Technology has recently launched in Equestria. Computers, TVs, many things. The latest one that came out was Computers. They came out about 9 months ago, and they were complex. Equestria had the power to do things that humans on Earth could do too... gaming. Not only that, but that is one of the main points. Ponies have been downloading a program called 'Steam' and spending Bits to buy games, items for those games and more. They also talk to other ponies who are far away using Facebook or Skype. That is what most ponies used computers for, but some ponies use them to do work and other things like that.
Many ponies in Equestria have gotten a computer. A month after the release of the computer, Twilight Sparkle saw that not as many ponies were outside. Then something came to her attention. There was a new store in the market, which some ponies who hadn't heard about computers were going into, and it sold... you guessed it. Computers. Curious to see what this store was, Twilight went inside. It was a small and cozy room, with a few shelves with boxes that have computers inside. There was also a little laptop in the corner which showed some of the spotlights of computers. This intrigued Twilight, so she decided to get one herself, just to test it out.
For a while, Twilight had to adjust to the computer. Infact she stayed up late some nights just to learn the basics. It was then it hit her... she kept on using her hooves. She mentally facehoofed herself. It was much easier when she used magic, and she decided to get some programs which she had heard about. Twilight heard about Skype, which she thought was essential, and then Steam. She was unsure about Steam, because she wasn't one for gaming, since she always studied. But she still downloaded it, just to try it out. After installing both of the programs and signing up, which involved MORE signing up to websites, she decided to get a game on Steam. Because she didn't want to waste any bits, she decided to get a Free to Play game. Or multiple Free to Play games, to see if they were any good.
After a while, she downloaded a couple of games, but she didn't really like them. There was only one game left to play in her game library - Team Fortress 2. She had already installed the game, which was pretty timewasting. She ran it. The valve beginning song started to play, and when it loaded Twilight saw some things which she could click. She decided to learn some of the classes before she started to play. After playing the game for an hour or so, it hit her. Gaming was pretty cool. After a day of playing TF2, she decided to tell her friends about computers and Steam. When she went to her friends, she found out they already had computers, but she told them about Steam. And then they told their friends, and soon most of her friends knew of Steam. Her friends used computers to research, so she gave them something fun to do in free time. And she didn't forget to recommend them TF2.
Then now, it was the best moment of Twilight's TF2 gaming life. Mann VS Machine was coming out in AN HOUR. She had stocked up on tickets for the official servers, but she wanted to play on a server that wasn't an official one first. After a while of waiting, she got bored and decided to quit TF2. One minute later, a message box appeared.
20% Cooler Rnbw Dsh: OMG
Sparklight Twili: what rd?
20% Cooler Rnbw Dsh: i just heard...
Sparklight Twili: ?
20% Cooler Rnbw Dsh: MvM is coming out early
Sparklight Twili: OMGGGG
After a little bit, Twilight continued the chat.
Sparklight Twili: how long?!
20% Cooler Rnbw Dsh: like... 19 mins
Sparklight Twili: yeeeah! you stock up on tickets?
20% Cooler Rnbw Dsh: your kidding, right?
Sparklight Twili: xD no, seriously, i bought a ton of tickets
20% Cooler Rnbw Dsh: same here, i think the others did too
Sparklight Twili: so you wanna play on the official servers? i heard that u get rare items if you play on them
20% Cooler Rnbw Dsh: totes!
Then, another chat window popped up.
SUPRISE!: TWI
Sparklight Twili: what?
SUPRISE!: rd told me that MvM is coming out early!
Sparklight Twili: i know, i can't wait!
And so that process went with her other friends, ~BaCkStAb'D~, Apples 2 Apples and CritterZ. Which took up 7 minutes, because some of the chats were long.
Then, after 12 extremely long minutes, it felt like everypony spamclicked Play Co-op. The game was lagging so much, that Twilight's game crashed. A few other ponies games crashed too. Eventually, Twilight ACTUALLY got to the MvM screen. She chose to play on a community gameserver. She didn't invite any of her friends, since she wanted to try it out to sharpen her skills. She clicked the search button. And waited. She was extremely bored after a long time, before seeing a change. "0 SERVERS?! I guess its right... but wait, maybe its because all the servers are full! Damn, I wish my game didn't crash! Maybe... Maybe I can hack the game using my magic to get into a already full server!"
Twilight charged up a spell, and directed telekinesis to the computer. Eventually something came up. "One nearby... thats compatible?! YES! VICTORY!" She hoofpumped into the air. The server started to load, and Twilight's computer started to shake a bit. It was unnoticable at first, but then Twilight saw a sparkle come from it. "W-what....?!" She backed away, before the computer lit up in a magical aura and absorbed Twilight.
