Chapter 1: My Professor Doesn’t Have a Name
It was a nice day in Manhattan, with only a few clouds hanging in the sky. The sun was shining brightly and you see children playing in the wide, open fields that graced the country side. Birds are flying through the air, navigating their way through the air. A few land on the tree above you, and began to sing their beautiful song. You’ve always wondered what it’s like to fly, considering you’ve never experienced riding a plane before, the whole concept is a mystery to you. You sighed and went back to sleep under the mighty tree and began to dream.
You woke up in cold sweat, it's light out, which means you have to get out of bed. The smell of waffles cuts your train of thought. You shrug off your dream and make your way downstairs. You were greeted by an onslaught of insults coming from your “good” friend, Steven. You smile as you see the food, and at the same time, your stomach rumbles.
“Looks like somebody’s hungry!” Steven apparently heard your stomach.
“No, Steve. Somebody’s full.”
“BREAKFAST IS READY!” The maid yelled.
“Well let’s go get something to eat.” You say to Steven, who is busy reading. You sigh as you got off and dragged him towards the kitchen.
"The book can wait." You says while he just grumbles, allowing himself to be dragged.
Stevenson Wingblade. That guy is a nerd, just like you, only smarter. He isn't your stereotypical nerd who afraid human contact and is socially awkward, he is practically not afraid of anything. Well, almost everything. His biggest fear is the unknown. That’s why he searches for knowledge everywhere; newspapers, internet, even that wrapping that is made of magazines and shit. But at least he’s sociable. And you were also a little bit jealous of his name.
“You gonna eat that?” Steven said, nudging you, causing you to snap back to reality.
“Yes, fat ass. Please don’t eat me.”
“Okay!” He grinned, almost reaching up to his eyes.
‘Creepy…’ You thought.
“Everyone ready for school?” Steven said.
“We haven’t even showered.” You replied.
Steven went back to his own room to take a shower; at least, that’s what you assumed.
You looked back at the building that houses your rooms, a 6-story apartment complex complete with the household necessities that an ordinary house could look up to. You could actually compare it with a 3-star hotel if it wasn’t for the occasional drunkard, or the dust that accumulates on the steps. The rent for the rooms is particularly expensive, but since your dad helped you out when he was still alive, the pay was reduced significantly.
You turn back to where you are headed, the school.
“Dude, what would you imagine our school would look like?” Steven caught up with you.
“Hot girls.” You remarked which earned a chuckle from Steven.
“I hope.” He mumbled.
“Fact: The school actually has a strict ‘no- bullying’ rule so no one could threaten us for being socially awkward.” You say, your inner nerd coming out of its metaphorical cage.
“Good…good…” You heard Steven mumble as you continue your journey in silence.
You reach the school gates and you astonished, to say the least. The school was large, really large. The guard notices you and greets you with a smile. He opens the gate and says, “Have a good day!”
“I sure hope so.” You mumble under your breath. You check your watch, 8:00 am. ‘Just on time.’ You thought.
“Well, we’ll be off to our classes, see ya later!” Steven bids you good bye and began walking to his first class. Alice does the same.
You arrive at your room, and you were a bit surprised that the professor hadn’t arrived yet. Once you step inside the room, the students stop whatever they were doing, and stares at you. You feel the weight of a thousand stares on you, boring through your very soul. They just still there, staring at you… judging you…
You continued walking your personally selected seat. Once at your chair, you examined your surroundings carefully. It was a typical classroom, a whiteboard in front, a few “motivational” quotes painted at the white walls, and four windows at the right side of the room. The student in front of you has his nose buried in books. He wears thick nerd glasses and has freckles. You imagined he has braced teeth. He wears what you think is the school uniform, which was weird considering you weren’t necessarily forced to wear your uniform. “Any type of clothing would do, as long you don’t look like a whore.” Said the principal at the note. You chuckled silently. The girl on your left side wears a bright blue hoodie, probably cyan and denim pants. The thing you almost immediately noticed about this girl is her rainbow hair.
“Hey.” You blurted out, accidentally.
“Oh? Hey!” She speaks in a rash tomboyish but oddly calming tone of voice. “Watcha doin’? Wait… Have we met?” She says.
“Well, uh…actually no. I was about to ask you the same thing, considering how you talked to me.”
