Nero Moon's Life

“Well shit” Damien said bluntly

“Damien!”

“What!? Oh sorry Rare.”

“You are forgiven” as Rarity finished yelling a Damien for cursing then added “but yes that is a great way to put what X just read to us”

“Yep” I said “Not a real happy story now we can pick up where me and Caroline where”

“Whoop, Whoop” Caroline said

“And may I add that my child is a dork”

"Wow! Really!?" The Electric blue manned unicorn was rather surprised at the news her new best friend had just told her

"Yep."

"You like all types of music?"

"Ya, but my favorite types of music are Rock, Metal, Death Metal, Scream-o, Dub-step, techno, and electronica"

"Cool, not much of a rock fan and never heard of scream-o before, it any good?"

"Well if you don’t like rock then you 'might' not like scream-o"

"Eh, it's worth a shot I mean I like metal so-"

"Well scream-o is basically metal just... you know what here" Nero took her headphones off around her neck and gave them to Vinyl. Vinyl put them on and waited

"Ok chose one of these three bands" Nero started flipping through her music player that was specially made for hooves "For All Those Sleeping, Falling in Reverse, or Pierce The Veil."

"Um... how about Falling in Reverse"

"Oh good choice..." Nero was looking for the band Vinyl had said "Ah here... Sink or swim" after Nero said the name of the song the intro began and Vinyl listened

(Lyrics, Better if you listen to the song while reading)

What if the devil was a lie?

What if God did not exist?

So, with all due respect

Tell me, what is death

If life is just a bitch?

I see the evil in their eyes

I hear the lies behind their grin

They wander in the dark

Do not have a heart

Don't let them take it away

Brace for impact!

You will pay the price

For betraying me

You will pay the price

You will pay the price

For betraying me

You will pay the price

So save yourself

Because the tide is rising high

It's sink or swim

It's hit or miss

What will you pick?

So take some action

Don't let the undertow grab hold

It's sink or swim

It's hit or miss

Man overboard

Man overboard

Do you believe in ghosts?

Conducting from the grave

We're nothing but pawns

So move to where they want

'Cause life is just a game

I lay my hands around your throat

And a smile upon my face

Squeeze until you choke

I will not let go 'til I feel okay

Scream:You will pay the price

For betraying me

You will pay the price

For betraying...

So save yourself

Because the tide is rising high

It's sink or swim

It's hit or miss

What will you pick?

So take some action

Don't let the undertow grab hold

It's sink or swim

It's hit or miss

Man overboard

Man overboard

I bid farewell

To you, fair-weather friend

I know someday you'll get what you deserve (You deserve)

And after all (And after all)

The bridges you have burned

I've forgiven you for things that you have done

I bid farewell,

To you, fair-weather friend

I know someday you'll get what you deserve (You deserve)

And after all (And after all)

The bridges you have burned

I forgive you for the things that you have done (that you have done)

So save yourself

Because the tide is rising high

It's sink or swim

It's hit or miss

What will you pick?

So take some action

Don't let the undertow grab hold

It's sink or swim

It's hit or miss

Man overboard

Man overboard (Man overboard)

Man overboard (Man overboard)

It's sink or swim

It's hit or miss

What will you pick?

Man overboard (Man overboard)

Man overboard (Man overboard)

It's sink or swim

It's hit or miss

What will you pick?

Man overboard!

(Song End)

"So what did you think?" Vinyl was nodding her head every now and then during the song so Nero could tell she didn't hate it

"It was ok, it's not something I'm going to listen to all the time but I might start adding songs like that to my favorites list"

"I knew you wouldn’t hate it..." Nero stopped and looked behind her at Mrs. Cares desk, something was off, she wasn’t there "Hey, where's Care?" Nero looked at Vinyl and she just shrugged. Then Mrs. Care's Office door opened and the sound of two ponies laughing could be heard, a Stallion and a Mare

"Oh where ever do you find such humorous things f-" Care stopped as she saw both Nero and Vinyl staring at her and the Stallion she was talking to "Oh hello girls is something wrong?"

