'Gather together everyone! For this is a game that you all been waiting for! The Legends of Equestria is now complete the Beta stage and now available! Now you can enter the magical land of Equestria and play with your friends and even our own virtual ponies based on My Little Pony Friendship is Magic! Each Software Disc comes with your own Virtual Reality GEAR system, the first state of the art virtual reality system!'
I read the news from Equestria Daily from my iPhone 6 in the break room in the grocery market. Today is the day; the day that I'm going to get that game. I checked my wallet and smile at my monthly allowance at about $150.
Good thing I saved this amount before the release date come. I thought to myself as I looked at the time, it was time for my break to be over and I put my stuff back into my pocket, resume my shift.
After a few hours, I packed my stuff, and getting ready to go now as I said my goodbye to my friends and co-workers, and walking towards the mall which is a few blocks from the community college. As I glance around, the sun setting down as I knew I need to get the game and get to the bus to go home.
Once I reached to a local video game store, I enter inside and saw a lot of people getting the bundle pack of Legends of Equestria from the shelves. I manage to get one quickly and waiting at the line. I pay the game and headed out to the bus stop.
Once the bus stop at the cross street, I headed back home as I unlock the front door, got the mail, enter in, and lock back in.
"Hello? I'm back from my work."
From upstairs, a door was open as a girl with a long black hair came in front. "Hey, Roland."
"Hey, CJ, how are you?" I took off my shoes and put them under the stairs.
"Good." she said in a bored tone which I sighed.
"Where's Papa and Mom?" I asked walking up down the stairs.
"They just getting gas for their cars." she said as I nodded.
"Oh CJ, check what I got." I showed my bundle of the game as she examined it.
"So this is what you been saving up for?"
"Yeah, every brony came to GameStop to get their hands on that game. I'm lucky I got one before they sold out." I said as she gave it back to me and close the door. I sighed and headed to my room. Inside, a queen sized bed was in the middle and on the right, a 'working table' with various papers stuff, binders, and supplies was seen along with my black laptop. On the other side, my collections of MLP Funko Vinyl Figures was seen with my Bionicle 2015 Toa Masters on the side. On the bottom are shelves of manga books, Gunplas, and a Lego Star Wars Z-95 Headhunter dusty yet still in good condition.
I can't help it if I got so many toys even though I'm 21 years old. Besides, I have seen collectors from Youtube collecting stuff and boy I got so much. But so far, I'm keeping a check on my monthly allowance along with my wages I get paid from my part time job.
As I set my stuff on the bed, I got my house clothes, headed to the bathroom for a much-needed shower. Once I'm dry myself and dressed, I did some of the house chores and with spare time, I got to my room and open the bundle. Inside was the Software disc of the game and the first ever Virtual Reality GEAR. It was surprising that a company, Hardware Games inc, able to recreate the FullDive technology that was thought only existed in the Sword Art Online series and create the VR GEAR since this is the succession of the famous Oclus Rift. Looking at the helmet, the design of it is a modern form of the NerveGear that I seen on pictures and anime. The only difference is that it has a visor that shaped of a Z solider picture I saw in the Deviantart. With that, I turned on the laptop and login in my account on Legends of Equestria. I put on the disc as the laptop reading it, I plug the helmet as the computer still reading it. I taken a look at a hazelnut colored alicorn with a black colored spiked mane and tail along with a cutie mark of a crown symbol. I do wish I can at least get Sora's crown emblem from Kingdom Hearts but that's okay; this is good enough as it is. On the bottom read of my OC pony, Shining Hazel.
I got this OC alicorn ever since I created my account on Legends of Equestria and after my time in the beta stage. In the beta stage, my OC pony was a pegasus but on my 21st birthday, a anomalous developer 'rewritten' my pony into an alicorn stallion as a gift. In the game, alicorns are nearly impossible for players to create their own nor of any quest for players to ascend their own OC ponies. As much as I want to have it, I ask the developers of who rewritten my OC. Turns out, none of them did and they even checked the system before the release date but so far, mine was the only one rewritten and no one else.
Shaking the thoughts, my laptop down downloading the game as I laid on my bed, place the VR GEAR on my head, and close my eyes.
"Link On!"
With that, my visions went black as I was diving into the datascape to the game. Data from my OC profile was seen along with my OC pony as a 'Login In' section appeared then a click was heard as a screen was shown.
'Welcome to Legends of Equestria.'
With that, a bright flash envelops me as the light died down, my vision shown me at familiar castle town square as I look up and saw a majestic castle shining down. Then I look to myself as I become my OC pony, Shining Hazel.
"All right." I smile as more players appeared in the town square of Canterlot Castle, having the same reaction as mine was: living the dream of being in a virtual reality online game.
I checked my status of my OC pony as a status screen appeared with the listing of strength, magic, flight, speed, stamina, and defense. So far each of them was in the same status. Next I check the abilities as like the usual when I did beta testing, only three of the starter abilities : Magic Damage, Defense Up, and Flight Up.
As I look around at the town square of Canterlot, all of the players begin doing their gaming life as I checked my 'Friends' scroll as it shows me the list of my friends. So far the only one is my best friend that I met in Fimfiction, Golden Flare. His status shown as 'online' as I press him for location. A map of Equestria shows me the location as it was a pinpoint of him at Ponyville.
With that, I unfurled my wings and begin flying towards Ponyville.
