Note from the Author: New OC being entered, Phoenix Runner by the (personal opinion) amazing writer Blackbolt123. The part the introduces her was actually written by Blackbolt so I decided to add it directly in (with some slight mods) since I thought it was a good introduction compared to mine.
Rainbow slowly woke up from her bed, grabbing her head slowly, "Ugh... What happened last night?" She got up, her head pounding.
Walking into her living room, she saw her friends and their dates passed out. "But wasn't Rian-" her thought was cut off when she heard something in the kitchen.
Inside the kitchen, Rainbow said the boy cleaning up, he glanced up and said, "Oh sorry, I figured I could help clean up the mess these guys made." He decided not to tell her that he had left.
"No, you don't have to do that..."
"It's cool, I'm fine with cleaning up, kinda use to it anyway."
"Then why are you doing it by hand? Aren't their spells you can use to clean this stuff?"
"I'm not that lazy, so I never thought about learning spells like that."
"Well, it is my house, let me help."
"Yeah sure," he held out a mop, "grab a mop." He smirked.
She grabbed it and started cleaning the floors while Rian cleaned the tabletops.
XXXX
Slowly, one by one, the 'drunks' woke up. Twilight seeming to have the hardest headache next to Fluttershy.
As Pinkie woke up, she seemed to be perfectly fine. Rian caught the way she was acting and thought Must be able to handle her alcohol.
It was either that, or Pinkie acts the same all the time, drunk or not - if Pinkie were to ever act the same.
As they awoke, they helped the mess they don't remember creating, only bits and pieces arriving into their skull.
XXXX
The weekend passed by quickly, leaving nothing but bored for Rian since Rainbow was too busy at Soccer practice.
So Monday came around quite fast. Normally doing a lecture from the teachers, Rian wouldn't say anything, but this day was different.
As his name was called, he put down his arm. "Thing is, safety for fire spells in the outdoors is not about making sure who is with you for back up, then just leave the topic. The most important safety rule, is to not do a fire spell near flammable items such as trees, gasoline and certain clothing. Making sure who is with you for back up is only if you mess up and get trapped and don't know the spell, or the strength to get out. Not to mention having more than one person could easily distract the mind, especially if it's a friend."
"And... Why do you say that?" asked the teacher from Rian's long comment.
"Because, of experience and basic knowledge of magic. You mess up your thoughts," he held up his finger with a small flame on the end of it, "and the next thing you realize," the flame grew, "it's too huge to handle or," it distinguished, "it's gone in an instant."
"Where did you learn this if you don't mind me asking?"
"My uncle taught me before coming to actual school so, he kind of updated me a bit."
"And who is your uncle?"
"Aren't you going a bit too far into my personal life?"
Someone in the back screamed out in a joke, "Is your uncle Starswirl the Bearded?" the class laughed.
"And if he was?" he looked back at the boy.
"Then you'd be just as big of a dork than he is!" The class laughed once more.
Though how much, I want to punch him so bad Rian felt towards him, he kept his face emotionless about the subject and turned back, taking it as an insult like any other and not as the truth.
XXXX
The class ended soon there afterwards, and a girl had showed up behind Rian as he went to grab his next class books. Rian caught a glimpse of the girl suddenly sitting behind his previous seat and said nothing, but only got up and walked away.
(this is it)
Murmuring a sound of surprise, the dark brown headed girl with neon blue tips at the ends of her ponytail silently watched Rian and Applejack talk. Her aqua blue eyes darted around, hands in her uniform pockets. "So he knows a lot, hmm? 'Must admit, he's kinda cut-"
"Who's 'kinda cute'?"
The girl reflexively shifted behind herself and saw Rian suspiciously looking at her. Deciding to take her chances with him, she took up a friendly conversation.
"Nobody!" She blurted out. To her mental surprise, the guy in front of her had chuckled.
"Sure looked like you had been gazing at me," Rian shrugged. To the girl's amusement, nobody had interrupted her yet.
"I talk to myself sometimes," She admitted, head down.
Rian lifted her chin up with one finger, smiling like a young child who had told a joke. "I like girls who talk to themselves."
(and the end)
"Really?"
"You should hear me when I'm alone. Sounds like at least two people talking to each other."
She chuckled slightly, "How do you know?"
"I've had almost 17 years talking just to myself or my uncle, I've realized it."
"When that kid made fun of you about who your uncle was, I could see that it really upset you."
