We Broke the Universe

"So I guess I'm stone now" Adam thought to himself with interest. "I suppose there's worse ways to spend an eternity. At least it's relaxing." Just then, something slammed into his side; knocking him over. "Well so much for that!" He growled while trying to stand back up. Unable to move his stone prison, he felt content to simply listen to what was happening around him. At that moment he heard a large number of footsteps approaching.

“Damn, there must be a bunch of them.” Adam thought as he listened closer. He felt a strange presence fill his mind, giving him a headache as two minds filled one head.

“Do not panic, citizen.” Adam heard a mysterious voice in his mind say, “Do not try to fight.”

“Fuck off!” Adam growled.

“Do not address your Princess in such a manner!” The voice said with a hint of annoyance.

“Get the fuck out of my head. Now. Unless you think dying would be nice." he responded in a calm tone.
"SUCH IMPUDENCE!" the voice now speaking with a bit of fear at the calm threat.
"Two options. 1:You leave and I get to relax. 2: You stay and I get to rip off your legs and staple them to your back." After a short pause Adam continued. "That's just phase 1 by the way. Phase 2 involves fire, a shovel and 500 packing peanuts." He chuckled at the ending of his threat. He suddenly felt his headache subside, and the stone around him loosen as cracks formed. “Much bet-WHOA!” Adam thought, as his stone form was suddenly stood upright. He listened again for movement and heard footsteps encircling him, as if he was being examined.

“Will, could you come over here?” A familiar, monotone voice said.

“ Zack?” Adam thought, listening more intently to place the voice he believed to be his friend’s.

“Hey Will, does this pony remind you of anyone?” The voice said again. Adam was now sure it was Zack’s voice, glad to know he had a friend that could help get him out of his situation. He began to relax until the voice Zack was speaking to began his response.

“Well, I-“

Adam was overcome with rage, bursting from his stone prison, sending stone shards in every direction and tackling the black and green pony to whom the voice belonged. He began punching the pony in the face and stomach, grabbing his wings and bending them in odd directions, going further with every painful scream from the pony’s mouth.

“Yep, that’s Adam.” Zack said, making no attempt to stop Adam from his satisfaction. He looked up to see the other ponies staring at the blue pony with astonished, horrified faces. “Don’t worry, he’ll be fine.” Zack reassured them, not very effectively as Adam began plucking Will’s feathers, causing him to curl his wing in pain. A purple glow surrounded Adam and he was lifted off of Will and held a few feet away.

“WHAT THE FUCK?!” Adam yelled in frustration and confusion, “LET ME GO!!! THAT FUCKER’S HAD THIS ASSKICKING COMING TO HIM!”

Will sat up and laughed painfully, switching between rubbing his wings, face, and chest. “Nice to see you too asshole.” Will said. Adam continued to struggle until he saw the other six ponies standing off to the side, horrified faces on each one and a purple glow coming from the horn of the one farthest to the right. Adam stopped struggling and quieted down, averting his gaze from the other six ponies.

“Un. Fucking. Believable.” Will said, watching Adam calm down from his rage-induced berserk to a shy and silent calm. Zack looked at Adam and raised an eyebrow before turning back to the mane six.

“Everyone, I’d like you to meet Adam.” Zack introduced, pointing his hoof at Adam sitting quietly on the ground with eyes averted from the six ponies. Will got to his feet and continued staring, amazed at Adam’s calm. The mane six continued to look at him with terrified expressions until Pinkie shook her head vigorously and smiled a big grin. She ran up to Adam and grabbed his foreleg.

“Hi! I’m Pinkie Pie! So you’re Adam huh? That’s a cool name! So you know Will and Zack? They’re cool too! We found Will in a crater and Zack came in from Canterlot with Twilight!” Pinkie stopped and gasped a long, loud gasp, “We need to throw you a party! Hold on one sec!” Pinkie ran off and returned in the same second, holding a pink cannon with balloons on the side.
"What the hell is this?" Adam questioned.
She fired the cannon and the clearing was lit up with balloons and streamers and confetti. She shoved a party favor in Adam’s mouth and slid a cake in front of him.

“Uh….” Adam said, staring at the cake that read “Welcome Adam” in icing on the top. He looked at Pinkie smiling at him and then at Will laughing his ass off. Adam growled in anger and was about to go after him again, but the purple pony from before walked up to him.

