//------------------------------// // Flashback! // Story: A Tad Screwy: Screwball in Canterlot High // by Discorded SheepcityUSA //------------------------------// Sunset Shimmer had returned to her locker with her friend Rainbow Dash not far behind. Previously, they hadn’t been on the best of terms, but after some recent events involving a pony princess from another world, they eventually learned to get along for the most part. “So Shimmer, you signed up for that whole “Big Sister” thing?” Dash asked. Sunset gave a nod. “Kind of. Principal Celestia said it would help me “get better acquainted with my peers” after…well you know.” She whispered. Dash gave a slight laugh at playfully gave Sunset a punch on the shoulder. “Hehe. Good for you. I got paired up with Scootaloo on that thing, and its pretty fun. Makes you feel good having somebody look up to you, ya know?” Rainbow asked. Sunset genuinely smiled, something she hadn’t done in a while “If it’s as refreshing as you say it is, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it…just so long as I don’t get paired up with-“ Sunset was interrupted by the sound of somebody yelling from down the hall. The two looked in the source’s direction and saw one of the classroom doors open. Several students, including Scootaloo, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle, came flooding out, all with disturbed looks on their faces. “Hey squirt! What’s with the ghost-face?” Dash called out. Scootaloo didn’t answer, but pointed her thumb to the classroom doorway. The last of the students just exited. That child being Screwball, appearing to be snickering, with a disgruntled teacher standing behind her. She had purplish skin with pink hair and green eyes which where narrowed in anger at the little girl. “And I’ll be seeing YOU after school young lady!” She yelled before retreating back into her classroom, and slamming the door behind her. Screwball only gave a satisfied smirk at her teacher’s reaction. “Only giving more time to play Ms. Cheerilee. Big mistake. Hehehehe.” She giggled maniacally. Screwball stopped laughing when she noticed the two girls staring at her from across the hall, both of them with angry scowls. “Ooooh, Helloooo there girls!” She said in a sing-song voice as she started to walk towards them. “I told you never to come anywhere near us Screwball.” Dash growled. Screwball didn’t seem to take Dash’s warning very serious, as implied by her contained chuckling. “No need to get so hostile Dashie. Wouldn’t want to get your boxer-shorts in a bunch would you?” Screwball laughed. Dash, unable to even come up with a better comeback without embarrassing herself, only gritted her teeth in rage. “Why you little…” She said threateningly. Screwball put up her hand in an attempt to get Rainbow to be quiet. “But to be serious for one moment, is either of your locker numbers number 637?” Screwball asked, holding the paper she got from Celestia in front of her face. “It’s mine. What of it?” Sunset asked with the same amount of venom in her voice. “Weeeell, it’s just that I’m supposed to be meeting my “Big Sister” assignment here…” Screwball said again in that same, child-like voice, batting her eyelashes innocently. Sunset then realized what that meant, and her eyes widened in horror. “Oh fuck me.” She whispered. Screwball continued her laughing fit after seeing the look on Sunset’s face. “So Celestia tries to change me by putting me in the company of an evil demon from another dimension huh? The logic here is OVERWHELMING!” Screwball said. Screwball was starting to infuriate Sunset to the point where Dash had to step in to keep her from doing something she’d regret, which she did by releasing some frustration of her own. “Watch it Screwy. You try ANYTHING funny, and Principal Celestia will be the LEAST of your problems. And I haven’t forgotten about the dead fish thing. How’d you even get that thing in my locker?!” Dash growled. Screwball shrugged. “One of the benefits when your dad has keys to all the lockers I suppose.” Screwball answered nonchalantly. Rainbow crossed her arms. “Figured Discord had something to do with it. I swear, wherever that creep goes, trouble follows.” She said. Screwball groaned and lifted her head to face the ceiling. “Wow. And here I thought Celestia had a big stick up her ass.” Screwball said. At this point, both Sunset and Dash were practically steaming, and both of their faces were full of blistering fury. “But I digress. Looks like I’ll be sticking with Sunny here from now on. Beats reform school by a looong shot anyway…oh but alas I’ll be a bit late hanging out