Magikarp: Cream of the Crop

Chapter 2: Magikarp Crash!

Space. The final frontier. Or to the Magikarp now orbiting the upper atmosphere, its final resting place. But wait, this isn't the end (because a story ending right here and now would be pretty boring). It was slowly descending back to Earth, a trail of hot fire following behind it.

The air particles around it were sent aflame as it picked up speed, rocketing closer and closer back to Earth. But luckily for it, being a water type, the re-entry back to Earth was ineffective. It just stood still as the G-force got stronger and stronger, the occasional "Karp," sound leaving its lips as the ground soon got closer and closer.

If a Magikarp falls from the atmosphere at over 1,000 mph and there is no one around to hear it, will it make a sound? Well, this Magikarp was lucky enough for some ponies to hear him. And luckily for Magikarp, crashing to the ground, since it was a ground based attack, was ineffective as well. That's one damn lucky Pokemon.

"Hey, Twilight, is it normal for comets to appear during the day?" Spike asked the unicorn, squinting to get a better look at the trailing fireball that mysteriously appeared in the great blue sky.

"Why, of course they are, Spike." Twilight began, "It's much less common during the day, but that's only because of the light effects from the heat and the sun conflicting. Why do you ask?"

"Come take a look over here, Twilight." She directed herself towards the very window that Spike had began his question from. Right before their eyes the comet approached closer to the ground, the sky lighting up from the fire surrounding it.

"Um, Twilight, is it normal for comets to crash land near town?" Spike asked,  pointing to the fast approaching fireball.

"Not usually, no. I don't recall many comets coming close to Ponyville, not even in a book about such a catastrophe happening." Twilight rubbed her chin in thought, her mind perplexed at such a strange occurrence.

"Well, looks like it won't exactly hit Ponyville," Spike said, noticing how the comet's path wasn't directed right at the town. "More like it will hit--"

A loud bang could be heard by all, followed by a shockwave of force that cracked the earth and caused many a windowpane to explode in a shower of glass. "... the Everfree Forest," Spike moaned, now against the wall, having been knocked backwards from the comet's force of impact.

All around town ponies have been knocked aside from the shock wave, with much damage evident everywhere the eye could see. Broken windows, furniture strewn on the ground and food scattered haphazardly on the floor and its previous eater alike.

Spike got up from his fallen position. "Twilight?" But he was too late, for Twilight had already gotten herself out the door and into the streets of Ponyville. "Twilight, don't go near random crash landings!" Spike shouted at the doorstep of the library to the retreating unicorn, but she didn't listen.

Spike sighed and shook his head sadly, running after her while muttering under his breath, "Every week something like this happens. Is it too much to ask for a normal day in this crazy town?" Of course, nopony was around to answer his question. Not like anypony really did have an answer to it.