The Blood of a Hunter: Part 1
Henry's Blog #9, Day 18:
I have yet to discover these so called "princesses" of this strange, magical land that is named, "Equestria". As I said in my last blog, the inhabitants are what appear to be horses. However, I've mostly seen Jennie's and no Stallions however. There are quite a few, like the big red Stallion that only appears to say, "Eeyup" and "Nnope." One Jenny that appeared to have rainbow colored hair and tail, with a cyan coat, told me that these aren't actually horses, but ponies. A magical land filled with ponies. Dear Arthur, if you are reading this, then I have clearly lost my mind and I do hope that I have not passed out on the neighbor's lawn once again. From what I was told from this cyan pony with wings, I think they are called pegasus or pegasi for it's plural form, there are at least 4 different princesses that have different powers. One has the power to raise the sun, the other has the power to raise the moon, one is love, and the other is friendship. Dear Lord, my daughter Rebecca would definitely love this-
"HUNTER!"
"WHAT MOM?!" yelled a kid with brown hair who was sitting on the toilet with a book in his hand.
"What is taking you so long!? Get out of the bathroom right now! You're brother is coming home for dinner!"
"Give me 5 more minutes! I'm in the middle of something here!"
"You've been in the bathroom for an hour now! What are you possibly doing-... On second thought, I don't want to know what you're doing in there! Just make sure and wipe up the mess, alright!"
"Oh go- geez mom! I'm not doing that! I'm reading a book!"
"Well do it in your room! Your brother is coming!"
"Alright!"
The kid known as Hunter got up from the toilet seat, to which he wasn't even using. His pants were already up and he was just in the bathroom to read a book, since everywhere else is too loud for him to concentrate.
"I can't even read a good book in peace nowadays. What has the world come to?" said Hunter as he exited the bathroom.
The school bell rang all around in Canterlot High, indicating that the 30 minute break started. Students all around either went to their friends or went into different classes to make up tests and quizzes or study.
Yep, this school was one hell of a school. It was mostly peaceful, friendly, and quiet-
"WE'RE GETTING A NEW STUDENT!?"
Okay nevermind.
"Yes Pinkie, we're getting a new student." said Sunset, trying to keep her hyper friend contained.
"OH I can't wait to throw him a party!" yelled Pinkie.
Sunset chuckled at her response.
"Yes Pinkie, I'm sure you can't wait."
At that moment, 4 other students came walking around the corner. Those students were non-other than Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy.
"Hey, what's going on?" asked Rainbow.
"We heard yelling, so we thought we check it out." added Fluttershy.
"Oh it's just Pinkie being Pinkie. She's excited that there's gonna be a new student here later today, with me giving him a tour of course." said Sunset.
"A new student?" asked Rainbow excitingly.
"Well ah'll be." added Applejack.
"I hope he's nice." said Fluttershy.
"Oh I'm sure he's nice Fluttershy. His principal from his other school said he has a good record and constantly brings life at the school." responded Sunset.
"What does he mean by that dear?" asked Rarity.
"I don't know. But he is a good student, though he is slow and all."
"Well I think I found my job on prepping him up to fit with us if he's slow." said Rainbow, jabbing her thumb onto her chest.
"Uh no Rainbow. I mean he's mentally slow. He doesn't get the point at first glance and he has a delayed reaction sometimes. He has quite the bit of strength and stamina from what Celestia told me." replied Sunset.
"Do you know what his name is darling?" asked Rarity.
"Hunter Blood I think. He should be here by now, probably up front." said Sunset.
"He's already here?!" asked Pinkie excitingly.
"Yes Pinkie he's here. He got here this morning and is waiting for a tour from me. Which reminds me, I better go look for him. You wanna come?"
"Uh-huh." the girls said in union.
The girls all walked to main entrance to the school where they saw students roaming. Students all from their school, but no Hunter Blood. Sunset looked everywhere, only to see the Athletes, some Techies, Wiz Kid and Curly Winds talking and laughing, but still no Hunter Blood.
"He should be here. Where is he?" asked Sunset.
"Found him!" yelled Pinkie, pointing to the main doors.
The girls looked where she was pointing and sure enough, they saw a kid with gray hoodie jacket, having brown hair, a white T-Shirt with a giant red blood drop on the middle, dark blue navy pants and black shoes. Beside him was a kid with orange spiky hair wearing a red zipped up jacket with a flame on the right side.
"How do you know that's him?" asked Rainbow.
"Because I've never seen him before, and I know everyone here." said Pinkie.
"Ain't that the truth." said Applejack.
"Well, I better introduce myself... and you guys of course." said Sunset as she and the rest of the girls walked towards him.
Hunter Blood was on his phone, tapping on it while holding it sideways, as if he was playing a game, with the kid next to him looking over.
"Excuse me, are you Hunter Blood?" asked Sunset as she she approached.
"What! Not again! I'm down! CRRIIIIPLLLLLLLLEEEEEE!" yelled Hunter.
"Oohh, so close." said the kid next to him.
Sunset and the girls looked at him, waiting for him to respond. Sunset thought he couldn't hear her so she decided to speak up again.
"Excuse me?" she said a little louder.
"Get me! Get me! OH!" yelled Hunter. (new Britney Spears song?)
"Excuse me!" said Sunset once again, a little bit louder.
"Woah, I'm a black guy?" asked Hunter.
"You just now noticed?" asked the kid next to him.
"Well, I don't look at myself very often. Does this mean I can say the N word without getting in trouble?"
"NO!" yelled Pinkie, causing Hunter to scream and drop his phone, only for the kid next to him to catch it. The kid handed Hunter his phone back, while they stared at the group.
"Don't do that! You scared me!" exclaimed Hunter.
"Whoops, sorry about that." apologized Pinkie.
"You must be Hunter Blood, am I correct?" asked Sunset.
"Yep, that is me. Hunter Something Blood." said Hunter profoundly.
"You don't know you're own middle name?" asked Rarity out of confusion, since everyone knows their names.
"N-no that is my middle name. My parents didn't really know what to call me since they said I just 'happened', and didn't come up with a name. So my dad named me Hunter while my mom called me Blood, for all the mess I made when I was born. The doctor asked what my middle name should be and my dad just said, 'Something'." explained Hunter.
Hearing this, caused a look of confusion amongst the group, including the kid beside him.
"That's just... wow." said the kid.
"Aren't you suppose to giving my tour?" asked Hunter to the kid.
"Actually, I'm your tour guide." said Sunset, raising a look of confusion from Hunter.
"What? I thought it was this guy. The paper said, 'Look for someone with fiery red hair', and I saw this guy. You're name isn't Sunset?" asked Hunter.
"My name's Heath Burns!" exclaimed Heath.
Hunter blinked at the sound of his name.
"Are you related to Mr. Burns?" asked Hunter.
"No." said Heath in a deadpanned voice.
"Excellent." said Hunter as he brought the tip of his fingers together as he gave Heath a glare while smiling deviously.
"So Hunter, I'd like to introduce myself and my friends. My name is Sunset Shimmer. This here is Rainbow Dash." said Sunset pointing to Rainbow Dash.
"Sup." she said.
"Applejack."
"Howdy."
"Pinkie Pie."
"HI!"
"Fluttershy."
"H-hello."
"And Rarity."
"Greetings darling."
"How ju do?" asked Hunter in a silly voice.
"So Hunter, should we get started on the tour?" asked Sunset.
"Are they coming?" asked Hunter, pointing the 5 girls.
"No they have class. I'm free because I volunteered to help you." replied Sunset.
"Alrighty then. Let's get this tour over with." said Hunter as he and Sunset walked away, leaving the 5 girls and Heath Burns.
They all stared at Hunter and Sunset walk away while she was giving him a tour.
"He seemed nice." said Pinkie.
After what felt like an hour, Sunset already introduced Hunter to the entire school, classrooms to computer lab, both second story and first story.
"Well Hunter, I think that covers everything. So, do you feel comfortable now?" asked Sunset.
Hunter gave her a blank expression, blinking and shaking his head, as if his blinking shook him out of a trance.
"Well at first, the thought of going to a new school, I thought it was going be like, neeeh, but when I saw the school first person I was like, aaahhh, but when I saw the inside of it, it went back down to, eeeehhhh." replied Hunter smiling.
Sunset gave him a dumbfounded look and really had nothing to say to that.
