Shimmering Sunsetby Darknight293ChaptersThe MoveFirst DayTroubleFinding Answers and Cold PossibilitiesSaving a Soul and Burying The PastThe MoveYou still couldn't believe it happened as you watch the countryside zoom by from the backseat of the car. How could your parents do this to you, sure what happened was terrible...but to lose your only friends because of it, the ones you've known for years! The only ones outside your family that you could talk to with little worry of being insulted or beaten up. Of course they were other nerds, but friends are friends right? Now they're making you move to a new town, never to see them again, all because of a fight you didn't cause. Well technically you did cause it, but it was an accident! They just overreacted. You shiver at the thought of the fight, your right hand instinctively moving to your left arm and gently touching it as your chest feels pained once more. You couldn't see the scars due to your shirt, bandages, and the favorite light, soft jacket that you wore, which had been a gift from your passed grandmother, may she rest in peace. The scar, if you remember right, was long down your arm, from your funny bone to your wrist, from the fight a few weeks ago. Another, much smaller one, on your stomach. You had spent a week or two before the move in the hospital, recovering from your life threatening experience that now scars you both physically and mentally. The guys who almost killed you were probably still in jail, or got bailed out by their dad, you didn't know him so it's hard to say. Your parents even picked a place to move to the second you could get out of the hospital, shortening the time you had to linger in the city with a possible second run in. But it meant that you didn't even get to say goodbye to your friends. Sure they visited you in the hospital, but you were partially conscious at the time. You remember them clearly though from the past times, Clark and David where like the brothers you never had, in terms of how close you all were. Clark never wore glasses but he was like a nerd enough to were you guys where his only friends. His parents got a divorce about two years ago and he's living with his mother, a touchy subject. David was probably the calmest among your small group, he never said much but when he did he seemed to be the smartest as well. Though he was always...distant. There was also a girl among your group, Amber. You remember that she was a shy girl with freckles that made her kinda cute, but seemed to have confidence when answering complex math equations that made most people's head either spin or shut down. Your mind starts to drift further and further from these thoughts as you lay your head back, falling asleep, you needed it anyway to replenish the rest of the lost blood, and it might be a few more hours before you reach Canterlot. 'Canterlot....would it be like Hoofington?' You thought, just before reality seems to slip away and the sounds of the car disappear. You hit the wall with a loud thud as you drop to the dirty alleyway ground, your three assailants grinning at your helpless form while you cough out blood. Your right eye was going purple from the hit it took, your glasses lie on the ground, broken. Your vision was blurred if you looked at something further than a few feet from you, but when you look up at them, you freeze. The one in the middle, you remember his name was Billy, had a switchblade in his right hand you could tell because he talked about it a lot when the teachers didn't hear him. His brothers chuckling and laughing at your shock. "Come on Billy! Give the nerd his punishment for what he did to your motorcycle." The guy on your left said, 'must be Billy's younger brother Ajax', you thought grimly. That meant the other guy to your right was their almost silent, older brother Quin. You knew them all from your highschool, Billy was in the same grade as you, Ajax was in his last grade of Middle school and Quin had already graduated high school. Billy, a guy about five, maybe six inches taller than you grins wickedly at you, he grabs you by the shirt with his left hand and lifts you up before slamming you against the wall face first, "This is gonna be for me bike nerd, Ajax! Grab his left arm and stretch is out against the wall!" You struggle in fear as your pupils shrink, desperately trying to come up with words to apologize to him as Ajax grabs your arm and pulls it out against your will, stuttering out your words, "P-please Billy! I'm s-sorry! I'll do whatever you want just please don't h-hurt me!" Your plea comes onto deaf ears, the switchblade coming to rest on your funny bone. Your body was shaking in fear as you felt the cold metal on your skin, you silently pleaded that someone would save you. Sadly they do not come in time, your scream of pain filling the alleyway street as the switchblade digs into your skin and cuts from your funny bone to the wrist. Your scream is immediately cut off when the slicing stops as Billy flips you around and knees you in your stomach, making you double over in pain and gasp for air as you cough more blood out. They let you drop to the floor as your arm bleeds, covering it in blood. "Think he's had enough Ajax?" Billy was looking at his younger brother with a twisted smile on his face. The younger one shakes his head, grinning madly, "You should teach him to never mess with you again Billy!" It seemed Billy agreed as he nodded, Quin seemed to do nothing but watch, you had no one to help you here. Your arm bleeding, chest in pain and your eye swollen with some blood on your mouth. You could only lay there and hope they'd show some, or any kind of mercy. Sadly it seems fate had other plans. Billy grabs you by the shirt again and lift you up, the switchblade being driven into your stomach, your mouth open in pain and shock but only a gasp of pain coming out, your already blurred vision blacken a bit from the pain before your body recovers from the shock, you hit the ground heaving for breath, feeling the warm liquid that kept you alive on your arm and stomach, staining your shirt. Billy crouched down to you, barely inside your field of vision, his switchblade covered in your blood, "let this be a lesson to you nerd, you touch me bike again and I'll do more than stab your gut, if you survive right now that is!" He laughs as you struggle on the ground, a small pool of blood starting to form, you found it hard to even stay conscious with all the pain... Suddenly the laughter stops, you hear yelling and a bright light shines into the alleyway, maybe it was that light people saw before they die? It didn't matter to you, you couldn't even keep your eyes open now as you body loses feeling, the pool of blood was slowly getting bigger. The last thing you hear was the sound of sirens going off and feeling something or someone picking you up. You immediately jolt awake, noting the cold sweat on your forehead and the pounding from your heart. It had been a nightmare, it was so real though, it felt real and sounded real...because it had happened to you weeks - or was it a month ago? You try to calm your breathing before you hyperventilate. "Are you alright, sweetie?" You look up to see your Mom looking back at your, you got your need for glasses from her side of the family, your father didn't need them to see. Your Mom always found a love for glasses though, strange as it was, she felt smart with them on. Which reminds you that your glasses appear to be missing, You nod to her as you bend down to look for them on the car floor, "Yes Mom, I just had a bad dream is all," you respond, trying to be calm, "...are we near our home yet?" You ask curiously, even if you disliked the move being rude to your parents would make things worse, at least they cared for you....even if it was annoying at times. She smiles, "Yes, look out the window." You follow her words and look out the car window to your left to see the edge of the town just now coming into view. It was the evening so the sun was almost below the horizon, casting a sunset across the town giving it a calm look. A few minutes later the car pulls into a driveway of a two story home within the suburbs. You get out and help your parents with whatever you brought with you in the car, the movers had already arrived here a day or two ago and placed what your parents gave them into the house where they thought it was best for them to be. As you enter the house you note the living room is to your left which a couch, a chair, a TV and a fireplace on the far-side of the wall. Behind the couch was the entrance to the kitchen, to the right when you enter the kitchen was the stove, with the microwave above it, and the sink, bunch up with at least a dozen of small, connected cabinets above and below them. There was a back door in the kitchen and also a hallway to the left that led to the laundry room and a bathroom both on the left side, with your parents bedroom at the end of the hallway. To the right of the entrance to the house is a door that leads into an empty room, which your dad would probably later convert into his work room, for whatever job he gets.The door sat next to the stairs that led to the second floor, on that floor there was a door to the right which would be your room, a bathroom down the hall to the left and another empty room at the end of the hallway. Once you and your parents finally finish settling in, your mom sits with you on the couch in the living room, the TV was about 40 inches, it amazed you how well the house was compared to the one in Hoofington, it had been cramped there anyhow, but it made you wonder if your parents had been saving up for the move a long time ago. Your Mother turns to you and gives you a few papers, you take and search through them as she speaks. "They're papers that you'll need for school, you're enrolled in Canterlot High School and you'll be starting tomorrow so no staying up late! Oh and dear, try to make some friends there okay? I know you're still upset about what happened, but this place will be better for you I promise." You mumble out an "Okay Mom," before she leaves you alone. You shuffle through the papers, the first one you look at is a map of the school, apparently there was trouble with students constantly getting confused by the layout so new students get maps of the school to use for a week or two or till they get their bearings, whichever came first, then turn them into the office. The next one was a paper signed by your Mother that also required your signature before being turned in to the office, simply declare your enrollment and all that and giving the school the ability to punish you if needed as they see fit and- 'Forget reading the rest of it, it's the same as any other school' you think as you sign your signature and look at the last sheet of paper. This one had your class schedule, locker number and combination it: Locker Number 121 Locker combination:21-5-13 Period one: Algebra 2 Period two: Chemistry Period three: Geometry Period four: Equestrian History Lunch Period five: PE(required for this year to complete your two years) Period six: English 2 Period seven: Culinary Arts Period eight: Spanish You were fine with most of these classes...algebra, geometry, and especially history! Even- wait what? PE?! Oh boy... "Are you kidding me?" You grumble out in frustration, looking at the sheet you realize this paper is telling you that you're required to take two years of Physical Education to pass high school. You only hoped you didn't have to wear a uniform or else the scars could show, and you don't want any attention, not after what you went through. That and you're not much of an athletic person, even if it is PE. You put the papers with your backpack that rested on the couch, your mom would probably drive you anyway with her overprotectiveness of her's and not let you take the bus. Taking off your jacket you hang it up on a coat rack near the stairs and try to ignore the scar on your arm while you walk upstairs to your room. When you open the door to your room, you note the desk, chair, and tv on the far side next to the window that was in the middle, your bed to your right and preventing the door from opening more than 90 degrees. You close the door and immediately get into your bed and under the blankets, it was just big enough for about a person and a half, maybe two if they squeezed close, why would your parents get a big bed anyway? Guess they don't want you to fall off it. You reach over to the nightstand between the bed and the wall, setting the alarm to 5:50 AM before settling down, putting your glasses on the nightstand, and closing your eyes, hoping to not succumb to another nightmare. Silently praying that you wouldn't get bullied on your first day at school. Author's Note Hope you guys will enjoy the story, simply making it up as I go, but those of you that don't like it I have one thing to say. Oh well.... If you don't like it then that's fine, if it's just because who's in it or the plot, or just downright hate alrighty then. But if it's due to grammar error, punctuation mistakes, or incorrect spelling. Then speak up and let me know! Just because I got a proofreader or two(thanks to daydream and my little sis for helping btw) doesn't mean we'll catch all the mistakes I make. First DayYou grumble in annoyance as you wake up, hearing the loud *beep* noise continuously go off as you reach around in the dark, trying to find the alarm clock. After a dozen seconds of frustration you find it and turn the blasted thing off, sitting up and rubbing your face. Today was your first day at school, it was a Wednesday so that meant you probably would be in the middle of lessons, great. Hopefully they aren't too far ahead despite how long you were in the hospital...plus the day to get here. You put your glasses on, groggily take the covers off and get out of bed, heading to the closet to put on some different clothes. You pick up some blue jean pants and a green t-shirt. Though the color didn't really matter seeing how you'd have the jacket on you and zipped up the entire time. At the thought of it you turn take off your current cloths and change, being careful of the bandages on your arm and stomach, one thing about that jacket was it always made you feel safe, no matter where you were as long as you had it on. It also reminded you of grandma... You shake your head after you get your shirt on, trying to dispel the negative thought that attempted to invade your mind, your grandma's passing had been unfortunate and unpleasant, a subject you dare not think about as best as you can. Once you make sure your pants aren't going to fall off and your shirt isn't backwards or inside out, you exit your room and head down to the living room to get your jacket and eat breakfast. Once you reach it and put on the jacket, you pull your phone out from its right pocket, seeing the time was 6:07 AM. "Okay, so if it's that time now and I have till 7:48 before the bell rings to go to class I have about...an hour and forty-one minutes." You say aloud, talking to no one in particular. Putting your phone back in it's rightful place you go to the kitchen, aiming to get some cereal from the top of the refrigerator. After getting the cereal, bowl, spoon, and milk you fill he bowl with the wanted items, put the box on top of the fridge and the milk back inside the fridge where it belongs you sit down at the table with the bowl and start to eat your breakfast. After all, it's the most important meal of the day right? As you eat you hear the sounds of blankets being moved, a few seconds later your Mother comes into the kitchen from the hallway, cleaning her glasses. She puts them on and then looks at you, smiling and walking over to give you a hug. "Morning dear, are you ready for your first day?" You swallow before you speak, returning the hug but feeling a sense of fear, "I guess," you mumble. She ends the hug and sits in the chair to your right, watching you, "you'll be fine hun, Canterlot has had a lot less crime related activities than Hoofington." "I know mom," you reply,"I miss my friends though, did we really have to move here?" She sighs, "I know you miss them, but Hoofington was just too dangerous to stay in, you can make new friends here." You grumble, finishing your cereal and looking at the clock on the stove behind you, it reading 6:42 PM. You get up and take your bowl to the sink, washing it and the spoon before setting them down in it. You look back at your Mom as you walk past her and to the living room to get your backpack, "I should get there early...to learn where my classes are." Of course that wasn't the full truth, you didn't want to talk to her about Hoofington or making friends here in Canterlot, despite how bad that place was you got use to the everyday life there. Even figured out the safer alleyways to go down, most of the time. Your Mom seems like she wants to talk more about it, but gives in, heading back to her room to get ready and get the keys to the car. You slid on the backpack and head out the front door to the car, closing the door behind you and walking up to the passenger side of the car, waiting for your mom. A few minutes later, your mom comes outside wearing her casual attire. She heads to the car and presses a button on the keys, unlocking the doors. You open the passenger side and take your backpack off, putting it in the back and sitting down in the car. By the time you're done, closed the door, and have your seatbelt on, your mom is ready to go as well. She puts the key in and starts up the car. A few seconds later you're out of the driveway and on your way to Canterlot High school. You feel nervous, your heart pounding lightly as your mind thought of what could happen to you. Would you run into a bully on the first day? Fall behind in the classes? Be all alone for the entire school year even? Well you're about to find out. You look out the window to see the school already in view! Looking at the built in clock of the car you see it's 7:02AM, it had taken a little over ten minutes to get here. Your Mother pulls up in front of the school, telling you to have a good day and all that as you get out of the car and get your backpack, putting it on. You close the car door, wave goodbye to your Mom, and start walking to the school. A small knot in your stomach as you try to quell your fears, with little success. You dared to look around the front of the school, seeing there was only a few people here right now, none of them seemed to be looking at you...yet. As you pass the statue that's near the school entrance, you hear a small, almost shy voice asking a question. To you specifically. "Umm...excuse me....but would you'd be kind enough to help out at the animal shelter?" You turn around to see a pale, light grayish olive girl standing in front of you, the statue behind her. She was wearing a pinkish white shirt with a long green skirt, a quick look down showed you that she was wearing green boots with white at the bottom of them. A lock of her pink hair slightly covering her right cyan eye, it took you a few seconds to realize that she was holding out a flier to you. You hesitant, looking down at the flier, then at her. "Uh...I'm sorry but I'm new here and I'd like to get to know the school and...all." Yeah good going dumbass, that makes sense. She immediately breaks eye contact, looking down from you as her hand with the flier pulls back to her, whispering, "oh...ok..." Oh God now you feel bad, her shyness reminds you of Amber which doesn't help at all! You sigh and try to not hurt her feelings as you speak,"Look...I'm...new here, so I'm just not use to the people here yet and I have a hard time...trusting people." She glances up at you, give you a slight smile, "Oh that's okay, it's not everyday we get a new student here." She straightens up and looks at you, then whispers in a slightly louder voice, "I-I'm Fluttershy..." You smile a bit and tell her your name, but that's about it. She looks down at the flier in her hand, then looks at you and hands it to you, "I know you're new, but in case you change your mind you should take a flier. I can tell you aren't one of those mean people." Not wanting to be rude and hurt her feelings, you take the flier, you both say your goodbyes as you turn and walk to the school door. Though her saying 'one of those mean people' sets you off balance mentally, it seems you'd have to watch out. You look down at the flier and read it as you enter the school's foyer. Help wanted at the Canterlot Animal Shelter. Time is from 4:30PM to 6:00PM. Animal lovers or Caring people needed...please. You note the picture above the pink colored words, the girl was surrounded by cute animals in a building that must be the animal shelter, and she seemed happy to be with them. You don't remember there being an animal shelter in Hoofington, perhaps- Your train of thought is derailed as you run into something, or rather...someone. Due to the sudden slam into whoever it was you fell down on the floor, dropping the flier as you rub your head, you pick up the flier and look up to apologize to whoever you ran into. The girl you ran into is standing up and also rubbing her head, seems you guys accidentally head butted each other and you fell down from it. Good first impression. You note she has vivid, crimson hair with a lot of brilliant, yellow stripes in between them. She's wearing a purple shirt with a shimmering sun on it along with a black jacket, along with a skirt colored mostly orange with some yellow and light purple stripes. She also had a pair of black and purple boots on. She didn't seem like the nice sort of girl, but you can't always judge a person by their outfits. Okay, you could judge someone by their outfits, but that doesn't mean you're always correct, right? Besides, the clothing didn't seem that bad, it kinda fit her looks. You slowly stand up clearing your throat and looking away from her, fearing a hit coming as you lightly stutter,"I-I'm sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was g-going." "It's okay, I wasn't watching either, my name's Sunset Shimmer, what's yours?" You dare to take a look at her, turning your head back towards her you see that she's smiling and had the same cyan eyes like the other girl...Flittershy, or was it Fluttershy? You couldn't remember already, great, perhaps they're related to each other? You blink and note the girl...Sunset right? She seemed to be a bit hesitant now, even a bit hurt. 