Another Chance At Life (Rewritten)
By: Kyle
*Beep…Beep…Bee-click!*
“Ugh” was all that came out of my mouth as I got up and started to move around to get ready for school. I didn’t want to go, but I had to. I had to go fulfill sitting in a classroom for no reason due to my senior year at school. I also didn’t want to go to school anymore because of the hurt and pain that I felt there, from the school and the other students as well. I can’t do anything about it though, so what’s the point of trying anyways?
I got my clothes on, a red v neck sweater, for the ladies duh, and then a pair of tan khakis to finish off my outfit. Because even though I wish I could go to school in my briefs it isn’t right. I got my bag ready, putting my laptop in it as well, because I never leave my hulking 17.3 inch laptop at home and walked out the door to my house. I had about 5 blocks to walk, and it was winter, so I was in for a fun walk to school.
I walked up my road and then crossed the street and continued on my way. I walked past the police station and then crossed Union St. I cut through 3 or so parking lots and then I walked up one more street and then I saw it…school. I hate it! Burn it to the ground for god’s sakes!
I had a bad run in with almost every person at this place and it’s taken a toll on me as a person. I am a different person since all of the stuff happened here. I am colder, more filled with anger and sadness. But you don’t need to know that now do you? Information hogs the lot of you! Geez!
I walked up the stairs and opened the door. A kid glared at me, but I paid him no mind, in fact, I wanted him to punch me, so I could do something about it. I had it with getting looked at like I did something wrong! Punch me, do it so I can choke you with your own trachea! I love Code MENT references.
I walked around the square building I had been confined to for 8 hours and made it to my 1st period class, which was a study hall mind you and made it to my table and sat down. I was in the cafeteria for this study hall and it’s almost empty after the kids from breakfast leave. I opened my backpack and took out my laptop and set it down on the table.
I flipped it open and immediately put on MLP: FiM and began to get lost in the one thing that was entertaining to me still, at least here. As I began watching a small group of students walked up to me and began their daily ritual of tormenting the crap out of me till I wanted to explode.
First came the name-calling: “ Loser!...Fuckface!!!Ouch…Faggot…Stupidfuck!!!Again Ouch
After that they started coming closer around me. I put my laptop away in my backpack, it still playing MLP: Fim on it as it was closed and looked at the group. “So, are you going to do something or are you going to leave me alone?” Please just leave!
They all smiled at me and then before I could grasp my feels on the situation both of my arms were grabbed by two of the kids and I was hauled out of the lunchroom and down the hall. It was before class started, so of course teachers weren't around. I was taken to the back door by the art room and pushed out of the door. There was a ledge that was also a staircase that led down to the ground and I was backed up until my back was against the railing.
I stared at them “you better hope to god you kill me, because if you don’t when I get better I’ll be coming after all of you.” I watched as they continued to smile at me, and I saw one kid take off his backpack and pull something out. It looked like a condensed bag of powder, and there was wires connected to it. Holy shit batman, this loony’s got a bomb!
“You see this? I made it myself. Its 5lbs of pure grade plastic explosive. After we are done with you, we are going to finish off what we planned all along. Don’t worry though; you’re going to play a major role in that as well. Now, you ready to die? I hope you are because you are going to die, we will make sure of it” the guy holding the explosive said to me before setting the bomb down on the ledge away from everyone.
After he set the bomb down he quickly turned around and lunged to me and connected a fist right into my gut in an uppercut. I doubled over coughing and I was looking down and I got a glimpse of the knee that connected with my nose a few seconds later. Wow, it seems like everyone but me is a MMA fighter apparently. Where was my invitation to become one too?
I doubled back this time and I felt myself going over the railing I was against. I flipped over but my two hands grabbed the railing and I was hanging two stories above the ground. I looked back at them, and a new kid was moving in to attack me. He lunged out and I got a foothold on the ledge and moved out of the way of his fist, then grabbed his arm and pulled him over the ledge and used his body as a cushion as I hit the ground.
