New Game

The room was quiet now. As far as I could tell I was in the forehooves of my mother, Twilight Velvet. Yeesh, that's super weird to think about, huh? Yeah this is gonna take a little getting used-to. I'm in no rush though, laying here in her arms is just serene, like all is right in the world.

It felt natural, like I was meant to be here. I'm really gonna miss my Earth family though... but i'm sure they'll be okay without me. I really should stop thinking about them for now anyways. I have a new family to think about afterall. Speaking of new family, I felt Twilight stir next to me, trying to get closer to mom.

The moment could have lasted for hours, but I slowly drifted off to sleep before too long. When I woke up I was in the hospital's nursery, it seemed. I looked around and noticed other infants around my age, one of note was staring bullets into me.

It was my sister Twilight, she seemed to be analyzing me. As I turned to inspect her closer, I noticed something above her head, it read: . Huh, did everyone have that? As I looked around to confirm, I noticed similar text appear above other new-born foals saying similar things. Then I looked at my own tag.

. Well i'll be damned, guess this really will be like a video game. Whelp, might as well get used to Twilight's adorable eyes then. As I stared into her adorable fucking eyes I wondered idly if me existing would change her destiny, yanno, becoming 'Queen of Magic' and all that jazz with the elements.

[New Perk Acquired: Deep Thinking, gain +1 to Intelligence, and also +1 level of Observation]

[Skill: Observation, Allows you to gleam more information from objects and other beings]

Huh, neat. Guess I can notice a speck of dust on a shelf or something now, whatever, s'neat anyways. Using my newfound power I shall observe YOU, Twilight Sparkle! And so I did, and I probably looked like a fucken idiot doing it too. I noticed some things about her though, like how her 'Mana' is much higher than anyone elses' in the room. Even mine, and mine was magically enhanced by God... or something.

Another thing I noticed was just how much she wanted to be closer to me, she was as close as her crib would permit her to be. I guess that made sense, considering how close she and Shining Armor were. Wait... I forgot about Shining Armor! Oh man, I can't wait to meet him, in the show he always seemed to be the lovable idiot archetype. Really curious to see if that's true or not.

But that can wait for later, for now though I turned my attention to getting over to Twilight. No matter how I thought about it, there really was no way except for a teleportation spell, and I'm probably not high enough level for that... but fuck it, can't hurt to try... right?

I focused on what I knew about teleportation, and I tried to let Mana flow into my horn. Wow should it burn this much? Probably not, wow, ouch! Fuck this really burns! I released the magic and the burning stopped, but I felt something cold slide down my muzzle, then my body started to shake as it sobbed.

That attracted the attention of a nurse, who suffice it to say, was pretty shocked. I mean, it isn't everyday an infant tries to use magic and fails a spell so spectacularly. Before I knew it, I was picked up in a soft orange glow and given some nuzzles, and soft, kind words. It helped, and I eventually stopped crying.

It was comfortable, and I eventually drifted off to sleep while looking directly at my sister, the worry that was painted on her face draining, just as my own expression showed a calmer emotion than the previous minutes. I was set down in Twilight's crib, evidently the nurse instinctively knowing we wanted to be closer, and she returned to her vigil of the other foals.

The next couple of days were a blur in my infant mind. I was taken to my new home with Twilight, and I met our big brother, Shining Armor. Oh man he was so scared when he first saw us, apparently they were only expecting Twilight. Funny how that worked out, huh? Well you get what you pay for in any case.

I overheard the conversations my parents and some doctors were saying as we left too, saying how I was a 'Magic Anomaly' and that I didn't exist until I was being born. Great planning, game powers, great planning. The very frazzled looking stallion repeating this information to my parents was apparently sleep deprived, and i'm guessing its my fault. Whatever, I didn't choose to die in the first place dude!

But in other more wholesome news, me and Twilight share a room with our parents for the time being. They are still renovating dad's old study to be our room, but hey, i'm not complaining. Me and Twilight are getting along like a house on fire too, she can't be away from me for long without getting worried. And yes, it's absolutely adorable.

She can't really talk yet though, that's pretty understandable considering shes only like, 5 days old. Also, she's older than me, so it's quite literally the Twilight before the Dawn. I hate how the universe just did that to me. Shining is really going into his brotherly role though, he's barely older than eight and already loves us more than reason. He hasn't gotten his cutie mark yet, but I suspect that's going to change soon though.

Another important event to note, I leveled up recently! And whew boy was it weird. It was so unexpected, like there I was, using Observe on pretty much anything to deal with the boredom that being an infant brings, and boom, Level 2. Time seemed to pause and I was shown a semi-transparent menu that showed a couple perks to choose. I chose 'Retention', and that perk let me keep the bonuses I receive from long rests and study sessions for three times as long. Neat.

That's pretty much the highlights of the last few days, Oh, but I did learn why messing with magic like I did was a bad thing. I heard mom talking to dad about it yesterday, she said something about foals not being able to properly construct a spell matrix in our minds. Makes sense, it was probably stupid to attempt it in the first place at my level. My guess is that raw Mana was just coursing through my horn, which is probably bad.

But yeah, welcome to Equestria, and i'd punch an alien but there are none. Ah fuck! No-one is gonna understand my jokes here! Wait... that means I could create anything from Earth here! Ohoho man, this is gonna get interesting fast. But for now, I'm gonna shelve those ideas, in favor of a nap with my BBBFF (Big Brother Best Friend Forever), and TSBFF (Twin Sister Best Friend Forever). Hey, don't judge me! I figured it would be easier to start sooner than later.

Oh! Also I realize I've totally forgotten to explain who I was, although it hardly matters now I reckon. Back on Earth I was an EMT, so I spent a few long years learning medical junk to help people. And if you remember, when I made my cutie mark I put the staff of Asclepius on it. It's an ancient greek symbol for medicine, so hope that clears some stuff up there.

But i'm probably rambling and off topic, where was I? Oh right, trying to figure out how to pass time. Since i'm a twenty-something in the body of an infant, I generally don't need help eating or anything like that, but mom still tries anyway. But all the ease means that I have nothing to spend my time on besides sleeping or trying to level, which, is fucking hard considering I can do exactly three things: Sleep, play with Twi, and Sleep.

Hah, I swear that filly is glued to my hip. I already love her like a sister, which I guess is only natural. It's like this world wants me to really become part of it, I don't really know why. Maybe the ol' G-man just wants the best for me? Who can say really. But in any case i'm really growing attached to her too, and my whole new family here.

Shining is at school most of the day, but when he gets home all he does is spend time with me or Twi. Hes also definitely the 'lovable idiot' archetype, but if anyone else says that about him i'll literally punch them. Of course my punch is, in reality, an adorable slap at worst. I've also noticed that I have certain powers of persuasion, noticeably when I flash a sort of puppy-dog eyes look. Dunno, guess that type of behavior is instinctual.

But I really should be going to sleep soon, Twi doesn't sleep until I do, which I suppose is natural considering shes older, guess she feels like she has to protect me. But until the day comes where I can actually tell her I can look out for myself, she'll be the best older sister there is.

And then I went to sleep with Twi snuggling close, yup, life is one hundred percent going to be alright afterall.