What Happened in September...

Hydro stared up at the stars, the freezing air blowing around and over him, making him shiver and shake. He didn't care, couldn't care, at this point what happened to him. He hadn't moved from this spot since he violently teleported away from his traitorous Marefriend and his Best Friend. Well, at least thats what they used to be. It had been at least eight hours since then, and the distraught, broken colt had done nothing but watch the sun gently fall behind the trees, and Luna's Full Moon rise up over the horizon. His eyes twinkled with the light of the stars and moon as the pearly white orb of majesty rose higher and higher. He felt tears slide down his cheeks as he cried silently, wondering what it would have been like if he had gone with Angel to their anniversary dinner, unaware of what she was doing behind his back. Did she have a reason...did she need one? Why had she done this...was it because she thought he couldn't satisfy her sexually enough? Was it because she simply didn't love him anymore?

Hydro shook his head and sighed, shivering as he watched the stars, wondering if anyone was worried about him or looking for him. He scoffed, shaking his head and trying to pick out the constellations that hung quietly overhead. The stars were the one thing left that Hydro could count on to still be there for him, their twinkling forms gracing the sky with unmatchable beauty. He smiled a little as he found 'Starswirl the Bearded' hanging overhead, his beard very prominent in the sky.

He chuckled a little to himself but suddenly jumped as a soft, caring voice said next to him "Beautiful...isn't it? He always wanted to be the biggest in the sky, but he had to settle for a close second. The biggest constellation went to 'Augustus the Eighth, Dragon of the Ruby Isles'. Sad thing though...considering Starswirl did the only thing WORTH mentioning..." Hydro turned his head to the right and blinked in surprised, his mouth partially agape. Princess Luna was situated on her back next to him, staring up at the stars with him. She wasn't wearing her usual princess gown, but simply chose a dark blue body coat and cape.

He sat up and stuttered, partially from the cold, partially out of surprise, "P...Princess Luna! What are you...when did you...!?" Luna sighed and stared up at Starswirl for a few more moments before looking over at Hydro, a soft expression on her face.

She raised an eyebrow and said to him "When did I what, get here? Well I planned on visiting you right after you jumped from your apartment window and caused about 5,000 bits of property damage with an overcharged teleportation spell." At this Hydro simply scoffed and shook his head, thinking about earlier and rolling his eyes.

He looked down at her with an uncaring expression and muttered venomously "What...you here to collect or something? Who even cares...it's not like the rest of Equestria isn't a massive fucking bill of property damage." Luna's eyes widened in shock at the way he addressed her, hearing the anger and pain in his voice

She shook her head and sat up, whispering "No...I'm not here to collect a payment...I was just worried about you. If you prefer to be alone, I understand..." She stood up to leave but Hydro's hoof quickly found hers, halting her and making the Princess's head turn.

He muttered "Wait...don't go! I'm sorry...it's just...I haven't had the best of days today...please sit back down..." Luna looked at him for a moment, his eyes pained and filled with guilt. She nodded and sat back on her haunches, getting comfortable and folding her front hooves in front of her.

She whispered, "Hydro...what's wrong? I can tell you're in so much pain...you can tell me. Please?" Hydro stared down at ground, tears forming once again in his eyes. He shivered as a cold breeze blew past and once again looked up at the stars

"Luna?" he asked quietly. She nodded and he went on "Why's the world a mess? Can't you all just...magic the world's pain away or something?" At this Luna giggled and shook her head, staring up at the stars as well and sighing.

She muttered "You know, I wish the world worked that way but it doesn't...me and Tia' can only create, we can't destroy. What we've made we have to learn to work with...it's just the way of things." Hydro's eyes narrowed for a moment and he looked back at Luna, a confused look on his face.

"Wait a minute..." he said slowly, making Luna's eyes flick towards him "You all created Equestria, right?" Luna nodded slowly, wondering if she was liking where this conversation was going. He went on "Equestria's already tearing itself apart...why can't you just let it destroy itself and rebuild anew?" Luna's eyes narrowed at this and she frowned, shaking her head firming.

She half-shouted "Hydro, NO! Do you know how awful that sounds?! Why would I let millions of ponies die just so we can 'start over'? You don't think everyone in Equestria deserves a chance to live!? What kind of benevolent leaders would me and Tia' be if we just blew up Equestria every time a problem came around?!" Hydro listened to this and sighed, nodding his head and laying back on his back. Luna joined him, laying back as well and looking at him with a concerned frown on her face. She whispered "Hydro...please tell me what's wrong. What happened? Why did you flee from your apartment so violently?"

Hydro took a moment to close his eyes and take in a breath, breathing out "Angel cheated on me with Alexi...I found out she lied to me AND Celestia about where she was last Tuesday. Went to go talk to her about it and...heard someone slam the front door open. I dove under the bed to hide, thinking it was robbers and then...and then......." He couldn't finish, a sob escaping his lips and tears flowing from his eyes. Luna's mouth was agape and her eyes tilted in sadness, scooting over and pulling him into a tight hug. Hydro buried his face in her shoulder and wept, sobbing and choking out "S..she fucked him! They were right on top of me, saying that it was wrong...they should have told me, but they did it anyway!!! My marefriend...of four, fucking, years, with my best friend!? W...why!? What's wrong with me, what did I do wrong?!"

Luna rubbed his back, gently shushing him and cooing "Shhh....Hydro shhh....it's ok...it's ok....you didn't do anything wrong ok? I'm so...so sorry..."

At this Hydro pulled his head back and sniffed, muttering angrily "H...how is this ok? How could I have not done anything wrong!? It had to have been me, what else could have been!?"

