Blaze of My Heart

by BlueSun52

Chapter 1

In the lovely town of the city of Canterlot, the sun brightly shined down its lights as the people were walking on the sidewalks or driving their cars. Businesses were great with large amounts of customers buying their merchandise and restaurants giving meals and drinks to their patrons.

Driving down the street before stopping at a red light was a police car. And the driver wore a police uniform but had the unmistaken black, spikey hair, grey skin and yellow eyes. It was none other then Zero Gravity, one of the cities best officers and, to be one day, detective. Zero takes a sip from his coffee carefully and let out a bored sigh.

“Another slow Monday,” he said to himself.

All of a sudden, just as the lights turned green, a car raced past Zero’s car at top speed. Zero’s eyes widened and quickly turned on the sirens of his car.

“Nevermind! It just got interesting!” Zero happily said before he floored it. He chased after the car trying to keep a safe distance between it and himself before pulling out his microphone.

“STOP AND PULL OVER!”

The car slowed down before it went over to the curve before stopping. Just as Zero was about to stop and come out of his car, he saw the driver opening the door and raising his arms up high. His eyes widen once more when he saw the driver having white hair, a small white beard and blue eyes.

Zero’s shakes his head before he parked the car, went over and looked at the man with confusion. “Soul? What the hell are you doing!?” he asked. “You do know that the speed limit is-”

“Zero! You have to help me!” Soul shouted frantically.

“Soul, what’s-”

“RAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!”

Zero flinched before he went over to the back of the car and saw a woman with long red hair with yellow stripes and teal eyes laying in the back of the car seats. She breathed heavily as sweat poured down her forehead and looked in pain holding onto her pregnant sized stomach.

“Sunset!? What is-”

“AAAAAAHHH! OH MY GOD!” Sunset wailed in pain. She held her stomach tightly.

“Zero, she’s in labor! I need to get her to the hospital now!” Soul said. “Can you please clear out traffic and get us there!?”

“R-Right! I’ll do that!” Zero replied before running into his car and turning on the siren.

Soul quickly went back into his car before letting Zero lead the way and he followed behind. Just as Soul hoped, Zero was clearing a path for him and Sunset as they soon were able to make it to the hospital. Soul soon parked in front of the entrance and quickly got out to help with Sunset getting up. Zero came over and assisted Soul getting Sunset into the building  before running up to the nurse at the front desk.

“Miss, my wife is in labor!” Soul said.

The nurse was shocked for a moment but was able to recover and responded. “Alright, alright, we’ll get her to a doctor asap,” the nurse said.

In a few seconds, there was a team of nurses that went over to Sunset before they had her on a stretcher and carried her off. Soul was right beside the stretcher as he held Sunset’s hand tightly.

“Everything is going to be okay! Everything is going to be okay!” Soul worriedly said.

“NNNNGH! S-Soul, you don’t have to tell me that!” Sunset said.

“I was talking about me! I’m freaking out!” Soul retorted.

Sunset blinked before she felt the pain increasing and screamed even louder. They soon made it into the delivery room as the doctor and nurses were doing everything they could to help Sunset preparing for the delivery. The doctor looked under her skirt checking on the progress of the birth.

“Just breath in and out, Mrs. Shimmer. This will be over before you know it,” the doctor said.

“Why can’t it be now!? AAAAAAHH!” Sunset screamed.

Soul was next to Sunset as he wore on the same outfit as the doctor and the nurses. He holds Sunset’s hand and moves his hand through her hair. “You’re going to be okay, honey. Do what the doctor said and we’ll have our first kid together!” Soul said. “Wouldn’t that be-”

*CRACK!*

“AAAAHH! MY HAND!” Soul shouted as Sunset was crushing his hand with incredible strength. “THE PAIN!”

“YOU DON’T KNOW REAL PAIN!” Sunset shouted.

“Alright, I believe that the baby is about to come out now,” The doctor. “Just keep breathing and push.”

Sunset’s face turned red as she tried to push out the very thing that was giving her pain. It took everything for her to even move an inch of the being that had grown inside her for nine months. Now the day has come and at the moment, she wanted nothing more than the little bundle of joy to leave her body and end her torment.

Sunset let out one more whale of cry before all the pressure immediately went away and breathed heavily out of relieve. Sweat still poured down from her forehead and her eyes were weary from the experience. Recovering from his hand being crushed, Soul leans over and comforts Sunset. They then heard something small crying and looked down at the doctor.

