Free Me From My Shackles

Chapters

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10 (VALENITES "SPECIAL")

Chapter 1

The scars on my right wrist have been there since I was twelve years old. I was bullied. People would cuss me out, beat me, and rob me of all I had valuable.But I was to nervous and afraid to actually defend myself...It was really bad at the time. And on top of that, my girlfriend was cheating on me. But that was five years ago. Now I'm seventeen. Let me introduce myself. I am Atlas. My family and I moved here because of closer family. My aunt, uncle and cousin live here. My cousin goes to this high school I will be starting. I wake up at around five thirty AM. My life is 50/50 if you ask me. I've tried to take my own life three times. Once when I was twelve, and once when I was fourteen, and once when I was fifteen. I've been really good at blocking out those thoughts. I honestly have to thank my phycologist, Black Rose. She helped a lot. I haven't had a single thought about killing myself since I was fifteen. I don't want to go to deep into details. I usually wear a watch over the scars.

Today is going to be different. We finished unpacking Saturday night, so most of the house was unpacked. I'd say around four fifths. I wake up to the sound of my alarm clock beeping. I tried turning it off, but was unable to do so. I sat up, and did a Taekwondo hammerfist upon it, witch broke it.. That woke me up. I got up, and looked around my room. My desk was by a window, blocking out the glare, and my bookshelf and red belt. were next to it. Iv'e been in taekwondo since I was six. My violin was in its case propped up against my backpack. My rifle was hung on my wall above my computer. I had a shotgun hanging on my wall. I gave the shells to mty dad. I didn't trust myself. I walked to my closet and put on a a white quicksilver shirt, and my black quicksilver jacket.. I put in some blue jeans and my combat boots. I went into the kitchen and made myself from eggs and then went to the bathroom to brush my teeth, and make my black hair a bit messier. Just the way I like it. I have red eyes and tanned skin. I would usually go to the gym with my dad also. I've been doing it since I was thirteen. So, yeah. I got dek guns. I still had about an hour before my dad had to drive me to school, because I would be getting a tour at a later time. In the meantime, I decided to play my violin. I took it out of its case. It was a Black violin, with a white bow. I've had it for a few months now. It was a birthday present. My birthday is Augest twenty sixth. An hour later, I heard my dads voice.

"Atlas! Get in the car!" My dads voice boomed through the house.

"Coming..." I said I have a mexican accent. Or hispanic. Whatever you want to call it.

I got into the car with my backpack on and my violin and its case in on the other seat. We got to the school, and I got out of the car. I walked to the front doors of the school as my dad drove off. There was a statue in front of the school, which looked pretty neat. I opened the doors to the school and walked inside. I walked into the office door and spoke to the Secretary.

"Hi. I'm Atlas. I'm a new student here." I said

"Hello, Atlas! How are you today? Let me log you into the system then I can prepare your schedule. In the meantime, feel free to sit down!" She said. After ten minutes utes of paperwork and waiting, the Secretary told me that my tour guide was on her way to give me the tour of the school. I waited in the foyer for about fifteen seconds, before a girl in a leather jacket with red and yellow streaked hair walked up to me from down the hall.

"Hi there! You must be the new guy." She said.

"Yeah. I'm Atlas. Moved here just a couple days ago." I said

"It's nice to meet you, Atlas. I'm Sunset Shimmer. You will love it here! Ready to start the tour?" Asked Sunset.

"Yep."

We walked down the right hall, passing classrooms in the way.

"This is the elective ward. The teachers try there best to keep there elective periods one period after another. Except Gym, Band, Choir, and Orchestra. So they don't have to go all the way around the school. Makes them late if we don't." She said.

We got to the end of the hall, and made a left. Down this hall, there were only five double doors. In the first one we passed, we saw a pretty large room, with students sitting with brass and woodwind instruments. The band room. The band conductor was passing out sheet music.

"This is the Fine arts ward. This is where the Band, Orchestra, Choir, Ensemble and Art classes take place." Explained Sunset.

In the second classroom, it was slightly smaller and the conductor was waving his stick in the air, acting as a metronome. The students where playing Violins, violas, Cellos, and Contrabass. Except three in the left corner. One was playing a Harp, the other two playing Lyres. The third one was the smaller. There were desks in the corner and risers with about fifty students in the other. They were all singing. This was obviously the choir room. The fourth room was the smallest. There were kids in desks painting or sketching. Obviously art. The fifth room was a bit larger then the choir classroom. It had a piano in it, some Amps in it, and guitars in cases there. It also had seats and stands. This was the ensemble room. It was also empty.

We took another right. There were many many classes and lockers here.

"this is the basic ward. This is where the math, English science, and geography classes take place." She explained.

We got to the end of the hall, also the foyer.

"Oh, and the class over there is gym." Sunset pointed to our right. There were people working out in there, duh.

"This is the Library, and the cafeteria." Sunset pointed to the other direction and to my seven ó clock.

"Well that concludes our tour. You will be heading to your...still first hour. If you need any help, just let me know during lunch. I will be happy to help! Oh, and if you signed up for a locker, they are larger on the inside. Have a great day!" Sunset said before walking away.

"Thank you, Sunset!" I called out. She turned around, smiled and and thanked me also. A bit confusing, but oh well. I took a look at my schedule.

First period: English-rm 120

Second period: geography-rm 150

Third period: science-rm 100

Fourth period: math-rm 140

Fifth period: Advanced Orchestra-210

Sixth period: ensemble-230

After memorizing his schedule, he walked to his first hour room and knocked on the door. He was greeted by a women in her mid thirties with pink skin, and purple hair.

"Hey. I'm Atlas, your new student." I said.

"Hello, Atlas! I'm Mrs Harshwhinny. Welcome to CHS! Please, come in!" She said. I walked into the class. Everyone was staring at me.

"Class, today we have a new student. Please, introduce yourself, Atlas." Said Mrs Harshwhinny.

"Hey. I'm Atlas. I'm seventeen years old. I like anime, music, Call of Duty, and Michael Bay movies." I said. Everyone greeted me with kind "hello"s or "wasup?"

"Anyone have any questions for him?" Asked Mrs Harshwhinny. A girl in a white and purple dress raised her hand

"Yes, Octavia?" Asked Me Harshwhinny.

"Are you in Orchestra?" Asked Octavia. She had a (British) accent.

"Yep. Violin." I said.

A guy with white hair and a black trenchcoat raised his hand.

"Yea?" I asked

"What's your favorite anime?" He asked

"Attack on Titan" I answered.

"YEAH!" shouted a Very bulky dude.

"Bulk, please!" Said Mrs Harshwhinny.

A girl with mint green skin and amber-gold eyes raised her hand.

"Lyra?" Mrs Harshyhinny acknowledged.

"What's your sixth hour?" She asked. the girl was beautiful. She was wearing a pink top and purple boots and blue shorts. A necklace of a Lyre hung around her neck. Her hair was a light shade of turquoise with a white streak going down it. She's Beautiful... I thought. Then I noticed the seat next to hers was empty. Perfect.

"Ensemble." I answered. She fist bumped into the air. That made me smile. Wow. Haven't done that in a while.

After a few more questions, the teacher had to have me take a seat. "You can sit by...Mrs Heartstrings." Said Mrs Harshywhinny. She pointed to Lyra. The desk to my right was hers, and my left was the guy with the trenchcoat. She gave me a small wave and a smile. I walked over to the desk to her right and pulled my thick English binder from my bag.

"alright class. Please turn to page one hundred and fifty two in your textbooks, and read the first ten paragraphs and right a summary on a sheet of paper." Said Mrs Harshwhinny.

I looked in my bag to see if I had one, obviously not. "Psst" I heard someone say. Lyra taps my on the shoulder and I turn to face her. She points to the floor and gives me a wink. There is the textbook on the floor below my chair. I smile at her and nod thank you to her. I open my textbook and read. Time passes, and the bells ring. I walk out of the class with everyone else, but am stopped in the hallway when Lyra taps me on the shoulder.

"Hey! Sorry I didn't get to introduce myself yet. I'm Lyra. Lyra Heartstrings. I'm the first chair Lyre in our Orchestra. It's nice to meet you!" She says.

