"Olly! Wake up!" A high pitched voice interrupted my light slumber, and I fell to the floor. I looked around; I was in the basement, directly in front of the TV, with a chair just barely standing up behind me. The clock said it was around five in the morning. I groaned.

"You fell asleep, Bunny!" Pinkie laughed, "You slept down here aaaalll night! Twilight said not to wake you up."

"It's an hour before my alarm," I grumbled. While I usually didn't sleep much to begin with, waking up before I was ready tended to irk me. My brain liked to wake up around seven. Not five, "Why are we up?"

"Becaaause!" Pinkie cheered, "It's the first day of school!"

I raised my eyebrows and rubbed the sleep from my eyes slowly. We had called in to enroll the girls in school on Monday, and they ended up taking the test on Friday. Surprisingly, everypony had passed. While some may have passed by the skin on their teeth, they had all been given permission to enter the International Academy. This was honestly a huge shock to me. Even some kids who passed the test weren't given permission, since the school only allowed a certain amount of people. But apparently, enough juniors had dropped out, so there was space for all of them.

I walked slowly up the stairs, Pinkie close on my heels. Pain shot up my right leg every time I took a step, but I tried not to let it show. Pinkie of all people didn't need to be worrying about me. I glanced back, and realized that Pinkie actually had one of her arms held out, apparently ready to catch me. I sighed and continued my way up. All the girls were up and dressed. Applejack was in the kitchen making breakfast, and then she turned to me.

"Mornin' sugarcube!" she cheered.

"Morning," I sighed and dragged my feet to the couch, too tired to continue conversation.

"Hey," Twilight approached me, "Sorry we didn't wake you up last night. I just… well…"

"It's fine," I yawned, "Not the first time I've tried to sleep in the basement. Surprised I didn't wake myself up, honestly."

"Wow… I can't believe I'm saying this, but you look even more tired than normal," she said, concerned.

"It's an hour before my alarm," I grumbled, burying my face into the couch cushions. I grumbled a few more things that were muffled, and Twilight sat at the edge of the couch.

"You were the one who suggested waking up early," she said softly, "You wanted us to try to pick our classes before we left…"

"I meant that I would actually wake up on time," I grumbled again, "and not stay there staring at the ceiling until six thirty."

"Olly!" Rainbow Dash shouted from the table, "Do they have a gym class at your school?"

I flinched, "Yea… but sophomores only. You're a year too old."

"Aw man…" she pouted.

I got up from my spot on the couch, landing squarely on my right foot. After the incident with Rarity, I wanted to try really hard to hide it. I know Rarity said she wanted me to let them help, but I just didn't feel right doing that. I hid the pain in my face as well as I could.

"Don't worry," I said in a deeper voice than normal, "We'll try to sign you up for a sport or something. There are a lot of things. Let's try to get settled into school first, though."

"Oh, fine," she pouted again, tapping her foot impatiently.

"Olly!" Rarity shouted from the hallway. I turned to see her with a curling iron in her hair and panic in her eyes, "Your hair is a mess! Are those the same clothes you wore yesterday! No, no, that won't do! We'll never make it on time."

"Chill out, Mom," I laughed sarcastically, "I usually can get ready in five minutes. We're an hour ahead of schedule."

Even after I said this, she was ushering me toward the staircase to my room. I laughed and went along with it, until she stopped in her track at the foot of the first step. I raised an eyebrow at her as she seemed to be in debate with herself.

"Uh… okay," I cautiously made my way out of her grip and began walking up the stairs. She followed close behind, in a similar fashion Pinkie had done. I groaned.

"Rarity, I'm fine," I sighed, "Really, it doesn't hurt that much anymore."

She had an almost pained look on her face as I took another step, "Are you quite sure?"

"Yes," I laughed, "Don't wo-"

I stopped myself; the last time I told Rarity not to worry about me, she seemed to get pretty offended. I swallowed my words, "its fine. I'm fine."

With that, I hastily made my way up the stairs, making sure to keep my eyes forward, and not give Rarity any hint that I was in pain.

To my left, Twilight was nearly hyperventilating. I rolled my eyes and put a hand on her shoulder, "You don't need to be nervous, Twi. It's your first day. They're going to take an easy on you."

