*Nicholas POV*
It was thursday morning, about 5 days after I had arrived. And today was going to be bad. How would I know? It only takes one word: School.
After being told I was going to go to the school here in ponyville, I had started to panic and had tried to come up with several excuses as to why I couldn't go. Sadly, you can't trick a pony into thinking your sick when she takes care of animals for a living.
As sunlight shined through the window, I pulled the covers over my head. Fluttershy had given me her guest bedroom to use, and although it was nice, the window was directly in front of the bed. So that meant I was getting a rude awakening each day.
I rolled over just as the door opened. I heard the soft sound of hooves walking towards my bed. Then I was poked in the back softly.
"Nicholas... Its time to get up." Fluttershy softly said to me. I groaned in response and didn't move an inch.
"You don't want to be late for your first day, do you?" She said slightly louder. I rolled to face her and nodded my head, then rolled back over.
She let out a sigh. "You leave me no choice, then. Angel, could you wake up Nicholas for me?"
Angel? I thought as I heard a couple of soft thumps come up the stairs and into the room. I felt pressure on the edge of the bed as whatever angel was slowly came closer. I rolled over to look at the source to be met with a flyswatter to the face.
"OWWW!" I yelled, gripping my now-red face. The bunny smirked at me and hopped off the bed.
"Come here, you!" I growled, grabbing the flyswatter. The bunny's eyes widened as it fled the room. I sighed and dropped the swatter.
"What the heck was that, Fluttershy's guard bunny or something?" I said as I looked over and saw a package by the end of the bed with a note attached. I opened the note amd read it.
Dear Nicholas,
This package contains all the clothes I have made for you so far. There should be enough clothes in there to last you two weeks. And don't worry about paying me back, I wouldn't dream of charging a friend of my sisters cor their clothes. Enjoy, Darling!
Rarity
I opened the package and gasped at the clothes inside. There were shirts, jeans, shorts, and even underwear in there, each with their own design. I smiled as I changed into a new set of clothes. My old shirt was replaced with a new t-shirt with a Diamond on its center. The jeans I put on were way more comfortable than the original ones I had. I slipped on my shoes and walked downstairs and into the kitchen.
Fluttershy was just finishing up breakfest as I came down. She looked up at me. "Oh, thank goodness your awake. I was worried you wouldn't wake up in time." She said to me.
"Sorry about that, not much of a morning person." I said as I sat down at the table. She flew over and placed a pancake or two on my plate. I took a bite and nearly cried with joy at the food. It was absolutely amazing!! I finished quickly as Fluttershy left and came back with a backpack.
"I went out and got you this while you were asleep. I thought you would like to wear it, if you don't mind that is." She finished with a slight squeak.
I smiled at her. "Of course I would! Thanks Fluttershy!" I said as I hugged her, recieveing one back at the same time.
Then a loud set of knocking at the door. I went over and opened it to be met with the girls.
"What's up?" I said as the smiled at me.
"We decided we would walk with you to school today." Sweetie belle started.
"Since yer new 'ere and all" Applebloom seconded.
"So lets go already!!" Scootaloo finished. I laughed a bit and turned to Fluttershy.
"See you later, Fluttershy." I said as I walked out the door. She waved to me.
"Goodbye Nick, enjoy your first day at school." She called as the door closed. She turned around and noticed that, for the first time, the silence in her cottage was not too enjoyable anymore. She sighed and went to clean the kitchen.
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"Ah can't wait to show ya to the class!" Applebloom said as we approached the school. I was honestly tempted to turn tail and go back to Fluttershys, but something told me that she wouldn't be too happy about that, so I was going to have to tough it out.
"Are you ok, Nick?" Sweetie belle asked me. Before I could answer, a mare walked up to us. Sha was this maroon-ish color with a light and slighter darker shades of pink in her mane. She had 3 flowers as her cutie mark.
"So you must be Nicholas. Its a pleasure to meet you." She said with that smile teachers wear. "My name is Cherilee, and I will be your teacher while you go here." She turned to the girls. "Hello, girls. I take it your friends with Nicholas?"
"Yup, we meet him the day he arrived in ponyville!" Scootaloo said.
"Well thats wonderful. I'm glad to see you have made some friends in such a short time. Now, let's get to class. Im sure you will love it here, Nicholas." The teacher said and walked into the school, with us in tow behind her.
When we walked in, the whole class got quiet, all eyes on me as I stood in front of them. Cherilee cleared her throat.
"Now class, today we have a new student joining us. Nicholas, why don't you introduce yourself?" She said as the crusaders took seats with the rest of the class.
I gulped and took a deep breath. "H-hello everyone. As you heard, my name is Nicholas, but please, just call me Nick." I said as a kid up front raised his hoof eagerly.
I raised an eyebrow at him. "Yes?" I asked as looked at me.
"What are you?" He asked. great, 10 seconds in and we have already started with questions. A smile came to my face though, realizing the potential fun that could be had here.
"Well, I'm called a human. and get this, I'm from another planet!" As i said this, all the kids (minus the crusaders) eyes went wide with shock. A filly with glasses near the back spoke up. She had a grey coat and silvery grey hair with a spoon with a heart in the edge of it as a cutie mark.
"What's your planet like?" She asked me. As I answered, I couldn't helo but notice the glare i was receiving from one girl. she was pink and had purple/white hair. I noticed she not only had a taira for a mark, but a matching one on her head as well.
"Its similar to this one, but way more dangerous. The people that live there are far more likely to hurt others than you ponies, and due to that, most kids can't walk to school anymore. Defenitely not with the freedom I could here." I said as several more questions came in at once. Thankfully, Cherilee stepped in.
