//------------------------------// // Schools Out // Story: Mundanity // by Klutzy_Draconequus //------------------------------//  The dark bluish-silver filly woke up in a panic from her bedroom floor, with playing cards scattered everywhere on the floor and in her mane. She stood up quickly, and sped to the clock on her wall, "I'm late for school!!" She ran to a standing mirror by her bed, and grabbed a brush from the dresser beside it. She twisted her hoof around the arm of the brush and started to brush her mane. With every brush stroke, the knots in her mane straightened out and the cards fell out of her hair.  Her mane is long and wavy, with a light and dark silver ombre, and streaks of periwinkle flowing through it. When she finished brushing through her mane and tail, she tied her mane into a bun, leaving some strands down to the sides.  She then rushed around, picking up every scattered card on the floor with her teeth. She put them in the saddle on her back, along with a couple of books. As she ran as fast as she could out the door, and down the stairs, she noticed a little brown paper bag with her name on it on top of the kitchen counter. She grabbed it and threw it in her saddlebag, while running out the door. SilverShine sprinted down Canterlots busy, bustling streets, just barely missing everyone she ran past. "This is the 5th time this week!! Nononono mom’s gonna be so mad!!" She murmured to herself, still sprinting like crazy. "Oh my gosh!! I really wish I had wings or something right now!! It'll be ages till I get to school!!" She screams, still running. Not looking where she's going, she looks up and screams as she's running toward a pillar. She was running too fast stop so all she could do was prepare for herself to- SilverShine opens her eyes, she finds herself in the air. She looks up and FiddleSticks is holding her, flying in the air. "Phew, Sticks- I was literally about to die!! Thanks." "No prob Shine. Let's just get to school without any accidents, why don't we?" He jokes.  They're flying for a moment when they see a golden pony in front of a pile of rubble, in the distance, "Hey, isn't that your sister?" FiddleSticks inquired. "Yeaa- wait, why's she just standing there? Is she okay?" They head down from the sky to see what was up with GoldenGlow, she was just standing there motionless, in complete shock. It looked like she could cry at any moment.  SilverShine quickly speeds over to her while FiddleSticks stays behind. Altho he looked particularly worried for her- "Hey Glow, what happened??" She asked. "Th- the school, it's closed- it’s gone." She mumbles, tears forming in her eyes. "The school WHAT!? HOW!?" She searched for an explanation and all she could find was a little poster on the ground that someone seemed to have ripped off the pillar behind it. It read,  Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns closed down after Celestia and Luna uncrowned themselves. This school is currently undergoing construction under Princess Twilight Sparkle’s rule. These renovations may take months, if not years to complete.  "Woah, I- Glow, are you gonna be okay?" SilverShine asks.  "Everything I've worked for, Everything I've done. All for nothing, I- what do I even do now?? Where do I go??"   FiddleSticks interrupts GoldenGlow saying, “Awwe Glow, it’s not ‘end of the world’’! It’s only for a few months probably, it’s gonna be okay.” SilverShine was thinking about one of the only other people that she had met that had gone to this magic school. “Sapphire Salvias!!”  “Oh my gosh, you're right!! should we go find her, and tell her?” FiddleSticks questioned. “Wait, who- oh wait, I've heard of her. Isn’t she insanely smart? She never does any of the work, but I've seen in her desk, everything that she HAS done was flawless.” GoldenGlow inquires. SilverShine seems a bit confused.  “Yup, that sounds like the one.” FiddleSticks interrupts her thought. She didn't really know who Sapphire was, just that she meant alot to FiddleSticks. She had no idea Sapphire was such a genius, maybe she can help her with magic tricks later- Off topic, she has to focus!     Before she could say anything, a loud, sparkling, popping sound came from behind them. They turn around to find Sapphire standing behind them. She jogs toward the school without looking, and bumps straight into the pillar that once held the poster.  “ACK- Ouch! Sorry about tha- Oh- It’s… Just a pillar.” Sapphire squealed. “Pfft! Sorry Sapph!” “Hey, uhh- What are you guys doing here…?? What's up with the school?? Oh, I must have teleported to the wrong plac-” “No no! You got the right place, it's just.. The schools kinda.. Closed- for now.” FiddleSticks attempts to explain, as GoldenGlow passes the poster to Sapphire with her levitation magic. She reads what it says for almost half a minute before dropping the poster onto the ground. “That’s insane- Does this mean I can go home? Will I ever have to go to school again?” Sapphire questions with ignorant bliss. “Oh please Salvias. Don't be ridiculous, you would be homeschooled if you decided not to transfer.” GoldenGlow explains. “Oh… My parents don't really have the time for that-” Sapphire mutters in disappointment. Where are they gonna go? It's not like there's another pristine school like that for miles. The only other school near this is… Minuettes School of Education! The school FiddleSticks and I go to! Oh no, we should be there right now! But we can't just leave them here, oh what do we do? “You guys should probably get to your classes, you don't want to be late.” GoldenGlow says reluctantly. “Salvias, you wanna hang out at my house for a bit? I'm sure we can miss school today because of the short notice.” “Yeah sure, I don't mind missing class either way.” Sapphire Agrees. FiddleSticks walks over to SilverShine and asks “Shall we leave then?” “I guess..” SilverShine answers, climbing onto FiddleSticks back to fly to school. Wishing she could do something to make GoldenGlow feel any better about this, SilverShine and FiddleSticks fly off to their own school to start their day.