//------------------------------// // Shards of Glass // Story: The Broken Mirror // by Southern_Mercenary //------------------------------// Shards of Glass "Mulitverse Theory is hard to explain to someone who may or may not even know what it is or how in the real of physics it could work. In a fashion it revolves around the dimensions we know one through three are pretty well known but the fourth is theorized to be time. Fifth by some is location within that universe. Sixth is the rules of said universe. Others will say that the dimensions only work for drawings and other things, but it does work when we talk about the universe as a whole. Now the seperation between our and your universe seems to be muliple degrees. From magic and science being different to even from what Twilight said the dead. But you need to know that Princess Celestia is a kind ruler and allows anyone displaced from there own universe to stay for as long as they like and if they so wish to retur..." A woman by the name of Lyra as she prefered was cut off at this "You bet your money i won't be going back." Geoff said standing up in a huff cutting her off. "Why?" Lyra asked as she had been spared the details of most of his universe. "The dead just didn't stay dead. They came back and started to feed on the living and i will leave it at that." Geoff said sitting back down on the hospital bed he was assigned too irratated at the machine which had started beeping faster at his anger. "Sorry." He said looking away from her. "Please continue." "Alright, now time is often descibed as a stream running free which is true and something people overlook is that streams often run into themselves at times. Which is often where things like deja vu happen and other instances of future sight happening as the person taps into another universe which may only be a few seconds faster than our own." "Which is why sometimes dreaming the future can happen years or so in advance." "Exactly." Lyra said smiling before continuing. "The situations of that are simply where universes merge some as they pass and people can get an eye full of what could happen. One should always remember that time is never set and choices do and while sometimes it is small impact on the future. But sometimes even that can be pre detirmed as someone has done it as well." Lyra said sitting down from the large chalk board she had brought into the hospital room. "Did you understand all that?" "Yep." Geoff said looking at her. "Really explain it back to me." "String theory." "What's string theory?" "That time is a like rope unwinding at points and choices and instances of major things." "Pretty much like i said right." "Very much so. So how much longer will i be in here?" Geoff asked looking around the boring room. "Only a little but longer the doctors want to make sure that infection is gone before they discharge you." Lyra said looking at some notes she had been given. "Will they let me walk around outside and get the lay of the land?" "Oh yes they say good air and exercise will help them tremendesly." "Good do you mind being my tour guide. Also where are my boots and things?" "I can get your boots but everything else is being looked over by the guards." "Why it's not illegal stuf... oh yah different rules here." "Yes they just want to be careful unlike the last time people came to Ponyville from a different universes." "What happened?" "They somehow brought a giant mechanical they called it a tank, that spite out robets roberts something like that and those things attacked the city. It took them and the entire guard regiment here to stop them and destroy the machine." "A giant mechanical tank spitting out robots." Geoff said dumfounded. "Yes but this was six, seven years ago." "Sounds like something out of a game. I swear i heard about something similar." "Maybe it is that in your universe." Lyra said looking at him. "Thanks for helping me with my boots." Geoff said standing up and pulling on the shoes the hospital has given him."Where are my boots and things at?" "The police station." "Alright let's get me out of this thing and lets go get what they will give me." Geoff said touching the small button for a nurse. A nurse came in a short time later and helped Geoff take off the coords going to small stones attached to his chest. She also gave him a t-shirt to wear while he was outside. Geoff shrugged on the too large shirt and happily started walking towards the outside Lyra by his side. She made sure Geoff was okay and wasn't falling over. "I'm fine i swear." Geoff said as they descended the normal stairs towards the front of the hospital. "I was just making sure i am responsible for you." "I'm not a kid." "I didn't say that." "This treatment implies it." "If you'd rather i not help just say so." "I ain't saying that Lyra." "Then what are you saying?" "I just want to be treated like an adult not some lost child." "That i can do sorry for not treating you like an adult." "It's okay Lyra." Geoff said as they exited the hospital. "No problem. This is ponyville we're currently on main street. Off to our left is town hall and the courthouse. The police station is located at 5th main. which is a few blocks over." "Let me guess numbered going east west?" "North south." "The sun is to our right. and rising. "The sun rises in the north and sets in the south here." "Another difference." Geoff said rethinking his enternal compass. The two of them started towards the police station Geoff trying to keep in mind where they where going in case he needed to go back. They arrived some time later as very few cars where out and only a few people walking around during that time of day. "What day is it?" Geoff asked wondering as they climbed the steps to the station. "Thursday." "Thanks." The two of them entered the police station and went towards the counter. "Geoff Lowe to pick up personal affects." Lyra said to the woman behind the desk. "Right this way." The officer said standing up showing that she was wearing a long tan skirt like her uniform top. Geoff followed going into a small evidence locker room. "Not much crime?" "Nothing serious." She said handing him a bag of his things. Geoff nodded before whistling the tune to the Andy Griifin show at that. He also started going through what they had given him back which was mainly food and some of his odd clothes he had carried around. Fiding his boots and socks for them he put them on. Tying his boot laces tight he breathed a breath of familiarity as his worn boots felt better than the shoes he had been given. Grabbing everything else in the bag and rolling the bag back up and walking out of the room. "That it?" Lyra asked noticing the boots. "Not quite." Geoff said taking his wide brimed boonie cap and putting it on. "Now it's it."