New Friends, new losses

New Friends (Metaldy)

CH.1

    I cried, i lost track of time on how long i cried, but i stopped when i realized it was useless, i don't necessarily care anymore. I’ve lost everything, mom, dad, and Fluttershy. The dragons grip is hard, he must not want to lose me, but why? What did i do to deserve this? What exactly did the dragon want with me? All these questions and no answers, I dare not ask, i don’t know what he’ll do. It got late and i got tired, although the ride was very uncomfortable i passed out. I woke up hitting the ground, he threw me, i’m still unsure of what he wants exactly.

“PONY!” the dragon roared. I was about to stand up but the roar knocked me down, he was powerful, too powerful for me to do anything, even run, not like i was able to or anything, it seems as if i’m inside a volcano, there are walls all around. I looked up at the dragon, he stared at me and landed in front of me hard, I couldn’t stand, he was too powerful.

“Your bravery with the instrument led me to believe it is you. welcome, Cithara Dues.” The dragon said in a much more soothing voice, one that let you know of his power yet I can still stand.

“What do you mean? Cithara Dues? What does that mean? Why a-am I here?” i asked, scared for my life. The dragon flew up just above me, the wings forcing me back, then he roared.

“Praesento uobis hoc Cithara.” As he roared that, an electric guitar came up from the ground as he continued his powered speech.

“Potentiae intra erit egredietur in tempore, ut nunc, reseras porta usque ad scalam vestris fati.” He flew away, then i took the guitar, on the wall appeared what seemed to be a wall cave design, strange... it just appeared there when he left. I looked up at the drawing, on it was a note that said ampliandam, i took the note, not knowing what it meant i took it, maybe it can give me an explanation on why i’m here.

I looked up at the poster, it had a picture carved into the stone, it had a picture of a pony, he looked familiar but i couldn’t tell, so i decided to leave it. Besides the pony had a guitar that had some sort of waves going towards a dragon, for some reason it was asleep. I stepped back as i heard a bang on the wall right behind it, next thing i know there are stairs up above the wall drawing, i didn’t trust it, but it seemed like it was the only way out. i can only wish myself lucky, an opportunity to see my family again, its almost like this would just turn out to be another story to tell.

    Excitedly i ran up the stairs, the hope of returning is overwhelming, i’m almost about to cry i’m so happy. but then i stopped halfway, what exactly happened to me? What did the dragon want? What language was he speaking in? I was walking up the rocky staircase as if it had never just appeared. All these questions in my head and no one to answer them, if only i had more bravery to actually get an answer, maybe they thought that we all talk like that?  i climbed the rest of the staircase when all of a sudden i felt tired in my back, as if i had sudden lost energy to stand, the guitar that i had strapped to my back was given off energy, not magic, but energy, i’ve never seen anything like it, then i finally collapsed and fell. i rolled down the hill i was on top of. as strange as it is, i didn’t feel anything and the guitar seemed not to be affected by the fall. i kept rolling not being able to stopped, as if I’m paralyzed in a bad nightmare, i hit a rock and flew off the ground. The next thing i see is a tree, then black.

CH.2

    i woke up next to a tree, ‘who am i? where am I? How did i get here? I don’t understand where I’m at, how i got here, or why. And what’s with this guitar on my back?’ i kept asking myself. all of a sudden i got this sharp pain on my eye, then i saw a little bit of blood. Whatever i did i got a bad cut right next to my eye. i decided to take a little journey onward, maybe something can jog my memory back in place.

    I walked through the woods and found i city, i decided to go ahead into the city and find out if anypony knows anything about me. Out of this entire city someone has to know, it is the first thing i came to so i had to of came from here.

    I continued through the city and found a building that had orphanage on the top, i checked every else, maybe i’m an orphan? i walked into the building and saw a lady on the counter, at this point i was tired of searching, tired of  wondering, a beat up badly. There wasn’t a lot of hospitality to a young pony that’s wondering where he was, but an orphanage is a good place right? i walked up to the pony at the counter, she looked at me concerned, since it was dark out she probably couldn’t see me too well.

    “Am I home?” i asked.

    “Where are your parents?” She asked me.

    “I don’t know.” i said.

    “Well,” she said, “You're more than welcome to stay here until you are found, come, let me fix you up.” I took her up on the offer, I don’t know where i’m suppose to belong to, my only hope is being here and that they find me, whoever they are.

