Cutie Mark Crusaders

Today I woke up, excited to face the day, because were going to get dancing partners! I never thought I'd love dancing, but then again, I'd never done it, so I always thought it was lame. I hope I get to have Midnight Tango as a partner! It would be really exciting. Even though I'd only arrived here yesterday, I already feel at home here! Speaking of home, I really do miss everyone, and I hope Rainbow Dash is doing okay. She put on quite a show while I was leaving.

I hopped out of bed and started to go downstairs, when I was stopped by something strange. I felt something strange on my hooves, and looked down. I was standing in a pile of something red. Blood maybe? While I'm not one to freak out, this did kinda scare me. I walked over to bathroom and washed my hooves. While I was putting some soap on my hooves, I could smell tomatoes. I then knew I was being pranked with ketchup. I walked back up to my room, and heard one of my roommates stirring.

I heard her raise up slowly, and scream, upon seeing the ketchup. The other, I could hear laughing. It was obviously her who left the ketchup.

"Why're you laughing?" Fire Glitz asked, frightened.

"Because it was all a prank!" Dashing Shimmy explained, laughing.

Fire processed this, and started laughing too, until she noticed I was missing.

"Um, Dashing?" Fire asked worried, "Where's Scootalo?" Dashing stopped laughing, and looked around, and noticed the ketchup trail that lead to the bathroom, where they disappeared.

"Oh, she's probably downstairs." Dashing replied, getting off of her bed. She grabbed some cleaning supplies and tossed a towel and spray bottle over to Fire. Fire looked down and stared.

"Well?" Dashing asked, starting to clean, "Aren't you gonna help?"

"Oh" Fire responded, getting to work.

Suddenly, I had an idea. I was gonna get Dashing back, and I knew just how I'd do it. Once Dashing got close to the door, I would jump out and scare her. After all, it is how I roll.

Dashing, who was absorbed in her work didn't notice me. As soon as she got close enough, I jumped out in front of her, and I screamed. Dashing jumped back in shock, her head looking up quickly to see me laughing. Apparently I scared Fire too, because she was trying to hold onto the ceiling. As soon as she recovered, Dashing flew up to get Fire before she fell.

Once Fire was returned to the floor, Dashing turned and glared at me.

"What?" I asked.

"That wasn't very funny." Dashing replied rudely.

"Why is it, when you pull jokes it's funny, yet when I want to pull a joke, you flip the hay out?" I asked angrily.

"Because mine are funny." She sneered.

Fire looked over at me, and smiled and little. After a few minutes of silence, she finally spoke.

"Please excuse my filly friend." She said, blushing. Dashing turned around, eyes wide in shock,

"Dude, what the hay? I thought we were gonna keep it a secret?!"

I laughed. It was funny watching them go back and forth. After watching them fight continuously, I finally walked downstairs, and found the teacher, Orange Tango, waiting for us, and Midnight Tango sitting, his head down. He was probably still tired. Orange just sighed, until she saw me.

"Good Morning Scootalo!" She greeted me warmly.

"Good Morning Ms. Tango, Midnight." I replied happily. I was somehow always happy when Midnight was around. I got a feeling around him as well, but I chose to ignore it. I always ignore feelings that I don't know, mainly because if I listen to it, it'll end up like it did with my first friends.

I noticed that Dashing and Fire were coming down the stairs too, but Orange Tango either didn't notice, or she didn't care.

Fire came over, and took a seat next to me and Midnight. I looked over a Midnight and smiled. He was kinda cute, especially with his beautiful head hanging down. Suddenly, he lifted his head and noticed me staring at him. We both blushed and looked away. I was glad that I met him, and that we could be best friends. I wouldn't change anything in the world, because, now my life seemed perfect...

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Apparently, I was wrong. Today after class, we got two latecomer students, and it feels like they want to make my life a living hell. They're both very rude, and they pull the worst pranks on me. Now, because of them, I feel like I won't have a chance with Midnight! Wait, did I just think that? Ugh, never mind, anyway, they are both girls. Sunset Breeze, and Shining Shimmer. Sunset Breeze is a Sunkissed orange, with a teal mane. Shining Shimmer however, is teal with a Sunkissed orange mane. They would totally ruin my chances with Midnight! I swear, they are always by his side, flirting with him!!

As I started walking down the hall, I heard some familiar voices, and some snicking. They were just around the corner, so I hid behind a door, and cracked it. Sunset Breeze and Midnight stood outside of the door.

"So, do you have a mare friend?" Sunset asked, twirling her mane. She batted her eyes, and looked away shyly.

"N-no." Midnight struggled to say.

"Good." She breathed, and then leaned in to kiss him. He backed up, but she knew better. She grasped him with her horn, so he couldn't move. I couldn't stand another minute of this.

"Stop!" I yelled out, jumping from my spot. I pulled out my wings, and broke him from her magic grasp. Midnight landed on his feet, whereas I landed on my side, with a small thud. I pretended to be unconscious from the fall, to see what they would do next.

Sunset was still recovering from what had just happened, and Midnight was down at my side, his head on my chest, trying to find my heartbeat.