'Are all the girls like this?' You thought. You clear your throat and tell her your name, "I'm sorry for not responding...I'm new here so I'm just unsure about everything." She perks up when you say 'new here' which unsettles you a bit before she speaks, "Oh, you're the new guy I'm suppose to show around the school aren't you? The one from Hoofington?" You stiffen at the mention of your hometown as you face her fully, nodding to her, "Uh yes, that's me. I guess you already know my schedule then?" She shakes her head, "Nope, I'm just here to show you around the school, I know you got a map of the campus but the principle thought a personal tour would also help." She finishes with a slightly bigger smile. You wonder why they'd give you a map if they were also going to send someone to give you a personal tour, this girl seemed nice, but why do this? You ask her that much. She giggles, "Because it's the nice thing to do? Now come on, classes start in twenty five minutes so we don't have much time." She turns and starts to walk down one of the hallways as she waves for you to follow her, so you do, still unsure about this. Maybe it was the incident in Hoofington. No, no, no! Don't think about it, just don't think about it. You could feel your heart racing a bit faster at the thought of that place, and your left arm started to feel itchy. Not to mention a knot was forming in your stomach again, thinking about the switchblade that had dug into there. "You alright there new guy?" You stop and look up at her, seems you zoned out after you started thinking about Hoofington, "Uhm, yeah...just thinking about home is all." She raised an eyebrow, but said nothing, the rest of the tour concluded without any further incident, Sunset had pointed out the classrooms, gym, cafeteria, and office. The tour ended at your locker. "So, that's the entire school, if you need anything I'm sure Principle Celestia or Vice Principle Luna could help you out, see you later new guy." She waves at you as she walks past you, no doubt on her way to her locker and class. You look at your locker and take off your backpack, looking at your watch you see the classes will start in a few minutes, not only that but the halls are starting to fill up. You enter the combination to your locker and open it, emptying the contents of your backpack into it, hang the backpack inside it, and close it. Standing up you head to your first class, Algebra 2. Good news was you'd get the book in class, bad news was that everyone will know you're new for sure then. Oh well, you need the book and so far no one has tried to beat the hell out of you. As you walk into the class room, you note most of the seats are already filled, save for a few in the front. You walk over to one of the front seats and sit down in it, setting your algebra supplies on the desk as you wait for the bell to ring, idly looking around the front of the room ignoring the conversations behind you. Soon the bell rings a few minutes later and the teacher walks in, he sits down and takes role, he soon comes to your name. After you say "here/present(whatever you say)" he asks you to come up and hands you a book as you walk up to his desk. When you get the book you turn around to walk back to your desk, seeing the eyes of the classroom on you which made you uncomfortable. You sit down and stare straight at the teacher, you do your best to tune out the class and focus on the lesson. Unfortunately the thoughts of Hoofington creep into your mind again, you thought of your friends... Clark, David, Amber...perhaps you should give them a call? Come to think of it, that one girl Fluttershy was an awful lot like Amber, except she doesn't wear glasses and she's probably not a nerd, but her shyness reminds you of Amber. And that other girl, Sunset Shimmer, she seemed like a nice girl. But something felt off about her, like she was hiding something during the tour. Yet, so were you, you didn't want to tell anyone about Hoofington, all you wanted to do was forget about it. Forget about Billy and his brothers, forget about the scars! But you can't. As you write out problem #15. You feel a tap on your shoulder, tensing up from the contact and turning around, you see a blue girl with pale cornflower blue hair with some very pale cornflower blue stripes in between them, she also had dark grayish violet eyes. She hands you a note with a rather serious look on her face. You take it, politely nod, and turn away from her. You decide to finish the last few problems so you wouldn't get in trouble. When you finish your assignment and turn it in you open the note and read it's contents. "Watch out for Sunset Shimmer!" ~The Great and Powerful Trixie. You blinked and read the note again. Why would she tell you to watch out for Sunset if she had been nice to you not so long ago? Also, why did she call herself The Great and Powerful Trixie? But more importantly was Sunset playing some sort of trick on you? Make you feel welcomed, become your friend, and then do something horrible like Billy and his brothers did?! Or was this girl lying to you? The ringing of the bell jolts you out of your thoughts and startles you a bit. As the other students and the one called Trixie leave to go to their next classes you fold the note and put it in the left pocket of your jacket. Gathering your things, you head to your next class. An hour and a half later. The next two classes seemed to breeze on by, all you had was Equestrian History and then you could have lunch. Course, you had no one to sit with in it, but you weren't even thinking about that, being the least of your worries. You had been thinking about the note from your first period class. What was so bad about Sunset? Your right hand was tightened in a fist as your memories kept flying around you. If something was truly bad about Sunset then Canterlot might be like Hoofington after all, just more subtle. Despite loving history, you couldn't get into the lesson, something about griffins and changelings. You didn't want a repeat of the past...you really didn't want to go through that pain again, but they say no pain no gain. 'A stupid saying I think', you thought. The bell rings again, meaning it was time for lunch, you gather up your belongings and head to your locker. You try to keep your mind off of everything, but you can't. As you close your locker and stand up, you feel another tap on the shoulder, causing you to tense up again. You look to your left to find Sunset Shimmer there, giving you a friendly smile. "Hey there, new guy." "Hey," you reply, the note from Trixie lingered in your thoughts, a part of you hoped it was a lie or a prank. Another part of your brain was wondering why she kept calling you new guy instead of by your name. If you seemed nervous in your reply, she didn't notice or didn't mind, her smile not faltering. "Well seeing how you're new I believe you don't have a place to sit at lunch yet?" You could see where it was going, she was going to ask you to sit with her and any friends she has, and if the other girl, Trixie, was right to watch out for her then this could be a trap. But then again, you don't really have anywhere to sit...and it would be rude to decline her offer. Unfortunately you seem to take too long to respond again, causing Sunset's smile to disappear. You attempt to work damage control, but stutter, "W-well no, but it's not like it matters right? I can sit anywhere." Sunset raises an eyebrow at you, "What do you mean it doesn't matter? No one should have to sit alone, I know how that was." She looks away from you and holds her left arm with her right hand. It seems you accidentally struck a nerve. "Sorry if I struck a nerve, if you're asking me to sit with you at lunch...I guess I can try." Sunset looks at you and gives you a small smile, "Great! Come on then, we best get there now unless you like long lines," she walks past you, seeming to have forgotten her troubles. That, or you're just really bad at reading body language. Not that you stare at people or anything! You follow Sunset to the cafeteria , which is filled with students. A glance around the room shows you that there is quite a number of open seats still, perhaps people come in late to lunch sometimes? It happened before in- 'No, bad brain! Don't think about that place.' After about three minutes of waiting in a line you and Sunset have trays filled with today's food...course, it seems they offer an awfully large selection of food for a High School, quiet different from the Hoofington high school food menu. 'Hoofington...no, better to ignore those thoughts, focus on something else...something else...' Your eyes fall on Sunset, whom is right in front of you as you both walk. Despite the note you got from earlier, you were starting to doubt that she had something sinister planned. But the scars on your person seemed to always itch when you thought about Hoofington or how this place would be different. Almost as if they were telling you to not trust anyone. Maybe they're right? You're snapped out of your thoughts as Sunset leads you to a table where five other girls are sitting, you recognize one of them to be the girl you met in front of the school, Fluttershy if you remember right. The first person to get your attention as you near the table is a bubbly pink looking girl with a hair do that reminded you of cotton candy and light cerulean eyes, a rare color, smiling and waving widely at you both. Perhaps she had a lot to sugar today, her outfit suggests cooking after all. The next is a orange colored girl with a Stetson hat on her head. She had a pale, light grayish olive hair and moderate sap green eyes. Her hair was also in a ponytail. Judging by her clothing she might be a farm girl. The last two is a white girl and a rather light blue girl. The white girl had purple like hair that was formed as if it was meant to be, for lack of a better word, fabulous. She also had moderate azure eyes, and considering her hair and outfit style she might be someone that designs often. The light blue girl had rainbow hair, that alone made you wonder about her personality. She also had moderate cerise eyes, and her uniform suggested sports perhaps, or at least some kind of active activity. You snap out of your thoughts as you reach the table. Nervous, you stay quiet and sit with Sunset on her left, the other girls greet Sunset as you both sit down. You eyes are immediently go to your food as you eat silently, content to let the girls talk amongst themselves. It takes you a minute to realize there isn't much chatter going on... You dare to stop eating, swallow, and turn to the other girls to find their eyes on you. You blush lightly from the attention, hoping it wasn't noticeable. After a few seconds the pink one speaks up, "so you're the new guy Sunset showed around today right?" You nod. Suddenly you're barraged with a dozen questions, only a few you can make out are "Do you like it here?" "How was Hoofington?" and "Why did you move?" You stare at her in confusion while the light blue one covers the pink ones' mouth. She then looks at you, "Excuse Pinkie Pie, she has a habit of asking waaaaay too many questions to new people in a very short time. I'm Rainbow Dash, the most awesome sports girl you'll ever know. You could only nod in response as Rainbow pulls her hand off of Pinkies' mouth. Rainbow then address the other two girls that you don't know, "The one wearing the Steston hat is Applejack, you might've heard of Sweet Apple Acres?" Applejack tips her hat to you, "Pleased to meet ya Sugarcube." You attempt to smile back, feeling a mixture of suspicion and surprise. Rainbow then waves her hand to the white girl, "And this one is Rarity, fashionista of Canterlot, or a fashionista of Canterlot." Rarity smiles at you, "That's right, and if you ever need some new clothing I'd be happy to design you some personally! It's what friends are for right?" 'Friends?' This wasn't right, you just met them and they already want to become your friends? Maybe that Trixie girl was right, something was definitely off here and Sunset was among them... You clear your throat and respond to Rarity, "Friends? But we just met each other, how are we already friends?" It was a bit harsher than you meant for it to be, but you needed to find out what was going on here. Rarity looks at you puzzled, "Well dear, friendship is magic after all." Before you could respond to that...interesting reply, Sunset speaks up, "It's not his fault Rarity, he came from Hoofington." You cringe at the mention of your hometown again, did Sunset know what happened there? Did they all know? Applejack seemed curious raising an eyebrow, "Hoofington? Ah never heard of that place before." Sunset turned to Applejack, "Hoofington is ah...for lack of better words, a hellhole." Hellhole was about right for that place, the other girls, especially Fluttershy, whom had been calmly eating, gasp at her use of the word hell. Rainbow speaks up soon though, clearing up the tension, at least till she looks to you. "That bad huh? I can see why you wanted to get out, that is why you came here though right? For the peace and quiet?" For you it felt like the only way to cut the tension was with a laser gun, you couldn't tell them about why you truly moved, so you simply nodded to Rainbow. Pinkie, however, doesn't seem to buy it. "Come ooooon," she whined rather cutely, "Tell us why you really moved!" She propped herself on the table by her elbows and looked at you like a curious child who was about to hear a long and interesting tale. The others seemed interested as well. Interesting was a bit of an understatement though, and you needed to come up with a lie and fast! A bit of rubbing on your jacket near your scar on the left arm you see a way out. "My Grandmother was killed in an accident, it hit my mom really hard, so my dad decided to move us to a calmer place. He hoped it would help us all. Pinkie went from curious, to sad as her hair seemed to flatten a little, you didn't have time to contemplate on how that was possible though because you suddenly had pink arms wrapped around you and a head buried in the left side of your neck. Somehow Pinkie got from her side of the table to yours in a second and was now hugging you. It caused you to instantly tense up from the contact, you sat there stunned looking at the pink hair near your face. After what seems to be a very long hug, Pinkie lets go and pulls away from you. You look at the others, none of them seemed to be so curious about why you moved now, instead they seemed sad. Though why Rarity had to wipe her eyes was a bit strange. Sunset places a hand on your shoulder and gives you a sad smile, "I'm sorry that we asked, it might've been tough to have moved from there when she died." You begged to differ on how tough it was to move away from Hoofington, seeing how you didn't have a choice in the matter, but you say nothing of it. Instead, you nod and tell her that it was fine. You were happy enough to know that no one knew of the scars still, for now. Before anyone can say anything else, the bell rings, signaling the end of lunch. Everyone in the lunch room empties their trays, puts them up, and then heads out to their next class. You dreaded the next class for a few reasons, one of them might be because you just had lunch, but the main reason was because you learned that the school does have uniforms for PE. And they're not long sleeved shirts either. That meant your scar on your left arm was going to be noticeable, very noticeable. All someone had to do was look at your arm and it'd be over, and knowing PE classes someone was bound to look and notice. Before you can think about it further, you feel the same tap on your shoulder again, it still startles you nevertheless, but you at least knew who it was. Keeping calm, as best as you could you turn to your right to see Sunset yet again. She smiles at you, "Hey again New Guy." Again with new guy? Was it a nickname she gave you or something? You didn't have time to ask her though as she kept speaking. "I see you're going to the Gym, I'm guessing that means you have PE class next?" You blink, then nod to her, "Yeah I do, why do you ask?" She chuckles, "Because I have it this period as well." Well then, as if it wasn't bad enough, now she might learn that you lied and learn of the truth. "O-oh you do?" She keeps walking with you, "Yes I do," she then smirks at you, "Did you stutter for a reason?" Her question catches you off guard, almost making you stumble as you blush, realizing what she meant. "I'll h-have you know I stutter for many reasons, Sunset!" She simply giggles and bumps hips with you, "Relax, I'm only teasing you New Guy. Now come on, we don't want to be late!" She starts to walk faster as the halls slowly empty, you follow after her to the gym. You enter the Gym with Sunset to find most of the class already there, but not dressed in PE clothing, you turn to Sunset. "I thought that the school assigned uniforms for PE?" She looks at you as you both stop near the other students, "They do, when it's in the spring, not in the early winter. If they did we'd all freeze when outside! Most of the time during the Winter we stay inside, maybe do some jogging or just sit around. Maybe play a game of dodgeball on Friday." She had a point, it was early November now, it had been September or October when you had your life threatening incident, at least it meant no scar revealing for awhile. Now, though, it was getting colder outside as the days passed, which made you wonder if it ever snowed in Canterlot. You decided to ask Sunset that. "Snow?" She asked, bringing a hand to her chin, obviously thinking, before she responds, "it does snow here, but it doesn't happen 'til sometime in middle or late December, usually just before Christmas, and goes on 'til sometime in January. You nod to her, you then here both your names called only to find Rainbow Dash coming over to you two. Most of the students now either sitting in the nearby stands or playing a game of basketball. Rainbow idly kicks a football up and down with her legs and she stops in front of you both, watching the ball as she talks, "So I see you already found your way to the gym with Sunset, don't get too comfortable though. Later on coach will definitely have us do some running, but you're safe for a few days." Rainbow stops kicking the ball and instead holds it under her right arm, you three then move over to the nearby stands, sitting on them, Rainbow a seat above you both as you sit near Sunset. Rainbow looks to you, "So what do you do for fun? You an egghead like Twilight?" Sunset seemed to be making signs for her to shut up, but Rainbow keeps talking, "Or maybe you're less like Twilight and more like me? Nah, no one's as awesome as I am, but seriously, what do you do for fun?" You think, looking at Sunset who is face palming, you then look back at Rainbow Dash. Only to find her looking between you and Sunset, then she smirks, "Or maybe you're one of those guys that always checks out girls?" What? You blush and immediately sputter out words that make no sense as Rainbow laughs at your embarassment. Sunset trying to stifle her giggles with a hand. "Relax egghead two, I'm only messing with ya. I'm sure you're cool enough to not do that." You didn't feel so sure Rainbow was being honest with you, you look to Sunset whom is still trying to suppress her giggling with little effect. You looking at her causes her to only giggle harder and look away from you. While you pull up the hoodie on your jacket to hide your embarrassment, Rainbow asks you yet another question, prodding you for answers that would no doubt bring her amusement. "So you ever date back in Hoofington?" Thankfully you can organize yourself enough to give her a simple "No." "No? Shame, I was looking forward to more teasing, but in all seriousness don't let it down you. Hoofington isn't exactly...a place where mushie feelings appear constantly." Sunset, meanwhile, has calmed down enough to talk properly, she turns to you and nods, "Yea, don't let it get ya down New Guy, you'd have better luck in any other city. Now who wants to play a game?" For the rest of the class, you, Sunset, and Rainbow play a game of rock, paper, scissors. A game that Dash is quick to stop playing after a few rounds. She said it bored her, but it might've been because she lost every round. You and Sunset kept playing for the rest of the period and eventually tied. Before you could play another round the bell rang. Sunset said that you'd both break the tie tomorrow, as for the rest of your day it was mostly uneventful. You met Pinkie in Culinary Arts,(big surprise!) and she said something about throwing you a party. You politely declined, which made her sad a little until you explained you didn't go to many parties back in Hoofington. That had been a bad choice of words because Pinkie instantly started to plan a "welcome to Canterlot" party right then and there, you couldn't stop her from planning but got her to agree to not have "too many people." But you could've sworn you already saw invitations in her backpack when you were leaving the school, how was that possible? As you began to walk outside the school to head home, (your mother insisted you got some fresh air, meet some townsfolk on the way home, and that you would be fine) you hear someone calling. "Hey, new kid!" You turned around, expecting to see Sunset or one of her friends due to Sunset constantly calling you "New Guy." Who you saw though, wasn't one of them, and they didn't seem like they wanted to say hi and be friends. Author's Note Due excuse some of the...interesting descriptions of the characters, I'll admit I took it from their descriptions on the MLP wiki, but I figured if they already have a description then no point in trying to change it right? Plus they belong to Hasbro and not me, so credit for their looks goes to Hasbro artists and designers. TroubleWho you see is most certainly not Sunset or any of her friends, instead it was three people. Two females and a male to be exact, what they wanted was beyond you, but they didn't seem happy and they were coming your way! The middle one had slightly dark green colored skin with magenta eyes, she also had rather flat, but long crimson hair. She wore a red tank top with a long, flat black skirt and red boots. You couldn't tell, but you think you can also see some red earrings. 'Did every girl around here wear boots? Also she seems to like the color red.' you shivered at the thought of it, reminding you of blood. 'And who are the other two with her?' The triple number reminded you of Billy and his brothers all too well. The girl flanking her had yellow skin with lavender hair. She had a long blue sleeved shirt with a yellow and blue striped skirt, along with white boots. Honestly it was hard to tell if it was good or bad fashion... The guy that was with them had blue skin and white hair, he had a short sleeve, orange shirt on with regular blue jean pants. Instead of boots he had black tennis shoes. He also had a smirk on his face though, which made you more nervous. "Yes you," the one in the middle spoke with a little venom in her voice, the group coming closer to you as you stood still with some fear in your chest. What could they possible want with you? They stop right in front of you, the other two smirking, the guy with his arms crossed and the girl with a hand on her hip. Before you can wonder further, the middle one speaks to you. "So you're the guy from Hoofington are you? I bet you think you're tough because you came from that place, well let me tell you something." She leans in uncomfortable close to you, the venom in her voice unending. "With Sunset Shimmer no longer in power here at CHS, I'm free to take over. Of course I know what she did which makes it oh so much easier to not mess up like she did, and unlike her, actually have two people who aren't fools. Isn't that right Pale and Cobalt?" The girl and guy both chuckle as their names are spoken while the other girl leans away. If you had to guess, considering Pale was more likely to be the females' name, that meant Cobalt was the male. But wait...did she say Sunset was no long in power here? Did that mean...that Trixie girl was right? Pale speaks up, "Didn't you know nerd? Sunset was a power hungry freak here with everyone fearing her and the principles under her charms." Despite her cute voice, you could tell how serious she was. Cobalt speaks up next, "Indeed she was, remember the time she made that Fluttershy girl cry at the statue and again in the hallway on the same day?" They all laugh, but not in a nice way. The one in the middle speaks up again, "All you need to know nerd is this..." She moves closer to you, you try to lean away, but can't due to fear and confusion. "...don't mess with Katherine Green." She knees you in the stomach before moving away from you, causing you to kneel over in pain. Coughing due to the hit on the scar, they laugh at your weakness and pain before walking away from you. You take a minute to catch your breath before you stand up, looking around as you mind raced. You didn't want to believe those creeps, but the note from Trixie makes you think otherwise. If she was telling the truth then that meant Sunset is...or was evil? 