Death is but an illusion made by the mind...
Why were these flowing through his mind? It was unnatural for this to be happening. It was as if the words haunted him. When mentioning this to his adoptive mother, Love Tap, she instantly wrote off as his imagination. One might be asking themselves who is this ‘him’. Ryan is the Earth pony colt spoken of. Though he is seems like an normal boy, there are always secrets hidden behind the surface.
As quickly as the sentence entered Ryan's brain, it exited, leaving him to think of other matters. Ryan never understood why his brother Button Mash hated school, he just seemed to deflate at the mention of it. It was a place to learn new and unexpected things, but even Ryan could not find history too exciting. It was as if he already knew it already knew it all, like he was there in the first place, but that is impossible because he is in the 2nd grade and only 8 years of age. The only way that could happen was if he was a time traveler, but there is only one known in Equestria.
Ryan, wanting to break the silence and to tease Button, asked, "So how is the whole brain freeze incident going with Sweetie Belle?" It was amusing to see how fast the emotions on Button's face change from happy to embarrassment within a couple of seconds. Button, still blushing, answered back, "Why do patronize me so much about THAT topic!?"
Ryan replied with a smirk, "Why wouldn't I be interested in my brother's love life? Plus I just wanted to freak you out." As he said those last words, he started running because he knew that Button hated being made a fool of (especially by Ryan). Ryan honestly thought that today would be the last day of problems for a little while, because of the Hearth's Warming break, and he would enjoy himself with all the new games that have come out within the past couple of moons. Well he would soon realized that the break was going to last longer than expected. To tell the truth, nopony saw the events that were going unfold into that colt's life, but it was destined to happen.
2 Hours later, at recess
Ryan was sitting with Button and his friends (which included the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Rumble, Dinky, Pip, Snips, and Snails) like he always does. By this time Button would have brought out his Joy-Boy, the CMC would have gone and tried to get their Cutie marks, the Brit pony would be trying to woo Dinky, or Snips and Snails would be trying to find people to give them work. But that wasn't happening today. Instead they talked about their awesome plans for the break, and the day was actually pretty warm, considering the time of year that they were in, so everything was fine and dandy.
It should have been easy to guess what was going to happen next; why it was Diamond Tiara and she was trotting with her snout pointed upward, like we were trash, with Silver Spoon following right behind her. Ryan despised Diamond, for the sole reason of her being a total jerk to both others and her friend, rubbing her Cutie Mark in everyone's faces and taunting his best friend for not being able to fly. Yet he felt the need to have pity on Silver Spoon. Nopony would want to friends with a jerk (it also makes one look bad). Diamond also went after Ryan for his freakish height, calling him a stallion that plays with little foals, and today was no different.
Ryan doesn't understand how Filthy Rich can just allow her to lie and to treat the ponies around her like dirt. But he would take no more of this tyranny. He would make her pay. Meanwhile, Diamond Tiara appeared to be making fun of Sweetie Belle, but Ryan was too deep in thought, plotting of a way to humiliate her, to pay them any mind. It was THEN Ryan realized what was happening, and what he saw angered him to the very boiling point.
Something snapped in his brain, Death Is The Only Solution To Those Who Oppose Death. He sought the sharpest object he could find. What he found was pointed, three-faced rock. Death Is But An Illusion Made By The Mind, But Immortals See Through It And They See Destruction. He used it to strike his left foreleg, What You Will Be Able To See Will Change You Forever.
'Why...? Why do I feel so much pain?' Ryan said in this head, with his eyes closed.
'Wow, it took that for you to finally snap, please I thought it would have been the time they called Scootaloo disabled,' a voice called out. Ryan has never heard it before but it seems eerily familiar.'You are way stronger than I imagined.'
"OK, this is new, since when did I have a voice inside my head, and what do you mean by 'snapped'...?" Ryan trailed off as he began to open his eyes. He was surrounded by fire in a star shape. He also saw his brother and his classmates, including Diamond Tiara who was bruised all over her body, huddled near the front door staring at him, the younger students were crying and the students that were as old as him were .
Ryan called out to them," Umm... you guys OK?" To his surprise nopony answered, they just stared at him, he then started forward, but only to stop see the flinch back stare with even more fear. "Come on, guys. Why are you giving me the silent treatment?" Ryan was starting to move toward his classmates when he finally received an answer.
"S-s-stay away from us, y-y-you Monster!!" yelled Diamond Tiara
Ryan was shocked that at her words, "How dare you insult me!? Do you think I did all of this!?"
"Well... ya kinda did," said Applebloom in a hesitant tone'. "And ya hurt Diamond too, though she kind of deserves some of it." she added, whispering the last part to herself.
Ryan, shocked at what he heard, he was being filled with fear the longer he stood . 'What happened while I was unconscious?' Ryan thought, hoping for an answer from the voice in his head. However, the answer never came. Before Ryan could question the voice once more, he heard the clanking of metals and the hollering of the Royal Guard.
He then looked at his classmates, eyes furrowed and teeth grinding against another and shouted at them, "YOU CALLED THE GUARDS? WHAT THE HECK, GUYS, I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS? BUTTON, DO YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT I WOULD HURT ANYONE?"
"Yes." was all Button Mash could say before turning away and crying to himself.
What he said to Ryan cut straight through him like a knife. After Ryan recovered his sanity from being called a monster by his own brother, he did the only thing that seemed rational at the time. He ran like lightning piercing the sky on a stormy night, into the Everfree Forest to avoid both his family and the Royal Guards.