“Well? Are you scared?” Rainbow asked her friend as they walked through the open halls.
“Um… Maybe a little. But I’m also really excited. I really enjoyed the classes last time and I was really sad when the eight weeks were over,” Fluttershy replied, “Though I was really happy too! I mean all the students learned so much. I learned so much. It was great for everypony.”
“Yeah. I even enjoyed it and I hate class,” Rainbow agreed.
“I can count on you to help me with the coursework this time too, right?”
“Hay yeah. Like I’d let anyone else partner up with you. We’re gonna show everypony how to do it right!”
“It’ll be nice,” Fluttershy nodded, “Though I hope Twilight will be able to get something out of this too since she’s already been through the full thing. She said she wanted to take it again with Pinkie.”
“Huh. Applejack said her and Rarity were gonna go again to. They must really like this class,” Rainbow added, stopping at the assigned classroom.
“Do you think it’ll just be them in the class with us again?” Fluttershy asked, opening the door with a hoof.
Inside the classroom dozens of eyes turned to look at the pegasi as the door swung open. Fluttershy reflexively flinched away from the attention behind Rainbow Dash. Dash, to her credit, managed to keep her face mostly straight as she spoke, “No. No, I don’t think so.”
“Wow,” Fluttershy said, looking at the large crowd of ponies sitting in the room, “Twilight said there was an interest in the course but I didn’t think there’d be this many ponies. I hope everyone has somewhere to sit.”
“I think you’ve got most of the couples from Ponyville in here,” Rainbow replied, fluttering into the air to see over the throng, “Wait, why are Celestia and Luna here?”
“Oh my, I didn’t think the class would be that popular,” Fluttershy said, visibly forcing down her urge to bolt under the stares of the other ponies as she crossed the front of the class.
“Hey, after they way it straightened out the six of us I’m surprised all of Equestria isn’t crammed in here. Now go knock ‘em dead. I’ll be here if you need me,” Rainbow Dash gave Fluttershy a quick affectionate nuzzle and flew over to sit behind the desk at the front of the room.
Fluttershy took her place at front and center of the class. She closed her eyes and let out a deep breath as she put herself in the mindset she’d need. Then opening them she smiled at the class.
“Hello everypony. I’m glad you could all make it and I’m happy so many of you were interested in my little class to let me come back and teach it again. Before we start I just want to tell everypony that this is a very freeform class. There’s no real syllabus and I’ll spend most of the time addressing the common situations ponies bring up in class. Participation is greatly appreciated but this is a large group so I may have to call on somepony else to make sure everpony gets a chance to add something. Thank you. Now, welcome back to Romance 101. I’m Professor Fluttershy and I’ll be with you for the next eight weeks. Let’s get started.”