Code Red

by StarsWillAidInHerEscape

Wallflower Blush

Author's Note:

Before you read this chapter, I want you to understand that in this story Wallflower has some serious mental issues, and what she does is in no way justified.

Wallflower Blush was lonely. All throughout her life she had been abused by her parents and ignored at school. Everyday she went to school, she felt as if a bubble separated her from everybody else. She was just what her parents had always told her she was. A worthless nobody.

No one was there to tell her when she did something right. The only time Wallflower got attention was when she did something wrong. The cruel words of her peers made her sink deep into dispair.
Sometimes, when she was in the deepest depths of her loneliness, she called on an imaginary friend. The whispery voice offered little confort though.

When she first entered Canterlot High, everybody seemed to have their clique of friends that they shared common interests. Wallflower did not fit into any of the cliques. She liked gardening, but there was not really a gardening clique. She tried to join in, but the cliques were just so hard to fit into.

The only girl who did not have a clique was Sunset Shimmer, and that was because she was the Biggest Meanie. But now, a couple years later, Sunset was popular and had tons of friends. Wallflower didn’t get it. Sunset had never done anything nice to her. Sunset had always treated Wallflower the same way. Ignoring her. If only there was a way that Wallflower could prove that Sunset was still the Biggest Meanie!
Wallflower walked to the back of the school once class had let out for Garden Club. She sighed. Why did everything she did have to be alone?

She began to dig a whole for a new seed, but her shovel struck something hard. What could it be? She pulled the cool metal object out of the soil. It was a gun and a couple magazines. Wallflower stared at it.

She stood up and held it in front of her. No one was in listening range. She squeezed the handle. Bang! Wallflower jumped as a bullet embedded itself into a tree trunk.

Wallflower liked the gun. It listened to her, and when she told it to shoot, it shot. It gave her a power she had never had before. With this gun, she could kill. Wallflower though about all the people that had always ignored her. This would make them pay attention! Sunset Shimmer would regret her meanness!

Wallflower reentered the building and hid the gun in her locker.

As Wallflower walked home that night, she imagined what she could do with her new gun. The ideas circulated in her head, getting bigger and bloodier with every new thought.

She decided that she would take action during third period after lunch. Lunch was Wallflower’s least favorite part of the school day. She sat alone with no one to talk to. Then, she would pull out a book and read for the rest of her lunch.

Today, however, she was to excited to read or eat. Wallflower just squirmed around on the bench.
As the students walked to class, she took a brief stop at her locker. Click spin click spin click. There the gun lay, like a poisonous, rainforest frog. Dangerous and attention-capturing. Wallflower wrapped her hand around the gun. It felt so good! Eyes darting around like a rabbit’s, she grabbed the gun and slipped it into her pocket. She hid in the restroom until the bell rang.
When she was sure that everyone had gone to class, she struck. She had to find Sunset Shimmer and punish her for everything she had done. This was right because Sunset Shimmer was the Biggest Meanie. And everyone between her and Sunset had to go too. Wallflower was sure that they had done something bad in their lives at least once. They all must pay!
Once she started, she could not stop. Wallflower was cleansing the world of evil, right?

When she heard Principal Celestia’s Code Red announcement, she felt a little triumph in side her. Not just a harmless wallflower, huh!?!
Even when Sunset Shimmer’s head jerked back with a bang, Wallflower did not feel better. She felt even worse. Maybe she needed to kill off the whole school before she was satisfied. So Wallflower did not stop. Even when she felt the first stabs of remorse, it was too late to stop now. Too late to change what she had done.
When Flash Sentry and Twilight Sparkle wasted her last bullets, she did not want revenge anymore. Wallflower felt horrible. She needed more! It was the only thing to make her feel better!

When the police started questioning everybody, she was so ashamed. There was no hope. She told a couple lies. No one would notice her, or think that she could have done anything.
She was Wallflower Blush. Forgettable Wallflower Blush. Worthless Wallflower Blush. A Nothing. A Nobody. She just gave up. Nothing felt good anymore, not even gardening. The weight of her guilt was just too much.

