What is the worst thing you have ever done?

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,502]

I have done so many bad things that if I were to go to a confession I think the priest would get bored and just do a sweeping declaration of “I absolve you of all your sins” just so he could get on with his day.

[Treeglow Flicker 14,221]

When I was little, I used to have a few destructive tendencies. There used to be an abandoned house and a construction site next to it where they were building some new bungalows. Myself and a friend used to go to the abandoned house to throw rocks through the windows that weren't boarded up. I remember we got chased away by a neighbour once. Anyway, one day we ventured into the construction site with the partly constructed bungalows and their shining new unbroken windows. Freshy paned goodness straight from the warehouse from which they came. Anyway. Smashy time commenced and that was pretty much it. As to why I personally did it? I was kind of at an age and stage in my life where certain concepts of right and wrong had yet to sink in. So if I had a desire, I would do it without thought or knowledge of consequences. So I pretty much smashed those windows because I liked the breaky noises.

I also used to be an evil tyrant towards insects when I was little. Until the day it sunk into my stupid little mind and blind heart that lives were not toys for my cruel amusement. From the day I learned that lesson, I refused to hurt anything. I know most people don't blink an eye or spare a thought for insects. But for me, I'm too aware of them being living things in their own right now. Each tiny movement they make. How they interact with the things they come across as they patter about. How they interact with me. They're awesome, even spiders which I have a phobia of. I owe a karmic debt for what I did to all those insects when I was little. I'm sorry for it.

Then there was this other time in Primary school where me and my friend cheated on several multiplication tests. I wasn't that savvy with it back then and was lazy to learn it. I was sort of at that stage where I really REALLY didn't want to be at school. My friend and I used used to sit next to eachother and at the end of each test, we would pass our test to our neighbor, which in this case was my friend. We would then mark eachothers tests while the teacher read out the correct answers. We would deliberately mark eachothers with a perfect score and recite our scores when asked what we got. Then one day, we had a major test that covered the whole lot of multiplications we did. But this time, the marking process was different. The papers weren't switched with our neighbors, but randomly distributed. And well, you can guess how that went.

The worst thing about that I remember was that the teacher never said anything. Nobody said anything. The evidence was right there that I had cheated for all to know and realise. But nobody said anything. Nobody was punishing me for it. I was caught! Come on! My crime was exposed and the embarassmnet of it was there! Finish the job! Deduct housepoints! Tell me off in front of the class! Talk to my parents! Shoot me with a magic evil destorying rainbow laser! Do something!

But there wasn't anything.

That weekend I remember sealing myself in my bedroom and sat on the same spot for hours just learning multiplications to the point I wouldn't even have to think about the answer. Just hear the question and answer. After that weekend I got a perfect score everytime.

I kind of have a few of these little stories. But I'm good now, not evil! I promise! Why I relate so much to Starlight Glimmer. She's been there! She knows what it's like!

But still. Whatever passes judgement on me. I'm sorry okay? Really really sorry! For everything! Want me to bake a cake or something to demonstrate how sorry I am? I'll do it! I've changed! I've learned! Even if I do have the occasional desire to take over the world!