//------------------------------// // Back in the Teacher Business // Story: Friendship: a new type of animalism. // by MetalBrony823 //------------------------------// The next day, Snowball woke up, and he gave out a yawn. He stretched his legs, and went downstairs in Fluttershy's cottage. He saw her tending to all her animal friends. The yellow pegasus saw him and she said "Oh, good morning, Snowball. How did you sleep?" "Oh i slept rather well." Snowball replied kindly. "Good morning everyone." he said to the other animals in the cottage, including Oreo, Rosemary, Toby, and the other friendly pigs that Snowball met when he first moved into Fluttershy's cottage. "hello, everyone." he said to all the animals "Hi, Snowball." all the animals replied to him. The other pigs walked up to Snowball to greet him once more "So, you were a teacher?" Runt the piglet asked "A really fun one?" Porky, Runt's comrade added "Oh yes. Well... I thought you children didn't really like school so much." Snowball said "Oh we don't but are you smart?" Runt asked "Alright boys, that's quite enough." said Rosemary, worried that they offended Snowball. However, he was not offended at all, and he knew that they were just children. "Don't worry, Rosemary." Snowball chuckled. "They didn't offend me at all. Indeed, I used to be a teacher to the other animals to teach them how to read and write." The other animals were white impressed why what Snowball just said to them. "That's wonderful." Said Ganon "Do the animals understand you and know what they are learning?" Said Izzy Snowball bowed his head with little embarrassment, and with a sigh, he replied "not entirely, but I would do my best to make sure animals would understand as much as they need to." "Sound like you would be a great substitute teacher at the schoolhouse." Lester said. "I might not have been there, but I keep hearing from many of our bird friends saying that all the children are really nice." "Good to hear." Snowball said. "Well, we might as well say to you, good luck out there." Daisy Mae complimented. "I am flattered. I will." Snowball was preparing himself to leave the cottage to the school house. Before he left, he said to Fluttershy "well, wish me luck, comrade. And... I will see you when I return, alright?" "Wait!" Fluttershy exclaimed. "Don't you think you should wear something to keep you warm? It's cold outside with all the snow." "No need to worry about that, Fluttershy." Said Snowball. "I appreciate your concern, but I have been in that kind of weather many times before back home. I promise, I will be fine." Fluttershy smiled warmly at the pig and she replied "Okay, see you soon, Snowball." Before Snowball left she added "and don't worry, everypony will love you." Snowball smiled and said "thank you for that information, Fluttershy." Then he left the cottage with a small bag tied to his side. There was the school house. It looked rather beautiful with a color of pink and red. Two school bells were on top of the roof in a really small tower. Like the buildings he saw, they were all mug better than back home in England, and it was also in great shape too. He took a small breath, and he said quietly "well... Here I go." Then he slowly opened the door, and saw a bunch of colts and fillies in their desks, when they saw Snowball, they were actually quite surprised to see a pig in the classroom. The crusaders and Pip however, realized who it was. They smiled and waved at him politely "Hey, Snowball!" Scootaloo, and the other three exclaimed In a happy voice. On the positive side, the other children weren't laughing at him, well, at least two of them had a different opinion about it. "Oh like, what is a pig doing in here?" Said. Really snobbish girl's voice "Like, I know Diamond." Said another. It was a pink earth filly with a tiara on her head, and a grey one with a braided ponytail with glasses and a shiny necklace. "By the looks of it, he needs a bath" then she and her best friend snobbishly laughed at that remark. Snowball was really offended by that old stereo type about pigs. "I will have you know that I am not that kind of pig." He scolded at them The fillies stopped their laughing, and the other kids, minus the crusaders and Pipsqueak gasped with surprised "He, he talked?" Said one colt "I... I don't believe it." Said a filly. Of course Snowball would expect that on Equestria just as humans would react in his homeworld. Then, all of a sudden, he saw a flying figure that looked like a bird, and it crashed into a window, with his face smudged on the screen. It was Paul. "Oh my god, Paul!" Snowball exclaimed, recognizing who it was that crashed. The other students were a little startled by that random little incident. "I'll get that." Said Sweetie happily. She used her magic from her horn to open the window and let the