A/N: I really hope you like this chapter but I fear that you won't. Please review, no matter your opinion I wish to hear it. *Gulp*

Chapter 15: No Heart left to give.

Heart's Vision spent his break from school with the Cutie Mark Crusaders or with Twilight Sparkle. He had so much fun between all of them. Unfortunately It had to come to an end. He had some good news when he came back to school. Cheerilee awarded him for best presentation on the project for harmony. It was Tuesday and Heart had no lessons with Twilight. Scootaloo drove around Heart and the other CMCs. It was turning into a good day.

Sweetie Belle had an idea to get their cutie marks. "We can be sculptures. I borrowed some chisels so we have the supplies. We just have to find some big rocks."

Apple Bloom had seen some large rocks. "There is some big rocks just outside the west orchard."

Scootaloo turned around to comment on this idea. She wasn't watching where she was going and ran into a ditch. The CMC flew of the wagon. Scootaloo flew off her scooter. Scootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle landed in the dirt.

Apple Bloom thanked Scootaloo for her expert driving. "Nice job Scootaloo. Now you're a chicken that can't drive."

Scootaloo hated being called a chicken. "Stop it AB. Is every pony ok?" Scootaloo could see that AB was ok, as well as herself.

Sweetie stood up. "Yeah I am fine."

Scootaloo didn't hear or see Heart. "Where is HV?"

Sweetie looked as she had seen a ghost. He face was pale. She pointed behind Scootaloo. Scootaloo turned to see what was wrong. Heart had landed in the ditch with them, but his landing wasn't so soft. Some pony had left some scrape in the ditch. A pipe that had been sitting for a while had come to develop a sharp point at the end. The pipe had pierced Heart's gut. It went all the way through him. He was till breathing.

"HEART!" Scootaloo rushed over to him. "What do we! What do we do! Tell me what to do!"

Heart was in agonizing pain. He could feel that the pipe had pierce him and damaged many of his internal organs. He couldn't move. He knew that he had to get off of it. He looked to where the pipe entered his body. He used the fire spell to heat the pipe. Eventually it melted that end. He hit it to knock it completely loose. As soon as he did he fell over. He could feel his organs shift around. "AAHHH!" The CMC looked on in horror. Blood trickled form the pipe in a steady stream. Heart looked at them. "Take me to the hospital."

The CMC rushed to get the wagon and scooter set up. They did but they still had to figure out how to get Heart from the ditch to the wagon. They didn't know what to do, they were too scared to think straight. They stood looking at him doing nothing.

Heart was in pain and had no patience to give. He had recently learned a spell that could help. He looked at the wagon. 'Please work.' He focused and imagine being in the wagon. *flash* Heart teleported to the wagon. He teleported a few inches above it though. He fell, hitting the pipe on the edge on the way down. It caused him great pain. "Son of a bitch!" He looked at his dumbstruck friends. "DRIVE ME!"

Scootaloo snapped out of it and hopped on the scooter, she went as fast as she could. Sweetie jumped in the wagon next to Heart. Sweetie yelled back to Apple Bloom. "Go tell Twilight what happened."

Apple Bloom started running for the library.

Sweetie turned back to Heart. "What do I do now?"

Every pony but Heart seemed to be freaking out. "Make sure I stay awake."

"How do I do that?"

"Talk to me. How is Rarity?"

"She is fine."

"Make conversation. If I pass out I might not wake up." Heart began to have the world dim ever so often.

Blood was collecting in the wagon. It coated Sweetie's flank and hind legs. "There is blood everywhere. I don't know what to do." Sweetie was on the verge of tears. She was too scared to help Heart. She had never been around any serious injury before. Sweetie failed her job, Heart faded from consciousness.

Heart could hear voices. He could not make out the words. 'What the hell is going on?' He opened his eyes. He could see white walls and ceiling. Next to him on his right was Rose Spade. On the other side of the bed was Twilight Sparkle.

Rose Spade seemed mad at Twilight. "Why did you not tell me this before?"

