Point and…

by Miro MM

Rating: mature
Tags: Profanity, Violence, Human, Main 7 (EqG), Gore, Dark, Death, Soarin, Other, Vice-Principal Luna, Equestria Girls, Suicide / Self Harm, Tragedy, Starlight Glimmer
Length: 2006

Several ordinary school students go through their daily routine at Canterlot High as two others prepare for an act of something more malevolent.

In Canterlot High School, several ordinary students go about there uneventful day at school, talking with friends as classes change and periods switch from class to lunch to break time. And the day passes like any usual day in school. But two absent students plan a malevolent act of violence. Which results in chronicling the events of a school shooting.

Please read before reading the story: I am in no way glorifying real school shootings, this is only a way to bring reason to an otherwise senseless act of violence. Please be open minded when reading this story, as it is not meant to make fun of real tragedies, and the victims of these attacks. Thank you, I hope you understand.

Warning: This story does contain depictions of blood and gun violence.

Inspired by Gus Van Sant's "Elephant"

Published 2023-05-01 17:20:00 UTC
Last updated 2023-05-01 17:20:00 UTC

Shoot.

Point and Shoot...

It was just a normal day in Canterlot High, the day had just started and students were moving to classes, a few new students here and there looking for the right floors. It was a warm but chilly day outside, leaves lay on the ground, orange, yellow and green. The groundskeepers were raking them into piles of leaves as autumn was in its peak season. Early morning sun bright in the sky, there were a few clouds here and there but it was mostly just a clear blue sky above.

Soarin was walking down the open field of the school as some students were walking around, Rainbow Dash was playing along with the Wonderbolts as she had just recently joined them, Soarin felt sick and was leaving early on his way through the field to the nurse's office back in the school. A gentle breeze was flowing in the air as he walked, it was silent and peaceful. He was shutting out most of the noise from the students all around him, as he walked slowly off the field and into the grass towards the side entrance of the school.

He made his way inside, walking through the nearly empty halls with just a few students walking out from doors or just down the hall, a janitor sweeping down the halls as Soarin turned and continued to walk. It was serene and long, some of the lights were out due to some electrical problems which darkened parts of the halls, the muffled sound of teachers inside the classes, the sound any student would hear passing by, it was all normal and without notice. There was nothing to signal the event, it was unexpected and the action couldn't have been seen coming, it was at random, and the answers would never be found.

"How about you Starlight? you haven't said anything since we started"

Vice Principal Luna said as she sat on a chair, a group around her consisting of multiple students. It was a therapy session held in the gym at the time that no one was there yet, it was empty and silent. Starlight didn't respond and stared at the floor before looking up at Luna with a tired expression. She didn't say anything for a few moments before opening her mouth and then responding.

"What do you want me to say?" She said rather forcefully, Luna stared at her while the others stayed silent as Luna mused for a moment before responding to her answer.

"Whatever you want"

Starlight was lost in thought, leaning into the chair and looking up to the ceiling. She became fascinated with the ceiling, with how it was made, it was nothing but a blank wall, almost like a blank slate for something to be there but it was already there. Already speaking to her with its nonexistence voice and language, it was empty but built with the reason of having a ceiling, not just a hole out into the open. And it made her think about herself and how she was, she was the quiet one, never raised her hand, almost never said a word ever.

She wasn't the best in her class, she wasn't the smartest, she was the average student in any school, more bored and just more tired than the rest. She hadn't cried in a while, she didn't know why the thought entered her mind, I guess her mind was just making up things for her to think as she mused heavily without the notion of that time was passing around her.

"The food here really is not great... I mean just look at this!" Rarity said as she picked up a soggy piece of cheese, looking more horrified than disgusted, the others all agreed with her.

"I know right? I heard from a group it's because the government doesn't pay enough" Rainbow said as she drank from a soda can.

Applejack nodded at that and Twilight was mostly silent and reading a book while eating from the tray. Fluttershy was silent as-well, more silent then usual but it seemed like something was bothering her, the group didn't know what but she said she was fine and just had some problems going on back home.

The cafeteria was bustling with students from all classes, as Sunset sat down beside Twilight as they smiled as Sunset bit into an apple happy chewing on it. Pinkie Pie was talking the most out of all of them, having a conversation of Rainbow's great game the other day and they all stopped to congratulate rainbow on getting into the school's wonder bolts team. As hall of the school was even surprised she managed to join them, mostly because it had been a year since the only other member joined the team in the winter of last year, Vapor Trail.

Suddenly a loud pop came from the side of the cafeteria where the kitchen as a small fire had started as the workers quickly rushed to clear the flames as students were startled from the loud noise and slowly got back to eating as lunch was soon to be over.