"Hey, Lyra. I'm Atlas. It's very nice to meet you. I was second chair violin at my other school." I say.

"That's awesome! Hey um, I've got to get to my class. It was nice meeting you!" She says before walking away.I walk to my next class, but the guy with the trenchcoat walks up to me.

"You're going to like it here. A lot of crazy stuff has happened here. My name is Apollo. Nice to meet you" He says.

We shake hands. We talk about our interests until I walk into my second period class. I introduce myself to the other students. And do the classes. And stuff. Lyra, her friends Bon Bon, Roseluck, Vanquisher, Sharpshooter, and Sparkplug sit with me at lunch. After fourth hour ends, I walk to the orchestra room.

"I hope I enjoy this."... I say with a smile As I walk through the double doors

Chapter 2

I walk through the double doors, and I try to find the director. I spot him sorting some papers.

"Sir? Oh, hello, I'm Atlas. Your new student." I said. The Director was a man with starch white hair and blue skin. He wore a button up shirt with jeans. He was in his mid forties.

"Why hello, Atlas! I'm Mr. Crescendo, I'm the Orchestra Director. Please, wait up here with your instrument while I tell everyone and find you a seat. About two minutes later, everyone is seated while Mr Crescendo is telling the students about me. While we are doing questions, I catch Lyra's eye and wave at her. She is sitting behind Octavia. I wave at her too. There are about thirty Violins and then fellows and seven contrabass. Twenty four violas and fifteen violoncellos. And there is a harp and three Lyrists, Lyra being first chair. I get seated, in the last chair though.

"its not permanent. Just until you get a chair test." Says Mr. Crescendo. As he passes my the sheet music that I didn't have before. I flip through the sheet music and I almost smile when I see 'Canon in D' as one of them. And that's when I had a good Idea to show off my skills.

"Mr Crescendo? Is it okay if I do my chair test right now?" I ask. He looks around and shrugs. He picks up a clipboard. "Sure! Which song?" He asks. "Canon in D" I say.

Everyone turns there head to me,listening.

"You sure?" He asks.

"Positive I reply. I pick up my violin and begin to play. I play the song fluently and perfectly. I finish, and everyone is staring at me, wide eyed, and shocked. Lyra is silently clapping for me.

"first chair. Congratulations. Best playing I've heard in a long time. For a violinist, at least." He says, teasing the other violists.

When class is over, most of the orchestra members all up to me to congratulate me, or hear it again. Some gave me their phone numbers and so I made new friends there. Like Octavia, and Mind Bender.

"That was amazing playing, Atlas!" Said Lyra.

"Thanks. You did a nice job on your solo!" I said. We played a song called Drums of Corona, and she had a solo.

"That was bloody awesome!" Said Octavia. We walked to our sixth hour together, witch was basically a place to practice music. Like a free hour, on steroids.

"Is the piano off limits?" I ask one of the guys there.

"Nah. Go ahead if you want." He said.

"I don't play. Just curious." I say. He chuckles. About ten minutes later, people were gathered around to listen to me play Canon in D. Later, I see Lyra sit on the pianos seat. I ready my violin. She plays a (treble clef). D,A,B,F# and G that's when I recognize what she's playing. I begin to join in on her song. We finish, and everyone claps. Lyra runs up to me and gives me a high five.

"Nice job man!" She says.

"Thanks. Piano isn't my stronghold. But that was brilliant." I compliment. Lyra pulls a price of paper out of her pocket and hands it to me. It's her phone number. Octavia hands me hers and so do other people. I spent the rest of the day talking to my new friends I made in one period. Surprising. And this was my first day! I'm going to like this school.

I was on my bus that takes me to my street in my neighborhood. I sit down in an empty seat towards the back of the bus. A few seconds pass, and i'm already bored. I pull out my phone and start listening to Guren No Yumiya, while looking out the window at the school. I suddenly start thinking about bad things. The day my dog died when I was seven. the day I tried killing myself, for the first time. And she cries of my mother and father in the waiting room, crying because they thought I might not live. About fifteen seconds pass, and I feel a tap on my shoulder. I pause my music and take our my earplugs. I turn to face to person who tapped my shoulder and Lyra Heartstrings is standing there, with a smile on her face.

"Hey, Atlas! Mind if I sit with you?" She asks.

"Hey, Lyra. Sure. Come,sit down!" I say, smiling weakly. Her smiling, happy expression suddenly becomes a look of worry and concern.

"Atlas? Is something wrong? Are you okay?" She asks. I turn to face her.

"Everything is fine. I just suffer Manic depression." I say. Her expression turn into one of sadness and worry.

"Seriously? Are you okay? Can I help you in anyway?" She asks. I think for a moment.

"Well, it would be nice to tell me some happy things or experiences you've had. Her expression becomes happy, and eager.

"Well, the last couple years have been magical. Quite literally. A couple years ago, one of the students here, a bully, Sunset Shimmer, well she isn't a bully now. Now she's like she nicest one here. Anyway, she tried taking over the world with us. She used some magical crystal and used it to turn into a succubus and Mind controlled all of us but the rainbooms, and-" she continued telling me about the past couple years. She finished about five minutes later.

"Wow. She gave me the tour, this morning. Sunset Shimmer."

Lyra looked confused. "Wait? You actually believe me?" She asked.

"Yeah. I've seen crazier." I said. I felt better now.

"Lyra? Are we friends?" I asked.

"Of course we are!" She said, obviously. I smiled.

"Thank you." I said. When it was my stop, she got out to let me through, and waved goodbye to me. I did the same. I got off the bus and walked home.

I unlocked the front door and walked inside my house. I shut it and locked the door behind me. I walked into my room, and later on my bed. I pulled out my phone and the prices of paper with Lyra's number, email, and the other peoples contact info. I made their contacts.After I made Octavia's number, I texted her saying it was me. I saved the best for last. I finally finished typing in Lyra's number and texted her.

Hey. This is Atlas. I said.

Hey, Atlas! What's up? She replied.

Nothing much. You? I asked.

Just listening to music and texting you. How was your first day of school? She replied.

Good I answered.

Um...I noticed something on your wrist when we were on the bus. I didn't mention it then with all the people around all of the other people but what is it? She asked.

Scars. It's a rather emotional story... But if you really want to know, I tried to commit suicide five years ago. Bullying and cheating girlfriends make you do crazy things...I'd rather not talk about it... I answered.

Oh...my gosh. I'm so sorry. Whatever those bullies did should pay for it and for your ex, she is bad. Very bad. I'm so so sorry that had to happened to you. If I were there at the time, I would've done anything to prevent that. I'm so sorry.......she said.

After some more talk, about our interests and stuff like that, she had to leave. I sat down in front of my PC which had a tv for a monitor, and started playing Gmod. After fifteen minutes of killing Combine soldiers, Zombies and Headcrabs, my phone rang. Expecting to see Lyra's contact, I see Octavia's. her text said

Hey, Atlas. Whats up? Listen, I hope you aren't mad with Lyra, but she just told me about your wrist. she hasn't told anyone else. I want to say that that shouldn't have happened to you. From what I know, you're a nice guy who shouldn't be treated to where he wants to kill himself. Its all going to be okay. We are going to be good friends hopefully.

Chapter 3

I had just got off the phone with Summer Breeze. She called to tell me that she loves me. How sweet.I set my phone down on my nightstand and continue reading. My phone rang again. i pick it up again. I don't recognize the number. the message say's

'I hope you f*****g kill yourself! you suck, and no one loves you.Just die already!'. I am pained by these words. I retaliate.

'For 1, I have a girlfriend. She loves me, at least. and two, me having manic depression does NOT make me suck.' I texted back.

'the one that's cheating with you with Lightning Shard, Summer Breeze? Pfft. She doesn't love you. She never did. It was all out of pity. She started dating Lightning shard a week after she started dating you, Loser. Like I said, nobody loves you.' he or she replied.

'F**k you' I replied. I blocked the number. I called Summer Breeze. She picked up the phone two seconds later.

"hey, babe? Whats going on?" asked Summer.

