It's Okay to be Different
The evening night began to dissipate within the Canterlot city and the sun started to rise from the darkness of the night, the sun began to embellish the land with it's light and with it, many were beginning to wake up from their deep slumbers. Meanwhile, those who lived in the shroud of the night went to bed and switched places with those who resided in the light of the day. Everypony began their day to day jobs that they were content with.
But this morning was a different one, one where the young foals and fillies would begin their school year and enter a new grade which brought much wonder and awe to those who were excited about school. Then there were many who did not like school and the idea of waking up early to go such a place and be taught lessons that they could not even comprehend (or even care about).
Crystal Clarity, a young female pony-dragon hybrid of Spike and Rarity, was among these ponies, she liked the idea of learning, just not the idea of waking up so early in the morning and going to a place where she did not desire to be. All she ever wanted to do was chew on her mothers fabric and chase balls of yarn, along with it most importantly, sleep. But there was a factor that she had forgotten over the summer, that school was today.
As Crystal Clarity slept soundly on her bed, but was then when the door abruptly opened with a loud bang as her mother, Rarity, came rushing through the door with her makeup half-done and levitating her mascara along with lipstick. In consequence to her mother barging into her room, Crystal Clarity jumped up from her bed and landed on the other side of where she slept (which was quite the achievement due to her size and the size of a queen-sized bed) with a loud young foal scream which then terrified her mother.
"Oh-oh-oh I'm so sorry darling for frightening you, but we have to get you to school!" she began to rush over to Claire and picked her up with one hoof and placed her onto the head of her bed, placed her makeup on Claire's nightstand, and began to go through her closet and started to pick out some dresses for Claire. She began to open the doors and started to browse the contents of the closet. She first found a turquoise green dress and pondered, "Hmm, how about this one? No," and then went and placed the dress back on a hanger and stored it in the closet. She kept browsing her daughters closet only to find nothing that fitted her daughter as well as she thought it would've, she stroked her mane and kept looking around in the closet for the right fit.
Meanwhile, the magenta pony with two dragon horns, was too dazed after waking up and did not have the slightest clue of what was going on and began to doze off to sleep once more but was suddenly interrupted by her mother shouting "ah-hah! This is perfect for you!" and was then lifted into a position where she began to try on her clothes. She was first forced into lifting up her forelegs to allow Rarity to put on the dress for her and then had to wiggle around to get the dress into it's proper location of comfort. Rarity had pondered upon whether it was good fit or not The outfit she was fitted into fitted like a glove and looked quite nice on her. A nice cyan dress trimmed with white lining at the end of the dress proved to be a nice fit for her.
But there was no time to gloat upon the beauty of the dress, for they were going to be late for the first day of school and if they were to end up late it would not set the best of first impressions for the staff at the school. But breakfast was a necessity for Claire and if she did not have then she would be quite the cranky little foal, to resolve this, Rarity poured her a bowl of mini-waffles (which was her favorite cereal) and offered to her. Crystal Clarity sat in her dinning room table and began to eat away at her cereal while Rarity finished up her makeup and packed Claire's saddle bag for the day with her lunch in the kitchen, the lunch meal was a basic one which included a PB&J sandwich along with some carrots and a juice box. Once she finished these tasks she began to signal Claire that it was time to go.
Claire tried to unlock the door but was too short to reach the lock and but her mother unlocked it and opened the door for her and as she stepped outside and as her mother locked it she asked "Mom? Where are we going?"
Rarity then turned around at her and came down to her height "Your going to school! ~~It's also free daycare for me!~~"
Claire suddenly stooped down to the doorstep and started to cry "I don't want to go to school!" and began to slam her tiny claws against the front porch in retaliation for going to school.
Rarity then responded with "I know you don't want to go to school but it's necessary for you and your well being in the future! I mean a princess doesn't just sit around all day and do nothing they do things that involve what you are going to learn at school!" with Rarity's voice being filled with confidence it brought the spirit of Claire up but a single thought turned away all of what her mother said.
"But what if princesses aren't like me? What if they aren't some kind of monster, like me?" tears began to welt in her eyes and this was a direct indication that Claire was afraid of how she would be judged by her peers at the school.
Rarity began to wipe away at her developing tears with a cloth and perked her head up and made Claire look into her eyes, "Claire, no matter what, me and daddy will always be there for you and those who judge you are just jealous, I mean you can breathe fire! You can do things no other pony can do and always remember that." there was a pause which brought a smile to Claires face and then Rarity's face. "C'mon darling, let's get you to school." the two began to walk down their front porch and began walking down the sidewalk to school.
