Equestria High

Period: Gym

Time: 8:05 AM

"All right!" yelled a short, white haired man with glasses. "Today, we will have Curtis and Tye against Zane, Nathan and Austin."

"Sorry, I'm out." said Austin, a tall, brown haired kid.

"Oh, come on Austin." Nathan, a short, brown haired kid, complained.

"Nope. Uneven teams."

"Troll." a blond-brown haired, tall kid stated simply.

"Zane, shut up." Curtis said. He was about the same height as Nathan, with slightly blonder hair than Zane.

"How about you all shut up?" Tye yelled. He was a little taller than Austin, with brown hair. He was also slightly fat.

"Tye!" the teacher scolded. "Ten laps around the gym."

"Yes, Coach P."

"Austin," Coach P stated. "While he's doing that, you come in."

"Fine. You never actually said what we were playing."

"I was getting to that. We're playing GatorBall." (For those of you who don't know, Dodgeball.)

The boys, except for Austin, cheered. Even Tye, who was halfway around the gym at this point, yelled 'Yes!'

"Okay. Let's go to the lower level."

They all went downstairs, with the exception of Tye, of course, and saw that there were about twenty dodgeballs on the center line.

"Curtis and Tye, well... Austin, on the left. Zane and Nathan on the right."

"Coach!" It was another student. "Principal wants you."

"I'll be right there." he said, then turned to the boys. "Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone."

"As soon as Coach P was out of view, Curtis was hit in the back of the head with a ball. He turned around to see Nathan laughing uproariously.

"Nathan, you ass." he said, smiling.

"Sorry." Nathan breathed. "I've just always wanted to do that."

"Nice shot, Nathan." Tye exclaimed from upstairs.

"Tye, get back to running before Coach P yells at you again." Austin said, annoyed.

"Fine."

"Trololololololo-"

"Shut up Zane!" they all yelled.

"Ha! I finally trolled you all at once!"

"Damn it!" Nathan exclaimed. "I can't believe we actually fell for that."

Coach P came back.

"Okay then. Boys, we'll be having new students at the end of the hour. In the meantime… Um, can anybody tell me why there's a ball by the bleachers?"

"It was already there." Nathan said, hoping it would work. Tye came downstairs.

"Okay. Tye, go get that, and then we can begin."

Tye ran over to the ball and put it on the center line. Austin sat on the bleachers. The four playing went to their respective places.

"Last man standing in three… two… one… Go!"

Curtis and Nathan charged for a ball like their lives were on the line. Curtis got there first and knocked about eight back to Tye. When the two went back, each player had a dodgeball in each hand, waiting for someone to make a move. Tye did. He threw a ball straight at Nathan, who expertly dodged it and Zane threw one at Tye. It hit him in the chest.

"Damn it! Tag teamed!"

"Heh." Curtis laughed. "Two on one. That seems a little unfair."

"For you?" Zane asked.

"Nope. For you."

"Wait, what?"

While he was confused, Curtis took the chance. He threw a ball at Zane, but Nathan stepped in front of him, ready to block it.

'No. Not Nathan.' He said internally. Time then seemed to slow down around him. He felt a strange feeling in the bottom of is gut, and the ball went around Nathan, hitting Zane in the stomach. The tightening disappeared.

"How in the…" Zane muttered, getting up and walking over to the bleachers.

Nathan shook his head and focused on Curtis. He threw a ball above his head, hoping to distract him, but it didn't work. Instead, Curtis threw the four balls he had around him in quick succession. Nathan dodged the first three, but had to block the last one with a ball. Suddenly, Curtis tripped, landing not on the ground, but two inches above. Nathan didn't throw a ball at him. Instead, he had an odd look on his face, like he was concentrating on something.

When Curtis got up, he went to the left for a ball, but it was knocked away by Nathan's throw. He quickly went to the right for one, but it was knocked away as well. He looked at Nathan and, much to his surprise, saw that his eyes were closed. Curtis dove for a ball three feet away from him and managed to block Nathan's throw. Curtis threw, but it went straight for the ground. The feeling in his gut returned and the ball redirected towards Nathan's face. He dodged it without opening his eyes and threw. The ball hit Curtis on the shoulder, spinning him and making him fall.

"Oh, shit." He said, dizzy.

"Ha ha. Finally won one." Nathan said calmly.

"How'd you know that I was going for a ball with your eyes closed?" Curtis said, getting up.

"You won't believe me, but I was in your mind."

Zane and the others walked over to them.

"How did you make the ball go around Nathan, Curtis?" Zane asked.

"And how'd you stop yourself two inches from the ground?"Tye asked.

"With the ball," Curtis said, "I think that one was magic."

"Magic?" Austin snorted.

"Yes. As for the two inches above the ground, I have no clue."

"Coach!" It was the same student from earlier. "They're here."

"Bring them in" Five girls entered the gym. "Boys, meet your new classmates, Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Luna."