She looked at me with worried eyes, "Do you think I studied the human world enough? What if I blow it? What if one of us blows it?"

I blinked, and them put on a smile, "Don't worry; you'll have people to help you. Kendall will be there, and there's a few of my friends who'll just be able to tell since they watch the show. Everything's going to be fine."

We all walked up to the bus stop, which was a vacant parking lot. Since we were ahead of schedule, we decided to leave a little early. I sat down on a curb and opened my backpack.

"Okay," I announced, "Let's go over the schedules again. All of you except Twilight and Rarity are taking math studies… You two are taking SL Math."

"Are we allowed to skip up to HL later in the year," Twilight asked confidently. I rolled my eyes.

"Maybe, but I would bet more on next year." Her shoulders seemed to slump.

"All of you are taking HL literature," I continued, "Dash and Rarity are taking Physics, Twi and Pinkie are taking Chemistry, Shy and AJ are taking Bio…"

"And… um… I'll be able to… opt out of dissecting?" Fluttershy asked nervously. I calmly nodded as I continued to look over the schedules.

"If anything, just stay home from school that day," I absentmindedly replied, "Anyway, everypony's taking Theory of Knowledge, HL History, and U.S. Government. We agreed that Twi and AJ would take Spanish, Rarity and Shy would take French, and Dash and Pinkie would take German. That just leaves your group six... which is up to you"

"I looked it over," Twilight nodded, "Since you said taking a second science is highly unlikely, I'd like to take Economics."

"Econ?" I raised my eyebrows, and then got over my initial shock. This was Twilight, "Okay, Twi's taking Econ. Anyone else?"

"I'll me taking Art," Rarity beamed, and Fluttershy nodded in agreement.

"Okay, Rarity and Shy take art… that leaves Pinkie, Dash, and AJ."

"I dunno, sugarcube," Applejack sighed, "What're the options again?"

"Other than Econ and Art… you can take another language, but I don't suggest that. You can take theater, choir, psychology, product team…"

"Product team?" Dash cocked her head to the side.

"It's basically a study hall," I explained, "I usually use it to write fanfiction."

"What's 'fanfiction'?" Twilight perked up. I blushed a bit and tried to change the subject.

"Never mind. Any ideas?" I asked Applejack desperately. She seemed to think for a little bit, and then nodded to herself.

"Psychology," she decided, "I wanna' learn more 'bout this world an' such, so that seems good to me."

"Okey dokey," I agreed, "Dash? Pinkie?"

"Theater!" Pinkie nearly sang. Rainbow Dash just kind of shrugged; obviously unsure of which class suited her interests.

"You know… if you had Mrs. Broski for Product Team, I bet if you asked her really nicely she'd let you run the track during class. She doubles as the P.E. teacher."

Her eyes lit up a bit at this, and she decided on taking Product Team. I smiled and checked that off on her schedule, "Okay, then we're all set!"

At this, Twilight began hyperventilating again. I rolled my eyes and patted her shoulder, "its okay, Twi. This is gonna be easy."

Just then, Kendall pulled into the parking lot in her yellow sports car. I rolled my eyes as everypony gawked in awe. Kendall then quickly jumped out from the driver's seat and landed squarely in front of us.

"Quick!" she shouted, "What're your names!"

"Tara"

"Jaclyn"

"Robin?"

"Ruby"

"Promise!"

"Fawn…"

Everypony said their names respectively, and I nodded in approval. Honestly, remembering their names is what I had been most worried about. It was extremely hard for me to see them as anything besides their pony names, but I was sure I could get it down. And I was absolutely positive all my other friends could do. It's not the first time they've done something like this.

"Right, so whenever you see eachother at school, you have to use THOSE names," I emphasized, "And I'll have to call you by those names as well."

They all nodded in understanding, and before we knew it, the bus was pulling into the parking lot. I felt myself getting a little nervous. I look a deep breath and took a nervous glance at Kendall, who just offered a nervous smile in return. The bus stopped and everyone got out of their cars and hopped on. Luckily, our bus didn't consist of very many people. We all strode toward the back of the bus, and I took my normal seat. Applejack cautiously sat next to me, Twilight sat next to Kendall, and the other four took seats across from us.

Ryan stepped onto the bus a little later than everyone else, and seemed surprised to see someone taking up the space next to me. It took him a second, but after looking over the six girls a couple times, his eyebrows seemed to rise in recognition.