“I wasn’t really paying attention to you, so… yeah, sorry.” She chuckles nervously and tries to avert eye contact.
“Well, I didn’t catch your name.”
“Well, I’m Rainbow Dash. Nice to meet you. Your name is?”
“Pretty awesome name, I must say. It really suits you well. Well, my name is-.” You were cut off by the professor entering the room. He looks like he is in his early thirties and seems rather strict, judging on how the students immediately stopped and remained quiet. He sits on the teacher’s table and you can see his cold, amber-colored eyes scanning every inch and every corner of the room. He wears polo complete with a red tie. He has a golden wristwatch on his left hand, which you assumed that he is left-handed.
“Ahem.” He clears his throat audibly. His voice is flat, but deep in the same time. You can imagine him speaking in a cave but when he speaks there are no resulting echoes. You stiffen in your seat as his eyes glaze over and past you. After somewhat three minutes of tense silence, he finally speaks again.
“I believe we have five new students here. As for you to get better acquainted with each other, I suggest that you introduce yourself, here, in the front. We will start from the front, left side.” The girl who sits in the front row stands up and nervously walks up to the front. She wears the school uniform, but oddly suits her well, unlike the guy in front of you. She has a purple trim on the left side of her uniform, which you believe was custom made, considering she has dark purple going lighter at the middle. In the dead center was a bright pink accent. She wears reading glasses and has an overall small stature. She smiles shyly at the professor (which clearly hadn’t told his name yet. Isn’t the professor is the first one to introduce his name?). The professor nods, silently telling her to get it over with.
“Uhh, hi.” She starts nervously. ‘She has a cute voice.’
You thought. “My name is Twilight Sparkle, and uhh I’m from Canterlot, but me and my family soon moved into Ponyville. I decided to move on my own here in Manehattan to study in this school. And uhh, my hobby is well, reading books, I guess.” ‘We’ll get along quite nicely, Twilight Sparkle.’
She shyly walks back to her chair and the guy next to her stands up and walks towards the front.
“Hey guys!” At this point you began to judge this man. He wears casual back attire with cargo pants. His haircut is like the ones that soldiers have, but his has a slight edgy look to it. Also his hair is white with hints of cyan in them. “Name’s Thunderlane.” A series of murmurs rise in the crowd. “Yeah, I know. Pretty weird name, huh? Well that’s another story. I was born in Cloudsdale and uhh, I like athletics and stuff like basketball. Well, uhh, that’s all!” ‘Thunderlane’ has an air of friendliness around him. You feel that you’ll get along nicely in the future. He nods at the professor and went on his way.
A couple of students past, and now it was Rainbow’s turn. She walks up to the front, tripping on a chair on the way. Once she has reached the front, she clears her throat.
“Uhh, hey guys! My name is Rainbow D. Kristofesson, and I’m from Cloudsdale, but we soon moved to Ponyville a couple of years after.” You almost choke on this. ‘Ponyville? I lived there as a kid. What other secrets do you have, Rainbow Dash?’ You thought. “My hobbies are sports like long jump, 50-meter dash, just about anything that involves running.” She said grinning.
“How about tag?” Someone shouts, which made the whole class laugh, including Prof. No Name, although his was more like a chuckle. You look at Dash and see that her head was hung low, probably hiding her blush. She walks towards her seat and seats down, head hung low. It takes a while for you to realize that it was your turn. Once you noticed, you snap up and began walking towards the front.
‘Man, this more frightening than I thought it would be.’ You thought.
“Uhh, hi guys.” You say sheepishly. You tell them your name and where you are from. Explaining that you were from Fillydelphia, and your hobbies were reading, cooking, and playing video games and all that stuff. When you finished, you walked in the same aisle to your chair. You see Rainbow snickering at you, and Peter, who was behind her all this time, is laughing with her.
“Alright Dash, what is it this time?” You ask.
“Cooking? Really? It thought that was only for girls!” Dash said.
‘Sexist.’ You mumble. “You’re just jealous because you don’t even know how to cook!” You insulted back. You see her eyebrow furrow and shoulders tense up. ‘Good job me. Right on the weak spot.’ You mentally congratulate yourself.
“Like I care! I don’t even need that stuff.” She replied back.
“We’ll see about that.”
