//------------------------------// // First Day // Story: Different // by Wolfen Spirit //------------------------------// FIRST DAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Mommmmmieeeeee!" DJay looked around the room blindly looking for the dark patches in the white that was now her sight. She felt a slight poke on her shoulder and she jumped. "DJay," Vinyl Scratch sighed, "I'm not sure you are ready for school." DJay turned her head to where the voice was coming from. "But Mom!" DJay pleaded, "I've been getting prepared all week for this!" DJ Pon3 wasn't listening to her daughter, but instead was nodding her head to the music that was blasting down the street. "Mom. Mo-oo-mm?" Finally Vinyl was listening to her daughter. "Fine Dee you can go," She sighed, "but be wary of the bullies at school." DJay nodded and picked up her backpack and stuffed her vinyl discs and her turntables in it. ***** When she got to the school she went to Miss. Cheerilee's class. She walked in slowly and hesitantly, the other fillies and colts stopped what they were doing and looked at her. Or that's what she expected would happen. It got really quiet. "Oh! hello DJay! Nice to see you! I'm Miss. Cheerilee! I didn't know you were coming here today!" Miss. Cheerilee spoke to her cheerfully, "Well class, this is DJay. She is the daughter to well known Dj, Vinyl Scratch, or DJ Pon-3." A snooty voice spoke from somewhere in the back of the room while DJay looked down, "Is she blind?!" "Yes Diamond Tiara, she is. But, that doesn't mean she's any different than us. Right class?" "Yes Miss. Cheerilee!" They all answered, somepony groaning with disgust. Miss. Cheerilee helped DJay find her seat and gave her some Braille books on their lessons that Cheerilee had ordered, "Ok class!" the teacher sang out, "recess!!" DJay felt a rush of wind as the students rushed outside. She followed slowly behind. ***** When she got outside she crashed into somepony's butt. "Hey!" The familiar snooty voice said, "Oh look Silver Spoon, it's the blind blank flank!" Diamond Tiara and some other filly laughed, who DJay presumed was named Silver Spoon. DJay narrowed her eyes and stood her ground. "Well- well," Oh god what am I gunna say?! Djay thought to herself. Then it hit her, "Well I'm glad I'm blind! I won't have to look at your ugly faces all day!" She could hear Diamond Tiara step back and start stuttering, "I-I-I" DJay smiled, "What? Can't think of anything?" With that DJay walked away. And as she suspected, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon watched her, dumbfounded. ***** After the bully event DJay found the swings fairly easily and started to swing. She, a couple of minutes later, got interupted by the Cutie Mark Crusaders, "That was like, so awesome!" A highly pitched voice said "Scootaloo stop tryin' ta be like Rainbow Dash!" A country/western voice said, a little irritated. Then came an annoyingly squeaky voice, "Apple Bloom! Be nice!" DJay groaned and jumped off the swing, that seemed to get the fillies attention, "Oh hai DJay!" Apple Bloom said cheerfully, "Hi um Apple Bloom was it? Yea, hi Apple Bloom." Then the filly named Scootaloo jumped in front of her, "So," She started to speak but got interrupted by the squeaky voice, "I'm Sweetie Belle! And we are the Cutie Mark Crusaders! We devote our time to finding our cutie marks!" That was followed by a sudden yip and a laugh then Scootaloo started to speak again, "Hey we don't have our cutie marks, you don't have yours, so wanna join?" DJay stopped walking and turned around, "Join? Join what?" Apple Bloom spoke again, "The Cutie Mark Crusaders o' course!" DJay rolled her sightless eyes, "Why do you want a blind filly on your 'Crusading' team?" "Well we aren't like Diamond Snooty Pants and Silver Spoon over there." Scootaloo spoke laughingly while the other girls giggled, "we want to be friends with you!" Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom both said "Yeah!" She tilted her head and swished her tail, "Hm, I'll get back to you ok?" The CMC agreed and DJay went back inside to get ready to finally go home. ***** "Mooom! I'm hoommeee!" DJay yelled over the music. The music got turned down slowly, like she was savoring every note, "Hey Dee! Come upstairs and tryout your new turntables!" DJay laughed, "No thanks mom! I'm gunna do my homework!" Vinyl came down the stairs and kissed her daughters head, "Ok Dee." She then trotted away speaking over her shoulder. "DJay I'll be back soon. I'm going to get some food! What would you like for dinner?" DJay thought about it, "Daffodil sandwiches and maroon carrot soup?" Vinyl walked out the door hearing her daughters request. DJay, once her mother left, sat down and thought about the crusaders. Maybe i should give it a shot, she thought. ***** Then she tilted her head and took out her turntables and vinyl records and started to spin them. She then turned up the volume and started to create music, but then she suddenly stopped, five seconds before her cutie mark appeared, and did her homework, no idea that she was going to stop being called 'blank flank' if she went on for five more seconds. When her mom got home she started to eat her daffodil sandwich and her purple soup, thinking about school, about Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and those strange fillies who wanted to be her friends.