I heard cracking noises as we hit the concrete and I knew it wasn’t me. I stood up after and the kid lay there unmoving. I paid him no mind as the two other kids jumped off the ledge and landed in front of me. They stood up and immediately came back in for round two. I put up my fists in a defensive position and began blocking a few of the punches that were coming in, but I was getting worn out.
I began missing blocks and taking hits. Ok, I need to think of something quick before I really do die here. I got kicked in the ribs by the kid that had the bomb and I felt one of my ribs crack. But it did more than that, the rib cracked and I felt extreme pain in my chest and began coughing. Every time I coughed blood would spatter the ground and my clothes. I could taste the crimson liquid in my mouth and it was like iron.
The kid noticed this and then repeated his kick, which landed in the same spot. I fell to the ground and spat out another mouthful of blood. “Just kill me. Please, if you’re going to do it!”
He smiled at me “What? You don’t like playing with the big boys? That’s a shame; you actually got one of my friends taken down. Shame you can’t die just yet, the plan isn't finished. Time for part two of the plan” he said to me before picking me up off the ground. He held me and whistled to his other friend to go get the plastic explosive.
A few moments passed but the kid came back holding the explosive. The one kid held the bomb to my chest and the leader of the group took out some duct tape from his pocket and began taping the bomb to my chest. I just stood there held in place and watched as I saw my death coming closer and closer.
After he was finished taping the bomb to me he lifted a hand into the air. “Time to take a little nap, next comes the finale, and it’s gonna be a BANG! Hahaha” he said before he swung down his hand and connected with the side of my neck. I almost instantly lost consciousness; succumb to whatever else they had planned for me.
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When I came to I was tied to the podium of the auditorium. There was no one in the room with me as far as I could tell. I began screaming trying to get someone’s attention but as far as that went I might have well just held my breath. Then I heard something, something that was really bad. All of the auditorium doors opened and students began filing into the room, no doubt looking at me as they entered. I scanned the kids for the ones who did this to me, but they weren’t here. They must have left to go hide and wait. Oh my god, they are going to kill everyone in this building! Batman, where are you when Olean needs you, get out of Gotham, this is serious!
They were all sitting down now and a teacher walked up and looked me over. “Wow, those kids did a good job portraying a real hostage situation. They even did well on the props!”
“It’s…a real…bomb! Get all of these students out of the building before they die!” I yelled as loud as I could before I coughed and more crimson liquid spattered the ground. The man looked amazed at this. You sir are extremely stupid and deserve to go back to school yourself for not realizing that this is real blood and bomb.
Down the street from the school the two kids were sitting under a tree waiting. “Get ready, we detonate in two minutes” the leader said with a grin.
I was still tied to the podium, losing consciousness now because of the loss of blood and the filling of my lung with blood. I coughed again “I’m warning you….get…them…out.” Oh god there goes my sight! I blacked out but I could still hear things for some reason. I heard the click, and then I heard nothing.
Back outside down the road the kids watched as the front of the school collapsed into itself and fire spew out of the windows. They both smiled and cheered as the fire and plume of smoke continue to grow. “Mission accomplished, you did well, now let’s get out of here.” The two kids left the tree and walked down the street with a little more bounce in their step, no doubt happy for a job well done.
About 7 hours later word has gotten everywhere and the fireman doused the flames and searched for any remaining survivors, sadly they found none. This tragedy was top story on the news and the list of the deceased was scrolling along the bottom. A woman was looking at her TV in her home crying as the list came closer and closer. She couldn’t believe it till she saw the name. When the list finally came to the letter ‘K’ she was balling, then she saw his name. “Kyle…why!”
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I never thought I would die at the age of 18. I never thought I would die with a bomb strapped to my chest that exploded. I never thought I would have been a pawn in the killing of 569 people. Well, that’s life for you; never knowing what to expect. The funny thing is, I feel like I'm still alive, I can smell things still, and they don’t smell like charred and burning rubble! It smells more like a forest.
I couldn’t feel anything, but I could still smell. I felt nothing but light and airy. I felt good. I wanted to see if I could talk to myself “Hello blackness, this is your new host Kyle, and welcome to The Talking Dead” I said out into the void of blackness. Well I am the talking dead, what else would I call it? Hmm?
