Prologue
Never in a million years would I be thinking that I of all people would be going here, I assumed Twilight, or even Rainbow dash, maybe, but me?
It was still pretty good that I could even come close to set foot here, hopes peak academy, now for those who don't know what this place is all about, this is the one school that can determine that you have a bright future in life, so when I got the letter, saying that I was going to this school, I was so excited, this would be the first or maybe only school I would ever need to go to!
I never really went to school since Twilight said that it was to dangerous for me to go to since ponies don't take to kindly to dragons, but when she found out I've been accepted here, she was crazy happy, I was pretty happy too, soon after we got the newsTwilight told the girls and they gave me a 'good bye spike' party it was super fun we had cake, and ice cream and I even got a goodbye kiss on the cheek from rarity!!, but even thought I'm not with my friends anymore I'm glad to be here, standing in what is to hopefully become my future, but...the one problem I have with all of this, is my class title, we usually have this thing called 'Super High School Levels' and mine is...well...its pretty lame.
Super High School Level Assistant
I mean...really, I couldn't have gotten anything better? I mean, I did my research on some of the people that are gonna enroll to the school and man, there is a lot of talented people here, Super Highschool level DJ, Super Highschool level Pop star, even a Super High school level Mail mare (didn't think that was a real talent but, alright) I just thought i'd get something cool too ya know, but at least I didn't get anything completely stupid like Super Highschool level Good luck or anything right?
"So...This is it" I said to myself as I took a deep breath, I looked down stared at the floor for a bit, then back at the school, this was something extraordinary, I never would've thought that I could be in such an amazing place with such amazingly talented people (though Im not looking forward into meeting the Super Highschool Level Bad boy, Thats for sure) and I got picked to attend this school, but then I smiled and then walked into the school "What could possibly go wrong?"
I'm such an idiot for saying that, as soon as I walked in, I felt...woozy, I couldn't feel my legs and everything was all blurry, I couldn't even see the school anymore I completely blacked out and fell down right on my back, falling asleep.
Later that day I started to wake up slowly, I had my head face first on a desk, I slowly looked around and was still wondering where I was, it looked like a classroom, I tried to find a way out but the windows we're sealed, and I even tried opening the emergency exit, nothing there as well, there was no escape, but I didn't wanna give up, I looked around a bit more then noticed the chalkboard and it had a writing on the board as well, I soon started to read the message.
'Attention, all students must attend the gymnasium by twelve o clock PM for the opening ceremonies'
Obviously something was going on, it was a bit strange to, what happened to me, why did I pass out...well what ever the case was, I needed answers, so I soon saw another door, probably to the gym, so I walked up to the door and then slowly began to open it, and what I saw we're 15 others looking right at me
"uum, I-Is this the gym?" I asked, god I'm such an idiot
soon a pony with a light blue coat walked up towards me, he had dark blue spiky hair, green eyes and has Lightning bolt with wings for a cutiemark he had a reassuring and friendly smile across his face
Super HIgh School Level Elite Flyer
"Hey there Spike, nice seeing ya, hey man you got taller!!" he was right, I did get a bit taller, well, atleast to be at a normal ponies height, think I should have said that earlier...heh heh....oh well, live and learn, speaking of learning, im sure he's to old to be going to high school...right?
"Soarin from the wonderbolts...w-what are you doing here?" when I asked him, he sighed deeply, he seemed a bit ashamed about what I said
"Well...uuh lets just say I kinda...dropped out of high school when I joined the wonder bolts" he scratched his head in embarrassment, honestly I thought you had to at least join high school in order to be a wonderbolt...but hearing from twilight about how obnoxious they actually are, I would be surprised if fleet foot and spitfire made it past 6th grade, it was actually a pretty responsible and grown up thing for soarin to do, maybe he was trying to surpass spitfire so he could be the leader of the wonderbolts, well its probably best not to ask him why he wanted to continue school
"Sooo whats going on here?" I asked looking around the gym
"Where are the chairs and the teachers and stuff" just as I asked a black griffon with a yellow beak walked by, his hair, or in this case his feathers was blue, kinda had a flat line cut, kinda like gilda's feather do
"I'm just as curious as you, the least they should have done was rolled out the red carpet or something..this is most confusing indeed..." he said as he was walking around
that suit...wait, why was he wearing a suit?!
"hey bro?" I asked
"uuum I hope you don't mind me asking but, whats with the suit?" as I asked that question, the griffon sighed and looked at me with a bit of shame in his eyes
"Its my parents, they always make me dress up this way since im the heir to the Grilaphine empire.." I soon backed up a bit then I remembered, the Grilaphine empire is like equestria but with griffons and their deity isn't their ruler, wait a second...HE OWNS ALL OF THAT!!?
"Ahh I-I'm sorry I-I should have known who you were" I said as I also bowed down to him, he's technically royalty so I guess thats a nice gesture, or atleast I hope it is, I never really met a dude that was an heir for anything really (unless you count king sombra...yesh)
"No, please don't do that" he begged as he waved his claws in front of me signaling me to stop
"Thats the one thing I don't want people to do to me, no praise seriously..." he sighed and looked down at the ground, uh oh I think I messed up somewhere, I soon got back up and shook his claw
"H-Hey its no biggie, I was just taught that way, i usually bow down to royalty so yeah sorry man" he gave me a reassuring smile and shook my claw with a firm grip
"I guess you already know who I am but its proper to introduce myself my name is Crow Claw its nice to meet ya"
Super High School Level Heir
For an heir he's actually a pretty chill guy, pretty odd how prince blueblood, being the heir of Princess celestia and luna got to be such a jerk
speaking of jerks
"Ah yes yes, its finally time for things to get interesting now that I'm here" said the blue unicorn in the purple cape and pointy hat, I remember this one, its her, the great and powerful trixie, I'm honestly not surprised she'd be taking high school again, man this is gonna be a pain. She soon stared daggers at me then walked my way
"Well Well Well, if it isn't Twilight Sparkles lackey!" she exclaimed
"So what exactly are you doing at this school, I thought vermin weren't allowed in a place like this" I wanted to hit her as hard as I could, but being the gentledrake I am, I decided to just stay calm and try hide my inner feelings
"Great...what are you doing here, did you get fired at the rock farm?" I said coldly, Hey I said I was gonna try, didn't say i'd do it
"For your information, The Great and powerful trixie was chosen to attend the school so she could get a more 'viewable' resume, she only has to be here for one year then after that everypony would want trixie to perform for them, but you already know who I am so there's no point in asking me for an introduction!"
