Mind over Matter

Soundwave soared through the sky, looking for a cloud with a sleeping Pegasus on it. He searched the clouds hovering over Ponyville and then the ones around Cloudsdale but found nothing. “Oh come one, it can't be that hard to find a sleeping cyan Pegasus on a cloud.” Soundwave thought as he continued to search until he stopped and realized something “What in the pits of Kaon I’m a doing, I can scan for her.”

Soundwave’s eyes glowed bright red, he scan the area for any signs of Rainbow Dash. He scanned for a few more seconds before finally sensing a pony on a cloud in the grassland near the Apple Family’s Orchard. “There you are.” He speeded through the skies as fast as he could. As he got closer to Dash, he could see Dash stirring in her sleep. Soundwave hovered over Dash, which blocked the sun’s ray on Dash’s face. Dash groaned and stirred as she spoke but still kept her eyes closed.

“Hey buddy can you move out of the way, you're blocking my sun.”

“But if I did that you wouldn't have woken up.” Dash opened her eyes to see Soundwave hovering over her with a grin on his face.

‘Oh hey Soundwave-” Dash said as she got up on her hooves and stretched her legs and wings “-*Yawn*....Whats up?”

“Not much, you?”

“Well I was enjoying my sleep.”

“Yeah sorry about that.” Soundwave said as he rubbed the back of his head.

“No prob, I had to get up anyway.” Dash said as she and Soundwave hoofbumped. “So what's up Soundwave?”

“Not much. I was bored so I was wondering if you wanted to hang out?”

“What about male Twilight? He can’t be too busy to not hang out with you.”

“Actually, he ditched me.”

“What, why?”

“Well I found out that he was going over to Octavia's house and I asked to tag along with him because I found out that she's roommate with Vinyl.”

“Oh yeah, wub girl. Man you and her partied hard last night. I loved your performance, it was bucking awesome.”

“Thanks, though now I have to wait until Shockwave is done his boring teaching.”

“Teaching?”

“Yeah we bumped into somepony named Cheerilee and she asked Shockwave to teach her class some science.” Soundwave said but noticed Dash chuckling “What?”

“He’s gonna fail. That class is gonna fall asleep on him. Twilight did the same thing four weeks ago and before she even started, they all fell asleep.”

“Yeah well..Shockwave’s different.” Soundwave said as he rubbed the back of his head.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Well Shockwave is really smart but he’s bad at sounding normal around other ponies. A minute around him and it sounds like you’re talking to a mad scientist.”

“Really?”

“Look I’m going to be honest with you….Shockwave is a great scientist but NOT a good teacher due to him having little to no patience. And with science he can get really serious about it.”

“Wow, I felt sorry for him but now I feel sorry for the kids, especially Scootaloo.” Dash said as Soundwave’s eyes grew wide from shock.

“W-what!? Scootaloo is in that class?” Soundwave asked as he started to sweat.

“Of course, it’s the only school in Ponyville and she is a filly.” Dash said but was stopped by Soundwave as he got closer to her face.

“Is her fur orange and mane purple?!”

“Yeah, how’d ya know? I don’t remember you guys meeting her.”

“Me and Shockwave met her at the party last night.”

“Oh really, how did it go, she can be a bit Rambunctious at times.”

“Well...She and Shockwave didn't get along too well.”

“What do you mean by that Soundwave?”

“Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…………….”

“Come on, you can tell me. It’ll be just between us pegasi.”

“I’m afraid if I tell you, you’ll kill Shockwave.”

“And why would I do that, seriously what in all of Equestria could he do to make me even want to do that?”

“Well……” Soundwave said as he tried to recall last night.

“You don’t scare me you one-eyed freak!”

“Very cute, a little child with an attitude. Now I believe its best for you to keep this encounter and our true selves a secret.”

“And why should I?”

“Because if you tell everypony about us, that will force us to do our mission much faster and we will just destroy your town and kill everypony in it. Think you can live with that on your conscious?”

“.........They got into an argument and it didn’t end as I hoped.” Soundwave lied.

“I always knew she had my type of style -” Dash started to glare at Soundwave “- What did he say to start the argument? If he said something hurtful, he’s gonna wish he never came to Ponyville.”

