//------------------------------// // Chapter 3-1: School Laughs // Story: Yo-Kai Watch: The mystery of Springdale // by Tythen //------------------------------// A few days after moving from Ponyville to Springdale, Scootaloo and First Base were happily designing and furnishing their territory of the room in order to make it more like home. At the same time, they have been out and about as Flash advised in order to learn where to go around Springdale and the lifestyle of Neighponese ponies. Today however is special day as the siblings are about to find out... "Hey Whisper, can you put my Rainbow Dash plushie over there?" "Whis, I need that Baseball Bat right beside my bed!" The endless commands from the two young siblings were really beginning to drive Whisper insane, "Will you two give it a rest? Why don't you do it yourself!? It's not that much of a hassle!" "Well... Our Big Bro usually is the one who carries most of our stuff without us asking whenever he's around, so we kind of get used to it." Scootaloo explained, "Oh sure, anything that you can do by yourselves?" "Camping, surviving in the forests and outback, lot of military and special forces related things, except for weapon training." First replied, "Speaking of which, I can hear him coming up the stairs, you'd better put whatever you're holding down. Otherwise, he's going to flip if he sees a few objects floating in the air." "Scoots? First?" Flash knocked upon the door, "Come in!" The siblings replied in unison. Flash came in holding their respective school saddlebags. "Today will be your first day at Springdale Elementary," Flash announced, "so I want both of you to get ready for school, including going to the toilet and eating breakfast. I have already packed your stationary and your water bottles." "What about lunch?" First asked, "Provided in School." Flash answered, "every day, a few foals and fillies according to the roster are responsible to manage food for their respective class." "Ooh..." Scootaloo and First raised their eyes in interest. "This school is different unlike Miss Cheerilee's school. First is how it is arranged. Students are categorised by their age group and learning development into numerous groups known as grades. Second, due to having different grades, each grade should have the same amount of foals as did Miss Cheerilee's school, maybe more... In other words, there are a countless number of foals attending this school." "Wow!" The siblings jumped, "this is definitely different!" "Did I forget to mention that you'll be in the same class as the son of our Next door neighbours?" "Nate huh..." First repeated, "how much do you want to bet that Bear, Eddie and even Katie will also be in the same class?" "If those four friends are ever so close to each other, then it's highly likely." Scoots deducted, "Enough theories for now, find out if they're true once you get there" Flash clapped his hooves "hurry up now." "Okay! Okay!" The two foals stood in front of the School Gates, where they saw a large building towering over a large acre of land. The image of a Cherry Blossom flower stood as the School's symbol, as well as on the middle of the pathway between the gates and the school doors. "Well this doesn't look intimidating..." Scootaloo murmured, "Let's just hope for your sake, there's nopony like Diamond Tiara here." First replied, "True." Scootaloo smiled "come on little bro, let's do this..." "Don't forget about me!" Whisper added, "Oh Whisper, I forgot you were our 'butler'..." Scootaloo sighed at the Yo-Kai's appearance as the two trotted through the gate and towards the doors, just as the school bell rings. In Classroom 5-2, many of the young foals were busy tidying up their desks or having a conversation. As soon as the school bell rang, the fillies all ceased their activities and stood up, waiting for their teacher to arrive. "Good Morning everypony!" An Unicorn with glasses walked in while greeting the class, "today, we have two new students joining our class. Well, come on in and introduce yourselves!" The Unicorn gestured over to the door where Scootaloo and First entered the room and stood by the teacher, looking at their new class. "Hi everypony..." Scootaloo started, "my name is Scootaloo and I moved to Springdale with my family from Ponyville. I guess you can technically call us foreigners. My hobbies are scooter riding, dancing, not much really... Nice to meet you all!" "Hi..." First started "my name's First Base and uh... I'm Scootaloo's younger brother, by about a day or a minute. The area where we live in, Ponyville, is watched over by one of the four Princesses of Equestria. In fact, most of the areas that the Royal family live in are quite close to each other. Anyway, my hobbies is that I mostly play sports, specifically baseball, and I love collecting all sorts of items, such as baseball cards or any other type of collectibles if there are any... It's nice to meet you all too!" Many whispers went through between the students. "It's nice to meet you two." The teacher replied, "unfortunately, our spacing is quite