Ponyville schoolhouse
Sky waited outside the schoolhouse arriving about 10 minutes prior to the end to the school day, “I don’t care what Rarity says about being “Fashionably Late” it’s just being late, it makes no sense to make yourself late just because of fashion or whatever, sure in some places it might be rude to arrive early, I’m not sure where though, but here it certainly is better to be early than late, good thing all of those mares are at that royal wedding over at Canterlot, Rarity would probably overhear me and explain to me why being fashionably late makes sense to her," Sky said to himself. Why he thought about Rarity at that moment he had no idea. His mind then drifted to the Royal Wedding over in Canterlot and he then once again began to say to himself, "It certainly seems pretty cool that the Princess of Love and the Captain of the Royal Guard are getting married.” Sky stopped talking when he noticed a few ponies looking at him, so he nervously cleared his throat and looked up at the sky to hopefully get the eyes off of him.
Blabber mouth, speaking your mind out loud! What if you gave up the secret, all those years wasted, my mom would be heavily disappointed and sad, if I got captured. Thankfully they’d probably just freak out and run screaming away, perhaps I’m just getting Mom’s rhetoric too well into my head, they don’t have a reason to want to throw us into their dungeons, right? I mean after all, it’s not like Changelings would just openly attack Equestria, right? Surely none of them are stupid enough for that, heh, right? Alright, now I'm being ridiculous
Just then the bell on the schoolhouse began ringing and soon out came plenty of little fillies and colts. One of them being his little sister, who came out talking to three other fillies, the “Cutie Mark Crusaders” if he heard correctly from the many times the trio yelled out their club name plus Redwind’s occasional-to-frequent speakings about them. He knew that two were related to two of the Elements of Harmony, Applebloom with Applejack and Sweetie Belle with Rarity, plus Scootaloo was Rainbow Dash’s number one fan and probably as close to being RD’s sister without any blood relation nor RD’s mom adopting Scoots. The trio and Redwind parted ways before the trio yelled out something about Cutie Mark Crusaders and bugs, Sweetie’s cheer was not as enthusiastic as the others, meanwhile Redwind had arrived next to Sky.
“Hi, Sky,” the little red filly said while giggling at her little rhyme, she had begun greeting him like that about a year or so ago and she showed no signs of stopping.
“Hey there Redwind, how was school today?” Sky then said smiling as the two began their walk back home.
“It was fine; we began learning about things like multiplication and division.” Redwind replied.
“No problems? You understand everything and nopony’s treating you wrongly?” Sky asked.
“No problems at all, none at all.” Redwind replied.
Her words made Sky suspicious, he had heard from the random rumblings of the fillies and colts after school days about two fillies apparently bullying everypony, especially the CMC and those around them, which of course worried him considering Redwind did hang out with the CMC a lot and he’s sure she’s even mentioned joining the little group’s club. He was at least glad that Redwind was having such an easy time getting friends, unlike Sky and, on a smaller level, Stardust. Sky had been an introvert during school which obviously made it harder to make friends; thankfully he had been able to come out of his shell as he got older.
After a quick stop to get the two of them hayburgers, plus one for Stardust when she got back from her work as a mailmare, the two reached the house and Redwind flopped herself onto the couch.
“Tomorrow, I’m gonna go to the Crusader Clubhouse after school, I’m gonna join the Cutie Mark Crusaders!” Redwind decreed after she got onto the couch.
“That’s fantastic, Redwind.” Sky said. Yep, definitely better at making friends than me.
“I wonder if Rainbow Dash will be back by then, you can finally ask her out then.” Redwind teased causing Sky to slightly blush.
“Oh quiet you, don’t be ridiculous.” Sky then replied nervously, “I told you about that crush out of good confidence that you wouldn't tease me about it."
“Oh come on, I’m your little sister, it’s my job to tease you about that, and at least I didn’t tell Stardust about it.” Redwind said smiling.
“Tell me about what?” the mentioned mare asked while dressed in her mailmare uniform.
“Nothing! Nothing about anything!” Sky yelled nervously hoping Redwind wouldn’t say anything.
“Sky, come on, tell me now or I’ll just continue asking or worse find out in another way.” Stardust threatened.
“Sky has a crush on-“ Redwind began before Sky’s hoof covered her mouth.
“Sky, remove that hoof, or I remove you.” Stardust said quite creepily causing Sky to quickly remove his hoof from Redwind’s mouth.
“Rainbow Dash.” Redwind simply finished. Sky’s cheeks were fully red now at this point.
“Rainbow Dash? Hmm, that’s interesting; honestly I’d have thought it’d have been Fluttershy, maybe even Twilight, heck Derpy even, especially considering we’ve been friends with her for so long."
“I don’t know, she’s just so cool, she’s Loyalty for Celestia’s sake, she seems like a good pony, you know?” Sky said.
“Oh I just can’t wait for her to get back from Canterlot so I can tell her!” Stardust said excited.
“No no no no no no no! Not a good idea at all!” Sky yelled.
Stardust laughed for a quick second before then saying, “Alright, big bro, I won’t then, doesn't mean I won’t tease you about it though.” The mailmare then flew upstairs to her room to change out of her mailmare uniform.
Sky meanwhile turned his view to Redwind, “Darn you,” He said, which caused the filly to begin laughing hard for about a half an hour, and Sky meanwhile rolled his eyes.
A half hour later and Stardust had finally returned downstairs to find Redwind sleeping on the couch and Sky nowhere in sight. She took a quick look into the kitchen and found a note next to a HayDonald’s bag.
“Dear Stardust, I’m gonna leave the house for a few hours, just got some job hunting, maybe, to do and I do like taking a quick flight around Ponyville, maybe I’ll even find the Doctor and get him to show me that blue box of his? Maybe, maybe not, oh well, I’ll be back soon either way.”
Stardust read the short letter before saying, “Interesting, and I didn’t know he liked taking brief flights around Ponyville? I guess I do remember seeing him sometimes during my mail run, I was only home as early as I was since it was a light mail day plus I was a bit faster than usual today, even Derpy finished early.” The mailmare then looked at the HayDonald’s bag and found her hayburger in it, “Oh cool, I guess they got some HD’s on the way home, that’s nice of them.” She then smiled before unwrapping the burger and taking a bite, “Mmm, I love those HayDonalds hayburgers, I’m glad they got me that.” She then flew to the couch not slept on by Redwind, hayburger in hoof, and once there, sat down and continued munching on its deliciousness.