Cheerilee had finished her lecture on the days topic and sent the students outside for recess. Nyx and her friends went to the swing set while Teotle stayed to talk with Cheerilee for a little bit.
"What do you think?" Cheerilee asked. "Did you understand today's lesson?"
Teotle nodded and said, "Yeah, no problem. I just..." He didn't want to finish his sentence.
"Whats wrong?" Cheerilee asked.
Teotle didn't want to say anything about his classmates. He thought that if he told her about them staring at him, she would try to step in and make the problem worse. "It's nothing." He said.
Cheerilee knew that he was lying, but she had a feeling that he would tell her eventually. "Ok, Teotle. Just remember, If you need somepony to talk to, you can always count on me."
Teotle smiled and said, "Thanks you."
Cheerilee sent Teotle outside to join the others, but when he walked over to the play ground, everypony stopped their games and stared at him. This made him feel nervous again. He walked over to the swing set, where Nyx and the others were playing.
Applebloom took notice at the stares he was getting and shouted, "WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?!"
Nopony said anything. They just looked away and continued their games. Applebloom turned to look at Teotle, who suddenly clung to Nyx as if he hadn't seen her for years. Tears fell from his eyes as he held her in tight embrace.
"Its ok, Teotle." Applebloom said, putting a hoof on his shoulder.
"Yeah." Sweetiebelle added. "Those guys don't know you like we do."
Teotle started to hyperventilate, still holding on to Nyx, his thoughts began to race. He couldn't help but think of how far the scorn would go. What would they all do to him other than stare? Would they hurt him? How would they hurt him? Would they strike at him or go after his friends? What if he got angry with them and tried to fight back? Would he hurt somepony? He had no idea of knowing.
Nyx rubbed his back, trying to calm him down. "Shh, Its alright." She said. "We're here for you."
Teotle took a deep breath and tried to get back his composure. His grip on Nyx loosened. He wiped the tears from his eyes and said, "Thanks, you guys."
"No problem, buddy." Said Twist.
Just then, Diamond Tiara and Silverspoon came up to them. Their eyes were filled with concern and worry.
"Wow." Diamond Tiara said. "I've never seem someone have this many enemies on the first day."
"Is he ok?" Asked Silverspoon.
"Yeah." Scootaloo answered. "He's just a little scared."
"So is everypony else." Diamond Tiara added. We've been listening to them say things they learned from their parents."
"What do they say?" Asked Nyx.
"They think he's going to attach ponyville, like those other wolves from his home land." Said Silverspoon.
"That's crazy." Twist commented.
Diamond Tiara continued, "My dad says that a lot of the top contributors in ponyville are planning on asking the princesses to banish him. Apparently, they saw him attach Twilight the day he disappeared."
"But he didn't mean to." Nyx protested. "His brother, Brimstone, used a mind control spell to make him do it."
"Well, most of them don't know that." Diamond Tiara replied.
"It's not fair!" Applebloom raged.
"Well, what can we do?" Nyx asked.
"I did ask my dad to try to convince the other ponies not write the letter to Canterlot." Diamond Tiara said. "Maybe they'll listen to him."
"That isn't good enough." Nyx replied. She looked at Teotle for some ideas. "Teotle?"
He didn't answer. He just sat there for a moment and then finally said, "Maybe if we send a letter to Celestia before they do, she'll be able to make an argument to prove I can be trusted."
"That might work." Twist complimented.
"Alright." Said Scootaloo. "Nyx, you and Teotle will tell Twilight the situation and have her send the letter to the princesses."
Nyx looked at Teotle with reassuring eyes and said, "I won't let them take you away. I promise." She gave him a warm hug and let him have a turn on the swing.
Later that day, when it was time to go home, Teotle and Nyx made their way to the library, after departing from their friends, to tell Twilight about what they discussed earlier. Cheerilee had given Teotle some homework in order to catch up on his academics. He tried to protest, but Nyx told him that he needed to.
When they finally arrived to the front door, Teotle held Nyx back and said, "I'm scared Nyx. What if the plan doesn't work?"
"It will work, Teotle." Nyx replied. "I promise."
She then opened the door and went inside. But when they looked at Twilight, who had been sitting at the table, they saw her talking to the mayor of ponyville, Ivory Scroll. Twilight then looked at Teotle and Nyx.
"How was school today?" Twilight asked.
"Not great." Nyx replied.
Twilight frowned and said, "Well, come on over and sit down so we can talk about it."