The Adventures of Emanon Reynawhe Season 1

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I - Back to Equestria

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       The six of them were glad for the weekend, when they could visit Twilight and her friends again. But Emanon saved his idea for after their visit. That could wait.

       This time, when they returned, nobody in Ponyville stared at them when they went to Twilight's. Sure, ponies were interested in what they were doing. It was a small town. But nopony was reacting negatively.

       In the library, they caught up on news. It was at this point that they decided as a group not to watch any episodes until they were told firsthand. It ruined the experience completely.

       Twilight was particularly interested in the strange time difference.

       When they arrived in Canterlot as they went home, Emanon presented his idea to Celestia.

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II - The Idea

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       She agreed, and they went home.

       "What was that about?" Mark asked.

       "You'll see."

       They spent the next day rather uneventfully. Emanon moved the portal mirror to his room in the treehouse, and everyone was generally bored.

       The travels to Equestria had taken up all of their thoughts for the last few months, and it was hard to think of anything else.

       Emanon, however, was busy planning. He wanted to make sure that his plan did not fail.

       He went to his underground lab. If this did not work, the result could be catastrophic. He had to make sure that a portal could pass through another one without breaking the universe. Or just making a really big explosion. Once he was confident in success, he returned to bed. Tomorrow would be a big day.

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III - First Contact

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       Emanon went to school like he always did; he made a quick portal into the multipurpose room that everyone stayed in before going to class. The main difference is that he brought with him a large oval mirror. THE large oval mirror.

       He immediately went to talk to the principal for permission, who kept mumbling things about giving advance notice next time, but in the end, he agreed. Nobody was scheduled to visit that day, so it was fine. Celestia could visit for the day.

       Emanon gave him a look.

       "Okay, the cafeteria will not be serving anything remotely meat-related. We don't want to make a bad first impression."

       "Or be sent to the moon," Emanon added under his breath.

       "What was that?"

       "Nothing."

       "I thought I just heard you say--"

       "Nevermind. She wouldn't. Probably."

       The principal watched nervously as Emanon dropped the barrier on the portal. Emanon had told Celestia the time to come through, and she had moved the mirror to a place more...formal than Emanon's bedroom.

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IV - Introductions

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       Emanon bowed as Celestia walked through the portal, and so did about half the crowd. Another quarter did afterward, noticing that everyone else was doing it.

       Emanon kept the portal open, but covered most of it with a mirror-like material. This was arranged with Celestia beforehand; it allowed her to retain control of Equestria's sun. Although the portal never really closed, neither of them knew if a perfect physical barrier would interfere. It was better to be safe.

       The rest of the school had already gotten used to Emanon, so there was no particular panic, but Celestia just seemed less approachable. Nearly everyone there knew who she was, but that didn't exactly help.

       Despite how good they knew Celestia was, they couldn't help being intimidated.

       Celestia immediately introduced herself to the principal, and made sure that he knew that he knew that this was not Equestria. She was not the ruler here and did not intend to be.

       The bell rang, and students filed out. Emanon gestures for Celestia to follow him as he went to class. History was first.

       While Emanon sat at his normal seat, Celestia sat at the back of the room reading a history book to pass the time.

       "Umm...do you think that's a good idea--," the history teacher began.

       "Mr. Laundreth, Princess Celestia is over a thousand years old. She has witnessed history firsthand, and in many cases, participated in it."

       "But Equestria--"

       "Has had history that is just as bad, if not worse. For example, King Sombra's reign in the Crystal Empire was so psychologically damaging that it caused collective amnesia. And Discord's reign, it wasn't much better. Nopony could make sense out of anything. Sometimes life can be worse than death."

       They continued the lesson, more subdued than usual. At the end of the class, everyone was relieved to leave. It was overwhelming to be so close to someone that had witnessed things like that. It made it all too real.

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V - Return

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       The rest of the day went rather smoothly, if you discount the expected awkwardness that comes with a person watching in the back of the class.

       Finally, the end of the day came, and it was time to return home.

       "I hope it wasn't too boring for you, Princess."

       "Not at all. Nothing can be more boring than what I had to do back home. Anyway, it was nice to see how you interact here."

       "I'm still a bit embarrassed about our lack of tolerance, though. Humans tend to have an innate fear of anything different."

       "Remember, our history isn't free of prejudice, either. Anyway, thank you for the visit. It is refreshing to get away for a while, even of it's not the most interesting place to be."

       "And I hope that someday, you won't have to just stay in this boring old school. But I suppose I'm just dreaming. One school might accept you, but everyone else? Not so much."

       "You never know."

       Emanon dropped the barrier, and she walked through, back to Equestria. Maybe...someday.