Chapter 8
It was official. Let the records be shown that school is the most boring thing the whole wide world. You sit at your desk, not even paying attention to what was being said, and simply stare at the clock, waiting for it to ring for lunch. Almost... almost, you say to yourself as you watch impatiently for the minute hand to touch twelve. Almost there... and...
"Silver Wave!" the teacher calls out.
You snap out of your trance and look over to Ms. Cheerilee who has her eyes set on you.
"Are you paying attention?" she asks.
"Y-Yes Ms C-Cheerilee."
"Then can you tell me when Princess Celestia and Princess Luna took over from Discord’s reign of evil?" she questions, testing you.
You look over to the board to see that nothing is written on it. You have no other option than to take a wild guess.
"Umm... 1000 y-years ago?"
Cheerilee raised her eyebrow at you, causing you to slump down a little thinking that you got the answer wrong.
"Very good," she says happily when she turns back to her desk. You sigh with relief and sit back up to the normal sitting position.
The gray colt sitting next to you leans over and asks, "You totally guessed that didn't you?" with a smirk. You simply respond with a nod.
Just as Ms. Cheerilee was about to speak, the bell rings and everypony starts to pack up their things.
"Have a good lunch everypony," she calls out before all the fillies and colts rush out of the room.
Being the last one to leave the classroom, you walk out with your head down low and head over to an empty bench. As you were about to get up from the seat, two fillies walk up to you with smug expressions.
"Look who it is Silver Spoon, the colt with your first name," says the pink filly.
"I know Tiara, he doesn't even deserve to have the word 'Silver' in his name," replies Silver Spoon coldly.
"Y-You could j-just c-call me W-wave," you say, attempting to avoid eye contact.
"What was that?" the pink one remarks, putting her hoof to her ear. "We couldn't hear you over your stuttering."
You fold you ears down and stare down at the ground pitifully.
"I don't even know why Pinkie would ever want to look after you," Silver Spoon mocks.
"Yeah, just look at you, you're a small little blank flank that can't even say a single sentence without stuttering," the pink filly says with a snicker along with the silver one.
Little tears start to form in your eyes because you know they said was the truth.
"Awhh, what's the matter blank flank, did we hurt your feelings?" Silver Spoon says with an evil smile.
"HEY!" three little voices cry out.
You and the two bullies look over to where the voices came from. You see Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo looking at Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon with irritated expressions.
"Leave him alone!" shouts Sweetie Belle as they walk over to the bullies.
"Why don't you pick on somepony else," Apple Bloom.
"You blank flanks here to stick up for your short little blank flank coltfriend?" asks Diamond Tiara mockingly.
"So what if he's shorter than most of us, doesn't mean you have to make fun of him!" Apple Bloom continues.
“And he’s not our coltfriend. He’s our friend who happens to be a colt,” Sweetie Belle says, continuing Appleblooms statement.
"Pfft whatever," the pink filly says turning around. "Let's go Silver Spoon, before our cutie marks disappear."
The two bullies walk away from the three fillies and you, but their hurtful words still circled around your head. As they walk away, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo turn towards you.
"You okay Silver?" asked Scootaloo.
"I-I'm fine," you reply whilst attempting to avert your gaze away from the filly.
"Just remember if Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara ever sees ya' again, we'll be there," Apple Bloom explains confidently.
The bell rings and everypony heads back to the class room for another couple of hours of learning.
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The day was done; the bell had rung and every filly and colt rushed out to go home. During the lessons, you couldn’t help but think about what the two bullies said to you at lunch. As you were about to leave, you hear somepony call out your name.
"Oh Silver Wave.” You turn around in response and see your school teacher looking at you. "Your tutor wanted you to do some pre-lesson homework," she continues as she hands you a piece of paper.
You take the paper and put it into your saddle bag and trot out the school house. You scan across the large number of mares and stallions, you locate Mrs. Cake and walk over to her and she greets you with a smile.
"Hello Silver Wave, how was your day?" she asks, still smiling.
"I-It was o-okay… c-can we just g-go," you request in attempts to get as far away from the school as possible.
