"Mommy! Daddy! Get up! Hurry!" Said Lydia, who was bouncing on her parents' bed.
"Ohhh 5 more minutes." Discord moaned.
"But I don't have 5 minutes!" Lydia said. Lydia had turned 4 years old a month and a half ago. Now she was starting school. Discord thought she was too young but Fluttershy said she was old and smart enough to go to school. "Well Discord, you stay in bed, i'll go tend our daughter." Fluttershy said, rising from the bed.
In a way, Lydia had developed a trait from Rarity, Twlight, Pinkie, Discord, Fluttershy, RainbowDash, Spike, and Applejack. Lydia liked being neat like Rarity, she was smart like Twilight, she loved having fun and seemed to be a bit hyper like Pinkie, she loved messing with others, like her father, she was very kind as well like her mother, she loved a good challenge like Rainbow, she was very obediant like Spike, and she was a hard worker like Applejack.
Lydia hopped up and down on their way to the kitchen. "I don't see how you can have so much energy this early." Fluttershy said.
"It's because i'm so excited!" Lydia said, still bouncing.
"Your the only pony I know except for Twilight who was excited for the first day of school. I wasn't. Rainbow wasn't. Rarity wasn't. I don't even know if Applejack, Pinkie, or your father even went to school." Fluttershy said.
"That's because I am special." Lydia responded. "After all, I am daddy's girl."
Lydia sat down at the table. Fluttershy began making Lydia a bowl of cereal. "I wonder if Starshine is as excited as me. I sure hope she is in the same class as me." Lydia said to herself as Fluttershy put the bowl of cereal in front of her.
Once she had finished Discord showed up. He yawned. "Boy we need a new bed, that one sure doesn't like me." Discord said. He approached Lydia and picked her up. "Hi there, my little minion." Discord said.
"Hi there, my big commander." Lydia said, saluting him. He put her down and picked up Fluttershy.
"Hello there, my adorable butterfly." Discord said.
"Discord...i'm trying to pack Lydia's things in her bag." Fluttershy said.
"Yeah...anyway where is her school?" Discord asked.
"Downtown ponyville." Fluttershy said.
"Then we gotta hurry! We'll be late and the teacher won't let us in like in that one time at the beach when that old mare started to beat me with her cane because of our tardiness." Discord said, setting her down.
"Discord that never happened, and the school starts at 8:00, and it's 7:00 right now." Fluttershy said.
"Fine, but i'm not going to be smacked by a cane this time." Discord spawned a tv and couch. "I'm going to stay here and watch some funny stuff." He laid down on the couch while spawning his chocolate milk and grabbed a remote. Fluttershy put the bag on Lydia.
"You stay here then. I'll go to RainbowDash's place and let Starshine and Lydia go to school together." Fluttershy said.
'Yay! Let's go! Let's go!'' Lydia said, bouncing around.
"Be safe and watch out for timberwolves!" Discord called as they left.
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"Alright do you have everything you need?" RainbowDash asked her daughter.
"Yes I do mommy!" Starshine said.
"You sure?" she asked.
"Starshine approves." She said.
"That's a good girl." RainbowDash said, rubbing her daughter's mane. "Now, what do you do if somepony wants to mess with you?"
"POP HIM IN THE FACE!" Starshine yelled.
"I meant before that." RainbowDash said.
"Tell him he is adopted?"
"No! You say that he isn't being a good sport." RainbowDash said. Where did she even learn that?
"But that's boring! How about I tie him up and drop him from the clouds?" Starshine asked.
"How about I tie you up and drop you from the clouds?" RainbowDash said.
"Bring it on!" Starshine said, and they began to play fight until they heard a knock. RainbowDash stood up and said, "Come in!" Fluttershy came in with Lydia on her back.
"Hi RainbowDash, how's life been?" Fluttershy asked.
"Awful quiet, except for this little one." RainbowDash said.
"Same here. Is Starshine going to school today?" Fluttershy asked.
"Well duh! Why wouldn't she?" RainbowDash said. Starshine walked over to Lydia, who was still on her mother's back.
"Why don't you step on the clouds?" Starshine asked.
"Because I can't. I'm not a pegasus." Lydia said.
"Cmon, you levitate through magic without even having a horn. If anything your an alicorn." Starshine said.
"No, i'm a ponyniquus." Lydia said.
"What's that?" Starshine asked.
"A pony and a draconequus combined." Lydia said.
"Look if you fall i'll catch you!" Starshine said.
"You can't even fly yet and your talking about saving my life if I fall off Cloudsdale." Lydia said.
"Oh hush, just trust me." Starshine said, winking.
"Ok, fine." Lydia said. She carefully placed her left hind hoof on the cloudy floor, then her right, while still holding on to her mother. Then she let go. Nothing happened. "Huh, guess I can walk on clouds."
"Now you owe me 5 dollars." Starshine said.
"Nuh uh!" Lydia argued.
"Uh huh!" Starshine replied.
"Nuh uh!"
"Uh huh!"
"Alright girls, that's enough." RainbowDash said.
"Yes mommy." Starshine said.
You still owe me 5 dollars.
"Well we should get going to school. I don't wanna be late." Lydia said.
"Alright, let's go! Bye mommy!" Starshine said, dashing out the house.
"Hey wait up!" Lydia said, running behind her.
