Collection of failed Starts

Original Story

Darkness.....That's all I see.....

Silence........ That's all I here...

-Crack-

I flinch as the sudden sound wakes me and I whimper. I open my eyes to see, from my crib, that the night-side lamp was on the floor. And beside it is the limp form of my mother. Her magenta coat is stained red as the blood starts to pool around her. I  whine for her.

-Crack-

I jerk my head in the direction of the sound, just as my father collapses onto the floor beside my mother, and see a masked pony with dark cloths on, a black mane and tail to match, with a gun in his hoof. He is shaking. "I'm so sorry...." he says before he puts the gun to his head. I cry out.

-Crack-

I close my eyes just before he pulls the trigger. There is a thud. I keep my eyes closed, ignoring the sound, and I cry and black out...