“Congratulations! It’s a boy!” The doctor said and raised up a newborn infant in his hands.

The infant cried and squirmed around in the doctor’s hand. Soul and Sunset looked at the little thing with in awe and shock. A wave of emotions washed over them as they started to tear up of seeing their child for the first time. The doctor soon walked over to them and handed the infant that was wrapped in cloth to Soul.

Soul held his newborn son in his arms and looked down with tears streaming down his cheeks. After a moment the infant stopped crying and started to relax as if it know it was in his father’s arms. Soul held the infant over to Sunset while she cried softly happily seeing her child.

“Soul…. He’s beautiful,” She said.

“I know…. This is our baby…. We’re…. Parents now,” Soul said overwhelmed by his emotions.

Sunset weakly reached out and held her son’s head as she rubs it softly and carefully. Soul handed the infant over to Sunset before she held her son lovingly. The two smiled warmly together and their son rested comfortably in Sunset’s arms.

“This is our son… What do we name him?” Sunset asked.

“Hmmm…. How about…. Blaze,” Soul said.

Sunset giggled softly before looking over to Soul. “Blaze? Why do you name him that?” she asked.

“I don’t know it just…. Seems to fit him well,” Soul replied. “Need me to think of something else?”

“No, no…. It’s perfect. That’s his name from now on,” Sunset said before looking back over to the newly named infant, Blaze. “What do you think? Do you like that name, Blaze?”

Blaze only made a small squeak and tried to stretch. Soul and Sunset laughed softly as they embrace Blaze into their lives knowing that now they’re a family.

“He’s going to grow up into a fine man. I just know it,” Sunset said.

“I believe it too, Sunny. I believe he will be one,” Soul agreed.

It was the beginning of a new morning with the sun slowly rising up over the horizon. It’s light shined on the city of Canterlot with most of its citizens still sleeping in their beds. The rays of the sun soon shined it’s light on one house and through one of its windows. A room was lighting up as it showed a young man sleeping on his bed with barely any cover over him.

The young man had on a simple black shirt and baggy stretch pants. His blonde hair was messy and spiky while he snores with his face against his pillow. He continued to sleep until he started to hear a beeping sound.

“Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!”

The young man reached around with his arm looking for the cause of the sound. He kept moving his arm until his hand landed on a girl’s head. The girl had white hair with yellow stripes and blue eyes. She had on blue short pants and a frilly yellow shirt on.

“Good morning, Blaze!” the girl chimed.

Blaze let out a groan before he looked over to the girl. “Sunday, what did I tell you about waking me up?” he asked. “How many times do I have to tell you to make you stop doing this?”

“For the rest of your life!” Sunday replied having a bright smile on her.

Blaze let out a sigh. “Of course,” he said. He soon got up and stretched before looking at Sunday. “Could you have at least picked a better day to bother me on?”

“Sorry, bro I’m just so excited!” Sunday chimed. “I finally get to go to highschool now just like you!”

Blaze rolled his eyes. “It’s nothing to be that excited about,” he said. “It’s just like going to school everyday.”

“Well maybe for you but this is a big deal for me! This shows I’m finally ready to out into the world and do everything I can possibly imagine!” Sunday said. “And maybe finally I can get the confidence to ask out…” She let out a dreamy sigh as she entered into a dream like state. “Altair~”

Blaze’s eyes half-lid as he looked at Sunday. Altair was one of his friends and is the only son of Clyde and Rarity Belle. For years, he had to endure Sunday’s constant talks about having a crush on Altair and wanting to ask him out but only to chicken out before going back to watching him from a safe distance in secret. He had mentioned to her before that it was considered stalking but she had a talk with her aunt, Sonata Dusk and she said it was spying.

Blaze pinched the bridge of his nose. “Just get out and let me change,” he said.

“Alright, see you downstairs!” Sunday said before she left Blaze alone in his room.

Blaze let out a sigh of relief before he goes over to his drewer. Soon he put on his clothes before he was heading down towards the kitchen. He wore a jet black jacket with a white shirt underneath it and a blue tie. He also had on dark blue pants and grey shoes. Blaze walked into the kitchen and took a seat with Sunday at the table.

Blaze yawned for a moment before he heard the sound of a plate being set in front of him. He looked down to see bacon and eggs along with a glass of orange juice.

“Good morning, champ. Slept well?” Soul asked before he took a seat next to Blaze and was sipping on his coffee.

