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// Monster... 
// Story: Love Until Dusk 
// by MyLittleGeneration 
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	I ran away from the public places, ran away from Canterlot, into a nice, plain land. Nothing here. Just me and the grass with wind going through it. What was there to do now? Just sit. Sit down and relax. I laid back on the ground, and all I could think of was the incident. How brutal I was, punching Aria in the face, and was close to scar Adagio with my bloody knuckles, which I inspected for about a minute when I was laying flat on the grass. I truly showed a dark side of me, in front of the girls. In front of Sonata, the girl who seemed to have a look of fear in her face when I was on top of Adagio. Was that fear of just the Dazzling there, or just my actions. I was going to say my actions, but I couldn't really tell nor think.

How fearful would you be if you saw what I did? Even if you just saw your worst enemy just hit someone, and then your friend unleashed the madness and anger out of him on that person, would you be scared? Don't lie to me, you know you would be disturbed and would probably think twice of being around me, even if I am that nice to you. I'm a monster. A psycho. I hit a breaking point for just SOME reason. Was it just because I was looking out for this innocent soul who was getting hated by the entire school? Is that a particular good reason to split my mind in half and go loose?

I let the wind go by as I thought of this. The sun was going down, the clouds passed by, it got calmer by the minute. Well, it could have been worse. I could have kept going and possibly could have murdered all of them. Thank God that didn't happen. What to think of now? I couldn't trace my mind off of brutality and anger. I even told Sonata that violence and anger isn't the answer to your problems, and guess what? I used both in the problem. I felt like I broke my own promise to her, and I certainly did. "Don't use violence, Sonata." I said to myself like a loner, pretending she was just by my side and I was talking to her. I sighed heavily. "What do I do?" There was no answer, basically because no one was there. I now started to think of if the girls weren't as feared and frightened as I thought they were when they were there. If they weren't, what would they think of me now since I just ran off?

God, I am a mess. I finally got up and paced back and forth. I started to feel like I was in freak anxiety, and it seemed to scare me more and more. What is going on with me? Then, there was a figure. Out of nowhere, there SHE was. Sonata... What was she doing here? She approached me wearing her same old hoodie, and she was standing there with her hands behind her back. I couldn't help but look at her. What was she gonna say? I'm a monster... or I am not a monster? And she'd better tell me the truth, and not just a lie.

"Hey, Shine." she said, and I knew this just got more serious as she didn't call me by her little name she gave me. She was looking at her red sneakers. "So, how are you doing? Why are you just... out here in the open away from everyone else?"

I felt tears battling my force of pushing them back and not letting them out, and I felt the force of me holding my lip together so it won't quiver. "It's nothing, Sonata." I told her quickly. "Just go home and... and leave me here alone for a while, OK?"

"Why?" she asked. "Shine, you aren't as bad as you think you are. I'm speaking the truth. Honest." I looked at her.

"Really? You weren't terrified of your friend going off beastly and nearly killing some people right in front of you?" I started to get angry just saying this, and felt my heart beating. "I told you violence and anger isn't the answer and that you should never use it. I told you that, nobody else did. I broke the promise, and I am a monster."

She stepped up and reached her hand out. "No." she said. "You're not."

"Yes I am, Sonata. Don't try to calm me down." I told her. I now started to say things I didn't wanna say. I couldn't control my own mouth, and I was losing myself there. "Sonata, I'm a monster just being lucky in the past. I didn't go out and unleash myself and break the chains keeping me back, but now I finally got back. I'm a vicious nobody."

I turned my back and walked away, but Sonata didn't want that to happen. She lunged forward and wrapped her arms around me. She tightened her arms. She hugged me, and I stood there. "Dusk Shine," she said, and it sounded like she was fighting back tears like I was right this second. "I know how hard this must be, but believe me, you tried to hold it back. As terrifying it might look, I'm still your friend, your partner, your roommate. And everyone back there is still your friend, too." I was clenching my fist, not being able to unclench it because I all of a sudden couldn't control, but I let go. My hand felt relieved and free, and I looked at Sonata, resting her small head on my shoulder. 

"You mean it?" I ask. "Out of the bottom of your heart and soul, you actually still like me as a friend, and the others think the same?"

"Yes." Sonata said. "Believe me, they got scared of just you rushing off. I mean, it just came suddenly, and you were just pounding Aria, then you moved to Adagio... it all happened so fast and it was getting pretty hectic. But though it might look bad to you, it looked pretty neat to me."

I looked at her strangely. "You actually liked to see me pound a face in?" I asked.

She shook her head. "No, not exactly. It was just the actions you did. You acted a bit like a hero, like you were looking out for me. After Adagio hit me with her fist, you jumped out and started to launch your fists. I gotta say, they must be scared now. And for that, I must thank you." As she took her head off my shoulder, I looked at her. She was smiling and her cheeks were pink. As she looked at me with her sparkling eyes, she leaned over closely. She kissed me.

It wasn't long, but it felt like it. I blushed red when she did her move, and during the meanwhile, I tasted her lips. The taste on her lips tasted sweet like honey. She placed her soft hand on my burning cheek, and both of our eyes were closed. Oh take me to heaven. She seemed to be so cute when giving me such a delight I never had and matter of fact never thought I would ever get. Especially from someone like Sonata. The wind blew past my ruffled hair, and through Sonata's long ponytail. At the last second, I heard Sonata do a quick moan, seeming to enjoy the kiss, then we separated.

We looked at each other in the eyes. She smiled childishly and giggled. I was blushing deep red, was shocked, and had no words. That just happened. You just think this would just happen in a book or movie, but no, this happened. Never truly thought close to having any moment like this, especially after something horrible that happened earlier. I didn't know how much time really passed, but it looked like it was dusk, so I've been here for a while.

Sonata was the first to say something. "You're welcome." she said with the cutest giggle. I still stared in such a frozen, shocked state. Again, this just happened. How should I react? I started to grow some feelings towards her. I've looked after her for a while, and cared for her. I took her when the Dazzlings kicked her around like an abandoned puppy, I became her very friend, I helped her get into school, I helped her on quite such things. During the time, I started to feel for her. She was cute, sweet, innocent, nice, and pretty. But still, what do I do?

I let some words escape my mouth. "Thanks, S-Sonata." I said, blushing more, and I felt like if I blushed even more, I'd be dead. I rubbed the back of my head, thinking of something else to say. "Um, I, uh, seemed to enjoy it. R-really you didn't have to."

"Really?" she asked, smiling. "Why not? You seemed to enjoy it, in fact you said it yourself." I chuckle, but then she asks if I can come back to my place. "You wanna head back home, Shiney?" I'll forever take that name from her.

"Ya." I answered. "Let's head back. Guess I should probably talk to the others, too." With that, I was walking home with Sonata, out-of-the-blue, holding my hand. And for the rest of the walk home, we held hands. How sweet this moment felt. Just having such a breakdown earlier, thinking I'm feared by everyone because of my other side of me, I thought I was a monster. But now, I'm starting to re-think about that. I'm not a monster... and Sonata just proved it.