"What?" she managed to say.
At that moment, the bell rang and kids started walking out of classrooms, starting conversations with their peers. Hunter had to move out of the way just to not let people hit him.
"Where are they going?" asked Hunter.
"They're headed to the cafeteria for lunch. Which reminds me, would you want to sit with me and my friends for lunch. We'll get to know you some more?" asked Sunset.
"Hmm." said Hunter as he rubbed his chin with his fingers. "I suppose so."
"Great. We better get moving if we want to get lunch."
"Lead the way!"
They both stared at each other for a moment in silence, until Hunter broke it up.
"No I'm serious, lead the way. I have no idea where the cafeteria is."
"But I JUST gave you a tour." said Sunset.
"I have a bad memory and I get easily distrac- OOOO! THIS WINDOW!" Hunter exclaimed as he went over to the nearest window and pressed his face on it. "It's so shiny. It's the shiniest thing of all shininess... gg."
Sunset chuckled at his reaction to a window. She thought he was a funny, life-loving kind of guy, and she liked it.
Pretty much everyone already started eating their lunch or currently getting it from the lunch lady, Granny Smith. At one table, there were 5 girls, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Rarity, no shit.
"So then I said, oatmeal?! Are you serious?!" yelled Pinkie as she was telling a story.
The girls chuckled and giggled at her response.
"That's a good one Pinkie." said Applejack as she took a scoop of... apple, sauce or whatever that is.
"I mean, I'm up for eating any kinds of cookies, but oatmeal and raisins, I don't like them."
At that moment, Sunset and Hunter came walking to the their table, with Hunter eyeing his food with a surprised look. The girls seemed to notice this as he was acting strange, and the fact that his facial expression was surprised when he was just staring at food.
"What's the matter darling?" asked Rarity.
"This is actual food... ACTUAL FOOD! Back at my old school, we got food that didn't even qualify as food. I mean sure we got pizza, but it was so disgusting man. Like they literally took the crappiest pizza joint in town, and got like 20 stacks of uncooked pizza. Then there were hamburgers which they had these thin slices of meat and cold cheese. Basically it was prison food, and let me tell you, my school was like prison." explained Hunter.
"Wow... that sounds kind of..." Rarity couldn't think of the words to describe his school.
"Crappy?" finished Rainbow.
"Y-yes. What she said."
"Now sugarcube. Don't ya think yer over exaggeratin'? I mean I'm pretty sure the school wouldn't feed ya prison food. Exaggeratin' is Rarity's job." said Applejack.
"Hey!" yelped Rarity as she gave her friend a glare.
Hunter and Sunset sat next to each other as Hunter started drinking from his soda can.
"No man. I'm serious. My school sucked! We had lockers OUTSIDE and not inside. So that means you had to go in the rain to get your books and possibly walk across campus while getting you and your books wet. We didn't even have a cafeteria, I mean we did, but it didn't have a room with chairs. People usually ate outside on the benches, in the hallways, or in classrooms. And you had to PAY to get lunch. Here, you don't pay anything! No payment! This is the best high school ever!" exclaimed Hunter.
Sunset once again chuckled at his response, as he dove in on his food, unleashing a violent assault on the lunch tray.
"I'm glad you like this place. So tell us Hunter. What do you like to do for a living?' asked Sunset.
Hunter slurped up some spaghetti and swallowed the strand and looked at the girls.
"Eh, I kind of like to do a lot of stuff actually."
"Like what?" asked Sunset.
"Do you like soccer?" asked Rainbow.
"Hell no. I hate soccer." said Hunter.
Rainbow gave him a death glare, as if he just insulted her favorite sport. [oops].
"What about animals? Do you have a pet?" asked Fluttershy.
"I have a pet parakeet named Chirp Chirp, and a dog named Dr. Pepper." responded Hunter.
Pinkie started giggling, gaining attention from the group.
"What's so funny sugarcube?" asked Applejack.
"He named his pet dog... a-a-after a soft drink. That's funny!" exclaimed Pinkie as she started giggling some more.
"Why'd you name him that?" asked Fluttershy, a little curious as to why he named his dog after a soda.
"Because Dr. Pepper is my favorite drink. It's the only doctor where I don't want to keep away." said Hunter as he made the stupid pun.
Pinkie giggled some more at his dumb joke, while the other girls didn't really find it funny.
"I do like to watch TV and play video games, like any normal teenage boy does." added Hunter.
"What's your favorite video game?" asked Sunset.
Hunter looked up in the air, trying to think which was his favorite. He had a lot of games he loved to play, and never actually considered on making one of them his favorite.
"I like a lot of them. Call of Duty, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Payday 2, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, I have a bunch of games I like to play." answered Hunter.
"That's understandable." said Sunset. "How about TV? What's your favorite show?"
"Easy. Profound Moments. It's a TV show about 4 guys taking on the zombie apocalypse, and making fun of everything they encounter, making it into, profound moments! It's hilarious, you gotta watch it." answered Hunter.
"You seem to like a lot of things. You like pets, video games, TV, what don't you like?" asked Sunset.
Hunter took another fork full of spaghetti and ate it, making slurping noises as well.
"Well... I hate songs that have to do with lessons. Like you learned how to share, and then some random dude breaks out in some sort of song and just sings about sharing while dancing. I've seen the weirdest places where people sang and dance about life lessons. Once I in this mall up town, and these dudes were dancing for like money and stuff and my friend Rex and I were all confused on what they were dancing. Well the first line I heard from them was something about sharing and caring, and so me and Rex were into this thing just because of the dance, and then we started sharing our food we bought at the food court. Well it turns out the people were talking about sharing needles and drugs and all that. We were pissed that we got fooled into sharing for something that is illegal." explained Hunter.
The girls looked at him in a confused manner, as to what the hell he just said. Hunter however seemed completely oblivious to the fact that he just went on a rant about singing, to something similar that happened in a mall.
Once again, Pinkie giggled and smiled.
"I like that story. Tell us some more." said Pinkie.
Hunter took a sip from his drink and tried to think of something that happened to him back in the past.
He then snapped his fingers as he gained an expression, which probably means he thought of something.
"I ever tell you about the time my buddy Rex tried to become a waiter? Yeah his parents kicked him out of the house because he wasn't making money and so he went on a job hunt that went from pet store worker, to car washer. Well anyways, he landed a job at a restaurant, not one of those fancy 5 star ones, just a simple diner, where he became a waiter. Now you would think that becoming a waiter is easy work, as it turns out, it's HARD! Now they say experience is the best teacher, and experience taught Rex that writing down orders, doesn't necessarily mean you'll get the right food for them. He wrote orders, but still manage to bring the wrong food to the wrong people. He didn't last a DAY in the restaurant, and till this day, he still hasn't found a job yet." explained Hunter as he told the story.
The girls once again, were all in a state of confusion, with Rainbow nearly falling asleep. Pinkie was the only one interested in the story.
"I like that one as well."
"Yeah. Rex sure is a great friend, he's my only friend." said Hunter as he expression went from relaxed to one of sadness.
Sunset saw the quick change in emotion and was curious.
"He's your only friend?" she asked.
"Yeah." he said in a mumbled tone as he took another bite from his spaghetti.
The girls looked a each other before looking back at Hunter.
"You know, we can be your friends." suggested Sunset.
Hearing this, Hunter looked at them one at a time. Friends with girls? With only one guy in a group and his only friends were girls. Not good odds in Hunter's eyes.
"You six girls want to become my friends?" asked Hunter.
Everyone gave agreed by nodding, with Pinkie nodding faster. Hunter put his hand on his chin and thought for a while.
"Well... I gotta get some other friends, right?"
"What do you mean?" asked Sunset.
"Well back in my school, if a guy is friends with girls, he's depicted as... gay. And most of the time it turned out to be true. I'm not gay. I'm not saying no to the suggestion, you guys can be my friends, it's just that I need some... guy friends. You know what I'm saying?" asked Hunter.
"Totally man." said Rainbow.
"If you want, maybe I can get Flash to be friends with you." suggested Sunset.
"Flash Gordon?!" exclaimed Hunter excitingly.
The girls raised their eyebrows on who he was talking about. Hunter noticed their confused expressions and gained one as well.
"You know. Flash Gordon. The Flash. DC Comics."
"No, my ex-boyfriend. Flash Sentry." said Sunset.