limited so is it alright if you two sit separately?" "Not a problem at all Mister Johnson." First replied, "Okay then!" The teacher decided "First, you can sit right beside Nathan. And Scootaloo, you can sit right next to Katie!" "Knew it..." Scootaloo and First mumbled in unison as they went to their respective desks. "Hello there!" Katie greeted with a large beaming smile "I'd never knew you'd end up in my class!" "Katie was it?" Scootaloo replied, "It's good to see you again..." "So um, if you got a lot of time on your hands, then is it alright if you and I could talk more sometime? I'd like to know more about Ponyville and the Princesses, as well as your friends!" "Sure um... Okay" Scootaloo shyly nodded, "Hmm..." First looked around "I would remember Nate's face, but I don't see him around. Where would he be?" "Hey First! Over here!" A familiar voice called him. First turned to see Bear and Eddie pointing him to two empty seats. "Nate normally sits in front of us on the side of the class" Bear pointed "so you'll be sitting behind us too." "Speaking of Nate, do you actually know where he is?" "He normally never comes this late though..." Eddie answered "something must have come up..." "Mr Johnson?" A voice came from the door "I'm dreadfully sorry for being late!" The door slid open and a pony wearing a large ball dress beautifully gowned with patterned ribbons gracefully trotted in. Although the dress was a good eye, everypony was speechless on who was wearing the dress. "Nate?" Bear's jaw dropped "what are you wearing?" "Oh come on, dear Bear!" Nate replied "it's the latest in fashion. Don't I look simply chic and stylish?" "Yeah," Eddie answered "so stylish that it makes you very gaudy!" "Uhh..." First stared at his cross-dressing neighbour trotting over to his respective seat, "Ah! First! Who knew you'd be in my class!" Nate gasped in delight as he curtsied "it's an honour for you to sit next to me!" "Eh... The honour is all mine I guess???" First replied, experiencing the biggest feeling of awkwardness. "By Luna's mane!" Scootaloo whispered "Is Nate always like this?" "Not at all..." Katie whispered back "I've always known him to be ordinary and average, but he definitely wouldn't act like this!!!" "N-Nate..." Bear started again "you are looking very silly right now--" "Ha ha ha!!!" Multiple fits of laughter echoed across the room... Directly at Nate. "Ha ha ha!" A foal laughed "Hee Hee hee!" A filly joined in the laughter. "Hah hah hah hah!!!" Mr Johnson too, burst into fits of laughter. No sooner or later, all the students in the class, including Katie, Bear and Eddie started laughing ridiculously at their friend. Only the siblings were unaffected for some unknown reason. "How dare you laugh at my dazzling fashion! How rude! All of you!" Nate rebuked, "Goodness, Nate's words and demeanour today is completely different than what he was a few days ago..." Scootaloo continued observing "Hmm..." "Well now..." Whisper floated up "this certainly is an interesting class you've got there!" "More like somepony's pulling the strings..." Scootaloo growled as she pulled out her Yo-Kai watch and aimed the lens towards Nate. Around him, Scootaloo uncovered a Yo-Kai that had the mixture of a ghost's body and a skeleton's skull, but was dressed in the most gaudy way possible. A red and black stripped outfit covering its entire ghostly body, and... eyeshades on its eyeless sockets and lipstick on its lipless mouth!? And even holding a pink parasol!? "Whisper... Who the heck is that!?" Scootaloo whispered, "Inconceivable!" Whisper gasped "how can this be-- I mean um..." Whisper immediately brought his Yo-Kai pad out and began searching the Databases. "I believe her name is Dazzabel. She's quite the fashionista Yo-Kai who has quite the idea for a very gaudy design and style. Whoever she inspirits, the pony will think the same way and will dress like that too!" "Fashion? Those clothes look ridiculous!!! This is not the right time or place and certainly the wrong person to wear that outfit!" "Well then, negotiation or confrontation as I said before. The choice is yours" Whisper repeated. Scootaloo beckoned First over to explain the situation of Nate's dressing up and gestured him to look through the lens. "Well I'll be gob-smacked" First whistled "there's a Yo-Kai for such things??? Nek minnit, there is a Yo-Kai responsible for laughing out loud!" "Uh..." Scootaloo pointed the Watch to another hazy silhouette located at the back of the classroom to reveal a mysterious looking brown and green pot that has a moray eel sticking out of it, laughing the loudest. "..." First stayed silent in disappointed shame. "Whisper? Do you know who that is?" Scootaloo asked, "without reading off the Wiki if you can..." "Yes sir!" Whisper saluted as he pulled out his Yo-Kai Pad "this is--" "What did I just say?" Scootaloo turned around with an arched eyebrow. "I-I don't know what you're talking about!!!" Whisper defended, "anyway, this is Heheheel! He's the Yo-Kai that causes anyone to laugh no matter whether a situation is funny or serious!" "So