Beaten, bullied, cursed

It was after school at CHS, and Richard was alone in the auditorium. Or, at least he thought he was alone. When he popped a CD into a portable stereo and took a deep breath, six girls quietly walked in. They were going to set up for a rehearsal, but then they saw Richard, on stage with his eyes closed, and a song beginning to play. Richard had a glum look on his face. He began to sing to the song, Rainbow Dash knew this song all to well, It was numb written by linkin park.

"I'm Tired of being what you what me to be.... feeling so faithless, lost under the surface."

"I don't know what your expecting of me, put under the pressure, of walking in your shoes."

"Every step that I take is another mistake to you!"

"I've, become so numb! I can't feel you there!"

"I've become so tired! So much more aware!"

"I'm becoming this! All I want to do!"

"Is be more like me! And be less like you!"

"Can't you see that your smothering me!?"

"Holding to tightly! Afraid to lose control!"

"Cause every thing that you thought I would be, Is falling apart, right In front of you!"

"Every step that I take is another mistake to you! And every second I waste is more then I can take!"

"I've, become so numb! I can't feel you there!"

"I've become so tired! So much more aware!"

"I'm becoming this! All I want to do!"

"Is be more like me! And be less like you!"

"I've, become so numb! I can't feel you there!"

"I'm tire of being what you want me to be."

"I've, become so numb! I can't feel you there!"

"I'm tired of being what you want me to be."

Richard stopped singing as the song ended. The girls clapped, Richard jumped a bit. He laughed before taking a deep breath.

"Jesus, you scared me." He listened to the girls claps and wohoo's. "Thank you, your to kind." The other girls felt excited about him being a potential band member, but Rainbow couldn't help but feel that it was directed at someone. Richard walked up to them with a smile.

"Well ah'll be. You've got one heck of voice on ya Rich." Applejack said.

"Yeah he does! But hey, it seemed like that song was directed at someone, who was it directed at?" Rainbow asked. Richard smile fell and he scratched the back of his neck.

"I don't know, what ever deity is out there I guess."

"Why? Hasn't life gotten better for you?" Sunset asked.

"Not really, I still have to fight this thing for my sanity at night, I have to eat people's souls for what they have done, even if I don't want to."

"Wait, I thought you have control over this thing. Why do you have to fight it?" Rarity asked.

"The spirit of vengeance inside me is a sliver of my soul. Unfortunately, it's corruption is as infectious a cancer cell in a human body. It's slowly turning me, into what it previously was. I can't stop it, but I can prolong the enevitable." He said, dropping his eyes to the floor.

"How long do you have before you.... You know?" Rainbow asked.

"A month, give or take. I've been fighting it for about four months now. Sometimes I get little flare ups during the day, which tells me that the rider will be so strong, that he can walk in the daylight all the time. No other rider is capable of doing that. Some riders have transformed during the day, but for very short periods of time. Probably because they use so much energy to transform in daylight, but the rider... Or I guess I will be able to change effortlessly during the day. But I guess, this is the price of being an angle huh?" Richard said. Rainbow dash shed a single tear, she was grieving for the up coming loose of one of her friends. And to make matters worse, in his place will be a revenge driven monster.

She walked up and hugged him, and she hugged him tighter then she had hugged anyone before. She noticed Richards breathing changed, it was like he was quietly sobbing whilst hugging her.

"I can feel it coming, when I lay awake at night. It whispers things to me. 'Abandoned. Always alone. Never excepted. Thrown away. Broken. Trash. They hate you. They don't really want to be friends with you.' And you start to believe it, hoping that if you believe what it's saying, it will let you sleep. It's whispering right now. It's saying 'never except me. Always alone. Not one of them. Eat them. Destroy them. Make them pay.' And it just, doesn't, stop." He said through his sobs. He let go of Rainbow dash and fell to his knees, holding his head in his hands. "Get out of my head!" He shouted, followed by a short, unexpected chuckle coming from Richard. The chuckle sounded malicious, and creepy. His face wasn't visible because of his hair, which was hanging in front of his face. He began to sing something in a low, raspy tone.

"smiling wide, like you've been told a secret. Knew that you won't keep it."

"And to show you that I know you won't tell what I say, two can keep a secret if one of them is DEAD."

He stopped singing, and slowly looked up. He had a big grin on his face, his irises were an orange color and the whites of his eyes were as black as night. He began chuckling.

"I guess my estimate was a little.... OFF." He said, putting a growl into his voice to emphasize the word. He continued to chuckle.