Even though Friday is usually seen as the best day of the week, mostly since that’s when the weekend begins, there are sometimes certain circumstances which can make that opinion change. For example, at the Ponyville Schoolhouse, almost all of the colts and fillies in attendance there would say that Thursday is the best day of the week. Why? Because even though they have classes the next day, everypony in Miss Cheerilee’s class knows that Thursday means one of the best things of the school week:
Show and Tell
When it came to Show and Tell, even the laziest colt or filly in the class put effort into finding the best thing to take with them to class. Sometimes it’s a special family item, or sometimes it would be the newest toy that they got for their birthday. Heck, there have even been a few times when a student brought their pet to the school, with permission from the teacher and parents. So, when a particular Thursday in the springtime came by, everypony in class was beyond excited; not just because of what they brought themselves, but because of what their fellow classmates may have brought with them as well.
For one particular filly, who was one of the three who just recently got their cutie marks, she could barely keep herself in her desk in anticipation. The orange Pegasus’s wings fluttered in anxious wait, but the humming from them was low enough to not interrupt the colt who was currently showing his item in front of the class. Of course, despite the fact that he had a pretty cool-looking Wonderbolt poster from Cloudsdale (courtesy of his older brother), the filly was too preoccupied with her own thoughts to pay much attention. In fact, Scootaloo's tongue was bit down in an effort to keep herself still.
After the colt finished, she and everypony else clapped their hooves as he rolled his poster back up. Their magenta-coated teacher, who everyone referred to as Miss Cheerilee, applauded as well while he went back to his seat. “Well, thank you very much, Rumble!” said the mare in a chipper tone of voice. When the grey colt got back into his desk, Cheerilee looked down at her clipboard for the next pony on the list. “Alright, it looks like the next pony up for Show and Tell is… Scootaloo!”
“YES!!!” cheered the filly enthusiastically. However, at realizing how loud that shout was, Scootaloo squirmed in her desk a little and pulled back some of her purple mane. “Uhh… heh heh… Sorry.”
A couple of the other ponies giggled, but none of them tried to poke fun at Scootaloo as she got out of her seat. Even Diamond Tiara, who would’ve brought that up for at least two weeks, showed her recent change of heart with only a shrug when the Pegasus walked past her. So, with an excited smile on her muzzle and her item balanced on her back, Scootaloo thanked her teacher before standing in front of the class. She pulled the item off her back to hold in her hoof, which looked to be a book or manuscript of some kind.
“Alright,” began the filly enthusiastically. Despite her tiny wings, it looked like Scootaloo was just about to shoot out of the room like a rocket due to her giddiness. “What I brought for Show and Tell today is the best. Thing. I ever brought!”
A round of “Ooooohs” spread across the classroom, with everypony becoming interested in whatever it was that Scootaloo had. The filly held up the manuscript with one hoof while explaining. “As some of you might know, my mentor Rainbow Dash, the coolest pony in all of Equestria, was awesome enough to become a character in the latest Daring Do book.”
Several ponies nodded at Scootaloo’s claim, obviously being fans of the series as well.
“Well,” continued the Pegasus as her voice became more hyper, “since she became friends with the author, A.K. Yearling, Rainbow Dash is working on her own book for the Daring Do series!”
With that announcement, everypony in class looked excited about Scootaloo’s claim. Even Cheerilee stood by the chalkboard with an impressed expression as she asked, “Wow, really? I didn’t even know Miss Yearling was taking other writers for her books.”
“Neither did I!” exclaimed Scootaloo giddily when she turned towards her teacher. “But when I went to Rainbow Dash’s house last night for a sleepover, I found it in her bedroom while she was asleep! She wrote it herself, so it has to be something for the series!”
Even though all of Scootaloo’s classmates looked cheerful about that answer, Cheerilee became slightly confused. However, the filly turned back to the rest of the class before seeing her teacher's expression, and kept going while opening the book. “Can you believe it?! Rainbow Dash, who’s already one of the coolest ponies to ever live, is also a Daring Do writer! And because of that, I want to read one of the chapters for you guys before the story is published!”
Everypony except Cheerilee made an energetic cheer of approval. But before Scootaloo could start, Cheerilee cleared her throat while going back to her desk. “Now, wait a minute, Scootaloo. Did you happen to ask Rainbow Dash about this befo--”
While opening one of the drawers of her desk to see if she had Rainbow Dash’s contact information on file, Cheerilee accidentally knocked off her cup of coffee. As it shattered on the floor, making Sweetie Belle jolt a little in surprise, the mare groaned and looked around in a huff. “Oh, heavens to betsy!” she muttered under her breath.
Cheerilee realized that her broom and dustpan were over in the closet down the hall, so she sighed before walking to the door. “Alright, you kids just wait here, “ said the teacher as she left the classroom. “I need to get the broom, so just wait until I get back. And don’t get out of your desks until I clean it up.”
