Chapter 3: First day of school
My dad is busy with with his new job, something about 'Celestia damn interviews' or something along those lines I wasn't listening. I was too busy getting ready for school, okay I wasn't getting ready. I don't like going to a new school, daddy said that we aren't moving any-more. I hope he's telling the truth, because I'm tired of not being able to make friends.
"What ya writing honey?" Storm asked while struggling with his tie.
Cherry looked up at him. "Nothing." She closed the small black diary.
"Damn thing!" Storm ripped the tie off and threw it at a wall. "Why do ponies wear those?!" He grunted. "No tie, I'll be a relaxed boss. Come on sweetie off to school." Cherry jumped off her dad's bed. Storm bent down and kissed her forehead and they rushed down stairs.
“Which way to school dad?” Cherry asked.
Storm looked around. "That way!" He said with determination and strode off confidently.
"The school is that way." Rainbow dash shouted from a cloud and pointed in the opposite direction.
"That way." Storm said with much less gusto and walked away from the napping Pegasus with the young filly close behind laughing quietly.
Storm stopped in front of the library. "Hang on honey." He walked up to the door and banged heavily. "Wake up Sparkle."
"One minute!" Twilight yelled from inside. Storm banged on the door in response.
"Well howdy Storm," a blond mare stopped in front of them and tipped her hat "Cherry." The small unicorn waved.
Storm nodded. "Applejack right?"
"Sure as sugar Hun." Applejack smiled warmly. "Ya'll waiting on Twi right?" Storm nodded. "Well I can take Cherry to the school, my lil' sis goes there so I know the way."
"Yeah that'd be great, lets me get ahead of schedule." Storm bangs on the library door. "Hurry up we're going to be late!" With that Twilight burst out the door, her hair half done. "Let's move out Sparkle. I would rather get through this quickly."
Cherry rolled her eyes. "Behave dad."
"No promises."
Applejack watched quizzically as the strange pair walked off. "He's gonna give her a heart attack."
"That or she'll give him a brain aneurysm." Cherry looked up at Applejack. "Either way somepony isn't going to make it through the day."
"E-yup, Come on, let's get ya to school."
"Settle down class." Cheerilee reigned in her class. "Please quite down." The class followed their teacher's request. "Good news class, we have a new student joining us today, her name is Cherry Blossom."
Cherry, who was read the art of war, looked up. "Hmm?"
"Why don't you come up and introduce yourself?" Cheerilee said with a smile.
Cherry Blossom sighed heavily. "Okay." She closed her book and walked up to the front. "Hi, my name is well Cherry blossom. I'm from Manehattan originally."
"Do you have your cutie mark yet?" A purple manned filly asked.
"No."
"Looks like we got a blank flank on our hands!" She shouted.
"Shut up!" Cherry yelled back.
"Awe what wrong blank flank?" Diamond Tiara cooed mockingly. "Baby gonna cry?"
Cherry clenched her fists. "You better shut it."
"Or what?" Diamond Tiara asked angrily.
"Girls!' Cheerilee shouted. "That is enough, Cherry Blossom sit down." Cherry stormed back to her desk at the back of the room and sat down. She instantly buried herself in her book again. "Now, let's start with math."
The school bell rang and the foals ran outside for recess. Cherry, with her book in hand, Climbed a tree and leaned against it trunk letting her leg hang off the branch. She began reading a chapter on manoeuvring. 'Let your plans be dark and imperturbable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.' She imagined two great armies clashing, swords, guns, and spears hacking away at each other. She, dressed in extravagant armour of gold and silver, shouted commands as her soldiers fought with deadly precision. 'Fight to the bitter end and we will prevail this day!' Her army roared in response, shouting praise and victory. Her banner flew high adorned with the ancient symbol of the-
"Hey!" Cherry jumped slightly and looked over at the ground. "Cherry right?" A tomboyish Pegasus shouted up at her.
"Uh yeah..."
"What are you doing in a tree?" She asked.
Cherry closed her book. "My dad's a Pegasus; you pick up some weird habits." She hoped off the tree with natural grace. "What do you want?"
"Well first things first, the name's Scootaloo." She smiled big. "Congratulations!"
The unicorn filly tilted her head. "Congratulations for what?"
"For becoming the newest member of the cutie mark crusaders!" Scootaloo shouted.
"The what?" Cherry asked.
"Come on you have to meet the rest of the crusaders." Sootaloo grabbed her hand and pulled her along.
"Wait what?" Cherry asked quickly as she was dragged behind the Pegasus.
"Girls!" Scootaloo called to two fillies. "Hey Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, I found her."
The two fillies waved. "Awesome!" The unicorn filly's voice cracked as she shouted.
Cherry pulled herself free. "Okay somepony explain what it going on!"
"We want ya to be a part of the cutie mark crusaders!" The earth pony filly said in response.
"And what are the cutie mark crusaders?" Cherry shrugged.
Scootaloo smiled. "We are on a mission to help each other get out cutie marks!"
Cherry considered it. "Makes sense, and you want me to join your group." The three nodded all of them smiling. "No." Not the response they were expecting.
"B-but why?" Sweetie Belle stuttered.
"I'm flattered but," Cherry smiled softly "I do better on my own." She turned to leave. "Good luck on finding your marks girls."
"Look at this Silver Spoon," an annoying voice made Cherry freeze "all the blank flanks together."
"Birds of a feather flock together." A silver manned filly said.
Cherry's eye twitched. "Go away Tiara!" Scootaloo shouted.
"Yeah leave us alone!" Applebloom shouted alongside her friend.
Diamond Tiara scoffed. "I'm not here for you losers, I'm here for the new girl."
Cherry turned slowly to face Diamond Tiara. "Hi." Her voice dripped with venom.
"So blank flank tell me," she circled Cherry eyeing her up "how would you like to be my friend?"
Cherry laughed. "What?" She put her book down gently. "I would rather die."
"Hmpf!" Diamond Tiara frowned. "Guess you are just a loser."
"I think you're mistaking me for yourself," Cherry approached Tiara dangerously "you shallow bitch."
"What did you call me?" Tiara pushed Cherry.
Cherry pushed her back. "Don't touch me!"
"What ya going to do about it!" Tiara pushed Cherry again.
"That's simple." Cherry smiled and punched Tiara square in the nose knocking her flat on her back. "Sucker punch bitch!"
"If you could be any type of tree, what would you be?" Storm swivelled in his chair with an amused smile on his face.
Twilight groaned and rubbed her temples. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"It tells me a lot about his personality." Storm smiled happily.
"Could you at least try to act like a professional?" Twilight groaned loudly.
"Uhh..." The Stallion sitting across the desk was visibly nervous. "Pine?"
"See," Storm's smile became bigger "he doesn't know a lot about trees." Twilight let her head hit the desk. "This is too much fun."
The phone on the desk rang pulling the Pegasus' attention. "The phone is connected?" He picked up the phone. "Sheriff's office. Oh Cheerilee," Storm snapped his fingers.
"The school teacher." The stallion told him.
"How's Cherry?" His smile faded. "She what? For how long? Two minutes huh? Okay yeah I'll right there." Storm stood up and pulled on his jacket.
"Wait, Storm we're in the middle of something." Twilight stopped him.
"My precious little girl just knocked another girl out." Storm turned to the stallion. "Silver Star, we'll have to cut this short."