First Day

I woke up at around 6:00 in the morning. I remembered that today was my first day at Canterlot High. I decided to go wake my mom up since it seemed like she wasn't anytime soon. I snuck into her room and tried to wake her. The result was a jolt and a loud gasp scaring both of us.

"What?!" She asked panting for breath.

"I don't wanna be late." I whispered.

"You don't go until 7:05." She said.

"...what?" I asked.

After the rude awakening, I decided to get dressed. I was always used to the annual "Collared-T-Shirt-and-Jeans" dress code, but when I learned that CHS barely had a dress code, I decided to get my Walking Dead shirt-- don't worry, it only was an overshot of The Prison. I was about to get breakfast when my mom came in with McDonalds bag in her hand.

"Here. I got you some McBiscuts." She said.

I, being a fan of McBiscuts, wasted no time devouring the two sandwiches in front of me, along with the hash-brown. After drinking some iced tea and brushing my teeth, I noticed it was 6:50. I told my mom and I grabbed my bookbag. I began walking out when I saw a bus drive up. I quickly ran after it and caught it in time. I took an empty seat in the front row and pulled out my phone. I started Plauge Inc. and played it until I looked up and saw a large building with the words "CHS" hanging down on a flag near the doors.

Before you ask, I was put in CHS mid-year. So I'll have to catch on pretty fast around here.

I walked in and then, as I looked around, a girl in a leather jacket too short for her size came towards me.

"Hi! Are you the new kid I'm supposed to show around?" She asked.

"Yeah. I'm Jason." I said to her.

"I'm Sunset Shimmer. One of the senior council." Sunset said.

We walked around the school as she pointed out the classes, library[it was huge], auditorium, gym, and the office. I found the locker they said was mine during the orientation. I put my combination in and placed my bookbag inside. I grabbed my schedule and found my first class. I walked in and took my seat near the back. I took note of the people walking in. A slightly chubby kid with a black T-shirt with scissors, a tall kid with a sweater vest with a snail on it, and several others. I then saw the teacher walk in-- with a semi-big smile on her face.

"Hello, class. I would go on with today's lesson, but today, we have a new student." She said looking at me.

As she looked at me, so did the class.

"Would you like to say anything about yourself?" The teacher asked.

I stood up and started speaking.

"My name is Jason. I'm from Pensilvania, my old school was Lackawana Trail." I said.

"How did you come here?" The teacher asked.

"Well, we moved from Abington to Trail, then we moved here. I was told of this place from an old family friend who's granddaughter comes here." I said.

"And who is that?" The teacher asked.

"I know her name has something to do with apples..." I said thinking.

"Applejack?" The teacher asked.

"Yeah, that's it. When we moved, we decided to move here." I said.

"Do you keep in touch with your friends?" The teacher asked.

"Well, I didn't have much of any friends at Trail, but I keep in touch with my old friends from Abington." I said.

"You had no friends at all in Trail?" The teacher asked.

The truth was, I had some pretty good friends at Trail. And I'm going to miss them for a while.

"Some. But not enough to wipe that year out of my head." I said to her.

"Thank you, Jason. I'm Cheerilee. I think you'll love it here at Canterlot High." Cheerilee said.

The first day wasn't much of anything. Just talking about the schedules and the layout of the school. As the day passed, I felt like... something was odd about this place. Most of the seniors and some of the juniors were whispering about one of the students-- Sunset Shimmer. Later, I saw her down the hall; I waved and she waved back. I soon felt poking at my shoulder. I quickly jolted and turned to see a person I was all too familiar with.

"Hey, Applejack!" I said.

"Howdy, Jason! It's been a while!" She said with her southern accent.

"So, how is it at Sweet Apple?" I asked her.

"Things have been going alright. I see you found a friend already..." AJ said-- clearly talking about Sunset Shimmer.

"Well, she didn't laugh at my face, so yeah." I said.

"Trust me, you won't see any of that here." AJ said, clearly reassured.

You're probably wondering why we were able to chat like this. You see, CHS had this crazy "Free-Time" concept. How it works is, during the last hour and a half of the day, the students are allowed to walk around the school, chat with friends in seperate grades, and more. The best part is, this has lasted for over 10 years! I was using this time wisely and looking through yearbooks they stored in the library. I saw photos of the "Canterlot Fall Formal" from other years. I noticed something they all had in common: They all had Sunset Shimmer on the "Fall Formal Princess" column.

'I didn't think she was a celebrity...' I thought to myself.

But what really confused me was the photos with the "In your face" kind of vibe. From what I've seen from her, she's nothing like that at all. It might be nothing, but at the same time, the students were muttering about her like she was a burden...

I think something's wrong here... and I'm going to figure out what.

Author's Note

Note: This takes place between Equestira Girls and Rainbow Rocks and will NOT involve Friendship Games for a while.