MLP belongs to Hasbro (unfortunately). The ponies in this story where created by a friend of mine. The songs featured in this story also aren't mine. They belong to their respective authors, which I'll credit at the end of the chapter they were in.
The morning rays of sunlight were barely coming thru the semi opened window curtain when a dark blue Pegasus walked inside the baby blue bedroom. The room floor was covered with toys, the ones that made noise when you squeeze them, most of them where gathered around a small bed in the corner. The room's occupant didn't want visitors. The mare smiled and shook her brown and blue mane out of her eyes. With a few gentle swings of her wings she glided across the room without touching the ground and landed on the bed. With a triumphant "HA" she flew up with the blue-white blanket… only to find a pillow under them. The mare was startled but a loud squeak made her turn in time to see something small trying to close the door. The young filly realized he was spotted and disappeared in the hallway. Mystical Sound sighed and gave chase. "Give up Sparks, you're going to school and that's final."
Sparks ran like crazy and even tried to fly away; he barely got off the ground before he fell flat on his face. Mystic saw her son's fall and dashed over to him. Sparks whimpered in pain while Mystic checked his snout for injures. Fortunately there was only a minor bruise on the dark blue Pegasus, one of the perks of living on an enchanted cloud.
"Now, now, sweetie, it's okay. We'll put some ice on that and you'll be fine." Mystic said gently while stroking Spark's blue-brown mane. Spark's whimpering stopped but his eyes still had tears in them so Mystic started singing.
"You're my best friend, best friend
Friend you are the best
And you're just not felling well
Get some rest today
So tomorrow we can play
I want my best friend to get well"
Sparks smiled when he heard his mother singing. She had a beautiful voice and she knew many songs that could make him feel better but this song gave him an idea. "Um… mommy I don't feel so good…" Mystical Sound smiled softly and shook her head in denial. "Nice try."
Sparks looked down on the playground over his mother's shoulder. They were still high in the air so he couldn't jump off and run away; but low enough for him to see that it was filled with fillies and their parents. He recognized a few Pegasi he met at his mother's birthday party. They were nice and fun fillies to play with but they didn't spend much time together to become friends. "At least I'll have somepony to play with. But mom's birthday was…. Um… long ago...Will they remember me?"
While Sparks was busy thinking about making friends, his mother landed in front of the school entrance. A dark purple Earth pony with a pink mane, that looked like chewing gum, approached the young mother. "Hi Mrs. Aircraft, good to see you again." She said happily. Mystic chuckled softly before answering "Good to see you to Cheer." The mare smiled and gave her friend a quick hug. Sparks looked at the mare hugging his mother; she looked familiar but he couldn't place his hoof at it. "And you must be little Sparks." Cheeriliee said as she lowered her head to take a good look at him. "Wow… she's pretty…." Sparks thought to himself while he tried to answer but… "Yup, that's him." His mother saved him from saying something embarrassing.
"So Cheer, excited about your new job?" Mystic asked the young teacher. Cheerilee nodded with a big smile on her face. "You have no idea how much…." While the two mares exchanged pleasantries, Sparks wondered off to the playground. There were a few Unicorns and Earth ponies around but he was focused on the green Unicorn wearing shades on the swings. The Unicorn noticed Spark's approach and jumped off the swing.
"Yo." The unicorn said in a cool manner. "The name's Lava. Rockin Lava. The king of dance and everything cool. If you need advice on how to be awesome, I'm your pony." He introduced himself while fixing his shades with a spell. Sparks watched the Unicorn in amazement; this was the first time he meet a Unicorn in person. His father, Knife Punk, told him about the horned ponies and how they used their magic to help him during a concert. Knife described as friendly, helpful and all around cool ponies; Rockin was almost everything his father said they were.
