Dreamstar and Starwishes both peered through the door window of the classroom which Luna had brought them to. It was actually a small class, to both of their relief, although it wasn’t like it was enough to drown out the nervous mites eating away at their joints. Luna herself was already in the classroom, having told the pair to wait outside while she talked to the teacher.
The teacher had a somewhat magenta coloured hair, with two different shades. She wore a white shirt, with a green floral patterned skirt which reached her knees, and a pair of brown open lady’s shoes… although the twins would just call them sandals, close enough. She looked through the door window at the twins, as Luna beckoned them to come in.
Dreamstar was the closest to the doorknob, so he turned it and pushed the door open, somewhat awkwardly. His sister hid behind him, and pushed him from behind, which Dreamstar didn’t quite appreciate very much, and wished that he had taken Starwishes’ place, so that he could hide behind her instead.
Dreamstar was pushed through the door, with Starwishes’ half-hiding behind him, using him as a shield. Dreamstar then turned slightly, grabbed Starwishes by the arms, and swapped places with her, which caused the class to erupt with laughter.
“I’m sure I can leave them in your very capable hands,” Luna said to the teacher.
“I’m sure they’ll fit in just fine,” the teacher assured her.
“Now, I have some other matters to attend to,” Principal Luna announced. “I’ll leave you in Miss Cheerilee’s care.”
“Thank you, Principal Luna,” Dreamstar thanked her.
“Yes, thank you,” Starwishes said.
“It’s Vice-Principal Luna,” Luna sighed. “It’s my sister who is the principal.”
“I thought they were both principals?” Starwishes whispered to her brother.
“That’s what I thought I heard…” Dreamstar whispered back. The class began to laugh again, given they had overheard their whispers. Luna rolled her eyes.
“There is only one principal at this school, and that is Principal Celestia,” Vice-Principal Luna told them. “You might want to remember to listen more carefully in the future if you want to succeed.”
The twins nodded.
“Miss Cheerilee,” Vice-Principal Luna acknowledged.
“Vice-Principal Luna,” Miss Cheerilee replied, before the ‘principal-turned-vice-principal’ took her leave.
“Alright, class? This is Dreamstar and Starwishes, they will be joining us,” Miss Cheerilee introduced. There was a confused silence, before a hand went up.
“Which one is which?” A girl towards the back asked.
“Yeah, they both look exactly the same!” Another piped up.
“Oh, um... “ Dreamstar began. “I’m Dreamstar…”
“...and I’m Starwishes,” his sister introduced.
“Are you both girls?” Another curious question.
“Yes,” Starwishes replied, her nervousness fading a bit.
“Hey!” Dreamstar complained. “I’m not a girl!”
The class laughed again.
“Okay, you two,” Cheerilee cut in. As much as this was an amusing performance, she really wanted to get her class underway. She welcomed the two to choose a desk, though suggested they try the front row.
The twins quickly skimmed the front row, before Starwishes grabbed his hand and led him along, before then maneuvering him in front of her and pushing him along, so that she wouldn’t end up next to a girl she did not know yet. That, and forcing her brother to sit next to a girl, which Dreamstar knew she did on purpose. Someday, he would get revenge for that… of which she would then get revenge for. And so the cycle goes.
The girl the twins were sitting next to had light yellow hair, lighter than the twins. She wore a light purple-blue t-shirt which had a yellow sun with orange rays on it. Dreamstar looked at both his and Starwishes’ tees, which had their own symbol on it, except the tee colour was white for them. The girl’s skirt, though, was white, and she wore blue shoes with white socks.
Dreamstar and Starwishes both wondered if she was hot in those shoes, although today didn’t seem to be so bad. Although that said, it was still the morning, and the school had air conditioning. The twins wondered if the school also had air shampooing.
“Hi,” The girl greeted. “I’m Sunny Daze!”
“Hi,” Dreamstar smiled. “I’m Dreamstar!”
“And I’m Starwishes!” Starwishes greeted back.
“Hey so, are you two actually new students?” Sunny asked them. “Because you don’t look like high school students…”
“We are,” Starwishes said.
“We just look young for our age,” Dreamstar explained.
“Oh wow, that must be pretty cool sometimes!” Sunny Daze said. “You could get-”
“Into kid’s playgrounds in restaurants-” Starwishes interrupted.
