The day passes through quickly with Peanut Butter napping throughout the day and occasional conversations about classes. The evening was uneventful as Luna and Peanut Butter eat dinner and go to bed early.
During the night however, nerves run high through Peanut Butter's mind as anxiety sets in. He remains unsure about the new experience he will have tomorrow as he stares at the ceiling and wrapping himself in the blankets on his bed. He turns his head and looks out the window and thinks to himself that it's better than under a bridge at least. He looks at the moon through the window and smiles softly. Though he doesn't understand why he has such an affiliation with the moon. In his mind it feels right to him. The soft light of the moon is warm to him as he basks in it's light through his window. As an hour passes clouds begin to gather as rain starts to fall singing it's song as the drops hit the window causing him to drift into sleep as he listens to the tapping of the rain, playing its chaotic, yet calming song.
The morning starts early as Peanut Butter gets up and heads into the shower while Luna gets dressed. His movements are still frantic as the water runs over his face.
He gets out of the shower a few minutes later and brushes his teeth before going back to his room to get dressed for the day. He dresses in a black shirt, jeans, brown hoodie and boots. He picks up his book bag and leaves his room and heads to the dining room. Luna has his blood sugar meter on the table as she makes breakfast for them both. He sits on the stool and takes the meter and does his routine level check before writing it down. Luna smiles as she places his breakfast down before eating her own breakfast.
After eating they clean up the dishes and head out to Luna's car before she drives towards Canterlot High. During the ride Peanut Butter looks down towards his bag with a distant look in his eyes. At a stop light, Luna looks at him and notices the look on his face. She gives Peanut Butter a warm smile and places her hand on his shoulder.
"It will be okay P.B., you'll have the same classes as Sunset Shimmer so you'll be with someone you know to help you." Luna says softly.
Peanut Butter doesn't respond and continues to look distant. Luna focuses on the road again as the light turns green. Ten minutes later they pull into the school parking lot. Peanut Butter and Luna get out of the car and walk into the school. The halls are mostly quiet with the occasional chatter of the students who came early. Standing by the main office is Sunset Shimmer. Luna smiles and motions Peanut Butter to go with her. Peanut Butter nervously walks towards Sunset.
"Good Morning." Sunset Shimmer says cheerfully.
"Morning."
Peanut Butter stays silent as Sunset Shimmer leads him to a spot in the hallway to wait for Sunset's friends. They both sit by a window waiting as Peanut Butter looks outside with his usual distant look. Sunset notices and looks down unsure what to do or say. She is still new to making friends and doesn't know how to make him feel welcomed. Before she is about to speak an enthusiastic shout is heard down the hall. Sunset looks down the hallway and sees Pinkie Pie coming her way with her usual cheerful smile.
"Goooood morning Sunset Shimmer!" Pinkie Pie shouts.
"Good morning to you too Pinkie."
"Who's the grumpy Gus next to you?"
"You don't remember Peanut Butter?"
Pinkie looks up for a minute before responding as her face lights up with her usual smile.
"Oh yeah I remember now, he looks different without looking all bummy."
"Pinkie!"
"Oops, sorry."
Peanut Butter ignores them as he stares out the window. He lets out a frustrated sigh as he thinks about his situation more. Sunset and Pinkie look at him with a confused look.
"You okay P.B.?" Sunset asks.
"I'm just peachy."
Pinkie Pie giggles at the expression.
"What's so funny?" Peanut Butter asks.
"You said your peachy, so you're sweet."
"Whatever."
"Why are you such a grumpy Gus?"
"Because I am."
"That's not a reason silly."
"Bite me."
"Where?"
There is an awkward silence after that. Sunset has a shocked look on her face while Peanut Butter has a disturbed expression on his.
"I haven't known you for two minutes and I already want to be as far away from you as possible."
"Awww don't be like that."
Peanut Butter glares at Pinkie causing her to back away.
Soon Rarity and Applejack arrive. They smile at the sight of Peanut Butter being there.
"Well look who got all gussied up over the weekend." Applejack says.
Peanut Butter looks at her with an unamused expression.
"Wow P.B. just tryin' ta be friendly."
"If I wanted to be friendly I would be friendly A.J.."
"What bug crawled up yer ass and died?"
Peanut Butter rolls his eyes and looks out the window again.
"He's probably still tired Applejack, remember when we had sleepovers as kids?" Rarity says.
"Yeah I remember, but still no excuse ta be a prick."
Peanut Butter ignores her and continues to look out the window and returns to his thoughts.
Sunset Shimmer looks at Pinkie, Rarity and Applejack with a confused look on her face unsure what to do. Rarity goes to Sunset Shimmer and whispers something to her ear. She nods and whispers into Rarity's ear. Just then the bell rings and they all spread to their classes except for Sunset Shimmer and Peanut Butter.
"Come on P.B. let's get to class." Sunset says.
"I don't want to."
"Sadly that isn't an option."
"I don't care."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing is wrong."
"Yes there is, people just don't act like you are acting out of the blue."
"Nothing is wrong and if something was wrong I wouldn't tell you."
Sunset sighs and pinches the bridge of her nose with her fingers.
"I'm getting Luna, stay here at least, okay?"