"Aww." said Hunter in a sad tone.
"Maybe he can introduce you to his friends as well." said Sunset. She tilted her head to see above Hunter and saw Flash sitting down with his friend. "He's right there. Wanna go talk to him?"
Hunter turned around and saw a kid wearing a black jacket and had blue spiky hair.
"Eh, sure why not." said Hunter as he and Sunset got up.
They then started walking towards the table where Flash was talking to a kid in a red shirt with a brown vest over it. On the vest it had a recycle sign on it. He had blue jeans and green dreadlocks with a gray beanie on him.
"So you haven't seen Micro Chips today?" asked Flash.
"Nah dude." answered the kid.
"Ahem." said Sunset, catching Flash and the kid's attention. "Flash, Sandalwood. I would like you to meet Hunter Blood." Sunset moved her hands to where Hunter would be standing... the keyword being would.
"Sunset there's no one there." said Flash a little confused.
Sunset shot her eyes open and looked to her left and noticed Hunter wasn't there. She got worried and started looking everywhere frantically.
"Where'd he go!?" she exclaimed.
"Woah, look at that dude." said the other kid, presumed Sandalwood.
Flash and Sunset looked to their left and saw Hunter over a table with a group of kids. Hunter had a half empty bottle in his hand and had a confident look on his face. He then flipped the bottle and walked away. The bottle however landed on it's bottom, after a full flip.
I am the one, don't weigh a ton. Don't need a gun to get respect up on the street. Under the sun, the bastard son. Will pop the glock to feed himself and family.
Upon impact, the table shook while the kids at the table fell from their seats with drinks splashing in their faces.
Hunter walked over to Sunset who she had a surprised look on her face along with Flash and a slightly surprised Sandalwood. Behind Hunter, the kids were groaning in pain and some were cheering. Hunter however payed no attention to them and looked at the three in front of him.
"What?" he asked.
"How did you- n-n-nevermind. Hunter, I would like you to meet Flash and Sandalwood.
"Hey bro." said Sandalwood.
"Hi." said Flash.
"Wassup." said Hunter.
"I think I'll let you go from here. I'll see you later Hunter." said Sunset as she walked off.
Hunter took the courtesy and sat right next to Sandalwood and cleared his throat and stared at the both of them. They stared back and all got nervous. None of them knew what to talk about. Hunter started whistling while Sandalwood kept looking back and forth around cafeteria while Flash rubbed the back of his head.
"Sooo.... yeah." was all Hunter could say.
"Yeah." responded Flash.
"Hm-hm." said Sandalwood.
They started getting nervous again, with Hunter tapping his fingers on the table.
"So um... heard any good songs?" asked Hunter.
"I was listening a song earlier before I came to school." answered Flash.
"What was the song?" asked Hunter.
"Highway to Hell, by ACDC."
"Aw dude! No way! I love that band!" exclaimed Hunter.
"You do! Me too!"
"I love all their songs! I have all their albums! Even the new stuff that ain't no good!"
"Meh, they're alright." said Sandalwood, obviously not caring for the subject.
Flash and Hunter looked at him, with Flash confused and Hunter giving him a death glare.
"They're alright?" asked Hunter, emphasizing "alright".
"Yeah dude. I mean, I don't really like rock n' roll and all, but I have heard their songs and I just think they're alright bro. Y'know?"
"No I don't know." said Hunter, clearly agitated. "They are the greatest band ever to me. Once I went to their concert with my buddy Rex and we heard them play Highway to Hell, and, well... did you know they allow drugs there. I mean not hardcore methamphetamine but weed and all? Like this dude was smoking the good stuff and he asked me and Rex if we wanted a shot, and me being the smart one between us declined, but my buddy Rex was alright with it and smoked some. Long story short, I drove Rex back home after he nearly got us killed because he kept trying to grab the wheel from my hand, and we almost crashed about three times. Now when he got back home, he passed out on his porch. Now luckily his parents were home and took him inside, and till this day, he declines any drug someone offers him."
"Wait, they allow drugs at ACDC concerts?" asked Flash.
"Well I guess they snuck them in because there were these big security guards up from. Makes you think what great security they have there."
"I don't really like concerts either. They harsh my flow." commented Sandalwood.
"Yeah I feel ya. That was the only concert I've been in. I now normally listen to them online."
"Same here man." said Flash. "Sandalwood isn't much of a rock n' roll type, like he said. He's more of uh..."
"A cool, swift wind, going with the flow kind of dude." finished Sandalwood.
Hunter stared at him like he just said something in another language, clearly confused.
"Huh?" he said raising an eyebrow.
"What he means is that he's a laid back kind of guy." said Flash, making it easier for Hunter to understand.
"OOOHHH! Now it makes sense."
"I figured you'd be the one to get the details later."
"What do you mean?" asked Hunter in an angry tone.
Sandalwood was making cut motions with his hand above his neck, meaning to cut what he said, all while having a frantic look on his face.
"Uh... nothing. So... have any brothers or sisters?" asked Flash, trying to change the subject.
"I have one smart brother that my parents ADORE! Really, they're trying make me into HIM! A smart, well behaved, Air Force kind of guy! I'm not like him man! Why can't my parents accept that!" yelled Hunter as he slammed his fists on the table.
Sandalwood made more cutting motions, still having a frantic look on his face, and pointed to a different direction. Flash looked to his right and noticed he was pointing at the girls, who were all talking about something. Flash turned to Sandalwood once again and saw him mouth the words, "Tall about the girls."
"So uh... how do you like Sunset and her friends? Pretty cool huh?" asked Flash.
Hunter's expression went from anger to one of calmness.
"Eh, they're alright." he answered.
"What about Twilight? Isn't she nice?"
"Bruh I hate that book." said Hunter with lidded eyes.
"No, Twilight."
"Yeah, I know. That book sucks."
"I think he's talking about the student, Twilight Sparkle." pointed Sandalwood.
"Why is everyone's names in this school so wierd!? I've already met 8 people with unrealistic names!? Except for you Flash, you have an abnormal name."
"Thank you?" said Flash in a confused tone, whether or not it was an insult or a compliment.
"If you want to talk about normal, then asked Norman, or what we like to call him, Normal Norman." suggested Sandalwood.
"Who's that?" asked Hunter.
"He wears a orange jacket with gray pants and has a green beanie over his head. Compared to what everyone else wears, he seems normal bro."
"I'll be sure to look out for him." said Hunter. "In the mean time, wanna see me flip a bottle?" Hunter asked as he got up and grabbed the nearest half empty water bottle.
"NOOO!!!" yelled the both of them.
I am the one, don't weigh a ton. Don't need a gun to get respect up on the street. Under the sun, the bastard son. Will pop the glock to feed himself and family.
But it was too late, Hunter already flipped the bottle, and the chaos began... again.
Hunter walked around the halls as did many students. He was holding a notepad in his hand with a pen in another, while walking.
"Get friends. Check. Get guy friends. Half-check.... Why is there get kitty litter on this list- I don't even have a cat." said Hunter to himself.
"What did you say to me punk?!" yelled a booming voice, catching Hunter's attention.
Hunter turned the corner to see a big kid wearing a backwards baseball cap, a gray shirt with a fist on it, blue pants and black shoes, with tan skin. He was grabbing what appeared to be a light purple skinned kid wearing glasses with tape in the middle, a yellow long sleeve shirt and white overalls.
"I-I-I-I-I said that y-you're being a jerk Brute." said the kid in some sort of nerd voice.
"Wanna say that again?" asked the kid named Brute as he brought his fist closer to the kid's face.
The glasses wearing kid gulped before getting a scared look on his face. Hunter looked at this scene with a face that looked like he was planning something. He stepped in hoping to scare the bully away before the bell rang, startling him.
"Aw crap. I don't want to be late for my class. Oh well since I'm a new student, I can't get a detention on my first day."
"I can't believe I got detention on my first day, how beautiful." said Hunter in a deadpanned voice with lidded eyes.
"Tell me about it." said a voice.
Hunter turned to his left to see a kid wearing a green beanie and wearing an orange jacket on, sitting in the seat next to him.
"Ms. Harshwinny is super strict." said the kid.
"How strict are we talking about?" asked Hunter.
"She once gave Rainbow Dash a detention as a joke."
"That's not being strict! That's being sadistic!"
