A Royal Mess
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Time to explain yet another OC! This one is Franky McAlister, whose name you will see quite often in other stories. He's one of my easiest characters to work with, and he balances out the girl to boy ratio in this fandom. Also, I have no idea how old Megan, Danny, and Molly are on the show, or what their last names are, so for intents and purposes, Megan is twelve, Danny is ten, and Molly is eight, and I gave them the last name Miller. This is not canon, but it sounds good to me.
It was a typical Monday in what the little ponies called "the Real World" over the rainbow. It was ten thirty in the morning, and Megan was sitting in third period history class at Abraham Lincoln Junior High School. Her teacher, Mrs. Pepperwinkle, was droning on about something while writing on the chalkboard. The entire student body looked bored to death. Megan cast a glance to her best friend (human friend, that is), Anne Chiang. Anne looked back at Megan, and rolled her eyes. Mrs. Pepperwinkle was the most boring history teacher in the entire seventh grade.
"And now, class," Mrs. Pepperwinkle said. "It is now time to select groups for our term project. And I will be choosing the groups."
A loud groan went up throughout the class. They absolutely hated it when the teacher assigned group projects. Mrs. Pepperwinkle usually does this so that best friends in the class didn't pair up with each other. Usually, if best friends worked together, projects never got done. It was especially true with Franky McAlister and Mark Mills. They weren't necessarily slackers, they just usually goofed around more than they worked, especially Franky. Megan didn't care much for Franky. She thought he thought he was so cool just because his uncle was a famous rock star, and he was always bragging about him.
"Let me see here," she said, picking up the class roster. "Our first team will be . . . . Josh Shaver, Mark Mills, and Carrie Donaldson."
Megan heard two loud groans coming from behind her, belonging to Mark and Franky. Megan wasn't surprised.
"Our next team," Mrs. Pepperwinkle said. "Anne Chiang, Megan Miller . . . ."
"Oh yeah!" Megan and Anne shouted, giving each other a high five. Mrs. Pepperwinkle knew Megan and Anne were best friends, and even though Anne hated school, whenever she and Megan teamed up for a project, it got done, and it got done well, because Megan usually kept Anne on track.
"And Franklin McAlister," Mrs. Pepperwinkle finished up.
"Oh no!" both Megan and Anne cried. They glanced towards the back of the room. A group of the boys were giving Franky thumps in the shoulder, as if they were congratulating him for getting two girls for partners. They figured this was going to be the worst project of their lives.
The three of them got together for study hall later that day. They sat down at a table by the window and began to discuss the project.
"So what are we going to do this project on?" Anne asked.
"Beats me," Franky shrugged. "History is so boring. Especially since we're studying about the Middle Ages."
"Maybe we can do the Black Plague," Anne shrugged.
"Only if you can be the first victim," Franky replied.
"Hey, come on, you guys," Megan said, trying to restore a little order. "Look, we've got to do this project and we have to do it well, so let's stop arguing and start thinking a little."
Franky shrugged and opened his history book. Megan and Anne did the same thing, and began leafing through trying to find a suitable topic for their report. As they were working, they heard a knock from the window. Megan and Anne looked, and saw Locket hovering there. The girls jumped up and started running for the door. Franky looked at them oddly.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"The bathroom," Anne said. "Megan and I bought the tuna surprise at lunch today. Gotta go!"
The girls raced out of study hall. Franky just shook his head. He knew better than to buy lunch at the school cafeteria. In any case, the girls ran outside of the school, making sure no teacher was around, and peeked around the corner. Megan motioned for Locket to come over to them and to get away from the window.
"Hi, girls," she said.
"Hi," Megan replied. "What are you doing here at school, Locket?"
"We just got news that the Princess Ponies are visiting the Estate," Locket replied. "We need some extra hands to set up for the party."
"Well, I don't know," Megan said. "We might get in trouble for skipping school."
"Yeah, if we get caught, it could mean detention," Anne said.
"I'll tell you what, Locket," Megan said. "School's out in an hour. Come back then and bring Skydancer, Heart Throb, Medley, and Surprise. You and Skydancer can come pick up Anne and me, and then Heart Throb, Medley, and Surprise can go get Danny, Molly, Julie, and Tommy."
"You got it," Locket said, and she flew away.
"We'd better get back to study hall before Franky starts wondering about us and the tuna surprise," Anne said.
Megan agreed, and laughed over that one. Then the girls went back to study hall.
An hour later, Locket and Skydancer came down from the sky. Megan climbed on Locket, and Anne took Skydancer.
"Is the coast clear?" Locket asked.
"Yeah," Megan said. "Let's go."
"I wonder if this is going to be like those royal party stereotypes?" Anne said.
"We don't know," Skydancer said. "But I have to warn you, the Princess Ponies can be spoiled brats at times."
"I'll take my chances," Anne said, and the group flew to Paradise Estate to get ready for the party in honor of the Princess Ponies.