Mrs. Cake nods her head and starts down the dirt road. You notice that Mrs. Cake is looking at you with a worried face.
"Did you get any homework today?" she asks curiously.
You nod. "S-She called it pre-lesson h-homework that my t-tutor asked me to do," you start while looking up at Mrs. Cake slightly, but one question comes to mind; "W-Who is my t-tutor?"
"You're just going to have to wait and see," Mrs Cake replies with a slight grin.
After a short walk back to Sugar Cube Corner you walk through the door and place your saddle bag in the corner of the shop.
"Why don't you go upstairs and get started on your homework," Mrs. Cake suggests. You respond with a nod and grab the homework and a pencil from your bag and trot upstairs. You place yourself in the middle of the room and start working instantly.
Half way down the homework and you start to have trouble answering some of the questions. You were about to continue writing when...
Giggle
A noise came from behind you. You look over to the door to see nothing there. You stare in confusion before returning to your work
Giggle
There it was again; that noise. You scan the room again; still nothing could be seen. You turn back to the work again before you're lifted in the air, which freaks you out a little before being pulled into a cuddly embrace and hearing something that instantly makes you happy.
"Hi Silver Wilver!" a cheerful voice chants.
"Pinkie!" you shout as you begin hugging her. "I missed you!"
"I missed you too," Pinkie exclaims, hugging you tighter.
After a hug that felt like forever, Pinkie lets go of you and places you down on the floor and says, "Come with me, I have something to show you."
You follow Pinkie out of the bedroom and downstairs, where you are greeted with Pinkie’s friends, Mr. and Mrs. Cake and the Cutie Mark Crusaders. As you step on the final step on the staircase, Pinkie turns to you with a smile.
"You know that I said that I was going to Canterlot to help the princess with some business?" Pinkie asks, which you respond with a nod. "You see, I lied about the business part, I actually went to Canterlot for this," she continues, then pulling out a piece of paper from the desk and placing it in front of you.
You start to read the paper and as you read, you feel shock. You look up at Pinkie who has a loving expression on her face.
"D-does, d-does this mean that y-you're..." you start, finding it hard speak.
“That’s right Silver, I'm now your official guardian!" Pinkie cheers out.
You trot over to her and jump to hug onto her neck in happiness. Pinkie grabs hold of you and from you tight yet again. Pinkies hug gets too tight again and you let out the squeak. The the room fills instantly with giggles.
"I missed that," Pinkie says as she still holds you, but you didn't care that you let that squeak out, as you finally had someone that is now officially taking care of you.
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Luna's moon is high in the sky and you are in bed with Pinkie sleeping next to you. The words of Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara still float in your head and it makes it hard to fall asleep. You crawl out of bed and jump onto the windowsill looking outside. They're right, you start to think to yourself. I am just a little useless blank flank. You hear Pinkie start to move about in the bed, you look over to see her hooves reach out to grab something. She still thinks that you're in the bed and her forelegs are searching the bed, looking for you while she's still sleeping. You turn back to the window again and let your mind wander yet again, but your thoughts were cut short when:
"Silver," a tired voice says. Looking over to the bed, you see Pinkie staring at you with drowsy eyes. "What are you doing up?"
Now only one question is in your mind. As Pinkie rolls off the bed and trots over to you, you turn to her and say:
"Why me?"
"Huh?"
"Why did you a-adopt me?" you ask again.
"Why wouldn't I?" Pinkie questions back with a happy, confused tone.
"B-because I'm just a little b-blank flank who can't e-even say a sentence without s-stuttering," you reply, getting down from the windowsill and then sitting in front of Pinkie.
"Silver," Pinkie began, pulling you closer to her. "I adopted you for SOOOO many reasons, but I think I'm just going to say the top three," she continues smiling down at you. "Number 3: You do the most cutest things," she continues nuzzling your ear. "Number 2: I want you to be safe, and Number 1: Because I love you."
That last reason caught you by surprise; but you look up at her reply softly, "I love you too."
Pinkie hugs you again, picks you up, and places you on the bed. She lays down next to you and pulls you to her chest. You snuggle up in her fur and fall to sleep in the arms of your new guardian.