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// Jealousy Rising  
// Story: CMS: The Third Generation 
// by RomanceWriter1 
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Jealousy Rising


The friends got to their first Writing class. They had hoped to do some creative writing as that was more fun to do in any class. They sat at the back of the class and Starshine also sat there, beside Jacinto. Bubble gave a quiet sigh of anger and she glared at the other filly with jealousy. 

"Is something bothering you, Bubble?" Moonlight asked in concern.

"Yes, yes, everything is fine." Bubble said trying to give a smile then she faced the front of the class. 

Moonlight and Hugh looked at each other in concern and question then did the same as Bubble. 

"Good morning, class!" a unicorn stallion yelled in excitement and he wrote his name on the whiteboard. "My name is Mr Marker and I'll be your Writing teacher." 

He then put down the marker and walked to sit at his desk.

"He seems like a better teacher than our primary school teacher." Spar whispered to Poppy and they laughed quietly alongside another colt. 

"That's enough, class!" Mr Marker said and he whacked a ruler a few times on the desk. 

"Now, let me give you some paper and you are going to write a story with any genre and whichever way you like. Don't write stuff that your parents talk about that is not intended for you or you'll have to start again." Mr Marker then sat down at his desk and did some writing on his desk.

What should I write about? Bubble wondered as she stared down at the lined paper in front of her.

A romance story? Drama? That was stuff she loved to watch at the theatre with tragedy. Something then popped into her head!  A filly that was in love with another colt but he was falling for some other filly, but the other filly then suffered from an illness and died in the other colt's forelegs. The colt then went with the filly that was in love with him first. It reminded her of the musical Les Mares (a spoof of Les Miserables). 

Bubble then got to writing and Mr Marker looked at her for a moment then smiled at her. Bubble was the first to finish her story and she took her lined pages and left them on the desk. Mr Marker gave her a small smile and she gave a smile back. He then got out a red pen and used his magic to mark her work. Bubble waited for him to finish and he then handed it to her. 

"Good work, Bubble, keep up the good work. I'm sure you'll make a good writer." Mr Marker said smiling then she walked back to her desk with her work.

After a few hours it rang for lunchtime and Bubble, Jacinto, Hugh and Moonlight sat down outside on the dry grass with their break. 

"Wow, my mum made me cucumber sandwiches!" Bubble said with excitement and she munched on her sandwiches quickly. 

"I got a strawberry jam sandwich." Moonlight said with excitement and she stared eating hers the same way Bubble did.

Jacinto then turned around to see Starshine sitting on her own on a bench. She had her lunch beside her and she was eating it very slowly. 

"Excuse me, will you?" Jacinto said as he got up and put his lunch into his saddlebag and walked over to Starshine. 

"Umm... hi?" Starshine said as she put down the chocolate chip cookie she was about to eat. 

"Do you need somepony to keep you company?" Jacinto asked and she nodded slowly. 

He got up onto the bench and sat beside her.

"So... what do your parents do for a living?" Starshine looked at him with big dark purple eyes. 

"My mum is a merchant and I don't have a dad. I've been told that he died before I was even born. It's just me and my mum at home." Starshine said in a sad voice then she sighed and got some of her mane out of her face.

It was hometime and Jacinto had completely ignored his friends to spend time with Starshine. This was making Bubble and Moonlight angry but Hugh didn't seem to mind. Starshine then trotted to her mum and they noticed that her mum was Svetlana! When did she even get married? Their parents or grandparents weren't even told about it.

"Hey, Jacinto! Want to come to my house and help me with my homework?" Starshine called out and she gave a smile as did Svetlana. 

"Sure thing! See you guys later." Jacinto called out then he said to Bubble, Moonlight and Hugh. 

He then galloped off and walked alongside Starshine and Svetlana. The three friends stared back at them and all except Hugh, gave angry sighs then walked home.