Darkness and Magic

Well, it was during my first year in middle school, it was a long time before Emily became my sister. It was before I knew I was the Dark Mage. After my father had finally let me attend a public school. Since it was my first time at a public school, I was extremely shy and unaware of my surroundings. I guess I looked like a vulnerable kid who was an easy target for bullies.

During lunch, I looked at who I could sit by. I hadn't really talked to anyone except for the class representative, and I saw that she was sitting alone as well. I didn't assume much, I just thought that maybe her friends weren't there yet, so I still just stood around looking like an idiot. She definitely took notice, and she waved me over to her.

Somewhat reluctant, I walked over to her, "Yes?"

"Don't be so shy. I know this is your first day at a public school, so you can just sit with me for the time being. I'm your class representative, and it's my job to make sure you're fine. Now sit," I was still reluctant as I sat beside her.

"Thank you...," I saw that she chuckled at my shyness as she just looked at me as I started to eat.

"You're actually pretty cute, you know that?" I was young, and it was the first time any girl has called me cute or anything. I instantly blushed at her comment, and I could feel the sweat trace down my back.

"W-What?"

"I'm just saying that you've been extremely shy today, and I think it's pretty cute," My young mind didn't really know what was going on. It couldn't comprehend the signs she was showing me. It couldn't separate love from just a friendly comment.

"T-Thank you. No one has ever complimented me like that...," I knew from then on that I made a new friend in my first day. Although, like I said before, I was a huge target for bullies due to my shyness. My biggest problem was a senior who saw that I was an easy target for him to make a name for himself. Apparently, he wanted his senior year to go out like a bang, so he wanted to do so by picking on someone.

A few months later, I continued to sit with the class rep and with another friend I made over the course of that school year. For some reason, the other friend was also a girl. I don't know why most of the friends I make were girls. Anyway, that same student saw me sitting with them, and thought it was the perfect opportunity to do his worst not to me.

"Oh, look at you, having two girls with you. Isn't that cute?" Normally, I would be afraid of him when he would approach me, but for some reason, I felt no fear. In fact, I felt anger towards him, "Hehe..."

"Please, back off. As his class rep, I must make sure he's fine."

"Oh, and sitting with him is for nearly 4 months is a good enough time for him?"

"I-I...," She stumbled upon her words, and couldn't finish it. My other friend, who was a little tomboyish, a little like Dashie, but she stood up to confront my bully.

"So you're the bully that's been picking on my friend huh? You better watch it. I may be a girl, but I can still hold my own in a fight," She wasn't lying either. She was the friend that introduced and motivated me to workout and do crossfit. Either way, all my bully did was laugh at her comment.

"Aw, how cute, you have both of the standing up for you. You're such a spineless coward. I should just beat you down now, and get it out of the way," He pulled back his fist, and connected it with my gut. This guy always activated a certain spell that has been recently banned in our world for certain reasons, but it made every physical attack increase ten-fold. So the force was enough to blow me back into the wall on the other side of the cafeteria. Everyone looked at what had happened, and through my blurry vision, I could see him closing in on me.

He had never hit me this hard, and he has never done it in front of anyone. He usually does it after school so that he wouldn't get in trouble for attacking a student. I guess this was his moment to shine.

As my vision cleared up, I could see a green ring constricting him, "Stop! You're already in a lot of trouble, so you might as well stop. This spiritual binding is hard to break," The student grunted as he continued to break the binding, "This spell is being used by an S Rank student. No one can break through this!"

"Oh yeah?" He started to glow red, and he easily broke through the binding. He looked behind him towards the class rep, and he dashed towards her. He grabbed her, and slammed her on the nearby table, much to everyone's surprise. For some reason, I felt so much rage from what he did, that everything went black. All I could hear was the screaming of the students.

I don't really remember anything that happened after that, but from I was told by my father... I created such destruction, and I was nearly caught by the Magical Vanguard. My father told me no one could say it was me because there were no witnesses brave enough to say they saw anything.

I then realized that not only does my magic destroys lives, but it makes people fear me. I knew from that day, that I would never hurt anyone ever again. I know I was only protecting my friends, but what's the point of having friends if I'm just to cause them to fear me...

I felt arms wrap around me, causing me to look behind me, "Mitchell, I doubt something like that would happen again. If you control your magic use, then you don't have to worry about anything."

"I know, but the day the Magical Vanguard comes is inevitable. They could find me today, tomorrow, next month... you never know..."

"I know...," I sighed as I looked at Sunset Shimmer, I know she'll probably blame herself for making me relive that moment.

"Don't blame yourself for having me talk about that. It's fine. My past is what molded me to be who I am today. Although, it does not define who I am as a person. Your past cannot be forgotten, edited or erased, but it can be accepted."

"That is very true Mitchell," A familiar voice said from behind the three of us.

"Celestia..."

"I think that's enough story time for now. You need to get some new apparel, and get ready for school tomorrow. I hope I don't need to help wake you up tomorrow."

"I think my sister can do that for you," I looked at my sister who nodded.

"Well, school isn't over yet, but my plate is now clean for the time being. I can go ahead and drop you two off at the shopping district in the town. I'm guessing you'll know what bus to take to get to your home, right?"

"Yeah, but I think it's best if we take a taxi or something."

"I understand, so shall we get going?" I nodded as I turned to Sunset Shimmer.

"Thanks for you listening Sunset, and thanks for the tour too. I'll see you tomorrow!" She nodded as she waved us off. I'll end it here again. Right now, everything's dying down again, but I just lost someone... close to me. I know I just went into full rage, but I could see everything. Anyway, you'll know when I write it down. It's... emotionally draining for me to talk about so early.. bye everyone...