//------------------------------// // Chapter 15: Teachary // Story: Power Rangers Super Megaforce: Equestrian Adventure // by ariellewilson //------------------------------// Noah awoke to the sound of a soft breeze, having him pull the covers closer to him when his nose caught the smell of something cooking, having him wake up as he sat up on the bed. Rubbing his eyes awake, he placed his glasses on his face, along with slipping his sneakers on before getting out of bed, his hooves making noises as he went down the stairs, heading into the kitchen. Upon entering the kitchen, he saw Fluttershy at the stove, her hair all brushed, including her tail, with him wondering how long it takes her to actually smooth out due to its length. He went up to her, seeing something on the frying pan. “Whatcha making?” This caused the yellow pegasus to jump back, her focus broken from what she’s cooking. “Sorry,” Noah quickly apologized. “I was wondering what you’re making. It smells wonderful,” he commented with a smile. “Thank you,” she returned, the spatula in her mouth. “I’m making French toast with blueberries. Do you want some?” “I would love some, but I’m in the mood for cereal,” he declined nicely, unaware of how she would take it. “Maybe next time.” “Fine with me.” Shrugging her shoulders, she flipped the bread over. “I’m having you come over to the school,” she said, giving him a heads up. “I got a letter from Twilight after I took a shower, stating that you and your friends should help us out at the school. We know you and your Ranger team learned different things back at your old school, so she thought it’ll be a good idea to, I don’t know, practice to become substitute teachers in case one - or all of my friends, including me - go out for a friendship problem.” She paused, facing away from the stove. “Unless…” she added, her face turning pink, “you don’t wanna do it… It’s okay for you guys not to be up for it. All we do at the school is teach friendship.” Thinking about it, he thought it wasn’t a bad idea. Sure, he and his friends learned natural stuff like science, except he doesn’t mind learning different stuff - like friendship. Adding to that, maybe he and his pals could one day become substitute teachers if they want to. "I did say that I'm down for it," he recalled from last night. Though, something came in his mind. “Is it possible for my friends and I to have our own classrooms by any chance?” “No. There aren’t any classrooms except the ones that are available.” Noah nodded his head understandably. “Besides, animals are part of science,” she grinned, going back to the frying pan. “I’m going to tell my students about why we have to be kind to creatures and their environments, along with hibernation.” She platted the toasted up bred on the flat dish, placing a new bread on the pan, getting it to sizzle. “I cannot wait,” she squealed excitedly. Seeing her this way, Noah couldn’t help yet to smile at her cuteness. He does want to tell her his feelings, even though it’s too early, and he doesn’t want to blow it, wanting to wait for the right moment. Going over to one of the cabinets, he opened them up. “Hmm,” he pondered, looking at the boxes of cereal. “What shall I have…?” He read the labels out loud. “Honey Nut Oats… Cocoa Grains… Fruity Apples… Aha! Lucky Horseshoe Charms. Similar cereal to the one I enjoy back at home.” He reached up, bringing the box down, seeing it hadn’t been open yet. Getting it opened, he got a bowl and a spoon, alongside with a carton of milk. With his breakfast all ready, he sat himself down at the table, spooning the cereal in his mouth, munching away. ”So…” he began to ask. “...what time do you go to school?” He put more cereal in his mouth. Bringing her finished French toast, she sat across from him. “School starts right around eight.” Picking up her fork, she began to eat her own breakfast. She swallowed. “Noah?” “Yeah?” Her cheeks blooming, she looked away, her eyes trained off of him. “Um… I wanna thank you for joining me for Nightmare Night that’s coming up. If you hadn’t said about being with me, then I would be under my bed. Something I do every year.” Her pink cheeks turned brighter. “No problem.” Grinning back, he, again, pictured her wearing a ladybug costume for Nightmare Night he had suggested for her. “Since ponies are dressing up for the spooky holiday, do the kids go…” “Trick-or-Treating?” she finished. “Yes, the little ones collect candy, and they give some of it to the Nightmare Moon statue.” Noah arched a brow. “Nightmare Moon statue?” “It’s a statue resembling Luna who was once Nightmare Moon thousands of years ago. My friend, Zecora, knows the history of Nightmare Night and the origins of Nightmare Moon.” Looking concerned, he set the spoon in the bowl. “Will Princess Luna be, you know, get offended?” “Oh, no, no, no.” Shaking her head, she told him right off the wing. “Luna loves Nightmare Night. Like I said yesterday, she joined the Nightmare Night Festival when I was at home. Maybe she’ll join this year. She hadn’t done it last year.” Finishing up her plate, she hopped off the chair. “You better finish up. I wanna get to the school before it starts.” Getting the message, the Blue Ranger finished his cereal, and washed his dishes, setting them in the dish rack to dry. Fluttershy did the same, washing her plate and fork, placing it on the dish rack. The water dripped onto the bottom of it. Walking to the