Bittersweet Romance

Valencia, Spain. 18:29 PM. April 30th, 2013.

"Look, Sparkjump... we need to talk." A woman with black hair and light orange skin told Sparkjump, a teenage boy who had white coloured skin, dark brown eyes and black, slicked back hair, his face had frozen in fear of what would be coming out of the woman's breath.

"Y-yes mother...?" He asked her with a tone of worry, still waiting to hear whatever she had ready to tell him. "Did I fail an assignment? Is something wrong with family?" He asked once again, trying to see if anything he guessed was correct, but sadly he was incorrect.

"No, my dear, I am afraid this is a bit... worse. Now God knows how much you've been in that school, but I received a letter from there saying that the school would be shut down." Sparkjump nearly dropped to the ground, knowing that there was no other school that his parents were able to take him to, since all the other school were way too expensive or just not good enough. "Now your father and I shall try to search for anything maybe out of this state, but that can still work out for you." His mother said, trying to make the situation better, which seemed like so when Sparkjump gave a sigh of relief.

"Thank you so much mother, I guess I'll try to search as well, just to help with progress." His mother nodded him, as he rocketed to his room.

It was from this moment that it all went even more downhill...

"Alright. Milk, check. Eggs, check. 6L of water -why the heck so much though? - check. What else, what else?" Sparkjump was getting some things at a convenience store, as his mother requested him to run some errands. After a few moments a few masked people entered and shot up the place, including the clerk.

"EVERYBODY STAY THE FUCK DOWN AND NOBODY GETS HURT." The people on the ground dropped dead like fish out of water, while Sparkjump was forcefully thrown with them as well. The robbers seemed to have tripped the alarm, since sirens were heard later on. "OH SHIT, GET THE FUCK OUT NOW!" One of the robbers dropped the gun the clerk was shot with and left with the other one. Sparkjump rushed to the clerk to check if he was okay.

"POLICE, GET ON THE GROUND!" As officers stormed into the store, one of them restrained Sparkjump.

"Wait! he's injured! You need to call an ambulance!" Sparkjump screamed, an officer tried to check on the victim's pulse.

"This one is dead." The officer said, which prompted one of the cops restraining Sparkjump to talk to him.

"Well, pal, you're going with us to answer to this."

"NOOO!!"

It was two months since Sparkjump's school had shut down, and also a few weeks after the prison breakout, establishment he had been sent to after being framed for robbery and murder, there was nothing else for him to do, or nowhere else to go. All of the other school's were too expensive for him to pay, he requested his parents to see if anything outside the country popped up. During the search they found Crystal Prep Academy, and they got to transfer him there for the next year. Little did he know that it was going to be hell next year.

Crystal City, U.S.A. 6:50 AM. August 18th, 2014

Now in a completely new country, away from those closest to him, Sparkjump was now living by himself, his new school was quite far away from his house, so he obviously had to get up quite early every day to arrive early at Crystal Prep. He took the bus to get there, everything seemed silent when he finally had reached the building, no one seemed to be outside talking. He entered the building, just to lots of students inside, who quickly noticed him. However, instead of anyone greeting him, he received glares, and looks he wasn't feeling comfortable with. After a few weeks in there, it didn't take him long to realize that he was like there as a puppet, and he didn't take long either to meet a few friends who'd help him overcome the year, as well as having a very heated rivalry in there.

Crystal City, U.S.A. 6:39 AM. January 7th, 2015

"Alright, Winter break is over... let my time in hell continue." Spark said as he readied himself and put on his Crystal Prep uniform, after the Friendship Games the school became even more strict. "Crazy principal prefers rep over students' lives. Seriously what kind of hypocrite do you have to be to prefer having ye school's reputation all well and intact over having your students all safe and sound, pretty much tears yer rep apart if you ask me." He thought to himself, he was also sad to being unable to participate in the Games. "Though Indigo must feel good in whatever her new school is, after all this is just terrible. Next is Solar, may my main bro be happy as well in his new school."

