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Ch 5: First Day of School
It had been 2 months since Shimmer Star had returned to her rightful place in Canterlot castle. During that time, every free moment either Luna or Celestia had, they would spend teaching, coaching, or simply enjoy time with the small filly. The castle itself felt a much happier place since Star had return home. The night sky seemed twice as beautiful with the foal now helping Luna, who had taught her to fly rather quickly. On this day, however, Star was up earlier than usual. Why you may ask: Star was preparing for her first day of school. Around a month earlier, Star had asked her mother if she could attend school in Ponyville, since Twilight was a gallop away and she wished to meet other foals her own age. Though Luna was reluctant at first, through some convincing by Celestia, Luna agreed on 2 conditions: 1. Star was to fly away at the first sign of danger, and 2. A royal night guard was to accompany her. As Star finished packing, Luna walked in.
"Are you all set for darling?"
"Yep! I'm super excited mommy!"
"I'm sure you are. I have a present for you. Close your eyes,"
The ecstatic pony quickly obeyed. Soon she felt something soft and silk like slip over her wings. Opening her eyes, Star found a royal blue sweater adorned on her. She giggled happily and hugged her mother.
"I love it! Thanks mom!"
"I'm glad you like it. I thought since you aren't going to tell your peers you are a princess, this would be an excellent way to hide your wings," Star had told Luna she wanted to hide her identity in order to make real friends who liked her for her. After her presentation next month, she would openly tell the class who she was.
"You better be off. You don't want to be late for your first day!"
"Thanks mom! Love you!" Star then galloped off to the royal carriage to find Night Wing, her mother's finest guard, awaiting her. As the carriage took off, Luna sighed.
"Be safe Shimmer Star,"
(Ponyville)
Night Wing gently knocked on the door to the school house and was greeted by Ms. Cheerile. The magenta pony gave a bright smile to the gray Pegasus soldier.
"You must be Night Wing! I've been waiting for you,"
"I apologize for any delays we've caused you,"
"Oh no! Nothing like that! So this is Princcess Shimmer Star, wonderful to meet you your highness. Your mother told me so much about you!"
"Please! No formalities, I'm your student from now on. I shouldn't be treated any differently than any other student,"
"Of course Shimmer Star. Your mother has informed me you wish tocheep your title a secret,"
"If that is possible,"
"Of course! Why don't you come in and we get you acquainted with the rest of the class,"
As Cheerile walked away, Star turned to her personal guard.
"Your highness, I will be nearby in case of any danger,"
"Thank you Night Wing, enjoy your day,"
The guard gave his salute and Shimmer Star quickly galloped off to catch up with her teacher.
(Class time)
Skootaloo, Apple Bloom, and Sweetie Belle, also known as the Cutie Mark Cursaders, were happily giggling and whispering to each other until their teacher, Ms. Cheerile, entered their classroom.
"Okay students, I have a special announcement. Today we'll be getting a new student today!"
The 3 fillies leaned in.
"What do yall suppose our new student is like?" Apple Bloom asked in her scratchy southern accent.
"Hopefully they're nothing like Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon," Skootaloo gruffed. Soon, a unicorn filly with a violet coat, cyna mane, a royal blue sweater, and a shooting star cutie mark walked up to the teacher. The crusaders didn't recognize her from town.
"My name is Shinmer Star and I'm from Canterlot. I hope we can all be friends," Cheerile smiled at the foal.
"Shimmer Star, why don't you take a seat next to Skootaloo and Diamond Tiara," Star nodded and walked over to her new seat. Skootaloo gave her smile to which she returned.
"I'm Skootaloo. This is Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom,"
"Nice to meet you 3!"
"Your cutie mark is really cool!" Sweetie Belle compliment. Star blushed.
"Thanks, that's really kind of you,"
Cheerile began to speak.
"Okay class, today we'll be continuing our discussion about Cutie Marks. As you all know, cutie marks symbolize a pony's talent. Each one means something. Shimmer Star! Why don't you come up here and give us an explanation about your unusual cutie mark?"
Star happily jumped off her chair and walked up to the blackboard and drew her cutie mark.
"As you can probably tell, my cutie mark is a shooting star. My cutie is acquainted with the night, as I prefer that time. It also stands for hope and destiny, since reading the stars can sometimes reveal your destiny," The class gave a round of applause as Star returned to her seat and enjoy the rest of the lesson.
(lunch time)
Once lunch rolled around, Star began to look for a place sit on the recess field. Suddenly, a yellow hoof was raised in the air.
"Hey Star! Over here!" Star saw it was Apple Bloom calling for her. She, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and two other colts. Star walked over to the group of 5 and notice none had cutie marks, but quickly dismissed this she sat down Skootaloo began talking.