“I slept pretty well. Until Sunday woke me up,” Blaze replied before giving a glance over to Sunday.

“I’m just so excited!” Sunday chimed. “It’s my first day and everything! I didn’t want Blaze to hold us up or anything!”

“I know you’re excited, princess. But you should try calming down a little before heading over for your first day,” Soul advised. “You don’t want to spook anyone and cause some troubles.”

“Don’t worry, dad! I promise to be on my best behavior!” Sunday assured.

“Glad to hear it,” Soul said before taking another sip.

Blaze looked around the room for a moment before looking at Soul. “Hey dad, where’s mom?” he asked.

“She went on ahead to set something's up for her classes. She was planning on saying morning to you two when you get there,” Soul replied. “And you better give your mom a hug. I don’t want to hear that I’m too old for that nonsense. Got it?”

Blaze let out a sigh. “Fine, I’ll do that,” he said. “But I choose where to give it to her.”

“Deal,” Soul said. “Now hurry up and eat up. I’ll be driving you two up there and I have to go to an audition and help out a friend of mine. God, I hope all the actors are good.”

“You don’t think anyone would be good?” Sunday asked.

“No, I hope that they’re good enough by his standards. The director is a lune,” Soul replied.

Blaze and Sunday blinked.

“Alright, we got about ten minutes before we have to head out so eat everything and grab your bags,” Soul said before he got up and walked out of the room leaving the two alone.

Blaze looked down at his food before he picked up a bacon and took a bite out of it. His thoughts were on how the day was going to go and how he wish that he didn’t have to go back. But he knew it was unavoidable and he had to go through three more years of high school. In the back of his mind he hopes that he doesn’t get to see… her. Just as he was in deep thought, Sunday snapped a finger in front of him and he shook his head before looking at her.

“H-Huh?”

“Blaze! We have to hurry!” Sunday said. “We don’t have much time!” She started scarfing down her food before her plate was clean. He quickly puts her dishes into the sink and runs off for her bag.

Blaze only shrugged before taking his time to eat his food before leaving and grabbing his bag.

Sometime later, Blaze and Sunday were climbing out of the car before they waved and said goodbye to Soul. Soul said goodbye to them before he drove off leaving the two either for their first day or their day back. Blaze and Sunday soon walked along the path that lead towards their school, Canterlot High.

Several students were chatting or walked around the school’s campus as teachers were greeting their returning or new students. As they walked, they heard a familiar voice calling to them and they looked to see their mother, Sunset waving at them.

“Blaze! Sunday! Over here!” Sunset said.

“Hi mom!” Sunday said before she walked up to Sunset and gave her a hug. “Good morning!”

“Good morning to you too!” Sunset chimed. “Are you excited for your first day here, sweetie?”

“I sure am! I can’t wait to make so many new friends here!” Sunday replied.

“Knowing you, I believe that is going to happen,” Sunday said with a smile. “Why don’t you go and get your schedule for the semester? I’ll be talking to your brother for a moment.”

“Alright! I’ll see you later, mom!” Sunday said before she headed off towards the school’s entrance.

Sunset watched Sunday for a moment before she looked at Blaze. As Blaze walked up to her, she gave him a warm smile. “Good morning, sweetie,” she said. “How are you doing?”

“To be honest, mom. I wish I didn’t have to come here,” Blaze replied.

Sunset frowned a bit. “I know that you’re uncomfortable about what had happened to you and you know I wouldn’t have let you come back here if this place wasn’t so wonderful to be,” she explained. “Be strong for me, alright?”

Blaze sighed. “Whatever you say, mom,” he said.

“Good, now you should head on inside and pick up your schedule,” Sunset said.

Blaze nodded before he went on towards the entrance. Sunset watched him for a moment before she let out a sigh and went on with greeting some of the students.

As Blaze was heading towards the front doors, he noticed that there was a girl with a dark hoodie and her entire head was covered by the hood. He could see her holding her bag in her arms seemingly as if she was doing so to cover her face if she needed to. He paid little mind to it keeping on going towards the set of stairs.

After the girl took a few steps on the stairs, she accidently missed step and started to fall backwards. Blaze’s eyes widen before he quickly went up and caught the girl from behind. The girl dropped her bag as she tightly grabbed her hood and shaked violently unaware she was caught by him. She kept shaking until she stopped and peaked out of her hoodie to see she wasn't falling and finally noticed she was caught.

