Author's Note
Welcome to chapter one! Hopefully you enjoyed it and yes, this is just the start!
Prologue
School wasn't always Zephyr's forte, since he had a reputation of flirting and being weird a lot. And since him and his stooges were causing trouble, he never made any new friends. Sometimes when his two stooge-like friends weren’t there at the academy, he would feel lonely and wander around the halls and the fields outside the school.
He'd sometimes get teased by other students and a few notes would be on his locker saying "Freak!" "Your weird, get a life!" "Rainbow Dash hates you!" He had his moments where he sometimes cry in the bathrooms or even punch a few walls to calm down his anger.
His parents worried about him, realizing that the school sometimes calls them for reasons. Like how he did that one survey for the female students or bothering Rainbow Dash, which left her telling the principal and making her uncomfortable.
With his sister, Fluttershy, their relationship isn't close since the two have arguments and he always causes shenanigans, it left Fluttershy not wanting to be around him or in front of her friends.
It was another year at the academy and Zephyr knew that this year was gonna be different. He felt like he wanted to make a new friend, perhaps get a relationship and make a new impression on the other students.
It was around 6:30 that morning as Zephyr was sound asleep, arm over head, blanket slightly coming off and his leg was hanging and touching the carpet.
The sound of a knocking was heard before the door creaked open. Mrs.Shy appeared and in a shy tone, she said. "Zephyr?" Since he was a bit of a light sleeper his eyes slowly opened before groaning tiredly. "Yeah, ma?" He said, sounding half-asleep.
“It’s the first day of school,” She said, sounding calm. “And I don't want you to make yourself and Fluttershy late.” Mrs.Shy closed the door before Zephyr sighed. Summer. Is. Over. He thought while he slowly got up. Sitting on the edge, he slowly stretched as he heard his bones crack.
A few seconds later, he slowly removed the blanket off him and went to his drawer to find clothes for the first day.
Opening the drawer, inside had his t-shirts and his pants. Grabbing each piece of clothing, he left it open before slowly walking to the bathroom. Closing the door, he opened the light and saw his reflection in the mirror, he saw how his hair was fuzzed, his beard on his chin was slowly developing chin hair and a bit of darkness was under his eyes.
Dang it, I need to cover that up. He thought before grabbing his essentials. He began fixing his hair as he removed his elastic from him. His hair poofed out, which made him groan. “Dang it.” He whined, before he began to comb his hair. Tangles were getting in the way, making it harder for him to brush.
Five minutes later, he shook his hair spray before using his finger to spray. But nothing came out. Lifting a brow, he looked at the nozzle as he put it near his eye. Without thinking, he pressed the top before some sprayed on him.
He began to scream in a high pitch sound before holding onto his eye. “Ahhh! Crap, crap! Ugh!” He opened the faucet as he began to wash his pupil out. After closing the faucet, he looked in the mirror to see his pupil, red and swollen. “No! My beauty!” He shouted before banging his hand on his face.
After the whole situation, he was finally dressed. Seeing himself, he could see the swollen eye, his chin had a few cuts and lastly his hair was at least all good. “Well, better then nothing,” He said. “But my pride is ruined.”
He looked down at his clothes then at himself, he didn't care as he shrugged. But before he went out of the bathroom, he said while sounding like Johnny Bravo. "You look beautiful baby, you can get through the day!" He gave himself the finger gun gesture before closing the light and leaving the bathroom.
He went to his room again and grabbed his bag. He went downstairs before placing his bag on his shoulders. He went to the kitchen as his parents and Fluttershy were eating. Zephyr grabbed a piece of vegan bacon before stuffing it in his mouth. Mr.Shy lifted a brow at his son. "U-um, son?" Zephyr gulped down his food before opening the fridge. "Yeah?"
"Aren't you hungry? A piece of bacon isn't gonna be enough for the-," He was paused by Zephyr before he grabbed a water bottle. He opened it as he gulped it down in seconds. Throwing it in a nearby recycling, he looked at his dad and said. "Yeah dad, don't worry, I'll survive." Fluttershy rolled her eyes, knowing her brother wouldn't be fine. She continued to eat. "Are you going early?" Mrs.Shy asked, before Zephyr went out of the kitchen.
"Yeah I am. I just gotta meet with my homies." He said, before he unlocked the door, Mr.Shy went out of the kitchen before slowly walking towards him. "B-but son, should you wait for your sis-" He was stopped again before Zephyr went out and a slam from the door was heard. Mrs.Shy went out of the kitchen, slowly going to her husband. "Is he doing that thing again?" She asked, while a slight frown formed.
"Yeah. Leaving without his sister," He paused, before holding onto her hand. "It breaks my heart." Zephyr was walking on the sidewalk as the fresh breeze he felt was on his body. The sun was slowly rising as it had a beautiful greenish, blueish color and some clouds were hovering the air.
No one but a few people were walking on the sidewalk, some knew who Zephyr was and so, they'd either speed walk fast, ignoring him or some went on the other side of the sidewalk. Five minutes later, he was finally at the bus stop. A sigh came from him as he waited for his friend's. Doing so, he looked to his right in the distance, to see his sister Fluttershy. A sigh of annoyance came from his mouth until he looked on his left to see his friends or as people call them, the two stooges: Snips and Snails.
A smile formed on his face. He yelled from a far, sounding a bit high pitched. "Hey dudes!" Snips and Snails gasped happily before running up to him. "Hey man!" Snips shouted before giving him a high five and Snails gave him a bro fist. Fluttershy saw this, she knew something bad was gonna happen today, she felt it. "So dude," Snails asked before forming a smirk on his face. "Ready to meet some hot babes today?"
Without thinking and forgetting his plans, he said while getting out his comb. "Yep! Can't wait to see some, sweet, sweet new babes." Fluttershy frowned as she gave herself a small face palm. After brushing his hair, he put his comb back in his pocket and he continued to talk with his friends.
Ten minutes the students continued to wait for the bus. The sun was continuing to rise and the colors of the sky began to slowly change from blueish green to more of a lighter blue.
Zephyr was slowly becoming impatient as he tapped his foot. Ugh, where’s this stupid bus? He thought, his question was answered as the bus was finally here. Turning on the right side of the road, the bus appeared to be a beautiful long black and white bus which had reddish orange coloring letters saying "Phoenix Academy".
It stopped near the stop as it opened, the four students walked in and Zephyr was surprised of how many students were in. He saw Rarity talking with Applejack, Spike with Gabby, and any students per that matter. When he turned his head, he could see Rainbow Dash greeting Fluttershy before she sat down.
Zephyr began to look for a spot, mostly the front seats weren't taken but some students moved their bags beside them, some lied down making their legs block the seat and some just nodded no. With a sigh, he saw his friends, waving to him. A smile formed on his lips before going to his seat. He did wave to Rainbow, which made her gag.
Sitting beside them, he put his bag beside his legs. Before getting comfortable, the bus driver closed the door using a button he had beside him. Then pulling forward on the bus lever, he began to drive. Slowly and surely, Zephyr hoped and knew that this day would be different. And so he thought.
"To Be Continued"
