Chapter 51: max's challenge
The sun was starting to set as the day was coming to a close. As the sky began to get dim max was sitting in a bar all the way in the back, he really didn't want to be in there but it was the only place that was still open. He laid his head on the table as he was trying to get some sleep, as max was snoring the bar owner then walked up to his table and gently tapped on his neck waking him up.
Max woke up as he stared at the bar keeper "hey, you might want to tone down the snoring please" he said "I wouldn't want any of these people in here to mess with just because your trying to get some sleep", max nodded at him sheepishly as he plopped his head back on the table going back to sleep. The bar keeper smiled at him as he went back to work.
As soon as he left a few older boys were glaring at him. As soon as the bar keeper was out of sight the four of them then walked over to max as one of them slammed there fist on the table making him wake up.
"huh?".
"what do ya think your doing here boy?".
"what's it to you?" max said sheepishly as he laid his head on his hands, the boy then pulled out a knife "i don't like it when people I don't know come into my territory". As soon as he let his knife touch max's skin he was then hit in the back of the head with a whisky bottle. The young thug fell to the floor knocked out as his friends turned around to see blade drinking a glass of water as he then laid the glass down on the counter "oh sorry, guess I had too much to drink" he said.
The other three boys then walked away from max who went back to sleep as blade then walked up to the three boys as he then cracked his knuckles "time for a beat down" he said with a grin.
THE NEXT DAY
The sun was shining as it was a brand new day. As the rays of the sun came into the bars large glass windows, there it showed the three other boys on the floor all knocked out and bloodied. Blade was sitting at the counter drinking a shot a water as he looked at his friend max as he saw him start to wake up "ahhhh, man that is the last time that I sleep at a table" he said, as max rubbed his eyes he looked over to see blade.
"hey blade".
"hey max, how are you feeling?".
Max then got up and rubbed his neck "a little stiff, but other than that I'm alright", blade walked over to him as he walk on the bodies of the teenagers as he places his hand on his shoulder "good, we better get going so we can find twilight" he said.
Right got it" the two then headed out of the bar as they went on there way.
As the boys walked down the street they then talked about how they planned to find twilight "so how do you think were gonna find twilight?" blade asked.
Max then placed his hands behind his head "well, if I know twilight, she would probably be in the library studying" he said, blade pondered a bit about this "so...she's one of those ponies huh?" he asked.
Max nodded at him "yeah, she's an egg head" he said "but that's one of the reasons why I love her".
Blade sighed happily "a man that loves a mare who's an egg head, how cute" he thought. As the two were discussing about twilight they didn't see were they were going as max then bumped into someone that was walking out of the library. Max then stood up and looked down to see who he had bumped into "oh dear, I'm very sorry" he said. The person then stood up as she picked up her books that were on the ground "geez! Watch were your going!" she said, max rubbed the back of his head "I said I was sorry".
The girl then brushed off her dress as she then glared at him "well your sorry doesn't count and now you've made me late for my studying!" she said as she then walked off in a hurry. Max and blade just stood there after what they just witnessed "what a bitch" max said.
Blade then crossed his arms "yea she was a bitch, but that bitch was your little twilight" he said.
Max then looked at him with a look of shock "are you serious blade!?".
"mhm, and it looks like you just let said bitch get away" he said as he pointed to were she walked, max then faceplamed as he let his hand slid down his face "shit! Well we better follow her as I can apologize to her" he said as he ran off to find her, blade shook his head as he watched max run "oh boy, this will take some time" he said as he chased after him.
CYNTHIA LITTLE'S HOUSE
Cynthia was in her room sitting at her desk reading over her homework. Ever since She was a little girl she was always held up to high standards, and always got straight A's. Ever since she was little she had always neglected of facets of her life in order to get the best grades, this worked most of her life and her parents who had always been proud and bragged about how wonderful there daughter was, were also a bit worried that she was missing out on her life.
Suddenly there was knock at the door.
Cynthia's parents walked over to the door and opened it to see that it was max and blade "umm, can we help the two of you fine men?" Cynthia's father asked.
