Chapter 4: School Days of Alex
(Alex's Point of View)
It was Monday. Today was my first day at school. I got my bags ready, and I headed downstairs. I saw that Mrs. Cake has prepared me a lunch for school. She also handed me a blueberry muffin for breakfast. I then headed out to school. As I was headed there, I was caught by the attention of somepony.
"Hey, Alex!" I turned around and saw Danny flying down.
"You're flying?!" I asked. "You were born human, how are you flying?"
"I was here for 2 and a half years," Danny said. "Mom taught me how. Now, c'mon. School's going to be starting soon." We then started running towards the school. We walked in and then Danny walked over to his desk. I felt a hoof over my back, and I looked at who has put their hoof on me. It was the teacher of this school, Miss Cheerilee.
"Hello there," said Cheerilee. "I was wondering when our newest student would arrive."
"I'm pleased to be here," I told her.
"Well, let's get you up to the front and announce you to the class," said Cheerilee. She then had me to the front of the class, and she stood next to me, and she said, "Good morning, class."
"Good morning, Miss Cheerilee!" said the class. I could recognize four of them. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Danny.
"Before we begin, we have a new student joining us," said Cheerilee. "Her name is Alex. Now, she used to be a human... a human in the opposite gender... but I want you to treat her as she is a part of any other pony in Equestria."
"Yes, Miss Cheerilee," said the class. I was a little upset that the mentioning of my gender being changed, but I had to just put it aside.
Cheerilee then put a hoof on me and said, "Now, why don't you take a seat over between Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle?"
"Okay," I said. I walked over towards the desk open between Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle. I took off my saddlebags, and got onto my seat. It was weird at first, sitting like a pony. It feels weird sitting on my butt and haunches. Anyway, Cheerilee started the class. I couldn't let my thoughts get in the way of learning, like I was told by one of the nuns back in my old orphanage.
Good thing I learned how to write as a pony, otherwise I wouldn't be taking any notes. I learned a lot about Equestria's history. It sure has a lot of things similar to Earth. As I was taking notes, I got hit by something on the back of my neck. I looked towards where whatever hit me came from, I looked and saw another pink Earth pony. But, she had a light purple mane with a white stripe, and a tiara in her mane. She was giving me a look the way bullies give.
I've dealt with bullies back in Seattle, and I usually tried to ignore them. And if that bully just doesn't leave me alone, I usually pull a major prank on them, making them regret picking on me. It's like bad karma. So today, I'll just ignore her. I continued taking notes, but then I got hit in the back of the neck again. I looked at her again, getting angry. Apple Bloom noticed me looking back at that pink pony.
Apple Bloom raised a hoof and said, "Miss Cheerilee. Diamond Tiara's pickin' on Alex!"
Then Miss Cheerilee walked over towards that other pink pony's desk. She then said, "Is this true, Diamond Tiara?"
"Well, of course!" she said. "She's weirder than the other human turned pony. Why would she claim that she used to be a boy? She's pretending. That's just weird, and I don't like weirdos here."
"Hey!" I said. "I'm not pretending that I was a boy!"
"Actually, Applejack was with Pinkie Pie when she got Alex signed up," said Cheerilee. "And Applejack was the one who told me about this filly being a human boy. She's not used to being a girl."
"Then why did this former human's decide to change its gender?" asked the pony known as Diamond Tiara.
"I didn't!" I shouted. "The one who did this to me saved my life, but accidentally changed my gender, and sent me to this world."
"Well, maybe you shouldn't have come here at all," said Diamond Tiara.
I was so angry at her, I wanted to punch her so hard, but something was preventing me. It's probably the fact that I was taught not to start a fight by the nuns at my old orphanage. They also said that boys weren't allowed to hit girls. So, I restrained myself.
"That's it," said Diamond Tiara. "Don't fight somepony who is superior to you."
"I don't see you as superior," I told her. "You're just a bully who doesn't see the pain others are receiving from what you're doing. No matter if it's physical... or emotional." She then got confused at what I just said, and thought about it. "Who told you that you had to be superior to all other ponies beneath you?"
She then changed her expression from confused to sad. She then said, "My mother. She... she says that I have to feel superior to all ponies who aren't rich."
"I was told that being rich doesn't make you better than everyone else," I said. "Money doesn't get you everything."
"Money?" asked Diamond Tiara.
"It's currency on Earth," said Danny. "Our world has multiple versions of currency, depending on what country you're in."
"Understandable," said Cheerilee. "Now, let's get back to studying." She then walked towards the front of the room. I then started continuing my study of the class.
We all went out for some recess. I was still a little worried now that I'm a pony. It's going to be really weird for me to have some playground fun as a pony. I headed for the swing set, but it was going to be hard for me to not only get on the swing, but off of it as well.
I then tried getting onto one of the swings, but I fell off, landed on my face, saying, "Ow!"
"I know how you feel," I heard Danny say. I got up, turned around and looked at him, and he said, "Happened the first time I got onto that thing, too."
He then helped me up, and I got back onto my hooves. I said, "Thanks."
"No problem," Danny said. "Human or not, we should stick together."
I blushed and said, "I... I guess we do."
"Are you okay?" asked Danny. "Your face looks kinda red."
