A New Element

As I left the school I decided I wouldn't go to home till I would've normally gone if I left school at the regular time. In other words I didn't want my mom or my brother to figure out that I was sent home on my first day of school. They would wring my neck if they knew. My heart was racing so I decided that I should go to the forest and maybe swim a bit. My ears drooped a bit when I remembered Fluttershy's heart beat. It was strange. She was acting like she usually does but, does that mean her heart is like that all the time? It's just scary. Then I thought back to the office this morning. The heart rates of all of them, were off. Strange.

My thoughts were interrupted when I bumped into somepony. "Oh, I'm s.. sor.... sorry."

"Midnight River!" A harsh, rugged voice shouted at me. My brother. Now, I would like to say that I talked to him like any normal sibling, or give him a hoofbump, instead, I ran. "Get back here!" He yelled at me. I'm clearly not the best runner when it comes to long distance. My brother on the other hoof was really good at it. I ran towards the forest, mindful of where I was headed. Despite that I happened to run into some sort of small, wooden structure it had collapsed underneath me. When I placed a hoof on one of the beams, it was soft and moist with some warm and slightly thick liquid on it.

"Midnight!" Right Star said. He was about three years older than me, making him two years older than the Cutiemark Crusaders. "Why aren't you in school?!" He said harshly. Picking me out of the rubble with his wing. As he did that I felt pain rush up my front right hoof so I ignored it and took of some of the weight on it.

"I...... I...." I managed.

"You got into trouble didn't you?" He stated. "Mom's going to be so mad."

"Umm... Excuse me," a recognizable voice said, "Why aren't you in school?" It was none other than the element of kindness herself. Again? That particular day was becoming a little to weird for me. "If I'm correct you have a placement test today Left Star."

"It's Right Star! My name is RIGHT STAR THE SECOND!!!" He yelled angrily. Only moments later did the mood quickly changed. "I'm sorry Ms. Fluttershy, I didn't mean to snap, I've been having a bad day, sorry to have intruded, we'll leave." I could've sworn that her heart beat got slower than it was earlier.

I pushed myself in front of my brother, "After we fix the....." I paused for a moment, I didn't know what it was that I had ran into. "the thing I ran into by accident." I finished. Well, her heart beat got faster when she giggled for some reason. That's not what happens, at least I don't think it does. Who knows, I'm only a filly. I thought to myself.

"I'd appreciate that. I'll go get the instructions."

Star stood by my side as he helped me get out of the rubble of the collapsed... thing. "Midnight!" He yelled. "You're bleeding! You know you aren't suppose to run. You're blind for crying out loud! You could've gotten seriously hurt.

I lifted my right hoof and touched it. "So this is blood?" I asked after feeling the warm, and sticky goo. It hurt but I smiled, "Cool."

Star bonked me on the head and told me that it wasn't cool, it was bad. Not much later, Fluttershy came back and she raced to get bandages for me when my brother told her about my injury. He began setting up the structure, which turned out to be a chicken coup, as Fluttershy bandaged my leg.

Little did I know that tomorrow would set me on a path that would change me for the rest of my life.