first chapter: [video]

[studere.livejournal.com]

[ The video feed turns on to a rather nervous-looking girl in her late teens, though that nervousness is momentarily replaced by a grin. After all, she finally figured out how to work this thing properly. Figuring something out is always something worth celebrating, at least for Twilight Sparkle.

Still, her somber expression returns. ] I wanted to thank everypony who helped me out when we all first arrived. I've gotten much better at walking since then! Really. [ Because obviously they won't believe her unless she adds in that "really." ]

But... [ And this is really where she looks worried again... ] has anypony been outside today? There's clouds out there, and I am one-hundred percent certain nopony put them there. They're even moving all on their own...!

But nopony else has even mentioned it! Don't you all find this strange?!

[ Twilight bites her bottom lip for a moment, but presses on. ] It's strange enough that the sun and moon can rise without Princess Celestia or Princess Luna, but... do you suppose the patron gods are doing all of it? Raising the sun, and the moon, and moving the clouds... creating the weather...?

[ And finally, a large sigh. ] Really, this is such a strange place.

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[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

[...Okay, didn't mishear. Then, time to go for the obvious next question.]

And... what exactly are weather ponies?

[studere.livejournal.com]

Oh, well, they're pegasus ponies. [ Obviously. Okay, perhaps not "obviously" to humans. So best to explain it. ] They're a variety of pony who possess wings and the ability to manipulate clouds. They create, schedule, and execute all of the weather throughout Equestria. They create every cloud, every storm, down to every single snowflake.

If the pegasus ponies weren't around, there wouldn't even be any weather.

[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

[And she's shifting to biting her thumb in thought.]

So you mean to say that before there were pegasus ponies, there was no weather whatsoever?

[studere.livejournal.com]

They might not have been as well-organized in the past, but there's always been pegasus ponies around.


[ WATCH AS THIS STATEMENT IS PROVEN WRONG BY THE SHOW SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. Yuuuup. ]

[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

But if pegasus ponies has always been around... Where did they come from?

[studere.livejournal.com]

There are a few opinions on it, but the general consensus is that they came about along with Equestria as a whole. [ I'm sure there's some origin story of some sort. ]

[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

Now see, my world has been around for billions of years, and for a good portion of that time there wasn't anything that could survive outside of the water.

[studere.livejournal.com]

Billions of years? Do you know just how long that is? [ That is a really, really long time... ]

[eatscreepypasta.livejournal.com]

I think that I have a better grasp on just how long it is than you do.

[studere.livejournal.com]

It's an incredibly long period of time. Far longer than Equestria has even been around.