mylittlejamjar | 01 Butterflies [Visual]

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01 Butterflies [Visual]

[Today's scroll is brought to you by a small brown rabbit, who appears very curious as he looks into it.]

Huh...these things are way weirder than the D-Terminals... [The rabbit clears his throat and smiles.] Hey everyone! ...Pony? ...Pony. Right. Hey everypony! My name's Choco. I'm one of Fluttershy's Digimon!

What are you doing?

[The brown rabbit, Choco, glances behind him before scooting over a bit, revealing a green and red dragon giving him a rather exasperated look.]

That's Sprout. She's Fluttershy's other Digimon.

Seriously? Here too?

She's just grumpy that coming to this world apparently changed our forms too. [He turns to her, though still keeps an eye on the scroll.] At least you're a dragon. I don't think I can do much of anything as a rabbit.

[The dragon known as Sprout rolls her eyes, then reaches for him.] All right, that's enough, bunny boy...

But I'm not done....

[There's not much he can do, though, as the bigger dragon picks him up and carries him off. As she does that, Fluttershy herself appears on the scroll. This close up, one can see the dragonfly clip in her mane, and she looks at the scroll with a puzzled expression, as though she's not quite used to using it.]

I-I, um...I'm sorry...about them. Ch-Choco was just...a little excited about following me home...but, um...

I-Is...something going on in Ponyville? Th-There...There seems to be a lot more ponies than usual, and...i-it feels like...

[She hesitates for a moment, not quite sure how to describe it.]

Has...Has something happened lately?

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R-Really...? Wow...! That's wonderful that you were able to save her!

But how do you know how to do that? Draw energy from others?

'Cuz I spent a year learning how to be an awesome mercenary!

[Rainbow Dash grins wickedly, as she sets the scroll down and backs up from it.]

Watch this.

[She brings a hoof up to her chest, then gestures sharply with it -- sending a bolt of magic fire shooting out from her foreleg and off into the sky.]

[Fluttershy jumped and gasped, watching with wide eyes as the magic fire lit up the sky.]

O-Oh my goodness...! That's incredible...!

That's just one of my amazing paramagical talents! I'm stronger, tougher, and I can even summon GFs! [Fluttershy, you are just feeding Rainbow's ego, be careful!]

...G...Fs...?

Guardian Forces. They're energy beings, I'm sharing my headspace with one now. [She knocks on her temple with a hoof.] That's how it works, you Junction a GF, you get awesome power!

Oh...wow...!

What...What are they guardian forces of?

Well, whoever's Junctioning them! Like if I was summoning Ifrit right now and something was trying to attack me, he'd take the hits until I completed the summon.

Oh, all right...so they kind of take care of you...

Yep, and they let me use paramagic and Junctioning. That's what I trained to be good at!

Wow, Rainbow Dash...that's really amazing...

Yup, I know. [Ego mode full engaged!] I just wish I'd gotten to take the graduation exam!

I-I'm sure you will, someday...when whatever is happening here is all over...

Naw, I probably won't go back there. More likely I'll go back to my own Equestria... orrrrr someplace else entirely, the way my history has gone.

Oh...well, wherever you go, I'm sure there will be a good reason for you to be there...

What -- you think? I'm not sure about that...

W-Well, I always like to think so...when I was sent to the Digital World, it was because I needed to be there...even if I didn't understand why...

And even here...there must be a reason we were all brought here...a-at least th-that's what I think...

Being sent to different worlds like this...there has to be a point...even if we don't understand what it is at first...right?

Hmm. The Darkness just grabbed people with strong hearts, and nopony knew what brought us to Clock Town, and nopony knew why Time Compression picked on some of us, but Stacy chose us as people from worlds that were supposed to be destroyed, who could help fight back. So it's really hard to say.

Mm...still...there must be some reason why we're taken to the places we are. Even if the world itself doesn't have a reason....there must be a point...

After all, look at you...and what you can do...All the things you learned in other worlds...it really helped here, when Twilight needed you. Right?

Yeah... you're right. I guess I learned or got something from everyplace I've been, although the whole 'elite super-soldier' thing has been a lot more useful than some of the other stuff...

[With a smile, she nodded.] Right. And it might be the same wherever you go...

Maybe, but I wonder. Kinda been out of sorts here for a long time. [Rainbow shrugs, trying to dismiss the problems she's felt for a while now before burdening 'Shy with them.] So you think what you picked up from where you were is gonna count big?

Out of sorts...? How so?

U-Um...well, I...I'm not really sure. I...I-I did learn to be a bit braver...while I was in the Digital World...b-but...we'll see how much that really helps...

[She ignores Fluttershy's question about herself quite conveniently, the better to not answer it.]

So what was it like? Aside from picking up some friends, of course.

[Don't think she didn't notice that, Rainbow Dash. This isn't over yet.]

Mm...well...there were some...difficulties...but it wasn't too bad...