Comfort Cub was on his way to Princess Twilight's castle. As Comfort opened the classroom doors, he was ready for another day of friendship lessons. That changed when he saw Lone, Guide, and Fireworks standing around a large pink box that was tied with a yellow ribbon. Comfort slowly placed his teddy-bear saddle bag on his desk and joined his classmates on the viewing of the present.
"Where did this present come from?" Comfort asked the others.
"I don't know," Guide replied. "I saw this present when I first arrived and that was when the others did as well." Guide moved in closer to read the tag. It was written with pink cursive letters that spelled out: To Twilight's students
Guide noticed Fireworks pulling the ribbon off from the box. "Fire! What are you doing?!" Guide yelled.
"But it's for us," Fireworks said as the ribbon was completely removed. The top swung opened with large amounts of confetti shooting in the air. Along with the confetti, a pink object jumped out from the box and made a perfect landing near the students. It was none other than Pinkie Pie, the super-duper party pony of Ponyville.
"Surprise!" Pinkie cheered as she threw more streamers and confetti.
Comfort screamed in terror as he fell right on his back.
"Pinkie Pie!" Fireworks cheered as she approached the party pony.
"Hi Fireworks!" Pinkie responded as she gave Fireworks a big hug.
Twilight entered the classroom and saw what was going on. "I see that the four of you just met Pinkie." Twilight said to her students.
"How can I forget the pony who threw me the best cuteceañera when I was a filly!" Fireworks replied.
"You were filled with so much joy that you couldn't stop smiling for a whole month!" Pinkie Pie said and then she gave a friendly hug to Guide. "And how can I forget the mare who enjoyed her Princess Twilight themed birthday party!"
Guide blushed in embarrassment when that was told out loud. "Oh," Guide pretended to sound surprised. "you remembered that."
Pinkie was about to give Lone a hug until he said "Don't even think about it."
Pinkie pouted and decided to greet Comfort, who for some reason was hiding behind a fortress made of stacked up desks. Pinkie was about talk until she heard hoof steps getting closer to the classroom. Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy entered from the door.
"Sorry about the delay, Twilight." Applejack apologized. "You know how much time apple-bucking takes."
Guide's eyes widened when she saw Twilight's friends. "Sweet Celestia!" Guide screamed as she gave each mare a frantic hoof shake. "It's an honor to meet the ponies who represent the Elements of Harmony!"
"Well," Rainbow Dash enjoyed the praise. "it's always great to meet another adoring fan."
"Oh, I'm only a fan of Princess Twilight." Guide said. "But I do appreciate you guys for helping the princess save Equestria."
There was an awkward silence on Rainbow Dash and the others. Twilight cleared her throat to break the ice.
"Now that we're all here, I like to discuss today's lesson." Twilight said.
All of Twilight's students were seated on their desks as Princess Twilight was going over a lecture. "What made me a princess of Equestria wasn't from my advanced knowledge or talent of magic," she then pointed at her friends who were standing ini front of the classroom. "It was because of my friends helping me understand more about my capabilities. So for today's assignment," Twilight showed her students the chalkboard with the usual title:
Friendship 101: Elements of Harmony
"all of you will spend time with each of my friends this week and understand why their elements are very important in friendship." Fireworks and Guide were excited from this assignment. Line just yawned with no interests while Comfort was feeling tense, especially when he had to spend time with Pinkie Pie.
"So wait," Rainbow Dash interrupted. "you want us to waste an entire day with your students like we're teachers?"
"Come on Rainbow," Applejack said. "maybe some of these ponies will think of you as a great role model."
Imagining all of Twilight's students cheering for Rainbow Dash made her completely convinced. "Alright, I'm in."
Little did the others know, Pinkie was worried about why did Comfort act scared when she was nearby.
Day 1: Applejack
The first pony who the students will spend time with was Applejack. For her day, she wanted the students to help her buck apples at Sweet Apple Acres.
The students were working their hardest at the farm. Fireworks made some acrobatic flips as she bucked an apple tree. Lone enjoyed the work because he get to hit trees just for the fun of it. Guide was busy looking at the clipboard as she kept track on how many apples they have harvested. Comfort wasn't strong enough to buck apples or smart enough to keep inventory, so the best job Applejack could assign to him was to pick up the fallen apples.
Comfort kept on picking up apples until he flinched when Pinkie Pie popped out of an apple basket.
"Well hi Comfy!" Pinkie said with a smile.
"Aah!" Comfort backed up towards one of the apple trees. Next thing Comfort knew, he ran as quick as lightning to get away from Pinkie. When Comfort made it to the others, he was completely exhausted from all of the running.
Guide was so busy studying her clipboard that she accidentally knocked one of the apple barrels and it spilled all over the ground. Everypony turned their heads towards Guide to figure out what happened. To avoid getting in trouble, Guide blamed it on Fireworks. "Um, Fireworks! Why did you do that?!"
