Author's Note

WIP of what Belle looks like

Parallel Quest 4: Welcome To Canterlot High School

Parallel Quest Four

Welcome To Canterlot High School

(Canterlot High School, cafeteria)

“So any idea on what we’re going to do with Belle?” Rainbow Dash asked as she along with the other girls took their seats at a table in the cafeteria.

“Unfortunately, no.” Rarity said as she poked at her lunch on her tray. “I can’t keep her at my place seeing how no one is there all day to watch her. And I don’t trust her alone with Sweetie Belle when she gets home.”

“I would offer her a place to stay, but how do you tell your folks that you’re friends with an alien from another world that can shoot lasers from her hands.” Applejack said as she took a bite out of her apple. “Plus something tells me that she would eat us out of house and home.”

“That and she might eat all your animals on the farm.” Rainbow Dash said as it caused Fluttershy to gasp in shock and Applejack to deadpan at her. “What? You know it’s true.”

“I doubt she would do that to Applejack darling...then again she is from another world so things might be different where she comes from.” Rarity said as she looked over at Pinkie. “What about you Pinkie? Do you have any ideas?”

“Hmmmmmmmmmm! Well, I could let her stay at my place. But I don’t think Mr & Ms cake would allow strangers into the house. Especially if they can’t get in contact with her parents.”

“And we can’t let her stay with Fluttershy. Angel might get into a fight with her and she might end up making rabbit stew with him.” Rainbow said, which got a gasp from Fluttershy. “So I guess she’ll have to stay with Sunset then?”

“I hate to have to do this to the poor girl. Especially when she’s still recovering from the fall formal.” Rarity said as she jabbed her salad with her fork.

“And the fact that almost the entire school hates her and is planning to get revenge on her,” Applejack added. “You should’ve seen what they wrote on her locker.”

“She demon, homewrecker, you put the dick in a dictatorship?” Rainbow Dash asked as she noticed everyone looking at her in surprise. “What? That’s what I heard from Gilda when she walked by and saw them do it.”

“You’re still friends with Gilda?” Rarity asked while raising an eyebrow at her in suspicion.

“Hey, just because you’re not fond of her, doesn’t mean I’m going to stop being her friend. Plus, she’s kinda like my informer in case she hears something that might be worth hearing.”

“Isn’t it a bit wrong for her to do something like that?” Fluttershy asked as Rainbow Dash shrugged in return to her question.

“As long as she isn’t using it to hurt anyone, then I don’t see the big deal about it personally. But what she told me about Sunset’s situation with the students was a bit unsettling.”

“So not only do we have to figure out what to do with Belle, but we have to help Sunset as well.” Applejack said as she tilted her hat. “This might be a bit more difficult than we could imagine.”

“I’m sure we can think of something. With the five of us together, we can do anything!” Pinkie Pie said as the others agreed. “Well besides flying, shooting laser from our eyes, or punch holes through walls, or teleport to different locations around the world, or- ”

“We get it Pinkie.” Rarity said as she shakes her head at Pinkie’s rambling. “Seriously, where do you get these weird ideas from I will never know.”

“Internet.” She replied as she sticks her tongue out at her.

“Figures,” Rainbow said as she took a bite out of her burger. “But we’ll have to think of a plan after school when we go over to Sunset’s place. Can’t think of one while in school while listening to the teachers' lessons like we did with Mr. Doodle's class.”

“Yeah, I think we all can agree on that.” Rarity said as she was about to say something else, only for the voice from the intercom to interrupt her as every student quickly stops talking to hear the announcement.

“Good afternoon everyone. This is Vice-Principal Luna speaking. Would the following students please report to Principal Celestia’s Office? Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Rarity. That is all and have a wonderful day!”

“....You don’t think this has something to do with the lie about where Sunset is….do you?” Pinkie asked as the girls had worried expressions on their faces.

“I get the feeling that it does.” Applejack sighed as she got up from the table she and the others were sitting at and started to head towards the office. “We better hurry up and head over to the office so we can see what Principal Celestia wants.” As she did that, the other girls that were sitting at the table did the same as they followed Applejack out of the Cafeteria and headed towards the main office.

