Rejects' Love

For two hours Flash Sentry had been laying in bed worrying about what could happen if he entered into a relationship with Sunburst. He knew that Shining Armor tended to be a bit more traditional and would likely kick him out of the guard for such a relationship. While he did like Sunburst a lot, he knew that he would wind up having to crush his already fragile heart. He had a feeling it was either that or he would be out of a job.

Finally at 0100 Flash Sentry had had enough. He knew it was late but decided that he would pay Sunburst a visit. He decided that the sooner he ended any prospects of a relationship, the better. While his fellow guard ponies were sleeping peacefully, he sneaked out of the barracks and headed towards Sunburst's house.

As he headed to his destination, he kept on going through his head on how he was going to do this. He wondered if he should just flat out tell him or if he should just talk to him first and then break the news. Finally as Sunburst's house came into his field of vision, he decided he would be quick about this so he could get back to the barracks and finally get some sleep.

All the lights were off in Sunburst's house when he knocked on the door. After waiting a couple minutes he pounded on the door which quickly woke him up. When he got up and discovered it was Flash at his door, he was shocked. He said, "Uh Flash, what are you doing here this late?"

Flash asked in return, "Sunburst, can I come in? We need to talk."

Sunburst gave him a smile and replied, "Of course!"

Flash followed Sunburst in and the two sat down at the dining room table. For a few seconds it was eerily quiet until Sunburst asked, "So Flash, what do you want to talk about?"

For a brief moment Flash did not want to tell Sunburst that this was the end of any hopes of a relationship but then he got an idea. He would lie, "Well Sunburst, I have some bad news."

Sunburst got a nervous look on his face and asked, "Oh, and what is that?"

Again Flash lied, "You see, when we almost kissed one of the other guards must have saw us and reported it to Shining Armor."

Sunburst began to tear up, "I take it he wasn't happy over it?"

Flash replied, "No, he wasn't." Flash began to become nervous as lying isn't the easiest thing for him to do. He had a slight smile as he continued, "He said that it was either you or my job."

Sunburst couldn't help but notice the smile. He asked, "Flash, why would you smile when you said that? I thought you would be devastated."

Flash began to stutter, "Well, I, you see......"

Sunburst quickly realized that Flash was lying and wondered if he even loved him. He shouted, "You're lying aren't you? Do you even love me or was yesterday just a sham?" He raised his voice and continued, "You don't even love me, do you?"

Flash realized that it would be best if he just told the truth and got out of there. He replied, "No Sunburst, I don't. I really like you but I don't quite love you."

Sunburst yelled, "So that's why you didn't kiss me? You didn't kiss me because you don't really love me and you're doing this just so you don't lose your job, right?"

Unlike Sunburst, Flash remained calm. He replied, "Yes Sunburst. Look, I really like you but I have to put my job....."

Sunburst shoved him and screamed, "Just you wait, I'll tell Shining Armor you tried to kiss me last night."

Flash asked, "Oh and you think he's going to believe you?"

Sunburst calmed down and replied, "Flash Sentry, I take care of his daughter all day and I think he will believe me over you, an ordinary guard." He then began to laugh, "And guess what, not only will you be out of a job but you might face assault charges."

Not only did this anger Flash, but it also sent him into a panic. He grabbed the smaller Sunburst and slammed him into the floor. He began to stomp on the unicorn and yelled, "I don't think so Sunburst." He quieted down and snarled, "You might want to think twice about telling him if you know what is good for you."

Many ponies would be scared in this type of situation but Sunburst was too angry to be scared. For him this went from visiting with a stallion he loved to a life or death situation. While Flash was standing there gloating over stomping him, Sunburst used his magic to open a drawer with knives in it. He fired a knife at Flash, striking him directly in the abdomen.

"OUCH!"

The knife was immediately grabbed by Sunburst as he got up. He stood tall and yelled, "You want a fight, you got a fight!"

This sent Flash into a rage, the type of rage that makes a pony want to kill. He yelled, "So this is how it's going to be huh?"

Sunburst plowed the knife straight into Flash's side but that would not do much to slow him down. Flash again grabbed him and slammed him into the ground. He yelled, "That's it Sunburst. I'll make sure you don't tell Shining Armor anything." He again began to stomp on him and yelled, "May the maggots feast on your pathetic little corpse!"

This again gave Sunburst the fight he needed so much at that time. He grabbed the knife and plowed the knife straight into Flash's gut, causing him to fall over. As Flash laid there he realized that it was now Sunburst who had the advantage. Sunburst knew that Flash would likely not be down for long so he again stabbed him, multiple times in the upper thighs.

As Flash laid there he watched in shock as Sunburst levitated the knife down to him and began to cut him open. Flash's screams became louder as not only had Sunburst cut him open a bit, he leaned down and began to eat the flesh off of his ribs. As he tasted pony meat for the first time, Sunburst couldn't help but laugh, "Mmmm....tasty!"

Despite being in the situation he was in, Flash was able to lean up and headbutt Sunburst, knocking his knife straight into his side. Sunburst was screaming in agony but was quickly able to get the knife out and again stabbed Flash in the gut. Sunburst could tell Flash was beginning to get weaker and a thought crossed his mind. He remembered reading a book about a sadistic, cannibalistic dentist who would eat the hearts of bad patients and thought to himself, "What does a pony's heart taste like?"

To weaken Flash further he stabbed him a couple more times in the side before ripping straight into his abdomen. By this point Flash couldn't struggle much but was screaming louder and louder, hoping somepony would hear his screams and come to his aid. After ten minutes Sunburst had devoured a great amount of the meat on Flash's ribs and saw the organs underneath. Sunburst remembered another thing about that book that made the dentist so brutal so he did what she did, he leaned down and broke his ribcage open with his teeth.

Finally, right there, within reach was Flash's heart. Flash's screaming became louder and louder until finally Sunburst realized it had to stop. As he leaned down to take what he wanted, he asked, "Any last words?"

In an agonizing scream he yelled, "I should have killed you the second I got here you bastard!"

Sunburst laughed, "Nothing intelligent so let's finish this!"

Sunburst leaned down and ripped Flash's heart out with his teeth, causing him to let out one final scream. Sunburst was kneeling there, holding the knife with his magic and chewing up the heart. Not long after he got back up, he began to choke on the blood flowing out from the heart. He stood up and began slamming himself up against the wall trying to clear his airway. Finally he got it cleared and still holding the knife in his aura he looked down and laughed, "Not so strong now, are you?"

Sunburst decided he had best turn his light off and get to bed. He could get cleaned up tomorrow morning and handle the body later. Once he turned the light off he wound up tripping over Flash's body and fell straight forward and he let out one final scream as the knife he had been holding plowed straight into his heart.

After a lot of yelling, fighting and violence, Sunburst's house was once again quiet and dark, as it normally was that early in the morning. The only sounds that remained in the house were the crickets chirping and a couple of owls hooting.