My Love For Cadence

The bell rings, making everyone in English class pack their things up for lunch.

"Okay everyone," said Miss Cheerilee, as she stands up from her desk, "make sure to read chapters two and three tonight. I'll have some questions on them tomorrow so I can know who's reading or not. Have a good lunch and afternoon."

I grab my things and placed them within my backpack. I take out my phone and earbuds to listen to some music along the way to the cafeteria. Miss Cheerilee waves to me, before I could even put in my earbuds.

"Eren," said Miss Cheerilee, "could you come here. I want to talk to you about something."

I grunt and placed both earbuds and phone within my pocket. I grabbed my backpack and walked over to the teacher. I sat down on the chair beside her and placed my backpack on my lap.

"Is there something wrong, Miss Cheerille?" I asked.

"I want to talk to you about that black eye," said Cheerilee, "did someone slug you during school? What happened?"

I hesitated; I couldn't tell her, because if she knew I told on her, she'd kill me.

"I-I fell," I lied.

"I'm not that dum, Eren. Now tell me who did that to you?"

I was beginning to worry ever more; there's nothing I can say to fool her out of this. I had to make up something and fast.

"Okay, you got me. What really happened was yesterday, I was doing an afternoon jog and someone accidentally punched me. He apologized and told me that he was really fixated on boxing that he spaced out."

"Really? Well that makes me feel so much better. At least you weren't hurt by a bully."

"Nice talking to you, teach," I said, as I get up from the chair and grabbed my backpack.

"Have a good day, Eren," said Miss Cheerilee, as she waved me goodbye.

I walked out of the class and give out a sigh of relief.

"That was close," I thought to myself, "looks like she won't kill me after all."

You're probably wondering who this she is; good question: her name's Chrysalis. Chrysalis is a girl a year younger than me and she treats me like a slave, a plaything and a person to take her anger out on. When she first bullied me back freshman year, so many students laughed at me that I wanted to hide myself away from everybody. As much as I wanted to do that, I couldn't; all I could do was shun myself away from everyone and try to stay far away from Chrysalis as possible. No matter how much I try to avoid Chrysalis, I always end up coming across her and that's when the bullying happens. She would often hurt me, make fun of me being a coward, and she would even a couple of times take her sexual frustration out on me. That's right; during my senior year, she begins to have sex with many guys and when she couldn't find someone to have sex with, she comes for me. It's as though that slut feeds on love to make herself stay healthy.

As for my black eye, it happened yesterday when I told her that I don't have money in my pocket. Once a month, she'll find me and ask me for money to buy something for herself. I don't know what she buys and I don't give a shit. I bet they're condoms for the guys she has sex with. Anyway, I didn't have any cash on me and she got really pissed off. She told me not to speak a word about how she gave me the black eye or she'll legit kill me. To proof that she would, she has a knife in her pocket that she keeps for protection.

Now let me talk about myself; as you all know, my name is Eren. I'm a nineteen-year-old that goes to Canterlot High. I'm also a nerd and I love to collect certain books that are rare to find. Another thing I like to do is jog during weekend mornings. I live with Babu at my parents house; my parents themselves live elsewhere, but pay for everything for me to live by myself until I'm at the right age of getting a job and paying taxes myself by the age of twenty-one. Babu is my cat and he's been a friend with me since I was eight.

For a description of what I look like, I have black hair, green eyes, white skin, loves wearing shirts of bands I like (at the moment I'm wearing a shirt of Pink Floyd), I wear blue jeans, and I wear long socks.

I have such lovable parents, but my high school life is a nightmare.

I walk into the cafeteria and headed straight towards the lunch line to get my lunch.

"Hiya Eren," said a squeaky voice behind me.

I turn around and see an a familiar face: Pinkie Pie. From what I hear around the school, Pinkie is the one girl to make your day perfect and she has the best parties. She would sometimes come to me and try to talk, but I shun her away every time.

I ignore Pinkie and continue to wait in line.

"What's wrong, Eren," continued Pinkie, "cat got your tongue?"

"Shut up," I said Silently, as I grip my hands.

"Huh? What was that? I couldn't-"

"SHUT UP!" I shouted, making the cafeteria go silent.

Pinkie stopped talking and everyone started murmuring to one another. I ignored everyone and placed in my headphones to not hear their sayings. I continue my way along the line, as the lunch lady hands me a tray of a grilled cheese, an apple, and a juice.

"There you go, sonny," said the lunch lady, as I remove my earbuds to hear her out, "quite the commotion you did a minute ago."

"Sorry about that," I said, as I handed her my lunch money and rushed away from the line.

I walked over towards one of the empty tables at the end of the cafeteria. I sit down and placed my backpack beside me. I placed my earbuds back in my ears and grabbed ahold of my sandwich. I take a bite into it and from the corner of my eye, I notice Pinkie Pie jumping towards my direction.

"Damn," I thought to myself, as Pinkie sits across from me.

"What was that all about, Eren," asked Pinkie, "I just wanted to say hi to you. Why are you so cranky?"

"… Just go away, Pinkie," I replied before taking a bite into my sandwich, "I don't want to talk to you or anyone around this damn school."