“Ahem. If you two lovebirds are going to keep quarrelling, I suggest you to go outside.” The professor says. You quiet down and you see Dash’s face looking at you for a split-second, her face red. She then looks down at her feet.
“So, as for today,” The professor starts. “We’ll be discussing about Einstein’s life. So we all know that-“
You began to hear less clearly as darkness began to creep into the edges of your vision. After a while of struggling, you began to doze off.
“Hey.” You hear a feminine voice calling out from a distance. It sounded faded and distorted.
“Hey!” There goes the voice again, only this time, clearer and more distinct. Once you realize who the owner of the voice is, a loud crack of lightning hits you and you snapped back into reality.
“Wake up, idiot. Lunch time.” You see Rainbow’s face inches from yours. Her magenta eyes looking at your very soul.
“Holy shit Rainbow!” You almost fell from the chair from backing away from her. “You scareh.”
“What’s your problem sleepyhead? It’s just me.” She says as you try to hide your face from her by setting it on the desk.
“So, are you getting lunch, or just wanna sleep until the next class comes in?” She asks, more like a statement than a question by the way she says it.
“Oh yeah, lunch.” You mumble under your breath.
“Man, the cafeteria is way larger than I thought it is.” You say.
“Pretty amazing, huh?”
“Yeah.”
“C’mon, let’s get something to eat.” She says, offering her hand. You gladly take it, but immediately regret it as she began dragging you forcefully through crowds of students.
“Hey Dash. Can I just sit while you take the orders?” You managed to say.
“Yeah sure.” She lets go of you and you try finding a vacant table for the two of you.
You found one the far left side of the cafeteria. You hurried to the table and claimed it as your own. As you sit down, you began to think about the previous events that happened.
‘Well let’s see, we got a professor with no apparent name, a girl with rainbow hair named, ‘Rainbow Dash’, and a cute, shy nerd that lives in the same state as you.’ You sigh as you finished your mental checklist and as Rainbow appears around the corner.
“Hey!” You wave to her, beckoning for her to come over.
“Hey! How’s it goin’?” She asks.
“Dash, we’ve only been separated for only like 5 minutes.”
“Oh yeah, right.” She mumbles. “So what do you want?”
“I want my hamburger.”
“What?! You didn’t tell me! I only got one hamburger!”
“Well, you got fries there?”
“Uhh, yeah!” She hands you the fries, which you accepted with a smile, causing her to smile too.
“Thanks. For the fries I mean.” You say.
“Yeah that’s nothing.” She said, as she began eating her burger.
“Nice tree.” You spot a large tree over the hill directly beside the school. Since it was lunch break, you are free to wander around the school. You decided to spend more time with Dash under that large tree, which you mentally named ‘The Leviathan’ since it was pretty large for a normal tree. You grabbed Dash’s hand and dragged her to the tree.
“Hey! Uh, wait! Where are you taking me?” She protested.
“This is for dragging me in the cafeteria and almost breaking my arm. But this is also thanks for the fries.”
“Huh? How does that work?” She was confused to say the least.
“See that tree over yonder?” You point to the Leviathan. Her eyes sparkled with recognition and her mouth was shaped like an “o”.
You finally arrived at the large tree, and try to catch your breath. Dash sits down and breaths heavily
.
“So Dash.” You say as you finally caught your breath. “Tell me about the school.”
“Well, I’ll start with the facilities.” You nod and told her to continue. “Well, that there as you probably know, is where all the classes are held, and the one beside it is the cafeteria. That there is the main building where the faculty, the principal and the staff reside. And lastly that big 3-story complex there is the dorms.”
“Wait, you have a dorm? If this is a boarding school, why didn’t they tell us to move into the dorms?”
“School policy states that students have free will to stay at their own home or move into the dorms. There are four dorm buildings in total and that there is Building B.”
“Well, I think I should move into the dorms.”
“Well, okay. That’s you decision, then okay.” Dash says, getting up. “Well, it’s time for my next period.”
You look at your watch, 12:30 pm.
“Well, look at that. It’s time for mine too!”
“Well then, see ya ‘dash’!” She says, winking at you. You blushed profusely and tried to hide it from her. She chuckles. “I saw that big guy!” She says as she runs towards the school. You chase after her, with a big grin plastered on your face.
‘Well, this day’s gonna be great after all!’ You thought.