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Chapter 2: Falling from the Night

The night was like any other night, peaceful, cool, and calm. I sat on my chair, hooves on the table as I did my paper work, and listened to the cool gentle blow of the wind against the closed window in front of me. Looking up from my work, I could see the beautiful might sky, with its wonderful skies and glowing moon. Even though my job was looking up at the night sky, and that I have stared at it thousands of times. The sight of the night sky was always amazing and it never failed to catch my breath.

These were the nights that I loved the most, for they gave me the stillness of the night. The perfect time to think, especially when I was working, since it keeps my head clear and ready for the ideas.

Returning my focus back to my work, I lifted my quill and directed it towards the ink. The blue aura of my magic coated the quill as I gently dipped it on the ink and levitated it above the paper in front of me.

I was currently working on a report about the possibility of life on other planets, on why the E.A.A wanted to know about that, I don't know, but found it hard to transfer my imagination to words. It wasn't that I was having trouble imagining life on other planets, since that was one of my great interests. It was how to make them understand, in a form of a formal report, the extent of my imagination that was troubling me.

I had so much ideas and theories in my head, trying to get out. But as I tried to release them, they turned into nonsense and looked like more like a story instead of a report. I blamed sci-fi books I read, when I was younger, in my current troubles.

As I levitated the quill above the paper, trying to think of a way to start my report, I noticed a streak of light on the sky. In fact, there were several of them across the sky!

Looking out of the window, I could see several streaks of fire falling from the sky and heading towards the earth. They made a long streak of light, surely to attract the attention of anypony who looks up. They dropped from the sky at high speeds, yet left a majestic trail that I found hard not to admire. Being an astronomer I could clearly tell that those were meteors entering the atmosphere and burning up. What amazes me was the fact that there weren't any meteors scheduled at the time and I somehow forgot that. I was so mesmerized by the sight that I forgot about it.

As the last meteors fell out of sight, I looked back to the blank sheet of paper that I was supposed to fill up. I knew that the paper was not due for another week, but I decided to finish it now, so that I would be free to relax for the entire week. But a long yawn told me that I wouldn't be able to finish it tonight.

So I lay down my quill and shook my head.

"I guess I'll do it tomorrow after work." I told myself, remembering that I had to report at the observatory tomorrow and help around some research that was currently being conducted.

I didn't know why, but the observatory has been quite busy for the past couple of weeks. With everypony running around as if there was a fire. I tried asking what the fuss was all about, but the only replies I got were either shrugs or 'I'm busy right now. Go bother somepony else'.

Whatever was wrong, it was probably nothing. Knowing how we ponies could be, we tend to panic on simple things. It's not like it was the end of the world or something.

I then let out a small chuckle as I remembered the time when the ponies at the observatory though that the small smudge on the telescopes lens was a black hole, ready to suck the entire planet. Sometimes we worry too much, that it wasn't good for our health. But what can we do, ponies are ponies and nothing could change who we are.

With that, I walked towards my bed and plot myself on top of it. I didn't notice that I was tired till my body hit the soft mattress below me. I soon felt the weariness call upon me as my eye lids started to close. My body was tired, and was finally able to relax and rest as I start to fall asleep.

"Tomorrow is going to be another wonderful day at the observatory." I murmured to myself, thinking of the dream job that I now had, and falling into the wonderful realm of dreams.

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The next day soon came and I was soon out of the door, after getting ready for work, and ready to start a wonderful day. Steeping out of the door, I immediately felt the warm light brought by Celestia's sun. The cool wind hit my fur, making the temperature tolerable and great. At least I found it that way.

I walked away from my house, carrying only my saddlebag, which was mostly filled with paperwork, and headed for the observatory.

Unluckily for me the observatory was located on the other edge of Ponyville, meaning I had to walk the entire of the town to get there. It was a tiring job, which I had to do every day, but it was the only way to get there. But it usually meant that I was exhausted, and needed a ten minute break, when I get to the observatory.

The only good side about the long walk through Ponyville was the fact that I get to see all my friends as they leave for work. Like I said earlier, I didn't let my social life die when I was young and I still kept close contact with my friends. Hanging out and having fun with them, when I wasn't busy with work.

Speaking of friends, there was one now. As I neared the Ponyville market, I saw a light blue Pegasus mare, wings flapping as fast as possible. Her green eyes were filled with eagerness while her face was covered with a huge grin as she shouted:

"Silvy! Silvy!"

