An Unfortunate Life

"Do you know why you all are here?" The young fillies and colts exchanged confused looks. The blue mare standing in front of them brushed her rainbow mane out of her eyes. "You're here to learn how to fly." She said, a smile slowly forming on her face. "My name is Rainbow Dash and I will be your instructor for the rest of the school year."

The white filly looked around curiously, her cyan mane swishing from side to side. She turned to the colt next to her. "Do you know where Ice is?" He glanced over at her.

"Why do you care about him, Cyan?" Her face turned slightly red as she looked away.

"I d-don't....I was just wondering why he isn't here....." She said quietly. The colt grinned as he stepped forward.

"No, I don't know why your little coltfriend isn't here." He giggled slightly then turned to the pony next to him. He whispered something and the filly giggled, then pointed at Cyan. Her face flushed red and she turned away.

"Now everypony, STOP TALKING!" Rainbow Dash yelled before blowing her whistle. Everypony quickly looked forward and the crowd of ponies went completely silent. Rainbow grinned and looked at all the fillies and colts before her. "Our first lesson is ta-AH!" She screamed as something hit her, making her fall onto the cloud.

Ice slowly stood up, rubbing his head as he looked around. "S-sorry I'm late...." He rubbed his eyes and turned around. "Where's the teacher?"

"Ow....." Rainbow said as she sat up on the cloud. "Be more careful, kid." She got up and looked down at Ice. "Where's your parents?"

"Oh...um....my dad kinda lives in Manehattan.....and my mom was asleep when I got up...." He looked down.

"Why didn't you just wake your mom up?"

"S-she......was......k-kinda........drunk......" He barely managed to say. Everypony started laughing, pointing at Ice. Rainbow Dash looked at him, shocked.

"Drunk....?" She shook her head and looked at all the giggling ponies. "STOP LAUGHING!" She screamed, but nopony listened. They continued mocking the young colt as he put his ears back.

Cyan, the only other pony besides Ice and Rainbow that wasn't laughing, stepped forward. She walked up to Ice and embraced him. He looked up, revealing the tears in his eyes. "W.....w....what.......a-are......you....d-doing....?" He whispered to Cyan as he hugged her slightly.

"Hugging you...." She replied quietly, squeezing Ice a little tighter. Ice took a shaky deep breath as he closed his eyes.

"T-thank you....." Cyan continued hugging him for several minutes before his crying stopped. Rainbow Dash looked over at both of them. She thought for a moment.

"Cyan, do you know how to take off...?" She pulled away from Ice and looked back at Rainbow.

"Yeah.....why?" Cyan replied, confused.

"Show me." She nodded and flapped her wings hard, slowly lifting off the ground. Rainbow Dash watched for a moment before scribbling something on a clipboard.

"Good job....and Ice, I already know you can fly.....just not very good. You two go back to the classroom while everypony else practices taking off."

"O-okay...." Ice said. He sniffled softly and started walking back to the classroom with Cyan.