Twilight tried to defend herself. "Heart begged me not to tell you. I agreed and I didn't want to lose his trust."

"But he was hurt! He broke his own leg. This is something that you need to tell a mother."

"He was afraid that you wouldn't let him learn about magic any more. I couldn't let such an adapt student leave his talent unfulfilled."

Rose was filled with anger. She did not care if this was a princess. "He was right to be afraid. I never want him to go near you again. You are no good for him."

Twilight had nothing to defend herself with. She walked out of the room disappointed that she had failed her student.

Rose noticed that Heart was awake. "Heart, you are finally awake." She hugged her son.

Pain shot into Heart. "AH!"

Rose backed off. "I am sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."

Heart couldn't care less about himself. "What were you and Twilight talking about?"

"I was talking about your lessons. She told me about your stunt with your leg. I have come to a decision. I don't want you learning any more about magic."

Heart had his fears confirmed. "No! I need to learn more. I will never be able to help ponies if I can't learn."

"No, princess Twilight is too dangerous for you to hang around. I forbid you from learning form her or seeing her."

Heart had to fight for this. "What? No, I HAVE to. She is the only one that can teach me. No other pony will be good enough."

"I said no!"

Heart knew that she wouldn't fold right away. He would bring it up when he recovered. He had to inquire about his friends. "Where is my friends?"

"You mean your that horrible Pegasus that got you hurt? I don't want you seeing her again either." Rose was cold, she thought not of how Heart would feel.

Heart felt as if his soul had escaped him. "Why? She didn't do anything."

"Yes she did. She is the reason you are here. I will not have my son hanging around such bad ponies."

Heart could deal with not having Twilight's lessons but he felt as if he needed Scootaloo. "She is not a bad pony. She is the best pony I have ever met."

"I won't hear anything about it Heart. I have an appointment so I am leaving. Get your rest." Rose trotted out of the room.

Heart was left alone. He had only his thoughts. 'No Twilight? No Scootaloo? What will I do? I can't go to the library because of Twilight so I can't even learn about magic on my own. I won't be able to hang out with the other CMC. I will have nothing.' Heart sulked in his sadness for the rest of the night. He found out that Scootaloo brought him here. The doctors immediately operated and removed the pipe. Heart sat in the bed for weeks. He didn't have many visitors. Rose came by every now and then but never stayed long. Heart was left alone for the majority of time. He found it unbearable. He had grown so attached to Scootaloo that he saw little light in his journey ahead. He was released from the hospital after the weeks passed. He didn't have to go to school for a few days to be safe.

The colt sat on his bed at home looking at his CMC cape. He levitated it off the wall. He snuggled it in memory of Scootaloo and his friends. The entire time he was in the hospital they were not aloud to visit him, so he never saw them. 'This is the only thing I have. The only thing to remember them by.' Heart thought of his life now.

Heart woke up. He readied himself before heading to school. At school he was sat in class listening to the teacher that hated him. After the class ended Scootaloo walked up to Heart. "Hey HV. What are we doing today?"

Heart looked at the pony he loved. "I am sorry Scoot. I can no longer hang out with you."

Scootaloo blew it off as a joke. "Come on you silly colt. We need to meet the others."

"No, I am sorry. This is not a matter of silly. I have been forbidden to see you anymore."

Scootaloo's faced turned to uncertainty. "That can't be true. What about us? What does this mean for US?"

Heart hated bringing this news. "It is true. As for us… There can no longer be an us. Goodbye Scootaloo, forever." Heart hated every word he spoke. He hated himself for having to speak them.

Scootaloo shed tears. She turned and ran away from Heart. Heart was left alone in the classroom. He did not want to move. He felt dead inside. He would see her every day but would never talk to her again. He remembered all the happy moments he spent with her. Every time they bonded. He experienced so many things with her. His first fun snowball fight, his first partnership, his first real friendship. Heart knew that he would never find another pony like Scootaloo. He only hoped that she found happiness in another pony. He left the schoolhouse slowly dragging his body.