"So… does being cool include showing the chewing gum that's stuck in my tail?" Sparks asked nonchalantly. Rockin was shocked when he heard the question; even his shades slid off his nose a bit. He quickly turned his head to check the light green strand of his dark green tail for the gum in question. "Haha… Very funny." He said angrily when he finished searching for the nonexistent gum. Sparks smiled mischievously and offered his hoof for a shake. "I'm Sparks Aircraft, nice to meet you." Rockin stood there for a few seconds but then he smiled and gave him a brohoof.
The two ponies laughed and played with other fillies until the school bell rang and Miss Cheerilee called them inside. Sparks and other fillies ran to their parents to grab their schoolbags and say goodbye. "Sparks, I'll come to pick you up after lunch. Be a good little pony and we'll have your favorite cake for dinner; deal?" Mystic asked while hugging her son. Sparks nodded his head enthusiastically and ran off to catch up with Rockin and the others. Mystic and a few young mothers waited until Cheerilee closed the school door before they went on with their daily business.
Sparks looked around the classroom when he entered, it was a big room full of desks and bookshelves, most ponies already found their seats and talked with their sitting neighbors. Rockin's waving hoof caught his eye and he went towards his green friend. Rockin managed to save him a seat next to him in the back. Sparks quickly sat next to him and looked around once more. There was a big instrument closet and a pretty large toy chest in the back; but the blackboard was definitely the biggest thing in the room. It almost covered the whole wall behind Miss Cheerilee's desk.
"Hello everypony and welcome to your first day of school. Since this our first day together let's spend it by getting to know each other; okay? And since some of you already meet me on the playground and some of you haven't, I'll introduce myself to all of you again. I'm Cheerilee, your new friend and teacher for this year."
"Hello Miss Cheerilee." The class responded. Cheerilee smiled and pointed her hoof at a bright pink Unicorn in the front row. After the young mare introduced herself, Cheerilee continued to go down towards the back of the room, asking everypony's name and hobby. Rockin tried to introduce himself as a big shot by standing on his desk… and if Cheerilee wasn't nearby he would have ended up in the nurse's office. "And finally, Sparks. Tell us about yourself." Sparks tried to sink in his seat to avoid everyponies curious gaze but a gentle shove from Rockin got him out of his seat.
"Um… hi, I'm Sparks Aircraft." He said and tried to get back in his chair but Miss Cheerilee stopped him. "Do you have any hobbies Sparks?" she asked, determined to get his answer. Sparks awkwardly stood there for a few seconds before answering. "Singing and playing…"
"Interesting… would you like to sing something for us?" Miss Cheerilee asked enthusiastically. "Uh… no. I'm not very good at it…" Sparks responded meekly but some of his classmates started cheering him on. "Come on…. We want to hear you sing… Sing, sing…" Even Rockin joined the chant.
"Okay… but only if you don't laugh." After everypony promised, Sparks flapped his wings in embarrassment as tried to think of a song to sing. All eyes and ears where focused on him; waiting the song. And then he remembered one of his father's favorite songs before he closed his eyes and started.
"My father said,
"Don't you worry, don't you worry, child.
See heaven's got a plan for you.
Don't you worry, don't you worry now."
Yeah!
There was a moment of silence when he finished; followed by a loud applause. Sparks couldn't believe it; he opened his eyes and saw a room full of happy ponies and he still couldn't believe it. Ponies liked his singing. They loved his talent. He loved his talent. Rockin gave him a quick brohoof before they continued with their class. "Bro, you can sing. Now you just need a band and you'll conquer the world." Rockin whispered while Cheerilee wasn't looking. "Thanks… I guess." Sparks whispered back.
"Hey Sparks. Will you sing again?" Rockin asked. Sparks didn't answer at first. He closed his eyes again, picturing himself in front of a large crowd of ponies. They were all screaming and chanting his name as he walked up to the microphone with his parents. The music started and so did their song. The crowd got louder and louder as they singed. "…rks…" He could see his classmates in the front row "…parks…" Rockin was fighting a huge dragon in the distance "SPARKS!"
Song "Get Well Soon" was written and performed Busy Beavers. "Don't you worry child" belongs to Swedish House Mafia.
