Sample Time! · 9:09pm Mar 12th, 2016
Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything, so instead of crawling back and begging for forgiveness for disappearing I thought I'd just show you what I'm working on for Bite Me. Note though, this only a portion of what I had done the last time I was working on the story, and since then I've added quite a bit more.
Every human being has a list of things they’d rather forget. This list usually exists somewhere in the back of their head, pushed there so they can retain their sanity. It only surfaces when something needs to be added to the list, or when you’re reminded of the fact your parents had to have sex to create you. Otherwise, it retreats firmly into your subconscious, never to be thought of.
But the latest addition to Octavia’s list didn’t seem to want to leave her mind. The image of Twilight lying that bed was most definitely going to haunt her for a while; the bandages wrapped around her arms and throat to hide what Octavia could only assume were claw marks. There had been a gash peeking out from underneath the bandages on her neck. The crown of her head completely wrapped up from where she been banged against something.
“And according to Vinyl those injuries aren’t even the full extent of what Twilight suffered.” A sense of uneasiness washed over Octavia just thinking about it. But that wasn’t even the worst part for her. No, the worse part had been seeing how still she was while lying there.
The Twilight that had looked at her with so much energy and life earlier while asking for her help, was silent now. And there was something about that that deeply disturbed Octavia. And that’s the main reason that she was poking her lunch with a fork—chicken nuggets that looked more like they were chipped off of a golem then an actual piece of poultry.
It was just as well, she didn’t feel like eating much anyway. But now Bon-Bon was looking at her for an explanation about her sudden down turn in mood from yesterday, and she really didn’t have a proper answer for her at the moment. So instead she moped, and hoped that her friend wouldn’t say anything.
“Alright, Octy, what’s wrong? Is this about Twilight?” Octavia looked up from her lunch she was slowly turning into gravel. Bon-Bon leaving her alone had been a bit too much to ask for, and now she was looking at her with those big doughy eyes that were completely unfair when you were trying to hide something.
Octavia’s lips quivered a bit, and she buckled, “Yes,” she replied softly. She felt like she was going to cry again, but somehow managed to hold herself together. Maybe she’d cried herself out yesterday with Vinyl.
Bon-Bon, reached across the table to place a comforting hand on her friend. “Hey, Octy, it’s okay. The whole schools a bit shook up over what happened. Hell, even Sunset Shimmer looks like she swallowed a barrel of lemon juice.” Octavia blinked, Sunset Shimmer actually showing a bit of restrain that was rare. She would have thought more on this, but Bon-Bon wasn’t done speaking. “I just didn’t think you’d be so broken up about this, weren’t you just talking yesterday, about how you don’t have any friends?”
Bon-Bon was trying to joke with her, but Octavia wasn’t exactly in a joking mood. “We-we were starting to get to know each other. She saved me from Sunset Shimmer and her goons yesterday, and then asked me if I could help her out with a project.” There, that wasn’t too far from the truth, and it seemed to satisfy Bon-Bon as she was nodding in agreement.
“Well, don’t worry about it too much, okay?” Bon-Bon offered her a sad smile, and Octavia couldn’t help but return it. “From the way Principal Celestia told it, she’s stable and everything, plus Twilight’s not exactly the type of person to let something like this get her down . . .,” she leaned over, bridging the distance between, the two, “Unlike some people.” She whispered, pointing down the table at one of the reasons Octavia wasn’t sure she shouldn’t put that whole night on the list, Rainbow Dash.
After everyone had had a chance to see Twilight something of a yelling match had ensued between Vinyl and Applejack. “Well, I’m not sure you can call it a yelling match, since there wasn’t any actual yelling.” Regardless, it was clear to anyone watching that two astounding personalities were clashing.
Vinyl was trying to convince Applejack that taking Octavia along was the best possible solution. It was admittedly a pretty hard sell. She basically wanted Applejack to take along an untrained, untested component into the field with her. They went back and forth arguing over whether Octavia was coming or not, but eventually they struck on a deal.
Octavia could come along, providing Vinyl looked after Rainbow Dash, while the investigation went on. From what Applejack could discern from their conversation, Rainbow was important to Twilight in some way or another, and there was a risk that the person that did this might come after her specifically.
Rainbow couldn’t stay with any of her friends for obvious reasons. And there was a good possibility that whoever did this wasn’t specifically targeting Twilight, but was trying to send a message to Celestia by attacking her prized student. No matter how powerful the covenant leader was, Applejack didn’t want to run the risk.
So that left a very unwilling Vinyl to protect Rainbow Dash. The vampire had argued back and forth with Applejack for a while before eventually agreeing to take the girl home with her. “And that was it, we left after that. We didn’t mention Twilight or Rainbow, we didn’t even discuss our argument from earlier. We were both tired and it just didn’t seem like the time for it.” Octavia let out a sigh, glancing at the Rainbow haired girl with her head face down on the table. “And now both Applejack and Vinyl expect me to watch over her while we’re in school. Well, at east Vinyl expects that of me, I’m pretty sure Applejack just hopes I can pull her out her funk. But how am I supposed to do that, when I’ve never even said two words to the girl?”
i don't like it
I love it
just tell us when the next chapter is coming out
3823271 Well, if I drop everything such as eating, sleeping, going to class, and doing homework assignments that could potentially kill my grade. I can have it to you by tomorrow. If not It's probably going to be sometime this weekend or Tuesday of next week.