The Adventures of Grub

Grub awoke, stretching and letting out a yawn. He hopped out of bed and practically ran to the bathroom. He entered the bathroom and closed the door behind him. He turned on the shower and hopped in, splashing in the water a bit. He wasn’t really used to the shower because it took him a while to get to the Crystal Empire. He was used waterfalls and lakes to bathe in but a shower was much better. Because of this, he didn’t really mind the cold water on his skin. It actually felt rather nice. He grabbed his bubble gum soap and lathered it on his body.

“Scrub scrub in the tub!” Grub sang loudly to himself. He rinsed the water off of his body before turning off the shower and shaking it all off. He levitated a green towel and quickly dried himself off. Grub hopped out of the shower and flew over to the sink. He grabbed his toothbrush and slathered blueberry flavored toothpaste onto it. He quickly brushed his teeth with a large grin on his face. He filled his mouth with water before spitting it out in the sink.

Grub ran out of the bathroom and into the hallway, smiling happily. He slid into the kitchen happily with a large grin on his face.

“It looks like somebody is excited.” Shining Armor commented. Grub happily sat down at the breakfast table, his tail wagging a bit. His father handed him a bowl of cereal with a spoon. He nodded his head as he put cereal in his mouth.

“I’ve never been to school before and I’m super excited!” Grub exclaimed before quickly eating his food.

“Slow down sweetheart, you can choke.” Cadance stared as she fed Flurry Heart a spoonful of baby food. Grub slowed down and kicked his hooves a bit. He finished very quickly and drank his orange juice.

“Are you ready?” Shining Armor asked. Grub nodded his head and hopped off of his seat. He picked up a small red saddle bag with Power Pony pins and placed it on his back. Cadance walked over to Grub and kissed him on the head.

“Have a good day at school.” She said sweetly. He grinned.

“Thanks Mom, see you later!” Grub exclaimed before he followed Shining Armor down the hallway. He hopped happily, making his father chuckle.

“School is going to be so much fun!” Grub exclaimed, flapping his wings a bit.

“Remember, you can’t misbehave in class.” Shining Armor reminded. Grub nodded his head.

“I know Dad, you told me that.” Grub stated. Shining Armor let out a sigh as he walked out of the front door to the castle.

“I just want to make sure that you don’t get in trouble at school.” Shining Armor explained. Grub skipped next to his father, not paying attention to a word that he was saying. Today was going to be so exciting.

Shining Armor and Grub stood in front of a large crystal school. Grubs stomach dropped at the sight of it. He suddenly felt very nervous.

“Dad this was a bad idea, let’s go home.” He said while tugging his fathers tail. Shining Armor levitated his son in front of him.

“Everything is going to be fine, I promise. Today’s the first day of school for everyone too, so they’re all nervous.” Shining Armor reassured. Grub gulped in nervousness and looked back at the school.

“Do you want me to come inside with you?” Shining Armor asked. Grub nodded his shook his head.

“No I can go in by myself.” Grub said, trying to be brave. Shining Armor smiled.

“Your Mom will pick you up after school.” Shining Armor stated. Grub nodded his head and hugged his father tightly.

“See you later Dad.” Grub said before flying inside of the school. Shining Armor smiled as he walked away.

“Woah...” Grub marveled as he looked around the school. The floors were tiled and pale yellow while the walls were dark purple. Ponies of all ages walked around, making him feel confused. Where was he supposed to go?

“All kindergarteners please go to the cafeteria.” A male voice boomed from the loud speaker.

“That was easy.” Grub muttered to himself. He walked around for a bit until he stumbled upon the cafeteria. Ponies his age sat at the tables, talking to each other. There weren’t that many ponies there. Grub sat at an empty table, too afraid to sit with anyone else. He reached into his saddle bag and pulled out a notepad and pencil. He started to doodle a picture of his sister. He hummed to himself as he drew Flurry Heart happily laughing.

“Hello everypony, welcome to your first day of kindergarten.” A sweet female voice spoke out, making Grub look up. There was a light blue pegasus mare with red hair standing in front of the cafeteria, holding a microphone. Her cutie mark was a large red book with a Moon on it.

“My name is Mrs. Crescent and I will be your teacher for the rest of the year. Get in two lines and I’ll take you up to your classroom.” She commanded. Grub put his saddle bag on his back and entered the line that had already been formed. He gulped nervously as the line started to move. He wasn’t ready for this.

Grub stood in his classroom. The walls were a pretty yellow color and there were five long tables in the class. All of the tables at three chairs on each end.

“You can choose your own seats.” Mrs. Crescent stated as she walked over to the chalk board. Grub looked around before quickly choosing a window seat in the back of the room. It was the best place to not get attention drawn to him. A brownish red unicorn filly sat next to him. She looked very excited to be there. Her mane was dark red and very poofy with small white marks in it. Her eyes were a light green.

“You may talk to the person sitting next to you for the next ten minutes.” Mrs. Crescent stated. Everyone started to talk to each other, making Grub nervous.

“Hi I’m Cinnamon Swirl, what’s your name?” The filly next to him asked with a grin.

”My name is Grub.” He mumbled under his breath. Cinnamon Swirl looked at the buttons on his bag.

“You like Power Ponies too?!” She exclaimed in shock. Grub gave her a look of surprise and nodded his head. He reached into his bag and pulled out a special edition comic.

“I got this a few days ago, do you wanna read it with me?” Grub asked. Cinnamon Swirl let out a gasp and eagerly nodded her head. Grub opened the comic and placed it between them as they both started to read.

Grub ran out of the school and up to Cadence excitedly. He had a large grin on his face.

“How was your first day of school?” Cadence asked. Grub looked at her with stars in his eyes.

“It was great! I made a new friend, her name is Cinnamon Swirl and she likes Power Ponies too!” Grub exclaimed happily. Cadence smiled.

“I’m glad you had fun.” She said as she kissed Grub on the head.

“Can Cinnamon come over for a play date soon?” Grub asked. Cadence chuckled.

“Of course she can.” She said with a smile. Grub grinned. Today was a good day.