“Is this thing on...?” The teenage colt asked himself, fixing his webcam on his laptop. “Good...” He said. “”Ok..” My name is Jaded Envy.. I am a teenage pegasus from Manehatten... My family left there when I was just 2 or 3 years old... I now live in Ponyville, a small rural town just under Canterlot.” He explained. one of his hooves bandaged up. “Over my time here in this town I made some friends, I even joined a club..! That’s always a good thing...” He tried to sound happy.
His smile quickly faded and he sighed. “I miss my parents...” He mumbled, with his eyes on a picture halfway off the camera’s viewpoint. “Anyway... A few years ago I was enrolled into Cheerilee’s school.. It was fun.. till I met all of the class.” He scoffed. “I made a couple of friends there, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Bell.. And they asked me to join their club..! The Cutie Mark Crusaders... A club for talent less ponies.” He closed his eyes. “Two years after I joined... All three of them got their cutie marks.... Applebloom, an apple sprout. Scootaloo, a scooter, and Sweetie Bell, a music note. And here I am...! Fifteen fucking years old and still no cutie mark!!!” He yelled and slammed his hooves on his desk. “I’ve been trying.... For 5 years... To no avail...” He quietly starts sobbing. “I’m just somepony that has no talents...” He said, looking to a razor beside his bandaged hoof.
After cutting, the webcam came back into focus, dried tears on his face. “I tried everything... Now more people hate me than were there when I graduated... Music... I tried everything, now Octavia, and most of the musical ponies hate me... Except Vinyl... She thinks with practice she can take me under her metaphorical ‘Wing’... I’ve tried relationship advice, I at least got Lyra and Bon Bon together... Arts... nothing... Farming, worse than Sweetie’s cooking...” He sighed again. “I’m good for nothing...”
After 10 minutes of silence and the faint sound of skin splitting he spoke up.” I-I’ve almost given up hope... After my parents left for canterlot and the Changling invasion.... They died in that invasion... I’ve been all alone since then...” He shut his eyes tight. hitting a hoof on the desk. “Why does the world hate me...” He asked himself. “Dear Luna.. Why does this world hate me so much?!?!” He flung the laptop and his blank flank along with his severely cut hind legs are shown. Blood pooled on the chair and the floor. “Shit...” He said, he got up and collapsed, his blood loss high. His light green eyes closing and his breathing becoming shallow.
A few minutes later Vinyl walked into the house. “Hey kid where are you? You aren't answering my calls or messages? It didn't take long for the DJ to find him. “Oh my gosh..! Jaded!!” She quickly ran over to him and looked him over. “Dammit man you promised me you wouldn't do that anymore!!” Vinyl yelled and pulled her phone into view. “Yes, 911, I need somepony here quick!” Vinyl screamed. “No this can’t wait! He’s lost a lot of blood!!” Jaded weakly opened his eyes. “V-Vinyl...?” He said weakly. “Envy! It’s OK kid, we’re gonna get you to the hospital...” She said to him. “Look, just get somepony out here! I don’t care who it is just hurry! He won’t last long...!” Vinyl hung up and held the still bleeding teen in her hooves. “It’s gonna be OK... Just hang in there...” Vinyl said trying to comfort him. Jaded reached up. “Vinyl... Y-You care...” He said again. “Anypony else would've just left me there....” Vinyl nodded, “Ever since you first spun a record I knew there was something in you.” Vinyl said. “Now just please... Stop talking... The hospital’s gonna come and get you soon...” Vinyl looked over and saw the laptop. and hit stop record button.
The webcam focused once again to and heavily bandaged Jaded Envy. “Hey... Jaded Envy again... I’m sitting here in my hospital bed... Vinyl’s sitting over in the chair sleeping. I’m told that I passed out and suffered some head trauma so I’m staying here until my skull heals... I’m also under the needle a lot, they’re trying to replace the blood I lost... I owe Vinyl a ton... She really saved my life... I just might take her up on her offer...” Jaded said and smiled lightly. A nurse walked in “Is there anything you need?” She asked. Jaded ;looked over to her and asked “Yeah is this room soundproof?” She thought for a second. “Yes I believe it is.” Jaded nodded. “Can you get some of Vinyl’s DJ equipment? I need to wake her up.” The Nurse nodded and smiled. “Alright.” After two hours a table and speakers rolled in. “Thanks guys.” he said and paid them. “Alright... now let’s try this...” He said as he placed his heavily bandaged front hooves on the records. He gulped and started the song he had set. He closed his eyes and before he knew it, he was making music. Vinyl Opened her eyes as one one of her ears twitched. “Now that’s my kind of alarm clock...” Jaded Envy smiled. “Thanks!” Vinyl opened her eyes wide and shot out of her chair. “Kid! You’re doing it!!” Jaded smiled brightly and felt an unfamiliar tingling feeling on his flank, but he doesn't care. He kept playing until his hooves were tired. Then he collapsed back onto his bed. Vinyl was so happy “You did it, kid!! You got your mark!” She said. “Really?!” He said and looked at his flank. and saw a quarter rest. He’d jump if his hind legs weren't asleep. Instead Vinyl just hugged him tight, the same way the medics found them last month when Jaded had passed out.
Months passed since the last time he turned on the webcam to talk to no one in particular. Then, 7 months after he gained his cutie mark, the webcam blinked on once more, it was badly unfocused so it took a few minutes to focus in on a white coated red eyed pony. “Is this how he did it..?” Vinyl asked, and rubbed her eyes. “Hey, whoever he talked to...” She said and looked at a picture. “It’s been a long time since he talked to... who ever... He told me before he...” Vinyl trailed off, she inhaled deeply and sighed. “OK... He asked me right before he.... d-died to tell you that the reason he hasn't talked to you in seven months is because he saw this as a way to vent his anger and depression. And until 8 months ago it worked.... I knew there was something special about that kid... From the day I first saw him. He just...” She trailed off again. “He just had that spark that everyone would over look. His funeral was two days ago... The whole town was there, even some people from Canterlot... I saw Tavi there, she had the... coldest look in her eyes, I tried talking to her about his death, and all she said was ‘I’m glad that little shit is dead, one more nuisance no one has to deal with.’ I-I was completely shocked, how could she say that?! He was one of the kindest ponies anypony could ask for..! The glare I got from Tavi when I tried to defend him was...” She gritted her teeth. “The glare just screamed ‘Get away from me.’ Then... another pony jumped in and helped me, then another, and another...!” She exclaimed. “Soon, everypony was either beside or behind me. and they shot back a menacing glare... I couldn't see it, but it was clear what they all said, ‘No pony wants you here.’ Tavi looked shocked, yes he had some ponies hate him, but he always worked it out with them. It was only her that kept on hating him...” Vinyl shook her head. “She got out of that place faster than even Rainbow Dash... She issued a public apology at her concert yesterday, no one believed her, you kind of don’t forget the pony that hated a good, kind, lovable friend... Let’s just say, she won’t be seen performing for a while...” Vinyl said as she cut off the webcam for the final time.
