The Adventures of Emanon Reynawhe Season 1

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I - The Beginning

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       Miles was an average kid in many ways. He was not particularly athletic, but school relatively unchallenging for him. He spent most of his time with his friends. He was a "brony", a fan of a kid's show called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, but this was not an interest that encouraged popularity. Only his parents and his five closest friends knew about this: Jennifer, Mark, Ashley, Caleb, and Miriam. He was happy, but felt there was something more. Life was great, but just seemed too dull somehow. There needed to be more excitement. Outside his bedroom window, a new star seemed to flash into existence, then fade away.

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11 - Transformation

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       Miles woke up reluctantly. It was 7:36. He panicked, but then sighed with relief; it was Saturday. He went to back to bed when he realized he was hungry. This annoyed him slightly, but he slowly dragged himself downstairs. Suddenly, he stopped.

       "Why am I walking on all fours," he thought suddenly. Then he looked down at his feet. No---hooves.

       "What?!"

       This did not make any sense-he must be dreaming. He tried to pinch himself, failing miserably--he forgot about the sudden lack of hands. He banged his head against the wall in frustration.

       "OUCH!"

       Yep--definitely not a dream.

Also, he found that he was a unicorn, and there was now a nasty dent in the wall.

       Then his blood turned cold as he heard his mother calling from the kitchen.

       "Are you okay dear? Breakfast is ready! Come and get it!"

       What should he do? His parents knew that he liked My Little Pony, but how would his parents react to this? Could they have a heart attack? Would they even recognize him? Would they accept that he turned into a pony, instead blaming him for his own disappearance? He had to find a way to let his mother know softly and gradually--he certainly could not have her find out now.

       Miles called down the hall,"Umm.. Mom?"

       "Yes, dear?"

       "I'm umm... really tired! Could you bring breakfast up here? Please?"

       "I suppose just this once would be fine. But you have to clean up after yourself. I do NOT want to have to clean up your mess later. Are you sure you're okay? That bump sounded like it hurt."

       "I'm okay. Thanks, Mom!"

       That was a close one. He walked quickly to his bathroom, making sure to make as little noise as possible with his hooves. His hooves. That was so weird. Anyway, he figured that he would just hide in here until Mom came with his breakfast. He sat in the bathroom, waiting. How exactly was he supposed to go to the bathroom when he was a pony? Would he have to go outside? He then shook his mind away from that. He had more important things to deal  with.

       "Miles, where are you? I have your breakfast!"

       "I'm just in the bathroom. You can leave my breakfast on my bedside table."

       "Okay..."

       "He seems to be avoiding method morning," she thought. "I wonder why he sounds so upset. Is this a normal teenage thing? He has always been so open to me"

       She went downstairs, deep in thought.

       Meanwhile, Miles checked that his door was locked, then frantically texted his friends.

       "This is an emergency. Come to my house, but not through my front door. I'll have my window open for you, but expect a big surprise.

       Having sent the message, he sat back down on his bed and awkwardly tried to eat his breakfast, waiting impatiently for his friends to arrive.

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III - Disaster

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       One by one, his friends climbed through the open window, and four of them stopped in their tracks.

       "Where are you?" asked Miriam. " Cool life size pony ... plushie...that's moving...OOOHhhh..."

       "So... you got turned into a navy blue unicorn," said Mark bluntly. "How, exactly?"

       "I honestly don't know."

       "Hey! I just realized something!" said Miriam, clearly excited.

       "What?, said Ashley, breaking out of her state of shock.

       "Since he's a unicorn now... he can do magic! Right?!"

       "That would be so cool!" said Caleb. "Try picking up your fork!"

       "I honestly thought that you would freak out more."

       "Of course we are still freaking out," said Ashley, keeping her voice calm. "We just have decided that it would be counterproductive. I'm sure that you are freaking out just as much, and need encouragement and support."

       "You still haven't picked up that fork."

       "All right, all right."

       Miles uncertainly turned toward his half- eaten breakfast and his unused utensil beside it. He focused on the fork and concentrated intensely on the action of moving upwards.

       Nothing happened.

