Too young to die

Nopony said anything, I felt a smile trying to grasp hold of my face, I quickly shoved down the urge. The silence was interrupted by a little foal pushing through the crowd. "Excuse me, excuse m-... wwwoooaaahhh" I looked down at the small colt, he was a deep magenta, with green eyes. His mane was a light orange, his wings tipped with the same orange that covered his mane. "Woah, that is so cool! Are those holes in your hooves? Oh my go-... mom!" He was pulled back in a magical aura as what I assumed was his mother pulled him back.

I opened my muzzle, and took a light breath, "It is okay, if the child wishes to see me, they can." I whispered this so quietly I bet the peo- sorry pones in the front of the crowd barely heard me. Don't ask me what I meant by that, I can't really answer that. Well, I was famed for being able to come up with retorts, funny words, or letters quickly. I just hoped this sounded ominous, for reasons unknown to the casual observer. Hell, I doubt even a profess- "Just what the hay are you? Some devil spawn from Tartarus?" Some mare shouted from the crowd, I slowly looked up from the ground. Raising my head, eye level with the crowd, instantly spotting the mare that had said that.

She was that green pony from boast busters that Rarity had accidentally insulted. She noticed I was staring directly at her, it looked as if she was shivering in fear. I sighed, "I don't and won't hold any grudges, but could you apologize? That wasn't very nice." It was as if a nuclear bomb had gone off, everybody went from scared/something to confused/amused. I heard a small 'sorry' smiling I answered, "Thank you." I began to happily trot off, when I left they all looked around like freed from a trance and began to go back to whatever it was they were doing.

~~~~ (Hidden Shadow's POV)

I watched as the bug like pony trotted off, hate filled me. Just when that human left, another oddity of this Celestia forsaken world had to appear! I mean come on! That one guy got to stay human! But what about me? Noooo! The universe had to change me into a god damned pony! The only thing I could be happy about this body was that I struck lucky and got a horn! Well, better follow this fucker, and maybe gut him with a knife. Perhaps it'll do the same it did with the human? Maybe, perfect...

~~~~ (Justin's POV)

I lost the facade as quickly as I put it on, goddamn that was hard. But worth it times, maybe, one million. I tried to light my horn and perform magic again, only to have it bring another headache. But that didn't stop the faint lime glow that emitted from the tip for, perhaps one to two seconds. I circled around town, and entered the back way into Sugarcube. Which luckily was unlocked, as I trotted in I locked it. Better to be safe than sorry. I headed into my room, and pulled out my MP3 player and earbuds with my mouth. Finally some music!

I chose a song at random, which was for some unknown reason was, America Fuck Yeah!

~~~~ (Hidden Shadow's POV)

The buggish pony trotted into Sugarcube, and locked the door. "Gah! Pony feathers!" Well, time to do what my cutiemark is for! I walked through the front door, which emitted a ring, Mrs. Cake was there at the receptionist desk taking orders. I made it look like I was heading for the bathroom, but quickly changed direction and headed up the stairs as quietly as I could. When I reached the top, there were two foals one a mare the other a stallion, still very young, I'd reckon about either 6 months or 1 year old. I tried to get past them, but they had toys strewn all over the hall, and were playing around with a few.

After some waiting I found an opening and went through it. Only to have a sack of flour dump on my head. I growled, "Who did that? Was it you! Or that bug pony hybrid?" But I looked down at the two foals, to see the small unicorn actually lifting up an entire bag of flour. "Wwwoooaahh, you could come in handy!" I quickly picked up the small child, which caused the other one to break down in tears. "Shhh, it's okay. I'll bring her back!" But the small colt cried even harder. I hastily put the child down, which made the other one giggle.

Then something happened that made my blood run cold. "Pumpkin? Pound? Are you okay?" It was the sound of Mr. Cake's voice. I quickly dashed into a closet, hoping he didn't hear me. I heard some trotting outside the door, "Hey, Pumpkin, why were you crying?" Then the small filly spoke, "A big scary stallion came in, and tried to take our toys so I dumped a big bag of flour on his head." The way she spoke, spoke of pure innocence. Something I lost a long time ago. "Are you sure? Was it just Justin?" So Justin, that's wha- wait, wasn't that the Human's name? Holy dung! Could it be, the Human turned into that bug-pony hybrid? Woah, deep.

Once Mr. Cake trotted off with the two foals (Luckily not checking the closet) I silently opened the door and closed it. Keeping on tip-toe to make as less noise as possible. I pulled open the first door, to see a foal's room, the next room was what I assume to be Pinkie Pie's room. Let me tell you, you do not want to stare into that room longer than five seconds. The next door down was the bathroom, which I skipped. And finally what I assume to be Justin's room. Well, I can't just walk in there! The window on the end of the hall gave me an idea.

Opening it, I landed quietly on the ledge that went under the window. The fake cream,  stretched all the way around the house, perfect. This meant I could look into his window. Luckily no other ponies were in the area, I walked slowly forward, careful not to fall, once I reached the window I peaked in. Seeing darkness, and a flash of green. Wait, flash of gre-...

I felt vertigo as the ground came into view, the sound of glass shattering and impacting the ground could be heard. The impact hurt, but smashing into glass hurt even more. "So, you thought you would get the jump on me this time, eh?"