(Principal Celestia’s Office)

While Sunset’s friends began to make their way to Principal Celestia’s office, Sunset and Belle were currently sitting in the chairs in front of the principal’s desk as the Saiyan looked around at the room they were in. Not paying attention to Celestia staring at them, Belle soon took notice of a bowl full of candy as she quickly took the bowl off of the human’s desk and began to eat it. Sunset was about to reply and tell the Saiyan to drop the candy bowl, but she was soon stopped by Celestia waving a hand at her in a dismissing manner.

“So let me get this straight,” Belle asked as she tossed a piece of candy into her mouth. “You want me to pretend to be a student here in your school until I can get back to Conton City?”

“I wouldn’t say pretend. More like secretly being a student and looking over Sunset.” Celestia said as Sunset deadpanned. “It’s not that I’m worried that you’ll turn evil or anything, but there are some students that are still holding a grudge against her after three years of...well tormenting them….no offense.”

“None taken.” Sunset sighed as she looked off to the side for a moment before turning her attention back onto Celestia. “But is this necessary? I mean they can’t be that angry to try and hurt me….right?” Silence hung in the air for a moment before it was soon broken by Celestia awkwardly coughing. “Oh fuck me sideways.”

“Language young lady. You’re still in school and do have to follow the rules.” Celestia said as she turned her attention back to Belle. “Given the fact that you’re just like Sunset, in another worldly kind of deal. I’ll have to ask Luna to make a fake student profile for you as I did with Sunset. It might take a while, but we’ll try to have it by the end of today.”

“Isn’t that illegal?” Belle asked before tossing another piece of candy in her mouth. “I mean I've never been to earth before so I wouldn’t know the rules and laws of this world.”

“It kinda is, but no one would have to know about this. So long as no one talks about this to anyone outside of this room.”

“Fair enough. Now, I’ll pretend to be a student here and all that stuff. But what’s in it for us?”

“I'll pay for Sunset's living expenses for the next three years.” The Principal said as Sunset stared at her with widened eyes.

“You’re joking, right? I mean I want to make sure this isn’t some kind of joke or anything.” Sunset asked as Celestia simply chuckled at Sunset’s skepticism.

“I’m not joking about that. I’m willing to pay for your rent, electricity, and medical bills if need be, but you’ll have to promise me that you won’t cause any trouble like before.” She said before looking over at Belle. “And your friend here will make sure she’ll do that. Right?”

“Yeah, yeah, make sure the former troublemaker stays in check and protects her from people that might hold a grudge against her. Shouldn’t be a problem to do.”

“I kinda find it hard to believe people will find you threatening as a bodyguard due to your height,” Sunset mumbled as she flinched from the glare the Saiyan girl was giving her. “Um, sorry. Didn’t mean to say that.”

“I’m only here until I can get back to Carton City. So I might as well do something to keep me busy, and recover from my….rough beating.” Belle sighed before looking off to the side. “I’m hoping the beacon they have set up for time patrollers works. Otherwise, this might be a problem.”

“I’m sure things will work out for you. But until then.” Celestia extends a hand toward the Saiyan girl with a motherly smile on her face. “Welcome to Canterlot High, Miss. Belle.”

Belle rolled her eyes at being called miss as she shook the principal’s hand. Just as she did that, the door to the Principal’s office opened up as Celestia, Sunset, and Belle turned their attention toward the door. As they did that, five familiar students entered the room with Principal Luna following in from behind and closing the door behind herself.

“Sunset? What are you doing here?” Rainbow Dash asked as she noticed Belle next to her. “And what is Belle doing here!?”

“Hello ladies~,” Belle said in a teasing manner before going back to eating what was left in the candy bowl.

“Seriously? Strep Throat?” Sunset asked with a deadpan expression on her face. “You couldn’t have thought of a better excuse than that? I even told you to tell Principal Celestia about what happened.”