"They grow up so fast. Seems like yesterday they were only little fillies in a cradle." Fluttershy said. RainbowDash nodded in agreement.
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"Ha I beat her to the school!" Starshine said. She turned around and bumbed into a pony. "Hey!"
"Hi!" Said Lydia.
"How come you got here so fast?" Starshine asked.
"Magic?"
"Oh well, let's go in and meet our teacher!" Starshine said. They walked into the school house. There were no other ponies in there.
"Are we too late?" Lydia asked.
"No you're just early." Said a voice that wasn't Starshine's. She turned and saw a pinkish pony. "Hi, i'm Mrs Cheerilee, and you are?"
"Hi! I'm Lydia and this is Starshine. Nice to meet you!" Lydia said.
"I'm assuming you are our teacher?" Starshine said.
"I sure am, go ahead and have a seat. You can visit until all the kids get here." Mrs Cheerilee said.
"Visit?" Lydia asked. "Visit who?"
"It's where you talk to each other." She said.
"Ohhh. I see what you did there." Starshine said. They walked towards the two middle seats in the front row and sat on them. Starshine took out a book and pencil and began writing in it.
"Hey whatcha writing? We don't need notes now, do we?" Lydia asked.
"I'm not taking notes, i'm drawing silly filly!" she said. Lydia peered over her shoulder.
"What is it?" She asked.
"I'll tell you when I finish!" She said.
"Fine." Lydia said. She watched Starshine for a bit. Starshine was deeply concentrated she didn't notice Lydia watching her. After 5 minutes she began coloring.
Lydia was about to say something when Starshine said, "Done!" Lydia looked at the drawing.
"I still don't know what it is." Lydia said. Starshine sighed.
"It's my mommy and daddy! See? Look at my mom's rainbow mane and tail. And you can see my dad standing beside her!" Starshine said. Lydia had seen better drawings, but Starshine could draw and color better than she ever could. Maybe.
"Um, hello?" Said an inconspicuous voice. Lydia looked up and saw a light gray filly with a teal mane and light brown tail. Her legs were wobbling.
"Hello! Please take a seat anywhere you'd like." Mrs. Cheerilee said. The filly slowly walked towards a desk beside Lydia. Lydia turned to her.
"Hi i'm Lydia." She said.
"Hi...Lydia." The filly said quietly.
"What's your name?"
"M...my n..n..na...name is..." She said it so quietly Lydia didn't hear her.
"Um, what was that.?" Lydia asked.
"M...my n...n...na...name is....Misty." She said where Lydia could barely hear her.
"Well nice to meet you, Misty!" Lydia said, holding out her hoof waiting for her to shake it. Misty ignored it. Not long after all the other kids came. They all found their seats.
"Ok class i'm sure you all are new to school, so today i'm just going to tell you what the school year is going to be like." Mrs Cheerilee said. The girl behind Lydia sighed. "Ok so this is your first year so we aren't going to do anything hard for you, were going to go easy."
"She better!" Whispered the girl behind Lydia. Lydia kept herself from making a remark.
"Ok, so who can tell me what they know about school?" Mrs. Cheerilee asked. Starshine's hoof shot up. "Yes, Starshine?"
"School is where we learn things so we can get smart and make friends." She said.
"Thank you, Starshine." Mrs. Cheerilee said. "But there is a bit more than that, but you'll learn that later on in the year."
"Nerd." The girl behind Lydia whispered. Lydia was trying her hardest not to zip her mouth closed. She didn't want to get in trouble on the first day.
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Mrs. Cheerilee explained more about the school year and let the kids outside for recess. Lydia loved being on the swings. She loved swinging high up then leaping off. Lucky for her magic, she didn't get hurt once she launched herself 20 feet in the air. Starshine watched her, cheering for her and calling scores of 1-10.
"You see that ugly girl over there?" Said a grayish pony in the distance.
"Yea, she is ugly, and what's with her eyes?" Said the orange pony beside her.
"My mom said that she is the daughter of a madpony who used to terrorize ponies for fun."
"That's probably why she is so ugly." Both the girls snickered.
"Let's ask her why." Said the gray pony. They walked over to her. They sat beside Starshine. Starshine didn't glance at them. She kept her eyes directly on her friend.
"3...2.....1.......JUMP!" Lydia shouted, leaping off swings. She flew high into the air, almost to the clouds. Then she dropped. She landed on her back.
"NEW RECORD!" Starshine shouted. She looked at the gray pony. "Like what you saw?"
"Can I talk to you?" She said to Lydia. Lydia flew to her hooves.
"Sure!"
"I don't know how to put this but are you strange?"
"Yes I am! And proud! Like this one time-"
"Yea yea that's cool. But are you a monster?" The gray pony asked.
"No silly! If I was a monster I would have sharp teeth and eyes that resemble Opal when she is mad." Lydia said.
"Not a monster you say? That's surprising, considering." The gray pony said.
"Considering?"
"Oh yes. Considering your dad is a monster." Lydia narrowed her eyes.
"Don't say that about my daddy!"
"Aww your precious daddy. I bet you're a daddy's girl." The gray pony said grinning. Lydia glared.
"I am NOT a daddy's girl! So you can just scooch away from me before I get ugly." Lydia said.
"Ugly? You can become uglier than what you are now?" The gray pony said.
"SHUT UP!" Lydia said, letting her anger give into her.