Microscopic Interaction

"Hello, Twilight Sparkle. You must be wondering why I summoned you here at such an early hour," said Princess Celestia during a private meeting between her and Twilight Sparkle.

"Um, yeah. I am," replied Twilight with half an eye open.

"Well, the raids used to be minor, but now they a-"

"Wait, what do you mean 'raids'?" exclaimed Twilight who now had both eyes wide open.

"You are unaware of the raiders from the east who've attacked several cities?" questioned the princess.

"Sorry Princess! I had no idea there were raiders attacking Equestria! I must have been glued to my books," Twilight was in shock.

"I understand, Twilight. You are forgiven. Anyways, the reason I brought you here is because I want to strengthen everypony and prepare them for the raids. I will start by giving you this gem. Examine it. Use a microscope if you have to. It is believed that there is some magical power trapped within the gem," Princess Celestia handed over a shiny, green gem, about the size of an apple.

"Thanks, princess! I'll do whatever I have to do to get whatever power is inside of this gem. Goodbye!" Twilight rushed home, eager to examine the gem.

When Twilight entered her home, Spike's mouth started to flood as he stared as the beautiful gem. "Hey, Twilight! Can I eat that gem?" Spike asked.

"Sorry, Spike, but I need to examine this for Princess Celestia. Oh yeah, about that. Please don't interrupt me while I'm looking at the gem. I don't want anything bad to happen," Twilight replied, then dashed into the basement.

Twilight tried looking at the gem for a while with nothing but a naked eye, but after finding nothing, she decided that she probably just needed more sleep. She ran up the stairs, leaped into her bed, and fell asleep. That's when she woke up to a scream.

Twilight gazed out her window to investigate the noise, finding that the answer was obvious. It was raiders. There were about 100 raiders, all carrying spears, swords, bows, and all kinds of weapons! There was blood all over the ground, and dead ponies everywhere! Then she saw her friends. All of them dead. She decided this was too terrible to be true, and then discovered that she was correct when she woke up, for real this time, realizing it was all a dream.

"Oh, the nightmares I'm gonna have," she thought out loud. "I guess it's time to examine that gem," she ran back down into the basement, and tried to look at the gem with a naked eye again. She still didn't find anything, so she decided that a microscope would do the trick.

Twilight started examining the gem with her microscope, and after a while, found some sort of dim light glowing within the gem, and pulled out a knife. She started stabbing the gem with her knife, breaking several pieces off. Once she got to the dim light, she was able to see it without a microscope because of how brightly it shined without being encased in gem. "I've found it!" Twilight exclaimed with a wide grin, but then the grin suddenly changed into a frown as she couldn't figure out how to use the power. She tried touching it, pulling it out, and even licking it, but nothing happened. After plenty of failure, she decided it was time to refer to her books, so she ran up to her library.