The Atom Fizz Chronicles: A Rising Terror

The Atom Fizz Chronicles chapters 1, 2, and 3

By TOGETHERxWExCRAFT

aka: Halfpiped76

     "This is the most embarrassing thing I have ever done!" I screamed in my mind. I was sitting on my couch at my computer, writing an MLP fan fiction about seeing into the future, and it was legitimately the worst thing I had ever read. As I sat there, I wondered why I had even bothered trying to write one, after just watching Azekahh read "Twi and me" a few minutes earlier. I wanted to just sit back, and relax, and re-listen to "Big adventure, tons of fun" again, but that only made me feel disgusting, considering I was 6 days away from my birthday, and turning 17.

-30 days later-

     I recently discovered all of my emotional problems went a hell of a lot deeper than a few bullies in middle school. So, in order to stop them going deeper, I just shut everything else out for about three days. you have NO Idea the kinds of things that happened in my brain those days. First, I developed a theory on what was "there" before the big bang, which I won't delve too deep into, it's really complex. next, I developed a unifying theory for both quantum, and large-scale physics. And finally, I discovered something that could actually be used for something other than to ask more questions… I developed a theory on faster than light travel. It sounds INSANE, I know, considering I'm only fifteen, but that’s not even half of what happened the next month and a half.

-Two days later-

Note taped to door that said, "HI! Am I using this interdimentional-thingy ma booper right?" and in a considerably smaller font size, "YES PINKIE." I figured that it was one of my parents playing a trick on me, but then I remembered that I hadn't told ANYONE about the fact that I was a brony.

-Three days later-

       Woke up with strange headache, and saw a bright, yellow light, briefly appear, then disappear on my mirror-door closet. These strange lights started showing up everywhere, but it seemed like nopony, wait, did I just think that? hmm, well, noONE seemed to notice them but me.

-Next Day-

       Had a strange dream… one of the lights opened up and showed me an image of… ponyville. Then I woke up, and saw it, a large, open yellow oval on my mirror, with a picture of ponyville, just like in my dream, and that’s when it started getting weird. An excited Applebloom started jumping across the middle of the road, followed by a swift Applejack, who then proceeded to scoop her up and take her inside one of the buildings, Sugarcube corner to be exact. I was so stunned that I almost disregarded the whole thing, but then I had an idea. I had just played portal 2 the other day, and couldn't help but notice the uncanny resemblance to the portals from the game, so, I got dressed, and went through.

"Hello? Applejack? Applebloom? Anypony!?" No answer. I turned around, half expecting the portal to still be there, but, as I feared, it had disappeared. I did catch sight of something interesting though, I saw a hooded pony, heading from building to building. "this looks an awful lot like that episode where they meet Zecora to me- oh. I had just really woken up, and had the realization of what had happened. I was in Ponyville, in one of the season one episodes! I ran over to the hooded zebra.

"Hey, Zecora!"  She looked at me, an obvious look of sheer bewilderment struck on her face.

"Who is this pony in front of me, a colt of pure mystery?" Zecora said. Something that the zebra said didn't seem right, then it struck me, she said "Who is this PONY." I turned and looked backwards, and I saw a picture of a Bohr's model atom on my "flank." It hadn't even occurred to me that I was on all fours.

         "Uuuh, My name's, uuuh, ummm, Atom… Fizz! Yeah, Atom Fizz." I thought it was rather clever, being that it applied to my interest for chemistry (Atom) and Physics (Fizz)

"Well then pony, Atom Fizz, can you tell me where everypony is?" Zecora asked.

"Umm, you better let me talk to them, I think they're wrongfully afraid of you." I said. I noticed that the way I formed sentences was Much more nice and friendly, and less full of regret,  than on earth. I also was curious as to why my brain was adapting so well to the ponyville environment, I figured it would be a bit traumatizing, but, I handled it as if it were just an everyday thing.

         I slowly approached the Sugarcube corner door, and knocked. As I expected, there wasn't an answer. "Hey Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy? You guys in there? My name is Atom Fizz, And I'm here to help." I couldn't help but notice how I didn't even think twice about using Atom Fizz as my name, I just guessed that I had chosen really well.