door, she used her good wing to open it. “Beat ya to the door,” she said, seeing her crush walking up to her. “I let you open it this time,” he pretended to make an excuse, trying to be serious until he broke into a laugh. “Let’s go.” The two walked out of the cottage, the air nice and cool from the fall breeze. It was breezy, though it wasn’t too breezy. It did pick up some strands of the yellow pony’s mane, however. Noah likes it though, and he honestly likes it when her hair is down. Will she be wearing a pretty gown for the Grand Galloping Gala? he wondered, looking straight ahead as the two walked to Ponyville. It’s something he wanted to ask. Instead he said, “When is the Grand Galloping Gala?” “The sixth of May for next year,” she told him. “You and your friends are gonna love it.” “Yeah!” Out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie burst in front of them, more likely from her pink speed. “I hope the writer of this story puts the chapter of it on that exact day, and it’ll be titled Let’s Party, Rangers.” She placed a tip of her hoof to her chin. “Though,” she brought up, “she did say she would post more chapters, and the last chapter was posted on…” Reaching in the air, she took something out. Some sort of flat object, lifting the top open. “Huh. Her last update was on October seventh of twenty-twenty. Eh.” She tossed the object to the side. “She did say on her blog post that she’ll put chapters up for October - like a chapter for Nightmare Night. Unless she gets behind, of course. Guess she had writer’s block. I understand her. I get writer’s block when I’m coming up with a new cupcake recipe. I don’t blame story writers with writer’s block.” “Pinkie Pie…” Fluttershy interrupted politely. “It’s still October. The ‘writer’ is late, that’s all.” “Pfft, yeah. Only you’ll see the day the chapter is updated. What’s today’s date, anyway?” Pinkie asked. “It’s the seventeenth,” Noah told her, confused on this whole ‘writer’ thing. “Are the others at the school?” He wanted to change the topic. “Yes, they are. Orion is helping Rainbow in her class, Troy is with Twilight in her office, Gia is in Applejack’s classroom, Emma is alongside with Rarity, and Jake is helping me out.” “Does Starlight need any help?” Noah said. “Nope,” the bubble gum pony shook her head. “But when Twilight becomes the new ruler for Equestria, Starlight will take her place - for being the new Head Mare of the School of Friendship.” Her head turned around before looking back at the two. “I gotta go - my class is waiting. Bye!” She then sped off, zooming away. “Is she always this crazy?” Noah and Fluttershy resumed their walking, with him doing his best to process what the earth pony said. “I mean, I’m not being rude or anything, but does she have a problem or…” “Noah,” she told him, “she’s like this all the time. Half the time, none of us knows what she’s talking about.” “WHICH IS WHY THE STORY NEEDS HUMOR!” a thundering voice echoed through the air, pulling Fluttershy’s mane back, for the houses to lean back, with Noah planting all four hooves to keep himself on the ground, as well as the other ponies in town doing the same. “WITHOUT IT, THE STORY WILL BE A BLAH IN ALL SORTS OF WAYS!” Regaining their stances, Noah and Fluttershy quickly discovered who was shouting - Pinkie Pie, way down at the distance.“I HOPE THE AUTHOR PUTS A CHAPTER FOR NIGHTMARE NIGHT! BE SURE NOT TO GET MAD AT THE WRITER WHEN SHE GETS BEHIND; IT ISN’T HER FAULT, EVERYPONY!” All the ponies stared at one another. “Writer?” a pink coated mare with a violet mane and tail, managed to say, unaware at what the other pony is yelling. “Do you have any idea who she’s talking about, Blossomforth?” she asked a white pegasus pony with a pink and light green mane and tail. “Why are you asking me, Purple Wave?” the other pony replied, as she, too, doesn’t know what the party pony stated. “How about you ask Breezie Dreams?” “What?” an earth pony exclaimed with a coat in the color of blue, her mane and tail that are in curls. “Don’t ask me - ask the pony who shouted the word ‘writer’.” “And what would you like to ask?” Breezie jumped back when the party animal somehow right next to her. “If you’re wondering what a writer is, I’ll be happy to-” “Pinkie Pie - your class,” Fluttershy spoke. Pinkie blinked. “My class!” she shouted, zooming back to the school. With her gone, the rest of the residents shrugged their shoulders, going back to their merry way. Yet, they have no idea why they shouldn’t be angry at someone called a writer. Reaching the school finally, both Fluttershy and Noah stepped into the building. The Blue Ranger saw all sorts of ponies, along with creatures. Everyone chatted as they made their way to their classrooms, and when Noah entered Fluttershy's classroom with her right by his side, he saw ponies talking to each other. He noticed that it wasn’t a normal type of classroom where there are desks. Instead, it was on a balcony with trees, pets, plants, a round rug with cushions, and a stump where he assumed where Fluttershy sits on while she’s teaching. There were only six ponies there, comfortably sitting on their soft seats until one of them noticed the two equines coming up to them. “Hello, Professor Fluttershy,” one of them greeted cheerfully. She is an earth pony in the color of a dark pink with a purple and green mane and tail. Her cutie mark are two strawberries and a white flower. “Who’s the