A Dog Among Men

by AlphaPinkie

A Sophomore In An Alien Land

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"Ugh, first day at a new school." Sighed Golden Shadow as he walked towards the school building feeling, nervous about what he was going to discover within those doors.

Golden stood at about six feet tall, and wore some peculiar facial makeup. His entire face was painted white, except for his eyes which were outlined in black with a little point facing towards his also painted black lips. Below this were three more black lines. The outer lines were thin, and the middle one was much thicker. All three of the facial lines though ran down over his chin, and ran until it touched his neck, as did the white face paint. He was wearing a green jacket with a picture of a red man running and holding a hatchet. He also had a black wool beanie with the same insignia on it. He also wore some torn blue denim jeans that were covered in light dust.

He had barely walked through the swinging metal door when a loud ringing interrupted all conversation, and turned it into a stampede of students rushing to their respective classes. He struggled to make it through the crowds, and made his way to the offices to pick up his schedule.

He was about to open the door into the main office, but then he saw a character that intrigued him greatly. She had tall blue boots, as well as light and fair skin that was tinted pink. She was wearing a light purple skirt with three balloons on it. Two of the balloons were blue, and the one in the middle being yellow. Her sweater was a light blue and seemed to be made of cotton, and it also had a golden "C" on it. Her eyes were blue were like diamonds. She also long and extremely messy pink hair.

She was staring blankly at a locker when Golden walked up to her, and asked her "Hi, I am new here, and I was wondering if you were OK?"

She took one glance at him, screamed, and then bolted down the halls only looking back once with a face of true fear.

"Well that was weird." Said Golden as he scratched his head.

Golden shrugged it off and walked over to the offices and obtained his schedule, and was instantly confused by all the numbers and names.

He simply stared at it for a moment, before meandering his way to the library that he had passed when he went to the main office.

When he walked into the library the first thing he noticed was the lack of adult supervision, to which he just smiled and sat at a table. He put his legs up and his chair back, and slowly went to sleep.


"You can't just skip class, come in here, and fall asleep! This is unacceptable!" Scolded a young voice, as Golden's eyes slowly opened to reveal to him another student. She had purple tinted skin, and long straight purple hair with a pink stripe running through it. She was wearing tall boots just like the other girl, except that these were purple, and she was wearing thick pink socks that stuck out on top of the boots. She had a dark purple skirt with a crimson star on the side of it. She had a sky blue blouse, as well as a pink bow tie resting neatly near her collar. "Are you even listening to me?" she continued still in an angry tone of voice.

"What, yeah." Stuttered Golden still waking up from his nap. "I'm sorry. I'm new here, and have no idea where anything is, so I thought I would just come in here and sleep. Better than roaming the halls, and being a distraction to everyone else. So, what's your name?" Asked Golden seeming slightly more confident than he had moments before.

The girl warmly smiled, and responded "My name is Twilight Sparkle, and what is yours?"

"My name is Golden Shadow." He replied with a light grin on his painted face. He dusted a spider that had been crawling on him off onto the floor, and then pulled out his schedule, now crumpled up from being stuffed in his pocket. "Hey, do you have any idea where any of these places are?" He asked showing the schedule sheet he had obtained a few hours earlier.

She looked at it and giggled slightly and said "You are heading to the cafeteria to eat next." She said with her light giggling subsiding "Also I think I will give you a hand, and walk you there."

Twilight motioned for Golden to follow her, and they began walking through the halls.

"You realize you slept all day right?" Said Twilight looking at him curiously

"Shit, I guess I did. Oh well I won't tomorrow." Replied Golden with a slight look of embarrassment on his face.

"So, is this your first day?" Asked Twilight nervously.

"Yes actually it is. I just moved here to Canterlot last week." Replied Golden while smiling at Twilight.

"Oh, that's nice." Said Twilight smiling back at Golden. "Would it be to much to ask about the face paint. It's kind of creepy."

"I would be my pleasure to explain it." Replied Golden smiling even more, "See, I am a juggalo."

"What is a juggalo?" Asked Twilight looking extremely perplexed.

"I really like you Twilight." Replied Golden, while laughing a little, "Most people will just look at me and either harass me, or just plainly treat me like a member of the walking dead. A juggalo is a person who follows the teaching, and is a fan of the Insane Clown Posse. I already know what question you are going to ask. What is the Insane Clown Posse?"