        Just then, the door opened, and I was greeted by six drop-jawed ponies, and a sleeping spike. "Who in the hay are you, and how do you know our names?" Applejack blurted out, but before I could answer, Pinkie Pie pulled me into the room, and shut the door.

"Like I said a few seconds ago, my name is Atom Fizz, and I'm here to help. Before you guys get any answers, let me just say that that 'scary pony' outside, is just a zebra -- a different type of pony -- and she's trying to find some herbs to use, but everypony in town shuts and locks their doors, and she just gets disappointed. So, once you go out there and apologize, I will give you some answers."

        "Uuuh, alright, so, uuuh, okay." Rainbow Dash said, just speaking for the first time. The rest of the ponies were still a bit slack-jawed, but their mouths had closed a bit. I slowly opened the door, and beckoned them outside. With the six wary ponies behind me, I felt an odd sense of leadership, but I sensed something different than respect coming from the ponies, fear. All but Twilight Sparkle. She just seemed… curious.

         About a minute and a half later, we were standing in front of Zecora,  and then Pinkie Pie broke the silence, as always. "HI There miss zebra! I'm really really really really sorry about making up a song about you cooking us into a stew!" I face…. hoofed. Still a little weirded out by my ponification.

         That’s when Zecora Burst into laughter. "I dare say, and now can I ask something, If I may?" Zecora said, still giggling between every other word.

"Umm, sure!" Said Pinkie.

"Very well then, my little filly, where is everypony, hiding is silly."

         "Well, Everypony is inside the buildings with locked doors because they thought you were evil."  I facehoofed again, and went to the town hall, while Pinkie continued her vague conversation with Zecora. I opened the door and yelled,

"Okay everypony! unless you want to have to stay locked up in here for the rest of your lives, I'd suggest you come out and apologize to Zecora, the NON-evil zebra." Again, I was surprised how fast I had started using pony terminology. "Trust me, you don't want to see her bad side."

-A few minutes later-

         I lead everypony back to the spot where Pinkie was showing Zecora her song about stew. "Hey there Zecora, I brought the whole town with me, now you can explain exactly what you're doing here in ponyville, so that nopony else stares through boarded windows, wondering what you're doing." I said, in a mildly sarcastic tone.

"Hello people of ponyville, I'm sorry that I scared you, I am simply looking, for some fresh bershrew."

        Bershrew? I thought, what's that? As if somepony had read my mind, man I was even thinking in their language, a pony with a blue coat, and a lighter blue mane, and a harp as her cutie mark, jumped in the air and yelled, "OOOOHH I KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT'S A RARE ORANGE FLOWER FROM THE EVERFREE FOREST!! PICK ME!! I HAVE SOME!!"

        Yup, that was Lyra. I facehoofed, again. The thing that Zecora said next was probably even more strange than me being turned into a pony. "Yes it is, a flower of orange, it was that that I failed to forage." I couldn't believe it, my jaw was literally dropped, almost hurting by how far it was stretched, she had just rhymed something with orange. I was dumbstruck. I quickly shut my mouth after pretending to yawn, as if it was no big deal.

       "Well, Zecora, thank you for not being angry at the residents of Ponyville, we're all truly sorry." I said, hoping not to provoke said angry response.

"Very well, I shall come, I hope we meet again, and what's more, I would like to say, I now consider you all my friends." Zecora started walking with Lyra, while Lyra was obviously asking about the different types of plant and animal life from Zecoras' home land.

        "Well, as I promised, you six are going to get answers now." I pointed in the direction of Sugarcube Corner, and we started walking.

        "Alright," I said, "You are probably wondering how I knew you're names, even though we've never met." They all nodded, except for Twilight, which gave me the sense that she already knew everything I was going to say. So, I decided to mix it up a bit, throw in a few things she didn't understand, so that she would get interested. "Let me start from the beginning. I come from a different world. One without magic, as far as our civilization knows. As Ponies are the dominant species here, Humans are the dominant species there, and we are the only life form that can form coherent thoughts." Twilight's' ears and head perked up a little bit. "I, am a human." This caught them off guard. "I was a scientist, someone who tries to understand the way things work. You probably have scientists here too. But, my world works differently than yours does. The biggest difference is that there is no magic. Another is that everything works on its own, and does not require anyone, as humans say it, to control anything."