"H-hey, Ryan," I stuttered with a nervous smile on my face, "These are the new kids I was talking about…"

He simply blinked, unsure of what to say. I cleared my throat and began again, "This is Tara, Jackie, Fawn, Ruby, Robin, and Promise."

He then gave me a very strange look; one that seemed to say 'Really?' in a disapproving tone. He took the seat directly in front of Rarity and Shy, and turned to them.

"I'm Ryan," he seemed to sigh, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Twilight then turned to me, seeming to panic a bit. I motioned for her to take a deep breath and then I smiled at her, "He's almost as big of a fan of the show as I am. I knew he was going to notice right away."

Another girl, Gabby, came shortly after and took the seat next to Ryan. Gabby was a pretty good friend of ours, with super curly, dark hair and a very wide smile. She looked around the bus and smiled, not seeming to show any signs of recognition.

"Are these the new kids?" Gabby asked excitedly, "I heard they were coming, but I was like 'why would there be six at one time?'"

Apparently, Pinkie Pie took this as her cue, because she quickly jumped up from her seat and started waving at Gabby, "Hi! I'm Promise!"

Gabby's eyes seemed to widen a bit, and then she simply laughed, "Sorry, you just reminded me of something."

I muffled a laugh, and Twilight seemed to stare down at me disapprovingly. I shook my head and pointed out the Pinkie Pie pin on Gabby's backpack. Twilight's eyes seemed to widen a bit, which only made me laugh even harder. I was a little tempted to tell Gabby, but I decided against it. I had to start acting like they weren't ponies, and I'd start with Gabby.

"I really like your hair," Gabby nodded at Rainbow Dash, who awkwardly nodded thanks in reply. I mentally hit myself for not realizing the details of their hair. They all had distinct hairstyles that obviously mirrored that of the show. However, Gabby didn't seem to notice that much and she brought up another topic to Kendall.

The bus ride was a bit awkward, but surprisingly normal for us. Kendall, Gabby, Ryan, and I talked amongst ourselves as we did every morning bus ride, and the girls perked up with their own comments and questions every once and a while. Things just seemed natural, and that was the most relieving thing ever.

"AAAand we're here!" I announced enthusiastically as the bus pulled up in front of the school. All the girls looked out the window in awe, and I marched forward with my backpack in hand.

"Bye, have a good day," the bus driver said to each of us as we walked past her and out the door.

"She's a nice woman," Rarity mused as she helped me down the step.

"You hurt your foot again?" the bus driver sarcastically moaned, obviously noticing me hopping on one foot down the small staircase.

"It's not as big of a deal," I laughed, "No broken bones. It'll be fine in a few days."

"Thank goodness for that," the bus driver laughed and shut the doors behind me.

I pulled my arm away from Rarity's and began marching happily toward the front doors. It was something I did every day. Even though I wasn't a huge fan of school, I always tried to be super optimistic about it. At least while everyone else was around.

The school was relatively small; with one floor and it was about as wide as a football field. Since not too many students were allowed in, we didn't need too much space. We shared half of the building with another public high school. We got one half; the other school's freshmen got the other. The school was made up of light tan bricks and a bright red roof. A banner that said "The International Academy" was strung up next to the front doors.

"Wow, this is bigger than the schools in Equestria," Fluttershy said in awe.

"Yea, that's because it has to hold more students," I explained, "After all, none of us are allowed to stop attending till the twelfth grade."

Twilight shot us a stern look as if to tell us not to blow their cover. I rolled my eyes a bit and pushed through the doors. My automatic reaction was to go through with my normal routine: walk past my locker without paying attention, drop of my stuff at my first class, and then sit in the main hallway with my couple friends. I started to do just that at first, but then I remembered there were six new kids I had to take care of.

"Okay!" I suddenly shot back into action, "We need to go to the office and turn these in, and then they'll give us your schedules. Today's a B-day."

"Huh? B-Day?" Twilight asked nervously. I felt like I had been struck by lightning; I forgot to explain block scheduling. Kendall seemed disappointed and decided to explain herself.

"We have eight classes total, but we only take four classes a day. Your first four classes are on A-day, and the other four are on B-day. They rotate every day."