Oh, yeah, before I forget. My name is Silver Shine, but most of my friends call me 'Silvy'. It was a nickname they gave me when I was young, don't ask me how they thought of it because I don't know either, and they have been using it since. I guess I could have told you all about my name earlier, but you can't blame a pony for forgetting.

Anyways, returning to the present.

I saw they Pegasus race towards me at full speed. I immediately recognize who it was and smiled as she got nearer. "Oh, hi Sunshine…." I immediately stopped half way through my sentence when I suddenly realize that she was not slowing down. My eyes grew wide as I desperately tried to move myself to avoid the collision, but it was too late.

The force of a Pegasus flying at full speed at hitting a unicorn creates a tremendous force that both subjects would be in full pain. Too bad I was the one to experience it, as it really hurt. I was flung a few feet as the momentum blew me out of my feet.

I soon landed with a loud 'thud' which hurt as much as the first impact. My body felt sore as dust rose from the impact and covered my vision. My head was spinning, and hurting, as I tried to regain sense of the situation, but found it difficult from both the pain and the confusion.

But as soon as the dust cleared, I soon found myself face to face with Sunshine. Sunshine was my closest friends, and although I have to agree that she is fun to hang out with, she can be a little too enthusiastic in some circumstances. Which isn't good for me, since every time she is enthusiastic, like she is now, it usually ended with me getting hurt in one way or another.

"Hey, Sunshine…" I said flatly, as I felt her weight on top of me. But as usual, she could not notice the flatness in my voice and the pain of my situation. So instead, she replied with great excitement, that you would think that it is her birthday.

"Hi, Silvy!" She said cheerfully. I sometimes wondered how she manages to be so cheerful, especially during morning. "You're not going to believe what I found."

"Ummm…" I said thinking it through. "…is it my hat that you borrowed and never returned? Which by the way, you still owe me."

"No!" She said shaking her head. "Besides, I said I was sorry."

"Yeah, well sorry won't get that hat back. That was expensive you know." I informed her.

"Were getting of topic here." She told me, slightly annoyed.

"Alright." I said, seeing that there was no way else to get her off of me, unless I let her tell me what she found. "What did you find?"

"A meteor, Silvy! A meteor that fell on the empty field near Ponyville!"

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I soon found myself standing in front of a crater, of which the big meteor was buried. Seeing the size of the crater and the amount of dirt that was thrown around, I could easily tell that the meteor fell with great and tremendous force. The meteor was burrowed deep in the ground and far within its crater. The grass, that was once green and soft, was now gone. Anything the surrounded the crater was either ash or dirt.

The meteor lay in the middle of the crater and it proved difficult to reach it, for the descent was steep and barely had any footing. It was a difficult descent and I felt jealous of Sunshine, for she only had to fly down to get there. I had trouble reaching the meteor, but after a few stumbles and falls reached it.

As I stood in front of the meteor, I couldn't help but feel shocked at its size. The crater we were in was huge and I could see why. The meteor had an almost perfect cylindrical shape and had the diameter of at least 30 meters. Normally an object of that size would burn up and shrink in the atmosphere, but, somehow, this didn't. So when it hit the ground, it created a large crater that scorched the surrounding area.

The meteor was covered with ash, but small bits of it were starting to fall off, revealing a smoother surface. As more chunks fell, the meteor started to form a clearer cylindrical shape and reveal a metal like exterior. It occurred to me that there was something hidden about this meteor that we were yet to find out.

I moved forward and put my hoof on it, but immediately pulled back as I felt a sudden stinging sensation on my hand.

"Is it hot?" Sunshine asked, hovering in front of me.

"No. It's not." I said looking at my hoof. "In fact, it's quite cold." This was a shock to me, since meteors were normally hot, from burning up in the atmosphere and impacting on the ground. This meteor seemed to be the complete opposite, proving to be freezing cold.

"Hey, Silvy you here that?" Sunshine asked as she landed on the ground and trotted nearer to the meteor.

At first I narrowed my eyes and wondered on what she was talking about. But after a moment of silence, I too noticed the sound. It was a soft humming noise, which I identified as mechanical that natural. It sound started off faint, but soon grew louder and louder until it was hard not notice. Not that it was ear piercing, but instead just plain annoying to hear. I tried to follow the source of the sound and found myself going nearer and nearer towards the meteor.

That when I finally realized it. My eyes grew and my jaw hang open as I finally realized the location from where the humming noise was being emitted. Panic filled my body as my legs shook in fear. Looking towards Sunshine, who also had the expression of shock and slight fear, I knew that she too understood.

The humming noise was coming from inside the meteor!

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