The Last Crusade
Chapter 1
A New Beggining and A New Friend
The three filies and the dragon where in front of a huge grey building. They were a step ahead the door that was a black grille with a strange patron that had a lot important ponies like the princeses, Starswhirl the bearded, etc. There was a kind of a yard in between the building and the grille.
Scootaloo notice that many ponies were coming up above the sky. She started to flap her wing and to stare at the clouds where some pegasus were chating. She elevated a bit and, because of not paying attention, she hit herself with Spike.
-Auch- she complained while she rub her hoove against the part where she hit herself with spike.
-You alright?- Spike asked her worried.
-I`m fime- she answered flying again- Don`t worry so much-
-You don`t know anything- he mummled stomping inside the yard.
-Was it something I say?- Scootaloo asked the other mares, who were as clueless as her.
-I think- Sweetie Belle started saying- he may be a little grumpy from the fact that he has to come to this school-
-But why?- Scootaloo asked her still clueless
-Imagine this- Sweetie told her- you are in country where everybody is more than different from you, they can`t do what you can and you can`t do they can. They gave other nature, other laws, other ways of seeing the world.- she sight- I think Spike feels that way. He is alone in discovering who he is, not even Twilight can help him that. She may have a lot of answers... but she can`t know everything-
-I never though about it- Scootaloo said with shame. She didn`t never think of how Spike may feel being the only dragon- What do you think, AB?- Scootaloo ask her other friend. But she was no where to be seen-AB?... Where do you think she go?-
Sweetie was going to say something but she was cut by a bell. A voice came of bullhorn:
"We notife all the students to report to the great stage of the school. The principal wants to have a word with everypony"
The two filies started to walk through the yard worried. They didn`t want to enter without Applebloom, but she was nowhere to be seen
Meanwhile with Applebloom when she saw Spike getting away, she followed him. He looked as he needed someone to talk with him or, at least, listen to him.
He continue walking through the yard until a grey blur pass near him. A pegasus shouted at him, mocking him. Spike looked a little bit hurt, but continue walking with indifference. Applebloom follow him until he sit in a bench.
She put her hoove on his shoulder to comfort him. She feel sorry for him. And after what happend, she really saw what Spike had to suffer for all his life. Spike turn his head round to see her and he smile.
-You alrigh`, Spike?-she asked him sitting next to him
-Yeah-he sight- I`m fine-
-That doesn`t like ya fine- She told him
-It`s just that...-he started saying- it`s not fair... All of you can have a normal life, without thinking that somepony is going to see you just as a weirdo. Look at me, I`m a dragon. I`m suppose to be a killing machine, a scary monster. I will never fit. Ponies will only saw me as... an animal – He sight and looked down
-Spike- she said making him look at her- thats why ponies needs friends. A friend is goning to be with you, he will help ya out and make sure you `re alright. And with more ya have, the best ya `ll be...- She was cut off by Spike hugging her gentily. He ended the hug and thank her- ya... welcome-she said hidding her blush
-Sorry if I barely touch- he said getting up and scratching the back of his head.- it`s just that I don`t want to hurt you-
-By huggin` me?- she ask clueless.
-Yeah-he said a little ashamed- My spcale had grown and now they are so pointy that they can even make you bleed. When I grow up more I will be impossible to hurt. Not even Twilight magic isn`t so effective on me anymore. And I can do this- he close his eyes and his scales move. Applebloom stand up and smile in fasination. Her smile vanished when she she gance a bit of scales on the floor. Spike noticed it and said-Relax. I do that to take the old scale off of me so new ones can grow better.
A bell rang an echoed through all the yard. Then a voice came from a bullhorn:
"We notife all the students to report to the great stage of the school. The principal wants to have a word with everypony"
The two look at each other and smile. Applebloom blush a little bit, but she did`t. Did she? They enter the building and go to the the place where they would have a meeting with the principal.
She was confused. Spike was her friend she culdn`t have feeling for him, that would ruin their friendship. Besides, she had more important things to do. Thinking in colts would distracter from her objective since she was 8: Get her cutie mark.
