It was Saturday.
Asterisk had told her Parents on Friday, "Today, Ma'am told us that tomorrow is a working Saturday."
Her Parents were surprised.
Her Father asked her, "Are you sure? Do you really have school tomorrow?"
Asterisk replied confidently, "Yes, Dad. I stayed really attentive in class today."
Asterisk told her Mother, "Mom, we have a Class Test on Magic tomorrow."
So, Asterisk studied well and soon was prepared. Asterisk thought that she had to revise in class the parts she forgot whenever possible.
It was Asterisk's Father who took her to School. So he set off with her. Asterisk's School was quite far away, so they had to travel by bus. It was not the School Bus, but a public bus. The journey was fun and safe. Soon, Asterisk and her Father reached Asterisk's School. Asterisk took a look at the time and went inside the School.
Asterisk came to the Assembly Room, lit up with bright white lights. The bright sunlight and the bright lights of the room made the room very bright.
Asterisk joined the line of her class and then they were asked to sit down. So all of them sat down.
A filly from another section, somehow, seemed to be one of Asterisk's classmate's friends. She talked to Asterisk's classmate as if she was from the same section!
That filly asked Asterisk's classmate, looking at Asterisk, "Is this your classmate? Are you from the same section?"
Asterisk's classmate, Shine Star, the light blue alicorn with purple mane and eyes, said yes.
The Assembly began. After Assembly, all the students went to their respective classes.
History was the first period. After History, was G.K. (General Knowledge). During that period, the students were taken downstairs and they roamed around on the playground.
In the next period, everypony was asked to draw a scenery. Asterisk drew a nice one. But a shocking thing happened when Asterisk was searching her bag and found that she had not brought her drawing copy.
The shocking thing was that, a foal, Star Glory, a blue pegasus with green mane, who was sitting on the bench on Asterisk's left side said, "Bring your phone to school the next day. It is an important thing to do if you want to be known as a good student."
Asterisk was a bit confused at first. But Star Glory's green eyes looked really suspicious, although he was joking.
Asterisk said, "But we are not allowed to bring our phones to school! Why are you telling me to do so?"
Star replied, "It is very important if you want to be known as a good student."
Asterisk, the light pink alicorn with pink mane with a purple gradient and pink eyes, thought, "I don't want to be known as a good student. I want to be a true good student. Being a so-called good student doesn't mean that you are really a good student."
Then, Asterisk took out her Rough Copy and colours to draw a scenery. She took her pencil and made a drawing of a scenery - a house in the middle, the sun shining, clouds in the sky, trees on the two sides of the house and bushes behind the house. It was a nice scenery. But another shocking thing happened while Asterisk was drawing.
The shocking thing was that, Star Glory again said, "You have not brought the drawing copy? The walls are there. Draw on the walls of the classroom."
Now, this was getting a bit annoying. Asterisk knew that he was, of course, joking.
Asterisk replied without a second thought, "Babies draw on the walls of the classroom. I have the Rough Copy, so I will draw there. By the way, why are you talking to me as if you will cry soon? I hate all that nonsense!"
Star Glory stopped teasing Asterisk. He understood that Asterisk was not what he thought she was - A fool, doesn't understand anything, will believe whatever he will tell her and very immature. But why did he think all these? Because Asterisk, however, was the only new student in that section of her class. She had taken admission a few months ago, before the beginning of the session. She had not many friends to talk with and therefore, was quiet.
Meanwhile, Asterisk was thinking how she could make him understand what she really was.
Sir said that Asterisk's drawing was good and so were the drawings of many other students.
The next period was Chemistry. Before that period, there was a five-minute gap. Taking this opportunity, Asterisk, nervous for the Class Test on Magic, thoroughly revised the Chapter. After Chemistry Class, it was Break Time. Asterisk was almost prepared during Break Time. She revised the Chapter while eating. Her tiffin was two biscuits and one cupcake. She ate the biscuits, but could not eat the cupcake because of another shocking thing that happened while she was eating and revising the Chapter.
The shocking thing was that, Tender Light, the previous Class Monitor, came to Asterisk and said with a rude and proud smile, "Stand up. Stand up, Asterisk. I will ask you some questions from the Chapter to see how well you have studied and revised."
Asterisk was not pleased with Tender's rude behaviour. Still she stood up, hesitantly.
Tender said again, proudly and rudely, smiling, "Stand properly. Become normal."
Tender continued, imitating Asterisk's hesitant behaviour, "Don't do like this. First become normal."
Asterisk was not happy at that. She remembered that it was Tender Light who sat with her on the first day in the new section (Asterisk had faced a section-change).
Asterisk recalled her first day in the new section, "On the first day, Ma'am told me to sit with Tender and asked her to help me with the Routine and some other work. I, at first, thought that she was not bad. But Tender seemed to be a bit hesitant when I asked her to help me with the work."
Tender said, taking Asterisk's Magic Textbook with her hoof. "Now, I will ask you questions and you will answer."
