//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 - The Cold Hearted Loner // Story: My Little Pony Equestria Girls - Gundam Extreme Versus Magic // by GundamBrony //------------------------------// Chrono's school day has started and he woke up from his bed. Brushing his teeth and getting dressed and gather his supplies into his backpack, he headed down where his parents are cooking breakfast. "Oh, good morning, Chrono." River Bend said. "Morning mom." he said, still having his monotone voice "Morning Dad." "Good morning, Chrono, so how's school yesterday?" Time Break asked while River Bend place some toast and eggs with soy sauce on the yolk. "It was fine, just got a tour around class. Nothing special." he said while taking bites of it. "So Chrono, Principal Celestia told me about a Musical Showcase that's coming next month. I was thinking if you can-" Time Break's sentence was interrupted when Chrono said the same thing to Sunset Shimmer. "I'm not interesting in going. It's a waste." "But honey, don't you think you should at least make some new fri-" "No. Not interested in it." Chrono replied with somewhat of a firm. "Chrono, please, we don't want you to miss out on anything that Canterlot High can offer-" "Dad, please, it's a waste to go to any events that this school going to offer me nor of making friends. I'm happy to be alone with my machines and that's final." Chrono said before putting his empty plate into the sink and wash it. He headed to the door. "I got to go now. See ya." With the door close, both of them sighed, knowing how Chrono can be stubborn on his choice. "Honey, I don't know if we can able to live here, not with what have become of our son." River Bend worriedly about the situation. "I don't want to move anymore. We're on a close to a tight budget during our job hunt and if we don't get this job, then we had to take other jobs as the only way to go to get enough financial support for it." Time Break said. "And what would happen if Chrono remains like that?" River Bend asked, not wanting to know the answer. "I'm afraid that we'll lose more than our chance, we lose him forever." Time Break said and glance at the window. Celestia, please, bring Chrono, our true Chrono, back from his empty void. Losing him in the state he is now, can mean the end of everything. As for us, we got to have faith. Faith that we can get a job for our living and our careers. Walking down to Canterlot High was something that Chrono can easily get through despite the busy street of Canterlot Downtown. Upon arriving there, he enter the building and walking silently. Most of the students take noticed and give them a simple 'Hello' or 'Hey' but he shrugged them out, just only focused on getting to the principal office to pick up his schedule. Once he reached there, he gave a knocked on the door. A voice simply said 'Come in' and he enter the principal office where Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna are waiting for him. "Ah, Chrono, good thing you're here. I trust that the tour that Sunset give you helps you around the building?" Principal Celestia said which he shrugged. "It's only necessary if I'm going to attend here." he replied. Ignoring the monotone, Principal Celestia gave him the class schedule "Here are your class schedule. From there you'll be going to Algebra on 1st period with Ms. Cheerlie and Calculus the 2nd with Mr. Cranky Doodle." "Sounds fine, I can handle those." he said. "And for 3rd and 4th, you have P.E. with Coach Bulk Biceps and Art class with Ms. Matlida then you'll have lunch break with the other students." Chrono nodded silently while Principal Celestia continues. "5th and 6th, you have Reading with Mrs Harshwhinny and Science with Mr Discord." "Okay, I got it the jits of it." he said, finishing reading the schedule and about to leave - "Chrono?" "Yes?" he asked, abit annoyed. "We also have clubs you can attend. I suggest you attend one of them for your curriculum points." Vice Principal Luna said. "What kind?" he asked and the vice principal gave the list of clubs. Skimming the page, Chrono was searching for any club he's interesting but gave it back to her. "Sorry, but none of them interesting me. Now if you excuse me, I got to get to my class." he said and left the office. "When Time Break said that Chrono was more cold hearted, even from his monotone, he was right. He seems difficult to interact with him." Vice Principal Luna commented, feeling uneasy. "I know, but if there someone we know who can help him, it's them." Principal Celestia said and Vice Principal Luna nodded. At the Algebra classroom, Twilight was helping Rainbow Dash with some of the algebra problems that she's having trouble with along with Rarity. "I still can't over the fact of this question!" she groaned, having her brain hurt. "I read the textbooks faster and still can't get over it!!" "Rainbow, if you must know, skimming page faster just to kill time isn't going to help you with the test coming next week." Rarity said. "Algebra is not that hard to figure it out." Twilight points