Being one of the only three filies that didn`t know her destiny, future shop or special ability seemed unfair. She felt like she would never fit, she would never do something good for her life. That really depressed her. What was worst: she could see that everyday. Everysingle day and night. When she saw her flank she saw anything, nothing at all, cero, blankness. She was more than desessperate to finally get a cutie mark.
And the things she has being called is worst. She even had nightmares with it. She was falling down and some ponies would call her blank flank and laught; she would be old and she would still be a flank blank; or (the worst of them) she would be in front of her mather and father , and they would tell her they were disapponted of her.
She did`t like to remember that one, she shook her head and she found herself in the place where they called them. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were waving at her and Spike, that has being with her all the time. The two went to where Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle where.
Two minutes later, the principal appear. He was a brown unicorn with a short grey mane. His mane had a black stripe. In his muzzle there was a big mustach which was as grey as his mane.
He clear his throat one time. Then, levite a microphone with his magic and started speaking:
Dear students, teachears and everypony that will participate in this year schoolarship; welcome to the Ponyville mayor school. In this year, we hope that you have the greatest time and make this school as your second home. The ponies who have already been a year studing here we want you to make sure that the new students are comfortable in here. For the new ponies, we won`t divide you in your talents for now. However, we will divide you in species in some subjects. At the exit you will find some teachers, they will give you a paper where you have the number of your locker and the combination of it for open it. Inside you will have a table where you gave the subjects and the hour for each. We will tell you if there is a change in it. Now evrypony please, in order make a line for the exit and let the magic of knowledge begin.
With that, his horn glow and he disappear leaving a green mist. Everypony get up and make a line. In the exit doors there was a desk with three ponies. The four friends get in the line and waited.
-What do you think is going to be the subjects they are going to divide us like?- Sweetie asked to the others.
-They may be related with flying, magic and ground.- Applebloom said moving along with the queu. She was after Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle was behind her and Spike behiend Sweetie.- I don`t know-
-Easy for you to say- Spike mumbled with anger- What am I suppose to tell the teacher. I`m not an earth pony, not an unicorn, neither a Pegasus. Heck, I`m not even a pony.- he cross his arms in anger.
-I think you will be with the Pegasus- Scootaloo said as a matter of fact- you have wing after all.-
-Yeah- Spike answered- but I also have magic.-
-But your magic isn`t as stronge as an unicorn one.- Sweetie Belle said- and you don`t need the earth for nothing.-
Scootaloo was now in front of two teachers in a table. One was a unicorn who was writing down everything; while the other was the one who talked. She was a unicorn also.
-Name?- The one who was writting asked
-Scootaloo- Scootaloo answered.
-Your full name please- she said emotionless.
-Scootaloo Wheels-
-Specie?-
-Pegasus-
-First year in the school?-
-Yes-
-Okay.-The uncorn put the paper she was writing in a box that said "Pegasus"- Welcome to Ponyville Mayor School-
Scootaloo take a few steps foward and the other unicorn with her magic give her a paper. Then it was turn of Applebloom:
-Name?- the writing unicorn asked
-Applebloom-
-Specie?-
-Earth pony-
-First year?-
-Yep-
-Okay.-The uncorn put the paper she was writing in a box that said "Earth Ponies"- Welcome to Ponyville Mayor School-
Applebloom take a few a steps and the other unicorn give her the paper with her locker number and cobination. She take it and went next to Scoots who was waiting for the rest. The two waited together. It was Sweetie`s turn.
-Name?-
-Sweetie Belle, Miss- she said politly
-Specie?-
-Unicorn-
-First year?-
-Yes-
-Okay.-The uncorn put the paper she was writing in a box that said "Unicorns"- Welcome to Ponyville Mayor School-
She take some steps and the other unicorn give her the papaer. She went to wait for Spike next to the girls. The three were more than worried. What would happend? Where would they put the Dragon?
-Name?- The unicorn said
Spike gulp- Spike-
-Full name- a tone of anger in her voice
-That`s my full name- Spike said
-You got to be...- The unicorn raise her head and finally saw who was she talking with.- Oh- she clear her throat and then speak- we will give you a locker but you won`t be doing the subjects that you are given. When you leave your stuff in the locker, go to talk to principal math.- she write something and leave the paper near the three boxes.
Spike take some few steps and the unicorrn give her the paper with an awe expression. He took it and leave to reunite with his he arrived a rain of questions was on him.