Spark took his usual bus to the school, hoping he'd get his friends Indigo Zap's and Solar Eclipse's fate of getting expelled, but knowing his luck he'd be getting a slim chance for that to happen. The bus finally arrived at Crystal Prep, Spark got off it and walked towards the entrance he was greeted by his friends there, Lemon Zest, Sugar Coat, Sunny Flare, and Sour Sweet. Along with Lemon, Sunny, and Sugarcoat were their respective boyfriends Heavenly Quill, Lone Wolf and Rapid Shadow, all of them were only acquainted with him. Heavenly had faded green skin, white hair, and eyes he couldn't tell what color they were because of the glasses covering them. Rapid had midnight blue skin, flame orange hair, and magenta eyes and Wolf had blue skin, yellow eyes and white hair.

"Hello everyone, nice to see you..." Spark said in his usual calm and dejected tone as they all walked into the school.

Spark's moment of peace was quickly broken as he was met with Trenderhoof, the very person he wished the most tragic death upon.

"Trender..." Spark said, clearly angered at his presence.

"Oh Sparkjump... don't try to do anything funny, after all you remember the last time when Cinch called you up to her office, right? She said you couldn't "harm" anyone anymore or you would get expelled..." Trender said in a mocking tone, as well as some students behind him laughing.

"Because you're a girl and can't fight me properly so you instead go and run for the principal even if I did nothing but throw even a third-grader insult at you and make a big deal out of it." Spark retorted, he felt like it was the proper time to finally get himself off the school's record, he had been thinking about that for while, too. Nothing else could be done after the Games with most of the students' liberties taken away.

"That's right... I can have you taken out right now, just make myself look like the victim, blame you and that's it. Goodbye." Trender said with a menacing tone to Sparkjump, which only made him let out an evil grin.

"Well, if that's the case. Then why don't you go do it now, but this time you won't need to waste time..." Sparkjump paused and turned his back to Trender just for a moment to go back and straight punch him in the face. "... because I just made sure it was me for real." He retorted, his anger was present in his voice. He calmed down after a few seconds and turned to his friends.

"I need some time alone..." he said leaving the scene, waiting for his time to come.

2 hours later....

"So then there's the idiot who thinks that he's good enough to throw me a rock from a long range, when he does it, he misses by who know how much... then I go for the rock, and from the same distance I get to bonk him right in the nose!" Spark said, slightly laughing at the story he was telling his friends, before he could continue, everyone heard the P.A. System turn on, a signal Sparkjump would dearly love for the rest of the day.

"SPARKJUMP VOLT, TO MY OFFICE NOW!" Everyone heard and winced at the loud voice of the Principal, calling for Sparkjump, just like everyone surrounding him, Spark had a smug grin, for them it was because they didn't like him at all, and for him, he wanted to leave since the first 3 months.

Sparkjump had finally arrived at the Principal's office, just anticipating with emotion to be expelled. He entered and sat down in front of Principal Cinch's desk, with a very smug grin plastered on his face.

"Ugh... Sparkjump do you remember the last time you were in this office?" Principal Cinch asked Sparkjump with a menacing tone while staring down at his eyes.

"Of course I do, you said that the next time I harmed a student I would be expelled." He said keeping his grin on his face.

"Exactly, now well, do you have any reasons in your defense to let you stay in here? Trenderhoof came to me with his nose pouring out blood and told me it was you! Again!" Cinch bursted out in anger after the last sentence. "I can't keep students like you if they're going to ruin my reputation!" Spark's smile changed to a serious one as he knew it was going to be a long lecture. "I've been here for decades trying my best to keep this school's reputation - MY reputation - well and intact, only for students like you to just go in and destroy it!" She paced back and forth through the office.

"I thought that was gone long ago after the Friendship Games and your obsession for your rep, I mean, what was that stunt you pulled off at the Games?" Spark retorted, earning a death stare from the angered principal.

"How dare you to speak to me like that?! I am the Principal of this school and-"

"WELL IF YOU'RE THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL, YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED, SO WHY DON'T YOU EXPEL ME ALREADY? I DARE YOU, I DOUBLE DARE YOU TO EXPEL ME ALREADY!" He burst out in anger that not even the gods could handle.