       He tried again, concentrating harder and harder on the fork, but other thoughts started invading. How would he fit in? He couldn't live his life in secret. The government would love to get their hands on him. The only place he could live safely was in Equestria. He concentrated on the fork even harder. He lost focus in surprise as a couple sparks flew out. He had to be doing this wrong. But there would be no one to teach him. Not in this universe. He had to do this on his own. He pushed harder and harder, giving himself a headache in the process. Then something strange happened. He lost control.

       "Uh-oh," he thought. He knew enough about the show to know what was happening.

       "Get back!" he shouted.

       His friends stepped back as his eyes shone white, but it was still too close for his comfort. If something happened to his friends in this surge of magic, Miles would not be able to correct it. Bolts of magical lightning shot out, blackening the wooden floor and melting a plastic figurine.

       Most importantly for the five friends, a portal, a rip in space pulsating with blue light, appeared right beside Miles, and a violent wind sucked him into the unknown void, scattering objects around the room and leaving his five friends in a greater state of shock than before at his sudden disappearance.

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 IV - More Surprises

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       On the other side, Miles hit the air with a bang. Literally. He was instantly knocked unconscious. He woke up falling rapidly towards a building. He braced for impact, and possibly his death, for he knew that he could not possibly survive an impact at such speeds. He hit the stone roof and blacked out.

       He woke, oddly feeling fine, and saw a familiar white alicorn standing above him.

       No matter how much shock he was in, he knew what to do immediately.

       "Princess Celestia!" he said, bowing awkwardly. Miles was still not used to being in the shape of a pony. He looked up and saw the hole in the castle ceiling, then the crater he was in.

       "Ooh..."

       But Celestia did not seem angry at all. She looked concerned, and very curious, but seemed reluctant to ask many questions.

       This is when Miles truly became aware enough of his body to get out of the hole. He stopped suddenly once again, realizing that he was a lot smaller than before. A lot smaller.

       "Oh no..oh no..no..no..."

       "What is it?" Celestia asked.

       "I'm a filly! Why am I a filly?! This doesn't make any sense!"

       Celestia paused, deep in thought, and asked, "What universe are you from?"

       "What?"

       "I said, what universe are you from and... how did you know my name?"

       "How do you know that I came from a different universe?"

       "Well, when you came here, you fell from the sky and you made a sonic boom. You are not a pegasus, and could not have gone that fast or high without magical help. No amount of magic can accelerate a pony that fast instantaneously. The only way you could have done this is if you teleported from another world that had rotation."

       "Yes, you are right;I did come from another universe--I think--but why am I a filly all of the sudden?"

       "I don't know," said Celestia thoughtfully. "I haven't seen anything like this occur unintentionally."

       "Maybe Twilight has read something about this," said Miles hopefully.

       "What!!" said Celestia, shocked. "How did you know about my new student?"

       "New? I thought she was... Oh no..."

       "What is it?"

       "I know why I turned into a filly; I haven't just traveled through space--I've traveled through time as well."

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V - Repercussions

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       Miles woke up in the morning with dread. He finally realized what he should have long ago--he would not be seeing his friends anytime soon. Even if he did not travel through time, he would have to become extremely powerful at magic to teleport between worlds. He did not even know that it was possible. Now that time was involved, it now seemed like an impossible task. How long back in time had he been flung? Did it even matter? Anyway, he seemed to be about three years old as a pony. He did the quick mental math to know that he had gone back at least twelve years. What was going to happen to him? Celestia had allowed him to sleep in the castle, but this could not possibly be permanent, could it?

       Celestia walked in.

       "There is something that you did not tell me last night. How did you know so much about Equestria? How did you know my name, and more importantly, someone as Twilight Sparkle?"

       "Well, there is a television show in our world..."

       "What exactly is television?"

       "Umm...it is a...form of entertainment"," said Miles nervously. "The show details the life of six particular ponies, but I don't think it is a good idea to tell you more."

       "Why not?"

       "I do not want to change history more than I have already."

       "I see. Also, you don't seem to be doing any magic."

       "What do you mean?"

       "Well, you seem to be picking up objects with your hooves, and I have not seen you use any magic since you got here, yet it would take great magical power to travel from another  world."

       "To be honest, I don't know how to use magic at all. I came here on accident when I was trying to pick up a fork."

