New World, New History

I wish to complete this work in the mindset of this being the last remaining History known of these times which are recorded in the work itself. Very few historians do such a thing, so as to not appear as though they are valuing their own work too highly, and to nod their heads indirectly towards those who have already recorded such historical events. I have the gift of coming after many of these past historians, not only to read their works, but also of seeing their errors in recording their histories. One of these errors is to have only one recantation of an event, because it takes away its historical authenticity. Another reason for this mistake to be made is, of course, a mental effect I like to call the ‘blatancy effect’. This effect is the assumption that the reader would already know what is commonly known at the time that the historian is writing, and to record it would mock the reader. For example: if asked for a list of instructions on how to bake bread, one would not list breathing. Is breathing vital for the operation, of course – but it won’t be recorded. This would leave the future reader to assume that the "ancient" baker would hold his breath. To eliminate this highly unlikely, but possible and very common in other scenarios, confusion I shall begin my work by recounting all of the blatant facts which one in this age might know.

My first comments on this place, are upon it’s strange inhabitants. The simple animals which, on Earth, mainly had sensory nerves and no complex thought, such as a snail, can almost partake in a conversation with a native. Now, I mentioned a snail – an animal which existed on Earth. I did not mention a Manticore, but those are a thing here. Also Hydras. Those exist here too. I could go on, but I choose not to for the sake of my own sanity.

The dominant species in Equestria, however, is the “Pony”. Now, Terrarians have a creature under the same classification: small equines. What we did not have on Earth, however, were extremely intelligent creatures with both an oral and written language (though essentially chicken-scratch), a class hierarchy, and, quite literally, magic – that happen to look like small horses. If this were not strange enough, there are different types of these: Pegasus, Unicorn, and Land-Pony. A Pegasus has wings and hollow, avian bones which allow it to fly more easily. The avian bones, however, keep them from having the same physical strength as the other species. These fly in a more eagle-like fashion, rather than like a hummingbird. This meaning that they would glide in the air, rather than flap their wings very quickly in order to maintain flight for a lasting amount of time. The Unicorns have a bone-like protrusion from their foreheads, which seems to channel magic from an, as far as I know, unknown source. The Land-pony makes me the most comfortable, personally, seeing as their attributes do not have a sense of unpredictability to them. These would resemble most closely their Terrarian counterparts. They have the same physical strength as a unicorn, but have no magic. Just as how a deaf man can see better than those born with hearing, the Land-pony becomes much stronger than the other types. I have listed three types of Equestrian “Pony”, but I have yet to list the most influential and infrequent type. Just as how Plasma is the most frequent of the four forms of matter (seeing as how it fills space), and is therefore the most important, yet it is the least spoken of and least seen – so is the “Alicorn”. The Alicorn is the combination and enlargement of all types combined. The Alicorn has a horn which is longer than any other common unicorn I have seen, therefore with a much more powerful tool to “channel” their magic with, giving them greater magical ability. They also have larger wings, which allow them to have non-avian bones, in turn allowing them to have the same strength as a Land-pony.

Much contrary to all but one recorded Terrarian nation in the age of Caesar – to the best of my knowledge – stallions (Equine males) are extremely low in the ruling class, and often have very little effect on any political action or concern in Equestria. I do not know very much about the other nations of this world (seeing as I have focused my brief studies on the nation in which I am currently residing – Equestria). The eternally first princess on any list, it seems, is Princess Celestia. I find this name ironic due to the extremely odd role which she plays. I have come to learn that she actually raises and lowers the sun! Upon hearing this, I fell awestruck for about ten minutes. I must add that in these ten minutes, my main source of material, Celestia herself, simply smirked at me, later recalling the "adorable stupidity" of my face. The nerve.

I feel I must comment that all four princesses – and it seems that to be this type of creature actually defines a pony as a princess – are Alicorns. The second princess on any list would be Princess Lunacae (popularly Luna), who raises and lowers the moon. Afterwards, there is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza (popularly Cadence) who is the princess of love. I am personally very afraid of this princess, because I have seen her make different members of the commons feel loving emotions against their will, and I refuse to be even seen by her in any scenario. Then lastly, there is Princess Twilight, who is the princess of Friendship. I suppose that she simply isn’t popular, because there is no surname I have found for her, other than the one which exclusively her brother has used for her in my presence (causing me to gag, mind you), which is “Twily.” Twilight seems to have the most recently influential reign as far as I can tell, because the last one-hundred years have been shaped solely by her, her friends, and her assistant’s actions. Her friends are sorely missed, with the last one of the five passing, in fact, twenty-seven years ago. Their names were: Pinkemena Diane Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash. Her personal assistant Spike is still alive, and still operates as her close friend, scribe, and assistant, as he loyally has from the years of their filly/childhood.

I feel that I have broken down the relatively unchanging basic facts of this new world, purely on the side of the Native Equestrians, in the time which this author is writing. There are many mostly unknown events which I shall record, coming from Celestia herself, that often have little to do with her 'little ponies.'