“To be fair, we didn’t think that the Principal would believe that. Especially after what happened at the Fall Formal...no offense.” Applejack answered as Sunset sighed.

“None taken.”

“To answer your question Rainbow Dash,” Celestia said as their attention was now drawn to her. “After hearing that Sunset had strep throat, I decided to check on her to see if what you said was true. Only to find out that she was cooking for a rather interesting guest.” She said motioning towards Belle. “In all honesty, I wouldn’t have believed you if you did tell me the truth. But after seeing Belle float off the ground and her tail, I’m going to have to believe you on that matter.”

“Indeed.” Principal Luna added. “I’m still a bit surprised that you’re willing to enroll this girl into our school sister so willingly.” She said as Applejack and the others were taken by surprise by this.

“Wait a minute? You’re going to have her be a student of Canterlot High?” Rainbow Dash asked as Celestia nodded.

“Wouldn’t that be a bad idea? I mean given how she’s an alien from outer space, wouldn’t that cause problems?” Rarity asked as she motions to Belle’s tail sticking out.

“I’m not a fan of hiding my tail. But like I said before to Sunset, I’m willing to hide it underneath the cloth I have wrapped around my waist. That and I do look like a human. So hiding out here shouldn’t be a problem.” Belle said before hiding her tail underneath her cloth.

"And if it accidentally slips out due to some odd reason?" Luna asked as Pinkie spoke up.

"Oh! She could be part of the anime club that I'm part of!" The pink girl said as Belle looked over at her for a moment before looking at Sunset for an answer.

"It's kind of like a club that's all about watching anime-related shows, games, and other things related to Japan. They're not a bad club...though it did have a bad reputation due to certain members being...well, too obsessed with the culture." Sunset answered.

"But things have gotten better now that the old members are gone. You would love it, and it would give you an excuse in case your tail flops out."

“That might work in case her tail slips out by accident or some odd reason. Luna would be willing to vouch for you if someone doesn't believe it given how she runs the club.” Celestia said as Luna smiles upon hearing this.

“Well, I guess that works.” Applejack said as she looked over at Belle. “But you better not shoot any of that laser beam magic stuff you pulled at Sunset’s place.” Both Celestia and Luna raised an eyebrow to this as Belle tossed a piece of candy from the bowl she was eating into the air and fired a small ki blast at it. Upon impact, the candy was quickly reduced to dust as everyone blinked in surprise by this.

“It’s not magic, it’s ki energy like I said before.”

“....Please tell me that you can control that?” Sunset asked as the Saiyan nodded. Everyone gave out a collected sigh of relief as Belle simply snorted in disappointment.

“So Belle’s a new student here in school?” Pinkie Pie asked as she let out a sudden gasp. “We need to throw her at “Welcome to Earth and Canterlot High School Party!!!” She said before getting a stern look from Celestia, causing the pink party girl to smile awkwardly. “Too loud?”

“Yes, yes it was. Do remember that you’re all in school. You can have your little welcoming party after school. But for now, you need to head back to lunch now that I have informed you all about this. I will be announcing an assembly during the seventh period about this once Luna is finished making the fake documentation for our alien friend.”

“Isn’t that kinda Illegal?” Fluttershy asked as a serious expression appeared on Celestia's face, causing her along with the others to be taken by surprise by the sudden change in emotions

“It is, hence the reason why what happens in this office stays between us. Because if anyone else knows about this, then we’re all in big trouble. Especially for Sunset and Belle seeing how they’re not from our world. Is that clear?” The Principal asked as the teens nodded in agreement. Celestia’s hardened expression quickly softens up as she smiles as if nothing happened. “Good to hear that. Now while you five are at lunch, Sunset will be giving Belle a tour around the school so she can get a good layout of where to go and not get lost.”

“That shouldn’t be a problem. Before I do that, would it be okay if I stop by my locker to get something out of there?” Sunset asked her friends, winced upon hearing that. “What? What’s wrong?” She asked as Rarity was the first to speak up

“Um….well, you see Sunset. While we were busy talking about dealing with Belle, Rainbow Dash said that someone wrote on your locker...again.” The seamstress said as the former she-demon and Celestia deadpan to this.

