Author's Note

Well hello everyone! I am back with another Canterlot High AU that I have been planning for quite some time now!~ Also, this is an AU so everyone would be out of character so don't ask why, so and so is different, because it's an AU. XD
This is my first time trying out something different, and yes, it's good to be back with some high school drama! So, join me on my new journey away from my old AU. And don't worry, I am going to continue my Gemporian AU, but I just wanted to get back into writing some high school, lockers, fights, drama, and romance stuff, ya feel me?
Well, enough about me rambling, I want you all to enjoy this new AU as I am working on my writing abilities a bit more!
I hope you all enjoy this new AU and story as much as I do and, well, enjoy the first chapter!~

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Chapter One- A Strange New Beginning

Rainbow Dash’s P.O.V

Why does things have to happen in life? I mean, we breathe, talk, eat, sleep, and do normal human things, but that’s not what I meant. I mean, why do the bad things happen in life? What bothers me most is that all the mean people get what they want in life and have all the innocent people pay for their mistakes. It’s unfair. You’re probably wondering what happened to me. Well, for starters, let me introduce myself. My name is Rainbow Dash. I just turned 16 years old a day ago and I honestly don’t feel any different. I mean, are you supposed to feel different when your age just boosts up by one? Because I sure don’t feel any different, neither do I look different. I have long rainbow hair, light blue skin, magenta eyes, and you always see me with a scrunchie in my hair. Not because it’s long, it’s because whenever I wear my hair out, it reminds me of my mother. When I was 7 years old, and I was living back in New York City, on July 23rd 2009, my mom, dad, and I were on the beach having fun, until there was a huge tsunami in the area. My dad and I survived but my mom didn’t. Her death left my dad and my younger sister Scootaloo (she was a year old at the time) heartbroken. I for one, was completely devastated. I never went out the house, I always isolated myself from my friends and even family too. I even got a huge scar on my back to remember that horrid day. Ever since I received that scar, I became more calm, more sweet, and even more civilized because I wanted to act the same way my mom did so I can follow in her footsteps. Since my dad couldn’t live with the pain, we all decided to move here, to Beverly Hills, California with my aunt. I must say, my aunt is a lifesaver! She is a very famous producer, director, and actress in many action films in HollyWood and when I was much smaller, I did attend my first red carpet and the Grammys as well. She lives on 2571 Wallingford DR, and trust me, that house is like a huge palace! I got lost in there because of how big the house is! There are 12 luxurious bedrooms, 24 baths, it’s 38,000 square feet, A HUGE POOL, and, it’s, just ginormous! My dad is trying to get a job for the longest now and I seriously hopes he likes his new job, whatever it maybe.

Right now, I am just sitting in my bed, staring at the ceiling while listening to
“Spring: Of The Four Seasons”. It’s a very classical piece and it’s my favorite piece because my mom used to play it on the piano for me when I was little. Just thinking of my mother made me tear up just a little bit. All of a sudden, I happen to smell something delicious! The trail of sweet cinnamon rolls swirled throughout my nose as I began to lick my lips, just imagining me devouring those sweet, crispy, tasty rolls. I paused the music and dashed down the stairs as fast as I can, only to see my aunt and my dad baking up some cinnamon rolls in the oven.

“Hey kiddo!” My dad exclaimed with a warm smile. “I was wonderin’ when you were going to come out of that room of yours.”

I smiled shyly as I made my way over to the dining room as I saw Scootaloo playing with her tablet. When she saw me, she could have almost fell out of her chair!

“You’re out of your room?! That’s like once in a blue moon!”

I heard my aunt double with laughter as she took out the batch of cinnamon rolls and brownies from the oven. The smell of cinnamon, glaze, and chocolate made my stomach grumble loudly. I even licked my lips just thinking of me taking a bite into the googy, satisfying flavors of the sweets! As I walked closer into the kitchen, I happen to see two boxes of pizza on the kitchen table, three bottles of 2 liter sodas, some chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, alongside with baked cinnamon rolls and brownies. I stared at all the food and flexed my eyebrow, bewildered at the certain food choices. Suddenly, I knew what was going on, so I folded my arms and gave my dad a smirk.

“Alrighty, what’s the catch?”

“What catch?” He answered back while smirking right back at me, which caused me to snicker. He walked over to me and kissed my forehead and dabbed a little frosting on my nose. “You’ll see in a minute buttercup! Just sit in the dining room with Scootaloo.”

As a obedient daughter, I did as he told and waiting till my dad and my aunt arrived with the pizza and treats. Everyone sat down quietly, until all three of us shot our eyes towards my dad. I never seen my dad so happy ever since mom died so I am guessing this MUST be some good news!

“As you all can see, we are eating some pizza and we baked some sweets for the two of you, which means, I have a special announcement to make!” My dad smiled while shuffling his hands together. I leaned in closer to hear what he had to say because my heart started pounding drastically and I honestly couldn’t stop shaking in my seat.

“So, a few months back, you guys remember I had to go on a trip to New York City for a job interview for a week right? Well, I just wanted to tell you guys that I got the job!!”

