Pegasi by Aileen Rose

Prologue: History of the Tech Ponys

  For the longest time, we believed all was well in Equestria after the defeat of Discord. Yet... we some how overlooked a small detail we did not think we would ever see.

Every pony has magic. This is something we've always known. Unicorns with their abilities to cast spells, Earth Ponies with their connection to the land, and Pegasi with their flight magic, each pony having their own special magic that comes with their cutie marks. It's the law of the world.

But here... I found them. The Tech Ponies.

Tech Ponies, to me, are a new kind of pony race. They are ponies who were born without magic. It was unsure how this could've even happened. Then we thought about Discord. He had the ability to take away wings and horns... would he have gone this far to actually take magic away from some ponies? It was unsure, but it was our only guess to how these ponies came to be.

They struggled to be like everypony else, but with the lack of abilities, it was hard. I should clarify that the majority of these Tech Ponies were Pegasi and Earth Ponies. The Pegasi were the ones who had it the worst. They struggled with flying far distances and controlling weather. They felt helpless.

Then, hope sprung for them. Unicorns who had seen their struggles came to their aid in developing special gear and machinery that could help them. Soon, the Pegasi were able to have something they hadn't had in a long time. The ability to fly far and at incredible speeds. It was a dream come true.

The Unicorns didn't stop there with their advancements in making this special gear. They learned how to make all sorts of things, mainly special kinds of machines that aren't common around Equestria. They made all these wonderful inventions to help all these ponies. This is how the Tech Ponies got their name. They were ponies who focused more on developing technology that would allow them to do things that magic would have done for them. The only magic they really had was whatever power their Unicorns held.

It was a great moment when all this was discovered... though some of the gear they developed... it was looked down upon by other ponies outside the Tech Ponies' herd.

They were going against nature, as some ponies put it. Some even found them to be a threat to Equestria due to the fact they didn't need to rely on magic. They could easily take over if they wanted. Ponies started to panic a little. It was to the point they began shunning the Tech Ponies into hiding.

And that's what they did. They moved into areas that weren't on the map and lived there, Being nothing but a mystery to the rest of Equestria till I discovered them. Learning of all that I've told you here.

They really didn't mean any harm. They just wanted their purpose in the world, and what they created and developed was their way of fulfilling it.

I wanted to fix this. They deserved to be able to walk about with other ponies and not be shunned for being different.

That's when the idea came to me for a way to build peace between the Tech Ponies and the other ponies. The day I had discovered them was during one of their night flights.

The Pegasi of the Tech Ponies loved racing. They had special courses they would fly through to test their gear and just have a good time. No matter how long it would take, they would fly the whole course.

I took all the courses and put them together and presented it to my sister. Together, they formed what is now the race course of the Wings Around Equestria Rally.

This was how peace built between the Tech Ponies and our subjects. Every year, this race would be held and these ponies proved they had their place in our kingdom. Ponies grew to accept them, and some even wanted to learn their ways. The Tech Ponies no longer lived in hiding. All was well.

I look forward to this race every year it comes around. It's a time that these ponies get to shine. Showing they were meant for so much more and had dreams just like everypony else.

Now that I've told you all this, there is one story I want to tell you.

It happened during the Wings Around Equestria that was held the year after I returned from banishment. About a particular stallion that had entered the race and what he did... I'll never forget.

Come, listen close as I, Princess Luna, tell the tale of a pony who did something no other pony had done.

This is the tale of Dusty Crophopper.