With that, the mare left the classroom. Still holding her book, Scootaloo waited until the teacher was out of earshot to say, “Okay, let’s read it!”
“YAY!!!” shouted all of Scootaloo’s classmates.
Happy with that response, the filly cleared her throat and got to a random page. “Alright, let’s see… it looks like Daring Do is tied against the wall, and… and Ahuizotl is holding her there while holding a knife!”
A few of the ponies gasped, not knowing how Daring can get out of a scenario like that. Rumble raised his hoof and said, “Well, don’t leave us hanging! What happens?!”
“Alright, alright! I’ll start!” Scootaloo then found the beginning of the scene, and started to read it out loud while her eyes were narrowed on the pages.
“Okay, here we go…
“Daring tried as hard as she could to break from her bindings, but it was to no avail. Since her knapsack was taken from her, which held the priceless amulet, that meant that she also couldn’t use her blade to cut herself out. Of course, even if she did, the fact that Ahuizotl had her in metal chains meant that she was stuck no matter what.
“As much as the mare tried to squirm out, there was nothing she could do while her legs and wings were all restrained. Both of her hindlegs were spread apart wide, leaving her completely exposed, and Ahuizotl only cackled in delight.”
Scootaloo then tried to imitate Ahuizotl’s trademark laugh (albeit very poorly), and then mimicked his accent for the next part.
“‘Did you think it was going to be that easy, Miss Daring?’ asked the treacherous fiend with a menacing grin. However, instead of showing any fear or discomfort, Daring merely looked up at him with a smirk and replied, ‘Actually, yeah. I kinda did.’”
That comeback got a few laughs from the classmates, including Scootaloo herself. After giggling, it took a second for her to find her spot again and continue.
“‘Well, guess again!’ said Ahuizotl as he peered in closer, holding the blade right up to Daring’s throat. ‘Nopony knows you’re down here, and I finally have you right where I want you...’
“Daring wanted to spit in his face, but all she did was ask with a sneer, ‘Oh, and what’s your plan this time? Are you going to try to make me scream again?’
“Ahuizotl shook his head as his smile became more… lustful?” Scootaloo wasn’t sure what that word was, but she merely shrugged and kept going. “He then put the knife against the front of her shirt, and slashed it downard to rip it down the middle. ‘Oh no,’ he hissed with a lick of his glistening fangs. ‘I’m going to make you moan…’”
By now, Sweetie Belle had her eyes narrowed in suspicion, having sworn she read something like that in one of Rarity’s weird books. Nevertheless, Scootaloo continued to read while everypony listened with great interest.
“Ahuizotl’s strong, firm paws gripped the mare at both sides of her flank, and it was clear from the deepening aroma of his musk what he was wanting from her. Daring could tell from that hungry look of urgency in his eyes, but something in her felt different than before. She would’ve usually been against that sort of advance, but at that moment, all she could feel were her own loins burning in enchanting curiosity…”
Scootaloo peered into the pages closer while reading, obviously not sure what some of these words meant.
“Before she could protest, Daring gasped as she felt Ahuizotl’s long and slick tongue start to drag up the inside of her thigh. And even though she didn’t want to admit it, the explorer could feel her fur in that region begin to dampen in growing need. Daring’s quivering lips opened on their own as a hungry moan escaped her muzzle, and Ahuizotl’s snout--”
“SCOOTALOO!!!” Now back in the classroom, Cheerilee dropped her broom and dustpan to run towards the filly. Before the filly could say anything more, Scootaloo’s book was pulled out her hooves by the teacher.
“Hey!” cried the Pegasus unhappily. “What’s THAT for?!”
Having heard more than enough when she finally got back to the classroom, Cheerilee scanned the other pages silently to see where that chapter was headed. And from the heavy blush that exploded across the mare’s face, it was clear that whatever Scootaloo was reading wasn’t meant to be read by children. Cheerilee’s hoof covered her gaping muzzle as her pupils shrank, having never needed to know that a kumquat could be used in that sort of fashion. “Oh… oh, cheese and crackers…”
“C’mon, give it back!” whined Scootaloo as she tried to jump up and grab the book. Cheerilee instinctively lifted it up high enough so the filly couldn’t reach, which just made the student more aggravated. “Ugh, what’s the problem?! I didn’t even finish it yet!”
“Scootaloo, I asked for you to wait until I came back!” Cheerilee flipped a few pages ahead to see the rest, and her cheeks only became redder from seeing the climax of the scene. “Oh my. Ummm…” She closed the book and turned back to her class to say in a shaky tone, “Uhhh, I think that m-maybe we should let somepony else g-get their turn--”
“N-NO!!” yelled one of the colts in a desperate tone. When Cheerilee looked to see who said that, she gasped with a hoof over mouth when she saw that it was Rumble. The grey Pegasus was sitting upright in his desk with a heavy blush, and his wings were fully out and shaking as he blurted, “I-I want to hear more!”