~~~~ (Justin's POV)

I heard Pumpkin crying, and opened my door slightly to peer out, and saw a midnight grey, stallion holding Pumpkin, I was about to charge him when Mr. Cake called, "Pumpkin? Pound? Are you okay?" The stallion dropped Pumpkin and ran down the hallway. To which I closed my door. Mr. Cake would take care of it. I took this time to try my magic again. I had been able to lift a book, without much effort. But still hurt to lift large things like my bed, and dresser. After lifting  one end of my bed, I collapsed on the floor. That shouldn't of taken so much effort!

As I lay there, I heard hooves stepping across the hallway pausing at my door, and continuing on... into the hallway window? I peeked out my door to catch sight of a small patch of midnight grey. Well, if he was gonna try getting away that way, he was dead wrong! I readied a big wall of force around me, and aimed it at the window for when he'd come around. But what I saw shocked me down to the core... it was him... his shocked face was priceless, but seeing him sent over half the courtyard was even better.

I flapped my insectoid wings and emerged from the window, "So, you thought you would get the jump on me this time, eh?" He shakily rose, and spat out blood. When he saw me floating in the air, he squinted and screamed, "Why can't you just leave? You abomination! I'll flanking kill you!" He shot up a magical beam in which I dodged nimbly. "Come on! Is that the best you can do?" I yelled back at him. A thought hit me, knowledge is the best weapon. I began to flap my wings harder, raising, higher and higher and higher. "What are you doing coward? Get the flank back here!" Once I was high enough, I made a protective bubble around me.

And dove straight down. My senses were telling me, DANGER, DANGER PULL UP! PULL UP! But this ride wasn't going anywhere, except crushing this stallion's skull. I brought my hoof forward in a kick, ready to kick his brains in. Right before my hoof made impact, a violet wall appeared before me, shooting me way off course. My shield broke, and I went flying through the sky. Away from town, somewhere. I was probably flying away at a 30 to 50-ish degree angle. When I finally regained my senses, I was at least 20 feet from the ground, "Ho, ho holy shit! Houston we've got a problem!" I tried to flap my wings and slow down, but that wasn't working.

I activated my shield and poured all the remaining energy I had into this one spell. I could hear trees snapping as I shot through them, I smelt something burning, along with the taste of tree sap in my mouth. Ew. I opened my eyes, barely registering I nearly fell into a ravine. Groggily getting my feet I could see a 25 foot ditch, and I was at the bottom. I looked over at the precipice to see I was only 1 1/2 meters away from the edge. "Ugh, really dodge a bullet there. But, what the fuck was that?"

