Alex’s eyes opened slowly as the morning sun rose, he was sort of excited to see how Justin’s project would turn out today, and seeing as the entire day would be spent at the science fair, there wasn’t going to be any real school work. Alex slowly got out of bed and dragged his feet towards the kitchen; his mother was making breakfast for him.

“Morning sweetie”, she said in a voice that hinted that something was amiss. “Listen, I don’t know what’s going on in your life right now, but I know for a fact, that it does not warrant self deprecation. I took the liberty of scheduling a session with a psychiatrist.

Alex was flabbergasted at what he had just heard. He could only stare blankly at the table while his mom prepared breakfast. He couldn’t believe he forgot to clean up the bloody mess he left behind. But at least it meant that he could get some help before he takes his own life, which he was scared of.

Alex continued with his usual morning routine, which included a bowl of oatmeal, which dispite his mental break down after the events that followed the previous day of school.

He decided to just wear a button up shirt and jeans, Coupled with a hoody featuring the logo of (insert band name he liked here) . Looking up from his fimfiction account after checking the status of the stories he was tracking, Alex was shocked to find that he was nearly late for the bus to school. Grabbing his shoes from the corner of his room and running down the stairs while simultaneously trying to put on his sox, he rushed out the door and down the side walk hoping that this time he may get at least a sliver of good fortune. Luckily he arrived just in time for the bus as it slowly pulled up. Alex got on and headed for the back, for some reason he was extremely happy this morning and began blaring some music from his favorite show, this of course earned him some stares from those who could here the loud music and could not find out what in the hell it was, or where it came from. But as always these stares and looks of confusion just served to make him smile even wider. When the bus arrived finally at school, a few news vans and cars were parked outside the school. As Alex walked into the gymnasium, he could see a large silver tube stretching across the gym in a circle. A large copper device stood in the center connecting the pipe to the other end forming a tight seal. By the complex look of the thing, this was obviously the atom shooter thingy. After looking at it for a while, Alex took a seat at the front of the crowd as the lights dimmed and everyone went silent. Slowly the blond haired friend of Alex walked out in front of the device.

Justin cleared his throat before saying, “Thank you everyone for coming. Today, is a very special day. Either I get a PhD in theoretical physics, or we all die in a black hole.” The crowd quietly laughed at Justin’s secret warning as he continued, “This here is a hadron collider, and it will be firing one hydrogen atom around this pipe until it reaches the speed of light. Then once it’s nearly traveling as fast as light, it will collide with another hydrogen atom to create a miniature replica of the universe’s biggest explosion.” Justin went on to explain in great detail just how the machine worked, and what he hoped to learn from this mini-explosion. Alex was beginning to fall asleep when he finally heard those magic words everyone in attendance of the fair had been waiting for. “Let’s begin.” With that, Justin pulled out a remote and pressed a button what seemed to be an oversized red button. The large copper machine menacingly hummed to life as a light of increasing intensity slowly became visible through the tiny window. Alex watched in awe as the smartest child alive blew away the audience with his sciencing (that’s a word I use so shut up).

                                                  /)^3^(\

Simultaneously in Twilight’s library, Lyra waited impatiently while the lavender unicorn stood over a book. When Twilight had read enough she turned to her turquoise friend and said, “Are you ready? Remember, we’re only looking for a plant, just poke your horn and cast a small spell to retrieve the plant okay?” Lyra shook her head with excitement; she finally had the chance to search for alien life. Twilight motioned every pony in the room to stand back as her horn began to glow. Twilight used as much energy as she could as a small purple hole began to appear in mid air. The hole looked like a vertical purple whirlpool that shot bolts of electricity in random directions, when the hole was big enough Twilight shouted, “Ok Lyra, the portal should be ready for the next step! Be quick though, I don’t think I can hold this thing open for much longer.”

Lyra’s horn began to glow as the amplifier was set to her head. Lyra shouted out, “Okay!” Lyra quickly jammed her head into the hole. She quickly retracted her head and said to the crowd, “Not seeing anything yet. Im going to try to increase the power of the spell.”

