//------------------------------// // Episode 4: School Of Friendship // Story: Equestria's Heroes // by ArmorKamen85 //------------------------------// Previously on Equestria's Heroes: After finding out that the Friendship Map had expanded Twilight decided to build a school to teach friendship far and wide. Soon our heroes along with Twilight and Spike to canterlot as they meet Princess Celestia who explains about the EEA and on how they decide schools should be run. They soon arrive at the EEA and meet Chancellor Neighsay who soon agrees to the opening of the School of Friendship. Now what will happen next? It had been four weeks later. And now the school has finally been built at the waterfall right next store to Twilight's castle. The heroes were impressed as the school was finally built at the time she said it would be built at. Things were going well, until... "It's too much. Rainbow Dash said. "Too much!" Well, let's see what they're up to. "Ugh, you think so?" Rarity asked who was now in a teacher's dress. "I had hoped that dressing the part would make me feel the part!" "Not your dress!" Rainbow Dash said flying up to her face. "This! Us! Teaching?! They're gonna think I'm an egghead!" "Calm down Rainbow, it can't be that bad." X assured. "Besides, the students are gonna love my confetti cannon class." Pinkie said rolling in her party cannon. "It's gonna be... a blast!" She was then shot out. "Wow!" Hibiki said amazed. "Not bad." Yusei said impressed. Meanwhile, Fluttershy was practicing her teaching with a white bunny, 2 birds and a ferret. "Um, hello there. I'm your teacher. I hope you enjoy class. But if you don't enjoy it, that's okay, too." She said as the birds and ferret left while the bunny hit himself. "Its ok Fluttershy." Shinji assured. "I think you did great." Fluttershy smiled at that. "I don't know about all this." Applejack said unsure. "It's going to be fine." Twilight reassured reading the rule book. "Everything about this school just feels right." "See? If Twilight isn't stressed, you've got nothing to worry about." Starlight said. "And you're sure you want us to be teachers?" Applejack asked. "In classrooms?" "And us to be students?" X asked. "The EEA is very clear about how schools should be run." Twilight replied showing them the book. "We have a huge responsibility, and I need you all to do this by the book. That means no cannons in class, Pinkie." "Aww, not even a teeny cannon?" Pinkie asked bringing out a small cannon the size of penny and could fit in one. "How did she get a cannon that small?" Hibiki asked. "I think that its best we don't question about it." Yusei replied. "I know it's not some big adventure against the forces of evil, but this could be the most important thing we've ever done." Twilight said. "I can't run a school of friendship without my best friends! Can I count on you?" "Of course you can, darling!" Rarity replied. "Call me Professor Egghead. Rainbow Dash said. "I'm in." Then the school rings for the very 1st time which got everyone's attention. "First day at school!" Pinkie screamed. "So many new ponies!" "About that, one thing I forgot to mention." Twilight said opening the doors with her magic. "It's not just ponies." A few ponies entered the school, and there was a dark orange dragon, a blue colored Griffon, a young yak, a changeling and a light pink Hippogriff. "That was unexpected." Pinkie said surprised as well as the the others. "You can say that again." X commented. The ponies and new arrivals were looking around the school as Rarity watched in amazement not expecting this many students. "Oh, students certainly travelled from far and wide to attend our school!" Rarity said impressed. "Princess Celestia helped me reach out to all the kingdoms." Twilight explained. "After all, friendship is something that needs to be shared with every... creature." "Everycreature?" Shinji asked confused. "I think it works well." Hibiki said with shrugg. Twilight then went up to greet the soon to be students of the School of Friendship "Welcome to the School of Friendship! She announced. I'm your headmare Twilight Sparkle. Please follow Counselor Starlight to sign in and get your class assignments. Then we can show you your living quarters!" Twilight then turned to the heroes. "Why don't you all go make some new friends." She said. "Ok, let's go!" Hibiki said running off. "Hey! Wait for us!" Yusei, Shinji and X said running after him however they got splited up. X was looking around until he then met a sand