The kid chuckled at his response and wiped a tear away. He took in a few deep breaths as he looked at Hunter again. before extending his hand.
"Name's Norman." said the kid.
Hunter took the hand and gave him a firm handshake.
"Hunter. Hunter Blood. I'm new here. You could say I'm, "new blood?"
Baddum Tss
Norman gave him an unamused look with lidded eyes, clearly not thinking the joke was clever.
"That wasn't funny." he said.
"Like anything I say is funny."
"Hunter! Norman!" yelled a voice.
Both Hunter and Norman turned to see Ms. Harshwinny glaring at them, tapping her shoe on the floor.
"Would you like me to give you another detention Mr. Blood?" asked Ms. Harshwinny.
"Please do. It'll alleviate the boredom of my life." said Hunter, giving her a smile.
"Very well then." said Ms. Harshwinny as she got her clipboard and started writing on it. Hunter however, had his eyes grow as wide as dinner plates.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! I was joking, I was joking! Please don't write anything down." begged Hunter.
"Well seeing how you already have a detention for showing up late, I'll go easy, just next time, keep your yapper shut young man."
"Yes m'am." Hunter said as he leaned back in his seat.
Ms. Harshwinny went back to the board and continued writing down notes while everyone copied.
"Dude, you got off easy. Nobody ever goes off easy by Ms. Harshwinny." whispered Norman.
"It's probably because I'm new." reassured Hunter.
"Still, you're already like, the most popular kid in this class."
"You said me and popular. That's funny." laughed Hunter silently.
"No, I'm serious. Say, if you need anyone to talk to, I'm here for you."
"Osborn, we've talked for 2 minutes and already you consider me as your friend... I like those odds."
"Who's Osborn?" asked Norman, raising an eyebrow.
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! [sorry]
The school bell rang and everyone walked out of their classes to head outside and go home, as it was the end of the day. Students talking to one another, casual talk, some laughing, some playing football.
Hunter walked out his last period class, which wasn't Ms. Harshwinny, it was Mr. Doodle, his Math teacher, and got out his checklist once again, finishing the check on his, 'get guy friends' part.
Then, all of a sudden, he heard a loud bang, as if someone had a full collision with a set of lockers... I would love to see that. Hunter walked over to the commotion and saw the same purple skin kid with glasses on the floor, with a bruise on the right side of his face.
Then there was another student, the gray skinned buffed up kid standing over him, Brute Force.
"What's the matter wimp? Too weak to get up?" asked Brute in a taunting way.
The kid tried getting up, but to no avail, as Brute kicked him in the stomach once more, making the kid groan loudly in pain. Hunter then felt something snap inside him. He crunched his eyebrows and put the list away as he walked over to the monster.
"What a loser, kid can't even take a few punches. What you gonna do nerd?" asked Brute as he taunted some more.
"Hey!" yelled Hunter.
Brute turned to him and gave him a glare.
"What?!" he yelled in an aggressive way.
Though he was being intimidating, that didn't stop Hunter from kicking Brute Force in his right thigh, completely paralyzing it. Brute yelled in pain as he grabbed his thigh, no longer feeling it. He looked up to see Hunter giving him a death glare, but noticed he had his hand in a fist. Hunter then punched Brute Force in the diaphragm, completely blocking his airway. Brute gasped for air, but couldn't get any. His diaphragm was closed and he couldn't breath at all, he was completely vulnerable to Hunter, who kicked him in the face, knocking him out. Upon impact, one could see his stomach bloat up, meaning his diaphragm got back to it's usual spot. Looks like Hunter knows Krav Maga.
Hunter completely ignored Brute's unconscious body and immediately darted his eyes to the kid on the floor.
"Hey kid, you alright?" asked Hunter as he knelt down to aid the kid, ignoring the stares from everyone that was watching Brute getting taken down.
"I'm sustainable." said the kid.
Hunter blinked in confusion.
"What?" he asked.
"Agh, I'm alright. Thanks for the help uh..." said the kid, not knowing Hunter's name.
"Hunter." he finished.
"I'm Micro Chips." said Micro as he was helped up by Hunter.
"You alright?" asked Hunter.
"Yeah, just a bruised cheek, that's all." answered Micro as he rubbed his cheek.
"It'll heal." reassured Hunter.
Micro looked at the unconscious Brute Force on the floor, gaining a worried look.
"We better go before he wakes up, or else he'll be mad stupendously. Let's get out of this corridor immediately."
Hunter once again blinked in confusion.
"What the hell did you just say?"
"Let's get out of here before Brute wakes up!"
"OOOHHH! That makes sense." said Hunter as the two of them walked out of the hallway. Unbeknownst to them, Brute's right left hand twitched.
"So Micro. Why was that dude using you as a punching bag?" asked Hunter.
"Well, I think it's probably because he thinks I'm a nerd, and bullies me for it." replied Micro Chips.
"I never really liked bullies. I mean, I'm new and all, but still, if I see someone getting bullied, I won't hesitate to do some Krav Maga on them, or some military moves. KYAH!" exclaimed Hunter as he got in a fighting, Kung-Fu stance. "You know what I'm saying?"
"Understood."
"For now on, if I see you getting bullied, I will protect you. I'm your protector, understand?"
"My what?"
"Your protector. Someone who protects you. Trust me, with me as your friend, everyone will think you are the most lit student here in KHS."
"It's CHS."
"Really? I thought Canterlot was spelled with a K."
Micro gave him a lidded eye stare in annoyance. Hunter meanwhile looked in front of him, and noticed 2 familiar faces.
"Hey Heath! Norman!" yelled Hunter as he waved his arm.
Heath and Norman were at their lockers putting their stuff away when they saw Hunter waving at them. They both waved back and walked over to Hunter and Micro Chips. Heath was the first to notice Micro's bruise on his cheek.
"Woah. Micro, what happened?" asked Heath.
"It looks like you had a head on collision with a set of lockers." added Norman.
"Brute Force." said Micro.
The two both realized what he meant. They knew that ever since Sunset Shimmer wasn't queen of the school anymore, Brute Force took her place and became the Tyrant King, terrorizing students all across campus, with Micro was one of his "usual visits".
"Why don't you just tell Principal Celestia?" asked Heath.
"Because he'll kill me if I do." answered Micro.
"And besides, I did some Krav Maga on his ass." bragged Hunter.
Heath and Norman stared in confusion, not knowing what he said.
"Ew." said Norman, thinking it was sexual.
"Norman, Krav Maga means that he just fought it using military tactics." explained Micro Chips.
"Woah, you're in the military?" asked Norman.
"Once." answered Hunter nonchalantly. "You should've seen Brute's face when I knocked him out."
Heath and Norman's eyes grew wide at the last part. Hunter raised an eyebrow as of why they had such a scared look on their face.
"What?"
"You knocked out Brute Force?" asked Heath.
"Well I paralyzed his leg and temporarily blocked his airway, then kicked him in the face. Yeah, why?"
"Dude... you. Are. Dead." said Norman.
"What do you-"
"AAAGGGGHH!!!"
The four all got startled at the yelling. They turned to see Brute coming around the corner, with an extremely pissed off face. If looks could kill, Hunter would've already died. Brute Force ran full speed towards the four, in hopes to brutally beat them.
"Run." said Hunter.
The four kept running through the halls, pushing kids out of the way just so they could get away from the monstrous student, who was not far behind. They ran and ran, often losing breath, but the fear and adrenaline said otherwise. They didn't want to stop, they did not stop, they just kept running. They turned the corner, pushing a kid out of the way, however, Micro Chips fallen. Hunter dialed back to help his friend up and got a good glimpse on how far Brute was from them. Not far at all. Hunter quickly helped Micro to his feet and immediately threw a trash can to stall Brute. It was a success, Brute fell on the trash can, but quickly got up.
Hunter and Micro caught up with Heath and Norman, who were panting and quickly losing stamina. They turned and ran down the stairs, with Norman falling down, but getting up. In the middle of the stairs was Hunter, who was lagging behind, jumped a half a flight of stairs. Normally, a kid would hurt himself, but during this situation, pain was unrecognizable. Hunter did a roll as soon as he got on the bottom and went back to running for his life.
Shortly afterwards, Brute came down, sliding against a row of lockers, busting them. Like Hunter, he didn't feel pain, and kept running after his attacker.
