Author's Note

please note that this is a true story of my life and the only real difference in this story from my life is the timeline this happened a little quicker than in real life and the crossbow and poison arrow part in my real life was actually a gun and bullets. if you don't mind if you give me hooves down or up please leave a comment letting me know why so I can better my writing.

Characters

Knight Orin-six year old unicorn colt with an ocean blue coat and blueish green eyes and a pink mane and tail

Blood Sword-35-year-old ex-military Unicorn. Mane, Tail, and Coat a Blood Red with ice blue eyes

Chapter 1

Knight Sword now six years old wakes up at six thirty in the morning to get ready for school and not anger his stepdad while thinking about what happened over the last two years. His mother Breezy Cheff left his stepdad Blood Sword when Knight was only four. She left because he had hit her. She tried to take Knight with her but the judge who knew Blood Sword from the war with Queen Chrysalis gave custody of Knight to Blood Sword. Breezy was given partial custody of Knight. Breezy got custody of Knight during the summer and every other Hearth’s Warming. Breezy noticed that Knight was never happy. Sure he smiled and acted happy but she never saw a true smile on his face. The first summer he spent with his mother was fun until he had to go back to his dad. He would get down on his hooves and beg her not to let him go back. Knight told his mother how his father had beat him. Breezy called Foal Protective Services but they couldn’t do anything because Knight wouldn’t speak up.

Knight grabs an apple for breakfast then grabs his saddle bag that has his school supplies in it and heads to school. He didn’t wake his stepdad because he was afraid of him. Knight and his father live on the outskirts of Ponyville. After a half hour of walking, he arrives at the Ponyville schoolhouse. As he arrives he sees a purplish pink mare with a cutie mark of smiling blossoms welcoming students. Knight not being able to help being shy slowly shuffles forward. As he gets closer he sees in front of him a white filly with light purple and light pink mane in front of him wearing a frilly pink dress with roses on it.

When he gets closer he hears Cheerilee say “Good morning Sweetie Belle. How are you today?” He also hears Sweetie Belle cheerfully say ”I’m doing lovely Miss Cheerilee thank you.” Once their conversation was over Knight walks forward only to be stopped by Cheerilee who says in a caring voice “Well hello there young colt who are you? I haven’t seen you before.

Knight looks at Cheerilee and with great difficulty says in a sad tone of voice “My name is Knight Orin. My stepdad and I just moved here last summer. My stepdad Blood Sword signed me up for this school.”

Cheerilee recognizing the sad tone of voice asks in a worried tone “Are you, alright Knight, you seem like you are down? If you want to talk about it I’ll be here to talk if you want. After all, no student should be down on their first day at a new school. As a matter of fact, wait here for a second.”

Knight just stood there not moving a muscle in order not to get hit by the teacher or so he thought because of how his stepdad treated him. After five minutes pass, Cheerilee returns with the filly that was in front of him following her.

Once they were both in front of him Cheerilee says in an excited voice ”Knight Orin this is Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle this is Knight Orin he just moved here this summer and this is his first day at the school. I was hoping you would be his friend Sweetie Belle. I know you know how hard it can be without friends.”

Sweetie Belle nods to Cheerilee and after turning to Knight says “As Cheerilee said my name is Sweetie Belle and until two summers ago I didn’t have any friends. so I know how hard it can be to not have friends and I would be honored to be your friend.”

Knight just nods and follows Sweetie Belle into the school. Once they were out of earshot Knight turns to Sweetie and Says in a sad tone of voice “It’s okay Sweetie Belle you can leave me alone. I know somepony as nice and cute as you wouldn’t want to be my friends with a mess like me, Goodbye Sweetie Belle.” as soon as he finishes talking he gallops away to his classroom taking his seat.

Sweetie Belle continued walking dumbstruck by the new student's reaction. Sweetie noticed that on the floor was a trail of tears from the young colt. Sweetie then hurries to her seat so as not to be late for class.

