One week later...
The next morning, Sunset was sleeping in her bed, until she suddenly felt something shake her. Chase kept trying to wake his sister, “FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! FIRSTLY DAY OF SCHOOL! FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, SUNSET! COME ON! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! IT’S OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!”
“Not now, Pinkie. Few more minutes,” Sunset mumbled. “NO, SUNSET!” Chase exclaimed. “IT’S ME, CHASE! YOU’VE GOT TO GET UP! IT’S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! YOU’LL BE LATE!” Sunset finally realized that it really was the first day of school, then she looked at Chase with a sad face, “You promised we would walk together.” Sunset then gave her brother a hug, then kissed his forehead, “Okay, okay. Don’t worry, I’m awake. Calm down.” Chase hugged her again, then he went over to his room to get dressed and pack his backpack for preschool, then Sunset got up and stretched herself until she was less stiff.
After she came downstairs for breakfast, she saw that Chase left her a bagel with cream cheese and a cup of coffee, and made himself a bowl of cereal. “Thanks, Chase. That’s so sweet of you,” Sunset said, until she sat down and ate her bagel and drank her coffee. After breakfast, Chase went to brush his teeth, and Sunset went to get dressed and her hair brushed, then she brushed her teeth, and packed her school bag.
When Chase was ready, he took Sunset’s hand, and then they walked to school together.
After Sunset and Chase got inside the school, Principal Celestia gave Sunset her schedule and then Sunset hugged Chase and gave him a kiss on the forehead, “I’ll be back in time to pick you up after school, okay? Now, you have a good day, and tell your friends I said hello!” Sunset suddenly ran over to her friends and then they walked to class. Chase looked at Principal Celestia, then she led him to the preschool room and let him inside. Chase placed his lunchbox and backpack in the closet and then he went to the mat and took the LEGO bin and then began building a castle. When all of a sudden, someone kicked his castle. “Hey!” Chase said.
When Chase looked at him, he was a little tubby and a little bulky and he had light brown messy long hair with tan streaks, the same skin as Chase with five freckles on each cheek, and amber red eyes. He wore a black t-shirt with a white skull on it, black converse sneakers with dark grey studs and blue overalls.
“What’d you do that for?” Chase asked. “Because I hate castles!” The mean boy said, until he grabbed Chase’s shirt and lifted him up. “If you don’t know who I am, the name’s Brutus! I run the preschool grade, dweeb! My sister used to run the entire school, but she taught me how to watch out for newbies like you and teach them a lesson if they get in the way!”
“What did I ever do to you!?” Chase asked. “Nothing! I just wanna make sure you don’t! In fact, I feel like giving you a head start!” Brutus said, until he balled up her hand into a fist, and while Chase was shaking in fear, he clenched his eyes shut and felt tears roll down his eyes, then Brutus was about to make the blow.
“Hey, hobo!” a voice appeared. It was Seamus, “You think you can just wreck up my peep’s LEGO castle and introduce yourself and threaten him by giving him a hard blow? I don’t think so!”
“Oh, yeah? Say who?” Brutus asked. “You looking at this big fella right here! I don’t feel like taking you on here right now because of school rules, so you best back off and leave the poor guy alone!” Seamus said. “How about if I beat you up instead!?” Brutus replied with a blow. “Brutus! That’s enough!” another voice appeared. It was Miss Blue Belle, then Brutus gulped. “Brutus, go sit in the corner. You’re in timeout until class starts,” Miss Blue Belle said. “And I’ll be telling your parents about this, young man.” She suddenly saw Chase crying over Brutus’s behavior towards him, then she kneeled down to comfort him, but he ran off to hide, and he kept crying over his broken heart when the mean boy hurt his feelings.
“Chase? It’s okay, baby,” Miss Blue Belle said, then repelled her hand and kept crying. Suddenly, after Miss Blue Belle told the kids to continue playing, she walked over to Principal Celestia’s office and knocked on her door. “Come in,” Principal Celestia said. Miss Blue Belle entered the door, “Oh, Miss Blue Belle. This is unexpected.” Miss Blue Belle had a depressing and worrying frown. “What’s the matter?” Principal Celestia asked. Miss Blue Belle sighed, “Principal Celestia, would it be alright if we called Sunset Shimmer over? I need to take her to my classroom so she can come pick up Chase early. He’s having an emotional anxiety meltdown.” Principal Celestia nodded.
