“Blah blah blah blah blah!”
The only words I hear from the teacher in the front right now, my brain really can’t take whatever she is saying seriously and I know I should be learning right now but it's just so boring. I was expecting more activities and rules to be said about the school instead of jumping straight into the subjects after one short introduction on the first day of school.
I stared at the clock hanging on the wall with boredom waiting until dismissal.
“Just one hour left Confusion you can do this I believe in you,” I said to myself with a groan of impatience and boredom.
I gazed my head at the rest of the class to see if anypony is listening to the teacher in front. The ponies seem to be listening and showing lots of interest in the subject, I don’t even know what the subject is now that I think about it. I tried my best to listen to the teacher in front so that I have a story if my parents ask me about school today or at least what I had learned.
“Blah blah blah, and that's how Equestria was made, any questions?"
“Nope!” the whole class said except me.
“Great I will now be asking all of you questions about what we had just learned, so get those papers and pencils ready!”
I started to panic since I did not learn a single thing today, I pulled out my paper and pencil in a rush trying to look smart. The colt beside me stared at me with a strange look, I guess I’m overreacting? I turned my head to the teacher and waited for the question, I crossed my hooves hoping that I wouldn’t be called first.
“Alright, we will begin starting from the back to the front!”
I turned around with fear just to see a wall behind me, I turned to my right to see another wall. At this point I know I’m screwed since I’m the pony on the back corner.
“What is the name of the blah blah blah?”
Everypony turned to me waiting for me to do something, I turned around pretending to not know what is going on. I looked to my right and pointed to the poster of a blue mare with a rainbow mane on the wall and gave a small smile to the rest of the class.
“Hey Rainbow Horse, I think they’re looking at you.”
A few ponies in the room laughed after the small joke I had said, never expected me to make anypony laugh at all.
“Please stand and answer the question,” Miss Cheerilee asked waiting for me to answer.
I stood up slowly with fear I could feel myself shaking as I stand, I hovered my paper to my face and read what I have written. “Blah blah blah Equestria,” I stared at the sentence I had written with shock and disbelief.
“Did I write this?” I said scratching my head with confusion.
“So what is the answer?” Miss Cheerilee asks breaking my moment of silence.
“Oh uh, the Wonder Bolts?” I said grabbing the name from the poster I recently stared at.
I can tell that I got the answer wrong just by staring into the mare’s eyes, I mean, I was not listening to the teacher in front so I guess I do deserve whatever might happen to me.
“Correct you may now take a seat!”
Hold on what? I was shocked to hear the answer being correct just by taking the word from a poster I just looked at. I sighed with relief and sat back down on my chair trying to recover from almost embarrassing myself while the class is staring at me.
I lied my head on the table while watching Miss Cheerilee question my seatmate, well not much to worry about for me now I hope.
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“Goodbye, my little ponies!”
“Bye Miss Cheerilee!”
It's finally over and we are all dismissed, everypony got off their chairs and went straight to the door. I followed behind trying my best to leave the room without bumping into any other pony, squeezing my way out I was standing on the pathway.
I sighed with relief and looked around the place hoping to see one of my parents. I watched ponies as they reunite with their parents, some left the school on their own and some waiting by the small playground beside the school.
“Confusion!” A stallion shouted in the distance.
I saw my father waving at me by a street light while holding a beer with his magic. I galloped straight to him running past the groups of ponies, I then crashed myself onto my dad wrapping both my forelegs around his. I felt his hoof brush my mane as I gave him a hug.
“Good to see you too kid but didn’t I tell you about hugging? You're a stallion now and stallions don’t hug stallions, I’m sure you remember that.”
I nodded my head agreeing to what he had said, I backed myself away from him and proceeded to trot home with him. I swear to Celestia I saw a couple of ponies staring at me while I was hugging my father, Is it weird to hug your father? I guess so judging by everyponies reaction.
We followed the path quietly not having short or long conversations but instead having simple sips from simple drinks, of course, I don’t get a sip from his drink since I’m still young to drink alcoholic drinks like his beer. But my father didn’t leave me out and gave me a small juice box for me to drink, it’s not something I would drink a lot but it's something to clench my thirst.
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Lying on the bed trying to get myself comfortable after a long boring day sitting and listening in class was probably not the best idea I had in mind. I was starting to think about the ponies that were looking at me strangely from time to time, something about it just gets me thinking. I got off the bed and trotted around my room repeatedly trying not to think about the day I had in school.
I couldn’t stop thinking about the close call I had back in school, I’m still surprised how my guess was correct but I still think I had done something to embarrass myself back there. I remembered a book my grandparents gave me a year ago, they told me to read it when I feel like something is wrong, I decided to find the book my grandparents gave me and read it somewhere private.
“There is nothing to worry about Confusion I'm sure reading would cheer you up, right?” I said to myself as I grabbed my jacket, saddlebag, and the old book from my cabinet.
