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// 3. Confusion Everywhere 
// Story: Hidden Potential 
// by Volt712 
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	I was dumbfounded.

' That couldn't possibly be true.' I thought. 'Twilight Sparkle is a character from My Little Pony. Although it would explain why my surroundings seem so familiar.'

"T-Twilight Sparkle you said?" I asked just to make sure I wasn't losing my mind.

"That's right. Why? Is there something wrong with my name?" She replied.

I explained how My Little Pony is a television show where there are talking ponies that go through crazy things and how it all comes down to the magic of friendship. I told her about some of the episodes as an example and she looked at me like I had crabs coming out of my ears.

"What in the world are you talking about, Nick?" She asked, confused. "That's not at all what My Little Pony is about."

Twilight grabbed a TV remote off of the coffee table and turned on the television. I didn't even realize she had one because my thoughts were racing, and they weren't reaching the finish line anytime soon. She flipped to a channel called Cased Crimes, also called CC. A show called My Little Pony was on, but it wasn't the one that I knew. It was about 6 male ponies solving murder cases and the case in this episode was pretty brutal.

"See?" Twilight said as she turned off the television and looked back at me. "Although, my friends and I have done a lot of the things you just said. Another thing I don't understand is why this show even exists. Murder almost never happens here."

"This is crazy." I rested my head in my hands. "Just what the hell is going on...?"

"Nick, do you remember anything at all that might have happened that would have caused you to end up in the middle of the street?" 

"Well, I did have this dream." I told her about the button and the mirror that looked like it was reflecting space itself.

"A button and a mirror..." She pondered. 

'Wait a minute.' I thought The Cutie Marks on the button.  I had an idea.

"Twilight, would you happen to know anything about something called Cutie Marks?" I asked, hoping for a 'Yes' or 'Of course.'

Instead of answering 'Yes' or 'No,' her cheeks turned bright red and she asked in a shaky, yet confused, voice, "Y-You don't know?!" 

"Kind of." I replied, not knowing what she was getting all worked up about. "In the My Little Pony that I was talking about, every pony has a specific talent. Their Cutie Marks represent their talent and are on each flank of that pony." 

Twilight calmed down and gave it some thought.

"It's pretty much the same case here, but... our Cutie Marks are located in a different area of the body." Said Twilight. "They're above our, well, our privates." She blushed even more as she explained. "You mean to say that you don't have one?"

"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to sound like a creep." I said, apologetically. "But no, I don't have a cutie mark. At least I didn't the last time I checked."

"This is so weird..." Twilight said.

'I think I'm very slightly understanding what's going on.' I thought. 'The MLP that I know and the MLP that she knows, seem to be completely opposite of each other. 

"If Cutie Marks exist here, then I'm going to take a guess and assume that magic must exist here as well." I said.

"Oh my gosh, yes!" Twilight beamed at me, clearly excited. She stopped blushing right after I said the word 'magic.' "Magic is essential to everyday life here in Equestria!"

Looks like my intuition was right.