So the next few months passed pretty quickly.
Seriously, the most stressful times freaking fly. I had most of my junk packed away by now, and all I have to do now is break the news to my best friend, who I'm seriously scared to tell when we move in two weeks. I guess I have to do it, but I gotta do it or she'll hate me forever.
Let's hope I can work miracles.
..
Golden Harvest nodded, giving our class the last bit of lecture. "Now, you all know about what is happening next year, we have a few big plans, especially concerning a certain student." Me and about four other ponies flinched, taking a hit in the proverbial stomach. "Now, class dismissed! Bon appetit!"
I floated my things behind me in an aura of magenta, showing ponies out of the way as I galloped to the Art Room to meet up with my best friend forever, Berry Harvest, aka the juice prodigy of art. She seriously has a skill for taking a bland talent like harvesting grapes and turning it into priceless art everyone wants like crazy.
As soon as I managed to get next to the door and catch my breath, the big oak thing flew open and nearly slammed into the wall, except at the last second a familiar aura of purple magic held it back, and my favorite unicorn ever stepped gracefully through the entrance.
Berry has to be the prettiest unicorn I know, with a light purple coat, and a mane complete with matching tail made up of night and sky blue with a few strands of grape purple mane to compliment her blue eyes. She was starved, I could tell, from working with grapes all period and not being able to eat them without seriously ticking off our TA, Dinky Doo. Seriously, you'd think the younger ones would be more understanding.
"Hey, Sonnet! Walk and talk, I am starved." She moaned as I trotted beside her, trying not to collapse from my previous run from across the building, "So how was art?" I really love how she tells stories, she makes me laugh every time, even if it was downright awful, and judging by her expression, it was one of those days. "Dinky caught me trying to eat grapes again, and I almost got detention. I swear, she must have a nail in her hoof with her attitude!" she huffed, and turned to me, "So what's up? You look like you got somethin' on your mind."
This was it. The moment.
"Uh.. Berry, I got news. Can it wait until after we're not starving?" I pleaded, giving her my puppy dog eyes. She stared at me, trying to resist, but finally gave in to a need for food, "Alright, but I'm not forgetting. After we eat you're telling me what's up!" I nodded, and started to feel worse about this.
After we sat down, I did my famous trick of oops-I'm-eating-can't-talk-till-swallowed so I could avoid spilling the news. I know it's a bad choice, but I really hate letting people down. It's why I gave up a music cutie mark. It's just so hard. Berry, however, had other plans, "So spill, I know it's eating you."
I sighed and looked at her.. lunch, "Berry, I got bad news. Mum told me we're moving in two weeks... And I've known for, like, six months now." I took a bite of daisy sandwich and looked at her face, which was full of.. not anger, or sadness, but pure shock, "Ho- Wh- What?! Sonnet, why didn't you tell me?! We coulda tried to stop it!" I shook my head, sadly.
She huffed, and looked at me exasperatedly, "Sonnet, come on! Can't we try?" I kept trying to explain to her, but she wouldn't let me, "I'm sorry, Berry, but-" "You didn't try, you just hid it from me until everything is in motion! How can you even look at me and say you're a good friend right now?!" She was starting to raise her voice, and I lowered my head, defeated.
We ate lunch in silence after that.
..
After the whole lunch fiasco, Berry was avoiding me. At first, my naive self didn't notice, but when she literally started to pick her pace up to get away from me, I realized I screwed up majorly. I was quiet for the rest of the day, and suffered as Berry spent the rest of the day laughing and cheering it up with Rocking Percussion, a minor mutual friend we both knew who was Rarity's kid living in her old shop. She had the mane but her eyes were purple and her body was grey. Never knew why. Never asked. All I know is they looked way too close for me.
I had two more classes before I had to walk home, and I was dreading walking home solo. Usually me and Berry went together, but now she hated my guts.. Man, I hated myself at that moment. I take after Mom in that aspect, she's always looking to Mum for bailouts on her dumb ideas. Too bad I messed up with my only lifeline, and going up to ask 'hey, you hate me can you get you to stop hating me?' isn't a choice here.
After I finally got out of class, I realized I left my books in my locker like a moron, and my History teacher would freak on me if I left them. I ended up galloping all the way back to the Art hall, where my locker was, and I skidded to a stop to see Berry and Rocking kissing on the locker wall.
Um, no.
I ended up galloping back to the History hall, and hearing, "Hey, is someone there? Hello?" as I hurried to receive my lecture. I'd rather write 'I will remember my things' a hundred time than watch my mom's tailor's kid make out with my ex best friend.Talk about priorities. It was a very nice lecture by the way, Pink Lady had some very nice points.
..
I heard the bell ring, and the moment I'd been dreading came. I had to walk home solo while Berry and her girlfriend (?) followed suite while trash-talking me. Fun.
I levitated my bag and pushed through the crowd slower than usual, having nothing to rush for. Even the crowd seem judgmental today, or, at least not as judgmental as they usually are to somepony showing them to the floor. I felt like a huge jerk and couldn't wait to talk to Mom about my day, ranting to her was always so good feeling because she always got mad with me.
"Mom, Mum. I'm back!" I yelled out into the door as I tossed my stuff by the door, with more force than usual because of my crap day. I heard trotting from the staircase next to me, and upon further glance it was my Mum, who looked worried, "Dear, you're an hour early, is everything alright?" I huffed as I replied, "Well, I broke the moving news to Berry today, and she hates me, as well as some mentally scarring things I'd rather not say."