Super High School Level Magician
I didn't even ask you for an Introduction cause I already know you, and cause your irritating,
"You see' the great and powerful trixie is not really doing well money wise so she decided to go back to high school, it wasn't an easy task but trixie decided to-"
I soon tried my best to walk off from the conversation, she was going on and on about how great she was and how everyone else is going to kiss her hooves and worship her and become the next alicorn princess and blah blah blah, I soon bumped into someone I knew, some one who I did NOT want to meet again.
"Hey watch it kid!!" I bumped into a big red dragon, with yellow scales a chiseled chin with sharp teeth, orange scales and something I wanted but was still lacking, wings, I was really mad when I got the news from celestia saying that my wings wouldn't be able to grow until my next growth spurt, sad part was, even though I was as tall as twi and the others, I'm still pretty small compared to him.
"Oh uum hey s-s-sorry didn't see ya there" I soon started to back up slowly but then tripped over by his tail
"Spikey, long time no see twerp, you grew a little, thats good, but just a warning, you next time you bump into me, your getting a one way trip to death city, population YOUR FACE!!!, got it?"
as I got back up I soon smiled nervously then shook his claw "Y-Yep yep yep, you got it I totally understand, well I better be going now so I-I'll see you la-"
after that he grabed my shoulder, oh god I read enough fan fics to know where this is going.
"Ain't you gonna ask me for an introduction or something, I mean you never even got my name, thats pretty low spike" Me not asking for your name is low, you tried to kill me, my friends and my former pet, I soon sighed and then looked at him
"Okay okay lets hear it"
garble soon cleared his throat, he soon took out a cue card then styled his spines..wait a second, was he....staging his introduction?
"Sup Names Garble, so you wanna Fight We'll have a fight!!"
Super High School Level Badboy
Yep, he was staging it alright his acting was half ass and lazy at best, as soon as he finished introducing himself I just walked away, theres no use trying to be friends with a guy as crazy as him
I soon saw somepony reading a book she had a dark red mane as low as her shoulders, she had freckles and her coat was white, she also had bright blue eyes and small reading glasses, her cutie mark was a quill writing on a note pad, and she had a horn which means she was a unicorn, she seemed to be enjoying that book a lot, I walked up to her and smiled politely
"Hey there, you seem to really enjoy that book, you know Twilight knows a lot about books and stu-" as soon as I was about to finish I was tackled down to the ground by the white unicorn, she soon looked at me with stars in her eyes
"Oh my gosh Your him your Spike the dragon!!" this was a first, no one not even a mare was so excited to see me (Unless you count pinkie pie but she gets excited when she see's everyone) so I was kinda flattered but she was on top of me, she soon walked back then started to move her fore hooves frantically
"O-Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to knock you over...its just...well I never expected Twilight Sparkles assistant to attend the same school I went to I mean Twilight Sparkle is my mentor and she's really great she inspires me to-"
Oh thats it, thought for once some one was actually interested in what I had to say or something, she went on and on about how great twilight was and how she was inspired to write stories and read just like her, you know the same old same old
"And...I still can't believe you here to, the hero of the crystal empire" she said with a sigh and, is it me or did I notice a faint blush in her cheeks, I promptly walked up to her "H-Hey you okay?" she soon backed up and nodded her head
"S-Sorry i was just..uum th-thinking yep totally thinking about other stuff...a-anyway names Book Marker it's an honor to meet you sir"
Super High School Level Author
Sir? Me Sir? Okay theres something going on, but I do remember something about her name, I think twilight even had some of her books, best not to tell her that though, she might have a fangasm or something, she seemed nice and actually interested in what I had to say...weird
After I was done talking to her I soon looked around and saw some one...meditating, he was a green dragon with red scales on his stomach, and red spikes from his back to his head, he also had a scarf on, kinda resembles dragon scales, and he had a cut on his eye, a deep one at that, and he lacked wings, just like me. he soon opened his good eye and stared at me
"uum hey there, what ya doing?" I asked him, he soon got up then smiled at me, patting my head.
"My apologies friend, I was in a meditating session and I completely forgot where I was, I hope I didn't bother you" he said with a pleasant smile on his face, this was super weird, usually dragons are mean, but he seemed like a pretty nice guy, he even looked about my age to, maybe I won't be the only nice dragon at this school.
