//------------------------------// // A Wise meme once said "It's Magic, I ain't gotta explain Sh*t!" // Story: The Future is....Ponies? // by TheDawsonator1 //------------------------------// I headed back for Twilight’s library, if any answers on this magic thing were to be present, it would have to be there, especially as Twilight is a student of Princess Celestia after all. Rarity’s new clothes were in a bag, that reminds me, I need to find a backpack of sorts if I want to go exploring down in the old city ruins, I may find goodies or maybe some weapons I might want to keep. Oh, food and water too in case of random accident. But for now, I enter the library and put the bag of clothes away and go find Twilight, it would help if I were closer to the right books. “Hey Spike, you seen Twilight anywhere?” I ask to dragon “I’m over here” Twilight says from behind before Spike could answer I turn around and there Twilight was, by a bookshelf sorting some books out by the looks of things. “So, what do you need, Joel?” Twilight asks “Well, I am just curious about Magic and how it works, so I wondered if there was a book for it” I fired away “What do you want to know about Magic? You don’t use magic either” Spike asks “Well, I am curious about how it works and what ways it’s cast. After all, if I’m going to live in a magic world, it’s best to know how it works, wouldn’t you agree?” I explain at Twilight “Hmm…I think I know just the book for you, Joel!” Twilight exclaims as she goes to a shelf Twilight goes a book on the opposite side of the room and hands it to me, this will be a long read I think. There is so much about magic and so many things that are undiscovered about magic. What I do know about magic is this: There is Physical sort of magic and there is innate magic. Physical magic is something very few types of magical creatures possess. It requires a point where the magic exits from, such as a unicorn horn. I know I have this type because to hovering was coming out of the hands which leads me to believe that the hands are where the magic comes out acting like the unicorn horn does. Innate magic is magic that sort of happens naturally and cannot be physically manifested into a spell or something. Much like Pegasi walking on clouds or even flying. It sort of acts like say a super power like flying or running really fast. But magic does have weakness, the magic in each being has a sort of battery, that battery runs out, no magic can be cast. Some magic spells and abilities can take quite a lot of magic to cast and/or sustain, so naturally, the spellcaster will run out of magical energy sooner. A spell like levitation of basic objects won’t take much magical energy at all unless the object is really heavy. Naturally, if one were to say, hold a shield up, they would need a fair amount of endurance for it to last against attacks. A powerful incinerating blast would require a lot of magical energy to make and do the blast. Every magical being has a different amount of magical energy cap they have, the more powerful the magical user is, the higher their cap is and the more punch they’ll pack. Hypothetically, a being like Princess Celestia would have a very high cap and a lot of power to raise the sun (which I can’t believe happens in this future), someone like Rarity wouldn’t have too many magic-consuming spells and probably wouldn’t handle the stress of hard-to-cast spells. So the question is, how is my magic cap like? What is a good way to get these spells out? What magic spells can I use? “Joel, may I ask a question?” Twilight asks “Sure, you can ask two, one you already asked” I answer “What was it like down there? When you woke up?” Twilight asks “Honestly, it felt wrong not waking up in my bed, it was dark, the city lit by a hole in the roof but very dimly though.” I answer “Would you want to go back there?” Twilight asks “Yeah, I was in such a hurry to leave, to find what the future was like that I didn’t explore the place I was in. I’ve never been a guy to dwell on the past, but I won’t deny I am curious for clues about what happened. But, the skyscraper collapsed so there is no safe way to drop down without breaking all my bones in my body and no way to get out as I cannot fly” I explain “You know, I could always fly you up and down, and maybe the Princesses might help too” Twilight suggests “Perhaps, but would the Princesses really have time for the past over running the entire country?” I ask “Maybe they can, Princess Celestia sometimes act as a mere placeholder in running of things in the Day court” Twilight says “Very well, but I wouldn’t hold your breath on that one” I rolled my eyes Honestly, why would the Princesses give us the time and day to go on an underground ruined human city excursion just because we asked her to. “Here, why not write a letter?” Twilight asks “Okay, if you insist” I agreed Dear Princess Celestia, It is I, Joel. Writing to you from Ponyville via Spike’s handy dragon mail thing he has. As I told you how I got here, I came from an underground city buried for almost 3000 years. I wish to return there and look for anything of mine long lost or something that may give clues to who the person was that sent me here and what happened to my friends of the past. I have a feeling like I MUST know! The only problem is landing safely and getting back as I cannot fly. Twilight has offered to carry me in and out but I hope for a more safer option. Twilight wanted to know if you’d like to come, I felt you probably wouldn’t with “Running the country” and all. Hope to hear from you soon, Joel P.S Can Princess Luna really access dreams? Because I think she went in my dream last night and I am still in doubt it really happened. “Joel…what language is that?” Twilight asks “English” I answer “English?” Twilight repeats “You know, the language we’re speaking right now?” I look at her with confusion “But we know Equish…huh…that’s certainly odd” Twilight says “I think the Immortals changed the written language” I assumed It would make sense wouldn’t it? It would be another cover-up by the immortals to preserve the secret of the Human race. Change the written language so that English is foreign to all others that it could be thought an ancient language or completely alien. It’s clear Celestia and the others were not so paper thin in their efforts to disguise the existence of our race. But still, were anyone to discover the city, there’d be a lot of red flags being raised and ideologies called into question about Equestria’s true past. It’s a risky disguise game the Immortals pull, for there are many variables that I can see happen to reveal the truth. Quite frankly, I should be one of them right now and now I wonder why I was not killed to preserve the secrecy… “Well, I guess I better write it in the correct language then, shall I?” Twilight sighs “Yes, well…” I trail off I can’t help but wonder who are all the other creatures that are immortal and were once human themselves. I understand they were ashamed of what humanity became with the magic thing, but I don’t see why it needed to forgotten for good and kept secret about it’s existence ever happening. I mean, World War I and World War II happen but did we pretend that never happened? No, but we did remember and respect those who sacrificed for their country. Wouldn’t the magical beings do this as well? This whole thing is confusing to me I will admit… “Annnnnnnnnnddd…..DONE!” Twilight announces “Oh, goodie” I say as I got ripped from my thoughts “Spike! Can you send this letter to Princess Celestia, please?” Twilight asks politely Wordlessly, Spike takes the scroll and breathes fire on it to send to the Princess, I won’t deny I had the temptation initially to ask why he would do that but then remembered that his fire was basically magic e-mail. Within five minutes of silence and thought, Spike burped out a flame of scroll from the Princess. “Well, someone replies quick, I guess she was checking her dragon e-mail at the time” I comment “Alright, let’s see what she says” Twilight starts to read the letter Dear Twilight and Joel, This revelation of the Underground City has been most curious to me this past few days, I am coming down tomorrow morning at 10AM, meet me at the library then and bring your friends here as well. Also, brushing up on your defensive and offensive magic may be wise, rumors have it that dark creatures are dwelling in underground-like places, this could include the underground city despite Joel not saying he saw anything. See you tomorrow, Your former mentor, Princess Celestia P.S Joel, bring your machete and bow and arrows you got from there, just in case we are attacked. Well, dark creatures could possibly be dwelling the city? What do I make of that? Probably a fight gonna occur on my hands, I best be prepared when I go down there. But now, rest is needed…