Lyra walks hoof in hoof with her fillyfriend Bon Bon all over Ponyville. It was just one of those days where you just need to let off some steam with a nice walk.
They looked at nearby animals and bugs. Butterflies, squirrels, bunnies and dragonflies. There were even a few fillies and colts playing catch in the park.
"I love these kinds of days, Lyra. We can just be ourselves, nopony to judge us, no secrets. All we need right here and right now is each other."
"I feel the same way Bon!"
Bon Bon rested her head on Lyra`s shoulder. "Love ya."
"Love you too." Everything was peaceful. Everything was beautiful. Everything was perfect. At least until Lyra tripped over something and fell flat on her face.
"Hahahahaha...!" Lyra narrowed her golden eyes.
"It`s not funny." Another giggle escaped Bon Bon`s lips.
"It kind of is!" Lyra rolled her eyes.
"Laugh it up. Laugh at me." She batted her eye lashes and extended a hoof. Lyra forgave her fillyfriend quickly and got up. She turned and bent down to examine the object that had embarrassed and hurt her. A small black corner of something was sticking up out of the dirt road.
"What is it?" She looked at it perplexedly.
"Dunno. Help me dig it up." Bon Bon was wary of digging the road to get some mysterious object, but they were not doing anything illegal so she just let it slide.
"Okay." The two mares began digging to deeper and deeper. Each time they scooped up the dirt, more of the object was visible. That didn`t stop their confusion though, it just made it even more puzzling. After a few minutes the whole thing was seeable.
Lyra eyed the 'thing'. She checked out each and every detail. It was big and black. It had the shape of a cube and it had glass in the front. A variety of circles with odd writing underneath them was on the front. Meanwhile, Bon Bon was getting impatient. "Well?!"
"I got nothing." Lyra shrugged.
"Let me look at it." She stepped closer and began to examine it. When she couldn`t tell what it was she got annoyed. "Stupid thing!" She kicked it and it turned on.
A pony appeared on the screen. She began saying the news. None of which sounded familiar. With a closer look they recognized this pony as Golden Harvest or Carrot Top for short. They turned around to find nopony other than Carrot Top herself.
"CARROT TOP!" She fell down from the sudden and scary shout.
"WHAT?!" Bon Bon gestured frantically towards the screen. The yellowy-orange mare turned around and nearly fainted at the sight of herself talking on this weird thing.
"WTF! WHAT IS THIS?! WHAT DID YOU TWO DO?!"
"Nothing! Bon Bon and I found this in the middle of the road!" Carrot Top stepped forward. She poked a button on the 'thing'. The screen suddenly changed and was replaced by some ponies who looked very familiar, yet slightly altered somehow.
Then, a lavender pony appeared on the screen with a look of determination. "Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of... honesty! Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of... kindness! Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of... laughter! Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift represents the spirit of... generosity! And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire represents the spirit of... loyalty! The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us!"
The screen had just showed them something super odd. The three mares looked from pony to pony and then it clicked. "I got it! Applejack equals Jewel! She`s so different! The real Jewel would never be caught dead wearing a dirty, old cowboy hat! The cutie mark is all wrong as well. It should be a purple diamond with sparkles, not apples!" They looked at Lyra in awe and urged her to continue to amaze them.
"Rainbow Dash is actually Samaira! Though she is definitely not a pegasus, she`s a unicorn! I can tell by the mane. Though the colors are darker. And she`s not wearing her glasses! Also, Samaira is Celestia`s student, not Twilight. She seems kind of... epic here. In reality Samaira is super smart and shy. I mean her cutie mark is a book for crying out loud!"
"Pinkie Pie equals Amelia! Her mane should be straight though. She would never be so silly! She is always so busy working. I just don`t know how Amelia deals with all of that work. It must be so boring, being an accountant and everything. Her cutie mark should be a briefcase, don`t know what`s up with the balloon thing."
"Fluttershy is Gabby. She`s not such a shy, timid pony! She`s loudmouth gossiper who can`t keep a secret. She`s always so annoying and I just want to tell her to shut up or at least be a little quieter. And she hates animals! She`s allergic to bunnies so that doesn`t even make sense! Her cutie mark an explanation point. Her mane is a little more wavy as well."
"Rarity`s Edith. She is definitely not generous or caring! She is a snotty jerk who is so greedy! All she cares about herself and her wealth. She still likes fashion, but only because it gives her a lot of money! Her cutie mark is a freakin` bag of bits and jewels! I wish that she could be more like Rarity."
"Twilight has the biggest change! She`s really Messy! She is not smart or organized, nor does she have a baby dragon assistant. He is her dragonfriend! He is the same age as her in dragon years and he is as tall as her, if not taller! She is super unorganized! She is a stupid, messy slob so her name works perfectly! Messy is also extremely lazy. And she`s a unicorn yet she can`t do anything cooler than simple levitation and a few other spells! Her cutie mark is literally a trash can! I feel bad for her."
Carrot Top and Bon Bon looked at her with eyes filled with wonder. As to how she figured that all out, they have no clue.
Lyra, Bon Bon and Carrot Top banged on the door to the only library in Cloudsdale. They were there right now due to some spells that Lyra had learned from Samaira (RD). They stood patiently for about a minute before a voice shouted "Be there in 1 min. 35 sec.!" from within the house.
"That`s oddly specific." Lyra frowned at her.
"Carrot Top, this is Samaira we are talking about! She lives for scientific or mathematical stuff." She blushed slightly.
"Okay, okay! I`m sorry!" Bon Bon put her hoof on Carrot`s shoulder and shot her fillyfriend a look. Just then, Samaira came out precisely when she said so. Her mane was put into a ponytail (HA! Ponytail) and she was wearing a lab coat.