He was met outside by Diamond Tiara. "If it isn't the albino. What is up albino?"

Heart looked at the bully. "Loneliness, sadness, a broken Heart. Do what you want. I no longer care. Say your nasty words. Call me nasty names. Beat me up. It will just be another drop into the sea of pain that is now my soul."

Diamond planned on testing this broken pony. "I know about you and the flightless Pegasus. You are pathetic. She is better than you. You aren't even worth her and that is saying something. I don't know what you expected from your little relationship. She is going to be broken by this. She will probably never be happy again. Even if you are trash she still loved you. I could see it in her. She had never been happier. Now you have abandoned her. That is what makes you pathetic, not all your other unwanted traits. That you play mind games with innocent fillies."

Heart believed every word. He was to disappointed in himself to see the clear lies. "I know. Thank you for stating this." Heart walked past the grinning filly. He stopped by the library. He did not go inside. He watched it from the outside, remembering everything he learned. Every moment that he had spent with Twilight. Everything he accomplished, was now worth nothing. He would never be able to help another pony. He would never amount to anything now. His goal was now a dream that would never come true. He moved on.

He walked into his home. "This is no home. This is a prison." He saw Rose passed out on the couch. "Nothing out of the normal." Heart walked to the back room.

Fire Flash was in the room. "Come here you little shit."

Heart stumbled forward. "Yes bubba?"

"What is this?" Flash held up a broken yo-yo.

"It is one of your toys that you have broken."

"Me? I wouldn't beak my own stuff. What this is, is you playing with things that aren't yours. How dare you lie to my face." Flash raised a hoof before contacting it with Heart's face.

Heart fell to the floor. He could have sat up and run but he laid there. "I don't care."

This made Flash anger. He raised his hoof and struck again. Heart didn't respond. He hit him again and again to try and get a response but none came. Flash left after Heart was covered in marks.

Heart healed all of his wounds so that no pony would show him pity. "I don't deserve it." This was Heart's life. When he went to school he saw Scootaloo and felt his pain all over again. He was met by Tiara after class and shown how he was a pathetic pony. He came home to a mother that had forgotten him and was beaten up by his brother. Nothing to look forward to but pain. This process repeated, repeated, repeated, and repeated over and over again. He had no joy. Nothing to make his life easier.

"It won't be so bad. I still have my cape. As long as I have this cape I can remember Scootaloo and all the happy moments in my life. I can stick through it as long as I have this." Heart sat on the bed holding his source of hope.

Fire Flash walked into the room. He looked at Heart holding the cape. "What they hell are you doing?"

Heart faced his brother. "I am trying to remember the ones I love."

"With a dumb cape?"

"It is not dumb. It was a gift from a wonderful pony."

"It is just a dumb cape! Here I will show you." Flash snatched the cape from Heart's grasp. He grabbed a lighter from under his wing. "This is what your cape is…. Flammable." Flash set the cape ablaze. He dropped it on the floor. Heart couldn't think. He only watched as his only possession turned to ash. Fire Flash laughed as it turned to nothing.

Heart stared at the now pile of ash. "Why? Why did you take it away from me? Why? Why? What have I ever done to you?"

Fire Flash answered his brother's question. "You were born." Fire Flash walked out the back door.

Heart sat for a minute thinking. He made a plan to change his life. He would not stay in this sadness. He couldn't do this. He went to the kitchen and found pen and paper. He started writing. Tears fell from his face to the paper. He finished writing and put the note on the fridge. He opened the kitchen drawers. He found a sharp knife for cutting tough vegetables. The blade could cut through even certain wood. Heart took the knife and went to his room. He closed the door.

The note on the fridge read.

"I am sorry every pony. I have come to a decision. I can no longer stay in this world. There is nothing here for me. I hope every pony finds happiness. I have failed you all. I wanted to be strong but I cannot be something I am not, for I am weak. Weak ponies can't last against the tide of hurt that this world brings. Tell Scootaloo I am sorry and that I will always love her.

