A new beginning
By Da Bunnana King
Chapter Nine: School is now in session
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“Now stick close Remi,” I said as I moved her closer to me with a flick of my tail, “I don’t want you to get lost in the crowd.”
“I wouldn’t get lost if you slowed down a bit... or let me ride on your back,” she slyly added as I let out a small chuckle.
“Maybe if you didn’t take too long in the morning I would, but now we’re late so it’s time for some walking and besides, its a nice day,” I said as I looked at the bright morning sky and the birds that flew around. It still was strange to see a few pegasi flying around the sky along with the birds.
“Sooo... are we there yet?” asked Remi as we passed the markets.
“I don’t think so, but I don’t think its that far away,” I said as I remembered that on the way into town we had passed a small school like building... well it was a barn, but it did have a swing set and a massive bell in the tower on its roof.
“Okay... so are you going to school?” she asked as we began climbing one of the small rolling hills that dotted Ponyville.
“No... well I wouldn’t call my lessons with Twilight school,” I said as we continued trotting, “But if I get into that school for unicorns I might be.”
"Ooooohhh that’s cool!" Remi said as she let out a small squeal of excitement from the idea.
"I guess so," I said as she almost had a bounce in her step.
"Can we go there one day?" she asked excitedly as we began reaching the outskirts of Ponyville.
"I don't see why not, but if I get to into the school we might be going there everyday," I said as I began to ponder.
"What makes you say that Runey?" she asked me as the cogs in my head turned.
"Well if I'm allowed in there as a student then I'm going to ask if you can join me and learn about magic too," I said as I saw the enormous smile on her face. Although I didn't see the flying hug she gave me. I don't know how but I was on the ground and Remi had her forelegs wrapped around my neck hugging me.
"Eeeehhhh,' she squeed as she squeezed a bit more.
"Woah there," I said as I slowly lifted Remi off of me, "No need to get that excited."
"But-, but-, I get to learn magic and stuff and thats soooo coool!" she exclaimed as she was almost bouncing in place from the sheer excitement from the idea of learning magic.
"Heh," I chuckled as I ruffled her mane a bit, "Well lets first take you to regular school before we begin to teach you magic."
"Awwww," she moaned as a small pout appeared on her face.
"Hey," I said as I kneeled down and gave her a reassuring hug, "I'm sure this school is just as fun and who knows, you might make some new friends today."
I heard a small sniffle but she slowly grew to the idea of this new school.
"Okay," she said as she broke away from the hug and then slowly continued on the dirt path.
"Don't worry Remi. I'm sure you'll love this school," I said as I caught up with her.
She looked at me and gave me a smile and then returned to her joyful skip.
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As we slowly made our way down the hill we were on, the school I was taking Remi to drew closer and closer. It wasn't very far as I could see the sign with a large book on it and the native Equestrian characters written on the book. The white picket fence that surrounded the towering school house was along the front and seemed to mark out a massive chunk of land for colts and fillies of all ages to play in. The school house was almost massive in comparison to the rest of the flat land surround it along with some trees but I could see that the swingsets and the jungle gym next to the schoolhouse were large as well.
"Woooaaahh," Remi said in awe as she began to gallop egerly towards the school grounds.
"Wait for me!" I yelled as I broke into a gallop to catch up with her.
She giggled as I caught up with her. She looked back at me and poked out her tounge and said, "Last one to the school is a rotten egg!"
With that she slowly sped up and was galloping as fast as her little legs could take her. Surprisingly she was a fast filly as I almost had a tough time keeping up with her.
In no time we were almost neck and neck but being generous I let her cross the finish line of the white picket fence that surrounded the school first.
"Heeee, I won!" she squeed as I slowed down.
"Well that's because your smaller and faster than me but I wouldn't get used to it," I said as I ruffled her mane again.
"Hey stop that," she said as she playfully swatted my hoof away from her mane, "You keep on ruining my mane when you do that."
"But you look so cute and your mane is fine," I said as she sat down and began styling her mane with her hooves.
"Hello there!" yelled a fuchsia colored mare that briskly trotted up towards us. Her mane was a mute color of pink and fuschia that somewhat reflected her coat color. I could see her cutie mark were of three happy flowers arranged in a triangle but her eyes were a bright lime green color.
"Hi," I said back as Remi continued to brush her mane, "I guess you're one of the teachers her?"
"Actually I'm the only teacher but how can I help you..." she said as she stood in front of me waiting for me to respond.
"Blue Rune," I said as I gave a small smile, "But you would be?"
"Miss Cheerilee," she said as she returned the smile, "So mister Rune, how can I help you?"
