I finished my cigarette and tossed on the ground. I got up and started making my way around. I started looking around at all the stores and shops wondering where I could go to get some food. I was starving right now and it's been so long since I've had a decent meal. I don't really know where to go since I don't go out to eat that often so I don't know what places are good and what they serve. I ended up walking around for a while looking around with my hands in my pockets. I checked my cheap digital watch and saw that it was only half past four. I heard a bit of laughter around me and looked around but saw nothing. I then looked up to see two pegasi kids playing tag and flying around the sky. Just then an older Pegasus pony with rainbow hair streamed through the air and the two kids stopped to watch her zoom by as she left a rainbow trail behind her.

If I wasn't mistaken that must have been the ever somewhat famous rainbow dash. I believe she's one of the elements of harmony too. I don't really know many of them, I think one of them is a farm girl and two of them are unicorns… I don't know much about them, they're kind of a new thing. I remember when discord came to town and they had to save everybody's asses… through the chaos was hell it was a turn from the normal… that's pretty much the only thing that happened really, other than that the towns always so quiet and peaceful.

As I watched the pegasi racing through the sky I got careless and didn't watch where I was going, so I tripped. Naturally I put my hands in front of me to break the fall, but my hands were in my pockets so by the time I got them out I had already fallen on my face. I let out a moan as I pulled myself up and looked back to see what I had tripped on. It was to my surprise that I didn't trip on something, but someone… more specifically somepony. I was lying right on top of a purple pony with saddlebags. I quickly scurried off of her and saw she was a unicorn. She crawled up to her hooves and rubbed her head as I stood up and dusted myself off.

"I'm so sorry ma'am… I wasn't looking where I was going." I said. I was waiting for her to scold me and call me names and other things.

"No, it's my fault…" she said. "With somepony as big as you I should have seen it coming, I'm sorry." She said.

…wait… what?

"Are you alright?" she asked. "Oh, you cut your face…" she said putting her hoof to a part of my face. It did hurt a bit. I put my fingers to the spot that was hurting and pulled them back. When I saw then they had a bit of blood on them. I wasn't concerned about that right now. What was concerning me was the fact that she was being nice to me… that doesn't happen to me… ever. The only people that have been nice to me are my parents and old lady grey… my boss doesn't intentionally pick on me… but as I've said before… he's a douche bag. I know it sounds kinda pathetic that I'm not used to other being nice to me. I feel a bit awkward and shy now… I don't really know what to say. "Oh here let me help with that." she said as her horn began to glow. A small tissue levitated from her pouch and she wiped the blood from my face and threw the tissue away.

"Uh… thank you." I said awkwardly putting my hand to my face. It was still bleeding a little; I must have fallen on a small piece of glass or something.

"My name is twilight sparkle… I work at the library on Oak Street. What's your name?"

"m-my… name?" I stammered idiotically. I'm now just realizing how socially deprived I am. Twilight just giggled and blushed which made me realize I was turning red as well.

"Yes… your name… what is it?" she asked again.

"I'm uh… Zachary Miles." I said.

"Oh I've heard about you…" she said. She seemed strangely excited instead of disgusted like normal people.

"You're going to make fun of me now aren't you?" I said blatantly. "Go ahead, bring on the insults… I'm used to it by now." I said.

"I'm not going to make fun of you." Said twilight.

"Wait, what?" I said curiously and with a good deal of surprise. "You… you do know who I am right, you've heard my story." I said.

"No… not really." Said twilight. "Your name just comes up a lot in some of the gossip I hear… nopony seems to have anything nice to say about you… why?" she asked.

"What…? Do you like… live under a rock or something?"

"No, I don't live under a rock… I do live in a tree though." She said. "But anyway, why did you ask me if I was going to make fun of you… why would I do that, I don't really even know you… I mean you seem nice."

"Well, usually, everybody makes fun of me, or just generally ignores me…" I said.

"Why would they do that?" she asked.

"It's… not an easy thing to explain." I said. I tried thinking about an easy way to approach this but there really wasn't any subtle way of doing it. "Alright… let's see… uhm, have you ever heard anything about a woman and a stallion getting married?" I asked.

"No… why, has that actually happened?" she asked with enthusiasm. She was obviously interested in the topic.

