Still Waters

Streamy felt nervous to go to school again. She had no idea what Scarlett and Peppermint were up to. She was hoping the whole fiasco would blow over, but this kind of thing had happened before. Last year, a mare named Clouded Skies was being teased by Scarlett. She lashed out and accidentally hit her. Soon rumors were spread about her, and the teasing got much worse. It soon got bad enough that Clouded Skies started going to a different school. Streamy was terrified that it would happen to her. And Raindrop.

She sighed as her mother trotted away. She trudged through the door and sat in the back. Raindrop was already in the same spot she was yesterday.

“Hey.” The unicorn said.

“Hi..” Streamy had zoned out. She sighed. “I’m really worried.”

“About what?” Raindrop asked,confused. “Those bullies? Don’t worry, if they touch us, I can take care of them.” A blue aura glowed around Raindrop’s horn.

“I don’t think some magic will stop them…” Streamy mumbled. Just at that moment, Scarlett and Peppermint walked in. Streamy tried to hide her face. Her heart was pounding like crazy.
I’m such a wimp… She thought to herself.

They sat right next to them. Scarlett sat beside Streamy, and Peppermint sat beside Raindrop.

Oh no.

Raindrop glared at both of them. Scarlett just batted her eyelashes, as if to say, What?

“What are you doing?” Raindrop said angrily.

“We can’t just sit somewhere new for once?” Peppermint said innocently. “With our best friends weirdo and Blindy?”

“Excuse me?” Raindrop said. “That’s not funny.”

Streamy thought she saw Raindrop’s eyes start to turn a light shade of red for a moment, but she thought nothing of it.

“Sure it is.” Scarlett said with almost no emotion.

“Shut up.” Raindrop hissed.

“What did you just say?” Scarlet said defensively.

Silver Lining walked into the room. She motioned for the class to calm down.

“Alright.” She said. “Let’s continue our math lesson.”

Scarlett was glaring at Raindrop during the whole of math. Streamy felt really uneasy, as if Scarlett would lash out at Raindrop in the middle of class. She knew she wouldn’t, but she was still terrified.

The bell finally rang for recess. Streamy jumped out of her chair, happy to be free. She was so distracted that she ran directly into Scarlett.

“Hey!” The pink earth mare shouted at her. “Watch it!”

“S-Sorry, Scarlett.” Streamy mumbled.

“You better be.” She scoffed before turning to the door.

The mint green pegasus sighed and walked out of the door. Raindrop appeared at her side. She walked with her.
“Don’t worry.” She reassured her. “We’ll be fine.”

“You don’t know that!” Streamy snapped. “You don’t know what they can do!”

“Yes, but I know what I can do.” Raindrop lifted up her cape for a moment. Streamy at first thought it was nothing, but then she saw them. Raindrop had wings! She was an alicorn. But how?

“Wha-” Streamy started. Raindrop put her hoof over her mouth.

“Don’t say a word.” She said. Streamy nodded.

“Hey, how about we talk to Lavender!” Raindrop said, looking over at the purple filly sitting by the edge of the building. “She looks lonely.”

“I don’t think that’s a good idea…” Streamy said.

“Why not?”

“Well..” Streamy got quiet. “Lavender’s part of the Blood family. They’re said to.. summon demons. Plus, Lavender isn’t really the talking type.”

“Trust me, I know a thing or two about demons.” Raindrop said, already running over.

“What?” Streamy was confused.

“I’ll tell you later, c’mon!” Raindrop called to her. Streamy ran over.

“Hey Lavender!” Raindrop said cheerfully.

Lavender looked up, startled. “Oh,um, hi Raindrop.” She shoved a piece of paper behind her.

“How’s it goin?” Raindrop said. “You look lonely..”

“This is how I spend every recess.” Lavender reassured her.

“Hey!” Someone shouted from behind her. “Weirdo!”

It was Scarlett.

“What do you want?” Lavender spat, pushing Raindrop to the side.

“This doesn’t concern you, demon girl.” Scarlett hissed. Lavender scowled.
“Go away.” Streamy said, trying to be brave.

“You wish!” Scarlett shouted. Suddenly, Scarlett jumped to the side, directly next to Raindrop.

“Huh?” Raindrop asked. Suddenly, she fell to the ground as her cape was torn off. Scarlett looked up and spat the cape out. She looked up and gasped. All the ponies around them were staring.

Raindrop got up. She opened her eyes. They were bright red. A few ponies backed up. Lavender gasped.

“Raindrop!” Lavender said.

Without saying a word, Raindrop launched herself at Scarlett, who screamed as she fell to the ground.

“Get off of me!” She shouted.

Some sort of black smoke started forming around Raindrop legs,her body started to turn gray, and her mane grew darker. The bows holding her pigtails started to unloop and fall out.

“How dare you!” She shouted in a voice that seemed unlike her own. “I wanted to be normal! I wanted to be normal!”

“Raindrop, can you hear me?” Lavender shouted.

“What?” Streamy yelled, confused.

“She’s being taken over by a demon!” Lavender answered. “I’ve seen this before. Raindrop! I need you to take control!”

“No!” Raindrop shouted. “I need revenge first!”

Scarlett shut her eyes. Someone suddenly shoved Raindrop off of Scarlett. It was Peppermint Aqua.

“Get off of her, you freak!” She shouted.

Raindrop stood motionless on the floor for a moment. The black smoke disappeared, and her hair and body returned to their normal state. Her eyes were blue.

“Oh no…”

Ms.Silver ran onto the playground.

“What happened?”

Faster than you could say “Trouble”, Raindrop, Scarlett,and Peppermint were in Ms.Silver’s office.

“What was all this about?” She asked.

“They were making fun of me and Sparkling Stream!” Raindrop said, looking at the floor. “I… I didn’t know what to do… I-”

“I expected as much of you two.” Ms.Silver said. “This has happened before. If this keeps up,you’ll both get suspended, or even expelled!”

“Us?” Scarlett said.”She attacked us first! What about her?”

“Raindrop has some special… circumstances.” Ms.Silver said.

“What?!” Peppermint yelled. “She jumped on top of Scarlett!”

“Hush.” The gray earth pony said angrily. “I’ll deal with Raindrop separately. You two have detention for two days.”

“But-”

“No.” Ms.Silver said. “Leave. Go to your classes. Raindrop, stay.”