New Friends
“Mr. Shine, is it true that you and Mr. Biceps had fight before first period?” – Headmistress Celestia asked, with an angry, disappointed face.
“W-Well, not exactly...” – I said, looking scared.
“What do you mean not exactly?” – Headmistress Celestia said, leaning forwards.
“Actually, what happened was that-“ I started saying, before being stopped by the bell.
“Mr. Shine, Mr Biceps, follow me” – Headmistress Celestia started walking towards her office.
“B-But, second period just started...” – I asked, looking for a way out of this.
“Don’t worry, I’ll have a talk with your teachers, let them know why you were late.”
A couple of minutes of walking later, we finally reached the office.
“Take a seat boys” – Headmistress Celestia said, sitting down on her own chair. I hadn’t noticed it last time I was here.It was a royal chair, made with what seemed to be a gold outline, and the cushions were a bright red color. It looked like something fit for a queen.
“Headmistress Celestia, I can explain this” – Bulk said, in an almost worried voice “What happened was that Emerald here was walking down, and I guess he didn’t see me and he bumped into me. I kind of lost my tempered and punched him. It was all my fault, I am truly sorry for what I did.”
“This surprised me. Had he actually taken the blame for everything that had happened? I just thought he was a mean bully, but maybe I was wrong about him.” I though, before being stopped by Celestia.
“Is this true, Mr. Shine?” – Headmistress Celestia asked, looking a bit surprised herself.
I just nodded my head, still flabbergasted at what had happened.
“Well, since this is the first time this had happened, and it wasn’t something serious, plus the fact that Bulk, you are taking responsibilities for your actions now. I will let both of you off the hook. But let’s not have this happen again, agreed?”
Bulk and I both nodded our heads, and Celestia gave the two of us a note, with what seemed to be a permission slip, and sent us off to our classrooms.
Still surprised, I headed towards my classroom, which was a bit away from Celestia’s office. I kept thinking about Bulk, and why he had been so nice there. He certainly didn’t seem it when he punched me. And what did Celestia mean by “Bulk taking responsibilities for his actions”? Had he been there before? Was there a more to Celestia’s and Bulk’s relationship than it seemed?" I shook my head. “It’s not my concern...”
Heading for the classroom,I start thinking about the class.
“Magic class, huh? It’s alright. I’ve always liked magic class, though I wasn’t very good at it. I wasn’t bad at it, I just learned a little slower than most students. It was a simple class. Unicorns learn to manipulate lesser magic spells, like levitation, simple transformation enchantments, that sort of stuff. Well, that was where we were at my old school. Pegasus learned to manipulate the air around them with their wings, allowing them to fly. Earth people manipulated their internal bodies, allowing them to gain strength, become faster, even heal from injuries."
After a short while of walking, I find the classrooms. Looking down at my clock, I see I’ve only missed around seven minutes of class.
“H-hello? May I come in?” – I ask, all eyes on me, making me quiver.
“Hm? Isn’t it a bit late to enter class, Mr...? – The teacher said. I looked at her. She seemed to be a dog-humanoid teacher, wearing a red shirt, with a brown, leather jacket over it. She was also wearing white gloves, with what seemed to be magic circles around them. She had black leather pants, with big brown boots on. Her hair was chocolate brown coming down to her shoulders.
“Well? Are you going to tell me your name or stand there all day?”? – She said, knocking me out of my trance.
“Uh, Emerald miss. Headmistress Celestia gave me this to give to you” – I said, reaching down to my pocket, grabbing the note she had gave me, and giving it to the teacher.
She studied it closely, and than looked back at me.
“Well, this is definitely one of Celestia’s note. I’m Ms. Equilibrium. Emerald, please take a seat.” – She said, before turning back to the front of the class.
I took a seat near the front of the class, where it seemed all the unicorns were at. The three class of people where here, albeit divided. Unicorns were in the middle, earth people in the left and pegasus at the right.
Ms. Equilibrium took attendance, and when she was done she spoke up.
“Now, everyone, today we will going out side. I want everyone to pick a partner, who will be helping you with your magic. You know the drill, unicorns with unicorns, pegasus with pegasus and earthies with earthies” – She said. “I will give you three minutes to partner up” – As she said that, she started getting up, going around her desk getting what seemed to be some new gloves.
“Oh no, picking a partner. I haven’t actually met anyone! Maybe they all already have partners picked out? What if I don’t get picked?”
Whilst I was thinking, I felt someone tap my shoulder, and I turned around.
Who had tapped me was a girl unicorn. She had purple hair, some light and some dark. She was wearing some big, bulky glasses, which covered her eyes, which after seeing for a while I saw they were a light purple. She was wearing a black uniform-type suit, with a red bow-tie. She was wearing small, white shoes with white socks, up to below her knees. She seemed like one of the girl nerds you see in movies, but I found her really pretty.