out the question and explaining the directions. Rainbow Dash sighed and follow her direction until she got it right. "Uggh, my brain feels like jam just knowing this." she complained. The door open and Chrono enter in, earning surprise look from the girls along with some other students and the silent loner sat down next to an empty desk on front. "Who's that?" Rainbow asked only to get a shrugged from Twilight and Rarity. The bell rang and Ms. Cheerliee came in with papers stacked. "Good morning, class. Hope you studied your algebra because we're going to the next lesson for the upcoming test next week. But first," she glance at Chrono, just staring in a robotic like expression "We have a new student, so please would you stand up and introduce to yourself?" Sighed, he got up and head to face the classroom. Most of the students have a bit of uneasy feel due to his monotone and robotic like expression especially his voice. "My name is Chrono Blaze. I just move here this week and that's all I can say." "Um, Chrono?" Ms Cheerliee asked "Can you tell me anything about yourself?" "Just being alone is fine." he replied before sat down back to his desk. Rainbow leaned to Twilight "What's up with that guy? He's seems......" the sport captain tried to come up with answer "strange." Twilight furrowed her eyebrow at her "Rainbow, please, don't make judgement on him. He's new in this school." Rainbow sighed before Ms. Cheerliee begin lecture on a new Algebra method. When she show the problem, she asked one of the student to come up and solve it. Most of the student raise their hands but Ms Cheerliee picks Chrono Blaze since she want him to give a chance. He got out of his desk and see the problem. After a few minute of thinking, he wrote down the problem in a quick succession, earning surprise from the classroom. "I'm impress, Chrono, how did you-?" Ms Cheerliee asked. "Easy. I've done algebra before as a kid." he said before sat down in his desk. Even Twilight was impress of him especially Rarity. The bell rang as most of the student leave the classroom with Ms. Cheerliee reminded them of their homework assignment. "Chrono?" Ms. Cheerliee called him and he head to her table. She passed him a textbook "Here's your textbook for this class. I hope you know what homework assignment you need to do?" "Yeah, " he flipping to a certain page and mark it with a pen "I'll get it done before tomorrow." With that, he leave the classroom and walking the hallways. He encounter two younger students, one a musty orange skin boy with green hair wearing a green shirt and a bright white pants, the other a boy in his age, grey skin and chubby with a burnt orange mohawk hair, wearing a black shirt with a scissor design and blue jeans. "Um, excuse me, Chrono, sir?" the musty skin orange boy asked "I was wondering if you can help us with our math problems? You see, me and my friend Snips having trouble with-" Chrono shoved them away, ignoring them, leaving them confused and a bit offended. While looking around the hallway, a bright flash glare at him, causing him to cover his eye in annoyance. In front of him, a girl with a white hair and a cyan skin wearing a pink shade was holding a camera. Along with her, two other girls are holding what to appear to be camera or cosplay stuff. "Oh, very nice! The glare of that look would good on my album!" the pink shade girl admire the picture of him. "Who the hell are you?" Chorno asked, a bit of annoyance. "I'm Photo Finish! I take pictures for Canterlot High Scrapbook or other special events! Since you're new here, consider this you first high school photo." Chrono sighed and passed them but Photo Finish stop him. "Hold it! I need to get more of you!" "Is it one picture is enough?" Chrono asked. "No, no, no! Although, the first one is good, I want to see more side of you!" Photo Finish hold her camera and - 'Snap!' Another bright light causing him be distorted and he place his left hand on a nearby locker. "Okay, again!" 'Snap!' Chrono cover his eyes from the glare. "No, no, I need to see your face, now show me your handsome face!" 'Snap!' Chrono begin gritted his teeth at the endless snapshot that Photo Finish was taking. 'Snap!' "Okay, one more-" Chrono grabbed her camera with pierced eyes and snatch it away. "You. Stop. Taking. Pictures. Of. Me!" Chrono roared and he smash the camera at the floor then smash on the ground. Photo Finish was shocked along with the other two other girls were too. The same for other students who never seen this kind of behavior that Chrono was displayed. "What's going on?" Twilight asked them along with Rainbow Dash and Rarity. "Well, dudette, the new kid just smash Photo Finish's camera." Sandalwoods said. "Wait, you mean Chrono Blaze?" Rarity asked and he nodded. She saw the broken wreckage of Photo Finish's camera and she was holding her camera in tears. Chrono grunted and about to walk away- "Hey! New Kid!" Rainbow zipped pass them and block Chrono's way, with eyes bore daggers at him. "Who do you think you are, smash someone else's stuff?! You have no