My aunt clapped her hands and hugged my dad super tightly! I, on the other head, started to scream my head off and jumped on my dad and started rocking him bath and forth! Scootaloo also joined in on the hug and we were stuck in this position for a while. We all decided to break the hug, as my aunt grabbed a slice of pepperoni pizza from the box.

“Oh Bow! I am so happy for you! If you would’ve told me earlier, we could’ve had a party!” My aunt laughed as she poured some Pepsi in a glass.

“Firefly, you honestly don’t have to make a party for me,” He stated, while eating some pizza. “I just wanted to hang out with my family!”

“Daddy, I am so so happy for you! I should make you a banner when you’re leaving!” Scootaloo said.

My dad and my aunt both started to chuckle leaving me speechless because I honestly didn’t understand one word out of Scoot’s mouth that seemed funny.

“Wait, what’s so funny?”

“I am not leaving my precious daughters here, you guys are coming with me. We’re moving back to New York City!”

I don’t know if I should be excited or frustrated right now. My dad getting the job he wanted was a dream come true for us. I am actually happy that he got the job of his dreams but honestly moving BACK to NYC? We just moved out of there 6 years ago, why are we going back? To move again some other years later because things doesn’t work out for us? Also, the fact that we’re moving back into the city where mom died just makes me sick in the stomach and it makes my anger boil! Well, you know what they say, God works in mysterious ways.

“Rainbow Dash sweetie, you don’t look so good. Are you alright?” My dad asked as his tone in his voice changed from delightful to gloomy. I can seriously hear the cracks in his voice as it began to tremble making me tear up a little bit.

“W-Why are we moving back there?! You know exactly how I feel about going back there!!” I shouted across the table in pure anger. My dad gave a long, deep sigh as he rubbed his finger through his hair and looked into my eyes.

“Dashie, I know you don’t want to go back because it reminds you of Windy, but there’s nothing I can do about it,” He choked on his words as his eyes welled up in tears as he reached for my hand across the table. “I know this is hard for you to move back into the same environment, but we are going to be okay. We’ve got
each other and that’s all that matters. Life is going to be tough and it’s not going to be easy, but don’t worry. We’ll get through this together!”

I stared deeply into his deep mustard-colored eyes before crying again and placed a smile on my face. I grabbed a slice of cheese pizza and raised it in the air.

“To Dad!”

And my aunt, my dad, and Scootaloo joined me as we all raised our pizza slices in the air and continued to have a good night with one another.

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Later that night, I was fluffing up my pillow, because I need a fluffy pillow to sleep at night or else I have neck problems once I wake up. As I happen to change into my pajamas, my phone started to ring. I picked up my phone and I couldn’t stop smiling because I haven’t spoken that person in a few weeks!

“Hey Sunset!!!” I exclaimed in pure excitement.

“Ayo Dash, what’s poppin’?”

Sunset Shimmer has been my best friend for as long as I could remember. We have been best friends since the womb because our mothers were super close! Sunset is older that me, by a couple of months and she’s been like a sister to me! She’s caring, she’s awesome, cool, protective to the people she loves, and she is basically a very chill person. Just don’t get her on her bad side! One minute she’s like a nice, warm, fuzzy teddy bear and another minute she’s like a dangerous, vicious, grizzly bear. We have been keeping contact for a while ever since I’ve moved here, but I am sure she’ll be extremely excited when she hears the news, but I would keep that for another day!

“Oh, nothing much honestly! How have ya been? It’s been awhile since we’ve called one another….”

“Yeah, I am so sorry about that,” Her voice sounding like it was trembling and I also heard her breathe out loudly. “Sorry Dash, my life has been very stressful due to school and all, haha. But all is well now! School starts tomorrow, so I am hustling my butt to get all my stuff together!”

“You’re doing that now? Isn’t it 11:32pm over there?” I asked while looking at the time on my phone which read 8:32pm. Since Sunset lives in New York which is on the eastern side of the United States, and they are three hours ahead of us.

“Hahaha, don’t worry about that Rainbow, I got my ice coffee ready for me at Starbucks in the morning! Getting a fresh start of junior year!” She laughed as I heard some shuffling in the background. “So, how about you? Did school start for ya yet?”

“Oh yeah, it did a couple of weeks ago actually, but I didn’t go to school. We have some slight changes going on.”

“Oh word?! Ight, hit me up with it then!”

I rolled my eyes and grabbed one of the stashed gummy worms I keep in my drawer and started eating them out, as to say that the sweets I ate earlier before wasn’t enough!

“Actually, I can’t tell you just yet! I want it to be a surprise,” I smiled, while my voice getting more bubbly! “Just hang in there, okay?”

“Alrighty fine, I better go and finish packing up my stuff haha! I’ll call ya tomorrow if possible! Later Dash!”