green coloured colt with a cutie mark of three sea turtles. "Oh hey, I'm Sandbar." The colt said. "You're a student here too?" "Kinda." X replied. "I'm X. Just X." "Well nice to meet you X." Sandbar said. "Wanna hang out?" X shrugged and agreed as the two walked off but Sandbar then bumbed into a blue griffon. "Whoa, sorry!" He said. "I'm Sandbar and with me is X. You a student here too?" "No, I thought I'd just randomly stand here and assume any ponies would walk into me." The Griffon said sarcastically and blows his feathers on his head straight. "Geez, rude much?" X thought. "GALLUS!" Shouted a voice. The Griffon now mention by name Gallus walks over to a elderly Griffon who coughs. "Grandpa Gruff?" Rainbow said surprised to see him. "What are you doing here?" "Flew all the way from Griffonstone to introduce Gallus." Grandpa Gruff answered gesturing to Gallus who looked up at Rainbow Dash and flew up to her. "Rainbow Dash, right?" He asked. "Glida told me about you. You're a teacher? Huh. I thought you'd be... cooler." That shocked Rainbow. "BURN!" X thought. Then the door slams open, showing a yak with a royal attire. "PONIES!" He shouted. "Prince Rutherford!" Pinkie yelled. "This Yona Yak." Prince Rutherford said introducing Pinkie to the young yak with long braids. "She come to pony school. Hah, make it better." "Yak can't wait to meet ponies and tell all about Yakyakistan!" Yona said excited and ran, but trips on her braid and falls over. Hitting the wall, and Pinkie caught a small tree in a pot and the tarp. "Are you ok?" X asked helping Yona up. "Yona is ok." Yona replied before giving X a confused face. "Um, who are you?" "I'm X." X replied with a smile. "Yak happy to meet you X." Yona said with a smile. "Does X want to know about Yakyakistan?" "Eh, why not?" X replied. "Though first let me take you someone where you can destroy things, ok?" Yona nodded at that. "Great, let's get going." Meanwhile a blue dragon was seen dragging a smaller orane dragon. "The dragons are better than this!" The orange dragon said before getting free from the blue dragon's grip. "Why am I here?" "Because as dragon lord, I'm ordering you to be here!" The blue dragon said before noticing Spike. "Hey, Spike! Come meet Smolder." "Great to see you Ember!" Spike ran up and hugged her. "I assume you know her well?" Yusei asked. "Right." Spike replied. "Ember this is Yusei Fudo. Yusei, this is Dragon Lord Ember." "I take it that you rule over the Dragons?" Yusei asked shaking Ember's claw. "Yeah." Ember replied. "My father Torch was the previous Dragon Lord but I was able to complete a task and became the new Dragon Lord. Um, with the help of Spike of course." "Huh, interesting." Yusei commented. "Anyway, enough about me, come and meet Smolder." Ember said. "She'll be a student here." Yusei and Spike looked to see Smolder but then ended up getting surprised and confused looks. "Um, which one is Smolder?" Yusei asked. Ember was confused until she looked behind her as her eyes widen in shock which confuses Smolder until Smolder sees next to her was a tan colored dragon and appeared to be shy. "Ocellus!" A tall changeling with antlers appeared. "What did we talk about?" The dragon then turned into a light blue Changeling with red wing covers. "I told you, stay in your own form." The bigger changling said firmly. "It's the polite thing to do. Sorry, she's shy." "Its ok." Yusei assured. "I know by experience. Anyway nice to meet you, um...?" "Oh I'm Thorax, Leader of the Changelings." Thorax replied holding out a hoof for Yusei to shake. "I'm Yusei Fudo, but just call me Yusei." Yusei said shaking Thorax's hoof. "So, what exactly are you?" Smolder asked examining Yusei. "I never seen a creature like you before." "Oh, I'm what's called a human." Yusei explained. "And the reason why you wouldn't see a human here because I come from another world." "Huh, that makes sense." Smolder said. "But where do you come from?" However before Yusei could explain, a pink hippogriff was behind Ember and Spike as she looked up. "What is that?!" She said excited before flying to Ocellus who panics and turns into a pony, and hides under Fluttershy's mane. "Um, that's not odd." Shinji said. "No way!" The Hippogriff said getting a closer look at Ocellus. "I didn't know ponies could into... um... what are you?" "A changeling." Thorax said. "Ponies can turn into changelings?" The Hippogriff asked with a excited face. "No, but changelings can turn into ponies." Fluttershy replied. "Huh, that's confusing!" The