"R-right," I perked up after my initial shock, "Today is a B-day, so you have your last four classes."

It took a second for them to process this new piece of information, but they nodded all the same. We then strolled into the office, the class forms in hand. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the counselor's office door open, and I felt my heart start to beat a little faster.

"Olly? Ya'll okay?" Applejack asked in a concerned voice.

"Y-yea," I stuttered, "I just… I just realized we'd have to talk to the counselor… and um…"

Kendall seemed to pick up on my nervousness, and she smiled a bit, "I'll take care of it. Don't worry about it. You go do your thing; we'll meet you after we're done."

"Really?" I asked hopefully.

"Get outta here, kid," she laughed.

I thanked her and said goodbye to the six girls. With Kendall taking care of their schedules, I was free to go about my normal routine. I was a little nervous about how Kendall would explain the situation, but I trusted her enough to not say too much.

"Heyy Olly!" one of my newer friends, Brianna, shouted. She was a freshman, and I had kinda taken her in as my protégée.

"Hey Bri," I smiled, sitting down next to her and allowing her to rest on my shoulder. Something different about our school than the majority of others was that everyone tended to be a little more touchy. We all liked to hug and cuddle and we didn't care what it looked like to other people. Everyone hugged everyone.

"Did you hear about the six new girls?" I asked her, "They're all in the office right now. They're good friends of mine."

"Six?" she said in laughter, "That's insane! Six new kids on one day?"

I sighed, I had a feeling this would become an issue, "They're all related. They just moved into my neighborhood, and I told them about this school."

"And the school let all six of them in?"

"They agreed as long as all of them passed the test," I explained, "Which they all did, so here they are."

As if on cue, Kendall and all six girls walked over to us, along with another freshman named Erin.

"Hey guys," I smiled, "This is Brianna and Erin."

"Hello!" Brianna shouted enthusiastically as she jumped up to greet them.

"Whoa, I LOVE your hair," Erin complimented Rainbow Dash happily. I smiled, things were going really well.

"Thanks," Rainbow replied awkwardly, "I'm Robin."

"OOOh! And I'm Promise!" Pinkie shouted.

"So," I turned to Twilight, "What're your schedules like?"

"Rarity and I have literature with Mrs. Demay first," she replied, "Kendall said she had that class as well."

"Good! Liz also has that class, so you guys should be set."

"I have Spanish," Applejack scratched her said, "With… Watkins?"

"Oh," I flinched, "Small warning; he can be a little overbearing. He's… loud. And if you don't understand his humor, he can seem kinda mean. But don't worry, my friend Riley is in that class, so you should be okay."

"We… have American History first," Fluttershy muttered, gesturing to Pinkie Pie who just nodded excitedly.

"Really?" I raised an eyebrow, "Are they having you take some sophomore classes?"

"Yea," Kendall explained, "You know, since they have no background in American History. But they're taking a senior lit class… it's a little complicated."

"Okay, that's cool," I nodded, "So you have that class with Ryan and my girlfriend."

"I'll show you where it is," Ryan announced, probably wanting to drop his things off in his classroom. Without another word, he walked off toward the history room with Shy and Pinkie.

"Rainbow?" I asked happily, "What class do you have?"

"Uh… Product Team…," she read her schedule uncertainly.

"Oh!" I smiled, "That's what I've got!"

Rainbow Dash's eyes seemed to light up, and this made me chuckle a bit. It was cool to see her excited about something.

"Didn't you say you used that class for…?"

I interrupted her, not wanting to get back on the topic of 'fanfiction', "I'm glad to have Rainbow in there. The class is always so quiet. I have one other friend in there, but we don't talk during that class."

"Why ever not?" Rarity raised her eyebrows.

"I dunno," I shrugged, "I guess since the class is so quiet, we tend to be quiet. Plus, we both like to listen to music."

We all talked amongst ourselves for a short little while, and then we made our way to our classrooms. I had talked to Riley about the situation, and she agreed that she'd be in charge of Applejack for the day. That left each of us in charge of some of the girls, which actually worked out pretty well.

Later in the day, the majority of us met in the lunch room. Unfortunately, not all of us had the same lunch. I had A-lunch on both days, as did Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy. Twilight had B-lunch on B-days and A-lunch on A-days, as did Rarity and Pinkie Pie. It was kind of relieving that they each had at least two other ponies with them.

