Night's Return

Mr. Antique had started to tell the students about how Equestria was made, but they had heard this story every year of their lives so most ponies sighed, including Shade and Autumn. Mist was excited to hear this story, it had fascinated her that the ponies came together in order to survive from the windigo's spell. She had grabbed a history book out of her bag and opened it. She skimmed through the pages to find where she had left off in her studies last night. She had ended where the book had just stated the the pony races had named their land Equestria.

Shade looked at his friend's opened book and realized something important, he had forgotten his... "Buck!" he said loudly. The class had turned to look at what had caused him to yell. Shade glanced around and all the ponies staring at him confused. Mr. Antique looked at him and asked as if already knowing the answer, "Did you happen to forget your book, Mr. Shine?"

Shade was panicking, but he stayed calm, he was put under situations like this before. He calmly said "No, I just happened to remember that I didn't save my progress on a resume I'm writing up." Mr. Antique was staring at Shade. Shade felt like his eyes were like knives.

Mr. Antique had stopped and said, "Anyhow... Does anyone know who the unicorn that had pointed the royal leaders in the direction of the new land?" All of the ponies had started discussing it with their friends nearby. But only one pony knew the answer and she had her hoof raised, Mystic ScrollStar.

"StarSwirl the Bearded had showed the unicorns the way to the land that was the founding point of Equestria using a spell he had created weeks before." Mist said answering the question. The class turned and stared  at her in amazement. Nopony else knew the answer except her. Some ponies were angry and jealous while others looked at her with a bit of respect.

"That's correct Mist. But I would like you to wait until I call on you to answer the question." Mr. Antique said to her. Mist blushed, embarrassed because she had forgotten something every teacher has said to her. She apologizes then Mr. Antique continues with the lesson.

The class continues on for an hour then the bell rings. All the ponies grab their bags and walk out the door. Autumn, Mist, and Shade were about to walk through the doorway when Mr. Antique said, "Mr. Shine... A word, please?"

Shade stops right as he is about to leave the class room and he tell his friends to wait out in front of the door for when he gets out. They both nod and he turns to face his teacher. He walks up to the professor's desk and says, "You wanted to see me?"

Mr. Antique glares at him and answers, "Yes, I did. For a few reasons in fact..." Shade wondered what he did wrong. He did forget his book but that couldn't be too much of a problem right? "You forgot you book today, I'm letting it slide this time, but if you forget it again, you're staying after-school."

"Okay, I won't forget it tomorrow" Shade answers.

"And something else I'm wondering..." Mr.Antique states

"What is it?"

"Your last name is Shine. And as you probably know, the Shine family is a line of very talented unicorns, so talented that they were the only rivals for StarSwirl the Bearded. They had a very large hate towards him and his entire family and his friends. Your friend Mist is a descendant of StarSwirl the Bearded. Yet, you both are close friends. I will not question that as to not start any fires I won't be able to put out. But something really bugging me is the fact that you are a pegasus from a long line of unicorns... How is that?"

"Uh... You kinda lost me there." Shade said "But, I can answer that last part. It's because my dad is a pegasus. His name is Hurricane." Shade surprised himself. He managed to remember his dad's name? He hadn't seen him since he was 5, how can he remember his father's name?

"Alright then, you're free to go." Mr.Antique tells him.

Shade then turns and walks out the door. His friends are nowhere to be found. He sighs then checks his schedule. "Let's see..." He says to himself " I'm supposed to be going to... Geology? Why am I even taking this class? I sold jewels with my parents when I was little! They were jewel merchants and I had to learn all of the jewels for Celestia's sake!"

Autumn and Mist  were waiting outside their History class waiting for Shade to leave. "What is taking him so long?!" Mist exclaims "We're going to be late for our next class waiting for him!"

Autumn calmed her friend down. "No we won't be late. Shade is probably in trouble for forgetting his book. Besides, why are we waiting for him? We obviously won't have the same class!" Autumn had made a clear point with that statement. They won't have the same class. Mist wavered on if she should wait for Shade to keep her promise or leaving for her class. She had decided on what was more important at the moment.

"Alright, let's just get to our next class" Mist said

"I knew you would see what was more important. Though I will kinda feel bad leaving Shade when we promised to stay... But, we cannot be late on the first day!" Autumn replied. The tow ponies agreed and walked over to their next class.

They arrived at their next class and sat next to each other. The teacher had introduced herself and had started a lesson without taking attendance.  "That's a big mistake... Somepony will get here late and not get detention."  Mist thought to herself. She looked at her friend Autumn who was writing something down. "What are you writing?" Mist asked her friend.

Autumn looked up from the paper and answered her friend, "It's just a little project I'm working on. I'm writing a romantic story about a mare and stallion who meet in college and fall in love with each other but can't find the strength to tell one another." She pauses for a second then looks at her friend curiously "You know. We are in college and this is where most ponies find their special somepony. Is there anyone you have your eyes on?"

Mist's cheeks had turned red and were burning. She did have a crush on somepony. Did Autumn already know or was she just simply asking from wondering? She knew she couldn't avoid answering Autumn's question or else Autumn would persistently ask her who it is. She sighed and said quietly to Autumn. "I really like Shade..."