I shook my head, and realized I couldn't even see Canterlot. I must've been going at rainboom speeds to go this far! What the fuck!??! Okay, calm down, CALM DOWN I SAID! Okay cool? Good. First things first, figure out where the hell you are. You're not in any place the show portrayed, so that's bad. Real bad. You-I don't know anything about this place. Shit. Fuck. Cunt. Prick. Okay, shut the fuck up mind. Let me think! "Hey, is that one of our brothers?" I looked around, "Who said that?" "It's okay, your in safe arms now brother." A single tear came from my eye, "Who the hell is saying that? I'm not going crazy am I?" "Welcome home brother, just please, calm down!" "This isn't my home!" "Yes it is, just stay still!"

I began to trot over to the precipice, ready to end my life and say I had lost all sanity I owned. "BROTHER DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT JUMPING!" This time the voice was louder, and I could clearly understand what it said. "How could we be siblings? I don't even know you!" "All born under our Queen are family! And so are you! I can see it in your mind!" I began to hear the buzz of insect wings, "I-I..." That's it, I had lost all sanity. I let the tears flow, feeling my life energy seep out my body. In my last attempt at anything, I limped over to the edge and whispered, "I always loved you mom." And jumped, "NNNNNOOOO!!!BROTHER!"

The air whipped past my face, taking with it the tears that had accumulated on my face. I closed my eyes and smiled. A genuine smile...

~~~~ (Twilight's POV)

I heard some shouting near Sugarcube and galloped out there to see what was going on. Justin, about to smash a poor stallion's head in. I quickly put up a shield and watched in some sort of horror/amazement, 3 green rings, not unlike a sonic rainboom followed him, that was 3 different barriers he broke! And was gone in seconds. "Gee, thanks Twilight. I really thought I was gonna die." He spoke, I looked at him and growled, I shoved him against the wall of a nearby house, "What did you do to provoke him?"

"Uh, I, er, erm, uh, I tried to kill him twice..."

~~~~ (Slithe's POV)

I felt the presence of my brother, he was young. And was near the edge of the changeling lands. I could hear his thoughts in despair, I spoke my thoughts aloud, "Hey, is that one of our brothers?" His mental voice was faint, "Who said that?" "Its okay, your in safe arms now brother." I sped off, leaving behind a black blur. "Who the hell is saying that? I'm not going crazy am I??" "Welcome home brother, just please, calm down." "This isn't my home!" "Yes it is, just stay still!" I heard his thoughts, he was gonna kill himself! "BROTHER DON'T YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT JUMPING!" I mentally screamed.

"How could we be siblings? I don't even know you!" "All born under our Queen are family! And so are you! I can see it in your mind!" It's true I could see his birth, his egg was a yellowish-green with black lines criss crossing through through the entire shell. "I-I..." "I always loved you mom." I saw him stepping over the edge, "NNNNNOOOO!!!BROTHER!" I screamed, feeling powerless as I saw his body splatter against the ground. I alighted and stared down at the green and black splotch. It felt like a part of me was taken away even though I never knew this changeling.

I could only stare at my dead brother, and quietly sob. Soon Chrysalis herself came over to look down at the dead body, along with a group of royal changeling guards...

~~~~ (Justin's POV)

Being dead felt weird, like swimming through molasses, in a white room. After a while of swimming around I found a pure white pony, which I probably would've missed had it not been for his grey mane and beard along with his golden magical aura holding a clip board. I called out, "Hey, where am I?" He glanced up at me, and spoke in a monotonous voice, "Justin? Let me check." I just stared dumbfounded, at this pony. His eyes slowly dilated... his mouth hung open. He looked up at me, and said, "You're not supposed to be dead... you're supposed to be.... No.... that can't be possible! Who would change fate like this!?!? Oh my god, God will not be happy when he finds this out."

~~~~ (Twilight's POV)

After making several death threats (Which she almost never does) She trotted home, and locked her door. And gave a sigh of relief, happy to be home, but she couldn't help but think about what must've happened to Justin. Hopefully nothing bad...