Nevermore

Chapter 1: Hate

"GAH! Why does this always happen to ME!" screamed out a voice in the middle of ponyville. This voice sounded angry, pained and tired. This voice belonged to a human named Royal. If one word described what he liked, it would be hate. He hated almost everything. He hated his life, you, the girl next store, the mailmare, the economy, you name it. He was the like the angry old man on the end of the street. Except he wasn't old, he was eighteen. Basically he just got an eviction notice on his house for not paying his debts on time, and this did not please him.

"Darn forsaken credit..Why me!?" he rambled on.

        He then heard a knock on his door. And then he stumbled to answer it. It was a little filly at his doorstep with a letter in it's mouth. The little filly stretched out it's neck as to motion for Royal to grab the letter. He did, and it nodded it's head and it left on it's way. Royal shut the door and began the short task of opening the letter. And ,ta-da, it was a shiny new eviction notice.

Dear Mr. Royal, you have only two days to re-pay your debts to equestria or you WILL be evicted of your home, and you will be sentenced one day community service. Signed, Mayor Mare.

       Well that was just great. Now he had TWO notices and he was even more pissed off. Now he stormed out of his house, went to the side of it to get his old bike. Then rode off to the mayor's house itself.

~~~

       Royal stopped just a yard shy of the capital building which housed the mayor. He put his bike next to the side of the house and went up to the front door. He knocked lightly to see if anyone was already near it. When no one answered it, he knocked louder. Finally, a royal guard pony answered and asked in a loud and angry voice what Royal was doing here.

       "What do you need, human?"

       "I need to speak to the mayor herself, please." Royal responded.

       "The mayor is busy, but do you want me to take the message?" he asked.

       Royal muttered a "no" and flipped the guard off and walked away to his bike and then rode off. The guard was not happy. An unkind visitor was not tolerated in this town. However, he seemed tired and so was the guard so he let him off easy for this once.

       "He is SO lucky I had my coffee tonight..." muttered the guard as he closed the door, shaking his head as it creaked closed.

~~~

       Royal parked his bike back at his house and walked in to the front door, he was surprised to see that all the lights were out...then another surprise as they came on and his house was filled with random ponies and a certain pink one as they all yelled "SURPRISE!". Royal was taken aback by this. No one had ever done this for him. The certain pink one ran up to him and introduced himself-. I mean, herself as Pinkie Pie. Royal was just shaking his head as the very ugly mare started talking really fast and basically, based on what he made out, was that she was trying to get him to enjoy life despite getting eviction notices.

       "And what did you say your name was again, Ms...?"

       "Pinkie!"

       "Yes and your throwing me this party because..?"

       "Because you seem really down all the time and Iwashopingyoucoulduseahelpingof-"

       "Get out." He interrupted.

       "Agfhajh- What?"

       "You heard me, out now you stupid pink abomination." He repeated.

       "But WHY?" she asked, as if trying to stall.

       Just then Royal pulled out a gun and fired into the ceiling to get everyone's attention.

       "LISTEN UP! EVERYONE IN HERE IS GOING TO GET SHOT IF YOU ALL AND THIS PINK BITCH DON'T LEAVE!" he spoke in a rage-filled tone.

       Everyone in the room, including pinke, all left in a single file line as Royal began muttering threats to everyone and as the last one left, he slammed the door hard, as if to let everyone know that he will not tolerate happiness.

~~~ (The next day)

       Royal woke up as groggy as ever and still angry about last night. However he woke up with a letter on his night stand. He opened it and his eyes shot open on the message inscribed.

Dear Mr. Royal, your two eviction notices have been paid by an anonymous pink mare and your debts have been paid. Have a great day! Signed, Mayor Mare.

      Royal for the first time in awhile felt horrible. That same pink mare that tried to make him happy...the same one that he called the b-word...the same one that he once thought was an abomination...had paid his debts. No questions asked. Royal sat up in his bed, and for the first time EVER in his life...cried silently.

       "I need to find this gracious mare...I need to let her know i'm sorry.."

       And at once he arose from his bed, got dressed, and went out the door (and closed it) to find the mare known as Pinkie Pie. The one mare that fixed his debts...The one mare, the ONLY mare...that he owed 'Thanks' to.

~~~

      At SugarCube corner, Pinkie stood behind the counter, business as usual. Her pet, Gummy, was sitting on the counter too, keeping his owner company, when suddenly, Pinkie saw a familiar figure rush past the store window.

      "Hey Gummy, did you see who that was?" she asked.

      Gummy just shook his head from left to right as he laid his head back on the counter, silently waiting with his owner for the next customer.

~~~

      Royal stopped in the middle of the dusty road of ponyville. He had never bothered to ask Pinkie where her workplace was located. He whipped his head around wildly.

      "This could take awhile..." he muttered to himself.