//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Love's a Rainbow // by Infinite Mewo //------------------------------// Blitz jogged towards the school as he did every day, the sun was shining brightly in the crystal clear sky, the air was warm and sweet, great day for sport. He turned the corner, entered the school gates and was instantly surrounded by the usual crowd of girls trying to get him to notice them. “Great hair today Blitz!” “You can keep the pen you borrowed yesterday!” “Awesome game last week, Blitz!” “Party my house tomorrow, Blitz!” “Do you remember me, Blitz? I sat next to you in History class last Friday!” “Love your new shoes Blitz!” Blitz just flashed his blinding grin, leaving them sighing and arguing who he smiled to. He left the crowd to do their bickering and walked towards a skinny boy with spiky ice blue hair and golden eyes, his best friend. “What did Principal Celestia say?” asked Thunderlane, reminding Blitz of Rainbow. “Not much,” Blitz replied, “She told me to show the new girl around school,” “Another admirer?” Thunderlane joked, “Not that you don’t have enough,” “Nah, she seems cool,” Blitz said as the bell rang, “Well, see ya later,” Thunderlane waved goodbye and ran towards the school. Blitz waved back and looked around for Rainbow. He found her sitting on top of the horse statue. “Didn't you hear the bell ring?” Blitz called up to her. “Of course I did, I was just waiting for you… Slowpoke” “... Okay then Dash,” “...” “You realise I’m gonna call you that. Constantly,” “... I don't like you,” “Good to know, C'mon 1rst period class is English,” “Great.” Rainbow grumbled sarcastically. Blitz grinned “Won't you be glad that we have PE 3rd period?” “Shut up, just show me where class is,” Rainbow groaned as she hopped off the statue and landed softly on the concrete ground Blitz jogged up the stairs to the main entrance with Rainbow following close behind. “24A, Miss Cheerilee,” He said, “I’ll go talk to her first, you can wait here,” Rainbow nodded and leaned against the wall with her arms crossed. Blitz knocked on the classroom door and went in. “Hello Blitz,” said Miss Cheerilee, “May I please have an explanation for why you are late?” “Oh, yea… Umm. Sorry Miss Cheerilee, I was just gonna start showing the new girl ‘round school, you know…. Like what Principal Celestia told me to do?” Blitz answered. “Oh, yes, the new student… Would you like to tell her to come in?” Said Miss Cheerilee, ignoring Blitz’s bold remark. Blitz opened the door, “You can come in now” He said, then turned to sit down at an empty desk as Rainbow strode into the room. “Hi everyone, I’m Rainbow, and I moved here from Cloudsdale High,” “Welcome Rainbow, I’m Miss Cheerilee, your English teacher, I sincerely hope you will enjoy your time here at Canterlot High” Miss Cheerilee smiled, “Go choose a desk and sit down now,” Rainbow saw a few empty seats dotted around several strange faces. “Over here!” A familiar voice called, Rainbow’s eyes flickered to the other side of the room to see Blitz gesturing towards a desk to the right of him, she smiled and walked towards the seat. -- 1 hour later -- “And that concludes today’s lesson on Shakespeare, due to the excellent work all of you did on your last assignment, I will relieve you of homework this week,” Miss Cheerilee waited for the cheers to die down before continuing, “You are dismissed, please walk to your 2nd period classes quietly,” Blitz started to get up but was flocked with admirers asking him what his next class was, even though he was sure that they already knew. Ignoring all of them, Blitz went over to Rainbow and handed her a piece of paper, “Your school schedule,” Blitz said, “You’re in a different math class than me so…” “I can figure it out myself,” Rainbow said, taking the paper and standing up from her seat. “Ok then, I’ll see you at interval,” Blitz replied with a wave, then exited the classroom with a crowd trailing behind. Rainbow sighed, looking at her schedule to check her math class. “12A…” Rainbow jumped at the sound of a female voice behind her and whipped around to face it. The voice belonged to a girl with big violet eyes and a streak of fuchsia pink in her dark purple hair. “Sorry!” The girl said, “I was just wondering if I can help… Seeing that you are new here,” “Well, don’t sneak up on me like that,” Rainbow sneered, irritated. “I said I was sorry! Anyway, my name is Twilight, come on, your math class is the same as mine,” Rainbow sighed and followed Twilight into the crowd of students. Finally reaching their desired class, Twilight sat down and pointed at the desk next to her, Rainbow rolled her eyes and plopped herself into a desk on the opposite side of the room, earning a confused glance from Twilight. Rainbow watched as their teacher entered the room. “Hello all, I am Mr. Donkey, hopefully all aware of our new student,” He said in a monotone while gesturing towards Rainbow who waved, “Now, I am being EXTREMELY generous with your survey project lately, I will give you all this whole hour to work on them, they will be due two days from now,” Rainbow frowned as others got up to get together with their groups to finish this ‘project’. Looking up, she saw Twilight approaching with two other girls, one with fluffy pink hair and and bright blue eyes, the other with glossy purple tresses and midnight blue eyes framed with thick lashes. “What do you want now?” Rainbow growled at Twilight. “Mr. Donkey said that you can join our group for the assignment, only if you want though...” Rainbow instantly regretted what she had said before, “Oh.. Thanks... And uh… Sorry about before...” “Its ok, let bygones be bygones, anyway, this is Pinkie and Rarity, two of my best friends,” She said while gesturing towards the girls beside her. “Hiya! I'm Pinkie! Twilight told me that your new! And if you're new that means that you don't have any friends yet! And if you don't have any friends. that means you’re lonely! And if you're lonely, that means you are sad...!” Pinkie stopped rambling when Mr. Donkey gave her a look that told her to shut up. Rarity rolled her eyes, “Welcome to Canterlot High Rainbow, Pinkie here is just too excited sometimes,” “Come and meet the others,” Twilight beckoned, walking over to a larger desk with paper and books scattered on the surface. Twilight sat down next to a small girl with soft pink hair and turquoise eyes, “Fluttershy, this is Rainbow, she will be joining us in the project,” “Hi Fluttershy!” Rainbow greeted, expecting a reply, none came. Fluttershy squeaked and attempted to hide in her hair… Which didn’t work out well. “I’m sorry, darling, Fluttershy is a little… Shy, around strangers,” Rarity said, instantly pulling out a gem-encrusted brush and combed Fluttershy’s hair back into place. “I understand, I have a pet turtle whose more or less the same” Rainbow replied, not noticing that Fluttershy’s eyes had lit up, and turned to the last stranger. “Hah’ there, I’m Applejack,” A blonde girl with emerald eyes introduced. Rainbow nodded. “Well, now that introductions are out of the way… Time to get this report finished!” Twilight mused enthusiastically. Rainbow smiled. She felt at home with these girls, she felt happy. Happy that she had found her place, happy to have… Friends.