What did she tell you? How was it? Where did they put you? Pegasus, unicorn or Earth pony? Where is your locker? Are they going to expel you? Are you going to quit? Where they mean to you? Was she surprised? Why did you take so long? Was she mean to you? Are we going to be mates?
-GIRLS- He shout- All I know is that after I leave my stuff in my locker, I have to go and have a chat with the principal.-
-Well- Scootaloo said –We better get going. I need to find mi locker-
-Yeah- Applebloom said- I have the 528. what `bout ya?-
-I have 463 – Sweetie say.
-966- said Scootaloo a little bit down.
-529- said Spike- Looks like we will be neightbours, AB- Spike give her a smirk and she blush at it.
-Well- Scootaloo said- see ya at lunch time. I need to go to the pegasus part of the school to leave my things-
-Hey don`t look so down- Sweetie told her to try and cheer her up.
-Yeah- Continue Applebloom- be may have a class together. Ya ain`t gonna get rid of us that easily-
-You bet- she started to fly and waved before vanishing into the stares.
-C`mon AB- Spike told her touching her shoulder- let`s go to our lockers. See ya Sweetie- the two waved while they walked to their lockers.
A few steps further, everypony was looking at them with strange faces. Pegasus, earth ponies and unicorns, all, where staring in awe at the both.
Spike felt like he always did. He felt like if he was a monster among everyone. But worst is that he couldn`t go to the dragon kingdom, he didn`t fit there either. He was a dragon but with a pony mind. Everypony he know told him something to cheer him up.
Twilight said that it doesn`t count from where you came, but who you want to be. She knew that one day he would turn into an enormuos dragon, but she also know that he wouldn`t be as evil or greeder as some of the dragons she has know from her adventures.
Rainbow Dash told him that he has to make the possitives things in life count. Sure. He was going to turn into a giant-fire-breathing-flying-monster, but, he has to admit it, that would be mora than AWESOME. He was going to rock the sky of Equestria.
Applejack said that it didn`t matter what he would turn into in the future, he needs to remember from where he came from and what he`s past was like. To remember the ponies that take care of him and loved him.
Rarity told him that he would never turn into a monster. The dragons were bad and disgusting, but him; he was a kinded heart drangon that only wanted the best for his friend and the people he loved.
Fluttershy told him that what matters is what a pony is in the inside and what his act are. She only saw a little dragon that, even if he`s teeth were ponty or if he breathed fire, he wouldn`t doubt about being with his friends when they needed him.
Pinkie Pie didn`t tell him very coherent things, but (in a way), he could identify with her. She was a long-face-emotionless-rock-farmer and now she was a party-planer-pony. She could change her personality, even if the place were she was born was unhappy.
Although this kind of reaction was common for him, for Applebloom was another reminder that there others were better than her. She hated herself for being so mature in mind but so small compare to the others. She was now feeling so useless, so diferent, so denigrated.
All her family and bigger friends told her that she needed to be pacient. That if she waited enought she would have the best of all in the world. A cutie mark that would be so spectacular, so fantastic, so... so... so indescribable that would be the envy of everypony.
Meanwhile, Scootaloo was flying through the staircase until she reach a place that didn`t have place where there wasn`t any floor; insted there where clouds. She now understand why she had a so far away locker. There was a place special for pegasus.
She was really amazed by it. A full place in the school only for pegasus. But, suddenly she think better of it. Only Pegasus. Only ponies with wings.
She was going to be alone for the whole year. Her friends couldn`t come to this part of the school. A she didn`t want other friends. She wanted her B.F.A.C.F.`s. why couldn`t one of them be a pegasus.
She sight and search for her locker. When she finally found it she tried to look happy. She wouldn`t attract attencion that way. She fake a smile and walked towards the locker. 966.
