It had been eons since Equestria had first been created. Eons since the universe had been born at the whim of an entity of such magnitude that not even the gods of Equestria could fathom its power.
The name of this entity? Faust.
She had been lonely and had chosen to create Equestria, both for the occasional companionship when she longed for it, and just to create.
"What good is to be when there is nothing?" She had reasoned as she drifted across the vastness that was the Void before creation.
She'd lost count of how long she'd been watching Equestria and the ponies she had created. It had been a long time; several thousand years if one used the ponies' way of measuring time. Over these years she had grown fond of her creations. So fond, in fact, that she chose to take on the form of them. While she had only been a creature of consciousness and cosmic powers before, she know had the body of a white alicorn with a rust-red mane and tail. Why she'd taken the form of the other two alicorns she had put onto the world to rule she didn't know.
She watched over Equestria all the time and listened to the wishes and pleas of ponies. Every once in a while she would grant a wish. Other times she would punish a pony whom she felt deserved it. And quite often, she just had her fun with the world.
One such day was as any other. A tiny wisp of her consciousness floated around in a park with only a few ponies present. Such two were a mint-green unicorn and a beige earth pony.
She watched them with interest, invisible to their eyes, and simply observed. They were having a picnic, just two lovers sharing a day together.
It was then that everything seemed to go wrong for the two mares. The beige one started spluttering and coughing after having taken a bite of her sandwich. The mint-green one spat out the lemonade they had brought and did her best to scrape the horrible taste off of her tongue.
"Ugh... The lemonade tastes like someone put a ton of salt in rather than sugar!" The green one exclaimed.
"And this this sandwich is so crunchy I would expect someone to have put sand in it!" She lifted one of the two pieces of bead and nodded. "Someone put salt in it."
Faust blinked, or blinked as much as a wisp of her consciousness could, and moved closer still to observe. She'd pranked more than a few ponies, but this wasn't one of the times. This could be interesting.
"Where'd you get that lemonade?" The beige one asked.
"I bought it from Pinkie. She said she had some spare from yesterday night... Where'd you get your sandwiches?"
"...Pinkie. I didn't have any bread left this morning, so I went to her and The Cake's bakery to buy some more. She just gave me these sandwiches, saying she did the entire thing just to make me smile." She looked at the other mare, her expression a perfect example of just how fun she thought the current situation. "She pranked us." She simply stated.
The mint one nodded gravely. "She did."
A few moments passed in silence before the unicorn smiled and looked up at the sky. "Well, look at the bright side of things! At least it can't get any worse."
Bingo! Faust thought, her wisp grinning as widely as a wisp could. Turning her will to the skies above, she gathered the clouds tighter above the small town they were in and called down the rain, quickly soaking the two mares.
"You just had to go and say that... didn't you?"
"Okay..." the green one muttered. "Maybe I shouldn't have said that, but you have to agree with me here, now it can't get any worse."
Faust shook her head and once again directed her will towards the skies. A low rumble was the only warning before a bright light split the sky above them, followed immediately by a loud explosion.
"Okay, but now-"
"No!" The beige one exclaimed. "Lyra Heartstrings, you just shut up now and stop challenging the universe!"
Faust had to agree with her there. It was never a good idea to challenge the universe. It never went well and was never a fun experience. Well... unless you are the universe.