Some Friendly Cooperation
Carrot Cake stared at his locker which lined the wall with the hundreds of others throughout the school. He knew the combination like he knew his name, but something felt strange. It was twelve o’clock on a Friday and he had just gotten done with lunch. Everypony was heading straight to their lockers to get their books for their next class. He looked left and then right and after finding nothing he put his hoof on the lock and dialed in the combination. Opening his locker he grabbed his language arts textbook and closed the locker door. As he started trotting towards his classroom he was pushed by a unicorn and he tumbled to the ground.
“Hey, what was that for?” he asked as he got back on his hooves.
He looked at the unicorn in anger and then immediately recognized him. The unicorn that stood before him had a white coat and a blue mane. He was a student in Carrot’s homeroom. His name was Fancy Pants.
“I’m terribly sorry I bumped into you, it’s just that this MORON of a Pegasus shoved me to the ground!” Fancy Pants exclaimed whilst pointing at the Pegasus that had pushed him.
“Oh so I’m a ‘moron’ now? Now you’re just asking for it!” the Pegasus threatened as he walked closer to the unicorn.
Carrot Cake slowly got to his hooves and picked up his fellow student off of the ground. Fancy Pants then stepped closer to his opponent, getting right up in the Pegasus’ face.
“Oh if you want a fight, I’ll give you a fight! Let’s settle this!” the well groomed unicorn retorted as he puts his hooves up in a fighting stance.
Carrot Cake didn’t even hesitate when he jumped in front of the two ponies, trying to stop the fighting. When he did he got a better look at the Pegasus. He had a blue mane and a light blue coat. He was shorter than Fancy Pants but was still stronger by the looks of his body. After looking at him for a couple seconds, Carrot knew who he was. This pegasus was in Carrot’s homeroom as well.
“Soarin, Fancy Pants, what in pony hell are you two fighting about!?!?” Shouted Carrot Cake.
“This pampered brat bumped into me and then had the nerve to say ‘watch where you’re going’!” Soarin shouted.
Fancy Pants gasped in shock then tried to rectify himself.
“Nonsense! If you had been looking where you were going none of this would’ve happened!”
“Oh so you’re calling me a liar now!” Soarin shouted back as he tried to hit Fancy Pants.
Soarin missed and hit Carrot in the jaw with a hoof. The Pegasus didn’t even have enough time to block the oncoming hit, let alone apologize, before Carrot retaliated with his own punch. The Pegasus hadn’t expected the blow and tumbled backwards off balance. As soon as Soarin recovered, Fancy Pants decided to kick the earth pony out of the way so he could exact his revenge on the Pegasus. Carrot Cake quickly got up took a running start and jump kicked the unicorn before he could land another blow on the Pegasus. This lead up to an all out brawl between the three which was only fueled by their fellow students shouting ‘FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!’ Eventually teachers and school staff ran in to suppress the fighting and restore order in the halls. Because of the three of them never being in trouble in the past they were let off with a warning and returned to their classes.
After all of his classes had finished, Carrot Cake proceeded to walk down the endless corridor of lockers until he exited it to enter his homeroom for study hall. He stopped at the door and let out a deep sigh of frustration and annoyance. In the room was Fancy Pants; along with a couple other ponies who were always the first to get to their class. Shrugging off what was left of his anger he then took his seat and placed his saddlebag next to him. When he looked to the door he saw the Pegasus who had started everything. Fancy Pants, Soarin, and Carrot Cake all stared at each other, their blood boiling with anger.
“Why must I be in the same class with this buffoon!?” thought Fancy Pants.
“Oh Celestia, why is HE here!?” Soarin muttered under his breath.
“Damn it, why am I stuck with these two jackasses!?” Carrot Cake shook his head.
Their teacher, Mr. Quill, walked into the room and stood in front of the class.
“Good afternoon students. I have a new assignment for you.” Mr. Quill announced as he picked up a piece of chalk and started writing the assignment on the blackboard.
The students got out their notebooks. Usually most students would groan at the prospect of more work, but Mr. Quill’s class had been accustomed to the weekly Friday project. In fact, some would even say they enjoy it. Some…
“Okay, class, because of Memorial Day coming up today’s little project will be about the royal guards who protect our very city, beliefs, and way of life. I want all of you to at least come up with something that has to do with the guards and honoring them. Also, this will be a group project.”
The class cheered, they haven’t received a group project in weeks. Soarin was already nodding heads with a couple other classmates who he hung out with.
“But…” Quill continued. “Because of what happened three weeks ago, I will choose who you are going to work with.”
The class groaned in anger and disappointment and then turned their anger towards the students who had caused the disturbance of the last group project. While that was happening, Quill picked up a clipboard with all the students names written onto it. He started calling out names to be in randomly assigned groups. Carrot Cake sat in his chair hoping to at least be paired with somepony he knew. When he finally heard his name, he was surprised as well as upset to hear the names of his partners.
“Carrot Cake, Fancy Pants, and Soarin. You three will be group five.” Mr. Quill announced as he went on with the list.
Carrot Cake, Fancy Pants, and Soarin all looked at each other with equally surprised faces. Soarin banged his head against his desk, Fancy Pants proceeded to whine and complain about how the decision was unfair, and Carrot Cake just shook his head in disbelief. For the rest of the day the three of them were silent, even after school.
Even with the fact that he was going to be working with the two ponies he suddenly really really really dislikes, Carrot Cake still thought about what their project should be about. As he walked he took notice of an old cemetery. He then noticed a couple of Stallions entering the sanctuary. Curious as to what they were doing, he ran up to them.
“Hey, where are ya going?” Carrot asked.
“Oh we’re just going ghost hunting.” One of the Stallions said.
“Ghost Hunting?”
“It’s when you go into an area that is supposedly haunted and investigate. It’s really fun!” the first Stallion's buddy answered.
“That sounds awesome.” Carrot Cake then looked at a nearby clock and read the time. “Thanks.”
Carrot Cake walked off in search of Soarin and Fancy Pants. He had found what they were going to do for their project.
Author's Note
Welp, this is what I got. More will be coming soon. For those that have a problem with it, constructive criticism please. And for those who have an even bigger problem with it, the dislike button is over there. *points up*