"Well… yes, it has. In this very town actually." I said rubbing the back of my head in embarrassment.

"That's amazing… do you know who they are?" she asked excitedly. "And what do they have to do with everypony making fun of you?"She asked.

"Well their names are Madison Miles, and Grey Horn… they… are, my parents." I said as my face started to turn red with embarrassment. "And I am their genetic son…" I said. Twilight just looked up to me dumbfounded.

"That…is… AMAZING!" she shouted out. She managed to catch the attention of everybody and everypony walking around and they looked over at us, they stared in curiosity but then glared at me. I feel like I know what they're thinking.

"twilight… what in tarnation do ya think yer doin'?" said a voice form the side. I looked over to see a southern looking pony with a cowboy hat walk over to us. She was also with a rainbow maned Pegasus too.

"Yeah, whadya doing hanging around this freak." Snapped the rainbow pony.

"Are these your friends?" I asked looking over to twilight.

"Yeah…but."

"I should have known." I said cutting her off. "it was all some kind of sick fucking joke… wasn't it." I said getting angry.

"No… no it wasn't." said twilight.

"Whatever… I don't fucking need this… I'm going home." I said putting my hands back in my pockets and walking off.

"Yeah get outa here you freak." Said the rainbow pony as I walked away. I kept on my way and just walked on, not looking back, and not caring. It did sting a little, I kinda did have hope that somepony would have been my friend… I should have known better. From now on, I'm not going to talk to anybody, not going to look at them, I'm not even going to acknowledge their general existence. If they don't want me to exist, then I'll give them what they want. From now on I'm going to be a ghost, nobody will even know I exist. And we'll all be happy.

That's the same thought I kept in my head for the entire day. I went home closed, and locked the door and sat down on my couch. I watched TV for an hour or so before I got hungry. I wasn't rich as you can tell, and I can't cook to save my life. So I opened up my freezer and pulled out a microwave dinner. I opened it up put it in the microwave for a few minutes and when it was done I pulled it out. I let it sit for a minute or two to cool down and then started digging in. it wasn't the best food, I'm sure, but it was good enough. I snarfed down my food and spent the rest of the day watching TV. I spent a good half an hour channel surfing before I came to the conclusion that there wasn't anything good on. I shut off the TV and looked out the window. It was getting late; I guess I should get ready for bed.

My end of the day routine consists of smoking a cigarette and taking a shower, so that's what I did. I cracked the window open and sat on the window sill as I placed the cigarette in my mouth and lit the end of it. I looked out to the bright stars and the lights shining through the windows of other peoples and ponies homes. When I finished the cigarette I tossed the filter out of the window and into the snow. I closed the window and wandered over to the bathroom. I walked in and used the toilet before jumping into the shower. I stripped down naked and walked right into the shower. I turned it on and adjusted the water to the temperature I like. Once that was done I just stood there and soaked in the water, I didn't really wash myself… I just soaked and thought about my life. It's a good thing mom and dad moved to manehattan so they don't have to see me like this.

Once I was done with my shower I got out and grabbed a towel hanging up near the sink. I dried myself off and wrapped the towel around my waist. I walked out of the bathroom and turned the light off. I turned the lights off in my apartment and walked into my bedroom. I turned the light on and took my towel off. I threw it to the ground and let it lie there. I grabbed a pair of boxers off the ground and put them on. I turned off the light and jumped into bed. I pulled the comforter over myself and rested my head on the pillow. My hair was still damp so I turned around in my bed a lot trying to get comfortable. Once I was finally comfortable I closed my eyes and started to drift away to sleep. I didn't have any spectacular dreams, and by the time I woke up the next morning to my alarm clock buzzing I had completely forgotten it all. I quickly slammed the snooze button and groggily picked myself up out of the bed. I turned off the alarm and reset it so I don't have to worry about resetting it for the rest of the day.

I sat on my bed and let out a yawn as I stretched my arms. I walked over to my dresser and picked out a fresh pair of clothes for the day. I put them on and then walked out of my room. I went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth to begin the day. I grabbed the clothes and my hoodie which I left on the floor of the bathroom yesterday after I took a shower. I threw my clothes into my room but put on my hoodie. I walked into my kitchen where the exit of my apartment was and left through the door. I locked the door behind me and tossed my keys into my pocket. I walked down the hallway and down the stairs to the outside of the apartment. I looked back to see if old lady grey was there to talk to me this morning but she wasn't, I didn't mind so much. I still remember the promise I made to myself from yesterday after I met that one unicorn on the street.