       All six of them took a step back and sat down, even Twilight, but she was different, she was interested, not weirded out. "Anyways, perhaps the weirdest thing, is that two years ago, in my world, a television show- like watching pictures move and talk- came out that was titled 'My Little Pony; Friendship Is Magic' and it was about a young pony named Twilight Sparkle,"

       I paused, and she gasped. "And her five best friends that go on adventures to learn invaluable lessons on the importance of friendship." At that, all six of them nearly fainted as the realization of what I was saying hit them. "I was a very large fan of the show, in fact, I watched it every Sunday- the day it aired." I saw that they were starting to grasp the concept.

       "And one day, I found a note on my bedroom door that read, and I quote, 'HI! Am I using this interdimentional thingy-ma booper right?' then, in a smaller size group of words, 'YES PINKIE.'" At hearing her name, she raised her head and said "HERE!" Definitely not for the last time, I face-hoofed. Speaking up for the first time, Rarity said,

"So, You're telling us that you are not a pony, even though you ARE a pony."

        "Yeah, I know I'm as confused by it as-" I was then interrupted by her.

"A rather, Dashing pony."

      "aahahaha, thanks. But, I'm a gentlecolt." I said.

"Well I am a lady" she said proudly. "And so are all of my friends here."

"Exactly." I replied. She looked taken aback, then she stomped her hoof, and grunted. Fluttershy then spoke,

"So, umm, if it's okay with you, can I say something?"

       "Always," I replied.

"Ohh, how nice, um thank you. But, um, what you're saying is that humans all over your world, are, umm, watching us?" her voice had slowly turned into a squeak, I honestly felt bad for her, I knew she was shy and sensitive.

"I'm sorry, but yes." I said, with a bit of sadness.

"But," I said, and she looked at me with a bit of hope.

"What is it?" She asked.

       "I'm from that other world, and the show currently is taking place in your future, but by me being here, this no longer follows the storyline of the episode that took place at this time in Equestria." I said.

"Oh, well, that’s good." she said, trying to hide her obvious relief. I noticed something shift to my right, and Twilight stood up and walked towards me. The she spoke, honestly it wasn't what I expected to hear. I expected her to say something like "I don't believe you." or, "Prove it." But what she said instead was,

"Don't humans normally wear clothes?" I was so struck by the words, that all I said was,

"Umm, yeah, why?"

"Did you come here dressed?" she said,

"Yeah, why…"

"Well then where did they go?"

       I expected to have a negative epiphany, and notice that I was naked, and blush, but actually, I just said, "Probably the same reason I was able to turn into a Pony in the first place." Then, she said,

"Oh, that actually makes sense. So, you were a scientist?"

"Yeah, I was, a theoretical physicist, I thought of things that no other humans had. Of course I wasn't recognized by the public. I am the same age as you, after all." I replied.

      "Oh, you are?" She smiled and walked back.

"But, moving on, I need a place to stay, and I don't have any Equestrian currency, so I can't rent a house, so, are any of you willing to lend me a few nights in one of your houses?" Applejack was the first to speak.

      "Y'know, I would if I could, but we're already up to our necks in ponies and apples. I'm sorry." Then came Fluttershy,

       "I'm really, really, sorry, but I've got several patients, and they're taking up all of my bed space."

"It's okay Fluttershy." I said. Next up was Rainbow Dash,

       "Well, I honestly would if I could, but, you're a Unicorn, not a Pegasus, and you can't walk on clouds." This struck me a bit. It had never occurred to me what type of pony I was. Then came Pinkie Pie. I just let her ramble, as I knew what she was going to say.

       "Look, Pinkie… Considering everything I've been through, I'm really not in the mood for a party, I'm sorry." She looked disheartened for a second, but she perked up again and said,

"Oh that’s okay! I understand!" I doubt that, I thought. Then it was Rarity, but with her previous statement, I wasn't really planning on staying with her.

        "I'm sorry dear, but I'm simply much too busy to accommodate another pony" Then she winked. I half expected her to mouth the words "call me" but she just stared, trying to be seductive, and I facehoofed, at that, she turned around and grunted with her forelegs crossed, and blew her hair out of her face in a very frustrated manner. So that left Twilight.

