Anon's Dazzling day in Canterlot High.
Dark Clouds and Howling Winds
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAs of right now it is fourth period, math class to be exact. First period was gym, second was Guitar which we barely do anything in anyways, and third was History which I thankfully got through without sleeping. Gym was one of my favorites because it was a breeze for most, including me, my friends Rainbow Dash and Gilda, and of course my soft-spoken friend Big Macintosh. Now Big Mac was a man of few words and a tad stoic, but he's more of a man of action... I think. He was hard to read most of the time, and he never really said anything besides his trademark 'nope' and 'eeyup', it doesn't really bother me though, so I don't call him out on it. Now Rainbow on the other hand was a competitive little fire-cracker, Rainbow hair, blue skin and always butting heads with Gilda in almost everything, from sports to eating contests to even simple things such as taking a shit, which is just as humorous as you would expect a shitting contest to be. Oh man, the day that incident happened was golden, there is nothing like hearing two girls in the can talking smack about who has the better asshole while eating lunch and trying not to choke on your food from laughing to hard. Speaking of Gilda, this girl had short white hair that was tipped with light purple and had tanned white skin, she was nice back in middle school but as soon as we hit freshman year she became a bully out of nowhere, then one day I got pulled out of class to go see the counselor, Mr. Discord. As his name suggests, he was a charming man, if a bit whimsical, and yes, he does realize the irony of his sir name and career choice but he was good at solving other people's problems in his own weird way. Anyways, I was on my way to Mr. Discord's office...
(flashback)
"Hm, I wonder what Discord wants with me..." I began to ponder on the subject, I've done nothing wrong so why would he call for me? "Maybe he just wanted to bail me out of class again?... Nah, last time he did that Principal Celestia threatened to fire him and I can tell that she doesn't necessarily like the guy, in fact she seems to down-right hate him... Nah, no one could hate Discord, sure he's a strange fellow but that just adds to his charm and quirky personality." I reached the door to his room and opened it, the room was dark and quiet, a simple desk lamp was the only thing lighting the room which revealed Gilda of all people and a tall man with grey hair, wearing a trench coat and pacing around her. I immediately recognized the man as Discord who was more than likely going through one of his 'reality ticks' which was his trademark method of making a complete ass of himself by acting out different personas.
"Alright toots, you listen to me and you listen good cause I don't like repeating myself, see?" Discord turned to face Gilda, shining a flashlight in her face. "Where were you when the crime was commited!?"
"Your mamma's house." Gilda said. Discord wasn't mad, he's taken a lot worse than that.
"Oh, a wise guy huh? Well I know someone who knows how to deal with wise guys... Ah, and here he is now." I awkwardly waved at them, Gilda smirked.
"Hey loser, you friends with Mr. Bogart here?"
"Yeah, I know him." I said.
"Well I think he broke himself, he's been acting like this since I got in here. Think you can fix this nut so we can get this over with?"
"Just play along with him, he won't stop until we do." I advised, she huffed in slight agitation.
"Fine, I'll play your little game." Gilda cleared her throat and leaned her chair back, laying her feet on the desk and balancing the chair on it's two feet. "So, what do you cherry-toppers want? Here to acuse me of something?"
"Well, I'm glad you asked, criminal scum. This here's my associate, private Twinkle-Toes, and I'm his partner Crooked Discord. Twinkle-Toes here is playing good cop and I'm playing socially awkward cop, see?" Discord pulls out an empty folder. "Now from the looks of your... file, this wouldn't be the first time you've been in the pokey. So, I'll allow private Twinkle-Toes to take the first shot because I'm socially awkward." Discord left the room and shut the door, leaving me with the one person who would probably kick my ass right here and now.
"Alright loser, this is how it's gonna go. I'm willing to make a deal with you, he has full proof that I did it so there's no use trying to bail me out but... Well, could you try and get him to lighten the punishment? I know that I've treated you like shit your entire freshman year but I'm only asking you this one favor, and in return I'll give you anything you want if I can get it." Well this is certainly a new one, I never would have expected her to start begging me of all people for a favor. She could have just threatened me and got what she wanted!
"Gilda, I... Alright, I have a plan, just follow my lead." She nodded and I cleared my throat. "Crooked, could you come in for a minute?" He entered, keeping a sharp glare for an odd reason. "It would seem that some new evidence has been discoved as of recent. Said evidence, unfortunately, has proven Miss. Gilda to be completely innocent."
"W-what!? That's impossible, I was at the crime scene when the foul deed was done!"