'But if she is evil then why is she friends with the others?' You thought as you started to walk home. You contemplated the options of what to do, on one hand Sunset may still be evil and tricking you. On the other hand she might not be evil and it could all be a convincing lie. But either way, you've been threatened and hit on the first day after all! But you can't tell your parents, they'll flip out and make you move again. At least here there might be a better chance for peace. ...Right? About 15 minutes later, you arrive home. After saying hello to your parents, putting up your backpack, and finally convincing them that you already did your homework, you head upstairs and sit in your chair, pulling out your phone from your jacket's right pocket and input the password. You idly scroll through the apps you had, most of them were games. Though some of them weren't the type for males to have, but cute games can't be argued with right? You eyes fall upon your contacts list, maybe you should give your friends a text? Yeah...you should, it's been awhile. You open the message system and send each of them a text. After a few minutes you get one response from Clark. "Hey dude, are you alright? We heard about what happened and that you moved." You smile a bit at his text, at least you knew you had friends that cared. You reply to his text. "Yeah, I'm fine. My parents had us move to Canterlot, hopefully it won't be as bad here, I still miss you guys though!" It takes him a minute to reply... "Yeah, we miss you too, especially Amber. Don't think I saw her so sad before you moved, I'll let them know you texted us that you're alright? I gotta go though, got a few tests to study for." "Alright Clark, text you later." You close the messages app and then turn off your phone. Sighing, you think of what to do for the next few hours. "Suppose I can just study my lessons, I'm a bit behind anyway." You say aloud, getting up and heading downstairs to get your backpack. As you pick it up and start to bring it upstairs, your mind wanders back to Sunset. 'Could she really be evil? If she made that Fluttershy girl cry a few times then why sit together at lunch? It doesn't add up.' You sigh, setting the backpack down and getting out your phone again. You head onto the internet via Safari, searching up the school website and bring it up. There was a few things you didn't understand for Spanish like- "What the-" Right here, on the front page, was a picture of a demon flying above the school. It appeared to be talking to some girls in front of it, the picture had been taken from the inside of the school though, so it was hard to tell, but the hand gestures suggested so. The header threw you off even more. "Teenage girl and two boys turn into demons and attempt to enslave Canterlot High? What is going on here..." You click on the header, sending you to the page with the details on it. What you read seems impossible, but is official. Reading through it you learn that the demon flying above the others is really Sunset Shimmer! What's more, further reading shows then the ponies standing there are the ones you met today at lunch. But the purple girl is someone you didn't see today, yet right here it says her name is Twilight Sparkle. You sit back in your chair, putting your phone in the desk in front of you as you try to contemplate this information. "So...if Sunset really is, or was, evil. Then Trixie was right to watch out for her and this Katherine girl seems like she's been waiting for...this to happen. But what the heck is going on here?! Is Sunset evil or not? Does she have it out for me? And why did Katherine pick on me first?" Dozens more questions raced through your head, such as if the magic you read about was possible. At this point you turn off your phone and plug it into the charger. Getting up, you walk over to your bed and flop onto it, staring at the ceiling. You could try to avoid them both tomorrow, but so far Sunset hasn't physically or emotionally harmed you, she's done the opposite. But if she truly is evil, then she'll hurt you later on, and Katherine is bound to hurt you regardless of what you do. You could go to the other five and ask them what's going on, that is if you don't run into either of them before school. Unless they're on Sunset's side? You sigh and get under the covers, putting up your glasses on the nightstand and roll over, closing your eyes. "What am I going to do tomorrow?" is the last thing you think before drifting off to sleep. ... ... It's dark, why is it dark? You try to open your eyes only to find darkness. Before you can contemplate why through, lightning flashes and in front of you is Canterlot High. But what else you see is a demon before you, looking menacingly down at you. It looks exactly like the demon that the website said Sunset Shimmer turned into! Before you can do anything the demon screeches and fires an unexplainable dark and blue beam at you. You close your eyes out of fear but feel nothing, opening your eyes again you're suddenly in the same alleyway you were in Hoofington weeks ago. You get up, feeling very weak now, and try to head to the street only to be hit from behind. You hit the ground and cough, turning to face your assailant. Only to see Billy and his brothers there! They laugh at you and taunt you, Billy pulling out his switchblade and swinging down to hit you in the chest with it. You gasp and try to defend yourself by turning away and crossing your arms over your chest. But again feel nothing as the laughter vanishes. Opening your eyes, you see that you're no longer in the stinky alleyway of Hoofington, but instead in the middle of the Canterlot High School foyer. You stand up and look around, fearing what will come next when you hear the sounds of evil laughter. Some of the lights go dead as Katherine and her friends, Pale and Cobalt, step out of the shadows. Katherine sneers at you as Pale and Cobalt grab you by the arms, forcing you on your knees. You can't move at all while they do this, you instead look up at Katherine, fear causing adrenaline to pump into your blood. "Oh look at you, the big bad nerd from Hoofington who got in a fight and won some scars can't even defend himself." She laughs, "you couldn't even help yourself nerd, and now you've left your friends to fend for themselves!" "I didn't leave them!" You yell back at her, feeling a mixture of anger and guilt. She simply smirks and idly checks her right hand's nails like you meant nothing. "Oh really? Then why are you here and not at Hoofington? Maybe it's because you're too scared to stand up for yourself, or stand up to Sunset which is why you followed her around. Which means..." She leans down at you, "You can't stand up to me!" You suddenly feel the same pain in your stomach that you had before when you got stabbed by the switchblade that Billy had, all you can do is gasp in pain as you look down to see a switchblade stuck inside your stomach. You feel the urge to scream out for help, but cannot find your voice. All you can do is gasp and heave as blood slowly trickles out of your wounded stomach. Suddenly the three bullies disappear, forcing you to catch yourself as you fall. After taking a few deep breaths, a boot comes into your view. You look up to see a Sunset there, but her face isn't one of concern, it's a cruel smile. "Sunset.." You gasp out, "P-please help..." "Oh I will new guy," She responds coldly, "I will..." You blink, and suddenly Sunset is the same demon you saw before! She laughs as she shoots another beam at you! "N-no! No!" The beam hits you and your vision goes black as you feel a burning sensation all around your body. Author's Note Special thanks to Atriark (Fallout Equestria) for letting me use Pale and Cobalt. Finding Answers and Cold Possibilities"NO!" You wake up with a start. Sitting up and holding a hand to your stomach, feeling no switchblade sticking out of you. What you do feel is cold sweat on your brow. You lift your hand from your stomach and wipe it off, trying to clam down. A nightmare you thought, It must've been a nightmare You look around your room, your breathing returning to normal. Your eyes fall upon the alarm clock, reading 5:32 AM. Seems you weren't going back to sleep with the requirement to get up for school so close. You think back to the nightmare, already sending shivers down your spine. You remember the demon, Billy and his brothers, along with Katherine and her friends. "So if Sunset truly turned into a demon, then she's playing with me. For all I know it's going to be a power struggle between her and Katherine. If the others are with Sunset then they're on her side...maybe, but I did see them facing against her, seems I need to know what happened at that...battle you could call it?" As you shift on the bed, moving to get off of it having thrown your covers all over the bed in your sleep, you hear a soft crunch noise coming from your jacket. You put a hand in your left pocket and pull out the note that Trixie girl gave you. You open it and read the words on it again as you think aloud, "She told me to watch out for Sunset and it seems she was right, maybe she'll know more? If this is all true then I have to watch my back, which means I need information right?" You chuckle nervously, put on your glasses, and get out of bed. Jamming the note back into your pocket. You stretch and decide to take a shower, going to your closet and picking out some items to wear. The usual blue jeans with a red- no wait, red is a bad idea. You instead grab a black shirt that is next to the red one and take them with you into the nearby bathroom. You set them down on the counter next to the sink, the strip down and get in the shower. You turn on the shower and makes sure it's warm before fully going under the torrent of water, letting wash down your short hair and back as you make a plan for today inside your head Best thing I can do now is try to find out if Sunset is truly still evil, but asking her is a bad idea since she's likely to deny it regardless if it's true. That Trixie girl seemed wary of her and might know more. But so would the other girls I met at lunch, like Rainbow Dash...but they seemed like good friends so I can't tell what they'd say to me if I ask them about this. You grunt in mild frustration as you reach out to the knob to turn the shower off. Once that is done you step out of the shower to dry yourself off and donned your new clothing and your jacket. You then walk out of the bathroom after turning off the light in there. You then pull out your phone to check the time, only to find a response from one of your texts that you sent yesterday. The text you sent to Amber. You put in your password and open the message system to read her reply. "Hey, it's great to hear from you that you're okay! Clark told us what happened before I sent this text to you, perhaps you can call us all sometime?" You smile and reply "Sure, but after school." You look at the time before you out your phone back in your jacket, 6:15AM? Guess you got distracted in the shower while you cleaned yourself up. You head into your room to get your backpack, picking it up and take it with you downstairs. You reach the kitchen a dozen seconds later, setting the backpack down next to the table you get out the same thing you ate yesterday. Who could say no to cereal? As you eat for a bit your mom walks out of her room, already dressed and ready to go. Though you don't need to leave for about 20 more minutes or so. You swallow and look at her. "Already ready to go Mom?" She looks at you and smiles, pulling out her keys, "Yup, after you finish your breakfast!" She sits in the other chair, "Did you make any friends at school yesterday dear?" You chew some more and swallow before responding, "Sort of...there was a few girls who wanted to be my friends and one of them showed me around the school before classes started." Her smile grows bigger, "That's good sweetie! See, you're already making friends here." You nod, and finish eating, trying to conceal your discontent and fear while you speak, "Yeah, it's all going better than expected right?" She giggles and asks you about yesterday. You do your best to talk about your classes and your new 'friends' without sounding upset, thankfully she seems to buy it all. You both get up, you walking to the sink to put up your bowl while she heads out to the car. You follow her outside shortly afterwards and get into the car with her, your backpack in the back seat. She's already started up the car so you're both on your way when your seatbelt is buckled in. You arrive at the school in the usual amount of time. After waving and saying goodbye to your mom after getting your backpack from the backseat, you start to walk towards the school. Course, then you realize you have no idea where Trixie would be. Face palming, you look around the campus from your position near the statue. Come to think of it, there was really only a few people out here, maybe most of them come in late or are inside? You pull out your phone and check the time 7:21AM Well now you knew why there wasn't many people here at least. Grumbling, you put the phone back in it's pocket in your jacket and continue to walk towards the school doo- "Hey there New Guy." You nearly jump out of your skin as you turn around, seeing Sunset standing right there with the same smile as usual. You try to calm down as you greet her, "H-hey..." She giggled, which was kinda cute, "Are you alright? I'm sorry if I scared you." You rub the back of your head with your left hand as you look away from her, unsure if you should stick around and ask her or go and find Trixie, "It wasn't you, I was just thinking about...something." You couldn't tell what she was thinking till she spoke, "Something? What kind of something? Is there someone bothering you around here?" You didn't hear anything from Sunset for a full minute as you didn't reply to her questions. After the long silence you look in her direction and feel like a jackass. Sunset is turned away from you, her right hand on her left arm. After a few seconds she glances at you, "That someone is me isn't it? You know the truth don't you?" You take a deep breath through your nose and nod, "So what are you going to do with me?" You seem to hit a nerve, she goes from quiet to hurt, facing you she speaks, "Do to you? Just because I have a bad history doesn't mean I can't change! It doesn't mean I'm still evil! Why does everyone think I'm going to hurt them?" You hold your hands up at her defensively, "I-I didn't mean it like that Sunset!" She crosses her arms and turns away from you, "Sure you didn't! That's why you're afraid I'll do something to you because you think I'm a nice girl," she was clearly being sarcastic. She looks at you with hurt in her eyes, "I thought that since you weren't from around here you'd be...different in a good way, perhaps give me the second chance I really want, understand me better than others. But I can see you're like the rest of the people here besides the few friends I do have and that was a false hope of mine." What she says only makes you feel like a complete jackass, here a girl that was nice to you from the start now has her feelings hurt because of your own insecurities and assumptions. But what could you do about it now? Wait... The scar on your arm? Perhaps, it could work, hell, might be the only way to prove to her that you have trust issues. You also should stop talking so much in your head. "Sunset, I'm sorry...perhaps if I showed you why I don't usually trust people you'll understand." She hmpfs, "And what's that?" You sigh and stretch out your left arm. Your right arm going to the sleeve of your shirt and jacket, pulling them both back to reveal the scar on your left arm. However, Sunset doesn't seem to be moved by it. "So you think one scar on your arm gives you the right to not give a girl a second chance after she regrets turning into a raging she-demon?" She turns and starts to walk away, her hands holding her arms as she speaks with clear dismay in her voice, "You think you got trust issues and a painful past? Huh, guess I don't know what I saw in you then..." You stand there, unable to move. Here you are, a nerd from Hoofington who almost ended up dead, and you just hurt a girl's feelings. A girl that had been nice to you from the start, who's friends accepted you as well and tried to make you feel a bit at home. Unfortunately you can't do anything about it, as Sunset disappears into the school, you hear the sounds of feminine laughter behind you. Pulling the sleeves back to your wrist you turn around to see Katherine and her friends, Pale and Cobalt, by the statue. Katherine walks over to you like she owns the place, "How cute, the big bad Nerd showing off his scar and thinking it will fix everything!" She gets up real close to you, "Too bad kid, you're the weak one around here. So learn your place." She knees you in the stomach like she did last time and walks right by you, her friends pass you as Cobalt hits you across the cheek. You spit, thankful that no blood came out. A part of you felt like backing up, but another piece of you was actually angry. Furious even... You stand up and look at Katherine as she walks away, you're smart enough to hold your tongue. But you have to fix all this and show her that you won't take it anymore. After all, if you don't, it'll be like a Hoofington all over again...and it's only been two days! You get up and make sure you still have your backpack wih you before you head inside the school. Once you're in the foyer you look around, sadly Sunset isn't here and it appears Katherine and her buddies have already disappeared. Since you don't know where Trixie could be, you head straight to your locker to up up your things and get what you need for class. Once you have that and you're on your way to class, you try to think of what you should do now. Perhaps you can try and find Sunset and apologize, maybe her friends can help. Except you don't see them till lunch, and it's stupid to do anything to get revenge on Katherine for trying to make you feel like a weakling. Okay, technically you are semi-weak, PE does have some perks at least. As you walk into the classroom with about 15 to 20 minutes left, you note there is only one other person in here, that Trixie girl that sits behind you in class! You walk over to your desk and sit in it. Placing your stuff on the desk before turning in your sit to look at her. It seemed she had been watching you when you entered because you're immediately staring right into her eyes once you turned to face her. She looks at you with a smirk on her face, "So you've come to ask the Great Trixie for help have you not?" She doesn't give you a chance to answer, "Well you're in luck that the Great and Powerful Trrrixie is feeling generous today and is willing to give you some of her time." You mentally sigh at her third person narrative and respond, "Yes, I wanted to now more about what happened on that day Sunset became that...demon thing." She nods, "Easy to remember when she became that demon, Trixie remembers a 'Twilight Sparkle' there with those other five people who tried to stop her," She brings up a hand and counts them off, "Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity." She thinks for a bit, "Oh, and there was this magic crown thing that Twilight person from that Equestria pony world or whatever had. They somehow used the magic inside it to defeat her and turn her back to normal, don't ask Trixie how it's possible." You weren't sure if she was crazy or not, but you do know Sunset turned into a demon, but a magic crown? A pony world? It was really hard to believe. Yet it was true no? Sunset had indeed became the demon and you saw that picture that had those six girls. But something bothered you, "How did she turn into the demon and can she do it again?" She shrugged, "How should Trixie know? All she knows is that Sunset put the crown on her head and transformed, perhaps you should ask the others about this." Before you can ask another question the bell rings and soon the classroom starts to fill. You turn in your seat and face the front of the class. Looks like you'll have to wait till later for answers, but you felt uneasy. It was your second day at a new school, you already have a few bullies picking on you, and you've wounded, or maybe even broke a girl's heart whom has not shown you one bad sign. Not to mention that you've become crazy enough to want to stand up against Katherine. Maybe you hit your head really hard in that alleyway all those weeks ago? Your classes seem to pass by very slowly today, multiple poisonous thoughts lingering in your mind. The dreadful past of Hoofington, the threatening present right now, and the cryptic, though near future for you life in Canterlot. Truly you were at a crossroad in your life, one that was now deciding your social life for good depending on your choices. Course, it couldn't be more obvious, the repenting girl whom has done terrible wrong in the past, the new evil girl with two other people that reminded you of Billy and his brothers, it made it all seem like it was not only a choice, but a do over of Hoofington no? The bell rings once again, invading your thoughts and dispelling your thinking process with loud ringing. You grab your stuff and head to your locker to put up your things for lunch, once your done with that you stand up and head down to the cafeteria. As your on your way down to lunch you turn the corner to enter an ominously darken hallway, which was strange. Shouldn't the school make sure the bulbs stay alive or was it a cut off from the power grid? You walk down it as you think, only to see someone you didn't want to see. Katherine, but alone this time. She's staring right at you with a smug grin on her face, she slowly walks towards you as she speaks, "Look who I found going to lunch down this hallway, all alone." She reaches into her pocket and pulls out the last thing you want to see. A switchblade. She notices you shock with ease which only makes her grin wider as she stops right in front of you, "Oh yes I know what made that mark on your arm Hoofington nerd, and unless you want to feel he cold touch of it in a more...important location. You'll do as I say." You can only stand still and stare at the blade as you respond, "W-what do you want?" She chuckles, "Even if Sunset isn't trying to take over the school she can still be a threat. But if someone were to down her spirits, crush her heart. It might break her spirit and sudden care for the well being of others," you couldn't believe your ears, was she asking you to her Sunset more and on purpose this time? She continued before you could speak, "And since she's seems to have a liking towards you, or did anyway, you'd be the perfect nerd for the job." You couldn't believe what she was asking for you to do, but what could you do to defy her? She had a switchblade inches from you. "Of course you can refuse and hope someone will find you before it's too late..." You dare to look at her eyes instead of the blade, a smirk on her face. She knew you wouldn't refuse, you already tasted death by a switchblade before but did she know that part of it? Either way she had you cornered. But you couldn't just do that, not only will your life be hell if you submit, you'll make Sunset's own life worse. Perhaps you can agree for now and then tell Sunset and the others. Unless they don't believe you, then you run the risk of a Hoofington Incident again. She laughs, "Are you really that afraid? This is too easy..." Her sentence makes you realize your breathing rather fast and your heart is practically pounding. You try to calm as she speaks, "Make her see that no one cares for her today or else." She pokes your chest with the switchblade to empathize her point before she turns and walks away from you. You stood there for a minute, calming down before you thought about your situation. You had little choice, but you'd be damned it you're going to repeat the past and be the weak one again and do what she says. ...maybe you should see a doctor just