As soon as the bell rings Cheerilee enters the room and says “ Now everypony we have a new student to introduce. Stand up and introduce yourself okay.”

Knight knowing she was talking to him stands up and says in a sad tone of voice “ My name is Knight Orin. I moved here from a different town known as Hot Springs this summer with my stepdad. His name is Blood Sword and that is all I have to say. I hope you understand.” Once he finished speaking he sat down in his seat pulled out a locking journal and using the key he carries around his neck unlocked it.

Cheerilee knew from the young colts actions and the way he spoke that there was something deeply troubling the young student. Cheerilee deciding to try and figure it out says to the class while keeping a close eye on the young colt “Okay everypony today we are going to do a unique assignment. I want you each to take a piece of paper from the stack im passing around and draw what you fear the most. It could be your feelings or somepony you are afraid of or even just black if you are scared of the dark. However, I want you to be honest with yourself and the drawing. You have one hour to complete the assignment.”

Knight thought what is it that scares me most? The dark. No, i’m not afraid of the dark. Being alone. That’s not it either. If I am, to be honest, I am afraid of my stepdad. But can I draw that without getting in trouble with my stepdad? However, I’m also afraid of these feelings I have of wanting to dress as a filly. As he was thinking that he pulled out his quills for sketching that his mother had got him for his birthday last August second. Knight settles on drawing his stepdad breaking a metal broom handle over his head which just happened last weekend and several dresses and skirts.

Over the next hour, Cheerilee noticed that Knight had pulled out an ink bottle and several different types of quills for drawing. As soon as the hour was up everypony handed in their assignment before heading out to recess. While all the fillies and colts went outside Cheerilee went through the assignments until she came across two that seemed unusual. The first was a drawing of Sweetie Belle by herself indicating that Sweetie’s biggest fear was losing all her friends. However, it was the second one that scared her a little bit. It was a highly detailed sketch of Knight’s father breaking a metal broom handle over the colt’s head and several dresses and skirts all very feminine. In the bottom corner was the letters k and o.

Upon seeing the drawing Cheerilee realizes that this is the type of drawing one would get if a foal was being abused. Cheerilee seeing there is still fifteen minutes left on recess goes to get Knight.

The moment Cheerilee let the class go outside for recess Knight grabs his journal and sits under a tree outside. As he is writing his thoughts of wanting to be a filly in his journal a light pink filly with light purple and white hair with a diamond tiara cutie mark yanks it out of his hands. Soon as he realizes what happened he curls up into a ball and with tears in his eye says “Please miss whoever you are, give the journal back. It’s my private diary that my mom got me so I could write down my thoughts.”

The filly looks at the colt and says in a mean tone of voice “The name is Diamond Tiara and I’m going to read this out loud for everypony so we know just what you think.” By this point, all the fillies and colts were watching in curiosity. After clearing her throat Diamond Tiara reads “ January 1st last year. the day of the summer sun celebration. Today my stepdad found out that I was telling my mom what he has been doing to me. The moment he found out he threatened to kill my mother if I said anything to anypony. To top it all off he also pulled out a crossbow and shot at me with poison arrows luckily I was able to avoid them. He also tried to run me over with a carriage because of it. If that wasn’t bad enough he hits me in the hoof cap with a pipe wrench. On a more personal worry, I realize that with all my heart that I am a filly at heart. I don’t know what I am but I want to be a filly. I hate my colt bits and I can’t even look at myself in the mirror without wanting to kill myself. Which I have tried to do by drowning myself. I have tried to drown myself twenty times but I keep being saved.” Once Diamond Tiara finished reading she threw the diary away from her and threw up over all the horrible things that have happened to the young colt.

Knight not being able to take the looks of the ponies around him runs to the bathroom. Once he was in the bathroom he hurries into a stall locks it and pulls out a sharp knife that he keeps in his bag. Crying his heart out he screams out “Goodbye you cruel world. May everypony live happily without me.” As he finished he takes the knife and slices his wrists deeply cutting the vein within.