>You pant heavily as you run down the walkways of Hollow Shades.
>Stealing a quick glance behind, you see your three pursuers.
>A red eyed bat pony with spiky hair wearing a cardigan, accompanied by his two friends.
>Oh, how you wish your tiny legs could run faster.
>Continuing to run, you pass many houses.
>All you had to do was get to your house, or at least near it.
>Your sister could help you, she usually does.
>Checking behind you again, you see them getting closer.
>Only a little bit more.
>You could already see your house.
>Pumping your legs as hard as you can, your legs ache.
>But you had to keep going, otherwise they'd catch you.
>Feeling one of your hoofs stop, you topple over, landing face first.
>You look up to not only see the uneven board that tripped you, but also the three bat ponies slowing down as they get closer to you.
>If you didn't get up, you were dead.
>As you try to scramble to your feet, you feel yourself get lifted up by your two forelegs.
>Oh no.
>You're as good as dead now.
>Wait, maybe if you played dead, they'd leave you alone.
>Letting yourself hang limp, you close your eyes and stick your tongue out of your mouth.
>"Look at this Ali! He's playing dead!"
>"I've told you a thousand times you idiot! My name is Alukardian!"
>Wow, these teenagers were even mean to each other.
>You open one of your eyes as you feel yourself being held up against something.
>Alukardian's buddies were holding you to a tree by your forelegs.
>Trying to break free, you kick and wriggle around, but it's no use.
>"What should we do to the faggot, boys?"
>Oh, Luna.
>How you hate it when they call you that.
>These teenagers cussed way too much.
"Don't call me that you big dumby!
>Alukardian laughs as he reaches behind you for something.
>He puts his hoof in your face to reveal he's holding a caterpillar.
>"I'm gonna make you pay for calling me that."
>What could he possibly do with a caterpillar?
>"Eat it."
"What!? Why!?"
>"Because I said so! Now eat it you little faggot."
>You'd never eaten a bug before.
>The only bat pony you know that eats bugs is Hekesuh, and he gets mocked for it.
>Everyone calls him Keekeesuh and makes fun of him for looking like a girl.
>You also don't want to hurt something as helpless as a caterpillar.
"N-no, you can't make me!"
>The caterpillar is shoved in your face as it wriggles around, touching your nose.
>D-did it just touch you?
>You let out a scream as you realize the creepy little thing just touched you.
>Seeing your mouth open, Alukardian drops the bug inside it.
>The caterpillar wiggles around as you try spit it out.
>As you try to open your mouth to set it free, Alukardian holds your snout shut with his hooves.
>"We're not letting you go until you eat it. One way or another!"
>"Ali, don't you think we should stop now? He looks like he's gonna cry."
>Letting go of your mouth for a second, Alukardian smacks the bat pony holding your left foreleg up.
>"We ain't leaving 'till he eats the bug."
>This caterpillar being in your mouth was getting unbarable.
>You guess the only way to get out of this was to swallow.
>"Oh shit, I think he's actually going to do it!"
>Slowly raising your head up a little, you swallow the bug, feeling it go down your throat as tears begin to form in your eyes.
>Feeling yourself drop on to the wooden boards, you look up to see Alukardian in your face.
>"Get wrecked, you little idiot!"
>He turns around as he bigns to walk away with his friends and makes one last remark as he turns a corner.
>"Remember the bug next time you want to trip me in the hallways."
>All this over a stupid accident.
>You weren't even the one who tripped him.
>It was all Night Watch, and she totally let you take the blame for it.
>You hang your head as you slowly walk home to meet your sister.
>As you near your house, you see your older sister sitting on the porch eating mangos.
>Jasmine was always nice to you, despite how terrible of a little brother you were to her.
>You loved her more than anything.
>Well, maybe you loved mangos more.
>Oh, and that pretty filly in your class with the gold eyes and dark blue hair.
>Noticing you, Jasmine hops off of your porch and rushes over to you.
>"What's wrong, Aux?"
>You look up at your little sister and hold back your tears.
"N-nothing."
>"Fine, at least have a mango though, that should cheer you up."
>With a smile, she leads you over to your porch where she offers you a mango.
>You could still taste the caterpillar in your mouth.
>A mango should help you.
>As you lean against you sister, you take a bite out of your mango.
