//------------------------------// // Moving On // Story: Bloodlines // by MellowSoul //------------------------------// "YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BREAK ME! I SWEAR, NEXT TIME I'LL LET YOU KNOW! YOU WON'T, YOU WON'T GET TO BREAK ME! I SWEAR, NEXT TIME, I'M LETTING GO!" The group finished their cover of Unearth. They took a break to regroup and begin writing more original material. "Hey, Harmonic," Scootaloo asked, "You seemed really sad during that last song. Is everything okay?" "Guess I couldn't hide it for very long." "What?" "The truth is, life wasn't very kind to me for a long time. My family was splintered and eventually broke apart altogether. I didn't have any friends to hang around until Atmospheric came along. For a long time, I was left to stew in my own misery. I thought about suicide almost every day. Talking about it made me seem like I was looking for attention, so I just shut up and hoped I would pass quietly in my sleep or something along those lines. I had no love for this world until we found each other. Those feelings still try to eat away at me every now and then, but I'm fighting back now." "I wondered why I got a weird vibe around you." "There's so much hurt in this world it's impossible to shrug off. The best we can do is endure and do what we can to recover." "Don't give up on us, old man. We got your back like you got ours." "You know it." Harmonic and Scootaloo bumped their hooves together in solidarity.