Silent Song brushed the skirt of her dress before returning her gaze to the bathroom mirror. She wore her usual outfit, a white thin strapped summer dress and western boots that were a light brown around the foot but a light green around her calf muscles. She wore only two pieces of jewelry consisting of a necklace with three pendant charms, a pencil, a microphone, and a paintbrush, and a pair of earrings that consisted of August’s birthstone.
She brushed her long golden hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ears as if fell in waves past her waist. Song stared intently into the reflection of her peridot eyes that stood out against her pale white skin. Okay Silent Song you can do this. You only have one class left today; you can wear your hair back for that long.
The bell rang signaling only one minute left to get to class before being late. She quickly switched her hair back to it’s usual spot covering one eye, and walked out of the bathroom. While no doubt she was invisible to the students at Canterlot High, her teachers actually noticed her. Besides, art was her last class of the day and it was one she enjoyed.
As she took her first step out of the bathroom, a tall boy she recognized from her English class came running down the hall. However, he never noticed her and his shoulder slammed into her as he ran by. She stumbled back into the lockers before regaining her balance and absent mindedly brushing the bottom of her dress again with a sigh.
He didn’t even say sorry when he ran by. Oh well, I know it was an accident. She picked up her pace only to run into the reason the first boy had been running. Or rather, he ran into her.
The second boy came running down the hall and as Song went to turn the corner, he slid sideways with his arms stuck out to maintain his balance while slowing down his momentum. However, one of his arms had shoved Song causing her to fall. However, even after she fell the force from his push continued to push her and causing her head to slam back into the lockers. Like the first boy, the second continued to run down the hall without muttering the slightest apology.
She thought she heard a voice yell, but the sound was drowned out by the ringing of the tardy bell. Instantly her eyes began to fill with tears as thoughts raced through her mind. Great! Now I’m late for class! Now when the teacher calls role and notices I’m not there it’s going to happen again! She’s going to ask ‘has anyone seen Silent Song today?’ and everyone is going to start whispering about how we have a new student! Even if I could walk in right now, I would be counted tardy and everyone would be staring at me! That’s so humiliating! I just can’t-
“Hey are you okay?”
Song looked up and blinked twice allowing three tears to run down her cheeks as she noticed the boy knelt down in front of her. He wore standard jeans with a black shirt decorated with a silver gear of some sort and a blue screwdriver the same hue as his jacket. He had silver skin and a strong build, but was not over muscular like the boys who had ran into her. His hair was jet black except for the single neon blue streak that matched his eyes that were full of concern.
“Hey, don’t cry,” he said reached out and cupping her face as he wiped away the tears. It was at that moment she realized that during her fall her hair had swept behind her shoulders and was hiding none of her face. Instantly a faint blush rushed to her cheeks. “Don’t worry about those jerks.”
“No it’s okay,” she said softly avoiding his gaze. Gosh his eyes are really blue. “They just didn’t see me.”
“They must be really blind to not notice you.”
“What do you mean?” She asked looking back at him.
“Oh, um nothing,” he muttered as he sheepishly rested one arm across his raised knee and ran his other hand through his hair. “I’m Silver Gear by the way.”
“Oh, I’m Silent Song,” she replied in her usual soft tone as she absent mindedly reached for her necklace. When she didn’t feel any of the charms, she looked down to see her favorite piece of jewelry missing. “My necklace!”
She jumped to her feet and began scanning the floor. She spotted the thin chain but upon picking it up she noticed only the microphone charm remained. “Two of my charms are missing,” she said sadly.
“You mean these?”
She turned and saw a small paintbrush and pencil resting in the palm of his hand. “Thank you!” Her mood was instantly lifted until she slid the two charms back onto the chain. “The clasp broke!”
“Here let me see.” She handed over her beloved necklace and allowed him to inspect it. “I can fix this.”
“You can?” She asked looking up at him hopefully.
“Yeah, I actually have my independent study this hour, so why don’t I meet up with you after the bell rings?”
“Um, sure. How about outside the library?”
“Okay, I’ll see you then,” he said with a smile before walking away. Well, there’s no way I’m going to art during the middle of class. That would be far too embarrassing.
She decided to go to the library seeing as she was going there after school ended anyways. Upon arrival, she noticed the library was void of both students and the librarian.
She scanned the bulletin board, which was filled with the usual flyers for annual flu shots and after school tutoring. She noticed a new flyer and scoffed as she read, ‘Sign up to be the Fall Formal Princess!’ Yeah right. Nobody in this school is brave enough, or stupid enough for that matter, to run for the crown. Everyone knows Sunset Shimmer is just going to win again. While she hadn’t faced the torment by Sunset herself, she heard the whispers in the halls and occasionally gave herself a pat on the back for flying under the radar.
She walked over and logged onto one of the library’s computers. She pulled up her school’s website and sighed. There were these three girls who called themselves some sort of crusaders who were notorious for trying to find their talents and who they were meant to be. Somehow, they had gotten a link to their latest video posted on the website and knew it would only end it disaster like all of their other ‘adventures.’
The bell rang and Silent Song quickly logged off the computer. She stepped outside of the library and watched as countless students rushed by ready to start their weekends. After a few minutes, the halls cleared and she found herself alone. I wonder where he is?
“Hey.” She jumped at the voice that appeared seemingly out of nowhere and turned to see Silver Gear holding his hands up in an ‘I surrender’ fashion. “Sorry! Didn’t mean to scare you! Just thought you might want this.” He lowered one of his hands and reached into his pocked and pulled out a single piece of jewelry.
She smiled as she noticed her necklace was fixed as if it had never broken at all. She momentarily forgot about her necklace as she wrapped her arms around him in a tight hug. Oh my gosh what am I doing I just met him today! “Oh, um sorry,” she apologized as she stepped out of the hug.
He gave her an assuring smile, “Here let me help you.”
“Oh, um,” she turned around and gathered her hair on one side. After he hooked the clasp together, she turned around with her hand placed delicately over the three charms, “Thank you for fixing my necklace, it really means a lot.”
“It was nothing, really,” he assured with a warm smile.
“Aww!”
The turned looked just in time to see two girls running down the hall away from them. Silver Gear sighed before explaining, “That would be my sisters. Um, I’ll guess I’ll see you Monday?”
“Um, yeah I guess so.”
“Have a good weekend.”
“You too.” With her last words, the two began walking down the hall in opposite directions. Huh, somebody actually noticed me today. Why am I not that embarrassed then?
“Um, hi Song.”
Silent Song smiled as she looked to her left and saw her one and only friend walking beside her. “Hey Fluttershy.” Like herself, Fluttershy usually unnoticed by the other students at Canterlot High. However, unlike Song, students typically chose to ignore her for her quiet demeanor, except for Sunset Shimmer who found her an easy target.
“Where were you at lunch today? If, um, you don’t mind me asking that is.” Fluttershy asked in her usual quiet voice.
“Oh, I had to finish an English paper,” she answered while naturally matching her tone, “did anything interesting happen?”
“Well, I met a knew student and she sat with me today.”
“Really?” Song asked surprised. Usually it was only the two of them who sat together, not including the few animals seemed to always have with her. “Did you get her name?”
“Um, she said her name was Twilight, I think. Twilight Sparkle.”