"I cant believe you. Cheating on me?" I said

"Meet me at the park in five minutes." She said. She hung up.

I got to the park five minutes later. Summer was there with someone else. He looked about thirteen. They noticed me. Summer approached me first.

"I can explain At-" she tried.

"You don't need to. I see how it is. you never loved me. It was him the whole time..." I said.

"You're wrong! I did at one point! I loved you! I only dated you out of pity, but when I started realizing that I had actual felling for you, Lightning came along and showed me how stupid and pathetic you were, and how he was better than you!" She said. tears were streaming from her face. Lightning walked over to me with his arm around Summer.

"You made my girlfriend cry. you are going to pay..." He said.

"you're all pathetic." I said.

"GO F*****G KILL YOURSELF!" screamed Summer.

"Fine. I will." I said. I started walking home. About five seconds later, I heard-

"Wait! Don't!" screamed Summer. I continued. walking home. I when I got home, I shut and locked me front door. I got a kitchen knife from the knife drawer. I sat on my floor, put the knife one my wrist, and made the first cut. I terrible scream Came from my mouth as I cried. My window was open. I could smell the fresh air.Thar was good... I looked at my wrist, It was covered in blood. I pout the knife near the cut, and made two more. The next scream was louder and worse then the first.

I woke up in a hospital bed. There were two cords up my nose and My wrists had some bandages on them.. There was a blood bag with a cord that went into my left wrist. The uncut one. A nurse was sitting down with a clipboard in her hand. She was looking at me.

"where am I?" I asked.

"Manehatten Medical center. The hospital." she said. You tried to kill yourself. Your dad walked into your room to tell you dinner was ready. When he saw you, he screamed with agony and called the police. you lost a fair amount of blood. You should be out of here in two weeks." Explained the nurse.

"can I call my dad?" I asked. The nurse handed me a telephone.

"thank you" I said. Two seconds later, My dad picked up.

"hello?" he asked.

"hey dad...Its Atlas. I'm awake..." I said.

"you're going to give me the full truth on what you did and why you did it right now!" he said.

"...Summer...She was cheating on me. she never loved me. it was all him. I wasn't good enough... She told me to kill myself. then she said not to." I tried to."

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Another nightmare. Why do I always have to relive that moment? A months have passed since his first day at CHS, and it was now January, 2016... all was well for me. I checked my grades daily, and they were pretty good. I sat with my friends at lunch, and we talked about mostly airsoft, guns, music, or Sci Fi stuff. I was really having a good time.

In orchestra, last Wednesday, a Contrabassist, Steady Beat, opened his case for his instrument, to find it a black instead of brown. We were all baffled by this. Especially Steady Beat. Not only did he find his Bass like that, but he also found the sheet music to Paint it Black in his case too. Some of the students kept bombarding me with questions about it, because my Violin was black. They thought I did it. Lol, nope.

Today was Friday. Probably my favorite day. I set an alarm clock in my phone, because I stabbed the other one. I sit up in my bed, and get out of it. I get into my usual clothes. A quicksilver shirt, jeans and jacket. As usual. I walked into my kitchen, to find my dad flipping pancakes on our stove.

"smells good." I comment.

"Thanks. Yours are ready. Don't want to miss the bus, do we?" He replied

I respond by sitting down and eating. Afterwards, I go into the bathroom to brush my teeth and 'do' my hair. When I finish, I grab my backpack and violin and head out the door. I wait for five minutes and the bus arrives. It also get a bunch of leaves blown into my face..

"I'm so glad it's fall" I say sarcastically under my breath as I get on the my bus. On the next stop, I feela tap on my shoulder and I already know who it is.

"You don't have to tap every time, you know. You are my best friend. You don't have to ask." I say as Lyra sits down, smiling.

"Well, you know me. Better safe then sorry." She jokes.

"Why would you be sorry?" I ask.

"I would make sure that it's okay before I just go ahead and help myself." She jokes back.

"A cute girl like you doesn't need to ask." I say. Then I noticed what I said. Lyra blushes a deep crimson.

"Did you just call me cute?" She asks. I liked her. She was an awesome friend. I had kept it from her. We have known each other for about six weeks now.

"Yes..." I said, looking away. Also blushing. Slightly!

"Hey, its okay. Cutie!" She retorts. We both blush. She blushes more, though. We reach the School ten minutes later.

LYRAS POV

I was happy. Atlas called me cute! This was one of the nicest things he has ever said to me. I hope he likes me...I like him. More then just a friend though. I walk into first period, glancing at Atlas, and blushing slightly. My friend Bon Bon notices and shoots me a glance that's like. Ooooh! She likes the new guy.

TIME SKIP TO LUNCH

(Still Lyra 's pov)

Atlas wasn't at our table yet. Thank gosh, because Bon Bon was yapping on about me liking him.

"You like him! You know you do!" Says Bon Bon.

"So what if I do?" I reply.

"Ask him out!" Says Bon Bon.

"I don't know if he likes me! But he did call me cute this morning." I say.

We are both interrupted when Octavia comes and sits down with her friend, ShadowBolt, a student who came from Crystal Prep.

"Hey guys. What's going on?" she asks.

"He's coming!" Hisses Bon Bon. Atlas is walking to us holding a Trey of Salisbury steak and other kinds of food.

"Yo." He says. We all greet him with a sups or hi's. We start talking about random stuff and then Atlas's friends like Steady Beat, Bioshock, Apollo, and Firefight came over. They start talking about Call of Duty while me and the girls talk about random stuff.

TIME SKIP 5TH PERIOD. ATLAS POV

I walked into the orchestra room with my violin. I sit down and open it up. I pull out my violin and the sheet music to paint it black.

"What the hell!?!?", I shout. Every one looks at me with confused looks. I hold up the sheet music. Everyone is like "oooh". A violist pulls out a new black viola and the sheet music also. More gasping and oohs. When we are all seated by Mr. Crescendo. He walks put of the classroom and comes back I. With the Band director, Mr. Forte. Her shows him the sheet music and the black Bass and Viola.

"Funny. The same things are happening in the band room. A Black Euphonium, Trumpet, and Flute. They have the sheet music too. This is odd..." he says.

We finish fifth period, and me and my friends walk to the ensemble room. I play the sheet music to paint it black. The sheet music is taped to the guitars. All of them. And the piano has it too.

"This is so strange!" Says Poco Mino, another violinist. We play some random music, like Paint it Black (some of us), Drums of Corona, and I play Guren No Yumiya.

School is over, so I go to my bus. Lyra Is in our usual seat. I tap on her on the shoulder.

"Can I sit here?" I ask playfully. She nods and I sit down. I pull out my phone because it vibrates. Its my friend from Manehatten, Ghost.

"Hey, Man! Hows Canterlot? everything all right?" asks Ghost.

"yeah. I'm actually first chair violin" I say.

"Nice! hey, um I have some news about Summ-" Ghost is cut off.

"I don't want to hear ANYTHING about her." I say.

"but-"

"please, Ghost. Lets just pretend she doesn't exist... You know I'm very sensitive about that topic..."

"Sorry man..." says Ghost.

"It's okay...Have you seen the new Star Wars Movie?" I ask.

"nope. Is it good?" asks Ghost.

"Yep. My phone is about to die. see ya!" I say. I hang up.

I look at Lyra. We know each other so well...I have small crush on her... I don't know if she feels the same way, Though...

The next day at lunch, I have nowhere to sit... All but one of the table are full. A guy with grey skin and black hair with a basketball with a music note on it motions me to come to his table and sit down. I take a seat.

"You must be Atlas. I'm Clyde." said Clyde

"hey" I replied.

"I'm Fang. Nice to meet you." said a guy with brown skin, red eyes, and black hair. he had a metal canine tooth.

"sup" I say.

"hello. The name is Zero." says a guy with grey skin, black hair and yellow eyes.

"its a pleasure" I reply.

"hi. I'm Shard Storm." He said. He had Peach skin, Orange hair and eyes, and a black jacket.

"nice to meet you" I said.

"Hey. I'm Mise." said a guy with black chefs coat, sleek black hair and black Pants.

"sup" I say.

"Hi. I'm soul" said a guy with white hair and a white goatee.