“Are you alright?” Blaze asked before he made sure the girl was standing up right and let go of her.

The girl looked behind her and saw Blaze. Her face couldn’t be seen because of her hood but Blaze was able to see a small lock of white hair. She held her hands against her chest as she was looking down with her fingers twirling each other. Blaze raised a brow and waited for a response but only shrugged. He looked over to see her bag and picked it up before handing it back to her.

The girl held her bag for a moment before she looked up to Blaze. “T-T-Thank you,” she said nervously.

“Whatever, just be more careful next time,” Blaze said before he walked past the girl and headed on inside.

The girl looked at the doors for a moment before letting out a sigh and went on inside. Blaze went up towards a table where the teacher was handing out schedule slips to the students. The moment he was there, he talked to the teacher for a moment before she looked through a folder before handing Blaze his schedule slip and he was on his way towards his first class. Just as he was walking, he felt a slap behind his back making him grunt.

Blaze looks back to see a girl having thistle colored skin with long, wild black hair. Her eyes were crimson and she had two colored streaks in her hair one red and the other pink. She wore a scarlet tank top with black stars near the waist and having a purple skirt. She looked at Blaze with a bright smile.

“Yo Blaze, how’s it hanging?” the girls asked.

Blaze let out a sigh at the sight of the girl and continued to walk. “Hey Star,” he simply replied.

Star walked beside Blaze. “I know, I know. First day of school and the end to the glorious summer days,” she said before sniffing sadly. “Breaking the heart of many students across. If you listen closely, you could hear the sounds of each student's very soul crying.” She let out a giggle

Blaze rolls his eyes. “Yeah, that’s what I’m sighing about,” he said.

“Aww, it’s okay,” Star said before she patted Blaze on the back. “Shooting Star’s here to make everything better!”

“Oh goodie,” Blaze said trying to ignore Star the best he could.

“So what class do you have?”

“History.”

“Me too,” Star let out a groan. “Ugh, who wants to learn History first thing in the morning?”

“Hmhmm.” Blaze hasn’t paid much attention to her wishing she would stop talking to him.

“Hey come on, I know history sucks but you can't be that tired to talk, dude,” Star said.

“Yeaaaaah, I’m not really tired. I just don’t want to talk,” Blaze retorted.

“Aww, Did Sunday play another prank on you, which I totally had no involvement in by the way? Or is someone picking on you?” Star asked. “Cause you know I can give them one good karate chop! I earn my purple belt a few weeks ago!” She does a high kick despite the fact she was wearing a skirt and her panties showed a bit.

“Everyone can see your panties now,” Blaze mentioned.

“Shoot!” Star quickly puts her legs back down and fixed her skirt.

“If you’re through showing off your legs, we should get to class now,” Blaze said.

“Oh yeah, sure. Let’s sit by the window, okay?” Star suggested.

“Sure, whatever.”

Both Star and Blaze soon go into their first classroom. They soon find a couple of seats by the windows and went over to sit on them. Star took the seat in front of Blaze and after a moment of thinking, she looked back at him.

“Are you sure there’s nothing bugging you?” Star asked.

“Yes and I just want this day to be over with,” Blaze replied. “I just don’t want to see… her.”

Star looked at Blaze confusedly before she put together what he meant. “Ooooh, right…” She took a moment before clearing her throat and looking at him again. “Well, come on. You can’t be so grumpy forever. Just move on and try to find someone else. Otherwise I might just sick Aunt Pinkie on you!”

Blaze let out a weary sigh. “Just don’t pester me,” he said.

“It’s only gonna get worse if you stay like that, just saying,” Star said.

Blaze completely ignored her before grabbing a book out of his bag and reading it hoping that it would be enough to help ignore Star.

Star’s eye twitched and she let out a growl. “Grrr, fine!” She turns around and pouts. “Be moody! Ruin everyone else's day!”

Blaze continues to read his book. “Whatever,” he retorted.

Star expression turned into a small frown and lowered her head. “.... Are you sure there’s nothing I could do?” she asked concernedly.

“You really want to help?”

“And don't say something like "Don't bother me for the rest of the day."”

“Oh good, you get the picture,” Blaze said.

Star looked away from Blaze before she picked up a book as well. She frowned even more feeling like she doesn’t know him anymore.

Time had past and Blaze was in the library by himself. Everyone else was in the cafeteria enjoying their lunches and friends. Blaze prefered the company of himself to avoid anyone that would bother him or less likely to see a certain someone.