Fireworks was offended, "My fault! I wasn't even near those barrels!" she approached Guide with anger.
"Maybe it fell over from your improper method of apple bucking!" Guide said.
Both mares were facing one another with rage in their eyes. Luckily, Applejack arrived and separated the mares before things got intense.
"Alright y'all, break it up!" Applejack demanded. "Now tell me why the hay are you two yelling at each other?"
"Guide was lying just to avoid getting in trouble for knocking over a barrel!" Fireworks hissed.
"That's not true!" Guide tried to defend herself.
Applejack approached Guide with a stern look. "Guide, I want you to tell me the truth, did you see Fireworks knocking over a barrel?"
Guide admitted her guilt as she sighed and looked at the ground. "No, because I was too focused on my clipboard."
"You see Guide, it's not very nice to tell lies because it's not true and it damaged Fireworks' trust towards you." Applejack explained. "I wouldn't be on my farm or with my friends if it wasn't for my element of Honesty."
"You're right," Guide said as she apologized to Fireworks. "I'm sorry."
"No prob," Fireworks said as she smiled. Applejack felt good from the deed she did until she noticed the area where Lone was working. "Hey! You're suppose to apple buck the trees, not damage them!" Applejack ran to Lone who was continuing to punch the trees until large dents appeared.
Day 2: Rarity
The students were at Carousel Boutique for Rarity's day with them. She thought making some outfits for they would help the students understand the element of Generosity. Fireworks was standing still as she was modeling for a red dress that Rarity was working on.
"Thanks for making me your model, Rarity." Fireworks said. "This dress looks amazing!"
"Oh, no problem." Rarity responded. "I should be thanking all of you for helping me out."
Rarity called to Fireworks to take a break and went to check on the other students. Lone was sleeping on Rarity's special red couch while Guide was organizing all of Rarity's needles and threads. Comfort caught Rarity's attention when he was sewing up a piece of fabric that she made. The lines of thread were in a perfect pattern as it helped hod the fabric together.
"Oh that looks lovely, Comfort." Rarity said as she was approaching.
"Thanks," Comfort replied. "I've been sewing stuffed animals ever since I could remember."
"Well, if you are ever interested in the fashion business, let me know." Rarity said while giving a wink.
Comfort turned back to the fabric, but he thought he saw Pinkie in the mirror. Making sure that it was just a trick, Comfort checked again and there was nothing there.
Rarity was about to call Fireworks to resume modeling until she saw the cheerleader looking at a red ruby that was suppose to match the dress. Rarity coughed in her hooves to get Fireworks attention.
"Hm? Oh sorry Ms. Rarity." Fireworks said. "I couldn't help but notice that this necklace is beautiful."
Rarity smiled and levitated the jewel to Firework. "How about I give it to you as a gift for helping me out?"
Fireworks cheered with joy as she gave Rarity the biggest hug she could give. "Thank you so much!"
"No problem," Rarity said. "it's what I do."
Day 3: Fluttershy
Spending the day with Fluttershy wasn't that bad, especially when they spend time with the animals. Fireworks was trying to chase some birds to feed them some seeds. Guide looked around the fish pond so she could feed the fishes. Comfort was having the time of his life because he was getting tickled by a bunch of puppies.
Fluttershy was giggling from watching the puppies. "It looks like the puppies have a liking towards you, Comfort." She suddenly heard a crashing sound and saw Lone chasing Angel Bunny all across the garden.
"You're gonna pay for spitting at my face!" Lone yelled as he kept running.
Angel only replied by spitting out his tongue until he was trapped near a tree. Lone was about to give a real punisment to Angel as the colt approached with cracking hooves.
Fluttershy quickly flew between the two to prevent any fighting. "Stop!" Fluttershy yelled to Lone. "You shouldn't harm an innocent creature just because of something small."
"But that little booger spit chewed-up lettuce at me after I gave him his lunch! There's no way I'll let him off-" Lone was interrupted when Fluttershy gave him the scariest stare she had ever given. Lone immediately surrendered and backed away. Angel was laughing at Lone's humiliating defeat until he received a glare from Fluttershy.
"Don't think that you're off that easily, mister." Fluttershy said. "It wasn't very nice to spit at somepony's face. Now I want the both of you to apologize at this instance!" Fluttershy glared at both of Lone and Angel as she waited for a response.
Angel was the first to offer his paw for a shake. Lone did the same with his hoof and they both shake on it.
"See," Fluttershy proved. "Isn't it better when we use kindness to solve things?"
Comfort was putting some food in the puppies' food bowls as the puppies started to nibble. Comfort noticed a particular beaver that had a form of a pony and hair that was pink. He recognized who it was within seconds and he was getting tired of it.
Day 4: Rainbow Dash
Rainbow Dash had Twilight's students do workouts near the lake for her day. Lone was doing an excellent job as he lifted weights with only one hoof. Since Fireworks was the only pegasus in the class, she was given training on how to make clouds disappear. Comfort and Guide weren't doing such a good job as thy struggle to lift the weights.