“Again? Isn’t this like the fifth time someone has written on Sunset’s locker?” Luna asked as Celestia nodded. “I keep saying that we should punish the students for doing this.”

“And like I said over and over again, it would be unfair to punish the other students that didn’t do the crime. Go get the janitor and have him clean the mess up if you would. Also, tell him that I’m sorry that he has to clean up the mess again.” Luna nodded as she left the room and headed off to find the janitor. “And as for you all, head off back to lunch if you would. I have a ton of paperwork to finish up by the end of this week.” The girls nodded to this as they all left the room. Once they left and the door closed behind them, Celestia looked around the room for a moment before pulling out her phone and started watching cute adorable cat videos on Youtube

“Ah, I wish I could get a pet cat of my own~”

While Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna began to get everything set up for the assembly, Sunset along with her friends began to lead the Saiyan around the school. Normally it would be Sunset who would be doing the touring seeing how Celestia told her to do it, but her friends couldn’t really help but tag along. Mostly to get to know the Saiyan and because they still felt bad for leaving Sunset behind to deal with Belle. Throughout the tour, Sunset began to tell the Saiyan about the school and how it was made. Applejack informed Belle about which class Sunset has and where she needed to go. Rarity pointed out the bathrooms and cafeteria for when lunch starts. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy offered their input as they told her about after-school activities that she could join, though Rainbow Dash suggested she join the soccer team. The tour went on for a while until a quarter past twelve and they would be outside near the soccer field talking to each other.

“So you’re an alien from another planet huh?” Rainbow Dash asked as she looked at Belle up and down. “Do something alieny.”

“Is that even a word?” Belle asked as she looked over at Sunset who shook her head.

“No it’s not a word and Rainbow Dash you know she can’t do something like that here in school. Do you know how much trouble we both would be in if she did something like that?”

“Not to mention it’s rude to ask her to do something like that,” Rarity added as Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes at this.

“I’m not saying right now. I’m saying later when we head over to your place.”

“Why my place?” Sunset asked as she raised an eyebrow towards the rainbow-haired girl.

“Because you’re the only one who can house an alien from another world without getting into trouble with their parents.” Pinkie Pie said as everyone looked over at her. “What? It’s true and you all know it.”

“Pink girl does make a valid point. Then again it’s not like we got much of a choice in the matter.” Belle said as she looked around the hallway as they walked. “So this is what being in an earthling school feels like. A bit weirder than the school back in Conton City.”

“How so?” Applejack asked.

“Ours is a bit bigger, we can come and go as we please, and it’s mostly used for those that are new to the whole Time Patroller thing.”

“Time Patroller? What are you, some kind of police or something?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Time patrollers are beings that are sent to different timelines of certain areas of a person’s lifetime. We make sure the correct history is there and not altered so that the future doesn’t change for the worse...oddly enough there have been a lot of changes in history.”

“So you’re like a time-traveling alien from another world?” Applejack asked as the Saiyan nodded while placing a hand on her chin.

“Well, when you put it like that….yeah I guess I am.” She said before hearing a gasp coming from Pinkie Pie.

“I almost forgot to give these back!” Pinkie said before reaching into her hair to pull out a couple of capsules with the capsule corp logo on them and handing them over to Belle.

“Wow, I forgot I had these on me when I crashed here. Wait, how did you get them from me?”

“Oh, I found them outside in front of Sunset’s house while you were knocked out. What’s inside them?”

“Just my personal belongings and stuff….You girls didn’t open them did you?”

“No. But how can you have your belongings inside those small capsules?” Rarity asked as she eyed one of them before Belle put them inside her pocket. “I hope you don’t keep your clothes in there? That would be dreadfully awful to have to iron out the wrinkles from your clothes.”

