It was early in the morning on a Sunday during late winter. I started feeling regret about the way I slammed the door in twilights face yesterday, so I plan on going out and apologizing. It's going to be awkward since this is the first time I've made an official apology to somebody. I grabbed my hoodie and threw it on. I walked out of my apartment and locked the door behind me. I threw the keys into my pocket and started making my way to twilights place. She said she lived in the library on oak St. I think I know where oak street is, it's in the north end of ponyville… on the exact opposite side of town. It's going to be a bit of a walk… but it shouldn't be too bad. With my goal in mind I started making my way down the street.

It was pretty early, only two hours before noon, so there weren't a lot of people or ponies walking around, especially on a winter Sunday when they all just stay inside and watch TV or play video games. There were a few ponies around who were walking about and a few people too. I kept my way forward to the north side of town. I kept my hood up so others wouldn't see my face, but they gave me passing glances nevertheless. I just kept my head down and minded my own business as I made my way through town. It wasn't long before I reached the market district, or better known as the center of town. The center was denser than the rest of the town. There were more ponies doing Sunday shopping or working at stalls and stores. I just passed right by them all and headed into the north end of town.

I could tell I had reached the north end of the town because it was more children friendly. A lot of brightly colored houses and a park not far from where I was right now. It was the ideal place to live in ponyville; it's also much closer to the school. The south side, where I live, are the slums, there are a few big factory buildings, but those have been long since abandoned. I used to go there and it would feel like I had my own mansion. Living in the south side made it easy for me to get into urban exploration (parkour). I used to climb to the top of them whenever I got bored or angry. I haven't been there recently, not since the local drug dealers moved in and claimed the space as their own. I learned from experience that you shouldn't mess with those kinds of people or ponies. That happened about a few years ago, and I've avoided the buildings since.

As I walked around the north end of town I looked around for any sign that said 'oak St.' I walked around for a bit and checked my watch for the time. It still wasn't even noon yet, and the day was still cold and early. I looked left and right and out of the corner of my eye I spotted the oak street sign. I crossed the street and started making my way down the road. I looked left and right for the place I was looking for, even though I don't really know what place I am looking for. She mentioned a few times that she lives in a tree, it must be one of the old equestrian styled buildings, the north side of town is famous for them. Ever since humans converged with the ponies we started building modern styled houses and buildings which really helped make living conditions better, but these kinds of houses are still nice.

After a bit of looking around I finally found it. A large tree with windows, a door, and other household things cut out of it. I walked over and made my way up to the door as I walked across the stone walkway. I stopped in front of the door and pulled a hand out of my coat pocket to knock on the door. I knocked twice on the door and waited for a second. From behind the door I heard a voice, an unfamiliar one, but it was muffled and I couldn't make out the words. Once a few seconds passed the door opened up, but there was nopony there. I looked around curiously until I heard somepony clear there throat, but it sounded like it was coming from under me. I looked down with both hands in my pockets to see a small purple dragon with green spikes and a cross expression standing there and holding the door open.

"Can I help you?" he asked clearly aggravated.

"I'm… uh… looking for twilight sparkle." I said still confused by why a baby dragon answered the door.

"Yeah whatever… wait here." He said as he slammed the door in my face ironically. I don't know why he couldn't just invite me in… but okay. I could hear a voice call out from inside.

"TWILIGHT!" shouted the baby dragon from inside of the house.

"What do you want spike… I'm in the bath, it better be important."

"That jerk who made you cry the other day is at the door."… I made her cry. I didn't know that, it only makes me feel ten times worse now.

"He is… is he still here?" she asked.

"I don't know… I slammed the door in his face so…"

"SPIKE…WHAT THE HELL?!" shouted twilight form inside. "Let him in…" she said.'

"Why should I?" he asked "he made you cry didn't he…?"

"Spike you shouldn't meddle in other ponies business… mow let him in." she said.

"Fine… but I swear if he tries anything I'm grabbing the frying pan, that'll teach him." he said as he walked back and opened the door. He just glared at me angrily and walked away from the open door. I walked into the library and closed the door behind me. It seemed a bit small, but I was able to fit through well. It was traditionally built for ponies, so some of the stuff in the house is small in comparison to me, but it's fortunate that we humans don't completely tower over ponies. The average man is a good 1½ feet taller than a pony. I looked around and noticed that the walls were lined with book… in fact I'm pretty sure that when they built this place they completely screwed the idea of having walls and just decided to make an enclosure of bookshelves.