"howdy. I'm Atlas. Its a pleasure to meet you all." I say as I sit down. We start talking about our interest and what we like. They also give me there phone numbers. We eventually start talking about girls.

"so, Atlas. Any crushes yet?" asked Soul.

"I think so." I said. they all looked at me eagerly.

"Lyra Heartstrings" I said.

"Nice! I hear she is first chair Lyre." says Fang.

"Yep. I'm first chair violin!" I say.

Lunch ends, and we all walk to our classes. In Orchestra, two cellos and ten violins are black and have the sheet music. Four violas get the instruments and music as well.

Chapter 4

The pills taste terrible. But, I have to take them, no exceptions. I washed it down with a little bit of some water. This evening if like most of them. go home, do homework if I have any, play Gmod, text friends, eat dinner, brush teeth, go to bed. Today was kind of different. I got home to see a box of my doorstep. I walk up to it. I see it has my name and address on it.

"What the h**l?" I ask myself. I pick up the box and tuck it under my arm. I pull out my house key and unlock my door. I stow it away in my jacket, walk inside, and shut and lock the door.

"Hey dad! I got a package!" I yell across the house.

"Go ahead and open it. Oh, and you didn't need to shout." my dad says. He was on the couch, watching football.

"Sorry." I say. I head into my room, and shut my door. I put my backpack on the floor by my closet and sit at my desk. I put the box on my desk and pick up my Leatherman multi-tool. I unsheathed the knife to it, and cut the tape on the box. I open it up and pull out it's contents. I pull out a container filled with about ten thousand transparent green Airsoft BB's. There is a card in the box as well. I pull it out and open it up

Merry Christmas, Atlas! Kick some a**! ~Uncle Foxtrot

"Hey dad! Uncle Foxtrot sent me ten thousand airsoft BB's for christmas!" I shout from my room. I hear my dad clapping. No clue why. After throwing out the box and putting the ammo on the shelf, I put the card on top of my PC and lay on my bed. I pull out the sheet of notebook paper with the gangs (all the POME OC's) numbers on it. I make all of them there contacts and text them individually telling them its me. As soon as I finish, my phone starts getting loads of texts. I open my Messages app to see I'm in a group chat. everyone is talking to eachother on it, so I decide to join in.

"YO GUYS WASUP" I say.

"hey, Atlas! whats going on?" asks soul.

"wait is this the new guy?" asks some one I dont know, judging by their number.

"Yes, Treble. But please, stay calm." Says Mise.

"Yes, please..." says Zero.

"YO MAN WASUP? I'M TREBLE! I'M PRETTY BIG AROUND HERE. It'S NICE TO MEET YOU! HOWS LIFE GOING? I HEARD YOUR AN AMAZING VIOLINIST. THAT'S COOL. I MAKE REMIXES!" say's Treble.

"Yo, man. I'm Punk! Nice to meet you!" says a not so anonymous number. I quickly make their contacts. I get back in the chat a minute later.

"Hi Atlas. I'm Night. It's a pleasure to meet you." says another not so anonymous number.

"Yo. I'm Warhawk. Nice to meet you" says yet another not so anonymous number. After more talk from the four new friends and others, we give each other our Skype usernames and we get online. When I finally connect, I see the faces of the four others I didn't know until just a few minutes ago.

"Yoooooo! Atlas!" says a guy with white skin, blue eyes, and spikeyish hair.

"Hey Guys..." I said.

"This must be Atlas. Pleasure. I'm Warhawk." said a guy with green skin, a faint moustache and beard, brown hair, and red eyes.

"Hello Everyone!" I said, leaning back.

"Sup Atlas. I'm Night." said a a guy with Lavender skin and burgundy hair.

"I'm Punk. Sup" said a guy with black skin, hair, and black eyes.

"Howdy." I say.

"So, Atlas...Whats going on?" asks Clyde.

"Nothing much. How about you guys?" I ask.

"just finished homework a few minutes ago. Now I'm talking with you guys!" Said Soul.

"I'm not doing much right now. Just finished cooking." said Mise.

"Just polishing my sword..." Said Shard Storm, casually.

"I'm Talking to you guys on a flatscreen tv!" said Treble. After lots of more talk, I had to leave. We said our farewells, and so did I. I disconnected, and went into the kitchen to help my dad with Dinner.

Friday

As I walked into my first hour, sat down and waited. I feel a tap on the shoulder, and turn to see Lyra sitting in her seat.

"Hey!" she says.

"sup." I say.

"So, I was wondering ...do you think that I am a good friend?" asked Lyra. the way she was looking at me made me think af how beutiful she was. those gold eyes, that bueatiful face...Would not be surprise if she's taken...I snapped back into reality.

"No. I think you are an amazing friend." I say. She blushes at this.

"Thank you...so sweet..." she says, making me blush SLIGHTLY. Class begins, and we get to work.

Meanwhile...

Sunset waited by the front doors of the school, waiting for the new student. suddenly, as she is checking her watch, the doors swing open, and in steps a student Sunset has never seen before.

"Hi there! you must be the new student. I'm Sunset Shimmer. Nice to meet you! she says. The girl steps forward and offers her hand.

"Hello there, Sunset. I am Summer Breeze."

"Hello there, Summer. Ready to start the tour?" asks Sunset.

"Yep!" says Summer.

Chapter 5

Still Friday

As I walked into the cafeteria, I get my food and sit down with the gang. I notice someone I didn't remember seeing or talking to yesterday. he had dark blue skin,White hair, and blue eyes.

"Hello there. I'm Arrow. You must be Atlas. Nice to meet you." said Arrow. He pulled out a piece of paper that had his number on it and handed it to me.

"Thanks, Arrow. I'm Atlas. Pleased to meet you." I said. Then We are all talking about the new star wars movie but then Soul brings up a whole new topic.

"There's a new student today. Did you hear?" he said.

"Really? Who?" asked Zero.

"Sunset told me about her. Her name is Summer Breeze." said Soul casually. The milk that was just in my mouth was now on Night's face. As Night wiped it off, everyone stared at me quizzically.

"Are you serious? Tell me you are joking..." I said, in a half frightened half angry tone.

"sorry...I'm serious." said Soul.

"...What did she look like?" I asked.

"She had long red hair, Yellow skin, and Blue eyes." said Soul. I started to fall backward, but Warhawk and punk caught me and helped me back up.

"I'm so sorry, Atlas. Do you have some sort of connection with her?" asked Night.

"When I was twelve years old, She used to be my girlfriend. I would often get bullied. Bad times. Then I found out she was cheating on me. I chewed her out for doing such a thing...She told me to kill myself...That was the day I tried to commit suicide..." I said. I pulled down my sleeve and showed them me scars. They Gasped. The girls noticed something was going on, including Lyra. She was sitting with them. They rushed over here to see what was going on.

"Atlas? Something wrong?'' asked Sunset. Luckily, Soul answered for me.

"it's okay, Sunny. Apparently Atlas had a very rough past with Summer, the new girl." he said.

"Oh, darling! are you alright? What happened to your wrist?'' asked Rarity.

''Someone else here including Lyra will tell you...How do you know my name?" I asked.

"Oh, I hacked the school website with my super secret hacking tool!" said Pinkie.

"That explains it." I said.

"Atlas...I know it was hard for you...But, Its going to be okay...She probably doesn't even recognize you..After all...It's been five years..." said Lyra, giving me a small hug.

"Speak of the devil..." said Applejack. Then I saw her. I saw Summer Breeze, the girl who drove me into trying to kill myself, walking down the cafeteria towards us. She gave a small wave to Sunset, but her eyes went wide and she froze with shock, when I turned around to face her. About ten seconds passed. Then, tears started forming in her eyes and she bolted toward me.

"Atlas! You're alive! Listen I'm so sorry for-" She was cut off by me.

"Sorry? You're only SORRY? Sorry doesn't cut it..." I said. I showed her them scars on my wrist.A minute and a half of arguing, then things got heated up...

"I don't think you know what you did. But if you thank sorry is going to fix anyth-" now I was cut off.

