//------------------------------// // Chapter 3: I dont want to be friends! // Story: Arctic Flower // by Rainbow skies //------------------------------// As Arctic and Fluttershy walked down the halls, it was quiet between the two. Neither spoke or wanted to speak, for one, Arctic was upset about not able to have his pet with him, and the second was that Fluttershy was… well shy and slightly scared of the hate emitting off of the boy.  The silence grew heavier, and heavier. By now Arctic wasn't as angry as he was before and now he was expecting for Fluttershy to talk like everyone else back in his old school. To try and make friends, he spat at the thought.  ‘Never again’ He thought, it was then they came up to a crossroads with two paths. Arctic looked both ways then shrugged and went to the left while Fluttershy stood still, the boy noticed and turned around.  “What wrong, why have you stopped?” Arctic asked slightly confused, Fluttershy shuffled a little before pointing the other way. “What are you-” he was interrupted as Fluttershy went to speak.  “Thats the wrong way, you go left not right, that leads to the soccer field and the gym” Fluttershy said before walking in the right direction. Embarrassed, the boy blushed a light pink before coughing in his fist and followed after.  “Mention that next time would ya” He said playing it off catching up to his guide, this incited a small giggle from Fluttershy deeping the embarrassed blush turning his blue skin a soft rosy red. “Shut up” He muttered before they continued on.  “It's… not much further, just another hallway down and it's on our right” Fluttershy announced and Arctic was just glad that this little walk would be done. “....Uhm, Arctic?” Fluttershy called and Arctic titled his head her Direction.  “Yeah what is it?” He asked with a bored tone  “Where did you come from?” Fluttershy asked, Arctic arched an eyebrow to this and sighed.  “Well ya see, when a mommy and daddy love eachother very much they decide to do the dirty deed,a.k.a Sex, which means that after they have their ‘session’. They wait nine months then a small little Baby pops out and they name it Arctic Night. And that's the story of where Arctic came from, the end” Arctic said with a small grin as he saw the girl holding her burning red cheeks, he might have gone to far for her standards but he didn't care it was payback for getting him embarrassed.  “I-I meant, where did you come from, do you live here and transferred school's or did come from another country or state?” The shy girl asked and Arctic snorted softly.  “Yeah I know what you meant, I was born in England with my Mom. It me, my twin sister and my Mom… my dad on the other hand he-” Arctic paused and wondered why he was going into his life story for a girl he just met, he shook his head and walked faster. “That's enough story time, c'mon you walk like me grandparents” he continued.  Fluttershy was left knowing a little bit of the boy, she was curious though. Discord had told her that he doesn't do well with others or makes as much friends close to none. Though to Fluttershy it looked like he was kinda nice, a little edgy, but nice.  As they neared the door Arctic went to grab the handle but Fluttershy quickly stopped him from opening the door by grabbing his hand. “What's all this then?” Arctic asked a little annoyed. They both looked at their hands and Fluttershy was the only that was blushing while Arctic click his tongue.  “I-I’m so sorry, it's just… well uhm…” Fluttershy seemed to be glowing even more red and hiding behind her hair more. Remembering what his Mother said about treating girls with respect, Arctic sighed and put a hand to her shoulder making her give a small ‘eep’.  “Look it's fine that you touched my hand, now calm down and tell me why you stopped me alright” He said being as sincere as he could, this made the yellow girls blush lessin and came out of her hair curtains.  “I'm sorry… there's a test today and we have to wait for a bit before entering. Ms. Harshwhinny hates it when people walk in, interrupting tests or lectures” Fluttershy informed and Arctic clicked his tongue.  “Well great, how long do we have’ta wait then?” Arctic asked.  “Not long, I've finished my test earlier and not many students are far behind were I was. Probably around five minutes” Fluttershy answered, she leaned against the wall and slid down so she can sit and rest for a bit. Arctic leaned on the wall with arms crossed waiting in silence. The one thing Arctic hated more than anything, it was silence. Yes it was good every once in awhile but he needed some noise to keep him sane.  Seeing as how shy Fluttershy was, Arctic had to start the conversation. “So then… where'd you come from?”  At the question Fluttershy looked up to Arctic. “its only fair, I told you where I was from love, now it's your turn… c’mon then what's your story?” He asked again. Fluttershy brought her knees to her chest and thought for a bit.  “Well, I was born and raised in a city called Clouds Dale a very big and open city filled with all kinds of people" Fluttershy started. "But... I was bullied most of the time at my old schools because of how skinny and lengthy I was at my age, but thats were I had met my best friend Rainbow dash she protected me from the other bullies one day and we became friends ever since" she said with a small smile on her lips, but lost it soon after. "But Rainbow and her family moved and at the time I didnt know where, that is, until I also moved because of my dad getting a promotion... We moved here as I started freshman year and I was instantly reunited with Rainbow, along with some new friends and as the years went on they got boyfriends and we met new friends and... now I met you" She finished. Arctic humed as she finished her life story and thought to himself for a bit. A few seconds pass and all Arctic could think about was how a girl like this was bullied for no reason, but thought for a minute and remembered he was also bullied just as much as she was.  “I see, you seemed to have a pretty normal life love, save for the bullying, atleast you had someone to help, didnt have bugger all when I got bullied. But during my life I grew up a bit differently, and pulled all the pranks in my schools” Arctic said giving a small snort. “There was this one time where I had filled water balloons with pink paint and gave the main gym a nice new coat”  “Why would you do that?”  “Eh, I was bored and had nothing to do. Man my Mom was so pissed at me, it made the devil shake in his boots… but because of stuff like that I… I had to leave my home” Arctic said getting Fluttershy's attention, but she stayed silent as to hear more.  “I was kicked out of my last school that would take me… when my mom heard about that… she broke down, gave me hell, and didn't talk to me for half a month” Arctic continued, lost in his out loud thoughts. “If… If I could've just done what I was told then maybe.... then maybe... I dont know” he said ending with a heavy sigh. Fluttershy went to reach over and console him, but just as she was about to touch him, the door swung open scaring them both to death. Arctic had to slap a hand over his mouth as to not curse rapidly.  “I hope you are done with you conversation out here ms. Shy, I do appreciate you not interrupting the testing so please come inside and sit down” An elderly woman in her mid-thirties, darkish orange skin, bright blond hair hanging down close to her eyes, some make up, purple and silver earrings, wearing a purple suit and skirt, black tights and purple heels. “Yeesh, someone likes purple to much” Arctic blurted out with a chuckle. He stopped as he felt the cold glare from the teacher an inch taller than him.  “And who might you be, don't tell me your skipping class like all the other kids” She said crossing her arms.  “Oh no ms. Harshwhinny, this is actually your new student. His name is Arctic Night” Fluttershy said stepping in.  “Ah yes, I was expecting you mr. Night and by your attitude I can tell we are going to have to set a few rules” Ms. Harshwhinny said making Arctic cock an eyebrow.  “How come? I'm not that bad love” Arctic stated which wasn't technically wrong.  “It's something I do with all the kids, now rule number 1. Do not interrupt the class from lectures and testing, rule number 2. Do not fool around in my class and treat with respect and you will get respect in return, and rule number 3. Do not talk back and follow the rules. If you can do those three things you will be fine” Ms. Harshwhinny said.  “Only three things… kinda laid back dont you think” Arctic said a bit surprised.  “Oh there are more but we don't have time to go over all them. Now then it's time to introduce you to the class come along” She finished and spun around and walked back into the classroom not giving Arctic a chance to say anything else. "Yeesh what a stick in the mud am I right" Arctic mumbled before walking in with Fluttershy. As he walked in the room his heart almost burst out of his chest and began hyperventilating. Eyes, Eyes was all Arctic could see staring back at him it was suffocating all he could hear was his own heart beat at this point. "Uhm... Arctic?" A voice cracked though the rapid beats and he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turn to see Fluttershy looking at him with concern, she obviously saw what was wrong just by looking at him. "Your sweating and you're breathing pretty heavily, are you ok?" "YES!" He blurted out and stepped back, he began calming down and decided to try that again. "*Ahem* Uh yes, yes Im alright just... not good with crowds or people looking at me is all" "Alright... do you want me to stay here to help ease the tension?" Fluttershy asked. "No Im good... I do better on my own" Arctic said, he noticed he had gottin a little to close to this girl in such a short amount of time. It was beginning to remind him of... her. "I dont need help... I dont need anyone" He mumbled and motioned Fluttershy away from him. He stood infront of his class and took a deep breath before exhaling getting his heart rate back to normal. "My name is Arctic Night... I going to be your new classmate lets get along or something like that, I dont know, I've been through the same speech all my life so all you need to know is I am not a very nice person" He finished and looked ms. Harshwhinny. "Alrighty then, now that that's out of the way, we are done in class for today so