As I was looking around there was a sudden bang that filled the air and pain shot up through my leg. I let out a brief shout of pain and clasped my shin as I fell to the ground. I saw the purple dragon standing there with a frying pan in his little claw, it's amazing how he can even hold that thing, let alone hit me with it. That fucking hurt though… I mean really.

"What the hell?!" I said grasping my leg which was still hurting.

"That's for making twilight cry…" he said pointing at me. "And there's more where that came from." I didn't even know I made her cry, but if I did I feel bad about it, which is strange for me. Normally I don't give a shit about anypony except myself and old lady grey. He scurried off into the kitchen at the sounds of hoofsteps on the stairs and I pulled myself back up on my feet. My leg was hurting, it's probably bruised, but I sucked it up and watched twilight walking down the stairs, her fur was damp and she smiled when she saw me. It was a bit of a guilty smile.

"I'm sorry about spike… he can get very protective, but he's a good dragon, he just cares a lot about me… you aren't hurt are you?" she asked walking over.

"He hit my shin with a frying pan…" I said. "But it's not bad, just caught me off guard."

"Alright… so do you need anything?" she asked. I pulled my hood off and rubbed the back of my head as I blushed and my eyes darted around the room.

"Well… you see, I uh… just wanted…" I muttered, but it was hard to say sorry, it was also very awkward saying it too… but it needed to be done. "I'm... uh, I'm sorry." I muttered under my breath quietly.

"What was that?" asked twilight,

"Look… I'm sorry about slamming the door in your face last night, and about all the things I said. I was just having a really bad day." I said. "'cuz after we met and I finally met somepony who doesn't think I'm a freak, I got really excited, but then your friends came in and kinda ruined the whole thing… it made me angry and I got angry at you for no reason… so… I'm sorry." She looked at me and smiled.

"Thank you… and I'm sorry too, for my friends." She said.

"I'm also sorry that I made you cry, I didn't know you were that upset… which makes me feel ten times worse." I said.

"What?" she asked. "Oh… nonono… that wasn't your fault, really I promise." She said. "I was just bullied by a few guys who saw us when we tripped over each other the other day. They were really harsh." She said. "I was just a bit upset after all the things that happened yesterday."

"a few guys… who?" I asked.

"I don't know… but they recognized where you lived and started making jokes about both of us. They said we were like your parents… it, was awkward and all the other things hurt inside. That was the first time I've been bullied, it really hurt."

"Oh… well, I'm sorry." I said looking at twilight sullen expression.

"I can't believe you've gone through that kinda stuff every day." Said twilight looking up at me.

"It's not just every day; it's been practically for my entire life." I said. "It isn't fun being me… but you can't pick your parents… and I got the short end of that stick."

"Wow that really sucks." Said twilight.

"Your damn right it does." I said jokingly. "So… I guess, I should get going now, I'm not good with apologies, but I think we're cool now… right?" I asked.

"Yeah…" said twilight with a smile back on her face. "No hard feelings…" she said.

"Great… now, I guess I should go now… it's my day off so I want to be as unproductive as possible." I said.

"Wait…" said twilight making me stop as I was now walking towards the door. I looked back at her and she slowly started making her way to the kitchen. "Sorry, I was wondering if you wanted to stay a while, I mean we just became friends… I could make you some tea or something." She suggested waiting before going into the kitchen to see what I say.

"F…friends?" I said curiously. "I've, uh… never really had a friend before."

"I used to be like that too." Said twilight.

"Wait… really?" I asked.

"Yeah, I was so caught up with my studies in Canterlot and focused so intently on magic that the only real friend I made was my brother, but that doesn't really count since he's my big brother." She said.

"Yeah, but you had the chance to make friends… I didn't, I was alone from beginning to end." I said. I hadn't noticed it but her horn had been glowing for some time now and she was using her magic to prepare tea in the kitchen area… sneaky. She levitated a silver tray of tea over and placed it down on a small table.

"Want some tea?" she asked.