So I made my way to work with anger in my heart and a sullen look in my eyes. I wasn't angry at myself, because I haven't done anything wrong, I tried to be normal. I'm angry at the world for not accepting me, for casting me out and calling me 'freak'. I've been called so 'freak' so many times that I cringe at the word… I hate it, with a burning passion. I slowly started to make my way to work and soon it came into view. I let out a sigh as I saw my breath blow through the air and walked up to the entrance. I walked in and opened the door which sounded off a small bell attached to the door. Blue moon looked over to me and put on her smile, like always but as soon as she saw me the hazing began instantly.

"Oh, it's just you…" she said.

"You wear that fake smile pretty well." I said sarcastically complimenting her. I walked over to the counter and took my spot behind it.

"What... no coffee today?" she asked.

"Don't talk to me." I said.

"Yeah… whatever, it's not like I want to waste my time on you… freak!" she exclaimed at me. The word freak has dug so deep into my mind now that when she said it I could feel my head start to pound. The word echoed in my head and I started to get angry. For a few seconds images flashed through my head… they weren't pretty. I started thinking about beating up blue moon in my head, I even quickly worked out some kind of plan. It wasn't the nicest thing to flash through my head, but I often think violently when I get mad.

It would be easy for me to attack her. She doesn't have a horn so she can't use magic, and I'm obviously bigger and stronger than her. Even if she is a Pegasus pony, her wings can't help her inside, and I always keep a knife in the back pocket of my jeans… she wouldn't expect a thing. Of course… I could never bring myself to hurt anybody. I might get angry… but I'm a softy on the inside… I couldn't do it. I have gotten into fights in my life, but those were with bullies and scumbags, I never intended to hurt anyone without reason, just defend myself. And most of the time I would get the shit beaten out of me. But that doesn't mean I never fought back.

For the whole work day I stayed emotionally distant from everybody and everypony who walked in. whenever the coast was clear blue moon would say something to me or insult me. I just ignored her and kept to myself, which I can tell was driving her crazy. That bitch lives to watch me suffer. I assume it isn't any fun if I don't get mad or annoyed, so I could tell she was getting angry, because with every following insult she became more and more relentless. I kept rushing her off as customers came in and out of the store, so far it was a pretty average day. There weren't too many customers, but we made a decent amount of money today. I had to restock the shelves at one point but that isn't much of a bother. Once my shift was over I left the store and headed straight home. I walked down the cold winter streets and made my way to my apartment. I walked up the stairs and over to my door. I grabbed the key from my pocket and unlocked the door. I opened it up and walked in. I closed the door behind me and walked into my living room. It was 5:23, so I've still got plenty of time before the day ends.

It's not like I plan on doing anything productive with that time. I decided to head into my room and sit down at my desk. I opened up my laptop and started surfing the internet. I didn't do anything special. When I was typing an address into the search bar a link to facebook came up. I don't even know why I bothered to make an account. I made it twelve years ago when I was a stupid teenager. I only have two friends… mom and dad. I haven't even touched that account in ten or so years. Naturally I was doing what most people do when they're bored on the internet… watch YouTube videos. You probably thought I was going to masturbate or something… well I might later, blow off some steam. I got to the YouTube homepage when there was a knock at the door. I looked back and got up from my chair. I lazily sauntered my way over to the door. I walked up to the door and opened it and looked at who was knocking.

It was that purple unicorn from yesterday with a guilty smile on her face. it was a surprise to see her, but she was the last pony on the face of the whole world that I wanted to see right now… so I slammed the door in her face. I turned around and started walking back to my room hoping she would have just left… but she didn't. Once more there was another knock on the door. It made me stop for a second and I looked back at the door as she knocked once more.

"Please open up…" she said from the other side of the door. "I just want to talk… I don't want to make fun of you." She said.

"Go away…" I said walking up to the door so she could hear me.

"I'm sorry my friends might have hurt your feelings… but I'm not like that… can we please just talk?" she asked.

