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‘’Ready for school?’’

Flurry looked away from the mirror and up at Emerald. ‘’Yeah!’’

She was tired, sure, but that was because she wasn’t used to getting up so early. And the tiredness was ignored in favour of excitement for her first school day.

There was a pair of saddlebags on her back, light brown things with crystal buttons that shimmered like a rainbow. Inside, Flurry had put some crayons for drawing, a notebook, some oats, a small canteen of water, and of course, her Whammy.

‘’That’s good.’’ Emerald smiled, then leaned in and placed a kiss on her cheek. ‘’Then I think it’s time we go.’’

Together, they walked out of Flurry’s room, down the stairs where Star was waiting.

‘’Ready, sweetheart?’’ he asked after nuzzling her face.

‘’Sure!’’

‘’Let’s go then. Don’t want to be late, after all.’’ Star opened the doors and walked out into the garden.

The walk down the road to Sunville was spent in comfortable silence. Flurry walked between Emerald on her left and Star on her right, occasionally brushing against one or the other with her wing or her leg. The little touches reassured her and calmed her nerves.

‘’Hey Flurry!’’

Lily and Berry were standing at the beginning of the side-road leading to their home, together with their mother.

‘’Hi girls!’’ Flurry greeted, slipping away from her parents to give the two of them hugs, which they eagerly returned.

‘’Are you excited for school?’’ Lily asked her when they had finished hugging.

‘’Of course!’’ Flurry replied.

‘’So am I!’’ Lily said. ‘’It’s going to be fun!’’

Berry, however, didn’t look very convinced. ‘’Why does it have to be so early?’’ she said mournfully. ‘’I wanna go back to bed.’’

‘’You’ll get used to it,’’ Sandy told her daughter, before turning her head and smiling at Flurry. ‘’Good morning, Flurry.’’

‘’Good morning, Sandy!’’ Flurry said back.

After the adults had greeted each other as well, they moved as a group towards Sunville proper. They came across a few other foals who were also heading to school, and the adults talked with each other as the children did the same.

When they arrived at the school building, there was a tall white-coated earth pony stallion waiting at the door. Flurry liked the way he smiled; something about it was just likeable to her.

‘’Good morning, all!’’ the stallion called out after a few moments, and the two groups quieted down. ‘’My name is White Quill, and I shall be your teacher for the coming years! I’m pleased to see so many of you!’’

He smiled. ‘’Now, say goodbye to your parents, and then we can come inside and start your first lesson.’’

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Emerald watched Flurry head inside, talking with her friends.

There she goes.

‘’Well,’’ Star said next to her. ‘’There she goes. If I was a more poetic stallion I’d probably have some commentary, but alas, I am not poetic.’’

‘’Indeed.’’ Emerald smiled as Daygleam stepped closer to her, their tails brushing together.

‘’They’ll be alright,’’ Daygleam mused aloud as the crowd started to disperse; there was work to be done, after all, regardless of the circumstances. ‘’White’s a good guy. He’s one of the few of us that actually got a higher education after we founded Sunville; most, including me, get by with self-taught skills and what our cutie marks give us. He knows his job.’’

‘’If not I can always take it,’’ Star quipped.

‘’You’re a teacher?’

Star was quicker than Daygleam. ‘’I taught Magical Theory and Spellcrafting, at Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns. Teaching four-year olds is a whole different thing, of course, but I could at least try.’’

‘’Well, if White’s ever sick we’ll have a replacement,’’ Daygleam joked. ‘’Come on, let’s go back home.’’

‘’I’ve research to do,’’ Star remarked, ‘’so I’ll sequester myself in my room. Scratch that, I’ll go to the observatory.’’

‘’Okay,’’ Emerald agreed, ‘’We’ll be at Daygleam’s place.’’

‘’Skystreak should be here around dinner,’’ Star informed them.

‘’Then we’ll have it at your place.’’

‘’Sure thing.’’

They said their goodbyes, and then Emerald and Daygleam walked back to the latter’s house. As they did so, Emerald spent the time contemplating Flurry’s experience at school.

Hopefully she’ll like it.

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Mr White led them to a room filled with mats and toys. ‘’Please, lay down everyone, and gather around me.’’

Magic, Lily, Berry and Flurry all laid down together on one of the mats, one that was close to where Mr White was.

‘’Good, good,’’ Mr White said after a moment. ‘’So, welcome! This is your first day at school! Now, I think you all know each other at least by name, but just for now, please say your names, one at a time.’’ He looked around the room for a moment, then his eye fell on Flurry. ‘’Flurry, why don’t you start?’’

‘’Okay, Mr White. My name is Flurry Heart Mi Amore.’’

‘’Nice to meet you, Flurry Heart Mi Amore,’’ Mr White said. ‘’Next, please.’’

One by one, all the foals in the room told the others their names. Most of them Flurry already knew, but there were a few she didn’t, so that was nice.

‘’Well, that’s done!’’ Mr White said when they were finished. ‘’As I said, it is nice to meet all of you! Now, I’ve got a few things planned for today. First off, we’re going to draw.’’

Flurry wasn’t a very good drawer. It was nice, but she couldn’t get the hang of it. Magic was better than her at it.

As Mr White passed out paper and pencils, he said, ‘’I want you to draw your home or your family, or both. You have thirty minutes, and the time starts when everyone has pencils and paper, alright?’’

Flurry nodded, then grabbed a brown pencil and started drawing the shape of Dad’s home. It was big and shaped like a box, so that wasn’t too hard luckily. Once she had the shape done, she grabbed a blue pencil and started to draw some windows on the walls as well.

She looked over to see Magic was carefully drawing her own home, while Berry and Lily were working on both their family and their home, the former taking charge of the family while the latter drew the home.

‘’That’s a nice drawing, Flurry,’’ Mr White commented as he passed them by. ‘’Keep at it.’’

‘’Thanks, Mr White!’’

Well, she could certainly keep drawing.

And then she ran into a problem.

Who was she going to draw as her family?

She could Dad and Mom and Daygleam and maybe Skystreak, but should she also draw Mommy and Daddy?

‘’Mr White?’’ she asked, raising her hoof in the air.

‘’Yes, Flurry?’’ Mr White replied as he walked over to her.

‘’Do I need to draw both my daddies?’’

‘’Both- Oh.’’ Mr White frowned. ‘’Hm… just draw whoever you want to draw, Flurry.’’

‘’Okay, Mr White!’’

Mr White gave her a sympathetic look. ‘’I’m glad you’ve got such a big family,’’ he said after a moment of silence, before moving on.

Flurry didn’t say it, but she was glad too.

Author's Note

We are back! Welcome to Act 2, with more chaos, more magic, and more violence! Because why not?

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