“And get in for children’s-” Dreamstar added.
“Prices?” Sunny Daze interrupted Dreamstar.
“YES!” The twins exclaimed excitedly.
“Okay class, can we have some attention, please?” Cheerilee began. She began to recite some basic theories made by people in the past regarding the different types of literature.
“Oh,” Sunny Daze added, in a hushed voice. “And this is Peachy Pie!”
“Hi!” A girl with orange hair waved from the other side of Sunny whispered. She wore a green top and blue shorts, and also pink shoes.
“Hello!” The twins greeted back, both their voices hushed as to not drown out the teacher.
“...which is why Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie will be explaining to me now why they aren’t paying attention,” Miss Cheerilee said.
“Wait what?” Peachy Pie said. Sunny Daze also suddenly focused on Cheerilee, who was now staring at them both.
“A little focus, please… this is the last term of the year, and there are exams at the end of it,” Cheerilee told them.
“Um… sorry,” Dreamstar apologised for them.
“Yeah, it was our fault…” Starwishes added. “We don’t know anyone yet, so... “
“We kinda talked too,” Dreamstar admitted.
“Well I can appreciate that,” Cheerilee told them. “And I’m glad they are making you feel at home with us.”
“I feel less nervous already,” Starwishes said to Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie.
“I’ll put you four into a group for this classes assignment,” Cheerilee smiled. “I was going to mention the assignment afterwards, so I will talked about it later. Now, back to the lesson… can anyone tell me why Sanscript denounced class representation expressed in the style of writing?”
A boy in the back attemped the answer, though only got it half-right. The twins would have to admit they wouldn’t have had the slightest idea what Miss Cheerilee was talking about, given their introduction to classes, however she had assured them they would be fine, and that she would not expect too much of them until they were clued into the ciriculum.
“We’ll talk later!” Sunny whispered.
“Okay!” Dreamstar and Starwishes whispered back.
“So how does it work?” Dreamstar asked, as the newly-formed quartet of ponies made their way through the corridor. Having made instant-friends that morning was a big plus, since now they had someone to show them where everything was. And since that they shared classes, it made things even simpler.
“The cafeteria?” Sunny Daze responded, with her own question.
“You don’t have cafeterias in the school you’re from?” Peachy Pie asked, confused at the prospect of it.
“Well, no…” Dreamstar replied.
“We just took our own lunch to school,” Starwishes explained.
“That’s weird,” Peachy said, trying to imagine it.
“It’s weird that a school gives you lunch,” Dreamstar countered.
“Is that common, here?” Starwishes asked.
“Well I’ve never heard of a school that didn’t serve lunch,” Sunny admitted.
The four entered the school cafeteria, and immediately the twins looked about them. It was basically just like a regular old cafe or fast food restaurant, at least that’s what they initially pegged it as. It was also buzzing with many other students, and it seemed like all of the tables were already taken.
“Come on, we’ll show you how it works around here!” Sunny said to the twins.
Upon reaching the counter, Sunny and Peachy took a tray, which Dreamstar and Starwishes did the same. The line didn’t seem too long, at least, and the twins tried to peer forward a little, observing the system of lunch acquirement, so that they might be successful in their mission.
“I haven’t seen you two before,” the elderly lady behind the counter said, once it was now their turn. “Are you kids on a high school visit or something?”
The cafeteria lady had white hair, and wore a creamish-coloured top with what looked like a short orange-coloured scarf with an apple pattern. In a way, it reminded the twins of Miss Cheerilee’s floral-patterned skirt.
“Oh no, they’re new,” Peachy Pie told her.
“New students, that is,” Sunny Daze added.
“You’re a little short,” The cafeteria lady observed. “Nothing my own school-cooked meals won’t fix!”
The cafeteria lady scooped some macaroni cheese onto their trays.
“Is this macaroni cheese?” Both twins asked, simultaneously.
“That’s right! It’s a school staple on Mondays,” the cafeteria lady told them. “Eat my food, and you’ll grow big and strong! The name’s Granny Smith, by the way.”
“I’m Starwishes,” Starwishes introduced herself.
“And I’m Dreamstar,” Dreamstar followed suit.