in case you really did hit your head really really hard. Seeing how you've become crazy or perhaps insane. All you have to do is warn Sunset right? Simple and easy. Unless she gives you a look that says "Don't come over here." You sigh aloud and continue to walk to lunch, if only you weren't so traumatized about switchblades you could've shown less weakness. You enter the Cafeteria to find the line isn't at long, most people have already sat down or finished eating. You get in line and wait, looking over at Sunset's table only to find six pairs of eyes staring at you back, none if them seemed happy with you, Pinkie herself seemed upset and Fluttershy looked like she wanted to stay away from you. Applejack and Rainbow Dash had the "Don't come near here look" on their faces, so much for your warning. Rarity looked away a few seconds after you looked over there, while Sunset looked... Depressed... She looked away from you a few seconds after you looked at them like Rarity did and back to her food, she was idly messing with it with a fork. Your reaction to her...past seems to have really hurt her. There was no way in hell you would do what Katherine told you to do now! You might drive Sunset to suicide...But how can you fix what you've damaged without Katherine pretty much fatally wounding you? You get your lunch and start to walk to an empty table that is a few tables from the others. You sit down there and silently eat your food, looking at it and nothing else. After a few minutes of eating you stop, you still have food but you don't feel hungry anymore. You look over at Sunset's table again, to find her glancing at you. She breaths in and looks away from you again, you look around the room and see Cobalt watching you. You control your breathing as you stare back at him, he gets up and walks out of the lunch room a few seconds later. Well that can't be good at all, he must be going to report to Katherine. You decide to get up and toss your food in the trash, putting the tray up before following after him. If you're gonna go against Katherine you best at least know what she has in store for you. Thankfully Cobalt is either careless, stupid, or both since you're able to easily follow him down a few hallways. You look around the next corner to see Katherine and Cobalt, you stay still and listen in. "Well?" Katherine asked. "He didn't do it," Cobalt replied, "Didn't even try to walk over to her." She frowns, "Really? Fine, I didn't want to do it but looks like we have to do plan B thanks to him." Cobalt actually seems to stiffen, if you saw correctly, "Wait Katherine, perhaps we just need to threaten him a bit more, Pale could-" "No!" She interrupted, "The mistake that Sunset did was taking too long to act, I won't make that mistake. You and I will follow Sunset home in the afternoon and...take her out of the equation." Katherine adopts a wicked and evil smirk as Cobalt breaths heavily. What?! you thought, Does she mean she's going to...hurt Sunset, or worse? All because I didn't do what Katherine told me to do? "O-okay Katherine, but leave Pale of it okay?" She sighs, "Fine, I'll keep your sister out of this but you're still helping me in case it goes wrong. Now come on, the bell is going to ring soon." She turns and walks down the hallway, Cobalt following her, they disappear a few seconds before the bell rings. You stood there in shock, they were going to kill her weren't they? Katherine is insane! Worse than Billy ever was, you have to stop her. Because you couldn't live with yourself if you allowed murder to be done when you could stop it. But since Sunset doesn't want to see you, you have no choice but to follow Katherine after school. Hopefully PE was more useful than you thought... Author's Note Hey guys, I wanted to apologize for the late post and possibly messy writing. My little sis, whom has been doing the great proofreading beforehand, has been going through a depression stage and getting distracted by having some fun conversations with her good friends. So I've decided to go ahead and do the proofreading myself for now, I did catch a number of mistakes so yay? Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter. I certainly like to do this writing and already had a third person story in mind, but we'll need to finish this story first before I can do that right? Saving a Soul and Burying The PastYou took another deep breath, trying to calm yourself as you looked around the Gym from your position near the top of the stands. Needless to say you've been antsy all day since you overheard Katherine's cruel plan. You didn't want to admit it, but it's true. She's planning to kill Sunset to 'take her out of the equation,' and since Sunset and her friends don't look like they're willing to talk her life is in your hands. Funny, weeks ago you almost died. Then you spent time in the hospital only to move to a completely different town to avoid exactly what is happening right now: Bullying with the threat of physical violence and death. You observed Sunset talking to Rainbow Dash on the other side of the Gym as she was sitting on the floor against the wall with her arms hugging her knees. It was obvious she was still hurt from your morning conversation, then again who wouldn't be upset by people thinking they're a demon? Well...Katherine and Billy might be fine with it. Rainbow had an arm around her shoulder, no doubt comforting her. She did glare in your direction now and then while Sunset refused to even look up or anywhere else for that matter. You let out a sigh and pull out your phone, putting in the password. And right there was a text from an unknown number that was sent to you three seconds ago. You open the messenger app and read the message, confused by the sudden message in pink colored writing, "How can you hurt Sunset's feelings without talking to her about her past first?! >:(" You stare at it and try to ponder who sent it, only to get another message, "It's Pinkie Pie by the way. :3" You blink a few times, then respond to her, "Pinkie?! How did you get my number?!" "Simple! I asked Sunny for it!" Sunny? Wait, did she mean Sunset? How did she get your number?! Maybe you should ask Pinkie that. "How did she get my number..?" "Well duh! Since she was the one to lead you around the school and all you'd probably become reallllly good friends so I convinced her to convince the principal to give her your number! Cool huh?" "But I....what...never mind...why are you texting me anyway? I thought you guys didn't want to talk to me." "Course we don't like you since you hurt Sunny's feelings, but I know you're not a bad guy and she tells herself that but is super duper upset now. You need to talk to her, make up, and kiss already!" What?! You nearly blurted that out loud to the entire Gym as you silently typed back, a blush forming on your cheeks. "What do you mean kiss her Pinkie? We're not dating! I don't even like her that way!" "Suuuuure you don't~. That's why you keep looking at her, your even doing it right now!" Wha- how did she know you- wait a minute. You turn around at the sound of giggling to find a pink girl with pink puffy hair right there, smiling and waving at you even though you're a seat apart. "Pinkie....how long have you been right there?" She giggles again and gets up, jumping down to your row and sitting next to you, "A few minutes! Enough time to observe your observations of Sunny!" Sweet merciful god this girl either eats sugar for breakfast and lunch or doesn't have a quiet voice. You're lucky the gym has lots of conversations and some boys playing basketball to drown her sentence out. "S-so? What's that got to do with anything Pinkie? Why are you here anyway? You don't have PE!" She puts a finger to her mouth and looks at you with half-lidded eyes, speaking in a song-song voice, "I think you like her~" she then changed her uncomfortable gaze on you to a smile once more and answered your other question, "Well we're not doing anything in art class today so I came here! Cool huh?" You stuttered as you spoke, ignoring the answer to your question as Pinkie was not helping you or your blush with that look she gave you, "I-I-I do not! She's just been a good friend so far and I've been a jac-...really bad person to her." You weren't sure about your own words, but you have been a jerk to her... She nodded, "Yuppers, now you've gone and hurt her sensitive heart," Pinkie pretends to have an injured heart, putting her hands over her chest and faking a gasp of pain. She then looks at you again with a frown on her face. "So you gotta do what's right! You gotta apologize to her face-to-face today if you care about her!" Pinkie's got a point there, but you were gonna do more than apologize today. You were gonna end up having to save her life from a psychopath that had a switchblade and her accomplice. You looked over at Sunset again as you thought this, causing Pinkie to speak up again. "Oooooh! I knew it! Pinkie sense never lies!" Before you could speak up as you looked at Pinkie again she started talking in a sing-song voice, "You like Sunny~ You like Sunny~" Your blush grew hotter as you stampered, "P-pinkie! Please b-be quiet! I only care for her as friend!" Your own heart questioned why you were blushing then. It seemed Pinkie thought that as well, "Then why are you blushing so badly?" "Because I-" Suddenly the bell rang, Pinkie instantly getting up and patting your head. Before you can reply to her, she disappears in mere seconds. You get up and hope the blood is leaving your cheeks as you spot Sunset and Rainbow both looking at you while they leave the gym. You shake your head and move on to get your things for your next class. You'd have to endure two languages classes and a class with Pinkie before the afternoon. You silently prayed to any god or goddess that existed that Pinkie wouldn't verbally kill your ears and brain with her teasing before school was over. You reach your locker and open it to get your things as you thought back to Pinkie's conversation with you. It caused the blush to return to your cheeks as you remember her teasing about you liking Sunny- Sunset! Not Sunny...but it was kinda a cute nickname. You grumble and mentally note to never speak of Sunset around Pinkie ever again, lest she teases you more. Course that was if you don't die today.... You close your locker and stand up to head to your next class, English 2 was just gonna be fun today. some time later... The last few minutes of Spanish class seemed to tick by oh so slowly. It's like it was ticking down to Sunset's demise...and it was making you very uncomfortable in your chair as you waited for that bell to ring. The scar on your stomach was rather itchy now, you were getting too antsy it seems. You just need to calm down, yeah! You start to take a deep breath quietly as the other classmates made idle chatter with each other. You breath in and out, slowly calming down. Just keep doing it like this til- *Riiiiing* Sweetlordalmighty! Whatever breathing you did to calm yourself vaporized as the bell rang and scared you to death. Some of the other students were snickering or giggling as they left the classroom to go home. You blush and try to avoid any eye contact as you quickly grab your things and make way to your locker. You honestly had no fucking clue what you were doing, you should've gone to the principal or the police. But now it's too late seeing how it can happen any minute, or second! Your breathing hicks as you put on your backpack and slam the locker closed rather loudly. Some students look your way but you don't mind them, instead heading outside as fast as you can in hopes of finding Katherine or Sunset. You start to look around the somewhat crowded school grounds but can't find them. You try to stay calm as you keep looking, but unable to see- wait! You spot Katherine and Cobalt exiting the school grounds and heading to one of the quieter parts of town that still had some alleyways. You start to follow them as fast as you can, while trying to not get caught. You couldn't tell what they were saying with the minor noise but it seemed like they were following Sunset. How could you tell? You could see Sunset from your position behind them. You start to make a plan on how you'd save her life from this psychopath. Perhaps if you took out Cobalt first you can gang up on Katherine together? Unless he has a weapon on him too...what if they ambush Sunset and kill her before you can even reach Cobalt? Maybe you can throw a rock or a brick to distract them? Wait....wait wait wait! Where are they?! Your eyes go wide and your breathing picks up in panic as you look around the oddly quiet part of town your in. You can't find any of them! They're gone! You lost them! You start to run around and check the alleyways of the not-so-tall buildings. If you can't find them....if Sunny gets killed...You shake your head and try to hold in a tear. You'd stop Katherine, it won't be like Hoofington! A few minutes pass and you still can't find them. You're starting to lose hope as you frantically run through the street and alleyways, perhaps you're going in circles! And where is the rest of the town?! Then you hear a sound you're actually glad to hear. The sound of fighting and yelling. You start to run in the direction of the noise, taking about a dozen seconds to reach the alleyway that the sounds of fighting are coming from. You take a deep breath and peer down the alleyway to see a sight you had hoped to see. Standing in front of you is the three people you lost track of! Cobalt looks like hell though, he's holding his left arm with his right and leaning against a wall with the right side of his body and with some blood trickling down the back of his neck. Sunset, meanwhile has a few red cuts on her cheeks and one faint cut on her neck that has yet to draw blood. It seems like she almost got killed by the switchblade. She is panting rather hard and so is Cobalt. You couldn't tell how Katherine was, but it did seem like she had a bruise on her cheek and it seemed like the fight had been going on for at least two to three minutes or more. It was hard to tell honestly. You look down to find a rock about the size of your palm and quietly set your backpack down, picking up the rock and standing again as Katherine spoke in a rather crazed tone. "Come on you bitch! You're trapped so let's make this quick and easy by cutting your so called heart out!" Sunset gritted her teeth and held her fists up in a defensive stance, seems like she wasn't giving up anytime soon nor was Katherine. You had to act fast before it was too late. Because if you didn't you'd have a dead girl and a still living and crazed woman on your hands. You go around the corner with the rock in your right hand and get up behind Cobalt. Just as Sunset looks behind Katherine and sees you, you slam the rock on Cobalt's head. It causes him to grunt in pain before falling down onto the strangely clean alleyway street. You can't help but smile at Cobalt going down, until you feel a sudden pressure on your neck and your back against the wall. The pain causing you to close your eyes for a second. You cough and open your eyes to see Katherine staring right back at you, grinning madly. You look to your right to see Sunset holding her right arm with her left hand, blood trickling down it from a long cut on her arm. Rather similar to the one on your left arm. You look back at Katherine who starts to speak like a crazy person, "You may have taken out Cobalt and forced me to commit murder, but you're not gonna stop me now you weak son of a bitch nerd!" The switchblade pressed harder against your throat, nearly drawing blood. "In fact, maybe if I kill you first Sunshit will give in and do what I say instead!" W-what?! You couldn't even speak out due to the horror of death being seconds away, ironic it would be like this though. An alleyway with a switchblade, but in what was supposedly one of the safest towns around. Katherine seemed pleased by your fear, pulling back the switchblade and preparing to drive it into your chest. At least you'd die doing what was right.....right? "Hey bitch!" Kathrine stops moving and looks to the sound of the voice, you would've as well. But before you can a brick slams right into Kathrine's face and causes her to fall down! She drops the switchblade in the process, you swear you heard the sound of cracking bones when the brick hit her nose. You look over to Sunset who's breathing rather hard and still bleeding along her arm. She looks at you and gives you a tired grin, "She...she deserved more than that, but I'm not like her anymore." You give a smile in return despite the adrenaline, Sunset dares to walk slowly to you till she's next to you and hold her bleeding arm as you both look down at the unconscious duo. You look back at Sunset who was looking back at you. She looks down to the ground and lightly blushes, "Th-thanks, for helping me out. I could've probably taken her but it's good to have friends to help you in a fight right?" You nodded and instinctively put a hand on her left shoulder, causing her to look back at you. After a minute of awkward silence you clear your throat and look back at the criminals, "We should call the cops and have them come take these two away." You could feel her nod in reply. You decide to pull out your phone and dial 9-1-1, telling the operator there was an attempted first degree murder. After figuring out where you were thanks to Sunny, you tell the operator your location and not so long afterwards you can hear the wailing of the siren of a police car nearby. After answering the questions the police officers give you, they arrest Cobalt and Katherine for attempting to murder Sunny and you, but mostly her. They offered to take her to the hospital but she stated she would be fine with you, which caused a light blush on your cheeks. Though the cops were reluctant, it was obvious she wasn't too injured. Shortly after the cops leave with the criminals, you offer to escort Sunset back to her home. She agrees and lets you do so, both of you grabbing your school bags before leaving the alleyway. As you're walking to her home she starts up a conversation with you. "So you know I became a she-demon and tried to enslave an entire student body, and I was a total bitch in the past. Yet you risked your life to save me....why?" You look at her to find her staring back into your eyes, wanting answers. You sigh and decided to answer her question, "Because you're clearly different than whatever you were than before. You've been nice to me since we've met, and I couldn't sit by and let someone murder you when I could prevent it." She giggled, "That's it? No other reason?" She seemed to lean in and wrap her free arm around yours, the bleeding on her right arm had stopped since the cut wasn't too deep. She had just been winded beforehand. You try to stop the rising blood in your cheeks as you spoke, "Y-yeah, I'm sure Sunny." Oh gosh darn it Pinkie! She smirked as you called her by her nickname. You both reach the suburbs of the town as she leaned closer, "You know, if you like me you can just say it. You did save my life after all." You sigh, you didn't know how you felt about her. This was all too new to you, but your heart seemed to argue with your mind. So you stop her and look her in the eyes, this catches her attention fully, "Sunny, I don't know how I feel about you except that so far you've been a good friend to me and that I did the right thing by saving your life. But I'd like to at least get to know the new Sunset Shimmer and forget about the old one before I make a decision." She smiles sweetly at you and leans even closer to you. You couldn't tell what she was doing till you felt her lips on your cheek, giving you a quick kiss and causing you to blush deeply now. She giggles at your blush and spoke proudly, "You saved my life so you can't deny me that New Guy." You shake your head and start to walk again, "Why do you keep calling me new guy instead of my real name?" She stays leaning on your arm and shrugs, "Because I like it better? Plus it irritates you which makes it fun." You roll your eyes and open your mouth to reply when you suddenly bump into a hooded figure. You look to them to apologize only to see three of them instead, two of them walking ahead while the one on the left looked back at you. You weren't sure due to the hood, but you swear it was a girl with blue skin and a red pendant around her neck. She seemed to give you a quick smile before turning around and catching up to the other two figures. You look back at Sunset who's raising an eyebrow at you, "Who was that?" You shrug and start to walk again, "I dunno, never seen them before," She seemed satisfied with your answer for now. You both stayed quiet till you reach her house. It was a good looking two story white colored building, come to think of it your house might be a few blocks away from here! Nevertheless it seemed more expensive than your home. You walk up to the front porch and stop, Sunset letting go of your arm and looking at you. It's a bit awkward, but she smiles and helps get rid of it as she spoke again, "I'll...tell the girls what happened, they'll know you saved my life. Thanks again by the way." She kissed your cheek again and quickly headed to her front door, not giving you time to respond or ask her about her arm. She opens it and looks back at you giving you a wink that causes you to blush again before going inside. Once she disappears you turn around and start to walk back to your home, lost in thought. So now you've saved a girl's life, who has a crush on you, jailed a psychopath, and met three strange hooded figures all in one day. It made school and living with your parents seem like a walk in the park.... Oh shit! Your parents! You start to run home, keeping your backpack on as you did. If you didn't get home soon they'd be worried sick! It still takes you a few minutes to find your way home even with the help of GPS on your phone. You reach the front door and bend over, take a few deep breaths due to exhaustion before you stand tall again and open the door, walking inside to your fate. "Mom? Dad? I'm home!" You walk in to find the house is quiet. Too quiet...you turn on the lights and set down your backpack before walking into the kitchen and turning on the lights there. Looking around, you spot a note on the table and walk over to it. You pick up the note and start to read it: "Hey sweetie, had to run out for a bit with your Dad to the store for some groceries. Help yourself to anything that's left in the kitchen and do your homework! -Love Mom You sigh in relief and smile, setting the note down and going back into the living room to sit on the couch. Relaxed, you turn on the TV and watch some cartoons. Though you mind soon drifts to other thoughts a few minutes later. Your right hand moves to your cheek as you thought about Sunny kissing you there again. Causing the damned blush to return again as your heart beated bit faster. Perhaps you did have a crush on her? It was hard for you to tell after today's events. Speaking of events, that quickly brought up the thought of the three hooded figures. You didn't know if you should worry about them, but one thing bothered you the most despite everything else. Who's the blue girl that smiled at you..? Author's Note Well that would be the final chapter for this story. I know I know! It wasn't a very good chapter or story all together but I'm the kind of writer that just writes when inspiration strikes and then needs an editor or proofreader to clean up the constructive chaotic mess of a story the writer made. XD But seriously, thank you to those that read this story and anything else I write or already wrote. I promise to do my best in the future and bring you good stories to read. (Unless I'm trying to write with two hours of sleep, if that is the case then shield your eyes from whatever I write on that day.) Special thanks to Imperator Knoedel for being an editor and catching a bit too many errors >.<