"So hey, whats your name, I'm Spike" I said with a pleasant smile as I shook his claw
"It's nice to meet ya spike, my name is Riku Dora, just riku will be fine" he said with a pleasant smile across his face, something about that name was familiar, hold on, wait I remember
Super High School Level Fighter
He was the guy who went to the 'Equestria's strongest' tournament, man I heard a lot about him, apparently shining armor took place at the tournament and lost to this guy but he made it all the way to third place, shining only made it to fourth, I guess that's why spike doesn't really talk to me that much, knowing a dragon beat him in a brawl
"I see that your Princess twilight sparkles assistant I presume" he talks funny though, best I keep that to myself
"Yeah I'm her number one assistant, you beat her brother shining armor at the Equestrian's strongest tournament" I smiled, then soon he looked away for a second
"I-I don't like talking about that, I really don't like competition..." uh oh, I think I made him feel uncomfortable
"Ahh L-Look Im sorry, I hope your not mad at me!!" this is the one time I meet a dragon who seems pretty cool and I mess it up, great he must think im a jerk...
"Its fine spike really, in fact I look forward to spending time with my own kind for once, you see, I never really met another dragons before, other then my family..."
family...that word got to me, I was kinda jealous that he had a family...he seemed to notice I was sad, so he looked at me with a worried look
"I'm sorry friend...did I say something to trouble you?" I soon shook my head then answered him
"No no its just...I never really knew my family.." he soon put his claw on my shoulder
"don't worry about it friend, im sure someday you'll find them, besides, you already have a family" he was right, I had twilight and the girls, but im all alone now so, I guess I shouldn't be so sad right now anyway.
I waved goodbye to riku as I looked at the other students, as soon as I left I saw every ponies favorite DJ, no doubt in my mind its her, she probably doesn't recognize me so its probably best if I introduce myself again, I soon walked up to the DJ then after that she took her glasses off and smiled at me
"Hey Dragon boy!! How are ya?" she asked me with a wide smile, she seemed pretty happy to see me, I guess she does remember who I was, that's a relief
Super HIgh School Level DJ
"Aww Yeah Vinyl Scratch is in the house!! Man Spike can't believe your here, its really nice to see someone who I know and not some crazed fan or something" I chuckled a bit after that statement, she was a DJ so I guess that's normal for her
"Uhh hey vinyl, can I ask you something..?"
Vinyl laughed and then winked at me "Sure Spikarony whats eating ya?"
I soon tried ignoring the nickname and then cleared my throat asking my question "why are you back in high school, did you drop out to?" whats with equines and not finishing their god damn high school education
"Yeah...Tavi said that I needed to at least try my best and go back to high school, man sometimes she's a real pain, but hey it doesn't hurt to give high school another shot!"
she seemed really optimistic, thats probably what octavia likes about her...that and her flank
"Alright, everyone quit your babbling!!" some one shouted as they we're on one of the bleachers, he was a red feathered griffon who had three feathers on each side of his head, he had a black beak, green eyes and had the equestrian guard uniform on, he seemed to be kinda a...whats the word im looking for...control freak..no...thats not it
"We must start with introductions so we can be acquainted with each other!" the crow said with a loud controlling voice...is he obnoxious?, no no that's not it either...
Soon Garble was in the background and yelled at the griffon "We're doing that already!!" the griffon soon started to blush in embarrassment.
"Right...uum...I apologize, c-c-continue your...I-introductions..." he said walking down back to our level, I got it he's a control freak!! Yeah that's it, I soon walked up to him and chuckled a bit
"uhh hey there bro? You feeling okay?"
he soon looked at me with daggers in his eyes geez he looks pretty threatening, but then he smiled at me "Ah sorry about that, let me introduce myself young fellow, the names Nightingale just call me "night" don't call me "nighty" please"
Super High School Level Hall Monitor
I soon shook his claw, he seemed...strange, but okay...I guess
"its a pleasure to meet you Night" I soon walked around and the I saw some one playing some video games, he had dark orange spikey hair and a brown coat and brown eyes, his cutie mark looked like notepads from a video game console, I knew this guy, sweetie always talked about him all the time, so I walked up to him and smiled
"Hey there, your button mash right?" he didn't even look at me, he was so focused at his game as he responded "uh huh" well its best I make a good impression, I soon looked at the game he was playing, soon I smiled at him kindly
"hey is that fighting is magic, man I didn't know that game was out" I was actually pretty confused and excited I was positive this game was not even going to exist since Hasbro had that legal dispute with man six, man I was pretty stoaked, but he responded with another "uh huh" I was starting to get a little irritated now.
"hey uhh are you paying attention to me?" once again I got another "uh huh" I soon had an idea so he could get his attention
"hey button...you mind if I could get a turn and play your ga-" he soon put his game down, then gave me the meanest look I ever saw
"NO WAY, I'M PLAYING ALRIGHT!!" I soon backed up as he yelled, man he was loud, he soon shook his head then smiled innocently
"heh heh s-sorry man, it's just I got to the final boss, I kinda need to focus so I can beat the game on intense mode. Anyway its awesome to meet ya, names Button mash, oh wait, you already know that sorry!"
Super High School Level Gamer
"Well its alright, maybe when your done I could-"
he soon put his hoof on my lips to shush me "Yeah yeah yeah I kinda need to beat this game so if ya don't mind I'm gonna just ignore you now" he said bluntly as he started playing his game once again, he really enjoys video games...and I like to state the obvious a lot, I soon walked away the I saw surprisingly an alicorn at the school, she was a bit taller then the normal pony, she had a dark blue coat short light blue hair, light green eyes, he had a shooting star traveling past the moon as a cutie mark, she seemed really familiar so I walked up towards her and looked at her for a few more seconds
"uum hey, do I uum...know you from somewhere?" she soon looked at me with an emotionless expression then she walked up towards my
"My apologies young drake but...I don't believe so, my name is Selena moonshine"
Super High School level ???
