Rewired

I don’t know why Applejack thought that this librarian could help me figure out who I was. This pony had to be crazy or at least, not all together. I am not exactly sure what type of pony has a secret lab under a bigger-on-the-inside tree trunk that doubles as her home and a library but I am going to assume that it’s a pony that shouldn’t be messed with.

That was where she led me after an hour or two of Twenty Questions to which most of my answers were ‘I don’t know’ or ‘I don’t remember”. I didn’t know what else to tell her but I couldn’t tell her something I just didn’t know. I was as upset as she was but she seemed to be taking it personal.

“So you don’t have any clue where you’re from? No hints at all?”, she questioned

“Nope. Same as fifteen minutes ago, Twilight...”, I said annoyed. I wasn’t trying to be short with her.

OK, that’s a lie. I was.

I was getting annoyed with being strapped up to this weird chair like I was being interrogated. There was a helmet on my head with lights on it, glowing like stupid Hearth’s Warming Tree.

Also, I had so many wires connected from me to another machine printing some useless result that I couldn’t even read. All I saw was some jagged lines and she would just read it and nod or just groan.

It was more groaning than anything.

The lab at this point was just littered with scrolls and books everywhere. She was trotting through her own results and I don’t think she even noticed. Her mane was out of sorts and choppy. I really think she was losing it and here I was stuck in this chair down here with her.

All I could do was follow her with my eyes as she went back and forth. “It’s like I said before, I can’t tell you what I don’t know. The first thing that I remember is waking up in apple tree on Applejack’s farm only to be promptly kicked out of it. I’ve got nothing before that.”

“But you have to have some other memories. Ponies just don’t appear out of nowhere. That’s not scientifically possible. You’re not scientifically possible. I mean you could have teleported. You are a unicorn. Do you know how to teleport?”

“I-“

She cut me off before I could get a word out. “Teleporting is possible. But that wouldn’t cause memory loss like this. Maybe slight headaches at the most for those not trained properly. There’s no case written like this in my books about this. Then again, I am only looking in my books. The Canterlot Archive might have something. Hmmm. Well, I guess I could try….” She showed no signs of stopping.

“Twi-“

“Twilight!”

I was cut off, again, this time by a small purple creature coming from the top of the stairs. “How long are you going to be down there? Pinkie Pie wanted to know if I could help her with some special cupcakes she wanted to make!”, the creature yelled.

Without even lifting her gaze to what looked to be a small purple dragon, she said “Sure Spike! Take whatever you need! Now where am I going to find…”

“No. She doesn’t need ingredients, she needs... Are you even listening?” The small dragon groaned himself and walked down the stairs. There seems to be a lot of groaning in this tree.

So a librarian has a dragon that can breathe fire in her library, in her tree; all of which are flammable. This makes complete sense.

The dragon got to the bottom of the stairs and yelled, “Equestria to Twilight!” That shook Twilight out of her trance as whatever scrolls she had in her telekinetic grasp scattered around her. One of them smacked me in the face and I blew it off.

“Spike? When did you get down here?”, Twilight asked

“Just now. I was trying to get your attention but you weren’t listening.”

Twilight shook her head, “Sorry Spike. I was trying to figure out help Circuit here with his memories and I wasn’t getting anywhere.”

“I could tell…”, he said under his breath. “Wait? Circuit? Who’s that?”, Spike questioned

Twilight pointed her hoof to me and I just said ‘Hey’. “So what’s wrong with his memories?”, Spike asked.

“That’s just the thing. I don’t know! I’ve looked through every book I have. I’ve gone through every record of Equestrian history I have and nothing! He doesn’t remember anything. Not a picture, not a person. All I have is an apple tree! And I just know that ponies just don’t appear out of thin air. I mean I know that Star Swirl…”

This time, both Spike and I yelled, “Twilight!” I was more than ready to get out of this chair when
Spike spoke up, “What about that memory spell you have? It worked when everypony was under Discord’s spell. Wouldn’t that work?”

I am not sure if Twilight broke again but she was really quiet for a while and then got the biggest smile on her face and instantly grabbed Spike and squeezed him. “Why didn’t I think of that?” What would I do without you, Spike!”

