The Life and Times of a Substitue Teacher

Chapter 3: Behind Schedule

The next morning you awoke at the crack of dawn, as you have done ever since you moved out of your parents house, and were happily surprised to see that Scootaloo was also awake.

"Morning Scootaloo"

"Morning!" she happily responded while bouncing around your kitchen.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing! Just, uh, don't come in here!" she said while barricading the door to the kitchen.

You decided it would be best to leave her be, and you also remembered that you had to quickly go over the notes for the upcoming school day, making sure everything is going according to Cheerilee's plan. You could hear the occasional banging from the kitchen, but you thought nothing of it, you knew how eager Scootaloo was to get her cutie mark, so you blew it off as her attempt at a cooking related mark. As you skimmed over the notes for the day you were pleasantly surprised, today was going to be a physical activity day, which means all the school children would be going outside and playing, rather than sitting inside the rather stuffy classroom all day. Just as you were putting your notes away you saw a little scribble at the bottom of the page:

I hope you see this Silver, but this day plan can only happen if you manage to teach them about the third century of Celestia's rein, which I know the kids should enjoy.

Sorry,

Cheerilee

"That's odd, I don't remember them teaching that before..." you thought aloud to yourself.

"Taught what before?"

Scootaloo's sudden interruption caused you to jump, which ended up sending notes flying across the room, and causing her to drop whatever she had been holding on her back. You saw her expression turn sour, and you used your magic to pick up the plate she had dropped.

"What was this meant to be?" you asked while staring at what was now on your floor, "And sorry for scaring you"

"That was meant to be a thank you breakfast for you" she said quite sadly.

"Oh, don't worry about me, but did you at least make yourself a plate?"

She shook her head. It seems as though she thought making it up to you was more important than feeding herself. "What was breakfast supposed to be?"

"Hay bacon strips and hard boiled eggs, but I guess that won't happen now..."

"Give me a few moments, just go take a seat on the couch"

She did as you asked and made her way towards your living room, and you made your way to the kitchen. You quickly picked up the egg shells she had left on the counter, and you began breakfast over again. Within moments you had everything set up, the eggs were boiling, the bacon strips were sizzling, and the bread was being toasted. With a quiet chuckle you remembered how hay bacon strips were invented. Apparently someone was going to make hay fries, but tried to cook them with some extra fat from his butter, and they ended up mixing together into what you were about to have for breakfast. How he came up with the name for them is a mystery only he knows the answer to, but the noise of the toast popping up brought your thoughts back to making breakfast.

A couple of minutes later you entered the living room, levitating two plates next to you. "Here you go Scootaloo, eggs, bacon strips, and some buttered toast"

"You didn't have to make this for me you know, I'm used to not eating breakfast" she answered while she eyed the plate with deadly intentions for what currently sat on it.

"That's no way to think! Every young filly like you needs proper breakfast to get you through the day, and especially Pegasi who want to fly one day"

Without warning Scootaloo suddenly devoured her breakfast, almost taking the plate with it, and happily burped. "That was really good..."

"Thanks, but it's better when you actually have time to taste it" you say while taking a bite out of your toast.

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"Hurry up Scootaloo! We're running late as it is!"

"Not my fault you wanted to make me eat breakfast before taking a shower!"

"Just hurry up!"

After around ten minutes of waiting for Scootaloo to finish her shower, the two of you left, her mane still a bit wet. Without warning she grabbed her scooter out of your saddle bag and took off towards the school. Before she could get very far she ran into a stallion who had just left his house a moment before.

"Stupid orphan, watch where you're going or else!"

"Calm down Richie, she didn't see you, no need to get worked up over it"

"Well, I say, you defending the poor little urchin that shouldn't be anywhere near this neighborhood, let alone a pony such as myself, you must have gotten soft since last we talked"

"Oh shut it Filthy, she's staying with me for the time being, now if you'll excuse us, we're late for school"

"What? The great Silver Star going back to school, surely you're joking"

"Yeah, I'm going to teach at the school, now please shut up and get out of our way"

"No one talks to me, Filthy Rich, like that, not even you!"

Your next response didn't come in words, but rather it came in magic. Before he could say anything more you lifted him off the ground and threw him into a nearby fountain. Scootaloo had been hiding behind you the entire time, but your actions had managed to make her burst into laughter.

"That was awesome, I've never seen anyone talk to him like that before!"

"It's a privilege that only me and his wife have" you responded with a wink.