“Nothing Dash, It was merely a misunderstanding. He mistook her for a chicken and she took it the wrong way. I’m sure that when Shockwave sees Scootaloo, he’ll apologize.”

“He called her a what?”

“A chicken. Shockwave was tired and thought she was a chicken because she bumped into him, I told him earlier today about it and he felt horrible.”

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. “Really?”

“Yeah, he promised to apologize to her when he sees her.” Soundwave said while sweating on the inside.

“Alright then but just to make sure, I’ll talk to her once school is over.”

“Yeah you do that.” Soundwave said as he was panicking in his mind “Oh scrap!!”

“Well that’s enough of that -” Rainbow Dash spreads her wings “- You still want to fly around with me or what?”

“Sure, lets go.” Soundwave said as he and Dash took off into the sky and while flying Soundwave was trying to come up with a plan “I need to warn Shockwave before it’s too late”

Shockwave followed Cheerilee through the streets of Ponyville as she lead him to the school, and while walking he kept thinking on what he should teach to the kids “I guess I can't really start off with teaching dissecting bodies and brain electrons.”

“Oh I can’t wait for you to see the class and their smiling faces!” Cheerilee happily said in an almost sing-song manner.

“I can’t wait either.” Shockwave grumbled under his breath.

“Is something wrong Shockwave?” Cheerilee asked.

“No its just that this will be my first time actually teaching a class.”

“You don’t teach where you come from?”

“I never had the reason to teach where I came from.”

“Why?”

“To be honest with you, I’m not really sure. Where I come from, teaching is hard to come by, mostly because everypony there only cares about themselves. It’s rather annoying sometimes.”

“Well don’t worry, you’ll do great.” Cheerilee assured him as she smiled.

“Thank you. I’m sure I’ll be able to help their little minds grow.” Shockwave stated, giving a smile to Cheerilee.

After walking for a few more minutes, they finally reached the small colorful school. Shockwave noticed the very weird design of the school, it was small compared to the houses in Ponyville and it had heart shapes around the windows. He also took notice of the school bell which looked plain compared to the brightly colored building.

“This is the school.” Cheerilee said happily as she noticed Shockwave starting at it. “What?”

“This little building is the school?” Shockwave asked with irritation in his voice.

“Yeah, what did you expect. Afterall these are fillies and colts you’ll be teaching.”

Shockwave dropped his head, avoiding eye contact with the teacher while his thoughts piled on. “Note to self, stuff the annoying pink pony and orange filly in this school and obliterate it and them in one blast.”

“Uh… are you okay. I know it’s not much but the inside is more normal than outside.”

“It’s not that it’s just -” his ears began to perk as he heard the sound of yelling and loud chatter inside the classroom.

“Sounds like the class are getting restless, you ready?”

“Yes, let’s do this.” Shockwave said as he straightened himself up as they both entered the school. Shockwave followed Cheerilee though the hallway of the school until they stopped at the classroom door.

“Hold on, are you sure you want to do this. I mean you didn’t seem happy a few minutes ago.”

“Its fine, its just that I’m not sure if the kids will like me.” Shockwave said as he thought differently in his head “Even though I could care less on what these stupid organics think of me.”

“Don’t worry, they’ll enjoy what you have to say. Afterall, you can’t do any worse than when Twilight substituted.”

“What?”

“No need to worry about it. It’s nothing important.”

“Ok then.” Shockwave said in an uneasy tone.

“Just wait out here while I get the class to settle down.” Cheerilee opened the door to the classroom and walked in. Shockwave tapped his hoof as he listened to the teacher’s little speech.

“Good morning Class.”

“Good Morning Miss. Cheerilee” Shockwave heard the class responded

“Now I know you all want to know on how you all did on your test from yesterday. But I have not yet marked them all.”

“Did we do good?” Shockwave heard one of the fillies ask.

“Of course Apple Bloom, you all did great on your tests. Not a single C or D in the room.”

The entire class let out a loud “Yeah!”, nearly causing Shockwave’s sensors to explode. “Dear Primus, they’re louder than Starscream!”

“Now class, today I have a special treat for you.”

“Is school canceled?” A filly in the back yelled out.