Hunter, Micro, Heath, and Norman all passed by the Main 6, who gave them questionable looks. Soon, Brute Force ran passed them, and they automatically knew why they were running. Dropping their things, they decided to run after them as well, to see if they're gonna be alright.
The four students all saw the entrance/exit doors and put all their strength and force in them to make it to the door.
"Don't look back!" yelled Heath.
Hunter, however, looked back, to see Brute on their tail.
"AAGGGHHH!" yelled Brute Force.
"AGH! I looked back!" yelled Hunter.
The four friends all ran out the door, and Hunter immediately saw Flash Sentry and Sandalwood standing by the horse statue.
"Follow me!" yelled Hunter as the four ran to them.
Flash and Sandalwood both looked at the four guys, but were wondering why they were running. The four all got behind the two students, raising questionable looks on all of them, except Hunter.
"This is your plan? Hide behind Flash and Sandalwood?!" exclaimed Heath.
"Hey." said Flash.
"Sup dude." said Sandalwood.
"Well what other options do we have? It's not like this giant horse statue is some sort of portal we can go through!" yelled Hunter.
"Um, actually Hunter-"
Flash never finished his statement as he was interrupted by the sounds of doors opening and yelling. The two looked to see Brute Force on the set of stairs, steam coming out of his redden face of anger. Brute marched his way to Flash and Sandalwood, causing the four to cower in fear. He stood in front of the two, who gave him scared looks.
"Out of the way." Brute said.
Flash and Sandalwood both glanced at the four, who all gave terrified expressions. The two looked at each other before nodding, knowing what to do.
"No." Flash said sternly.
"What?!" exclaimed Brute.
"You aren't hurting our friends dude." said Sandalwood.
"These four are your friends? They're wimps!"
"They might be wimps in your eyes, but in our eyes, they're our friends, and friends stick together." said Flash as he gave Brute a cold, hard stare.
"Like peanut buttah and jelly!" exclaimed Hunter.
"Y- yes. What he said." said Flash, a little confused.
Brute Force leaned in, mere centimeters away from Flash's face. Brute gave Flash a deadly stare, and as I said before, if looks could kill, Flash would be dead.
"You're lucky I only want that Hunter guy." he said.
He then looked at Hunter, giving him the same cold glare he gave to Flash.
"Tomorrow, after school... right here." was all Brute Force said before walking off.
Flash and Sandalwood waited for him to go, until it was safe to gasp for air, holding in their breaths out of fear.
"What did he mean by that?" asked Hunter.
The 5 guys looked at him with sympathetic looks. They all knew what Brute Force meant, but since Hunter was new, he didn't know what was coming for him.
"Hunter... you're fighting Brute Force." said Flash.
"So! Who cares?! I took him down in 5 seconds. Not to mention, I'm mil-i-tary, trained! I got this in the bag." exclaimed Hunter, enthusiastically.
"Hunter. The last time someone fought Brute Force, they ended up in the hospital." warned Flash.
"So? You come out of the hospital eventually." said Hunter with a smile.
"That was 3 years ago."
"Well I guess he learned to avoid Brute Frost. Me? I don't learn anything! I just keep trying, and trying, and trying and-"
"The guy died of his injuries in the hospital."
Hunter's brown pupils shrunk down as he eyes grew as wide as dinner plates. The thought of dying made his heart almost stop, and his whole body quivered in fear.
"W-what?" Hunter asked, clearly in fear and shock.
"Hate to break it to you dude, but, you're a dead bro." said Sandalwood.
Hunter gulped.
"Dear Lord, why did I ever leave Los Angeles?" asked Hunter to himself.
To be continued...
The Blood of a Hunter: Part 2
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-" said Hunter as he was in a state of shock.
Sunset Shimmer and her friends, along with Flash Sentry, Sandalwood, Micro Chips, Norman, and Heath Burns were all at the hospital. Apparently, ever since he heard that he was probably gonna die by the hands of Brute Force, Hunter went into a state of shock, completely moaning for 2 hours straight, without any breaths.
The doctor who was treating him, named Dr. Red Cross, was still shocked to see he's been moaning for 2 hours straight.
"And you found him like this?" asked Dr. Red Cross.
"Well, we saw it happened." answered Flash.
"We're the ones who saw him like this." added Sunset.
"Is there anything you can do?" asked Rarity.
Dr. Red Cross gave a glare at Hunter, and cleared his throat.
"HEY! STOP IT!" yelled Dr. Red Cross.
"Uuuugggghhh." suddenly, Hunter stopped moaning, and blinked a few times and shook his head, as if he woke himself from a trance.
"Why didn't it work when we did it?" wondered Sunset since she and her friends all said the same thing.
"People listen to doctors." answered Red Cross. He turned to Hunter, and noticed he had a stupefied look on his face. "So, Hunter Blood is it? Tell me what happened?"
"Well, I got told that I was suppose to fight Brute Force tomorrow, and I was all like, 'I can handle him!' But then Flash told me a kid died of his injuries in a hospital and I was like... 'fuck.' Then the most strangest thing happened." explained Hunter.
"What was it?" asked Sunset, curious as to what happened.
"Well, right in front of me, the words, 'To be continued' dot dot dot, appeared in front of my face, and next thing I know, I'm hear talking to you guys. Then you asked me what happened, and I answered, 'Well, I got told that-"
"Alright, Hunter we get the point." interrupted Red Cross, not wanting to hear what happened in the last 2 minutes. "Well, it appears you went into a state of shock, and your mind just... stopped. No memories were developed from 2 hours ago, till now. It's really extraordinary if you ask me. Not only did your mind stop, but my guess is that either your lungs stopped working, or you have really big lungs if you haven't taken a single breath from moaning for 2 hours straight."
"Is that like a world record?" asked Sandalwood.
"Well I haven't heard of a, 'Longest Moan' record, so my hypothesis is that, that it is a world record. Hunter achieved a world record!" exclaimed Micro Chips.
"I did? WOO-HOO! And my dad said I was a useless piece of crap! Take that dad! I just set a world record!" yelled Hunter.
"Unfortunately, none of us has a video of you moaning 2 hours straight, so it'll always be unknown." added Micro Chips.
"Aww." said Hunter in a disappointed tone.
"Well the most important thing right now is that you're alright darling." reassured Rarity as she put her hand on Hunter's shoulder.
"Alright?! You think me fighting some teenage Hulk or or or, some, uninfected Tank is alright!? Flash told me a kid died of his injuries 3 years ago because he fought Brute! I don't want to die! I want to live! I have so much to live for... well, not that much, but still!" exclaimed Hunter, clearly scared to death at the thought of his untimely demise.
"Darling, everything will be alright.
"Are you just saying that, or are you lying?"
"... I'm lying."
"To be honest... yeah, you're pretty much screwed." said Rainbow Dash.
"Sorry sugarcube, but... it was nice knowin' ya." added Applejack.
Hunter stared dumbfoundly at these girls, then looked at Sunset with a glare.
"These are your friends?" asked Hunter to Sunset, waving his hand in their faces. All Sunset could manage to do, was nervously laugh and rub the back of her head. "See this is one of the reasons why I didn't want to become friends with girls. I'd rather stick with these 5 guys."
"Thanks man." said Norman.
"No problem."
"Well, to be fair Hunter, you don't really have a good chance on defeating him." said Sunset, very carefully, trying not to lower down his confidence.
"Damn right I don't! I may have military training, parkour acrobatics, but there's one thing that I don't have that Brute Force does."
"And that is...?"
"Brute force!"
"So, you don't have his name?" asked Pinkie.
"No. I mean I don't have the strength. You know, 'brute force', don't you get it?"
"Was that suppose to be a pun?" asked Applejack, raising an eyebrow on her unamused face.
"No! I'm being serious here! He looks like the kind of guy that can destroy a brick wall." explained Hunter.
"He has, done that actually." added Heath Burns.
"What?!" yelled Hunter.
"I'm, just gonna go now." said Dr. Red Cross as he exited the room.
"Oh god! I am screwed! There's no way I'll be able to survive this fight!"
"Actually, there may be a way." said Norman.
Everyone gave him quizzical looks, especially Hunter. At this point, Hunter will take anything that will help him fight Brute Force.
"My uncle owns a boxing gym. Maybe he can help you?" suggested Norman.