    It’s been almost a year, i live here now, no-one has came to pick me up or even adopt me, i just wonder if the reason is because they wanted me gone to begin with. On the bright side, i seem to have a talent with this guitar, I don’t even remember ever having one or even practicing, i got my cutie mark with it, it was my talent but i just wish i knew how i got this guitar to begin with. i just know i realized i was good at it, then right there i just got my cutie mark, i was actually just calm, i didn’t know really what to think, so i kind of ignored it, i’m glad i got it, but how long have i really waited to get it?

    As much as i wish orphanages were good places, i was wrong. For a place that suppose to be helping kids find a future with a family, it sure is depressing, how long have the kids here waited for someone to adopt them? Once you turn 18 you have to leave, at this rate however i’d rather leave at 16, i even heard some kids that one kid left at 14, but why? What had pressured him to leave that early?

    I’m 14 now and i finally understand why they had left, i figured a problem like this would have been solved already, but i guess a problem like this has to be passed down. Bullies, that’s my guess on why people want to leave so early, the way these bullies are it is reasonable. Butch and his friend Skates have been teasing me for a couple of years, then one day it got to a breaking point of some sort. i was walking down the hallway, i had gotten a little job for myself on teaching and repairing guitars, where i got the knowledge is beyond my information, i just know it. i was about to leave but butch and Skates were waiting outside the door for me.

“Ah, what do we have here?” Butch said. Skates laughed,

“A little lost colt.” skates said. They were both grinning. Skates was just a year older than i am, Butch is two years older than me.

“May I please go on now?” i had asked, i wanted to avoid anything to do with them. They didn't budge.

“We’re not done with you.” Butch had said I got scared, all i wanted was to go to my friend Vocaleero’s house. We became good friends after i came to the orphanage, people here thought i was strange because I had an unknown past and didn’t trust me because of that, not Vocaleero, he didn’t care.

“Where you heading to freak?” Butch said. He pushed me against the wall and my head hit the wall after my back did. they called me freak because they couldn’t pronounce my name, i just tried to ignore them whenever i could. My name ended up just being what was written on the posted note since no one else knew, ampliandam, i even wish i knew what it meant sometimes, other times i just ignored it.

“I’m heading out to do my work.” i told him, I was in no mood to deal with him.

“Why? the freak wants to try and find his past?” he mimicked. “Or maybe he just wants a nice beating.” With that he punched me in the gut, hard. I fell to the ground in pain, my eyes were closed then i realized the pain went away fairly quickly, the guitar ended up glowing, as i opened my eyes i felt not numb, but as if there is no pain.

“Huh?” butch said, confused. “Alright then, if you want to stay up, you'll go down. lets get him Skates!” like that they jumped at me, they tried hitting me but i felt nothing, like i’m just watching them, however my anger with them grew with every punch they threw at me, then, as if almost controlled, my hoof went up and knocked out Butch and Skates with one swift swing.

    After that, they had left me alone and i didn’t have to worry about them bugging me, most of the pony’s on the orphanage seemed like they respected me more after that but I’m not too sure. Mixing up respect with fear is a bad mistake that i don’t want to make, so i basically stayed the same, mostly antisocial unless someone asks something.

CH.3

    It’s been two years now, Vocaleero’s family ended up getting an adopted brother named Cloud, An exciting little colt that likes to go fast. I wonder what his family was like.

I was on my way to the room from Vocaleero’s when i heard a cough, i was at the floor just below me. It wasn’t a normal cough, it was a pained cough, the one that i got when i was bullied, i got really concerned so i looked around the corner to see what was going on, what i saw was maddening. Even after i put a stop to my bullying there still here, new bullies, but why?

“Come on little squirt your boring me.” The biggest one said, they seemed too young for this, it’s not right. There were three colts surrounding one colt, a pegasus, he was beat up pretty bad.

“Hey,” i yelled to them, “Stop that!” i yelled. the biggest one pulled out a blade and threatened me.

“This doesn’t concern you, buckey! Back off!” he yelled at me. I backed off slowly, not to the point i left, i looked back at the colt that was pummeled, these kids that were bullying him were almost my age, and three against one, is not fair, especially if one has a knife.

“Come on now, you don’t need to do this, put the knife away and just leave the kid alone, he did nothing wrong.” i tried explaining to him, right now fighting is one thing i don’t want to do.

“Shut up! We do what we want! Rough Edge, Talon, hold down the squirt while i deal with him.” Like that the two colts behind him held down the poor pegasus, with a few smacks here and there. The big one charged at me with a knife when i wasn’t paying attention, i dodged it to the point to where i was safe, however he cut my shoulder.