“U-Um... excuse I was wondering that maybe we could partner up? I mean, everyone else has a partner.” – She said, a bit nervous at first, before talking with more confidence.
“O-Okay, I’d love to.” – I said, a bit shyly.
“Great! My names Twilight Sparkle, nice to meet you!” – She said, reaching out her hand. “What’s your name?
“My name’s Emerald Shine. Nice to meet you too.” – I said, reaching my hand out, shaking hers.
“Well, we got to get outside now, so come on then!” – As she said that, she started heading towards the door, following the group, me close behind her.
“Very well students, does everyone have a partner?” – Ms. Equilibrium said, looking around. “it seems everyone does. Now today’s lesson will be different for each type of people here. Unicorns go over there” – She pointed to a plain filled with random objects.
“Pegasus go to that place.” – She pointed to a forest part area.
“Everyone else, over here” – She started walking towards a big place filled with rocks and boulders.
While everyone was going to their part of the field, I noticed that there seemed to be two clones of Ms. Equilibrium, each in one side. They all looked the same, except the other two had a horn or wings.
“Um, Twilight?” – I asked, tapping her back, walking.
“Yes Emerald? What is it?” – She said in a cheery voice.
“Am I seeing triple or does Ms. Equilibrium have clones?” – I ask, nervously.
“Oh, no Emerald, The Equilibrium’s are triplets. One of each kind. A unicorn, a pegasus, and an earthy. Each train their own type of magic. Right now, we are going with Emily Equilibrium, the unicorn magic teacher.” – Twilight said, happily.
“Alright, students, stop with the small talk. It’s time to start the lesson. Today’s lesson will be transfiguration.” – As Ms. Equilibrium said that, she lifted up a dirty old boot, and with her horn lighting up a bright yellow, she transformed the boot into a golden chalice.
“Now, I want everyone and their partner to try and transform an object. The better the change, the more points you will have this class. Now, everyone, start!” – She said, clapping her hands, green sparks flying out of them.
Everyone seemed in no hurry to start. Some were still talking to each other, and those who were getting an item, were taking time, chatting along.
Twilight and I got the first items we found. She got a rusted can, while I got what seemed to be a broken metal sword handle.
“Well, not the best items for transfiguration, but we can make it work” – Twilight said, looking at the things we had.
I’ve never been good at transforming objects. I always found the idea of changing the properties of an item to another was confusing, and I never got the hang of it. I could do small things, but that was about it.
“Um, Twilight? I need to tell you something. I really am not good at altering objects, I’m not sure if I can do it.” – I said, looking at her, shyly.
“Oh? Really? I always thought it was one of the easier types of magic to do. Here, I’ll help you.” – Twilight said, coming near me.
“Now, all you have to do is use your magic to search for the magic inside of the thing you’re trying to transform, and then you use your magic to change it into something of your liking. Like this” – Twilight said. As she said that, her horn started lighting up a purple glow. She seemed to be very into whatever she was doing. A couple of seconds later, the object started glowing as well, and then starting moving around. The light got even brighter, and then the can was no more. What was in it’s place was now a big, red apple.
“W-Wow! That was amazing, I didn’t even know you could turn normal items into edible food.” – I said, in awe.
“Oh, it was nothing really” – Twilight said, blushing a bit. “Now, you try it!”
“Alright, this isn’t hard. You’ve studied about this, and you just got a first hand demonstration, shouldn’t be a problem” I thought, before closing my eyes.
I picture the handle in my mind, and reached out to it with my magic. My horn glowed, a light white light shining. Inside my mind, I saw the handle, and my magic going inside it, searching.
“Twilight? What exactly am I searching for? What is the magic of an object?” – I asked, still concentrating.
“Concentrate Emerald! Everything has a magic force, and when you find it, you feel as if... Well I don’t know how to explain it, it’s just a feeling, like as if you were connected to the item. You will know when you find” – Twilight said, encouraging me
Inside my mind, I still continued to search for it, the magic in the handle... Suddenly, I felt something. It was a warm sensation, comforting even, seeming to emerge from my horn. I had found the magic of the object. Only needed to transform it into something else.
“Emerald, you’re doing it! Don’t give up now” – Twilight said, excitedly.
I felt the sensation continue to grow, connecting more with it, until suddenly I felt it all go away, and I felt myself lose touch with the handle.
Snapping back to reality, I opened my eyes, and looked at the handle. It looked deformed, as if I was succeeding in transforming it, yet lost the ability to do so half-way through.
“W-Whoa, I really blew it, didn’t I?” – I asked, scratching my head.
