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// Starswirl's Research on Other Worlds 
// Story: The New Timeline 
// by Jongoji245 
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Among the magical research Starswirl the Bearded has done, one of his most famed works has to be his research regarding the possibility of inter-dimensional travel. His writings have been preserved upon his passing, but have been kept hidden somewhere deep within his personal wing. With warrant granted by the Royal Sister's, their best students have been able to view such research.

Personal Interviews with them has given us an approximate reading.

Starswirl's Diary, June -018 BCE (Before Common Equestria)

In my meditations, I have figured of the possibility of other worlds in similarity. But the possibility that they would be exact to ours is uncertain but has been explored by philosophers such as Haycartes. My best approach, for now, is to expand on my teleportation magic.


August -018 BCE

After much trial and error, I was able to perform a spell stable enough for long distance travel. With a target world in mind, I plan to send two of my best apprentices to the world under the condition that they must not reveal their origins.


December -018 BCE 

My apprentices have described the target world I sent them as being very different. There are no buildings or ancient structures of any known sort, just that the landscape is plain wilderness. The inhabitants themselves aren't ponies but can be best described as those of a reptilian origin. Most do not have a belief in magic, though they do mention a young "Longneck" who is curious of our understandings. What occurred to me is that my apprentices have also adopted a form like one of their own. Could it be a side effect of the teleportation spell? I have to explore this for myself to find out.

May -017 BCE

In one last attempt to stop the Sirens, I created the Crystal Mirror. In my haste, the world behind isn't the target world, but their torment there would be better than here. What bitter irony, that I the most famed of Equestria's Arch Magus, have been unable to stop a pack of loathsome beasts. I will require meditation on the thought, but I hope that the world I sent them to fares much better than I have. While I have placed conditions that the portal would not open for thirty moons, Princess Celestia has insisted that the Mirror be placed in the Crystal Kingdom. While not being the kind to trust foreign lands with my possessions, it would be for the better.