“What’s going on with this thing? It’s talking to itself, and why does it look so weird? What is this thing!?” said a pony that was looking down at the figure on the ground. She was a cyan blue Pegasus with a rainbow colored mane and tail. She also had a cloud with a three colored lightning bolt coming out of the cloud on her flank. She was Rainbow Dash, the fastest flyer in all of Equestria. “Im going to get some answers.”
Suddenly I did feel something, something was slapping my cheeks repeatedly, and it was getting annoying. I feel like whatever it is is going to run away when I get up. Ho hum. I was slapped once more really hard and that made me come to instantly, I was looking up from the ground at a tree’s canopy. I sat up and looked around, and whatever was slapping me was gone. “Curse you despicable forest that I magically ended up in after so called dying! Where’s the exit!?” I said to myself as I looked around.
I stood up and cracked my back, which felt really good by the way, and then began walking around the little clearing I was in that was surrounded by trees on all sides but one. Everything looked so much more colorful and vibrant here, and then I looked over myself, there was no blood on my shirt anymore and I even looked more vibrant. “Ok, either I’m not in Kansas anymore or something’s wrong with the dying process!”
“Hey you! What are you and what are you doing here?” a voice called out from the trees.
I looked around and got scared “Oh god, the trees are even talking to me now! I’ll obey you forest of doom, just have mercy on me!” I said to the air, seeing as I didn’t see anything that resembled a life form around here. “My name is Kyle and I am what is called a human Mr. Evil Forest. I don’t know what I am doing here and I don’t know anything now, I just ended up here I swear!”
“Are you going to hurt me?” the voice said, her tone cautious, but confident at the same time.
“How can I hurt a forest? And I just want to know where I am and if there is anyone I could talk to here” I said to the trees, trying to be as nice as possible so an army of squirrels don’t come out and tear me apart or something. I am either tripping balls or this is the weirdest afterlife I could have imagined!
Before I could grab the feels that fell out of my hands I saw something I never EVER thought I would see with my own two eyes. Rainbow Dash, my favorite pony from that show was flying down towards me from a tree’s branches. She put her hooves on the ground and her wings folded against her sides and she stepped towards me a little. She was more curious than anything. Im being interrogated…by my favorite character from MLP: FiM…this could not have gotten any weirder.
“You…Kyle was it? Talk to me, why have I never seen or heard about you or your kind before? And though you don’t seem dangerous, I’m not taking any chances getting closer to you. Just start talking to me” she said as she looked at me, her eyes glinting with some emotion I couldn’t pick up on. I’m scared about that look in her eyes, what if she wants the D? Oh god…
“Well, im not from here, im from a place called Earth. I was involved in something very tragic and I ended up here. I am not harmful, I never have been. But, there is one thing I must tell you first. I know who you are and where I am, now that you revealed yourself to me. You are Rainbow Dash, the fastest flyer in all of Equestria” I said to her before I put my hands up to my face to guard myself. Don’t hurt me!
“Wha- How do you know that? How do you know these things? Tell me everything you know about us and how you came to know of it” she said to me, her expression hardening into sternness.
“Well, where I came from there was a thing called television, and there was a TV show on it called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I watched it before and I found it to be something that made me happy. We never knew you existed, as far as I know, but I am the only one here so there is no one else like me here. I know all of the ponies here by name and I know that you have five other friends named Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack. Now that’s all I know, I just saw the first episode." Heh, in real life that’s a lie author! 40 lashes for lying author man!
“But, that’s impossible! How could there be a show with us on it!? Never mind, I’m done thinking about that, so what you know about us, which could be a good thing. Now, I'm going to come closer to look you over, you won’t hurt me? If you check out with me, I’m going to take you into Ponyville to Twilight so she can figure out what to do with you. I want to get to know you more, you interest me in more ways than one” she said to me before walking up closer to me.
I knelt down on the ground and she walked up and looked at me right in the eyes. “I see you are interested, but might I ask how interested? What makes you interested in me?” I said to her as she started looking over my clothes.
