The Lone Colt

Chapter 2- After School…
(Authors note: It turns out that filly means a young female horse and a colt means a young male horse. My large error my readers and I’m sorry if I made you all confused! This is my first pony fanfic so I’m terribly sorry!)
People say you need to do something cool to be stupid. Or you need to be stupid to be cool and that is what I agreed too. After I hit Diamond Tiara square on the cheek everyone in the cafeteria came to a tidal wave of chaos. Food was being thrown in every direction and screams of other ponies running away from the fight.
“This isn’t normal!” I said out loud to myself.
“You should really stop talking to yourself Sun Shine! Right now we need to get out of here before we get in trouble!” Scootaloo said to the Crusaders.
I quickly followed Scootaloo through the exit of the cafeteria with the other members of the Crusaders closing in from behind us. The four of us continued to run for our lives as we dashed passed the streets filled with stalls and bakeries. Without thinking I swapped a brown paper bag for 3 bits with my mouth and tail and continued my way following Scootaloo and the others.
There were voices far behind us calling our names in a vicious tone and quickly registered it as the voice of Diamond Tiara but there was sudden a tremble of other hoof steps thundering toward us. Instinctively I started to dash a little faster not even knowing or caring about where we were going. But all I knew was that when I came to my own senses I was breathing heavily in a barely visible area surrounded by dark trees. I looked around me to find the other members of the Crusade panting heavily and Apple Bloom collapsing on the floor with her mouth gaped open.
“Wow that was a close one.” Apple Bloom exclaimed as she propped herself against a tree.
Sweetie Belle brushed a hoof over her mane, “Did you see how Diamond Tiara and the others were dashing toward us? Now that was super scary!”
“At least we’re not dead meat or anything… If we get out of here we’ll probably get in huge trouble and this time we aren’t going to get laid off so easily.” Scootaloo said as she too propped herself against a tree.
I wanted to say something and to try and join the conversation but decided against it.
“What’s the point of talking to them if they don’t even notice me here” I said to myself in the head.
I let out a small sigh and laid the paper bag on my lap and peered inside it wondering what it was that I traded it for 3 bits. And to my delight it was filled with sweets! My mouth watered at the sight of apple pie, apple tart, sweet hay, sugar horses, and rainbow lollipops! The sweet smell warfed through the air and alerted the three crusaders making them float swiftly toward the bag their eyes bulging and saliva dripping out the corners of their mouths.
“Ooooh Sun Shine whatcha got there?” Apple Bloom said licking the saliva around the corners of her mouth still sheepishly grinning.
I took out a rainbow lollipop and licked it slowly in front of the three fillies and like dogs they bowed down to me. And for some strange reason I felt like this was a normal thing to do. Disregarding my mother’s words I continued to tease the three fillies and continued to lick the lollipop.
Scootaloo bowed down and looked up to me with eyes shining with envy, “Come on Sun Shine! Don’t be like that, share the riches with us bro!”
They all eyed me and I felt a tingling sensation down my spine. It wasn’t the usual cold shiver that usually made me feel degraded, but a warming sensation that actually made me happy. I continued to feed this weak fire by giving the three Crusaders an apple pie and then laid the rest of my goods out on the forest floor. Before I divide the goods evenly they all charged for the sweet treats and by impulse I joined in the brawl. I managed to grab an at least 2 of each of the sweets and I allowed the rest of the group fight over the food. Eventually the fight died down and I saw a dirty and scratched Apple Bloom, a panting Scootaloo, and an unharmed Sweetie Belle holding all the sweets. Sweetie Belle eyed me and happily came her way and plopped herself right beside me.
“Awww… Come on guys don’t be like that.” Apple Bloom said smiling.
I almost chuckled but with a poker face I gave some sweets to Scootaloo and Apple Bloom and with a short “Thanks”, we all tucked into our sweet meal.
“Hey Sun Shine,” Apple Bloom said as she chewed on her apple pie.
I looked up from my sweet hay and looked at Apple Bloom, “What is your name?”
I swallowed slowly and looked down at the forest floor feeling my friendly spirit dying out. Was I this sensitive?
“Duh! His name is Sun Shi-“
“No not his nick name his real name you foo!” Scootaloo replied to Sweetie Belle.
Sudden three pairs of eyes aimed at me with curious expressions. I didn’t know what to do so I just sat there awkwardly.
“What is your real name Sun Shine? You never told us.” Sweetie Belle said.
The rest of the Crusade nodded in agreement and continued to stare at me with curious eyes. I felt really nervous and awkward so I just sank down onto the tree trunk.
Barley whispering I replied, “My name’s William…”
“What did you say? Scootaloo said urging me.
I gave out a small whimper and rubbed a hoof against my arm.
“My name’s William-“
“What did you say!?” Scootaloo said again.
“My name’s William!” I yelled out loud but I quickly slumped over the tree trunk feeling tears about to leak out of my eyes.
I placed both hooves on my eyes and was about to let out a small sniffle until I heard Apple Bloom say something.
