Everything was just a bright light. There were just six ponies lying on the ground. Some of them woke up from whatever they were dreaming.

“Where am I,” said one voice as it tries to get up. “Twilight, you’re finally awake! I was so worried about you that you weren't waking up,” Said another but energetic voice.

“Pinkie Pie, Is that you?” Said Twilight. She was trying to figure out what was going on, and look around her surroundings. It was just mostly flat, except with some mountains in one spot and a coastline in another place.

“Of course it’s me, silly. Plus our friends and Spike somehow came along with us too,” Said Pinkie. Twilight then sees every pony looking at her.

“Darling can you tell us where we are? This dirt is quite... dirty,” Said Rarity.

“This place doesn't look anything like home, or that we’re even in Equestria,” Said Twilight.

“Girls, I found something,” Said a soft, shy voice.

“This place is flat like nothing is here! And there’s only that weird black thing sticking out of that large black thing for some reason,” Said Rainbow Dash.

“Girls,” Said the soft voice again, but slightly louder.

“Rainbow, I’m sure it’s just some sort of broken off trail. I can see some moving things on the main trail,” Said Twilight.

“This place looks soo perfect for a giant, all night party,” Said Pinkie.

“Girls,” Said the voice, but a bit more loudly.

“We aren’t getting nowhere with this arguing goin’ on,” Said Applejack.

“We are not arguing! We are just complaining about where are we,” Said Rainbow.

As the arguing kept going on, the shy voice didn’t have gotten so quiet anymore...

“GIRLS,” Said Fluttershy, along with starling her friends.

“What is it Fluttershy? You didn’t have to yell that loudly,” said Twilight.

“It’s that, I found some books over there, and I thought you could read them... if that’s okay with you,” Said Fluttershy.

“Books, that’s more than okay, it’s perfect! Maybe we can find out where we are by looking in these books,” Said Twilight in a very happy tune.

She ran toward the direction to where Fluttershy pointed to and she discovers two books lying on the ground, but also something else, something like glasses.

“Interesting, what are the titles of these books,” Said Twilight. She finds that one of the titles is called ‘A Noob’s guide to SimCity’ and the other book called ‘Welcome to Lancaster Pointe.’ “What interesting titles, but what does ‘noob’ mean anyway,” Said Twilight. Both ways, she tells the others and Twilight starts reading the books.

“Girls, take a look of this book. It’s like an encyclopedia about this world,” Said Twilight.

“Come on egghead, just read the book and tell us where we are,” Said Rainbow Dash.

Fine I’ll read it, Rainbow, I’m just looking at the table of contents,” Said Twilight. Rainbow makes a facehoof by hearing that. “Ok. I’m done looking at it. I’ll begin reading.”

Hello, Welcome to Simcity, the place where you build your own cities and play with friends. First of all, if you’re reading this, that means you’re inside the game, literally. To get things started: Stop freaking out already if you’re doing so. Stay calm and follow what this book says.

“Wait, were stuck in some weird game! What kind of game is this,” Said Rainbow Dash.

“It’s called SimCity, silly Dashie,” Said Pinkie Pie.

“Be quiet you two, I’m reading,” Said Twilight.

First of all, since your ponies, I’ve changed the game a little bit, so that the Sims here looks like ponies, and you’ll understand what they say, or what you say. You’re in a game that you know nothing about anyway. We don’t want explaining everything except the game and important facts, not the little people that comes with it.

“What? How do they know we’re ponies? What’s a Sim? I need to figure these out,” said Twilight.

Since you’re inside a game, you can’t control it by its buttons, but the good thing is there are special glasses that will help click the buttons without a computer or mouse. (Don’t ask what a computer or mouse it, just roll with it.)

“Special glasses, I don’t see any glasses,” Said Twilight.

*Note, glasses is in the back of the book, all cities have one so others can play as well.*

“That makes perfect sense,” Twilight flips to the back of the book to find some interesting glasses. She takes them out and puts them on. Then she sees the buttons and other things in a holographic projection, which blows her mind.

“This is amazing! Everything here looks like some sort of complicated game,” Said Twilight.

“Because it is Twilight, the book already said so silly,” Said Pinkie. Twilight then continues reading.

The first of everything to build a city is to connect a road to the highway, so the Sim/Ponies can leave or enter the city. Click the button that says ‘roads’ on the holographic projection to see what roads are in store for you.

Twilight finds the button and clicks on it, revealing seven different kinds of what seems to be trails, but rather than being called that, it’s called roads.

“That’s interesting; I can use these to connect the so called highway. I think I can use this big road that looks like the highway to connect to it,” said Twilight.

She then clicks on the avenue and click and drags it in a straight line, connecting the road to the highway.

“I think I know what to do with these roads, but what are they for,” questioned Twilight.

Roads are for ponies to drive in and out of the city, you can zone residential, commercial and industrial zones for the city. Remember that this is a simulation game where you build cities.

“Interesting, I see where this is going. Girls, it’s time for us to build a city,” Said Twilight

“What? Is that what this place is for? This will be awesome! Now we can have ponies cheering for me! I know this will be cool,” Said Rainbow Dash.

Twilight was a bit confused, that Rainbow was happy about that they’ll be building a city, but she doesn’t mind.

Author's Note

This is my first story I have ever made. If there are any mistakes or errors, don't be afraid to ask!