"i didn't think it would! not a single thing! I know what I did was wrong, and I regret it! EVERYTHING! You don't know guilt I felt! When I found out what you did, I dumped lightning immediately, and cried myself to sleep, FOR FIVE DAYS STRAIGHT! PLEASE! I WANT YOU TO FORGIVE M-" she said. I cut her off.ediatly A LOT of people were watching now. I stood up and faced her.

"You don't know how much pain I felt. I tried to fucking kill myself!" I said.

"Atlas...Please..." said Lyra, holding my arm. I looked at her. I nodded in approval, and walked out of the cafeteria. The gang followed me, along with the girls. Fluttershy stayed behind to comfort Summer. I saw some people to find out what had just happened

"Listen, Atlas. I know that you're angry. I know that you're sad. I know that feeling. But please, stop yelling at her." said Lyra. the everyone else was huddled around us, trying to help me out in any way possible. Pinkie put her hand on my shoulder. Her hair was deflated.

"Atlas...Please..." cooed Lyra. Lyra...Lyra...That's when I realized why I was so angry not JUST because summer thought that saying Sorry would solve everything,But because She didn't really regret everything...Or did she? I thought to myself. The point was, I wanted to be with Lyra...We HAVE known each other for quite a while. I don't know if she felt the same way though.

By the time Lunch was over, I had calmed down and everyone (not including the girls. they were talking with Lyra.) was telling me that it will all be okay...

I walked into my fifth hour, to my surprise, have a new student. Summer. When I was leaving class, I felt some one tap my shoulder. I turn around and see Summer looking at me, looking sad.

"...What''. I said.

''Please Atlas...Give me a second chance...I will do anything for you...I know what I did was wrong, and I regret everything. I even slapped lightning in the face.''

"...Fat chance..." I said.

"I'm trying to apologize for what I did! Plus, after I heard about what happened to you, I tried joining, you, on the other side!'' She said, a bit angry. I stared at her arm, witch had scars on her wrist. I was taken back at this, and I felt sorry for her.

"That was your fault. Not mine. Plus, you told me to kill myself. It's not going to be that easy to forgive you. I'm sorry." I said. I walked to my last periods and finished up the school day.

I get on my bus, and me and Lyra sat in our usual seat. In the middle of a conversation, My phone startrs going high., I see whats going on, and read the text I got.

"Airsoft war in an hour. Anybody want to come?" texted Soul.

"HELL YEAH!" we all texted at once. He told us where to meet up. We all stop texting and started getting prepared.

When I got home, I told my dad about the airsoft war. He replied with usual grunt. I walked into my room, opened my closet, but on my tactical vest, got my face mesh and goggles, filled my four spare mags to my Elite Force M4A1 CQB. I filled up my pistol mags to my 1911, put my stuff in a bag, and walked to the place where Soul said we would meet up. When I walked into the park Soul told us to go, I saw the rest of the gang in there gear. But one was different. Someone was wearing juggernaut armor, while holding a minigun with orange tips.

"Okay, whose the juggernaut?" I asked.

"Treble." Said Night.

"We gonna play here or what?" Asked Warhawk.

"I have a pretty large backyard. Maybe we can play there?" Asked Clyde.

"Sure I guess." Said Punk.

"sounds like a plan" Said Zero.

''Let's go!" Said a muffled voice from inside the juggernaut suit, probably Treble.

"Vamanos me amigos!" Said Clyde.

We eventually got to his house, and when we got into his back yard, saw what looked like two forts about fifty feet apart, facing each other.

''We are going to have fun, boys...'' said Arrow as he pumped his shotgun We split up and walked into the forts and made our final preparations.

Chapter 6

Also Friday

We Split into teams. We decided that Fang and Treble would be the team leaders. They those us. After picking whao was on who's Team, we headed back to the individual forts and made sure everything was ready.

Treble: Clyde, Soul, Punk, Night, Arrow

Fang: Me, Zero, Mise, Warhawk, Shard

Our team headed into the fort that looked like an old castle, While the others went into what looked into a mansion. When we got inside, we shut the wooden double doors in the front, and locked them. We made sure we all had our stuff. I had my M4 and

1911l, Fang had his Uzi and MP5,Mise had his M16 and rubber knife, Warhak had his Shotgun and 1911, and Shard had a rubber knife, and M24.

I had a few homemade grenades, as well as spare mags. We had Shard climb the watch tower and snipe from there. I stood with Mise on the walls, on guard. We would send in Warhawk, Mise, and fang to attack them. After ten minutes of planning, with first round was fired. The war had begun...

Arrow Tried sneaking around through the back, but I caught him and shot him with six rounds in The back as he tried to run from our defences. Our teams kept firing ast each other. Shard eventually took out one of there deffences, but at a price. Punk snipped him from their roof. We all mourned for our loss, as he shouted "HIT" and walked out of the battle field, holdings his gun above his hands. Then they sent all of their forces to attack. They were banging on the door. they tried getting in, but Mise mowed them down with his M16. I went to scout to see if the closest was clear by looking over the watch tower. I fell down on my head. We called put a ten minute break, so we could give me proper medicare. We wrapped a bandages around my head, and the game resumed. We sent our forces to attack. They're other defences failed and we got in. We left our fort, and approached the mansion. The entry to it was locked by ropes.

"I got it!" Muttered Shard. He pulled out his sword from his back, and cut down the ropes in one slice. We busted through the doors, to be surprised by the sound of a muffled voice saying "Surprise, Motha fucka..". Treble walked out of the shadows, and began firing his minigun. We all ran for cover, but not all of us made it. I ran behind a wall into the bathroom, and hid there with my M4 shaking in my hands, pointed at the entry. I turn around, and see I'm not in a bathroom, but a kitchen.

"I think I fell on my head a little to hard..." Insaid under my breath. I look at the entry again, to see a jugernaut standing there, MENACINGLY! He held the minigun on his back, and an Uzi in his hands. He fired three rounds at my arms, witch stung like a bitch.

"Boo." Said Treble. That's all I heard, but Mise then came jumping out of the hallway, shooting furiosly at Treble.

"Die! Die! Die die!" He shouted. Treble was overwhelmed by him. As he was firing everywhere, Mise jumped onto his minigun, and shot Him the face armor with his shotgun, declaring that he was out.

"You're terminated" he whispered. After two more hours, I went home. I took off my gear, and put my airsoft things away. I went into my bathroom to check on my wounds. I took off my shirt, to see that most of my wounds had either gone completely, or had a smoke like substance coming from it, as it faded from existence.

Ten minutes later, I walked into my room, and turned on my phone. I had two messages from Lyra.

"Hey, Atlas. I was wondering if you were busy tomorrow. If not its OK" said Lyra.

"I was also wondering if we could talk..." She said.

"Yea sure I'm available right now too." I responded. I waited two minutes.

"Good. About Summer...I understand what you feel. All of the pain you feel. It's all going to be okay. Just try at least to ignore her. I completely understand why you don't want to talk to her. She made you try to kill yourself. I know why you want to block her out. Atlas...Its going to be okay...I'm here for you. Even though we aren't dating, I will still care for you no matter what. I'm here for you, Atlas...," she said.

"Thanks, Lyra I really appreciate it. I have just been overwhelmed the past few days. Especially after what happened today...You're one of my best friends here, and quite frankly, I don't know where I would be without your help and support." I said.

"Atlas...What you just said has touched my heart. And it's not a problem at all. I'm here for you...Always" she replied. Then it hit me. Do I Like her? Or is she just a friend...a really really really close friend. One I can depend on..that may love me... That's the problem. I don't know if she likes me or not.

I decided to be a nice guy and think about the things that Summer had said. She tried taking her own life...to be with me...maybe she did not really mean what she said...I looked at my scars, and got lost in thought. I was feeling an emotion I thought I would never feel towards Summer. The emotion I was feeling, was Remorse . Remorse that she tried taking her own life to try to join me. Remorse that she wanted we to forgive her. I thought about my mother. How I only knew her for eight years before she died in a weather peculiar way. I climbed into my bed. "It's going to be okay...Lyra...*sigh*" I muttered to myself, before I drifted to sleep.