“That’s not a bad name. That name’s normal you know?” Apple Bloom said patting my shoulder reassuring me.
I looked up at the filly and gave out a small smile. What was there to be afraid of? There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with these guys. I guess I could trust them for the time being-
“Holy sweet Celestia! It’s a bear!” Sweetie Belle said pointing toward the big creature approaching us.
Scootaloo was the first to react to this situation and that is to scream… “Run for your lives!”
Without hesitating we dashed off toward the opposite ends of the woods not even knowing where we were going. All we did was dash into a direction and run into another direction and I even had a feeling that we were going in circles but… I was too shy…
***
“Man… Where are we?” Apple Bloom asked as she walked toward a clearing.
Sweetie Belle took a gulp of saliva and was clearly afraid, “I-I- I don’t know… I’ve never been this far down the forest before…”
All I could do was watch the young fillies while I just walked with the group. Man did I suck that much?
We continued to walk in silence for a few minutes passing frightening looking trees and tripping over roots and me having to carry Sweetie Belle since she was too scared to even touch the forest floor now. But finally we reached the end of the clearing of the forest and what we saw was a house.
“Wow… It looks abandoned Scootaloo” Apple Bloom said still staring at the house brightened by the moon light.
I turned to look at Scootaloo but all she had was a determined expression on her face. “Come you crusaders! We have adventure to see!”
I watched in horror as Scootaloo stepped forward and placed a hoof on door.
“Wait!” Apple Bloom said speeding up toward Scootaloo. “You don’t know what’s in there! There could be more terrifying stuff in there then in the Ever Free Forest!”
Scootaloo gave a small huff but was quickly replaced by her original cheesy determined expression, “Nothing could be more terrifying then the Ever Free Forest Apple Bloom” Scootaloo said as she patted her head.
My arms started to ache and I decided to let Sweetie Belle down for just a little while but…
“AH! THE MONSTERS!”
Sweetie Belle started charging for the abandoned house without stopping and gaining speed Scootaloo and Apple Bloom were too late to react and could only watch as Sweetie Belle crashed into the two fillies and they disappeared in the darkness.
For a second I didn’t know what to do. I just rubbed my hooves in the dirt but a sudden screech of an unknown animal made me just causing me to rush toward the darkness of the abandoned house.
“Oh horse apples! I can’t see anything!” I heard Apple Bloom retort somewhere in the one of the rooms.
“Hold on let me just light up my horn-“
There was a sudden rush of air causing the door to bang behind me making me close my eyes and I flinched and the result, I lost track of where the three Crusaders were.
I could say that it was dark… Just very dark but that would be a fricken lie. It was more than dark it was as if darkness was consuming me. Instead of my eyes adjusting to the dark, my eyes seemed to lose sight even more and more until I can’t even see the shadows of unidentifiable objects. I was scared still but knew right away that staying in one spot would lead to be either being killed, or once the three Crusaders find me they’ll make fun of me. So instead of quickly trotted where I once last heard the voice of Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle (Well that’s the direction I thought I was heading). I managed to bang on some random things and in the majority I coughed as I felt dust swarming all around me. I managed to find a wall some how much found out that it was tangled with cobwebs. And at that very moment I… Freaked…
“SPIDERS, SPIDERS! GET THEM OFF ME!” I yelled out at the top of my little colt lungs.
Instead of staying calm I started to run all around the room not caring for what I knocked over. I don’t know how long I was screaming but I started to fall down a long cascade of stairs (due to the roughness of my impacts) and came to a stop with a sickening thud.
“Spiders, spiders!” I continued to yell. But at that last word a flicker of light came to life inside the room.
“Oh snap…” I said out loud to myself as I felt my eyes peel away from my eyes.
To my horror the room was filled with large amounts of dust but not only that…
“Large… Super big… Dead… Dead… Dead spiders…”
I started to twitch as if I was about to go insane and instead of crying, I started to laugh… A strange cackle at first I didn’t think that it was me. But as I placed a dirty hoof toward my mouth to see it was me, I started to twitch even more. My eyes started to go in all directions and in the end I screamed out in excitement with an insane shriek in the barley lit room.
“Sun Shine?” Scootaloo said from upstairs.
I quickly stopped my laughing and with that everything went dark again.
“Sun Shine you there?” Scootaloo said the second time Sweetie Belle’s lit horn shining around from the stair case.
I just stood in the same spot where I was but slowly trotted up the stairs as I was greeted by the dim light of Sweetie Belle’s horn.
“What were you doing down there in the dark Sun Shine?” Scootaloo said as she stepped forward hold out a hoof.
I grabbed her hoof as she helped me up the last few steps of stairs, “It was dark? Wasn’t there a bit of light down there?” I said brushing myself off from the dust.
“There wasn’t even a shed of light down there Sun Shine but all we heard was you laughing.” Apple Bloom said in a worried tone.
“You alright Sun Shine? You’re not turning into Sweetie Belle right? Like into madness? Cause Sweetie Belle maybe holding out her light but she’s gone completely insane.