stallion? Is he a new student here?” Smiling, Fluttershy approached her students. “Everypony, I would like you to meet Noah. Noah this is my first batch of my students,” she introduced. “Hello, Noah,” all the pony students greeted in unison. “You look like a nerd.” “Sweetberry,” a green earth pony with white hair with a hint of tinsel scolded. “Don’t call him a nerd. Just because somepony is wearing glasses doesn’t mean they’re a nerd,” she told her. “Your brother wears glasses, Winter Snow,” the other pony known as Sweetberry answered. “He isn’t a nerd, he’s-” Winter started when the two heard clapping. The clapping came from the professor, a serious look on her face. The first one the brown unicorn has seen on her. “Now, you two - don’t start arguing,” Fluttershy firmly spoke. “Noah is a smart one, kind, and...handsome…” A grin broke from her serious attitude, and all of her students picked up on it. “She has a crush on Noah!” a blue pegasus exclaimed, laughing out loud. “Wow, for the first time ever, Professor Fluttershy is in love - and it’s not even Hearts and Hooves Day!” The shy pegasus's face bloomed so bright to where it was impossible not to notice. Yet, she took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. “Tornado…” she began. “I may have said that he’s handsome…” “Are you dating by any chance?” Tornado asked, interrupting her. “I mean…” He cleared his throat. “Unless you two are together together.” Chuckling, the Blue Ranger - even though none of them know about that - walked up to the students. “No, we’re not together…” he answered. I wish we are though, he thought to himself, and continued to speak. “We’re friends - for now. My friends and I are new here. You might have seen us at the welcome party.” “Yes, I’ve seen all six of you playing the party games,” he remembered, recalling from yesterday. “Did you see the heroes defeat those evil gray and blue things and the changelings that somehow turned back to being evil?” “Actually,” Fluttershy answered. “Those are new changelings.” This got her students confused, so she wanted to change the subject. “Anyways let’s start with today’s lesson - Breezies.” Noah stood at the sideline, watching her talk about something called Breezies. From the lecture, he learned that they’re these tiny ponies with see through wings that travel through Ponyville during their migration, riding on a breeze made by the pegasi. They will carry pollen with them during this migration, and known to have sensitivity to light and sound. They live in a hollow, and they speak their own kind of language - a bizarre language that only she - Fluttershy - could understand. She probably can understand all sorts of creatures at different levels, he bet until she called to him. “Noah, mind bringing a book here?” she requested. “The one about the Breezies. It should be on the shelf, tilted Rare Creatures.” She directed to a small bookcase, presumably books on animals. “No problem.” Going up to the bookcase, Noah pulled the book out, resulting it to fall on the floor. “Noah, you do know you're a unicorn, right?” one of the students piped. “You can use your magic to pick things up.” He wasn’t being rude, except the one next to him thought he was. A light yellow pegasus with a pink mane and tail, though not as long as their teacher’s, elbowed the stallion. “Why would you ask such a question? He isn’t an idiot.” “Duh,” he spoke back. “I know, Sky Skimmer. I was asking, that’s all.” “Still, you shouldn’t have asked that. He probably doesn’t know any kind of magic or spells that unicorns display.” Taking the book off the floor, he walked up to the students again, sitting next to the stump that the mare he likes is sitting on. He wasn’t offended at what the one pony had said. “It’s okay for you to ask if I know any spells, and no I don’t know any. Neither does Troy.” “You can ask Head Mare Twilight,” Winter Snow piped. “She knows all sorts of magic.” Noah chuckled. “I’ll keep that in mind.” He handed the book to Fluttershy. “Here you go,” he offered in a polite manner. “Why don’t you hold it and I’ll tell you what pages to turn?” the winged pony returned kindly. Opening the book, he faced the pages forward for all the ponies to see. Luckily, there are good sized pictures for those who are visual learners. Another thing, the book was big, though it wasn’t too heavy. The only muscles that are reacting are his ears, listening to the kind mare’s gentle toned voice as she went on about the Breezies, then telling him to turn a page. Hmm… he began to think. I believe I’ll be a great substitute teacher for this pretty girl whenever she has to go out for a friendship problem. Unable to keep a smile from forming, he laid his eyes on her, paying half attention to what she’s saying when a knock came. From the knocking, everyone turned their heads. “Hey, Troy.” Noah was the first one to break the silence. “What brings you here?” Troy stepped into the classroom with something. “Twilight told me to give this to you.” He handed a slip of paper to Fluttershy with the Blue Ranger wanting to see it. Fluttershy read the paper. “Ahh…” she nodded. “I see. There’s going to be a field trip for my class only. Okay, I can do that.” She glanced at Noah. “You wanna tag along?” “Where are we going?” he wanted to know. “A zoo. It’s in Chicoltgo.” “I’ll go. I’ve been to a zoo before, so I know what to expect.” He looked at his leader. “Thanks for bringing this to