Max then placed his hands behind his back as he then cleared his throat "ahem, good morning sir" max said "I was walking around the area and I happen to bump into your daughter and I was hopping that I could apologize to her" he said praying that they would let him see her. The parents then looked at each other and smiled as they then turned there heads to them "alright" Cynthia's mother "we will let you see her, she is in room upstairs", max and blade nodded at them "thank you very much" blade said as they walked in and went upstairs. As Cynthia's father closed the door he then looked at his wife with a smile "hey hunny" he said.
"yes sweetheart?".
"how much you wanna bet that our daughter is gonna shoot him down in under five seconds?" he said, Cynthia's mother grinned at him as she wrapped her arms around his waist "oh I bet Cynthia is gonna shoot him down the first minute she sees him", the two then kissed as they stood at the stairs and waited. As blade and max walked down the hall they then stopped at a door that was covered in strips of purple and pink, max then took a deep breath as he then knocked on the door.
A few minutes pasted until the other side of the door opened reviling Cynthia as she was wearing her glasses, a white buttoned up shirt, and a skirt. "oh god it's you again" she said in an upset tone, max gulped as he rubbed his hands together "yea...it's me, umm I just came over here to properly apologize to you for making you drop all of your books" he said.
Cynthia looked at him with a bored look on her face "that's all you came here to do?" she said, max then tapped his foot "ummm...well no, well I did also want to ask for your name as well". This got her attention a bit "why do you want to know?".
"well, I wanted to know so I could ask you out some time. So we could I don't know hang out maybe?", cynthia blinked as she then rolled her eyes "my name is cynthia, and I am not interested in going out or doing any type of "hanging out" activities with you" she said. Max raised his eyebrow at her "really?" he said "I mean you don't want to hang out with me or my friend?". Cynthia crossed her arms "yes! And like I said, I have no intentions to "hang out" with you, your friend, or anyone else. The only thing that I have intentions for is my studying for my classes and that's it".
Max sighed "I see, well miss Cynthia. I do hope that we meet again" he said, Cynthia sighed "I highly hope that we don't". Max then held out his hand in front of her "my name is max", she then looked at him then at his hand "max huh?".
"yup".
She then placed her hands on her door "it was very nice to meet you max, and I hope that this little encounter will be the last" she said as she closed her door hard crushing max's hand. Max then pulled his hand out of the door as he held it tightly in pain "ah! Dammit!" he yelled.
Blade tried his hardest not to laugh as he then looked at his hand "did that hurt?" he said, max then looked at him twitching his left eye a bit "n-nope, it's just a scratch that's all" he said. "besides, I'm not giving up. Not until I have her in my arms" the two then walked downstairs and over to the door as the parents watched "she closed the door in your face huh?" Cynthia's mother asked him.
Max then turned to her and nodded "yes..but I'm not going to give up" he said as he walked out the door. Cynthia's parents then looked at the stairs as they both sighed "that boy has no idea what he's getting himself into" Cynthia's mother said, her husband agreed with her "yea, but hey you have to give the boy points for trying", as the two of them were talking about max they didn't know that cynthia was hearing them from the side of the steps "that boy is so stupid" she thought "dose he really think that I'm gonna like him?". She then walked back into her room to go back to her studying.
THE NEXT DAY
max and blade ran out of the house as they ran all over the sidewalk "so what's the plan for today?" blade asked max. Max then turned his head to his friend "the same plan as before, to try and get with Cynthia". Blade then stopped running as he stood in place "you sure that's gonna work? Because she made it perfectly clear yesterday that she want's nothing to do with you" he said, max stopped as he then turned around to face him "she doesn't know who she's dealing with" he said as he then ran to the library, blade smiled at him as he went after his friend.
LIBRARY
As blade and max walked inside the library they then looked at all the people that were on the first floor "keep a look out for anyone that has purple hair blade" max said as he walked over to the stairs, blade nodded as he walked over to the history section to see if he could find cynthia.
Minutes went by as the two continued there search for her but it was all for nothing, max and blade then meet up as they then sat on a couch "whew" blade said "man, we have been looking all over this place for 5 minutes, were the hell could she be?". Max was about to say something until he saw her walk in, he then got out of his seat and ran over to her "oh man am I glad to see you" he said, Cynthia stopped in her tracks just inches away from him as there lips brushed each other just a tiny bit "ah!" she yelled "what are you doing here!? I thought I told you that I never wanted to see you again!" she said.
