Chapter Two: School's First Day

“Mommy! Daddy! Wake up. It’s time for school!”

Softy Blue was very excited for his first day at Canterlot Elementary School. So much so that the colt was hopping on his parents to wake them up. After a few minutes, they finally got out of bed and went downstairs for breakfast with Softy Blue.

Softy Blue ate his breakfast quickly. Surprisingly, he didn’t get any hiccups. He, then, went to put his saddlebags on. After his parents finished their breakfast, they all set out for Canterlot Elementary to drop Softy Blue off.

As soon as they arrived, Softy Blue hid behind his mother after seeing all the unicorn colts and fillies. He felt like he would never fit in since everypony but him was a unicorn. Also, he doesn’t do well in large crowds.

“Mommy? I’m scared.” Softy Blue said, shivering in fear. “I don’t wanna go to school anymore.”

“Don’t worry, dear.” Twinkle Wish said to her cowering son. “It’ll be okay. Oh, here comes your teacher.”

As she said that, a yellow unicorn stallion with an orange mane and tail and a pencil cutie mark walked up to them and said, “Hi there! I’m Mr. Scribble,” He saw the cowering colt, then continued, “and I take it you’re Softy Blue. Princess Celestia told me all about you. She came to me to tell me about your special condition.”

“S-so you know about me?” Softy Blue asked, still scared but not as much.

“Yes I do,” Mr. Scribble responded. “School is about to start, so we better get to the classroom. Now follow me, please.”

So he did, worrying about what the day will bring. When they got to the classroom, Mr. Scribble directed Softy Blue to the desk in the middle of the back row. Mr. Scribble, then, began to take attendance, getting a response to each name he called.

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The bell had rung for recess, and all Softy Blue wanted to do was swing on a swing. So he trotted in the direction of the swing set, but before he could get there…

“Ew! What’s an earth pony doing here?”

Softy Blue did not like the sound, or tone, of that. He turned to see who it was. He saw a red colt with an orange mane and tail walking toward him. The colt had a mean look on his face. Softy Blue was terrified of the look alone.

“You do know this is a school for unicorns only, right?” the colt continued. Softy Blue was too scared to speak. “Didn’t think so. You earth ponies really are stupid.”

After hearing that, Softy Blue dropped into a sitting position and started to cry. He had cried for about 3 minutes when they heard a filly’s voice say, “Leave him alone, Flameheart.”

Flameheart and Softy Blue both turned their heads in the direction of the source. They saw a lime green unicorn filly accompanied by Mr. Scribble, and they both knew the filly in question. Both Fruity Loop and Mr. Scribble were glaring at Flameheart.

“Fruity, take Softy Blue to the Guidance Councilor.” Mr. Scribble said firmly.

“Okay.” Fruity walked over to her crying friend. “Let’s go, Blue.”