duck in. Paul fell on the floor face-first to the floor inside with a loud squish. "Paul my comrade, are you alright?" Snowball said running up to his hurt comrade. The duck lifted his head and his eyes were rolling with dizziness while his head was rolling around and around. "Never better. Did I make it in time for tea?" he said in a dizzy state, and then he shaked his head to and fro very rapidly to regain his consciousness. "Sorry, never better." he said in a normal voice. "Good. What might you be doing here comrade?" Snowball asked curiously "Well, Snowball, i thought you would want my assistance in your substitute teaching job." Freddy answered with a pose of false bravery. Snowball chuckled and said "That's very kind of you comrade, but I think I can take care of it from here." "Oh, but I insist." Paul said. "We were friends at birth after all, and i began to learn myself how to read and write." "Guilty as charged." Snowball agreed. "Very well. If you are willing to help me, I will let you." "Oh thank you, comrade." said Paul. "i promise I won't let you down." Snowball turned his attention back to the class as did Fred. "I am so sorry for that... interruption." Paul said "It's okay, Paul." said Scootaloo. Fred smiled at her compliment. "Now, that I have your attention, i would like to say I know what your thinking, but there is no need to be alarmed. Yes, I am a talking pig, but that doesn't mean that it is not natural." said Snowball. "Have any of you forgotten about me and my fellow comrades coming to Equestria from another world?" The children were quite amazed by this, and they wanted to know how smart Snowball really is, so they were silent the whole time "Miss Cheerilee is not hear, but I would like to say that she told you that I would fill in for her, for she is in need from a sick relative of hers." Said Snowball, trying to explain the other animals why Cheerilee is it in the room today. Now the children understand, and remember ed cheerilee coming to their houses to tell them that she won't be here. The words struck into the children's heads, like it did ring a bell to all of them. "Oh yeah, now I remember." said a pegasus colt. "Yeah, so do I." said a unicorn filly. "Very well. Now, I promise you that I will make you entertained and grasp as much knowledge as you might need. First off, My name is Snowball." "Hi, Snowball." said the children politely "And I am Paul." the duck added. "Hi Paul." said the children again. "Well, before we began, I would also like to know all of you. I know you four back there, Applebloom, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Pipsqueak." Snowball referred to the children that he met before he came to this place. The children then looked at the four when he referred to their names. "So, Everyone form a line so that you can each tell me your name." Just like that, the children did what he instructed, except for the four whose names were referred. Turns out, Cheerilee was right about then, they were little angels, well, except for the two fillies that she warned him about, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, but he didn't let that get to him, for words cannot hurt him. "Dinky." said a filly "Rumble." said a colt after the filly went. "Uh, i'm Snips." said a slender unicorn colt with a rather stupid voice. "the names Snails." said a small chubby unicorn with a raspy voice. Finally, after almost all the students introduced themselves to Snowball and Paul, the last two were the snobbish earth fillies that insulted him a few minutes ago. "I'm Diamond Tiara." said the pink one in a less amused tone. "and I'm Silver Spoon." the silver filly added. The names hit Snowball. "So they are the fillies that Cheerilee warned me about." he thought and his smile turned into a frown. "Well, its.... a pleasure to meet you." he said, trying to make the two comfortable, and hide his worriment. "Now, For the day, I might as well tell you about me and Paul's homeworld. What is in this bag on the side of my back is the materials from my world, and I might as well tell you about the places in the worlds in our earth. Paul, care to do the honors?" "With pleasure." Paul then used his bill and his wings to take the bag off of his friend, then Snowball poked through the bag with his head and pulled out a few things from the bag in his mouth. A map, a book, and another map, but smaller than the other one. "Now, what I am about to show you first is a map of the earth. Oh, and I mean the one in our world of course." Snowball said. "Let us show you. The two animals worked together to pull out the large map of the earth on the board for the students to sea. All the children made words of amazement, and a lot of "Oohs" were heard. "Now, let me point out to all of you that we all live in.... this little island." Snowball said