The MoveYou still couldn't believe it happened as you watch the countryside zoom by from the backseat of the car. How could your parents do this to you, sure what happened was terrible...but to lose your only friends because of it, the ones you've known for years! The only ones outside your family that you could talk to with little worry of being insulted or beaten up. Of course they were other nerds, but friends are friends right? Now they're making you move to a new town, never to see them again, all because of a fight you didn't cause. Well technically you did cause it, but it was an accident! They just overreacted. You shiver at the thought of the fight, your right hand instinctively moving to your left arm and gently touching it as your chest feels pained once more. You couldn't see the scars due to your shirt, bandages, and the favorite light, soft jacket that you wore, which had been a gift from your passed grandmother, may she rest in peace. The scar, if you remember right, was long down your arm, from your funny bone to your wrist, from the fight a few weeks ago. Another, much smaller one, on your stomach. You had spent a week or two before the move in the hospital, recovering from your life threatening experience that now scars you both physically and mentally. The guys who almost killed you were probably still in jail, or got bailed out by their dad, you didn't know him so it's hard to say. Your parents even picked a place to move to the second you could get out of the hospital, shortening the time you had to linger in the city with a possible second run in. But it meant that you didn't even get to say goodbye to your friends. Sure they visited you in the hospital, but you were partially conscious at the time. You remember them clearly though from the past times, Clark and David where like the brothers you never had, in terms of how close you all were. Clark never wore glasses but he was like a nerd enough to were you guys where his only friends. His parents got a divorce about two years ago and he's living with his mother, a touchy subject. David was probably the calmest among your small group, he never said much but when he did he seemed to be the smartest as well. Though he was always...distant. There was also a girl among your group, Amber. You remember that she was a shy girl with freckles that made her kinda cute, but seemed to have confidence when answering complex math equations that made most people's head either spin or shut down. Your mind starts to drift further and further from these thoughts as you lay your head back, falling asleep, you needed it anyway to replenish the rest of the lost blood, and it might be a few more hours before you reach Canterlot. 'Canterlot....would it be like Hoofington?' You thought, just before reality seems to slip away and the sounds of the car disappear. You hit the wall with a loud thud as you drop to the dirty alleyway ground, your three assailants grinning at your helpless form while you cough out blood. Your right eye was going purple from the hit it took, your glasses lie on the ground, broken. Your vision was blurred if you looked at something further than a few feet from you, but when you look up at them, you freeze. The one in the middle, you remember his name was Billy, had a switchblade in his right hand you could tell because he talked about it a lot when the teachers didn't hear him. His brothers chuckling and laughing at your shock. "Come on Billy! Give the nerd his punishment for what he did to your motorcycle." The guy on your left said, 'must be Billy's younger brother Ajax', you thought grimly. That meant the other guy to your right was their almost silent, older brother Quin. You knew them all from your highschool, Billy was in the same grade as you, Ajax was in his last grade of Middle school and Quin had already graduated high school. Billy, a guy about five, maybe six inches taller than you grins wickedly at you, he grabs you by the shirt with his left hand and lifts you up before slamming you against the wall face first, "This is gonna be for me bike nerd, Ajax! Grab his left arm and stretch is out against the wall!" You struggle in fear as your pupils shrink, desperately trying to come up with words to apologize to him as Ajax grabs your arm and pulls it out against your will, stuttering out your words, "P-please Billy! I'm s-sorry! I'll do whatever you want just please don't h-hurt me!" Your plea comes onto deaf ears, the switchblade coming to rest on your funny bone. Your body was shaking in fear as you felt the cold metal on your skin, you silently pleaded that someone would save you. Sadly they do not come in time, your scream of pain filling the alleyway street as the switchblade digs into your skin and cuts from your funny bone to the wrist. Your scream is immediately cut off when the slicing stops as Billy flips you around and knees you in your stomach, making you double over in pain and gasp for air as you cough more blood out. They let you drop to the floor as your arm bleeds, covering it in blood. "Think he's had enough Ajax?" Billy was looking at his younger brother with a twisted smile on his face. The younger one shakes his head, grinning madly, "You should teach him to never mess with you again Billy!" It seemed Billy agreed as he nodded, Quin seemed to do nothing but watch, you had no one to help you here. Your arm bleeding, chest in pain and your eye swollen with some blood on your mouth. You could only lay there and hope they'd show some, or any kind of mercy. Sadly it seems fate had other plans. Billy grabs you by the shirt again and lift you up, the switchblade being driven into your stomach, your mouth open in pain and shock but only a gasp of pain coming out, your already blurred vision blacken a bit from the pain before your body recovers from the shock, you hit the ground heaving for breath, feeling the warm liquid that kept you alive on your arm and stomach, staining your shirt. Billy crouched down to you, barely inside your field of vision, his switchblade covered in your blood, "let this be a lesson to you nerd, you touch me bike again and I'll do more than stab your gut, if you survive right now that is!" He laughs as you struggle on the ground, a small pool of blood starting to form, you found it hard to even stay conscious with all the pain... Suddenly the laughter stops, you hear yelling and a bright light shines into the alleyway, maybe it was that light people saw before they die? It didn't matter to you, you couldn't even keep your eyes open now as you body loses feeling, the pool of blood was slowly getting bigger. The last thing you hear was the sound of sirens going off and feeling something or someone picking you up. You immediately jolt awake, noting the cold sweat on your forehead and the pounding from your heart. It had been a nightmare, it was so real though, it felt real and sounded real...because it had happened to you weeks - or was it a month ago? You try to calm your breathing before you hyperventilate. "Are you alright, sweetie?" You look up to see your Mom looking back at your, you got your need for glasses from her side of the family, your father didn't need them to see. Your Mom always found a love for glasses though, strange as it was, she felt smart with them on. Which reminds you that your glasses appear to be missing, You nod to her as you bend down to look for them on the car floor, "Yes Mom, I just had a bad dream is all," you respond, trying to be calm, "...are we near our home yet?" You ask curiously, even if you disliked the move being rude to your parents would make things worse, at least they cared for you....even if it was annoying at times. She smiles, "Yes, look out the window." You follow her words and look out the car window to your left to see the edge of the town just now coming into view. It was the evening so the sun was almost below the horizon, casting a sunset across the town giving it a calm look. A few minutes later the car pulls into a driveway of a two story home within the suburbs. You get out and help your parents with whatever you brought with you in the car, the movers had already arrived here a day or two ago and placed what your parents gave them into the house where they thought it was best for them to be. As you enter the house you note the living room is to your left which a couch, a chair, a TV and a fireplace on the far-side of the wall. Behind the couch was the entrance to the kitchen, to the right when you enter the kitchen was the stove, with the microwave above it, and the sink, bunch up with at least a dozen of small, connected cabinets above and below them. There was a back door in the kitchen and also a hallway to the left that led to the laundry room and a bathroom both on the left side, with your parents bedroom at the end of the hallway. To the right of the entrance to the house is a door that leads into an empty room, which your dad would probably later convert into his work room, for whatever job he gets.The door sat next to the stairs that led to the second floor, on that floor there was a door to the right which would be your room, a bathroom down the hall to the left and another empty room at the end of the hallway. Once you and your parents finally finish settling in, your mom sits with you on the couch in the living room, the TV was about 40 inches, it amazed you how well the house was compared to the one in Hoofington, it had been cramped there anyhow, but it made you wonder if your parents had been saving up for the move a long time ago. Your Mother turns to you and gives you a few papers, you take and search through them as she speaks. "They're papers that you'll need for school, you're enrolled in Canterlot High School and you'll be starting tomorrow so no staying up late! Oh and dear, try to make some friends there okay? I know you're still upset about what happened, but this place will be better for you I promise." You mumble out an "Okay Mom," before she leaves you alone. You shuffle through the papers, the first one you look at is a map of the school, apparently there was trouble with students constantly getting confused by the layout so new students get maps of the school to use for a week or two or till they get their bearings, whichever came first, then turn them into the office. The next one was a paper signed by your Mother that also required your signature before being turned in to the office, simply declare your enrollment and all that and giving the school the ability to punish you if needed as they see fit and- 'Forget reading the rest of it, it's the same as any other school' you think as you sign your signature and look at the last sheet of paper. This one had your class schedule, locker number and combination it: Locker Number 121 Locker combination:21-5-13 Period one: Algebra 2 Period two: Chemistry Period three: Geometry Period four: Equestrian History Lunch Period five: PE(required for this year to complete your two years) Period six: English 2 Period seven: Culinary Arts Period eight: Spanish You were fine with most of these classes...algebra, geometry, and especially history! Even- wait what? PE?! Oh boy... "Are you kidding me?" You grumble out in frustration, looking at the sheet you realize this paper is telling you that you're required to take two years of Physical Education to pass high school. You only hoped you didn't have to wear a uniform or else the scars could show, and you don't want any attention, not after what you went through. That and you're not much of an athletic person, even if it is PE. You put the papers with your backpack that rested on the couch, your mom would probably drive you anyway with her overprotectiveness of her's and not let you take the bus. Taking off your jacket you hang it up on a coat rack near the stairs and try to ignore the scar on your arm while you walk upstairs to your room. When you open the door to your room, you note the desk, chair, and tv on the far side next to the window that was in the middle, your bed to your right and preventing the door from opening more than 90 degrees. You close the door and immediately get into your bed and under the blankets, it was just big enough for about a person and a half, maybe two if they squeezed close, why would your parents get a big bed anyway? Guess they don't want you to fall off it. You reach over to the nightstand between the bed and the wall, setting the alarm to 5:50 AM before settling down, putting your glasses on the nightstand, and closing your eyes, hoping to not succumb to another nightmare. Silently praying that you wouldn't get bullied on your first day at school. Author's Note Hope you guys will enjoy the story, simply making it up as I go, but those of you that don't like it I have one thing to say. Oh well.... If you don't like it then that's fine, if it's just because who's in it or the plot, or just downright hate alrighty then. But if it's due to grammar error, punctuation mistakes, or incorrect spelling. Then speak up and let me know! Just because I got a proofreader or two(thanks to daydream and my little sis for helping btw) doesn't mean we'll catch all the mistakes I make.
First DayYou grumble in annoyance as you wake up, hearing the loud *beep* noise continuously go off as you reach around in the dark, trying to find the alarm clock. After a dozen seconds of frustration you find it and turn the blasted thing off, sitting up and rubbing your face. Today was your first day at school, it was a Wednesday so that meant you probably would be in the middle of lessons, great. Hopefully they aren't too far ahead despite how long you were in the hospital...plus the day to get here. You put your glasses on, groggily take the covers off and get out of bed, heading to the closet to put on some different clothes. You pick up some blue jean pants and a green t-shirt. Though the color didn't really matter seeing how you'd have the jacket on you and zipped up the entire time. At the thought of it you turn take off your current cloths and change, being careful of the bandages on your arm and stomach, one thing about that jacket was it always made you feel safe, no matter where you were as long as you had it on. It also reminded you of grandma... You shake your head after you get your shirt on, trying to dispel the negative thought that attempted to invade your mind, your grandma's passing had been unfortunate and unpleasant, a subject you dare not think about as best as you can. Once you make sure your pants aren't going to fall off and your shirt isn't backwards or inside out, you exit your room and head down to the living room to get your jacket and eat breakfast. Once you reach it and put on the jacket, you pull your phone out from its right pocket, seeing the time was 6:07 AM. "Okay, so if it's that time now and I have till 7:48 before the bell rings to go to class I have about...an hour and forty-one minutes." You say aloud, talking to no one in particular. Putting your phone back in it's rightful place you go to the kitchen, aiming to get some cereal from the top of the refrigerator. After getting the cereal, bowl, spoon, and milk you fill he bowl with the wanted items, put the box on top of the fridge and the milk back inside the fridge where it belongs you sit down at the table with the bowl and start to eat your breakfast. After all, it's the most important meal of the day right? As you eat you hear the sounds of blankets being moved, a few seconds later your Mother comes into the kitchen from the hallway, cleaning her glasses. She puts them on and then looks at you, smiling and walking over to give you a hug. "Morning dear, are you ready for your first day?" You swallow before you speak, returning the hug but feeling a sense of fear, "I guess," you mumble. She ends the hug and sits in the chair to your right, watching you, "you'll be fine hun, Canterlot has had a lot less crime related activities than Hoofington." "I know mom," you reply,"I miss my friends though, did we really have to move here?" She sighs, "I know you miss them, but Hoofington was just too dangerous to stay in, you can make new friends here." You grumble, finishing your cereal and looking at the clock on the stove behind you, it reading 6:42 PM. You get up and take your bowl to the sink, washing it and the spoon before setting them down in it. You look back at your Mom as you walk past her and to the living room to get your backpack, "I should get there early...to learn where my classes are." Of course that wasn't the full truth, you didn't want to talk to her about Hoofington or making friends here in Canterlot, despite how bad that place was you got use to the everyday life there. Even figured out the safer alleyways to go down, most of the time. Your Mom seems like she wants to talk more about it, but gives in, heading back to her room to get ready and get the keys to the car. You slid on the backpack and head out the front door to the car, closing the door behind you and walking up to the passenger side of the car, waiting for your mom. A few minutes later, your mom comes outside wearing her casual attire. She heads to the car and presses a button on the keys, unlocking the doors. You open the passenger side and take your backpack off, putting it in the back and sitting down in the car. By the time you're done, closed the door, and have your seatbelt on, your mom is ready to go as well. She puts the key in and starts up the car. A few seconds later you're out of the driveway and on your way to Canterlot High school. You feel nervous, your heart pounding lightly as your mind thought of what could happen to you. Would you run into a bully on the first day? Fall behind in the classes? Be all alone for the entire school year even? Well you're about to find out. You look out the window to see the school already in view! Looking at the built in clock of the car you see it's 7:02AM, it had taken a little over ten minutes to get here. Your Mother pulls up in front of the school, telling you to have a good day and all that as you get out of the car and get your backpack, putting it on. You close the car door, wave goodbye to your Mom, and start walking to the school. A small knot in your stomach as you try to quell your fears, with little success. You dared to look around the front of the school, seeing there was only a few people here right now, none of them seemed to be looking at you...yet. As you pass the statue that's near the school entrance, you hear a small, almost shy voice asking a question. To you specifically. "Umm...excuse me....but would you'd be kind enough to help out at the animal shelter?" You turn around to see a pale, light grayish olive girl standing in front of you, the statue behind her. She was wearing a pinkish white shirt with a long green skirt, a quick look down showed you that she was wearing green boots with white at the bottom of them. A lock of her pink hair slightly covering her right cyan eye, it took you a few seconds to realize that she was holding out a flier to you. You hesitant, looking down at the flier, then at her. "Uh...I'm sorry but I'm new here and I'd like to get to know the school and...all." Yeah good going dumbass, that makes sense. She immediately breaks eye contact, looking down from you as her hand with the flier pulls back to her, whispering, "oh...ok..." Oh God now you feel bad, her shyness reminds you of Amber which doesn't help at all! You sigh and try to not hurt her feelings as you speak,"Look...I'm...new here, so I'm just not use to the people here yet and I have a hard time...trusting people." She glances up at you, give you a slight smile, "Oh that's okay, it's not everyday we get a new student here." She straightens up and looks at you, then whispers in a slightly louder voice, "I-I'm Fluttershy..." You smile a bit and tell her your name, but that's about it. She looks down at the flier in her hand, then looks at you and hands it to you, "I know you're new, but in case you change your mind you should take a flier. I can tell you aren't one of those mean people." Not wanting to be rude and hurt her feelings, you take the flier, you both say your goodbyes as you turn and walk to the school door. Though her saying 'one of those mean people' sets you off balance mentally, it seems you'd have to watch out. You look down at the flier and read it as you enter the school's foyer. Help wanted at the Canterlot Animal Shelter. Time is from 4:30PM to 6:00PM. Animal lovers or Caring people needed...please. You note the picture above the pink colored words, the girl was surrounded by cute animals in a building that must be the animal shelter, and she seemed happy to be with them. You don't remember there being an animal shelter in Hoofington, perhaps- Your train of thought is derailed as you run into something, or rather...someone. Due to the sudden slam into whoever it was you fell down on the floor, dropping the flier as you rub your head, you pick up the flier and look up to apologize to whoever you ran into. The girl you ran into is standing up and also rubbing her head, seems you guys accidentally head butted each other and you fell down from it. Good first impression. You note she has vivid, crimson hair with a lot of brilliant, yellow stripes in between them. She's wearing a purple shirt with a shimmering sun on it along with a black jacket, along with a skirt colored mostly orange with some yellow and light purple stripes. She also had a pair of black and purple boots on. She didn't seem like the nice sort of girl, but you can't always judge a person by their outfits. Okay, you could judge someone by their outfits, but that doesn't mean you're always correct, right? Besides, the clothing didn't seem that bad, it kinda fit her looks. You slowly stand up clearing your throat and looking away from her, fearing a hit coming as you lightly stutter,"I-I'm sorry about that, I wasn't watching where I was g-going." "It's okay, I wasn't watching either, my name's Sunset Shimmer, what's yours?" You dare to take a look at her, turning your head back towards her you see that she's smiling and had the same cyan eyes like the other girl...Flittershy, or was it Fluttershy? You couldn't remember already, great, perhaps they're related to each other? You blink and note the girl...Sunset right? She seemed to be a bit hesitant now, even a bit hurt. 