Max smiled at her "yea, that's not gonna happen with me" he said "once you have meet me you can't get rid of me", cynthia then glared as she then leaned up to his ear "well I think I know of a way" she said in a seductive tone. Max then smiled "oh really? How so?" Cynthia then pulled out a small bottle of pepper spray out of her messenger bag and sprayed it in max's face making him fall to the floor "ahhhhh! Mother of god that burns!" he said as he held his face with his hands. "I hope you like the present o gave you" she said as she walked over him.
Blade then walked over to him and kneeled down to his friend and helped him up "come on max" he said "let's just go back home". Max then got out of blade's arms "no way bro, I told you I'm not giving up. And nothing is gonna stop me" he said as he walk over to the water fountain. "oh man" blade said "this kid has a strong will I'll tell him that".
A few hours had pasted as the boys were sitting outside of the library steps waiting for cynthia to come out. As blade was asleep max had an ice pack on his face as he was still feeling the pain from the pepper spray. As they kept waiting the owner then walked outside as he looked at them "you boys best be getting home, it's gonna rain soon" he said, max then looked at the old man and shook his head at him "sorry sir, but I can't. I'm waiting for someone".
The old man shrugged at him "suit yourself" he said as he walked away, as soon as the old man left max then saw cynthia walk out as she then glanced over at him "hey cynthia!" max shouted. Cynthia then looked away from him as she then walked down the stairs and down the street, max then tapped blade on the arm to try and wake him up "blade! Blade! Wake up!" he said. It didn't work as he was still asleep, max then sighed as he then punched him in the arm but then held his hand in pain "ow!" he shouted making blade wake up "huh? What?" he said as he looked around "what I miss?".
Max then looked at him "fuck what the hell is your arm made of metal!? Come on blade we have to catch up to Cynthia before she gets away" he said as he got up from the steps and ran in the direction she went, blade then got up as he felt a drop of water hit his face as he then looked up to see more drops for water fall on him. "shit" he said as he ran after max.
As Cynthia was walking down the street she then heard footsteps come her way, she stopped as she then pulled out her pepper spray and had it at the ready as the footsteps got closer and closer. As the noise came within her range she then turned around and shoot out a stream of pepper spray at her attackers only for it to be max "ahhh! Fuck!" he yelled as fell to the ground "not again with the pepper spray", Cynthia then dropped her spray as she kneeled down and held his head "max!" she said "oh max I'm so sorry, I thought you were a mugger or something". Max then tried to open his eyes but the pain was unbearable "it's...alright" he said as he tried his best to embrace the pain but it was no use.
As Cynthia was holding max in her arms blade finally caught up with them as he had his hoodie on as the rain started to fall faster "whew I finally caught up with you two" he said "uhhh what happened to max?". Cynthia then looked up at him with sheepish smile "oh...well I kinda sprayed him again by accident" she said, blade then faceplamed as he then saw some of the rain land on his hand making sparks show a bit "well I'd love to chat more, but we better get out of this rain as soon as possible" he said.
Cynthia nodded as the two then helped max get to her house.
CYNTHIA'S HOUSE
Blade and Cynthia were outside of her room as her parents were taking care of max, she had told them what happened and hopped that he would be alright. "you think he's alright?" cynthia asked, blade had his arms crossed as he leaned back on the wall "I don't really know" he said "but I'm not the one who sprayed him with pepper spray". Hearing that made Cynthia feel upset as she held her right arm, blade looked at her and knew that he said the wrong words "hey I'm sorry" he said.
Cynthia shook her head as she looked at the floor "no it's alright...it's my fault" she said "why do you hate him so much?" blade asked.
Cynthia then looked at blade a bit "to be honest, I don't really hate him" she said "I'm just...afraid".
Blade tilted his head at her "of what?".
"I'm just so afraid of how I will act around other people, I've...I've always been so enthralled in my work that I really never wanted to be like a teenager. I always saw myself as different and I worried how people would shun me for being an egg head or how smart I was".