Goodbye Every pony, forever."

A/N: That is the end of Heart's Tale. He could not stand his life, so he took it away. Not everyone has a happy start. Some people face challenges that some can only imagine. Heart was one of many that could not find the strength to go on. I once had no happiness in my life. I came close to Heart's decision many times. I was lucky to change myself and make my own happiness. I ask that each of you do your best to bring happiness to everyone you meet. You do not know what a person has experienced in their life so it is better to treat everyone with kindness than miss one heart that could break.

(continue for alternate ending to Heart's Tale.)

Fire Flash walked into the room. He looked at Heart holding the cape. "What they hell are you doing?"

Heart faced his brother. "I am trying to remember the ones I love."

"With a dumb cape?"

"It is not dumb. It was a gift from a wonderful pony."

"It is just a dumb cape! Here I will show you." Flash snatched the cape from Heart's grasp. He grabbed a lighter from under his wing. "This is what your cape is…. Flammable." Flash set the cape ablaze. He dropped it on the floor. Heart couldn't think. He only watched as his only possession turned to ash. Fire Flash laughed as it turned to nothing.

Heart stared at the now pile of ash. "Why? Why did you take it away from me? Why? Why? What have I ever done to you?"

Fire Flash answered his brother's question. "You were born." Fire Flash walked out the back door.

Heart had enough of this. He ran out to catch his brother. Fire Flash was about to take off flying. Heart would not let this happen. "NO! You will not run from this!" Heart grabbed Flash with his magic.

Flash was confused. "What the hell? Let me go!"

Heart held hat in his eyes. "NO! You are going to get what you deserve."

Fire struggled flapping his wings franticly trying to escape the magical grasp.

Heart noticed something. He could see and something inside his brother. It looked what Heart would describe as energy. It flowed from Flashes core to his wings as he flapped. Heart realized what it was. It was Flash's magical core. What gave all ponies there abilities. "I can see it."

Flash was scared now. He couldn't escape. "What are you talking about?"

"I can see your core." Heart wanted to try something. He shot Flash with a beam in his wings.

Flash felt no pain but his wings stopped blowing wing every where. It was like all their power was taken away. Flash flapped trying to gain his power back.

Heart smiled. "I can stun you core. I can cut you power off. That is not important though. What is important is what happens next." Heart started a fire below Flash. There was no plant in the back yard so Heart had no fear of burning anything. "You like setting fire to other ponies things huh? Let's see how you like it." The flame grew. Flash started to scream. Heart forced his mouth closed. "No pony will hear you scream." Heart could see Flash's core act freak out, it was like it was trying to escape. The flames grew. Heart kept the flames alive with magic. He wanted to hear Flash scream. He put up a bubble to make sure no noise escaped then released Flashes mouth. Flash instantly began screaming, he was in immense pain as his flesh burned.

Heart smiled. "Scream, scream, I enjoy your pain. Feel everything that you have ever done to me come back to haunt you." Heart intensified the flame. Flash's skin melted to the ground. He was in agony, he had not stopped screaming.

Heart laughed at the show. "Yes! Keep screaming. You are filth, an unfit pony. You have failed this world and shall be removed from it to restore the balance of harmony." Heart had enough of his handy work. "I will do that now." Heart made the flames encumber Flash. The heat was so intense Heart had to put a second shield so he would be burnt. It took a few minutes but Flash was eventually turned into a pile of ash. "I have done this world a favor. I will not let horrible ponies damage the good any longer. This is my resolution."

Heart slept soundly that night. He had a plan to change the fucked up situation he has found himself in. He woke up the next day and found Rose Spade in the living room reading a book on gardening. "Mother we need to talk."

Rose turned to him. "Oh, your up. What do you want to talk about?"

"I want to talk about Twilight and Scootaloo."

"I already told you that you are not seeing them, that is final."

"NO! They are my future. I will NOT let you take them away. Either you let me see them or I do it anyway."