Asterisk said, "Alright."
So the quiz started.
"What is magic?"
"Magic is the unique power of ponies to perform miracles. Alicorns and unicorns use magic to hold objects."
Tender Light was surprised. She thought that Asterisk would not know the answer. She also misunderstood Asterisk as a psycho and that's why Tender asked Asterisk to become normal (according to Asterisk).
Then Tender Light said, "Come, now." and pulled Asterisk by her hoof and took her outside the classroom door, near the windows outside the class.
"Now, how do you make a magic heart? Explain the process." Tender said.
"1) First we make a heart with our magic.
2) Then we draw stripes on the heart with our magic. Then the heart begins to shine, float and fly in the air.
3) Then we add sparkles to the heart with our magic.
4) Then we put a spell on the magic heart. Then the magic heart is ready." Asterisk answered.
"How much did you score in Magic in your Final Examinations in your previous school?"
"98."
"And all your exams, average?"
"I scored 97%."
"Wow!" Tender exclaimed, "And your Average Score?"
"96%."
"Wow! Are you one of the toppers? What was your rank?"
"I came first."
Tender Light, the light yellow pegasus with blue mane, was really surprised, her dark blue eyes were shining with excitement. She was acting a bit crazy according to Asterisk.
Tender pulled Asterisk by her hoof and took her back to their Class and raised Asterisk's hoof, shouting, "Look, everypony! She is the topper! She came first!"
Then, a few minutes later, Asterisk and Tender came near Tender's best friend and the new Class Monitor, Shine Light.
Many students said that Asterisk scored even higher than the first foal in the Class. Yes, she really had. Three cheers for Asterisk for her hard work!
"How much did he score?" Asterisk asked.
One of the students said, "He scored 95%."
Shine also asked Asterisk some questions and Asterisk answered them correctly.
Shine was surprised that a new student was answering questions so correctly. She envied Asterisk a bit, just as Tender envied Asterisk.
Shine had brought noodles from the school canteen and Tender ate a bit. But Tender was not eating in a very good manner. Asterisk also ate a bit, but in a proper way.
Tender asked Asterisk, "Is it good? Is the food from the canteen good?"
Asterisk replied, "Yes, it is good."
After sometime, some other students came there and Tender was trying to tell them a funny incident or was perhaps making fun of someone. But she couldn't tell them anything as she couldn't control her laughter. Tender had Asterisk's Textbook in her hoof. She covered her face with the Textbook, with great force and continued laughing. Asterisk and the others were watching this.
One of them said, "First stop laughing and then talk."
But Tender couldn't stop laughing and so, couldn't tell the incident.
"Now you will ask me." said Tender to Asterisk.
Asterisk asked Tender two questions, but Tender was not able to answer them.
Tender kept on saying, "I have not read this part."
Asterisk said, "I answered most of the questions which you asked me. But when I am asking you, you are saying that you have not read that part."
Tender was not happy with Asterisk, but she didn't say anything. Asterisk discussed the correct answers.
After a few minutes, some other students gathered there.
One of the students asked Tender, "How much did you get out of 15 in the Class Test on Cutie Mark Studies?"
Tender replied, "10."
One of the students asked Asterisk too.
Asterisk replied, "I got 14. In two places, ½ marks were cut for wrong spellings. Some of the spellings were really long."
Tender was surprised.
Tender asked Asterisk, "Who is your best friend?"
Asterisk said, "Prism."
Tender asked Shine, "And you?"
Shine just said, "You!"
Then, on the next period, Ma'am would take a Class Test on Magic. Asterisk was really nervous. She looked outside the windows and saw that it was raining. All of them could hear the sound of rain and thunder and soon were permitted to watch the rain from the windows, by going outside the classroom, while Asterisk sat on the bench, drowned in the Magic book, revising for the Class Test.
After sometime the power went off and Asterisk understood that no Class Test on Magic was going to be taken on that day. Asterisk felt strange. She decided to go out of the classroom to watch the rain along with her classmates. She went there and watch the rain. But another shocking thing happened, just when Asterisk was watching the rain! From behind, Tender Light pushed Asterisk. Asterisk knew that it was, of course, that Tender Light, who was teasing her by asking her questions. Asterisk looked back to be sure that it was Tender. She saw Tender running away from there and joining a group of foals. Tender was the only filly in that group. Asterisk understood what was going on. Still she didn't say anything to Tender.
Tender understood that making fun of Asterisk was of no use. So Tender stopped teasing and making fun of Asterisk from then on.
After going home, Asterisk told her Parents all that had happened.
Her Parents were a bit worried at first, but then understood that all these were being done with Asterisk because she was the only new student in the Class. Some of the students were underestimating Asterisk and thinking that she doesn't understand anything.
Asterisk's Parents told her that all these problems would go as soon as Asterisk proves herself to be a good student.
Asterisk was happy with the solution and decided to study well for the Examinations that were coming soon.