us, but I do have a question… Are we taking all of your students?” “Hmm, let’s see…” Reading the paper again, she smiled. “Yes, and it will be first thing in the morning in a couple of weeks.” She turned to her class. “In a couple of weeks, be sure to come to this classroom. I’ll let my other students know. And when we get back, you all have to go to your other classes. Got it?” “Yes, Professor Fluttershy,” they all answered. “What animals are we gonna see?” Sky Skimmer loves animals as much as her teacher does hence her single butterfly cutie mark. “I hope we get to see bears - they’re my favorite.” “You guys are gonna see all sorts of creatures,” Fluttershy chuckled. “You may go, Troy,” she then said. “Unless you want to hang in my class for a little bit,” she offered ever so nicely. “Nah, I better get going anyway,” Troy declined, getting ready to leave. “Twilight is waiting for me.” He waved. “See you after school, dude.” “Same goes for you, pal,” the brainy one waved back. Troy walked out of the classroom, heading back to Twilight’s office, looking at each classroom he passed by, seeing his friends helping out until he stumbled upon the classroom that Emma and Rarity are in. Seeing the Pink Ranger, he wanted to say hi, though he knew he would disrupt the class, deciding to see her after school, continuing his way to the office. Returning to the office, he saw the Princess of Friendship working at her desk. Every once in a while, she would glance out the window with a worried expression. Then shook it off, going back to work. The Red Ranger remembered back at the Command Center on what she had said about taking Celestia and Luna’s place. He imagined being in her hooves, having someone else be the leader of the Rangers. He’s the leader, but there are times where Gia would step in and take charge. He doesn’t mind, but he’s the leader, Gosei chose him. Walking up to the desk, he got the princess’s attention by placing a hoof on top of it. “You should tell Celestia that you don’t want to rule Equestria. I mean, you have your own type of duty of being a princess.” Slipping his hoof away, he glanced at the floor. “My friends just met those two princesses. When we leave, they won’t be around anymore.” Setting her quill back in the inkwell, she got off the chair, making her way to where the books are. “Troy, when you and your friends go back home, you won’t be able to return. How do you know when they don’t want to be around anymore?” She pulled out a novel with her magic, except she didn’t open it. “Troy… I wanna tell my mentor. But I’m afraid she’ll get mad.” “But you said she isn’t the type of pony who gets mad all the time,” he recalled back when he and his friends stayed overnight at the Canterlot Castle, highly perplexed. “I know.” Placing the book back on the shelf, she walked over to the window. “But the more I think about, the more I believe that she would be angry. The last time she got angry with me was when I wasn’t honest with her acting skills.” Troy tilted his head a little. “Sound like you’re jumping into conclusions,” he believed, wanting to make sure he isn’t jumping into the wrong assumptions. The ears went down on the alicorn’s skull, before going up again. “You’re right,” she agreed, facing away from the view. “Although, I need to wait for the right moment.” It was then they both heard a knock. “Yes?” Twilight said. A pony walked in the room. “Hey, Headmare Twilight,” she greeted, looking around. “I was wondering if you have a book on, let’s say… on how to make different types of popcorn. Professor Pinkie is going to teach us on how to make different types of popcorn,” she explained. “Different types of popcorn?” Troy looked at Twilight. “Guess there’s types of popcorn to make,” she shrugged in reply. “Did you check the library, Butter Pop?” she asked the earth pony. “Uh uh.” Butter Pop’s red and yellow mane bounced on her shoulders when she shook her head. “Go check the library. It’s on the Cooking And Baking section,” the princess directed. “Thanks a bunch!” Turning around, Butter Pop walked out of the office. Going back to her desk, Twilight sat down. “Why don’t you check to see if Starlight needs anything?” she suggested, straightening up her work space a little. “And if she doesn’t, you can help me out with the rest of the paperwork I need to finish.” “Sure thing.” Troy walked out of office, heading to Starlight’s office. Unless he can find it, of course. He ended up passing by the classrooms again, seeing Emma helping one of Rarity’s students. He smiled, happy of how the Pink Ranger is doing well with the class - even though she was a student herself back on earth. He was about to go when she saw him. “Hey, Troy.” She walked up to him. “You need something?” she asked, catching his eyes. “No, Twilight told me to see if Starlight needs anything, and if she doesn’t I have to come back to her office. Although…” He swift his head over his shoulder. “I have no idea where Starlight’s office is at.” “One of my students can help you out, darling,” Rarity spoke up. “Bashful Bonnet. Can you be a dear and help Troy get to Starlight’s office, please?” she requested a purple earth pony with pink, green, yellow, and dark pink mane, who has a cutie mark of a flower bonnet on her flanks. “Yes, Professor Rarity,” Bashful Bonnet answered. Going up to the stallion, it didn’t take her long for her face to turn a light pink. “Wow, you’re...um… you’re...uh…” She