidently. She then closed the book and turned her head to her friends behind her and spoke once more.
"I think we need to get to Canterlot and tell this to Princess Celestia. Now."
After a three hour train ride of nothing but quarreling between Rainbow and Applejack, the train finally arrived at Canterlot Station. The six friends all quickly disembarked from the train and made their way towards the castle as fast as they could. Since Twilight is now the Princess of Magic, she could just enter the castle without fetching her brother or any of the princesses to let her inside.
A r oyal messenger noticed Twilight arriving and turned around to shout, "Princess Twilight Sparkle has arrived!"
"Ah, Twilight. So happy you could make it. Are you ready for our little open meeting at the local park?" asked Celestia as she gracefully walked down a flight of stairs and embraced Twilight.
After escaping Princess Celestia's embrace, Twilight immediately remembered why she came to Canterlot so urgently. "Princess Celestia, we found an old hidden book when we were cleaning up the library. It has a really old journal in it and a video camera that we couldn not access while in Ponyville. I was hoping you might have a computer strong enough to access it." Twilight looked up at the monarch with high hopes.
"We do have a strong computer, probably capable of watching the footage from the camera, but where is this journal you speak of anyway?" Celestia looked slightly quizz ical towards Twilight.
Twilight levitated the book and the camera out of her backpack as two engineers were summoned to set up Celestia's computer behind her. Twilight looked back to the Princess and handed the journal to her and showed her the picture that the gang saw while in Ponyville.
"What are these creatures?" asked Celestia with suppressed shock.
Slightly uneasy, Twilight replied, "We think they are humans, but the thought of humans was a myth. That being said, only the camera can tell us the truth." Twilight pointed at the camera that is now in Celestia's hands while she finished the last part of her reply.
"Yeah, and I already have the popcorn ready." chirped Pinkie Pie as she pulled popcorn out of nowhere.
Shining Armor and Princess Cadence walked in while Celestia continued to examine the picture in the mysterious journal.
"Twily your here," said Shining Armor happily.
"Hi there BBBFF! How are you and Cadence?"
"Oh we're doing just fine," Shining said as he glanced towards Cadence who in turn continued the sentence, "we finally agreed to have pasta for Wednesday."
"So what's with the camera?" asked Shining as he pointed to the camera in Celestia's hands.
"Oh that? We found it at the library and discovered that it still works. We just want to see what's on it." Twilight answered as she walked with them to the table that the engineers had already finished setting up. On the table was Princess Celestia's personal computer with the camera next to it.
They all watched as Celestia sat down and went to [My Computer] and connected the cord from the camera into her computer. A video feed came alive onto Ce lestia's monitor asking if they wanted to see the video. Celestia hesitantly clicked [yes] and the video immediately started up.
As soon as Celestia clicked the [yes] on the screen, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow instantly had their butts glued to the ground and began to scarf down the buttery popcorn that Pinkie had brought with her. A single engineer that stayed behind set up a large screen connecting to the computer so the guards in the back and every pony in the main lobby can see it.
At first, all the ponies could see was the black screen. After a few minutes, the screen came to life filling everypony with anticipation.
"Hi! It's the big day! Sarah finally getting married and I look great!" said Vanessa as the camera came towards a mirror and every pony was in shock that a humans was holding a camera and standing in the video.
"Is that a human?" asked Shining Armor in shock.
"Yes it is," Celestia replied as she joined Rainbow and Pinkie.
The video then abrupty ended. After a few seconds, the screen came back to life.
"Hey, hey! Put the camera on Sarah. It's her big day." said a man in a suit. The camera turned and there was Sarah walking down the aisle with flower petals on the floor and people sitting down in the neatly organized pews. At the very front of the room, there were three human males. A man in all white which they all knew was going to to be Sarah's husband, another gentlemen who was older which the ponies guessed was Sarah's father, and lastly there was a man in a robe holding a book with a cross.
"See, why is there always that fancy organ music durin' a weddin'?" Asked Applejack with obvious irritation in her tone.
"Because it's formal." replied Rarit y with her head held high.
"Daily beloveds, we are gathered here today to celebrate the happy marriage of two lovely young people: Frank Anderson and Sarah Willer."
"Well, the human wedding is just like our wedding, but a bit more fancy and formal." said Cadence with a raised eyebrow.
Celestia then turned to Cadence and rebuked, "Well, your wedding was, in face, invaded by changelings." Cadence then pondered this and let the argument drop.
After an hour or so of speeches and vows, it came to the final few statments that I, the writer, knows.
"And do you, Frank Anderson, take Sarah Willer as your lawful and loving wife?"
"I do."
"And do you ,Sarah Willer, take Frank Anderson as your caring and sharing husband?"
"I do."
" ;Then I pronounce you, husband and wife," the robed male then turned to Sarah's husband and said, "you may now kiss the bride."
Frank lifted up Sarah and kissed her passionately.
Right then, the video abruptly turned to black.
"That was beautiful. It... it makes me cry." sobbed Rarity as she cried a bit before Fluttershy was at her side to comfort her.
"It was perfect! What happen to them?" Cadence said, almost a shout.
But she spoke too soon because after a few seconds, a large explosion could be heard from the speakers next to the large screen.
The video remained black but the date appeared at the top of thee screen: June 26, 2033.
"That's only four months after the wedding." yelled Pinkie Pie in realization.
The video feed remained black and empty as all th e ponies in the lobby sat in painful anticipation.