“Of course not, no” Miss Cheerilee shrugged off with a slight giggle.

“Are we going on a field trip to Canterlot again to see the princesses?” A colt in the front row asked as it caught Shockwave’s attention “Canterlot…...Princesses? I’ve heard those terms before… Perhaps I could acquire some information on this so called ‘Canterlot’ and these so called ‘Princesses’.”

“I’m afraid not. Not since that last accident that happened with one of the statues.”

“It’s not our fault that the statue ended up being the god of chaos.” A filly called out from the back.

“While that may be, the princesses and the guards are dealing with the cleanup still and so all field trips there are done for now.”

“So what's the treat Miss Cheerilee?”

“Well I’m glad you asked Sweetie Bell. Remember I told you all that I’m still marking your tests?” Cheerilee asked as the class nodded. “Well I won’t be able to teach you today you so all will be getting a substitute teacher.” Cheerilee announced as the class responded with loud cheering that made Shockwave cringe again.

“Who is it?!” one of the colts asked.

“Well do you all remember the welcome party that Pinkie threw last night?”

“Yeah, it was one of the bestest parties around.” a filly wearing glasses yelled out.

“Yes well, you all know that the party was meant to greet the two newcomers to Ponyville? Well I found out from the party that one of them is an expert in Science and since we are learning about Science, I thought that he would be perfect for this task. So without further adieu, I want you to give a big warm welcome to…... Mr. Shockwave!” Cheerilee exclaimed as she looked towards Shockwave standing outside the door and motioned him to come in.

Shockwave gulped as he fixed his man, buffed out his chest and began to walk into the classroom. As he walked into the room he observed the inside of the class as he took notice of the bright colours on the walls with heart stickers on them. He saw the children with smiles as they listened to their teacher talk.

“Class say good morning to Mr. Shockwave.”

“Good morning Mr. Shockwave.” The class loudly said. Shockwave was taken back by this as he saw them happily say those words to him.

“Good morning… Miss Cheerilee’s class. It is nice to see all your smiling faces.” Shockwave said as he tried his best to put a smile.

In the back of the class, Sweetie Belle noticed her friend Scootaloo sleeping through the introductions. She quickly began nudging Scootaloo while the others weren't watching. “Scootaloo wake up already!” Sweetie Belle mumbled as she continued to nudge her.

“But I was having…*Yawn*....A sick dream.”

“Well get up, we have a substitute teacher.”

“Who, Twilight?” Scootaloo asked as her eyes were barely open.

“No its one of the newcomers from Pinkie’s welcome party last night, he’s name is Shockwave.”

“Shockwave, thats a weird name-” As Scootaloo was about to fall back to sleep, her eyes shot wide open and looked up towards the front of the class where Shockwave was. “-Oh no.”

“What is it?”

“Shockwave.” Scootaloo cursed silently.

“Is everything okay Scoots?” Sweetie Belle asked worriedly.

“Hm… Oh yeah I’m fine Sweetie Belle. It’s just that I know that guy.” Scootaloo said as she stared at Shockwave.

“How?”

“I met him at the party last night.”

“Oh okay. Well what's he like, is he nice?

“Yeah, he’s a really nice guy.” Scootaloo sarcastically stated as she rolled her eyes. “You might think he’s too nice of a guy.”

“Why does it sound like you are being sarcastic?”

“I’m not.” Scootaloo said again sarcastically.

Sweetie Belle cocked an eyebrow and simply shrugged it off before returning to listening to Cheerilee’s speech. Scootaloo followed suit and returned to listening, catching only the last part of her speech.

“And so children if you have any questions about today’s lesson. Mr. Shockwave will answer your questions.”

“Yes Ms. Cheerilee.” the class yelled out in unison.

“Alright Mr. Shockwave, the class is all yours, do you need anything before I go?”

“Well for starters you could get me out of this pathetic excuse of a building.” Shockwave thought before snapping back to reality. “No I’m sure I can educate their little minds in the most logical way.”

“Ok well the Science lesson that I have planned is on the desk if you need it, I’ll be out for awhile but I’m sure you can handle it.” Cheerilee said as she made her way to the door, only to stop and look back at the class “Now you all be good for Mr. Shockwave.”