Spike turned from his computer. "Twilight?" He then turned back to his computer. "Oh look, I finally found a server I can go on!
Twilight slowly opened her eyes and saw a room. It was a small room, with an upgrade station near the exit. "Ughh... where am I?" She muttered quietly. She then trotted around for a bit, before noticing something. She was just standing on a... regenerator. "What the hay?!" Twilight stood there for a few seconds, trying to figure what was going on until she realized she was in the Sniper's clothes... except more suited for a pony and the colour of it, rather than being red as usual, was white.
While she stood there baffled, a small dragon respawned... or, just appeared. Spike shook his head and tried to look around. "Hey... whats going on? Why can't I see anything?" He said loudly. Twilight's ear twitched when he said that. She turned to him, and saw him in Soldier-like attire. "Probably because..." She paused, and took off the helmet while rolling her eyes. "You have a helmet on your head." Spike blinked for a couple of seconds. "Oh... well, where are we?"
She looked at him and sighed. "Thats what I'm trying to figure out... and, why we have... random... cash?" Twilight had only just saw the random cash stashed in the pockets, that was probably falling out. "Well, why don't we go look around? Lets start with the upgrade station." She trotted up to the upgrade station with Spike following close behind her.
While the two were upgrading their items, a white unicorn spawned. "Wha... where...?" She said quietly, before noticing Twilight and Spike in their favourite classes attire, and when she did notice she giggled slightly. "Ohh... this is my chance to pay her back for that silly prank she played on me." She whispered to herself. For some reason, she knew she was wearing Spy wear and she looked through her pockets, trying to avoid the cash to find a inivis-watch. Eventually she found a Cloack 'n' Dagger, and cloaked herself.
Spike turned around when he heard the noise. "Did you hear something...?" He asked. When he didn't get any answers, he went back to browsing the upgrade station. Then, when they didn't expect it, Rarity tried to be a good actor and sound like a scary ghost. "Ooooooooo!" This scared the living daylights out of Twilight and Spike, before Rarity uncloaked in a giggling fit. "You should have SEEN your faces!"
Twilight was not amused. "RARITY! Don't sneak up... on us... like that... even if... you are... a Spy? Do you know this?" She said in a broken apart sentence. Rarity nodded, before seeing Spike and dashing to him. "SPIKEY WIKEY! Your here? Where are we? Why are we here? What did Twilight do?" She asked, before getting out of his personal bubble. "Sorry..." She said, backing away slowly.
Twilight looked at Rarity. "I can explain... but I don't actually know what happened." Rarity blinked. "Well, why don't you go and look at your weapons?" Twilight looks at Rarity, mouth agape. "Weapons?" The white unicorn looked at her, before rolling her eyes. "Your a Sniper, Spike is... uhhh..." Twilight helped her out. "Soldier." Rarity nodded. "Yeah, right. And I'm Spy. Of course we have weapons."
Spike was REALLY excited. He looked around before finding a small Beggar's Bazooka, a Reverse Shooter and a Frying Pan. Twilight, while unsure, looked around and eventually found a Machina, a Jarate and a Bushwaka. Rarity had her Cloak 'n' Dagger, Diamondback and a Wanga Prick. "I wonder why we have these weapons, though..." Rarity said quietly. She found a sapper. "This might be useful."
A rainbow blur appeared next to them. "Hey." The three looked at Dash. "Your even faster than before..." Spike eventually said. Rainbow grinned. "Yeah, and that means I'm 20% cooler. In 10. Seconds. Flat." Twilight rolled her eyes at them.
Rainbow looked at them. "Hey, anyone know why I have a Soda Popper, a Bonk! Atomic Punch and an Atomizer?" Rarity looked at Rainbow. "Rainbow, darling, it appears we're in the TF2 world... theres your explaination." She explained. Eventually they get into a heated argument that didn't have to happen.
Twilight sighed. "Well... I guess we wait to see if anypony else comes..." She said, and sat down on a seat near the upgrade station. They sat, and waited for more ponies to appear.
Eventually Pinkie appeared, with Applejack behind her. Then after a while Zecora and Big Mac appeared, and finally after a long time of waiting Fluttershy appeared. "So let me get this straight... Dash is a Scout, Spike is a Soldier, Pinkie Pie is a Pyro, Big Mac is a Heavy, Zecora is a Demoman, Applejack is an Engineer, Fluttershy is a Medic, I am a Sniper and Rarity is a Spy... why are we all our favourite classes respectively?" Twilight said.
Pinkie Pie shrugged. "Hudda hudda hudda! Mmph mph, mmmph..." She was interrupted by the loudspeakers crackling to life. "The robots arrive in 3... 2... 1..." Said a voice that sounded alot like Celestia. Twilight's eyes went wide. "Robots...? No way... this can't be..."
Oh but it is.