Me… Tenebrae meant that the memories were with me! I would’ve asked why, but then a bell went off, not like one for my old school, this one was monotonous and sounded electrical.
“Crap!” Twilight said. “Warning bell! We have to get to class in the next five minutes!” we headed for the stairs but Twilight stopped Shining on the stairs “Not… you Shining, You and Zore are twenty-one, you two got out of school a while ago.”
“Okay, but what about Chief?” oh yeah. Wouldn’t they notice one more student than normal? And more importantly, wouldn’t they notice two students who look exactly alike with the exception of clothes? “Somepon-er-body has to explain why he is here, or at least give a reason as to why he’s here.”
“Even Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna know about Equestria, explaining to them will be easy,” Twilight Explained. “I have some friends who might be willing to help with… everything else.”
“Okay…” I said. “You talk to them; I’ll go see the Principal.”
“I’m coming with you,” Flash said. “I need a new copy of my schedule.” We went to the office, following the map on the wall was easy, and Principal Celestia was sitting at her desk looking at paper. She looked… pink compared to Princess Celestia, but the eyes and hair were right. She looked up for what was supposed to be a few seconds it seemed like… but that turned into a full three minutes and she didn’t say anything.
“Mr. Sentry and… Mr. Sentry… what can I help you… two… with?”
“I’m here for a map and a new copy of my schedule,” Flash said. “Chief’s here to register as a Transfer Student.”
“Chief?” Principal Celestia asked.
“I’m temporarily going by Master Chief to avoid confusion,” I explained, then I lowered my voice. “I’m from Equestria.”
“Ahhh,” she said. “Didn’t expect you to dress in Punk fashion, but okay. Flash, go see Vice Principal Luna and tell her what you need, and that I’m working with a student from ‘out of town,’ if she asks why.” He nodded and went to the next room. It took at least twenty minutes but we got the information into the system that I was from Crystal City for two months. She even entered the Name “Master Chief” into the system to avoid confusing it with there already being a Flash Sentry in the system.
“There you go,” Principal Celestia said. She gave me a paper with teachers, subjects and room numbers from left to right. “I’ll get you a tour guide,” she pressed a button on… the box on her desk and held something to her ear. “Ms. Cheerily? Yeah, could you send Pinkie Pie to the main office? We’ve got an Independent transfer student… thank you.” She put the thing back where she picked it up from.
“Heh,” I said. “This’ll be fun, considering it’s Pinkie Pie.”
“Is that Gossip?” she asked with a menacing glare. When I shook my head she gave me a piece of advice I probably should’ve thought of before signing in. “If a Teacher or Staff Member is socializing with you, then it’s okay to socialize, otherwise don’t try, it’ll save you a lot of heat. Ah, here’s your escort.”
I looked back to… a silent Pinkie Pie. Her hair was shaped more like cotton candy than my Pinkie’s. Her clothes consisted of a blue short-sleeve vest, a white, heart-logo shirt, a ribbon belt over a pink skirt with a picture of what I recognized as her Cutie-mark. Her face… well, it was as close to Pinkie as a human can get, but slack jawed with her mouth open almost to the point of dislocation, and eyes as wide as saucers. The opportunity was too hard not to take…
“I don’t remember the Weather Forecast saying anything about airborne boars,” bad joke, but Pinkie did manage to smile a little. “I’m from… ‘Out of town?’” I looked at Principal Celestia for confirmation that that was the code for Equestria, which she gave.
“Oh! I see! I thought you were some sort of alien wearing a copy of Flash Sentry’s skin to fool us into thinking you were human and find out ways to take over the world!” she said with her hand behind her head. I looked at her very… unamused.
“Tsk… Definitely Pinkie Pie,” I said. I got out of the chair and told her to lead the way to my classes. “I’m, uh, going by Master Chief, just FYI.”
“Why?” Pinkie asked.
“The explanation would take too long. But before we get the tour underway, can I see a bathroom? I don’t mean to sound like Rarity, but I haven’t gotten a good look at myself since coming to the city.”
“Nearest bathrooms are right there, boys’ will always be on the right.” I went in, and looked in the mirror; they were pretty big in public places. I first checked my left eye to see if the make-up covering the tattoo Zore put around it was still hidden. It was, but the make-up was running, if I ran into Rarity, I’d have to talk to her about it later. Then I looked at my clothes.
My shirt, which normally didn’t have shoulders, was now black and short-sleeved and designed like there were rips in it leading to more black background, rather than my torso. My pants were blue and… rough in texture, with holes in the knees and they covered the top of my feet halfway between the toes and the leg. My shoes were red on top with some sort of fabric, and white with strings or rubber. The coat I wore around my waist, which had my Cutie-mark on the back, was grey except for the previously mentioned Cutie-mark. I can see why Principal Celestia called my fashion sense “Punk.” I left the bathroom and took the tour with Pinkie… who for once in my life, I saw take something seriously.