"Okay… now to figure out the table…"

"Whad'ya mean, sugarcube?" Applejack walked up behind me.

"Well, we always like to sit at the same table, but so do a couple other people. There's not really room for all of us."

"Well, we COULD just move," Rainbow Dash added. I dramatically cringed at the suggestion and hugged my seat at my table. I had been the number one advocate for sitting at the same table, and I wasn't going to give it us without an imaginary fight.

"Olly," Ryan rolled his eyes, "We don't really have a choice here."

"B-but we'll be too close to a different wall…"

For some reason, Rainbow Dash must've taken me seriously, because she grabbed my risk and began dragging me towards an empty table. I burst out laughing as I attempted to break from her hold.

Once we got to the other table, our normal friends began coming and taking their places. There was an empty space next to me, which I reluctantly wouldn't allow anypony to take. They were confused, but they went with it. Suddenly, a small bag of carrots were placed in front of me, and I smiled.

"Thanks," I smiled as my girlfriend sat down next to me.

She smiled at me and then looked at the peculiar girls sitting at the table with us, "Oh, you guys are some of the new kids, right? I'm Julia."

"Howdy," Applejack tipped her hat, which she surprisingly hadn't gotten in trouble for wearing during school hours.

Julia seemed to space out for a second, blinking a bit. Then she simply shrugged and took her seat next to me. I started to eat the carrots she had given me, throwing the one's that weren't sweet back into the bag.

"S-so," Fluttershy started, "O-Olly says you're… a vegetarian?"

I raised an eyebrow; I hadn't told them my girlfriend's name or what she looked like. I had just mentioned her and Liz a couple of times. I wondered how Fluttershy had figured it out, and then decided to ignore it.

"Yea!" Julia replied excitedly, "Why? Are you?"

"Y-yes…"

"All of us are," Applejack added, "Grew up that way."

"Oh, you're so lucky," Julia nodded, "I only started a couple years ago. I wish I had been raised that way."

"Yea, well where we come from, vegetarians are pretty common," Rainbow Dash tried to join in.

The other two flinched and glanced over at her, as if she had just given everything away. I simply shrugged and waited for the conversation to play out.

"That's really cool," Julia marveled.

I watched as the four casually talked about each other's interests. I couldn't tell why, but it was really important to me that they liked Julia and vise versa. I was a bit lost in thought, so I nearly missed Julia going on a rant about Social Justice. I was glad I caught it, because it was always something I kind of liked to listen to.

"And it's just really shitty and… yea," Julia finished awkwardly. I couldn't help but smile a little bit.

"Well, I completely agree with ya," Applejack nodded, "Some people jus' can't leave people alone."

I nodded at this and continued to eat my carrots. Julia slid a juice box over to me, and I picked it up and looked at the back.

"Hey Robin," I called, reading the back of the box, "How do you make a strawberry shake?"

"What?" Rainbow retracted.

"You put it in the freezer," I read the answer to the joke. She stared at me in confusion for a while, so I shrugged and stabbed the little plastic straw into the foil. After that, I pulled out the straw and drank it like a shot.

"What in the hay?" Applejack raised an eyebrow.

"It's too small to drink with the straw," I explained, "This way's more fun."

"I swear you remind me of Promise sometimes," Rainbow Dash snickered, and Fluttershy slowly grinned.

"Good," I laughed.

Things were going along rather smoothly for once. Ryan and I talked about the future talent show coming up, and Julia stood up every so often to talk to some friends across the lunch room. The three girls seemed to be getting the hang of how school worked, so I didn't bother keeping too close of an eye on them. Before I knew it, lunch was over. We only had two classes left before the end of the day.

"I love B-days," I nearly sang as I strode down the hallway.

"Are they easier?" Rainbow Dash asked at my side.

"For me," I replied, "I don't know about you. Depends on which classes you like and don't like. What do you have next?"

"Physics. But the counselor guy said I have to sit in on the sophomore class for a few weeks so I can catch up on a few things."

"Sweet, Julia, Ryan, and I have that class too." I pumped a fist.

"Rad, so does Twilight." She joined in on my excitement.

