//------------------------------// // Memories // Story: Depression // by ZombieBrony22 //------------------------------// A week after Flutterfly recovered from her injuries, life slowly returned to normal. The Mare-Do-Well slowly left news networks, but Sky knew she was still out there. School just ended and Sky waited for Flutterfly to find him, but instead, he found Sugarcoat. "What do you want?" Sky asked. "I'm her friend, too, you know." No, she's not. Sky said to himself. "I just want to talk. I know what happened hurt you, and not just the eye." Sky stayed silent, holding his anger back. "Sky, you can't pretend I don't exist forever." Sky's anger started building up as memories started flooding back to him, memories with her. "Sky, I don't care if you yell. Hell, beat me up if you have to." Sky actually considered the latter, and it frightened him, only feeding to the anger she gave him. His face started warming up, his eyes went dry... "Sky, please just talk to me about--" That was it, Sky unloaded. "Do you know what it's like? To wake up every morning, feeling the emptiness? To look in a mirror, where your eye used to be? To still feel the bruises that your ex's B.F.Fs gave you all those months ago?" He grabbed her shoulders and started. "DO YOU KNOW HOW BETRAYED I FELT?! I TRUSTED YOU! I TRUSTED YOU MORE THAN I TRUSTED MY OWN MOTHER! I..." Sky stopped and saw Sugarcoat's frightened face. "I loved you. Was it too much to ask for you to pretend to love me back?" Sky pushed her off and left the scene, not facing the small crowd that formed observing his breakdown. Sugarcoat was now on her knees, feeling the tears running down her face from the memories of what happened. Sky paced to his next class at CPA when he saw a very familiar face. "Hey, babe." Sky said, seeing Sugarcoat next to him. "We're not there yet." She teased as she kissed Sky's cheek. "What's new?" He asked. "I talked to the others, they want to give you a chance." "Where are they?" Sky asked. "They're at the main office. Come on." Sugarcoat said, holding out her hand to him. Sky tenderly took her hand, rubbing his thumb against the base of hers. The two of them made it to the main office. "I'll go get Cinch. SIt down, try to start a convo." "You got it." Sky said, careful not to call her 'babe'. Sky made it back to the apartment. Sky tossed his backpack into his room and started grabbing his hair, slightly worried about what would happen next. His phone rang and he checked his phone, expecting a threat from one of the Shadowbolts. "Abacus Cinch has been arrested for the following charges: Vandalism, scandal, and assault." Sky almost dropped his phone as he rose up and headed out the door. Flutterfly was almost flattened by Sky's rush. "Shoot, are you okay?" Sky asked as he helped her on her feet. "I'm fine. What's got you in such a rush?" She asked him. "Cinch was arrested." "Oh..." "I'm going down the station to see her. Wanna come with? Unless you have... work." Sky said. "My schedule's clear." Fluttershy said as she dumped her bookbag inside the cottage and locked the door. The office was empty, which made Sky curious. All he saw was 8 seats, all but 2 of them taken by the Shadowbolts. Sky was about to take one next to Jet Set, but he pulled the seat back as Sky was about to sit, causing him to plop down to the floor. "Jet Set, what's going on? I thought this was to--" Sky realized the truth: He was getting jumped. Sky quickly tried to get up, but his arms were bound. "How did you--" Sky looked to the window and saw Cinch, tying his hands through 2 holes on the bottom of the glass. She walked off and locked the door behind them. No words were exchanged as Jet Set threw the first punch to Sky's jaw, then Sour Sweet, and then Indigo Zap. They all took turns until Sky couldn't take it anymore. Sky whipped his head back, smashing the glass into pieces. He took the chance and pulled his hands through the weakened glass, but he was still tied. "You're gonna regret doing that..." Indigo said cruelly. Sky thought he heard banging on the door, but he didn't know for sure, as his vision was fading. "Sky! Guys, stop!" He heard a distorted voice said. Sky turned to the voice, but he started to faint as he did. His left eye entered the glass as he fell unconscious. "Sky? Sky!" Flutterfly whispered. Sky turned his head to her as they had arrived at the station. "You sure about this? You don't have to talk to her again." "I'm sure. I wanna move on, but first I have to do this." Flutterfly didn't say a word. She just kissed his cheek. "I'll wait here." She said to his ear. Sky, his face red, nodded as he left the car to enter the station. "--And to conclude this statement, I would like Sky Armor, famous student of CPA, to say a few words." Dean Cadence said. Sky, his eye still bandaged, went on stage with a few flashcards he left. "I just wanted to, um... make it clear that the Shadowbolts... were not responsible for..." Sky couldn't say these things about them, any of them. Sky took a breath and swiped his cards off the podium. "You people think that these scumbags are innocent? That they were blackmailed? Well, let me tell you, it didn't take much. These... monsters deserve all of the hell you can give them, the media, the students, and the staff. You still think these people are innocent?!" Sky tore the bandage off his face, showing his still swollen eye socket to the audience. Several horrified gasps were heard. "Would innocent kids do THIS?! These people are freaking animals! They deserve whatever pain you can give them, just like they did to me!" Sky took a shaken breath. "I conclude my statement, by saying that I will NOT be returning to Crystal Prep, and neither should any of you." The doors opened as Sky entered the small interrogation room as he took a seat. Abacus Cinch sat in the other side, handcuffed. "...Hi, Mom."