//------------------------------// // 43. #Let'sTalkAboutFriendship // Story: Ciderfest BOAS APP Stories: 86?! // by Janicethelight //------------------------------// Story Ponyville has been the center of many conflicts, so it seems the perfect place to look for scattered pages. Thus, you find yourself walking through the School of Friendship. Walking through the halls, you watch yaks laughing with ponies, dragons playing with griffins, and changelings flying with hippogriffs. The entire place is full of creatures learning about friendship!  At one class, you hear a voice. "How friendship saved my entire kind!" It blabs, "So, believe it or not I used to be unable to speakk! I know, how tragic, right?! I mean, imagine me never being able to talk when there's soooo much to talk about but it's true!" You look in to see Autumn Blaze talking up a storm in class, "-and because of the power of friendship, me and my entire race found that it's better to say what's on our mind. Well, I knew at first, but friendship helped every other Kirin see it-" The bell rings and Autumn huffs, "Class is over already? But there's so much more to talk about! I guess we can talk more tomorrow. See you then! I can't wait to share more things with all of you!"  The other creatures file out of the classroom, Autumn last. You cough. "Autumn. I don't remember seeing you in the School of Friendship before." You point out. Autumn freezes momentarily. She takes in a deep breath, and admits, "Okay, so I was never in the School of Friendship, buuuuuut I found this amazing page. This beautiful tome had the magic to rewrite anything. I figured this would be fine! I love friendship! Also, my kind just learned about talking through our feelings, but they still have things to learn, sooooo, I changed it to where we were invited to! I'm sure Applejack and Fluttershy would have invited us if they weren’t so busy saving the world. Sure, we've had a couple of mishaps with fires that weren't supposed to happen, but that's all a part of learning, right?! I mean, why should kirins be left out? Shouldn't friendship be for every creature?! You think I did right, right?!" [CHOICE] Did Autumn make the right choice? > Yes! Every creature should learn about friendship! (Chaos) > Why didn't she just…ask?! (Hero) > No. Neighsay needs to know about this! (Villain) [ENDING A: CHAOS] "You did the right thing." You agree, "All of Equestria needs to learn about friendship, including Kirins!" "Yes! That's what I'm saying! Thank you so much. You won't regret this-" Autumn bounces down the hallway, passing class after class.  "Heh, are you kidding?!" Yelling erupts from a classroom nearby, "Dragon fire is so hot, we bathe in lava!"  You see a dragon student yelling at a kirin. "Sounds like you have to warm yourselves up just to blow smoke!" The Kirin smirked. "Oh yeah?! At least I can do it anytime I want, not just when I literally lose my cool!" A chorus of 'ooooohs' resound through the classroom. "Now, when I said to be honest, I didn't mean-" Applejack is cut off by the kirin. "You wanna go, scaley?!" "Like it would even be a fair fight. The moment you get hurt, you'll change back and go crying to your leader. 'Wahhh the mean dragon hurt me. Wahhh." "That's IT!" The kirin changes forms, now a nirik. The dragon takes a deep breath as the nirik's flames get closer to him. "Hit the deck!" Applejack leads the rest of the class behind her desk before the fires collide, and the entire classroom explodes in flames. The sirens ring, taking out the fire, revealing both the nirik and the dragon covered in soot.  "...starting now! Bye!" Autumn nervously laughs as you sigh, shaking your head amused. (+1 page for Chaos) [ENDING B: HERO] "Um. Autumn…" You begin after thinking for a moment "why didn't you just ask Twilight if you and your kind could be a part of the school?"  Autumn stops and thinks. "Oh…never thought of it I guess. That's a good idea though!" She hands you the paper. "Won't be needing this then. Just ask the princess! Why didn't I think of that?!" You hear an orange glow surrounding the school and everything is back to normal. Autumn beams at you. "Now, let's do this. Wait. How should I ask? Should I be more formal, or more casual?! She is the princess of Friendship after all. What if-"  You lightly cover her mouth to get her attention, and she stops babbling. "Just go in, be yourself, and ask nicely. I'm sure Twilight will be thrilled to find a way for the Kirin to join the school." Autumn smile, giving you one last hug. "Alright. Wish me luck!" She takes one last breath before stepping into the office to see Twilight. (+1 Page for Hero) [ENDING C: VILLAIN] "Do you realize how dangerous-" you start before taking a deep breath, "you know what?! Nevermind! I'll be back!" You search around Equestria, before finally finding Chancellor Neighsay. You give a curious bow, "Sir, I have always thought it odd that Celestia allows this school of friendship in the first place. For once, when she first sent Twilight to learn about friendship, it was through natural means of bonding with others, commenting that Twilight wouldn't find friendship in books! Yet, moons later, she allows her to open up a place where they expect creatures to do just that." "Yes, I know." Neighsay begins. "I was alright with the Changelings, the Hippogriffs and the Yaks. Celestia knows I was willing to give dragons and griffins the benefit of the doubt, but Kirins?!" You seeth. "What are…Kirins?" Neighsay asks. "They are creatures whose emotions fuel their magic, sir. When they are happy, they have complete control, but when they get angry, their magic goes haywire in their other form, the Nirek, causing havoc by spreading fire everywhere!" "That IS a problem." Neighsay sighs, walking around, "but my hooves are tied. Princess Celestia backs Twilight and her unaccredited school!" "She does, but even the princesses have to listen to the will of the parents!" You smirk. The rumors spread far and wide: classrooms bursting into flame. The ponies raise up, challenging the idea of Kirins being allowed at first before it spreads to any non pony creature. The other creatures hear about their students' cries as they are singled out for anything that happens wrong. Disputes turn into fights until every species in Equestria calls for war against the racist ponies. (+1 page for Villains)