As I walk down the halls of CHS to my first class my pace slows. Looking around I let a small sad sigh escape me as my thoughts churn. Just gotta get to class and stay out of the way I thought. I pull the door back as quietly as possible. Just let me in my corner and I'll be fine.
I...was not expecting this. As I walked in the class was very quiet. All eyes turned to look at me including the teacher and most had some form of smirk on their face. I immediately felt a wave of nervousness hit me as I tried to process if I did something wrong or if there was something weird on me.
"You must be Silent Nova...we have been...hmm... expecting you." The teacher seems to be holding back a laugh as she speaks. "Please have a seat and we will continue the lesson."
I look to the available seating and realise something that makes my nerves sore. There is only one open seat...and it's smack dab in the center. As I slowly make my way over and take a seat I notice the girl to my left has a massive smile on her face.
"Ain't cha going to put your stuff in your desk?" The pink girl asked.
I address her cautiously as she stares at me with such intensity. "Um...not really? I usually just keep my stuff in my bag." I look around as everyone just continues to stare.
The teacher gives a small chuckle. "Well we need to hurry this along as we have plenty of work ahead. I'm sure you know already but I am Miss Cheerilee. If you would go ahead and open your desk? Pinkie won't be able to focus otherwise." The class gives off a few chuckles as the girl who I assume is Pinkie gives a pouty face.
"Miss Cheerilee it's supposed to be a surprise!" The pink girl whined though it was said in a playful manner.
"And we can't wait all day Miss Pie. I'm sure it will be surprise enough." As she finishes with a chuckle I then turn to the lid and slowly start to raise it. The pink girl starts to lean toward me with her eyes as big as could be and a smile that didn't seem to stop.....then.........POOF!
"Welcome to CHS!" I hear the class cheer and laugh. As I blink away they few dozen bits of confetti in my eyes I see a small cake with a light blue frosting base and dark blue accents. There were also what appeared to be lighter blue stars with a larger one just off center. The cake also read Welcome to CHS in purple.
Wh-where did all that confetti come from? I thought to myself as I began scanning the interior of the desk, not finding any explanation for the...explosion.
"So did that surprise you Huh Did it did it I was hoping it would be a surprise because I love surprises as long as they're happy ones and make others happy did it make you happy I just found out this morning that we were getting a new student so I asked Miss Cheerilee if we could have a surprise party but she said no we have class so I said just a small one and she finally said yes so I made you a cake put it in your desk then you walked in all confused but then Miss Cheerilee told you to open your desk and I thought the surprise might be ruined but you opened it and still looked surprised so were you surprised?.......I'm Pinkie by the way!" After the long stream that I assume was speech the pink girl offered a hand shake as she smiled with an audible sqee.
I slowly take her hand. "Uh...Silent Nova and yes this was...surprising." I said silently as I still feel all eyes on me.
After we shake hands the pink girl exclaims "Oh your quiet just like my friend Fluttershy. I'll introduce you sometime. Maybe you'll become good friends!"
"Yeah...maybe?" I give her a unsure shrug.
Clap,clap "OK it's time that we move on to today's lesson. I'm sure you'll have plenty of time to get to know Silent Nova later Pinkie."
"Okie Dokie!" The pink girl exclaims as we turn to face Miss Cheerilee.
I try to forget that I'm in the center of class and eventually I find my favorite position for school...head down and eyes closed.
After English class where I assume the teacher talked about English things. I head to my locker so I can switch my books and drop off the cake. Then I make my way towards my next class. All the while some students snicker at me and call me "the new guy."
"Howdy there big fella. Hows yah first day treating yah so far?" I look to the girl with the stetson hat and her rainbow haired friend as they seem to be holding back some chuckles.
"OK how dose everyone know I'm new here? We're not even to second period yet." I respond with confusion written on my face.
The rainbow haired girl chuckled "No one is spying on you if thats whatcha think." The rainbow haired girl then reaches behind my head and when she moves back she holds up a piece of string confetti. "Let me guess. Have you met a girl named Pinkie Pie recently?" The cowgirl chuckles at that.
"Oh." I run my fingers through my hair feeling a few more bits of confetti. "I... completely forgot about that."
"Yah that's kinda Pinkie's thang. We don't get many new transfers here but when we do everyone at least knows about it after they meet her. She loves making new folks feel welcome." She then extends her hand as I slowly take it. "The names Applejack and this here is one of my best buds Rainbow Dash."
I then take Rainbow's hand and she gives me a smile "Sup. Your a pretty built guy huh?"
"I gue-" I'm cut off.
"I bet you do a lot of sports too. Well of you every need advice just ask me. I'm CHS's number one athlete so I can teach you...hey what gives AJ?"
Applejack began to pull Rainbow away and as they walked past me. "We don't have time for one of your speeches Dash. The bells about to ring." She tips her hat to me. "Was nice meetin ya. We'll see ya around."
"Yeah see ya." The girls walk on down the hall until they turn a corner.
With my hand still in front from the hand shake I mutter to myself. "I'm...Silent Nova. Nice to meet you I guess." A few seconds later I hear the bell ring. "Well I'm already late. Might as well head to the restroom and see how much confetti is still on me.
As I walk into the men's room and look in the mirror I see that theres quite a few bits of confetti still stuck on me. I let my hair out of the ponytail and it falls to my shoulders.
While I start running my fingers through my hair to get the confetti out I notice something. "The confetti, and now that I think about it even the cake, has the same colors as me. The light blue skin, dark blue hair and even the lighter blue highlights of my hair. The only thing she didn't get was my purple eyes...no wait she used purple for the words." I sigh "Well as far as I can tell people like her so...she shouldn't be dangerous? I guess I'll just wait and see." As I finish and put my hair back up I head to my next class. "So far this has been the weirdest morning of school ever."