We Broke the Universe

Zack followed the Princess to the entrance of one of the many towers in Canterlot. Nearing their destination, he looked up to see a purple pony leaning on the railing of a balcony at the top.

“Twilight…” Zack said to himself as he braced himself for OCD madness.

Princess Celestia led Zack up a massive circular staircase to the top floor. Zack noticed that the staircase didn’t open up into any floors but the top, which he found rather strange. Why build a huge tower if you’re only going to use one floor? That’s just stupid.

Anyway, when they arrived at the top floor, Princess Celestia opened the door with her magic and stepped inside. Zack stepped in after her and saw Twilight Sparkle leaning on the balcony railing. She turned around and her eyes went wide with surprise.

“Princess!” Twilight exclaimed, galloping up to the Princess to greet her while completely ignoring Zack.“I had no idea you were coming to visit or I would have cleaned up! How are you? What are you here for? Do you need a book? What do you need? I can have Spike find whatever you need! Do you…” Twilight continued to fire off questions while running frantically around the room, checking bookshelves and tables for any books the Princess may need until Princess Celestia interrupted her.

“Twilight, I’d like you to meet someone.” the princess said sweetly, making Twilight stop and look back at the pony standing next to the princess. “This is Zack.”

“Hello Twilight.” Zack said, holding out his hoof to Twilight, “It’s nice to meet you.”

“Nice to meet you as well, Zack,” Twilight said, shaking Zack’s outstretched hoof before quickly looking back up at the Princess with a nervous smile.

“Twilight, I’m sure you saw the meteors crash night before last?” Celestia asked.

“Yes, of course, I wanted to investigate as soon as I saw them land but I was too busy preparing for my trip. Why? Would you like me to see what I can find out about them?” Twilight asked eagerly.

“Not exactly. You see, Zack here was found in the crater of one of the meteors.”

“Interesting,” Twilight said as she examined the grey pony standing next to the Princess. “He has no cutie mark.”

“I noticed,” Celestia agreed. “I was hoping he could come with you to Ponyville.”

“Of course, but why?”

“Two other meteors landed in that area. If they are also ponies, they may have something in common with Zack.”

“Well, I wouldn’t say in common.” Zack muttered low enough that nobody would notice.

“Alright then. We leave tomorrow morning Zack. It was nice to see you Princess.” Twilight said with a bow.

“Always nice to see you too, Twilight.” Celestia said with a smile, “Keep up with your studies!”

“I always do!” Twilight said as she waved goodbye. She then turned to a bookshelf and looked over the books until she found the one she was after. She pulled it from the shelf with her magic, sat down at a table, and began reading.

Zack looked around the room, unsure what he should do. He saw a doorway between two bookshelves and started to walk towards it.

“Don’t move,” Twilight ordered.

“Ok…” Zack said, unsure of why she was stressed. However, once he remembered the upcoming disaster, he understood. “Is there anything you need? Anything you need help with?”

“No. I just have a certain problem I need to deal with and I need to focus or we could have a major problem on our hands.” Twilight said.

“I understand.”

“You may want to get some sleep. No telling what we may have ahead of us.”

“Alright. Where can I sleep?”

“On the couch.” Twilight said without looking up from her book.

A slight scowl crept onto Zack’s face before he decided that it wouldn’t be smart to argue. “Very well, goodnight Twilight Sparkle.” Zack said as he lied down on the couch.

“Goodnight Zack.” Twilight said as she got up and went to her room, bringing her book with her.

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The Next Day

“Wake up Zack, we’re leaving.” Twilight said, making Zack wake up in a stir.

“Good morning to you too.” Zack said sarcastically, annoyed that Twilight had woken him so suddenly.

Twilight yanked Zack out of bed and dragged him down the tower and into a chariot where a little green dragon was waiting.

“Oh, hello Spike,” Zack said.

“How do you know my name?” Spike asked, puzzled.
“Uh… Lucky guess?” Zack said with a shrug.

“Well, I guess that makes sense because of my awesome spines!” Spike said as he posed while running his hand over his spines.

“Yea, let’s go with that,” Zack said.

“Stop messing around you two. We’ve got work to do,” Twilight said as she turned to the two stallions at the front of the chariot. “We’re ready to go when you are, sirs.”

The stallions nodded to each other and spread their wings. The chariot shot into the sky, making Zack grab onto the railing to stay on. When they got high enough, the chariot leveled out and Zack let go of the railing. He looked over the side and saw all of Equestria below him.

“So this is how pegasi see the world…” He said quietly to himself as he saw Ponyville approaching quickly. He turned back to Twilight and Spike to see Spike reading a scroll and Twilight groaning. The chariot descended more slowly than it had ascended, landing in the middle of Ponyville softly. Twilight thanked the stallions while Zack and Spike got out of the chariot. Once Twilight had gotten out, the stallions took off again and the chariot was gone.
“So this is Ponyville.” Zack spoke already thinking of ways to get away from Twilight. “Uhm… I think I’m going to go investigate the meteor’s crash site.” Zack said somewhat honestly.

“Alright,” Twilight said after a short pause. “I have to check on preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. Meet me at the town library tonight. That’s where we’ll be staying while we’re here. You can’t miss it, it’s the giant tree.”

“Ok, good luck on the preparations.” Zack said as he started walking in the other direction, towards the crash site. “That was easier than I thought.” Suddenly, a pink blur zoomed past him.

“Pinkie Pie… “ Zack sighed while shaking his head.

Zack walked for a few minutes before coming upon the crater. He looked around the rim and found no debris that would suggest it was a meteor, only finding some black hairs around the imprint of a pony in the center. He noticed that from the center to the edge there was a line of dirt that had been moved out of the way, as if someone had been dragged out of the crater.
“Must’ve been another pony.” Zack spoke with his suspicions confirmed. “But was it Adam or Will?” He looked around and saw a pair of ponies chatting nearby. He trotted over to them, making them stop their conversation and look at him.

“Excuse me,” Zack said, “Do you know of any ponies being mauled in the past few days?”

“No one mauled, no…” the light blue pony said with a confused look on her face.

“Must have been Will then,” Zack said with his hoof up to his chin in thought. “Do you know if anypony’s been injured recently?”

“I heard there was a strange pony at the hospital, something about him crashing and hurting a wing.” said the other, yellow pony with a navy blue and pink mane.

“Thanks!” Zack said as he turned towards to hospital. “Wait, what are your names?” He asked, looking back at them.

“I’m Lyra!” The light blue pony said cheerily, pointing to herself.

“And I’m Bon Bon!” The yellow pony said just as cheerily.

“I’m Zack,” Zack said, watching as Lyra’s face lit up in disbelief.

“Zack?! That sounds like a human name!” Lyra pressed her face right up against Zack’s and stared deep into his eyes. “Are you human?”

“Uh….” Zack said, looking left and right trying to come up with an answer. “Erm… No?” He said with a weak smile.

“Lyra, there is no such thing as a human!” Bon Bon said as Lyra backed away from Zack and hung her head in shame.

“I’m sorry, I get carried away sometimes…” Lyra said quietly.

“It’s alright,” Zack said, removing his look of concerned fright so as to not make Lyra feel worse. “If you’ll excuse me, I need to get to the hospital now.”

“Alright, it was nice to meet you!” Bon Bon said as she and Lyra walked away.

“Nice to meet you as well.” Zack said, turning towards the hospital in the distance. He set off in its direction and arrived a few minutes later. He was about to walk in the double doors marked as the entrance before a black and green pony fell from a window above him and landed in the bushes below.