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// A Brief History Lesson 
// Story: Heroes of Harmony 
// by Nova Arc 
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Eight months ago, A massive rainbow blast was seen in Canterlot High School. Two months later, another blast was seen, this time, there was an image of a horse with wings and a tail in the sky. As far as people were concerned, Principals Celestia and Luna Regal's explanation was reasonable: it was a light show for the school events.

However, the blast didn't just cure a student of a dark heart and strip three evil exiles of their powers, it di much more. The blast may have been directed, but the resulting shockwave was strong enough to travel around the planet, carrying unknown energies with it. As is spread, things started to get a little... weird. People were waking up and ripping doors off their hinges, levitating things with their minds, and causing city-wide blackouts just by clapping.

These were the situations MLP was founded for. Working undercover, the Principals were actually the directors of the Metaphysical Logistics and Protection Agency, or MLP for short (don't ask about the A), and Canterlot High School had a secret program to recruit and train students with powers, generally called metahumans. However, their main base of operation is the Alicorn, a heavily fortified airship and aircraft carrier. Their main purpose is to recruit metahumans if possible, monitor or apprehend if necessary. Then there are the Everfreed: creatures thought to only exist in myth that exist in Equestria, an alternate world, and can appear in this world via a dimensional rift. However, Everfreed can be "created" when a creature from this dimension comes in contact with the rift before anything can cross over. Those that cross over dissipate into light and return to their home dimension. Those created in this realm revert back to their normal selves after the unstable Equestrian energy is either exhausted or extracted.

MLP has three containment facilities: the Hold, used to house criminal metahumans, the Zoo, used to house, study, and cure/transport Everfreed, and the Vault, used to store ancient powerful and magical artifacts from this world and others. The location of each facility is top secret and is known by only a few in MLP.

Whereas CHS is the recruitment facility, the training facility is located on a man-made island, several miles of the coast of the continent, known as the Meta Fort. The school, Canterlot Advanced Institute, is located on the outskirts of Canterlot city. The five story boarding house is where the newbies go to hone their skills and learn to be part of society before learning to be part of society's protectors. In these environments, metahumans can learn to use and control their powers without the fear and discouragement of persecution and discrimination. Here, they can learn that they are not freaks or monsters, but are special, but misunderstood.

Now, it has been eight months since the Event, and MLP has not stopped searching for new agents of peace and protection. Some new agents are about to be introduced into this organization, but how many of them will even survive the orientation? Stay tuned to find out.