Hippogriff said. Then a adult Hippogriff appeared, and Ocellus hid under Thorax now a changeling again. "I am General Seaspray, of her Majesty Queen Novo's Navy." The adult Hipoogriff introduced. "I would like you to introduce the Queen's niece, Silverstream." "This place is amazing!" Silverstream said. "I've spent most of my life in a coral reef, underwater. I was a Seapony, but now I'm a Hippogriff. Long Story." "Wow! Nice to meet you Silverstream." Hibiki said shaking Silverstream's claw. "I'm Hibiki Kuze, but just call me Hibiki. And with me is Shinji Ikari." "U-Um...hi." Shinji lamely said. "Nice to meet you two!" Silverstream said excitely. "But um, what are you?" "Oh we're humans." Hibiki replied. "And no ponies don't change into us and we don't change into them but we do a lot of other things." "Wow really?!" Silverstream said excited. "Say, do you want to be friends?" "Sure. Let's be friends." Hibiki replied with a smile. "Yay new friend!" Silverstream cheered and hugged Hibiki before nuzzling him as Hibiki chuckled at that. "Wait a sec, IS THAT A YAK?!" "Yes it is!" Hibiki said. " And she's with X! You wanna go meet them?" "Yeah!" Silverstream said flying off as Hibiki followed her. Shinji then looked to see Ocellus still hiding under Throax as he went to check up on her. "Are you ok?" He asked. "U-Um...y-yeah..." Ocellus nervously replied. "Nice to meet you." Shinji said. "I'm Shinji Ikari, but just call me Shinji." "I-I'm Ocellus..." Ocellus replied. "You feeling nervous of coming here?" Shinji asked as Ocellus slowly nodded in reponse. "Well in all honesty, I'm also nervous being here." "Really?" Ocellus asked. "Yeah, I come from another world, and when I first got here I was actually scared, but I made some new friends who showed me that it was gonna be ok." Shinji replied. "U-Um..., do you w-want to be f-friends?" Ocellus asked. "Sure." Shinji smiled. "I'd like that." This got Ocellus to smile back. "Thank you so much supporting the grand opening of our school!" Twilight announced. "I hope you'll all join us for Friends and Family Day to see the amazing progress your students are making!" Everyone cheered of that. "Then it looks like school's in session!" Twilight said to herself. "And all we need now is a musical number." X thought. Little did he know, it WILL happen now. "The School of Friendship, first day of class Will we fail or will we pass? Students come far and wide Brand-new friends here by our side Take a breath, look around, it's amazing I can't believe that it's real Students galore, new ideas to explore Can't contain the excitement I feel Can't mess up, can't afford a mistake now Think "succuess", keep it firmly in sight Make sure to do things by the book Make sure to do it all right The School of Friendship, must get to class Will we fail of will we pass? Students learning from the best Taking notes to pass the test" Soon the heroes and students walk down the halls to their classrooms, and each the Mane 5 taught a class. The next morning, they were back in class. Each of started doing there own thing, Rainbow doing trust falls, Pinkie with party cannons, Fluttershy teaching animals and bringing some of her animals friends. And Rarity a sewing lesson, and Applejack showing her applebucking. But Twilight has caught each of them, and tells to go by the rule book. And soon the heroes and students were getting upset and bored, even her friends. And it appears that Twilight might be following the rule book a little way too far. "Wait, hold on! Not like that! Just a second! I'm not sure if that method's approved Let me take a look - yup, right here in the book Come on! We just got in the groove! Can't mess up, can't afford a mistake now We are shaping young minds to ignite Do it like it says in the book Now make sure you're doing it right There's not an equation on how to have fun The students look bored now - oh, what have I done? Can't teach bein' honest, not sure what to do I'm quite certain I'm lost None of us have a clue! School of Friendship, another class Wish it were more of a blast Thought this school would be more fun Can't wait for our classes to be done School of Friendship (Can't mess up, can't afford a mistake now) No way to have fun Oh, what have I done? Bored with this class (Think "success", keep it firmly in sight) Wish that we could leave our desks (We don't have a clue) Listen to this one request Make things fun, we're really stressed Make sure to do things by the book now Can we tell her this thing is a mess?"