stumbled with her words. Her face turned even brighter, brighter than pink to now a light red. “You’re… gorgeous.” When the word came out, the whole class burst out laughing. A purple pony with purple hair with silver tinsel named Buttercup was laughing so hard, she fell out of her seat. Kimono, a lilac pony - an earth pony - who has a deep purple mane and tail, eyes in yellow and green, her cutie mark of two yellow Japanese lanterns went to see if her classmate is alright. “You okay?” She helped her off the floor. “Yes, but what Bashful mentioned…” Buttercup giggled, unable to finish her sentence. “Yet, she already has a crush on Thunder Mustang,” she pointed at a yellowish male pony who’s mane and tail are a bright red. Half of each leg has the color orange, making it look like he’s wearing socks. This got Bashful’s face more red than ever. “I-I’m sorry, Troy,” she stuttered apologetically. “I shouldn’t have kept the word to myself…” “No need to worry, dear,” the teacher assured her. “I have to admit, I used to be the same way, unable to keep my thoughts on guys to myself. Now, you go and help Troy where Starlight’s office is,” she said, patting pony’s shoulder. “Yes, Professor Rarity.” The bashfulness went away, and she led the stallion whom she stated is gorgeous to the counselor's office. When they left the room, Emma went up to the fashioned unicorn. “Troy is handsome,” she whispered, quietly enough for no one else to hear. “I don’t blame her for saying that he’s gorgeous.” “Ooo, Emma likes Troy,” an aqua pegasus whose name is Thistle Whistle called out. “Okay, darlings, let’s get back to teaching,” Rarity said, ignoring when the winged pony mentioned. “Yes, Professor Rarity,” they all replied together, and they let her and her helpful partner get back on with the lessons. It had been a couple of hours, and the Blue Ranger met almost half of his crush’s students. And whenever new students arrive in the classroom, they’ll see him and Fluttershy chatting together - like a couple, and they’ll be asked by one of them if Noah is her coltfriend. Both him and the yellow pony denied it, even though they knew what each other’s feelings were. They just don’t want to admit it. At least, not yet. When lunch time rolled around, Noah and Fluttershy waited until all of the students left to go to the cafeteria so they could have time for themselves. With the room empty, minus the two ponies that are in there, Fluttershy went over to the balcony, placing her front arms on the railing. She took a deep breath from her nose, with Noah standing right next to her. “It’s such a beautiful fall season,” she complimented, seeing several ponies outside with either lunch bags and lunch boxes. “I also cannot wait for the field trip that's coming up in a couple of weeks. I cannot wait to teach every single pony about the creatures.” A little fly went up to her, landing on her hoof. She gently patted it. “Pretty soon all the insects and animals will be going into a deep slumber, while all the birds fly south for the winter.” Noah listened as she spoke. She may have a small voice, but it’s one of the things he likes about her. Placing his arms on the railing, the unicorn gazed up at the sky. Due to no clouds, the sky is a bright blue with sun almost at the highest peak, right where the mountains are at. A breeze went by, again, moving some strands of his crush’s mane when his eyes landed on the bandages on her wings. He’d forgotten about her injured wing. Though, he hadn’t asked how she got hurt and isn’t sure when it will heal. “Her wing got crushed by the door by Yona, and her wing is sprained and it will heal up within a week.” “Pinkie- How did you-?” Noah started when this random pony appeared from thin air. “You were wondering how Flutters here got hurt and when her wing will heal.” Going over to her shy friend, she embraced her with one foreleg, smiling. “I looked at the story, and the writer fixed an error back in chapter eleven. See?” She pulled out the same, strange thing from somewhere. “Right there. She fixed it up. Not only does she get writer’s block, but she also makes grammar mistakes. Yet, there is another reason why she’s behind.” She waited for them to answer, yet they came out empty. “She’s writing a book for Wattpad,” she told them. Unaware of what she said, Fluttershy gently got her hyperactive friend off of her. “Wattpad?” She has never heard of it before. She looked at Noah for help, only he shrugged his shoulders. “Wattpad,” Pinkie began to explain, “is a website where people can write all sorts of stories from fanfics to original books. She even has a few reading lists, all organized to know which book should be placed. She also loves to watch her favorite YouTubers, especially since she has a crush on one of them, and-” “Pinkie Pie?” “Yes, Noah?” she responded. “You...don’t make any sense,” he answered honestly. “Hope I’m not being rude, but...can Fluttershy and I have time for ourselves?” he requested, putting on a kind grin. “I would, except it’s lunch time, and my friends and I have our own room where we eat. It’s the reason I came here. I came here to get you two.” Hopping up and down, she headed back to the room. “Let’s a-go,” she gestured, until she stopped all of the sudden, lifting her back, right leg. “Hmm…” “Is something wrong?” Walking up to her, the pegasus looked at the pink pony with concern. Pinkie hadn’t answered her right away, feeling