today, seeing how I’ve got detention to serve.” Screwball said with a bit of fake and overdramatic despair in her voice, putting a hand to her forehead. Sunset raised an eyebrow. “And just what did you do?” she asked. “Well, let me just go on the record by saying that Cheerilee doesn’t seem to appreciate jokes directed at her mother…huh. The more you know.” Screwball replied. “You’re evil, you know that?!” Dash yelled. Screwball giggled again. “The evilest. I’ll see you later buddies!” Screwball said before giving a confused Sunset Shimmer a big hug, with an evil smirk on her face. After she let go, she started to leave the hall, with a bit of a childish skip in her walk. On her way out, she tripped a passing Silver Spoon, causing her to fall on the ground and lose her glasses Velma-style. Both girls’ anger had simmered down when the little demon of a girl was out of sight. “I think this might be karma’s way of getting back at me for the whole thing at the Fall Formal. Of all the kids in this school, and I get stuck with HER.” Sunset growled. Rainbow shrugged. “Could be. Who knows? Sometimes life just comes along and gives you a swift kick in your rear end. It sucks, but it happens to everyone.” Dash said. Unfortunately, Rainbow may have jinxed things, because at that moment, a young boy snuck up behind Sunset, and kicked her right in the butt without any warning, and ran off. To say the least, she was infuriated. “HEY! THE HELL DO YOU GET OFF THINKING YOU CAN JUST-“ “Uhh, Sunset?” Dash said, tearing a piece of paper off her back. Sunset took one look at it, and saw that Screwball had planted a “Kick Me” sign on her. “Must’ve gotten this on ya when she hugged you. Crazy little brat.” Dash said. Sunset eyes started glowing red, and one of the veins in her forehead looked like it was going to pop. She even started grinding her teeth. “Uhhh, I think I’m just gonna…you know…let you gather your thoughts for a bit. K? See ya!” Dash said as she bolted away from the raging Sunset Shimmer. Upon seeing that she was alone, Sunset tried to get herself together, not wanting her anger to get the better of her. “Just relax Sunset. It’ll be fine. Screwball may be a little prick, but you can handle this. You gotta play nice now remember?” Sunset assured herself. Principal Celestia saw the entire thing unfold from her office window, to which she returned to after cleaning out the glove compartment of her car. Fucking Screwball. Celestia knew that in every school, there would always be that one student. That one that doesn’t like to comply with the rules, constantly violating school property, and generally liked to cause trouble for everyone. Heck, even her high school had had one of those students. Yup. Every school always has a Discord, as she put it. Celestia sighed, remembering the first day of school last year, being possibly the most disastrous she had ever seen. Before then, everything had been under control, aside from the fiasco at the Fall Formal. Order had been restored, nobody stepped out of line, and everyone had broken out of their usual social classes and made new friends with people that were slightly different. Everyone was much happier. Then Screwball showed up. It was the first day of the new school year, and Celestia had been looking forward to seeing her students’ smiling faces again after a long summer. It was quite impressive how the students had expanded their minds so well after Twilight Sparkle had given them a little bit of a push, and Sunset Shimmer was starting to open up after the mess that happened at the Fall Formal. So imagine Celestia’s surprise when she pulled into the parking lot to see a huge crowd of students standing outside the school, not a single one inside where they should be. Celestia turned off her car and got out, wondering just what the situation was. She saw her sister, Vice Principal Luna, desperately trying to push the doors open. “Luna, what’s going on here? Why won’t the doors open?” Celestia asked. “Somebody snuck here last night and GLUED them shut! No one can get in!” Luna exclaimed. Celestia scratched her chin, as if trying to remember something. ‘Hmmm. This seems oddly familiar.’ Celestia thought to herself. Another voice spoke up from the crowd. “Oh come on. Am I going to have to bail you out again?” It said Celestia turned around to see that Discord was making his way through the crowd, carrying a toolbox. “I swear, sometimes I start to question if any of you could wipe your own asses without me around.” Discord said, putting a hand to his chest. Celestia frowned on sight of the immensely sarcastic janitor. “Could you do us all a favor and act mature for once and do your job by getting these doors open?” Celestia asked with a hint of aggravation in her voice. “Ugggh alright! Just give me a moment.” Discord groaned. He went into his toolbox and pulled out a large drill. He held down the trigger and the drill-bit started to spin rapidly. He slowly started to move the spinning drill toward one of the screws holding the door in place… He then proceeded to drop the drill for no conceivable reason and just rammed his body into the door, causing it to collapse from his weight. “Aaaaand its open!” Discord cheered, but slightly rubbing his shoulder from the pain inflicted upon it. Celestia and Luna facepalmed in unison. “Was that really necessary?” Luna asked. “Hey, you didn’t say HOW you wanted me to get it open.” Discord pointed out. Celestia sighed in slight irritation. “Well at least we can get into the school now. I apologize for the delay my dear students, but the schedule will still commence as planned. And if any of you can tell me who did this, then do so as soon as possible.” Celestia called to her students. A slight murmuring was heard among the many teenagers as to who could have done this as they all flooded into the building. Discord just stood to the side, with a satisfied smirk on his face. The rest of the day had not gone much better for Canterlot High, or at least, that’s what Luna had told Celestia when she brought a teenage girl wearing a beanie into her office. “Luna, who is this?” Celestia asked her sister, addressing the girl, who appeared to have a smug smile. “THIS is our culprit Celestia. She’s the one that locked everyone out of the school this morning, and has continued to cause trouble all day.” Luna said, handing Celestia a folder that opened when she set it on her desk, revealing several photos of the girl’s “crimes” Upon seeing the evidence, Celestia was hit with a major case of Déjà vu. The photographs depicted the cafeteria in a huge mess of what appeared to be cake batter. Another one showed several students drenched in chocolate milk. And another revealed a huge flood of bubbles and water filling the band room. ‘First the doors, and now all of this? I swear I have seen all of this before.’ Celestia thought. “Luna can you please leave for a moment while I have a talk with our little suspect?” Celestia asked. Luna nodded and immediately left the room. Celestia then turned back to the little girl who was still wearing that insane grin. “Mind telling me your name?” She asked. The little girl giggled that sounded both adorable, and maniacal at the same time. “Name’s Screwball. And I know what you’re about to ask, and the answer is “Yes”. I did EVERYTHING” Screwball chuckled. Celestia was surprised at just how quickly she confessed. Surely she would’ve put up some sort of denial at some point…right? “Well Ms. Screwball, do you realize just how serious this type of vandalism is? What exactly are you trying to prove by doing this? It all just looks like pointless destruction to everybody.” Celestia asked. Screwball started to laugh again. “I’m not trying to prove anything “Celly”. Other than that I love what I do. But tell me, does any of this seem familiar to you at all?” Screwball asked, stretching out the word “familiar” for quite a while. Celestia narrowed her eyes. “I feel as though I’ve seen it all before. Everything that you pulled today looks just like-“ Celestia stopped midsentence at a stunning realization. It all made perfect sense. Back in her high school days, Discord had done the EXACT SAME THINGS to her school, and he also called her by that SAME DAMN NICKNAME. “By any chance do you know anyone by the name of “Discord”” Celestia asked. Screwball didn’t answer, but instead took a small picture out of her backpack and handed it to Celestia. Celestia had to do a double take after seeing what the photo had to offer. It showed a wide-smiled Discord blowing bubbles in front of a clapping Screwball, and the words “Daddy’s Little Girl” painted in bold, purple letters at the top. “No way…” Celestia whispered. Screwball only giggled at Celestia’s wide-eyed reaction. “Hehehe. Man did I drop the Atomic Drama Bomb on your ass.” Screwball said… Celestia had suspended Screwball later that week, but after it was over, she just came right back and continued to cause Chaos all over Canterlot High. After remembering that intensely stressful day, Celestia gently knocked her head on her office door. “Ugggh. I hope Screwball can learn to not be such an obnoxious brat soon. Maybe this whole thing could do Sunset some good too.” Celestia said to herself...