“Yes Ms. Cheerilee!” The class said in unison as she left the room, closing the door behind her. As soon as she left the room fell silent as Shockwave stared at the class as did they. Shockwave, noticing that he was just standing their deduced to say something before he makes a fool of himself.

“Now then -” Shockwave said as he walked over to the front desk and sit down on the chair and levitated the paper with their names on it “- before we begin, let’s start off with names. If I mispronounce your name then I do apologize.”

“Mr. Shockwave?”

“Yes.” Shockwave said as one of his eyebrows raised up.

“I don’t think you’ll get any of our names wrong.”

“Well that's good to know but if I do get your name wrong then please correct me.” Shockwave said as he looked at the attendance list “Ok first is Apple Bloom.”

“Uh here, Mister Shockwave” Apple Bloom said as she raised a hoof.

“Hm… Diamond Tiara?”

“Here Mr. Shockwave and might I say that I like your cutie mark.” Diamond stated as she raise a hoof.

“Why thank you my dear and I must say, that Tiara looks lovely on you.”

“Thank you.” Diamond replied back as Apple Bloom made a puking gesture at the conversation.

“Let’s see…. Snips and Snails.” Shockwave looked away from the paper to see the two both waving their hooves into the air. “You have got to kidding me, It’s weird enough their names are literally on the same line, but they look like they have the IQ of negative one to ten.”

“I’m here Mr. Shuckwave!” Snails yelled out to the teacher

“Same here Mr. Shotwave!” Snips yelled out as well. Shockwave groaned as he stared at the two colts.

“My name is Shockwave.” Shockwave sternly announced. “Two more to add to the list.”

“But that's what we said.” Snails and Snips confusedly said in unison.

“No you said ‘Shuckwave’, and you said ‘Shotwave’.”

“But aren't they the same?” The two colts said in unison.

“No they are not. It is Shockwave-” Shockwave said as he got up and walked over to the chalkboard and grabbed a chalk as he spelled out his name “-S-H-O-C-K-W-A-V-E. Remember that because I will not be repeating myself again.”

“Yes Mr. Shotwave.” Snips and Snails said again in unison.

Shockwave groaned as he sat back down on his chair and picked up the attendance list “Alright, is Silver Spoon present?”

A grey earth pony with light grey hair and wearing glasses raised a hoof into the air. “Present Mr. Shockwave.”

“Glad someone remembers how to say my name -” Shockwave mumbled under his breath as he looked back on the attendance list “- Umm...Pipsqueak.”

“Right here Mr. Shockwave.” A tiny colt called out as he had white fur covered with brown spots.

“Well then nice to meet you Pipsqueak.” Shockwave said as he checked off his name from the list “Pipsqueak…... really, what is up with all these names? I thought the Autobots were the only ones with dumb names but apparently not.”

“Thank you sir.”

“Alright. Is there a Rumble…Wait what” Shockwave looked up to see a light grey Pegasus raising his hoof into the air. “You have got to be kidding me.”

“I’m here Mr. Shockwave” Rumble said with a smile on his face but noticed Shockwave having a confused look on his face. “Is something wrong?”

Shockwave quickly shook it off. “Nothing’s wrong. It’s just that you remind me of somepony I know back home.”

“Really?” Rumble asked.

“Yes, he is a friend of mine back in Hooftin. He’s an earth pony and he’s colored differently.”

“Really?”

“Yup but we’re skipping the subject so let’s get back on track shall we.” Shockwave cleared his throat and looked back onto the paper. “Is there a Sweetie Belle present?”

“Here Mr. Shockwave.” Sweetie Belle said as she raised her hoof. “He seems rather nice.”

“Good.” Shockwave said as he looked back again to the sheet only to notice one more name left on the list “Oh thank the primes this tedious task is almost over! Now let’s see, the last name on the list is… Scootaloo.” Suddenly his eyes widened and quickly darted towards the orange filly looking directly at him.

Scootaloo kept on looking at him with rage in her eyes as the memories of seeing Shockwave and Soundwave’s true selves and being threatened to stay silent came back into her mind.

Shockwave was panicking on the inside but then remembered the ‘deal’ they made “Hehehe...What am I worried about, she can't say anything and she knows it.” This thought caused a grin to escape Shockwaves face. “This will be interesting.”

