The Spectroscopy Theory

**Important Note** Before you go reading this chapter, make sure you read the prequel Elias's Source of Resilience to Life: Ponies. Otherwise, you won't understand the story.

The Spectroscopy Theory

By Elias Fuentes

Part One

A Theory Unveiled

Elias kneeled up from the ground after visiting his friend’s burial site. It had been a year since the first time he went to his friend, Lucas’s, grave. Rainbow Dash, who was now two years old, went up to Eli and gave him an affectionate hug. Eli was thankful for having a friend like Rainbow Dash. He returned the hug and walked towards his new home.

He walked in, the pony-who could be much recognized from her as being a filly like in The Cutie Mark Chronicles-by his side. He walked towards his friend, Gage’s, room and sat down.

“Where did you go?” asked Gage.

“Oh, just visiting Lucas’s grave, again,” responded Eli who was looking out of the window at the snow covered ground.

“Ok, well you can play some x-box with me if you want,”

“Ok, Dashie, you can help yourself to some food if you’d like,”

“Good, I’m starving,” the pony exaggerated she said walking over to where Elias’s bag was, a little wing flap in her step, and grabbed an apple out of the bag to munch on. Gage often wondered how she could talk but Elias would always tell him to “Deal with it”. Gage would also wonder how pegasi were real but then again “Weird, unexplainable things can happen” Gage would say.

Gage and Elias continued to play some x-box while the pony would watch. Occasionally, Elias would try giving Rainbow Dash a turn but it never really ended up well considering Dashie has hooves instead of hands,

“Well, I might want to get reading and study some more on spectroscopy,” Elias stated.

“Ok,” Gage responded.

“Ooh, can I join?” asked the rainbow pegasus, flapping her wings in excitement.

“Of course you can Dashie,” Elias said walking towards the study, the pony following behind.

“So, what is spectroscopy?” Rainbow Dash inquired.

“Well it’s like the analysis of light or different forms of radiation that is in terms of spectrum,” Elias explained

“Hmm, those words sound somewhat rather familiar,”

“Do they now?” Elias said walking into the study. “Well, spectrum is the arrangement of waves in their order of their wavelength. This also goes into the study of quantum theory, the study of lights energy and amount of light, example like blue light has more energy than red light.”

“Holy guacamole, all of this sounds confusing,”

“Oh yeah it is very confusing,” Elias said, pulling a book from a bookshelf “Even I barely understand it. The study of spectroscopy started around 1666 when a scientist named Isaac Newton started his experiments with a prism. He noticed that in the spectrum of sunlight, there are a number of fine dark lines superimposed, or laid over or above something, on the colors of a rainbow. He took these lines as a boundary between the colors of a rainbow.

“Ooh, I like rainbows,” said Rainbow Dash excitedly.

“And so do I,” agreed Elias “In the late of the 19th century another scientist by the name of Joseph von Fraunhofer discovered that there is a large number of these lines and he catalogued several hundred of them. He called these lines, Fraunhofer lines; he just couldn’t explain what they’re there for.

“Sounds interesting,” Rainbow Dash commented.

“Yes it is very interesting,” Elias agreed “It was not until two scientists, one of them being Gustav Kirchhoff and the other being Robert Bunsen, discovered the true nature of Fraunhofer lines. They discovered that each line corresponds with the bright line that would be produced by the element that was glowing, be it the sun or a rainbow, and helps by identifying that element of the spectrum. So, basically, the lines act as a way to identify the colors of the rainbow.”

“Wow,” uttered Rainbow Dash in a flabbergasted tone “Never in my life have I learnt so much,”

“Yeah, it is very confusing which is why I strive to learn a better understanding of Spectrum theory.

“Ok, well if this is so confusing I’ll leave you to your studying; in the meantime… to the x-box!” And at that the pony left.

Elias continued to study more and more about Spectrum theory; about scientists learning more about these Fraunhofer lines; giving a better understanding to their different purposes. Elias learned that some spectra is simple and others are complicated, the differences in the makeup of a different lines atoms, that some spectra have a different element in the periodic table of elements making them up. This topic is very relevant to quantum theory but it depends on which way you view the quantum theory.

If you study spectroscopy, then you believe that the quantum that makes up the brightness of our world energy has a limit and that it isn’t continuous. Instead it is radiated in individual packets of light, therefore not having and endless beam, called quantum, plural quanta.

At that moment, Rainbow Dash returned to the study.

“Hey, still studying I see,” she said looking at the book I was reading.

“Yeah, some interesting stuff in here, but still it is very confusing,” Elias responded. “Rainbow Dash, for a while, I have been wondering how you’ve known some of the things you’ve known in the past. When you were but a baby and were with me, I would talk to you and you seemed to understand what I would say. Also when I would give you something to eat, you would eat it right away without wondering what it was. How did you know all this? Were you with someone before you met me?” Rainbow Dash let out a sigh.

“Well, the past is really kind of a blur. I do remember being with you but before that, not so much. I do know that I had parents that cared for me and that I lived in a place called Equestria and that I was taught different words and their meanings. Since I was with other people before I ate things before so I knew what food was and what wasn’t,” Rainbow Dash explained. Elias took this in with great thought.

“And how did you get to the place where I found you in?” Elias inquired.

“Well, this is where that so called “Spectroscopy” thing comes into place. Well you taught me that there is a radiation that comes off of spectrum, which is what makes up rainbows. Well, my parents got rid of me,” at this, Rainbow Dash started to choke up but she braved through and continued “So they sent me off to a different place. Why? I don’t know. So, something that I caught along with is that when you started talking about rainbows and their spectra, it made me think back in the past. My parents sent me off through a rainbow.” This made Elias think very hard about what this might’ve meant.

“So, wait a minute, if I am correct, you could be saying that somewhere in this theory about spectroscopy, that there is something else to be discovered and that there is a link between the human world and Equestria?”

“I suppose that is correct,” Elias racked up his brain with all the possible ideas of what this could be.

“My guess is that the rainbow or somewhere on the rainbow, that link exist and if we can get to that link we could get access to Equestria,” Elias thought about how ridiculous this was but then again, he learned that in the past his ridiculousness wasn’t always so illogical.

“That most definitely could be it,” Elias thought harder than he ever had before.

“I also am guessing that there is a certain point on the rainbow that we must have contact with or some other way to get access on that point to get to Equestria?”

“I’m guessing that’s it,”

“There can only be one thing to do then,” Elias said putting on some scientific goggles “I must so further research on this theory you have dawned upon me; for science and my friend Rainbow Dash!”

Rainbow Dash giggled and left the room to leave Elias to his studying.

“So could this theory really be true and possible,” Elias said to himself “And if this is true, how exactly can I conduct the radiation being produced off of this certain point on a rainbow.”

This made the gears in Elias’s head really turn.

“There’s only one thing I can do: further research,” Elias said opening more books on the study of spectroscopy and also opening some tabs on the computer in the room. All of this really made Elias wonder what other possibilities of things is out there if there is a link to Equestria. What theory exactly has been unveiled for Elias to learn about…?