Yeah...I didn't know her at all but still...something's telling me differently, its like...I know her and I should know her now, best I don't disturb her or anything, I soon left the scene and looked around some more and then found yet another familiar face, it was my step brother, the long white knight himself "Shining armor!!?" I soon walked over towards him smiling wide
Super High School Level Royal Guard Captain
He soon smiled at me ad gave me a hug "Spike, I'm so glad your okay, i'm so proud of you, I can't believe you made it to hopes peak academy!!"
As happy I was to see him, something came across my mind "Shining, what are YOU doing here, didn't you graduate?"
He looked at me and chuckled a bit "Yeah but you see I'm in charge of protecting the students, so you won't have to worry about getting into any trouble with me spike" he said with a giant smile across his face, shining was always a really cool guy, I can't believe he's here, and its a relief to, now I know I'm not all alone
"Wait what about cadence?" I asked
"She's doing fine right now, she said that its probably best that I guard this place and take a break off of fighting monsters and drago-" he soon closed his mouth as he was about to say he was fighting dragons, smart move Shining armor, Smart move.
"Oh hey someone's running in the halls, well I'll see ya later spike, bye!!" he soon bolted out of the conversation completely
"The hallways are locked!!" meh, he'll figure it out when he gets their
soon someone else approached me by patting my shoulder, he was a bit smaller then I was, he had a white coat and brown spots on his eyes, he had on a eye patch and a spikey brown mane, he also had a treasure chest as a cutiemark
"Good day lad, its very nice to meet ya, names Pipsqueak" he exclaimed happily as he shook my hoof
Super High school Level Explorer
"Hey their pip!" I said shaking his hoof back with my claws "its really great to see you again, how's the adventureing stuff coming along?"
"It's really swell mate, I even made a book about my adventures and everything I'm just like daring do, except I'm from trottingham and i'm male" he said chuckling a bit, I don't have the heart to tell him Daring Do is real, I don't know how much he could handle, he'd probably think I was lying anyway
Soon I saw a grey mare with blonde hair, yellow eyes (she's kinda crossed eyed to) and also bubbles for a cutiemark, she had a mail mare hat on and even a little bag to keep the mail inside, she soon started to fly to my direction, OH GOD, I soon jumped to my left so she wouldn't hit me, she landed pretty roughly as she hit a dumpster, she soon got up and shook her head
"Woo wee, That was a doosy" she said as she soon got up and looked at me with her wall eyes, she soon smiled at me "Heya names Derpy hooves, its so nice to meet you"
Super High School Level MailMare
She's taking high school again to...meh, kinda saw that coming
I then heard someone beat boxing for some reason, and busting rhymes behind me, he had a grey coat and had a buzz cut blonde mane, he also had a microphone for a cutiemark, he was making up his own beats and verse and everything, I just stood there listening to the beat
"you say I'm a hack
A one trick pony
No Acts to follow
All That Talent I've gained is not mine
it's only Borrowed
Because i'm..."
he stopped all of a sudden and stared at me, I was kinda impressed with his lines, I wanted to see where it went
"Hey man Don't stop on my account" I said with a recurring smile "I mean, man that was pretty good, was that like on the spot?
"Yo thanks man" he said with a smile and then patted my shoulder "It's great to see someone who appreciates the rap culture, I wish I made that song, it actually was made by MictheMichrophone and JackleApp, those guys are great, anyway whats up man, names Beat Box!"
Super High School Level Rapper
I smiled and gave him a hoofbump and he seemed to appreciate my company since I complimented him on his beats seems like I made another friend, speaking of friends, I heard someone's voice, someone familiar
"Spike?" asked the voice "is that you?"
I turned my head to see that it was a mare with a light purple and light pink mane with two bangs on each side and with curls down to her neck, she had a white coat and had a music note for a cutiemark.
It was Rarity's sister, sweetie belle, honestly I was pretty happy to see her, I mean sure shining armor is here but, I kinda wanted to have a real friend here, you know, someone who I personally know
"I'm really happy to see you again Spike!" she exclaimed as she gave me a quick hug
Super High School Level Popstar
"Man Sweetie, I-I can't believe you actually remember me" I was honestly pretty shocked that she remembered me, I mean we never really talked that much, I was pretty happy
"So Spike...what do you think is going on..?" she asked, she seemed a bit..off "It's like, I'm usually use to having rarity or the girls with me so I guess I should be worried...but...I just don't remember anything...what about you, do you remember how we all got here spike?" she asked me with a concerned look on her face
I soon shook my head and sighed "No sweets, I'm sorry I don't..."
she sighed and looked down "Thought so...well, at least your here, and I'm always glad to see you!" she chirped at me, she was always really kindhearted to other ponies, thats what everybody liked the most about her
Soon after all of that was over, we all heard a rumbling sound on the stage, everyone soon drew their attention to the stage and then after that, a black and white teddy bear jumped out from the stage and stood on stage he had one side with a normal white teddy bear and a evil grinning black teddy bear...all I could say was "What the hell is going on?"
The teddy bear stood up and then started to...talk "Ahem testing, one. two. three...ALRIGHT now that that's out of the way, welcome students to hopes peak academy!!"
"Wait a second" Book Marker said "W-Where are all the teachers, and who and what are you?" she seemed a bit nervous
"Yeah!" Garble shouted "What the hell is with the stuffed teddy bear, is this some kind of joke!!"
"Hmph, how rude" the toy continued to talk "I'm not just some stuffed teddy bear that when you hug it, it says something hopefully disgusting like 'I love you' or any stupid crap like that!! Allow me to introduce myself, I am monokuma, and welcome to hopes peak academy and I am your head master, Upupupu!!"
The teddy bear soon walked around and looked at all of the students and then did that stupid laugh again
"Now you all better get comfy because, your all going to be staying here, forever!"
