//------------------------------// // Chapter 1: Apollo Janus // Story: My Little Pony: Duality is a Curse // by IllusionedDrawer64 //------------------------------// Where do we began... Ping! A coin was tossed in the air. Whoosh- It was then caught by a hoof. The young male colt was in a deep thought. Like many other young foals, he wanted to be something... Ping! No doubt that he dream big, and was expectionally smart. Whoosh- He soon caught his own coin in midair, and keep reading his own book that interested him to be a great profession: Offense and Dicipline A very complex noir novel, where the protagonist is split due to his actions...that lead to serious consquences. Apollo frowned. He disliked his upbringing. His father was a retired Royal Guard under Celestia's rule. A drunkard who abused him. Janus clenched his teeth in thought. He avidly remembers... The horror... A rod was raised... ...of feeling so helpless- "Gah!" Young Fluttershy yelped. "Nice going, "Klutzershy"! They oughtta ground you permanently." A bully sneered at her. Apollo Janus' head snapped up "Ha! My baby brother can fly better than you!" Suddenly young Rainbow Dash appeared, "Leave her alone!" "Ooh, what are you gonna do, "Rainbow Crash"?" "Oh burn!" He looks at his coin: Heads. Closing his book, he trottled at the confronting foals. "I believe she said to leave her alone!" Dash and Fluttershy looked in awe of a friend who is willing to stand up for them against two present bullies. "Oh yeah?! Who do you think YOU are?!" The first bully snapped, as he pushed Apollo to the ground. Not that hard, but forceful enough that he almost buckled his back legs. "Keep making fun of us and find out!" Dash retored. "You think you're such a big shot? Why don't you prove it?" "Whaddya have in mind?" "You're going down!" "In history, maybe. See you boys at the finish line!" As Dash flew off in a race with the bullies. Apollo brushes himself off. "Well, that went well..." "Oh, hello there! Are you alright?" "Pretty fine, how about you?" “I’m fine...it is just that I wish that “raggedy” was here..." She suddenly had her attention on certain butterflies. "..forget what I said-“ Ping! Apollo caught his lucky charm again. Heads. “You got yourself a deal.” He winked at her. She smiled. Some will get inspired... Ping! Apollo caught his two-sided coin again. That's it! I want to help...to protect and prosecute bullying offenders!... Ping! "Cock-a-doodle-doo... Oh, I wonder what Granny Smith and Big McIntosh are up to. I bet they're applebuckin' their way through the Red Delicious trees. Oh, what I wouldn't give for just one bite..." Whoosh- "A rock?! That's my destiny?! What is your problem, horn? I followed you all the way out here for a rock?! Dumb rock-OOHH!" Ping! " I'm sorry I wasted your time...AAH!" Whoosh- Some would run away... Apollo Janus was a runaway...never looking back because he dares not to. The only token he had was from his deceased mother's gift... Soon, he found himself working dillgantly at the young filles' school's library...wanting always to forget the everyday abuse he suffered daily...all because of his tarnished mother's memory: his father used the coin as an excuse for fate... Heads, you get off easy. Ping! Tails, punishment time- KA-BOOM!!! Janus was interuppted by a loud noise in the sky. Scared out of his wits, he dropped his coin. ...And Some Would Go Mad. He looked up however... "P.W: Ace Attorney" -Help Wanted. He smiled.