"Yes... You were, wern't you?" I then pointed at him. "It was you! Your the one who comitted the act!" Discord flinched back and I retracted my arm, strokeing my chin in contemplation. "You claim that you witnessed such a crime, but you fail to say that anyone else was also present, leaving you to be an additional suspect. You also claim that she has been here more than once, correct? Well, in almost every case involving her there have been no other witnesses besides you, sounds a little fishy if you ask me."
"What are you getting at, private?"
"What I'm saying is that you've had it out for the poor girl this whole time! You framed her thinking the cop act would get you off scot-free!"
"I... B-but how did you figure it out!?"
"Simple, who's the one who listens to the police tapes every night? That's right, me! I knew you were a fraud from the moment I worked with you, and all I had to do was wait for you to slip-up." I grabbed his wrist. "Discord, your days of hoodwinking are over, you are under arrest!" I dragged him into the closet and shut the door, he shouted from behind it.
"You may have won this time, but this isn't the last you'll ever hear of me! I will have my revenge!"
"Tell it to the judge, turn-coat!" I opened the door to his office and Gilda and I walked out, she turned to me while rubbing her arm bashfully. "Um... Thanks, I guess... So, what do you want?"
"Hmm... Anything I want, huh?"
"Keep your mind outta the gutters, loser, now tell me what you want before I decide for you!"
"... How about this." I held out my hand to her. "I don't really know why you beat me up every day but I don't like it, so-"
"So you just want me to stop beating your ass? Consider it done!"
"I wasn't finished, and your only half right. Yes I want you to stop bullying me but not because I tell you to, I want you to stop because I want to be friends with you. I know it's a bit sudden but this isn't you, I've known you since kindergarten and you were never the type to bully others."
"... Yeah, your right, this isn't me..." She huffs and looks away from me, an indifferent gaze settled on her face "Things change, Anon, and I changed the day that people stopped caring." She turned to the left and looked out the window. " Do you remember that day, Anon? The day when everyone would graduate and move onto high school?" She looked back at me without turning her head away from the window, a small smile on her face. "I was so exited to finally be in high school, but when I found my friends...Not a single one of them remembered me, let alone cared, they were too busy with their boyfriends to ever hang out with me anymore, they said that only little kids hang out with friends... "Her face went from indifferent to sad, then she looked downward. "I got depressed for a while after that, but one day it finally hit me... It doesn't matter whether or not you make friends here, because in the end, they only care about themselves... Eventually, you just gotta learn how to toughen up..." She turned away from me, hiding her face from me. "So that the heart-ache doesn't hurt as much if it happens again..." The atmosphere grew heavy as I took in this knowledge, this girl was just left to fend for herself with no one to help her! But then I started to hear a soft whimper followed by light tapping from Gilda. at first I didn't believe it, but my suspicions were confirmed when I saw small droplets splash onto the floor.
Gilda was crying...
"Gilda, anybody who abandons a friend because they would rather be with their boyfriend isn't a friend to begin with... Friends stand side-by-side and protect each other from the darkness of this world, friends are loyal and stick together through thick and thin, friends laugh when you screw up but stare down anyone else who laughs at you, friends pick out ridiculously stupid Halloween costumes and make each other wear them so they can mock each other for amusement! But, above all else," I turned Gilda so she would face me and hugged her, she was speechless. "Friends support each other when they're hurt, and are always there to lend a shoulder to cry on." Gilda didn't say a word, but her whimpers grew a little louder. "It's okay Gilda, I'm here for you." I could tell that Gilda was desperately fighting back her tears, but it was a losing battle. Soon, the dams broke and she quickly returned the hug, muffling her crying with my shoulder. I petted her head and held her close as she cried the loneliness away, giving her constant vocal support. "Shh... It's okay, Gilda, let it aaall go." Her hug started to tighten as time went on, it hurt but I bared with it, she really needed something to squeeze the life out of right now. After a few minutes of crying and releasing her pent-up tears, Gilda regained her posture and cleaned her face, looking away from me.
"This never happened, got that!?"
"Don't worry, this stays between us...and Gilda?" She turned to me and I smiled. "If you ever need anything, let me know." I turned around so I could walk back to class.
"W-wait, Anon." I stopped and turned my head, she was figeting a little and looking away. "C-could I... Have another hug?"
I was honestly surprised by the request, in truth I actually hesitated to go through with the first hug because I thought she would kill me if I did that, but now she's actually asking to be hugged? Well I wasn't one to turn down a friend in need. "Sure, I don't mind." She ran up to me and hugged me, her sudden speed surprised me but I hugged her back. This hug was different from the last one, rather than Gilda just smothering me in her arms this was a hug of affection, warm and gentle rather than completely forced.