Chapter 7

When I wake up the next morning, I wake up the the smell of bacon. I sat up and walked to my closet. I put on my usual clothes, and walk into the kitchen to find Dad making breakfast again. He made scrambled eggs, bacon (thank god), and sausages.

"Morning. How was your airsoft war yesterday?'' asked dad as he turned off the burner.

"Good...I fell out of a fort on my head. I went into the bathroom right before the little 'proccess' could start." I said.

"Good...I wonder how they will react when they find out. You can't keep it from them forever..." said dad, carrying the food to our table, where I sat.

"Same...I hope they don't think i'm a freak or anything...It isn't necessarily a gift...or burden...'' I said. we sat down and ate in silence. Then dad spoke up.

"Atlas...You're a good guy. Don't let what happened to your mother get you down.'' Said dad. I smiled at this.

"Thanks. Thanks for everything." I said. I cleaned my plate and cup, and walked into my room. They will probably find out. One way or another. My thought drifted towards Lyra. Did I stand a chance with her? does she accept me?...Will she when...she finds out? I stopped thinking of that and started texting her. I was about to send my first message, when I looked at the time. Only 9:46. I should wait until 11...I the meantime, I turned on my PC, and went to Crunchyroll, and watched some Sword Art Online.

Lyra POV

Sometimes, I wonder about the difference between dreams and reality. Dreams can be a mere illusion of what we desire. Or sometimes they can be warnings, or perhaps a different kind of illusion. One that we may fear, or not want to happen. I had a good one last night. Me and Atlas were in a field. we were sitting under a tree in on top of a hill, in a field, watching a sunset. His arm was wrapped around my shoulder while I leaned my head on his shoulder. We were talking to each other, saying very loving things, to asking simple questions. HE layed on his back, with his arms behind his head. I asked what he was doing.

"I feel like Kirito from Sword Art Online when I do this." he said. I laughed at his joke. I laid down next to him. I eventually fell asleep, but felt the kiss he bestowed upon my head.

Then there is reality. Where some of the stuff is possible, but maybe not all of it. In reality, atlas wasn't my boyfriend. No matter how much I wish he was. I wonder if he will ever accept me...How do I show him how I feel without making a fool out of myself? What if He doesn't feel the same about me? I though to myself. I wish that some of my dreams will become reality...

I wake up this morning, and do my usual routine. Wake up, get dressed, eat, and brush teeth and do hair. When I finish eating, I go to my room and turn on my computer. I go to google, and type in

How to get a boy_

How to get a boy to like you

How to get a boy to like you in 7th grade

How to get a boy to like you in 6th grade

How to get a boy to like you in 8th grade

I click on the first one. When the results pop up, I (I don't know how to write this so i'm skipping this part sorry). After studying what I read for a few hours, I decided I was smart enough to stop memorizing it. Turn on my phone, and look at the time. 11:46. I guess its fine if I text him now...

Atlas POV

I am watching the second season of Sword Art online. I was interrupted by the sounds of my phone vibrating. I pause my video, and walk over to my bed to my phone. Lyra texted me,

"Hey, Atlas. I was wondering if you want to hang out today, See a movie? Go to the park? Arcade? Anything?" She said.

"Sure. Let me get ready. Am I picking you up?" I said.

"um...Sure" Said Lyra. I told her I'd pick her up in ten minutes. I told my dad, and he tossed me his car keys.

"Don't do anything bad in the back seat. Or you will NOT be happy." He said. I left the kitchen, and went to make sure everything was clean in the car. It wasn't. I cleaned out all the trash and junk in it, and vacuumed it. When it was all ready, I started the car, and drove to her house. About three minutes later I was in her driveway. I knocked on the door, and Lyra opened the door with a smile.

''hey!" she said, happily.

"Hey. Ready to go?" I asked.

"Sure thing." she said. we got into the car. All though she wasn't even my girlfriend sadly, It was common sense to open her door and close it,. She blushed as I did this. I started the car, and we drove off.

''Where are we going?" I asked.

"I don't know! (inset girly giggle here)!" she said.

"How about we see a movie?" I said.

''Sure. I heard there's this new movie called Annihilators. Its about this dude and chick who get these abilities like telekineses and teleportation. There are other ones as well." She said.

"i saw the preview for it and it looks Awesome! Lets see it!" I said. we got to the theater, and like at the house, I opened her door and shut it. We walked to the ticket booth and bought the tickets. I told her to go to the theater room and wait while i got our concessions. I got our concessions, and walked into the theater room.

The movie was great. Lots of action, swearing, comedy, defying the laws of physics (dont judge), and some romance. When we finished the movie, we got back into the car. Nearly two hours have passed since I picked her up. This is a GREAT time to get to know her better...and maybe get emotionaly closer...

"Hey, um there is a new arcade and lasertag that opened up recently. Want to check it out?'' I asked. Lyra looked at me with a smile.

''Sure! I'm having lots of fun. What is it called?" She asked.

"Gameworks. Its pretty large too. Has a huge lasertag arena. trust me." I said. we drove for about ten minutes, before we drove into a parking lot in front of a rather large building. I told Lyra to stay, while I did my thing. I got out of the car, shut my door, walked around the car, and opened her door. She blushed again, making me smile. I shut her door, and we walked into the arcade.

The place was huge. The prize wall was packed with various toys and games, there were two large cool looking double doors with the words Laser Tag above it. There was also a small food court like area, and of course; the Arcade. There were at least one hundred games there, by the looks of it. I looked at Lyra, who was smiling widely.

"Excited?" I asked.

''Totally!" She said. After waiting in line for five minute, I bought us game cards worth 500 credits, and we set off to the arcade. I went over to a guitar hero and played yellow. I was playing so good, at least 20 people were watching- well, listening. When I finished, there was a lot of clapping. I saw Lyra in the crowd giving me a thumbs up. After receiving many copletments from people, me and lyra went to play an awesome shooter game. Aliens: Armegeddon. We got to the third level, but I was wiped out by a xenomorph

"Nooo! Lyra! Avenge me!" I said, laughing.

"I will, Atlas!" She said, giggling maddly. After playing more game with eachother, we decided to head home, because it was getting dark. About fifteen minutes later, we arrived at the door to her house. I opened her door, and lead her to her houses door.

"I had fun. Thank you..." She said, hugging me.

"I did as well. No problem..." I replied. 'I really like her... Maybe even love her? I dont know...' i though to myself. Soon, I was inside my house. I shut and locked my door, greeted my dad, and played Garry's Mod for five hours. So addictive...

Chapter 8

It was Sunday afternoon, and I had just got home from the gun range, with my friends. I shot off Fangs Machine pistol and rented some of the stores guns to shoot. Said guns were an M4A1, Desert Eagle, M24, and loudest (and painful to the shoulder) Barret 50 Cal. Guns were one of my passions. Trust me. I intended to bring my shotgun, but I forgot it. I also met Swift, a guy with black hair, blue skin, and was wearing a lime green hoodie at the time. After greeting each other, we got shooting. When I walked into my house, it was probably four O clock. I shut and locked my door, walked into my room and put my Spas 12 above my PC and my shells on my bookshelf. I turned on my phone for the first time for a few hours, and noticed that Lyra had texted me.

'"Hey Atlas. Whats up?'' She asked. I smiled and replied, sitting on my bed as I did so.

"Just got back from shooting range. you?" I asked.

"Nothing really. I was wondering if you wanted to go on a walk with me around the neighborhood" She said. I checked i with dad to make sure it was okay. I gave her my answer.

"Sure. Want me to pick you up again?" I asked.

"I will meet you halfway" She said. I walked out my door and met her halfway. We smiled as we saw each other. We jogged up to each other and spoke.

"Hey!" We said at the same time. We laughed at this.

"Hey... What's up?" I asked.

"Oh nothing. You?" I asked.

"I'm doing...well" She said. she said, looking down. I started getting worried.

"Lyra? What's wrong?" I asked.

"I'm sorry, Atlas. I just can't hold it in anymore. I...I-" She tried. She was cut off by me hugging her.

"It's going to be okay... Lets sit down and we can talk about this..." I said. We made our way to a nearby park bench.