"Um... just wondering where you went" Nero said

"Just down to Mr. Clark's Office" She paused as she pointed to the Light brown Earth pony stallion next to her "He wanted to see you girls so... Tada" 'Care said that as if she had just preformed a magic trick' Nero thought

"Hello girls my Name Is James S. Clark, but you can just call me Clark" He extended his hoof towards both the fillies and they both shook it happily "Say, you two want to hear a little story?" Both Nero and Vinyl looked at each other then looked back at Clark and nodded "Good, follow me." Nero and Vinyl followed Clark out into the halls and followed him to his office. Once in Clark went behind his desk and sat in his chair, he gestured his hoof for both fillies to take a seat and they complied "Ok this is the story of how my colthood was... somewhat like both of yours-"

"Oh my gosh, YEY! Another story" the pink party mare jumped in the air with excitement

"Pinkie"

"Yes X?"

"Try, and I mean TRY, to control your outburst, please"

"Okie doki loki"

"My parents were both loving parents" Clark started "They partially would do anything for me, and one day that was taken away from me. About 15 years ago, our house was broken into. We were in the living room, my father was reading the newspaper and my mother was watching me draw..."

(15 years ago)

As Clark was telling his tale the room around Nero disappeared and was replaced by a living room with a young colt Clark a earth pony father reading a newspaper and a unicorn mother watching her son

"Wait a minute where am i-" Nero said

"Oh James, your drawings are so beautiful"

"Thanks" colt Clark said

"Yes indeed you do have talent son, keep up the great work sport"

"Well like you guys always say I’m destined for-" he was cut off by a Stallion wearing all black bursting through the window, holding a knife in his mouth. all three ponies screamed then the black pony ran at the father without warning and, slit his throat. The murderer managed only to cut the mothers right hoof before police ponies were outside and he ran out the back. Clark just sat there in shock looking at his father’s dead body while blood flowed from his throat all his mother did was run to him and hold him as they both cried.

(6 months later)

The world around Nero vanished again and was replaced by another scene, there was a colt outside a room knocking on what appeared to be his mother’s room, inside the room the mother was on the bead crying and there was an object next to her which see was about to pick up with her magic, it was sharp and shiny… it was a knife.

“M-mom are you ok” tears were forming in the little colts eyes as he asked his question

“C-Clark you know he will always love you… you know I will always love you right”

“Mom?”

“My dear colt, never stop chasing your dreams, you are destined for greatness…” then as the mother finished talking she lifted the knife to her neck and… slit her own throat

“Oh sweet celestria…” Nero said horrified as she watched the mother slowly… slowly drag the sharp blade across her neck. Then…

*Thump*

Her body fell to the ground as she finished slitting her throat the little colt only began to cry harder he didn’t need to be in the room to tell what his mother had just done. After the colt cried for a couple of minutes her went downstairs and out the door, his next destination was…

Manehatten Orphanage Center

…he was an orphan now, no parents… no pony to love him… he was alone, the area Nero was in disappeared and was replaced by Clark’s office, he finished his story.

(Clark’s office)

“…then the years went by and the orphanage was closing so I bought it and well here I am.” Clark’s story wanted to make Nero search for the bastard who did this to him but it also made her want to just hold Clark in a big hug and tell him everything is alright “so you see that’s why I wanted you to have lunch in Care’s office, I feel your pain girls, you see you are never truly alone, both of you are destined for greatness never give up… Never” after that neither Nero nor Vinyl said anything they just nodded and went back to Care’s office to get their things and head back to their separate rooms. When Nero was in her room she wandered how she managed to take what Clark was saying and make a scene around her she didn’t know how it happened.

‘Will that happen next time somepony tells me a story? Was that Ying and Yang doing that? I don’t know I just need to rest.’ Nero went over to her bed and laid down.