a sensation on her leg again. “We better warn our friends,” she said, placing her leg back down. “Huh?” Noah raised a brow. “Warn our friends? For what?” “Vekar’s henchponies will be coming, including the changelings. My hock was pinching, meaning that the henchponies and changelings will be coming.” From the look on the geek’s face, she slammed her hoof on her face. “It’s part of my Pinkie Sense. It’s a new one I got yesterday while we’re at Rarity’s Boutique.” Noah focused on Fluttershy, puzzled at what was explained to him. Fluttershy rubbed the back of her head. “She can predict things with any strange senses that will happen in a short time.” “Or a long time,” the party pony put into the much better answer. “Ooo,” she flinched when her other hock began pinching - much rougher this time when it faded away. It was then her tummy rumbled. “Is that another one of your Pinkie Sense?” Instead of a response, he got a giggle from her. “Well, is it?” This time, Fluttershy giggled. “Girls, I’m serious. It has to be another strange sense,” he bet, knowing for a fact he’s right, ending up being wrong when the giggles turned into loud fits of laughter. “...Um… I have no clue on why you two are laughing.” He was in a complete state of being baffled, standing there all awkwardly, watching the two fall on their stomachs. “I’m gonna go…” he talked, stepping sideways, getting ready to leave when Pinkie took deep breaths. “My tummy…” Gasp. “...is just…” Gasp. “...hungry,” she managed to get out between hard laughs. “It isn’t a Pinkie Sense!” she exclaimed in huge fits of more giggles. Jumping back up, her stomach rumbled for the second time. “Boy, I better get food in me. All I had was the popcorn my class and I made. What I want is a whole cake!” She licked her lips. “The cake should be chocolate, with creamy, creamy frosting, along with sprinkles, peppermints…” Lathers of drool ran down her chin, dripping onto the floor, inches away from the mane belonging to the Element of Kindness. She moved away from the drops of spit, going back over to Noah. “Pinkie, we should get to the room so we can eat with our friends.” Nothingless, her words hadn’t gotten through while her cotton candy mane friend remained in her fantasy. “Pinks?” she now called out. “Peppermints...candy...chocolate cake with creamy, creamy frosting…” “Pinkie.” This time, the unicorn called out to her, yet she continued to list things on what should be on the cake. “...flower shapes from the icing...white chocolate for the centers…” “PINKIE PIE!” Both ponies - Noah and Pinkie - jumped when the quiet pegasus let out a bold voice, yelling at the top of her lungs. “Wow.” Recovering, he couldn’t believe she could shout that loud. “I never knew you had a…” “Loud voice?” Putting on a grin, she ran a hoof through her tendrils. “I can be loud,” she said, seemingly proud about it. “I only use it when I need to.” “Yep, the same goes for The Stare.” Shaking her head, Pinkie’s stomach rumbled for the third time. “Come on, let’s meet up with everyone else. I need to warn them about the baddies that are coming to the school.” Bouncing away, she headed right out of the classroom. Noah and Fluttershy began heading to the room, with the yellow one leading the way since he has no idea where it is. She knows, and the Blue Ranger is glad for it - or else he’ll end up getting lost. Arriving at the room, they saw their friends waiting for them with plates full of good stuff to chow down on. The only spots that are empty are across from Gia and Jake who are with Applejack and Pinkie Pie. The other spots are taken up by Rarity, Emma, Rainbow, Orion, Troy, Spike, Starlight, and Twilight.” “...You did great helping out with my class, Silvey. You’ll make a great substitute teacher while I’m off somewhere important.” Rainbow Dash then waved. “Hey, Noah, sup, Fluttershy. Take a seat.” She got up from her chair, pushing the two ponies at the empty spots, right next to where the alien and her were sitting at. “Spike made us lunch,” she told them, getting back to her chair once the two sat down. “He also got us drinks,” she added, picking up her cup, gulping down. She smacked her lips together. “Mm, taste nice. Spike, what kind of drink is it?” she asked the dragon. “It tastes really good.” Swallowing, the dragon cleaned his chin, opening his mouth. “It’s a new recipe he found in a book.” He shut his mouth when the princess answered. “He wanted you guys to try a gem type of drink. I reminded him that we’re ponies and that ponies cannot consume gems - both hard nor liquid,” she said, using her magic to pick up her fork, piercing it into a couple of cooked up carrots. “What kind of drink is it?” Troy took a taste of his own. “It’s fruity.” “It’s also sweet.” Emma took a second sip after the first one. “Really sweet,” she had to add in. This time the purple dragon answered. “It’s a fruit drink.” Orion picked his glass up. “A fruit drink? Like...what kind of fruit drink?” he inquired, looking at the liquid, noticing it was in different colors - bright colors to be exact. “It's a blueberry-grape-orange-strawberry-raspberry-watermelon drink with extra sugar with a hint of lemonade.” Picking up his own glass, he took a taste. “Mm. I wasn’t sure I made it correctly, yet due to you, Rangers’, good taste, I say I did a fine job.” Using her horn, Rarity lifted her glass, placing her lips on the rim of the cup, taking a dainty sip. “The drink tastes