Begin Transcript: You are Agent [REDACTED]. You have been selected on a special mission, titled ‘Project Uma Kyōkai’. Dr. Kugelblitz discovered this portal to a new world very recently, but hasn’t dared to explore it himself. You have been selected for this mission. You will be provided with a side arm, food and water that should last you long enough to get settled. You will be retrieved in 5 years. Do not disappoint. End Transcript.

Small edit: This is the first time I am posting a story before it is nearly/completely finished. I’m planning on this one to be a long one. For some context, the beginning of this story takes place 3 months before Twilight Sparkle is to arrive in Ponyville on episode 1.