"No… we can't… I don't need you to comfort me and tell me that you're not the same… because you are." I said. "You're all the same… I don't need anybody, and I've never needed anybody to be my friend… I can do without you… now go away." I said. There was silence for a few moments, she didn't say anything and I stood there waiting for her to argue back. I could tell that she was still behind the door. After a while she finally said something.

"Alright… I'll go." She said in a miserable voice. "I'm sorry though… if I made you mad… I didn't mean it" she said. "If you ever want to talk, I live in the library on Oak Street… feel free to drop by whenever, it's a big tree, so you can't miss It." she said. I just stood there waiting for her to leave. "Well… bye, then… I guess." She said before I could hear steps leading away from my door. I knew that she was finally gone and I walked back to my room. I spent the rest of the day on my computer, just surfing the internet and doing… other things. When it started to get late I made myself dinner… microwave food again, and went straight to bed. I skipped the cigarette and the shower this night, which isn't normal, I always smoke a cigarette and take a soak in the shower every night. But I wasn't feeling right after I was done talking with that mare. I felt strange, deep inside… like I was going to be sick. I curled up in my bed and went to sleep. I woke up, the next morning to my alarm clock.

I punched the snooze button and woke up. I looked at the clock and over to the calendar. It was Sunday, I don't have work today… that's nice. I got up and yawned as I stretched my arms. I got out of my bed and put on some clothes. I put on my hoodie and walked into the living room. I opened up the window and sat on the edge as I smoked a cigarette. When I finished with that I walked into the kitchen and started making breakfast since I don't really eat it on the days I have work since I have to leave almost right away. I grabbed some cereal from out of the cupboard and a bowl. I poured some cereal into the bowl and then added a spoon. I opened the fridge in the quest to find milk… but there was none. So I ate my cereal dry, not as exciting… but it all tastes the same in the end I guess. Since I only really eat on Sundays and Thursdays, which are the days I don't have work, I don't go through cereal too quickly. This cereal was a bit stale… but I don't care, like I said… it all tastes the same.

I watched TV as I ate my cereal and just lazily sat on the couch. I should probably go out today, I hate interacting with others… but still, I like going to walks just to think and clear my head. I like to listen to music whenever I go for walks, but my headphones are busted, and I don't have the energy, or the willingness to spend money on new ones. I might eventually… but not today. Once I finished with my cereal in placed the dirty bowl and spoon on the table for me to worry about later and just kept watching TV. It wasn't long before I got bored of what was on, but had become too comfortable to bother moving. It wasn't long before my mind started to wander, just one thought linked somehow to the previous one. Then I started to think about yesterday… when that unicorn came over trying to apologize and I slammed the door in her face… and I started to feel sick.

I only just realized now that I was a bit of a douche yesterday… okay… I was a massive douche. I started thinking about how I could have done something differently. She was trying to be my friend… she genuinely was… but I shut her out… literally. I started to feel sick to my stomach. I felt inside a deep sense of mourning and regret. I think… I think I need to go and apologize to her, yeah. I feel like this could be my only real chance of having any kind of friend. And to a guy like me, that's pretty much like a second chance at life. This will be the first time in my life that I'll ever apologize to anybody or anypony. And not just a 'sorry I bumped into you' but a true sincere apology. I already feel nervous and anxious.

I just hope it all goes well…

-Authors Note: hey guys, here's the next installment of Unforgiven. I'm really glad you guys like this story, and if you dont... well that's your problem. anyway, i think i might go pretty far with this story, because like i said... i really like the idea of it. my main focus right now is on reborn and this story... but mostly reborn because i gotta get that shit done. so, make sure to leave a review... seriously...guys...seriously...leave a review. I'm not an attention whore, i dont want you posting a review telling me that i'm great, or that i did a good job... i usually skip right over those ones... they're boring. i want you guys to tell me if i did anything wrong, or what you would have liked to see instead, or even what you would like to see happen... I'm the freaking writer of the damn story... its not set in stone. if you guys want to see something i can make it happen. if you want to tell me something and dont want everybody to see it, then send me a PM... anything. I've got a lot of viewers out there, and only like 20 of you have bothered to message me recently. and if you've just here browsing or whatever GET AN ACCOUNT! DO IT FILLY!

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