“Pugnare!” a voice yelled in my head, i tipped over a little bit but then i got a sudden burst of adrenaline, he charged at me at me again, with that i dodged it easily and use my hoof to stop him in his gut, he dropped the knife and lost breathe and fell down, with that, my adrenaline disappeared. i turned around, the other two didn’t necessarily seem happy, and they were big, about the same size as me, they grabbed me and threw me against the wall.

“What should we do with him Talon? He got Darksky.” from what I’m assuming was Rough Edge.

“Beat him.” Talon said with a furious face. with that I got smacked around, The Colt was knocked out cold, I had dropped my guitar when Darksky charged at me the first time, so i didn’t have to worry about that. I was thrown to the ground and kicked a couple of times until I got picked up again, then before They decided how to beat me next, I kicked one in the gut, He fell on his knees, catching his breath, with that he dropped me, which gave me time to get my distance, and catch my breath. The other had charged at me, and with that I had dodged towards the left tripped him. While they were on the ground i quickly bucked both of them in the head. I looked at the colt, who was beat up worst than me. I picked him up on my shoulders and carried him to my room, i was tired, by the time i reached my room i laid him on one of the four beds that were in there, there were plenty of rooms and not enough kids.

    I had kept first aid boxes in my room ever since i was bullied, they came in handy a lot of the time, now we both need it, especially him, whoever he is. After cleaning us both up, i had put the blanket over him, hopefully he would be okay, I’m used to patching up myself from my childhood, so i haven’t forgot, good thing too, he needed it. I had fallen asleep afterward.

    I woke up with what seemed to just be two worlds side by side, i didn’t understand it, on one side, the kid that i had helped was crying, and on the other side there was this pony, she seemed happy as i walked towards her, then i woke up.

    It was just a dream, but what was it about? who was that pony? why was the colt that i had saved crying. I really didn’t think about it too much since of what happened yesterday i decided it was probably a bad dream because of how i got beaten up yesterday. I was watching the sunrise, waiting for the little colt to wake up, i still haven’t gotten his name, I’m suppose to be going to meet vocaleero at a local diner, after we eat we’ll go to his house and practice, maybe i can bring him, he is bringing Cloud after all it should be alright.

    I waited for the little colt to wake up, when he did he seemed confused, he sat up, looked around, then at me.

“What happened?” he asked.

“Pretty simple,” i said, “ we got beat up.” with that, he looked at all of his scars, bruises, and cuts, he seemed surprised.

“And you helped me?” he asked. i responded and i told him the story of what happened. I told him about how i wasn’t exactly a fighter, but I did get him out of there.

“I don’t get it, why would you help me? I’m a nopony.” he said. i felt a moment of Deja Vu, I might of thought that same thing when i was bullied when i was younger, sometimes i still do, I still wonder why my parents had never found me and why i had never been taken away from this place.

“I’ve also been bullied like you were, to just watch and ignore is just too much for me, it’s something that no-pony should go through. By the way, my name’s Ampliandam, what’s yours?” I asked him.

“Tagalong,” he said, “ my name’s Tagalong.”

“Hey listen, Tagalong. I’m going to be with my friends today, maybe you could come with me? As long as you're with me, Ms. Carie won’t mind you leaving for a while. What do you say?” I asked him, not like he had much of a choice, he’d either come with me and have a good time or stay here with Dark Sky and his friends. He agreed. Not too surprising. Most of our cuts and bruises had healed overnight, surprising, but it did, we looked a lot better than last night. I told him we were going to go and eat breakfast first, he nodded in agreement and we left the room. When we went to the downstairs when i realized Tagalong had drifted off toward the cafeteria.

“Hey! Tag! Where you goin?” i yelled at him. He raised his head and turned around. I laughed a little. “Come on, We’re going out to eat.” He Followed me with a bit confused faced. We left the orphanage and went to a diner that me and Vocaleero had always went to for breakfast. As we approached the diner i turned around to make sure he was following me.

“My friend Vocaleero is going to be here with his little brother Cloud k?” i said. He nodded his head in agreement. We walked in and Vocaleero and his little brother were already there, I nudged at Tagalong to where they were, he nodded and followed me. We sat down at the table, i realized the Menus weren’t here yet so they weren’t here long.

“How long have you been waiting?” i asked Vocaleero.

“Not long,” he said, “we practically just got here, Who’s he? A new friend? And what happened? You both are covered in bandages.” Vocaleero asked pointing to Tagalong, Tagalong blushed, just how shy was he?

