//------------------------------// // Grief // Story: Zombie Chronicles: Return Of The Dazzlings // by ZombieBrony22 //------------------------------// It's been 2 days since my mom's murder. Apparently, my father, in a drunken rage, beat my mother until she fell out of the window and into the concrete. They took him for questioning and I was sent to my home to gather my belongings. They asked me if I had a place to go, Adagio and Aria said I could move in with them. I said yes on the spot. I unplugged the PS4 and stuffed it into a bag. I grabbed the games along with it. I saw an old photo of me, my dad, and my mom. I pulled the photo out of the frame and ripped my father out of the picture. I put it back into the frame, and into my bag. I finally grabbed as many spare clothes as I could. "You ready?" Aria asked me. "I'm ready." I said as I placed the bag on my back and headed back to the truck. "What happens now?" I asked Aria. "I don't know, what do you want to happen?" Aria asked. "First thing's first: I'm NOT going to Crystal Prep tomorrow, the next day, or ever again. I'm done being beaten from them. If any of them touch me after this, I'd kill them." I said to Aria. "I'll stay home too." Aria said quickly after I finished my sentence. "Okay... why?" I asked. "Your mother just died, I don't want you to... have any thoughts." Aria said. Aria... "I... alright." I said. We got into the van and Aria drove us back... home. "After we take over the world, I wanna find him." I said. "Then?" Aria asked. "...Then, I'm gonna kill him." After we went back home, Aria volunteered to share her room with me. I didn't try to debate, and I started setting up a side of the room for me. I'm not going to say that it was a mess, but it was pretty stuffy. I found a good place to set a bed, but until everything else was brought in tomorrow, I had to share a bed with Aria. Good God... I found an outlet for the PS4 for when the T.V was brought in. I placed my bag in front of it and I started looking through my bag. "Um... Autumn?" I leaped back and saw Aria with a controller for me. "You can take that T.V. if you want..." Aria offered. Me and Aria were deep into a round of COD: Zombies. Aria was doing pretty good, actually... "Did you play this before?" I asked. "Sonata always did. I was forced to watch her play, and she always wanted me to play with her, so I-- CRAP!" Aria said as she was pinned. I ran to get her, but the zombies got me first. "Well, good game?" I asked. "Yeah. Good game." Aria smirked. "What?" I asked. "Nothing..." Aria said. "Hey! Want to eat or what?!" Adagio called out. "We should go." I said. "Sure." Aria said. We both headed out and started eating. "Look, Autumn, about your mother--" Adagio started. "I'm fine. Just don't mention it yet..." I said as I took a bite. "Okay..." Adagio said. "How about Sunset?" Aria asked. "Fire away." I said. "How did you two meet? How were you drawn to her?" Aria asked. "Well... I met her on my first day. I was 16 at the time. She started talking some shit, but I thought that I saw right through her. I thought that we had a connection. But after she left me for Flash, the whole thing came apart... She started blackmailing me to keep our night a secret. One day, I was ratted out on dating her. I was soon kicked out after some things Sunset did and blamed me on. Now..." I said. Aria didn't say a word. She held me in an embrace. Adagio joined a second after. We held it for what seemed to be an hour. I noticed that Aria was holding the tightest for some reason... "Um... Aria? You're kinda getting a little tight here." I said. "Hu-- OH! Sorry..." Aria said as she and Adagio quickly let go. Well, there goes that moment. After we ate, I decided to call an old family friend. "Frank?" I asked. "Autumn? What is it?" He asked. "Mom died a few days ago." I said. "Yeah, I know. I wanted to talk to you about that. You're always welcome to live with me." Frank said. "Thanks, but I already live somewhere else." I said. "Well, if you can, can you look for Scootaloo for me? I- I know that I ask every phone call, but... please?" Frank asked. With everything happening, I comepletly forgot about Scootaloo. According to Frank, he abused her in an orphanage before he "found Jesus". "You got it." I said. "Thank you." Frank said as he hanged up. "Who was that?" Aria asked, nearly scaring the crap out of me. "Aria! That was just an old family friend. Frank." I said. "Well, sorry for scaring you. I just wanted to say that we should turn in. Big day tomorrow..." Aria said. "Yeah, Adagio deciding we should start making plans and all..." I said as I yawned. I turned around and quickly remembered that we'd have to share a bed. "Um... you take left, I take right?" I asked with my face quickly turning red. "Sure..." Aria said. After we got ready, I went in first. I faced the wall and Aria went in next. As soon as the feeling of her back hit me, I felt flushed. "Please try not to crush me back here." I begged. "Sure..." Aria said. We tried sleeping for at least an hour, but no luck. "You still up?" Aria asked. "...Yeah." I said. "Autumn?" "Yeah? I asked. "Can... can you turn around for a minute?" Aria asked. "Alright." I said as I turned around. What I didn't expect was the long peck on the lips from Aria and the embrace that followed.