"H-HEY WAIT A SECOND!!!" Garble yelled at the teddy bear then had fire come out of his nose "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN 'STAY HERE FOREVER', WHAT GIVES!!"
The bear soon backed up, he looked a bit scared "H-Hey wait a second, you can't yell at me like that, you know I AM your Head master after all, besides, you wouldn't want to get executed...riiight?~" he said that last part in a sickening tone, like if he was gonna kill somebody
"W-Wait a second!" Sweetie said as she soon walked closer to the scene "What do you mean we have to s-stay here!?"
Monokuma soon looked down and then kicked the ground a bit "Ohh..? you don't wanna stay here with me...? that's just so...Disbearingly WONDERFUL~" he soon started blushing and held his cheeks together, whats wrong with this toy..?
"Now that that's out of the way" the bear soon stopped his blushing then got back to business "If by any chance you want to get out of the school, theres one simple thing you have to do...upu...upupu....UPUPUPUPUPU AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" He soon started laughing, it made everyone in the gym feel uncomfortable
"There's only one way of getting out of MY school..." his red eye soon started to glow "You have to kill each other!"
What...what the hell is he talking about, k-k-kill each other, why would we do that!?
"H-Hey, Don't joke about that!" Book said as she soon started trembling
"Like I said kid" exclaimed the teddy bear "I'm NOT joking, these are the rules, in order to get out of this place, you must kill some one, anyone, you wa- ECK!!" garble soon stomped on the teddy bear squeezing his head with his foot
"Alright Punk" garble yelled "WE'LL HAVE TO START WITH YOU THEN HUH!!?"
"Ah ah ahhh~" the bear said cheeringly "you made a big mistake little dragon" soon a beeping could be heard from the teddy...strange it kinda sounds like...oh no!
"Garble, throw him out of the way!!" Selena demanded
"Huh? wait why?" he asked her
"Just do it and quick!!" she kept yelling at him
"Why should I listen to a po-" he was soon interrupted
"THROW HIM ASIDE OR YOU WILL DIE YOU FOOL!!" She yelled with her surprisingly powerful voice, garble soon got a bit scared then threw the bear into the air, as he threw him the beeping became faster then after that, the teddy bear soon exploded into peace's right in front of us
"AHH W-W-WHAT THE HELL!?" button mash yelled as he stopped playing his game
"H...He blew up..." garble said, still stunned from what just happened
"you...you think it's over now?" Book Marker said, trembling a bit
"Nope, not even close!" soon a familiar voice came out from the stage, and then the bear jumped back out and...was still there...standing right in front of us...didn't he just blow up...I mean...how can he still be alive
"There's a bunch of me stored at this school so I an literally pop out anyBEAR at any time!!" he said as he chuckled at himself with that stupid laugh "If you don't want to kill one another then I suggest you stay safely in here, for the rest of your lives, but if you want to get out of here, then you gotta kill someone in the process Upupupu, seems simple no?"
I took a look at everyone here, it seems like he wasn't joking about this, I mean he even blew himself up to make his point, and apparently there's a bunch of him...so now...there's only one question that remains....do we stay here...or will some one be stupid enough to actually kill someone just to leave...what ever the case was...these were our new lives...in the school of mutual killing
Author's Note
And done, this is my first real fan fic that I've ever put effort into making so I really hope you all enjoy it, I also hope to make sure that I make a bunch of more DRXMLP stories, maybe a ship fic, or maybe something else that's completely stupid like...I don't know, Makoto as a brony or something...whatever, hope I hear some feedback from this fic, thank you all again for reading and stick around for part 2
The Birth of Despair (Part 1) [Edited]
The Birth of Despair, (Part 1)
Soon after the ordeal with Monobutt, I was laying down in my new bed, staring at the ceiling, trying my best to figure out how the hell I'm suppose to get out of this mess. A school where we have to kill each other? That's insane! No one was really stupid enough to actually kill someone. Right?
For whatever reason, that bear is insane, but since he isn't real, someone must be controlling him. The question is who?
"Who would be crazy enough to do something like this?" I asked myself "What's their motive, are they enraged at someone? Damn it...I'm afraid, if only Twilight was he-, wait a minute, TWILIGHT!" I soon jumped off of my bed then remembered my ability, the fact that I can use my magic to send items to others.
"Alright, I'm gonna get us all out of here." I said as I soon looked around for a paper and quill but sadly, to no avail. I looked from under my bed, to my closet and to the bathroom, but strangely, not a single piece of paper or writing utensil. This was very peculiar. There has to be a piece of paper or something in this school, I mean it is a school, am I not correct?
As soon as I lost hope in my search, I heard a knock at my door, I walked towards my door and opened it to see Shining Armor in a worried state. I wonder what's going through his mind.
"Spike, I'm glad to see your up." He said with a sudden change of tone. "How are you holding up in here?"
"Hey Shining," I said smiling at the guard "I-I'm fine, what brings you here?" Shining then changed his expression again to a bit more serious.
"We need to convene in the cafeteria." he said "We need to have a polemical on what we're going to do for the time being, and how we're gonna get out of here."
"Sounds like a plan." I said as I walked out of my room with the celestial guard. "I think I might have an idea too."
"Oh, do you now?" he inquired. "Well, save it for when we get to the cafeteria with everyone else." I soon was welcomed by my classmates. Some of them were grateful to see us, while others-
"Took ya long enough!" Garble said in a grumpy tone. "We've been waiting for you love birds to get over here for about 15 minutes, that's way too long." He barked.
"Trixie agrees with the dragon!" Shouted the blue unicorn. "The Great and Powerful Trixie has been waiting far too long to be with these commoners. You all need to start paying Trixie if you want an autograph." She stated with pride.