Scootaloo continued to watch Shockwave, waiting for him to say or make a move. “Why him, why him of all ponies?! Oh wait I shouldn't say pony….More like big killer robot.”

Shockwave slowly retracted his grin, pretending to be professional to the class before speaking again. “Ms. Scootaloo. Is there a Ms. Scootaloo in the class?”

“I’m right here...Shockwave.” Scootaloo cursed his name under her breath but got a nudge from Sweetie Belle “Scootaloo what's your problem? You're going to get into trou-” Sweetie Belle scolded until she was interrupted by Shockwave.

“It’s alright Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and I have a bit of misinterpretation of each other. It’s perfectly natural for her to think of me as a mean pony.”

“Or a monster with no heart.” Scootaloo thought angrily.

“But I’m sure we’ll get along soon enough. Right Ms. Scootaloo?” He asked in an almost mocking tone.

Scootaloo furrowed her brows. “Right.”

“Good that is the ‘logical’ response to say.” Shockwave levitated the paper back onto the desk and picked up the piece of chalk that was next to a stack of papers. “Now class before we get started, how many of you know about Science?” Shockwave asked as everypony raised their hoof. “Ok then...Rumble what's Science?

“Is science when we learn things like atoms and stuff?”

“Close enough… The correct answer is-” Shockwave was cut off by Snips shaking his hoof into the air.“*Sigh*... Yes Mr. Snips.”

“Is science that thing where we blow up stuff?” Snips answered which threw Shockwave off as he cocked his eyebrows.

“Actually that’s a good answer….Good job.” Shockwave replied with a small smile on his face. “You’re not as dumb as I thought you were.”

“You two are right there but there is more things about Science than just atoms or causing massive destruction.”

“There is?” Pipsqueak asked as Shockwave smiled at him “Oh yes...There is the wonders of crea-” Suddenly the bell rang causing Shockwave to jump a little. “What the hell was that?!”

“That's the recess bell Mr. Shockwave.” Applebloom said as she was thrown off by Shockwaves sudden outburst. “You know, for us to go outside and play.”

“Oh uh. Well then go and have your… recess. When you come back we’ll learn about what Science is all about.”

The children raced out of their chairs and out the door. Shockwave sighed under his breath, ready to sit down and relax but something poked him on the arm. He turned his head and saw Scootaloo looking at him. “What do you want?”

“If you’re gonna pretend to be a pony then at least don’t swear around children, it’s rude.” Scootaloo said as she walked away but she looked back at him. “Didn’t your mother teach you manners? If you had one.”

Before Shockwave could get a chance to threaten her, she was already leaving out with a grin on her face. Shockwave just angrily stared at the doorway while his mind kept replaying on what just happened.

Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Applebloom walked to their usual spot at lunch under a big tree as they proceeded to sit down under it. As Scootaloo pulled out her lunch, she noticed her friends staring at her with their four hooves crossed “What?”

“What was going on with you in the class a few minutes ago?” Apple Bloom asked.

“It’s nothing alright.” Scootaloo proclaimed as she bit down into her hay sandwich.

“Fine, but you really need to keep your attitude down otherwise you’ll be stuck in detention… again” Apple Bloom lectured.

“Don't worry, Shockwave ain’t going to do anything.”

“Scootaloo I’m serious, he seems really nice and the last thing we need is you startin somethin with him.”

“What’s the worse he can do? He’s a substitute teacher and he’s new. All he knows are our names.” Scootaloo took another bite from her lunch.

“He seems to know you, was it from the party last night because I asked you before and all you said that he was nice all sarcastically.” Sweetie Belle replied as she took a bite from her lunch.

“Look, can we just skipped the subject already? I wanna eat my lunch in peace.”

“No Scoots, we’re talking about this right now.” Apple Bloom said as she swiped the sandwich from Scootaloo’s hooves.

The bell rang again as most of the students started walking back to the school. Scootaloo swept back her sandwich from Apple Bloom and quickly ate the rest of it. “Well I would’ve told you but the bell rang so we should head back before we’re late!” She happily yelled out as she ran into the building.

