Author's Note

Sorry for the long wait for this chapter I have been extremely busy!!!

People Never Change

Two weeks after the incident at Twilight's house and having Vinyl and Octavia complain to me about what happened. Then during a Friday night I finally crumpled under the pressure and decided to go to the homecoming football game of the year. The Canterlot Wonderbolts were going against the Fillydelphia Shadowcolts.

"Hey Skull glad you could make it to the game!!" Rainbow Dash said as she ran over to great Vinyl, Octavia and myself as we started walking away from the concession stand with drinks in hand.

"Hey Dash what's up?" Vinyl said as she gave her a fist bump.

"Not much Vinyl just excited I could talk Twilight and everyone else into coming to the game. Then I thought why not ask you guys also." She said with a smile as she cupped the back of her head with her hands. Then the others started walking over to greet us as well.

"Hey girls." I said as I waved to them. They of course waved back, but Twilight seemed nervous for some reason.

"Hey Skull do you mind going with Twi 'nd grabbin' us some drinks while we go get seats?" Applejack asked as she raised her eyebrow trying to signal me.

"Alright I'm game let's go Twilight." I said as I motioned for her to follow me as we went to go grab the drinks.

"Skull I just wanted to say that I am... so so sorry for what I did... and how I treated you.." She began as she started sniffling a little.

"Twilight it's okay trust me. I've had worse done to me than that. Sure you did shoot me and essentially kill me, but here I am back from the dead and I have learned things from someone I knew. So don't feel bad about anything okay I forgive you completely." I said as I stopped her and reassured her with my hand on her shoulder causing her to grin.

"Thanks I appreciate it." She said as she wiped away the tears and we got the drinks and went to sit down with the others.

Be.... careful.... A familiar deep voice said in my head causing me to look around at everyone around me.

"I wonder who they're gonna pick for the homecoming king and queen." Twilight said as we joined the others.

"What 're y'all talkin' about?" Applejack asked as we passed out the drinks to everyone.

"The homecoming winners." I said as I opened my sweet tea and took a sip.

"Well the queen will more than likely be Rarity she's been going crazy in the polls." Rainbow Dash commented.

"True true." I replied.

"Thank you both for the confidence." Rarity said with a small sniffle.

The game went on for a couple hours. It was full of our team hitting their team and their team hitting our team and myself laughing so hard I couldn't breathe when our team got hit.

"You find this funny?" Fluttershy asked questioningly.

"Well yeah of course nothing is better than seeing people knock the crap out of each other." I said with a smile as Vinyl was laughing so hard she was in tears.

"I swear you two are going to be the death of me one day." Octavia said as she pinched the brow of her nose.

"C'mon Shoulder Pad!!!" A guy with a thick beard yelled as the football player that he called to caught an interception and was running it in for the game winning touchdown.

"I'll be back guys gotta go to the bathroom real quick." I said as I stood up and started to make my way to the restrooms.

"You not gonna watch him score?" Twilight asked through a bite of popcorn.

"I don't want to see it cuz I really don't care." I said as I walked away from them.

The restrooms for the students that went were located down near the field and weren't too far away. I saw some students of course lingering around the restrooms talking and smoking. I just ignored them as I walked in.

"Hey loser!" One of the guys yelled.

I politely responded with a very beautiful bird as I walked in. I was in there for a couple minutes doing my thing until I heard a voice.

Hey kid. The raspy voice said.

What? I replied in thought.

Be careful about what is outside. The voice responded before the presence disappeared.

I finished my business and walked over to the sink and splashed cold water on my face trying to get over the fact that I just talked to a voice in my head. I started my way out and was met the announcement of the homecoming King.

"Our Queen Rarity has already been crowned! Now it is time to announce the King that will take the throne!" Diamond Tiara said as she was up on stage with her idiot in crime and Rarity.

Huh I figured she would win. Oh well I hope whoever wins King will treat her right. I thought as I started towards the others.

"This year's homecoming King is.... Skull Punk!" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon both said in the mic.

"What...." I said as I stopped in my tracks and looked at the stage.

"Well come on man let's go!" Shoulder Pad said as he appeared right next to me and started pushing me to the stage.

"I respectfully decline my crown thank you!" I said trying to resist the freight train behind me.

"Aww do you not like Rarity?" Diamond Tiara asked still with mic in hand.

"No it's not that I just don't want any attention." I said with an awkward grin.

"Come on someone like you should love the attention." Shoulder Pad said with a weird tone in his voice.

