Ragnarok

'This place sucks'

I can't help but think to myself as I sit on a park bench listening to my music.

'Good people getting screwed over, bad people having everything they touch turn to gold, and the rest of us bored out of our skulls.'

I was in one of my depressed moods. Wishing I could ditch this dump we all call home and find someplace better: like Equestria. Yes, I'm a brony and proud of it. No one's given me any flak about it so I have no reason to be ashamed of it. I was always a romantic person at heart and MLP:FiM just fueled the fire. So I'm sitting there listening to my beloved walkman and dreaming of a better place full of ponies.

"Spike! What made all this mess!?"

Twilight Sparkle had been frantically looking for information on a strange object she found, and as such, tore up the library that also served as her home to find books on the subject.
"You did remember?"

Twilight chuckled sheepishly
"Oh right. I'll take care of it then. In the meantime, could you gather the girls and bring them all here? I've got something to show you all."
"Sure thing Twilight. I'll bet it's something out of this world."

Twilight chuckled at Spike's choice of words as he made a mad dash out the door.
"You might say that."

A few minutes later, the library was ship shape and Spike returned with five mares who were Twilight's first and closest friends.
"Hey Twilight. What's the super duper amazing thing you've got to show us huh? Huh?"
"Knowin' you Sugarcube, it's probably somethin' that needs a whole lot lot of explanation."
"I hear that AJ."
"Um, nothing bad I hope."
"Come now Fluttershy, I'm sure Spike wouldn't be so excited if it was something bad"

Twilight waited for everyone to settle down before speaking.
"Thanks for all coming girls."
"Hey, it's not like we'd just leave you hanging right?"
"Of course not."
"So Twilight, what is it you want to show us?" Spike inquired.
"So glad you asked. You know how it's popular belief that the princesses created the world and all the first living creatures?"
"Yeah."
"Well. I found proof! Well, not the princesses themselves, but their ancestors."

Everypony but Rainbow gave reactions of shock and suprise.
"Wait a minute Twilight, you've lived with Celestia as her student since you were a filly. You could have gotten proof at any time straight from the horse's mouth."

Pinkie pulled a drumset out of nowhere and did the rimshot. No one even batted an eyelash at that.
"True Rainbow. But I was so excited to be learning from the princess that I never thought to ask."

Twilight grasped a dusty, ancient looking tome from a nearby table with her magic and held it up for all to see. The title read Life, The Universe, and Everything: A Reference Guide To The Whole Of Creation
"I found this on the top corner shelf of the library while Spike and I were doing inventory. It was written by one of Equestria's first scholars: Deep thought. It tells how the first alicorns used their magical power to make Equestria and then moved on to make other worlds. So many, in fact, that they had to make alternate realities to keep from overcrowding. This proves Sands Oftime's multiverse theory! Isn't it wonderful!?"

Everypony stared at her blankly. Twilight coughed akwardly.
"So yer sayin' that Celestia's ancestors, right after makin' Equestria, plum got up and left?"
Twilght nods.
"Then how do we have Celestia and Luna if they all pulled up stakes?"
"Actually Applejack, not all of them did leave. They decided that Celestia and Luna's parents, Cosmos and Gaia, would stay behind to watch over the ponies and other creatures of Equestria. A few centuries after having the princesses, Cosmos and Gaia died from a mysterious illness. The only sign of it was the lines of purple liquid trailing from their mouths."

Everypony looked in grim surprise.
"Oh my, that's simply dreadful!"

Fluttershy had tears in her eyes.
"I can't imagine the grief the princesses must have been going through at such a young age. It must have been awful."
"I agree. But, the princesses moved on and so should we. Not only does the book have information on many worlds and realities, it also has a spell inside that lets you travel to them!"

Everypony was blown back by that statement.
"WHOA. SERIOUSLY!?"
"Absolutely Rainbow. I want to try it out and bring you all with me. Obviously, since we all have our own lives here in Equestria, we would only be there for about a day before I brought us back."
"Oh, um Twilight, where exactly is 'there'?"
"Well, Fluttershy, after reading about all the worlds catalogued in the book, I think we should start with the one that seems the mildest to me: Earth."

She turned the book to the Earth section so they could all see it.
"It's sun and moon move on their own and the dominant species is a race called 'humans'."

The page showed a sketch of a man and woman standing side by side dressed in plain clothes.
"Well, what do you think?"
"Oh, I don't know Twilight. Humans look kind of scary."
"This is a big thing yer askin' of us Sugarcube."
"Tell you what, I'll go on ahead and tell you what Earth is like when I come back and then you'll all be able to see for yourselves?"
"Ah still don't know."
"Come on Applejack. Don't be such a worry worryson. If something does go wrong, Twilight can handle it right?"
"Ah suppose so."
"Well, here goes."

Twilight's horn became bathed in violet light as she cast the spell, her brow furrowed in concentraction. Then there was a bright flash and she was gone.

I started to feel better as I started walking home listening to Billy Joel.

Usually, I'm more cheerful but I get jaded when I'm bored and I didn't have anything to do. That's my only complaint about weekends: You don't have to do anything but you don't have anything to do.

As I listened to to the music, I let my mind wander to my two current obsessions: My Little Pony and Team Fortress. I found a crossover fic of the two and the mesh amazingly well.

Anywho, I decided to take the long way around the perimeter of the park before heading home.

"Are you sure he's ready Klocwurk?"
"Have I ever been wrong before?"
"I suppose not."
"Have some faith in the boy Nox. He'll rise to the occasion. They always do."
"You're right, of course."
"Relax man. You always get so stressed out when one of your guardians begin their journey. It's not healthy. Anyway, our niece's protege just left so she should meet him riiiiiiiiiight aboooooooooouuuuuuuut... NOW!"

Once I reached the most secluded part of the park, There was a blinding flash of light. I tripped on a log as I tried to back away. Great. Now I'm flash blind AND my ass hurts. I open my eyes to see what caused the offending flash and my mind went blank at what I saw. Or, more appropriately, who I saw. Standing in front of me, in the flesh, clear as day, was Twilight Sparkle. I couldn't believe my eyes. My favorite mane 6 pony was real and standing right in front of me. I got on my knees and reached forward tentatively.

"T...T...Twilight?"

She seemed shocked that I knew her name. Probably as a reflex, she ignited her magic. I jumped forward and grabbed her horn

"Wait!

It felt like I was being pulled through gelatin and had all the blood in my veins replaced with pure, undiluted adrenaline! The last thing I saw before I passed out from sensory overload was the interior of the ponyville library and the last thing I heard was the "stranger in a strange land" part of We Didn't Start The Fire.