The life of Whaehonah

Whaehonah woke up the next morning to Ocellus knocking on her door, it wasn’t really something new since the young changeling seemed to like her. There was only one thing she had to do before opening the door, and it had to do with her face. When she looked in the mirror, she noticed blood on her lips and it had to come off before greeting Ocellus. She used a bottle of water and a bowl to clean the blood off her mouth, she proceeded to pour the liquid down a drain in the floor, then went to the door and greeted her friend.

“Good morning Ocellus.” Whaehonah said, managing to hold a good poker face.

“What took you so long to answer the door?” Ocellus asked

“I had to clean some goo off my teeth.” She lied

“Oh, alright well I guess we should go to the cafeteria for some breakfast.” Ocellus said, clearly worried about Whaehonah’s behavior this morning

They arrived in the cafeteria, got their meals and went to their table to sit down. So far there was no mention of the pony that she killed during the night, so she just ate her oatmeal and sliced paw paws while talking with her friends about the possible assignments. The discussion went on for the majority of breakfast time before Twilight walked in and asked about the pony.

“Has anyone seen Platinum Stone?” Twilight asked

The cafeteria went silent, everyone looked at Twilight, then over to where he normally sat during each meal, then at each other and back to Twilight. This definitely got the attention of everyone, Platinum Stone was never late for breakfast or lunch, so it was clear that something was going on. Applejack ended up questioning everyone who was in her class where he was last seen, but got no helpful answers.

The royal guards were called to investigate the situation and Whaehonah’s mind started racing, but she managed to hold a straight face. When the guards arrived, they immediately began their questioning with Whaehonah due to her bad history, but she was maddeningly unhelpful and as they expected, Whaehonah denied any involvement in the disappearance of the young stallion. The investigation was going nowhere fast and it was less than unhelpful that there were no witnesses and no evidence of a crime.

The case eventually ran cold and was dropped, but they still reported Platinum Stone missing.

That same night, Whaehonah couldn’t get any sleep, her fear of the case being reopened was too high. So she went straight to her car, started it up and drove off to Povania to dump the pony skeleton into the same trash cart with her last victims. Whaehonah arrived in Povania and drove straight for the trash cart, then she began unloading the car.

It took her a little bit longer than last time due to the smaller bits of bones being harder to get a hold of and she was already wishing she hadn’t gotten rid of the vacuum, but she ended up getting an idea, when she got back to Ponyville she would use her brother’s vacuum to get rid of any remaining bone fragments.

Whaehonah got back in the car and drove back towards Ponyville. Upon arriving in Ponyville, she went straight to Thyntiuos’ house, backed up to the shop and went inside. She eventually found his vacuum and brought it out, she opened the back of the car and started to vacuum it out, making sure that there wasn’t a single inch of it uncovered. When she was done cleaning out the back of her car, she put the vacuum right back where it was, closed the shop and drove back to the school. Whaehonah went to sleep in her car when she arrived at the school.

The next morning, Whaehonah was awoken by tapping on her window. It was Rarity. Whaehonah opened the window and Rarity asked for an explanation.

“Whaehonah, what are you doing in here instead of your quarters?” Rarity asked giving a confused look

“I had to do some errands last night and upon returning, I fell asleep.” Whaehonah answered

“Oh, alright then. Do you want me to walk inside with you?” Rarity offered

“Sure?” Whaehonah said, accepting the offer.

The two walked inside and headed to the cafeteria. Whaehonah went over to the counter and got her some grits and a cup of pawpaw yogurt then proceeded to go sit with her friends. The seven of them had a conversation regarding the disappearance of Platinum Stone, throughout the whole conversation Whaehonah was acting like she had no knowledge of what happened and Ocellus was getting suspicious. The poker face that Whaehonah was trying to hold started to get hard to keep, so she just went back to eating her breakfast. The second that she finished her food, she put her tray in the window to get cleaned and headed to her room for some private time. Ocellus and Smolder noticed this and followed her. They arrived at her room and immediately questioned her.

“Whaehonah, I’m usually patient with others at this school, but you’re acting really strange and I want to know what’s gotten into you right now.” Smolder said getting frustrated

Whaehonah stayed silent.

“Please Whaehonah, just tell us what’s going on.” Said Ocellus

“Fine, you caught me.” She answered

“What? I’m not following.” Smolder said, confused at this response

“I got him.” Whaehonah said, expecting the worst

“Got who? Platinum Stone?” Ocellus asked

“Yes, I lost control. Feel free to tell headmare Twilight.” Said Whaehonah

“Whaehonah, what are you saying? You took Platinum Stone?” Smolder asked

“Yes, I killed and ate him, just like the others. I really have a problem with anger.” She said rubbing a hoof on her shoulder

“Whaehonah, what you did was really bad. But I’ll do what I can to help you if you let me, but you’ve gotta try to control yourself.” Ocellus said, offering Whaehonah a deal

“Even I’ll offer some support.” Smolder said, joining in.

“Alright, I’ll do what I can. Thanks girls.” She answered

The three went to class and sat with each other. The class went kinda smooth, but Whaehonah’s focus was definitely off, she had issues paying attention to what Fluttershy was saying. Fluttershy immediately saw this and asked about what was going on.

“Whaehonah, is something wrong?” Fluttershy asked

“No, thanks though.” She lied

“Whaehonah, I may not be like Applejack, but I can tell when you’re lying to me, now please, what’s bothering you?” Said Fluttershy

“I’ve just had a couple bad nights.” She answered

“Well, if you don’t mind, please try and focus, pretty please.” Fluttershy said in her overly polite tone

“Yes mam.” She said, complying with the request

Even though she managed to keep her focus, Whaehonah struggled through Kindness class.
In the hallway, Ocellus and Smolder ended up forming a plan to help Whaehonah through her classes. They continued to see Whaehonah’s attention take a nosedive towards absence, so they informed the rest of their group about things that were going on and they definitely wanted to help.

“Whaehonah, hey, Smolder told me and the others about you struggling today and we want to help you in any way we can.” Said SilverStream.

“Oh, well if it can get me through the rest of the day I’ll be willing to accept anything.” She responded

“Well, hopefully we can help. The way you’re looking today is a little depressing.” Said Gallus.

They went on to honesty class and Applejack instantly noticed Whaehonah’s behavior, just by the way she walked to her desk was enough to give her an idea of what was going on.

“Whaehonah, what’s going on.” Applejack asked in a worried tone

“Just a couple bad nights is all.” She answered

“Well I can tell it’s more than that, but if you don’t wanna talk about it that’s fine.” Applejack said, trying to comfort Whaehonah

The class went a bit smoother than the last, but it was still hard for Whaehonah to fully concentrate on the assignment.
After a couple more classes of this, Ocellus came up with an idea that just might take care of this, once and for all. Lunch time rolled around and the group went to the cafeteria, Whaehonah got her usual lunch, a hay burger and some apple sauce with cinnamon sugar then sat down next to Yona and Ocellus. As soon as Whaehonah took a bite of her hay burger, Ocellus started speaking.

“Whaehonah, since tomorrow is a holiday, I’d like you to take me home today and I would like to bring you to a changeling hypnotist.” Ocellus said, letting Whaehonah know what her next plan of action was.

“A what?” She asked

“Hypnotist, she’ll relax you to the point where your mind will free itself from anything negative or anything that eats away at it and that should get you your focus back.” Ocellus explained

“That sounds like it will help a lot.” Whaehonah said, accepting the offer

After lunch, the lot went to their final class and just like the others, Whaehonah struggled heavily to keep her mind on the assignment.