“Nice to meet ya,” Granny Smith said. “Now don’t you be letting that food get cold, also you’re holding up the line.”
The twins both looked back, to find a line had grown a bit since they last really took noticed.
“Oh,” Starwishes began.
“Sorry…” Dreamstar grinned, awkwardly, as the group began to move away from the counter.
“Now we just have to find a table,” Peachy Pie mentioned, and upon casting their attention back to the cafeteria’s populace, Dreamstar, Starwishes, and Sunny Daze saw that it might be a little bit of a mission.
“There’s one!” Sunny claimed, as she noted a group of students vacating.
“Nice catch, Sunny! Let’s grab it before someone else gets to it!” Peachy said, before breaking into a bit of a jog.
“Hey, no running in the cafeteria!” A boy shouted out. Dreamstar and Starwishes did not know which boy said it, however, although they and Sunny decided to let the race and territory claim to Peachy Pie.
“We got a window seat!” Starwishes sang.
“Best table,” Dreamstar observed.
“Actually, the best table is over there,” Sunny Daze pointed, over to another table with a group of girls around it.
“Ugh, they left their trays here,” Peachy Pie uttered, upon realising that the previous occupants of their table had left their mess behind, and pushed them to the side.
“Hey, at least we got a table!” Dreamstar looked on the brighter side.
“Yeah, that’s true! And we don’t have to share it with anyone else!” Peachy Pie added. “We hardly ever get our own table, we usually have to share with someone else!”
“Still feels a bit awkward when we have to pick a table with someone random at it,” Sunny Daze confessed.
“Or a table where there isn’t enough room for the both of us,” Peachy Pie said. “We always like to sit together.”
“Dreamstar and I always sit together as well,” Starwishes told them. “We do everything together!”
“It’s like we’re best friends,” Dreamstar explained.
“Only better!” Starwishes added.
“That’s… pretty awesome,” Peachy said. “But I mean, you’re both siblings, surely you must get on each other’s nerves a lot…”
“Yeeeeah…” Dreamstar admitted.
“I guess we do a bit…” Starwishes pondered.
“Forcing me to go first this morning,” Dreamstar said to his sister, recounting their first classroom appearance that morning.
“And you making me go first with that girl in the alley,” Starwishes recalled a prior event. “It was your idea.”
“You had the same idea!” Dreamstar told her.
“Yeah, well… still,” Starwishes said. “You’re my big brother, you need to protect me.”
“Starwishes, we’re the same age as each other!” Dreamstar pointed out.
“I could watch this all day,” Peachy Pie sat there, being entertained by the twin’s harmless little squabble. “If this is siblings fighting, then I think I can get you two.”
“Oh, yeah!” Sunny Daze brought up, after swallowing a spoonful of macaroni cheese. “So how old are you exactly?”
“Thirteen,” both twins answered in unison.
“Really?” Peachy asked, with a mouthful of food. “I thought you had be to be like, fourteen when you start high school?”
“We were thirteen when we started high school,” Starwishes said.
“Everyone else who started at our old high school was 13,” Dreamstar explained. “Well… there was one girl, she was twelve.”
“How does someone start high school at twelve years old?” Peachy Pie asked, flabbergasted, as the twins sampled their lunch. “Was she super-smart or something?”
“No, her birthday was in March, after the start of the school year,” Dreamstar told her. “So that’s how she was in the same year as us.”
“But March isn’t even near the beginning of the school year…” Sunny Daze told him, as Dreamstar took another bite.
“Yeah, the school year is kinda different,” Starwishes explained. “School goes from February to the beginning of December. I think here it’s…”
“September to… May or June,” Dreamstar said.
“That’s weird,” Peachy said.
“It’s weird how your school year goes from one year to the next,” Starwishes countered.
“Touche,” Peachy admitted. “So do you guys get mistaken as kids much?”
“Oh, all the time,” Dreamstar complained, although his mischievous grin and tone spoke sarcasm.
“Honestly, when you guys first came into class this morning, I thought you were just visiting for the day, or less,” Peachy Pie admitted. “I thought you guys were like nine or something.”
“I thought ten,” Sunny Daze said.
“Sunny’s closer, she wins!” Dreamstar cheered.
“Hooray!” Sunny threw her hands up, champion of the table.