As I soared to Ponyville, I was amazed at how the developer able to capture the feel and the ascetic of the NPC ponies like those in the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic show. I don't know how but they able to capture it and the best part: you can even add NPC as your friends or going on a quest with them. Normally, from what I read about MMORPG, NPC (Non-Player-Characters) were existed only to make the game more interactive and only they have limited answers and actions. So how did they able to make the NPC interact with players differently from the other MMORPG? Guess I would find out later about it.
As I land softly on the ground, I walk around the town as I search for my friend, a red pegasus pony name Golden Flare. Golden and I been best friends since we met at Fimfiction. Ever since I got into MLP and seeing all of the good fan stories, I decide to make a profile on Fimfiction to make my own stories. At some point, I come across him working on a story that I never thought I ever was seen, Kingdom Hearts Equestria Girls. His story really captures the essence of Kingdom Hearts but also the balance of MLP Equestria Girls. I was a huge fan of his work and doing drawings of covers for his future stories.
Huh? I wonder where he is? I thought while keep looking around for him as my eyes spotted in the middle a red pegasus looking for somepony. Could that be him?
Out of instance, I trotted to the pegasus and he matches to the one I'm been searching for.
"Golden!" I called for him as he turned, he gave me a confused look.
"Who are you?"
I was shocked (and a little hurt) at first but I chuckled and I decide a way to surprise him "Well just a pony who's looking for Golden Flare, the famous fan author of Kingdom Hearts The Heart of Friendship."
"That's me."
"Well, I got a message from your best friend GundamBrony," I said.
"What is it?" he cocked his head in confusion.
Then I said something that only Golden knows "No matter what happens, for days and years, as long as our hearts connected....."
His eyes widened in surprise as he said simultaneously with him "Our friendship will remain infinity and beyond."
I gave a toothy grin as Golden gave an involuntary smile then tackle me in sheer happiness "GundamBrony!"
"Whoa!" I fell down as Golden gave a hug.
"I can't believe it's you! You got me by surprise!" he said.
"Yeah, I did" As I got up, Golden was examining my OC avatar.
"So this is what you look like in Legends of Equestria?"
"Yep, in this world, I'm Shining Hazel," I replied.
"An alicorn? Since when you got that?" Golden asked. I explained to him about the mysterious gift from an anonymous developer while we walk around the town.
After finishing explaining to him, he said in confusion "But if the developers of the game didn't send you that gift then who did?"
"I don't know, I tried asking them about it but they never made plans to create an alicorn in the game consider how alicorns are rare in the MLP universe."
"Huh, that's strange....." Golden said.
Decide to change the subject, I said: "Anyway, how about we go find a job to earn some bits then we can earn enough for a new house?"
Golden nodded as we trotted to find a place to work.
"Man, it seems that every player got the job site filled," I grumbled as we found a bulletin board with the job listings as all of them were crossed as I slump my head in shame. Golden was reading the list until he widened his eyes and snapped out of my depression.
"Actually, I think there's one more for both of us." Golden point to a listing of the last job:
Sweet Apples Acres - (2)
"There's a job at the Sweet Apple Acres? The one that Applejack working there? " I wondered.
"Yeah, and if you look closely, it said that anypony can work there," Golden said as I nodded.
"Then we better get there!" I press my hoof on it as a white screen appeared in front of us.
Do you want to work at Sweet Apple Acres? Yes No
We both tap Yes as the white screen disappeared. Then we unfurled our wings and take off to Sweet Apple Acres.
After a few minutes, we landed on the dirt road leading us to Sweet Apple Acres. We both amazed at the place. Just like Ponyville, the apple farm is very beautiful and accurate to the tv series. The bright red apples on the natural trees, the soil of the ground, and the red farm is amazing to see.
As we walk to the barn, I gave a knock on the door as the door open, revealing a red stallion with a horse collar. His cutie mark is a green apple. By our guess, that stallion is Big Macintosh or Big Mac for short.
"Hello, there." I greeted him as Golden gave a wave to him. "We came here for the job at the Sweet Apple Acres."
Before Big Mac can speak, a southern accent voice was called from inside "Big Mac, who's that?"
"Two ponies who're looking for a job." Big Mac said as coming from downstairs is the orange mare with a cutie mark of three apples and wearing a stetson hat on her golden blond mane tied in a pony tail, Applejack.
"Well, howdy, you two. It's nice to meet you both." she held her hoof "I'm Applejack, by the way."
"I'm Shining Hazel." I grasp her hoof and shake it "This is my friend Golden Flare."
"It's nice to meet you two. Y'all came here looking for a job?" Applejack asked as we both nodded.
"Great, we could get some help around the farm." she said as we follow her to the Apple orchards but not when Applejack glance at me as she widened her eyes in surprise.
"Golly, an alicorn stallion?! I never saw a prince before!" the farm pony exclaimed.
"Huh?" I cocked my head in confusion.
"I thought that alicorns only born as a princess......" Applejack muttered.
"Are you okay, Ms. Applejack?" I asked her.
"No, I'm fine. Just wondering, are you born into royalty?" Applejack asked as I thought about it. I never asked a question about it. I could try to tell her about my OC avatar but that makes it complicated. So what about making up being born in Canterlot? No, I would never lie to anyone and especially her since she's the Element of Honesty.
After a few ponder thoughts I said "Well, I can't say for sure. I was born like that."
"I see." Applejack said "Sorry for making you surprise."
"It's all right, Ms. Applejack," I replied as she giggled.
"Please, just call me Applejack." We both nodded as we continue following her to the orchards.