//------------------------------// // Seventh Entry // Story: You've Got Mail... // by Kiue Jin //------------------------------// Entry Seven Dear Twilight Sparkle, My name is Peter, and I want to tell you that you are so cool. I've always wanted to learn magic but it doesn't exist on Earth, and in Equestria magic is so abundant that it's ridiculous. And you may not know this, but humans are extremely advanced. Planes, trains and automobiles. Planes are like your pegasi, but much more streamlined and made of metal. Some are for commercial travel to bring humans from one city to another, or one nation to another and others are incredibly fast war machines. I know that you have trains, but you still only use steam-powered engines, whereas humans have engineered tracks with magnets in them and magnets in the bottom of the train where the wheels should be. Automobiles, or cars, are steel chassis with engines and wheels for quick ground transport. I wish to hear from you again! P.S. What's it like being Princess Celestia's personal protege? From Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Great Princess Celestia, I am writing to you to tell you that your powers are AMAZING. Lifting the sun to go around a planet? That must be intense. However, Earth is not like Equestria. Earth rotates around our Sun, and our moon orbits us. It happens naturally. What is it like to be the ruler of a nation? Is it fun or hard? I've always wondered. I hope you write back. From Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Great Princess Luna, The night sky is amazing. I've always looked up to the night sky and wondered how many stars there are. For humans, it's extremely uncountable, seeing as how there are estimated to be trillions and trillions and trillions. As the princess of the night for your nation, I am guessing that you know how many stars are in your night sky. Humans collectively are so entranced by the moon, that we landed 2 man onto it in 1969, with a spacecraft. Now, in 2012, getting there is not our main goal. We're trying to get to a whole different planet. We have sent satellites all over our solar system to learn whatever we can. We sent a space probe way beyond the last planet of our solar system. I hope you write back. From Peter ............................................................................. Dear Peter, I wouldn't go so far as to say I was 'cool', or 'hip' or anything like that. I'm not really the sort who tries to keep up with current fashions or trends. That's more Rarity's thing. But I'm quite content with sitting down with a good book and researching a spell or discovering an ancient legend or even just reading a good story. The fact that you admire such traits in a pony is a good sign and should be encouraged however. You know, you are not the first pon...person to say that human's are unable to use magic. However when you tell me of things like planes and automobiles I cannot even image just how it all must work. All the thought and effort that went into creating and improving such machines must have been incredible. While I might not be able to research the matter due to a total lack of human test subjects, I have at least a basic theory that suggests that Humans might be like Earth ponies when it comes to magic. Earth pony magic is passive in nature, enhancing their abilities and thus allowing them to perform the back breaking labor that many of them find themselves doing. Human magic might also be passive in nature, with the exception that instead of growing physically stronger, they get more creative. Of course, this is all just a theory. Worse still, it is a theory that no one would ever be able to prove or disprove due to the fact that no pony has ever met a human in person and sadly never will. Believe me, I've tired to find a way to do this. It simply cannot be achieved without both princesses and thousands of unicorns working together to weave together the most powerful spell in history. The results of which would send a single pony on a one way trip to any and all possible realities. While it would be ground breaking, the effort and the reward are simply not worth it. Maybe a few hundred years from now somepony will have a break through to make it easier to power and offer better directions. Until that day however... I've been Celestia's student for as long as I can remember. Ever since I was a little filly. I've known no other life expect the one I am living now so I have nothing to compare it with. Still, I guess I would have to say that I'm lucky that I to have a mentor and secondary mother figure in Princess Celestia. Not many others get that chance and I try to honor and treasure every single day that I can bask in her knowledge and wisdom. I'm sure that if you were given the chance to learn from your own Princesses then you would understand why I simply adore being Celestia's student. Thank you for taking the time to write to me, Twilight Sparkle. …............................................................................... Dearest Peter, It has been some time since a human such as yourself has written to me. Now that I think about it, I haven't signed my real name and station on one of these letters in over five hundred years. The last time I did, there was a slight slip up in communication somewhere along the line. I merely sent a letter telling the young priestess I was writing to at the time about how a unicorn prince had offered me five hundred roses that had been shaped into love hearts himself by hood in a rather painstaking manner in an attempt to win my favor and possibly court me. While not the grandest or richest attempt at winning my affections, I do remember him and his roses fondly. Shame his descendants lack his charm and willingness to get their hooves dirty. I'm not quite sure how the transaction happened, but the next letter I got informed me that the local humans living with my pen pal had taken to murdering each other and pulling the hearts out of their victims chests in order to offer them as tribute to their sun god in order to make their sun go around. After that I sort of made a point to avoid and downplay the whole 'Goddess of the Sun' thing. I really didn't want to accidentally lead to a whole new mess by writing the wrong thing. Still, one cannot help but admire their level of dedication. Such a shame they couldn't have put it to use with their baking. A tribute of Cupcakes and other baked goods seems much more tasteful then cold hearts. So humans have finally figured out the secrets of their sun again? That's good to hear. I tried to inform some of my later pen pals of this fact but they kept insisting that their sun went around their planet. It was rather annoying how pigheaded they were about the whole thing. To answer your first question, moving the sun isn't as much of a choir as you might believe. Sure, the first time I managed to shift its position in the sky was rather straining and tiring, once I figured out how to do it normal unicorns could take over my duties for a couple of years every now and then so that I could have some rest. Of course they had to work in teams to do so but the point stands. Making sure that all my little ponies are healthy and happy is a tiring but highly rewarding job. Of course, I often try to slip a little (okay, a LOT) of fun into my daily activities in order to avoid getting caught in a rut. Of course, I would kindly welcome more letters from you in the future. The one you have already sent me has brightened my day and helps add a little sparkle to my normal routine. From the goddess of the Sun, Princess Celestia. ….............................................................................................................. Dearest Peter, Thy kind words about my domain are flattering, even if it is not my own creation that you admire. I am still getting used to writing in the more modern versions of languages that existed over a thousand years ago, but I'm pretty sure I mistranslated or misunderstood what you just wrote to me. What do you really mean when you claimed 'humans have been to the moon'? As sad as it is to say, the moon cannot support life on its own. Trust me, I know this for a fact. I mean, sure there was that time I believed that a Starbucks had opened up right near my favorite spot to just sit down and glare at the sun but it closed down shortly afterward because I was the only customer. Later it turned out that it had merely been a figment of my imagination that had manifested in some attempt at keeping my sanity after so many years of crushing loneliness... Could you please clear up my confusion and inform me as to your true intent? From the Princess of the Night and Moon, Luna.