"Oh, for Celestia's sake..." I grumbled.

My alarm clock was playing the same tune it did every morning, it was just doing what it was supposed to do, but today I wasn't in the mood and it found itself lodged into the wall.

"Still got it," I grumbled under my breath.

I would of stayed within the comforting grip of my bed, but nature was calling and I was starting to smell my own body odour. With a sigh, I reluctantly rose up out of my bed and headed to the bathroom.

Walking down the hallway I spotted a mirror, it was nothing fancy but it done it's job, almost as well as the alarm clock because I was ready to throw that away as well. I was pretty intimidated just by looking into the damned thing. My own personal colour scheme of black and red was an eye sore, my orange eyes were piercing and my wings always opened with a flourish. The missing part of my left ear didn't speak wonders about me either.
"No wonder nopony wanted to play with me when I was younger," I chuckled to myself, I continued to make my way to the shower.
Once the desired area of my house had been reached, I stepped into the shower, started up the hot water and began cleaning the foul odor off my body. After making sure I was clean, I stepped out of the shower, dried myself off and trotted back to my room to fetch myself a top. I usually get strange looks for that, but my mom was from Canterlot and I grew up being taught; 'It's not proper etiquette'. Plus, with my dad having been in Celestia's Royal Guard, they sort of collided.

I looked at one of the last things my father left me with, apparently it was a piece of experimental technology given to him and his crew. It had a sort of boomerang shape to it, a hole at the end of it to shoot out a small pellet and a rectangular shaped hole on the other end of it to fit a chamber of the little pellets in. He called it a 'gun'.
I turned it over and it had 'M1911' inscribed into one side of it, with 'Lily' crudely scratched into the other side. When I asked why, my dad would simply replied with:

"It's like your mom, if she's out for the kill, all it will take is one look."

When I was younger I could never get what he was talking about, but now I laughed every time I thought of it.
My dad gave me the gun for my birthday. At first I didn't like it, so I rarely wore the gun and the holster, but after he passed I started wearing it. A sort of memento of him, I guess. Now I can't go anywhere without it.

The gun always seemed useless to me. I mean, Ponyville is almost the safest town in all of Equestria, apparently with all the disasters that happen here it just misses the mark. Nevertheless, I don't see why I, or any pony for that matter, would need something as dangerous as a gun.
When I asked why he gave it to me, he'd always have the same response:

"That thing was hand crafted by Celestia's top brass, stayed with me during the whole Gryphon Revolution. It even saved my life! Keep it close..."
I never did find out how it saved him but if it kept the old man happy, then I was happy.
My dad was a nice guy... but he had one rule, you don't fuck with him or anyone near him. It was real scary
seeing him that mad.

We were on a holiday in Manehatten, back then I was a young and stupid colt. One could make the argument I still am, but I digress. One day, we were walking back from my dad's friends house, I got separated from my dad and a stranger approached me and offered to take me home. In any other situation I would of said no, but I was scared. I accepted his offer and followed him into the alley he came from.
When we got to the end he grabbed me and stuck a switchblade to my neck covering my mouth with his foreleg
.
"Don't scream or I'll cut you," the stallion whispered threateningly.
His hoof slipped, instinct controlled my actions.

"Dad!" I screamed.

The stranger wasn't a liar, I found that out the hard way. He put the blade to the tip of my ear and with one quick swipe the whole tip of it was lying on the ground. What happened next was blurred, but from what I remember I saw my dad charge the stallion. His face showed complete anger and rage, and I saw fire in his eyes. Next thing I knew he was holding me. He was covered in blood and we were rushing out of the alley. When I took a peek back into the alley, I saw a body lying in the dirt with a switchblade sticking out of its chest, a blood puddle forming under it.

There isn't much to say about my mom, I can't even remember her that well. The doctors said I was suppressing memories, or something like that...

I stepped out my front door and saw Twilight reading a book on her balcony, I decided to say 'Hi' to my neighbor
. I unfurled my wings and flew over.

"Hey Twilight~" I sung as I landed next too her.
"Hey Eddy," she replied, mockingly rolling her eyes. "Don't you have work today?" She asked.
"Yeah, but I have 30 minutes until I have to be at my station. I'm going to Sugar Cube Corner for a coffee, coming" Sparkle?" I asked, hovering over the balcony.
"Sorry, but this is a rather interesting read. I just can't tear myself away," she mocked.
I shrugged in reponse.
"Your loss, talk to you later!"

The trot to Sugar Cube Corner was relatively peaceful. Everyone was greeting me and waving, which is why I love this town, it's so friendly. Also some hot mares live here, but I'm not like that, I already had my eyes on a special mare that's really popular for clearing the sky in ten seconds flat.
When I walked into Sugar Cube Corner I was greeted with a warm glomping from Pinkie.

"Hey Pinkie," I said. It was a miracle how she understood me, on account of my face being buried in her chest.
"Hey Ed, the usual?" She asked.
"Yes, and I've told you not to call me Ed," I smirked, with a bit of mock pride as I stood tall. "Please refer to me as Educated Decision."
"That name doesn't suit you," she thought loudly.
"Pinkie, dear! You wound me." I mockingly put my hands to my chest
"And everyone likes Ed better."
I opened my mouth to argue, but realized I would never win against Pinkie.
"Touché," I responded. "You win the honour of handing me my coffee."
She giggled in response and handed me the cup.

I walked to my station which is right next to Rainbow Dash's. That day was planned out to be cloudless, but near Rainbow's station there were clouds everywhere,So I did the gentlemanly thing and covered for her. She's lucky too, because our boss flew by right when I cleared her last cloud but I didn't realized I still had clouds on my side. The boss chewed me out and deducted my pay by five bits. It was worth it, though.
Dash arrived five minutes later, she was surprised that her station was clear.

"Hey, you're lucky that you have a great stallion like me, or your pay would've been deducted," I flexed to add emphasis as I spoke.
She started bawling with laughter.
"You covered for me?!"
"You know it, baby."
She then started to calm down.
"I guess I do owe you..."

"Now's my chance," I thought to myself. "How about lunch, tomorrow? I'll pay, all you need to do is show your pretty face."
This isn't the first time I had asked Dash out, I've been doing it ever since I arrived in Ponyville. It's almost turned into a daily routine.
Dash adopted a thoughtful expression which in itself was weird, she usually shot me down as soon as I asked.
"You know what, sure. Meet me at Sugar Cube Corner, tomorrow, after work."
I was so surprised, I never even noticed that Dash had flown away. I continued the rest of the day with a cheery grin plastered on my face.

Author's Note

His m1911 has no trigger guard so he can shoot it

E.d is right handed(hoofed)

The gun holster is on his right side

This story is original but I had the help of a great editor:the phantom man

Shoutout to Zambonipony