'Are all the girls like this?' You thought. You clear your throat and tell her your name, "I'm sorry for not responding...I'm new here so I'm just unsure about everything." She perks up when you say 'new here' which unsettles you a bit before she speaks, "Oh, you're the new guy I'm suppose to show around the school aren't you? The one from Hoofington?" You stiffen at the mention of your hometown as you face her fully, nodding to her, "Uh yes, that's me. I guess you already know my schedule then?" She shakes her head, "Nope, I'm just here to show you around the school, I know you got a map of the campus but the principle thought a personal tour would also help." She finishes with a slightly bigger smile. You wonder why they'd give you a map if they were also going to send someone to give you a personal tour, this girl seemed nice, but why do this? You ask her that much. She giggles, "Because it's the nice thing to do? Now come on, classes start in twenty five minutes so we don't have much time." She turns and starts to walk down one of the hallways as she waves for you to follow her, so you do, still unsure about this. Maybe it was the incident in Hoofington. No, no, no! Don't think about it, just don't think about it. You could feel your heart racing a bit faster at the thought of that place, and your left arm started to feel itchy. Not to mention a knot was forming in your stomach again, thinking about the switchblade that had dug into there. "You alright there new guy?" You stop and look up at her, seems you zoned out after you started thinking about Hoofington, "Uhm, yeah...just thinking about home is all." She raised an eyebrow, but said nothing, the rest of the tour concluded without any further incident, Sunset had pointed out the classrooms, gym, cafeteria, and office. The tour ended at your locker. "So, that's the entire school, if you need anything I'm sure Principle Celestia or Vice Principle Luna could help you out, see you later new guy." She waves at you as she walks past you, no doubt on her way to her locker and class. You look at your locker and take off your backpack, looking at your watch you see the classes will start in a few minutes, not only that but the halls are starting to fill up. You enter the combination to your locker and open it, emptying the contents of your backpack into it, hang the backpack inside it, and close it. Standing up you head to your first class, Algebra 2. Good news was you'd get the book in class, bad news was that everyone will know you're new for sure then. Oh well, you need the book and so far no one has tried to beat the hell out of you. As you walk into the class room, you note most of the seats are already filled, save for a few in the front. You walk over to one of the front seats and sit down in it, setting your algebra supplies on the desk as you wait for the bell to ring, idly looking around the front of the room ignoring the conversations behind you. Soon the bell rings a few minutes later and the teacher walks in, he sits down and takes role, he soon comes to your name. After you say "here/present(whatever you say)" he asks you to come up and hands you a book as you walk up to his desk. When you get the book you turn around to walk back to your desk, seeing the eyes of the classroom on you which made you uncomfortable. You sit down and stare straight at the teacher, you do your best to tune out the class and focus on the lesson. Unfortunately the thoughts of Hoofington creep into your mind again, you thought of your friends... Clark, David, Amber...perhaps you should give them a call? Come to think of it, that one girl Fluttershy was an awful lot like Amber, except she doesn't wear glasses and she's probably not a nerd, but her shyness reminds you of Amber. And that other girl, Sunset Shimmer, she seemed like a nice girl. But something felt off about her, like she was hiding something during the tour. Yet, so were you, you didn't want to tell anyone about Hoofington, all you wanted to do was forget about it. Forget about Billy and his brothers, forget about the scars! But you can't. As you write out problem #15. You feel a tap on your shoulder, tensing up from the contact and turning around, you see a blue girl with pale cornflower blue hair with some very pale cornflower blue stripes in between them, she also had dark grayish violet eyes. She hands you a note with a rather serious look on her face. You take it, politely nod, and turn away from her. You decide to finish the last few problems so you wouldn't get in trouble. When you finish your assignment and turn it in you open the note and read it's contents. "Watch out for Sunset Shimmer!" ~The Great and Powerful Trixie. You blinked and read the note again. Why would she tell you to watch out for Sunset if she had been nice to you not so long ago? Also, why did she call herself The Great and Powerful Trixie? But more importantly was Sunset playing some sort of trick on you? Make you feel welcomed, become your friend, and then do something horrible like Billy and his brothers did?! Or was this girl lying to you? The ringing of the bell jolts you out of your thoughts and startles you a bit. As the other students and the one called Trixie leave to go to their next classes you fold the note and put it in the left pocket of your jacket. Gathering your things, you head to your next class. An hour and a half later. The next two classes seemed to breeze on by, all you had was Equestrian History and then you could have lunch. Course, you had no one to sit with in it, but you weren't even thinking about that, being the least of your worries. You had been thinking about the note from your first period class. What was so bad about Sunset? Your right hand was tightened in a fist as your memories kept flying around you. If something was truly bad about Sunset then Canterlot might be like Hoofington after all, just more subtle. Despite loving history, you couldn't get into the lesson, something about griffins and changelings. You didn't want a repeat of the past...you really didn't want to go through that pain again, but they say no pain no gain. 'A stupid saying I think', you thought. The bell rings again, meaning it was time for lunch, you gather up your belongings and head to your locker. You try to keep your mind off of everything, but you can't. As you close your locker and stand up, you feel another tap on the shoulder, causing you to tense up again. You look to your left to find Sunset Shimmer there, giving you a friendly smile. "Hey there, new guy." "Hey," you reply, the note from Trixie lingered in your thoughts, a part of you hoped it was a lie or a prank. Another part of your brain was wondering why she kept calling you new guy instead of by your name. If you seemed nervous in your reply, she didn't notice or didn't mind, her smile not faltering. "Well seeing how you're new I believe you don't have a place to sit at lunch yet?" You could see where it was going, she was going to ask you to sit with her and any friends she has, and if the other girl, Trixie, was right to watch out for her then this could be a trap. But then again, you don't really have anywhere to sit...and it would be rude to decline her offer. Unfortunately you seem to take too long to respond again, causing Sunset's smile to disappear. You attempt to work damage control, but stutter, "W-well no, but it's not like it matters right? I can sit anywhere." Sunset raises an eyebrow at you, "What do you mean it doesn't matter? No one should have to sit alone, I know how that was." She looks away from you and holds her left arm with her right hand. It seems you accidentally struck a nerve. "Sorry if I struck a nerve, if you're asking me to sit with you at lunch...I guess I can try." Sunset looks at you and gives you a small smile, "Great! Come on then, we best get there now unless you like long lines," she walks past you, seeming to have forgotten her troubles. That, or you're just really bad at reading body language. Not that you stare at people or anything! You follow Sunset to the cafeteria , which is filled with students. A glance around the room shows you that there is quite a number of open seats still, perhaps people come in late to lunch sometimes? It happened before in- 'No, bad brain! Don't think about that place.' After about three minutes of waiting in a line you and Sunset have trays filled with today's food...course, it seems they offer an awfully large selection of food for a High School, quiet different from the Hoofington high school food menu. 'Hoofington...no, better to ignore those thoughts, focus on something else...something else...' Your eyes fall on Sunset, whom is right in front of you as you both walk. Despite the note you got from earlier, you were starting to doubt that she had something sinister planned. But the scars on your person seemed to always itch when you thought about Hoofington or how this place would be different. Almost as if they were telling you to not trust anyone. Maybe they're right? You're snapped out of your thoughts as Sunset leads you to a table where five other girls are sitting, you recognize one of them to be the girl you met in front of the school, Fluttershy if you remember right. The first person to get your attention as you near the table is a bubbly pink looking girl with a hair do that reminded you of cotton candy and light cerulean eyes, a rare color, smiling and waving widely at you both. Perhaps she had a lot to sugar today, her outfit suggests cooking after all. The next is a orange colored girl with a Stetson hat on her head. She had a pale, light grayish olive hair and moderate sap green eyes. Her hair was also in a ponytail. Judging by her clothing she might be a farm girl. The last two is a white girl and a rather light blue girl. The white girl had purple like hair that was formed as if it was meant to be, for lack of a better word, fabulous. She also had moderate azure eyes, and considering her hair and outfit style she might be someone that designs often. The light blue girl had rainbow hair, that alone made you wonder about her personality. She also had moderate cerise eyes, and her uniform suggested sports perhaps, or at least some kind of active activity. You snap out of your thoughts as you reach the table. Nervous, you stay quiet and sit with Sunset on her left, the other girls greet Sunset as you both sit down. You eyes are immediently go to your food as you eat silently, content to let the girls talk amongst themselves. It takes you a minute to realize there isn't much chatter going on... You dare to stop eating, swallow, and turn to the other girls to find their eyes on you. You blush lightly from the attention, hoping it wasn't noticeable. After a few seconds the pink one speaks up, "so you're the new guy Sunset showed around today right?" You nod. Suddenly you're barraged with a dozen questions, only a few you can make out are "Do you like it here?" "How was Hoofington?" and "Why did you move?" You stare at her in confusion while the light blue one covers the pink ones' mouth. She then looks at you, "Excuse Pinkie Pie, she has a habit of asking waaaaay too many questions to new people in a very short time. I'm Rainbow Dash, the most awesome sports girl you'll ever know. You could only nod in response as Rainbow pulls her hand off of Pinkies' mouth. Rainbow then address the other two girls that you don't know, "The one wearing the Steston hat is Applejack, you might've heard of Sweet Apple Acres?" Applejack tips her hat to you, "Pleased to meet ya Sugarcube." You attempt to smile back, feeling a mixture of suspicion and surprise. Rainbow then waves her hand to the white girl, "And this one is Rarity, fashionista of Canterlot, or a fashionista of Canterlot." Rarity smiles at you, "That's right, and if you ever need some new clothing I'd be happy to design you some personally! It's what friends are for right?" 'Friends?' This wasn't right, you just met them and they already want to become your friends? Maybe that Trixie girl was right, something was definitely off here and Sunset was among them... You clear your throat and respond to Rarity, "Friends? But we just met each other, how are we already friends?" It was a bit harsher than you meant for it to be, but you needed to find out what was going on here. Rarity looks at you puzzled, "Well dear, friendship is magic after all." Before you could respond to that...interesting reply, Sunset speaks up, "It's not his fault Rarity, he came from Hoofington." You cringe at the mention of your hometown again, did Sunset know what happened there? Did they all know? Applejack seemed curious raising an eyebrow, "Hoofington? Ah never heard of that place before." Sunset turned to Applejack, "Hoofington is ah...for lack of better words, a hellhole." Hellhole was about right for that place, the other girls, especially Fluttershy, whom had been calmly eating, gasp at her use of the word hell. Rainbow speaks up soon though, clearing up the tension, at least till she looks to you. "That bad huh? I can see why you wanted to get out, that is why you came here though right? For the peace and quiet?" For you it felt like the only way to cut the tension was with a laser gun, you couldn't tell them about why you truly moved, so you simply nodded to Rainbow. Pinkie, however, doesn't seem to buy it. "Come ooooon," she whined rather cutely, "Tell us why you really moved!" She propped herself on the table by her elbows and looked at you like a curious child who was about to hear a long and interesting tale. The others seemed interested as well. Interesting was a bit of an understatement though, and you needed to come up with a lie and fast! A bit of rubbing on your jacket near your scar on the left arm you see a way out. "My Grandmother was killed in an accident, it hit my mom really hard, so my dad decided to move us to a calmer place. He hoped it would help us all. Pinkie went from curious, to sad as her hair seemed to flatten a little, you didn't have time to contemplate on how that was possible though because you suddenly had pink arms wrapped around you and a head buried in the left side of your neck. Somehow Pinkie got from her side of the table to yours in a second and was now hugging you. It caused you to instantly tense up from the contact, you sat there stunned looking at the pink hair near your face. After what seems to be a very long hug, Pinkie lets go and pulls away from you. You look at the others, none of them seemed to be so curious about why you moved now, instead they seemed sad. Though why Rarity had to wipe her eyes was a bit strange. Sunset places a hand on your shoulder and gives you a sad smile, "I'm sorry that we asked, it might've been tough to have moved from there when she died." You begged to differ on how tough it was to move away from Hoofington, seeing how you didn't have a choice in the matter, but you say nothing of it. Instead, you nod and tell her that it was fine. You were happy enough to know that no one knew of the scars still, for now. Before anyone can say anything else, the bell rings, signaling the end of lunch. Everyone in the lunch room empties their trays, puts them up, and then heads out to their next class. You dreaded the next class for a few reasons, one of them might be because you just had lunch, but the main reason was because you learned that the school does have uniforms for PE. And they're not long sleeved shirts either. That meant your scar on your left arm was going to be noticeable, very noticeable. All someone had to do was look at your arm and it'd be over, and knowing PE classes someone was bound to look and notice. Before you can think about it further, you feel the same tap on your shoulder again, it still startles you nevertheless, but you at least knew who it was. Keeping calm, as best as you could you turn to your right to see Sunset yet again. She smiles at you, "Hey again New Guy." Again with new guy? Was it a nickname she gave you or something? You didn't have time to ask her though as she kept speaking. "I see you're going to the Gym, I'm guessing that means you have PE class next?" You blink, then nod to her, "Yeah I do, why do you ask?" She chuckles, "Because I have it this period as well." Well then, as if it wasn't bad enough, now she might learn that you lied and learn of the truth. "O-oh you do?" She keeps walking with you, "Yes I do," she then smirks at you, "Did you stutter for a reason?" Her question catches you off guard, almost making you stumble as you blush, realizing what she meant. "I'll h-have you know I stutter for many reasons, Sunset!" She simply giggles and bumps hips with you, "Relax, I'm only teasing you New Guy. Now come on, we don't want to be late!" She starts to walk faster as the halls slowly empty, you follow after her to the gym. You enter the Gym with Sunset to find most of the class already there, but not dressed in PE clothing, you turn to Sunset. "I thought that the school assigned uniforms for PE?" She looks at you as you both stop near the other students, "They do, when it's in the spring, not in the early winter. If they did we'd all freeze when outside! Most of the time during the Winter we stay inside, maybe do some jogging or just sit around. Maybe play a game of dodgeball on Friday." She had a point, it was early November now, it had been September or October when you had your life threatening incident, at least it meant no scar revealing for awhile. Now, though, it was getting colder outside as the days passed, which made you wonder if it ever snowed in Canterlot. You decided to ask Sunset that. "Snow?" She asked, bringing a hand to her chin, obviously thinking, before she responds, "it does snow here, but it doesn't happen 'til sometime in middle or late December, usually just before Christmas, and goes on 'til sometime in January. You nod to her, you then here both your names called only to find Rainbow Dash coming over to you two. Most of the students now either sitting in the nearby stands or playing a game of basketball. Rainbow idly kicks a football up and down with her legs and she stops in front of you both, watching the ball as she talks, "So I see you already found your way to the gym with Sunset, don't get too comfortable though. Later on coach will definitely have us do some running, but you're safe for a few days." Rainbow stops kicking the ball and instead holds it under her right arm, you three then move over to the nearby stands, sitting on them, Rainbow a seat above you both as you sit near Sunset. Rainbow looks to you, "So what do you do for fun? You an egghead like Twilight?" Sunset seemed to be making signs for her to shut up, but Rainbow keeps talking, "Or maybe you're less like Twilight and more like me? Nah, no one's as awesome as I am, but seriously, what do you do for fun?" You think, looking at Sunset who is face palming, you then look back at Rainbow Dash. Only to find her looking between you and Sunset, then she smirks, "Or maybe you're one of those guys that always checks out girls?" What? You blush and immediately sputter out words that make no sense as Rainbow laughs at your embarassment. Sunset trying to stifle her giggles with a hand. "Relax egghead two, I'm only messing with ya. I'm sure you're cool enough to not do that." You didn't feel so sure Rainbow was being honest with you, you look to Sunset whom is still trying to suppress her giggling with little effect. You looking at her causes her to only giggle harder and look away from you. While you pull up the hoodie on your jacket to hide your embarrassment, Rainbow asks you yet another question, prodding you for answers that would no doubt bring her amusement. "So you ever date back in Hoofington?" Thankfully you can organize yourself enough to give her a simple "No." "No? Shame, I was looking forward to more teasing, but in all seriousness don't let it down you. Hoofington isn't exactly...a place where mushie feelings appear constantly." Sunset, meanwhile, has calmed down enough to talk properly, she turns to you and nods, "Yea, don't let it get ya down New Guy, you'd have better luck in any other city. Now who wants to play a game?" For the rest of the class, you, Sunset, and Rainbow play a game of rock, paper, scissors. A game that Dash is quick to stop playing after a few rounds. She said it bored her, but it might've been because she lost every round. You and Sunset kept playing for the rest of the period and eventually tied. Before you could play another round the bell rang. Sunset said that you'd both break the tie tomorrow, as for the rest of your day it was mostly uneventful. You met Pinkie in Culinary Arts,(big surprise!) and she said something about throwing you a party. You politely declined, which made her sad a little until you explained you didn't go to many parties back in Hoofington. That had been a bad choice of words because Pinkie instantly started to plan a "welcome to Canterlot" party right then and there, you couldn't stop her from planning but got her to agree to not have "too many people." But you could've sworn you already saw invitations in her backpack when you were leaving the school, how was that possible? As you began to walk outside the school to head home, (your mother insisted you got some fresh air, meet some townsfolk on the way home, and that you would be fine) you hear someone calling. "Hey, new kid!" You turned around, expecting to see Sunset or one of her friends due to Sunset constantly calling you "New Guy." Who you saw though, wasn't one of them, and they didn't seem like they wanted to say hi and be friends. Author's Note Due excuse some of the...interesting descriptions of the characters, I'll admit I took it from their descriptions on the MLP wiki, but I figured if they already have a description then no point in trying to change it right? Plus they belong to Hasbro and not me, so credit for their looks goes to Hasbro artists and designers.