“Yea he’s a new friend, lets just say he needed help with something and i was just walking by when i noticed.” I told him, Vocaleero would like to help people whenever he can, especially something like this, he might put himself in harm.

“Alright but are you both okay?” He asked us.

“Yea, were fine, no need to worry.” I said with a smile There weren’t too many bruises on the face so we didn’t have to worry about concussion. The waiter came up and gave us our menus, she said she’d be back to take our orders. We all looked at the Menus.

“See anything you want Tagalong?” I asked him

“I don’t know, i can’t afford anything.” he said, i laughed.

“Don’t worry about that,” i said, “I’ll pay for it, just think about what you want.” I leaned over a whisper to him, “You should try the pancakes.” i whispered to him. He looked at the menu and thought, since the menu had several different type of toppings i decided to go ahead and look and decide what i should get. He decided to get the pancakes with the blueberries, after we all ate me and Vocaleero split the bill and the tip.

“Wait.” said Tagalong. “You left your money.” I laughed.

“Don’t worry it’s just a tip, it’s when you give extra money to the lady who served us, it’s common courtesy.” With that he had looked behind him and watch the lady pick up the money and put it in her pocket. We all went to Vocaleero’s house, me and Vocaleero were just playing around with the guitar while Tagalong was just playing with Cloud somewhere. He seemed a lot happier with us.

CH.4

    I’m 17 now, My birthday isn’t too far away, i needed to find a place to stay, by the time of my birthday, i’m out. I was looking on the newspaper when i saw a job opening in a town called Ponyville, with that job they were saying that they would also provide a place to stay. This opportunity was almost too perfect to let go, my biggest problem, however, is not getting there... it’s leaving Tagalong. I was always afraid of this day to come, ever since i had saved Tagalong, we became really good friends, i can only wonder what will happen will i leave. I had already called the pony about the job and she decided to hold it for me. I had decided that today be the day i tell Tagalong, he won’t be happy, but i have to tell him ahead of time, i leave tomorrow, but how? I had already told Vocaleero, he told me he just hopes he’ll see me in the future when i leave, i hope so too, I will miss this place.

    I went up to Tagalong’s room and knocked on the door.

“Hey Tag! Tag, it’s me Metaldy, can we talk?” with that he opened the door,

“Sure Ampliandam, come on in.” I walked inside to the middle of the small room, “What did you need to talk about?” He asked.

“Listen Tag, this isn’t easy for me but, you know how when you turn 18 you get kicked out right?”

“Yea.” he said, with a confused face, “What about it?”

“Well,” i said, “I’ve gotten a job in a town called Ponyville.” i said, just like that, his face paused in disbelief. After that he ran out.

“Tag, wait!” I ran after him, I chased him out back and lost him, this isn’t good, i leave tomorrow and I wanted to spend my last day here with him. I searched the back of the building and he wasn’t there. I went to the diner, theatre, park, Vocaleero’s house, and i couldn’t find him. It fell to night time fast, I went up to my room, and wrote a note.:

Dear Tagalong,

I’m sorry i have to leave, I’ll try to visit whenever I can. You were one my my best friends Tag, I was hoping to spend the day with you. I don’t know when you will get this message but please be careful, and remember, don’t be afraid of those bullies, tell Ms. Carie if they do.

I’m sorry,

Ampliandam

    I put the note in an envelope with $20 in it, it’s a moreover way of saying, I’m sorry, i just wish i could've stayed with him today. That night i cried, just a little bit, the pain that i must have put through that kid must of hurt him bad, i feel horrible...

    The next day came by and i had left early in the morning. As i went back to the main room i gave Ms. Carie the note, i told her to make sure this only gets to Tagalong and no one else. I had walked out o my ride to ponyville, i took one last look at the orphanage, and left... Goodbye Tagalong, I will visit you, I promise...

    The ride went bye quick since i decided to take a nap, i wasn’t sure how far i had went but when we stopped at this nearby town the driver said this was it, he was nice enough to give me directions to the house. The house was a bit odd indeed, it was a mixture of a tree and an actual house, oh well, seems cozy. I went up to the door and knocked on the door,

“Who is it?” said the pony on the other side,

“Ampliandam, the person for the work.” i said back.

“Oh hold on i’ll be right there!” She whispered like yelled to the door. The door opened revealing a pony that had a pink mane. She stared at me like she was star struck.

“A-are you okay miss?” i asked her.

“Metaldy?” she said confused.

“Huh?”....