Chapter 19: Gym Class
It was a typical day at the Ponyville elementary school. The school colts and fillies were having gym class, under the supervision of Coach Snowflake. The bulky pegasus stallion had been in charge of gym class for almost a year now, and it didn’t take long for him to have gotten on the good side of nearly every school pony; of course not all took a liking to him.
“Do you really think you’ll ever get a cutie mark,” sniped Diamond Tiara at Scootaloo. “You can’t even fly!”
“I heard the Cake’s little colt, Pound, was flying by a month old,” continued Silver Spoon. “Bet that makes you feel really pathetic.
Scootaloo had been doing her best to get airborne, but nothing seemed to do the trick. Even with Rainbow Dash’s help, she couldn’t fly on her own for more than a few seconds. Naturally, this got the attention of the two biggest bullies in her entire class. On this particular day, Sweetie Belle was home sick, and Apple Bloom had been excused to help out some on Sweet Apple Acres. Despite her best efforts, the orange pegasus filly couldn’t shake her tormentors.
“You’re gonna be blank flank for life,” they shouted in unison, and began laughing.
Just then, they heard a lout snort behind them.
“And just what do you two think you’re doing,” exclaimed Snowflake.
The two bullies turned their heads slowly to see their imposing gym teacher standing right behind them; his eyes flaring up in anger. Not the “I’m going to kill you type anger” but the “I’m terribly disappointed in you both” anger.”
“N-n-n-nothing,” they both stuttered.
“Nothing, what,” he said in a soft, but firm tone.
“N-n-n-nothing, Coach Snowflake,” the both responded, again in unison.
“That’s what I thought,” he said. “NOW! GIVE ME FIFTY LAPS AROUND THIS GYMNASIUM! AND I BETTER NOT SEE ANY WALKING TILL YOU FINSISH!”
“YES SIR, COACH SNOWFLAKE SIR!” the two shouted before darting off to do their laps.
This left Snowflake alone with Scootaloo, who was still trying to process what had just happened. She stood there, frozen in awe at the size of her gym teacher. More specifically, she looked at how small his wings were. She always wanted to know just how a pony his size, with wings barely bigger than her own could fly so easily. Snowflake wasn’t blind to these stares, and he figured now as a good enough time to talk with her about it. By herself, he wouldn’t have to worry about her two little friends interrupting with several questions per second.
“Wondering how I do it, aren’t you,” Snowflake asked.
“How you do what,” asked Scootaloo.
“I’m not as dumb as I look,” he said with a sly smile. “I know you wonder how somepony as big as me is able to fly so fast and gracefully through the skies, despite having a wingspan no bigger than a filly’s hoof.”
“Well…”she began. “Yeah! Of course I am! I mean, who wouldn’t be!? I do all I can, every single day, to try and stay off the ground for more than just a few measly seconds! I do everything Rainbow Dash tells me to do! I exercise like crazy to build up muscle! And Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon were right about Pound Cake! That little colt was flying within a month of being born! HOW!?”
“Muscle isn’t everything, kiddo,” retorted Snowflake. “I mean, look at me. Many ponies have been amazed at my abilities. Several doctors have even said that by all accounts, I shouldn’t be able to lift my body with such tiny wings. But I do.”
“Then…how,” Scootaloo asked in confusion. “How do you do it? And what am I doing wrong?”
“You lack confidence in yourself,” he said bluntly.
“What the hay are you talking about,” she exclaimed. “I got confidence coming out the wazoo!”
“Maybe when you’re playing with your little scooter,” he retorted. “But when it comes to actually flying, you don’t believe enough in yourself. You clam up, you worry about what you’re gonna do wrong and it all backfires on you.”
“But…but I have Rainbow Dash for a teacher,” she said. “How can I not be confident, when I have the best flyer in Equestria teaching me everything?”
“The teacher can only do so much, Scootaloo,” he explained. “A teacher can tell you everything you need to know. A teacher can tell you they have confidence in you, and that’s great and all. But eventually, the student has to believe in themselves or they’ll never truly soar. That’s the true secret to pegasus magic.”
“Pegasia have magic too,” questioned Sctootaloo.
“Of course they do,” said Snowflake. “All ponies have magic in them. I thought you knew that by now.”
“Well, I’ve always been taught that unicorns were the magic users,” she replied.
“They have visible magic, true,” he explained. “But remember, only pegasai can fly and walk on the clouds, and only earth ponies can grow plant life. It’s our own sort of internal magic. Rainbow Dash does what she does so well because she believes in it so badly that’s she made it a reality.”
“How come she’s never said this to me,” asked Scootaloo.
“I’d say it’s because she thinks more about the technical aspects of flight,” he said. “The do’s and don’ts of it all. Sure, she has instincts too, but she still doesn’t take into consideration that her own confidence is what allows her to do the things she does. Another example, my wife Fluttershy.”
“Fluttershy,” Scootaloo responded in surprise. “But she’s so timid.”
“Very true,” he chuckled. “But, when she’s able to drown out all of her doubts, she’s able to pull forward better than anypony could imagine. I’m sure you heard about that time she helped get the water up to Cloudsdale.”
“Oh yeah,” Scootaloo remembered. “Dash said that if it weren’t for Fluttershy, they never would’ve made it.”
