Memoirs of War: the Kindallian Conflict

Crows Nest, Griffonia

[Sitting across the table form me is Nina Silverwing, one of the Griffon's best historians and an ameture engineer and physicist. The two of us sit at a cafe table in downtown Crows Nest. All around is the hustle and bustle of the big city, with cars amounting for the large majority. Nina herself is a middle aged griffon, looking somewhere in her sixties.]

So we've had 'modern technology' for just over 100 years now. The internal combustion engine, electricity and associated home appliances, not to mention guns and all the military vehicles and weapons. But where did this all come from? It doesn't seem very plausible that we went from swords and bows straight to guns and tanks.

Indeed. But to explain where it all comes from you need to know some things. Are you familiar with the Multiverse Theory?

That there are an infinite amount of universes? And that each decision results in a universe where the opposite happened?

Correct. It means that anything is possible. There could be a universe where it was Celestia who was corrupted, or one where Discord won, or even one that is identical to ours but every living being is the opposite gender. Anything can and will exist. Now occasionally, universes 'bump' together or rub past one another. When this happens what are called Sandy-Veering Spatial Anomalies appear. But most who know about them simply all them portals.

So portals to another universe?

Essentially.

What do they look like?

Not what you're expecting most likely. In fact 'portal' is a bit misleading. Ninety percent of the time they are actually an invisible watermelon-sized spot. Whatever comes into contact, to the outside observer, seems to begin to glow before bursting into tons of glowing little pink specks before being pulled into the centre of the Anomaly.

How long do they last?

On average from 30 seconds to 3 minutes. They arn't common, but every now and then a series will pop up as our universe contacts another and 'rubs' past. Now when a Portal shows up, one of three things happens: one, it appears, it sits there, it disappears. Nothing happens. Two, It appears and either spits out something from the other side, like rocks, dirt and trees, or appears close to the ground and sucks up a bunch of our trees, rocks and dirt. Or three, living beings enter or exit. This has append twice in recorded history, and both were contact with the same universe.

Thats where then tech came from.

Yes. As well as the beings who made it.

Really? I haven't seen any aliens from another universe. Wouldn't that be common knowledge by now?

Yes. But, this other universe is what is called a 'parallel universe'. That means that it has similar events, inhabitants and…geography for lack of a better term. Of course there is two big differences. There's only one intelligent race called humans, and there is no magic. Our world is special because it is absolutely soaked in magic. Everything that lives here has adapted to that, and to some extent it stinted our technological advancements. We had magic to do for us what the Humans had to make things to do. Of course thats also why the griffons were ahead of the ponies even before. We didn't have unicorn magic or enchantments. The Humans have a saying: 'Necessity is the mother of invention'. ANyway I'm getting sidetracked. Now since the humans universe is parallel that also means counterparts. In other words, for every pony, griffon and so on theres a human who is them born in that universe. Counterparts are very similar. Their names, their personalities, and even events that happen to them are all almost identical. Now what happens when a human accidentally enters a portal when they get here their bodies are filled with magic. When that happens…I don't really know how to explain it with out getting technical…

Take your time.

Here. I'll put it this way. Seconds after they enter our world the magic thats fill them basically goes, 'Hey I know you! thats not how you're supposed to be!' It turns them into a direct copy of their counterpart. You know the Rainbow twins?

Yes.

Well Rainbow Slash is actually Rainbow Dash's Human counter part. In fact her human name is Raina.

Really?

Yes. It isn't a well known fact but it is out there. Half the Equestrian 1st Special Ops Group are former humans, as well as all their equipment. A hundred years ago the same thing happened, and that's how we have tanks, planes and guns.