"A boxing gym!" exclaimed Hunter surprisingly. "Norman, I'm military trained. I think I can handle myself."
"Really?" asked Norman.
"NO! This dude's a monster! Even with my military skills, I won't be able to fight that Hulk! I'm so screwed!"
"Well at least consider going to the boxing gym. Maybe that will boost your confidence."
"And maybe we'll see what your strengths and weaknesses are." added Micro. "So that we help build them up so you can become invulnerable to all of Brute Force's attacks, thus making you a formattable foe to him."
Hunter gave him a look of confusion and annoyance. The bottom eye lid of his left eye twitched, still having his confused facial expression.
"Micro, you use too big of words for me." said Hunter.
Micro Chips face palmed.
"Ugh! It means we can help you get stronger."
"Well why didn't you say that in the first place?!" yelled Hunter, his voice cracking a little.
The 6 guys all stood in front of a building called 'The Boxing Glove' with the words flashing blue and surrounding the letters was a cartoon explosion and next to it was a flashing red boxing glove.
"The Boxing Glove. I wonder what this place is." said Hunter sarcastically.
The guys all entered the ring where rock music was playing in the background. In front of them stood a big boxing ring, where two guys were in a fight, one wearing green attire, and another wearing red. The green guy tried punching the red guy, however, the red one blocked it by creating a barrier with his gloves. The red guy then went for the stomach, but to no avail, as the green guy blocked it as well. The red guy did something risky, and punched the guys face mask. The green one was knocked back a bit, and was completely vulnerable, to which the red one took advantage.
The red one jabbed the green guy's stomach a few times, then back at the face, to which the green guy fallen down. A ding was heard, as the red guy took off his mask, and held out his hand for the green one to grab. The green guy grabbed it and both did a firm handshake, signaling that training for them was over.
"Hola!" yelled a voice. The guys turned to their right to see a muscular guy with a mustache, wearing some sort of wrestling outfit on, came walking out of an office. "Hola amigos. Bienvenido al guante de boxeo."
"Uncle Andre, I keep telling you, I can't speak or understand Spanish." said Norman in a deadpanned voice.
"Norman, you're Mexican?" asked Flash.
"Only on my mother's side."
"Haha! Well, I bet one of your friends can speak Spanish." said Andre in a heavily Mexican accent.
"Nope."
"Nu-huh."
"0%."
"No way dude."
"Uhhh..."
"Well, maybe one day, I can teach you and your friends some Spanish." suggested Andre.
"Actually Mr... uh... what's your last name?" asked Micro Chips.
"Vargas."
"Right, Mr. Vargas, we have a Spanish class, back at Canterlot High."
"Ah, Canterlot High. I remember that place. So much fun there, all the girls, the food, the teachers. Best 2 years of my life."
"Mr. Vargas, you graduate at 4 years, not 2."
"Who said I graduated?" The guys had surprised looks on their faces upon hearing that statement. "Now, there's a reason why you chicos came here, no?"
"Yeah, my friend got challenged to a fight by this big guy named Brute Force." answered Norman.
"I remember you telling that story. Isn't he the one that sent that kid to the hospital who later died?" asked Andre.
"Yes."
"Aye yai yai! That's terrible! And this guy got challenged to a fight with the big diablo?" asked Andre, pointing at Micro Chips.
"Uh, I'm not the one fighting him, though I am one of his punching bags." answered Micro Chips.
"Oh, then who got challenged?"
"That'll be Hunter." answered Norman, pointing to Hunter, who was shown picking his nose and flicking the booger away.
"This chico? No offense Nor, but your amigo looks..." Andre looked at Hunter who tapping on a boxing ball, dangling from a chain. He smirked as he punched the ball, causing it to violently push back then back towards Hunter's face, sending him to the floor. He groaned in pain. "Let's just say his glass is half full."
"I don't think there was a glass to begin with." muttered Norman.
Hunter wiped dust off of him and eyed the hanging punching ball, while Andre walked over to Hunter and put his hand on Hunter's shoulder.
"So, my nephew says that you need some training for an upcoming fight for school, no?" asked Andre.
"Well, not that much training. I can handle myself out in the battlefield." answered Hunter.
"Have you ever been here before amigo?"
"I never even knew this place existed."
"Then you need training."
Hunter raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"What sense does that make?" asked Hunter.
"Anyone who has never come here before, is automatically a rookie when they step in this arena. Now, let Uncle Andre teach you the ropes towards boxing." suggested Andre.
"Uncle Andre!" yelled Norman, catching Andre's and Hunter's attention. "I-I-I th-thought, y-you were my u-u-uncle." Norman began sobbing into his hands, with Flash patting his shoulder.
"It's okay. It's okay. Let it all out." said Flash in a conformting tone as he gave Norman a hug, who returned it, still crying.
"Great, look what you did. You made him cry. What, are you planning to do that with me when we start training?" asked Hunter in an aggressive way.
"Pretty much." answered Andre nonchalantly.
"Oh dear lord." muttered Hunter as he grew a worried look on his face.
"So, first things first amigo. I want to see you fight, to see how good you are." said Andre outside of the boxing ring, as Hunter put on blue gloves and a blue helmet, all while having a worryingly look on his face. "Now, fight that dummy."
"Hey!" whined Hunter's opponent who was wearing green attire, not the same guy though.
Hunter looked at his gloves and grew a confident look on his face. He then started jabbing his opponent's stomach over and over, eventually leading to his face, knocking his opponent out completely. A few dings were heard.
"Oh yeah! Who's the man! This guy, and not this dude!" bragged Hunter as he put his hands in the air.
"Hunter, you didn't even let him fight... I like that! Never let your opponent get a chance to get a crack at ya. Quick and powerful attacks should work on this Brute Force guy." explained Andre.
"Brute... Force." said Hunter in a whimpering tone.
He started thinking of the name and soon Brute Force's face appeared and started manically laughing at him. Hunter turned around and screamed as the giant Brute Force swept him off his feet and threw him to the ground. Hunter grabbed his head in pain, but noticed the giant foot coming closer. He screamed as the shoe stepped on his tiny body.
In reality, he was cowering on the ground, grabbing his legs and shaking in fear. The guys looked at each other, not knowing what's going on.
"Was it something I said?" asked Andre.
"Hmm." said Micro as he caressed his chin with his fingers, thinking.
Micro Chips look at Hunter, who was still on the ground, whimpering. Micro then looked up in the air, remembering the face Hunter made when he was told he was gonna get in a fight with Brute Force. Micro Chip then had an idea popped inside his head.
"Hey Hunter." he said. Hunter took out the thumb he was sucking on and looked at Micro, a face filled with worry and slight curiosity. "Brute Force." Hunter grew wide eyes and he started whimpering again, as Micro snapped his fingers. "I think I figured out the problem."
"What?" asked Flash.
"It's not his fighting that he needs improving, far from it, it's his confidence." The 4 kid looked at each other with confused looks. "Hunter is military trained, so he can easily take down Brute Force..." Hunter started whimpering some more. "But he's so afraid of him, that whenever he hears his name, he goes full coward. We need to build his confidence up."
"Or we could not go to the fight and not watch him get murdered in front of our eyes." suggested Heath Burns.
"Who's up to coming at my house and watch movies while eating snacks?" asked Norman as he and the 3 others raised their hands.
"Are there gonna nachos amigo?" asked Andre.
"Fine, do as you please. I'm actually going to help Hunter because he saved my life from Brute Force." exclaimed Micro. At the sound of Brute's name being mentioned, Hunter quivered some more as he began ferociously sucking on his thumb.
A few hours passed and it was night time. Micro and Hunter walked towards a shop called 'Barboa's'.
"Barboa's?" asked Hunter confusingly. "The hell does that mean?"
"It's probably a name of a person." answered Micro.
"What the hell kind of name is Barboa? What is it, a combination of Barbara and a Boa constrictor?"
"Probably Jamaican. My cousin goes here all the time for some wierd voo-doo stuff. Apparently Mrs. Barboa is a fortune teller."
"Pfft, yeah right. Fortune tellers are just people who try to scam you into stealing yo money... I gotta do that sometime."
Micro and Hunter walked in the door like entrance, which were beads dangling from the ceiling, and saw a whole bunch of voo-doo, supernatural things. Hand crafted dolls, eyeballs in a jar, you name it.
