The normal life of Nitpick Bittersweet

by Ryusun

Chapter 2 - A tour around CHS! My name is Sunset Shimmer!

After a few seconds of uncomfortable silence because I made one of the worse pick-up lines I could ever thought a few moments ago, the redheaded girl retook her composure and warmly started again the conversation.

“Hey, I haven't introduced myself properly, sorry about that. My name is Sunset Shimmer and it's so nice to meet you! I am sure you will enjoy your staying here at CHS. So please tell me, what's your name?

As you may know, when a guy wants to give a first good impression, they tend to man up and conquer the lady.

“Good morning, Sunset Shimmer, I'm Nitpick Bittersweet and…”

“Yes?”

“Are you dating someone?”

Or screw up everything in the first try,

“I'm sorry, you talked very softly so I didn't hear what you say. You don’t need to be nervous around me”

Heavens thank you for allowing me to live another day.

“I said what's CHS?”

Idiocy was strong in me on the first day.

“It's a contraction of our school's full name, Canterlot High School, CHS is a quick and efficient acronym to save the trouble of continuously saying Canterlot High in a normal conversation”

I chose to stick with common sense. “So, what does CHS have that my old School, Crystal Prep doesn't?” I asked bluntly.

“Well, since you didn't assist to school for the last two weeks, you should know that CHS tied at first place in the ‘Friendship Games’ competition!” Sunset's face took a proud expression after saying that statement, and for me, I was dumbfounded by hearing it. “I don't need to ask you what you are thinking! You must be surprised that after twenty years of aggressive feud, CHS broke his losing streak record against Crystal Prep Academy. To be honest, I didn't care about the competition until it actually started. Although… well, weird things happened during the games, it was truly an amazing experience! It's too bad you missed it, you would definitely have some fun back there!”

That was a surprise, I may never have given a crap about my old school's rivalries and its prestigious record but even I knew that CHS was, well, horrid in this kind of events.

“Wow, congratulations for your tied victory then! It's good to hear that my new school finally is getting good at something.”

“Excuse me?” I triggered an unhappy topic. “Listen, you may have your loyalty to Crystal Prep Academy, and I wouldn't blame you for that after all the time you were there! It was your school after all, but I recommend you to keep those thoughts to yourself! All of our school will start to look at you with mean eyes if you let them know what you think about it.”

“You are right, Sunset, sorry for that.”

I was starting to feel pressured.

“Please don't worry, I am not angry! From experience I know that nobody has the right to judge someone the first time you meet them! I'm sure that once you chill out and get used to our school's good vibes, you will have a different opinion about it! Maybe even wear with pride our school's uniforms, jackets, ears and tails and become a loyal Wondercolt!” She said it energetic and happy, that made me feel more hopeful.

But she was wrong at one thing; I wasnt loyal to my old school at all.

We started the tour around the warm-colored halls and it was surprisngly calm and relaxing. I was being guided by an angel from the sky to all the installations after all, and she was my classmate for all of my classes. My father may be right! CHS could be a better school in other areas besides academics. If it weren't for my somewhat trained concentration, I would have lost all senses of consciousness and just watched her walk and talk all the time without hearing anything, but that would be disrespectful.

The school had a surprisingly well equipped library. Spacious and with two story filled with shelves and books in it. In the academic sectio I saw that they had the latest editions of Castore's basic Algebra lessons, advanced microbiology, some others subjects I haven't seen before and a dedicated shelve full of literature books. It was not Crystal Preps variety or quantity, but the selection was appropriate, especially since I tought I wouldn't use this place frecuently.

I hoped.

There was an inside gym too. Unlike my old school were everything was last tech, this gym was truly similar to all those High school movies that recently became popular like Basketball posts, stands to get sit during matches, some basic athletics gear. There was even a spacious stage in this big hall. It was simple, but nice.

Again, compared to the academy, the Science Lab's equipment was more humble and sturdy, but the quality was good so they can make the job during experiments. I knew how to use all the materials but I admit when someone was better at the subject like that weird but prodigious girl in my old school. Twilight Sprinkle? Or it was Sparkle? Never mind. I was starting to think that I was getting school-sick. But I knew that deep inside it was only nostalgia, even if I hated the environment of the school most of the time.

