School was always a problem with me. There was always the one colt who thought he had balls of steel, and tried to pick on me. One look at my blade wings and he would gallop faster than when Sweet Apple Acres has it’s cider. The only time that I didn’t have issues was when I went to a school in Cloudsdale. I had been through about ten or so schools on the ground, all ending with somepony or four in the hospital with broken bones.

I never had many friends, just because of what happened to me. They all knew, yet none of them would talk to me. I was a mess. Not with grades, I had the highest grades, but it was with those who bullied other ponies. My wings would flare into the blades and scare everypony around me, but I wouldn’t care. It intimidated them enough to keep back.

The only time I had ever been challenged was when I was in flight school. There was this one pony who made me come out of my shell. She was the fastest filly there, and I looked up to her. When she was near, I was myself, and I don’t mean the psychotic colt from Manehatten. She shared my views, that messing with other ponies was wrong, and I saw that right before her race. Shame that after it that they tried to intimidate her, but that wasn’t the only thing bothering me. A few days before, I got a message from a mailmare telling me that I was next. Anyway, let me just tell you about flight school.

The checkered flag dropped and the three pegasi took off, forcing the little filly with it to spin and fall. No pony noticed, but even then, I didn’t do anything. I was too focused on the race. When she made that sharp turn, one of the two racing her got stuck in a column! I couldn’t help but laugh at this, but I stopped when I saw her get rammed. She stopped for a moment, a look of determination written all over her.

Then, she did it. She made the impossible happen. The sonic rainboom. She flew so fast, the race might as well have been only but a minute long. When she came back around and landed next to me, she looked around frantically. She trotted over to me. “Have you seen Fluttershy? I looked for her on the way back, but I didn’t see her. She has a hard time flying, too, so she couldn’t have gotten too far.” Then it hit me.

I literally facehoofed very hard. “She fell when you three took off. I thought she could fly, so I didn’t do anything. I’m sorry.” She just stared in horror, thinking that she could have just lost a friend. I moved closer to her. “Hey, take it easy. There are some things on the ground that could have saved her.” I said to her in a calming voice. I never even knew a compassionate side of myself.

She still looked worried. “Like what?” Ah, the list shall go on.

I looked down in the direction she fell. There was a pond that could have been deep enough to break her fall. I also saw an abnormally large amount of butterflies flying around. When I took a closer look, I saw a... Pegasus? I let out a sigh of relief and turned to her. “She’s alright! Strange way of being saved, but she’s fine!” She immediately perked, but for me it was short lived as the two colts came back around, and they looked pissed.

“No fair, Rainbow Dash! You only won because of that move!” The dark brown pegasus said.

“Yeah!” His friend chipped in. I just let out a chuckle at these two, thinking that they are intimidating. “What are you laughing at?”

I cut off my laughter and gave him a quick smirk. “Two foals who think they’re tough. If you knew my story, you’d run to the ground and keep out of the sky.” The thought of those stallions running in fear was enjoyable, but the scene of my parents wasn’t.

The two just stared at me in horror for a moment. “It’s him...” The brown one said. His friend tried to mumble something, but it came out as nothing.

“Don’t know what the rumors say, but I can set it straight. Yes, I have issues. Yes, my parents were murdered when I was little. Now, if you two are done acting like you own the place, I have a pegasus to check on.” I turned around and was about to fly when I felt something hit my backside.

I got back to my hooves and turned around, body flaring with anger. The anger forced my wings to go from their soft texture to a metallic and sharp form. All three ponies stared at me in horror. “You know, the last time my wings were like this, five stallions died. Do you really want to go down that road?” I didn’t care what I said, the only pony that would really strike fear into me was Princess Celestia, only because she could banish me to the moon or someplace.

The two flew away much faster than they raced, and my wings went back to their normal feel. I felt ashamed for my wings going that way in front of somepony like Rainbow Dash, who didn’t make me feel like I was different. We became best friends within the first two weeks of flight school.

She gave me a smile. “Nice bluff. I was actually scared for a minute there!” She started laughing, but when she got a good look at me she stopped. I couldn’t hide it from showing that what I spoke was the truth. “You were joking, right?”

I looked away from her for a moment, as if I thought I heard something and was checking it out. I let out a heavy sigh. “No, I wasn’t. There’s something else, too.” I now looked around to check if anypony was near. Finding no pony, I turned back to her. “I’m in trouble with some bad ponies because of what I did.” I shook my head at the thought of more killing. “I’m going to go find Fluttershy.” I zoomed off before she could get another word of follow me. That six hour flight to Ponyville was worth it.

When I got down to the ground, I let out another sigh of relief. It felt good to have actual ground beneath my hooves, and not clouds. It gets annoying. I started trotting through the forest, calling for her with each yell getting louder. I felt myself get yanked backwards and slam onto the road on my back. There was something on my chest, and it was heavy.

“It took us a while to find you. You have caused quite the amount of trouble, so let us repay you.” I found that there was a hoof on my chest and two more on my wings. Even as blades, I couldn’t move them. The stallion on top of me took out a club and rose it high. I smiled at him and braced for impact, but I felt the three around me suddenly not be there anymore.

“Leave him alone!” Rainbow Dash had swooped down to the rescue. I quickly go to my hooves and looked over to her. She was in a fight with the larger of the three and then I got pissed off. He did a turn and bucked her with all of his might. She flew back like a ragdoll.

I saw a pink mane coming from the bushes near her. “Get her out of here, Fluttershy. I’ll take care of these ponies, just get as far away from here as possible and don’t look back!” I screamed to her as she did as she was told. I made sure she was gone before turning back to the three, who now surrounded me. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I let my wings fully change to blades and stretched them out.

They closed in on me, unaware that I had something to dispatch them easy. “Alright, you little demon. Playtime is over.” The leader called to me.

I opened my eyes suddenly. “I couldn’t agree more.” My voice had become more deep, as if it wasn’t me speaking. They kept closing in on me, and I just kept smiling. I outstretched my wings and started doing 360s until I was sure that each one had at least twenty cuts across them. It felt... Good. What the hell am I thinking? I am not a murderer! And yet, the kill count keeps adding up..

“It’s time for me to be alone again...” I said in my normal voice as I started flapping my wings, but something stopped me. A voice in a concerned tone.

“Flame? Dear Celestia...” Dash had disobeyed me. Great, now she will see who I really am. Now that she was here, though, I felt different. She quickly trotted to me as I fell to my haunches, tears forming at the eyes. The last time I felt this way was when my parents died, and they were the only ponies I cried for.

She wrapped me in a hug, making sure to keep from looking at the dead ponies. “Why are you still here? I’m nothing but a murderer...” That is all I could say, as it was all true. I am a pony who puts everypony he meets in danger of death.

“Friends stick together, right?” She pulled back and looked into my blue eyes with her rose red eyes. “Stick with me. They should think twice before coming after you if you got me.” I smiled at her. She would rather risk her own life in protecting another friend. Now if that’s not loyalty, I don’t know what is.

“Alright, I’ll stick with you. Just know that they won’t stop until I have been brought down.” She gave me a determined look, one that I was all too familiar with. Once this filly set her mind to something, there was no stopping her.

“Come on, today was graduation day was today anyway. I think my parents would take you in, as long as they never find out about this.” I smiled even brighter. The thought of having a family was exciting. Not only that, but with the filly that made me feel like a regular pony, and not some killer with monster wings.

She started flapping her wings and took off for Cloudsdale, with me on her trail. I was going to belong somewhere again.

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