Blade then placed his hands on her shoulders "well you don't have to worry" he said "to be honest, max is really like you", this made her look at him "no way, your just saying that to make me feel better", blade shook his head at her "nope, I'm not making it up. If you want you can ask him yourself". Cynthia pondered at the thought for a bit until her parents came out of the room "well he should be fine until tomorrow" he mother said.
"it's a good thing you two brought him here" her father said, her parents then walked down the hall as blade followed them as he then nudged his head to the door. As soon as the three were downstairs cynthia then walked over to her bedroom door and slowly opened it as she saw max sleeping.
She then walked over to the bed side as she placed her hands on his "oh max' I'm so sorry for what I did to you" she said "I just...I'm just so afraid".
"of what?".
She then looked at his face as she smiled at him "max!" she said as she hugged him, the two then held each others hands as they then talked about there differences. As they quietly talked they didn't know that blade was ease dropping on them as he had a smile on his face "well max, it looks like you got your girl after all" he said.
A few days had passed since Cynthia and max's little bad encounter. Ever since the two had talked about there differences they had been closer ever since, to the part they officially started dating. Max was caring Cynthia on his back as he took her to an amusement park, the two enjoyed themselves as max took her on all the rides and having a good time, they cuddled as they watched the fireworks that were showing that night. They had the best night of there lives, but that would all soon change tomorrow.
THE NEXT DAY
Max and Cynthia were in the bed asleep as they both cuddled with each other. It had only been a month ever since the two had been dating, and felt like only yesterday. As Cynthia held onto max tightly in her arms, she then opened her eyes a bit to see his cute face. She smiled at him as she kissed his cheek as she then quietly moved her arms from him and slowly got out of bed and went down stairs.
As she walked downstairs she then looked over to see blade in the kitchen with his head on the table still holding his coffee in his hand, she smiled at him as she walked over to the front door to see if any mail was there. She saw a few postcards and some junk mail in the mix, but she then saw a letter addressed to her "I wonder what this is?" she thought as she picked it up and opened.
As she opened the letter she saw that there was only a note as she then scanned it slowly reading every detail that it said, as soon as she finished reading it she felt a smile come to her face as she jumped up and down "yes! Yes! Yes!" Cynthia shouted as she ran back upstairs and opened her door as she jumped into her bed waking up max.
"max! Max sweetie wake up!" she said with joy in her voice.
Max then started to open his eyes as he sat up "uhhh, morning Cynthia" he said as he yawned, Cynthia then hugged him as tight as she could "morning max" she said as she then kissed him deeply, as soon as she finished kissing him max blinked a bit "well well, someone's in a good mood I see" he said. Cynthia nodded her head "sure am, look" she said as she showed him the letter "I got a letter from the local private academy for the gifted, isn't that great?".
Max then looked at her letter and read it as he then pulled her onto his lap and held her close making her giggle "that's my girl" he said as he kissed her head, "awww max" cynthia said as she buried her head in max's chest. "so you got in?" he asked her.
Cynthia then looked up at him "not exactly" she said "they said that I'm one of seven students that are able to get in. I've heard about this school ever since I was young and I've always dreamed of getting in, I know that this school has limited spots for new students, and I know That there will be a test and an essay to get in". She then twiddled with her fingers a bit "I'm a little scared, what if they don't accept me into the school? What if I don't pass the test? What if-" she was then cut off as max kissed her deeply.
Max then broke the kiss as he looked into her eyes "Cynthia listen to me, your the smartest, sweet, and charming young woman that I have ever meet" he said "I know that you'll get in that school and I know that you do well on that test and essay, trust me", cynthia didn't what to say as she then wrapped her arms around his neck "oh max, you really think I'll do well?" she asked him.
Max nodded at her "of course I do, you'll pass that test with flying colors". This was all she needed to hear as she then kissed his cheek "thank you max" she said, "anytime cynthia".
Cynthia then moved her right hand down his chest "you know, I could start studying right now. But...I think I'll do that tomorrow" she said. Cynthia then started to unbutton her pajama shirt and shorts as she then threw them on the floor "but now the only thing that I want to study now is sex education" she said in a seductive tone, max then grinned as he then held her close as the two then enjoyed there romantic time together.
