Life and Times of Silver Script

After the race, I heard Rainbow Dash went off to flight school for the summer. I took the advantage to spread word of my stories, but not much luck came from it. Even when there was interest, it wasn’t like I charged for my stories. One day, there was a loud boom, a ring of hues, all followed by the biggest and brightest rainbow anypony had ever seen. I could’ve thought of one pony with that kind of ability, it was in her name after all, but that’s not what I was thinking of then. Within the colorful ring, I saw what I thought could’ve been me, doing what I loved, and everypony loving me for it.

The day school started the next late summer, Rainbow Dash was showing off her own brand spanking new Cutie Mark. Even I admitted it was cool, a rainbow lightning bolt coming out of a cloud? Yeah, that was pretty awesome. I didn’t say anything though, I just sat at my desk, the pariah I’ve always been, until Dash approached me.

“H- hey Silver Script...” she said hesitantly. My mind reeled, no ‘egghead’ remark?

“Hey Rainbow,” I looked at her, a brow raised, “what’s up?”

Rainbow looked at me, then to the group of kids behind her, waiting for her to let me have it. She looked back at me, “Tell your bro... I said thanks.” without another word, she turned and went back to her fans.

I didn’t have time to respond, if I did, I’d have asked why, but she never gave me the chance. My heart thumped in my chest as I turned back in my desk. “O-okay?”

Ever since the race, nothing felt like it did around Dash. Her mane seemed brighter, her cyan coat more calming, and her eyes....

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It was a year before graduation, and I’d be glad to get out of there. Crimson left to perfect his aerodynamics and daredevil style, so it was just my mom and I at home. He came to visit on some weekends, but I still missed the guy. I had a hoofful of friends by now. One blue-grey pegasus with black mane and blue highlights even lazier styled than mine, that was hyper sack of annoying named Lickedy Split, a brainy alabaster coated unicorn with dark red mane that used magic to stand on clouds that called himself GM, his mane was a lot more clean cut then mine, and a smart twig of a colt named Number Crunch, also pegasus, but with a bone white coat and pale grey mane in a straight, bland manner. They all liked my stories, which I guess is how we became friends in the first place, but that wasn’t the biggest part of this school year.

Rainbow Dash was in most of my classes, save for a creative writing class. She had been for the last couple of school years, actually. It wasn’t too strange, being a smaller school, but it was a weird feeling sometimes. Halfway through the year, she came up to me again, after at least four years. “Hey Silver, how’s it hangin’?” she smiled brightly. A butter yellow pegasus stood behind her, covering her face with her long pink mane, “This is Fluttershy, I met her over the summer at Flight Camp a few years back.”

“Hi, nice to meet you Fluttershy.” I smiled and nodded to the fear-filled filly. She almost made me feel scary.

Fluttershy nodded meekly, softly muttering, “L- likewise.”

“Anyway,” Rainbow butted in, “hey Silver, I need your eggheadedness to help me graduate.” she said bluntly. The way she said ‘egghead’ wasn’t insulting, more like a weak joke.

I chuckled, “My ‘eggheadedness’ eh?” I thought for a moment, if nothing else to taunt her. It seemed to work.

“Come ooon!” she begged, “I’ll do anything you want! I’ll never even say egghead around you ever again!” I didn’t think she’d react exactly that way, she looked like she was going to fall to her knees too, but it broke me down before that.

“Ah alright, whaddya need help in?” I chuckled, probably knowing the answer already.

Rainbow sighed in relief, then blushed with embarrassment at first to her begging, then to her answer, “E- everything.”

I knew it, almost everypony else did too. She was a smart young mare, but she was too lazy to do the work. “‘Kay..? Uh, when did you want to get together to study?”

“Well it is friday, how about tomorrow, your place?” She smiled casually, “Oh, and ya mind if I bring Flutters too?”

I shrugged, “She need help too?” I looked over at her, she buried her head deeper in her mane.

“No, just moral support.” Rainbow walked back to Fluttershy and gave her a slight nudge, who gave a small nod.

“Yeah, that’d be cool.” I smiled, “I’ll make some snacks or something to munch on while we work.”

“Sounds great!” Rainbow laughed, “See you tomorrow?”

“Definitely.” I nodded to the two mares.

I trotted back to my friends, where they had heard everything, “So, Silver has a date with Dashie and Flutters eh? You lucky colt!” GM chuckled, rousing the other two as he nudged me with his foreleg.

“It’s not a date, I’m just helping Rainbow graduate, that’s all.”

“It’s all over your face, bro!” Split laughed, pointing at my muzzle. I could feel the warmth on my muzzle, I was so flustered, but too embarrassed to admit it.

“Oh shut up guys!” I snapped and walked away to my next class.

“Silver!” GM chased after me, panting when he caught up, “Dude take a joke!” he smirked wildly.

“Yeah yeah, sorry.” I rolled my eyes, “I just.. don’t take teasing well, ya know?” He nodded in response.

“Yeah, we’ll back off... as long as you let me hang out with you three tomorrow.” his smirk grew.

“Why? What do you think’ll happen?” I looked back at him, stopping in my tracks. His smirk was the widest thing I’d seen in a while.

“Oh... just something interesting.” he chuckled to himself.

“Just don’t try to pull anything stupid, got it?” he laughed.

“I’m the smart one, remember? You’re just....”

“The main character?”

“You wish!” we both laughed, bumping into each other and screwing around like we usually do. We both had our own egos, which is probably why we’re such good friends.

“Alright, yeah, come on over tomorrow. Like you said, you’re the smart one, so we can both help Dash, you with her math and science stuff and me with...” I put my hoof to my mouth, “Uhm, everything else?”

He laughed and nodded. “Everything else.”