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// Prologue 
// Story: Sad Endings, New Beginnings 
// by bright_night 
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Sad Endings, New Beginnings -prologue

Josh looked in awe of what he had just accomplished.  After years of hard labor, and endless mathematical equations, he finally created a machine that can travel not only between worlds, but also between dimensions.

Tears were streaming out of the corners of his light blue eyes at what he was about to do.

For the past fifteen years of his life, he had been passed around from foster home to foster home.  The only person he could rely on was his brother, James.  Even after they got separated, Josh could always count on a letter at the end of the week at the very least.

James watched the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  Being the optimistic person he was, finding a show that reflected his views on the world around him, he loved it immediately.

Josh was not so easily swayed.

After months of persistence from James, Josh finally agreed to give the show a chance.  He found himself drawn to the characters in a way he never could of never imagine.  They brought joy to his miserable life, something that before, only his brother could do.  He found himself wishing that he could leave everything behind, to be with those ponies that could so easily make him laugh, then cry, then laugh again.

But then James died.

James was at home one day watching MLP, when his foster father came home drunk.  The state did not know this, but both James’ foster parents were hard alcoholics.

James’ dad came home one day, complaining that he lost his job.  Like almost everything bad that happened, he blamed it on James.  He had a liquor bottle in his hand, and struck James on the back of the head.  James died immediately.

The next day, the police came and arrested the still drunk foster parent.

This sent Josh into a deep depression.

He wanted to end his turmoil here on Earth.  He wanted to start over.  That’s when he made the machine.

Five years he slaved away.  Five years he gave up.  Finally he was successful.

He said his final goodbyes to the world as he knew it, and boarded the machine.  His only personal artifact being an aged picture of his past brother.  With the push of button, he disappeared.  And only an empty garage remained.