"Well I was wondering if I could enroll my little filly here to this school," I stated as Remi looked up at me to almost give me the 'I'm not a little filly speech.'
"That's not a problem, I always enjoy teaching new students and I'm sure the rest of the class will enjoy having somepony new in their class," she said as she bent down to Remi's height and looked towards her.
Remi hesitated a bit and moved closer to me for safety but she seemed to be handling it well.
"What's your name?" Cheerilee asked as Remi slowly moved closer to my foreleg.
"Remi," she shyly said.
"What a cute name," Cheerilee said, "Now Remi, do you think you could play with the other fillies and colts for a while, while your daddy and I go and sign some papers?"
"Okay," she said as I could tell she was going to need some more persuasion to stop being magnetically held in place to my leg in anxiety.
"Don't worry Remi," I said as I turned to her and crouched down to comfort her, "Look, I see a nice group of young fillies over there about your age. Why don't you go over and introduce yourself to them."
She seemed a bit hesitant at first but when she spotted the trio of fillies galloping around and laughing, she soon became more energetic and trotted over to them.
"Don't worry, I'm sure Scootaloo, Sweetie Bell and Applebloom will get along with your daughter real quick seeing as they don't have their cutie marks yet," she said as I watch Remi approach the group. I feared for a second of what could happen next but Cheerilee was right as I saw Remi and the trio talking to her as Remi's mood seemed to turn from anxious back to the happy and energetic filly she was.
"Okay," I said as I turned back to her, "Now you mentioned something about those papers."
"Oh yes," she said as she slowly began trotting towards the schoolhouse, "Please follow me."
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As we trotted into a massive room it was almost like a flash from the past. This school had everything I had as a colt. Well... except for the feeling of being back in the past as everything was made out of wood and had that 80’s vibe to it. It had desks with chairs attached to them, even if the seat was strange looking but it must be made so that ponies can sit on them properly. Around the room were drawings that foals had drawn and some diagrams of trees and even had a map of Equestria.
"So mister Rune," asked Cheerilee as we headed towards her desk, "What brings a newfoal such as yourself and your daughter out to Ponyville?"
"What?" I said as I was blindsided by that question.
"I said what brings you to Ponyvi-,"
"No I heard that but how did you know I was a newfoal?" I asked as I trotted up to her desk where she looked through the draws of it.
"Well you're nearly a full grown stallion and you don't have a cutie mark. Not only that but you do have an accent," she said as she pulled out a few sheets of paper with her mouth.
"Huh," I said standing there a bit confused as to what to say, "Guess so."
"But you still haven't answered my question," she stated.
"Oh my mum lives here, so I guess I do now... or until I move out," I said as I focused on the papers with my magic to get a better look at them. The forms she had seemed to be written in two languages, proper Equestrian and a small translation in English.
"I see but you are going to need to fill out those forms before she can attend classes," she said as she picked up a pencil from a cup on her table containing many forms of stationary, before setting it on the table in front of me.
"Okay," I said as I set them back down and gently picked up the pencil with my magic.
'Alright Ale-, I mean Blue Rune. You can do this... it can't be that hard... can it?' I asked myself as I slowly but steadily wrote in clear large capital letters everything that the paper asked for. Remi's name, where she lives, birthday, how old she is and who was the parent or guardian.
This one threw me off... what was I to her? I mean I did take her out of the hands of the PER before they could twist her mind to suit their needs. She did have a biological mother who did look after her, I hope, but she did abandon her. The question was almost impossible to answer. Was I her father now or like a big brother to her?
"Is there something wrong?" Cheerilee asked.
"No," I said coldly as I circled the word parent and wrote down my name in the box next to it.
"Well then," she said as she took the sheets of paper, "Mister Rune, your daughter will be attending classes here until she graduates from middle school and goes onto high school. Class starts at eight AM sharp and finish at ten past three. I can expect you to pick her up and drop her off most days?"
"Yes," I said as we slowly made our way towards the door.
"Well then. I guess I'll see you around mister Rune," she said as she guided me to the door, "See you later."
"Seeya later," I said as I left the schoolhouse to hear the school bell ring to signal classes.
It was like a wave of fillies and colts of every color and race rushing past me, until Remi galloped up to me.
"Runey!" she yelled, "Do I get to go to this school?"
"Yep," I said as she let out a small squee before she tried to rush past me, "Woah hey there, you nearly forgot your lunch." I said as I handed her the brown bag with her lunch in it.
"Thanks Runey, you're the best!" she said as she galloped in but before she entered I heard her yell to me, "I'll see you after school, dad!"
A tear swelled in my eye and my heart grew a few inches bigger.
"I'll see you after school," I said as a smile and a tear appeared upon my cheek.
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