"I guess I might I as well… I'm not that big on tea, I'm more of a coffee person myself… but thank you it smells good." I said awkwardly. I wasn't very used to this… friendly, conversation stuff. Compliments and kind words weren't my strong suit. I was used to defending myself verbally and physically, and usually don't like to talk to anypony. Even with old lady grey, our talks aren't even long enough for me to really say anything. It's usually just good morning and thank you when she offers me food. Twilight levitated a cup of tea over and I clasped it in my hands. She took a sip from it and I did the same. It wasn't as strong as coffee was, kinda boring, but then I guess that's the magic behind it. it wasn't half bad, it was very sweet and relaxing.

"Why don't you sit down." she said gesturing to the couch in the corner up against a bookshelf. I walked over and took a seat at one end and twilight took a seat at the other end. There was a decent amount of space in between us, but it still felt kinda awkward. I didn't know twilight too well, but I enjoyed her company. Still, her house is a lot different than mine, almost the exact opposite. It was very awkward sitting on her sofa and drinking her tea. "So where do you work?" she asked.

"Why?" I rebutted with a question of my own.

"I just thought that we should try and get to know each other a bit more, just sit down and talk." She said.

"Alright…" I said taking another sip of my tea. "Well… I work at the corner store on South Street. I hate my boss and I hate my coworker. The pay's really bad as you can see from the messy apartment I live in… so things aren't great right now." I said.

"I didn't know your apartment was messy." Said twilight.

"It might look nice on the outside… but it's a whole new place on the inside. I'm a really lazy person." I said.

"Well, I guess we all have to start off somewhere." Said twilight. Before our awkward little conversation could continue the door to the house went flying open and a mare entered the building.

"Twilight...? Twilight…" called out the mare. Once she walked fully into the house and closed the door I could see who it was. It was that rainbow Pegasus from the other day. She looked over and stopped when she saw us. "What the… what's going on here?" asked the Pegasus floating up into the air and floating over and glaring at me.

"Oh… hey rainbow dash." Said twilight. "Me and Zach were just talking and having tea, do you want something?" she asked.

"What the heck is this freak doing here?" asked rainbow dash pointing at me.

"Hey! Don't call him a freak." Said twilight getting defensive. "He came here to apologize, he's actually a great guy, I don't know what you and applejack have against him." said twilight. "You know this would be the second time you ruined a perfectly fine conversation between us in only three days."

"You can't trust this guy. Half pony and half human isn't normal… there's got to be some kind of secret he's hiding." Said the Pegasus. She zoomed over and glared at me. "He's probably got a weird fleshy tail under his pants… or a cutie mark. He isn't normal… he's a freak."

"Hey, just leave me alone…" I said getting up. She glared at me and I glared at her, I wasn't particularly enjoying her presence right now. She was starting to make me angry.

"Rainbow dash please just stop." Said twilight. "He hasn't done anything wrong." Said twilight.

"Nothing wrong?" said rainbow dash somewhat surprised. "Everything about him is wrong. What his parents did is wrong and they made something even more wrong… his entire freak existence is wrong." She said making me…VERY, mad now. I clenched my fist and grit my teeth. "I bet his own parents are ashamed of him." she said which sent me over the edge. I lashed my fist out and punched the blue Pegasus right in the face with all my might. I felt a slight crack under my fist as the force of the punch sent the Pegasus straight to the ground. She hit the ground and let out a cry of pain and clutched her snout which was bleeding profusely.

"SHUT YOUR MOUTH!" I shouted pointing down at her. "DON'T YOU FUCKING TALK ABOUT MY PARENTS LIKE THAT…!" once I had realized what I just did I bolted for the already open door. I blew past the door pushing it all the way open and running right out of the house. I fucking BOLTED down the streets jumping and dodging people ponies and everything in between. I just ran, and ran… and ran. I just wanted to get away from everything. I feel strange about hitting that pony, like I regret it… but I don't, I know I don't. That bitch had it coming to her, but I think I feel bad about how twilight must feel. That was one of her friends, and I just socked her in the face.