Garble soon shot daggers at Trixie. "The hell did you just call me!?"
Trixie then proceeded to ricohet the red dragon's stare. "Trixie called you a commoner, be lucky she doesn't end your life right here and now!"
"Like a pony could ever defeat a dragon!"
"Maggot!"
"Dragon bait!"
"Scoundrel!"
"Bitch!"
"Timberwolf droppings!!"
"Las Pegasus stripper!!!"
"Why you! The Great and Powerful Trixie will end your existence right now!" Trixie soon started to light up her horn, charging a more powerful spell then what she usually generates.
"Oh yeah, bring it on lady!!" Garble soon started to take a deep breath as he was about to blow Trixie sky high. Thankfully though, as they we're about to duke it out, Shining Armor levitated the both of them and stopped them from starting a duel.
"Hey, you both need to calm down!" Shining Armor barked. "If we want to get out of here, we need to make sure that we focus our energy to escape, not dueling the others!"
Both, the red dragon, and the blue mare, sat down. Not before long, they started sticking their tongues out at one another like a couple of foals. I still can't believe I was intimidated by these two.
"Now then," Shining nonchalantly stated. " Lets get back to the topic at hand. We need to find a way out of here. Has anyone been able to find any escape routes in the building?"
As soon as he finished, Book Marker soon shook her head and sighed "Sadly...I wasn't able to find an exit." She said looking more disappointed "I saw a vault, and I'm pretty sure it's the way out, but there was no way to open it."
Crow Claw soon looked at her and smiled softly "Hey, its alright." He said. "We can find another way out, besides, maybe Spike knows what to do"
"W-What?" I looked at Crow with a hint of confusion
"Yeah, Shining says your Princess Twilights assistant right? So that means you probably have some way to get out of this mess!"
Man, he's awfully cheery today isn't he. I soon cleared my throat and started to speak "Well..." I soon looked down and scratched the back of my head "I have an ability that can help me send letters to others, mostly Princess Celestia herself, so maybe I can try and send a letter to her and find a way to get us out of here."
Everyone seemed thrilled, well except Garble.
"Wait a second!" Garble shouted "Are you saying I need to have faith in some prissy pony princess!?" I soon sat back down as he was shouting at me.
"Hey!" Sweetie soon stood up and stared intensly at Garble. "You need to have respect for the princess, and at least Spike knows someone that's outside of this place. It's better then what the rest of us can do, and I'm pretty sure that the princess will-"
"Will what exactly?" Monokuma cut Sweetie off a he sat at the end of the table "Do you really think your princess will save you, how do you know she doesn't have anything better to do, or more importantly...what if she was... dead? Upupupu~"
I soon stood up and shook my head. "Hey d-don't joke about that!" I shouted "The princess is immortal, she also controls the sun, there's no way she could've been killed!"
Soon the bear looked at me and laughed "You honestly think that the princess is okay huh? Well then, how about you put your money where your mouth is hmm?"
The bear soon dimmed the lights and then showed us something....something disturbing...it was the princess..on her throne with multiple stab wounds from her head to her abdomen, The princess sat dead. There was so much blood....I honestly felt sick to my stomach.
As for the others, they looked really pale, even Garble was lost for words, but I think it got to Shining Armor the most, he worked side by side with the princess, and she even raised me, him, and Twilight when we we're little...but now this...this photograph... I didn't know what to do.
"W-What the hell is this!?" Button Mash shouted at the bear. "Is this some kind of stupid joke or something, This is even worse then when I lost to Sepharoth in Kingdom Hearts!!"
"I-Its okay Button..." Book Marker said shaking a bit "Th-This has to be s-some sort of prank or something, to motivate us to do something crazy too r-right?"
"No..." Riku stated, looking down "From what I can tell...this is not any Everwood Magic...its the real thing...I'm sorry but, your princess is dead.."
As soon as Riku finished talking I heard a shriek from Sweetie Belle who started to run away and went to the bathroom, then after she left, I heard that sadistic bear laughing his stupid laugh.
"Aww wook at dat~" he said cheerily "The poor wittle singer couldn't take the heat of despair! HAHAHAHA!"
Soon I leaped into action and followed her to the bathroom, I couldn't in, of course, but I still tried to do something.
"Sweetie?!" I shouted "I-I know things look bad but..." I honestly didn't know what to say...this was pretty tragic, the leader of the entire world was dead... how can anyone be okay at a time like this...
Sweetie Belle soon opened the door and looked at me with tears, it must have been too heart breaking for her.
"But what Spike?!" she protested, stomping her hoof in rage "W-Why in the world of Equestria would this...monster do such a thing, w-w-what did the princess do to him, for crying out loud, WHAT DID WE DO TO HIM!?"
I soon looked down and scratched my head, she was right. What did any of us do to this maniac, and why on Equis did they want us of all people? This wasn't going well. I didn't know what to say...but I said something.
"Stop it!" I shouted "I-I know it seems bad but...what about princess Luna or C-cadence...they'll come find us, and then we'll be-"
"SHUT UP!!" Sweetie shouted, interrupting me. "No one is coming to save us, for Celestia sake, Shining Armor is here, trapped with us. What makes you think that anypony will save us from this monster, just face the music Spike, we're gonna die here, all of us, and there's nothing we can do about it!"
"YOUR WRONG!" I retorted, looking at Sweetie Belle, holding her hooves together. "I know it seems bad right now...and someone might be stupid enough to kill somebody, maybe, but we need to stay together, if we do then nothing will happen to us. Sweetie Belle...I promise, I'll try my best to make sure you get out of here alive, then we can find your sister and I can find Twilight, and then everything will go back to normal...got it..?"