Back in the classroom, Shockwave was waiting at the desk as the students made their way back to their own desks. “They’re more on time than the rest of the decepticons.” He thought as Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were the last of the children to sit down.

“Alright class settle down……. Now what was I saying before I was interrupted by that stupid bell?”

“You were talking about science being the something of creation!” Snails shouted out.

“Thanks Snails.” Shockwave said in a monotone voice. “I said that science also dealt with the wonder of creation and to add on, it also deals with the logic of reality.” Shockwave said as the class oohed and awed which caused Shockwave to slightly chuckle.

“Mr. Shockwave?” Diamond Tiara raised her hoof.

“Yes Ms. Tiara.”

“What does all this have to do with today’s class? I mean Miss Cheerilee only taught us about how plants grow.” Tiara said but saw Shockwave giving her an unamused look.

“Firstly that's called photosynthesis, secondly no offense to your teacher but I looked at her notes and she is completely wrong.”

“How?!” Scootaloo shouted out, grabbing the attention of the entire class.

“Well first off, the ‘logical’ sense of photosynthesis is that plants and trees absorb light and heat and water and convert it into sugar. Your teacher wrote down that all it takes is planting the seeds into the ground and that’s it. And don't even get me started on what she was about to teach you all about the sun.”

“Then what are we going to learn Mr. Shockwave?” Rumble asked as Shockwave looked at the clock and noticed that he had an hour left of class. He tried to think on what to teach for the remaining hour until a brilliant idea came to his head which caused him to grin.

“Today for the remaining hour, I’m going to teach you all the secrets of creation itself. So prepare your young minds for the truth.”

One hour later

Dash and Soundwave soared through the skies, making their way past Sugarcube Corner and heading towards Rarity’s Boutique. Rainbow Dash flew past Soundwave with ease as Soundwave narrowed his eyes and flew over Dash as he tried to get ahead of her.

“You’re getting better Soundwave!”

“Thanks. Now watch this!” Soundwave flapped his wings harder, speeding up till he was close  to her. He continued to flap harder, getting closer and closer to surpassing her until he completely flew past her which shocked Dash.

“Don’t get too cocky Soundwave. You’re still a beginner at this!” Rainbow Dash said as she forced herself to move faster. “I’m still the fastest pony around!”

Soundwave continued flying around, even circling around homes just to taunt Rainbow.

“Come on Dash, try to keep up!” Soundwave grinned as he maneuvered around the houses.

Dash, having enough of Soundwave’s cockines decided to take a shortcut and flew to the right as she dashed back towards Rarity’s boutique which to them was their finishing line. She landed in front of Rarity’s house and looked around for Soundwave and seeing he was nowhere to be seen she jumped into the air and shouted “YES! I win!”

“Oh really.”

“What the?!” Rainbow looked to the side of the building to see Soundwave leaning on the side of it was a smirk on his face.

“Looks like I won.”

“No fair you cheated!”

“I’m not the one who took the shortcut.” Soundwave retorted.

Before their argument could continue any further, they heard the sound of magic turning the knob on a door. They turned their attention toward the door to see Rarity opening it with a curious look on her face. “What is going on here?”

“Oh hey Rarity, its just me and Soundwave were having a race.” Dash explained as Rarity gazed at Soundwave “Hello Soundwave, how are you?”

“I’m doing good, especially since I won the race.”

“You didn’t win the race Soundwave. I won it because I was the first one here!”

“By taking a shortcut and besides how can you be the first one here when I’m already here waiting for you?” Soundwave retorted.

“You cheated of course. You didn’t even land near the door.” Rainbow angrily stated. “Plus no one is faster than me.”

“Until now.” Soundwave replied with a sly grin.

Rainbow began to grit her teeth at the remark. Rarity quickly stepped in between the two before it got worst. “Alright you two. Calm down because it was nothing more than a race not a competition.”

Soundwave sighed as he looked at Dash “She’s right Dash this can't be a competition.”

“You’re right it’s not a competition-”

“I already won!” Soundwave quickly shouted out.

“No I won and I’m not about to let you ruin my reputation as fastest pony alive!”

“WILL YOU GUYS SHUT UP!” Soundwave and Dash looked at Rarity as she tried to regain her composure. They slowly stepped back as she tried to calm down.

