THE DECISION
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Running down the Canterlot street at midnight after her mother's performance. She turned to look around and saw something strange. She shook her rain-drenched blue and maroon mane while her pink eyes scanned the quiet road. she heard something. A scream. She looked around and saw a red pony walking calmly towards her. His green magic lit up his horn as he made the hill she was standing on start to crumble. She let out a terrified scream. She was in a rock fall! She tried to dodge rocks, She kept going down until something hard hit her, then everything turned black.
"DJay" She heard her mother's cry. She felt like she was being lifted into the air. Her eyes fluttered open, she saw the red pony escaping through the crowds. Her eyes snapped shut. She heard echoing, a few jumbled words, then the world around her turned dark. She was unconscious.
She woke up. Or at least she thought she did. Everything was white, a few gray shadows here and there. "DJay, we saved you. But, we couldn't save every bit of you. I'm so sorry." A shadow called out to her.
A voice broke into her subconscious,
"DJay, DJay wake up!" The voice was desperate, "DJAY!"
DJay woke up and felt around for her clock, "2:34, 2:34" She knew it was early. But she couldn't sleep. She felt something kiss her head, "Mom?"
"Yes darling. I heard you scream. You were having another nightmare? About the night in Canterlot." DJay nodded, "Mom, why did I run in the first place?" Her mother sighed,
"I don't know, DJay, I'll never know." Vinyl got off her daughters bed, "Goodnight-or- good morning it would seem."
*****
When DJay went to school in the morning she knew where everything was. She found a desk fairly easily, and she sat near Sweetie Belle. She turned to Sweetie, "What do you look like Sweetie Belle?"
Sweetie Belle jumped, "Oh! Hi DJay!" DJay looked at her with her dull pink eyes.
"What do you look like?" Sweetie Belle smiled,
"Well, I have a pink and white curly mane and tail, I have green eyes and my coat is white like my big sister Rarity's!"
DJay nodded slowly, "What about Scootaloo and Apple Bloom?" She had to ask.
"Well, Scootaloo is an orange pegasus with purple mane and tail that I think is really boyish! And Apple Bloom is an yellow filly with a glossy pink mane and tail, and she always wears this HUGE pink bow in her hair. I think if i wore it, it would always get in my face!"
DJay had to laugh at the picture in her head of Sweetie Belle with a huge pink bow, "Thanks Sweetie! And I have decided that I'll try the Cutie Mark Cru-whatevers."
"Crusaders," Scootaloo corrected from behind DJay, which made her jump.
*****
"Scootaloo!" DJay cried out as she hit the floor after jumping out of her seat.
"Yeah?" Scootaloo tried to not laugh but a snort escaped her,
"Ha Ha Ha HA!!!" Diamond Tiara's snooty voice spoke out, "It's the blind blank flank and her stupid blank flank friends!" Sliver Spoon took that moment to speak, "Look Diamond! The blindy fell on her head!" They started to laugh.
Where are you Miss. Cheerilee DJay couldn't help but think, she was to sleep deprived to do anything but pray for Cheerilee to come.
"Morning class!" Miss. Cheerilee's voice sang out. Djay heard the scuffle of chairs and then silence, "I said 'Morining Class!'" Miss. Cheerilee repeated.
"Morning Miss. Cheerilee!" Everyone but DJay cried as DJay was trying to get off the slippery floor.
"Oh DJay! What happened?!" Miss. Cheerilee's comforting voice spoke up.
"Fell," DJay coughed away dust, "Slippery floor." DJay finally got up.
"Ok DJay," She turned back to the rest of her class, "And class, today we are going to have a longer recess because you did such a good job welcoming and accepting DJay!" The class cheered.
But then, a new voice rose over the noise, "DJay Scratch?" DJay looked up, "Your needed outside, your mother's here to pick you up." DJay got up from her seat and her head tilted.
"Ok. I'm coming."
*****
When DJay got outside her mom's voice broke out against the hard wind, "DJay! Over here!" DJay walked against the wind, toward Vinyl. "Mom?" She called out to her mother, but kept walking straight.
"Hm, and I thought you were dead." A deep, strangely familiar, but not placeable voice spoke out. And that is when she ran.