Meanwhile at the cafeteria...

Everyone heard loud and clear the screams that Spark let out.

"Oh... no! It seems that Sparkjump wants to leave us already! I'll cut that Principal for believing Trender so many times." Sour Sweet said.

"Well, I doubt he's going to wish us any luck at all." Sugarcoat said.

Back to the office...

"WELL, ARE YOU GOING TO EXPEL ME?!" Spark continued his burst of anger. There was a moment of silence to let things calm down for a while. After that, Cinch continued.

"Alright, Sparkjump. You've been expelled from Crystal Prep Academy, I don't want to see you anymore on these school grounds." Cinch said calmly while Sparkjump left the office. As he exited the door he was greeted by his friends.

"I'm sure you heard my fit of rage." Spark said, while earning a nod from everyone.

"So how'd it go?" Lemon Zest asked him, which made Sparkjump smile.

"I'M OUT BABYYYYY! HELL YEAAAH!" Spark said as he pumped up his fist in happiness. He went to his locker and put all of his stuff in his backpack, now going to leave the front entrance of the school, he turned around to his friends and hugged everyone, including Quill, Rapid, and Wolf. He hugged Sour Sweet last and even lifted her up in the air a bit. "THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT! AND I WISH YOU LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVOURS!" He said as he walked out the door, contemplating the ambience of the outside of the school, he took a deep breath and literally walked home doing the Daniel Bryan YES! thing.

"Aww... that's another good friend gone... if he lifts me up like that again I'll cut him.

He finally arrived home and went to his room. He contemplated on where he should go next, he then remembered Canterlot High, it was Crystal Prep's rival school, he thought it could be nice, and set himself to work everything out.

Canterlot, U.S.A. 6:50 AM. January 8th, 2015

It was the first day at Canterlot High for Sparkjump. He had now transferred there after his first year and a half on Crystal Prep. The students around there were just too self-centered ,and he was usually just used as a tool to help others prevail, and though while he made it out well, he decided to go for CHS and hoped for a more friendly atmosphere. His clock hit 6:50 AM, and started sounding its alarm. He slowly woke up and then turned his clock's alarm off.

"Ugh... hope it's better in this new school. If not, then leaving home was a bad idea." he said to himself. All seemed well for him again when he found Crystal Prep's rival school, CHS. The day before, many thoughts were swarming his mind, so many that he was unable to concentrate for a few seconds. How was this new school going to be like? Were the students going to be hostile? If not, was he still going to be welcome there?He got up from his bed and did his morning routine: take a shower, brush teeth, and... wait, did they have a uniform there? He didn't recall they did so he went and picked his usual attire. However, since he knew it was his first day in a possibly more friendly school, he decided to go with another one of his outfits: a full burgundy suit with a blue tie, a white shirt underneath it, and black shoes."Perfecto. Gotta look good for the situation." he spoke to himself. "Okay so... shower, check. Teeth, check. Hair, check. Suit, check. Books, check. Alright, first day on Canterlot High, let's go." Checking everything was all done for him, he took his stuff and started walking to school, which fortunately for him, was close enough so he wouldn't get lost in the new city.He started to remember how his time in Crystal Prep went, it was pretty horrible for him, he barely managed to survive there with support from the only friends he made there, he had a lot of moments with them that made him very happy, but the rest of times were just unbearable, he'd be asked a lot of favors in exchange for nothing, he anyways would do them, but it still didn't take long for him to realize he was being used as a tool."Man, I hope they keep doing well, if anything I'll contact them from time to time to see how well they're doing, but for now let's hope what Canterlot High has in store for me. If it turns out better, well, then hopefully I will be able to leave all the sorrow away in the past, heh, maybe get a girlfriend... but nah, I've never been successful with ladies, so not even a chance. I doubt'd I could've worked out with Sour..." He spoke to himself as he walked to school.

"Ah, Canterlot High. I'll hope for the best for my family back in España, it feels like a clean slate here, just home by myself, and school, nothing else. Let's see how well I can do here in Canterlot High, I've heard it's very friendly, but I want to see for myself." He thought as he now was standing in front of his new school.