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// Attempted Murder Edited 
// Story: Rose's Broken Soul 
// by MorningRose 
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Attempted Murder

As Rhyme entered his room he locked the bedroom door and tried on the dress. It wasn't a perfect fit but it was close enough.When the dress was finally on he felt happy, and nearly complete. He felt happier than he has ever been before.

For the following year and a half, Rhyme had worn the dress on his nightly walks. One night as spring was coming to a close. Rhyme decided it was time to tell his parent's. He knew from others like him that some parents didn't approve of them. Some even hurt their children who came out. So as a precaution Rhyme packed his bags, and grabbed his bag of bits. That was his allowance for five years totaling 500 bits, and set them near the window in case he needed to make an escape.

Rhyme feeling very nervous about how this was going to go, took a deep calming breath. Rhyme knew his father Solid didn't like it when Rhyme did anything feminine, so he was scared of his reaction. As Rhyme walked down the hall he poked his head into his younger brother's room. Upon seeing his brother fast asleep he closed the door, and continued to his parent's room. Rhyme, upon reaching his parent's room took a deep breath to calm himself before he knocked. When he was finally calm enough he knocked on the door receiving a “Come in.” from his parents.

Rhyme walked into his parent's room seeing his mother, and father sitting in bed talking. Rhyme walked to his parent's, and says “Mom, Dad we need to talk. It's important it can't wait for tomorrow.”

Emerald recognizing the nervous, and scared tone of Rhyme's voice asks “What is it my dear Rhyme? You sound like you are scared that we will be angry at you.”

Solid looks at his son and says in a stern but loving voice " Your mother is right. What is it that has you so scared?"

Rhyme after taking a deep breath says really fast "I want to be a filly slash mare. I have felt this way forever!"

Emerald not understanding what her son had said looks to Solid, and sees he didn't understand either. Emerald turning to look at her son, and asks "Could you say that again only slower. We didn't understand you."

Rhyme started to get worried. But as he thought of his only friend he calmed down, and says "Mom, Dad for years now I have wanted to be a filly slash mare. I have tried to bury these feelings but have been unable to do so. Have you ever wondered why I have never truly smiled.

I have had to hide who i truly am from you, from the world and most importantly myself. It is killing me too not be myself and even now telling you I am suffering. I can't even look at myself without wanting to kill myself. I'm disgusted with my body it's not who I am."

As Rhyme had finished talking his father grabbed his knife from the bedside table where he kept it for protection and stabbed Rhyme in the ribs.

Rhyme felt the pain from being stabbed, and tried to run for his room to get his bag. But as he reached his room his father was on him punching, kicking him, breaking Rhyme's right wing, and dislocating his front right hoof.

Rhyme kicked his father as hard as he could, sending his father flying against the wall. Feeling the weight vanish, Rhyme ran into his room grabbed his bag and Jumped out the window.

Rhyme didn't know where he was going as he ran towards the Canterlot Cliffs. When Rhyme reached the cliff he heard his father yell "You get back here boy." Rhyme realized that he had only two choices. The first one is to stay here, and get killed by his father. The second one was to jump off the cliff, and try and make it to the town he could see in the distance. After a seconds thought he jumped off the cliff using his good wing to try to glide to the town.

Rhyme only made it about half of the way before his good wing broke. As Rhyme was falling the five feet to the ground he swore to himself that if he survived he would be honest with himself and try to make some friends. Rhyme felt like time had slowed to a crawl as he landed on the the ground standing on his three good hooves. Over the next twelve hours he had walked towards the town he saw only stopping to get a drink from the river. As Rhyme got to the outskirts of the town he passed out in front of the gates to an apple farm from loss of blood.