“She made all the difference in the world,” said Snowflake. “So, keep following Rainbow Dash’s instructions of course. But, also remember that the more you believe in yourself, the more magic you’ll buildup within to send you soaring through the skies.”
“Does that mean no more playing on my scooter,” Scootaloo asked with a frown.
“Of course not,” said Snowflake, after letting out a hearty laugh. “I’ve seen what you do on that thing, and it’s quite impressive. I’m sure if anything, it’ll help you in your endeavors.”
In her mind, this gave Scootaloo a great idea. Of course she couldn’t execute said plan till she got back in touch with Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom.
“Thanks a lot, coach,” exclaimed Scootaloo, giving him a hug.
He wasn’t expecting that, but he gladly hugged her back. She then ran off to make some plans. Snowflake then noticed Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon panting heavily off to the side.
“I DIDN’T SEE FIFTY LAPS LADIES!” he shouted to them.
The two prissy fillies let out a shriek and ran even faster.
“Oh Celestia, do I love this job,” Snowflake exclaimed with a proud smile.
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Does that mean young romance? I've always liked young MLP shipping, mainly spike x any crusader, but anything will do.
2588904 Well, I haven't thought that far ahead on whether there will be a CMC romance. But it could happen. Really I just meant more so them growing up and figuring out their true callings. I imagine I'll get to them getting their cutie marks before the show ever does
Haha, this chapter made me want to hug Snowflake. :3
Huzzah for brony community,Derpy was created by the community so why not Snow Flake/Roid Rage be any different. Still I like Snow Flake better than Roid Rage *ducks Roid Rage fan tackle*
I've always wondered what those two's cutie marks mean.......
I hope I'm not the only one who read Snow Flake as Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Snowflake, a genius bruiser? Interesting interpretation.
BTW, you misspelled "Celestia" in the last line.
2589602 Meh, I can fix it, I wrote it late at night and I'm recovering from a cold. I don't think it really qualifies for a
though
2589602 And it's fixed
2589052 Great, that's what I was going for.
2589401 Which cutie marks? Snowflake or Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon?
2589465 I thought of him more sounding like Michael Clark Duncan, but to each their own.
2589602 Genius bruiser? I've actually never heard that term till now, but I like it.
As for genius, well he could be, I haven't really expanded him that far enough. I just wanted him to be smarter than he looked and be a sort of second mentor to Scootaloo, since he's a large pegasus with tiny wings but is able to fly with ease.
2590350 Diamond Twat and Silver Snob. One is good at wearing a tiara, an done is good with spoons.
Yeah, those two are really special.
2590580 Yeah, even Twist's cutie mark meant she was good at making sweets. But those two, I don't know what the hell those mean. Of course Silver Spoon is an oh so "subtle" reference to the fact that she's rich. And that's just the deal with them, both are spoiled rich brats. But again, certain moments in the show have shown that Silver Spoon could be nicer (she did applaud in the Family Appreciation Day episode), she just needs to get the hell away from Diamond Tiara. As I said before, some people just stay mean.
2590614 Funnily enough, I know of a story where that actually happens.....after she kissed DT. It was then Ruby Pinch (Berry's daughter in that one) that brought her back out of her funk. And yes it went that way. No, not that way. It's rated everyone!
DT was still DT though. Hell, I even threatened to kill her parents in my own fic.....whoops.
I have to say, it's a decent story; just more smoothing/detail would be awesome. Personally, too many 'she-said and he-said' moments...
'shrug' 'tis my two cents. Just could use some smoothing out and less blocky dialogue. Other than that, quite adorable XD
2601149 Well last I checked you need some way of indicating the character saying something, hence all the he said she said stuff. I'll admit I'm not the best when it comes to grammar and proper dialogue writing in stories. But I also don't feel like getting an editor because I want these up ASAP and I'm not really concerned about it becoming featured (not that it isn't cool for that to happen, in fact it happened once with an earlier fic), I'm just glad people enjoy them for the most part. As for detail, I'm jut not much into that personally. I never felt the need to go in depth of a scene. Nothing against those that do, to each their own after all. But I'm glad you like it.
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Fair enough ^_^
2603079 It could also be from reading books in general where I can't always tell who's talking because it may not specify. Now I'm sure it's obvious to most readers who's talking in a scene for a book, but sometimes I lose track; must be how my brain is wired or something. And I'm just glad that my readers can tell what's going on.
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I think actually, you gave me advice to use more dialogue identifiers in my story XD (he said, she said, ect) Just seemed like a lot in yours.....
Yea, I can understand if things blend together.
2603120 I may have, my memory sucks like that at times. lol But yeah, If I were like trying to get something published then sure I'd get an editor to polish things up some. But since this is just something I'm doing for fun, I don't wanna sweat the small stuff. Nothing against other writers on the site who take it more serious than that, good for them for having that mentality, it's just not me.
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Again, to each their own. Writing for the pure fun of it is half the fun!
I laughed when Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon had to do fifty laps around the gym. Is the gym a giant?
Still waiting for snowflake's trademark "Yeeeaaah!" Quote.
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His actual name is Snowflake? Always thought it was Bulk Biceps
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Before he was given an official name on the show the fans called him Snowflake, and I wrote this years before he was given an official name so I didn’t bother changing it as this is my own continuity.