THE NEXT DAY
the next day was the same as any other, but this day was different as this was the day that Cynthia was studying so she could be ready for the big test to get into the academy for the gifted. Cynthia stayed in her room as max and blade were downstairs watching tv, max kept looking up at the stairs every five seconds to see if Cynthia was alright.
Blade took note of this as he rubbed his friends head messing up his black spiky hair "will you relax, she's gonna be fine. After all this is twilight were talking about" he said, max calmed down a bit. Blade was right he needed to calm down and relax, after all he knew that she would do well.
As Cynthia was in her room studying she was getting worried that she wouldn't pass and started to get a bit desperate. As the days went by she started to get to the point were she stopped eating and sleeping, max was getting worried everyday and tried his best to comfort her. As the week went by she became more and more worried, to the point were she would desperately hold him so she would be able to calm herself down for the big test tomorrow.
THE NEXT DAY
today was the big day for Cynthia as her, max, blade, and her parents were on there way to the school so she could be ready to take her big test.
As they all walked into the building the four of them all sat outside of the room as one of the council members took cynthia into the other room. Many hours took place as they all waited for Cynthia to be finished "you think she'll be alright?" max said. Blade sat with his legs crossed and his arms crossed "don't worry man" he said "believe me, she'll be just fi-" blade was cut off as he then heard the door open as one of the teachers came out holding Cynthia's test as Cynthia looked down at the ground.
The parents got from there seats "how did she do" her father asked.
The teacher looked at them "how did she do?" be said "she CHEATED!".
"WHAT!?".
The teacher then showed them a cheat sheet that he held in his other hand "she used an answer sheet to help her on the test" he said as he showed it to her parents, her parents were horrified by this. They never thought that she would resort to cheating, Cynthia then ran out of the room as she couldn't face her parents or her boyfriend. Max and blade then ran out of the room to follow her "Cynthia!" max yell as he looked around the hallway "were are you Cynthia?" blade yelled.
"blade I think we should split up".
"good idea, you go down the west hallway and I'll go down the south" he said, max nodded as the two then split up to find Cynthia.
One hour had passed since the boys looked to find her and they had no such luck. Max ran down the stairs as he ended up back in the center of the hallway "dammit no sign of her" he thought as he then walked to the front door. As he then placed his hand on the door he then glanced over at one of the abandoned rooms to see a shadow swinging back and forth "huh? What the hell is that?" he said. Max then walked over to see what it was as he opened the door slowly, as max poked his head into the room he was then horrified to see what was in front of him; he saw Cynthia...hanging by the neck by a wire cord.
"CYNTHIA!" max yelled as he ran over to her as he grabbed something sharp as he then cut her down and held her in his arms, max then took the cord from her neck as he held her close to his face as he cried. Blade heard him as he then ran into the room "what's wrong?" he said, max held onto Cynthia tightly as he kept crying more and more "blade" max said still crying "she...she took her own life".
"shit".
Blade leaned down next to him as max held onto his pride and joy, max's tears fell onto her face "this isn't how had to end" he said "this isn't how this should have ended". He then looked down at her "Cynthia...please, please don't be gone. I need you...I love you, I don't care if your perfect or imperfect, I love you for you. You just can't be gone...you can't be".
As max placed his hand on her cheek and leaned his head down next to hers, there was a faint whisper.
"m-max...do you really mean that?".
Max then then shot his head up "Cynthia?" he said as he wiped his tears, Cynthia then placed her hand onto his face as a smile came to her face, the two then kissed as blade smiled at them.
"how how sweet" a voice said "you managed to save her from death, although I would have wanted to see her die slowly". Blade then slowly turned his head around "wait a minute, I know that voice" he said as he then slowly stood up and looked to see a man wearing a zebra outfit. Max stood up as well as he held Cynthia in his arms "what do you want?" max asked in a demanding tone.
Black haze smiled at him as he rubbed his fingers on his suit "oh nothing much, I'm just hear to tell you that you've won. You and the rest of your friends have found there marefriends and now that you have found your precious twilight sparkle, I now can send you home" he said, Cynthia then held onto max tightly "max I'm scared" she said a bit worried. Black haze grinned darkly "oh don't worry my dear" he said "you should be" he then snapped his fingers as max and Cynthia and him were teleported out of the room.