Equestria Girls: The Elements Awaken
Chapter 4: Chapter 4: Discussion
Previous Chapter Next ChapterAfter Fluttershy helped him with his problem, she eventually headed on down to the lunch room where the Human Seven would be at during this time of the day. However, Fluttershy was terrified to hear about all of the horrible things Crystal Prep did to him, she imagined they would be awful, but she didn't think they would stoop so low that they would hurt one of their students. So she decided she would tell the others at lunch. So she got her food and sat down with them, and Flash entered the cafeteria and was invited to talk with them as well.
"Hey, where'd you go? We've been waiting for five minutes." said a complaining Rainbow Dash.
"Oh sorry everyone, I'd had to stop by our new classmate." replied Fluttershy.
"So, who is this new person joining us?" asked Sunset.
"Well he's uh, an, uh... ex-Shadowbolt."
"Wait a minute. He came from a school who constantly tortured us after we kept losing at the Friendship Games, and now he's coming to us? Ugh, I'm sure he was already nasty the minute he came to this place." said Rainbow Dash.
"Actually from what Flash said, he isn't mean. But so far he's been pretty shy, and he was actually sad when he entered in here."
"But why? How can anyone be sad about entering here?" asked Rarity.
"That's something we've got to tell you." Flash said with a look of concern. "And from what he's told us, its not good."
"Well let me tell you what he told me. He said..." Fluttershy and Flash proceeded to tell the entire story of what he told them. All of the girls were shocked to hear what came from Fluttershy. They knew the Shadowbolts were mean but they didn't know they would stoop to that level. But they also learned this was way before Twilight came to Crystal Prep. Twilight was shocked to hear what they've done, and by comparison, what they did to her was playful compared to what they did to Toxigo.
"I can't believe the students at Crystal Prep would display such utter behavior!" said Rarity in utter shock.
"Are they really that sadistic? That's.... that's just, awful!" Rainbow cringed.
"That's what he told me, he also said he dropped out because he wanted to get far away from the Shadowbolts and he knew everything that happened at the Friendship Games. But he ran away the minute Twilight turned into, well, a she-demon."
"So, that's why he's attending this school? To get away from the Shadowbolts?" asked Applejack.
"Well from what I know he's afraid of everything they've done, so I wouldn't blame him. I'd probably feel the same way if I'd lost ears, or if a car ran over my arm." Fluttershy then shuddered.
"Aw, well that guy doesn't have to worry. He's far away from those meanies." said Pinkie Pie.
"What was his name anyway?" Rainbow asked raising a brow.
"I...uh.. I didn't get his name." Fluttershy replied meekly, shrinking down in her chair.
"I did though. He said his name was Toxigo Paralysis I think, and aftering hearing about his story, his look kind of makes sense. The eyepatch, the arm, and ears all kind of add up to what he told me."
"Wait, what?" Sunset asked. "You mean he lost limbs?"
"Right, you don't know about those. He got prosthetic limbs, basically machines to replace a body part that was lost. In his case, he had ones for his ears and his left arm. And an eye patch to cover one of his eyes. But the weird thing was the arm looked like it was the arm of any robot character from a science fiction film or cartoon"
"Oh. Well at least he got his limbs back. Sort of. But wait, taking in what all of the Crystal Prep students did to him, it kind of sounds like they wanted to murder him." Sunset said with a look of worry.
"Well he's not dead now." Pinkie replied.
"But I do have to agree with Sunset. This sounds a little too abusive for Crystal Prep." Applejack stated.
"Maybe they're just mean to him and are less harsh with us. Maybe Tox did something that made them act that way, or he's just an easy target." Flash replied. "But wait, weren't they mean to you when you were at Crystal Prep?" He asked Twilight.
"Yes but they weren't... this, mean. Whenever I was around I just got glares, a few insults, maybe a shove against the shoulder, or even mean silence. But this... This is just.... I don't even know what to say."
"Its horrid, that's what it is." Rarity replied.
"Well, hopefully now that he's coming to Canterlot High like I am he'll be far away from danger for a little bit." Twilight remarked.
But that was the speak of the devil, as out of nowhere the fire alarm kicked in scaring the students. Suddenly Micro Chips ran into the room covered in smoke. "A chemical blew up in the science lab, and it just started a fire!" Soon after that, everyone started to evacuate the building, by that point everyone was standing in front of the High School escaping the fire, even Toxgio ran out. But there were still others inside. For one, Applejack looked around and saw that her sister Applebloom wasn't out there.
"Wait, Applebloom's still in there! I got to go after her!" Applejack tried to run back inside but Rainbow stopped her. "We can't go in during a fire! I'm not gonna let you die!." Toxigo then got an idea. After a thought, he started to run into the building, and even the Human Seven were shocked to see what he was doing.
"Wait, what is he doing!? He's gonna get himself killed!"
Everyone outside was worried, but he had already made it inside, and they couldn't stop him.
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