it's free time until the bell rings but dont get to loud understand" Ms. Harshwhinny said sternly. "Yes ms. Harshwhinny" They all said and immediately they all began moving towards their friends or playing on their phones while ms. Harshwhinny went to her desk to grade papers. "Arctic, we have one desk in the back next to a student named Soul and remember my rules young man" Ms. Harshwhinny said and Arctic rolled his eyes before going forward and finding his seat next to this Soul kid. "So new kid huh, yeah I've been through the same thing as well" Soul said, his hair was pure white while his irises were bright blue. He had on a black t-shirt underneath his white, half sleeve hoodie with black pants on. He was also wearing a pair of long, black, fingerless gloves. Just as Arctic sat down and put his bag on his desk he saw Souls hand next to him. "Names Soul Writer, friends call me Soul, nice to meet you Arctic" he said and Arctic slowly grabbed his hand and shook it. "Uh... yeah, like wise" He said getting his hand back began looking through his bag for something he had snuck past his Uncle. "So where you from?" Soul asked. "Huh? Oh Im from london" Arctic said not looking away from his bag, until he pulled out a small rectangular device. "Here it is, now lets play" he said excitedly. "Hey is that the Switch?" Soul asked getting Arctics attention. "Huh, oh yeah I got this little baby after doing a few jobs around my hometown. Took me a couple of months but I'll tell you what, I got what I wanted though" Arctic said and reached in his bag again and pulled out a game in fancy writing saying "Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild". "Thats pretty cool man, did you have any money left over?" Soul asked as he watch Arctic put the game in and start playing. "Oh yeah, I had four hundred dollars and when I bought it I had about one hundred left so I gave it to my mom as a present for dealing with my crap" Arctic said. He caught himself again, but decided to let it slide since he was just asking how he got his system. "Ya know, this place isn't as bad as my other schools, its strange" Arctic said and Soul snickered slightly. "Should've been here in the beginning of sophomore and the end of it. I mean, it was pretty strange, my girlfriend actually turned into a demon and tried to take over the school with some sorta dark magic she gained from a crown that she gained from a princess not of this world, then some of my friends girlfriends took control of everyones minds in order to make an army and do who knows what... so yeah other than that" Soul said with a smile saying the entire story with a straight face. Arctic put his system down and look at the boy in confused horror. "What the fu-" just as he was about to finish the bell rang and everyone started getting up and leaving. Arctic shook his head clearing his thoughts before turning his switch off and putting it away. "So anyway, nice to meet you" "Likewise, but hey whats your next class?" Soul asked. That was a good question, Arctic reached in his pocket and took out his schedule and searched for his next class. "Lets see.... oh, P.E. huh cool" "Oh, your next class is P.E. you might meet my friend Rainbow Dash or Applejack, but uh just in case, dont make them mad" Soul mentioned before walking out the door. Arctic wanted to question that but decided he shouldnt. He looked around for fluttershy but it seemed the girl already left. "Fantastic... time to wander for half an hour" Arctic groaned and walked out the class. (Ten minutes later after the bell) "WHERE THE HELL AM I!!!??" Arctic screamed and threw his bag at the lockers. He huffed for a few seconds before sighing and picking up his bag. He groaned once more before continuing down the hall. "This is it, every hallway, every SINGLE hallway, to my knowledge which is like four, this has to be the right one... what am I talking about this is a highschool theirs an upstairs, hundres of halls and I only know four!" Arctic said getting even more angry and annoyed now. As he ranted on a didnt notice another student coming up from behind. The student was Arctics height, had spikey blue hair, he was wearing a blue jacket, jeans and a white shirt with a blue sheild and a lighting bolt. He walked up and taped Arctics shoulder. "Hey uh you ok man, you seem lost" The student asked and Arctic turned to him and his anger went down the drain because someone finally came to help him. "Yes! For the love of god yes! Oh my god you have no idea how long I've been wandering these damned halls... please can you show me to the gym that has PE?!" Arctic begged the boy who was put off by this. "Uh... sure its just down the hall to your left and the last door" The boy said making arctic snap his head to the hall he was about to go down and deflated like a balloon. "Im actually heading their myself we can talk on the way if you want" he said prying Arctics hands off his shirt. "Yeah... sure..." Arctic said still in disbelief and the two started walking. "So whats your name? Mines Flash Century" Flash asked. "Arctic... Arctic night" Arctic answered still a bit annoyed but calm none the less. After a few seconds of silence arctic noticed that this guy looked a little to popular and eyed him for a bit making Flash uncomfortable. "Uhm... ya need something?" Flashed asked with an akward smile. "Yeah whats your deal man, a popular kid helpin a guy like me. Schools Ive been to had those guys pullin crap with people like me... so tell me, is this a prank?" Arctic asked still eyeing him a bit. "What? No of course its not a prank and to be honest Im not that popular, Im just trying to help is all anything wrong with that?" Flash asked genuinely and it struck Arctic as odd. 