“What's her deal?” Soundwave whispered to Dash.

“She gets like this alot, just simply play along and she won’t hurt you.” Rainbow whispered back.

“Hurt?” Soundwave asked uneasy as he noticed Rarity fully calmed down.

“*Sigh*....Look, obviously you two are just having a friendly competition and not a real argument so if you’ll excuse me, I have to go and pick up Sweetie Belle from school.”

“Can me and Soundwave come with you since I have to pick up Scootaloo?”

“Well I suppose but you two better not argue while we head there or else.” Rarity threatened by shaking a hoof into the air. The two simply smile and nod their heads. “Alright then, let’s get going, Cheerilee should be done teaching in a few minutes.”

“Umm..Actually Rarity it’s not Cheerilee who is teaching the class.” Soundwave said as he rubbed the back of his head. “It’s Shockwave.” He finished with a squeak.

“Shockwave teaches exactly what again dear?” Rarity asked, scratching her chin.

“Uh… science.”

“Oh well….I guess an intellectual and might I add handsome stallion like him could be capable of teaching the class.”

“Bleh! Cut it out Rarity, You’re starting to make me sick.”

“Oh come on Dash, you have to admit that Shockwave is a good looking guy.” Rarity said in her usual uppity manner.

“Rarity that guy is basically the male Twilight. Do you know how uptight he is?”

“So, he is handsome and refine unlike someponies I know. No offense Soundwave.”

“None taken. Can we please head to the school now, the sooner I pick up Shockwave the sooner I get to see Vinyl.”

“Oh, you have a thing for Vinyl Scratch? The DJ pony from the welcome party?”

“I dont have a ‘thing’ for her, I just want to hang out with her.” Soundwave said.

“Sure you do.” Rarity proclaimed as she flicked her hair. “You just don’t want to express it like a true stallion.” Rarity said as Soundwave was walking away from them “Where are you going?”

“The school!”

‘But Soundwave-” Dash said but was interrupted by Soundwave.

“What!”

“You're going the wrong way.” Both Rarity and Rainbow Dash stated in unison.

Soundwave stopped in his tracks with a wide eyed expression. He looked back at them pointing in the opposite direction. “Oh… I knew that.”

“Yeah sure you did.” Dash said as she and Rarity walked past him and headed their way to the school.

“I still need to warn Shockwave.” Soundwave thought as he galloped to catch up with Dash and Rarity.

“And that kids is what happens when you put your hoofs into deadly acids...Any questions?” Shockwave looked around the class to see the class wide eyed with their mouths agape. “Any?”

“So you're saying that your skin will melt off first?” Tira asked.

“Yes then your bones will melt which will cause internal bleeding throughout your body, infecting your bloodstream which will in short kill you.” Shockwave explained as the class took that down in their notes.

“How long will it take the victim to die Mr. Shockwave?” Rumble asked.

“It sorta depends on a few things like weight, height, and mass. It’s not like it would be in seconds though. So they will suffer a painful death.”

“Ohhhh...Thanks Mr. Shockwave.” Rumble said happily as he jotted down that in his notes. Before Shockwave could say something the bell rang again which didn't hurt his ears.

“What's does that bell mean?”

“It’s the end of the class Mr.Shockwave.”

“Ohh..Well I guess that’s all I can teach you.” Shockwave said as the class awed and frowned.

“Are you coming back Mr. Shockwave?” Pipsqueak asked as it threw Shockwave off.

“I guess I could. It all depends on your teacher.”

“Well what if we ask her and she says yes, then can you come back?” Rumble asked.

“I suppose if she says yes then I can come back.” Shockwave watched the children’s frown turned to smiles. “But today I am assigning homework.” Shockwave said as the classed awed again which kinda made him chuckle a bit.

“Now, Now its not hard. For homework I want you all to find the deadliest chemical in your homes and bring it in tomorrow.”

“Yes Mr. Shockwave.” The class said in low unison.

“Good, now run along and don’t forget.” He watched the class leave out one by one until he saw Scootaloo and her friends heading for the door. “Scootaloo I want to speak to you in private.”

“Oh come on I copied down the notes.” Scootaloo said as she showed him the notes.

“No I want to talk to you about something.”

