A/N: WOO! I beat my game. I am back to my previous schedule now. I do not promise daily updates but I will be back to writing. Now to figure out where the fuck I am in the story. You don't have to worry about that though. What you need to worry about is reviewing.

Chapter 8: Hearts don't tell

Heart's Vision sat in Cheerilee's classroom. 'I hate Mondays. The only thing I have to look forward to is my lesson with Twilight. I wish I didn't have to go to school. I could spend the extra time learning from Twilight, mastering my skill with magic.'

"Heart's Vision!" Cheerilee stood directly in front of his desk.

Heart was too caught up in his own thoughts and hadn't noticed Cheerilee had asked him something. "Ma'am?"

"Did you hear anything I said about our project due before our mid-year break?"

"I'm sorry but no ma'am."

"I shouldn't have to but I will repeat myself." Cheerilee stood at the front of the class. "Since Heart didn't listen, every pony has to stay here after the bell rings and listen to me, again."

The class groaned as a unit. The class was usually dismissed before the bell rang if they behaved the entire day. It was Cheerilee's way of making he students behave. Since their freedom had been delayed by Heart he was now a target to some of the students that normally wouldn't bug him.

"Each of you will create a project about harmony and how ponies need to work together. You can do this in many different ways. You can write an essay that you will read to the class. You can create a model or diagrams that represent it. It doesn't matter how you do it as long as it is well thought out and is clearly explained." The bell rang normally dismissing students even if Cheerilee wasn't done. Cheerilee waited for it to stop while making sure no pony tried leaving. It finished. " Now where was I? Oh yes, if you would like you can create a group and put on a small play or something similar. There is a maximum group size of three." Cheerilee looked at Heart. "Does EVERY pony understand?" The entire class nodded, including Heart. "Dismissed."

Heart gathered his things as the rest of the class ran out of the school house. 'What should I do? There is only a few weeks until break. How can I represent harmony?' Heart thought pattern was interrupted as he walked outside to view six ponies waiting for him to exit. It had rained most of the day, it had stopped minutes before Cheerilee dismissed them but the soil was still wet. The six ponies were in a semi-circle around Heart. He questioned not out of fear but curiosity. "What are you guys doing?" Heart received his answer when a wad of mud impacted the side of his face.

"That's for making us stay. Next time pay attention you dumb albino!" Heart recognized Diamond Tiara's voice. He didn't think she would touch mud but she probably organized this goodbye. Ever since he stood up for Peppermint Twist, Tiara had focusing on causing more trouble.

Another mud ball impacted Heart's right shoulder. One after another mud ball hit him. He laid in the mud covering his face with his fore hooves. He could have shielded himself with magic but he had a different thought. 'Go on. Keep throwing them. I deserve it. Tiara is right for once. I should have paid attention. Now I must take my punishment.' After a few minutes the group stopped pelting him. The wads hardly stung but now he was covered in mud. 'I don't think any pony could tell what color I am. Twilight will let me clean off.' Heart tried to shake off the mud, only succeeding in getting the lobs that would have fell off on their own on his walk. By the time he arrived at the library the mud had dried to his fur. If a pony didn't pay much attention he would appear to have a brown coat. Twilight opened the door and gave Heart a funny look. Heart answered her question before she asked it. "It is me, Heart's Vision."

Twilight scraped some of the dirt off of him. "Why are you covered in…dirt?"

Heart didn't want any pony to know that he was bullied. He lied out of habit. "I tripped and fell on the way here. I landed in a puddle."

Twilight wasn't a dumb pony. She responded in a stern voice. "Heart, why do you lie to me. There is no way you got this much mud on you from falling. Tell me the truth."

Heart thought before he answered. 'If I tell the truth she will know. She might try to resolve the problem, only making it worse. I can stand Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara but I can't let Twilight waste her time. I will tell her the truth but I can't let her help me.' "I have one or two bullies at school. They don't bother me that much. They mostly just cal me names. Names don't hurt though, so there is no reason to interfere. I can handle it on my own. Please don't tell any pony Twilight."

Twilight didn't make her decision right there. "Go upstairs and wash up. After you do so come down here and we will discuss what to do."

Heart was happy that they would get a chance to talk before she took any action. He went upstairs to wash himself. He was gone for twenty minutes, Twilight spent every second thinking about what to do. Heart tried to change the subject while he made his way downstairs. "What are you going to teach me today?"

Twilight gave him a serious stare. "Don't try that on me. We are going to talk about your bullies first."

'DAMN! I was hoping she would forget.' Heart sat face to face with Twilight. "What is there to talk about?"

"How about who they are?"

Heart saw how Tiara changed after he stood up for Twist. He didn't want to see what happened when she found out he snitched. "No. I will not reveal the names."

