Riot Gunner's backstory

"We're waiting" Twilight said, she was getting tired of waiting, she wanted to hear more. Riot swallowed the last of his water.

"OK, we can begin again" he said, then opened his mouth, and started again.

~~~~~Young Riot's time~~~~~

He stared in horror as his dad was impaled by the bottle, fear was in his eyes. His dad backed away from the drunken man, and looked at the bottle inside of him. "R-riot. Run. Get out of here." He said, before pulling the bottle out of his stomach.

Riot took a step back, then looked at his mother on the other side of the scene. Her face was frozen as she looked at what just happened, she wasnt moving, she just stood there. He started to run around the drunken man towards her. "Wheeere you *hic* goooing little miissssss? We're gonna have soooooo mu- *hic* -ch ffffun"

Riot screamed in terror as he felt the back of his shirt get grabbed by him, a drunken smile on his face. "Let go of my son" Smith said as he punched the man again, his stomach had a huge cut mark in it. Riot started running to his mom again, she was no longer frozen, but she was on her knees crying. He looked back, the drunken man had his bottle again and he already had it back in Smith, cutting his stomach open.

"NO!" Midnight yelled out, she stood up and ran towards the fight, as she was goimg past Riot he looked at him and said "run home as fast as you can." He nodded, then started running again, he looked over his shoulder, he saw his mother get pushed to the ground. He closed his eyes, tears flowing down his face.

~~~1 hour later~~~

He made it to his house, he turned the handle and ran inside, slamming the door behind him. He ran to his room and went under his bed. He stayed there, crying, he watched his father die, he left his mom behind. *creeeak* he heard his door open, he looked at it from under his bed. "Is he in there?" A deep voice asked.

"No, i dont see him" a mare said, her voice was smooth and gentle.

"Look around, he might be hiding" the deep voice said again, Riots heart started to pound, he didnt know who these were, but they were looking for him. He saw a pair of legs moving around in the room, they walked over to the closet.

"Not in here" the mare said, then the legs came over to his bed. His heart skipped a beat, they were going to find him, and he had no idea what to do. Then a blue arm came down into sight, he stared at it. Then the person started to crouch down, then he saw her face. "Hello there sweetie" she said.

Riot started scooting farther under the bed, "i take it you found him." Another pair of legs appeared when he said that, then he also crouched and looked under. He was grey.

"W-what do you w-want with m-me?" Riot asked, his voice shaky. The two looked at eachother, then back at him.

"We wanted to find you, and ask you some questions about your parents." The man said, his voice still deep, "and apologies, we forgot to introduce ourselves" he said, then he stood up.

"Its ok you can come out now" the lady said, also standing up. He stayed under for a few seconds, then came out from under. "There ya go sweetie, now we arent hurting our backs when we talk to you" she said in a happy tone of voice.

He stood there looking at them, then they started their introduction. "My name is Mister Vandlo. Dont ask, my mother thought it was a good name" Mr. Vandlo said, he was wearing a suit, a crossbow strapped to his side.

"And im Mrs. Vandlo" Mrs. Vandlo said, she was wearing a dress, she also had a crossbow strapped to her side. "And we're the detectives!" She said in excitment, Mr. Vandlo just stood there.

"This is her first assignment" he said, then he waved his hand in a way that said 'follow'. Riot followed him out to the living room, he sat down with Mrs. and Mr. Vandlo sitting on the other couch. "So tell me, where are your parents?" He asked, Riot flinched when he heard him say parents.

He sat there for a second, then looked up at them, "my dads dead, and im pretty sure my mom is too" he said, he was trying his best to hold back the tears.

"And when did this happen?" Mr. Vandlo said, a little concern in his voice.

"Today, a few blocks away from the mall" he said, a few tears flowing down his face. The Vandlos looked at eachother, they wispered a few things. They wispered for a few more seconds before turning their attention to Riot.

"I am sorry to hear that" Mr. Vandlo said, Mrs. Vandlo had a tear running down her cheek. "Do you have any relatives you could go live with?" He asked.

"My grandparents are dead, my Aunt went missing, and i was never told of any othere relatives" Riot said, he remembered his aunt, she was always kind. Then the tragic day day came when she had a heart attack, and died in the backroom at her job.

"Oh dear" Mrs. Vandlo said, another tear running down her face, "you never told me your job was this sad" she said the her husband.

"It was in the job description" he said back to her, she looked back at Riot, her eyes were filled with sorrow. "Sorry about everything that has happened today, and sorry we can do no more for you" he said, Riot looked at him in confusion.

"What do you mean by that?" He asked, Mr. Vandlo sighed and looked him straight in the eyes.

"It means we have to take you to the orphanage" he said, Riots eyes grew wide, he had heard terrible things about that place from his friends. He was tensed up a bit, and the Vandlos saw it.

"Dont worry, the orphanage isnt a terrifying place" Mrs. Vandlo said in her calm voice, "dont listen to those storys about it, i've heard a few myself, and i don't believe them" She said, Riot eased up a bit, and relaxed in his spot.

He looked at them for a few seconds, then nodded his head. They all stood up and walked to the door, Riot pooked back on last time, knowing this was the last time he would see his home.

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"Well, what happened next?" Applebloom asked.

"They took me to the orphanage" I said, the others had a few tears in their eyes.