Fall couldn’t believe her eyes as she stepped into the schoolhouse. There were large, spotless windows that let the sun shine in on what had to be the cleanest room she had ever seen. The walls were covered in posters that illustrated various lessons in education. There were also collections of pictures and papers with playfully decorated signs telling who did what. There were also numerous, circular tables that were colored one of what appeared to be six different colors.
“Welcome to our school!” greeted a blue colt who could not be more than three years of age. “I’m River Runner!”
Fall found her attention now focused on the Earth Pony who was greeting her.
“Oh…,” she said. “Thank you?”
“You’re new!” cried a young, pink Pegasus. “Want to sit by me?”
Pint and Bucky moved alongside Fall.
“Are they bothering you?” asked Pint very softly.
“You can sit by me, too!” the pink Pegasus offered to Pint. “I think you’re cute!”
“Well…,” Pint said with a blush.
“Oh, Candy Cloud,” Bucky said as he patted Pint’s back. “Pint’s with me in the Yellow Class.”
“But…,” she whimpered. “He’s little like me.”
“And me!” proudly proclaimed River Runner. “I think I’m actually even taller than he is!”
Pint held back on what had become the daily confusion and teasing about his small size.
“Sorry,” stated Bucky. “Pint’s my buddy. But you can have fun with my little cousin, Fall, for the day.”
“She’s your cousin?” asked Candy Cloud. She then noticed the saddlebag Fall was carrying and said, “Oh! I should have known! Bucky is the best at Backyard Brawlers!”
“I wish I was old enough to play Backyard Brawlers,” pouted River Runner. “You have to be five years old to play.”
“And know how to read,” teased a Unicorn from the Blue Class.
“You think you’re so smart!” River Runner shouted. “My big brother is showing me how to play and I’ll beat you and your reading when I’m allowed to play!”
The Teacher’s Aid heard the discussion going on and approached the little ones.
“That’s quite enough,” she said. “Friends don’t tease friends.”
River Runner made a face at the purple Unicorn, who made one right back at him, before he took his seat.
“Are you going to be okay?” Pint asked as he faced Fall.
“She…,” said Fall. “No punishment?”
Pint put his hoof against Fall’s side and said, “I think you’ll notice a lot of things are nicer here at our school.”
“But we better get to our seats,” stated Bucky. “Ms. Star is coming out of her office.”
Candy Cloud reached for Fall’s hoof and said, “Sit by me!”
Fall smiled at how excited the pink Pegasus was to have her sit with her at the Purple Class table.
“We’re up in Yellow Class,” stated Pint as he gestured towards the yellow-colored tables. “Bucky and I will come and check on you during breaks.”
“Okay,” said Fall as she grew more comfortable within the schoolhouse.