"No I don't!" I grunted as I broke through his force and was able to roll to the side.

"What are you too good for our homecoming king crown?" Diamond Tiara asked as she tried to get the crowd going.

"No it's not like that." I said as I started to back up.

"Do you not like Rarity?" Shoulder Pad asked as he started walking closer to me.

"No I do like her as a friend." I said as I tried to back up further.

"Well then what is it?" Diamond Tiara asked making Rarity shift uncomfortably.

"I..." I started to say before I was interrupted.

"Grab him." Shoulder Pad said and in an instant I felt what felt like meaty ropes wrap around my arms, waist, and legs only to look down and see the other members of the team grabbing me and holding me in place.

"What are you doing?" I said startled as I tried to break free.

"Getting revenge." Shoulder Pad said as he looked to Diamond Tiara and nodded.

"Everyone who is here in the Canterlot stadium before us we have someone who has caused so much pain and suffering for many of the families in our community and for all of us. He has harmed our friends, classmates and those we knew without remorse. Well tonight we are going to get revenge for friends and put him in his place." Diamond Tiara said as she motioned for others to come out with a giant bucket of some type of liquid and a box of matches.

Without warning I was dumped with the liquid and then realized by the smell that it was rubbing alcohol and water. I then knew what they were planning on doing.

"Don't worry everyone this will not harm him it is completely harmless." Shoulder Pad said only to be met with silence from the crowd except for my friends and sisters pushing through the crowd.

"Well might as well get this show on the road." Diamond Tiara said as she motioned for Silverspoon who was holding the matches to start flicking them off the box at me.

Within three minutes the ninth match caught fire and set me ablaze. I did nothing but sit there as I was engulfed in flames.

"We told you about thissssssss." The high pitched voice said.

"Yet you did not listen." The deep voice added.

"Yes I know I should've listened." I responded to them.

"So how do you want to act?" They both asked in unison.

"I know." I replied as a grin appeared on my face and as The Darkness read my mind and laughed since they had the same idea.

"We all hope you have learned your les-" Diamond Tiara began before she was interrupted.

"Why are you smiling?" Shoulder Pad asked as he stepped a little closer.

Within an instant I broke free from the other team members grasp on my right arm and grabbed Shoulder Pad by the throat.

"Well isn't it obvious you dolt. You all think I am the cause for what happened at the school last year, but I am not." I said as I broke from the others grasps and started walking towards the stage with Shoulder Pad in my hand.

"What ar-" Diamond Tiara started to say as a burning human holding a football player in one of his hands was almost at the stage.

"Zip it kid!" I snapped back with my voice booming very loudly and deeply.

Diamond Tiara shut up and froze in place as I stepped up on the stage and snatched the microphone from her hands.

"Listen up everyone because I really do hate repeating myself. This ends today." I said as I threw Shoulder Pad into Diamond Tiara causing them both to fall onto the floor. "For a good while I have been treated like trash for something I did not do. The incident at the school mainly so let me tell you buffoons what really happened. I didn't cause the attack nor did I commit it. If I hadn't had stepped in many kids would have died along with those that did that day. The period of time where everything is blamed on me is going to stop right now." I said as a dark cloud formed behind me and within the cloud were two sets of glowing yellow orbs that blended in with the flames.

"It's all your fault you no good abomination." A man yelled from in the stands.

"That's exactly what I'm talking about." I said as I snapped my fingers and the individual appeared behind me engulfed in the cloud.

"What are you doing?" He stammered out trying to get free.

"Being nice." I said as I pointed my finger causing the cloud to carry him and place him before me and before the crowd. "This is what I am talking about. I am going to show you people that I mean business." I said as I grinned causing the cloud that was holding him to turn into a mass of tentacles and underneath the orbs rows full of sharp needle like teeth appeared and opened up.

"OH GOD HE'S GOING TO KILL ME!!!!!" The man started yelling.

"Those of you who are going to continue to blame me will have to deal with me. I do not want to harm any of you. I simply want to live my life out like a regular student." I said as I released the man and he fell on his rear end." Please do not tempt me with causing you harm because I can more than likely talk you out of the altercation. Simply because I am extremely," I started then with the will of simply my mind I forced the fire to flow into the palm of my hand in a ball. "Persuasive."

After getting my point across I simply bent over and jerked the crown out of Diamond Tiara's hands and placed it on my head.

"You really should've listened to me to start with." I said as I walked off the stage and walked merrily home.