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// The 2018 Techie Hiatus Miniseries (The Day the World Exploded) 
// Story: What If... 
// by TheMajorTechie 
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"Jewel?"

I gagged, putting a rag back up to my face as I trudged through the rubble-filled streets of Canterlot. 

"Jewel?"

Far above, the smoking caldera of Canterlot Mountain loomed over the city. I wiped my hoof across my forehead-- more ash.

"Over here!" Lunar Jewel's voice echoed through the empty streets.

I spun around, staring into the wreck that had been a bustling city just a day before. A pebble smacked me in the side.

"C'mon, Rusty," Jewel smirked, lighting her horn. I wheezed for a moment as she dropped a bag of her plunders on my back. "You wanna wait around for the ash to settle in your eyes, or are we gonna leave this place?"

"Yeah, let's go." I sighed, peering one last time into the ghostly streets. The distant tingling of a doorbell haunted the air as another small quake rippled through the ground.

One day. All it took was one day for everything to vanish. 

Another pebble hit me as I shook myself from my daze.