Blaze took a bite out of a grilled cheese sandwich before he put on two ears phones on and listens to his favorite band, Skillet. As he chilled to his music and lunch with his eyes closed, he felt something moving the table. He shot his eyes open and looked up to see a huge, swole young man with dark grey hair. If Blaze and the young man stood side-by-side, the young man would be taller than him.

“.... Jangle?” Blaze said.

“... Hey,” Jangle replied.

“What are you doing here?” Blaze asked.

“You look like you needed someone to sit with you.... and I didn't want to sit by my brothers,” Jangle replied.

Blaze let out a sigh. “When did I get so popular?”

“.... It’s just me.”

“I know but earlier Star wanted to sit by me and keep on bugging me even though she knows that I didn’t wanted to be bugged,” Blaze explained.

“.... I see.”

“Yeah…”

“Sorry about that,” Jangle said.

“It’s fine… At least with you I can get some peace and quiet to myself,” Blaze said.

“Yeah…. I don’t talk much,” Jangle said.

“I’ve noticed.”

“So has a lot of people here,” Jangle said.

Blaze nods before he places his earbuds back on. Jangle unwrapped his lunch bag before he started to eat a sandwich. As they enjoyed the quietness of the library, suddenly they heard the door slam open and Sunday was standing at the doorway.

“There you are!” Sunday shouted.

“Oh god…” Blaze said with grimace.

“.... Hi,” Jangle greeted.

“Oh, hi Jangle! What’s up?” Sunday asked.

“Not much…. Sitting around,” Jangle replied.

“That’s cool. Why don’t you two come join us in the cafeteria? Everyone is there!” Sunday cheerfully said.

“That’s kinda why I’m in here,” Blaze said.

“Oh come on! Please come over?” Sunday asked.

“No,” Blaze simply said.

“Please?”

“No.”

“Please?”

“No!”

“Please?”

“NO!”

“Please?”

“SUNDAY!”

“Please?”

“AAAAAAHH!” Blaze grabbed his hair as he pulled out of irradiation.

Jangle rubbed his head for a moment before he gave a shocked expression. “Hey, is that Altair over there!?” he said before pointing.

Sunday’s eyes widen and she looked around frantically. “Where!? I’m ready to be asked out yet!” she said. She looked around for a moment with a confused expression and looked back at the table. “Jangle, why did you- Huh?” She saw Jangle was gone from his place and nowhere to be seen. “Blaze, how did he- Huh!?” She saw Blaze was gone as well and was nowhere to be seen. She slammed her hands down on the table. “I always fall for that!”

Blaze ran down the hallway for a moment before skidding to a stop and taking a moment to rest. After he looked back to see the coast was clear, he let out a sigh and started walking.

“So much for a quiet lunch,” Blaze said to himself.

While he walked around the hallways, he turned around a corner before he felt the lower part of himself bump into something.

“Oh! What the?”

Blaze looked down to see that he had bumped into a young woman while she seemed to be bending down to pick up a book. She had long jet black hair, ivory white skin and emerald colored eyes. She wore a long dark blue dress with a aqua blue shirt under it with a dark blue skirt. The second that Blaze bumped into her rear, she let out a gasp and quickly stood up. She turned around and slapped him across the face.

“OW!” Blaze winced from the pain and held his hand where he was slapped.

“How dare you try to sneak up on me and touch my lovely butt! And in a public place too?!” The woman shouted.

Blaze rubbed the side of his face before looking at the girl. “S-Sorry! I was turning around the corner and I bumped into you!” he explained.

“You can make every excuse in the book, but I'm not buying it!” The woman said before she angrily looks at him. “You saw a defenseless and beautiful lady and you went in on me!”

“.... Jade, you know me better than that,” Blaze said. “We’ve been friends for years, why would I suddenly decide to take advantage of you?”

“Every teenage boy has a craving in them, Blaze,” Jade replied. “Every. Single. One.”

Blaze rolled his eyes. “Well, I’m not having any cravings for you. It was just an accident,” he said.

“Keep telling yourself that,” Jade said before she flipped her hair and looked away from Blaze.

“Whatever. Later,” Blaze said before he walked past Jade.

“Hmph.” Jade looked down behind her to see if the coast was clear before picking the book up from the floor finally.

Blaze went back to walking down the hallway while he eat the last of his sandwich. He decided to walk around the school until it was time for him to go to his next lunch. As he walked, the girl from the stairs ran hurried him with a small box in her hands. Blaze raised a brow as he watched the girl go by.