magnifique.” “It beats apple cider.” The cowgirl gave the athletic pony a narrowed eyed look. “Heheh.” Chuckling, she swept a hoof over her rainbow bangs. “Your apple cider is great, A.J. Are you selling apple cider for Nightmare Night?” “This year, I’m going to make candy apples. Apple cider will be around during Apple Cider Season.” “Unless every pony gets a cup,” Rainbow muttered, remembering how she never got one cup. “You got one for yourself after we defeated the Flim Flam brothers,” Applejack spoke, recalling the event. “Who and what now?” Noah questioned. “Who are they?” he asked towards Fluttershy. “They’re two stallions that lie to ponies, stealing money from them,” she responded, eating her food. “Yeah, they-” The hock from Pinkie’s leg got pinchy again, getting her to look out the window. “Those henchponies and changelings will be arriving at any moment,” she predicted, getting strange looks from anyone else, minus two ponies that already know - Noah and Fluttershy. “Silly me. I’m telling you that my new Pinkie Sense means that the bad guys are coming. I got this new sense yesterday.” “Yesterday!?” Dash slammed her cup on the table, the liquid sloshing around the sides. A few drops landed on the table. “You got the new sense yesterday!?” She couldn’t believe her best prank partner never told them this before. “All this time, from yesterday, back at the Boutique, you got a new Pinkie Pie Sense and didn’t say anything!?” Her nostrils flared up. Seeing her friend all angered up, Pinkie felt a little bad. “If I told you, these Rangers won’t believe in my Pinkie Sense,” she defended herself. “Noah knows what it is since my good pal Fluttershy told it to him.” “Actually…” Starlight brought. “...I never heard about Pinkie Sense either.” Pinkie let out a horrified gasp, causing the unicorn to back her head away from her when she got close to her face. “Where were you then?” Then the pink earth pony remembered. “Oh yeah, you were taking over a town. My bad.” She went back to her seat. “Seriously, those bad guys are coming to this school. They’ll be heading to the cafeteria where all the students are at,” she predicted some more. Looking at Gia, Jake stifled a snicker. “Sure. Like, you can predict when someone is going to get slammed by a door.” “I can,” she replied in a serious tone. “I call them ‘combos’. This also includes when a beautiful rainbow will be graced over the sky.” “Heh, yeah, right. I gotta go use the bathroom. Be right back.” The Green Ranger got up from the table, making his way to the door. “Uh, oh. I feel a combo coming on. Ear flop…” Both ears flopped. “...eye flutter…” Her eyelids rapidly fluttered. “...knee twitch…” Her knees shook, twitching. “Jake- watch out-” BAM! The door rammed open, slamming him to the wall where he’s pinned by the door when a lime green pony came in, her purple mane with a blue stripe running through it, walked into the room. She walked up to Headmare Twilight. “Um...I kind of broke one of the statues that were in the hall.” “What did you do, Ivy Light?” A stern look came upon the Headmare's face. “Were you and Sky Night horsing around again?” “Yes…” Ivy Light lowered her head. “We both knocked it down while we were tossing a hoofball-” “You were playing hoofball in the hall!? It’s lunch time,” Dash proclaimed. “Shouldn’t you and Sky Night be at the cafeteria, eating with your friends?” She ate some mashed potatoes. “We already finished,” she replied sheepishly when they all heard a groan, coming from between the door and the wall. The Yellow Ranger got up from her seat, pulling the door away from the wall, and the stallion fell flat on the floor. “You okay, Jake?” she asked, hoping he isn’t too badly hurt. “Now you asked if I’m okay?” he replied, with a hint of annoyance, sitting back up. “Ugh…” he moaned, rubbing his face, glancing at Pinkie. “Is that one of your combos?” He stopped messaging his face when the pain faded away. “Yep,” she chirped, confirming it. “Ear flop, eye flutter, and knee twitch means look out for opening doors.” Looking at the open door, he saw the pony who did it. “Next time knock - otherwise you’ll hit someone,” he advised with a small chuckle. “Be right back,” he told the others, this time walking out of the room. With him gone, the student brushed her hoof on the floor. “He seems cute…” She doesn’t wanna say it out loud. “For not getting angry at me. I already like somepony else.” She started walking backwards. “I’ll go and clean up the mess from the broken statue,” she offered, thinking it’ll ease the princess. The stern look faded away, turning into a soft one as the Princess of Friendship nodded her head. “Make sure Sky Night helps you out since you both did it.” “We will. Do you want us to replace it?” “No. I’ll order a new one, thank you,” the princess declined politely. “You may go,” she said, motioning for the pony to leave. “I’ll see you and Sky Night after lunch,” Rainbow called out as she watched her student trot out the door. “Same goes for you, Professor Rainbow!” the pony called back. “You sure have a lot of pony students,” Orion commented, recalling all the ponies he’d seen so far. “You even have students who aren’t ponies, too,” Gia added. “In one of A.J.’s classes, I saw a yak, an orange dragon, a blue griffon, as well as two other creatures.” “The other two is the reformed changeling named Ocellus, while Silverstream is a hippogriff who can turn into a seapony. The