Harmony sat up quickly, her heart hammering.
"Just a bad dream," she murmured to herself. She glanced out the window and saw that it was already morning.
"At least its not the weekend," she said, climbing out of bed. "School is better than cleaning up the house with mean old Bolt."
She began getting ready for school. As she brushed her hair, she thought more about the dream she had. Why had it felt so real? Was Goldencoat a real pony? Her thoughts wandered to the pony who had saved her life in the forest, and then to Arson the dragon. His vicious smile and killer eyes gave Harmony the shivers.
She shook her head from the thought and set the brush down using her unicorn magic. Harmony trotted out of her room and walked past her brother who made a snarky comment. "What's up, Glitter Trouble? Hope you have fun cleaning up the house with me when we get home!"
Harmony ignored him and continued walking to the kitchen. There sat her mother and father, talking quietly among themselves. They suddenly stopped when they saw Harmony and gave her an emotionless look.
"Good morning, Harmony." Thunder Heart said.
"Hello." Harmony answered quietly.
She sat at the table with her parents and began eating her bowlful of hay. Harmony quickly finished her food and leaped off the chair. Before she could walk out the house, her mother called out to her.
"Bolt will be walking with you to the schoolhouse for now on."
Harmony was about to protest but she kept silent. Bolt gave Harmony a smirk as he trotted up next to her. Harmony rolled her eyes as she turned away from her brother.
"Have a good day at school," their mother and father said.
"Thank you!" Bolt said in a cheery tone.
Harmony said nothing and walked out the house. Bolt quickly caught up with her and together the two ponies made their way to the schoolhouse.
Unknowingly to them, somebody was watching them both. He was a dark grey, near black, griffin with jagged gold beak wearing a brown vest and a bit of armor on the top of his wings along with pure black eyes with yellow slits. He followed close behind them, unnoticed.
When they arrived at the schoolhouse, Bolt ran into the building to meet up with his friends. Harmony sighed sadly. She did not have any friends at all. She was one of six unicorns in her school. The rest were either earth ponies or pegasi. The six unicorns were the most popular ponies in the entire school, along with a few pegasi. They treated her like dung; bulling, teasing, and always leaving her out.
Harmony dipped her head and continued walking the building slowly.
The griffin looked at Harmony and shook his head. Bullies, while they can provide plenty of negative energy for his abilities, are some of the most pitiful things in existence. He knew that due to his one of his hosts that, while he was one of the biggest people to roam the place, was hurt in certain ways that even he could feel, so he could sympathize. He followed Harmony but hid from everyone else.
Glitter Harmony walked nervously in her classroom. She walked past Cupcake Sparkle who leaped in her way, acting as if Harmony bumped into her. "Hey, unicorn! Watch where you're going!"
Harmony sheepishly lowered her head and backed to her desk. "S-Sorry."
"Yeah, you better be sorry." Cupcake spat, flashing her large wings. "You smell like horse dung!"
The whole class giggled in amusement.
Glitter Harmony turned away. Before she could reach her seat, one of the ponies slid out his hoof and Harmony stumbled over and fell face-first. Her head smacked on the floor and the whole class laughed louder.
Harmony said nothing but only stood up and sped-walked to her desk which was in the back of the classroom. Harmony hid her face with her hair and lowered her head, embarrassed and sad at the same time.
The griffin growled. He hated these kids already. He wanted to really teach them a lesson. He knew that he would just have to wait until they were out of the classroom to do anything. So he waited eagerly.
Class started shortly after. The teacher, Miss Blossom was teaching about different jobs the ponies could get but Harmony was hardly paying attention. She kept getting rude remarks about her falling on the ground. Recess eventually was called and Harmony was ready to go. She was the last to leave the classroom. She made her way straight to the door with her head low, shielding her face from the other ponies in the hallway. Even though she was unable to see in front of her, she kept walking.
The griffin was standing outside. He had a few bones to pick with some of the children. He watched Harmony, knowing that she would most likely be bullied here then anywhere else.
Almost instantly, a pegasus bounded her way to Harmony and slammed her against the wall. The pegasus snickered as she ran away, acting as if she did nothing. Harmony winced as she slowly rose. Before she could walk again, she felt another blow on her left leg, causing her to buckle and fall over.
She had no idea why these sudden blows were happening to her but she was scared. Not knowing what to do, she pressed herself against the wall and curled up, covering herself from the kicks and tramples she was getting.
The griffin walked up behind the children and cleared his thoat, making himself know.
"Hello kids," he said.
The group ponies turned to face the griffin. They were either trembling in fear or frowning in confusion.
"She started it!" one of them shouted. The group snickered as they took of down the hallway.
Harmony continued lying there, quivering and shaking in terror. She was luckily not injured; rather feeling sore and pain on her leg.
"Little brats," he snarled, then he kneeled down by Harmony.
"Are you ok child?" He asked.
She nodded slowly but said nothing. This griffin was somewhat scary to her but his kind eyes made her feel a bit better. She got up and faced the griffin. "Thank you," she said in a small voice.
"You're welcome child. Anything for a small deal," he said, smiling.
"I... I have to get to recess. Thank you again. My name is Glitter Harmony."
"I know. Call me Golden," he said.
"Golden?!" Harmony shouted in surprise. "Like... Like the one in my room last night?!"
"Yes child," he chuckled. "You wouldn't be acting so surprised if you knew my original form,"
Harmony nodded quickly. "Oh, ok. Well, see you later."
"Good bye," Golden said. Then he appeared to disappear.