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// Chapter 1: The Ponyville Incident 
// Story: Digitizing Reality 
// by TheDimensionRift 
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	The room was devoid almost entirely of light, except for the computer monitors which seemed to glow with numerous screens displaying unreadable numbers and letters. A figure sat in the center of the monitors typing away on the keyboard, but something caught his eye making him stop in mid process. The boy’s face held a stunned expression as he read what was going across his screen, it was something he never thought he would see.

“Interesting, judging by these readings, I’d say he’s already begun making his move,” 
The boy removed his glasses and cleaned them with a cloth before readjusting them back on his face. He typed in a command on the computer.
“ECO, run a scan on all EQT’s in sectors A through F and connect me to contact number 334” the boy spoke waiting patiently until a robotic male voice responded.

“Connection successful, awaiting scanner results”

The boy’s monitor now had an image of a grey pony on it, he had an emotionless look as he was greeted by the human. The two then began to engage in conversation.

“He’s making his move right now, isn’t he?”

“Yes, multiple anomalies breaching your side in sector’s A through F. Is the new device ready yet?”

“I just finished it up this morning, are you crossing over?”

“It would seem so”

“What’s your ETA?”

“I’m leaving now, we’ll begin our investigation at the closest site first, it’s gonna be crashing down outside a small town named Ponyville. Set up for transport and await my arrival” 

“Understood,” the grey unicorn nodded in recognition to the human's request and the monitor faded to black, leaving the room consumed in total darkness.




“Thanks for coming to spot me for flight practice Twilight,” said Rainbow Dash as she and Twilight landed on a cloud.
“No problem, me and Spike were going to study the different types of cloud patterns and their effect on the ecosystem anyway, right Spike?” Spike laughed nervously as he jumped to her friend’s back.
“Actually Twilight, I just used that as an excuse to tag along. I just really wanted to see the new flight tricks Rainbow Dash had been working on” Twilight had a bit of a saddened look on het face as he said this.
“Oh, okay” she said in a low tone. “Just be careful, I can’t risk my number 1 assistant getting hurt” she said with a look of worry.
“Roger that,” said Rainbow Dash as she saluted Twilight with a hoof. “Come on Spike let me show something I’ve been working on that’ll rival a Sonic Rainboom” Rainbow and Spike than took off at a fairly fast speed, leaving Twilight alone on the cloud. 
Even though her friends were within eye sight, Twilight couldn’t help but feel alone. She wished she had a friend who shared common interests with her. Not many ponies were into reading, science, studying, and all the other book wormy things she was in to. As she was lost in her thought, Twilight watched Rainbow Dash with Spike on her back burst through clouds and zoom across the sky. But as she watched her, Twilight saw a strange transparent formation in the sky. It quickly became visible as it appeared to puncture through space and time itself, entering the dimension.
“Rainbow Dash look out!” Twilight screamed to her friend. Rainbow Dash and Spike narrowly escaped getting hit by the strange object, she and Spike watched as it crashed down in an empty plain below them. Twilight flew straight down to the objects crash sight, as she descended upon it, she took notice that the object was made of a metallic bond. She stared at it in pure awe as Rainbow Dash caught up with her on the ground.
“What is that thing?” the pegasus asked with a puzzled look.
“I’m not sure” Twilight replied as she walked closer to the object. “It doesn’t look like its made of any known metal I’ve ever seen”
“That’s because it belongs to aliens!” Spike yelled with a worried look on his face.
“Come on Spike, aliens?” Rainbow Dash laughed at the little dragon as she asked. “So what’s this supposed to be? An alien spaceship?” Rainbow teased.

“Interesting thought, though the concept and design of the structure would contradict such a theory”

The three friends turned around when they heard a voice speak from behind them. When they turned to the direction of the speaker, their curiosity was met by a dark grey unicorn with a mane and tail of silver. Unlike the rest of his body, his eyes were a bright Cyan which stood out, even when hidden behind his thick frame glasses that he wore on his expressionless face.
“If you were to examine it closer, one could clearly see that the architecture of this device is too rough to hold any kind of propeller or engine,” the unicorn said as he walked past the trio and up to the object. He put his head to it and knocked several times, “No reverberations, it’s a solid object. Simple deduction would mean that it has no means to hold any sizable occupants even by a filly's standards, ergo making it quite inconceivable for any kind of foreign life to inhabit such an object” he then turned to face Twilight. “Apologies for the rude intrusion your Highness,” said the pony as he bow his head.
“No need for formalities,” said Twilight as she held a astonished look. “You seem to have an a good idea of what this is don’t you?” Twilight asked as she raised an eyebrow.
“I bet he knows about what it is because he’s the cause of it” Rainbow Dash had a skeptical look on her face as she eyed the unicorn. Twilight shot her friend a quick glance of disapproval before she faced the grey pony again.
“I’m afraid both your accusations lack sufficient evidence to bring your suspicions to a conclusion” the unicorn replied as he pulled out a strange looking box and threw it on the ground. He stepped on it and triggered it to expand and take the form of a portal which hummed to life with a spinning purple and lavender swirl. Twilight gasped from surprise of what she had just seen. “I apologize Princess Twilight, but we must really be on our way”
“We?” asked Twilight with a confused expression. Just then, another pony which held a striking resemblance to the one already present emerged from the portal. “What’s going on?” Twilight’s face now held a look of irritation and confusion.
One of the ponies pulled out another box looking object and used his magic to turn it on. Unlike the other, this box appeared to envelope the object in magic before sucking it in within seconds. The unicorn picked it up with his magic and went through the portal, the other turned to follow him when a yell from behind made him stop.
“Who are you!? And what is that thing and where are you taking it?” Twilight was staring hard at the pony with anger in her eyes, “I want answers!” she yelled as the unicorn slowly turned to meet her gaze. He stood for a few moments in silence with his expressionless eyes locked on her's.
“You will receive answers Twilight Sparkle, but now is not the time nor the place. When we meet again I will provide any and all answers that you require. However, for the time being the only information I may give you is BlackHat. If your as smart as I heard you are, than you’ll find out what it means soon enough” as he said this, the unicorn stepped into the portal which immediately closed behind him, making chase impossible.
Twilight stood with Rainbow Dash and Spike who shared her extremely confused expression. What were those objects? Who was that mysterious pony? And what could any of thing he just said possibly mean.