Author's Note
If you can't tell I'm not a very good writer and this is my first fanfic and this also my first draft and some edit suggestions would be appreciated
~~I hope Ki-senpai notices this, she probably won't though~~
It's Okay to be Different
Claire and Rarity were trotting through the streets of Canterlot. Ponies were going both ways on the congested sidewalks, cafes were busy with ponies ordering coffee and their morning breakfast while on the go. Meanwhile, Claire was holding tight to her mother for she felt anxious around these massive crowds and was still afraid of her being judged by others and being humiliated. As she was keeping close to her mother, she looked around to make sure she was safe with her mother and was not in any danger. She spotted through the legs of ponies a brown pony picking up a pear and taking a bite into and having a disgusted look on his face and nodded his head in disapproval. Along with it she spotted a pair of ponies, one of them having a trench coat on and having curly, black, hair and was accompanied by another one but she didn't get a glimpse at the other one. She then spotted a small filly who appeared to have a cyan coating and appeared to be one of the upper class children of Canterlot. This brought a smile to her face and gave her the fact that she was the not the only young one, but this feeling of not being alone would come back again. The pony gave a glare and what appeared to be a snarl destroyed Claire's sense of not being alone. She then spoke to her mother, "Mother, I really don't want to go to school now."
"Why is that darling?" she replied.
"I feel as if the ponies are going to keep me out of their friend groups," told Claire
"Those ponies are just big fat meanies if they do that, they are just jealous of what you are!"
"Thanks, mother," Claire let out a sigh and put her head down towards the ground and mumbled, "Hopefully they'll treat me nice today at least. It won't happen at all."
She looked up and saw the school building in the distance and she saw many ponies starting to enter the building and it was at this moment, Claire knew that there was no going back home and this is what the rest of year was going to be (and her life). As the two were approaching the doors of the school, a young stallion helped open the doors for the two and were greeted and were guided to the auditorium of the school. Many ponies swarmed the auditorium to get a seat among the chaos filled room, and Claire didn't like the situations of where there were large crowds of ponies.
"Claire, darling, you're going have to be a big filly and sit up at the front with all of your classmates," Rarity said.
"But motherr-"
"I'm sorry, but you're going to do that can you keep that promise," cutting off Claire
"Claw promise?" Claire replied
"I Claw promise darling," she said and began to lift up Claire's claws and said "I promise you that you will be fine up front and you'll be a big filly!"
This brought a smile to Claire's face for in her simple mind, a "Claw promise" meant that whoever vowed the promise was with her all the way to the end. She began to walk over the front row seats to see many young ponies sitting in their seats socializing with each other and showing off their their jewelry or their newest toy they got. With all of the seats taken there was only one seat that Claire could see and it was right next to a black haired young stallion with a coal black body. She looked back at her mother who smiled and motioned her to go on, and she did sitting next to the pony and the pony immediately started to talk to her when she sat down.
"What's your name?" the voice was high-pitched and enthusiastic and what really toke Claire off guard was the fact somepony other than her mother or her father was socializing with her.
"M-my name is Crystal Clarity," she said in a soft voice filled with shyness.
"Crystal Clarity! That's cool! My name is Coal!" the young stallion eagerly exclaimed
"Just call me me Claire," Claire was starting to get more and more comfortable with the pony she was socializing with but as soon as she was about to speak again, a loud single "tap" noise filled her ears and her attention turned towards the stage and her conversation was cut off
"Could I please have your attention?" the voice filled the room with a booming sound of a brown coated stallion of whom was at the stage and the room suddenly went quiet. "Thank you parents and foals, as of now, your child has entered the school of Canterlot-Elementary-School and we are happy for their presence within the school for they will learn many new lessons including math, science, and Engli-"
The words of the stallion became blurry and hazier as Claire started to fall asleep for she was still tired and did not wake up properly this morning for her. As the world became just a mere shade of black covering her eyes she fell asleep. After a while she started to feel movement on her body and somebody was pushing lightly at her to wake up from her sleep and it was no less than her mother who was trying to wake her up. Words began as blurs of sound and were unable to be translated but then she finally gained a sense on the words.
"-ling, I know your sleepy and all but you're going to have to go class right now," Rarity spoke while nudging her to get up.
"huh?" Claire replied
"You're going to have to go to class."
'AH! I'm late! I don't want to make my teacher mad!" she exclaimed.
"Hold on darling!" Rarity tugged Claire backwards and turned her towards herself. "Remember what I said about those who are big fat meanies?"
"They're jealous of who I am!" right as Claire said that she puffed up her chest to appear strong and powerful dragon and this triggered a giggle from Rarity.
"That's my girl! Now go get 'em and have a great day at school!" she yelled to Claire who made a distance between her and her mother.
"Okay mother!" she turned away and had no idea of where to go and looked around for where to go and she heard her name coming for a young mare.
"Crystal Clarity over here please!" said a young mare who had a light gold fur coating and a silver mane that was well prepared for today and was in front of a line of her peers. She looked at the line and did not see her new friend Coal though, but this didn't stop her from getting into line. She looked behind her to see her mother smiling and waving back at her, but her attention was turned forward when her teacher began to talk.
"Hello everypony, I am Ms. Silvershire and i'll be your teacher this year!" her voice was enthusiastic and comforting for her new students. "Follow me everypony and I will lead us to our classroom!" she then began walking and the line then followed her and so did Claire.
Claire looked behind her to see her mother leaving the auditorium and knew that she wasn't going to see her anytime soon (which is 30 minutes for her). As they were walking to their classroom she began to think "What does 'jealous' mean?" and without this word to define and use the day would ensue to be an interesting one for all who became involved.