"I'm sorry it had to be like this...I really really like you, Atlas. I can't hide it anymore..." She said.She does feel the same way...I can't believe it! YES! YES! YES! YES!!!! (no reference intended). I must have been staring at the ground for about ten seconds, because Lyra stood up and started walking away. I grabbed her arm as she tried walking away.

"Lyra Heartstrings...I feel the very same way, for a long time...Nor did I know how to express it...Lyra? Will you please be my girlfriend?" I asked. Lyra had tears in her eyes now, and was nodding her head like crazy. I smiled and got up and hugged her. We hugged for about five minutes, not letting go of each other. Unbeknownst to them 20 people total were sitting in the same tree a few feet away, wearing gilly suits.

"awwww! They look so perfect together. Dan't they, darling?" whispered Rarity.

"Yep." Clyde replied.

"I'm so glad they got together...Nice job, Atlas, My man! whispered Soul. While they were chattering amongst themselves in the tree, Lyra and I were calling each others parents and introducing ourselves and telling them we were now a couple. My dad took it as he usually would with me. Congratulating me, and asking us a few questions. Lyra's parents took it a bit differently. They were kind of shocked at first, but got to know me a bit more and accepted me as their daughters boyfriend They did however, tell me no to knock her up or at least use a condom if I did; which they probably don't want. When we got off both of the lines, we kept walking around the park, while talking to Lyra bout how happy we were; while the rest of the gang eventually had to pull out scopes to sniper rifles to watch them. They could not however, hear them. We walked for about forty five minutes around the park, talking about random stuff. and about us being a couple.

"I literally too happy I can't even express!" Said Lyra as she hugged me.

"Well, don't squeeze the life out of me!" I joked. After walking further, the rest od the group in the tree dispersed and went home, setting up a group message without Lyra or him in it; discussing how to surprise them. After about fifteen minutes of more walking Atlas and Lyra said their goodbyes, and walked back to their houses. Luckily they were both the same direction they were heading, so they talked while going home. Atlas walked into the front door and shut and locked it behind him. He was walking into his room, until-

"Congrats Atlas! You have proven yourself as a ladies man!" Said his dad.

"Thanks. I was a little shocked at first to hear her admit her feelings to me,because I never thought she felt the same way I felt to her." said Atlas as he continued making his way to his room. As he sat on his bed, he thought about how this relationship would go. He turned on his phone and went to the group text with the rest of the gang (including the girls). He sent a text saying ME AND LYRA ARE OFFICIALY A COUPLE!!!. After ten minutes of chatting with everyone, Atlas got an idea. He turned on his PC, turned out the lights, and skyped everyone. with his camera facing his monitor. As their faces popped p one by one on his little screen, they all pondered what he was doing, but quickly found out as they read the words in the dark room with the red letters in the middle of his monitor.

WARNING! THIS GAME CONTAINS FLASHING LIGHTS, LOUD NOISES, AND LOTS OF JUMPSCARES!

"Oh...shiiii...itaki mushrooms...." Said Soul.

"Are you serious? Holy crap, bro..." Said Swift.

"Yay! I can already see how this turnrs out! Arrow, you might wanna go get a new pair of underpants on standby." Said Pinkie.

"Oh crap. Im going to go on a limb and say this. DONT DIE!" Shouted Fang.

"If you die, I'm going to throw a skittle at you!" Warned Treble.

"You're not in my house so how?" Asked Atlas. Treble just smirked and tapped his head with his pointer finger. Then, the screen said something else.

New Game

Continue 5

Extra

Atlas clicked on the Extras tab, and clicked on Nightmare. Fluttershy was hiding behind a pillow, shaking with fear.

"Fluttershy, If you want, wou can hang up. It's okay." Said Atlas.

"T-Thank you..." Said Fluttershy as she hung up. The rest of us wathed Atlas eagerly and fearfully as it loaded. It finished loeading, and all hell broke loose.

I was scared. I looked around my room. Two doors on my sides, a closet infront of me, and my bed behind me. I crank up my audio, and run to the door. I hear nothing but ambeince. I turn on my flashlight, and I see what looks like a mangled Fox hide behind the wall down the hallway. I run back to my bed. I turn around to face My pillow, but see a smaller scale but VERY creepy Freddy doll sitting there, twitching madly. I flash my light at him, and he jumps away, out of sight. I run to the door to my right. I open it up, but hear a very familiar sound. Breathing. I slam my door shut, and listen to the footsteps fade away. I run back, and look at the corner of my screen. 1 AM. I turn around and get rid of another Freddy doll. I run up the my left door and shine my light again. A mangled Bunny hides behind the wall, out of sight. All of the suden, I hear running followed by the sound of a door closing. I run back to my bed, and check the right door. Nothing there...Oh well. I run back to my bed. Its 3 AM. I see my closet door twitch. Foxy was in my closet. I run to it. I am standing in front of the closet. I turn on my flashlight, to be greeted by a Nightmare Foxy's head chomping his jaws, and screeching.

"JESUS CHRIST WHAT THE HELL WAY THAT?!?!" Asked Night, scooting away from his computer.

"Nightmare Foxy. Now I have to shut my door. Not for too long though..."said Atlas. I shut the closet door for three seconds and shine the light again> He is now hunched over. I run to my bed, and turn around. There are Three Freddy's there, shaking at the sudden beam of light. I get rid of them, and run back to my left door. Breathing. I shut the door and keep it closed for a couple seconds, before running back to my bed. I am sitting on my bed now. I look up then-

"SCREEEAACH!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Youtube Video

A demonic cupcake is jumping up and down in my screen, obviously killing me.

"JESUS FREAKING CHRIST HOW HORRIFYING! IS MY COOKING THAT BAD???!!!!" Shouts Pinkie. Atlas was about to answer, but is shoved out of his chair, when about ten thousand skittles shoves him out of the chair. Two minutes later, Atlas gets up and looks at the camera.

"YOU SAID ONE F*CKING SKITTLE, TREBLE!!" says Atlas. We all just laugh and laugh. Atlas looks down at his floor, to see all the skittles have vanished. Everyone keeps laughing, but Pinkie, Night, and Soul are still recovering from the jumpscare. Lyra then joins in, and asks what's up. We tell her about the skittles and the Demon Cupcake, and Lyra bursts out laughing. 'I'm going to have a good time with her...Damn well..'.Atlas though to himself.

Chapter 9

Atlas was walking down the hallways to the Orchestra room for after school practice. When he got inside the massive orchestra room, There were a few people there like Steady Beat, Octavia, Mise (listening and admiring Octavia's playing), and a few other people he didn't recognize. He sat down into a seat next to Mise.

"Hey man whats up?" Asked Mise.

"Me and Lyra are dating. Finally!" Said Atlas.

"We know. You wouldn't stop talking about it at lunch." Said Mise.

"I know. Just trying to annoy you." Said Atlas, opening his Violin case and pulling out the violin and bow.

"Hey I've never really heard you play!" Said Mise as Octavia looked over Mise's shoulder at Atlas.

"Oh he is amazing dear. You will love his performing." Said Octavia, setting down her Cello, listening. Atlas sat the bow on the string and began to play.

"Want to do secrets, Octavia?" Asked Atlas.

"Sure thing!" Said Octavia as she put her bow on her own cello. They began to play. The sound of a violin and cello was amazing. A combination of low and high, bass and treble, it was simply beautiful. (CLICK ME!)

"Holy crap you two are AMAZING!" Said Mise. "I have to call the others and let them hear this. Don't move!" Said Mise. A few minutes later, the whole gang was there along with there girlfriends including Lyra.

"Sup guys! what's wrong?" Asked Fang.

"Want to hear our little secret?" Asked Atlas.

"I can already tell where this is going." Said Lyra.

"Lets here it!" Said Fang.

By the time Atlas and Octavia were finished, the whole gang (including the girls like EVERY time) applauded.

"LET ME REMIX THAT!!" Shouted Treble.

"Ohmygosh!ohmygosh!ohmygosh that was AMAZING!" shouted Pinkie as the gang walked down the halls.

"How did you guys learn to be so good?'' asked Sunset.

"Prodigy." Said Atlas.

"I used to stay up until 10 O clock every night until I became this good. Long story short, TONS of practice." Said Octavia.