"Anon?"
"Yeah?"
"Why? Why do all this for me? All I've ever done is make you miserable, yet you help me when I need it most... Why?"
"Anyone can learn to forget, but only a friend can forgive... We are friends, right?"
"... Yeah, we're friends...Anon."
(End of Flashback)
"Ah, the memories... Wait a second... " That's when I realized something, Discord had set us up that day! He played along with me because he knew that I would try to help get Gilda out of his office and make amends with her! "Discord... You clever, clever nut. You knew the whole time that pairing me up with Gilda would make her good again..."
"Psst! Anon!" I turned my head and saw Ditzy Doo whispering to me. "I forgot my homework, can I copy yours?"
"Again?... Oh, fine, here." I handed her my homework and she smiled, taking my paper and quickly copying down the answers.
"Thank you!" she whispered, I nodded and took my paper before the teacher saw. Ditzy had blonde hair and gray skin and a strange eye condition that made her eyes go in separate directions, now it wasn't creepy when they spaced out, in fact it was kind of adorable, especially when they spaced out while she was doing her thinking face. Now I'll admit that she wasn't the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, but her drive to learn was admirable, even if most of it goes into one ear and out the other. Besides, who could say no to Ditzy?
I looked to the clock and saw that it was almost time to go, it couldn't have been that quick, we haven't even began today's lesson yet! Not that I'm complaining, of course, but Miss Cheerilee was no slouch, she would always get us through and do a damn good job at it as well! I looked over to see if she had already taught the lesson but she was... gone? Yep, I completely forgot that she was out sick today, and in her place was a well known substitute teacher, the casual Mr. G. He had short, brown hair and white skin similar to Gilda's, he was also one of the few people I knew who wore glasses, the other being a girl named Rarity though I didn't know her to well. One of his signature trademarks was that no one knew what the G stood for in his name, but nobody ever bothered to ask him. His other trademark was that he was one of the most well known of the substitute teachers, especially by the girls because most of them faun over him for an unknown reason. He does literally nothing to attract them but still manages to infatuate them! Now I've known the guy for a few years and I can honestly say that he wasn't the kind of guy to intentionally attract women, especially teenage girls. Hell; me, him, and Button sometimes play Team Fortress 2 together and I asked him about it, but even he has no idea how he does it! He did mention overhearing a conversation from a group of girls and one of them said he has a cute butt.
How the hell does a man have a cute butt!? Seriously, how the hell does something manage to be cute when it literally smells like ass!? Normally I'd just blame it on women and their lack of a proper instruction manual but maybe it's just me?... Nah, all of them are confusing as hell, and apparently they like cute butts... Of course I'll never know why, but that's the magic of it!
Riiiiing!
"And that's my que to leave." I gathered my things but before I could leave someone grabbed my shoulder. I turned my head and was met with one of the girls that was talking with Sonata, she had Purple hair tied in twin tails and had green streaks going down them. At this point I started to notice a pattern of streaks in women's hair but that's getting off topic. She had purple skin and an expressionless stare. She was honestly a little creepy but stoicism can me misjudged very easily.
"Hey, your Anon, right?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Do you know a girl named Sonata?"
"Yeah, I gave her a ride to school, why do you ask?" She didn't say anything else, but she leaned into my face and began humming a strange song. When she stopped she looked up and down my body, intrigued for an unknown reason. "Hmm... Interesting." She walked away, out the door and down the hall with the same expressionless face.
"What was that about?"
I went to get my stuff, once I had everything I noticed a necklace on one of the desks, it was a strange necklace with an ominous blood-red ruby in the center. I picked it up and examined it closer, it began to glow faintly. "What on Earth?"
Click
I looked to the door to see the strange girl, head leaning down and eyes looking up at me with a gaze that would frighten grown men. I could tell this girl was out for blood when she closed the door behind her and gave me a death stare that rivaled even Luigi's.
"Oh hey! Uh... This necklace wouldn't happen to be yours, would it?" She nodded, keeping eye contact unbroken. "Oh... Well, I figured it was yours so um... H-here?" I held out the necklace which she ripped from my open palm, she pocketed it and then cracked her knuckles.
"You really shouldn't go looking at other's possessions... The owner might get angry." She grabbed me by the shirt collar and threw me across the room with ease, I crashed into a desk, hitting my side on the edge of the desk. The pain was bearable but it felt as if I was hit by a sledgehammer, and the expression on my face showed it. "You need to learn how to respect other people's possessions, and I would be more happy to teach you." She grabbed the back of my head and slammed it into the chair of the desk, making me grunt in pain, then she leaned into my ear. "Step... by... step."
