//------------------------------// // Comet's perspective // Story: Segregation in Equestria // by decembuary //------------------------------// I spread my wings and glided down to the ground. I enjoyed the feeling of the earth under my hooves, it was very different from the clouds that I usually stood on. I arrived at the school just as the bell was ringing. The foals didn’t run out of the building like usual, instead they were lingering around to watch two fillies that appeared to be arguing. A pegasus and a unicorn. After a while an earth pony joined the fight. “Pegasi are sooo much cooler than earth ponies. We can fly!” The pegasus bragged “No earth ponies are the best” shouted the earth pony “Both of you are wrong” retorted the unicorn. “Pegasuses and earth ponies can’t do magic. Therefore unicorns must be the best because they can” “NO” Shouted the other two ponies “I can totally do magic” said the pegasus. “Yeah then prove it” yelled the unicorn. “Girls, girls, there’s no need for arguing, you’re all special in your own way” The teacher had come out to see what the fuss was, and was now trying to break up the argument. “Everyone, you can go home, I will deal with these three” the teacher said. The group dispersed. Eventually my sisters, Winter and Snowflake found me. Their friend Dewdrop, a unicorn was with them. “Hello, you lot” I said cheerfully. “What was that all about?” “Well, in class we were learning about the different types of pony, and a couple of the fillies in the class decided that their type of pony was the best” Snowflake explained. “Yeah, there’s no point in arguing over it, everypony knows pegasi are the best!” Winter said. I sighed. This was the reason my parents took the twins out of the Cloudsdale school I attended. Because earth ponies and unicorns can’t come into Cloudsdale, the pegasi have got it into their heads that they are the best, and were teaching that in schools. “No they’re not” I said to Winter. “Unicorns and earth ponies are equal to pegasi. Like your teacher said - they’re all special in their own way. Anyway, lets go home” “Bye girls” said Dewdrop. “I’ll see you at the formal tonight” “Bye” The twins replied in unison. Once their friend had trotted off, they jumped onto my back. “Lets go!” I jumped into the air and spread my wings. I flapped them, and rose further into the air. I rose a bit further, until I was in the clouds, then glided. The wind ruffled the pale blue feathers, but my orange and purple mane hardly blew around, it was tied back. A few moments later we arrived in Cloudsdale. The twins jumped off my back onto the fluffy clouds. We trotted down the road until we reached our house. We are lucky enough to live on the edge of Cloudsdale, so we have a view of all of Equestria. It also means we don’t have to go deep into the city when we get to Cloudsdale. The city can be incredibly dangerous, there are rumours of foalnapping and murder, proving that Cloudsdale isn’t the idyllic city everypony who doesn’t live here makes it out to be. I trotted into the house, the twins bounding ahead of me hovering slightly above the floor, their wings on hummingbird mode. “We’re home” I yelled, then I nearly tripped over the girls school bags which they had left in the middle of the hallway. Again. I kicked them to the side, then continued inside. It didn’t look like anypony was home. That wasn’t too odd. With Dad’s weather pony work, he wasn’t often home, and Mum was usually helping with that. The best she could with one wing anyway. My mum, Cobalt, was an ex-Wonderbolt, but she’d only had one show. In that show she had a really bad crash, and ended up with a wing so mutilated that it had to be amputated. A quick end to a career. I headed into the kitchen and opened the fridge. Yet again there was no food. Hopefully Mum or Dad would pick some up on the way home. I hovered up the stairs to see what Snowflake and Winter were doing. When I got to our room (all of us share a room) I found them searching through their cupboard. “What are you doing?” I asked. “Searching the cupboard for something to wear tonight. We need something for the formal” Winter explained. “You are coming tonight aren’t you?” Snowflake asked “Of course! I’d go with you to Tartarus if you asked” I exclaimed “Really” Snowflake said “Well you are my little sis, I’d never leave you. Anyway, you two want dresses, right?” The two fillies nodded. “Well, lets see if I have anything we could sew to fit you. Only if you don’t have any dresses. Keep searching your cupboard, I’ll search mine.” I poked my head into the cupboard. I chucked the first dress I found onto the bed. I’d wear that one tonight. Unfortunately I couldn’t find anything for the twins to wear. I pulled my head out and saw that the girls had something to wear anyway. The were both in matching silver dresses. “So what time do we have to be there?” I asked “Sometime around 6. Can you please do our hair” Said Winter. We had about half an hour before we had to leave. “Sure” --------- Half an hour later we were landing in front of the Ponyville town hall. On the front of the building was a banner saying ‘School Formal’ so I figure it was the right place. That and I could hear the music playing. It was an upbeat song that I knew would be stuck in my head for the next few days. When I went inside nopony was dancing. Strangely there were no pegasus, besides the twins and me. The unicorns and earth ponies were standing on different sides of the room, looking at each other like they might contract a deadly violence if they went near each other. Something was definitely wrong. The teacher ran up to me. She looked like she was about to burst into tears. “Haven’t you heard, the head of the unicorns, Prince Blueblood, has declared war on the Pegasi. He says he’s tired of their elitist attitudes, and the fact that only they can go to Cloudsdale. All the pegasi have been ordered to retreat to Cloudsdale, even the ones who don’t live there” She explained. Something was wrong. -End chapter 1-