Twilight hadn't expected for him to bluntly refused. "What? Why won't you tell me?"

"Because if I tell you the names you can get them in trouble. They will find out and cause me more pain then they do now. We can talk about what they do but not who the are."

Twilight wasn't sure how to react to a child denying her. She could see his logic though. "How about I be extra careful to not reveal who told me."

"No. I have heard this before. It will fail because you must tell the teacher. The teacher will confront the student that s bullying and reveal which student snitched one way or the other."

"What do you suggest I do then?"

"There is no direct action that will solve the problem. The only thing you can do is teach me. Make me strong so that I can deter them myself. Do this and you will solve the problem. Please Twilight, listen to me and trust me."

"Fine. I will let it slide this time but if I see anything like this ever again I am taking action. The only reason I am not doing it now is for you." Twilight changed the subject. "I think we still have time to learn something today so how about we get to it?"

"I would like that."

Heart finished his lesson and went home. The days were getting shorter and it was getting colder. It was not cold enough for snow to fall but the pegasi said the first snow would fall in three days. Heart walked into his chilly home. They had no means of warmth besides blankets and covers. Heart saw no signs of Rose Spade. 'Momma must be laying down.' He could hear some commotion coming from the back room. 'Is bubba home?' Heart went to his room. He found Fire Flash looking through his things. "What are you doing bubba?"

Fire Flash turned and faced the young unicorn. "I am just looking for something to do."

Heart lit up. "We could play something together. If you can't find any toys of yours we could play with my ball."

Flash became slightly irritated with his brother stupid suggestion. "I have already told you that I don't want to play with you or your stupid ball." Flash turned to resume looking through his things but stopped mid way as an idea hit him. "Hey Heart."

"Yes bubba?"

"Do you know where mom is?"

"Isn't she sleeping?"

"No she isn't."

"Where is she then?"

Flash grew a wicked smile. "So you don't know?"

"Know what? Am I suppose to know?"

"Mom left."

"When will she be back?"

"She isn't coming back."

Heart was confused. "What do you mean?"

"I mean she left you. She said she couldn't stand you anymore."

Heart's eyes welled up. "No. she isn't gone." Heart ran to his mother's room. Heart stood in the doorway realizing she was not there.

Fire Flash walked up behind his brother. "See, she is gone."

"She will come back. She loves us. She won't leave us alone."

"I'm sorry but your wrong. She left and is never coming back and she said she didn't love you."

Heart believed his brother and began to cry. "No."

"Yes, she said she never loved you. That she couldn't stand you and left because of you."

"NO!" Heart couldn't stand to hear Flash's words and ran to the living room. He jumped on the couch and sobbed to himself.

Flash smiled at his victory. "Ha! I actually made that shit cry. Too bad he didn't put up any resistance. Now I have to find something else to do."

After an hour Heart's crying had subsided and he lay there not knowing what to do. He thought about his future. 'Where will I go? Do I stay here with bubba or do I go somewhere else? Maybe I could stay with Twilight and learn more about magic. I don't know what happens when your guardian leaves.'

Heart's thoughts were interrupted when Rose Spade opened the front door. She made it three feet before Heart ran to her and hugged her. "Whoa sweetie, what is this all about?"

The colt looked up to Rose. "Nothing, I just missed you."

"I was only gone to the store for a little while. Wait, have you been crying?"

Heart wiped his eyes. "No, it is just my allergies."

"If you say so sweetie."

Heart noticed her saddlebag. "What did you get?"

"I got some food. Are you hungry?"

Heart had been too preoccupied with his sadness to worry about his hunger. "Yeah."

"Then how about I fix you something to eat?"

"That would be nice."

Rose fixed her son a sandwich before they went to bed.

When Heart went to the room Fire Flash was already laying down. Heart could tell that he wasn't asleep because he wasn't snoring. Heart laid in bed and tried to get warm but it was colder than earlier and couldn't fall asleep. He used his warming spell to heat his covers and bed. It wouldn't last forever but if he fell asleep now he would stay asleep. He was about to doze off when he heard a voice.

Fire Flash was facing Heart. "Why is your side of the room warmer?"

Heart had never revealed to Flash that he knew magic. "Because I used a warming spell."

"What? You don't know magic."

"I have been learning. If you want I can heat you up."

"Sure, but only because I want to see you fail."

Heart walked close to Flash's bed and began to warm it. Once complete Heart did the same to his own bed that had grown cold. He lay back in his bed.

"You got lucky." Fire Flash fell asleep.

Heart did the same when he became comfortable. As always he did not dream. He only saw darkness.

A/N: Shorter than usual but hope it was to yall's standards. It might not be but I am going from a cold start, give me a break. I hope every one has a good Celestia/Luna.