Time's camera

"Goodbye father. Keep the family safe. Love you." I said to him as I trotted off, away from home. I knew that the possibilities of seeing him again were very low. I knew that I would have to live my life using my skills and abilities. I didn't know how hard the times ahead of me were going to be.

"Goodbye, my son. May the wisdom of the past guide you through hard times ahead. I love you to." He yelled back to me. He knew that I would encounter hard times. He had told my that I would be tested. I just didn't truly understand.

"Wow. On my own. The whole world is below my hooves. Where to go, where to go?" I pondered as I reached into my saddle bags that my father had given me. He told me his father gave him these bags and he wore them when he was adventuring. These bags held more memories than my father does. And now they are mine, and my memories shall become part of it as well.

I took out the map of equestria. I had started at my house just outside of manehatten. I say started as in left. In fact, I'm still in watching distance from my house. My dad's probably spying on me through the window.

I sprawled out the map on a log that had fallen over a few weeks ago. The closest place is canterlot. My father has strictly told me not to go there. There was too many ponies there that could sense the presence of the camera. That only makes me want to go even more. Better to stick to the safe side just in case though. Next best place is cloudsdale. Sounds more like a pegasus city to me. You might be wondering why I wouldn't know if it was or not, but my father wouldn't teach me much about geography. He wanted me to discover the world on my own. If I take the train, I might be able to get to a place called ponyville. Seems rather small on the map. Oooo! It borders the everfree forest. I've heard so much but I have never actually seen it.

I rolled up the map and carefully shoved it back into the saddle bags. Now with a destination in mind, I can be on my way. Beginning to trot off towards the city I can take in my surrounding. Nice warm air. Nice cool breeze brushing past the trees as it moves on. A perfect day for a new adventure.

Trotting into the great city of manehatten, I saw many different colors of ponies and species. There were shops and markets and giant buildings all over the place. It's so amazing what we have accomplished as such a small and, well, two thirds powerless species. In the sky, I could see some pegasus having some sort of game while crashing into clouds.

I've always envied the pegasus, flying around and having a whale of a time. This makes me feel even worse knowing that earth ponies don't have flight, nor magic. I wouldn't know though, they seem to be happy. Though in my family, if you were to be born as an earth pony or pegasus, you would be considered a burden more than a pony. "Only unicorns get to carry the family sword." they would say. I don't even like the sword. It's all rusty and brown.

I don't know. My family is just a bit crazy. This camera doesn't help much for our sanity anyways. It's actually what started this whole family line-

"Oof! Hey watch where you going!" A grumpy old pony said to me when I had bumped into him. He was right though, I should have been watching my step instead of watching these pegasus.

"Sorry!" I yelled back to him as he grumbled and kept walking.

I don't know how long I was staring up there but I seem to be here already. train station is right around the corner. I trotted up the ramp that led into a building where I signed for a train ride and bought a ticket.

"One ticket to ponyville please." I had said to the mare behind the desk.

"That will be 30 bits sir. Next train arrives in two hours. Have a good day." The mare said to me, handing me a ticket in exchange for my bits. I could tell that it was her job to be nice and polite, but the look on her face betrayed her voice and suggested that she just really didn't want to be there.

No matter. I now have two hours to spare. Two hours. Hrmph. I guess I could practice a few spells. Dad always said to practice my spells when I have nothing else to do. Basic levitation is a breeze, although I have found it to be one of the most useful. I would practice advanced levitation, like lifting myself up or a boulder, but for some reason, it makes people really uncomfyable. My dad told me that each pony in our family, even though we were in some weird cult or something and pledged ourselves to the camera, Had a special talent that involved magic. My dad had the special ability of size. He could change the shape and density of anything. When I wouldn't eat my vegetables, He would crush them into a ball and shove it down my throat. I quickly stopped denying them and ate my vegies from then on. Getting something forced down your throat is a lot worse than their taste alone.

I, however, have taken to the bending of light. Not as much uses as my dad's abilities but it is still really cool. When I got my cutie mark, My parents were confused because there was nothing there. They took me to the doctor when I was getting old for not having anything yet and the doctor said that I did have my cutie mark, It was just not visible. My cutie mark represents invisibility. They would always call me names in school like Blank flank, and as we got older,Glass ass.

So I got out some balls from my sack and laid them down onto the ground. I began to focus my energy onto one of the balls. I could feel the energy from the ball. It's feelings, It's fears. It's regrets. Not much knowledge was really gained from these areas though. I focused my energy on wrapping it in my mind, locking it's knowledge outside of reality. Now until I give it permission, it will stay invisible. Lonely in its own thoughts of the void outside of this universe.

At least, thats how I would explain it. It is a lot simpler than it sounds. In my head, I'm just yelling NO. To bring it back, I think YES. Seems pretty simple to me but most unicorns seem to struggle with this area of magic that I can do easily. Thats why it is so hard to find a sexual partner in this world. Not much unicorn's special abilities are based on planely magic.

Back to reality, A fun thing to do is to mess with ponies by throwing invisble stuff at them. It confuses the hell out of them. I can never lose the stuff I throw either because of the psychic link I have connected to them. Speaking of throwing stuff. That pony over there on the bench waiting for the train looks like a fun victim.

Pick up and... THROW! "Gahh! What was that?!?"

I had to hide my chuckles by looking away and pretending to be playing with my balls. He shot his head back and forth looking for the assailant "You there. Did you throw something at me?!"

"What? No. I'm just playing with my balls." I said to him with my calmest voice and poker face. I'm not sure if he bought it though.

I picked up the invisible ball to throw it again when the train pulls up at the station. I thought the mare at the desk said it was going to be two hours.. I quickly think 'Yes' and stuff it sneakily into my bags. The train comes to a slow stop and the conductor walks out holding a pocket watch. "Alright ponies. 20 minutes."

I grab my saddle bags off the bench, throw them over my back and trot aboard, showing the conductor my ticket. He grabs it with his hooves and stamps it with a small stamp pad. He gives me it back and I walk into the train compartment.

Goodbye manehatten. Hello everywhere else.