I watched from the sidelines as the mane six hugged each other after learning that they 'were all friends before they were even friends.' I took another sip of my milkshake, and decided to finish it off, but Pinkie stopped me.
"Connor! Get over here! You're our friend too!" She said, as she gestured with her hoof.
I rolled my eyes. "Sorry Pinkie, but I have no reason to. You're all hugging because Rainbow's Sonic Rainboom got all of you your cutie marks."
"What are you talking about Connor?" Twilight asked. "I'm sure that you probably got your cutie mark from Rainbow Dash as well!"
I shook my head. "I don't have a cutie mark."
"Then what's that mark on your back?" She said with a smug look on her face.
I briefly glance at the back of my vest, to make sure I knew what she was talking about. "That's my Cosmic King symbol. We all have a different one, and this one is mine. It isn't a cutie mark."
"Wait a second. You've never told us about how you became the Cosmic King." Rainbow pointed out.
I sighed, and put my head in my hand. "I got shot defending my friend. I died, and got struck by lightning. I became the Cosmic King. Not much more that you need to know."
"Aw come on! That can't be it! Isn't there more!" Rainbow groaned.
"Yeah! I bet that story would be awesome!" Scootaloo agreed, jumping up and buzzing her wings around. The other ponies nodded their heads, all wanting to hear it.
"Fine. But don't blame me for what you hear." I took a deep breath in, before beginning.
"Hi Distan." I idly commented, as I sat down at the lunch table, and started eating my cheeseburger.
"Hey Connor." He replied, and we sat in silence for a minute.
"Who's Distan?"
*sigh*
Distan was my best and only friend. We've known each other for about as long as we lived right next to each other. We didn't quite know each other at first, but one time he saved me from bullies and we became best friends since then.
"What was Distan like?"
Distan was a lot like me, except he didn't have sideburns or anything. He had a mop of messy black hair, but he had two very distinguishing characteristics. One was his red irises, as he was somehow part albino, even though it didn't affect his hair but it did slightly to his skin. The other was that he had an interesting smile. Whenever he smiled, one of his upper canines would show it's self past his lip. I think he was born with both of them longer than they should.
So, because of his appearance, he was bullied a lot too. So, as he helped me with my bullies, I did the same with him. Although I was bullied because I didn't do sports, and preferred to play video games instead. We always stuck together, no matter what happened. if we ever got in a disagreement, we would settle it like adults, and wouldn't let it ruin our friendship. We also kinda got in a lot of trouble. Neither of us were trouble makers. We were quite the opposite. We always liked to help those who needed it, even though we were a bit socially awkward. But we were also very unlucky. We've been kidnapped, and later I got raped...
"What's raped?" Applebloom asked. I just patted her head.
Another time he almost fell off a building, and I barely managed to save him. It always seems like I would save him.
So, anyways, while we were eating, we struck up some casual conversation.
"So." I ask, taking another bite of my cheeseburger. "When do you think World War III will happen?"
Distan shrugged. "I dunno. Probably in about a decade or two."
"Cool." We turned back to silence as we ate our lunch. Eventually, a few gunshots rang out, and we heard screaming. We both look over to see three students walking around, shooting up other students. We instantly recognized the person leading them. We knew him as Murphy Derum, who no one seemed to like. He tried to be a good student most of the time, but everyone made it hard on him, even the teachers. We tried to help him, but it never worked. I had no idea who the other two are, as I've never seen them before, and Murphy never had friends.
"Crap!" I said in between clenched teeth, not wanting to attract attention.
POV switch inside the flashback. You already kinda know what happened in Connor's POV from the beginning of the story.
"Crap indeed." Distan replied.
"What do we do?" Connor asked, starting to panic.
"We got to stop them." Distan suggested. "Other people are in danger!"
Connor thought about it for a second. "You're right. Let's go." The two friends quickly ran for some cover behind a nearby wall. They quickly walked along the wall, before quickly looking around the corner.
"There he is. Let's go." Distan quickly ran out into the open, and was about to get Murphy's attention.
"Distan! What are you doing!" Connor tried to get his friend to come back. It would be smarter to sneak up on them from behind. But it was too late.
"Stop this now!" Distan yelled, attracting the attention of the three shooters.
"Or what, are you going to stop us?" Murphy asked, a dark smile on his face. "They deserve it! They all deserve it! They treat people like dirt, even the teachers deserve it!" He pointed his gun to the side, and shot a teacher who was trying to sneak up on him. "They all deserve it!" Murphy's eyes were practically glowing with hate. "EVERYONE DESERVES IT! THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE IS NOTHING BUT PEOPLE WHO SHOVE OTHERS BELOW THEM!" He pointed his gun at at Distan. "You deserve it too." With a click of a trigger, a bullet came out of his gun, heading straight for Distan. But at the same time, Connor ran out, and shoved his friend out of the way, taking a bullet straight to the heart.
Distan was shoved into a wall, and hit his head a bit, giving him a minor concussion. But he was awake to see his best and only friend fall to the ground, blood dripping from his chest. He tried to speak, but his mouth didn't seem to work. He could barely see Murphy walking over to Connor's body, and pointing the gun at his head, saying some words that he couldn't hear. He tried to stand up, tried to tackle Murphy to the ground, tried to save his friend who's dying because of his stupid action, but he couldn't. His body didn't respond. It didn't respond when he heard a bang, and Connor's body shook one last time, before his head tilted to the side, allowing him to see a bullet hole in Connor's forehead. His body didn't respond when he saw Connor's eyes fade, and blood drip from his skull as his best friend left this world. His body didn't respond when he wanted to scream to the heavens. And his body didn't respond when a bolt of purple lightning struck Connor, making his body convulse, as his bullets holes closed, and Connor started floating in the air.
But Distan's body did respond, when he felt his body tingling, as his vision quickly returned. He looked down at his hands with wide eyes as purple electricity sparked across it, but it didn't hurt. He wasn't getting burned or spasming. In fact, he felt better than ever. But, then to his surprise, his body started to slightly glow a greyish color, as he felt a searing sensation across his entire body. And it hurt. It hurt a lot. But Distan ignored the pain, and focused back on Connor, who's body was glowing and spasming, before he rose up into the air, and several Connors split off of him, before he disappeared in a flash of light, that disintegrated the entire school, turning it to ash, and also bringing those killed back to life.
Distan's body was able to release one last tear, before he lost consciousness.
Meanwhile, another body was slowly getting up, anger flowing through his veins, as revenge was the only thought on his mind.
"There, now you know." Connor finished, as he looked at the ponies listening, as they wiped their noses and eyes with tissues.
"That was so sad!" Pinkie said, before blowing her nose into a tissue.
"I didn't realize it would be so sad!" Twilight commented. "I thought it would be a happy story!"
"You thought a story, where I clearly summarized it as; 'I get shot and die.' would be a happy story?" I asked with disbelief. Twilight nodded. I sighed, before looking back at my milkshake. 'And great. Because I was speaking, my milkshake is melted.' I finished it off anyways, left a tip for Pinkie, and walked out, ignoring the ponies, as I flew off to somewhere in space to be alone. 'I hope I figure out a way back. I can't imagine what your going through Distan, but I hope I get to see you again someday.'