And with that, she hung up the phone immediately without no hesitations! I couldn’t tell Sunset I was moving back to New York JUST yet! I wanted to see her face when she sees how, I have not changed. Sometimes I just get the feeling, that all my childhood friends hit their glow up mark and then there’s me, still short, baby face, and small boobs. Not that I don’t mind the small boobs but still. Why am I ranting to you guys, this is highly embarrassing! Anywho, I know it was pretty early that day, but I was honestly still exhausted from all the sugar I ate today. This is why I don’t eat too much sweets because they make me sleep for some reason. I shut off my phone and placed it on the side of my drawer, plugged it in and also started tucking myself to sleep. I always used to sleep with my Care Bear! Every night, I snuggle up against Cheer Bear because my mom bought me the Care Bear and I have been holding onto it ever since. I kept it close with me because I believe that my mom is speaking to me through the bear. I turned off all the lights, snuggled up with my Cheer Bear and stared at the ceiling.

“Hey, uh mom? Its me again…” I sighed as I heard cars zooming down the streets this late at night. Tears started flooding into my eyes as I began to wipe my tears before anyone heard me, since the walls are pretty thick here.

“I am deeply happy that dad finally found a job, but going back to New York to relive my past? I don’t know how I would make it, but I am honestly scared of going back.”

I stared at my Care Bear and then back at the ceiling before breathing out a huge gust of wind through my lips. I puckered my lips, thinking extremely hard before bellowing out loud, which caused the room to echo, and threw off the covers with frustration before walking down the stairs. I tiptoed into the kitchen before anyone even heard me as I gently grabbed a chinese tea cup from the cabinet and started boiling some green tea. The sweet smell of the fresh of camellia sinensis filled the air as I began breaking the fresh green substance. I think you can tell that my mom is Chinese. She used to break some of the camellia for me when I was smaller whenever I had a stomach ache or when I wasn’t having a good day. Even though I can’t seem to perfect the way she makes tea, I always drink green tea whenever I am in a bad mood or just need a quiet moment to myself. I rested a red Chinese yoga mat on the ground and sat there drinking the tea in my hands. I began to think hard about my dad’s decision until I heard footsteps coming from the staircase. I looked up in shock to see my dad, wearing a white t-shirt, blue striped pants, and his favorite turtle slippers.

“Hey, whatcha doing up still kiddo?”

“Oh, uh, I was just drinking some tea….” I looked down, highly embarrassed because I never let my dad or anyone in the house see me in this condition. My dad walked over to me and laid on the ground beside me while eating a banana. The way my dad eats his bananas is like, he peels off the banana, dumps the whole banana in his mouth, and just throws the peel in the garbage. Seeing him doing this, at this time of the night, almost made me chuckle, but instead I gave him a confused yet “I’m about to laugh” facial expression. Once he made a perfect shot in the garbage can, he turned his head over to me and started to chuckle himself.

“Haha, what? Your old man here can still shoot some banana hoops ya know,” He slyly smirked while leaning in against me on the yoga mat. “You thinking about your mother again too huh?”

Just hearing the word “mother” sent my eyes overflowing with tears. I rested my tea in the mat and started crying nonstop. My dad had to hug me tightly in order for my loud bawling to not reach my aunt’s and Scootaloo’s room before they woken up. I should be extremely lucky to have a dad who cares for me. My dad started rubbing my back up and down and also patted my head too. After my loud sobbing died down, he placed his hands over my face and stared deep into my eyes. I started sniffing and wiping my nose with my hands even though the best option was to get a tissue due to all the snot coming from my nose.

“Oh daddy, I miss her so much…”

“I know sweetie, I know,” He replied while rubbing my back a couple more times. He even started rubbing my shoulders to try to calm me down, but honestly nothing seemed to work.

“It’s going to be hard to try to get over this, trust me. I had nights where I wish she was there comforting me too. And I know you probably hate me because of the decision I am putting both you and Scootaloo through. And yes, I have been thinking about this for quite some time now. Maybe moving wouldn’t be a bad idea after all-”

“The fact that we’re moving back to where things gotten worse is a TERRIFIC idea right?”

I took a deep breath and walked over to the kitchen sink while rinsing my tea cup with water. My dad gave a long sigh before walking over to me and placing his hand over my shoulder.

“Dashie sweetie….I know this is going to be hard for you, but I can assure you that everything is going to be okay! You have me and Scootaloo and that’s all that matters,” He smiled before walking up the stairs and then stopped halfway. “Hmm, tell ya what? When we get there I am sure things are going to get better! You’ll see!”

And with statement, my dad went upstairs to his room and left me downstairs standing in the kitchen. I turned off the faucet first, then the lights, then ran to my room and pondered for a long time. If this whole moving back to New York thing is a good thing, then I would try to make and effort. I mean, thinking about it, I can actually see Sunset Shimmer again after 6 years. Maybe going back won’t be such a bad idea after all. Maybe New York has changed over the course in time, and also maybe seeing dad’s new job might fun! Like, the bring your kid to work day?! That’ll be awesome! I hope all goes well for dad’s new job and our new home. I sure do hope that once we move back to NY, I hope you don’t go moving again…..cause that’ll suck. But, I am feeling pretty confident of going back, and at the same time, I am not too excited either….

To be continued~