I left my room and trotted down the stairs into the living room where the main door is, I opened the door and trotted outside breathing in the air surrounding me, I closed the door from behind and proceeded to follow the path to one of my favorite places around Ponyville, the park.
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I sat underneath a tree beside a pond in the park providing some shade, I lied my head against the tree and closed my eyes to give myself a quick rest. There were not many ponies around the park when I first got here but that's probably because I’m here in the afternoon.
I pulled the old book out of my saddlebag and placed it on the ground, I blew on the book removing the dust that was left on it. I noticed a couple of stains and weird symbols on the book cover so I dusted the book with my hoof removing the extra dust and stains on it. I placed my hoof on the book cover and slowly opened it to the first chapter, I wonder why my grandparents wanted me to read this.
“You got this honey!”
“MOM?!”
I hear two ponies shout in a distance, I turned in the direction where I heard the shouting from and saw a purple colt riding down a hill with his skateboard. He was losing balance and control over the board and fell off of it tumbling down the hill and screaming in pain. The colt then fell into the pond stopping the rain of pain he was going through.
I got up and galloped to the pond with concern. When I got to the pond I see the colt by the end of the pond trying to pull himself out, I lend a hoof for him to grab and pulled him out of the pond.
“Thank you I appreciate the help but I didn’t need it.”
“It seemed like you needed the help, are you alright?”
“Yeah yeah I’m fine,” the colt backs away from me and the pond and started to cough repeatedly.
I gave the colt his space so that he would be able to recover from what he went through. A mare galloped to the colt with concern and fear, she then stopped and asked a couple of questions to him like if he is ok and stuff. I trotted back to the tree I was at before any of this happened, I sat down and watched the two ponies talk to each other for a while.
The mare leaves after a couple of minutes while the colt stays by the pond with his board, I'm guessing they’re done talking.
“Hey uh kid, can you come for a second?”
I got up and trotted to the colt with curiosity not knowing what he wants from me. I sat on a flat rock beside him while waiting for whatever he is going to say to me.
“Listen I appreciate the help and I’m sorry for being a little rude to you when you helped me, It’s just I don’t trust anypony every now and then since all they do is make fun of me and make bets if I would successfully do my stunts or not. But I was never expecting somepony to actually help me when I needed it, besides my mother. So I don’t really have much to say but... thank you.”
I stayed completely silent after everything I had just heard from this colt, I looked at the pond and started to think deeply about what he had said.
“You’re welcome and it's fine there is no need to apologize about acting a little rude, I’ve experienced what you have experienced so I understand why you acted a little bit on edge”
The colt looked at me with a smile, I stayed silent with an awkward face since I have no idea what to do next. The colt stood up and brushed a couple of rocks off of his body.
“I’m gonna go back to the hill and try the stunt again, if you wish to come then go ahead, I wouldn’t mind a little bit of support. Oh and by the way, I’m Twitch,” the colt lends his hoof for a shake.
“I’ll think about it and my name is Confusion, nice to meet you.” I gave my hoof to the colt and shook his hoof tightly.
“Confusion?! Oh um nice to meet you too, I’ll see you there.”
He follows the pathway up the hill he came down from. He sounded surprised when I said my name, either he thought the name was stupid or he was one of the students in school today that heard my introduction paper. I shrugged the thoughts off my head and followed Twitch from behind.
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Making it to the top I stopped and watched Twitch as he prepares for his second attempt at the stunt he had recently failed. He stood on the skateboard and breathed in a huge amount of air as he observes his surroundings. He then exhales all the air out looking confident enough to go down the hill. He then pushes himself off the hill with his skateboard and proceeded to skate down.
I watched as he followed the pathway on the hill with perfect balance, he looked calm as he followed the pathway down the hill. He then skates to a ramp close to the pond causing him to jump over the pond, he then lands perfectly into the other side of the pond without falling off of his board.
I galloped down the hill and to the other side of the pond he had just landed on to congratulate him.
“DUDE THAT WAS AMAZING!”
“You think so?”
“HECK YAH, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!” I exclaimed as I stopped by the tree I first started.
“Oh well thank you they don’t call me Twitch for nothing.”
He was starting to take the compliments I gave him a little too much attention, he kept asking me to repeat what I had just said and wanted me to say more cool stuff about him. I stayed silent and waited until he calms down.
“Listen, man, I don’t think I have to repeat anything, you’re getting the words over your head right now, besides look at the time it's almost sunset so I best get going.”
“S-sorry I just never heard somepony say that to me before.”
“It’s fine just chill ok?”
“Yeah I’ll try my best to do so, I’ll see you tomorrow right?”
“Probably, have a goodnight!” I said as I trotted my way back home.
“You too!” Twitch says as he trots in the opposite direction.
I never knew I would be able to meet another colt that is just like me here in Ponyville, minus the Daring Doo act. Well, all of that was interesting for me today besides the long and boring day I had in school. Maybe I’ll be able to make friends here in Ponyville after all?