Twilight shouted out in horror, “No! That’s too dangerous!” But it was too late; Lyra sorely underestimated the efficency of the magical amplifier she had built. Immediately Lyra began to scream when she began to feel her horn being dragged through the dark chasm that was the portal had become. The hole suddenly began to pulse and radiate energy that was blowing books off of the shelves and pushing the windows to the point of shattering. Rogue energy began to fly out in all directions, dissipating in a violent display of distruction. Lyra closed her eyes out of instinct with the sudden realization that she was unable to control the force dragging her through the dark vortex.

*****

Justin’s project was going quite smoothly. The light was getting brighter as Justin showed no sign of fear at all. The news reporters fell silent as Justin said aloud, “Now behold… The Big Bang! On a much smaller scale of course…” He then flipped a switch that launched a hydrogen atom towards the one already traveling in the collider. At first everything seemed to be going as planned, but all of hell broke loose, it began with a visible change in the color of the light visible from the small window in the collection potion of the collider. What was expecting to be a collision, releasing only a few neutrons and free floating quarks, turned out to be a significantly larger implosion that began to suck everything towards it. The crowd of people began to scream as it dawned on them that there worst fears were being realized before their very eyes.

Alex knew this was the end of the world as he knew it when he shouted out in vein, “How can we stop this?”

Justin yelled from behind a nearby desk, “It’s a worm hole; maybe something with the mass of an adult would clog it and hopefully stop it. But that’s just a theory.” Justin turned to look at Alex, what he found was an empty seat; he turned his head to see Alex running towards the chaotic worm hole. Justin screamed at the top of his lungs, “Are you fucking crazy? What the hell are you thinking!?”

Alex broke into a small smile as he held onto the stage saying, “I was never the brave one, or the happy one. Now I’m about to change them both, goodbye Justin Reilly.” With that, Alex let go of the stage he was holding onto. As he was dragged into the swirling vortex, a small grin appeared on his face. He could finally end the pain of being bullied and could die a hero that saved the entire world. He had never felt happier in his life.” As Alex made contact with the storm he could feel his entire body being stabbed by needles and pins. His entire body felt like it was being stretched into spaghetti as everything went black.

*****

Rainbow Dash was pulling as hard as she could on Lyra’s tail, but it was no use. Twilight was in a panic as she stood there, helpless, here eyes still obscured by a layer of shining white magic. Dash shouted as loud as she could from between here teeth, “Let go, Lyra!”

Twilight screeched from the top of her lungs, “No! She has to pull it through otherwise the portal will fold in on itself, causing all of the energy contained within it to be released in a single blast!” Twilight then began to use her exhausted magic to pull Lyra through. Eventually Twilight could feel some movement, hopefully meaning that progress was being made. Slowly, the turquoise unicorn could be seen as a whole body. But following her wasn’t a plant, or an insect, or a tree. It seemed to be much… bigger. What soon followed looked like a hairless ape wrapped in cloth. It appeared to be unconscious as it was slowly dragged out of the hole.

Twilight shouted again, “Pull harder! We need to get this thing through at all costs!”

After what felt like an hour of pulling, the entire creature could be seen, except for one finger, which was still pulled thin. With one last tug from the ponies, they managed to get the creature out safely. With one problem solved another arose. The creature may have been pulled through. Energy left over from the casting of the spell propelled it skyward, smashing it through the roof of Twilight’s home as it continued its journey onward. The ponies were knocked off balance by the shock wave and were knocked unconscious when their heads were smashed against the bookshelves.

The creature continued to soar through the air until it reached its maximum height and slowly began to descent towards the Everfree Forest. The creature was lucky enough to fall next to a large tree whose branches aided in slowing down his descent until it was simply sliding across the branches until it slid onto the ground. It simply laid there, unconscious but breathing, and unfortunately it was too deep in the forest for anypony to see where it had landed.

Back at Twilight’s, Lyra slowly regained conciseness and shakily stood up before saying groggily, “Where is it? I can’t wait to see it!” Lyra’s eyes fluttered across the room, looking for any sign that the creature was still in her presence. Then when she looked towards the ceiling, she saw the large gaping hole and suddenly realized what must have happened. Lyra said to herself, “Oh dear.”