>"I know something happened Aux, just tell me."
>You wipe your nose with your foreleg.
"F-fine... Alukardian and his friends held me against a tree and made me eat a caterpillar..."
>Your sister stands up with speed only comparable to that of the Wonderbolts.
>"THEY WHAT!?"
>Trying to calm down your sister, you tug on her coat.
"Please don't do anything sis, they'll just do worse stuff to me if you do!"
>Jasmine sighs as she sits back down.
>"You've got to learn to stand up for yourself Aux, I'm not going to be able to help you."
"It doesn't help they're five years older than me!"
>Jasmine takes another bite of her apple, getting the juices on her coat as she tries to wipe herself off.
>"I guess you're right Aux. Just try not to get into much trouble anymore."
>You hug your sister before you stand up to head inside.
"I promise I won't sis."
>Walking up to your room, you pass by the kitchen where your mother is cooking dinner.
"What's for dinner mom?"
>"Oh, just some guava cheese turnovers."
>Oh, those sounded so good!
>Running up the stairs, you go into your room and lock the door behind you.
>Time to get to work.
>You open your bottom left drawer and reach in a far as you can.
>As you feel what you've looking for, you pull it out, revealing a sheet of blue paper with white lines all over it.
>You stole it from your dad when he wasn't looking a month ago, and ever since, you've been working on your plan.
>This would help you get back at those dumb teenagers.
>You could get the rope from your dad, and you had buckets.
>All you needed to buy was some string and you were good.

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>Sitting in the bush, you watched looked out at the exit of the school yard.
>It was late in the night, and everyone had gone home already.
>Except for Alukardian and his friends, who were serving detention.
>They hadn't turned in their homework for yet another time, which gave you a perfect oppurtunity.
>You slump back against the wall as you wait for them.
>Above you on top of the roof were three buckets full water you had gotten from a nearby swamp.
>Man, did that stuff smell horrible.
>You told you mom you were going to be late and you were helping out your teacher at school.
>She bought anything you told her.
>Mostly because you never lie to her.
>It felt so wrong to lie to her, but if you told her the truth, you wouldn't be here right now.
>Your thoughts are interupted when you hear the school door open.
>Poking your head over the bush, you see the last thing you'd ever want to see walking out of that door.
>Exiting the building was a little filly your age with golden eyes and dark blue hair.
>Echo.
>Followed by your teacher.
>Why was she at school this late?
>Maybe she was doing the exact same thing you lied to your mom about to be here?
>She always was helpful to the teachers.
>But you couldn't stop them now or the teacher would find out and you'd be in even more trouble.
>Best thing to do now was to leave, go home, and burn the blueprints.
>As you try to exit the bushes, you hear a large splash and look back to see Echo covered in swamp water, and your teacher standing behind her in shock.
>Welp, time to get out of here.
>Trying to exit the bush, you accidently knock into the bush, making it rustle.
>You try to run, but stop when you hear your teacher's voice.
>"Stop right there!"
>As you turn around, you see your teacher standing next to a crying Echo as she tries to comfort her.
>She looks back up at you she holds Echo, getting her own coat wet.
>"Get over here, right now!"
>You hang you head as you slowly walk over to her and Echo.
>This turned out to be a lot worse than you wanted.
>You liked Echo, she was one of the cutest fillies in your class, and you just dropped a bucket of swamp water on her.
>"Why would you do something like this?"
>You keep your head down as you grumble out a response.
>"I'm sorry, what was that?"
>As you sigh, you look up at your teacher.
"I-it wasn't meant for her. I wanted to d-drop it on Alukardian and his friends."
>Your teacher raises her eyebrow as Echo stops crying for a minute.
>"And why would you want do something like that?"
>You couldn't tell her what they did to you in front of Echo, she'd tell all the other fillies.
"I-I... I don't know."
>Your teacher stands up as she begins to lead Echo to her house.
>As she's walking away, she turns to you.
>"I guess you can think about it while you serve detention for the next two weeks."
>Wait...
>That means you'll be stuck with Alukardian in detention for two weeks!
>It also means you have to tell your mom that you're going to have to stay in detention.
>Plus, now Echo hates you!
>And she's probably gonna tell all the others about what you did.
>This sucks coconunts.