We Broke the Universe

Will rubbed his head as he stood up from the bushes. He looked up to the window where Rainbow Dash was looking down upon him.

“What the hell was that for?!” Will yelled up at Dash. Dash jumped out of the window and glided down to where Will was standing.

“Just helping you get your bearings,” Dash said with a chuckle.

“Not violent enough to be Adam.” Zack thought to himself as he looked over the black and green pony. “I guess there’s only one way to find out.” He said as he began trotting over to him.

Will turned his head and looked over at the grey pony that was staring at him.

“Who the fuck are you?” Will asked, still rubbing his head.
“Guess.” Zack said in his monotone voice, sure that Will would recognize him.

“No shit, you too?”

“Yep.”

“Where’d you wake up?”

“In prison. I got interrogated by the princess for a bit about why I fell from the sky.” Zack sighed.

“Well that sucks.”

“Yep. I see you’ve already met Dash.”

“Yep.”

The two friends looked back to see Rainbow Dash with a very confused look on her face. “You two already know each other?” Dash asked.

“Uh… yea,” Will stuttered, “It’s a really, REALLY long story.”

“Yea. My name is Zack by the way,” Zack said, holding out his hoof to Rainbow Dash.

“Whatever.” Dash said, ignoring Zack’s outstretched hoof and turning back to Will. “I should probably show you my house before work.”

“Work?” Will asked.

“Yeah, I’m on the weather team. My shift starts in a few minutes.”

“Okay. There’s just one problem with that plan.” Will said as he pointed to his wings.

“What, can’t you fly?” Dash asked.

“Don’t know how to,” Will explained to which Rainbow Dash slammed her hoof on her forehead.

“Ok, I have to go to work. Do whatever you want while I’m gone. But Will,” Rainbow Dash added as she started flapping her wings.

“Yes?”

“Learn to fly by the time I get back.” Rainbow Dash said before zooming off into the sky. Will looked back at Zack and asked

“How the fuck am I supposed to learn to fly?”

“How should I know? You’re the pegasus.” Zack said with a shrug, walking down the road towards the center of town.

“Where are you going?”
“Twilight’s about to meet Rainbow and I wanna watch.” He responded.

“Come on! Nobody else will teach me how to fly!” Will yelled after him. “What’s the worst that could happen?”

“You wanna learn to fly?” Zack asked, raising an eyebrow in annoyance. “Come with me.”

Zack led Will inside the hospital, up a few flights of stairs and onto the roof. Once there, Zack led Will over to the edge where he then peered over the side.

“This will work,” Zack muttered to himself, “Ready to learn?”

“Yea, but what are you do… AHH!” Will screamed as Zack threw him over the edge.

“Fly.”

“Not again!” Will screamed as he plummeted to the bushes.

Zack trotted down the stairs and met Will outside, where he found him rubbing his head.

“You’re cruel.” Will spat, his head hurting even more than before. “That's something I'd expect Adam to do."

“Again,” Zack ordered, pulling Will to his feet and leading him to the door.

“How many times are we going to do this?” Will asked.

“Until you learn.” Zack said bluntly, “So far, you have yet to spread your wings. You aren’t doing well.”

“Why can’t I just try to hover first?” Will asked, making Zack turn and look up in thought.

“We could…” Zack said, thinking of a reason to keep throwing Will off the roof. “But it’s funnier this way.”

Zack continued dragging Will up to the roof and throwing him over. After 10 minutes and dozens of plummets, Zack dragged Will up the stairs to the roof again. When they got to the edge, Zack threw Will over the side without even a word. He turned to walk down the stairs again when he heard the flapping of wings behind him.

“Ha! Fuck you Zack.” Will yelled as he hovered just off the side of the building. “I figured it out!” Will started flying around the roof, doing flips and spins.

“Good job. I guess you don’t need me here anymore.”

“Nope!” Will yelled as he crossed his arms in arrogance, closing his eyes and turning his nose up in a smug look of victory.

“Fine, I’ll be downtown.” Zack said as he left the hospital and started down the road.

Will floated there for a minute before realizing that Zack had left. He looked around the landscape and saw him walking down the road. Will flew over to Zack and started flying slowly just above him.

“I was hoping you’d stay up there all day,” Zack said, laughing at how easy it was to feed Will’s ego.

“I hate you.” Will said.

“You can fly now can’t you?” Zack said, looking up at Will.

“Yea, and the view’s great!” Will said, flying up into the sky to get a view of Ponyville. “You’d love it up here Zack. Too bad you’re only a unicorn.”

“Once I figure out magic, you won’t be so cocky.” Zack warned. Will flew back down and tried changing the subject; sure that Zack having magic wouldn’t bode well for him.

“So, do you have any idea why we’re here?” Will asked.

“No, which is why we need to find Adam.”

“Adam’s here? How do you know?”

“Another meteor landed nearby in the Everfree. If you were the one that crashed here, then there’s a good chance that one is Adam.”

“Well, we should be going there soon in the storyline anyway. We can look for him then.”

“Good point,” Zack agreed, “Let’s hope he hasn’t killed anyone yet.”

“It’s Adam…In Equestria…” Will said slowly, as if Zack had suffered brain damage.

“I know,” Zack sighed, “We can at least hope…”

“Yea….” Will said, feeling sorry for whoever may have crossed Adam’s path. “Hehe, maybe we’ll get lucky and he’ll run across a cockatrice or something” Will said, making them both chuckle. “Well, I need to go find Dash’s house. I’ll meet you at the party.”

“Party?” Zack said, confused.

“The one Pinkie is going to throw for Twilight?”

“Oh, right.”

“Anyway, I better get looking. See you at the party!” Will said as he turned and flew into the sky. He looked back down to see Zack still walking into Ponyville. He flew across the town and saw Twilight Sparkle coming back to town from Sweet Apple Acres. He then flew even farther up into the sky and looked around at the clouds. He saw what looked like a roman style house on a cloud in the distance, with rainbows pouring down off the sides.

“That must be it,” Will said to himself as he took off in its direction. When he finally got to the house, he pulled his wings close to him, trying to brake. He quickly realized he wasn’t slowing down fast enough.

“Shhhhhhhiiiiittttttt!!” Will screamed as he slammed into the front door of Rainbow Dash’s house. He slumped to the floor and tried to raise his head, only to give up and lie on the cloud.

“I really need to stop crashing into shit.” Will muttered as the door opened and Rainbow Dash looked down on him lying on the welcome mat.

“So you figured out how to fly?” Dash asked, crossing her forelegs while leaning on the doorframe. “How’d you do it?”

“Zack threw me off the roof,” Will said standing up and rubbing his head, his headache pounding against his skull. “He’s a cruel bastard.”

“Good. Now you need to work on landing,” Rainbow Dash said as she looked at her door. “You dented my door.”

“Hey, shouldn’t you be at work?” Will asked.

“I’m taking a break…” Rainbow Dash muttered.

“You just started, like, ten minutes ago!”

“Fine, I’ll go finish.” Rainbow Dash groaned as she flew off into Ponyville. “Feel free to look around the house.”

“I’d rather work on landing.” Will yelled after her as Dash flew away. He took off from the cloud and flew down to the ground below. He slowed down by flapping upwards with his wings, and slowly began descending to the ground, but suddenly flew straight forward and crashed face first into a tree.

“Fuck.”