Supernova

--Equestria - Day One--

-7:29 PM-

As the trio of ponies recovered after tumbling down the last few stairs, an orange light started to flicker through the first basement door, dimly lighting the room. Wood could be heard rolling, crackling, and falling. Smoke began to flow through the planks of the wooden door. A few embers made contact with the door, causing the door itself to begin to smoke.

"This door's not going to hold; we need to go farther down." Daisy stated, gesturing towards a larger metal door, leading to another stairway.

The other couple of ponies hesitated at first, but for the sake of their safety, they agreed to trot over to the lower door. This metal door looked like it belonged to a vault, the main difference was a small window in the upper part; and the window itself seemed to be a few inches thick. Daisy attempted to turn the large wheel on the door, only for it to turn a fraction of the way, whilst screeching. The mare pusheded the wheel back, then tried turning it again, only another failed attempt.

"Can somepony help me open this?" Daisy asked, looking back. Said pony had noticed the wooden door above was now set ablaze. The two unicorns were staring at the now burning door until Daisy called upon them.

"Somepony. HELP. ME."

"Okay, okay!." Spoke the unicorn stallion, who rapidly moved to the other side of the room.

Both Daisy and the stallion tried to turn the wheel, neither of them alone were strong enough. The duo got the metal door open, and all three ponies rushed through. With the large door shut, Daisy secured it, and headed down the stairs. The pair of unicorns stayed at the door, unwilling to descend the stairs. However, after a long few moments, lights began flickering on.

The unicorns saw an open doorway in the new light, and headed through it, simply because they could now see. What they saw looked more like any regular home, just without windows.

"Welcome to the bunker!" Daisy gave a false cheer.

"It actually looks nice down here." Spoke the pair of unicorns.

"My name's Daisy, Daisy Field; but, I um... I never got your names." The farmer spoke up.

"And my name's Shadow Bolt, you can just call me "Bolt". This is my fiancée, Lily, Lily Bloom." The stallion gestured to the two-toned green mare just behind him, who gave a bashful smile.

"Well, it's nice to meet you both! It would've been better had I met you two under different circumstances." Daisy continued, "Looks to me like this might be home for a while. Make yourselves comfortable, and hopefully we'll get along well."

"Say, how long do you think we could be down here?" Shadow Bolt asked.

"Um, I'm not too sure. It could be a few months, a couple years, or..." Daisy's voice faded away.

"Or what?" Lily questioned.

"Or maybe the rest of our lives." Daisy answered, beginning to feel saddened at the thought.

"Oh, my." Lily said, she had no idea how to respond.

"So, what is going on outside?" Bolt inquired, hoping to change the subject.

"Well, what's going on outside is called a supernova, for starters. Naturally, if a star is massive enough near the end of it's life cycle, it would undergo a gravitational collapse. The star is collapsing in on itself. The star then releases gravitational energy, gamma ray bursts, and matter from the star itself comes in shock waves." Wait, shock waves? Daisy had forgotten about the shock waves!

A light rumbling could be felt travelling through the ground, it gained strength almost exponentially. A few cups in the kitchen cabinets could be heard shaking, Daisy just knew this was going to get stronger.

"BRACE YOURSELVES!!!" Daisy ordered.

* * *

After I called out to Bolt and Lily, I took cover under the table to the right of the stairwell. Hoping the shaking would stop. With each second that passed, the shaking grew stronger, and more violent. The sounds of silverware being rattled in their drawers could be heard, as well as the shattering of ceramic plates on the tiled kitchen floor.

A few more moments of the shaking, and it finally stopped.

"What the buck was that?!" Bolt questioned, slightly frightening Lily Bloom.

"Shockwave." I simply stated, trembling.

"Okay, one question. How do you know so much about this situation?" Lily asked.

"When I was a filly, my parents wanted to teach me everything about astronomy and space. At such a young age, I wanted to learn everything about the stars." I answered, remembering the family that I had long lost. I miss them, I truly do, but now's not the time for mourning.

"Then, how come you live on a small farm?" Bolt inquired.

"Well, even though my parents mostly tought me about space, I still had other interests. Horticulture was one subject I'd found myself to be very skilled at. Even after I got my cutie mark, my parents still taught me astronomy, but gave more free time for me to enjoy what I loved most."

And here come the emotions. Why does my family have to be the subject now?

"Sounds like you have nice parents." Lily added.

I began sniffling. Oh, Celestia, how much I would give to see my family again!

"Oh, um... should we just give you some time alone, Daisy?" Bolt questioned.

"Please. I would appreciate that. Rooms are on the left of the stairwell." I replied, still sniffling.

* * *

And it was then that I remembered all the things I wanted to forget, all the tragedy that's happened in the past few years. My parents, gone. About four years ago, they went to visit some relatives at the Crystal Empire. Nopony ever heard from them after the snowstorm on the outskirts, I'd only heard about what happened there. My brother, who moved to Ponyville almost a decade ago, gone too. Not much longer than two years ago, his home was destroyed, with him in it. No signs of life were found on that property.

Oh, how I miss them right now...