Harry groaned. He could not believe that his relatives were sending him to summer school! In America! He didn't have time for that! Harry didn't mind school in general, but he did wish that he could have a little more time to get over the whole Voldemort-returning-and-killing-Cedric ordeal.

And what kind of name was Canterlot High, anyways? Harry just wanted to spend his summer like he always did: locked in his room, not interacting with anyone. Oh well, he would just have to get used to it, he was starting tomorrow, after all.

The Dursleys and Harry had flown over to America a week ago, something to do with Vernon's drill company, and Aunt Petunia had signed him up for summer courses so that Harry wouldn't have to show his face near them for very long.

CANTERLOT HIGH

Harry approached the school. It was pretty big, for a muggle school. He passed by a huge statue of a horse on the way to the front doors. There was a lingering trace of magic coming from it. Maybe some magical kids had recently played a prank by enchanting the statue, or something? Harry decided to ignore it.

Harry reached for the handle of the doors, when a blue blur shot past him, knocking him over.

"Oh, I'm sorry about that! I guess I was going a bit too fast. Here, let me help you up." The strange girl reached down to pull Harry up. Upon seeing him, the girl's face lit up. "Oh, you must be new here! My friend Pinkie Pie will be glad. She just loves welcoming new students! I'm Rainbow Dash, by the way."

Harry shook Rainbow Dash's hand. "My name is Harry Potter. I'm only here for the summer, so I don't need to be welcomed." He introduced himself.

Rainbow Dash smiled. "Don't let Pinkie catch you saying that, she believes that everyone should get a full-blown party when they arrive at Canterlot High. Say, since you're new, why don't I show you around?" She offered.

"I'd like that." Harry replied.

Rainbow Dash took Harry on a tour of the school, ending with the area that Harry's locker was in. "Well, I guess I'll see you in class, then." Harry said.

"Well, you could always come and hang out with me and my friends, if you want to. Unless you only want to hang around with other guys, though. 'Cause my friends are all girls..." Rainbow Dash trailed off.

"I'd love to hang around with you guys! I don't really have many friends." Harry explained.

The classes were excellent. Harry learned about all sorts of muggle things that he didn't know before. Like computers, and math, and literature. Who knew that muggles had so many things figured out? And what Harry really liked the most though, was being able to write with a pen instead of a quill. His penmanship improved by leaps and bounds just by taking notes!

By the time it was lunch, Harry was in quite a good mood. He went to the cafeteria, where he was served a delicious-looking lunch by the elderly lunch lady, and looked for a table to sit down at.

Suddenly, there was party decorations every where, and a pink girl was singing at him!

"Welcome, welcome, welcome, to Canterlot High! Welcome, welcome, welcome, just say 'Hi'!" A stream of confetti flew at Harry, and he automatically ducked.

When he opened his eyes again, the party decorations were still up, but the pink girl had stopped singing, and there was Rainbow Dash and four other girls with her.

Harry raised an eyebrow. "So, these are your friends, I'm guessing?"

"Yeah, I probably should have warned you that Pinkie can get a little bit carried away. Hehe..." She looked a bit embarrassed.

"It's alright." Harry said warmly. "I don't usually get to hang around with people who actually want to be around me..."

Rainbow Dash frowned at that statement. "Why would people not want to be around you? You look okay to me!"

"I... Let's just say that I'm not exactly the most popular person at my usual school, and leave it at that..." Harry bit his lip nervously.

The girls then suggested that they all eat lunch. Harry was surprised about how inclusive they all were, welcoming him into their group as if he had been there all along.

Looking around, Harry could see that even the other groups of people got along well with each other. At Hogwarts, you stuck with your own House, and even then you usually only hung out with your yearmates. Here, everyone seemed to enjoy each other's company!

Harry turned his attention back to his lunch. For supposedly healthy food, it actually tasted pretty good! His aunt's cooking never turned out like this!

Then, everything started going downhill. In walked Dudley, Harry's bully of a cousin. Harry reached for his wand, just in case. He knew that he couldn't use magic outside of school, but he had to defend himself and his new friends somehow. Although, if Dudley had his way, which he probably would, Harry would end up alone and friendless. Again.

"Psst. Who's the creep that you've been staring at for the past two minutes?" Rainbow Dash whispered.

"That's my cousin, Dudley. He isn't exactly the nicest guy in the world." Harry murmured back.

"Heh. No need to worry. Principal Celestia has a strict policy against bullies, and the students all agree with it. Besides, we've overcome meanies in the past. There's nothing this guy can do that we can't handle."

Harry smiled sadly, he really didn't think that the peaceful students of Canterlot High could do anything to sway Dudley away from beating him up in front of everyone.

So far, Dudley was jsut standing there, swivelling his head around, clearly looking for Harry. Then one student, a girl with blonde hair and mismatched eyes, came up to him, holding out her hand.

Dudley finally noticed Harry, and swatted the girl aside like a fly, making his way over to Harry.

The entire student body stood up all at once. Harry remained in his seat, too scared of his cousin to do anything.

"No one hits Derpy on my watch!" Yelled a blue-haired girl with huge sunglasses.