        "Well, Twilight, can you?" She beamed, and said

"Yes! Oh sweet Celestia, I'm gonna have a sleepover with a trans-species pony! Oh, Lyra is gonna be so jealous!" I was really excited to go, with her advanced knowledge of magic, and my advanced knowledge of Terran-universal-physics, we could maybe explain this whole thing! I knew that that was probably what she had planned. Assuming she had made a plan that fast.

       "So, Twilight, what do you make of this whole ordeal?" I said, as we walked towards the library house.

"I imagine… It probably has to do with your interests at heart, which is the focus of most magic. But then there's the note on your door. I can't explain time travel between universes. How about you?" She said.

        "Well, I've been thinking about a term we have on earth, called a paradox, in which someone-well somepony" I smiled "Travels back in time, and causes a series of events, that lead to that same person traveling back, and I thought that maybe sometime in the future, we'll find a way to send that note to my door, and start the series of events that lead to me coming here." I said. I Immediately realized my mistake of saying "we'll" and I hoped she didn't notice.

       "So," She said, "What do you think we should do first?"

"I don't know, what did you have on your list?"

"How did you know about my list- oh. that’s right."

"Don't worry Twi, NOTHING embarrassing has ever come on to the show, its target is children."

"Hey, thanks Atom."

"You're welcome, Twi." She turned her head to her left, at the same time I looked to my right, and we locked eyes. We both blushed and quickly looked away. "Umm, let's just keep walking…" Twi said.

        Fairly soon we could see her library tree house. Once inside I saw that Spike was already here, organizing some scrolls, on one of the lower shelves on the bookshelves. "Should I?" I whispered to Twilight.

"Yeah, definitely." it was as if she knew exactly what I was going to say.

       "Hey there Spike. You like organizing?" He froze. And I saw that Twilight was trying to suppress a laugh.

"wh-who's th-th-there?" he asked, he was obviously terrified. Twilight couldn’t hold it in anymore, She burst out laughing, and I just said "It’s okay Spike, I'm only messing with you." Snickering while I said it.

        "Twiliiiiiight, what the hay?" I couldn't tell if he knew that another pony was there. He turned around and his face drained of almost all of its natural flush green. "Who is th-this?" He stammered as if he was afraid of me being there.

"Don't worry Spike, I'm not ghost or anything, im just from out of town. My name is Atom Fizz. I'll only be here for a couple of days."

        "Atom F-Fizz?" Spike asked, still a little shaken. "Twilight, he's gonna bring down all these bookshelves, it happens every time somepony comes over!" I laughed a little.

"Don't worry Spike, I already knew, and I'm already prepped to be extra careful." "You already knew? How? I thought you said you were new?" Twilight was the one to answer.

       "We'll explain tomorrow, Spike, just go and get some rest. You did a wonderful job on the library today."

"Alright, just, don't go pulling down any bookshelves." "Good night, Spike." She said.

-Ten Minutes Later-

     "He falls asleep that fast?" I asked. His snoring already distinct from the crickets outside.

"Yup, he spends every day cleaning and repairing the library, what do you expect?"

      I couldn't argue, she had a very good point. "So," I said, breaking the awkward silence, that had slowly crept in, despite the annoying noises coming from Spike. "What's first on your sleepover plan?" I stifled a laugh, I sounded like an excited seven year old.

      "First in order, I think, is to teach you how to use magic, considering you are a Unicorn." Now I was really stunned, Not only was the fact that I was a Unicorn amazing, it also implied that I had the ability to use magic. A concept which I had previously thought impossible.

      "Uhh, Oh, yeah, let's do that." I said. Still in a little shock.

"Alright, let me get my basic spells book." Soon after, (Unfortunately, while getting the book, Twilight managed to knock down one of the shelves) we were sitting down in the middle of the library, and Twilight was giving me a lecture on starting to use magic.

     "The key, is to think of what you want to happen." She said.

"Check." I replied.

"You need to have a visualization of the act, and then focus energy, sort of  like flexing a muscle, to your horn. It can be a bit hard for beg-"

    Then I opened my eyes, and I couldn't really see very well. there was a bright yellow flowing light, emanating from above my head. It shone brighter and brighter, until it started pouring out searchlight-like beams that shot out in all directions, until in a flash of brilliant yellow light, it subsided.

"Umm, Twilight?"

"Yeah, Atom?"

"What was that?"

"I don't know."