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"Sorry class, I was running a little late today due to some issues at home, hopefully nothing happened before I-"

You were cut off by what you had seen as you entered the room. Right in the middle of the room were Applebloom and Sweetie Belle, huddled close together, and it looked like one of them was crying. Scootaloo had also seen this and was about to jump into the circle of ponies that were around the two fillies, but you managed to beat her to it.

"What the hay is going on here?!" you demanded as you teleported yourself into the circle.

"Well, we were just talking, and then Applebloom showed up late, escorted by Big Mac, and when he said goodbye, he gave her a kiss on the lips" Diamond Tiara answered.

"Not only that, but they held it for a while, their faces were really red, redder than he usually is I mean!" Silver Spoon added on.

"So, they probably didn't mean it, and sat there out of confusion, what does that have to do with all of you surrounding her and Sweetie Belle?"

"We did nothing wrong, all we did was state the obvious" said Silver Spoon, this time saying something before Diamond Tiara.

"And what would that be?"

"That her family is inbred" Diamond Tiara said smugly.

"WHAT!" you yelled, magic shooting out of your horn due to your anger at what the filly just said to you.

"It wasn't our fault, she suddenly jumped at me and then when I hit her away she started to cry, and we all came to watch the inbred cry" Diamond said, unfazed by your outburst.

"It was kinda funny" Spoon added on.

"ALL OF YOU, DETENTION EVERY DAY FOR AN HOUR! TIARA AND SPOON, GO HOME, GET YOUR PARENTS AND COME BACK!" you yelled, your rage taking over your thoughts.

"But..." one of the colts said.

"NO BUTS! EVERYPONY GO HOME NOW OR ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN EVEN BIGGER TROUBLE!"

Without any noise you saw every colt and filly quickly pack up their books and run out the door. You turned around to see Scootaloo now talking to Applebloom with Sweetie Belle, trying to stop her crying. You looked down in disappointment at how the kids had acted, but something freaked you out quite a bit. There was a black ring around you, as if someone had come by and lit fire to that part of the floor.

"Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, stay here with Applebloom, I'll be back in a second"

Before they could respond you were gone, suddenly appearing in the fields of Sweet Apple Acres. You quickly looked around for Macintosh, and when you saw him plowing the field next to you, you breathed a sigh of relief.

"MAC! I NEED YOU TO COME WITH ME!" you shouted at him when he noticed you were there.

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After three hours of talking with the parents of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, you were finally free to go find out what state Applebloom was in. After you took Mac to the school house and showed him Applebloom he quickly picked her up and ran back to the farm without saying a thing. As you approached the farm you could make out the sound of Applebloom's laughter, obviously something had managed to cheer her up again. When you got close to the farm house you saw Mac standing outside with Whooves.

"What's going on guys?" you asked as you approached them.

"Oh nothing, just staying outside while the elements talk up a storm" Whooves answered.

"I'm guessing that's why I can hear Applebloom laughing right now?"

"Eeyup" Mac responded, "So, why are you here?"

"Wanted to check on her, and was coming to see if you had wanted to go get a few drinks, because I know I want some"

"Okay let's go" Whooves said after Mac had nodded.

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"Dear Celestia man?! How much do you weigh?" you asked a now drunk Big Mac.

"I'm guessing a lot" Whooves said while he finished off his drink.

"It's a good thing I can hold my liquor, and that you only get girly drinks"

"Oh shut it, at least now you've had someone to talk to about the snobs you're supposed to be teaching"

"Yeah..." you trailed off.

"OH! Thanks for bringing that up!" you quickly said while snapping your head upright.

"What, the snobs in your class?" Whooves asked, obviously confused.

"Yeah. You're dating Derpy right?"

"Yes, what of it?"

"I need you to give this to her, I know she's a mailmare, so hopefully she can drop this off at the post office for me tomorrow" you said while handing Whooves a letter.

"Who's this for?"

"Cheerilee, I thought she might want to know her entire schedule's been thrown out the window thanks to those little snobs"

"Okay, I'll make sure she brings it with her in the morning, see you another time" Whooves said as he turned towards his house.

"Yeah, be seeing you"

You quickly dropped Mac off at the farm house, which was accompanied by Applejack's complaints about him being drunk, and then made your way home, managing to find that Scootaloo had been waiting outside your house for you, and she had fallen asleep. You carefully lifted her up and carried her to her bed, then you made your way to your own bed. As you fell asleep you wondered what Cheerilee would think of you yelling at her students the way you did, but you couldn't get very far into those thoughts, seeing as you fell asleep quite easily tonight.

Hopefully tomorrow with be better...