that explains why even Nate's closest friends are laughing at him when they should be supporting him!" Scootaloo replied, "hmm..." "Got a plan sis?" First asked, "I don't know what's happening, but since everypony is laughing well... Heheheel is making them laugh. If Nate doesn't like being laughed at because of it's clothes, can Dazzabel dislike being laughed at too?" "Perhaps we can ask her," First advised "see what she can do." With Scootaloo nodding in agreement, the siblings decided to get out of their chairs and confront the gaudy-dressed skeleton. "Excuse me miss..." First got her attention, "Oh my!" The Yo-Kai squeaked "you ponies can actually see me? This is a first!" "Yeah, about that... What's with the boy?" "Oh! You see, I want to make sure my fashion ideas is well known in the Pony world, so I'd inspirit them to make sure they trot out in my style! That way, both Ponies and Yo-Kai would know the brilliance behind the choice of clothes! It's going to be Fancy!!!" "Yeah... The brilliance of making other ponies cringe and feel awkward..." Scootaloo sniggered to herself, "anyway, I know this mare who makes clothes, but I'm not sure what her reaction would be if she saw the clothes of yours... Which reminds me, if you're so passionate about your idea, why is everypony laughing at you then?" "It beats me!" Dazzabel replied "I don't know why everypony is laughing at my model! I think he looks rather fab! How dare they! Don't they appreciate my work? Do they think it's a joke!?!?" "Two problems there Miss Dazzy" First listed out "One: Wrong choice of a model, you're better off using a mare or a filly for your choice of clothes. I highly recommend my older sister," "Excuse me!? I'm not wearing that thank you very much!" Scootaloo replied, "Two:" First continued "These ponies are not laughing at you. Your main target is THAT guy" First pointed towards the laughing eel. "Is that so?" Dazzabel fumed "well I'll be! Please wait right here!" And flew over to the laughing eel in a huff. "Sorry, but we're going to have to follow" Scootaloo replied as the siblings tagged along. "Wow... Everypony must be so inspirited that nopony is taking notice that we're talking with invisible spirits." First noticed, "Ah... Ponies are always distracted most of the time," Whisper reminisced "your kind hasn't changed for the past 190 years..." "Excuse me you slimy rude eel!" Dazzabel scolded, "how dare you laugh at my designs!" "Ha ha ha!" Heheheel laughed "I'm so sorry! I couldn't help it! It's just because you put all those wacky clothes on to a foal! Ha ha ha!" "And what is wrong with that!?" "Do you ever think you can just put mare clothes on a foal!? Everypony knows that Mares can pull off stallion clothes, but definitely not Vice Versa! And you call yourself a fashion designer?" "Why you!" Dazzabel grew infuriated "I think it's time to teach you some manners you good-for-nothing slug!" "Both of you, break it up!" First intervened "as much as it is interesting to see two Yo-Kai fight, confrontation is the last thing I'd ever want to see!" He turned to Heheheel "Mister Heel, laughing in the wrong situations is very rude and insulting. It can cause tension and malice between parties, leading to dreadful consequences! But..." He turned to Dazzabel "... It's also not right to dress ponies in the wrong situations either. Especially when you're in a school and causing foals to wear mare clothes Miss Dazzy!" "Hmph" Dazzabel pouted "as long as you don't call me by that dreadful nickname, I'll consider it!" "Hee hee! I kind of like the nicknames, they are very funny!" Heheheel continued laughing "Seriously though, why did you inspirit Nate?" "Can't I just inspirit whoever I want???" "At least give him gaudy clothes made for stallions and foals," "If that's the case then..." Dazzabel sighed "I only have these types of fancy clothes right now. Dresses, corsets, hair accessories, if what you say is true, then I'm afraid I only have outfits suited for mares and fillies." "Okay then!" Scootaloo butted in "Dazzabel, Heheheel, here's the catch. If a filly were to be dressed in your gaudy-- I mean fancy clothes, will you laugh?" "Perhaps, but it wouldn't be as ridiculous as how that boy is wearing it" Heheheel answered, "..." Scootaloo closed her eyes in pressure, sweat pouring down her face as she growled and gritted her teeth. "Sis?" First asked, "are you alright?" "That's it!" Scootaloo pounded the floor in frustration "If you guys will stop ruining my first day of school, I'll... I'll do it!" "Do what?" "Dazzabel, of all the ponies that you can inspirit and dress... Inspirit me!!!" "WHAT!?" First and Whisper performed a double-take "are you serious?" "Anything to stop this laughing and cross-dressing madness!" Scootaloo yelled, "If it's going to shut the entire class up... I will sacrifice myself for the cause." "That sounds rather dramatic," Whisper gulped, "Please Dazzabel, as long as you stop driving Nate to further humiliation, you can inspirit me as long as you like! And Heheheel, I hope you won't cause the kids to stop laughing anymore!" "I'll