"I hate School" Shywing muttered under his breath again and again, was Diamond right, was he not really Fluttershy's son, what did she mean Fluttershy had never been married? What did that have to do with anything?
He continued to walk along the path to the tables where the students ate lunch. "Over here!" shouted. He looked up and saw his secret filly friend (Nopony knew yet except them, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy). He smiled and thought that maybe today wasn't so bad, as long as he got to spend time with her.
He sat down at the table with Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, or as they were known around the school, "The Cutie Mark Crusaders" they shouted. "W-why d-did you just s-shout your c-club n-n-name l-like t-t-that?" He stuttered, wiping the tears from his eyes. "Well the author did just cue us, duh". Scootaloo said like it was common knowledge. "What?" replied Shywing. "Oh, never mind, so why wer ya cryin' Shy?" Applebloom asked. Shywing started eating and avoid the question, he didn't want his friends to have to worry, he pulled out his daisy sandwich and took a large bite of it. "Shy, if there's anything botherin' ya, ya can always talk to us about it." Shywing gave up on avoiding the question and swallowed his food, then spoke "N-nothing is wrong Ap-Applebloom". Sweetie Belle interrupted them by jumping up and shouting "Oh, I just remembered something, the talent show is on thursday, we have to get ready, we're going to get our cutie marks for sure this time!"
"Thats right, we have to get to work right away after school!" Scootaloo said happily. "W-w-well, I sh-should t-t-talk to m-mom f-first though" Shywing told them, he didn't want to be in the talent show, he couldn't do anything, he had never done anything worthy of recognition, and this would be no different. Scootaloo put her arm around him "Hey, its okay, just tell her you were with me" She said, winking at her secret colt friend. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle exchanged confused looks, then just shrugged.
"We should get to class, meet at the clubhouse right after school" Sweetie Belle told them. The rest of Shywing's school day went without anything interesting happening.
After school, he started walking home, only to be stopped by Scootaloo. "You ready to go Shy?" She asked. "W-well I-I K-k-k-kinda w-wanted to a-ask M-m-mo-" "Great! Lets go!" Scootaloo interrupted.
The two started to walk side by side toward the CMC clubhouse. "S-s-so h-how h-h-have you been S-scootaloo?" Shywing looked at him and smiled shyly "Pretty good, I hate not being able to use my wing though, and it hurts, But other than that I've been fine... Shoot, we're almost late, we gotta hurry".
The two started sprinting to the clubhouse, arriving quickly. "What took ya so long" Applebloom asked them as they climbed into the clubhouse. At this Shywing's face turned bright red. "Hey, It's fine Applebloom, as long as they're here. Anyway, lets get to work, we gotta hurry, we only have three days to get ready to earn our cutie marks once and for all" Sweetie belle cheered jumping up and down, trying to contain her excitement.
The four friends spent the rest of the day telling each other what they thought the others were best at and practicing what they were told they were best at. All of the friends agreed that Sweetie Belle should sing, Scootaloo should do some tricks on her scooter, and Applebloom should do something with sewing, as she had proven to be good at it last talent show, But they had trouble thinking of something for Shywing. The three fillies thought about it all day, but nothing came to mind, then they looked out the window of their treehouse and realised that they should get home, so they said their goodbyes to each other and all of them promised they would think of something for Shywing.
Shywing opened the front door to his mom's cottage only to be tackled to the ground by his mom. "Huh, mom, what are you doing" He said as he struggled to break free of his mom's... hug?
Fluttershy kissed her son's forehead "Don't you ever worry me like that again mister" She said barely above a whisper as she squeezed her son into an even tighter hug. "Mom, I c-can't b-breathe" Shywing struggled to say beneath his mom's crushing hug. "Oh! Sorry Shy" She said as she immediately flew above him, allowing him to stand as Shywing gasped for breath. "Now where did you go after school" Fluttershy demanded. This scared Shywing, he had never seen his mom so assertive before. "I-I-I just w-went to t-the c-c-cutie mark c-crusader's c-clubhouse b-b-because there is a-a-a talent s-sh-show coming up" He stuttered, terrified for his life. "Its okay Shy, just don't scare me like that ever again." She said as she flew downward and hugged him. "I won't mom" he said returning the hug.
"Shouldn't you eat something Shy" Fluttershy asked her son as she caught him walking up the stairs. Shywing looked down at his stomach, then at the kitchen, he didn't feel hungry. He hadn't eaten anything but a couple of sandwich in the past three days, but he had no desire to eat.
"I'm not hungry" He replied to her. "Well, okay, but I expect you to eat at breakfast in the morning"
"Okay, night mom" He said as he rushed up the stairs and quickly drifted to sleep.
So, some of you may have noticed that the chapters are starting to get longer, I'm getting to the end of the introduction, and the more serious stuff will start soon. I hope you all like the story, if I'm doing something wrong, please tell me, I'm always looking to get better.