//------------------------------// // The First Hour // Story: Live, Die, Repeat // by Hidden_Night //------------------------------// It’s three days to Spike’s birthday, nothing much has happened. Me and Twilight has bought the gifts, and my magic is stable, yet weaker. So with no further ado I got Nameless with me, we’re both in front of the Ponyville Elementary. “Of course, why am I here?” Nameless peeks over from my neck and looks up at the red building. Clearly unamused by this. “Easy, you need kids your age to hang around. Plus it gets you out of the house.” Using my magic I pull her off my back and to the dirt. She clearly likes riding me like a…pony…there are jokes are here, too lazy to think of any. “Why? So you and twilight can get busy in the basement?” She looks at me with a strange look, a mixture of sass and ‘I know what you are’. Finding myself bewildered by her statement, I quickly stammer an excuse, “Busy doing science, yes.” “Oh bullshit!” She exclaimed as a hoof began to press against my chest suddenly, for a small girl she is strong. Must be the earth long magic. “I’ve seen the way you look at her, you like her don’t you?” “Yeah. And?” I slowly squint my eyes towards the runt. “Ask her out already, you cad!” Jeez, such foul language woman! She’s getting awfully loud, the other fillies luckily aren’t here to hear her. Perhaps it’s not wise to send her to school with impressionable children, but I’m not known for being such. “I’m not ready. You know that.” I had to rebutted quickly, my voice is a little shakey. Who knew myself was this aggressive? “I don’t.” She pauses and leans in closer to me. “Enlighten me.” “How about I just put you school and you can worry about the topics of adults afterwards?” I quickly grab her with my magic, her flailing is making my focus difficult but it’s nothing I haven’t done before. “Oh, don’t you test me! I’m already doing shit to Luna in her dreams. I can do the same to you too!” She kept flailing, at this point I’m dealing with a rampaging child. “Yeah yeah. And who gave you those dream walking abilities?” It was struggle to move her the five feet, my magic is still recovering from being blocked. Perhaps I should visit this Zecora lady Twilight goes on tea outings with. Alchemy is more reliable then the medical sciences. “I can still use them to kick your ass!” “Yeah, yeah, that’s enough. Just get to class.” I open the door and set her down. Pushing her inside. “This ain’t over!” I close the door and sigh, it’s going to be her first day of school. I hope the kids will be okay. Their safety is much needed when alone work her. I’m going to visit Zecora, maybe she has some intriguing stuff for magic. It kinda sucks being this weak. Nameless looked at the door that was closed in her face and breathed a heavy sigh. This sucks! She’s stuck at this fucking school, with these fucking kids, and this—hey, this teacher is pretty hot! Maybe this won’t be so bad! She looked at Cheerilee, can’t deny anything. She is cute, and hot. It’s best not to hit on her, but one plus one does equal two. “Alright Class, give a warm round of hoof stomping to our new classmate. Nameless Anon!” Cheerilee put the chalk that was in her mouth on the board, slightly spitting some chalk off her lips as she spoke. However, Nameless can figure out the fake cheerfulness of a teacher trying to bring light to students. It’s exciting to see the balance of stress and working with kids unfold in front of her. It shall be stated that she won’t add to the stress, only observe the breaking point. The other ponies can do that for her. With a look upon the crowd, they weren’t much of hoof stompers, just enough to get a mild reception of existing. There’s a couple of nobodies, though she did recognize Rumble and Scootaloo, no empty seats next to them. Just next to this what’s-her-face, the yellow girl with the red bow, that one. The girl related to Applejack, what’s her name? Apple something or other. “Nameless, introduce yourself. Give a description, and a fun fact about yourself.” Cheerilee whispered into Nameless’ ear. Nameless thinks she got some chalk in her ear, but that’s a story for another time. “Well, I’m Nameless Anon, Anonymous is my brother and I was born in a cave!” Nameless was proud of her story. It was intriguing, who else was born in a cave? A pink filly raised her hoof in the air. Nameless can just sense the privilege from her. “Why a cave?” “Why not a cave? It’s dank, dark, and oddly beautiful. Biolu-…uh…biolom…glowing plants, and water falls, and uh…” Nameless was about to go off on a tangent, but stumbled over her words. ‘How does Twilight make it so easy?! It shouldn’t be this difficult?! Oh wait, I’m stupid.’ Nameless thought to herself, but decided to shrug it off. “…More rocks!” To finish off her sentence. The other students couldn’t determine if she was cool, weird, or just plain stupid. So they just gave a verity of mixed expressions. Intrigue, confusion, and boredom to name a few. “Okay. Well nameless, why don’t you take a seat…back there. Next to Applebloom there.” Cheerilee extended a hoof towards Applebloom. Applebloom wasn’t really paying attention, just staring out the window. Then at the sound of her names, her ears twitched and she flicked herself back up. “Huh, wha?” She finally faced forward during class and saw that fellow blank flank she met at the party a week ago. She watched Nameless approach her. Nameless decided to just take her seat and sit down. No need to get talkative during class, it wasn’t important yet. Nameless however got bored quickly, maybe she can use her new friends to cause some mischief. The bounds of being annoying do need to be tempered for a certain moon princess. “Hehehe…” Nameless chuckles to herself. “What ya laughing bout?” Applebloom looked over at her new classmate. “Just thought of something really funny.” Nameless looked back at Cheerilee, not an ideal target, but that prissy pink pony near the front however… With my journey to the Everfree I noticed someone new I haven’t seen yet, a buttery yellow pony with a pink mane. She has some saddlebags resting on her flanks, so I can’t see her cutie mark. What’s interesting is she is talking to Mr. Jay, my magic absorbing has been slowly strengthening up, but even I can tell she isn’t using magic, she naturally can just talk to animals. A ranger I assume, or a Druid. Most likely a Ranger, the Earth Ponies —not normal, I got a light slapping from Twilight, apparently calling them ‘Normal’ is really offensive, whoops—are the ones who are connected to the ground and plants, so Ranger. would Applejack be a ranger? Class decisions aside, I can’t even hear the butter pony, Mr. Jay is very audible in his speech. I silently activate my Talk to Animals spell and walk forward to the two. I slightly remember the road to Zecora’s but a refresher from Mr. Jay should be nice. I think Twilight remembers, forgot to ask, oh well! “So, I just ask for extra bird seed for the journey down south Fluttershy, I hopefully am not intruding on the supply of the other birds.” Mr. Jay is oddly gentlemen like while talking to her. Did he put on an accent towards this ‘Fluttershy’? “Oh, no worries Mr. Jay, I am well aware you and Mrs. Jay have an egg on the way. I have the perfect amount prepared for the upcoming migration. Winter is soon, so rest up for the journey.” Her voice is barely above a whisper, I can barely hear her. She must be the quiet types, better make a decent impression. “Hello?” I ask, trying to control my volume. Dont want to scare the poor girl. “Eep!” The mare jumped at the sound of my voice, but didn’t jump just was generally startled. Mission accomplished? “Oh. It’s…you.” Mr. Jay looked at me strange, it wasn’t much of a distain as much as a ‘I’m only being nice because I’m in the presence of good company’ type of vibe. “Hello again sir.” “Hey. Just came to ask about that Zebra you said lived there.” I knew he said something about a Zebra, not if he knew her name. “Plus, I heard you’re having a kid, congrats don’t hurt yourself before you become a parent.” “Yes. I plan on not getting myself too worked up before my yearly migration. Winter is coming you know?” Mr. Jay still spoke strangely, the yellow pony hasn’t spoken up, just looking towards me and Mr. Jay with her face hidden behind her hair as she turned away to hide even more. Awww, she’s shy. “But, if it’s directions you want, I’m afraid I can’t help you. Perhaps Fluttershy can.” “I get that. So…” I turn to face