try not to!" Heheheel nodded "but I can't give any promises, even the smallest twitch can make my funny-vertabrae ring!" "I'll take the risk then... I don't want my first day of School in Springdale ruined" Scootaloo nodded, "do your thing Dazzabel." "Sure thing!" Dazzabel smiled with glee as she enshrouded the orange filly with a ominous purple aura "hold still dear! I'm going to work my magic on you!" First and Whisper's eyes widened with amazement as they saw the result of Dazzabel's work. Their sister and mistress respectively wore a cupcake-shaped dress that almost reaches down to her hooves. She was also wearing a blouse, knee high socks on her back legs, and a headdress made entirely of a large ribbon. Overall, the muted colours and small pattern designs of the outfit made Scootaloo to look very mature and functional without any make-up on her face. Scootaloo cringed as she twirled a small parasol. "I look so ridiculous..." She cried, "Wow..." First was the first to speak "I'd never knew you'd look so... Different with these types of clothes. You stand out a lot big sis. And that is such a good look on you." "Stop it..." "You don't look ridiculous at all Scootaloo, you look so mature... You look like a very sophisticated mare! If you weren't so young and I wasn't so old, I would definitely ask you out for a date!" Whisper whistled, "I don't want to be a mare..." "..." Heheheel just stared at the filly before his eyes. "This... This is truly wonderful... This isn't something to laugh at! It looks very good on you!" He turned to Dazzabel "you truly have done a magnificent job!" "Why thank you!" Dazzabel curtsied "I can truly say I have outdone myself!" "Forgive me for laughing at your work" Heheheel bowed in apology "I was out of order," "Apology accepted, I forgive you!" "Well" First smiled "I'm glad we've managed to fix this problem before it got ugly," "I believe we have both of you to thank too." Dazzabel turned to the siblings "thank you for showing me that certain clothes can only work on certain ponies. I shall put that in mind as I continue my ideas. As a token of gratitude, I would love to continue using you as a model for my clothes dear Scootaloo, and even you as well First! Once I've managed to make clothes suited for stallions and foals." "Please don't..." Scootaloo whispered to herself as she nodded, "Also, as a token of our friendship..." Dazzabel extended her hand with a familiar looking item "I shall give you my medal, should you need to call on me." "Thanks!" Scootaloo smiled as she accepted the medal. "I shall also give you mine too!" Heheheel replied as he balanced his medal on his tongue "with you guys around, my life will definitely have more funny times to come!" "Sure thing!" First Base accepted the medal. "Now then, we must bid you farewell. Till we meet again!" Dazzabel and Heheheel waved as they disappeared with a puff of purple smoke. "Phew! Glad we averted this fashion disaster!" Whisper beamed "good job team!" "Big Sis, you were so courageous and brave to sacrifice yourself to be dressed in something you didn't want to be" First added "I'm amazed!" "What can I say? Flash taught us to know when and where we must step onto the front lines" Scootaloo giggled, "now, let's go back to our seats and--" As she faced the class, her face of relief turned into horror as every student including the teacher was staring directly at her with wide eyes, dropped jaws, and not a single wave of sound. "Uh oh..." First gasped as he saw his big sister still wearing the clothes. The School bell chimed to signify the end of school and everypony was busy galloping out the doors and through the school gates, eager to go home. Scootaloo trotted back with her head lowered in shame, embarrassment and humiliation as First was ahead walking with Nate, who also has his head lowered. "To even think that I was wearing a dress..." Nate sighed, "what was going on in my head?" "The idea to make you look as gaudy and flamboyant as possible," First comforted "nevertheless, it won't happen to you again. I'm sure of it," "Thanks for not laughing at me by the way," Nate asked, "I'm happy to see other ponies worried about me." "I wouldn't want to see a... Friend in trouble" First confessed, "Friend? I do like the sound of that! I would like to be your friend too!" Nate offered a hoof which First shook back, "speaking about clothes, I have to say that your sister, WOW! She was really pretty! Who knew that a foreigner like her could pull off a Classic Lolita!" "Lolita? Is that what the fashion is called in Neighpon?" "Yeah! I'll make sure that image of your sister stays in my head for a while!" "Well then..." First gestured to a large brown box he was carrying "It's great to know that we get to keep the clothes. I'd better show this to my big bro. Better yet, I should have gotten a photo back then!" "Why you little--!" Scootaloo roared as she tackled her brother to the ground "I'll make sure you're dressed in bruises!" "Ha ha ha!!!" First uncontrollably laughed as he felt the small but furious force of his sister's hooves.