TroubleWho you see is most certainly not Sunset or any of her friends, instead it was three people. Two females and a male to be exact, what they wanted was beyond you, but they didn't seem happy and they were coming your way! The middle one had slightly dark green colored skin with magenta eyes, she also had rather flat, but long crimson hair. She wore a red tank top with a long, flat black skirt and red boots. You couldn't tell, but you think you can also see some red earrings. 'Did every girl around here wear boots? Also she seems to like the color red.' you shivered at the thought of it, reminding you of blood. 'And who are the other two with her?' The triple number reminded you of Billy and his brothers all too well. The girl flanking her had yellow skin with lavender hair. She had a long blue sleeved shirt with a yellow and blue striped skirt, along with white boots. Honestly it was hard to tell if it was good or bad fashion... The guy that was with them had blue skin and white hair, he had a short sleeve, orange shirt on with regular blue jean pants. Instead of boots he had black tennis shoes. He also had a smirk on his face though, which made you more nervous. "Yes you," the one in the middle spoke with a little venom in her voice, the group coming closer to you as you stood still with some fear in your chest. What could they possible want with you? They stop right in front of you, the other two smirking, the guy with his arms crossed and the girl with a hand on her hip. Before you can wonder further, the middle one speaks to you. "So you're the guy from Hoofington are you? I bet you think you're tough because you came from that place, well let me tell you something." She leans in uncomfortable close to you, the venom in her voice unending. "With Sunset Shimmer no longer in power here at CHS, I'm free to take over. Of course I know what she did which makes it oh so much easier to not mess up like she did, and unlike her, actually have two people who aren't fools. Isn't that right Pale and Cobalt?" The girl and guy both chuckle as their names are spoken while the other girl leans away. If you had to guess, considering Pale was more likely to be the females' name, that meant Cobalt was the male. But wait...did she say Sunset was no long in power here? Did that mean...that Trixie girl was right? Pale speaks up, "Didn't you know nerd? Sunset was a power hungry freak here with everyone fearing her and the principles under her charms." Despite her cute voice, you could tell how serious she was. Cobalt speaks up next, "Indeed she was, remember the time she made that Fluttershy girl cry at the statue and again in the hallway on the same day?" They all laugh, but not in a nice way. The one in the middle speaks up again, "All you need to know nerd is this..." She moves closer to you, you try to lean away, but can't due to fear and confusion. "...don't mess with Katherine Green." She knees you in the stomach before moving away from you, causing you to kneel over in pain. Coughing due to the hit on the scar, they laugh at your weakness and pain before walking away from you. You take a minute to catch your breath before you stand up, looking around as you mind raced. You didn't want to believe those creeps, but the note from Trixie makes you think otherwise. If she was telling the truth then that meant Sunset is...or was evil? 'But if she is evil then why is she friends with the others?' You thought as you started to walk home. You contemplated the options of what to do, on one hand Sunset may still be evil and tricking you. On the other hand she might not be evil and it could all be a convincing lie. But either way, you've been threatened and hit on the first day after all! But you can't tell your parents, they'll flip out and make you move again. At least here there might be a better chance for peace. ...Right? About 15 minutes later, you arrive home. After saying hello to your parents, putting up your backpack, and finally convincing them that you already did your homework, you head upstairs and sit in your chair, pulling out your phone from your jacket's right pocket and input the password. You idly scroll through the apps you had, most of them were games. Though some of them weren't the type for males to have, but cute games can't be argued with right? You eyes fall upon your contacts list, maybe you should give your friends a text? Yeah...you should, it's been awhile. You open the message system and send each of them a text. After a few minutes you get one response from Clark. "Hey dude, are you alright? We heard about what happened and that you moved." You smile a bit at his text, at least you knew you had friends that cared. You reply to his text. "Yeah, I'm fine. My parents had us move to Canterlot, hopefully it won't be as bad here, I still miss you guys though!" It takes him a minute to reply... "Yeah, we miss you too, especially Amber. Don't think I saw her so sad before you moved, I'll let them know you texted us that you're alright? I gotta go though, got a few tests to study for." "Alright Clark, text you later." You close the messages app and then turn off your phone. Sighing, you think of what to do for the next few hours. "Suppose I can just study my lessons, I'm a bit behind anyway." You say aloud, getting up and heading downstairs to get your backpack. As you pick it up and start to bring it upstairs, your mind wanders back to Sunset. 'Could she really be evil? If she made that Fluttershy girl cry a few times then why sit together at lunch? It doesn't add up.' You sigh, setting the backpack down and getting out your phone again. You head onto the internet via Safari, searching up the school website and bring it up. There was a few things you didn't understand for Spanish like- "What the-" Right here, on the front page, was a picture of a demon flying above the school. It appeared to be talking to some girls in front of it, the picture had been taken from the inside of the school though, so it was hard to tell, but the hand gestures suggested so. The header threw you off even more. "Teenage girl and two boys turn into demons and attempt to enslave Canterlot High? What is going on here..." You click on the header, sending you to the page with the details on it. What you read seems impossible, but is official. Reading through it you learn that the demon flying above the others is really Sunset Shimmer! What's more, further reading shows then the ponies standing there are the ones you met today at lunch. But the purple girl is someone you didn't see today, yet right here it says her name is Twilight Sparkle. You sit back in your chair, putting your phone in the desk in front of you as you try to contemplate this information. "So...if Sunset really is, or was, evil. Then Trixie was right to watch out for her and this Katherine girl seems like she's been waiting for...this to happen. But what the heck is going on here?! Is Sunset evil or not? Does she have it out for me? And why did Katherine pick on me first?" Dozens more questions raced through your head, such as if the magic you read about was possible. At this point you turn off your phone and plug it into the charger. Getting up, you walk over to your bed and flop onto it, staring at the ceiling. You could try to avoid them both tomorrow, but so far Sunset hasn't physically or emotionally harmed you, she's done the opposite. But if she truly is evil, then she'll hurt you later on, and Katherine is bound to hurt you regardless of what you do. You could go to the other five and ask them what's going on, that is if you don't run into either of them before school. Unless they're on Sunset's side? You sigh and get under the covers, putting up your glasses on the nightstand and roll over, closing your eyes. "What am I going to do tomorrow?" is the last thing you think before drifting off to sleep. ... ... It's dark, why is it dark? You try to open your eyes only to find darkness. Before you can contemplate why through, lightning flashes and in front of you is Canterlot High. But what else you see is a demon before you, looking menacingly down at you. It looks exactly like the demon that the website said Sunset Shimmer turned into! Before you can do anything the demon screeches and fires an unexplainable dark and blue beam at you. You close your eyes out of fear but feel nothing, opening your eyes again you're suddenly in the same alleyway you were in Hoofington weeks ago. You get up, feeling very weak now, and try to head to the street only to be hit from behind. You hit the ground and cough, turning to face your assailant. Only to see Billy and his brothers there! They laugh at you and taunt you, Billy pulling out his switchblade and swinging down to hit you in the chest with it. You gasp and try to defend yourself by turning away and crossing your arms over your chest. But again feel nothing as the laughter vanishes. Opening your eyes, you see that you're no longer in the stinky alleyway of Hoofington, but instead in the middle of the Canterlot High School foyer. You stand up and look around, fearing what will come next when you hear the sounds of evil laughter. Some of the lights go dead as Katherine and her friends, Pale and Cobalt, step out of the shadows. Katherine sneers at you as Pale and Cobalt grab you by the arms, forcing you on your knees. You can't move at all while they do this, you instead look up at Katherine, fear causing adrenaline to pump into your blood. "Oh look at you, the big bad nerd from Hoofington who got in a fight and won some scars can't even defend himself." She laughs, "you couldn't even help yourself nerd, and now you've left your friends to fend for themselves!" "I didn't leave them!" You yell back at her, feeling a mixture of anger and guilt. She simply smirks and idly checks her right hand's nails like you meant nothing. "Oh really? Then why are you here and not at Hoofington? Maybe it's because you're too scared to stand up for yourself, or stand up to Sunset which is why you followed her around. Which means..." She leans down at you, "You can't stand up to me!" You suddenly feel the same pain in your stomach that you had before when you got stabbed by the switchblade that Billy had, all you can do is gasp in pain as you look down to see a switchblade stuck inside your stomach. You feel the urge to scream out for help, but cannot find your voice. All you can do is gasp and heave as blood slowly trickles out of your wounded stomach. Suddenly the three bullies disappear, forcing you to catch yourself as you fall. After taking a few deep breaths, a boot comes into your view. You look up to see a Sunset there, but her face isn't one of concern, it's a cruel smile. "Sunset.." You gasp out, "P-please help..." "Oh I will new guy," She responds coldly, "I will..." You blink, and suddenly Sunset is the same demon you saw before! She laughs as she shoots another beam at you! "N-no! No!" The beam hits you and your vision goes black as you feel a burning sensation all around your body. Author's Note Special thanks to Atriark (Fallout Equestria) for letting me use Pale and Cobalt.
Finding Answers and Cold Possibilities"NO!" You wake up with a start. Sitting up and holding a hand to your stomach, feeling no switchblade sticking out of you. What you do feel is cold sweat on your brow. You lift your hand from your stomach and wipe it off, trying to clam down. A nightmare you thought, It must've been a nightmare You look around your room, your breathing returning to normal. Your eyes fall upon the alarm clock, reading 5:32 AM. Seems you weren't going back to sleep with the requirement to get up for school so close. You think back to the nightmare, already sending shivers down your spine. You remember the demon, Billy and his brothers, along with Katherine and her friends. "So if Sunset truly turned into a demon, then she's playing with me. For all I know it's going to be a power struggle between her and Katherine. If the others are with Sunset then they're on her side...maybe, but I did see them facing against her, seems I need to know what happened at that...battle you could call it?" As you shift on the bed, moving to get off of it having thrown your covers all over the bed in your sleep, you hear a soft crunch noise coming from your jacket. You put a hand in your left pocket and pull out the note that Trixie girl gave you. You open it and read the words on it again as you think aloud, "She told me to watch out for Sunset and it seems she was right, maybe she'll know more? If this is all true then I have to watch my back, which means I need information right?" You chuckle nervously, put on your glasses, and get out of bed. Jamming the note back into your pocket. You stretch and decide to take a shower, going to your closet and picking out some items to wear. The usual blue jeans with a red- no wait, red is a bad idea. You instead grab a black shirt that is next to the red one and take them with you into the nearby bathroom. You set them down on the counter next to the sink, the strip down and get in the shower. You turn on the shower and makes sure it's warm before fully going under the torrent of water, letting wash down your short hair and back as you make a plan for today inside your head Best thing I can do now is try to find out if Sunset is truly still evil, but asking her is a bad idea since she's likely to deny it regardless if it's true. That Trixie girl seemed wary of her and might know more. But so would the other girls I met at lunch, like Rainbow Dash...but they seemed like good friends so I can't tell what they'd say to me if I ask them about this. You grunt in mild frustration as you reach out to the knob to turn the shower off. Once that is done you step out of the shower to dry yourself off and donned your new clothing and your jacket. You then walk out of the bathroom after turning off the light in there. You then pull out your phone to check the time, only to find a response from one of your texts that you sent yesterday. The text you sent to Amber. You put in your password and open the message system to read her reply. "Hey, it's great to hear from you that you're okay! Clark told us what happened before I sent this text to you, perhaps you can call us all sometime?" You smile and reply "Sure, but after school." You look at the time before you out your phone back in your jacket, 6:15AM? Guess you got distracted in the shower while you cleaned yourself up. You head into your room to get your backpack, picking it up and take it with you downstairs. You reach the kitchen a dozen seconds later, setting the backpack down next to the table you get out the same thing you ate yesterday. Who could say no to cereal? As you eat for a bit your mom walks out of her room, already dressed and ready to go. Though you don't need to leave for about 20 more minutes or so. You swallow and look at her. "Already ready to go Mom?" She looks at you and smiles, pulling out her keys, "Yup, after you finish your breakfast!" She sits in the other chair, "Did you make any friends at school yesterday dear?" You chew some more and swallow before responding, "Sort of...there was a few girls who wanted to be my friends and one of them showed me around the school before classes started." Her smile grows bigger, "That's good sweetie! See, you're already making friends here." You nod, and finish eating, trying to conceal your discontent and fear while you speak, "Yeah, it's all going better than expected right?" She giggles and asks you about yesterday. You do your best to talk about your classes and your new 'friends' without sounding upset, thankfully she seems to buy it all. You both get up, you walking to the sink to put up your bowl while she heads out to the car. You follow her outside shortly afterwards and get into the car with her, your backpack in the back seat. She's already started up the car so you're both on your way when your seatbelt is buckled in. You arrive at the school in the usual amount of time. After waving and saying goodbye to your mom after getting your backpack from the backseat, you start to walk towards the school. Course, then you realize you have no idea where Trixie would be. Face palming, you look around the campus from your position near the statue. Come to think of it, there was really only a few people out here, maybe most of them come in late or are inside? You pull out your phone and check the time 7:21AM Well now you knew why there wasn't many people here at least. Grumbling, you put the phone back in it's pocket in your jacket and continue to walk towards the school doo- "Hey there New Guy." You nearly jump out of your skin as you turn around, seeing Sunset standing right there with the same smile as usual. You try to calm down as you greet her, "H-hey..." She giggled, which was kinda cute, "Are you alright? I'm sorry if I scared you." You rub the back of your head with your left hand as you look away from her, unsure if you should stick around and ask her or go and find Trixie, "It wasn't you, I was just thinking about...something." You couldn't tell what she was thinking till she spoke, "Something? What kind of something? Is there someone bothering you around here?" You didn't hear anything from Sunset for a full minute as you didn't reply to her questions. After the long silence you look in her direction and feel like a jackass. Sunset is turned away from you, her right hand on her left arm. After a few seconds she glances at you, "That someone is me isn't it? You know the truth don't you?" You take a deep breath through your nose and nod, "So what are you going to do with me?" You seem to hit a nerve, she goes from quiet to hurt, facing you she speaks, "Do to you? Just because I have a bad history doesn't mean I can't change! It doesn't mean I'm still evil! Why does everyone think I'm going to hurt them?" You hold your hands up at her defensively, "I-I didn't mean it like that Sunset!" She crosses her arms and turns away from you, "Sure you didn't! That's why you're afraid I'll do something to you because you think I'm a nice girl," she was clearly being sarcastic. She looks at you with hurt in her eyes, "I thought that since you weren't from around here you'd be...different in a good way, perhaps give me the second chance I really want, understand me better than others. But I can see you're like the rest of the people here besides the few friends I do have and that was a false hope of mine." What she says only makes you feel like a complete jackass, here a girl that was nice to you from the start now has her feelings hurt because of your own insecurities and assumptions. But what could you do about it now? Wait... The scar on your arm? Perhaps, it could work, hell, might be the only way to prove to her that you have trust issues. You also should stop talking so much in your head. "Sunset, I'm sorry...perhaps if I showed you why I don't usually trust people you'll understand." She hmpfs, "And what's that?" You sigh and stretch out your left arm. Your right arm going to the sleeve of your shirt and jacket, pulling them both back to reveal the scar on your left arm. However, Sunset doesn't seem to be moved by it. "So you think one scar on your arm gives you the right to not give a girl a second chance after she regrets turning into a raging she-demon?" She turns and starts to walk away, her hands holding her arms as she speaks with clear dismay in her voice, "You think you got trust issues and a painful past? Huh, guess I don't know what I saw in you then..." You stand there, unable to move. Here you are, a nerd from Hoofington who almost ended up dead, and you just hurt a girl's feelings. A girl that had been nice to you from the start, who's friends accepted you as well and tried to make you feel a bit at home. Unfortunately you can't do anything about it, as Sunset disappears into the school, you hear the sounds of feminine laughter behind you. Pulling the sleeves back to your wrist you turn around to see Katherine and her friends, Pale and Cobalt, by the statue. Katherine walks over to you like she owns the place, "How cute, the big bad Nerd showing off his scar and thinking it will fix everything!" She gets up real close to you, "Too bad kid, you're the weak one around here. So learn your place." She knees you in the stomach like she did last time and walks right by you, her friends pass you as Cobalt hits you across the cheek. You spit, thankful that no blood came out. A part of you felt like backing up, but another piece of you was actually angry. Furious even... You stand up and look at Katherine as she walks away, you're smart enough to hold your tongue. But you have to fix all this and show her that you won't take it anymore. After all, if you don't, it'll be like a Hoofington all over again...and it's only been two days! You get up and make sure you still have your backpack wih you before you head inside the school. Once you're in the foyer you look around, sadly Sunset isn't here and it appears Katherine and her buddies have already disappeared. Since you don't know where Trixie could be, you head straight to your locker to up up your things and get what you need for class. Once you have that and you're on your way to class, you try to think of what you should do now. Perhaps you can try and find Sunset and apologize, maybe her friends can help. Except you don't see them till lunch, and it's stupid to do anything to get revenge on Katherine for trying to make you feel like a weakling. Okay, technically you are semi-weak, PE does have some perks at least. As you walk into the classroom with about 15 to 20 minutes left, you note there is only one other person in here, that Trixie girl that sits behind you in class! You walk over to your desk and sit in it. Placing your stuff on the desk before turning in your sit to look at her. It seemed she had been watching you when you entered because you're immediately staring right into her eyes once you turned to face her. She looks at you with a smirk on her face, "So you've come to ask the Great Trixie for help have you not?" She doesn't give you a chance to answer, "Well you're in luck that the Great and Powerful Trrrixie is feeling generous today and is willing to give you some of her time." You mentally sigh at her third person narrative and respond, "Yes, I wanted to now more about what happened on that day Sunset became that...demon thing." She nods, "Easy to remember when she became that demon, Trixie remembers a 'Twilight Sparkle' there with those other five people who tried to stop her," She brings up a hand and counts them off, "Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity." She thinks for a bit, "Oh, and there was this magic crown thing that Twilight person from that Equestria pony world or whatever had. They somehow used the magic inside it to defeat her and turn her back to normal, don't ask Trixie how it's possible." You weren't sure if she was crazy or not, but you do know Sunset turned into a demon, but a magic crown? A pony world? It was really hard to believe. Yet it was true no? Sunset had indeed became the demon and you saw that picture that had those six girls. But something bothered you, "How did she turn into the demon and can she do it again?" She shrugged, "How should Trixie know? All she knows is that Sunset put the crown on her head and transformed, perhaps you should ask the others about this." Before you can ask another question the bell rings and soon the classroom starts to fill. You turn in your seat and face the front of the class. Looks like you'll have to wait till later for answers, but you felt uneasy. It was your second day at a new school, you already have a few bullies picking on you, and you've wounded, or maybe even broke a girl's heart whom has not shown you one bad sign. Not to mention that you've become crazy enough to want to stand up against Katherine. Maybe you hit your head really hard in that alleyway all those weeks ago? Your classes seem to pass by very slowly today, multiple poisonous thoughts lingering in your mind. The dreadful past of Hoofington, the threatening present right now, and the cryptic, though near future for you life in Canterlot. Truly you were at a crossroad in your life, one that was now deciding your social life for good depending on your choices. Course, it couldn't be more obvious, the repenting girl whom has done terrible wrong in the past, the new evil girl with two other people that reminded you of Billy and his brothers, it made it all seem like it was not only a choice, but a do over of Hoofington no? The bell rings once again, invading your thoughts and dispelling your thinking process with loud ringing. You grab your stuff and head to your locker to put up your things for lunch, once your done with that you stand up and head down to the cafeteria. As your on your way down to lunch you turn the corner to enter an ominously darken hallway, which was strange. Shouldn't the school make sure the bulbs stay alive or was it a cut off from the power grid? You walk down it as you think, only to see someone you didn't want to see. Katherine, but alone this time. She's staring right at you with a smug grin on her face, she slowly walks towards you as she speaks, "Look who I found going to lunch down this hallway, all alone." She reaches into her pocket and pulls out the last thing you want to see. A switchblade. She notices you shock with ease which only makes her grin wider as she stops right in front of you, "Oh yes I know what made that mark on your arm Hoofington nerd, and unless you want to feel he cold touch of it in a more...important location. You'll do as I say." You can only stand still and stare at the blade as you respond, "W-what do you want?" She chuckles, "Even if Sunset isn't trying to take over the school she can still be a threat. But if someone were to down her spirits, crush her heart. It might break her spirit and sudden care for the well being of others," you couldn't believe your ears, was she asking you to her Sunset more and on purpose this time? She continued before you could speak, "And since she's seems to have a liking towards you, or did anyway, you'd be the perfect nerd for the job." You couldn't believe what she was asking for you to do, but what could you do to defy her? She had a switchblade inches from you. "Of course you can refuse and hope someone will find you before it's too late..." You dare to look at her eyes instead of the blade, a smirk on her face. She knew you wouldn't refuse, you already tasted death by a switchblade before but did she know that part of it? Either way she had you cornered. But you couldn't just do that, not only will your life be hell if you submit, you'll make Sunset's own life worse. Perhaps you can agree for now and then tell Sunset and the others. Unless they don't believe you, then you run the risk of a Hoofington Incident again. She laughs, "Are you really that afraid? This is too easy..." Her sentence makes you realize your breathing rather fast and your heart is practically pounding. You try to calm as she speaks, "Make her see that no one cares for her today or else." She pokes your chest with the switchblade to empathize her point before she turns and walks away from you. You stood there for a minute, calming down before you thought about your situation. You had little choice, but you'd be damned it you're going to repeat the past and be the weak one again and do what she says. ...maybe you should see a doctor just in case you really did hit your head really really hard. Seeing how you've