right to do that!" Rainbow said but Chrono walked pass her. Annoyed that she was ignored, she blocked him again, only to aggravated him. "Get. Out. Of. My. Way." Chrono growled. "No way, not until you apologize to her!" Rainbow said. "She's in my way. Now move." Chrono said. "Oh yeah, and what you going to do about -" Rainbow sentence was interrupted as Chrono grab her arm and twist it, causing her to scream in pain. "Hey, you can't do that to-" "Don't care, now I appreciate if you. leave. me. alone." Chrono growled while pulling her arm, making her in pain more. Twilight and Rarity was about to rushed to stop him from hurting her friend, but he pushed her out of the way. "The same for you and the rest." With that, Chrono walked away, leaving a empty silence filled only with sadness and dread that Chrono placed. "Jerk...." Rainbow muttered while rubbing her arm. "How dare that guy just break Photo Finish's camera like that?!" Rarity said, outraged at this "I'm going to report this to Principal Celestia about it." Rainbow nodded and both headed but Twilight was still standing there. "Chrono......" she place her hand on her chest as if she felt her heart ache at something that's familiar.....something from her time in Crystal Prep. "Twilight, c'mon!!" Rainbow called her and she look back once more before catching up with her friends. Lunch time started as Twilight, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash told Sunset, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie about what happen. And from their looks, they were mixed feelings about this. "You mean that this new student just broke Photo Finish's camera and also tried to hurt Rainbow Dash's arm?" Applejack trying to understand the situation. "I'm afraid so, darling." Rarity sighed "From his tone, he's something that he's doesn't want to be messed with." "But why?" Sunset asked. "I wish I knew darling, but because of this, most of the students stayed away from him even gossiping about him." Rarity said. "Maybe he just need some friends to help him be happy! Speaking of which, I got an idea on setting up a -" "Pinkie, I don't think this Chrono guy is party person so it's not a good idea to do it." Rainbow said. "But parties always make anybody happy!" "Well, not for him." Rainbow said and Pinkie groaned. "So what happen to him?" Sunset asked. "I told Principal Celestia about it. She's talking with him about his attitude." Rarity said. "You don't think he's going to be suspended?" Fluttershy asked. "Well, can't say for sure especially what he did to Photo Finish and Rainbow Dash." Applejack said. While the girls continue talking about Chrono, Twilight muttered "I don't think he's bad." "Say what, Twilight?" Applejack heard her mumble. "Chrono isn't bad, girls." Twilight glance at them "He's just hurt and lonely." "Um, Twilight, he broke Photo Finish's camera and almost broke my arm." Rainbow pointed out "So he is bad." "But don't you think there's a reason he's like that?" Twilight asked. The girls shrugged, don't have any answer for that. "Twilight, darling, what make you think he's like that?" Rarity asked her friend. "The way he's always want to be alone, I don't know but, for some reason, he reminded of myself when I was in Crystal Prep, before the Friendship Games start." Twilight said "When I was in that school, nobody ever bother pay attention to me because of how everyone was so focus into winning so I isolated myself to my studies. At least I should be grateful that the Friendship Games came by otherwise, I don't think I'll be able to meet you girls and transfer to this school." The girls can understand what Twilight mean. If Chrono is somewhat similar to her when she was in Crystal Prep, then it means that he just need someone who need a friend to help him. Just then, Chrono came in the lunchroom and most of the students' chatter died down upon arrive here. He silently walk to grab his lunch and walk around for a place to sit until he found a empty one from the far back of the lunchroom. He sat down and just eat his meal. The sound of student's chatter were into whispers and such, gossiping him. The same two boys came out of their seat with their lunch and sat down where Chrono is. "Hiya, buddy!" Snips said and he glance at them "You don't mind if we sit with you?" Chrono sighed "As long as you don't annoy me." Snails nodded "Sure thing!" Chrono take a big bite of his sandwich. Just after a little fight, Principal Celestia called him and she told him about his attitude. Although she was disappointed, she gave him a warning to not to do it again but she want him to apologize to Rainbow Dash and Photo Finish but he stated that they're nothing but 'pests' but willing to do it if he's comfortable with it. "So um, Chrono, right?" Snips asked "I was wondering if you can help us with our homework?" "On what?" "Algebra." Snails show him the textbook "It's just we're having trouble with this method and since you able to do it quickly, maybe you can help us with it?" "Show me." Chrono said and Snails grab the textbook. Upon reading