She looked at her paper. 9, 7, 2. She put the combination and open the locker. Inside there were two paper. One was the skedull or timeline or whatever the principal had told the school earlier. And the other was a hugr list with all the clubs for pegasus and the three races.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Arts and Crafts
Maths
Nature
Flying Lessons
Language
Free period
Maths
Maths
Nature
Culture
Language
Literature
Free Period
Language
Music
Luanguage
Free Period
Sciens
Math
Wingerin
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
History of Equestria
Healthyness and Grown
History of Equestria
History of the Wonderbolts
Free period
Gym
Politics
Gym
Sciencs
Gym
Literature
Politics
Music
Free period
Gym
Scootaloo leave the timetable in the locker. She open her saddlebag and get off it: a pencilbox, some photograps, a poster, a notebook, some blank pages and side notes. She get her pencilbox and get some tape from it. She taped her timetable in the end of the locker, just in the middle. She looked at the inside part of the locker`s door and taped her poster.
Her poster was from a soon to be scooter competition. She was planning on entering and winning it. Even her idol think it was going to be a peice of cake for her. She was the best scoter rider of Equestria.
She then taped her photographs round her timetable. She had now a free period so she give a final look to her photograph and with a sigh she close it. She still have the clubs list in her hooves. She sight some clubs that might be for her. The Hoofball team. The Scoters club. The Cloudball team.
She raised her eyes to from the list. She started to remember the photos in her locker. One was with her father. It was during one of his visits during Hearts Warming recess. She and her granny where waiting for him in the train staition. Soon the train arrive and a lot of ponies were getting out of the train she was searching for him everywhere. But he was no where to be seen. Suddenly, a hoove diheveles her mane. She turns round and find her father. She goes and hugs him. He, then, puts his helmet on her. There`s when her granny take control of the camera.
Another of her photoghraps was before the sister race. She, Applebloom and Swetie had gone camping and hyer sisters, plus Rainbow Dash, acompany her. It was quite the adventure she had. It all inbolved nightmares, not sleeping, meeting princeses Luna and falling down from a waterfall. In the end, Rainbow accept her as a sister. When they arrived to beutiful place down Clousdale. They made a sister race; but the unicorns and the earth ponie didn`t know what they were against. They, obviously, win and take a picture to remember the moment.
The other she had was when she was in fly camp. She was doing a trick when some colts started to pick up on her. Telling her that she would never be better than anyone and that she was a liar, because she said that she knew Twilight. When she was doing the trick, the leader of the camp was passing by taking photos to put them on a advertisement on a magazzine. When she saw her doing that trick, she knew it was time to take a photo. The leader made two copies: one for the magazzine and other for her.
The last photograph was one with her friends. It was taken on her birthday. On that occacion, Babs was able to visit them. She was in the middle with a cake in front of her, Applebloom at her right, Sweetie Belle at her leaft and Babs was hugging Applebloom.
She sight one time not paying attention on the hallway. It had someponies in it, but not that many. Suddenly, something hit her. She groan and... when she open her eyes... she couldn`t belive it.
Meanwhile, Sweetie was walking through the hallway. She couldn`t find her locker and she was starting to get nervous. What if she had an important class now a she is mising it? And if her teacher was mad at her? That would be THE. WORST. THING. EVER.
She then snap out of it and take a deep breath. She was starting to sound like her sister. She continue walking looking for her locker. She sighed but bump into someone. Luckily the two didn`t fell.
-Ouch- She heared the the other pony complain
-I am so sorry- She said. And she mean it- I`am so so sorry. I didn`t see you there. Are you ok?-
-Yes- the other pony said calmly- Don`t worry. I`m not mad at you.- she finally open her eyes and gasp- Hey, I know you?- she said exited- You were with me when I was with Cheerilee. How was your name?- she said talking to herself and tring to remember.- Sweekie, Sleely.. Umm-
-Sweetie Belle?- she asked and the other nodded.- Sorry that I ask...- she said shamefuly- But... Who are you?-
-It`s me-she said eagerly- Dinky. Diky Doo-
-Dinky?- she said surpriced. The two made a squeal and gave the other a hug- I haven`t see you since the classes of Cheerlee. You sure have change-
Even though Sweetie Belle said it, she was wrong. The only thing that had change in Dinky was her height and her mane. She was now more tall and she had her mane furl in a pony two ended their hug and started chatting.
-You can`t find your locker?- Dinky asked her and Sweetie Belle nodded- Let me help you this my second year in the school-
-Really?- she said amazed- But, Aren`t we the same age? Or you are bigger?-
-It`s a long story...