//------------------------------// // New arrivals // Story: The collapse of the universe // by KRissCHu573 //------------------------------// The collapse of the universe By: KRissCHu573 Chapter 1: New arrivals It was a calm evening in Ponyville. Celestia’s sun had already stepped down for Luna’s moon to shower Equestria with its glow. But the night itself was quite special. The Foal Free Press had announced far and wide throughout town the news about Twilight Sparkle’s prediction. Thanks to her knowledge in astronomy and a little help from Pinkie’s extraordinary senses, Twilight concluded that tonight there will be a meteor shower, and Ponyville was in one of the few places where the view would be good. “Aaand…there! Everything is ready Spike.” Twilight said to her impatient assistant, while taking a deep breath. “Hurry up Twilight, I don’t want to miss a thing this time!” Responded, the panting from excitement dragon. “Oh don’t worry your head about it Spike, we have like five minutes at the very least.” “Well…whatever, lets go!” Twilight giggled as the two made their way towards the center of town. “Thank you everypony for coming to this delightful display!” Said the Mayor to all of the town’s folk who had gathered to watch the falling meteors. “I would like you all to give a warm cheer for Twilight Sparkle. If not for her initiative we would have missed this occasion right away.” After those words everyone of the attendance cheered for the purple mare. A little blush and a smile colored Twilight’s face as she modestly replied. “Oh it wasn’t anything much. I just charted the movement of the astral bodies in the sky and compared it to data from previous years.” “Oh don’t undermine your effort sugarcube. Ah recon that besides you only the Princesses and the fellas from the Canterlot observatory could have predicted this. Huh, lucky for us to have ya’ here.” Applejack encouraged her friend. As the phenomenon began everypony was doing something. Some of the photographers for the Foal Free Press and other newspapers were taking pictures, and the others were discussing different questions. “I wonder if can fly up to those meteors and bring one down?” Rainbow Dash thought out loud. “I wouldn’t recommend it to you Dash. It’s pretty cold up there. Water would freeze in about half a minute.” Twilight replied. “Any one of ya’s ever thought if there is someone or something that actually lives somewhere out there ?” Applejack asked. “Yeah, imagine all the new friends I could make!” Pinkie Pie emphasized as energetic as usual. “Or all the animals that might live on other worlds.” Wondered Fluttershy. Twilight tried to respond to everypony as much as possible. “Well it isn’t a complete impossibility. Somewhere in the cosmos there is probably another world who could support life like ours.” “If so I hope they are not some kind of filthy brutes.” Stated Rarity. “Oh Twilight, Twilight!” Pinkie had brainstormed another idea. “Can’t you cast some sort of spell on me, with which I can travel to other worlds?” “Sorry Pinkie, but I am afraid that would take quite the time to research, even by the magicians in Canterlot University. But I bet that some time--” Everypony stopped talking as Pinkie shouted to all who could hear. “TWITCHY TAAAIL!” All began looking for a place to hide. But absolutely nothing happened for at least ten minutes. As everypony began walking back outside they saw how two lights, blue and purple, from the meteor shower brightened up. The fiery rocks flew really low over the town and rammed in to the Everfree. Every stallion, mare and filly stared with their jaws dropped at the direction where the two astral bodies fell. The first to break the awkward silence was Twilight. With a serious smile on her face she stated. “Do not worry everypony! No pony got hurt and there is no damage to the city. It’s pretty dark right now, but tomorrow me and my friends will check things out.” As everypony’s shocked face turned in to their usual happy form and began to cheer for Twilight and her friends’ bravery, the reassured mare took the pictures of some of the fillies who managed to take a shot at the comets, in order to locate their trajectory. With her calculations complete, Twilight decided there was just one thing left to do, before she could go to bed – write to the Princess about what had happened. Dear Princess Celestia, Tonight’s meteor shower was a great sight to look at. Just as I predicted it appeared on time. Everypony enjoyed themselves and discussed quite the arguments. Going from the existence of other worlds like ours to travelling between them. Rainbow Dash even wondered if she could bring a meteor down for show. Speaking of which, there was something I did not anticipate. Two meteors with strange coloring fell in the Everfree forest. Me and my friends will go to see what we can find tomorrow. That is all I have to report for now. Your faithful student Twilight Sparcle. A quick sending and it was bed for Twilight. Tomorrow was gonna be a big day! -- “Uncle Fiddle. Uncle Fiddle wake up! I don’t want you to play the bed time game right now!” Fiddlesticks was woken up by the continuous yelling and shakes little Annie had not stopped giving him, until his eyes opened. From the shacking look he could get from his current position something did not seem to add up. Until it finally hit him as he stated. “We’re not in the Fields of Justice.” Mistaking that for a question Annie answered. “No, this doesn’t look like it uncle Fiddle. Is this a new playground?” She confusedly asked. “No, I don’t think it is.” But aside from that, there was something…else, that bothered him. As he tried to move it hit him again. ‘I can’t feel my left hand.’ -- Pantheon grunted as he stood up, hanging on his spear. He felt as if he had challenged Gragas to a drink off and kept on going until he could no longer keep his spirits up. “Are you alright Pantheon?” The metallic voice of Blitzcrank echoed through his helmet. “What do you think, you bucket of bolts? Where are we? This metallic prison looks nothing like The Proving Grounds.” “Yes I had not noticed that earlier. Ha ha ha ha.” Blitzcrank chuckled in his robotic way. A couple of swears came out of Pantheons mouth towards the golem and their summoners, until both began to exchange ideas of where they were. The not so lively conversation was ended by a loud siren like noise, as the room began to glow red from a lamp on its sealing. Mechanical golems as it seemed to them began pouring out of a door from the upper floor, carrying guns which looked nothing like the ones on Runeterra, and surrounded them. After all the commotion a man with black hair and a white shirt came through the door. “Gentlemen, welcome to the Hyperion. Now give me one good reason not to boot you out from an airlock.” The man calmly said. -- “What do you mean you don’t know where they went?!” Nocturne raged at the summoners selected for the match on the Proving Grounds. His tone and expression made it clear that he could barely find words to express his anger. “I should kill you all right here on the spot!” “Cease this immediately, nightmare!” The voice of High Councilor Vessaria Kolminye filled the hall. She proceeded towards the small gathering, followed by The Curator of the sands himself. After all eyes gazed on her she spoke. “You would be wise to ease your temper, or The High Council of Equity would be forced to take away your right to come out of your imprisonment crystal.” “A right? You had no right to imprison me in the first place! Your pesky summoners and their misuse of magic drove me mad! I should be the one forced to take rights from you!” Nocturne waved his finger in front of the councilor’s face. Nasus grabbed his arm. “Nocturne, stop this foolishness now. You must calm down, The Council and the city-states are doing everything in their power to find them. I know what it feels like to lose a frie—“ The immortal being was cut short by the blistering fury of the darkling. “Do everything in their power? These petty flesh bags can’t do anything but steal creatures from their homes and force them to do their bidding. And you don’t know what it is to lose a friend. You have never been the mad one! You have never had someone to try and better you, accompany you in the cold of imprisonment.” The enraged nightmare pulled his arm off the grip of the behemoth. “He was what helped me control my madness.” “Did you even think how he would feel if he could see you tossing, all he tried to teach you, to waste?” The soul eater’s deep voice ran through the mind of the dark creature. After a moment of silence Nocturne took a deep breath and replied. “Just find Fiddlesticks!” “I never knew that you would get so attached to the scarecrow when we assigned him as your rehabilitator.” The councilor spoke with a tone, close to the one of Nasus. “If I am needed I will be in my quarters. Inform me if anything comes up.” Was the last they heard from him, before he departed through the halls of the Institute. “I have no idea what that puppet filled the head of this maniac with.” One of the summoners sighted when he was out of harm’s way. “You may question his methods but you can’t deny his accomplishments.” Nasus turned to the summoner as the councilor nodded in agreement. “Nocturne was one of the most bloodthirsty we had here. His threats and description of what he would do once he was free would not put summoners to rest, even if he was imprisoned. But in just a few months Fiddlesticks managed to almost completely cure him from this madness. Given all the time they were together in the same room, and him being the only one Nocturne could have a friendly conversation with…actually I am not that surprised he worries so much for the scarecrow.” The short lection Vessaria gave broke her cold expression, even for a moment. The whole scene was observed without their knowledge by three small eyes. Who soon closed forever, but their knowledge was delivered to their master. “Soon, the scarecrow and those others will not be the only ones gone!” A satisfactional mutter in the dark corners of the Institute was followed by a giggle, that turned to a maniacal laugh.