       Celestia suppressed a laugh, then said, "I think that you might want to see something, then."

       She pointed at his flank. "It looks like you've got your cutie mark."

       There was no doubt about it. There was a light blue oval that led into a black void with a single star.

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       "It seems that you have a talent for that kind of magic, although those spells have been lost for some time."

       "I still don't know how to use the spell anyway. It happened in a surge of magic, and I don't know how to recreate it. If nobody here...I mean nopony here knows how to perform this spell, then I'll never be able to make it back home."

       "Then you will just have to invent those spells again. This means you should have a good understanding of magic. You have the raw power that is needed, you just need a good teacher."

       "What...?"

       "I will teach you magic so that you will be able to get home."

       "What?! Why would you want to teach ME?"

       "Well, with your magical power, and your talent in an unknown magic, you could become the next Starswirl the Bearded. There is so much about magic that we do not know yet, and someone with a cutie mark in a forgotten magic, you could be very useful. By the way, what is your name?"

       "Well, my given name is Miles Johnson, but names in Equestria seem to relate to your occupation or talent. I think that I should be called Emanon Reynawhe. Just make sure that no matter what, Twilight Sparkle comes first."

       "Why should I do that?"

       "Just trust me. I need to learn magic for myself, but Twilight needs to learn it for more important reasons."

       "Wait, do you mean...how did you know of my plans for her?"

       "I know that you know about Nightmare Moon's return, I know you must have a plan, and I know what happens later. I just used logic. I still will keep it a secret; telling anyone the future is extremely risky. I probably should not have told you even the little I did."

       "I understand, and you were right to make sure that I did not lose focus on Twilight. I was considering that you might take her place."

       "As your student?"

       "No, as the...element. But I see now that you eventually will have to leave. Anyway, we should start our first lesson as soon as possible. Twilight already knows how to study magic, and you do not know anything about it. Just remember to be patient; the advanced magic that you seek to accomplish requires years of study. You may not see your friends for a long while."

       A sudden thought struck him.

       "I need to learn magic in twelve years."

       "Why twelve years?"

       "That way, I will not have to deal with any risky time magic. Traveling in space will be hard enough to learn, even in twelve years. Time will almost be impossible. Not even Starswirl made a true time travel spell."

       "How did you know that? Oh, never mind. I don't need to ask."

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V - Lessons

       Emanon worked harder than he had ever worked in school. He had a bod determination now to learn as much as possible as fast as possible.

       It took a long time for him to get used to his new body. Everything was different. He was extremely glad when he learned the simple levitation spell. It made it so much easier to eat. He slowly adopted the Equestrian lifestyle, but unlike before, he did not spend much time socializing with others. He has his main priority permanently fixed in his mind. Throughout the entire first year of study, he did not even go outside of the castle. Only around the middle of the second year did he feel comfortable enough to be seen by strangers. He knew that he still did not get all of their social customs. Years of watching the show still did not prepare him for this.

       Knowing the time constraints, Celestia taught him only the basic spells, and the ones that were thought to be related to traveling through space-time. Other than magic, he learned many branches of mathematics essential for precise calculations, and he paid close attention. He wanted to make sure that he would go back to HIS world. Celestia also taught him the important magical concept of a marker. Celestia knew that if his world rotated, it would take a lot of time to make the portal so that it was not traveling at higher than the speed of sound. Markers set a point of reference, so that you would be able to teleport relative to that object, not the whole universe.

       In the ninth year of study, he discovered how to create a portal between two places, but he had not yet managed to breach the barrier between universes. Portals were unlike teleporting in that you retained momentum. Also, they were passages, or rips, in space-time. They were the only method to travel between universes. Teleportation was almost instantaneous, but was still physical travel., and therefore would not work. Also, he started work on disguise on his own request. he realized that he needed to keep his new identity a secret. His friends and family might accept him, but everyone else? The government? It was safest to be cautious.

       Throughout the eleventh year, Emanon succeeded in breaking the barrier between universes. However, he practiced with increasingly discouraging results. Earth, of course rotated, but it also orbited around the sun, which in turn orbited in a galaxy which was also moving. He managed to find the correct parallel universe, but only during the last year, when time was running out, did he succeed.

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To Be Continued...

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