Luna sighed, shaking her head and muttering "I don't know...but you need to go ask her." Hydro scoffed at this, gently pulling out of her hug and staring at her.

"How..." he croaked "...am I supposed to face her? After all that, how do I face this?" Luna looked at him for a moment, a knowing look on her face that made Hydro shake his head and whisper "No...no, I can't!"

Luna gently shook him, saying "Yes, you can! Hydro if you don't get at least a reason out of her it's going to eat away at you until you drive your self nuts! Please...you can give it a little time but at least try to find out before the week is out, it will make you feel....fire." Hydro blinked in confusion, raising an eyebrow at Luna whose eyes were growing wide.

He muttered "Um...fire? What do you mean fire?!"

Luna sat up quickly and pointed towards the town, shouting "FIRE!!!" At this, Hydro sat up and turned his head, gasping as a large pillar of black smoke rose up into the air, a tall building ablaze and a few buildings near it starting to catch as well.

He jumped up as he suddenly realized exactly what building was going up in flames, screaming "MY APARTMENT!!!"

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"Hydro...I'm so...sor-"

"Save it Luna...I don't want to hear it anymore..."

"H...Hydro..."

"NO! I'm tired of hearing the word 'sorry'! Sorry this, sorry that, I'm SICK of it!"

Hydro was sitting on his haunches, across the street from the ruined apartment building that was still getting doused by the local fire-ponies. He stared up at where his home used to be, smoke billowing out of the window and a few licks of fire still consuming his curtains. Tears were streaming down his face, but he kept a relatively calm demeanor, his eyes wide and vacant. "Everything I owned..." he whispered to nopony, "...was in that little shit-hole I called home..." Luna, sitting next to him, sniffed as she looked up at his home as well. He held a weak hoof up, muttering "You know...in a weird way, I just don't feel like I can care anymore. Equestria's a rotten world of shit that I thought I could be safe from. Safe from all the pain and misery of a twisted and shattered life. But no...now I'm just another statistic in a dying world of pointless, idiotic bullshit, WONDERFUL!" The last word came out as a violent shout, Luna wincing as Hydro shook and forcefully stamped the ground with his right front hoof.

He panted, fury in his eyes as Luna tried to calm him down, rubbing him on his back and draping a wing over him as well. It wasn't until he heard her voice, that he looked up.

"Oh dearest Celestia!!!" She screamed, "What happened?! Has anyone seen Hydro!? Oh no, not the apartment, no!!!" His head slowly lifted up, his wide, staring eyes locking on a coat of pink fur, and the slender legs of a mare he knew quite well. Angel was a little ways down the street, her front hooves up over her mouth and her eyes wet with tears. Luna saw her as well and was about to say something when Hydro lurched out of her hold, trudging angrily towards her.

Luna shouted "Hydro, wait! DON'T!!! Not while you're angry like this, you're not thinking straight!!!" Angel, hearing Luna's voice, turned her head and gasped at her coltfriend, a fresh set of tears forming in her eyes.

She called out with relief "Oh Hydro!!! You're ok, oh thank Celestia!!!" Hydro didn't respond simply walking up right in front of her and whipping his right hoof about, slapping her right across the face. Everypony in the nearby vicinity gasped as Angel staggered backwards, a shocked expression on her face.

Hydro looked her dead in the eye as he shouted "I'm ok...? I'm ok!? DO I LOOK OK TO YOU!? How do you think I look right now, huh!? Happy to see you!? Well you can throw that fucking idea right out, the FUCKING WINDOW, if we HAD ONE!!!"

Angel let out a weak whine of protest and shouted out of fear "H...Hydro what's gotten into you!!! That...h..hurt!"

Hydro blinked, his eyes boring into hers and striking intense fear into her heart as he continued his rant "OH, I'm SO, SORRY, that you are the one that's hurt. What about ME, huh?! I can only guess how the apartment caught fire! Maybe, oh just maybe, you happened to leave the stove on after you and Alexi's FUCK SESSION that happened earlier in the day!!!" Angel let out a sharp gasp and shook her head violently, Hydro nodding in reply and shouting "Yes, yes I DO know!!! When were you planning on telling me, huh!? Judging by the 'guilty' conversation you and Alexi had while in bed, I can guess it wasn't going to be anytime soon!!!"

Angel held up a hoof, choking out a sob and whimpering "H...Hydro I'm sorr-" She let out a yelp and fell back on her side as Hydro slapped her again.

His roar echoed across the streets "DON'T, TELL ME, SORRY!!!!!! Sorry, is when you step on another pony's hoof by accident. Sorry, is when a foal apologizes to his mother for breaking her vase. THIS, isn't something you just up and fucking say sorry about!!!" Angel put her front hooves over her head, wincing and sobbing loudly as Hydro went on "How long has this been going on!? Weeks, months, YEARS even!? We've been together for four years, FOUR! How could you do this to me, do you even care!?"

Luna rushed up, putting a hoof on Hydro's shoulder and shouting "Hydro that's ENOUGH! Stop it, you're scaring her!" Hydro shook his head, staring down at Angel who was sobbing uncontrollably and whimpering over and over again "I'm sorry!! I'm so sorry!!!"

Hydro simply scoffed, spitting on the ground in front of Angel and whispering loudly "We're done, you back-stabbing, home-destroying bitch, FUCK you!" He turned, pushing off Luna's hoof and trotting away, leaving the two mares to watch him go sadly.

Homeless and alone, Hydro looked up towards Canterlot, his heart in shambles and his lungs heaving for air. His horn gleamed with white magic and he screamed "CELES-"

He was already gone by the time he finished her name, his destination clear in his mind: Canterlot.