I squinted toward Sweetie Belle and sure enough she had a messed up face and she did seem to smile like the Hoker in the Batcolt series.
“Well anyways,” Apple Bloom said, “We found a dusty old bed upstairs in the second floor. I re con we stay here for the night! And luckily there aren’t any ghosts here since you checked the basement and all.”
I just stared at Apple Bloom with a poker face and just nodded my head and in return Apple Bloom placed a hoof on my shoulder.
“Well we gotta hurry on to sleep then if we’re going to make it out the forest tomorrow… And we’re in huge trouble once we get back to town…”
Apple Bloom and Scootaloo gave out a grim looking face and headed for the second floor. And all in all Sweetie Belle and I didn’t even change or expressions. Sweetie Belle just continued to smile like a mad filly while I just kept my poker face up. But deep inside, I knew that I had some beautiful ideas for this house…
***
I suddenly woke up jolting out of the bed with the three little fillies all around me. I didn’t know why I woke up since it was still dark out, but I knew that there had to be a reason. A normal colt would never jolt from a night like this with three calm friends around you…
Friends… I said to myself.
I quietly tiptoed toward the basement navigating my way with the sense of instinct but also thanks to the light of the moon. And once I stepped inside the basement I just stood next to the stairs and quietly whispered ‘spiders’ in the air.
But this time there were no lights that burst a loft in the dark room. Nothing but the soul tingling sensation on my back… And for some reason I gave off a small grin… Why was I grinning I don’t know. But all I knew was that I was happy. I went to work feeling my way all around the room and to my surprise there was nothing here except some old desks, chairs, and chains. But I also stumbled upon what I felt was a large but rusty old plow. I didn’t know what I was doing but I knew that my body was controlling itself. All I remember before my mind blacked out was that my I was making something… Homemade building tools…
“Now to start the beginning of torture…” I felt myself say.
***
Next thing I knew I was back in bed with the three fillies still sleeping cuddling against each other and that included me.
“Man was that just a dream last night…” I said to myself.
I quickly went downstairs and once again went in the basement and what I saw in the basement was… Strange…
***
“Well I am extremely disappointed of you three- er, four Crusaders!” Mrs. Cheerlie said as she slammed a hoof on her desk.
It was just after school when Mrs. Cheerlie came to our attention and wished to speak with us and astonishingly Diamond Tiara was with us this time.
“I understand what Diamond Tiara did was horrible hitting you in the head with that tray but that does not give you the permission to hit another student back! That is strictly against the school rules…”
All of us just hung our heads in front of the teacher and knowing that we were going to receive punishment. But Mrs. Cheerlie gave out a small sigh.
“Alright you little ponies… I understand that you are young and you have a lot to learn… So I’ll forgive you this once.”
At this we all brought our faces up and gave off large smiles.
“But as the rules say I need to give you little colts and fillies punishments…”
I felt my ears droop and knew that when I got home I was going to get grounded.
“You all will have to stay in this room for just half an hour and then you’ll be free to go alright? But you can’t talk to each other or pass notes.”
I gave out a groan and went back to my seat and the other ponies followed the same thing I did. I slumped over my desk and just stared at the clock.
-20 minutes later-
I started to doodle on a piece of scrap paper and I didn’t know what I drew when I was done but it had an outline of a fillies head and she seemed to be crying in happiness or something.
I let out a small sigh of relief knowing that this might be a key part of something. Maybe that I wasn’t insane or something like that. At that moment I felt my eye twitch and a part of my brain seemed to shut down. Even with the warm atmosphere I continued to twitch and I covered myself with both of my arms and closed my eyes. But all I could hear was the word “Revenge… Torture…” inside of my head. And what I saw in my imagination was horrific…
“Make it stop…” I said to myself.
And if right on cue the timer rang and Mrs. Cheerlie told us that we were a loud to leave. I followed the gang outside.
“Well that wasn’t so bad. I was thinking that we were going to have to wash all those trays.” Apple Bloom said.
I gave Apple Bloom a small glare.
“Oh… I mean I thought we were going to have to wash all the windows!”
“I’m just glad we got let off easily! In my opinion I think Diamond Tiara should have gotten a larger punishment.” Scootaloo said punching the air with her hoofs.
Just then Diamond Tiara trotted past us and stuck a tongue out at me. I stopped where I was making the whole Crusade stop.
“What’s the matter Sun Shine?” Sweetie Belle said walking over to me.
“Oh it’s nothing… I think I’ll go have a talk with Diamond Tiara… I think we could settle something out…”
“Are you sure? We were planning on going Crusading later today with-“
But I didn’t let Sweetie Belle finish as I dashed off toward Diamond Tiara. And I knew exactly what I was about to do…
(Authors note: Yeah I got confused with the colt and filly thing but in the end I think I wrote this pretty good. Maybe a little bit dull but I guess I’m just enjoying spring break! I know that this chapter might have come out late but I couldn’t decide! To write my other story or this one! So in the end I decided to do this because this isn’t going to be as long as my other story. And once again this is my first pony story! I can’t decide to either write trot or walking!)