"Hey Atlas? Octavia?" Asked Aria.

"Yes?"

"I just want to ask you something. can you play something for Arrow and I tomorrow night? We are having a date at our place and it would be pretty romantic if we had some good musicians there." Asked Aria. Octavia looked at Atlas and Aria.

"Fine with me. I just need your address." Said Atlas.

"As long as Mise is cooking!" said Octavia.

"It's a deal!" Said Arrow.

"What do you want me to cook you?" asked Mise.

"Surprise us." Said Aria.

The next night.

Atlas walked into the mansion with Mise and Octavia. Atlas was wearing a tuxedo while Octavia wore a dress.

"Excited?" Asked Mise, pushing a cart of food while looking at the Atlas and Octavia.

"Very." said Atlas.

Anxious, actually." Said Octavia.

"Don't worry. you and Atlas will do amazing." assured Mise. They walked into the front door, only to be greeted by Sonata and Warhawk, who were also dressed in rather fancy clothing.

"Hey, guys!" Said Sonata.

"Sup" said Mise.

"Yo" said Atlas.

"Greetings, Sonata. how are you?" Asked Octavia.

"I'm doing good. Warhawk and I were just setting up some last minute preparations for the others." Explained Sonata.

"Cool. How you doing Warhawk?" asked Octavia as they all walked down the hall into the kitchen.

"I'm doing good. How are you, Atlas?" Asked Warhawk as they entered the dining room. It was a large room with a stage built onto one of the walls. Due to the fact that it had two music stands and chairs, Atlas and Octavia walked over to it. but something caught his eye. He saw Aria sitting at a very nice looking table wearing a dress next to Arrow, who was wearing a tuxedo as well. The musicians watched as Mise pushed the cart over to them and hand the two plates. He saw Sonata and Warhawk leave the room holding each others hands. He looked at Octavia, and gave a simple nod.

"Hello, Aria and Arrow. My name is Octavia Melody and this is Atlas. Tonight we will be playing two songs. Canon in D Major, and Passacaglia. Enjoy." Said Octavia.

"So...formal..." said Aria, smiling.

"We will first be starting off with Passacaglia." Said Atlas.They began to play. DUring th performance, Aria and Arrow ate a delicious looking steak with (Mise made the food) two Angry Orchards. They ate and barely drank, but also admired the music. When the song was finally done, Aria was laying her head on Arrow's shoulder, smiling. they musicians looked up at there music and smiled as well.

"We will now play Canon in D Major, by Johan Pachelbel.They began to play once more.

When they finished, the two musicians stood up and bowed.

"We hope you two enjoyed our performance." Said Octaiva.

"We sure did!" Said Arrow. After a few compliments to the chef and musicians, the three set off to there homes. When Atlas got to his house, he went inside shutting the door behind him and locking it.

"Padre! Soy casa!" Said Atlas.

"You don't have to speak spanish all the time you know. How was the little concert?" Asked his dad.

"My friends live in a mansion apperently. We had lots of fun." Said Atas, walking into his room. He turned on his phone to see he had gotten two texts from aria. The videos of his and Octavias performance.

"Thank you" he typed. he hit send, then turned off his phone and went to sleep.

Chapter 10 (VALENITES "SPECIAL")

It had been a few weeks sense Octavia and I performed at Aria's place, and its Friday. Awesome. We had gotten a good idea, and gotten ourselves a job. We were performers who would play at restaurants, cafe's, and at peoples houses for dates. At first business was slow. But on the fifth time we played at a restaurant for the first time, somebody had recorded us and published a video of us on You tube and face book.When people heard us play, they started giving us a call and scheduling times for us to come over. So far we had $512. The video of us had also gotten onto our schools website,

"Hey Atlas? I have an important question." Said Lyra as we walked down the halls of CHS.

"What is it?" I asked.

"What are you going to do about Summer Breeze?" asked Lyra.

"I have been thinking about it a lot...I'm going to give her one chance. If she ruins it, then she ruins it. I never talk to her again and I would appreciate it if you didn't either" I replied.

"Okay...I noticed that in fifth hour she keeps trying to talk to you when we are leaving...What do you say to her?" she asked.

"I will answer you when I think its a good idea. at lunch I'm going to give her one last chance." I replied.

"How exactly would she blow it?" She asked. I laughed, but turned it into a cough. "That's what she said..." I said. Lyra rolled her eyes.

"If she tries to hit on me, harm you in any way possible, hurts me or my friends, or tries driving us apart, she will blow it." I said. When we walked down the halls to our lockers, the first thing I notice is Indigo at her locker, looking sadder then I have ever seen her before. I walk up to her and notice that she is holding a photo of her and Fang, holding each other. I notice a few tear marks on the photo and get real scareed, to be honest.

"Hey Indago. What's up?" I ask concerned.

"Hey, Atlas...I'm sorry you have to see me like this...It's just...Ledger and Bluebell...They..." She tried. then she sank to the floor and put her hands on her face. I could see her crying from between her fingers. I kneeled down next to her and put my binders on the floor. We still had ten minutes before we even had to head to class.

"Indigo...I'm so sorry...But please. Tell me he isn't hurt, or worse..." I said.

"Hes hurt emotionally. They intoxicated the punch at the dance a few days ago...I drank too much. Ledger came and I mistook him for Fang...I kissed him and Fang saw us...He is at his brothers place right now. He needs a break. I hope he knows the full story...I'm so sorry, Fang..." She says. Sunset, Soul, Swift, Pinkie and Night saw me comforting Indigo and came over. We all comforted her and helped her up. Night gace her a handkerchief and she tried up the tears. When We all got to our class about seven and a half minutes later, class started and we learned more boring stuff.

When lunch started, we all headed to the lunch room and sat at our tables.

"I heard that there is a new star wars movie coming out later this year." Said Soul.

"Of course you do." Said Clyde.

"Stealing plans for the death star or something like that." Said Soul. We all agreed that it sounded cool. and started a new topic that reminded me of someone.

"So Atlas...Hows it with you and Lyra?"

"Great. I have a few valentines presents for her after school. I talked to her folks about it, first." I said.

"Cool! What is it?" said Punk.

"I will tell you after I give it to her. Lets just say she will hopefully join us on some occasions..." I said, mimicking me pumping a shotgun. The others nodded there heads and said "Ohhh".

"That reminds me...Where is Summer?" I ask. Warhawk points at a table full of people with upset looks on there faces.

"Why?" asks Warhawk.

"I need to apologize to her and give her a chance." I said. I walked over to the table. Summer noticed me walking over, and put on her jackets hood.

"Summer, can you follow me for a second? I need to talk to you." I said.

"O-Okay..." Said Summer half sadly and half nervous. When we got away from everybody else, I began our conversation.

"I'm giving you a chance. One however." I said. Summer looked up to me, with a shocked expression on her face.

"Are you serious? After all I did to you?" she asked.

"Yes, However, if you try to harm Lyra in any way, shape or form or any of my friends, try to drive us apart, or try to flirt with me, you have wasted your chance." I said. I gave her a piece of paper with my phone number on it.

"Thank you...So much..."

When school was over, I asked to use my dads car for a special plan for Lyra. I had also texted Summer for a few minutes. At 8:00 PM, I put on a Silver tuxedo and put a large box in my dads trunk and drove to Lyra's. When I arrived at Lyra's place, I was greeted by Lyra's father, who already knew was about to happen. He rushed me inside with the Box, and we all sat in the living room. Lyra, not knowing what was about to happen, was surprised and very happy to see me. They adults went into their room, leaving me and her alone.

"Hey babe. I thought we should celebrate Valentine's day a little early this year." I said.

"Yes please!" said Lyra.

"Open it up." I said, handing her the box. She opened it up with a smile, and pulled out a tacticle vest, trench coat, face mesh, goggles, four small boxes of C02, two plastic bottles of BB's, and a P90 and Glock 20 Airsoft guns, and a box or chocolates. When she finished pulling the things out, she ran over to me, and did what I never expected her to do. She kissed me. On the lips. When we finished, we looked each other in the eye, and said two words at the same time.

"I love you"