“Hello, Adam. I’m Twilight Sparkle.” Twilight said as she held out her hoof and Adam cautiously shook it. “I take it you know Will and Zack?”

“In a way…” Adam said, standing up and towering over Twilight and Pinkie. Twilight was amazed at the size of the dark blue pony. She had to look up quite a bit to meet his grey eyes, but the white patch that covered his muzzle distracted her. He looked very strong and intimidating and yet he was still quiet and shy, even refusing to look directly at her. She looked over at Zack, who shrugged as he was checking on Will, who was still laughing.

“So, who are you all?” Adam asked calmly, swiftly looking at the other four ponies, to whom Pinkie had already strapped party hats.

“Am AppleJack,” AJ said, walking up to Adam and extending her hoof. “Pleasure to meet’cha.”

“Same…” Adam said, shaking it as he did Twilight’s. A similar, slightly less friendly greeting was exchanged with Rarity, who was rather disgusted by the rugged brute. Adam watched as a blue pony with a rainbow colored mane flew over to him and set her eyes level with his. She stared into them until finally titling her head to the side in thought.

“So you like to hurt Will too?” Dash asked, and immediately Adam’s eyebrows perked up and he smirked a bit. Rainbow flew over to Will and landed next to him. She looked forward and jabbed Will in the same rib Adam had nearly broken just a few moments before, making him fall over with a grunt. He looked up at her grinning down at him.

“Why do I hang out with such assholes…” Will asked himself as he stood up again.

“By the way, I’m Rainbow Dash,” She said, looking back at Adam.

“Always a pleasure to meet someone who treats Will like a punching bag,” Adam said, nodding at Rainbow and turning back towards the yellow and pink pony who had yet to introduce herself. He was slightly puzzled as to why she was covering her face in her hair and cowering at the base of a tree. “Uh…” He said, concerned. “Is she alright?”

“That’s Fluttershy,” Zack explained. “She can be a bit shy at times. As in all the time.”

“Ah,” Adam said, walking over to where Fluttershy was curled up and shaking. He nudged her with his hoof, making her look up at him before curling up even more and shaking vigorously.

“Fluttershy?” Adam said sweetly, overcome with the amount of adorable he was experiencing. “My name is Adam. Don’t worry, I only maul people I hate.” Adam said, looking over his shoulder at Will and smirking. He looked back down towards Fluttershy, who slowly began to open up and stop crying.

“You… You broke a cockatrice’s spell…” Fluttershy said disbelievingly, looking up at Adam with tear filled eyes. “How… How did you do that?”

“Thanks for reminding me!” Adam said, completely ignoring her question and running off into the woods. The ponies looked at each confused, until a high pitched scream echoed across the forest.

“Uh… We’ll be right back.” Zack said, motioning to Will and heading in the direction that Adam had run off in. They walked for a bit before coming upon a small clearing, with Adam sitting in the middle with the cockatrice that had frozen him. He had already ripped out its eyes and was now plucking out its spines one by one. He looked up at Will and Zack and smiled, his face and hooves covered in blood.

“You are the sickest person I have ever met.” Zack said, shaking his head.

“Hey, it had it coming.” Adam said as he grabbed hold of the cockatrice’s head, ripping its screaming beak off and shoving it into the hole it created. He then placed both hooves on either side of its head and yanked, ripping its head off with blood splattering all over him. He threw it over his shoulder and walked past Will and Zack in the direction of the clearing where the other ponies were waiting. Zack stared with his jaw dropped while Will simply shrugged and walked after Adam.

“Why do I hang out with such assholes?” Zack asked himself as he glanced back at the carnage Adam had left. He took off after them and caught up with them just as they arrived back.

“Why are you covered in blood?” Twilight asked, concerned that he had been hurt by one of the many dangers in the forest.

“Let’s just say,” Zack began, letting out a small sigh. “He found the cockatrice.”

The six ponies gasped as Adam smiled wickedly. Fluttershy looked confused for a moment, before realizing what Adam had done and sobbing violently. “What… exactly… did he do?” Fluttershy asked between sobs. “Can I…. Can I see…?”

“Trust me, you don’t want to.” Zack said, making Fluttershy sob even harder.