Fluttershy and see that Mr. Jay has just left, the dick abandoned her so he could leave. Good for him. “Ah, he’s gone, oh well. So, you’re Fluttershy.” ”Yes…” “What?” Even with the better hearing in this pony body, I still can’t hear her. ”I’m sorry, I said. yes…” She is making this very difficult, I like her! She should be considered best pony I met so far. Which is saying a lot considering I have been constantly hitting on unicorns lately. Listen, practicing pick up lines on the local lesbian Lyra is very difficult. I also haven’t been very successful at getting friends. Perhaps this is my chance, she’s shy, but most likely kind, I can feel it! “Alright then, I’m just going to assume I heard a yes. Do you know the path to Zecora? I’ve heard from Twilight that she’s very adept with alchemy.” “…You know Twilight?” She slowly turns to face me, I can see her eyes now. She is…Jesus can ponies even be this beautiful? If Rarity is beautiful because of her make up, Fluttershy just is just raw beauty. Shy, and hot…this is trope I’ve seen before. “You’re the stallion who’s been living with her.” She was actually speaking in her usual hushed tone rather than the quietness. A good change of pace. “Yes. It’s a strange situation, but I’ve been doing alright.” I scratch the back of my head…how am I scratching with hooves? “And you can talk to the little critters too…” She got a little quiet, she seems to be in thought for a couple of moments. “Yeah…” The silence is deafening. I maybe should’ve asked Twilight for directions. This is getting kinda awkward. “Just asking for directions to Zercora, if you don’t mind.” “Oh. I don’t mind…” She lifts up a hoof and points towards the forest. “Whenever I visit Zecora, I just follow the path and walk through the thistle…” Her voice is still struggling to speak up, but I can get the gist of it just fine. ”She’s also not in today…” “Aight, thanks!” With instructions in mind, I walk down to the Everfree. Well, that was weird. Shy people don’t really click with me all to well, but I still know to just wait and let them speak when ready. Still she may be best Pony. No doubt in my mind, unless I find some very theatric showmanship, then my mind might change. Fluttershy watched as the stallion trotted away, despite her warning that Zecora isn’t home. Normally she would be enthralled to meet another pony that shares her gift of animal communication, but his ability to speak to them wasn’t the issue. It was that Mr. Jay was very clearly uncomfortable around him. It also didn’t help that Mr. Jay has some choice words for a ‘Long snout, small brained, horn headed stallion who doesn’t listen, who’s also green,’ so it was best to be cautious. Still, if that’s the stallion Twilight has been sheltering, she’s counting about two weeks until they end up together. The girls must never know about her secret ship chart. With my quick venture towards the hut and minor scratches from the thistle, I find myself at this place again. I’m half sure I blew her off one time while bloodthirsty. With a knock on the door, I sit and I wait. She’s in today, right? Hopefully. I’ll still wait. … Any second now. I knock on the door a second time just to be safe. And I sit her while I wait. … She’s not in… God damnit, I’m gonna go find her. She can’t be too far in this forest. She must be a forager. “And so class. For some extra help on Chemistry this week, we have Zecora here to help with our lab.” Cheerilee stepped behind her desk, she was really using Zecora as a cover so she could get on some grading she may or may not have put off last night. Nameless on the other hand was suddenly very interested. Her plan would only get stronger with two adults. Anonymous would be so proud! So proud that he would clean Twilight’s mouth instead! Ha! “Hahah…” Nameless was laughing to herself, again. It’s like the fourth time this class dude. “Seriously, what is so darn funny?” Applebloom was getting kinda annoyed about not being in on the joke. “You wouldn’t get it.” Nameless told her, she looked back at the pink foal. That little brat won’t see the light of day. She’s going to bully that privilege right out of her. Unfortunately, she set her sights to bully on another bully. Only god knows how well this will go.