“Not at all! You were doing fine, really! But suddenly, you stopped. What happened?” – Twilight said, looking at the now deformed handle.
“Well, I was doing fine. I had connected with the other magic, and was transforming it. I felt the magic inside of me, warm and tender. However, it suddenly stopped, and it became cold and sinister, almost if something else was impeding me.” – I said, trying to explain it the best I could.
“Really? I’ve never heard of that. Could just be transfiguration magic just isn’t your type.” – Twilight said, grabbing my item. “What were you trying to transform it to, anyways?” – Twilight said, handing it to me.
“I was trying to make it into a small, metal bird. It’s the first thing that popped into my mind” – I said, looking at the handle. One part of it seemed to be more silver than everything else. The silver part seemed to be sticking out, almost like a feather. I must have been close to transforming it.
“Well, what do we have here?” – A voice said, grabbing my item. I looked at where the voice was coming from. It was Ms. Equilibrium, well, the unicorn one. She seemed to be studying the item.
“Well, this isn’t very impressive, you didn’t change it all. But, you did do at least half, so I guess I’ll give you credit for what you did. But, I want you to start working on your transformation magic.” – She said. As she said that, her horn lit up, and with magic she lifted up a pen and paper, with everyone’s name on it. She wrote something near mine, and turned to Twilight.
“Well, Twilight, I want you to show me what you did” – Ms. Equilibrium said, a bit excited.
“Alright!” – Twilight said, and picked up an item near us. It was a small, rusted fork. Her horn lit up purple, followed by the fork, which then changed into a flower, which seemed to be a Tulip.
“Amazing as always Twilight! Maybe you can help Emerald here, he needs the help” – Ms. Equilibrium said, laughing a bit at her own joke. “Top of the class as usual Twi, Keep it up” She started walking away, checking the other students.
“Oh don’t worry Emerald, I think you did fine today” – Twilight said, comforting me.
After we were all back inside and graded, the bell rung. After looking at my schedule, I saw that we had a 30 minute break. Getting my stuff packed into my backpack, I start going outside, waiting for everyone else. I always seemed to do this. I always waited for everyone to get out of the door, even though I as usually the first one to get to it. I guess I just didn’t want to bother anyone on the way out, and such I waited to be the last one to leave.
Getting outside, I saw groups everywhere, as most people seemed to meet with their friends only, but most were inside. I went straight to the garden, which was near the room I had just got out. What I noticed instantly after walking in was how amazing it was. There were big oaks everywhere, Flourishing with life. Everywhere, there were flowers, thriving all around the place. It all was so green, almost like an actual forest, it was astounding to look at. After walking a bit inside the garden, I sat down near a big tree and got out a book to read, Pendragon, The Reality Bug. One of the things I loved most was reading, diving into the book and going on an adventure. It was the most wonderful feeling in the world, and doing it besides such a breathtaking view of this garden was even better.
After a few minutes of reading, I saw something from the corner of my eyes. I put down the book, and looked around. There seemed to be nothing, so I went back to my book.
I heard a sound, and looked up.
“H-Hello? I-Is there anyone there?” – I called out, searching. I heard what seemed to be a small gasp.
“Hello? I mean no harm...” – I said again, now standing up and moving.
I guess I had done something wrong, because next thing that happened left me down on the grass. Dazed, I looked up, and saw a pinked-haired figure. After focusing my eyes, I saw it was a girl, wearing a yellow sweater with a big, bright pink butterfly on it. She had on a bright blue skirt, with socks up to her knees and bright, green shoes. She was a Pegasus, with two small wings sprouting out of her back. She had riviting blue eyes, almost mesmerizing to look at. What struck me the most was her hair, it was all the way down to her back, a bright pink color.
“O-Oh! I’m so, so sorry. It’s just, you almost stepped on my rabbit...” – She said, each wording getting softer.
“Huh?” – I asked, snapping back to reality. I looked down, and near my feet was a white, fluffy bunny. “Oh, I’m sorry, I guess I should’ve looked where I was going.”
“I think I shouldn’t have knocked you down either” – She said, blushing.
“No, it’s alright. I wouldn’t want another creature getting hurt because of my ignorance” – I said, getting up.
“FLUTTERSHY!” – I heard a voice call out. As soon as the girl heard it, she started walking away.
“S-Sorry! I have to leave, my friends are looking for me” – As soon as she said that, she started flying away.
“Fluttershy? What a nice name, to a nice girl. Now, back to my book-“ I thought, looking around. “Wait, where’s my book? I swore I just saw it here not a minute ago”
Still searching, I caught eye of Fluttershy’s rabbit, and saw it was carrying my book. It looked back, saw me and stuck out it’s tongue, before hopping back to Fluttershy.
“W-Wait! Please come back!” – I called out, running towards her...