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// 2. The Poor Souls 
// Story: The School for the Mindless 
// by PenHeart3 
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A record player was playing in the background.  Smooth Jazz.  It filled the room perfectly.  The room was a light gray and had muffin posters all over.  There were two beds (like most of the dorms), that had just been perfectly made.  One had orange coverings, green sheets, and matching orange pillows.  The other was all grey, and the only decorations was pillow shaped like a muffin.  On the grey bed was a girl with a similar skin color (only a bit lighter then the covers), pure yellow hair, and a set of eyes that matches her hair.  She was holding her muffin-shaped pillow, crying tears of sorrow.  She was pregnant, and is expected to be due in about three weeks.  It was also in between the first 6 weeks in school.

“Derpy?  Are you still crying over the baby again?”  A woman’s voice was herd in the distance, she was in the middle of doing her hair, which was a pure orange color.  She also had yellow skin, and green eyes, that shine like emeralds.
“No... I wasn’t Carrot.” Derpy said in a rather sorrow tone
Carrot sighed, “Is it because Vinyl and Octavia couldn’t make it to our afternoon meet up yesterday?”
“No...”
“Is it because you fear nobody will look after your baby during school?”
Derpy then started to cry again, informing Carrot Top she guessed right.
“Don’t cry, it’s okay.” Carrot said, trying her best to comfort her friend.  “I’m sure Time Turner would come and get the baby, so you can continue with school.  It’s not really that big of a deal.  I’m sure they’ll understand.”
Derpy stopped crying, “I hope so.”  She then touched her womb, and prayed nothing bad will happen.



(December 24th 2017)
The tree lit up with lights as Benny sat down on his navy blue couch.  In his left hand, was a glass bottle of peach tea, and in his right, was a picture of him and a girl.  The girl had brown hair, pale skin, olive green eyes, and cat ears (in place of the human ears).  She was in a pink dress at the time the photo was taken.  Benny had a purple t-shirt, black shorts, and a pair of sunglasses.  A canyon was in the background.  Seeing the photo made him cry, as it was a memory of the time he had spent with her.  He stared at the photo for 30 minutes, before placing it on the table.  Afterwards, he threw the bottle on the ground, leaving shards of glass on the floor, and tea flowing on the floor. He cried, at top of his lungs, “Why!?!  WHY DID YOU TAKE HER FROM ME”  A group of men restrained Benny, in hopes he would calm down.  However, he managed to have broken free, by turning into a monster of ink, and flames.  He had set the men on fire, before jumping out the window. Into the cold, snowy night he went.



For the whole morning, everything was perfect.  Derpy was finally able to relax.  However, that will soon change unexpectedly.  It was 11:47 AM, Derpy and Carrot was in Ms. Richardson’s class, Biology.  She going over the process of evolution.  “And that is why some animals are similar to others.”  Ms. Richardson said, in a rather come yet a little bit of aggression.  She has skin as white as snow.  Her hair was darker than shadows, a pure black.  She also had Olive green eyes.  “Any questions?  No?  Okay than moving on.”  The remainder of the class was alright, until...
“Um Miss Richardson?” Derpy wasn’t holding it together.  She felt something was about to burst.  However before she called her.
“Yes, Derpy?”
“I think my water just broke...”
This was bad.  The baby was coming.  And if Mrs. White found out, she would’ve killed the poor thing.  So saving the baby from Mrs. White was a must.  She can’t know Derpy’s having a baby.  It’s for Derpy’s own sake, and the baby’s.



(December 25th 2017)
It’s Christmas day.  And everyone had something to do.  Well, most people.  “Pete, I’ll take another bottle.”
“But you already had five bottles.  I think you should...”
Pete was cut of by a bottle being smashed on the floor, “I said another!” Benny yelled in an aggressive tone.
“Alright, yesh.” Pete then slide a bottle over to him. “Great, now I’m out of tea.” Pete sighed in grief, not being prepared.  “I’ll be right back.”
Pete left out the door, leaving Benny alone.
“I see someone’s having a miserable day.”  A man called in a calm collected tone.
“You have no idea.”
“Mind if I sit with you?” The man asked.
“Sure...” Benny said uneasy about the whole thing.  The man then sat down, with a bottle of beer in his hand.  He than took a drank.
“That’s some good stuff.”  He paused and looked at Benny.  “My name’s Opium, Opium Mass, but you can call me ‘4T’.”  The man said, in a rather friendly tone.
“Benny, nice to meet you.”  Benny said, as the two shook hands.  It was the start of a new friendship.  One that may last the whole year.




