Of all things...

by TheMajorTechie


Chapter 5: Chaos at School

Subject: Blah.

Ok, so as of the exact second that I'm writing this, Twilight's... just seems to be worsening. I'm just hoping that she can stay strong throughout school.

I was sitting in my math class today, sleeping as usual. Not that I'm a bad student, it's just that I'm allowed to sleep through the rest of class since I've finished all of my classwork, notes AND homework all within about half an hour. I felt a slight nudge on my leg, and I looked under the table to find Twilight groggily poking me for attention. I looked around to make sure noone was looking and quietly whispered, "Twilight, I'm at school right now! Can you try to keep quiet? I don't want anything to happen to you, especially with you in such a bad shape. Just... sleep for now, maybe you can regain some energy..." As I spoke I watched as a bit more of Twilight's "magic" drifted off of her, dissipating before it became visible to anyone else.

Luckily, Twilight followed what I told her, so I've got one class down, but I'm not exactly sure about how I'll get through the rest, especially gym... I'm not entirely sure yet, but I guess I could maybe leave the duffel bag in a place where it would blend in, but considering the fact that noone in gym uses a duffel bag, its still gonna look out of place no matter where. I only barely was able to keep the duffel bag under my desk in math, and because I usually bring in random objects, noone really cared, anyways. With gym, since there will obviously be people who don't know my habits, there's definitely going to be some poking around in there. I guess only time will tell now, I somehow managed to walk to gym without ever bumping into anything.

The first thing that happened when I arrived in the gym was that I was immediately crowded by people asking questions such as, "Hey Sammy! What's in there?" and "Why are you using a duffel bag? Everyone's backpacks are already big enough to hold their gym clothes with everything else." They were true about the backpacks, but I refused to let anyone see what was in the duffel bag. After I got dressed, I left the duffel bag behind my backpack and jacket, which were stacked in a way so it would be harder to tell that it was even there. Unfortunately, after a few rounds of floor hockey, our current unit, someone got into my stuff, and yelled, "HEY EVERYONE! SAMMY'S GOT A UNICORN IN HIS DUFFE-- A WINGED UNICORN IN HIS DUFFEL BAG!" I facepalmed, and ran through the crowd and grabbed Twilight from the duffel bag. She groaned from the sudden exposure to the light, and flipped over in my arms.

I looked up at my classmates, quietly spoke, "She's hurt, and she needs my care. Now GET OUT OF HER FACE, SHEEPLE!" I grabbed my stuff and ran out of the gym, possibly the most daring thing I've ever done at school. I heard later on that the gym teacher did nothing to stop me, as he knew that something bad was happening from my facial expression. Meanwhile, the rest of the class began to stampede after me, chasing me through the halls until I pulled out the orb from my backpack after turning a corner, and teleported.

I really should use the orb less, but it was the only way I could escape from the crowd. I was now sitting inside an empty bus in the parking lot, feeding Twilight using a bottle meant for infants. As she quietly nourished herself, I sighed and looked out the window. I mumbled to myself, "Heh, just half a week, and my entire world's turned upside-down..." I looked back down at Twilight, who was weakly levitating the bottle back into the duffel bag. I gently took the bottle from her grasp, and set it down in the bag. It's a pretty good thing that I managed to find my old bottles, even if I never expected them to be used this way. Twilight stopped using her magic, and with that, yet another stream of it gently blew away into obscurity. She looked up at me, and whispered, very weakly, "Thank you, Sammy..." right after that, she passed out.