//------------------------------// // Just Another Day // Story: Life at OCU // by Blank Scroll //------------------------------// Blaze… I heard someone say something but I couldn’t make it out. I was enjoying the sweet bliss that was the plains. Sitting there on the grass as the wind blew gently around me. I was fully relaxed and at ease. Blaze… There it was again. I could’ve sworn someone was calling out for someone but I couldn’t place the name. I started looking around for the source. “Wait… how did I get here anyway…?” “Blazing Light!” I jumped out of my chair and landed on the floor. I looked around and found that the rest of the class was staring at me. My cheeks lit up with embarrassment. I was a blue coated Pegasus with black and white streaked hair and my eyes were a pale yellow. I wore a black t-shirt and dark jeans. I was about average height for a Pegasi and had a six-and-a-half foot wingspan. I looked up and saw what caused me to fall. Mr. Swift Wind was standing above me with an exasperated look on his face. “Mr. Light, this is the third time you’ve zoned out in my class. You would take care to remember that this is a place of learning. Not daydreaming,” Swift Wind said as he walked back to the front of the room and continued his lecture on Mythology. Swift Wind was a tan coated Pegasus with blue hair and tail. Wearing his normal white shirt and purple pants, he was a bit odd. He was only a few years older than anypony else in the class, so he was a pretty cool teacher… most of the time. “Dude, you need a hand?” I looked over at the stallion next to me holding his hand out. Moon Shadow was my best friend and was a total mythology nerd. He had a purple coat and short light purple hair with light blue tips. His purple tail was longer and a lot messier with blue stripes. His black shirt with an ‘AA’ logo on it went well with the black pants he had on. The horn on his head marked him as a Unicorn. I grabbed his hand and got up and back into my seat. “Thanks, Moon. Guess I dozed off there for a minute.” “A minute? Blaze, you were zoned out for a good half hour. You’re lucky it was in Swift’s class and not Mr. Blade’s. You would be in Tempest’s office before you had the chance to fall out of your seat.” He gave me a look that said ‘stop being a klutz’ and went back to paying attention to Swift. I took that moment to look around the room. Moonlit Night was sitting just to the right of Moon and was writing down every word as fast as she could. I expected nothing less of ‘Miss Honor Student’. She was another Unicorn with a black coat and black hair and tail with white streaks. Her cutie mark of a full moon surrounded by stars was printed onto her bag and notebook. The dress she wore was a pale gray and really said ‘nerd’. Near the door was Dancing Embers; she was a beautiful orange coated Earth Pony with two tone reddish hair and a messy tail. Her red t-shirt embroidered with her cutie mark of an anvil and gem hugged her chest nicely and the yellow skirt was almost enough to give me a ‘cute attack’. Her face was usually lit up with a smile and was humming some tune to herself. Wait… did I really call her beautiful? I mean, yeah, she’s not bad looking but I’ve never even called anypony cute let alone beautiful. Ember turned and saw me staring and lifted a hand to wave while her eyes closed and the cute smile on her face. I hurriedly turned away with a blush on my face. I looked to the other two in the room; Night Shadow and Glittering Rubi. Rubi was Moonlit’s cousin. She had a red coat, light purple hair like Moon’s with a blue highlight going through her tail. Her eyes were a jade green and a golden heart locket was around her neck. She always carried it with her, like a good luck charm or something. A white hoodie and red skinnies completed her look. Night Shadow was a pretty cool guy. He had a light gray coat and blue hair with black streaks, amber eyes and wore dark clothes. He gave off that gothic vibe and I was sure he didn’t care. He caught my glance and nodded his head. I gave him a nod back and sat facing forward listening to the lecture… “Gah!” I sighed as I exited the classroom, “I thought his spiel would never end.” “You should really try to be more appreciative of his class,” Moon laughed. “It was really interesting learning about those that came before the Princesses.” “Moon…” I said, looking at him as we walked across campus to the dorms. “You and Moonlit were the only two really paying attention to the lesson. I mean, come on, it was boring. So there were ancient Alicorns that ruled the wasteland that was Equestria before Discord came and drove them out. Big whoop.” We continued arguing about the ‘merit’ of Mythology as we reached our room on the third floor of the dorm. I put my hand in my pocket as I started to search for my key, but soon panicked when I couldn’t find it. “Bro, where’s my key? Don’t tell me I left it in the room again?” “Blaze…you’re hopeless. You remember I have a key, too, right?” “……Oh yeah. My bad.” Moon Shadow shook his head while digging his key out of his pocket and unlocking the door. As soon as the door opened, I rushed in and noticed my room key on the desk next to my laptop. “Hey, I did leave it in here.” “You have got to be the most hopeless stallion at this University. How can you keep forgetting things? Last week it was your backpack with all your work in it. The week before that…” “Whoa there Moon. I think I get what you’re saying. Let’s just not talk about that, alright?” I had a major blush on my face when he started to mention that unmentionable week. I won’t let that happen ever again. Moon just sighed and looked at me. “What I’m saying is that you should pay attention more.” He walked over to his bed and lay down, pulling his laptop over to him and started to look at pictures around the web while listening to his music on his phone. I left him to his business and sat on my own bed. ‘Maybe I should start doing better. Maybe I could talk to Moonlit or Ember. Dancing Embers…’ I thought as I passed out. Just another day at this boring school…