Twilight was now blushing and simply asked "Well, who are they?"

"They are a horrorcore group. They talk about murder, drugs, pedophilia, and other such evil things." Replied Golden.

"That sounds awful!" Interrupted Twilight in a voice of disgust.

"It is rude to interrupt people you know." Said Golden still laughing under his breath. "They are a horrorcore group that talks about all those evil things and how they are wrong. They speak out against corporate greed and bigotry. Does that still sound as awful?" Asked Golden with a straight face.

"Doesn't sound like something I would like, but I do see the good in it. I can't say much though considering I have never heard it though." Replied Twilight.

The two continued idle conversation for a few more moments, until they finally reached the cafeteria.

"Well, here we are" Said Twilight, "You want to meet my friends?"

"Why not?" Replied Golden jovially.

The two walked over to a table with five other girls sitting on assorted seats. One of them being the other pink haired girl from earlier.

Twilight motioned Golden to sit on a seat right next to a rainbow haired girl, and then said, "Hi everyone, this is Golden Shadow. He is new here. I was thinking he could sit with us today considering it's his first day and all." Twilight sat down next to Golden, and said motioning to the rainbow haired girl sitting next to him "This is Rainbow Dash." She then motioned over to a girl with long light pink hair and yellow tinted skin, and said "This is Fluttershy." She then pointed her gaze towards the pink tinted pony ,and said "This is Pinkie Pie."

Pinkie Pie began beaming, and said "Hi Golden! My name is Pinkie Pie, but my friends call me Pinkie, and since you seem to be friends with Twilight that means we must be friends right? Of course I am right! You know something I love? I love parties. We should have a party this weekend for your coming to town and Canterlot High school. Hey, what's up with the makeup? Are you a clown? You know what you could really use with your clown makeup? You should use some color!"

"OK dear, I believe that is enough. Hello, my name is Rarity" A girl off to the side said softly. She had perfectly maintained purple hair and silky white skin, and a very elegant voice and manner.

A girl with orange tinted skin, bleached blond hair, and a tan hat stood up, extended her arm, and said "Hello there, my name is Applejack."

Golden shook her hand and said, "You all know my name. Golden Shadow, and it's a pleasure to meet you all."

A few moments later a rather large individual slowly walked up behind Twilight, and pushed her head into the tray of food she had before her right before walking back to his friends. Twilight simply picked her head up.

Rainbow Dash was about to get up when Twilight said, "Don't go over there. If you do he wins."

Golden grew a hateful look on his face, and said "I don't care."

Golden stood up and speedily walked over to the gang of ruffians, and said "The fuck you doing messing with those ladies over there? Little shits like you make me sick. You are just so weak that you pick on them instead of someone your size."

"You're joking right? Little man wearing makeup thinks he can take me. Bitch, I am on the varsity wrestling team here you don't have a chance against me." Replied the man standing a few inches over Golden.

Golden slowly walked up to the man, and landed a right jab in his Adam's apple. The man fell over and began vomiting and crying.

"You hear me you little shit!" Screamed Golden, "You fuck with them, you fuck with me, or anyone else in this fucking school I will beat you into a bloody pulp, and you want to know why? It's because you are nothing, but a little piece of shit that preys on the defenseless."

"Your going to regret this!" Croaked the young man now writhing in pain on the floor.

"Doubt it" Replied Golden, now laughing a little.

Golden walked back over to the table, and sat down with the girls once more. Fluttershy was trembling from the whole ordeal, and so was everyone else, except for Rainbow Dash who said "Holy shit, that was awesome!"

Twilight broke out of her trance, and said "Why did you do that? We gave them attention, so they won."

"Not exactly." Replied Golden with a sadistic smile on his face, "The fact that I put him on the floor crying means that I won. He fucked with you, so I gave him what he deserves; pain."

Everyone was silent for the rest of the period, and the bell to release everyone to their cars and buses rang a few minutes later.

On Twilight's and Golden's way out, Twilight said "I hope we talk again tomorrow."

To which Golden simply replied "As do I."


Author's Note

A little non grim dark fiction. I plan on continuing this, but consider this a little pilot/concept chapter. This is also the first chapter in something that I am purely writing to learn how to write non gore and non messed up fiction, so please be patient with me I have a lot less tools to work with. (this chapter is crap I am sorry. I re read it and I plan on editing it sometime soon)

I hope you enjoyed it.

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