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"...So this was how it ended. This was how I was going to die."
"Ah, good, now that I've caught your attention with a sloppy snipped of "In Media Res", allow me to start this story properly from the beginning. Mind you, where is does the beginning truly begin? The day Spike dissappeared? The day the parasprites returned? The night Luna found five royal guards in the middle of the Everfree forest, all dead? Or do I trace these development back farther, to the seeds planted during my formative years? If it is true that It is clichéd and obviou the It is clichéd and obvious to say that the past shapes the present, but in shaping it what goes..."
"Get on with it Twilight," Rainbow dash growled.
"Ah, yes, my apologies. So where was I?"
"You were dramitically falling off a cliff."
"Right, Right. But that was just me breaking the fourth wall to catch the reader's attention."
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"Uh, Twilight, I don't see any walls there. You're pointing at the cherry tree I got from (That Western Town)", Applejacked intoned, somewhat confused.
"Oh nevermind, It was a bad literary reference." Sorry girls, I'm a bit scatterbrained right how, as you can imagine. So allow be to start with the start. of The Equestria games."
It started with Ms. Harshwhinny, I mean, the trouble that is. .
Ms. Harshwhinny was happy. All the drama, adl the politics of the selection process was over, or at least the selection part of the Pro was dying down. The crystal empire was jubulent (and really,they should have been) , the other other towns and cities disappointed but ultimately content; If any where pony deserved a celebration, if was the crystal ponies. So with that out of the way, the games inspector could finally relax in the comfort her own home."
"And relax she did. From what she told me, I understand the first four days of her staycation were "delightful, basically'. And then Saturday comes around and BAM!"