"Who do you think you are young stallion. I am your mother and you will listen to me."

"You are not my mother. You may have birthed me but you are not my mother. A mother is there for her child. She takes care of them. She nurtures and helps them grow. You have not done any of this. You have failed your duty. This is your chance for redemption. You let me see them or you lose your son."

Rose was scared by his words. She could tell he was serious. She never wanted to lose her baby boy. "I will let you see them."

"Thank you." Heart walked away.

A few days passed and Heart went back to school. He arrived late and didn't receive a warm welcome beside the CMC who waved at him. The day was fairly normal. Cheerilee dismissed the class. Heart had to stay behind and talk to Cheerilee so Scootaloo left without him. When Heart finished talking to Cheerilee he headed outside to look for his friends. He heard a familiar voice as he walked out.

"Look at her, she is so pathetic. She should be able to fly by now. What is wrong with you? Are you a handicap or something? Not to mention that you are dating that loser."

Heart turned to see Diamond Tiara talking to his Scootaloo, Silver Spoon stood next to Tiara but Scootaloo was alone. He moved at a brisk pace to face the bullies.

Tiara laughed at Scootaloo. She pushed her into the dirt. Scootaloo hit a large rock with her leg. She yelped in pain. It left a small gash on it.

Heart saw this and became enraged. He teleported right in front of Tiara. She could see his eyes clearly. Instead of his usual red eyes the outside was orange and seemed to be moving making his eyes look as if they were made of fire. Tiara jumped back from the startle. She saw who it was and regained her composer. "Oh it is just albino."

Heart had a mission. "You hurt my Scoot I hurt you."

"As if. You won't touch me."

Heart grew a smile. "Watch me." He levitated the earth pony. She began to freak out he shut her mouth. Silver looked without saying anything. "Tiara you are a bad pony. I can't sit idly any longer. I want you to experience pain, after causing so much. And I have just the trick." Heart cast a spell on her it made her feel funny. It made everything around her feel so real. "What I have done is give you a sensory enhancer. This will let your sense of touch be ten times stronger. If you didn't know that also makes you feel pain ten times stronger as well." Heart focused his magic on her right fore leg. He used his magic to slowly bend it. Tiara mumbled trying to get him to stop. "Oh do you want me to stop?" Tiara nodded hoping he would. "Oh like Twist wanted you to stop, or Feather Weight, how about Apple Bloom or any of the Crusaders for that matter. I am going to give you the same privilege you gave them." He snapped her leg. It would have been in two if it wasn't for the skin holding it together. Tiara cried while her screams tried to escape her throat. Silver Spoon did yelp but didn't continue when Heart gave her a glare. "Now I am going to fix this. I will heal you right up like nothing ever happened. The best part is that no pony will know it happened and if you try to tell some pony you will look stupid because there is no proof. If I ever see you harm another pony I will break all of them and not heal them." Heart healed her leg then sat her down. She looked at him speechless. He looked right back and uttered one word. "Run." Both of the fillies did as he said.

Heart turned to his love. "Are you ok Scoot?"

Scootaloo saw the whole thing but did not care. She stood up and hugged her favorite colt. "I am so glad you are back."

"I am too."

"I thought you were not aloud to see me?"

"I convinced my mom otherwise."

Scootaloo looked at him. He looked different, he held himself in a different manner. She noticed something on his flank "Heart, when did you get your cutie mark?"

Heart looked at his own flank. He had gained an eye, it was his eye with a black heart as the pupil. "Look at that."

"What does it mean?"

Heart thought about Flash. "I know. I found out I can see other ponies magical core. The thing that gives all ponies their power."

"What use is that?"

"I haven't fully figured that out yet. How about we go see Twilight. I have to tell her that we can resume our lessons."

A/N: there it is the alternate ending. By the way there will be a sequel based on the alternate ending. If you have gone this far than you probably liked this story, and might look forward to a sequel. I hope every one of you have a wonderful day/night. Tell next time my fellow bronies and you as well pegasisters.