“I only change my clothes if need be or need to have them washed. Other than that, I pretty much wear my usual battle gear when patrolling. I mean I have them neatly folded so I don’t think I need to iron them anytime soon.” Belle said as she tried to place her hands behind her head to relax, only to wince from the soreness in her body.

“Still in pain after crashing into the ground?” Sunset asked.

“Combined with the fact that I got the crap beaten out of me. Yeah, still in somewhat moderate pain. But nothing that some food and sleep won’t fix….well possibly sleep. I don’t know about the food part.”

“Hey, it’s not my fault I don’t have much food in the fridge. Not only that, but I didn’t think I would have a roommate from another world crashing at my place until she can get home.”

“Why do I get the feeling you eat just like Pinkie Pie?” Applejack said before looking over at Pinkie eating a cupcake which everyone was wondering where she got it from. Pinkie licked her lips as she was about to eat it, that is until she noticed everyone looking over at her as she blinked.

“What? Do I have something on my face?” She asked as everyone minus Belle paled at the thought of this before shaking their heads.

“N-No. It’s nothing Pinkie.” The country girl said before looking back at Belle. “Anyway, Belle. How are y'all liking the school so far?”

“Well besides seeing a few people looking at me like I’m the plague or something. I guess this place is cool in its way...still annoyed that I have to do school work here and pretend to be a student. If I wanted to get a lecture, I’d get it from Elder Kai back in Conton City…..better yet the Kai of time, cause at least her lectures don’t run on for two to three hours.”

“School’s not so bad. I mean the only thing you have to worry about is school work, homework, class assignments, projects, exams, pop quizzes, and-” Applejack paused upon seeing a deadpan expression on Belle as a sheepish smile appeared on her face. “I’m not making it better for you am I?”

“No….No, you are not.” Belle let out a sigh of annoyance before looking up at the sky. “This is going to be a very painful school I’m gonna be hiding out in.”

“Hey, look on the bright side. At least you still got us!” Pinkie Pie said as she hopped over to Belle and gave her a surprisingly strong hug. “We’ll help you out and teach you a few things about this place if you’re having problems!”

“C….Can’t….B...Breath….so much...p...Pain!” The Saiyan said as Pinkie Pie released her hold on Belle while giving her a sheepish smile. “Do keep in mind that I’m still recovering a bit…”

“Right, sorry about that. But seriously, we’re here to help you if you need it~!”

“I’ll keep that in mind. Thanks for the offer though. So what else is there to do at this school other than going to classes and stuff?”

“Well, there is after-school stuff that you can do. Like joining a club, helping out with setting stuff up for school events like the fall formal for example, and hanging out with friends.” Rainbow Dash said with a grin on her face. “You could always join the soccer team that I’m on. That way I can see how good you are and beat you in a one-on-one match~” She said before getting elbowed by Applejack. “What? Am I the only one who’s interested in seeing how much of an alien she is?”

“No, but doing it privately would be a smart thing to do. We’re trying not to draw out the fact that she is not from this world. It’s bad enough that weird things are happening here, we don’t need to have Sunset or Belle to get blamed because of it...no offense you two.”

“None taken, I guess.” Both Sunset and Belle said at the same time as they looked at each other for a moment with a small smile on their faces before looking back at the group as Sunset spoke up.

“We also go on field trips, but that all depends on the teacher that does it. Like Mr-” Before Sunset could finish her sentence, the school bell rang followed by an announcement from the speakers outside.

“Good afternoon students of CHS! This is Principal Celestia speaking! Will all students and faculty members please report to the auditorium for an important announcement! I repeat, will all students and faculty members please report to the auditorium for an important announcement!”

“Guess that would be my calling for me to head over to the auditorium...um...where is that by the way?” Belle asked as Sunset and the others stood up and motioned for the Saiyan to follow them.

“We’re still showing you around the school, after all, so we’ll take you to the auditorium!” Pinkie Pie said as Belle shrugs and follows after them.

[Auditorium]

“So what do you think this assembly is all about?” Lyra asked as Bon-Bon simply shrugs.

“Beats me. You don’t think this has something to do with what happened with Sunset Shimmer do you?”

“I doubt it seeing how that Princess Twilight girl and her friends blasted her with a magical sparkly rainbow beam. Maybe a new student is going to be coming to CHS?”

“If that’s the case, then I hope she’s much nicer than Sunset when we first met her,” Bon-Bon said as she shivered at the thought. “I prefer not to have my mind being controlled like that ever again.”

“You and me both,” Lyra said as they continued to talk with each other along with the other students next to them. As they talked among each other, Principal Celestia began to make her way onto the stage. Once she was on stage, she walked over to the microphone on stage and tapped on it to get everyone’s attention.

“Alright students, settle down, please. I have an important announcement today.” She said as the students began to quiet down a bit. “Now I know it’s a bit late to have an assembly going on before heading off home. But I’d like to introduce a new student that will be joining us. She just transferred here today and will be starting the semester tomorrow even though it’s getting close to the end of the year.”

“I knew it! That girl I saw in the hallway was the new student!” Lyra whispered as Bon-Bon simply rolled her eyes at this and motioned for her to pay attention to the Principal.

“Everyone, give a round of applause to Belle Pep!” Celestia said as she looked over to her left as Belle made her way onto the stage and next to Celestia.

“Um...h-hi...it’s a pleasure to meet you all!” Belle said as she bowed her head at the students. As she did that, she could hear some of the students that were close to her begin to whisper to each other.

“Whoa, that’s the transfer student?”

“Dude, she’s so short!”

“You think she’s dating anyone?”

“What’s with those strange clothes she has on? They look like something you see on Halloween.”

“Maybe she was in an anime club from where she came from?”

“I wonder what school she transferred from. I bet it’s from Crystal Prep. That school is like a prison from what my cousin said when he was going there before coming to Canterlot.”

“Normally I would allow you all to have at her with your curious questions for her, but sadly you’ll have to wait until tomorrow for it seeing as how school is almost over and there’s a matter that needs to be addressed.” Celestia’s calm motherly expression quickly changed to a serious and stern expression. “Someone has been writing harsh words on school property. Mainly on the lockers for the past week after what happened at the fall formal. Let me be clear that I have been patient with you all for this long hoping that it will stop. But seeing how that isn’t the case, I’m going to say this. If anyone does this again, I will be calling the police to set up an investigation and to put security cameras around the school.”

While Celestia was busy lecturing the students, Belle took notice of Sunset and the others off to the right of the stage motioning her to come over to them. The Saiyan quickly looked over at Celestia for a moment before heading off stage.

“Your full name is Bell Pepper?” Rainbow Dash asked as she tried to hold in her laughter. “W-Wow your parents must have been high if they named you that.” She said before letting out a yelp from Applejack elbowing her in the ribs. “What?”

“First of all, It's Belle Pep, not Bell Pepper. Second, I named myself that...mainly because I thought it was a cool name.“ Belle said with a slight blush on her face. Though her attention was soon focused on Celestia who was still lecturing the audience. “I get the feeling she’s going to lecture them for the next few hours or so?”

“Vice-Principal Luna said that we can go home early seeing how we’re kind of responsible for keeping an eye on you and informing you about our world. What with you coming from a different world and all.”

“You sure it's okay for her to say that? I mean, doesn’t Celestia overrank Luna. Or am I missing something about the whole Principal and Vice-Principal thing?”

“Technically yes,” Fluttershy answered. “But given how you’re new here, and this wouldn’t be the first time Celestia has gone on a long lecture like this...we should probably take up Vice-Principal Luna’s offer to let us go home early...I mean if you’re okay with that?” Belle looked over at Principal Celestia to see if she was still distracted. To her surprise, she was. With a simple shrug, the young Saiyan turned her attention back to the humans and gave them a small smile.

“Well if a second authority is saying that we can go, then who are we to not follow her orders and leave,” Belle said as she walked past the group and headed towards the double doors that lead out of the auditorium as Sunset and the others quickly followed after her.