become crazy or perhaps insane. All you have to do is warn Sunset right? Simple and easy. Unless she gives you a look that says "Don't come over here." You sigh aloud and continue to walk to lunch, if only you weren't so traumatized about switchblades you could've shown less weakness. You enter the Cafeteria to find the line isn't at long, most people have already sat down or finished eating. You get in line and wait, looking over at Sunset's table only to find six pairs of eyes staring at you back, none if them seemed happy with you, Pinkie herself seemed upset and Fluttershy looked like she wanted to stay away from you. Applejack and Rainbow Dash had the "Don't come near here look" on their faces, so much for your warning. Rarity looked away a few seconds after you looked over there, while Sunset looked... Depressed... She looked away from you a few seconds after you looked at them like Rarity did and back to her food, she was idly messing with it with a fork. Your reaction to her...past seems to have really hurt her. There was no way in hell you would do what Katherine told you to do now! You might drive Sunset to suicide...But how can you fix what you've damaged without Katherine pretty much fatally wounding you? You get your lunch and start to walk to an empty table that is a few tables from the others. You sit down there and silently eat your food, looking at it and nothing else. After a few minutes of eating you stop, you still have food but you don't feel hungry anymore. You look over at Sunset's table again, to find her glancing at you. She breaths in and looks away from you again, you look around the room and see Cobalt watching you. You control your breathing as you stare back at him, he gets up and walks out of the lunch room a few seconds later. Well that can't be good at all, he must be going to report to Katherine. You decide to get up and toss your food in the trash, putting the tray up before following after him. If you're gonna go against Katherine you best at least know what she has in store for you. Thankfully Cobalt is either careless, stupid, or both since you're able to easily follow him down a few hallways. You look around the next corner to see Katherine and Cobalt, you stay still and listen in. "Well?" Katherine asked. "He didn't do it," Cobalt replied, "Didn't even try to walk over to her." She frowns, "Really? Fine, I didn't want to do it but looks like we have to do plan B thanks to him." Cobalt actually seems to stiffen, if you saw correctly, "Wait Katherine, perhaps we just need to threaten him a bit more, Pale could-" "No!" She interrupted, "The mistake that Sunset did was taking too long to act, I won't make that mistake. You and I will follow Sunset home in the afternoon and...take her out of the equation." Katherine adopts a wicked and evil smirk as Cobalt breaths heavily. What?! you thought, Does she mean she's going to...hurt Sunset, or worse? All because I didn't do what Katherine told me to do? "O-okay Katherine, but leave Pale of it okay?" She sighs, "Fine, I'll keep your sister out of this but you're still helping me in case it goes wrong. Now come on, the bell is going to ring soon." She turns and walks down the hallway, Cobalt following her, they disappear a few seconds before the bell rings. You stood there in shock, they were going to kill her weren't they? Katherine is insane! Worse than Billy ever was, you have to stop her. Because you couldn't live with yourself if you allowed murder to be done when you could stop it. But since Sunset doesn't want to see you, you have no choice but to follow Katherine after school. Hopefully PE was more useful than you thought... Author's Note Hey guys, I wanted to apologize for the late post and possibly messy writing. My little sis, whom has been doing the great proofreading beforehand, has been going through a depression stage and getting distracted by having some fun conversations with her good friends. So I've decided to go ahead and do the proofreading myself for now, I did catch a number of mistakes so yay? Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter. I certainly like to do this writing and already had a third person story in mind, but we'll need to finish this story first before I can do that right?
Saving a Soul and Burying The PastYou took another deep breath, trying to calm yourself as you looked around the Gym from your position near the top of the stands. Needless to say you've been antsy all day since you overheard Katherine's cruel plan. You didn't want to admit it, but it's true. She's planning to kill Sunset to 'take her out of the equation,' and since Sunset and her friends don't look like they're willing to talk her life is in your hands. Funny, weeks ago you almost died. Then you spent time in the hospital only to move to a completely different town to avoid exactly what is happening right now: Bullying with the threat of physical violence and death. You observed Sunset talking to Rainbow Dash on the other side of the Gym as she was sitting on the floor against the wall with her arms hugging her knees. It was obvious she was still hurt from your morning conversation, then again who wouldn't be upset by people thinking they're a demon? Well...Katherine and Billy might be fine with it. Rainbow had an arm around her shoulder, no doubt comforting her. She did glare in your direction now and then while Sunset refused to even look up or anywhere else for that matter. You let out a sigh and pull out your phone, putting in the password. And right there was a text from an unknown number that was sent to you three seconds ago. You open the messenger app and read the message, confused by the sudden message in pink colored writing, "How can you hurt Sunset's feelings without talking to her about her past first?! >:(" You stare at it and try to ponder who sent it, only to get another message, "It's Pinkie Pie by the way. :3" You blink a few times, then respond to her, "Pinkie?! How did you get my number?!" "Simple! I asked Sunny for it!" Sunny? Wait, did she mean Sunset? How did she get your number?! Maybe you should ask Pinkie that. "How did she get my number..?" "Well duh! Since she was the one to lead you around the school and all you'd probably become reallllly good friends so I convinced her to convince the principal to give her your number! Cool huh?" "But I....what...never mind...why are you texting me anyway? I thought you guys didn't want to talk to me." "Course we don't like you since you hurt Sunny's feelings, but I know you're not a bad guy and she tells herself that but is super duper upset now. You need to talk to her, make up, and kiss already!" What?! You nearly blurted that out loud to the entire Gym as you silently typed back, a blush forming on your cheeks. "What do you mean kiss her Pinkie? We're not dating! I don't even like her that way!" "Suuuuure you don't~. That's why you keep looking at her, your even doing it right now!" Wha- how did she know you- wait a minute. You turn around at the sound of giggling to find a pink girl with pink puffy hair right there, smiling and waving at you even though you're a seat apart. "Pinkie....how long have you been right there?" She giggles again and gets up, jumping down to your row and sitting next to you, "A few minutes! Enough time to observe your observations of Sunny!" Sweet merciful god this girl either eats sugar for breakfast and lunch or doesn't have a quiet voice. You're lucky the gym has lots of conversations and some boys playing basketball to drown her sentence out. "S-so? What's that got to do with anything Pinkie? Why are you here anyway? You don't have PE!" She puts a finger to her mouth and looks at you with half-lidded eyes, speaking in a song-song voice, "I think you like her~" she then changed her uncomfortable gaze on you to a smile once more and answered your other question, "Well we're not doing anything in art class today so I came here! Cool huh?" You stuttered as you spoke, ignoring the answer to your question as Pinkie was not helping you or your blush with that look she gave you, "I-I-I do not! She's just been a good friend so far and I've been a jac-...really bad person to her." You weren't sure about your own words, but you have been a jerk to her... She nodded, "Yuppers, now you've gone and hurt her sensitive heart," Pinkie pretends to have an injured heart, putting her hands over her chest and faking a gasp of pain. She then looks at you again with a frown on her face. "So you gotta do what's right! You gotta apologize to her face-to-face today if you care about her!" Pinkie's got a point there, but you were gonna do more than apologize today. You were gonna end up having to save her life from a psychopath that had a switchblade and her accomplice. You looked over at Sunset again as you thought this, causing Pinkie to speak up again. "Oooooh! I knew it! Pinkie sense never lies!" Before you could speak up as you looked at Pinkie again she started talking in a sing-song voice, "You like Sunny~ You like Sunny~" Your blush grew hotter as you stampered, "P-pinkie! Please b-be quiet! I only care for her as friend!" Your own heart questioned why you were blushing then. It seemed Pinkie thought that as well, "Then why are you blushing so badly?" "Because I-" Suddenly the bell rang, Pinkie instantly getting up and patting your head. Before you can reply to her, she disappears in mere seconds. You get up and hope the blood is leaving your cheeks as you spot Sunset and Rainbow both looking at you while they leave the gym. You shake your head and move on to get your things for your next class. You'd have to endure two languages classes and a class with Pinkie before the afternoon. You silently prayed to any god or goddess that existed that Pinkie wouldn't verbally kill your ears and brain with her teasing before school was over. You reach your locker and open it to get your things as you thought back to Pinkie's conversation with you. It caused the blush to return to your cheeks as you remember her teasing about you liking Sunny- Sunset! Not Sunny...but it was kinda a cute nickname. You grumble and mentally note to never speak of Sunset around Pinkie ever again, lest she teases you more. Course that was if you don't die today.... You close your locker and stand up to head to your next class, English 2 was just gonna be fun today. some time later... The last few minutes of Spanish class seemed to tick by oh so slowly. It's like it was ticking down to Sunset's demise...and it was making you very uncomfortable in your chair as you waited for that bell to ring. The scar on your stomach was rather itchy now, you were getting too antsy it seems. You just need to calm down, yeah! You start to take a deep breath quietly as the other classmates made idle chatter with each other. You breath in and out, slowly calming down. Just keep doing it like this til- *Riiiiing* Sweetlordalmighty! Whatever breathing you did to calm yourself vaporized as the bell rang and scared you to death. Some of the other students were snickering or giggling as they left the classroom to go home. You blush and try to avoid any eye contact as you quickly grab your things and make way to your locker. You honestly had no fucking clue what you were doing, you should've gone to the principal or the police. But now it's too late seeing how it can happen any minute, or second! Your breathing hicks as you put on your backpack and slam the locker closed rather loudly. Some students look your way but you don't mind them, instead heading outside as fast as you can in hopes of finding Katherine or Sunset. You start to look around the somewhat crowded school grounds but can't find them. You try to stay calm as you keep looking, but unable to see- wait! You spot Katherine and Cobalt exiting the school grounds and heading to one of the quieter parts of town that still had some alleyways. You start to follow them as fast as you can, while trying to not get caught. You couldn't tell what they were saying with the minor noise but it seemed like they were following Sunset. How could you tell? You could see Sunset from your position behind them. You start to make a plan on how you'd save her life from this psychopath. Perhaps if you took out Cobalt first you can gang up on Katherine together? Unless he has a weapon on him too...what if they ambush Sunset and kill her before you can even reach Cobalt? Maybe you can throw a rock or a brick to distract them? Wait....wait wait wait! Where are they?! Your eyes go wide and your breathing picks up in panic as you look around the oddly quiet part of town your in. You can't find any of them! They're gone! You lost them! You start to run around and check the alleyways of the not-so-tall buildings. If you can't find them....if Sunny gets killed...You shake your head and try to hold in a tear. You'd stop Katherine, it won't be like Hoofington! A few minutes pass and you still can't find them. You're starting to lose hope as you frantically run through the street and alleyways, perhaps you're going in circles! And where is the rest of the town?! Then you hear a sound you're actually glad to hear. The sound of fighting and yelling. You start to run in the direction of the noise, taking about a dozen seconds to reach the alleyway that the sounds of fighting are coming from. You take a deep breath and peer down the alleyway to see a sight you had hoped to see. Standing in front of you is the three people you lost track of! Cobalt looks like hell though, he's holding his left arm with his right and leaning against a wall with the right side of his body and with some blood trickling down the back of his neck. Sunset, meanwhile has a few red cuts on her cheeks and one faint cut on her neck that has yet to draw blood. It seems like she almost got killed by the switchblade. She is panting rather hard and so is Cobalt. You couldn't tell how Katherine was, but it did seem like she had a bruise on her cheek and it seemed like the fight had been going on for at least two to three minutes or more. It was hard to tell honestly. You look down to find a rock about the size of your palm and quietly set your backpack down, picking up the rock and standing again as Katherine spoke in a rather crazed tone. "Come on you bitch! You're trapped so let's make this quick and easy by cutting your so called heart out!" Sunset gritted her teeth and held her fists up in a defensive stance, seems like she wasn't giving up anytime soon nor was Katherine. You had to act fast before it was too late. Because if you didn't you'd have a dead girl and a still living and crazed woman on your hands. You go around the corner with the rock in your right hand and get up behind Cobalt. Just as Sunset looks behind Katherine and sees you, you slam the rock on Cobalt's head. It causes him to grunt in pain before falling down onto the strangely clean alleyway street. You can't help but smile at Cobalt going down, until you feel a sudden pressure on your neck and your back against the wall. The pain causing you to close your eyes for a second. You cough and open your eyes to see Katherine staring right back at you, grinning madly. You look to your right to see Sunset holding her right arm with her left hand, blood trickling down it from a long cut on her arm. Rather similar to the one on your left arm. You look back at Katherine who starts to speak like a crazy person, "You may have taken out Cobalt and forced me to commit murder, but you're not gonna stop me now you weak son of a bitch nerd!" The switchblade pressed harder against your throat, nearly drawing blood. "In fact, maybe if I kill you first Sunshit will give in and do what I say instead!" W-what?! You couldn't even speak out due to the horror of death being seconds away, ironic it would be like this though. An alleyway with a switchblade, but in what was supposedly one of the safest towns around. Katherine seemed pleased by your fear, pulling back the switchblade and preparing to drive it into your chest. At least you'd die doing what was right.....right? "Hey bitch!" Kathrine stops moving and looks to the sound of the voice, you would've as well. But before you can a brick slams right into Kathrine's face and causes her to fall down! She drops the switchblade in the process, you swear you heard the sound of cracking bones when the brick hit her nose. You look over to Sunset who's breathing rather hard and still bleeding along her arm. She looks at you and gives you a tired grin, "She...she deserved more than that, but I'm not like her anymore." You give a smile in return despite the adrenaline, Sunset dares to walk slowly to you till she's next to you and hold her bleeding arm as you both look down at the unconscious duo. You look back at Sunset who was looking back at you. She looks down to the ground and lightly blushes, "Th-thanks, for helping me out. I could've probably taken her but it's good to have friends to help you in a fight right?" You nodded and instinctively put a hand on her left shoulder, causing her to look back at you. After a minute of awkward silence you clear your throat and look back at the criminals, "We should call the cops and have them come take these two away." You could feel her nod in reply. You decide to pull out your phone and dial 9-1-1, telling the operator there was an attempted first degree murder. After figuring out where you were thanks to Sunny, you tell the operator your location and not so long afterwards you can hear the wailing of the siren of a police car nearby. After answering the questions the police officers give you, they arrest Cobalt and Katherine for attempting to murder Sunny and you, but mostly her. They offered to take her to the hospital but she stated she would be fine with you, which caused a light blush on your cheeks. Though the cops were reluctant, it was obvious she wasn't too injured. Shortly after the cops leave with the criminals, you offer to escort Sunset back to her home. She agrees and lets you do so, both of you grabbing your school bags before leaving the alleyway. As you're walking to her home she starts up a conversation with you. "So you know I became a she-demon and tried to enslave an entire student body, and I was a total bitch in the past. Yet you risked your life to save me....why?" You look at her to find her staring back into your eyes, wanting answers. You sigh and decided to answer her question, "Because you're clearly different than whatever you were than before. You've been nice to me since we've met, and I couldn't sit by and let someone murder you when I could prevent it." She giggled, "That's it? No other reason?" She seemed to lean in and wrap her free arm around yours, the bleeding on her right arm had stopped since the cut wasn't too deep. She had just been winded beforehand. You try to stop the rising blood in your cheeks as you spoke, "Y-yeah, I'm sure Sunny." Oh gosh darn it Pinkie! She smirked as you called her by her nickname. You both reach the suburbs of the town as she leaned closer, "You know, if you like me you can just say it. You did save my life after all." You sigh, you didn't know how you felt about her. This was all too new to you, but your heart seemed to argue with your mind. So you stop her and look her in the eyes, this catches her attention fully, "Sunny, I don't know how I feel about you except that so far you've been a good friend to me and that I did the right thing by saving your life. But I'd like to at least get to know the new Sunset Shimmer and forget about the old one before I make a decision." She smiles sweetly at you and leans even closer to you. You couldn't tell what she was doing till you felt her lips on your cheek, giving you a quick kiss and causing you to blush deeply now. She giggles at your blush and spoke proudly, "You saved my life so you can't deny me that New Guy." You shake your head and start to walk again, "Why do you keep calling me new guy instead of my real name?" She stays leaning on your arm and shrugs, "Because I like it better? Plus it irritates you which makes it fun." You roll your eyes and open your mouth to reply when you suddenly bump into a hooded figure. You look to them to apologize only to see three of them instead, two of them walking ahead while the one on the left looked back at you. You weren't sure due to the hood, but you swear it was a girl with blue skin and a red pendant around her neck. She seemed to give you a quick smile before turning around and catching up to the other two figures. You look back at Sunset who's raising an eyebrow at you, "Who was that?" You shrug and start to walk again, "I dunno, never seen them before," She seemed satisfied with your answer for now. You both stayed quiet till you reach her house. It was a good looking two story white colored building, come to think of it your house might be a few blocks away from here! Nevertheless it seemed more expensive than your home. You walk up to the front porch and stop, Sunset letting go of your arm and looking at you. It's a bit awkward, but she smiles and helps get rid of it as she spoke again, "I'll...tell the girls what happened, they'll know you saved my life. Thanks again by the way." She kissed your cheek again and quickly headed to her front door, not giving you time to respond or ask her about her arm. She opens it and looks back at you giving you a wink that causes you to blush again before going inside. Once she disappears you turn around and start to walk back to your home, lost in thought. So now you've saved a girl's life, who has a crush on you, jailed a psychopath, and met three strange hooded figures all in one day. It made school and living with your parents seem like a walk in the park.... Oh shit! Your parents! You start to run home, keeping your backpack on as you did. If you didn't get home soon they'd be worried sick! It still takes you a few minutes to find your way home even with the help of GPS on your phone. You reach the front door and bend over, take a few deep breaths due to exhaustion before you stand tall again and open the door, walking inside to your fate. "Mom? Dad? I'm home!" You walk in to find the house is quiet. Too quiet...you turn on the lights and set down your backpack before walking into the kitchen and turning on the lights there. Looking around, you spot a note on the table and walk over to it. You pick up the note and start to read it: "Hey sweetie, had to run out for a bit with your Dad to the store for some groceries. Help yourself to anything that's left in the kitchen and do your homework! -Love Mom You sigh in relief and smile, setting the note down and going back into the living room to sit on the couch. Relaxed, you turn on the TV and watch some cartoons. Though you mind soon drifts to other thoughts a few minutes later. Your right hand moves to your cheek as you thought about Sunny kissing you there again. Causing the damned blush to return again as your heart beated bit faster. Perhaps you did have a crush on her? It was hard for you to tell after today's events. Speaking of events, that quickly brought up the thought of the three hooded figures. You didn't know if you should worry about them, but one thing bothered you the most despite everything else. Who's the blue girl that smiled at you..? Author's Note Well that would be the final chapter for this story. I know I know! It wasn't a very good chapter or story all together but I'm the kind of writer that just writes when inspiration strikes and then needs an editor or proofreader to clean up the constructive chaotic mess of a story the writer made. XD But seriously, thank you to those that read this story and anything else I write or already wrote. I promise to do my best in the future and bring you good stories to read. (Unless I'm trying to write with two hours of sleep, if that is the case then shield your eyes from whatever I write on that day.) Special thanks to Imperator Knoedel for being an editor and catching a bit too many errors >.<