others are named Yona, Smolder, and Gallus,” Starlight spoke. “They’re different and are great students. Even Sandbar is friends with them - and he’s a pony,” Fluttershy said. “They even saved the School of Friendship from Cozy Glow who was trying to take it over, draining the magic of Equestria, using the Magical Artifacts of Equestria.” “She even trapped me while she was doing it!” Starlight recalled, remembering that event. “Good thing the students defeated her, but now she got released from Tartarus all thanks to Grogar, along with Lord Tirek.” “He also brought back King Sombra, who took over the Crystal Empire. We defeated him though with the Magic of Friendship. Long story short, we had a tree called the Tree of Harmony, but it got destroyed by him by a black crystal, including our Elements. But it turns out we don’t need the Elements of Harmony to defeat the villains,” Twilight brought up, telling it to Rangers. The ears on the sky colored pegasus went down a little. “I do miss my Element - the red lightning bolt,” she sighed. “It looked cool when I wore it, even though we just used them to defeat the bad guys.” Twilight moved her head up and down. “I also used the Elements of Harmony to help you girls remember your destinies when your cutie marks got mixed up with one another.” She was referring to her five friends before her student came into the picture. “And like I said back at the Command Center, I hold no Element. And even if I did, I would sure use it,” Twilight’s student said, thinking how amazing it would be. Troy set his fork down. “By mentioning the students - the ones who defeated Cozy Glow and saved the school - they sound like heroes, too. Well, not like us or you ponies, yet they saved the school, right?” “Right,” A.J. confirmed with a grin. “Sandbar, Yona, Ocellus, Silverstream, Gallus, and Smolder sure saved the day during those times, way before you Power Rangers came to our world.” “I hope we’ll defeat these villains, and you guys will get to go home within a year after those ruffians are gone.” Upon hearing this from the designer, Noah doesn’t like the idea of leaving within a year. His feelings for the shy pony he saved back on the Canterlot streets were strong - stronger than anything. Getting off the table, he excused himself. “Is it okay if I go outside? I need time to think.” The shy and cute pony couldn’t help but feel concern about him. “Are you okay?” “I’m fine, Fluttershy,” he assured her, stepping up to the doorway. “I just wanna be alone for now.” He almost walked into his best friend when he came back from the bathroom. “Sorry, dude,” Jake apologized. “Wasn’t paying- hey where are you going?” He watched his best friend walk away from him, with him not returning any words. “What’s up with him? He looked upset,” he commented, rejoining his friends at the table. “I’ll talk to him,” the unicorn volunteered, cleaning off his plate. Walking out of the room, he followed his team member down the hall, going to one of the doors that led outside, watching him opening it as he stepped outside before he did the same. Noah’s reflection stared back from the river’s reflection, him looking over at one of the bridges that he stood on. A small lily pad with a white flower with bundles of petals on it, floated by. Putting his chin on his hooves, the stallion’s mind reared with lots of thoughts. When we leave after we defeat our enemies, he thought, I won’t see...her...again… Sighing, he knows his leader is right. He knows he can’t be with the girl he likes. He would only be with her for a year. When Tensou finishes the device for him and his friends to go home, it would be the last time he would ever be with her. “Noah?” Jumping out of his fur, the unicorn saw his leader walking up to him. “Is something wrong?” Troy asked, after watching his pal. “No. No, nothing is wrong,” he responded, removing his front limbs off the railing of the bridge, going back on all fours. “I was...thinking, that’s all.” He looked at the school. “Pretty cool on how Twilight opened up this place, huh?” he grinned. “Don’t change the subject,” the other unicorn responded in a serious tone he always has. “You don’t wanna leave. I know for a fact. Though, we won’t have a choice. When we defeat the people we’re dealing with, along with getting rid of our new friends’ enemies, we would go home. Maybe we’ll defeat the Armada so they won’t come back to our home. The only villain we have to look out for is Vrak.” “Unless we do defeat them,” the second equine hoped. “Yet, my feelings for you know who, keeps getting higher - despite the fact we just met, like, what? Two days ago? I know she has the same feelings for me, but we didn't admit it to each other.” “Gia hadn’t admitted her feelings to Jake.” “I know, dude.” Both him and Troy shared a laugh. “I’m gonna hang out here for a bit. Plus, Pinkie did say that henchmen and changelings will be coming. I can keep a lookout for them,” he offered. “Yeah, except you won’t know where they’ll be dropping by,” Troy told him, looking up at the sky. “I’m gonna head back. The school day isn’t done yet.” He swiftly turned around, making his way back inside. With his leader out of his sight, Noah had seconds thoughts. He knows his friend is right - they won’t know where the x-borgs and bruisers will be dropping by, including when the changelings join them like in the last fight. Thinking about heading inside, he did just that.