"And you were one of the people that laughed."
"Well... It was an impulsive laugh. I didn't want to but it just came out. You wanted to punch him though, so he must have touched a nerve."
"How, did you know what I was thinking?"
The girl just realized, she said something she probably shouldn't have. She couldn't back out of it now, but couldn't tell him straight away, "I'm not gonna tell you, now, anyway."
"Then when will you tell me?"
"Another day, maybe later on this one. But we'd have to meet again."
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "Asking me out so sudden are you?"
"W-What?" she blushed, "N-No, I just w-wanted to hang o-out-"
He rolled his eyes with a grin, "I know, you just wanted to hang out. I was just messing with you."
"So... Are we agreed to meet up later."
"Sure," Rian stood up, grabbing his bag for elective, "See you later..."
"Phoenix, Phoenix Runner."
"Rian Konno," he walked out of the room.
XXXX
As Rian walked out of school, he was looking down, like normal. Seeing a giant shadow of a movable ball, he quickly stepped to the side as it fell. "What... the hell?" he asked, looking at a bush, hiding a person.
"How did you dodge my water ball?" said Phoenix, standing up from the bush and walking out.
"It's kinda of easier to notice a giant shadow."
"But if it was a drop, you wouldn't have gotten wet."
"Still, why did you do that?"
"I'm a prankster, I play pranks."
"Dropping water on someone isn't a prank."
"Then what is?"
"Something to make someone feel foolish without harming them."
"I know what a prank is, but what do you count as a prank."
"I count this as a prank." He pointed at her shadow.
"What are you pointing at?" her shadow wasn't there.
"Sorry, getting ahead of myself. Look down."
The two watched their shadows, watching them slide to the wall. As their full length shadows casted upon the walls, it looked liked they were holding hands. Then the two watched the shadows share a small kiss. "What kind of prank of that?"
"I don't know, I'm not one for pranks. I'm sorry about the, shadow spell thing. Romance on the mind."
"Romance is on your mind?" she lightly blushed.
"Yeah, I'm a writer, and my stories are romance related. So I'm constantly thinking of it."
"You write romance?"
"Yeah, I know, it's strange. A boy who likes to write romance..."
"It's not strange."
"Isn't it?"
"No, I like romance. You mind if I read some of your stories sometime?"
"Yeah, sure. Though, I must warn you, I do have a lot of stories I've written."
"Then I guess we're gonna be spending a lot time together."
XXXX
The two walked over to Rian's house. He asked her, "You... wanna come in? There's nobody home."
"Uh," she very lightly blushed, "Sure, I guess I could for a minute."
He led her in, being the 'gentleman' he should be. "So," started Phoenix, "Why are you home alone?"
"Parents are out of the picture, so my uncle was taking care of me until he had died."
"So I'm guessing your uncle that collected all this stuff?" she pointed at all the items his uncle used to own.
"Yeah."
"That reminds me. You wanted to punch that kid that made fun of your uncle by making a joke about him and Starswirl. Why was that?"
"It just... upsets me, with jokes like that." I hope she doesn't find out, she seems to be putting the pieces together thought Rian.
"Is, your uncle Starswirl the Bearded?"
"Uh-"
"Don't lie to me, Rian."
He hung his head in defeat, "I try not to let the world know, but yes, he is my uncle."
"So this is all your stuff now?"
"Yeah," Rian sighed.
"Don't look so depressed," Phoenix move his face up, "It's pretty cool that you have an uncle like Starswirl. Not many people are directly related to famous people like you. What I'm wondering, is why are you in the high school when he was your uncle?"
"He taught me a lot of spells, but if I wanted to be like him, he told me to go to high school then to college. So I've already learned a lot of spells from him, he just wanted me to fit more in with the crowd."
"That must be nice, already knowing so many spells ahead of the class." Giving him compliments, Phoenix's blush started to brighten.
Rian didn't know if he should tell her or not, but decided to anyway, "Uh, Phoenix."
"Yeah?"
"You're um, you're blushing."
She felt her cheek, "I guess I am, but so are you."
Rian slightly touched his own, "No I'm not."
"You're about to be," she said softly and sweetly, kissing him just the same.
Note from the Author: So, this is now live production. I have no more chapters that I've already done to start uploading, So I hope you enjoy the week without a chapter (unless you're lucky) cause I think I have writer's block.