"You shouldn't talk like that to someone who is trying to be nice to you," said Pinkie, "if you continue to act like that, you won't have any friends."

"I do have a friend FYI."

"You do? What his name?"

"My cat Babu."

"That sorta counts, but what about human friends?"

"My friends go to Crystal Prep," I explained, as I take my earbuds out and placed them in my backpack, along with my phone, "their names are Jared and Danny."

"Do you communicate with them?"

"I haven't since freshman year."

"Why's that?"

"Because they too will make fun of me like everyone around this school. I have a bully and she is a girl. Do you know how embarrassing it is to have a girl who is a year younger than you bullying you and making yourself look like a pussy?! I can't go to anyone to save me. If I do, she'll kill me."

"Who is this girl? Is it Chrysalis?"

"Yes."

"And I'm also taking a guess that she's responsible for hurting your poor little eye? What a meanie she is."

"I don't want you to mention this to anyone, please. If she found out, she'll kill me."

"Kill you? Nah, she's just threatening you."

"I'm serious. She has a knife in her pocket and she will stab me if I ever told anyone about this. I shouldn't even be mentioning this to you either. Just stay away from me or you'll get in the crossfire."

Pinkie looked horrified; she was legit scared for me.

"I think you should do something."

"Like what, Pinkie? If I told the principal, I'm dead. If I told the teacher, I'm dead. I'm too afraid of going up to the cops and telling them about this. I'm so scared that I can't be with anyone. I feel so alone that I might as well be off dead."

"… Eren, you really need to take-"

"Just go away."

"Eren, I just want to-"

"JUST GO AWAY! LEAVE ME ALONE! I DON'T NEED FRIENDS AND I DON'T NEED YOU!"

Pinkie's hair went from frizzy to slick, as it falls down. Pinkie gives me a frown and grabs her things before walking away.

"I'm sorry for bothering you, Eren," said Pinkie, as she walks away.

I was alone again and I can finally eat my lunch in peace or so I thought. I noticed further ahead from where I was, is Chrysalis heading towards me with an evil smirk upon her face. She walks up to me wearing short shorts, a short sleeved shirt, her hair is in a ponytail, a crown pin in her hair, and was wearing green lipstick.

My body felt cold, as she drew closer towards me. My body shook, my teeth chattered, and I gave out a little of sweat.

"Fuck," I thought to myself, "does she know? What does she want?"

Chrysalis sits down beside me and looks to me with a devious smile that made my skin crawl. I was so scared that I dropped my sandwich.

"Hey there, Eren," said Chrysalis, "what was up with you and Pinkie?"

"It was nothing, Chr-"

"You wouldn't happen to be talking about how you got the black eye, did you?"

"No! I never told her! I swear!"

"Good boy," said Chrysalis, as she pats my head.

I went back to eating my sandwich, as she too ate beside me. As I sat there, I then notice Chrysalis taking out her water bottle and opening it. She looks over to me and smirks.

"Sure is hot in here," said Chrysalis, as she takes her finger and pulls the neck of her shirt.

I nearly chocked as she was showing off a bit of her breasts. She takes the open water bottle and pours it down slowly onto her, making herself get wet on purpose. I stood there shocked, as she continued to do so. She then stops pouring water on herself and hands over the water bottle to me.

"Hold this for a second," she said, as she takes my hand and places the nearly empty water bottle on my hand.

She then stands up and takes a deep inhale.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" shouts Chrysalis at the top of her lungs, "pervert!"

I looked over to the other students, as they looked over to me with shock. I look over to the water bottle and dropped it. I looked over to Chrysalis, as she runs away from me pretending to cry out of embarrassment. She runs up towards the cafeteria doors, where principal Celestia made it just in time. Chrysalis runs up to her and pretends to cry.

"What's going on here," asked Celestia.

"Principal Celestia," said Chrysalis with a wet shirt that showed off her bra, "Eren was being a pervert and dumped his water bottle over me!"

"Is this true?"

"It is," said Shining Armor, as he stood up from his seat, "I saw him holding the bottle the moment she shrieked."

"I did too," said a girl.

Many voices were agreeing with one another, making ever so embarrassed. I immediately grabbed my backpack and hid myself behind it. I can't stand to see people pointing at me. My heart was beating so fast; I never expected Chrysalis to go this far on bullying me.

"What a bitch," I thought to myself, as I grit my teeth, "someday that slut will pay. I want her to suffer the way she did to me."

As I hid myself behind my backpack, I heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind me. I then felt a tap on my shoulder, ordering me to look back. I turn around and see principal looking down at me with a disgusted look.

"In my office," said principal Celestia, as she pointed towards the cafeteria doors, "now."

I grab my backpack and left my lunch by itself. As I made it past Chrysalis, she gives me a wink and sticks out her tongue. I give her an angry look, but didn't rage. Instead, I grunted and left the lunchroom pissed off.

"What you did, was inappropriate," said principal Celestia, as I sat in front of her desk, "as punishment, you are to clean the lunch room after school throughout this week. Your parents will get a call about this as well."