“Ok, you’re clean to me. I don’t see anything about you that’s threatening. Mind if we just sit and talk for a while? I want to get to know you more personally” she said to me before walking over to a tree. She ignored my previous questions and that made me even more weird-ed out.
I couldn’t help but look; she was walking and no doubt showing herself off a little to me. This confused me, because she barely knows me. I am getting mixed signals here! Am I a bad guy, or am I the good guy that is going to make friends? I stood up and walked over to her and sat back down with her under the trees. I'll try this question again. “So, I need to ask a question first. Why are you so interested in me?”
She smiled and even her cheeks turned a little pink at that question. “I am interested in you because you are the only one of your kind here and I got to meet you first. And I think you are really funny and I want to get to know you more. I want us to become friends, I kind of like being around you. You being around kind of gives me the feeling that everything isn’t as bad as it could be” she said to me before hiding an eye under her mane.
I reached over and brushed it out of her face. “That’s one thing you never have to be with me, embarrassed. Just say what you feel, I am one that understands most everything anyone…well anypony. I want to be your friend too, I really enjoy being in your company, and you have me here for you if you need me. Now, you what do you want to know about me?”
“Well, I just want to know about you” she replied, grinning a little and looking at me.
I can tell she wants me, I can see it in her face. I have to wait first; I’ll let her ask to become my ‘girlfrien’. And she doesn’t need to worry about the ‘D’, that’ll come later. I'm such a troll. “Well, I am an artist, I like to draw as well as write stories and anything of the like. I also am an outdoorsy kind of guy; I like walking through the forest, as well as just being outside. I am always nice because I want others to treat me the same way, and I never want to do anything to hurt people. Back where I came from I had little friends, so I grew up not being around many people though. And I want to tell you this, if I can’t stay here, I want you to execute me here, I do not want to go back there, if I even were to go back there” I said to her with a smile.
She shivered and I noticed it. I had on a simple purple, black, and white flannel shirt and I unbuttoned it and draped it over her back and around her front, and she looked at it first, then me. “You didn’t need to do that. I was fine.”
“I wanted to do it, you were shivering, so I wanted to let you get warm” I said back to her. You sly dog you.
She blushed a little and rested her head on my shoulder. “Kyle, have you ever done anything bad? And I mean anything; I will tell you if you tell me” Rainbow Dash said as she looked up to my face.
“I have done one thing that is considered wrong, but I did it because it was not harmful or anything, it’s just wrong to some people. I smoked this herb called Marijuana. It’s a relaxer and it mellows you out, and makes you laugh at a lot of stuff easier. But other than that no I haven’t” I said to her happily.
“Marijuana? I never heard of anything like that. But. I have done something that has the same effect. I tried this stuff called Crystalz. This stuff is fun as hell! When you put a piece on your tongue it melts away and then you have the same feelings as what you told me from that stuff. Only this stuff has more to it. You can see and hear things too, and it’s harmless like that stuff you did. That’s the only thing I did, and it’s only bad because ponies think it’s wrong. I don’t care though, it’s fun to do every now and again” she said to me, her smile widening.
I understood everything she said to me, but her saying hell took me by surprise. I shook it off though and sat there comfortable, with her head still on my shoulders. So far I like all of this. Me Gusta.
“Kyle, what is the thing you want most out of life? What do you want more than anything else?” the cyan Pegasus said to me, her voice softening a little.
I sighed a little “the thing I want most out of my life is the ability to have a family of my own. I know it’s soppy and girly, but it’s true. I want to love.” Oh yeah, way to be soppy dude, you are going to get laughed at now!
“I don’t think it’s girly. I think what you told me is more confidence than anything. You had the guts to say that to a mare, and that takes a lot of guts to do, especially saying it to me” she told me with a chuckle. She looked away then.
I saw her looking away from me and I turned her head to me softly “Rainbow, is there something wrong? Do you want to tell me something?”
She smiled softly “Nothing’s wrong, I just want the same thing.”
We sat quietly after that. She had moved even closer to me and was now wrapping herself in the flannel even more. She looked happy, and I was happy that this was all happening. I hope this never ends. I love it here already.