Sweetie soon trotted up to me then gave me a big warm hug, and started to cry on my shoulder, I felt her tears rushing down as I soon wrapped my arms around her back
"S-Spike...I'm so scared..." she said as she held on tighter.
"I-I know..." I said, looking down "I'm scared too..."
To tell you the truth, I was petrified...Princess Celestia, ruler of all of the land, Twilights mentor, everyponys friend...my mother...she was gone...but deep down, something told me not to give up...something told me that I need to keep fighting, and more importantly, for Sweetie, Shining, and everyone. I needed to make sure I didn't go insane and kill anyone. Maybe the girls will save us, or maybe princess Luna, or Cadence...but before that can happen...we need to stand together...as a team....as friends.
"Aww, look at that~" the bear said mockingly. "The poor pop star is sad that her leader's dead, isn't that just precious~?"
"Hey!" Crow yelled "Just leave them alone alright...they've been through a lot..." he soon looked at us with an assuring smile.
"What's that suppose to mean, I don't think they have been through anything...well...not yet I mean..upupupu~"
"W-Whats that suppose to mean?" Marker asked trembling a bit.
"Well my little friends," The bear began to speak "I know your all pretty bummed out about your leader dying and all, but that's nothing compared to what awaits you for at the AV room! Upupupu~ Your going to get cold hearts after you see whats in store for you!"
What is his problem...why does he like showing us such awful things...why do we have to feel despair. I honestly didn't like where this was going, but...I needed to see what was in store for us...what ever it may be, it wasn't gonna be pretty, that's for sure.
We all soon started walking and entered the AV room, each laptop sticky notes with our names on it, and then on the side it had a DVD and it said, 'play me'. I also saw a pair of headphones for me to listen to the recording. I had no choice. I turned on the laptop and then inserted the DVD inside. I saw my friends, they we're all sitting down together in the treeberry,smiling at the camera
"Spike!" Pinkie began shouting. "Good job getting into Hopes pPeak Academy! That's ,like, super hard to get into, but you did it! You must be really, really lucky! I'm a pretty good party thrower and all, but I never got the chance to- mpmphmphmph!!"
Pinkie endless prattle was interrupted by Rainbow Dash's hooves covering her mouth
"Hey there big guy." Dash said "I'm pretty jealous that you got to go to that school. Man, it must be awesome huh? Well, just do good and don't get into any fights, I'm pretty sure you'd lose all of them anyway!"
Dash got hit in the face by AJ's hat as soon as she mocked me.
"Rainbow, don't be rude!" Aj shouted as she put her hat back on. "Sorry sugarcube, but Ah hope y'all are havin' fun at that fancy shmancy school fer talented ponies and dragons, I'm sure you'll do great!"
Fluttershy soon looked at the camera and started...crying, typical Fluttershy.
"S-Spike" she said. "I-I'm so happy that your going to Hopes Peak, but...I-I'm going to miss you, we all are, p-p-please don't forget us!" she soon started hugging Pinkie Pie and cried on her shoulders.
Rarity soon started talking, and as usual, she sounded as elegant, like always.
"Spikey wikey~" Rarity said in a cutesy tone of voice. "I'm oh so happy for you and Sweetie Belle, but I need you to take good care of her alright?"
As soon as she said that I started to blush, I was already kinda taking care of her already...but I guess now I need to take better care of her huh?
And lastly I saw Twilight, my sister and best friend, she gave the camera a pleasant smile then started to speak
"Spike.." she said "I'm...going to miss you, I'm so proud that my number one assistant has the opportunity to go into such an amazing school, I mean...its incredible. I hope Shining Armor takes good care of you while he's chaperoning the school...I know I'll see you again, very soon...I promise Spike, it won't be that long."
As soon as she finished her sentence there was static messing with the transition and then as soon as the screen came back, I saw nothing but, blood everywhere...Dash, Pinkie, Apple Jack and Fluttershy we're laying down on the floor covered in blood. Twilight or Rarity couldn't be seen anywhere, but my friends...they we're killed by someone or something, the treeberrys all covered in blood, and worst of all, I don't know what happened to my other 2 friends.
I soon took off the headphones then closed the computer. I felt so sick, like I was going to throw up. I soon looked at the others, they had the exact same expressions on their faces, every one except Selena and Sweetie. I could probably understand why Selena wasn't afraid, but Sweetie belle...I don't get it.
"S-Sweetie..?" I said weakly as I looked at her. "Are...you gonna be okay?"
"...yeah..." she said as she gave me a weak smile "I-I'm gonna be fine Spike...not all of my friends are gone, I still have you right?"
I soon started blushing a bit when she said that. She's right though, at least I didn't lose her or Shining Armor. Speaking of which I looked at Shining who was next to me on the left and I saw complete rage in his eyes as he was starting to tear up.
"C....Cadance..." he studdered with increasing volume. "Wheres...my...w-wife...?"
Monokuma just laughed and then looked at the stallion.
"Don't worry shinney whinney~" He said teasingly. "I honestly have no idea where your wife is, honest! Upupu~"
"Don't you lie to me!" Shining said, as his horn started glowing "Where's my wife, tell me or I swear to Luna I'll-" Monokuma soon hushed Shining Armor by putting his paw in front of his mouth
"Ah Ah Ah~ I wouldn't do that if I we're you~" He soon took out a bunch of tablets and gave one to each of us "In those tablets holds all of the rules of the school of mutual killing, everyone must follow the rules...even the staff and faculty!" he stared at Shining Armor, who could only growl in anger.
"R-Rules..?" I asked "What rules?"