‘Hm? What is she doing? Shouldn’t she go the other way towards the cafeteria?’ Blaze thought.

The girl’s hood fell as she ran and stopped in her tracks before quickly putting it back up. However Blaze was able to see more of her ivory white hair.

‘Huh, she really does have white hair,” Blaze thought. He saw the girl run off through the front doors and onto the courtyard. ‘Why is she heading for the courtyard?.... No, no, I’m not going to follow her. I’m just going to go the other way and avoid everyone that I can.’

Blaze turned around and started to walk off. But the curiosity in his mind demanded that he would go and see what the girl was doing. He struggled to fight off his curious mind to the best of his ability before giving out a defeated groan.

“Damnit!”

Blaze went back around and peaked through the doors to see if the girl was anywhere. He saw the girl going towards another girl under a tree near the entrance. The other girl had pink skin with green hair and yellow highlights. She had on a simple grey shirt with yellow wrist bands and jet black pants.

‘Oh, I see. She was just seeing someone else out here. Least I know- Good Lord! Is that how big her chest is!?’ Blaze shouted in his mind as his eyes widen when he got a good view of the pink girl’s cleavage. ‘I-Is she…. A double D-size cup!? I didn’t even think they existed!…. Well at least on Auntie Pinkie anyway. To think that 34DD-Cups would actually be at this school!.... And I knew all that on top of my head, what the hell is wrong with me?’

As Blaze thought to himself, he heard the girls having a conversation. Ever the curious lad that he is, he over to the side of the stairs and hid behind the cement railings listening in on the girls.

The hooded girl sat down beside the pink girl and smiled. “H-H-Hey, Cammy… H-How was y-your day?” she asked.

Cammy smiled and shrugged. “Can’t complain yet, sis. How’s your day going?” she asked.

The hooded girl sighed. “N-No friends yet…. A-and I almost f-fell d-down the s-stairs,” she replied.

“Oh my god…. It's not that hard! Walk up to someone, look them in the eye and say, “Hi! My name is Iris! Would you like to be friends?”” Cammy explained. “It’s just that easy!”

“F-F-For you m-maybe. B-But I-I-I’m r-really s-shy,” The hooded girl, Iris said.

“Look sis, take it from me. High school would suck if you don’t have any friends to hang with,” Cammy said.

“B-But this is y-your f-first year t-too,” Iris pointed out.

“I’ve watched enough high school movies, sis,” Cammy retorted. “Life would suck without friends.”

“.... C-Camilla, y-you d-don’t have any f-freinds t-too,” Iris countered.

“.... S-Shut up!”

Blaze chuckled quietly to himself at the conversation. Just as he was about to sneak back into the school, a bee flew around Blaze’s face making his eyes widen. Blaze panicked and quickly stood up and tried to swat the bee away before he misstep on the stairs. He fell over and let out comical yelps of pain before landing on the ground with a thud.

Camilla and Iris both were startled by Blaze’s landing. Camilla shot up from her spot before she narrowed her eyes at Blaze. She walked over to him before she lifted him up slowly by his shirt. “Who the hell are you?” she asked in a threatening tone.

“ACK! W-What the!? How are you lifting me up so easily!?” Blaze asked both terrified and amazed at Camilla’s strength. She was shorter than Blaze from the way she was holding him up but it was still clear that she could lift him up with ease.

“Training on the weekends. Why are you spying on us?” Camilla asked.

“That doesn’t really… Whatever, I wasn’t spying on you! I was…. Well crap, I guess I was,” Blaze admitted as he now felt a wave of guilt. “B-But I swear, I wasn’t really trying to do anything! I was just curious about why she was out here!”

“C-Cammy, stop!” Iris went over to Camilla’s side with worry in her eyes. “L-Let h-im go! H-He c-caught me o-o t-the stairs when I-I was f-falling!”

Camilla’s angry expression changed with a blank look before she focused over to Iris. “Oh, really? This guy helped you?” She asked.

Iris nodded.

Camilla set Blaze back on his feet before she patted his jacket for him and gave him an apologetic smile. “Heh…. Sorry about that. I have problems jumping to the wrong conclusion,” she said.

“U-Umm… I-It’s okay,” Blaze said.

Iris walked over to Blaze. “S-Sorry a-a-about h-her,” she nervously said.

