Breaking Self-Loathing.

by Apollo49

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The door clicked when Dubstep opened the door. He took in a breath of air before holding the door open for Sliver.

Taking small steps at a time, Silver entered the building and took a second to look around. One thought crossed his mind. This place is huge...

The first thing Silver noticed were the banners that hang off the second floor of a golden horse head, symbolizing the school mascot; The Canterlot Wondercolt. Silver also noticed how many students were walking around. They still stuck to the normal quota of certain groups in school: Nerds, Jocks, Preps, etc.

But, the amount of sheer school spirit that filled those around him brought a small genuine smile to Silver. He felt a tap on his back as Dubstep leaned on his shoulder. "Take it in, Canterlot High. What do you think?" He asked with a grin.

Silver pondered for a second before he chuckled a bit. "It's a lot cleaner than my old school." He said, looking at the clean reflective tiles on the ground that had small lines that created a decorative floor.

"Well, that's because we have a better janitor. He actually works instead of sitting around reading a magazine. Speaking of which, does he still do that?" Dubstep questioned.

Silver gave him a nod. "Honestly, that's all he ever does now." He then proceeds to shake his head. "Let's not talk about that place. New start... Remember?"

"Right." Dubstep nodded as well before giving him a smile. "Well, let's start with Principal Celestia's office." He began to lead Silver toward the main offices.

After walking for a bit, Dubstep put a hand out to stop Silver from continuing to walk. "Dude, look." He said as he pointed down the hall.

Silver turned his head to look at this very colorful girl coming in their direction. Rainbow hair, blue skin tone, and eyes with a darker shade of pink.

In Dubstep's eyes, he watched as Rainbow Dash walked down the hall with a soccer ball under her arm. Everything was playing in slow motion for him as she greeted those she passed, walking as if she was the most awesome person in the school. "That's Rainbow Dash." He said to Silver. "Captain of almost all of the sports teams..."

Silver turned his attention back to Dubstep to notice the dorky look on his face. "THE Rainbow Dash? The one you talk about all the time?" Silver remembered their conversations mainly being about her.

"She's so cool, she's doesn't care about anything." He said with slight excitement. Silver raised an brow at Dubstep, before turning his attention back to Rainbow.

They witnessed the Rainbow Dash in question get stopped by a younger girl. More particularly a young girl with purple hair and orange skin. "Rainbow Dash!" The purple haired girl said loudly, it was obvious she couldn't contain her excitement around Rainbow. "Can you sign my soccer ball?" She asks, holding said soccer ball out.

"Of course, squirt." Rainbow set down her soccer ball and placed a foot on it so it doesn't roll away. She is also handed a black marker by 'squirt'.

Rainbow takes the cap off with her teeth and proceeds to sign the ball as requested of her. Afterwords, she gave the marker back to her as well as the soccer ball. "Now, how about on my first game this semester. When I make a shot, I'll face you and..." Rainbow started to think for a second before smiling. "I'll give you one of these!" Rainbow took a step back to have some room and did a perfect back flip.

Dubstep leaned down to Silver as he whispered. "Hey..." He said quietly. "Do you think she can do the splits?"

Silver turned to give him an obvious look. "I don't even know why you are asking me that. Shouldn't you know?"

"Do I look like stalker?" Dubstep blurted, offended. He realized he said that too loudly and looked around to see if anyone heard him. He let out a sigh of relief. "Good, I thought that..."

"You said that out loud." Silver had his attention turned back to Rainbow.

"Ah, crap."

The girl was in the middle of a hysterical giggle before cheering out. "You'd do that for me!?"

Rainbow ruffled the girl's hair before picking her soccer ball back up. "Anything for you squirt, now, hurry off to class or you'll be late." Rainbow smiled at the girl as she hurried off to her class. Resuming her walk, she notices Dubstep and starts to walk over.

Dubstep's eyes widen when he noticed this which causes him to lean against the lockers with a sort of cool attitude. This caused Silver to look at his friend in confusion.

"Hey, Dub." Rainbow smiled. "How was your summer?" She asked.

Silver got a good look at her this time, she seemed like the laid back sporty girl type.

Silver noticed this huge personality change in Dubstep as he responded a bit quiet like. "Good good... um.. yours?"

Rainbow smirked as she leaned to the side, and set a hand on her hip. "I had a blast with the summer sports, ranked 'Undefeated' in this years baseball team." She pointed at herself with a thumb with pride.

"Awesome." Dubstep turns his head away.

Rainbow's attention was then turned to Silver. "You look new here. I'm Rainbow Dash." She held out her hand to him. "Allow me to welcome you to Canterlot High."

"Yeah, new student." Silver greeted her by shaking her hand before introducing himself. "Silver String."

"Silver huh? Neat name. Catch you guys later." Rainbow then continued down the hall, clearly going to her class.

Once she was out of earshot, Silver turned to Dubstep now with an even more of a confused look. "What was that?"

Dubstep, reverting back into his normal personality, pulled himself off the lockers turning his head to watch her leave. "What?"

"You... You weren't well... You." He pointed out, stuttering on his words as he couldn't figure out how to say exactly what he saw.

Dubstep continued to watch Rainbow leave, leaning down to whisper to Silver. "Look, I really like this girl man."

Silver smugly smiled. "Don't screw it up." He joked.

Dubstep gave him a smirk as he said. "No promises." And then they were back on track on leading Silver towards the main offices.

A door with a nameplate that read 'Principal' was now in Silver's vision. "Is that it?" He asked, pointing at the door he was looking at.

"No it's a freaking Kiosk, of course it's the principal's office!" Dubstep sarcastically said, before chuckling at his clever joke.

Silver glared at Dubstep. "You didn't have to be rude."