"There are a few set of rules here at Hopes Peak Academy, each rule is one that you all must follow, if by any chance you fail to follow them, then its curtains for you. Upupupu~"
I soon looked at the rules in my tablet, and they were all read in order
The headmasters’s sutudents will live a normal life, with no time limit in the school
The time between 10pm and 7am is called “Night Time” during night time there are places you are forbidden to enter, so be careful
Sleeping is only permitted in their dorms, sleep anywhere else, and you will be punished
You may investigate the school as you please. There are no special restrictions on your actions.
No violence is permitted against Monokuma, or any destruction of any cameras from any students, they will be punished
A “culprit” who kills a fellow student will be able to leave. However, no one must know that they are the culprit
Additional rules may be added by the headmaster at any time.
I saw the flames in Shining Armor's eyes. Soon, Beat Box looked at him and then put his hoof on his shoulder .
“Ey yo Shinney?” he said “You gonna be a’ight? You got that look in your eye.”
“I-I’m fine Beat Box...” he said looking down to the floor. “J-Just leave me alone alright?...I need to go to my dorm...I need to cool down...”
“You sure bro..?”
“GODDAMN IT I SAID I’M FINE!!” he suddenly shouted at Beat Box. Everyone stepped back as we watched him leave the room, slamming the door in complete ire.
“Upupupu~” Monokuma started laughing again. I hated that stupid laugh “Well well, looks like culprit number one has been announced, how despairingly exciting, I wonder who he’ll kill first, maybe the Mail mare, or maybe that Brony Rapper reject or maybe even-”
“Are you done?” Selena asked, interrupting Monokuma “Quite honestly I’m sure Shining is strong enough to stay calm and more importantly NOT murder anyone, I understand what he’s going through but...I have faith in him..”
Everyone just stood there, dumbfounded, including me. I didn’t think she’d defend anyone really, she was pretty serious and mysterious too. I had to help out my bro. He needed me...and quite honestly...I needed him.
As soon as everyone left, I walked back to my dorm but then saw Derpy stop by, she looked pretty sad. Something must’ve happened so I walked towards her “H-Hey Derpy” I said looking at her “Is there something wrong, you look pretty down?”
“My...babies..” she said weakly “I was thinking about them all day...and now...I...oh Spike, I’m just afraid that Sparkler and Dinky are...g-gone..”
I soon hugged her tight, she looked like she needed one, so I tried the best I could to comfort her...it was really sad seeing her like this, she’s usually so happy, I mean...I can’t think of anything that I could do at a situation like this. I never had kids of my own or anything, what was I suppose to do?
“Look derpy” I said “Maybe it’s best if you got some sleep, it’s been a long day and everyone's freaking out...just please, don’t do anything stupid…”
“Stupid!?” She soon got up on all fours and pushed me away. “Oh I get it ‘hey look it’s stupid old Derpy, is she gonna eat a muffin or something? You know Spike, just because of the fact my eyes are like this doesn't mean I’m an idiot alright? You think I’m just some stupid mare who will do anything anypony tells them!? Do you really think i’m some kind of buffoon!? "
I soon backed away scared. I didn't think I’ve ever seen Derpy angry at anypony before...and of course, I had to be the one she was mad at.
“L-Look derpy..” I said coming a bit closer. “I didn’t mean anything by-”
“Well you know what mister Princess Twilight’s assistant!?” she yelled, interrupting my sentence. “You of all people shouldn’t talk to me about how ‘dumb’ I am….Everypony knows you're an idiot...Twilight and her friends only has you around because of the fact that you're only good as an errand boy, a servant….a pet!”
As soon as she said that, I grabbed her by the shoulder and then slammed her to the wall, and...I felt different. I heard from Carrot Top and even Dinky that sometimes, Derpy can be, pretty harsh to people when they talk about her kids badly or threaten them, but what she said right there, she went way too far...something inside me...came out...something...that had been swelling up deep inside of me for the longest time, it felt like a monster.
“Excuse me?” I said with a lower tone of voice as I somehow grew a bit taller, now I used my left claw to wrap it around her throat “Do you know what it’s like for me, being an outcast, being treated like i’m some sort of monster, and you know what, maybe you're right...maybe I AM a monster...and maybe….I’ll do you a favor...and kill you right now…”
As soon as I took my free claw out to probably kill the grey mare, I heard a shriek coming from Sweetie. I turened and everypony was staring at me as I was going to kill her, I soon looked at Derpy who I was now choking. My anger quickly subsided as I dropped her and then backed up as fast as I could. I hit the wall with my back. I soon started panting as I shrank back to normal size...I looked at Derpy who was crying as she soon ran towards Vinyl and then hugged her tightly.
“Shame on you…” Vinyl said as she kept hugging Derpy, staring me down. “You have absolutely no right to do that to her man! What the hell is wrong with you!?”
“Hey Scratch,” Soarin said looking at her. “Take it easy on him, maybe Derpy provoked him in some-”
“Shut your mouth Soarin, no one deserves to be treated like that by some kind of monster like him. Look at how pathetic he is, choking a poor, innocent mare. He should be put in a cage or something. For crying out loud he’s not even a real pony! Just a lizard with no friends!”
Garble and Riku looked at Vinyl with anger in their eyes, but as soon as Vinyl was going to rant on, Sweetie Belle soon looked at Vinyl and swiftly smacked her in the face. Everybody just gasped as Vinyl let go of Derpy and started rubbing her left cheek, falling onto the floor. Sweetie Belle walked over to me and picked me up.
“Come on Spike..." she said. “Lets get out of here...” She started to help me walk back to my dorm. I soon looked down and started to cry.
“What...what the fuck is wrong with me…?”