Rainbow Dash noticed this and called to Lone, "Hey Lone, can you help out Comfort? It looks like he really needs it."
Lone whined as he approached Comfort. Comfort continued to lift the dumbbells but it wouldn't work. Lone just waited and did absolutely nothing. Rainbow Dash saw that Lone wasn't even lifting a hoof to help Comfort and flew closer to Lone.
"Lone, why aren't you helping Comfort?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"I'm sure he'll be fine." Lone looked at a darker blue Comfort who was still trying to lift.
"Lone," Rainbow sighed. "sometimes you got to help those who are weak because it's the right thing to do. That's what loyalty is all about."
Lone remembered when his classmates did the same when he was attacked by the timberwolf. He did what he was told and helped Comfort with the dumbbells.
"Great!" Rainbow Dash said. "Now try to help Guide next."
Lone made his way while Comfort took a break from exercising. He heard a bubbling sound from the lake and he obviously knew who it was.
"Pinkie, I know that's you." Comfort said with a tone that sounds like he had enough.
Pinkie emerged from the water, wearing a snorkel and goggles. "Oh, hi Comfort." Pinkie said with pure innocence.
"Why have you been spying on me?" Comfort asked.
"I just wanted to figure out why are you so distant towards me." Pinkie replied with puppy dog eyes.
"By what? Stocking me everyday like some creepy pony?" Comfort said.
Those words made Pinkie's manes deflate and she slowly turned around to drag her hooves away from the lake, showing that she won't bother Comfort anymore.
Day 5: Pinkie Pie
The students made their way towards Sugar Cube Corner for their day with Pinkie Pie.
"I wonder what Pinkie will have in store for us?" Fireworks said as she flew alongside her classmates.
"Probably some kind of party that she planned." Guide guessed.
"I sure hope not." Lone grumbled.
Comfort was the only pony silent in his students' conversation as he was worried about what Pinkie will do.
The students made their way up the stairs towards a very dark room. The lights suddenly turned on and confetti flew everywhere.
"Surprise!" Pinkie yelled as she threw more confetti. There was a colorful banner that spelled: I'm sorry for what I did and can we be friends party!
Pinkie approached the shivering Comfort. "I'm very sorry for spying on you, Comfort." She then gave him a nice hug. "Can we still be friends?"
From the sudden panic inside of Comfort, he was able to push Pinkie off from him and yelled "No! I don't want to be friends with a pony like you!"
Tears started to develop in Pinkie's eyes as she began to cry very loud. Guide and Fireworks confronted Comfort for what he did.
"Why did you do that to Ms. Pinkie?!" Fireworks demanded.
"Yeah," Guide agreed. "what did she ever do to you?"
Comfort was able to recover from the mares and took a deep breath. "Do you really want to know? It all started when I was a small colt."
A flashback appeared with a young Comfort running to his living room that had lots of streamers and balloons everywhere.
"Happy Birthday, Comfort!" His parents cheered as his mom placed a party hat on Comfort.
"Yay! Best birthday ever!" young Comfort cheered.
His parents showed Comfort the best present they had ever given to him. Sitting near the corner was the largest teddy bear Comfort had ever seen. The bear even wore a red, shiny ribbon as a bow tie to make itself more presentable. Comfort was about to embrace the bear until it started to shake.
"Surprise!" Pinkie said as she popped out of the bear's mouth, causing some stuffing to fly out of it. That sudden outburst from coming out of a teddy bear terrified the hay out of Comfort as he ran out of the room.
"Wait! I wanted to show you to your birthday cake!" Pinkie yelled as she tried to chase Comfort while she was still inside of the large teddy bear. A pink pony inside of a large bear would be a good reason for Comfort to run for his life.
"And that's why I don't want to be with Pinkie." Comfort said as he finished the story.
The three students and Pinkie, who stopped crying to hear the story, stood silent as they processed the story in their minds.
"So, you're afraid of Pinkie just because she ruined your birthday present." Guide summed it up.
"I would've been traumatized if a large, walking teddy bear chased after me." Lone said.
"Look Comfort," Fireworks said. "I know that you have some kind of fear against Pinkie, but that shouldn't stop you from understanding that Pinkie is a good pony." Fireworks gestured to Pinkie to come over. "She maybe a strange pony, but she is the sweetest I have ever seen."
Comfort realized that Fireworks was saying the same lesson Princess Twilight had taught them when she had to fix her friendship with a pony named Moondancer.
It was Pinkie's turn to speak, "I'm sorry for ruining your party and making you feel scared. Can we start over as friends?" Pinkie offered a hoof shake.
Comfort decided to make up with Pinkie even though she was a little crazy. He lifted his hoof for a shake but Comfort ended up getting a big hug that Pinkie wanted from him.
Not only the four students formed new bonds with each of Twilight's friends, but one of the students was able to forgive somepony for an unintentional accident.