"You're sure they'll like me?" Scootaloo asks nervously.
"What's not to like?" Zalia laughs as they make their way to school, Candy and Raphael skipping ahead. Before Scootaloo can answer a unicorn comes racing in.
"Hey Zalia! Awwh, is this Scootaloo?! I guess this is your first day huh? Don't worry, You'll love it there. My daughter Flossy goes there, she's in your year. Flossy, get your flank over here! So what do you like to do? Zee told me you have a scooter? I'd love to see you do some tricks on it some time. Maybe we could-" She's interrupted when Zalia sticks a hoof in her mouth.
"May, shut up for a sec. Scootaloo this is one of my co-workers at Metaculous Records, Maybury Musica. She's great but she never shuts up." Zee laughs.
"And this is is my daughter Candy Floss!" Maybury says, pointing to the filly who just joined them.
"Hi Scootaloo, you can just call me Flossy. You excited for your first day?" Flossy asks. A dark purple unicorn with a large mass of frizzy pink hair atop her head. Scootaloo noticed her cutie mark was a cone of cotton candy, the kind you get at a fair. As they walked into the school gates another unicorn ran over to them.
"Scootaloo this is my best friend Skipper. Skipper, this is Scootaloo, the new girl." Skipper had a light blue mane tied into a messy bun and dark green fur and, to Scootaloos dismay, three blue butterflies for a cutie mark. Scootaloo tried to remind herself that this was inevitable.
"Come on Scootaloo, we'll show you around." Skipper says, throwing a hoof over Scootaloos shoulder.
"You're gonna love it here. We have all different kinds of lessons and even afterschool groups. Hey maybe one would help you get your cutie mark!" She said, getting excited.
"Oh and we could help! It'd be like a mission!" Flossy added. They looked expectantly to Scootaloo. She glanced quickly across the school grounds but knew that finding a pony without a cutie mark would be hard in such a big place. She nodded and smiled widely.
"The Cutie Mark Crusade is on!" Skipper shouted. Scootaloo felt a pang of misery as she thought of the two friends she left behind but the excitement radiating from Skipper and Flossy was enough to cheer her up again as she prepared to start her first day at the new school.