"I don't understand why your cousin comes here all the time. I wouldn't even want to come here the first time." said Hunter.
"My cousin's all about the supernatural. You should see his room. Also, this is your first time here." answered Micro Chips.
"Damn!" exclaimed Hunter.
"Welcome to my shop young ones." said a deep voice of a woman. The two grew startled looks, with Hunter's more terrified than startled.
"Who said that!? Are you my conscious?" asked Hunter.
"No young one, it is me. Madame Barboa." The two turned to see a black woman wearing large beaded necklace, a flowered shirt, and some sort of flowered hood like fabric on her head. She looked to be in her late 60's or early 70's.
"Ah! My conscious!"
"Hunter, that's Madame Barboa." stated Micro, a little annoyed.
"How do you know?!" asked Hunter in a panic tone.
"Because she just said so." answered Micro in a nonchalant tone. Hunter blinked.
"I sense that you are in need of something." said Madame Barboa, still having her eyes closed. Below her on the table, she was playing cards of some sort, waving her hands over the cards.
"Yes we are Barboa. Hunter needs some uh... confidence build." answered Micro. "So we were hoping-"
"Hoping to find anything in my shop worth of value and answers?" asked Barboa, finishing Micro's statement.
"Y-yes. Do you such equipment?'
Barboa slowly opened her eyes, revealing... nothing. Her pupils were dilated and was pure white, as if she had no soul. Hunter, startled, took a step back away from her.
"I think I may of an elixir that can build confidence... but beware... of the consequences." answered Barboa.
"I think I already had a consequence, stepping in this shop." muttered Hunter.
Barboa turned around and tried to find the elixir, potion... uh- thing, to help Hunter. Her hand hovered many jars, a jar with Frog Eyeballs, a jar with a small arm, a jar of David Caruso's ear and part of his hair, and a decapitated head of a person with a battery around the neck. Right next to the head was a bottle that said, "Confidence Potion", to which Barboa grabbed it.
"Kill me." said the head, still alive due to the battery around his decapitated head.
"Later." whispered Barboa as she grabbed the potion. Barboa placed it on the counter in front of Micro Chips and Hunter Blood. "This elixir will bring enormous confidence to the user young ones. But beware, the effect is only limited. The exact time when it'll stop is unknown. It could be minutes, hours, days, weeks... years."
"What happened to months?" asked Hunter as Micro rolled his eyes. Hunter took the potion and examined the dark purple liquid in it. He took the cork off the top and sniffed it, before chugging it down. After he was finished, he smacked his lips, trying to taste it. It was tasteless, and he couldn't feel anything.
"I don't think wor-" Hunter began groaning in pain as he grabbed his stomach, the bottle shattering on the floor. Hunter grabbed his stomach in pain, as his hand found the counter, grabbing onto it. His shut eyes grew opened, revealing his small brown pupils with blood shot eyes. He stood up, screaming in pain, causing Micro Chips to back up, while Barboa kept a calm face.
Soon, Hunter stopped screaming and fell to the floor. Everything went silent. After a few seconds of silence, Hunter stood up quickly.
"Well... that hurt." he said.
"Did I forget to mention it would hurt?" asked Madame Barboa.
"Yeah." Hunter said.
"It might hurt a little." Madame Barboa said with a slight grin.
"Thanks for the warning." Hunter said sarcastically.
"So Hunter, do you feel your confidence growing? Do you fear Brute Force?" asked Micro.
"Brute Force? Ha! I'll eat that guy for breakfast! I can take him on, any day!" Hunter exclaimed.
"Well Barboa, you amazed me once again. He's full of confidence."
"I can take on Zeus and all the Gods with Jesus on their side!" yelled Hunter as he stood on the counter, flexing his non-existent muscles.
"Maybe a little too confident." said Micro Chips, deadpanned.
"I'm glad I could be a service young ones. That'll be $20.99." said Barboa with a grin.
The two exited the building after paying Barboa.
"I think we should've went to Zecora's. She's cheaper." said Micro Chips as they exited the building.
"I don't even know who that is, but she sounds like a zebra." said Hunter.
The next day...
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!! [sorry again]
The school bell rang and every student walked outside. Practically everyone heard of the fight between Brute Force and the F.N.G. [fucking new guy... COD 4 YO!] They all walked in the front of the school, the windy, clouded skies filling the perfect weather for the fight. Papers blew all around, hair slightly being blown.
On one side, nearest to the school, Brute Force was giving Hunter a death glare and a devious smile. On the other, by the statue/portal, was Hunter, sitting in a chair with Norman giving him a massage on the shoulders while Heath gave him bottled water with a straw on it for Hunter to drink, which he gladly accepted, and bowl under Hunter for him to spit in it. Hunter swished the water around in his mouth before gurgling before spitting... on Heath's face. Heath had an annoyed expression.
"Alright Hunter," started Norman. "from what I saw in the movie we watched last night, you have to be fast, and furious."
"Isn't that a racing movie?" asked Heath, skeptically.
"What you gotta do, is dodge and weave, dodge and weave, and attack. Fast and powerful, remember that Hunter. Fast and powerful."
"Norman, I'm military trained. That guy isn't. I got this in the bag." said Hunter as he took another sip of water and spitted once again on Heath's face. Heath once again had an annoyed look. Hunter stood up, letting the towel fall to the ground. "Let's do this." he said sternly.
He got up from the chair and walked over to his side of the circle. Brute smashed his fist into his palm as he gave a death glare and the devious smile. Hunter however spit on the ground, while glaring and smiling at him.
'Alright Hunter. You can do this. Just remember what Sgt. Iron Will taught you.' thought Hunter to himself.
Remember, never pick your nose in public.
'No the other thing.'
When an old lady is taking her time in the check out aisle, push her over and get your items done with.
'Don't see how that'll help.'
Hunter... I, am your father.
"... Dad?!" Hunter exclaimed.
"You'll be crying to your daddy once I'm done with you." growled Brute Force.
"Ha! Jokes on you! I don't have a dad!... Oh wait."
"That's kind of sad darling." muttered Rarity from the sidelines.
"I know how that feels. I left my parents back in the other dimension." replied Sunset.
"Alright Brute! Let's go! Hand to hand! Rainbow rainbow!" yelled Hunter.
"Zzzz- huh- what?!" yelled Rainbow Dash as she woke up from her nap while sitting on the chair she was leaning on near the statue.
Brute was the first to throw the first punch. He threw a punch towards Hunter's face, which he easily dodged. Brute once again threw another punch to Hunter, which Hunter dodged again. This time, Brute tried to do an uppercut, but Hunter did a roll to dodge it. He glared at Hunter as he ran towards him and was beginning to throw a punch down onto him.
Hunter however, rolled once again to his left, where Brute's punch landed on the concrete, cracking it a little. Brute glared at Hunter and started charging at Hunter head on. Hunter backed up, and backed up, before jumping out the way, leading Brute to crash face first into a wall.
"Look out for that wall!" yelled Hunter in a mocking tone.
Brute took out his fist, which broke a hole into the school, and charged once again at Hunter. Hunter however, grin at him and right before Brute could land a finger on him, Hunter jumped over Brute, gaining some spring jump from pushing off Brute, causing him to land on the ground.
"Toro! Toro!" yelled Hunter, once again in a mocking tone. The crowd cheered as several claps and yells were heard. Brute came charging once again, and once again, Hunter dodged it as Brute ran into the wall. "Ooh! Are your ears ringing?"
Brute turned to Hunter, and he had the angriest face ever, full of red, and one could see steam coming out of his nostrils when he exhaled violently. Brute ran towards Hunter once again, but this time, Hunter didn't move. Brute kept running and running, while Hunter looked at his nails. Brute got closer and closer to Hunter, who kept calm. Finally, Hunter looked from the corner of his eye and before you knew it, Hunter karate kicked the charging Brute in the stomach, causing him to fly off into the crowd.
The crowd moved just in time for Brute to come crash landing down. They all cheered and yelled for Hunter, who enjoyed the applause, by waving his hands around. Brute got up and this time, Hunter came charging for him. Hunter jumped high into the air and came crashing down, landing both feet on Brute's abdomen, and jumped off him, doing a flip in the air.
The crowd once again went wild, as Hunter did a flawless landing. Flash Sentry and the guys, and Sunset and her friends, stared in awe as they jaws were hung open, with the exception of Heath and Rainbow. Heath was getting the last of the spit water off his face, while Rainbow fell asleep again.
