They saw me as I am, faceless except for a razor sharp horn, and a mouth and nose. I had no eyes. I was blind. I never used to be.. What they saw was scar tissue. Not that it mattered. Who cares about your past when you’re ugly as sin? I didn’t even have a mane.. I was only a baby.. A mere infant when it happened! No eyes, but I made up for it with my magic. I could see the world fine, hell, maybe even better than others.
Night had not yet turned around, focused on keeping that blue... jerk... Under control. I focused on her, hoping she wouldn’t turn around
I’ve never been that lucky..
I flinched as she turned and looked at my face. She stopped moving and her eyes narrowed. “Slendy...?” She whispered my name and looked at me. I watched her as she started to walk up to me. All eyes were on her. My brows furrowed as she neared me. I looked down and laid my ears back. She lifted her hoof up to my face...
And punched me.
“I can defend my self, thank you! Look at this mess now! I wouldn’t have had to go to that much trouble just to get them to stop,” She sighed and extended her hoof towards me, I took it and she helped me up “You giant meat head”
Cheerilee finally snapped out of her confusion and walked up to us. “Night Glow and Slendy go to my room, now! Dinky, go get the nurse right away. Gem, go to my room also.” She was talking to the only conscious colt from the fight.
“Are you kidding?? I’m not gonna stay in the same room as that freak!”
“Go to the office then. I’ll come get you when I need to.” The colt walked away. Night and I walked slowly to the class room not saying a thing.
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The following week had been a living hell. Night Glow, Gem, the other Blue boy’s minion, and I all had detention. Together. Blue boy himself was still in the hospital, nursing a broken wing and rib. We had another week of detention looming in front of us. Night had yet to speak to me after the incident.
I had no clue what to do. She wouldn’t even look my way. I spent most of the detentions sketching my circles and then crossing them out. Never perfect. I’d steal a peek at Night and watch her read or stare out the window.
She even went out of her way to avoid me. Always walking as close to the wall as she could when she had to pass me. My heart broke when ever I saw her, shattered into a million pieces every time. I began to slip I sat in the back of the classroom, avoiding her and the stares I now received. That had began too. I’d walk into a happy, loud room full of kids and they’d stop. They’d stop and stare at me. Then the whispers. Always, the happiness turned into whispers, quiet whispers, whispers about me. I knew they were about me. Who else would they be about? The warmth of the room would fade and a chill always settled in. Always.
At least I didn’t need the hood up anymore, it got so stuffy in there. I had spent the day staring at a wall, waiting for the day to end. I still had to go to detention, but at least there were only a few of us ponies in it. The one jerk would be here tomorrow, what was his name? Sport Star, I think... Oh fun. I sighed as the bell rang.
I stayed were I sat as Cheerilee went to say good bye to the kids that were leaving. She’d be back in a few minutes to oversee us. I watched Night Glow walk in the room. Our eyes meet and my heart skipped a beat.
And then it stopped all together.
Night began to walk towards me. Good thing I have white fur, or Night would have seen the blood drain from my face. She sat in the desk next to mine and handed me a note. I took it and waited untill I knew Night wasn’t watching me. I unfolded the note
Meet me at Sugar Cube Corner
Sugar Cube? What did she want to talk about? I was worried that she’d tell me that she’d never want to see me again. I wouldn’t blame her, I’m hideous. A monster. I wrote back.
Why?
You’ll see.
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I galloped home to drop my school stuff off and grab my hoodie. I waved a quick hello to my mother and took off for Sugar Cube Corner. She wasn’t there yet. Great! I smiled and walked in. A chose a corner booth and ordered a cupcake and apple juice. I put my hood down, why hide it any more?
Most of the ponies in town had seen me by now and knew what I looked like, though they didn’t know WHY I looked like this. I wanted to keep it that way.
Still not very lucky, huh?
I looked out the window in time to see Night Glow walk up to the store with an older mare. The older mare was white with a blue mane and odd tinted glasses. Night Glow hoof-bumped the mare and waved good by. She opened the door and shouted back out the door “Later mom!”
She came in as the weird hyper pink pony brought me my cupcake and juice. Night sat at the booth and smiled sadly. I offered her my cupcake which she happily took. She ordered another juice and we sat there in silence. After a bit she sighed and looked at me.
“I wanted to talk to you.. Without being in such a dumb place as school.” I thought this place was kind of dumb but whatever. “I had some questions.”
Oh goddess no. No no no.
She looked at me and whispered. “How?”
I couldn’t resist her, she was to cute to ignore. I had to answer the question. “My face?” She nodded and I sighed.
It was my father.