pointing at England on the board. "This little area on this island is called England." he continued. "It is part of what is known as the United Kingdom in an archipelago known as Great Britain. Other provinces of Great Britain are Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It is all so beautiful and green surrounded by fields of crops and woodland. The students were quite impressed, and they all made some sounds of awe once more. "So, you have a king queen or princess too?" asked Dinky "Well, we do have a queen, but she is more of a figurehead. I have read in a book that The humans real leaders are a small group that make laws called the British Parliament." "But Queen Elizabeth can still be in charge if she wanted to." Paul answered. Snails raised his hoof to ask a question "Yes, Snails?" "What... is a... human that you speak of?" the dimwitted voiced colt said. "Oh yes, I forgot to mention you all of that information, didn't I." Snowball said in remembrance. He then told everypony what a human was, and almost all of them were very fascinated, except for Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon once again, who were half asleep and rudely yawning. He told them that they were in the primate family and he pulled out a picture of a human male from his pouch. There were a few chuckling but beside that, the children were impressed. "That's cool." Said Dinky. "Yeah, he does look like an ape." Said Snips. "They do indeed, except for their feet." Said Snowball before putting the picture back in the pouch. "At first, I hated all humans because I thought they were all evil, but I learned that not all of the, were what I thought they were, for I lived with a nice human family that treated their animals with love." Rumble the pegasus raised his hoof. "Yes, Rumble?" Said Snowball. "So, humans are like any other animal?" Rumble asked curiously "That's right, even though they are a little intelligent than a lot of animals in the world. Our previous owner was a human named Mr. Jones, who was a drunk" "And a nasty piece of work." Paul added "He would hardly feed us and wouldn't even bother trying to milk the cows or do their duties." Said Snowball. "But, enough of that. He's gone now." "Oh oh oh, get to that battle you fought!" Scootaloo said very eagerly. "I'll get there, Scootaloo. Just be patient." Snowball said "Sorry." Scootaloo said with a flush of embarrassment. So Snowball told the who class about Old Major and his speech, and then how he let the other animals against their mean owner, and the. Became free from tyranny. The children were even more impressed now, leading a group of animals against their mean owners. Next, Snowball told e class about his arch rival, Napoleon. "When we both took over the farm together." He said "we never came to agreement for we had different ideas to improve the animals lives." Now he told them about the battle of the cowshed and how he led the animals against the returning humans trying to recapture the farm and reinstate Mr. jones. "I myself dashed straight for Jones, and was shot with a wound, but that didn't stop me, for I charged at Jones and flew him into a ole of dung." "Wow." Said the children, now even more amazed, really admiring a smart, brave pig like Snowball. They all really started to like him now, for he sounded like a very admirable creature, and inspirational too. There were a few "that's amazing" or, "that is awesome" from a few children, saying words of how cool that was. "After that, we defeated the humans, me and a horse named Boxer were rewarded with animal hero first class, and animal hero second class for the dead sheep who charged at Jones." Snowball continued. "That sounds like you would be a great guard for Celestia." Said. Earth colt. "Or a Wonderbolt." Said Rumble "Oh well, I don't know about that." Said Snowball. "Wait, what is a... Wonderbolt you speak of?" The children gasped and Scootaloo said "you don't know what a Wonderbolt is? They are the fastest pegasus flyers in Equestria, well... Except for Rainbow Dash." "That's rather fascinating but, I don't have any wings." Snowball stated, which was true. "Now, back to the matter at hand. Napoleon kicked me out of the farm and turned it into like how Mr. jones ruled, but it was much worse. Luckily, Jessie, a good comrade of mine, and me got the animals to safety, and that's when we came here to Equestria." The children were quite surprised by this, and sympathized for Snowball, and Paul. "Wow we're... We're sorry that's happen to you." Said Sunny Days. "That's very kind of you, Sunny Days." Said Paul. He and Snowball took the Map off, and placed the smaller map, showing all of England on it. "Here is our homeland." Snowball said. "You would all love it there." He pointed at the capital to everypony. " here is our capital and largest city, London." he kept on telling em about the forests and the animals of England on the side. He kept the map up there for a little while and showed everypony the book from his pouch that titled All about the Seven Continents." And showed it to everypony. Paul was passing thw book on a students desk, for everypony to see before passing it on to somepony else. The children could never get enough of this. Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon paid no heed to the book, for it didn't really interested them in any way, for they only read the book a few pages then passes it down. "I hope you all enjoy what I am teaching you." "Yeah, this is awesome." Said Pip "Very amazing." Peachy Pie added. Snowball smiled warmly at their comments, and he heard the recess bell go off. All the foals went outside to play in the back and side of the school. The pig and his duck comrade walked last behind all of them and watched them all play their games and silly antics. "Oh look at them, Paul." Said Snowball watching the children. "All of them enjoying the outside." "Here here." Paul replied with a smile, also watching. They continued to watch the children abd kept them safe at all times. "Oh Sweetie Belle, don't be so sure about that." Said Diamond Tiara in a distance. It sounded a little faint, but Snowball could still hear it. He looked and saw the foals without their cutie marks getting picked on by those two brats. "You'll see, Diamond Tiara!" Pip said angrily "Why are you like this, Diamond and Silver, what is your problem with us?" Applebloom asked in a mad voice. It was almost unbearable to Snowball seeing the different type of Animas being thrown out as outcasts, and not accepted as their own. He began to become a little angry, as did Paul "Look at that, Paul." Snowball whispered to his comrade. " We should do something about this." "Right with you." The duck replied. Snowball continued to glare at the kids as he was walking over to the. To give them a piece of his mind. "Our problem is that you're not special, blank flank." Diamond said with an evil giggle "Blank Flank! Blank Flank! Blank Flank!" The two brats chanted very meanly. As they were saying it over and over again, Snowball exclaimed "Stop!! Enough!!!" The two fillies stopped their chanting and looked to see Snowball and Paul very angry at then. The two were a little scared, for Snowball was a little bigger than a foal and have seen a pigs teeth before. "Now, what is going on?" Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon keep bullying us because we don't have our cutie marks yet." Sweetie complained "Make them stop." Rumble added. Snowball was a little more angry now, and he scolded the fillies by saying "listen you two, I will not tolerate that type of behavior. They are not misfits or outcasts, they are just like any other animal. Now, apologize to them, immediately." "Like, why should we?" Said Silver in a snobby voice. The two were not amused by the two girls' behavior, and Paul Said "Say you're sorry, now!" The fillies were taken aback by the sudden outburst, they know that they lee animals were not bluffing or playing. They didn't want too, but they don't want to get in any trouble. The two fillies looked at them with Diamond Tiara saying that she was sorry first, and then Silver Spoon came after her. The kids being picked on, smiled at their apologies in response. "Good, now when Cheerilee get's back we will tell you and Silver Spoons such harsh behavior. And, do your parents know about how you act?" "Yes you spoiled brats, we should tell them too." Paul added The two files gave a look of horror "Like, don't tell our daddy on us" Diamond Tiara begged Snowball made a frustrated grunt and he said "They will know, whether you will like it our not, now both if you go sit over there and think about what you were doing, are we clear?" The fillies were scared by his tone and strictness, but they just compromised and went over to sit in a time out. The two animals looked at the kids with concern and Paul asked "are you all alright?" "Yeah, just fine" Scootaloo replied. "Um...Thank you for helping us, Snowball. I really thank you." Said Rumble, really grateful for that nice action. "You are very welcome, Pip" Snowball replied. "I was just helping animals in their time of need." "Me too." Paul added. The kids smiled at him. "Say, would you like to come play hide and seek with us?" Sweetie Belle asked in a squeaky voice. "Of course." Snowball replied. "Who will count?" "I will." Paul volunteered. Just like that, he closed his eyes and counted to twenty. The kids and Snowball playfully scattered around to find hiding spots. Looks like everything was well than Snowball had expected. 0he put Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon into justice and he won almost all the children's' fondness