Chapter 7: So Much to Learn
Zula was currently in her last class of the day, which was Twilight's class.
"And that's how the Pillars grew the Tree of Harmony." Twilight finished.
While the other students were just glad that the lesson was over, but Zula looked confused. Then the bell rang, indicating that classes were over for the day.
"Okay, class have a nice rest of your day. See you tomorrow."
All the students quickly left, while Zula lagged behind.
"Zula, glad you stayed behind. I wanted to speak to you." Twilight mentioned.
"Yes, what is it? Do I need to sit?" Zula asked.
"No, I just wanted to know how your first day went."
"Oh, my day went well. There's lots to my parents I have to tell."
"I'm glad to hear that. Did you meet some nice creatures?"
"Oh yes, it didn't give me any stress."
"I'm very happy for you. And I'm glad to have you as one of my students." Zula thanked her, and left the classroom with Tad.
She went out to the front, and waited for her parents to come get her.
"Hey, Zula." called a voice.
Zula turned and saw the Young 6 walking towards her.
"Hello all. What are you doing out of the hall?"
"We just wanted to say bye, and that we were glad to meet you." Silverstream informed.
Zula smiled at hearing that, and Tad croaked.
"And your toad's really cool too." Smolder added, petting him.
"His name is Tad. He's my little lad."
Then something popped into her mind.
"I have to ask, are we friends? Or are you just wearing a mask?"
"Of course we're friends." Sandbar told her.
"Yeah, you're really nice." Ocellus said.
Zula smiled, it felt good to have some friends.
"Why aren't you going home? Why do you still continue to roam?"
"We live at school when school's in." Yona explained.
"Where do you live?" Gallus wanted to know.
"I live in a tree, in the Everfree Forest with my family." Zula answered.
They all chatted, until Zana and Zander came with Zoly.
"Zula it is time to go. Mustn't be slow." Zander told her.
Zula introduced her family to her new friends. Her parents were glad to see that their daughter had made some friends, and Zoly smiled at the new creatures, as he looked at them with curious eyes. Then she said goodbye, and left with her family.
Later that day at the castle, Twilight was going over all the information she had learned about zebras.
"I can't believe all this information, from the source itself." she squealed.
She had learned that while zebras had cutie marks like ponies they were different. Zebras were born with their cutie marks, and they didn't represent what their special talent was, but rather helped distinguish one zebra from another.
And that they all talked in rhyme. Then Spike came in with the rest of the Mane 5, plus Starlight.
"Hi, guys." she greeted.
"Hey, I gotta say that Zula is a nice girl." Applejack said.
"Indeed, she worked very hard on her new friendship quilt assignment." Rarity added.
"And she seems very nice. She certainly cares about Tad." said Fluttershy.
"And it seems she's already made some friends." Rainbow Dash informed.
"And she's really interested in the lessons." Pinkie Pie mentioned.
"That's great to hear." Starlight said.
"It's great to hear she's adjusting to her new surroundings well." Twilight replied.
"I don't know, Twilight." Spike piped up.
"What do you mean, Spike?" she wanted to know.
"I noticed during her last class, when you were talking about Equestria's history she looked really confused." he explained.
"Well Zula is new to the land, and Equestria has a lot of history." Rainbow Dash mentioned.
"I suppose it could be a little overwhelming." thought Fluttershy.
"I'm sure Zula will be fine. Besides history is exciting." Twilight assured.
That night at Zula's house, she was looking at some notes she took in Twilight's history class. She wasn't sure how she was going to learn and understand all of this. Just then she heard footsteps coming closer, and there was a knock at her door.
"Come in." Zula replied. Inside came Zecora with a smiling face.
"Aunt Zecora hi. What bring you by?"
"Just checking up on you. How was your day, be true."
"It was good. Like I hoped would." Zecora smiled at hearing that.
"I must say, all this new information is giving me a little dismay." Zecora put a hoof on her niece's shoulder.
"Do not worry dear. Equestria may be a new complicated land, but there's nothing to fear."
Zula looked at her aunt who had a sincere face. She smiled back at her. Then the two and Tad went downstairs for dinner.
The next day at school, Zula and Tad went to find the Young 6. She found them in the hallway chattering before class. At first she was a little nervous to go up to them, what if they didn't want to be friends today?
But Tad nuzzled her to give her some encouragement. Zula smiled at her pet, and then went up to them.
"Hi, guys. It's nice to see all your eyes."
"Morning, Zula." greeted Yona.
"Great to see you." added Ocellus.
"Well now that we're all here, let's get to class." said Sandbar.
And they all walked to class together.
"So Zula, how are you liking Equestria so far?" wondered Gallus.
"The land is very nice. There's no need to think twice." Zula answered.
"That's great to hear. There's so much to love about this place." Silverstream added.
"But there's a lot to learn. And there are grades to earn." Zula confessed.
"Don't sweat it, Zula." assured Smolder.
"Yeah. You have friends to help." mentioned Yona.
Zula smiled at hearing those words. Not just learning they would help her, but that they referred to themselves as her friends.
That's chapter 7, plz review