“Ohmigosh,” muttered the teacher as she tried to look away from the colt. Unfortunately, she yelped when her line of vision caught Featherweight with a very similar look. His wings were much bigger, so the way they were sprawled out was much more apparent.
“Y-yeah!” shouted Featherweight in a similar tone to Rumble’s. “P-please! We wanna know what happens next!”
Several of the other colts nodded their heads violently, which just made Cheerilee face-hoof while holding the book. She shook her head and groaned, “Oh, no, no, no, nooooo…”
Snails, whose pale orange fur was now as red as a fresh tomato, raided his hoof timidly and said, “Miss Cheerilee, I think I need to go to the bathroom.”
“M-Me too!” shouted Snips, who was sitting next to his friend’s desk with an equally deep blush.
The teacher was looking beyond uncomfortable, and she didn’t look up from her hoof when she heard Pipsqueak ask in the back. “What happens next?! I-I wanna know where Ahuzotl’s snout goes!”
“N-NOWHERE!!!”
Hoping that none of the other colts (and a couple of blushing fillies) would ask what happened next in the story, Cheerilee opened it back up to a random page and made something up. “Uhhh… It s-says that… Daring Do broke out of her chains and flew out of the room--THE END!!”
“Hey, that’s not what it says!” said Scootaloo with a pout up at her teacher. She huffed and added in a matter-of-fact tone. “I saw in the next page that he got out some whipped cream!”
Snails threw his hoof up even higher, “Now I REALLY need to go to the bathroom!”
“Ugh!!” Cheerilee closed the book again and tried to collect her thoughts. “Children, I really think we need to just--”
Cheerilee wasn't able to say another word before the door to the classroom flew open. Everypony became startled from the door nearly breaking against the wall, but none were able to respond when Rainbow Dash ran into the classroom frantically. “SCOOTALOO!! Where did--” When she saw that the teacher was holding her book, Rainbow snatched it out of her hooves in an instant. “GIVEMETHAT!!!”
The cyan Pegasus clutched the book in her forelegs, breathing heavily from having flown to the schoolhouse so quickly. After a brief moment, Dash turned her attention towards Scootaloo with an especially bitter glare underneath her blush. “Squirt… Why did you bring this to your school?”
“Because it’s Show and Tell day!” answered the filly with a smile. “I needed to bring something, and it was so cool that you were writing a Daring Do story yourself!”
Rainbow could only groan with gritted teeth, and she didn’t seem to notice Cheerilee walking up to Scootaloo to say, “Well, Scootaloo, maybe you should have asked permission before doing that? I don’t think that Rainbow Dash would appreciate you spoiling scenes from her novel before she finished it, right?”
Dash looked towards the teacher with a quizzical expression, but paused when she saw the wide-eyed glance that Cheerilee made back at her. Realizing what she was trying to get her to say, it took Rainbow a couple seconds before raising her brows and turning back to the children with an open mouth. “O-OH!! Uhhh… yeah! My… my novel…”
The cyan mare cringed a bit at having to say that, but merely sighed before making her way out of the classroom. “T-that’s right. I… I was working on this book, and… I don’t want anypony reading it until it’s done. Because it’s a novel! Not… not anything weird…”
Before she could disappear through the open doorway, Rainbow stuck her head back in and asked the teacher worriedly, “Uhh… how much did they read?”
Cheerilee shrugged uncomfortably and responded, “Well, apparently whipped cream was involved.” She then blushed a little deeper and looked away when adding, "And a... kumquat."
“Oh no!” said Dash in a panicked exhale. She looked over at the rest of the class and said in a more insistent tone. “D-don’t tell your parents about that! I… I gotta go! And don’t do drugs!”
The Pegasus then zoomed out of the schoolhouse with her book, leaving Scootaloo to slump down with a strong frown. Cheerilee walked up to the filly and placed a hoof on her back. “Oh, it’s alright, Scootaloo. It was still a… nice thing to show us.”
Even though Cheerilee winced to herself for saying that, it was enough to get the rest of the class to applaud the orange filly’s efforts. After a couple seconds of clapping, Scootaloo grew a more content smile and trotted back to her seat. Cheerilee made a very relieved sigh, and went back to her clipboard to find the next name. “Okay, let’s see… the next pony up to present is…”
She saw that the next name was supposed to be Snails. However, the colt was still blushing and holding his desk very tightly. His eyes were clenched shut as he muttered under his breath, "Think about Grandma, think about Grandma, think about Grandma..."
After sucking some air through her teeth, the mare decided to just go to a different name so Snails can settle down. “Ummm… Silver Spoon?”
“Okay!” The chipper filly with a grey coat hopped out of her chair while holding a paper bag in her mouth. Cheerilee picked up her broom and dustpan to start picking up the coffee mug shards still on the floor. When Silver Spoon got to the front of the class, she waited for the ponies to stop clapping before bringing out her item. “For my Show and Tell, I decided to bring my Mommy’s secret toy rocket ship!”
Cheerilee dropped her broom again and screamed out “NOOOOO!!!”
The End