“You just lost your title of the youngest-looking student,” Peachy told Sunny.
“So… I don’t win anything?” Sunny realised her title forfeiture.
“Well, people think you are twelve,” Peachy Pie told her. “But these guys look younger than you…”
“Ah, but…!” Sunny Daze countered. “Dreamstar and Starwishes are also younger than me!”
“So... how old are you guys?” Starwishes asked. Peachy had asked them, now it was their turn!
“Well, I’m fifteen,” Peachy replied. “My birthday was last month. Sunny is still fourteen, she’s almost kind of like you, in a way.”
“She is?” Dreamstar asked.
“Well… my birthday isn’t until summer,” Sunny explained. “Well, at least when I was enrolled for high school I was still thirteen...”
“Her birthday is riiiiight at the end of summer break,” Peachy said. “If she were just a tiny bit younger, she would have literally started high school as a thirteen year-old.”
“At least my birthday is during summer break,” Sunny told her. “I’d rather have my birthday during break, than on a school day.”
“When’s your birthday?” Peachy inquired the twins.
“Twentieth of October,” Starwishes replied.
“Autumn babies!” Sunny exclaimed.
“Spring, actually…” Dreamstar corrected her.
“How can you be born in the spring if you were born in October?” Peachy asked.
“It’s when spring is for us…” Starwishes answered her.
“Just like how it’s autumn where we’re from, but instead it’s spring here,” Dreamstar explained. “The seasons are the other way around here than in the southern hemisphere.”
“Oh, I get it…” Peachy realised. “I mean, I knew you were from far away…”
“Yeah, you have these really interesting accents!” Sunny told them. “I’ve been trying to figure out where you are from, but I haven’t, yet.”
“Well… I suppose we could just tell you…” Starwishes supposed.
“...but then, that wouldn’t be very fun, would it?” Dreamstar added.
“Well… that’s pure evil,” Peachy said, putting it bluntly.
“Us? Evil? Never!” Dreamstar grinned, mischievously.
“Mwahahahahahahaaa!!” Starwishes laughed, raising her arms into the air, pronouncing the horror the twins wrought upon the world. It was a pity there was no lightning to emphasise the unholy terror of what came with it.
“Oh noes, we’re doomed!” Sunny Daze realised, her plead to the heavens, ignored.
“And then, when the midnight hour draws ever closer, they descend upon their victims, devouring their souls, and their sanity,” Dreamstar recited, waving his hands and fingers about, in spooky fashion. “And in that moment, the victims lose their minds, seeking brains of those still living…”
“Brains…” Starwishes joined in. “BRAINS!!”
“Oh my gosh, take Sunny!” Peachy pleaded, hoping to be spared. She turned to Sunny Daze, who slowly turned her head to Peachy, a slow smile spreading across her face with gazeless eyes, followed by the licking of her lips. A moment of silence fell as the scene froze in place, before the four fell into fits of laughter.
“Hey, what are you guys doing tomorrow after school?” Sunny brought up, after they had recovered.
“Us?” Dreamstar replied, before looking to his sister.
“Going home, I guess?” Starwishes answered.
“I guess we might do something else, though…” Dreamstar continued. “We don’t really have any plans…”
Sunny Daze and Peachy Pie looked at each other.
“I don’t suppose you know how to rollerskate, right?” Peachy Pie asked them.
“Well…” Dreamstar began.
“Not really…” Starwishes smiled, nervously.
“We could teach you!” Sunny beamed.
“Us? Rollerskate?” The twins asked.
“Sure!” Peachy Pie told them. “Sunny and I go rollerskating all the time! If you learned how to rollerskate, we could go everywhere together!”
“Oh wow… that sounds like fun!” Starwishes exclaimed. “But…”
“...we don’t have rollerskates,” Dreamstar said.
“Hey, that’s no problem!” Peachy smiled.
“There is a skating rink where you can rent a pair,” Sunny explained. “It doesn’t even cost that much for the afternoon!”
“What do you think?” Dreamstar turned to his sister.
“Me? I think you want to go skating!” Starwishes told her brother.
“And I think you do, too!” Dreamstar told her. The twins returned their attention to Sunny and Peachy.
“Let’s do it!” They both cheered.