"So Star, these are Pipsqueak and Button,"
"nice to meet you both!"
"So Star, what's it like in Canterlot?"
"It's actually really nice! It feels good to be home after all these years,"
"What do you mean?" Pip asked.
" I was raised in an orphanage. My mom and I were only recently reunited,"
"Wow!" They exclaimed. Soon, another voice chimed in.
"Well, look what we have here: 5 blank flanks and a newbie!"
Star turned her head and saw a pink unicorn and a grey earth pony walking up to them. Sweetie Belle groaned.
"Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, what do you want?" Diamond Tiara gave a mean smirk.
"Oh, we just wanted to welcome our new student. What was your name? Glimmer Star," Star immediately bolted up. Black Spirit had always called her that and she was starting to like this pony as much as she liked him.
" It's Shimmer Star actually," Diamond just brushed this off.
"Whateve! Anyways, what are you doing with these bunch of blank flanks?"
"Yeah bunch of blank flanks?"
Star began bagging her hooves on the ground, much like Shinning Armour when he had protected her from shadows.
"So what if they have blank flanks?"
"What?!" Both fillies dropped their jaws as the other foals began coming over to see what the commotion was.
"Being blank flank only means you have untapped potential, sometimes that's even better than being bound to one specific talent. Your cutie mark is only their to represent what your best at. And what your cutie marks mean, are your spoiled, selfish, brats who aren't even half the ponies these guys are!"
Star raised her head high as the other foals cheered. It was about time someone stood up to the tyrannical Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. Star walked back to her new friends how began slapping her on the back.
"Thanks for standing up for us Star!" Button thanked.
"Yeah your the best!" Apple Bloom added.
"Thank nothing of it," Suddenly Star felt a tear in back of her sweater as a light pink blast whizzed by her ear. Star turned her head and saw that Diamond had ripped the sweater her mother had made for her. Diamond smirked.
"Well they may have 'untapped potential' but Skootaloo can't even do what Pegasus ponies are supposed to do! And that's fly. I bet you can't even do magic like a normal unicorn and that's why your defending these weirdos," Star was down right furious and pointed her horn that was already glowing with magic.
"You wanna see magic? I'll show you magic!" Star then easily levitated the bratty fillies and dropped them on the ground with even batting an eye. While the others cheered for her once again, Diamond caught sight of something peeking out from the rip in her sweater.
"She probably has some weird injury and is trying to cover it up," She thought. Without a second thought, she fired another blast, this time completely severing the entire. Star faced her again.
"Will you knocked that off!?" She was, however, met with looks of shock and disbelief. Turning back to her friends, she found the same. Soon enough, she realized why. While she was yelling, she had unconsciously unfurled her wings. Diamond began to stutter.
"She's a a a..."
"Alicorn?!" The crusaders finished. Before Star could explain, Night Wing, who had seen the entire thing unfold, landed next to her.
"Your highness! Are you alright?"
"I'm just fine Night Wing, it was a simple mistake. Dismissed!"
"Yes ma'am," With a salute, the guard flew off, leaving the hound princess to explain everything to her peers.
"That was a royal night guard!" Apple Bloom pointed out.
"How do you know him Star?" Button asked. Star was shocked as her secret began to unravel. Luckily Ms. Cheerile came to the rescue.
"Oh Star, I see the other children have seen your wings,"
"Ms. Cheerile, you knew about this?" Pip asked.
Cheerile looked to Star who nodded.
"Just tell them,"
" Children, you see Shimmer Star is the daughter of a very special and important pony in Canterlot,"
"I am Princess Shimmer Star, daughter of Princess Luna,"
The foals gasped in surprise.
"Princess Luna is your mom!?" Skootaloo shouted.
"Yes. I'm sorry for lying to you. I wanted all of you to be friends with me, not Princess Shimmer Star. I hope I can regain your trust. I just wanted to make real friends," Apple Bloom laughed.
"Shimmer Star, we wouldn't have treated you differently!"
"You wouldn't?" Sweetie Belle put her hoof on her shoulder.
"Sure it would have Ben exciting having a princess in our class, but we're friends with Shimmer Star before we're friends with princess Shimmer Star," Skootaloo then began talking.
"You stood up for us. If that isn't a true friend then I don't know what is!" The crusaders gave Star a hug.
"Thanks guys. I should have honest from the start. Sorry for that. But I think I can make it up to you,"
"How?" they asked.
"I'll show another reason why my cutie mark's a shooting star," Concentrating, Star raised her horn in the air and caused a show of star to fill the area. Everyone gasped in amazement and began playing among them.
Though this day didn't go as planned, Star now had 3 trusting friends she could count on, wings or not.