Suddenly something grabbed me, and before I had a chance to react I heard, "Hey squirt! Rough day? What's up?" Mom had officially managed to scare me, and before I could chew her out Mom stepped in, "Vinyl, I would appreciate if you would stop doing that, it's incredibly annoying. As for Sonnet, she claims Berry hates her now because she put off telling her we are moving."
Mom wrinkled up her snout and started her rant of the day, "What?! But Sonnet has nothing to do with it! Why should she get punished for keeping back some bad news?! Come on, Sonnet, we're beating her senseless!" Mom had to grab her by the tail to keep her from running right that second, "Violence is never the answer. Now, it is hardly worth all this fuss, I believe you should attempt to fix this but, if you cannot, we are moving anyways, so do not give it too much grief."
I nodded, agreeing angrily, she was right with all that logic. I would try to talk to Berry again tomorrow but if I get nothing, so be it. Besides, I would have let her meet her favorite wonderbolt-who-pulls-our-chariot, but it's her loss for blowing up.
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The next morning, I woke up prepared. I had totally decided how to corner her, how to persuade her, and how to ask her what the hell was up with her and Rocking. I had brushed my mane and eaten breakfast with Mum instead of Mom this morning, and by 7:15 I was out that door faster than Rainbow Dash herself. "See ya, Mum! See ya, Mom!" I yelled back and galloped to the school, ready as ever.
You know, none of this would have happened if I had done this in the first place. Eh, too late now.
..Except the first time I see Berry is before Lunch, and I had to go through 5 classes before that, something I realized halfway through 2nd period maths. But I couldn't speed up time, and I already had everything ready anyways, so by 5th period, I did the one thing I never do:
I payed attention in class.
I have to say, it felt pretty good knowing what was going on for once, I considered doing this at my new school. But right in the middle of the thought, the clock hit 12:25, and I snapped into action by raising my hoof, "Ma'am, may I go to the fillies room?" I received a nod in return, and that was my cue.
I trotted out the door, down the hallway, and left into the Art Hall, just as the bell rang. I knew for a fact that Berry was working on an anniversary gift for her Moms, Colgate and Berry Punch, so I was in the clear to ambush her all alone. In three.. the knob is turning.. Two.. Ponies are filing out.. One! I trotted in the room, locking the door behind me, "Berry..?"
I watched her turn around, confusion evident on her face, and frown slightly, "Sonnet, what is it? You know I need to finish this for my Moms' anniversary." I kicked the floor while she spoke, and looked up with a frown when she stopped, "Come on Berry, I know you hate my guts for what I kept from you, but it's hell walking all alone and I miss you.. Please, can you forgive me?"
I watched her pause for a minute, thinking, and then she looked into my eyes, "Sonnet, even though it was a low move to keep it from me, I can get you didn't want to hurt me.. Alright, but this is your last chance, okay, sugarcube?" I nodded, hugging her as hard as I could, "Oh, by the way, I also want to know what was up with you and Rocking." Berry let go and looked at me like I was a psycho, "What? Rocking and I haven't spoken in ages, I've been all alone yesterday."
I just shut up, not wanting to expand on this mystery..
..
Like all good stories, my time in Ponyville had to come to an end. We all had our stuff packed, and Rainbow Dash was talking with Berry while I finished putting my stuff in the chariot, and talking to Mum about Canterlot, "So how are the ponies, are they complete snobs or can I befriend on without being sneered at as a 'commoner'?" Mum pondered my question, and I got sort of scared that she would say they were complete arses, until she picked up a box and spoke as she put it away, "Canterlot is.. Difficult. You may find a lot of friends, but it will be a lot more difficult than in Ponyville. I would stick to your Art School for now, and expand from there. Who knows, you may even find a special-"
"Nevermind-oh-dear-Celestia-I-am-scarred-for-life" was my response, naturally.
After another hour of packing, we had everything done, and it was time to leave. Berry ran up to me and gave me a hug, saying, "Don't forget to write and visit, because I WILL FIND YOU!" I laughed with her until Mum said it was time to hit the skyway.
..
Rainbow Dash was fairly interesting, actually. She knew a lot about flying, but I guess you can expect that from a Wonderbolt. She taught me all about Cloudsdale while we flew, and it was going pretty chipper. I was having fun, looking forward to Canterlot, and it was cool.
..That is, of course, until Dash got into a predicament with the chariot next to us.
"You wanna go, punk!? Think you can outfly me?!" Dash was screaming as the chariot next to us stared in various forms of emotion: smugness, pure shock, anger..
The stallion pulling the chariot looked at her and said to her face, "I never knew such a high figure could be such a scrawny loser." This, of course, is what set Dash off. She took off at full speed, chugging us ahead of the family in the other chariot, who looked terrified, by the way, and threw us right into a falling spiral, and straight into a large building a block from where we were supposed to land.
By the time the dust settled long enough for me to open my eyes, I was shocked. Small tubes of.. toothpaste? Were all over the ground, and what I assumed was the owner of the store charged up to us in pure anger, "What did you do?! All I wanted was a small vacation with my wife, but you completely destroyed the Canterlot Hall of Toothpaste! What do you.." A hoof landed on her shoulder, and we all looked up to see a very battered, but still intact, Princess Twilight Sparkle.
After doing the initial bows all ponyfolk must do for a princess, Twilight resumed what she had been trying to say before we interrupted her, "Now, Mrs. Romana, I must say you are exceptional, and I want you as my new supplier in toothpaste. We will certainly get this place cleaned up, and you may cut the ribbon upon reopening, I swear. Now, please let me tend to my friends here, who seemed to have landed a block too far right."