I rushed through the center of town and ran past all the stalls and ponies. I ran all the way to the south end. I ran past the store I work at and soon enough the apartment complex I live in came into view. I booked it down the road and rushed up the stairs to my apartment. I stopped in front of my door and quickly unlocked the door. I threw the door open and ran inside slamming it shut behind me. It was only once I was in my apartment that I realized that I didn't have anywhere else to run now. I didn't want to throw myself on the bed and start cry, only because I didn't have to cry. I just… felt strange. I stood there for a few minutes, like the whole world was crumbling around me… but then I realized I was home, and safe… from whatever I was running from. Feeling guilty though, I walked over to the door and locked it. I walked out of the kitchen and into the living room. I sat down at the couch and just stayed there.

I wasn't watching any TV at the moment, I just felt like I needed to sit down for a while. After a good hour passed by I reached for the remote to the TV and flipped it on. It flickered on to the weather channel. They were saying something about severe hail showers tomorrow afternoon. I switched channels to something else and just started mindlessly watching TV, hoping deep inside that it would drown out everything that happened, but I don't think it was working. I would flash In and out of reality and my mind. I would try and focus on what I was watching but I kept drifting back to my thoughts. Soon enough I was so internally conflicted that I didn't even know what the hell I was even watching. So eventually I just shut off the TV and everything seemed to turn quiet. I looked over through the doorway into the kitchen at the time on the microwave and saw it was only five. I just spent a good four hours of my day off trying and ultimately failing to watch TV.

I figured that I should go take a shower… it might help clear my head and my conscious. So I started making my way over to the bathroom but before I could put my hand on the door there was a ringing in the room over, it was the phone. I walked from the bathroom and into the kitchen where the ringing was. I walked up to the counter and saw my cellphone buzzing, glowing, and ringing. I picked it up to see who it was and to my surprise it was my boss, he almost never calls me unless its important. I flipped the phone open and put it to my ear.

"Hello…" I asked into the phone.

"Zachary…" he said formally. "Have you seen the news?" he asked.

"Uhm… no sir." I said.

"well they're saying that there is going to be a massive hailstorm tomorrow, so there isn't going to be any work, they said that it would be dangerous to be caught out in that, so we can't have employees walking out in that, and chances of even getting any customers tomorrow are slim, so no work… congratulations, you get another day off… unpaid though." He said.

"Uh… thank you sir…" I said before there was a click on the other end and then a beep, meaning he hung up on me. I placed my phone back down on the counter and felt a little better knowing I don't have to go into work tomorrow. Even if it is unpaid that's still pretty good. With that distraction over with I made my way back to the bathroom. I walked in and undressed; I got into the shower and just soaked there for a while. I cleaned myself this time, but spent some extra time in there just soaking there. Once I was done with my shower I turned the water off and stepped out of the shower and onto a towel I put on the ground to soak up the water. I grabbed my towel off the rack and started drying myself off. I wrapped the towel around me and walked out of the bathroom and into the living room. I opened the door to my bedroom and walked in. it was a bit dark in here now so I flicked on the light. I looked over at the clock and it was only 5:46. It was still somewhat early in the day.

I killed the rest of my day by going on the internet and just dicking around on the computer. I played games and watched videos and listened to music. It was a good way to keep myself occupied for the next couple of hours as the day slowly started to fade away around me. When I next checked the clock about three hours had passed and it was roughly around nine now. I thought about getting some food and eating dinner… but I wasn't very hungry. I just turned off my laptop and closed it up as I got ready to sleep. I undressed into my boxers and threw my clothes on the floor. I jumped into my messy and unmade bed and rested my head on the pillow. I closed my eyes and tried getting some sleep, though… everything that happened earlier today started flashing through my head, eventually I fell asleep with those memories and knew that I should probably do something about it.

I think I might have to apologize again…

Authors Note: here you go, the new chapter of Unforgiven. as the plot starts to thicken we now have to deal with the development and characteristics of other characters. i plan on having the whole set of the mane six become introduced to Zachary Miles, each with their own view and history with Zach. so we've got RD who as you've all probably guessed doesn't like Zach. but the feeling is mutual, so its alright. even though with all the characters being introduced Twilight is going to remain the central aspect of it all... she's the important one... remember that. so i hope you guys liked it, be sure to write a review and favorite the story. also make sure to check out my other stories if you haven't and i hope you guys have a great day/night/life.

~Stay Shady