In Ponyville, everything was quiet. Ponies who were up were going about their day, as if nothing would happen. Stores were closing for the night. Ponies were heading home. And to them, everything was normal. Well, almost normal.

Recently, a stallion who proclaimed to be a scientist moved into town. He said he liked it's detachment from the rest of Equestria. He liked it's 'old timey feel'.

Inside a rather tall building the aforementioned stallion was running experiments. The room in which these experiments were held had only a few things: A large metallic platform raised off of the floor, it's purpose was to hold magic only for a short time. This magic would be condensed into some sort of sphere. The next thing in the room were a set of consoles. To most ponies, these things were alien, as they were creations of an unknown scientist. The consoles had rows of buttons, and glass screens. The screens broadcasted the measurements from the platform. And finally, the stallion's assistant, who was awaiting his orders.

The stallion was known as Geo Phase, and his assistant was known as Cobalt Rust.

Geo rattled off a few instructions to his assistant before lighting his horn and pushing energy into the center of the platform where it formed into a sphere, only a few seconds later did the ball pop.

Geo sighed as he removed his goggles. Yet another try failed. He looked to the center platform where a ball of self sustaining energy was supposed to be.

"Come on Geo. We can do this. Just a little more power and it shouldn't collapse on itself." Geo muttered to himself.

He flicked a switch and pressed a few buttons as Cobalt Rust entered the room.

"Geo, this isn't Manehattan, the residents are complaining about all the noise." Cobalt explained.

"Don't worry, this is my last attempt." Geo assured her before stating the name of his experiment, "Experiment 43: Self-Sustaining Energy. Try 162. Ten times the energy."

Cobalt's eyes widened at the statement. "You could blow this place to bits!"

Geo chuckled as he slid his goggles on. "Don't worry. I won't let that happen."

His horn flared with his magic, a dark blue covering his green horn. He began pushing magic into the center of the platform, where it formed an orb. A monitor beeped as it measured the magic.

"Magic level at 50%." The mare read out, "60, 80, 120, 190,"

Just a little more. . Geo thought to himself.

"Magic levels reaching critical," The Mare informed, "I think you should stop, Geo!"

"Stop? The world's greatest contributors never stopped when told." Geo scolded the mare. "You only succeed by pushing boundaries."

At this moment, the monitor read 500% before it blew. The lights blew out one by one, and soon the newly created orb of power hummed.

"See, what did I tell you?" Geo laughed, "Push the limits!"

That's when the orb exploded.

Geo slowly opened his eyes, groaning as he did. He tried stretching, only to groan in pain as a scar alongside his body ached. He then noticed several machines hooked up to him.

"A. . hospital?" Geo whispered hoarsely. He looked around the room, and noticed that it had no power. He knew then that something was off. He scrambled for a bit, trying his best to regain control of his body. He quickly detached himself from the machines.

Thinking it important, Geo made his way to the door. Pushing on it, he groaned in pain made his way into the hallway. There, he stopped dead in his tracks.

Blood was everywhere. Along the walls, the floor, and the beds scattered along the hall. Geo noticed that there was a message in blood along the wall next to his door.

"Turn Back. Dead Ahead." Geo read softly to himself. He noticed an arrow was drawn underneath, pointing to a large pair of doors. Geo decided to turn the other way, and looked for an exit.

As he slowly moved, trying to keep his balance as he recovered from the coma, Geo noticed a body lying ahead. As he drew closer, he could see that the pony's light yellow coat was stained with blood, probably her own. Her mane was a deep red, and her cutie mark was some sort of tri-colored shield with an apple in the middle. She had a faded pink bow, and her neck had been bitten.

Geo poked her gently, only to jump back as she turned her head to him. Half of her face was missing it's flesh, Geo could see her skull sticking through places in the muscle.

Without warning, the filly lunged at him, and he did the only thing he could do.

He pushed her against the wall, and letting his reflexes kick in, he stamped on her head.

Once.

Twice.

Thrice.

On the fourth time, the filly fell still. He stared in shock at what he had just done. He didn't even dare to look at the bloodstains on his hooves.

For the next few minutes, Geo just sat there, staring at the dead filly.

What is going on?! Geo wondered while slowly standing up.

He stood still for a moment, but not to keep balance. He looked around the hall again, wondering if any others suffered the same fate. That's when a hoof hit the back of his head.

"Bastard!" An orange earth pony yelled.

Author's Note

Yep. I started it off with dead Applebloom. Trust me, it's for a purpose.

Geo Phase is a character of my own creation.

All other characters are property of their respective owners.

Also, why is AJ the first pony to cross my character?

Cobalt was named by Wish I Was There.