There was a Band room that had every single instrument to play music with; a piano, flutes, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and more. It was a somewhat small room compared to the rest of the classrooms but I think very few people used this place.

The cafeteria was…very standard, there is not much to say. At least here they have varying menu like Friday Hamburgers, Taco Tuesday and more unlike Crystal Prep were all food was made to meet the recommended requirements for a nutritional breakfast; so no candies, chocolates and such.

But by far, the best of the school was the computer lab! They matched Crystal Prep's hardware. Using updated T5 processors, model 259x, Using this for any High School was practically overkill, especially for simply homework and research activities. I will definetly fall in live with this place soon.

We arrived to a dead end, Sunset looked at me and gave me a lock and a key.

“You can choose any locker over here. I am sorry for how bad this place seems! There were no more lockers available in the better parts of the school. Since nobody uses this place, well... you can see the answer for yourself”

The ceiling bulb was dead, and the walls' paint was in a bad state with a poster of a crown in there. If it weren’t for the other lights of the installation, this place would be dark. But in retrospect, it was a nice place. Nobody would stumble with me while I deposit or withdraw my belongings.

“And two more things, come with me!”

I followed her until we arrived to her locker, she withdrew a backpack, searched in it for something and gave me a small folder.

“This contains a copy of all the notes of the classes you missed and there´s a sheet in there that contains all of your schedules”

I took out the sheet and examined my schedule:

Ethics - Eight to nine a.m. - Monday, Wednesday and Fridays.
Inorganic Chemistry - Eight to ten a.m. - Tuesdays on classroom. Thursdays on Lab.
Trigonometry - Nine to ten a.m. - Monday, Wednesday and Fridays.
Lunch time - Everyday from ten to eleven a.m.
Physics II - Eleven a.m to twelve p.m. - Monday to Thursday.
National History - Eleven to a.m to one p.m. - Frydays.
Literature - Twelve to one p.m. - Monday to Wednesdays.
Informatics (Computer classes and programming) - One to Two p.m. - Monday, Wednesday and Frydays.
Physical education...

“PHYSICAL EDUCATION ON SATURDAY MORNING!?! FOR REAL!?! WHAT KIND OF MADMAN THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA!?!” I instantly reminded myself that Sunset was beside me. “Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean overreact”.

She was recovering from the noise “It’s okay.” She said understanding my frustration “But believe me when I say that once you get used to it, you won’t mind coming here! The school is a nice play to be! There is no better intrigue than the passion of learning inside these halls!”

I was starting to not like this girl for a moment. Nobody normal could like coming to school like this. She took the rest of her school materials from her locker and gave me the final piece of information.

“Those numbers you see in your schedule are your designated classrooms! Since we share the same classes, I will guide you to those places too!” She patted my left shoulder.

She suddenly started to think about something and then spoke quietly to herself “Hmm, maybe I should review some of my old notebooks if I want to help Rainbow Dash to pass Physics II...”

Rainbow Dash... That name rang some bells. I heard that name before, but where? My thoughts were interrupted, the school bell rang.

“Well, that was the first bell! People will start to arrive anytime soon. For now, let’s go to our classroom! Your new student life in CHS awaits, Nitpick Bittersweet!”

With that, Sunset Shimmer started heading to our destination and I soon followed.

This first encounter was not that bad. Even with her ominous liking for studies, Sunset looked like a nice person and if everybody here was as kind and patient as her, then I wouldn't need to worry about anything. But my sixth sense tingled during the tour, we were not alone. I could swear I saw a shadow like figure following us from afar since we left the gym. I thought it was another student, or a teacher. Maybe the janitor worked overtime and we just stumbled in his path coincidentally. But no man alive could disappear without leaving a single trace of presence. Maybe I was just too tired from the lack of sleep this recent days. I payed mind no longer to the issue.

"It was just the wind..." I murmured.

I hasted my footsteps and followed Sunset to my first class.

Author's Note:

I didnt know you couldn´t paste tables from word, making the schedule was a bit harder than I tought. At least I hope is understandable.

Note: Rewrite of this chapter was on 12/08/2016

Note 2: Fanart added on 15/09/2016. This chapter originally lacked one.

Comments

[RoastPelican]

Is Nitpick's school schedule based on any particular IRL school or school system? I've never heard of someone taking ethics in high school, and I had to look up what "informatics" even was. (Also, that's a pretty short school day.)