//------------------------------// // Dark (Two Stories) // Story: Fifty Shades of Short // by Super Trampoline //------------------------------// A Fellow Named Odd Odd's parents meant to name him Todd, but the birth certificate got smudged. All his life, other ponies like Vanilla Kisses bullied him for his odd name. Eventually, Odd couldn't take it anymore, and covered himself in honey and ran into the Everfree forest (a most odd way to kill oneself), never to return again. In his suicide note, he asked that when he was buried, his headstone be left blank, so that no one else could find him and make fun of him even after death. Unfortunately, ponies would walk by the blank headstone and, puzzled, you know what they would say? "That's Odd!" Success is Counted Sweetest "Hey Scoots?" "'Sup Sweetie Belle?" "You ever feel bad about what we're doing?" "How you reckon?" asked Apple Bloom, overhearing the conversation. "Well, I mean the original CMC worked so hard to get their cutie marks, but we can just change ours whenever we please." "Yeah, that's one of the things I try not to think about too much. You know, mother's always talking about staying focused on the job and stuff." Sweetie put down the shovel. "And on that note, all buried."