Wallflower was actually happy when she was arrested. Wallflower agreed to all her crimes, fully aware that at the least she would be punished with a life term in jail.

They told her that someone got a photo of her while she was shooting. Wallflower cried, but there was no use in crying over spilt milk. There was no way to fix her mistakes. No way to got back in time. At least she had learned her lesson.
Flash Sentry, Derpy, Snails, Microchips, and Vinyl Scratch had too. They are all teachers now. They teach lessons that we all must learn. It is our job, as students, to learn. Life is school like Canterlot High. From each mistake or trial we take, there is a lesson to learn, and a life theme to teach.

Comments

[dlazerous]

Maybe for your first story you shouldn't pick something so sensitive and personal to a growing number of people. I for one would feel horribly insulted and upset at someone who would attempt a story like this who as never had to deal with this sort of thing or talked with someone who has.

But what do I know, for all I know you may be a survivor of one of these horrible shootings though, judging from the first chapter, I'm going to say not and I wouldn't be surprised if this story upsets a few people.

[pvtspoon]

Wait.... what? She... found the gun... underground? Did I miss something?

Other then that and a few spelling errors, not all that bad.( Writing-wise, I mean.)

[ace_attorneyfan800]

Topics like this are one's writers only ever cover once they've written a few dark stories and have a firm grasp on what they're doing. You took it immediately. That is both a bold and risky move you did. Bold in the fact you made it your first story. And risky in the fact there was a huge chance you could've easily screwed it up. But to me, with the way you presented it, it seems like you did relatively okay. I will say this though. School shootings affect everyone, student, faculty, and parents alike, differently. It could've helped if you presented a chapter based on the perspective of a parent who lost their kid or even one set in the perspective of a faculty member to really set how tragic the situation was. Maybe even a small chapter where the Twilight from Equestria comes to check up on Sunset after not hearing from her in a while only to learn the horrible truth and it hits her the most. Things like that.

[Randy11201]

Read this story while listen to this song

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[Godslittleprincess]

Hold on. I'm with 8852581 on this one. She found a gun and some magazines buried underground. How is it even still functional? It was probably caked in dirt inside and out.
Other than that, this chapter was pretty scary to read.

[Darth Redbeard]

2 things.

1. Code red is more for fires, not shooters.

2. Extremely bad idea

[Godslittleprincess]

8853067
Um, I did a little research on the internet. Code Red in hospitals means fire. Code Red in a school means lockdown.

[Prismfire Productions]

You got very lucky not bombing this...

Decently done for a first story, and it was a high risk topic you chose so this is one time where you should ignore the upvotes/downvote ratio. I suggest you write something either warm hearted or clop for the next one so you can showcase your range of skills with different subjects and ratings (E ,T, M).

[Rinderin]

I'm gonna be the unpopular opinion here, and say that subject matter should never limit a writer's creative scope.

In my opinion, you can never touch a topic too sensitive or too dark as long as you do it right.

Writing (even fan fiction) is an art form after all.

Just my two cents.

[Godslittleprincess]

I feel like you need to hear this. You did a great job handling this story. It was sensitive, emotional, sobering, yet hopeful. If you had made this subject matter a joke, I probably would have hated this story, but you didn't, so I don't. Well done.

[StarsWillAidInHerEscape]

The whole reason I joined this site is so I could write this story. Ever since the recent Parkland shooting I had this story in my head. This really was an awakening for me about life. I am very sorry if you did not like my story, I just hope that it will make you think. I will write more lighthearted stuff in the future. Thank you GodsLittlePrincess, Renderin, Sandstorm98, ace_attorneyfan800, and pvtspoon for the feedback. I will keep that stuff in mind. Do you think I should write a sequel for some of these ideas?