Brute slowly got up and looked furious! When Brute saw Hunter, he immediately charged after him. Hunter however, had his back towards him, as he turned his head and before Brute's fist landed on him, Hunter uppercutted him. Brute threw a downward punch, which Hunter dodged, an uppercut, which Hunter dodged again, and a regular punch, to which Hunter jumped backwards back into the circle. Brute charged once again to Hunter.
Hunter stood there until at the last inch, Hunter did a back flip and landed on the statue, while Brute's fist landed on the cement, cracking it. Everyone gasped at such amazement. Applejack tapped on the sleeping Rainbow, to which she woke up and looked at Hunter with sleepy eyes.
"GET DOWN HERE!!" yelled Brute as he slammed his foot on the ground. Hunter smirked, as he pounced off the statue high into the air and was above Brute. His shadow getting closer to Brute' body. "Uh-oh." BAM! Hunter made an impact on Brute as he jumped on Brute's chest and bounced off, doing at least 2 flips in the air before landing. Brute however, fell on his back. If Rainbow was about to fall asleep again, that woke her up. She started at Hunter with wide eyes and gaping jaw.
Hunter wiped off some dust off him, before turning to Brute.
"What's the matter chuckles? Are you done yet?" asked Hunter in a mocking tone.
"Far... from it." panted Brute as he got up from the ground, having several scratches and bruises on his face and arms.
Hunter got into a fighting stance, as Brute got up and roared. He then charged at Hunter, yelling on the way.
"Heh... this guy never learns." muttered Hunter. Hunter extended his fist and was about to punch him... until something happened.
Hunter's pupils dilated as he shook his head. He grabbed it and looked all around, hearing cheers in slow motion, his vision getting blurry. Hunter was confused until he saw the charging monstrous kid coming at him. It all made sense now... he was fighting Brute Force.
"Aw shit." said Hunter quietly.
POW! Pain was all Hunter could feel as Brute punched him in the face, uppercutted him, then punched him in the stomach before grabbing on to him and throwing him near the statue. Hunter landed on the ground, panting while blood came from his cheeks. The crowd gasped in surprise as Brute grew a big, devilish smile.
"What happened!" yelled Sunset.
"The elixir. It must've worn off!" yelled Micro Chips.
"What? What elixir!?" questioned Sunset.
"We went to Barboa's to get a Confidence Elixir and she said the effects could worn off anytime! It must've just worn off!"
"You mean Hunter is back to being scared now! He's gonna get himself killed now!"
Brute started kicking Hunter, who was curled up in a ball, in the stomach over and over again.
"We have to help him!" yelled Sunset.
"Do you really want to be like Hunter, and have half your blood, spilled out all over the school campus?!" yelled Micro Chips.
"I guess you could say it's, 'The Blood of a Hunter'." joked Norman.
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"That's not funny at all." said Rarity.
"OOHH!! I get it! It's the name of this chapter!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie.
"Pinkie Pie, now's not the time for your randomness." growled Sunset as she gritted her teeth.
"Oh gee whiz! I hope the author of this story doesn't give Brute brass knuckles and totally own me!" exclaimed Hunter. Brute cracked his knuckles, which now had a gold brass knuckles on them, while staring at Hunter, still having that evil grin. "Shit."
Brute punched Hunter in the face with his brass knuckles, making blood spill out from his mouth.
"She's not the only random one." muttered Heath.
"Come on bro! Do some like, military moves you keep talking about!" yelled Sandalwood.
"Yeah! Dodge and weave! Dodge and weave!" yelled Norman.
Brute was about to punch Hunter, until he rolled out the way to safety.
"I can't fight him guys! He's too powerful! I'm scared of him!" yelled Hunter as he dodged another attack.
"Come on Hunter! That's not the same Hunter we knew five minutes ago, dodging those attacks with flips!" yelled Rarity.
"That Hunter's dead!" Hunter dodged another attack. "This one's gonna be too!"
"You just gotta believe!" yelled Flash Sentry.
"Believe!" yelled Norman.
"Believe!" Sandalwood.
Soon all the guys started yelling 'believe' as did the girls. Hunter looked at them, while now the whole crowd started yelling 'believe' in the courtyard. Hunter looked all around and saw everyone cheering for him. Soon, a spark was lit in Hunter's eyes as he grew a confident face. Hunter turned to Brute and smiled at him.
"Let's dance." he said.
Brute threw a punched, to which Hunter grabbed his arm and kicked him in the torso. Brute immediately went for another punch, to which Hunter grabbed and punched him to the side. Brute once again threw another punch, while Hunter dodged it and counter-attacked him by punching him in the stomach, the side, then finally uppercutting him. Brute backed up a little, grabbing his head, before charging at Hunter again.
Brute tried to attack Hunter, but Hunter once again grabbed his arm, but this time, twisted it, causing Brute to yelp in pain. Then, Hunter threw a single punch to the underside of the turned arm, where the joint was, and dislocated his arm. A loud 'CRACK' was heard, while Brute screamed in pain. Hunter grabbed Brute by the collar, and pulled him towards him while he kneed him in the stomach. Then with his left hand, he punched Brute in the face, knocking him down.
Brute tumbled over near the statue. He was about to get up before Hunter kicked in near the statue. But, instead of hitting the statue, Brute went slightly in. He screamed as he was about to fall in.
"What the?" asked Hunter as Brute fell to the ground, his legs in the portal, screaming in fear. "That statue's a portal?!"
"I tried to tell you Hunter!" yelled Flash.
"Hold on Brute!" yelled Hunter as he ran towards Brute Force. He grabbed onto Brute's hands and tried to pull him out, but the portal kept pulling him in. "EERRGGGHH!! You're too heavy, Brute! Have you tried eating a salad?" Soon, Norman and Micro Chips joined in.
"Help me Hunter! I promise I won't bully you, or anyone else here!" begged Brute.
"Brute, you've never bullied me. I just got here yesterday."
"Well still, help me already!" yelled Brute. Flash and Sandalwood joined in, trying to grab Brute."I-I'm slipping!" yelled Brute as his hat was sucked into the portal. Brute's hands started slipping from the grips of Hunter. Soon... the grip loosened, causing not only Hunter to fall on his friends, but for Brute Force to get sucked into the portal. "I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS HUNTER! YOU HEAR ME! I'LL END YOOOUUUU-" yelled Brute before the portal closing.
Everyone stayed quiet and all took a moment of silence, and to recap on what just happened.
"What the fuck just happened?!" yelled Hunter.
"Brute's gone... he's... gone." said Micro Chips. ... "YAHOO!" Soon everybody cheered for the 'death' of Brute Force. Hunter looked all around with a surprised look as he stood up quickly.
"Are you guys nuts?!" yelled Hunter, causing the crowd to stop celebrating. "A kid was just SUCKED into another dimension, and you guys are cheering? What is wrong with you people! You're terrible people for doing that! He might have been a bad kid, but that's not his fault! Children aren't born bad! They're bad because of life and parents treating them bad! You don't know what he's going through, he might have- aw screw it. WOO! Brute's gone!" cheered Hunter as everyone else cheered.
DINK!
The next day at lunch, everybody was cheering for Brute not tormenting them. Everyone had smiles all around and people were laughing and having a good time. That is, until Hunter stood up from the table.
"Ahem. May I have everyone's attention?" asked Hunter. Everyone gave their full attention to Hunter. "I'd just like to say, that these last couple of days have been a blast here at my new school. Not only have I become the most popular kid in this school in just 2 days, but I've made wonderful, 5 new friends. Flash Sentry, Sandalwood, Micro Chips, Norman, and Heath Burns. And from just looking back in the past 2 days, I can already tell I'm gonna love this school and it's kids, and who knows... I may have more adventures here, and I'm looking forward to spending it with my friends, and you guys. Cheers."
Everyone started cheering and whistling while Hunter gulped down his drink and looked all around him, admiring his new school mates.
"Hey Hunter." said a voice, causing the cheering to stop. Hunter looked down to see Norman, smiling deviously. "Guess who ate all your food." Hunter looked down as the crowd went quiet. He saw his tray once full of food, emptied. He looked at Norman, who kept smiling. Hunter soon had a surprised look.
"YOU DI-"