Now was my chance, I sucker-punched her in the face which caused her to flinch, then I kicked her in the shin and she fell to the floor, I grabbed my things and bolted out the door while she was down but was met by a new face. It was another girl with huge, orange curly hair that was held down by a black, spike-studded band and had orange skin, I recognized her as the orange girl who was talking with Sonata. She wasn't necessarily blocking the door so I slipped past her and ran off, I didn't even think about looking back, I was honestly afraid I would see those familiar angry eyes that nearly made me shit myself. I bolted into the girl's bathroom but I only hid behind the door, I know that it was a fight or flight situation but I had a reputation to keep clean, and the boy's bathroom was an obvious hiding spot.
"Where are you, Anon!? I gotta nice present for you!"
"Aria, please, your frightening the boy."
(So her name was Aria... But who's the other girl?)
"He knows to much, Adagio, he saw the magic in my necklace, he could blow our plans out of the water! Plus, he punched me and kicked my shin..."
"Relax... It won't matter either way, once we start our plan he will be putty in out hands along with everyone else in the school. As for the injuries he gave you I'd expect nothing less after you practically assaulted him for no reason."
(Adagio... Perhaps she's the brains of this 'plan'?... That doesn't matter at the moment, I need to warn Sonata and Gilda and... Well, everyone about this! Man, I just really hope these aren't Sonata's sisters, I really wanted to be friends with her... Yeah, they're more than likely her sisters, she was talking to them earlier...)
"Aria, you go on ahead, I'll watch for him here."
"Fine, but I get first blood with him, so don't hurt him until after I make him swallow his own teeth!" Aria stormed off and I heard footsteps approach my hiding spot... They moved right passed me and into the bathroom.
"Oh, I wonder where little Anon is hiding... Maybe..." I heard the repeating sound of the stall doors being forced opened, one by one. The repeated bangs eventually stopped after I heard confused grunt from Adagio. "Hmm... I could have swore he would be smart enough to hide in here... Maybe he really was stupid enough to try and hide in the men's restroom?" I heard a defeated sigh and footsteps starting to approach the exit, I actually fooled her!
guuurgle!
The footsteps immediately stopped right in front of the door, I had forgotten that this was my lunch period and my stomach had the balls to remind me of this at the worst possible situation. "Oh? Sound like someone skipped out on lunch."
(Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!) The door swung open and there was Adagio, I tried to shout but she covered my mouth.
"Shhh..." She kept her hand over my mouth and looked me over, smiling when she finished looking me over. "You know, your not too bad on the eyes now that I've gotten a better look at you..." She traced her finger over my chest, giggling to herself. "Nice body... Cute face..." She reached behind me and groped my butt, humming in satisfaction. "Your ass is nice and firm too, your practically the full package aren't you? Although, I wonder if you have any... Down-grades..."
(Did... Did she just theorize that I have a small penis from sexually assaulting me?)
"Hmm... Probably not, most good natured people have a decent package..." She leaned in close to me and I backed myself into the wall, she just giggled. "Your so cute when your frightened, I could just eat you up~!" She closed her eyes and started to hum the same tune that Aria had sung from before she was pissed. When the song ended she opened her eyes and gave me a puzzled look. "Well, that's rather strange. You should be on your knees begging to service me after hearing that..."
(Yes, an opening!) While Adagio was distracted I darted out the door and began running as fast as I could.
'Slam!'
I fell on my ass and rubbed my forehead, when I opened my eyes I saw Aria, unconscious with blood dripping from her nose. "Oh crap, I headbutted her hard... Shit, I gotta run!" So I ran once again, this time I was heading for the cafeteria so I could blend in with the crowd. "Dammit, where's Gilda when you need her, she could really help with back-up."
"Oh, Anon, please come back! I promise to keep Aria away from you if you do!"
"I'd rather fuck a porcupine than be in the same room with that psychopath!"
"Anon, she isn't that bad, she's just a little upset is all! I promise her grudge will pass!"
"Your damn right it'll pass, as soon as she put's me in a box six feet under a tombstone!" I bolted into the approaching crowd and put on my goggles, hiding among my peers. While she was searching through the crowd I managed to slip by her and ran for it. After I ran a few more minutes I could safely confirm that I lost her. "Finally, I thought she would never leave me alone..." I walked into the other bathroom and went to a stall, shut the door and dropped my pants, sighing as I finally had some time to relax. "Anon, what have you gotten yourself into this time?" I closed my eyes and used this time to rest, and shortly, I fell asleep in the can from the fatigue finally catching up to me...
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