Babs Seed woke up to her mom: "Babsies, time to wake up."
"Gawd, Ma, I'm not a freakin' baby."
"O-okay." she walked out.
Babs brushed her mane and her teeth, told her mom she was leaving for school, and strolled out into the busy streets of Manehattan.
As Babs walked, she wondered what her cousin, Apple Bloom, and her Cutie Mark Crusader friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, were doing, she bumped into somepony.
"Hey pro, watch- well,well,well, if it isn't Babs Seed or should I say Blanks Seed! You don't even have a cutie mark!" The colts began to laugh. Babs ran off, silently crying.
Babs walked into the school building. Everyone went silent when she walked in, whispers were thrown around, and snickers, too. She pretended to ignore the people talking around her.
Her teacher sat her in the way back, like always:
"Babs, you can sit in the back."
Probably because I don't have a cutie mark, she thought. She sat down in the seat. A pony gave her a note and whispered to, pass it on. She did so.
"Babs Seed! What is on that note!" The teacher took the note and read: This class is so dumb!I hate the teacher, and she is soooo slow!!
"I will see you in detention, ma'am."
"B-b-but-"
"No excuses! Go to your home and give your mother this. Come back right after school." she pointed torward the door. Babs walked out of the classroom.
"Hey, Blanks, you get into trouble again?" a colt who skipped class to smoke asked.
"Shut the f-freak up!" Babs ran off.
"Honey, you're home early. What happened?" her mother sounded genuinely concerned. As if she even cared. She would just believe the teacher.
Babs skipped detention, threw away the note, and told her mom she didn't feel good. She stayed at home for the next three days, forcing herself to vomit, as she would stuff herself with junk, like pies and cakes from Ponyville. She finally got the nerve to go to school and just ignore the teacher when she was told to sit in the back.
"Babs! I said to sit in the back!"
"Why do I have to sit in ther back?! Huh?!" Babs stood up.
"Because you are the bad one."
"You sat me in the back on the first day of school!"
"Get out of my class! JUST GET OUT!!" the teacher's face was as red as an apple from Sweet Apple Acres. Babs smiled and said, "Make me."
"GET OUT BEFORE I CALL THE PONY POLICE!!" the teacher pointed torwards the door.
Babs walked out. The smoking colt said, "Hey, Blanks, want one?" He offered her a cigarette.She thought for a second, then declined. For now.
Babs wandered around the city, until she saw some fillies walk by her. She trotted home.
Her mother greeted her at the door, but she didn't seem very happy.
"What is the meaning of this?!" she slammed a paper down on the table. Babs read it aloud, as she wasn't the best reader:
Dear Mrs. Seed,
Your daughter, Babs Seed, has been passing notes in class. She is a very defiant filly, and not much fun to have in class,and most graduates say I am a fun teacher. I cannot be fun because she ruins it for the class. You must find her a different school or punish her with no sweets or something.
With all regards,
Ms. Teacher.
"Ma, look, ya' can't believe her! Her grammer doesn't make sense!!" Babs pleaded.
"Babs, you go to your room! I don't even know what to do with you! I sent you to Sweet Apple Acres, I had your Aunt and Uncle Orange to pay for a private school, which you got kicked out of! You better hit the books, and tell your friends you won't be seeing them for a while, because you are grounded!" Her mom pointed to her room.
"It's not like I have any friends, anyhow." Babs mumbled to herself.
"What was that? You get back here, young filly!" Babs locked her door.
"Unlock your door!" Babs crawled out her window, and ran off, crying. Her own mother didn't believe her, but she did believe her teacher, who shouldn't be her teacher at all.
"Nobody cares about me! But who does?! I'm just a loner pony, with no cutie mark, or a nice teacher, or even a nice ma'!" Babs was talking to herself.
"I know! I'll run to Ponyville again! Applejack can help me!" Babs went to the train station, and bought a ticket to Ponyville. Babs went on the payphone to call Applejack to tell her she was coming to her home.
"Hello?" Applejack seemed tired.
"Applejack?"
"Yeah, sugarcube?"
"I'm coming to Ponyville."
"Oh,okay. Does your mom know?"
"That's kind of what I wanted to talk about..."
"What do you mean?"
"My mom won't believe me, but will believe my teacher, who has poor grammar."
And with that Babs explained what happened.
"I'll come over to Manehattan. Want Apple Bloom to come?"
"Sure, I guess..."
"Okay. Just cancel that ticket. I'll see ya soon as ah can.Bye."
"Bye." Babs hung up and canceled her ticket.
Babs waited at the station until about 12 in the morning, when Applejack came. Apple Bloom looked tired until she saw Babs.
"Babs! Ah missed ya so much!" Apple Bloom gave her a hug.
"Me too." Babs hugged her back.
"Now, honeybun, where's your ma?" Applejack asked.
Babs led her to their apartment.
Babs mom opened up the door.
"Babs- Oh, hi Applejack! Hello, Apple Bloom! Did you find Babs?"
"Actually, we came here to help you with Babs. She's been havin' a rough time with bullies, so Ah'm gonna help ya'." Applejack ruffled Babs' hair.
"Oh,ok. You better get to bed, school is in the morning." Babs' mother ushered the unexpected guests into the guest room, and Babs went to bed and fell into a restless sleep.
"Rise and shine, pumpkin! Apple pancakes are on the stove now!" Applejack woke her up.
"I'm not hungry."
"Well, for a good education, you best eat!" Applejack smiled.
"My teacher sits me in the farthest seat in the way back, and she said for me to never come back to the school because I asked her why I had to sit in the back. She doesn't sit anybody else in that desk, but they all have cutie marks." Babs explained.
"Well, how about we call in and say we're gonna be late, and we report this teacher to the pony police?"
"Well...ok. I'll race ya to the kitchen, and beat ya'!" Babs zoomed off.
"Oh,no you don't!" Applejack zoomed after her.