"Hello! Come in! I was working on an experiment and I also have a new spell that I`ve been tinkering with." She ushered them into their living room and they all sat around her coffee table which at the moment was covered with beakers and test tubes.
"Let`s get down to business. Their is a weird object in the middle of the road. We dug it up and turned it on. It has a screen which displays pictures of us ponies in various situations. Some of the ponies looked familiar. It was kind of like watching a play, but on a cube. We were hoping if you could help us figure out what it is."
"Awesome! I- I mean, that sounds magnificent. Could you bring me this device or just simply think about what it looks like. I will touch my horn to yours and then I will have a picture of it in my mind. Once I have that, I can just teleport it here."
"How do you do that?!" Carrot Top suddenly decided that coming here was a great idea. Samaira executed the spell perfectly and *POOF* the 'thing' was in front of them.
Samaira inspected it, touching each feature and checking out the mechanics of it. "I have read about these. They are called televisions, TV for short. Ancient scholars came up with the technology for this, but decided not to release it to the public until we had more electronics. Some say that they`re from the future so that`s how they knew about that stuff. I can`t be sure about the scholar thing, but this is definitely a TV." She turned to them anxiously.
"Would you mind turning it to the channel that you were talking about?" Bon Bon hit the button the way that she did last time except with less force. Once again the semi familiar ponies were on the screen going on and on about friendship. Samaira looked captivated.
"This... IS REMARKABLE!" She paused for a second to regain her composure. "Rainbow Dash looks just like me! She reminds me of myself as a filly, so full of life and always using words like awesome. I just wish that I knew these other mares." Lyra perked up a bit more.
"I know them! I bet that I can coax them into coming here or I could just try your spell again."
"Great! How about you try to teleport them here. Focus really hard. I believe in you Lyra." The mint unicorn was able to summon each of them to the library and she even managed to do the cloud walking spell on them before they fell through the floor.
"I DID IT!" The four mares hugged. Meanwhile, five very confused mares were in the middle of Samaira`s living room.
"I should be at work, not interrupting you in the middle of your little tea party. I`m just going to excuse myself now." Amelia (PP) began to make her way towards the door.
"Wait!" She turned around and looked into Samaira`s hot pink eyes. "We need you to see something. And the rest of you as well."
They all sat in front of the television. They looked at it in awe and caution.
"We all owe our cutie marks to you!"
"Do you realize what this means? All of us had a special connection before we even met."
"We've been BFFs forever and we didn't even know it!"
The main five were very confused, yet they felt like they somehow knew about the show. "Now, I know that you may have questions so let`s listen to Lyra Heartstrings." Suddenly, everypony was looking at her and she blushed a little bit.
"Jewel, you saw the country pony, right?"
"Yes."
"She`s you. Well, not you, but on the show she is you. We believe that this may be an entertainment device in the future. The stuff on the screen is just fake. We think." She smiled to reassure everypony.
"Amelia, you are that crazy, party pony, Pinkie Pie. Gabby, you are the timid pegasus, Fluttershy. Edith, you are the fashionista, Rarity. Messy, you`re Twilight Sparkle, the smart one. Samaira, you`re Rainbow Dash, as you guessed earlier."
"I knew that we looked alike!"
"I knew it!"
"COOL!"
"Me, on a futuristic thing called a TV, pretty cool."
"Fun."
Everypony looked at one another and compared them to the ponies of the show. Soon, everypony is saying things about themselves.
"My name is Jewel. My favorite activity is having tea parties. My favorite color is mauve. I grew up in Canterlot and then moved to Ponyville when I heard that this place is for non-fancy ponies so I thought that ponies would look up to me. I love wearing dresses and occasionally I will put on a touch of makeup."
"So, would you cal yourself uppity?" inquired Bon Bon.
"I shall say yes. I am rather formal, yet I do like having fun at balls and such!"
"Where do you live?"
"I live in a mansion on the top of the hill."
"COOL!" Everypony shouted in unison.
"Samaira next!" Lyra beamed, she was learning about her new friends.
"My name is Samaira. I love science and reading. I have always lived in Cloudsdale and I love tests. Mares are constantly asking me how I keep my mane so vibrant. I have absolutely no clue. I don`t like not knowing, but their is no scientific reason other than that my hair is healthy. I have worn glasses since I was a filly."
"Do you enjoy writing?
"Sometimes, but I prefer numbers over words."
"Would you say that you have a large vocabulary?"
"Yes." Amelia stood up.
"My name`s Amelia. I`m an accountant and I love my job. I live in a small apartment. My favorite food are bagels."
"What did you want to be when you were a filly?" She pondered that for a second.
"I wanted to be a teacher." Gabby raised her hoof.
"MY NAME`S GABBY! I LOVE TALKING! GOSSIP IS SO, TOTALLY FUN! I live in a normal house in Ponyville. I go out flying once each days so that I can make new friends."
"I see that you enjoy talking."
"I LOVE IT!" Messy covered her mouth.
"The name`s Messy. I`m lazy and I live in a two floored house. I live with Spike, my dragonfriend. I love him so much. I sell produce for a living."
"You have a job?"
"Yeah, but I only do it like once a week."
"How clean is your house?
"I will use one word. Disgusting." Edith sighed and began to speak.
"I enjoy working because it gets me nice profits. I save my money for important things. For example, to buy my puppy and kitty. I live in a mansion near Jewel. I have a husband and his name is Filthy Rich. I also have a daughter named Diamond Tiara."
"Daughter?!"
"Yeah."
"What`s better, gems or bits?"
"BITS!" Everypony started laughing and chit chatting.
" FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC!