the information, he sighed and begin explaining the method clearly. To show him, he grab his paper and giving them some examples on it. The two begin to understand him more clearly. "Okay, you can use the notes I did as reference. I highly suggest you study it." Chrono said and finished with lunch, he begin to walk away, hands in pocket. The girls were surprise at how Chrono interact with Snips and Snails without them making him angry. Sunset came to them. "How come you're not afraid of him?" she asked. "Well, why would be afraid of him?" Snips said. "All we need is asking him so stuff." Snails said and the two young boys exited out of the lunchroom. The bells rang and everyone exited out of the lunchroom and headed to their respective classrooms. After school was done, all of the student headed out of the door and either heading home or hanging out. Sunset and her friends exited out and meet up at the Canterlot High Statue. "All right, tomorrow we got a weekend and the best, going to Canterlot Hollywood Studio to check on the set for a Daring Do movie!!" Rainbow cheered. "It's a good thing that Canter Zoom decide to invite us to it after the ball at Camp Everfree." Twilight said and the girls nodded. They are all excited about a tour around the movie studio coming for tomorrow. Just then, Chrono came out and begin to leave. Twilight decide to walk to him, despite their friends protest and came to him. "Uh, hello, Chrono, we met at Algebra and Science class. I'm Twilight Sparkle. I hope that we can be good friends." she raise her hand and he check on his hand. "What's wrong? All you have to do is to shake-" "I don't want to because my hands are really dirty right now." he showed his hands dirty which Twilight was surprised at his consideration to her and she blush a bit. "Oh, I'm sorry if-" "Whatever, that only means that you and me aren't on equal terms to begin with nor being friends with each other. The same for your friends too." he bluntly said, shocking her and her friends. He then walk away leaving her, clench her arm, feeling bad and her friends confront her with Applejack, Rarity, Sunset, and Rainbow glare at him. "Okay, now I can understand why this Chrono guy is bad as sour lemons." Applejack said. "Indeed, just as we thought there's some goodness in him, he just turn down to our friend!" Rarity said. "And stated that we're not on equal terms despite Twilight trying to." "I guess you're right, girls." Sunset sighed "Guess sometimes there are others that don't need friendship." "Still," Twilight sighed "why does he help Snips and Snails on their homework at lunch?" "Probably trying to make sure they get away from him." Rainbow said. The girls, except Twilight, nodded and they start heading back home. Twilight was walking back to her home and glance at the direction Chrono was heading. 'Chrono.....why are you acting like this? Why? You must have a good reason to act like this.' Twilight thought and headed back inside. Chrono walked inside back home and he saw his parents cooking up dinner. "Hi, Mom. Hi Dad." he set his stuff down on the side. "Chrono, my old friend, Celestia called me and said that you got in a fight and broke someone's else camera? Is it true?" Time Break asked, feeling a bit stern. "Yes, it's true." Chrono said. "Chrono, why did you do that?" River Bend asked "You know you can't break someone's stuff. And you shouldn't be causing a fight in Canterlot High." "They're in my way." Chrono stated "They're nothing but pests that needed to be remove." "Chrono, that's no way to act like this in front of your parents!" Time Break said. "Says for the one who took what I used to be away! I have given up on friendship ever since we move around the states! And if you two aren't able to get a job, then it's nothing but a waste like making friends that won't last forever!" Chrono yelled, having his anger exploded. His parents were left speechless and he headed to his room. He lock the doors and yelled in anger. Swiping his stuff away, he laid his bed and from his anger, tears begin to spilled on his eyes. I know what's real. People are meant to be alone. Friendship and Family are nothing but a wasteful thought and I seen everything that happens. Now I know what I must do. So I can forever be away from this world. his mind clouded with so much sorrow and suicidal. After dinner and everyone is asleep, Chrono sneak downstairs and pack his clothes, some food, and his savings. He then grab his Gunpla kits and place on his bag. Sorry Mom, Dad, but I'm done. Done living in this world. Now I can find my own place to live without anyone. he open his window and once he's on the other side, he close the window and climb down. He begin walking towards Canterlot Town and while there's some people are still up, most of the stores are closed. He look around until he found a empty building away from the town and almost to the mountains. Perfect. The place that will be my home. he climb the gates and making sure that no one is watching, he enter it and close the door, leaving him in total darkness.