Peanut Butter stays silent as Sunset goes to the main office. Peanut Butter stays still as he stares out the window again. He starts to bounce his leg up and down and his breathing gets heavy and places his hand over his eyes, he sighs as he tries to collect his thoughts. Footsteps echo through the now quiet hallways with some voices that are too far away to recognize. He folds his arms and rests his chin on top continuing his stare out the window.
Luna and Sunset make their way through the hallways, getting closer.
"So he just started acting like this?" Luna asks.
"Yeah. I don't know why. He also was being a bit, snippy to everyone else."
"He was pretty quiet this morning before coming here and looked a bit on edge, maybe that was a red flag."
"Maybe, hopefully you talking to him can help."
"I hope so too."
They round the corner and sees Peanut Butter in the same position as Sunset left him. They make their way to him.
"Sunset go to class and tell the teacher that P.B. isn't feeling well and that he might not be showing to class." Luna requests.
Sunset nods and heads to her class. Luna sits next to Peanut Butter and mimics his position.
"So care to tell me what is wrong?" Luna asks.
"Like I told Sunset, nothing is wrong."
"I know something is wrong, I can tell from the look on your face so tell me what's wrong."
"Nothing is wrong."
"You're lying P.B., I guess you have his stubbornness too by the looks of it."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Your father was the same way sometimes, usually when something bothered him."
"Yeah, Grandpa was a bit of a prick."
Luna smiles and starts to hum softly. Peanut Butter's ears wiggle slightly as he hears her hum. He recognizes it instantly as his eyes go wide and looks at her.
"How do you know that?" Peanut Butter asks.
Luna stops humming and looks at Peanut Butter.
"I learned it from my mother and sister then my sister and I used to babysit in the summer, why do you ask?"
"My father taught it to my mother and they used it on me when I was upset or having a bad dream when I was a kid."
Luna smiles knowing that at least he never forgot about her.
"He learned that from me you know."
"I kind of figured that out already."
Luna giggles a little.
"No need to use his mouth, but it's nice to know all that time after school teaching him that went to some use after all."
"He never talked much about his high school years, don't know why."
"From what I saw he was going through a lot at that time, especially when it came to his father."
"Dad never liked him, he fought with grandpa Boot Strap a few times and was arrested once after he gave me this."
Peanut Butter shows her the scar on his cheek. Luna's eyes go wide never noticing it before.
"Why did he do that?" Luna asks.
"He took me out to hunt for squirrels and tried to teach me how to shoot a rifle, but I didn't want to and he got mad at me when dad found out he lost it and jumped him while mom took me to the hospital, after that we found that both of them were arrested dad served community service and my grandfather served a few months in jail."
"I'm sorry to hear."
"It's okay, I learned later on after they died that crying about things is for the weak the world isn't a forgiving place."
"That isn't true, the world can be a nice place if you don't think so negatively it’s also okay to cry when you feel like you need to."
"No it isn't okay, all it does is show that I'm weak."
"You aren't weak if you can last five years on your own that proves that you're not weak, so its okay to cry."
"I am not weak!"
Peanut Butter snaps and gets up looking at Luna with an angry look and rage in his eyes, his fists clenched and his teeth showing.
Luna stays silent for a minute before speaking.
"You're scared aren't you?"
"What makes you think that?"
"For starters you're shaking and you are showing all the signs of fear."
Peanut Butter tries to keep his anger noticeable, however he slowly starts to relax with each breath. He looks away from Luna. He sits back down and places his hand over his eyes again as tears start to well up around his eyes and he starts to hyperventilate. Luna pulls him close to her and smiles.
"Its alright, just let it all out." Luna softly says.
Peanut Butter still tries to hold his composure and continues to lose as his tears fall past his hand. Luna hums softly and keeps him close to her. Peanut Butter notices his tears run down his cheeks as her humming continues as he gives up on keeping himself together and cries as his emotions become too much for him to handle as the feelings of sadness, fear and pain overflow and wash over him. Luna continues her humming as he cries letting him release his built up emotions.
They stay there for fifteen minutes before he calms down and takes his hands off his eyes as Luna sees the skin around his eyes puffed up and red.
"Feeling better?" Luna asks.
Peanut Butter stays silent and looks away still ashamed of how he feels.
"It's okay to be scared, everyone does, including me are you scared of the new environment?"
He nods slightly.
"I was scared too when I first became vice principal here, is being around so many people scaring you too?"
He nods again as another breakdown is starting to build up.
"It'll be okay how about we do this in baby steps?, You can do your school work in my office until you're comfortable on two conditions, first one is that I want you to try and socialize with some of the students even if it's just Sunset and her friends and two I want you to eat in the cafeteria there is plenty of space for you to be alone if you want to be alone, sound like a plan?"
Peanut Butter nods as he rubs his eyes as he gets up and gets his bag. Luna walks beside him as he sniffles every once in a while. Luna smiles as she takes him into her office and has him sit on the couch and makes a few calls to teachers. Peanut Butter curls up in the fetal position on the couch as he buries his face into his knees and rocks back and fourth. Luna looks at him with concern and worry. She lets instinct take over as she hums again. Though this time a different tune. One more of a lullaby a mother would hum to a crying infant than a broken teenager. As he listens to her humming he lays down and starts to fall asleep on the couch. Luna hums for a few more minutes before stopping to make sure he is asleep. She looks over and notices he is in a deep sleep and smiles as she quietly leaves to collect Peanut Butter's assignments from the teachers for him to do when he wakes up.