She lowered Spike down and he puffed out his chest. “Well, I am your number one assistant for a reason!”

“Yes, you are Spike. Now get me my crown and I will get Circuit out of this chair.”

“I’m on it!”, Spike said cheerfully

Thank Luna..

Spike ran upstairs and Twilight unlatched me from my interrogation chair. “About bucking time…”, I whispered. It wasn’t the right time or place to let her have it and it wasn’t even necessary but that doesn’t mean that I didn’t want to do it.

“Spike shouldn’t be too long and then we can finally solve your memory malady.”

I gave a small half grin. Perhaps only a quarter grin, even. “Gotcha. So what exactly is this spell going to do? I mean I really don’t remember anything else.”

“Well, I am sure you do remember everything actually. Your brain just needs to be reminded of it,”

“So what? it’s like restoring my brain to its proper state?”

“Actually that’s a very good way to put it. I had to use this spell when my friends were taken over by Discord.”

“Who’s Discord?”

“He’s the spirit of disharmony…”, Twilight rolled her eyes,”...the God of Chaos. About two years ago, he broke free from his prison and tried to let loose his chaotic reign on Ponyville. My friends and I had to use the Elements of Harmony to trap him again. But that wasn’t before he tricked us into fighting each other instead of him. I had to use the memory spell to remind my friends who they were so we could use the elements against him.”

“That sounds cool. So where is he trapped now?”

“Oh, he isn’t trapped anymore. I am sure that he is with Fluttershy at this time of day. They usually have tea together.”

Another one of her friends. Gotcha.

Spike came back down stairs with a golden crown with a lavender jewel similar to Twilight’s cutie mark. It was resting on a red pillow with golden tassels on each corner. It looked like it belonged to a princess.

Pointing to an empty area in the lab she asked me to stand still. She levitated the crown on top of her head and trotted close to me until our faces were only an inch or two apart.

“I am not sure exactly what will happen but I am at least 75% sure this will work. Just do your best to try and remember anything you can before the tree. Anything at all will help.”

I nodded. I can’t get much worse.

I did my best to trying to get anything since before the tree and I was getting nothing. It was just black but not a normal black. It was just fuzzy. Like looking at salt and pepper close up and it was moving in front of you.

Twilight’s horn glowed softly and I could feel something strange as her horn touched mine. I couldn’t describe it but my face scrunched up due to the uncomfortable feeling.

Suddenly my necklace made a sharp noise as a bolt of what looked like an electric surge shot forward out of the green gem and hit Twilight, knocking her down, pushing me back backward a little.

Spike ran to her immediately to check on her. “Hey Twilight! Are you ok?”

“Yes, I’m fine Spike. It didn’t hurt or anything. Whatever it was just stunned me a little bit.” Surprisingly, I was fine. I didn’t feel anything from that and whatever I was feeling was gone. I didn’t even have a headache which is what typically would have happened. I looked down at my necklace and the gem was just pulsing. Twilight got up and rubbed her head and looked at the crown on her head.

“At least nopony got hurt and the element didn’t get damaged.”, Twilight said

“Sure. Is it ok to call it day with this, Twilight? I don’t want anypony else to get hurt fixing my
head.”

“Of course. We can continue things another day. We’ve got some cleaning to do anyway.”

“Want some help?”, I asked

“Thanks but I have Spike. You can head back to Applejack’s place. We have things covered here.”

“All right then. Have a good one and sorry about that.” I walked back up the stairs and let myself out of the library but things were still happening downstairs.

* * *

Twilight took the crown off her head, set it back on the pillow and looked at Spike. “Please get a letter ready to the Princess.” He went to the podium and starting writing the letter.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Today I met a pony named Circuit Wave. Applejack had brought him over because he said that could not remember where he came from. I knew that he had to remember so after some tests, I eventually used the memory spell that I used during my friend’s and I fight with Discord. The problem was that the spell failed when our horns touched and I was knocked backwards by a gem attached to his necklace. I am fine but I am concerned because I have never seen anything like this. Whether it be an enchantment on the gem or otherwise, I do not know. Another thing that concerns me was that Circuit didn’t even recognize what happened, like he had no control of it. I would like to meet with you try and talk more about it.
Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle