The new guy in town

The cafeteria was filled with the veritable bustling of several students. Some were waiting impatiently to get to the front of the line, and grab their desired meals, while others were already sitting next to each other, having conversations or telling witty jokes. The students came in all shapes and sizes; Tall, short, plump, skinny, even muscular.

Lance was already making his way there now. Well, he was trying to anyway. Of course, this was his first day here, so he didn't quite know his way around yet. He was quickly starting to grow frustrated at the situation he was in. 'Oh, for the love of god! Where the hell is the cafeteria?!' he thought to himself, the frustration was turning to anger pretty quickly. This could pretty-damn-well be the only chance he had to win this new girl's heart. He came to a stop at the end of the corridor, and then he growled in fury, and actually punched the column next to him.

Another student was making her way to the cafeteria to sit with her friends. She herself was considering ordering a bacon butty, perhaps a chilli dog. But then, all of a sudden, she heard a loud CRACK!

Lance roared with rage. "RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE'S THE GODDAMN CAFETERIA?!" he had taken a chunk of concrete out of the column, the pain he'd inflicted upon himself from the punch only fuelled his rage even more. Without a second thought, he charged! right into the other student!

"OW!" she yelled. "Oh, what was that for?!"

Lance seemed somewhat dazed from the impact, he groaned as he struggled to get to his feet, and he saw the student whom he had run into.

A rather plump, fuchsia-skinned girl with scarlet hair and a freckled face. She was wearing a cyan top and indigo shorts, nothing too crazy. The only other thing she wore was a bracelet on her left wrist that had an emblem of what appeared to be a yogurt pot with a raspberry on it.

"Oh, goodness!" Lance cried out as he grabbed her soft, pudgy hand. "I'm so sorry! I just tend to get a bit destructive when I get angry!"

The girl held his hand tightly, and hauled herself onto her feet. Adjusting her heart-shaped sunglasses so that they rested on her forehead. "It's fine, don't worry about it. People find it pretty easy to run into me, if you know what I mean." she said in a Scottish accent. That definitely wasn't the voice that Lance was expecting. Lance genuinely couldn't help but laugh at what he had just heard.

"Okay, I'm sorry, but that definitely wasn't the voice that I was expecting!"

I SAID THAT!

Lance looked at her, and scratched his head awkwardly. "Hehe, sorry about that. I'm one of those people who forget to think before they speak." the chubby girl couldn't help but giggle at his apology, she smiled warmly and said; "Forgive my sudden laughter, but It's just been so long since I've talked to someone as polite as you." Lance blushed as the compliment hit him like a freight train. "Anyway, where are my manners? My name is Lance." he said. "Lance Elias Darkwater."

The chubby girl smiled. "I'm Raspberry Yogurt." she told Lance. "I'm fourteen years old, five feet, four inches tall, and two-hundred and six pounds. I'm the smartest girl in my class." Lance struggled to take in all of this information, and replied with a simple; "I can see that. Do you have any friends?"

"I would have a lot of friends if I was a bit more confident. You see, I kinda' have social anxiety, and that's because I'm autistic." Raspberry explained. Lance's jaw dropped, he thought he was the only one with these problems, but here he was, talking to another student with the same issues. "I understand what that feels like..." he stated sympathetically. "...you see, I'm autistic, too."

Raspberry and Lance were going to talk about their shared interests, but then Lance remembered what he intended to do. "Uh, I'm sorry to sound stupid, but can you show me the way to the cafeteria." Raspberry chuckled. "Come on, you silly goose! Let's go get some grub!"

Rainbow Dash was holding a lunch tray with a bowl of spaghetti, walking around the cafeteria trying to find the table her friends were sitting at. It sure as hell didn't take long for her to find them, because only a few tables away, close to the centre of the room were her friends; Applejack, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Sunset Shimmer. She slowly walked over to them and sat down next to Pinkie Pie, who was still going on about the newbie.

"So the newbie's a boy, 'bout 5'6, has red and black hair..." she said, getting the obvious things out of the way first. "...and he's super smart and polite! Is super nice to girls! And (According to his profile), he's an animal lover!" this information definitely sparked some reactions from the girls. Rarity was uncharacteristically tugging her hair, Twilight was writing all of the information down in her notebook, and Fluttershy covered her face, trying to hide a blush.

Meanwhile, Lance was waiting with his bag slung over his shoulder. He was waiting for Raspberry Yogurt to finish ordering her lunch, which took a bit longer than he was expecting. Eventually, Raspberry waddled over to him while carrying a lunch tray with a hot dog, two apples and a can of Flamingo Fizz, a raspberry-flavoured soft drink. "Sorry for the wait, but there were so many tasty options, I couldn't decide what to have!" she explained, chuckling all the while. "It's okay, chubby-bunny. As far as I'm concerned, you can take as much time as you want." Raspberry giggled at the nickname. She wasn't the kind of person that was easily offended, and she could tell the nickname was meant to be playful.

Lance's attention soon turned to the blue-skinned girl sitting just a few tables away, and he could have sworn that he could hear jazz music playing.

Raspberry was already halfway through her hot dog, when she picked up on the faint sound of singing in her proximity. Being the knowledgeable girl that she was, she recognised the tune as 'A Kiss to Build a Dream On' by Louis Armstrong. After a few seconds of looking for where it was coming from, she found that it was coming from; Lance?

"Oooooooooooooooo, see someone we like the look of, do we?" she teased. In Lance's head, there was the sound of a record stopping, and his cheeks turned a deep shade of red.

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I don't know what you're talkin' about!" he stuttered. "Oh, don't you try to hide anything! I know that look anywhere!" Raspberry teased again. "So, who's the lucky girl?" she asked. Lance then pointed to a certain blue-skinned tomboy sitting in the middle of the room. "Rainbow Dash?" she questioned, Lance responded with a simple; "Yes."

Then, without warning, Lance began walking to the table. "W-where are you going?" Raspberry stuttered. Lance turned his head to the chubby girl, a smirk on his face.

"To fulfil my destiny!"