I then shook my head and said, "I'm okay." Then I turned my head to the right, and thought to myself, "What was I thinking? I guess I was blushing because I fell, but I got this feeling that it's something else, but I don't know what. Perhaps it'll go away in time."
"Anyway, want to play with the Cutie Mark Crusaders in a game of hoof ball?" asked Danny.
"I don't know what that is," I said, "but it sounds fun. How do you play?" I followed him to where the Cutie Mark Crusaders were.
Danny walked over to where Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were and said, "She's in."
"Alright," said Apple Bloom. "Ah'll tell ya what to do. Two teams have one member of each three normal tribes of ponies. The center is where the Earth Ponies stand to buck the ball to start off. The pegasi defend the goal to where their opponent is to get the ball to. And the unicorns hold the goal with their magic and is to catch the ball."
"Okay," I said. "It might be a little complicated for me. I might have a hard time bucking."
"Good call," said Apple Bloom. "Part of it is balance and..." she then got confused and turned her head towards Danny and said, "What was it called again?"
"Upper body strength," Danny said.
"Of course," said Apple Bloom. "Then ya just kick your back legs."
"Okay," I said. "So, it's kinda like a mixture of basketball, soccer and kickball, all at once."
I heard Danny laughing. We then saw another unicorn coming up to us with a trampoline. This unicorn has a purple coat that was lighter than Twilight's, and her mane was blonde.
I was confused by why she brought the trampoline and asked, "Why is she bringing over a trampoline?"
"Oh," said Scootaloo. "The truth is... I can't... fly."
"Oh," I said. "Has anypony tried making your wings bigger with some magic? Maybe a size spell?"
Then she looked at her wings and said, "Why didn't I think of that before?"
We all laughed at that and then started playing.
I finally reached Sugarcube Corner, and I went inside. I looked around and saw that nopony was in there. I then saw a note taped to the wall by the stairs. I walked over to it, and started reading it.
"Alex, if you get home and we're not there, we're out doing a delivery out of town, and Pinkie Pie is out making deliveries around Ponyville. Watch the twins until Pinkie gets back. I hope you're mature enough to watch over Pound and Pumpkin until Pinkie gets done. Signed, Mrs. Cake."
I sighed, and then walked up the stairs to the bedroom areas of the place. I walked over towards the room where Pound and Pumpkin were getting up from their nap. They yawned and saw me come in.
"Alex!" said Pound and Pumpkin. Pound flew out of the crib while Pumpkin just levitated herself out. Then they went over to me, and tackled me.
"Hey!" I said as they tackled me. I then started laughing because they were nuzzling my stomach and it was tickling me. "Stop it! That tickles!"
I just hope that Pinkie Pie gets home before this gets out of hand.
(Pinkie Pie's Point of View)
I just got done delivering all of the cakes, pies and other sweets to the ponies I had to make deliveries to. I put the cart back around the back of Sugarcube Corner. It was 8 p.m. when I came home.
"Alex! Pound! Pumpkin!" I called out. "I'm back!"
There was no reply. I started getting a little nervous, and I then went up to the room where Pound and Pumpkin were, and... to my surprise, I saw the twins, and Alex sleeping on the floor together. I also saw that Alex put her saddlebags outside of the door. I checked them, and saw that she was done with her homework. She must've done it when she was watching the two.
When I walked towards the three of them, I saw that Mrs. Cake's makeup kit was on the floor by Pumpkin, and I saw that Pumpkin didn't have makeup on. Then I just realized something. Since Alex had her backside facing towards me, I wondered something.
I turned Alex around, and saw that she had a lot of Mrs. Cake's makeup smeared all over her face. Eye shadow, moisturizer, false eyelashes, and a lot of lipstick covering at least an inch around her mouth. Alex must've been tuckered out when watching them, and Pumpkin thought that Alex would look good in makeup, and she put it on her when Alex fell asleep.
I then grabbed Pound and Pumpkin, and put them back in their beds. Then I walked over to Alex, and grabbed her, and took her to the room that she and I share. I then put her on her bed and gently shook her awake. She stirred around and then looked up and saw me.
"Oh," said Alex. "Hey, Pinkie." She didn't seem to be aware of the makeup on her face.
"Alex," I said, "you might not like what Pumpkin did to you when you were sleeping."
"What?" she asked. I then grabbed a mirror, and showed Alex her reflection. She went wide-eyes, and wiped the lipstick from her mouth. "Oh, c'mon! First it was my hair, and now my face?! I wasn't really a girl before!"
"I know," I said. "But, you really shouldn't fall asleep when Pumpkin Cake is around."
"I guess you're right," said Alex. "But, I don't want to do anything too girly." I then helped her get the makeup off of Alex's face. "I have my own dignity. I don't want to lose it by doing girly things."
"I'll let Mrs. Cake know and she'll set Pumpkin straight," I told her. "Now, let's get you into a bathtub, and we'll get you some dinner, and then we'll go to bed."
"Okay," said Alex. I then took her to the bathroom, and got her cleaned up. Then we got her some dinner, and then we went to bed. I just hope that Pumpkin will learn not to make Alex more of a girl when she was actually a boy.