Zark

I saw the smoke from a mile away. At least, I thought I was a mile away. I couldn’t really tell. But anyways, I saw it. The smoke rose hundreds of feet in the air, black as ever. My first thought was to go and see if there were any survivors, but then again, I didn't want to get myself into trouble. But to heck with it, I went anyways. The first thing I noticed was the lack of, well. Everything. Nopony was there. No trees, buildings, nothing. Only smoldering ashes and burnt bodies. I sat there for awhile, wondering what to do. I was dumbfounded. How could something like this happen? I didn’t even know fires started in Equestria! And if they did, they happened very rarely. I mean, I’ve never seen one. Dang it Zark! Get your head out of the clouds! I mean, you’re a pegasus, but- Damn it! There I go again!

Zark Tomb has always been a bit of a nut. In his past life he had killed 12 ponies, and was put into a mental institute. In one of the testing labs, though, something went wrong, and Zark was stabbed in the eyes, making them shrink and be turned to a blood red color. After he got out of the hospital, he was flying home and was hit in the face with a bird, causing him to crash into the ground, (head first) giving him amnesia. He remembers nothing of his past life, only the things ponies have told him. Also, if you couldn't tell, he gets sidetracked... A lot. Anyways, back to the story.

As Zark Reached the gates of the once beautiful town, he noticed that there were strange items scattered about. He picked one up, (Although I’ve always wondered how they do that if they have no fingers) and studied it, in a careful like way. “Hm,” he said, “this item doesn’t look like anything I’ve ever seen before! I’ve seen a lot of things, but this? No.” What Zark held in his hooves was an orb. A blue one to be exact. “I wonder what it does...” Zark said as be placed the orb on his head. “Nope, it isn’t a hat...” He then sat on the orb. “It isn’t a chair...” Zark looked at the orb in confusion. “What the heck is this thing?! I know it’s an orb, but is that it? No. Maybe. Well, I don’t know.” He threw it at a pile of bricks, hoping for something to happen. The orb just broke into several large pieces. Nothing interesting. “Hm, really thought something would have happene-” Zark was cut off by a huge stream of light that shot into the air and a horrible screeching noise that accompanied it, making him put his hooves over his ears. “Oh shits! What did I do?!” The light stopped as suddenly as it began, all was quiet. In the place where the orb was thrown was a piece of a rock- like thing. Zark picked it up and put it in his saddle bag. “Might as well keep it. That didn’t happen for nothing.” Zark walked down the winding path to Ponyville, not knowing what troubles lie ahead of him.

As Zark descended the trail, he kept on thinking about that strange rock. What is its purpose? Is it some kind of statue? Was it a part of something? Is it edible? I don’t know! Zark thought to himself. I just wish I knew... As he approached Ponyville, he was greeted by Twilight, who was strangely looking more worried than usual. “Hey, something wrong?” Zark asked. “Yes, a town close to ours was attacked! Burnt down! Raided! Of course something is wrong!” Zark felt stupid for asking. “Speaking of which, I was just there. Man, that place has seen better...” Twilight gave him a disapproving look. “Sorry...” he said, feeling even dumber than ever. “Yeah. So, I need to get going. I have to find out what happened there!” and with that, she took off. “Hey! Wait! I need to show you something I found!” Twilight turned around to see what it was that he had. “Yes?” she asked. “Yeah, well, I found this orb in the town’s ruins, so I threw it at a wall to see what it would do, and it sort of turned into this rock thingy.” Zark pulled the rock out of his bad and showed it to her. “Hm...” she said studying it carefully. “I think I’ve read about this somewhere before... these symbols, I mean.” “Symbols?” Zark said, tilting his head to one side. I never noticed any symbols before... guess I just wasn’t paying attention to it.

Twilight continued whatever it was she was doing, while Zark just sat and listened, absent minded. After she was done she asked if she could take it back to the library for further study. "I guess so," Zark replied, "I don't have any real use for it." Twilight thanked him, then went on her way. "I really don’t see why she would need it..." Zark said to himself, and continued down the path to Ponyville.

Zark walked into the town , hoping to see others. If Twilight was here, then there must be others! But yet, there was hardly anypony. Just an empty street. Zark looked down the road with a puzzled expression. "Wha?! Buh, I just, and she, I- how?! Where did they go?!"

This made no sense to Zark, I mean, he had just talked to Twilight! Something odd was going on. And he was going to figure it out. But what Zark didn't know, was that he wasn't going to do this on his own...