“Is she in trouble Mr. Shockwave?” AppleBloom asked.

“No No she is not in trouble.” Shockwave said as he waved his hoof “I just want to talk to her about the party last night, we never got to finish our conversation.”

“Okay, we’ll see ya later Scoots.” Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle left the room, leaving Shockwave and a unhappy Scootaloo alone.

“Close the door.” Shockwave instructed the orange filly. She followed the orders and closed the door by slamming it shut. “I didn’t tell you to slam it Scootaloo.”

“And I didn't tell you to order me around now did I?!” Scootaloo yelled out in anger. “First you threaten me in the forest and now you’re a substitute teacher!”

“Hehehe...Yes the outcome has surprised me but it seemed like the class likes me, don't you think...Scoots?” Shockwave asked with an evil grin.

“That’s because they don’t know what kind of monster you really are you one-eyed freak.”

“Throwing around insults are we, atleast my eye works. Do your wings work?” Shockwave taunted. “Soundwave just got his wings and yet he can fly better than you.”

“H-How did you know that?” Scootaloo stuttered as Shockwave darkly chuckled.

“Now you want to talk, well in that case please have a seat.” Shockwave pointed to the desk in front of him.

Scootaloo took a seat at the desk and waited for Shockwave to speak again. “There, isn't that better, I would hate to see you just stand there uncomfortable.”

“Just get to the point already! How did you know that I couldn’t fly?”

“In due time I’ll tell you but first I want to be honest with you.” Shockwave said as he leaned forward from his chair “I despise you and if I was unprofessional I would have just killed you last night and bury your corpse where no one could find it.”

“You don’t have the guts to do that!” Scootaloo shouted out as she pointed a hoof at him. “If you did you would have done it by now you cold, heartless machine!”

“You have no idea what I am capable of.” Shockwave said with a threatening tone as Scootaloo could have sworn she almost saw two small red dots in Shockwaves eyes. “So don’t test me.”

“Fine. What do you want?”

“I just want to talk to you Scootaloo. I feel that our first encounter felt a bit...rushed.”

“Well you did pick me up out of my hiding spot and threatened me to stay quiet so yeah, it did feel rushed.”

“Well that is why I feel we need to talk. Since you are the first one to find out about our true selves you must have many questions to ask, don't you? Like what are we, what is our purpose here..Questions like that.”

Scootaloo thought about it for a second. “Okay then. What is your purpose here? It can’t be to spread happiness, not after what you did to me last night.”  Scootaloo asked but was greeted by Shockwave tsking at her.

“Now you didn't hear what I said. I said you have questions to ask, I never said that I will answer them.” Shockwave grinned as he leaned back in his chair.

“Then why even bring it up genius?”

“Why would I tell you that when it’s much more fun to see you get mad over the littlest thing such as a question.”

“Okay now I’m confused.”

“Hehehe...You see Scootaloo it’s very simple, we are here to gather information.”

“For wha-?”

“Let me finish….We are here to gather information about your world and that is all you need to know for now.”

“What kind of info? Tell me!” Scootaloo watched as Shockwave grinned while shaking his head.

“Tell you what...Lets make ourselves a deal. You asked me before on how I knew about your defect so I’ll answer your question you answer mine...Deal.”

“Fine, deal. How did you know about my wings and me not being able to fly?”

“Simple, I scanned you when we first encountered each other. I saw that your wings were too weak to carry you into the air.”

“They won't be for long, Rainbow Dash told me to keep trying and one day I’ll be soaring through the skies.”

“I highly doubt that will happen since you’ve been unable to even stay in the air for longer than ten seconds.”

“What do you know?!” Scootaloo slammed her hooves onto the desk, clenching her teeth.

“Logic, and logic dictates that with the condition of your wings...You will never take flight.”

“Logic doesn’t work here remember, just ask Pinkie Pie.”

Shockwave’s eyes widen after remembering some of the things Pinkie did during their first encounter. “We’re off topic right now so let’s get back on track. Time for my question and don't worry it’s very simple.”

“Simple. Fine what is your question?”

“I want you to tell me about Equestria? Everything you know I want to know.”

“Like what?” Scootaloo asked as Shockwave got up close to her face.

“Everything.”