[Godslittleprincess]

8854118
Well, I am a little curious as to how the Mane 6 is handling Sunset Shimmer dying.

[Koga13]

You will get flak for writing this story. But take solace in the fact that you told a story that needed to be told.
The issue with school shootings creates hysteria everywhere in America, so I applaud you for choosing to not be silent about it, or how to deal with the problem.

[Randy11201]

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold

[grl6p]

School shootings are a very tough pill to swallow for everyone, and you took a huge risk to write this story. You did a brave job of writing this and I really enjoyed it.

[Godslittleprincess]

8854118
Okay, I don't know if I should feel bad for this, but I couldn't stop reading this story. I just kept coming back to it and back to it, and I didn't know why. I mean, I liked it, and it hit all the right emotional notes, but (and I mean this in the least offensive way possible) it wasn't THAT good. After maybe the fourth or fifth reading, I realized why I kept coming back. This story doesn't quite have the closure that it needs, and I was looking for it. It was nice seeing everyone take the first steps of accepting what happened and moving on, but I wanted to see more of that process. I wanted to see them deal with the grief of losing friends. I wanted to see them reaching out to and leaning on the other people who were effected by this. At the moment, each character feels like they are suffering and moving on alone. There's nothing wrong with that. Seeing this experience through the lens of each character helped me empathize with them, but now, I want to see them suffering and moving on together. I want to see how this experience changed their relationships with each other and the rest of the school. I'm sorry if I'm making a tall order, but if you want to write a sequel going deeper into what happened in this one, by all means, go ahead.

[StarsWillAidInHerEscape]

I am working on the sequel “Retrospective Red”. I hope that it will help finish the story ark and fill in the missing pieces. GodsLittlePrincess, you have been especially helpful with all your comments. I do not know when I will be done with the sequel, as I have stuff I am writing, but it is one of my priorities, So far I have:
-Princess Twilight will return to Pedestria
-Vice Principal Luna
-One of the Mane Six’s parents
Is there anything else I should include?

[Godslittleprincess]

8866084
Maybe having the characters in this story interacting with each other and the Mane cast. I am strangely curious as to how Pinkie Pie is dealing with this. She can be pretty tough to write in a serious story. Maybe you can give someone featured in this story nightmares or something and use that as a jumping point for the process of these kids reaching out to each other. Just suggestions.

[Moises Munguia]

CODE RED?! are the Reds are coming?

[Moises Munguia]

Final Aftermath:
News anchor: we have new reports that a student name Wallflower blush had been punished for murder, and been sentenced to juvenile detention center, the police have actually search the gun and empty magazines and they found out where she gets the gun and they found out where is she gets the gun and it's at the Garden, many of the children had died and also tempted to put a funeral one of the one of the children have been wounded and some of them were alive scarred for life, we will never forget this day as it was actually called the Canterlot shooting, it would be a tragic school shooting in history, this is Eileen Tasman, signing off from ENN.
(Note: Eileen Tasman is the news anchor that I mentioned on previous pages)
1 day later... in Washington DC
Announcer: ladies and gentleman, the president of the United States.
President Faust: My fellow Americans, yesterday in Canterlot City, there is a school shooting happening a student named Wallflower blush, has killed a student named Sunset Shimmer, we are actually aware with Firearms hiding in objects and also Underground, I would declare a law that every school across America and Alaska and Hawaii to detect any possible firearms and chemicals in everyday objects, we could make this possible to protect our families across America and make sure that this shooting should never happen again, rest in peace students of Canterlot High, and thank you Vinyl Scratch for helping us catch the murderer, God bless the United States of America and God bless children in Canterlot High.
Everybody clapped
Meanwhile in juvenile detention center
Wallflower blush: (sniff) glad this is over...

[thegreatandpowerfull]

It is well written for a first story, well done 7 Elements.

[StarsWillAidInHerEscape]

I’m really sorry I haven’t written a sequel yet. I’ve tried several times but nothing seems right. I might come back to this later.

[DanielBenner302020]

9909822
These things take time, no worries.

[Sunny Starscout]

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