"Now class, lets not get carried away." She turned to me. "Your seat is next to sweetie belle." She pointed to a sit down the third row. I went to sit in it as she continued. "Now, take out some paper for notes, because we are about to go into the wonderful life of Isaac Neighton!" She cheerfully exclaimed as the class groaned in unison.
I panicked slightly at that until I looked in my bookbag. It was full of paper and even had a pencil at the bottem. Thank you, Fluttershy! I thought as I took out the materials and prepared to take notes.
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The lesson was about as fun as I had expected. So when we were dismissed to recess, I'm proud to say I was one of the first kids out the door. After waiting up for the girls, we decided to figure out what to do.
"Oooh, we should get the whole class to play freeze-tag!" Scootaloo said as Applebloom rolled her eyes.
"Freeze-tags boring! besides, no one catches ya because ya use yer scooter to cheat!" She said as Scootaloo narrowed her eyes a bit.
"It's not cheating! its called winning." She said as they started to argue. But just before they could start, they were interrupted.
"Looks like the blank flanks can't get along!" The pink pony from earlier said as her and the spoon pony walked up.
"Leave us alone, Diamond tiara!" Sweetie belle said. Diamond tiara just laughed.
So this is who the girls warned me about? I thought with a raised eyebrow. She honestly didn't seem like much of a problem. Spoiled? Defenitely, but not really a threat per say.
She noticed me looking at her funny and turned to me. "And what are you staring at? your more of a freak than they are!" She said this as the spoon girl laughed. Seems like they are buds.
I was about to retort when I noticed something odd. At the other end of the area, their was what looked like a colt sitting with his back against the wall of the school with his head down. I pushed past the two jerks and walked towards him.
"HEY!!! Are you even listening to me!? DON'T IGNORE ME WHEN IM TALKING TO YOU!" Diamond yelled after me while the crusaders were laughing at my antics.
I ignored it all as I reached the kid. He had this silvery hair and deep green eyes, almost as if they glowed. He had black fur and a horn. I noticed that he had no cutie mark. I cleared my throat.
"Are you alright?" I asked him as he looked at me, confused.
"I-I-I'm fine, just no one wanted to talk to me before you came. I arrived yesterday, and thanks to that Diamond girl, the other colts and fillies think I have some disease because my eyes glow slightly." He looked down at that.
I snorted. "Well, I think its awesome. I'm Nick, what's your name?" I asked, extending my hand. He looked at it and took it without hesitation, suprising me. He was the first pony to know what that meant right off the bat.
"My name is Cacoono" he said as he shook my hand. I sat next to him ad the trio came up to us.
"Hey, Nick. who's the new guy?" Scootaloo asked. I looked at her, slightly confused.
"His names Cacoono, bit didn't you all see him when y'all came here yesterday?" They shook their heads.
"We didn't come yesterday, because we spent the day cleaning up a mess we had made while crusading." Sweetiebelle said as the other two looked away sheepishly.
"What do you mean by.... crusading?" Cacoono asked. Their faces lit up.
"We are on a mission to get our cutie marks!" Scootaloo said. Cacoono looked at her with suprise.
"So, you all aren't going to wait for it to happen, your taking matters into your own hooves and shaping your own paths. that's so cool!" He said excitedly. Applebloom smiled.
"Well, thats ah fancy way of puttin' it." She said as she took a better look at Cacoono. "I've never seen you around ponyville before, are you new to town as well?
Cacoono nodded. "Me and my parents moved here from canterlot. It's such a nice change from that loud city." He said with a sigh.
I smiled at him. "I get the feeling, man. Before coming here, I lived in a place called Destin. It wasnt the biggest place, but it was still busy. I prefer this type of place anytime."
We continued to chat until Cherilee called us back inside to finish the school day. After that we walked home togethor, branching off as each of us went to our respective homes. Soon it was just me and Sweetiebelle.
"Ya know, school isn't so bad here." I said and Sweetiebelle grinned at me.
"Thats great to hear, Nick! I was worried at first when you told us about your other school. but then you just went through today without breaking a sweat! You even made a new friend as well." She finished as we approached Raritys house (I swear, shes just a unicorn rapunzel, with the way that house looks)
I turned to her. "Well, being able to spend the day with you and the others is what made it so bearable. Scoots is funny, Applebloom is creative, and honestly, your the easiest to talk to about stuff." I leaned in a tad. "Just don't tell the others that." She giggled at that, then turned towards the door.
"Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Nick!" She called out eagerly, waving as I turned to leave.
"See ya, Belle." I said as I took off in a sprint towards Fluttershy's cottage, eager to tell her about my day.
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Sweetiebelle walked into the boutique and closed the door just as her sister walked up to her from behind.
"Well, looks like somepony enjoys their new friend." Rarity said with a knowing smirk. Sweetiebelle looked at her like she was crazy as she walked past her sister and went towards the stairs
"WHAT!! I don't like Nick like that! He's just really nice. And sweet. And smart. and...."
she continued as she walked upstairs as Rarity squealed.
"Oh, such young love. How sweet." She sighed as she went back to working on the new dress order she had gotten.
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It had long gotten dark outside, and Fluttershy was turning off the rest of the lights in her cottage. After Nicholas had returned, he had happily told her about the school day he had, and how his worries were unfounded in school not being fun here. It made her all warm inside to see him like that. After they had ate dinner, he had went upstairs to go to bed, but not before asking Fluttershy if she could bring him a glass of water. So she made one for him and was going up the stairs to give it to him.
When she opened his door, she saw him asleep on his bed, covered up and everything. She placed the water by the bed and kissed him on the forehead.
"Goodnight, Nicholas." She whispered as she turned to leave, but stopped as he moved a bit in his sleep.
"mmmm....goodnight....mom" He said as he snored. Fluttershy smiled big at that, a tear or two of happiness going down her face as she went to her own room to sleep.