We Broke the Universe

“Pfft, Ponies,” Adam scoffed at his friends. “I still can’t believe you two watch that show.”

“I think if you just gave it a chance…” Zack suggested.

“Then what? I’d end up being a pony lover like you two? I’d start saying friendship is magic and shit like that? Hell no.”

“You don’t know until you try,” Will told him. “You may end up liking it as much as we do.”

“It's not gonna happen.” Adam said bluntly.

“You should really just give it a shot…” Zack tried once more.

“Give it up Zack, it’s obvious he’s never going to understand.” Will said before silence engulfed the Xbox Live Party.

“AAAGH” Adam grunted, breaking the silence. “THIS IS SOOOOO BORING! How about we go play some Halo?”

“Sounds good to me,” Zack said. “You coming Will?”

“Yea, sure. Why not?”

After a few matches of Halo, most of which involved Adam kicking ass and Will getting his ass kicked, Adam bid Zack and Will farewell before leaving the party and signing offline.

“Why do you think he hates it so much?” Will asked as he started up a new game of Halo.

“What? That map? It’s too open for him. He likes close quarters brutality.” Zack stated.

“Not what I meant but good to know. I meant; why do you think he hates MLP?”

“Oh… That…” Zack sighed, “I think it’s because he thinks it’s girly.”

“He could still at least try watching it. If he watched it maybe he wouldn’t be so bitter and shit.”

“You have to remember this is Adam we’re talking about…” Zack reminded him.

“I know, I know.” Will said. “It still wouldn’t hurt for him to at least try it.”

“You realize that it’s more likely for us to be transported to Equestria and turned into ponies than it is for Adam to try the show?” Zack said jokingly.

“Hehe, that’ll be the day.” Will agreed.
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That night as Adam was sleeping, a strange dream materialized in his head. It felt as if it was real, but it surely wasn’t. In the dream, Adam saw himself laughing with his friends while watching something on TV. He turned to see what he was watching, only to catch a glimpse of cartoon figures in the shape of horses.

He startled awake in a cold sweat, breathing heavily as if he had just seen a ghost. He looked around his room to make sure he was awake before slapping himself for good measure.

“What was that?” Adam thought to himself. “What kind of dream was that?” He tried hard to remember what he had seen. Dreams had meaning in his eyes so a bit of frustration for some clarity was a good trade-off. “I was sitting on my couch watching something. It was animated; now if only that narrowed it down. It looked more cartoon than anything and that definitely narrows it down.” In a moment, he suddenly remembered the character designs as being horses. “Was I watching My Little Pony? No . There’s now way that was it. I’d never watch that show. It's way too girly for me....But it did make me laugh...Ah screw this, it's not every night I actually sleep.’ He checked to see what time it was and thought he could squeeze in a few more hours of sleep.

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The Next Day

As Adam got online, he kept thinking about the dream he had the previous night. What had it meant? Should he try the show? If he did, what would his friends think? No, he couldn’t give them the satisfaction of being right. As he kept debating whether he should try it or not, Will joined his party.

“Heyyyyyy Adam.” Will said in their traditional greeting.

“Heyyyyyy Will.” Adam responded, still debating whether he should try the show or not.

“Wanna play Minecraft?

“Nah, I think I’m going to go on Youtube.” Adam said, finally deciding to at least watch the first episode, already regretting his decision.

“What are you going to watch?” Will inquired

“Stuff.” Adam said in a sing-song tone, not wanting Will to know he was trying the show.

“What kinda stuff?”

“Just, stuff.”

“You know they don’t allow porn on Youtube.”

“You just have to know where to look." Adam responded sarcastically

“Suuuuuure."

“Whatever."

They both began laughing. As Adam searched for the first episode, Zack got online and joined their party.

“Hey Zack.” Will greeted.

“Hello.” Zack greeted back in his usual monotone. “How are you?”

“I’m fine, but I think Adam’s annoyed about something.”

“Oh?” Zack said, “What’s wrong Adam? Are you still sad that Youtube has no porn?”

“Laugh it up smart one, I found some last night!" He responded as he found what he was actually looking for.

As Adam selected the first episode, his screen went black. He saw that his Xbox was still on, and was about to check if his friends were still on.

“What was that?” Will asked. “My screen just went black.”

“Mine too,” Zack said as he tried to turn his tv back on. “My tv isn’t off though.”

“Neither is mine,” Adam said, just a clueless as the others.

Suddenly, a bright flash came from the TVs, engulfing the rooms and the people inside. The three friends shielded their eyes as they suddenly found themselves plummeting towards the ground.

“Holy craaaaaapppppp!” Zack screamed.

“Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttt!!” Will yelled.

“Fuck my liiiiiiiiiiiiiffeee!!” Adam yelled.

Zack landed first, crashing near a mountain with what looked like a city perched on the side. Will and Adam landed around the same time, with Will landing near a village and Adam landing in a dense forest.

Will groaned as he tried to stand, but found his center of balance off and his muscles unable to move from the fall. He managed to open his eyes a bit to see something standing on the edge of the crater he had made.

“Are you ok?” A sweet voice said, presumably from the strange figure.

“I… I don’t think so…” Will managed to mumble before darkness engulfed him.