Silver and Dubstep headed to the door. Dubstep raised his hand up to knock on the door only to be interrupted by a mature woman's voice.

"She's not in right now, she decided to make her rounds early this morning."

Silver peered around Dubstep to see a midnight blue woman with different shades of blue in her hair. "Wassup Luna?!" Dubstep asked, putting his arm around Silver.

Luna crossed her arms, giving off that sense of authority that even trouble makers are scared of. "Dubstep, I pray you are staying out of trouble?"

"Well, lucky for you, Sunday is my trouble day." He lightly tapped Silver's shoulder. "This is my friend, Silver."

Silver sort of shrank a bit, he was a bit embarrassed with his friend acting like this in front of the Vice Principal.

"Silver Strings I presume?" Luna walked up to him, holding out her hand. "Welcome to Canterlot High School. I hope you enjoy it here."

They exchanged a firm handshake before Silver responded. "I'm enjoying it so far." He said with a soft smile.

The conversation ended abruptly when the school bell began to ring. Once it quieted down, Luna spoke up. "Silver, you can wait for Celestia to finish her rounds in her office, I will inform her of your arrival."

"Thank you, Vice Principal." Silver bowed his head to her, before opening the door to the office.

Dubstep was about to follow him. "Dubstep," Luna's voice caused him to freeze in place. "The bell rang, please don't be late on your first day." She said sternly.

"Alright Alright, I'm going. Just keep an eye on that guy." After a brief bow of the head, he hurried down the hall to get to his first class. "Don't flirt with the Principal!" He called out to Silver before the door closed behind him.

Silver ignored Dubstep's comment and started to slowly walk towards the chair in the center of the room which was in front of Celestia's desk. He was taking the time to look at the things around him; the bookshelf to his left, the intercom microphone on her desk, the pictures on the wall, and-" Wait, what?

Silver turned his head to look at the three photos that were on the wall. All the pictures showed a tan skinned girl with orange and red hair. Each picture showed her in a different dress. Each picture got more sinister as he looked at them.

The first photo is of the girl looking quite honored to have received the crown on her head. The second picture she had a cocky grin, seeming to let that crown get to her head. The third shook Silver to the core. She was laughing evilly, almost like the crown was turning her into a monster.

To Silver, this told the story of a girl that let power get to her head. He sort of gave pity to her as he sat there with a somber look.

Suddenly, the door to the office opened which made Silver turn to look.

Entering the room was Principal Celestia, carrying a folder of documents. Once noticing Silver, she gave him a smile. "I see you've noticed our winner of the Fall Formal three years in a row."

Silver looked back at the photo's before he began nodding. "Yeah, it's impressive."

"Take a seat, let's begin." Celestia gestured to the chair before sitting down at her desk.

After seated, Silver was informed of what classes he would be taking and all the information he needed to know about the rules of the school. The discussion only lasted about ten or fifteen minutes. The two exchanged goodbyes, and Silver headed over to the door to leave before Celestia called. "Silver, one more thing."

Silver stopped, turning back with a smile. "Yes? Principal Celestia?"

Celestia gave him a reassuring smile. "I hope you enjoy Canterlot High. I've heard some things from parents about your old school. I thought it fitting if I told you that this school will do it's best to make sure you're comfortable."

Silver's eyes lowered slightly before he gave a small bow. "Thank you, Principal Celestia."

The door closed behind him and he began to make his way to his first class. Thoughts barreling around in his head like a bunch of monkeys, doubts filled his head as well as reassuring thoughts that made him feel uneasy. He knew this school was going to be a change for the better. There was only a matter of time before he can finally-

"Well, if it isn't the new student."

A voice caused Silver to stop in his tracks, turning towards the Anonymous voice. Silver's pupil's shrank slightly as the girl in front of him matched the pictures of that girl in Celestia's office. "Yeah, that's me."

This girl with her luscious red and orange hair, started to circle around him. "Shouldn't you be in class?" She asked intimidatingly.

Silver kind of stayed in one place as he watched her circle him. "I was just getting my schedule... Shouldn't you be in class?"

"I would, but I'm currently helping with an assignment." She held up a piece of paper. "I'm making copies for the teacher. Funny, I ran into the new kid on his first day."

"What's so special about me?" Silver asked.

This girl started to chuckle a bit, she ignored what he had asked before she introduced herself. "Sunset Shimmer, I already know your name so you can keep your mouth quiet for me."

Silver takes a step backwards as he remained silent.

Sunset gave him a smirk as she circled him. "I just wanted to warn you that I, rule this school. Not Celestia, not Luna. Me." Sunset started to threateningly step towards him. "So, if I ask you to do something for me, you do it. I'm not the type of girl you want to double cross. Do we have an understanding."

Silver started to take steps backwards from her. "Y-yeah... I understand..."

Sunset pat his chest with a grin. "Good, I wouldn't want to have a disobedient new student. Ask around about what I do to disobedient students, might keep you in check." Sunset brushed past him, she kept walking as she said one last thing over her shoulder. "Catch you later, new kid."

Silver watched Sunset leave, looking down at the ground in confusion. "Okay... At least she didn't target you... I just have to... avoid her I guess..." Silver took one last look at where Sunset had walked away before returning to finding his first class.

Although, the image of Sunset continued to linger in his mind. She didn't scare him but he knew he shouldn't try anything around her.

Then one last question surfaced in his mind. "What will she make me do?"

And what came next was something Silver would never expect.


Author's Note

And so, Silver has met Sunset. Not the greatest first impressions but it's a meeting nonetheless. I hope you all have enjoyed so far, I know things are a bit slow in the beginning but it'll get right into the good stuff. For now, I shall do my best to make sure to publish more chapters in the near future.