In Mr. Cranky Doodle’s classroom, Sunset and her classmates were doing a summer break assignment, until they heard a knock on the door. It was Vice-Principal Luna, “Sorry to interrupt, but can I borrow Sunset Shimmer for a while?”
“Uh, yes. Of course,” Mr. Cranky Doodle replied. Sunset got up from her seat and went with Vice-Principal Luna, then they met up with Miss Blue Belle and she opened the door to her classroom, until Sunset heard Chase crying. She walked over to his hiding spot where the bookshelves were, kneeled down and saw the redness on his face and eyes. “Chase? Are you feeling okay?” Sunset asked. Chase turned around and saw Sunset with a concerned look, then he got out of hiding and Sunset gave him a hug, then continued to cry, “Shhhhhh... It’s okay, Chase. I’m here. It’s okay.”
“Sunset, earlier before we were about to start class, a boy named Brutus, who is sitting over there in the corner, threatened to hurt Chase, but Seamus tried to stop him, but he threatened to punch him too. I was able to stop the fight,” Miss Blue Belle explained. “Oh, Chase...” Sunset said in sorrow as she rubbed his back and shushed his sobbing while he played with her hair and nuzzled his cheek on her neck and shoulder. “Do you want to go sit with me in my classroom? We’ll take you to the library later,” Sunset asked. Chase sniffed and nodded, then Sunset grabbed his backpack and his lunchbox, then she turned to Miss Blue Belle one more time. “I’m sorry about this,” Sunset said. “It’s not your fault, dear. Someone was just mean to him. He can hang out with you for today,” Miss Blue Belle said. Sunset nodded, then she walked back to her classroom with Chase and his stuff in her arms.
When she got back to the classroom, she put Chase down and went to sit at her desk to do some schoolwork. Then, Chase went over to the corner with tears in his eyes and placed bean bag chairs around him and sat down with his legs hugged up to his chest and leaned his head on his lap, then he shook with sobs. He suddenly felt a hand comfort him. When he turned around, he saw Rarity kneeling towards him. “Is something wrong, darling?” Rarity asked. Chase couldn’t speak, then Rarity sat down with him and comforted him by stroking his hair and rubbing his arm until he laid on her lap.
“Now, tell me what’s wrong,” Rarity said. “I-I-I was enjoying my first day of the new school year, but suddenly a s-s-s-student was b-b-being m-m-m... MEAN TO ME!” Chase wailed, until he started to get tears on Rarity’s shirt, but she didn’t mind, so she grabbed a tissue box and let Chase blow on them to dry the tears from his eyes.
When they all went to lunch, Chase took out his peanut butter and jelly sandwich and ate a few bites, but he was too sad to eat. “Chase, darling. You must eat,” Rarity said. “I’m not hungry,” Chase said. “I know how you feel, Chase,” Sunset said. “Look, I’m sorry he hurt you, but if something happens like that again, come talk to us and we’ll handle it, okay?” Chase nodded, then ate his sandwich. Pinkie Pie came over with a big soft sugar cookie with vanilla icing and rainbow sprinkles for Chase, then she gave him a hug, then went back to her seat to eat her lunch. Chase ate his cookie when he was done with his sandwich, then moved on with his other snacks including carrot sticks and apple slices. “Chase, I’m sorry to say this, but we have to take you back to the daycare program. But the bully’s been sent home and will probably be sent to another school or something,” Sunset said. Chase was finally happy, then he finished his lunch.
After lunch, Sunset and the girls dropped Chase off to the preschool room and went to Mrs. Cheerilee’s class, and then she started the lesson. After she finished teaching, the students began their assignments. Sunset started to lose focus because she realized that Chase was really broken and hurt.
When school ended, Sunset went to the daycare program room to pick up Chase. When she got to the door, she saw Chase napping on the mat after the students left. She went over to Chase’s stuff and took them off the hanger and carefully lifted Chase up without waking him and held him in her arms and wrapped them around him for a hug. Then, she left the room with a soft goodbye to Miss Blue Belle and took Chase home.
When they got home, Sunset let Chase lay down on the couch, then she put her backpack in the kitchen and then went to go sit with Chase, then she placed the sleeping boy on her lap, and read her journal for replies, but received nothing.
She closed her book, and then comforted her little brother, “No more tears, Chase. I promise on my life that I will never let anything happen to you.”