"Principal Celestia," I said, "Please listen! Chrysalis splashed herself with water! It wasn't me who did it!"

"Then how come most of the students say that you were holding onto the water bottle? Care to tell?"

"She told me to hold onto it before she screamed."

"That's a load of rubbish! Enough excuses. Starting today, you are to report to janitor Discord and asking him to get you started on cleaning the lunchroom. Do I make myself clear?"

"But principal Cele-"

"Do. I make. Myself. Clear?"

"… Yes, ma'am."

"Good," said principal Celestia, as she takes a slip and writes on it, "since you are late to your next period, I want you to give this slip to your teacher."

She hands me the slip and I exited the office. As the door closes behind me, I stood there and gritted my teeth and gripped onto the slip, making it crinkle.

"Chrysalis," I thought to myself, "I hope you rot in hell."

The final bell rings, as everyone began crowding the hallway towards the exit doors. As I made my way towards the janitor's quarters, I felt a punch on my left arm. I grunted and looks over to see Chrysalis by my side wearing a jacket.

"So what is the pervert doing for punishment?" asked Chrysalis, "be glad I have this jacket to walk out of this school without dorks like you to see or I'll have to give you a lesson."

"I'm to clean the lunchroom everyday this past week," I replied.

"Really? That seems perfect."

"It would be perfect if you did it, you fucking bitch"I thought to myself.

"See you tomorrow, dipshit," said Chrysalis, "I'm gonna fuck this guy's brains out."

The two of us went separate ways, as I made my way past the principal's office. I stopped and stomped the floor.

"I hope this guy gives you a sex disease, you slut," I thought to myself before I continued towards the janitors office.

I made it towards the janitor's office and gave it a few knocks.

"Mr. Discord," I said, "it's Eren."

I heard a few steps before the door was opening and Mr. Discord standing in front of me. He wore his usual janitor clothing, his eyes still looked crazy as usual and he still has that beard. Seriously, I think he should shave that thing off and trim his eyebrows.

"Well, well, well," said Mr. Discord, "a little birdie told me that you are to clean the lunchroom with me throughout this week as punishment."

From his left, he pulls out a toy bird and the bird itself gives out a few chirps. He laughs in his throat and throws the toy bird away.

"Before we get started, I have two friends I like you to meet."

"Who?" I asked.

"Say hello to Mr. Mop," said Mr. Discord, as he tossed me a mop and then a bucket, "and Mrs. Bucket. Hahahahahaha!"

I give out a sigh of frustration and grumbled.

"Oh, goodie," I said sarcastically, as Mr. Discord continued to laugh his ass off.

After cleaning for an hour with Mr. Discord, I walked home exhausted and pissed off. By the time I made it home, I went to my room and lied on my bed.

"When will my misery come to an end," I said to myself, as I looked up at my ceiling, "when will this nightmare end? I was set up, I get to clean up after school and hear Mr. Discord bullshit stories that I don't give a shit about. What can make this day any worse?"

Suddenly, my phone rings and I pull it out of my pocket. On the screen, I should've expected. It was Mom and dad; I bet they're furious. I press the call button and held the phone to my ear.

"Hello?" I responded with.

"EREN!" shouted mother through the phone, "WHAT THE HELL DID I HEAR ABOUT YOU BEING A PERVERT AT SCHOOL?!"

"Mom, I-"

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD DO SUCH AN ACT!"

"I was set up, mom."

"Hold on, your dad wants to talk to you."

I waited for five seconds until dad could pick up.

"Son, that is not correct," said father, "whatever the principal has you doing as punishment is good enough for me. If I were at home, I would slap you across the face."

"Dad, I was set up by Chrysalis," I explained, "she made me do it."

"I don't give a damn if it was all a ploy. Tonight, I want you to think about what you have done."

"I will dad," I said with a sigh.

"Talk to you tomorrow, son. Bye."

I hanged up and reached over to my desk where I set it down gently. I then grunted and began looking over to my pillow. I was so furious and began to punch non-stop on my pillow. I was so angry I wanted to take my anger out on something and the closest thing to do that was my pillow.

After punching my pillow for two more minutes, I was panting and then I became tired. I began to change into my PJs and walked out of my room towards the kitchen where I bought myself a thing of salad I bought from the store last week. I can't cook really; I tried a few times and I keep fucking things up. I'm a really bad cook and I feel as though I'm getting thinner each week.

I took the salad out of the fridge and walked into the living room and turned the TV on. I went through recordings and played episode four of One Punch Man. I ate silently, until Babu showed up from my right. He jumps onto the couch and sits beside me. I smiled and placed my salad down on the coffee table to pet him. I scratched his head, making him purr with glee. I then began petting him back and forth against his black fur, as he purred even louder.

"I may not have friends at Canterlot high," I said to Babu, "but at least I have you, Babu."

The cat smiled and began to curl into a ball against my side and closed his eyes. I petted him once more before I went back to both the episode and my salad.

"I wish I could have at least one friend at Canterlot High, but of course Chrysalis is bound to fuck things up."

I look out the window, as the stars shined brightly outside.

"Dear God, if you could, send down an angel to be by my side. Someone who could protect me from Chrysalis."