“L-Like I said, it’s alright,” Blaze said. “.... Anyways, my name is Blaze.”

“M-M-M-My n-n-n-n-name i-i-is….. I-I-I...I-I-I-I-I.”

Camilla shook her head before she slapped Iris on the back.

“IRIS!.... Ow,” Iris said.

“That was painful to watch,” Camilla commented before she looked to Blaze with a smile. “My name is Camilla. You said your name was Blaze, right? Are you that kid whose mother teaches here? Sun…. something?”

“It’s Sunset and yes, I am her son,” Blaze replied.

“Blaze and Sunset… Fire is a thing in your family?”

“Yeah, it pretty much is,” Blaze answered.

“Huh…. Neat. Well I’m bored, so I’ll just go back to eating,” Camilla said before she walked back over to her spot. She sat down before taking out a burger from her lunchbox and took a bite out of it.

“Well, if that’s all. I guess I’ll see you two around,” Blaze said. Just as he turned around, he felt his arm being gently pulled on. He looked back to see Iris holding on to his shirt arm. “Huh? Is there something you need?”

“W-W-Would…. Y-You b-be m-m-m-my f-friend?” Iris nervously asked.

Blaze looked at Iris with a bit of surprise and rubs the back of his head. “I’m not so sure that’s a good idea. I mean you can do better than me,” he said.

Iris shook her head. “I-I p-promise I-I c-can’t,” he retorted.

“.... You’re not going to stop asking unless I say yes?”

Iris nods.

Blaze sighed. “Fine… I’ll be your friend,” he replied.

Iris let out a quiet squeak before she gave Blaze a bone crushing hug.

“ACK!” Blaze yelped. ‘MY BACK!’

Iris quickly let go of Blaze before she gave an apologetic smile. “S-Sorry.”

“It… It’s okay,” Blaze said as he rubs his back. “I’m just gonna… go lay down for a bit.”

“A-Alright. S-See y-you l-later, B-Blaze,” Iris said.

Blaze nods before he limps away while having a hand on his back. Camilla and Iris watched as Blaze went away before looking at each other.

“He looked nice,” Camilla said.

“Y-Yeah,” Iris agreed.

“.... You gonna try banging him?” Camilla asked.

“N-N-No!” Iris yelled and she blushed violently.

Camilla laughed and took another bite of her burger.

Sometime had past and Blaze was now in science class as he sat by himself. A few rows over Iris was sitting by Camilla and near the front was Star and Sunday. The teacher came into the classroom as he rubbed the back of his head.

“Sorry I was a bit late, class. I just needed to make a few copies for a class assignment that I’m sure everyone would enjoy!” the teacher said. “For this week, I will be partnering you up with someone of my choosing. I know that there’s probably someone you would like to partner up with but since some of you are new here and I think partnering up with someone that’s been here would help really get you all settled in and make new friends!”

Everyone in the room seemingly was in agreement as they looked at the teacher.

“Alright, let me go down the list of partners…. Camilla Quiver. You’re partnered up with Shooting Star.”

“Awesome!” Star chimed.

“Oh boy, I think I already know where this is going,” Camilla said to herself.

“Sunday Writer and Altair.”

“W-W-Wha?” Sunday blushed and she nervously looked back to see a young man a few tables away with light grey skin, jet black hair and blue eyes. He wore a stylish black and grey jacket with a stone colored shirt and a simple black tie around his neck.

Altair looked over to Sunday and gave her a smile. “Looks like we’re going to be partners for this week,” he said.

Sunday looked at Altair for a moment before smiled back at him brightly still blushing. ‘Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!’ she thought to the almighty being in the sky.

Time went by as each person was being partnered up. Blaze let out a sigh as he slumped on his desk. ‘I’m more than likely be paired up with some lazy freshmen,’ Blaze thought before he shrugged. ‘Meh, I wouldn’t mind it. At least I can actually not worry about failing this project if I do all the work. Then I don’t have to worry about what the other person did wrong.’

“And for our last pair, Iris Quiver and Blaze Writer.”

Blaze’s eyes widen before he looked back over to Iris. Iris looked up at Blaze for a moment and looked as if she was thinking about something. She moved her hands to the side of the hood before lowering it down to reveal her face. She had pale green skin, a long flowing ivory hair and bright red eyes. She looked at Blaze and smiled softly at him.

Blaze blinked and looked back at the front of the class with a blanked expression. “.... Well, this is going to be a interesting week.”