Derpy was in pain.  The class was evacuated, until the baby’s been born.  The only to in the room was Ms. Richardson, and Carrot Top.  “Alright Derpy, breathe.”  Ms. Richardson said, in a rather panicked tone.  “Carrot, I need you to get Mr. Lawrence.”
“Why!?!” Carrot yelled in a rather furious tone.  “He’s a history teacher!  He doesn’t...”
“JUST HURRY UP AND GET HIM!!!”  Derpy yelled at her friend.  It was mostly rare for Derpy to yell at someone.  The fact that she did, made it very serious.
“Okay. I’ll be back soon.”  Carrot then got up and ran out the door heading to Mr. Lawrence’s classroom.  The only problem was getting pass all the teachers.  She could get in trouble for running in the halls, or worse.  Detention.  She had to be as sneaky as possible.  And that was going to be hard.





“Alright class, which front of the war were the trenches in?”  Mr. Lawrence was in the middle of teaching class.  The subject at hand was World War 1.  Everyone was bored, as the whole class was just about the pure chaos, that other countries has inflicted on themselves.  A hand was raised in the air.
“Yes.  Maud?”  Mr. Lawrence called on Maud Pie, a sister of Pinkie Pie.
“The Western Front.”  She answered in a rather emotionless tone.
“That is Correct-o Maud-o!  I will never be using that.”  Benny said, which caused the whole class to laugh (except Maud).  “The Western Front was where most of the war happened.  In the trenches were...”
A sudden knock on the door interrupted him.  He went to answer the door, only to find Carrot Top, panting on the ground.  “Carrot?”  He asked confused.  “What are you doing here?  You don’t see me until next period.”
“It’s Derpy,” Carrot cried in fear.  “She needs you.”
A pause was shared by the two.  “Alright class,” Mr. Lawrence said.  “I’m going to be gone for a bit.  Just read over your textbooks until I get back.”  Everyone groaned at the thought.  Apparently, textbook work is very boring to them.
“I’ll get nurse Redheart,” The teacher said in a more serious tone than normal.  “I need you to try to make sure that Mrs. White doesn’t find out.”
“Find out about what?”  A harsh feminine tone was heard behind Carrot.  After looking up, she found the women she dreaded to avoid.  “Skipping class, are we Ms. Top?”





It has been at least two hours timed, as a healthy baby girl was born.  She had teal blue skin, pure yellow hair like her mother, and golden eyes.  Derpy couldn’t have been happier.  Mr. Lawrence appeared in front of the doorway, with scratch marks on his body, a black eye, and blood on his forehead.  He was also in tears.  Derpy was confused at first, but Ms. Richardson realized what happened.  “I tried to save her...” Mr. Lawrence was in grief.  He tried to save Carrot, but he couldn’t.  White easily took advantage of him in combat, and beat him in front of his own class.  The students were behind him, half teary eyed, and half wanting vengeance.  “What will you name the baby?” He asked.
Derpy looked at her little girl, “How about, Dinky.”



(present night)
Benny walked into the bar.  Scratch marks covered his body, he had black eye, and blood was dripping his forehead.
"You get into a fight?" Pete asked, not being surprised at all by Benny's marks.  After all, it wasn't the first time he was covered in his own blood.
"Yup." Benny said.  "I'll take the usual"
"Coming right up."  Pete then left the bar, to get Benny his drinks.
4T was also in the bar, drinking some beer.  He spat it out when he saw Benny.  "Jesus Christ, what happened to you?"
"I just got into a fight.  Again."
"No kidding, you're losing blood by the minute.  What happened to you?"
"I got into a fight with Mrs. White."
4T was drinking his beer when Benny was telling him what happened.  He spat his beer out when he heard Mrs. White. "What were you thinking!?! You're crazy!!!"
"I was trying to protect Carrot Top"
Pete returned with a 12 pack of Peach Tea in his arms.
"Thanks Pete."
"You couldn't save her, could you?"
"No.  Carrot was taken away.  I couldn't even tell Derpy."
"Heard she had a baby."
"Yup.  A beautiful healthy girl."
"Ha, now that's nice."
"Yes it is." Benny said as he opened a bottle. "Yes it is..."