"She's okay." He muttered, sounding relieved. Sunset walked over towards Midnight, grasping him in her magic again.

"Mark my words Nighty." She said, trying to sound alluring, "I will get that kiss, forced or not!" with that, she dropped Midnight, and took off down the hall.

"Thank you." Midnight muttered, kissing me on the cheek. He then ran down the hall, looking for the nurse. I then blacked out. Not because of the kiss, but because I felt a sudden sharp pain in my sides.

When I woke up, Midnight was by my bed, and so was Orange Tango. I started rubbing my eyes, and Midnight took noticed in my movements.

"She's awake." Midnight said to Orange.

"W-what happened?" I asked. Midnight looked at me, his eyes full of care. He studied me for a few minutes before finally responding.

"You were saving me from Sunset Breeze's attack, and then you fell to the ground. Not long after,Shining Shimmer came after you, and started beating you."

My eyes went wide. I was shocked at the last part.

"Can I still dance?" I asked nervously.

Orange let off a small chuckle. "Of course you can dear!" She responded.

Midnight gave me hug and asked me if I needed help getting to my room. I happily accepted, and we walked down the halls, leaving the nurses room. Once we got to my room, he gave me a brief hug before saying goodnight. As I opened the door, I heard some voices. I stopped my actions, and put my ear to the door.

"Omg, she friggin stopped meh from kissin him!" Sunset said unhappily. "He's my stallion friend! She wouldn't let me kiss him!"

"Yeah right.." Dashing replied.

I walked inside the room, and Sunset suddenly closed her mouth.

"Oh hey Scootalo!" She said innocently.

"Hey." Shining said softly, sadness in her eyes.

"Don't hey me." I said snidely. "First, you grab Midnight and try to kiss him, and I have to save him. Then I was almost BEAT TO DEATH!" I yelled the last part, glaring at Sunset and Shining.

Dashing and Fire gasped, and looked at them both with angry looks in their eyes. Sunset glared at me as I walked past, and Shining gave me a sad look, as if she were sorry. I had already enough with them already! As soon as I reached my bed, I laid on it, and fell asleep. I just needed some rest, and maybe I would feel better in the morning.

When I woke up in the morning, I looked in my mirror, fear that Sunset had done something to me. I sighed in relief, and went through my things. When I noticed nothing was wrong, I set my bag back down on the floor. I looked up, and noticed Sunset was gone, and Fire was looking at me with curious eyes.

"What's wrong?" She finally asked.

"Nothing. I'm just worried that she might've done something while I was asleep." I replied.

As soon as I walked out, I had an encounter with Shining.

"Hi." She greeted me, sheepishly. I ignored her and kept on walking down the hall. When she caught up with me, I opened my wings and flew down the stairs. I walked over to see Midnight cornered by Sunset, looking scared, and no sign of Orange. I walked slowly over to Midnight. I knew he would be angry if his first kiss was with someone as awful as Sunset.

When I arrived, he looked relieved.

"Hey." I greeted him. He smiled and nodded, and Sunset turned her head and glared. She backed up however, when she saw Shining behind me. I glared at both of them, and stood next to Midnight. At that moment, Dashing had flown down the stairs, Fire levitating, her horn fired up, heading over to us.

"Hey." They both greeted in unison. We all nodded, curious as to where Orange was. As if on cue, Orange had appeared from the hallway, looking sleepy.

"Sorry." She said.

Then we all left for practice.

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Tomorrow was the day that I'd get to go and visit everyone in PonyVille! I'd get to see Rainbow Dash, and Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Bell, and Applejack, and Rarity! I hopped out of bed happily, and walked downstairs. I heard some snickering behind me, and turned around to see Sunset.

"I can't believe that you'd actually walk around like that." She said, and walked away.

I rushed upstairs and walked into the bathroom. What I saw shocked me. I drew in some air, and closed the door crying.

Sunset had written on my head while I was asleep, and the worst thing was, it was written in black.

It said, "SCOOTALO SUCKS EGGS AND MIDNIGHT"

I couldn't embarrass Midnight by walking downstairs and letting everyone see, so I just said in the bathroom washing it off. It took almost an hour before it got off. When I got downstairs, I saw a group of the other ponies sitting around. Sunset was telling them something funny, and they all stopped laughing when they saw me. One girl turned to Sunset and said,

"Sunset, I thought you said she had 'something' written on her head? You clearly lied to us, just to look cool." Then the entire group left. Orange lead a few more groups to the dancing room, giving my group some free time. I was planning on chatting with Midnight, when I turned around and saw Shining.

"What do you want?" I asked rudely.

"I just wanted to say that I was sorry." She replied.

"For what?" I asked as if I didn't care.

"For what I did. It was wrong. Even if Sunset did force me, I still shouldn't done it." She said sincerely, and held out a hoof.

I hesitated for a minute, before holding out mine. We both shook. I guess we were friends. Afterwards, I walked over to Midnight, and we talked for a bit. He was coming with me to PonyVille tomorrow! I was so happy! Not only did I achieve more friends in only three days, but now I had a friend going with me to PonyVille tomorrow! It was going to be really exciting going with a new friend!