"Well that scared the shit out of me.." Rainbow said as Twilight scoffed at her swearing.

Twilight was in the library, she had taken a course In reading which meant she was in the library more times then other students, she was moving a cart full of books as a loud click of a sound came from behind her, it reminded her of the loud click and the small explosion that had apparently happened back in the library but it was different and it sounded awfully similar to how a gun cocks. She turns around and gets confused and scared slightly as she sees a person standing there, wearing all black with a semi-automatic rifle over his backpack, and a shotgun in his hands. He had a shotgun belt around his waist and she quickly recognizees him as a student of the school, she didn't see him much but he was usually in one of her classes in the very back.

He had the shotgun by his stomach and wasn't pointing it anywhere but looking around at the students in the library as they were now all noticing him and some got up from their seats, as he turned and looked at Twilight. She opened her mouth to talk.

"Hey.. you guys really shouldn't-" She couldn't finish her sentence as she was shot right there, blood splattering onto the bookshelf behind her as she falls dead onto the ground, in a state of shock no one moved before another gunshot came as everyone started running, some hiding as the student shoots again. Their screams echo around, some silenced by the gunshots as he continues shooting as he walks slowly through the library.

He puts the shotgun down and quickly grabs the semi-automatic rifle from his back as Sunset runs out from behind a bookshelf and screams as she sees Twilight's dead body, he aims the rifle and shoots her in the neck as she gurgles blood and falls to the floor, slowly dying as she bleeds out and blood sputters out from her mouth and neck. He turns around and aims down the rifle, shooting multiple students as some escape out from the library or hide behind shelves as multiple are killed before he turns back around and runs out of the library, the heaviness of the rifle slowing him down slightly as he checks his watch.

A few moments later the alarms start as he turns and walks down the hallway, he aims and shoots a few students and continues making his way down as smoke starts bellowing out from some of the vents leading out and towards where the cafeteria is as he starts making his way there. He turns around and begins running as an explosion happens in the vent, he smiles for a second at that as he runs towards the cafeteria. The door opens and Trixie exits out, she doesn't notice him as he shoots her dead before he makes his way into the cafeteria.

The cafeteria is empty expect for many bodies laying on the floor, many familiar faces and some not. On one of the tables on a chair another shooter is sitting, wearing more cameo like gear and with a machine pistol on the table and a handgun in his hand as he looks over at him, they both look each-other nodding.

"So how'd you do man?" The one who just entered into the cafeteria says as he sits down and picks up a cup of water from the table and drinks it. The other one sets his pistol down and answers.

"I shot Rainbow, Pinkie and well all there friends basically I think.. I walked out and shot a few others and tried too get into some classrooms but they were all blocked of and locked so no luck there but, I picked off many kids who were making there way out from the cafeteria... how about you?"

The one in black sighs and looks over to the windows before looking back at him before answering.

"I killed the vice principal and a few others, i think there names were Starlight and Soarin... and oh and while I was in the library I killed Sunset and Twilight so yeah that was good. On my way back here I killed some other students and shot Trixie before I got in here"

In the silence that follows between them, time passes as they remain seated there just looking around, with expressionless faces and an uneasy atmosphere around them, they hadn't even noticed the large fire that was now in the kitchen that was from the propane tanks they set up earlier to be blown up just in time for there plan to be a success, and it was.

And now here they were sitting, waiting for the police to arrive as the one in cameo abruptly ends the silence between them.

"Why are we doing this?"

The one in black looks at him confused before answering.

"What do you mean?"

The one in cameo quickly responds back.

"I mean, we didn't really have a plan.. I mean we did but like that was mostly you, you planned everything man so tell me. Why did we really do this? Im not saying it because it wasn't fun, it was very fun! you know shooting all these kids but like. You never gave me an answer for why we did this"

The one in black looked confused, not at the answer, but in themselves. He set the rifle down on the floor and stared at the one in cameo.

"I don't know... never knew. Not before now not... will other people question why we did this? they won't find an answer, because there isn't one. Maybe they will blame violent video games, or something like that"

They softly chuckled at that, and the one in black continued.

"They would blame our parents for not checking in on us, looking after us. Question them how we could obtain these weapons, how they never saw any 'red flags' I suppose. But thats over now, because this is it... right?"

The one in black finishes his statement and the one in cameo doesn't respond directly after, waiting a moment before answering.

"Yeah"

Minutes pass as sirens as heard in the distance, no words are spoken as they know what is to happen next. The one in cameo stands up and grabs the pistol and puts it to his head and shoots, he falls dead to the ground as a pool of blood forms around his head. The one in black walks over and grabs the pistol, looking at it for a moment, and at the window where blue and red flashing lights can be seen. He lets out a deep sigh, and puts the gun to his head.