"Yes! Nobody should be hitting anybody, especially not the poor miss Hooves!" Came the reply from somewhere near Harry's table.

Dudley turned his fat head over to the table where Harry was sitting. Harry waved cautiously.

"Er... Hi Dudley?" He squeaked fightenedly.

"You're going to pay for breaking my computer, nerd!" Roared Dudley.

Harry's brow furrowed in confusion. He didn't remember doing anything to his cousin's computer! Heck, he had never even touched it!

Dudley stomped over to Harry, and grabbed him by the front of his t-shirt. Harry could smell his cousin's horrible breath, and he turned his head away in digust.

"Why don't you face me like a man, you little... What the-?"

Five of the six girls that Harry had been sitting with were glowing. Rainbow Dash and the yellow girl with pink hair were rising up into the air, sprouting wings from their backs! But the most bizarre thing about the group was the horse ears that had popped up on each of their heads!

Rainbow Dash pointed a finger at Dudley, who was staring in amazement at the girls.

"You put my friend down right this instant, mister bully! This is Canterlot High, and there are no bullies allowed!"

"What is going on here, miss Dash?" Came a woman's voice from the doorway to the cafeteria. "Can someone please explain this situation to me, preferably before I have to call people's parents?"

"I can explain." Came the shy voice of the other girl with wings. "We were all sitting here eating, when this meanie came in and knocked over Derpy, then started calling the new guy names! He was about to hit him, and we all got so angry about it, we turned back into our half-pony forms!"

"Can anyone else verify this?" Asked the woman.

The whole cafeteria full of students murmured their agreements. A different woman came into the cafeteria, and she looked similar to the other woman, except for her darker colouration.

"Sister, have you sorted this out yet? It's nearly time for classes!" She explained.

"Alright," said the first woman, "everybody except for the people at this table can go back to class."

Dudley was still frozen in shock at the horse-girls, his hand halfway to Harry's face. Harry was struggling to get free, but his shirt was firmly grasped in Dudley's fingers.

Rainbow Dash and the other flying girl came down from where they were floating and sat at the table with the others.

"That's Principal Celestia, she's the head of the school here. Oh, and the other lady who came in was Vice-Principal Luna, her sister." Rainbow Dash explained.

"Thank you for the introduction, Miss Dash. Now, Mr. Potter, was it? What did you do to make this young man attack you?" Celestia questioned.

"I didn't do anything! He just came in here demanding to know why I broke his computer. I wasn't even aware that he had a computer!"

"I see. Please continue." She urged Harry.

"He's my cousin, Dudley Dursley, and he doesn't even go to this school!" Harry was practically gasping for breath at this point, being partially choked by the collar of his own shirt.

"Please put Mr. Potter down, Mr. Dursley, and tell me your side of the story." The principal asked.

"How- Wha?" Apparently Dudley was still stuck on the whole magical-horse-girls concept.

"I'm afraid that if you don't give your side of the story, I will be forced to believe Mr. Potter and the girls here. The evidence is not in your favour, Mr. Dursley." Celestia explained.

Dudley straightened up, let go of Harry, and began to perform a heart-wrenching story. "I was just in my room, all alone, when Harry came in and did one of his freakish things to my laptop! Now it won't work!" He pouted, adding in a few fake tears for extra measure.

"Can you explain exactly what 'freakish things' Harry did to your computer?" The Principal urged.

"Y-you know, freakish things. Like, one time, he made a teacher's hair turn blue just by looking at it, and another time he somehow got onto the roof when I was chasing him! And then, then he went to that stupid freakish school, Hog-something or other, and learned to do even more freaky things!"

"Hogwarts!" Harry corrected.

"Ah, so you're a Hogwarts student. That certainly explains a lot. And I'm guessing that Mr. Dursley here is not a big fan of magic. Is there any reason for that, Mr. Potter?" Celestia asked coolly.

"No. They've always been that way. My family hates anything 'unnatural'." Harry sighed.

"That's 'cause you people are nothing but freaks!" Dudley said nastily.

"Mr. Dursely! Please do not insult one of my students in front of me!" Celestia scolded. "Well, I think that I have all the facts now. You, Mr. Dursley, have blamed your cousin for wrecking your computer, when in fact it was probably just Mr. Potter's ambient magic affecting the local electronics."

"Same thing, innit?" Dudley stated stupidly.

"No, it isn't. You can't blame someone else for something that they didn't know they were doing. And besides, coming to Mr. Potter's school to beat him up in front of his new friends was certainly not the way to go about handling it." The principal declared. "Therefor, Mr. Dursley, you are hereby banned from the premises of Canterlot High."

"What? Bu-" Dudley stuttered.

"But nothing, Mr. Dursley, you have ten minutes to vacate the school, before I call security to get your parents to come and pick you up. As it is, I may have to have a talk with them as it is! Bullying your cousin... Why, you should be ashamed of yourself!"

Dudley's face turned white at the mention of calling his parents. He then turned and ran back towards the entrance to the cafeteria, clearly headed back home as soon as possible, probably to place the blame on Harry for what he had done.

Principal Celestia turned to Harry. "Mr. Potter, I wish to see you in my office now. Please follow me."