Interlude

Pumpkin was left alone in the classroom. Well, sort of. There was a young unicorn mare with a blond mane and a sort of purple-grayish coat was there too. She was staring at him as if she was searching for something. Pumpkin groaned. The last thing he needed was a student checking him out, so he frowned at her disapprovingly. She got the message and quickly ran out of the classroom and Pumpkin was left alone. He slumped onto his chair (the teachers' chairs had pillows. comfy pillows) and put his top hat over his eyes. He soon dozed off...

he woke up suddenly after what felt like a long nap. "Oh crap, I slept through the class!" he said as he noticed the empty classroom. Well, mostly empty. The unicorn mare was still there. She smiled. "Don’t b silly, Mr. Pumpkin, you only slept for a minute." she said with a big 'hey, you just had a panic attack. Let me reassure you' smile. "It felt like I’ve slept for an hour." Pumpkin said. The mare's smile vanished, replaced with a stern look. She stood up and trotted towards the door. Only then did Pumpkin realize that he didn't know the mare's name, nor did he remember her from any of his classes. "Hey, wait, what's your name?" he shouted after her, but she had already left the classroom. He ran t the door, slammed it open and furiously examined the hallway. It was empty, with the exception of the couple in the shady end, and here was no sign of the mysterious mare. Pumpkin closed the door and returned to his desk.

When the bell announced the end of recess, he hadn't even remembered that there was a mysterious mare in the class with him during the recess