//------------------------------// // First day of School *EDIT* // Story: The New Colt // by The JGBrony1875 //------------------------------// It's a nice and beautiful morning in Ponyville as Celestia's sun begins to rise up from the horizon, its vibrant golden light gradually replacing the darkness in the sky. The blare of an alarm clock fills the silence of a bedroom, quickly being silenced as a left foreleg groggily reached over and a hoof slammed into the snooze button. Thunderlane slowly slides off of his bed, stretching his body and wings while exhaling a long yawn. Glancing at the overhanging clock, the pegasus reads it's 08:30. Bolting from his sitting position on the ground, Thunderlane darted to the cuarters of his younger brother Rumble to get him ready for his first day of school. The two pegasus brothers had moved to Ponyville a week ago, and their welcome to the humble town was the same as many new arrivals: a touring around of the area, a welcome party courtesy of a bubbly pink mare, and settling in to a life with new friends. "I really need to buy Rumble an alarm clock," Thunderlane remarked under his breath, silently approaching a bed with said pegasus filly still curled up on it. Softly prodding his brother in the shoulder, Rumble repeated this until the colt began to stir, "Come on, Rumble, wake up! You'll be late for your first day in school!" Rumble groaned, turning away from his older brother and pulling his pillow over his head. "Bro, I'm really in no mood for this right now. Get your flank up from this bed right now! You're going to make me late for my weather duties," Thunderlane sighed in exasperation, a stern expression clearly stamped on his muzzale. "Just ... give me five more minutes," Rumble groaned,, voice muffled from beneath the pillow. Thunderlane shook his head, "I am not waiting any longer; you have to get up now. Thirty minutes until it's late, Rumble. Get up! Do you really want to be late for your first day? Rumble finally sat up and yawned while he extended his forelegs above him, as he stretched his upper body. His eyelids were only half open. "Rumble, you slept late last night didn't you?" he asked blankly. Rumble nodded his head. "You should start going to bed earlier, it ain't healthy to sleep late and it's bad for your muscles. If you want to become a wonderbolt when you grow up, you should start sleeping early." "Okay but do I really have to go to school in Ponyville? I want to go back to Cloudsdale with my old friends." "Don't worry bro, you'll get used to it. Just try to make some new friends here there is nothing bad about making new friends," he replied. "From what I heard is that Ponyville has the nicest ponies you can find here. I heard you can easily make friends here." Thunderlane said with a smile. "Well, I guess its worth a try." Rumble shrugged. "Now hurry up!" he exclaimed. "We don't have time to talk, brush your teeth, splash some water in your face to wake yourself up, eat your breakfast, and pack your saddlebags so I can fly you to school." he commanded. And with that Rumble quickly trotted to the bathroom and grabs his toothbrush to brush his teeth. Afterwards, he splashes water in his face to keep himself from falling asleep. He rushes out of the bathroom and enters the kitchen and he sees Thunderlane had cooked him sunny-side up eggs for breakfast, he placed the eggs on a plate and grabs it with his mouth and sets it on the table. Rumble stares at the eggs and completely devours them. "Okay I'm ready lets go!" He exclaimed, and he quickly trotted to his saddlebags on his back and Thunderlane only chuckled, they trotted to the front door and Thunderlane twisted the door knob with his hoof and opens it and they found themselves outside in the middle of a bright sunny morning. "Remember bro, make friends, do your work, and have a good time at school, let me know how was your day when you get back. Follow me, I'll fly you to the school house." and with that, Thunderlane spreads out his wings and starts to fly into the air, Rumble followed behind. Thunderlane had taught Rumble how to fly when he was younger, not many young pegasus foals has the ability to fly yet.Rumble is one of the only few that can fly. "So how are you feeling bro? Are you nervous for school?" asked Thunderlane, as he looks to his left towards Rumble. "Ha! Nothing can make me nervous!" Rumble smiled with pride, Thunderlane tries to hold out his laughter. Rumble frowned, as he notices Thunderlane is trying to hold down his laughter. "Hey! What is so funny?" he said with a frown. "Oh nothing, bro!" replied Thunderlane, as he tried to hold down a laugh. After a few minutes of flying, he begins to see the Ponyville Schoolhouse in the distance. "Rumble! We're almost there! Just follow my lead!" Thunderlane shouted, he slowly glides down towards the ground, Rumble follows him close behind. They gently landed in front of the schoolhouse and began to say their good byes. "Well I guess this is good bye. Have a good time here at school, bro." Thunderlane makes a warm smile and wraps his left foreleg around Rumble, he returns the embrace by wrapping both of his around his neck. "Okay, I'll catch you later." And then with that, they broke apart and Thunderlane turns away from Rumble, and he spreads his wings but then he turns his head back around to get one last glimpse at Rumble who is running towards the front entrance of the Schoolhouse before flying off. Rumble sees many colts and fillies making their way inside the school as they greeted a purple mare who is standing next to the entrance. The mare looks over towards Rumble and a smile formed on her face at his sight. "Well hello there, you must be new here, allow me to introduce myself. You can call me Miss Cheerilee and I will be your teacher for now on." she said. "Can you please tell me your name?" "M-my name is Rumble." he stuttered. "Where are you from?" "I moved from Cloudsdale a week ago." "Don't worry, it's normal when a new student is shy. But I'm sorry that I'm going to have to introduce you to the class, just wait here just a minute until I call you to come inside. " Miss Cheerilee said with a smile. She enters through the front door to enter the classroom. "Dang it! Does she really have to introduce me to the class? I really hate that." Rumble mumbled to himself under his breathe. Miss Cheerilee enters the classroom and she looks over the entire classroom at all the colts and fillies that are talking and whispering to each other. "Good morning everypony! Can I have your attention please! I have an important announcement!" the foals just stare at her with blank expressions in response. Miss Cheerilee clears her throat before she gives the announcement. "Before class begins today, I would like to introduce a new student joining us today!" she turns towards the door. "You can come in now!" she called him. "Okay, here goes nothing." Rumble thought to himself, as he enters the classroom. He gazed at all the students in the classroom and notices that all of their eyes are on him, as he stood in the front of the classroom. "Okay students, this is Rumble," — she points her hoof at the gray-pegasus colt — "he will be joining us in class for now on, he just moved here to Ponyville a week ago, please treat him nicely." Miss Cheerilee then turns her head at Rumble. "Now Rumble, can you tell the class a little bit about yourself?" "My name is Rumble, I moved from Cloudsdale, I live with my big brother who works at the weather team, and my dream is to become a wonderbolt when I grow up." Rumble said "Okay Rumble, you may have a seat now," — Miss Cheerilee points her hoof towards an empty desk — "there is an empty desk right there next to Scootaloo." Miss Cheerilee said as she points her hoof towards an empty desk and an orange pegasus filly sitting right besides it. Rumble walked towards the empty desk, he laid his eyes upon the orange filly as he sat down in his desk, the orange filly glances back. "H-hi my name is Scootaloo." Scootaloo said sheepishly as she offers him a hoof shake, Rumble smiles back and grasps her hoof and shakes it. "Hi Scootaloo, its nice to see a fellow pegasus here besides Cloudsdale." Rumble said as he broke apart from the hoof shake. "So, Rumble is your name...right?" She asks and Rumble gave a smile before nodding, a small blush appeared on Scootaloo's cheeks but Rumble didn't seem to notice. "I like the way he does his mane and the color it is. No! Bad Scootaloo! You just met him, you don't even know him that well. Plus all that mushy, lovey dovey stuff makes me less cool!" Scootaloo thought, she wasn't even paying attention in class, she just had put her head down for the rest of class.