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// Chapter 4: Commence the Dream 
// Story: The Long Life of Breeze Rider 
// by Tyler-the-Brony 
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	“Are you absolutely certain about this?” I heard the question come from somewhere to my right. “There’s no guarantee this will work like you want it to, or that it will even work at all.”

I smiled. He didn’t care about my answer. If I said no, he’d just go to the next name on the list. If I said yes, I was still just a guinea pig to him. 

“I’d already made peace with this decision long before I came here. There’s no point in asking me anything else. Unless you happen to need more specifics about my ‘dream’.”

I’d told them everything they’d needed to make my dream come as true as possible.

I’d told them I wanted to be born a Pegasus Pony. I wanted to be “born” 2 years before the oldest of the Mane 6; the yellow Pegasus Fluttershy. I’d also wanted to be “born” in Canterlot. They had actually hired several Bronies to make sure these decisions were sound to the extent they could be. 

Each of them asked me ‘Why Canterlot?’ The answer was simple. I didn’t want to be just “born” a pony. I wanted to be transported over to Equestria as a new born colt. And what better place to make that happen than in the middle of Canterlot?

The next thing I’d requested was my occupation and name. I wanted to be a flight instructor at the Flight School in Cloudsdale. But, as I wouldn’t end up much older than Rainbow Dash, Derpy and Fluttershy while they would be there, I’d wished to be an amazing flier so I could be an Under Instructor to them whilst they were in school. 

I rather enjoyed the name I had picked for myself. Breeze Rider. I had no idea how to go about influencing my Cutie Mark’s appearance, so I left that area of inquiry alone, content that I would be satisfied when it did appear. This next decision is what truly shook most of the Brony interrogators.

I told them I wanted to go to Equestria without any memories of anything from Earth, including all the information I had learned about the MLP Universe. This was what shocked them. ‘Why go to Equestria without any Brony knowledge?’ they asked me. I smiled at that question.

I was going to start over completely, and I wasn’t about to bring anything over with me from Earth. I wanted a completely clean slate. I wanted to learn all I had about the show and its characters through the eyes of a pony this time. I was content that my subconscious link to knowledge of the show would still carry over in some way to Equestria, just not in the form it took now. Perhaps a mild hint of Unicorn magic would be within me in Equestria? I had no idea at that time, but I was eagerly waiting to find out if my hunch was right.

After that, I had no real specifics needed. I had no preferences in terms of which family would take me as their own, how I would grow up, or anything else of that sort.

As I recounted all this, I could hear the electricity begin to buzz all around me. This signalled to me that it was at last about to begin, and in a way, also end. I waited eagerly as I heard the scientists in the room question each other for the last time before they would start the experiment itself.

“Channel 1?”

“Clear.”

“Channel 2?”

“Clear.”

“Channel 3?”

“Clear. All remaining channels coming in as clear.”

“Very good. Power levels?”

“Exceeding minimum and optimal levels.”

“Very well. Begin the experiment while we have clear channels and optimal power.”

“Affirmative.”

At these words, I did not panic. I did not glance around for a last look at Earth. I did not run through my memories before they would vanish.

All I did do was close my eyes and calmly wait. I began to feel a tingling in the air all around my body. I knew this was the moment. At last, I was about to get my second chance.

“Initialize.”

That was the last word I heard before all color and sound sped away from me. Not just that, I felt my body curl in upon itself, almost collapsing. I felt my memories vanish as they flashed one last time. And, as soon as all these sensations began, they were over. I know because the next thing I saw, through newly opened eyes, was the proud Princess Celestia standing over me looking confused.