'ooookay then.' Arctic thought. "I guess not... sorry not used to this kind of environment" he continued. "Oh so you're new here, well welcome and such, hope you have a good time here" Flash said and just as he did they stopped infront of the gym doors. Arctic went to open it but it was locked. "Huh thats strange... oh wait were at the soccer field today my bad" "Wheres the feild at?" Arctic asked Flash who pointed behind him, he turned and saw the kids in gym uniforms sitting or playing soccer. "Oh... we will not speak of this, ever" "But-" "Ever!" Arctic and Flash walked outside and as they were out a ball flew right past Arctics face scaring him and knocking him on his butt. Flash chuckled at the frighten boy before helping him up. "Hey are you guys ok?!" A girl called out, we turned and saw a girl with light blue ski, rainbow hair, magenta colored eyes and wearing the PE uniforms. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL?!" Arctic snapped slightly making both Flash and Rainbow dash jump. Arctic really wanted to let his anger out but he remembered he was supposed to control it. With a long deep breath and a long exhale, the boy slowly calmed himself down and gave a long groan. "Sorry about that, I tend to lose my cool often" "Geez, you didnt have to yell at me!" Rainbow said, annoyed at the boy. "I kinda wish it didnt miss" She added before picking up the ball and walking back to her game. "Yeah I kinda expected a reaction like that" Arctic said plainly before he felt like someone was watching him. He looked at his surroundings only to find no, just as he was about walk with Flash to the bleachers, the boy was meet with the color pink... lots of pink, and the smell of candy. "What the fu-" He was stopped when he heared a loud gasp from the pink blur. "Oh my gosh Ive never seen you before are you a new student, of course you're a new students its so nice to meet you my name is Pinkie pie, I hope you like it here, oh who am I kidding you'll love it here, anyways I have to go, have this cupcake BYE!" The Pink blur said to fast for Arctic to comprehend and when it wooshed away, he was left in a dumbfounded daze holding a chocolate cupcake with pink frosting. Arctic blink a bit before looking at the cupcake in his hands. "Where did this come from?" He asked and the smell hit his nose, "Man this smells good... might as well" Arctic said and began eating the small treat. "Wow, Im suprised you weren't scared by pinkie pie" Flash said. "Pinkie pie?" "Yeah, she's one of my friends and shes really energetic. Especially when it comes to new students as you clearly saw, but people usually get scared when it happens but you kept your cool" Flash admired. "Yeah, well, I'm pretty hard to scare" Arctic said but Flash snickered. "What?" "That ball coming to your face said otherwise" Flash said making arctic roll his eyes. "Man whatever, I was about to get knocked out by a random ball" He said defensively as they made their way towards the bleachers with the other kids. "Anybody would be scared" "Sure, Sure" "Whatever, anyways I might need you to show me to the next class after this" Arctic said still confused about the halls in the schools. "Sure no problem, but for now I think we should just watch the practice game going on. Judging from how tense everyone is, its just getting good" Flash said making our attention go to the game happening. The scored is tied with both teams giving everything they have to get the ball into the goal. I noticed that Rainbow dash was running pass everyone on the opposite team kicking the ball under or around their legs, making a break for the goal she lined up her shot and kicked it hard. The ball almost missed the goal if it hadn't hit its side on the bar causing it to spin right and go into the goal. Everyone on the left side of stands cheered at the fact that their team won. Arctic was actually impressed with the speed Rainbow dash demonstrated, it kinda reminded him of his first time running from the police after throwing water balloons at them. He snickered quietly at the thought, though it didn't go unnoticed. "Whats up?" Flash asked him with a small pat hitting Arctics shoulder. "Ah, its nothin really... just remembering the good ol' days is all" Arctic answered leaving Flash in wonder. "It's weird being here actually" "How so?" Flashed asked again. "Well... I can't put my finger on it, but, this school seems like it changes people quite fast cause at the beginning I had didn't want friends" Arctic admitted, he had no idea why he was spilling his own can of beans, but he couldn't stop. "Well now you got one Arctic, I can tell we're gonna have a great friendship" Flash said and for once in his life, Arctic smiled.