We made our way to the classroom and took our seats. To my surprise, Rainbow Dash took to physics with extreme ease. I assumed it had something to do with flying, but I was still pretty impressed.

After Physics, Twilight and I made our way across the hall to the Chemistry We had the same teacher as we did in Physics, Mr. Swanson, who was personally my favorite teacher in the school. We were a lot alike, and we were interested in pretty much all the same things. The only problem was that he was a long term substitute.

"Hi again, Swanzo," I said coolly, walking into the room with Twilight.

"Hey Olly and uh…," he started, "Don't tell me, I got this. Starts with a T… Tara."

"That's it," Twilight smiled, taking a seat in the front row next to me.

Twilight and I bore through our last class together. I could tell she was getting a bit exhausted, so I helped her get through it the best I could. It was going okay at first, but towards the end of the day, I started to get shaky.

"Olly?" she asked me, "You okay?"

"Y-yea," I stuttered. I didn't feel the need to say anymore.

Swanson glanced up at me and must've noticed, so he slowly nodded at me and got back to whatever he was working on. I put a hand over my mouth and tried to breathe more slowly. Twilight stared at me with a concerned look on her face, but I completely ignored it. The shaking became too much for me to handle, so I calmly stood up and walked out of the room and to the bathroom.

"Bunny!" I heard a peppy voice from behind me. I turned to see none other than Pinkie Pie hopping through the hallways behind me.

"P-Pinkie," I stuttered, "Wh-what… what are you-"

"I saw you run out of class, silly!" she laughed, "And that's not my naaaame!"

"P-Pink-… I mean, Promise… Y-you need to go b-back to class," I tried to stutter out under my shaking.

"Awwwww why? Don't you need to go back to class?" she pouted.

"I-I'll go back in a few minutes, okay?"

I tried to continue my way to the bathroom, but she kept on following behind me. It made me angry; could she tell something was going on? The thought stressed me out even more, and the shaking got more intense. Suddenly, my knees gave out from under me. I fell to the ground and tried to calm down my breathing.

"O-Olly?" Pinkie sounded completely panicked.

"I-I'm okay," I panted, "I'm g-gonna be okay."

I felt someone by my side, and I jumped slightly. I looked up to see Pinkie's arms wrapped tightly around me in a panicked hug.

"P-Pinkie…"

"That's not my name… bunny," Pinkie kind of whispered. I could tell she was trying to be a little quieter for my sake, but she was having a little bit of trouble with it. I was going to start arguing with her, but something told me not to. The way she was trying so hard made me want to let her. It was almost touching. I mentally sighed and started to take long, deep breaths. Suddenly, something happened that I didn't expect at all.

"Come on every…body smile, smile, smile, fill my heart up with sunshine, sunshine," she started to sing as softly as her personality would let her.

"P-Pinkie…?"

"A-all I really need's a smile, smile, smile, from these happy friends of mine."

"…You can say pony… Pinkie Pie," I decided, "No one's around."

Pinkie seemed to grin down at me a bit, and she began singing again, "Come on everypony smile, smile, smile. Fill my heart up with sunshine, sunshine. All I really need's a smile, smile, smile, from these happy friends of miiine."

Surprisingly, I felt my heart beginning to slow down. I took a long, deep breath, and I began to slide away from her hug. She seemed to whine a little bit at this, but after a bit of hesitation, she let me go.

"What happened just now, bunny?" she asked curiously.

"…a panic attack," I sighed, "I have this ADHD medication that I take… and when it starts to wear off I sometimes get panic attacks."

"Oh… what does that feel like?"

"Well," I tried to explain, "It starts when my heart starts beating really fast. Like… I can feel it in my ears. Then my hands start shaking a lot and I feel like I can't breathe."

All of a sudden, her arms around me again, "That sounds like such a scary feeling, bunny!"

I hugged her back a little bit, "It is, but I'm usually really good at pretending it isn't."

She looked up at me in shock, and then smiled a bit, "I love playing pretend! At least that makes the scary feeling feel a little better, right?"

I chuckled, "Right."

After this, we made our way back to class and got through the rest of the day. Before I knew it, it was the end of the day, and the three of us were making our way back to our meeting spot by the front door. Soon enough, Rainbow, Shy, AJ, and Rarity were all making their way towards us.

"Okay," I announced, "Back to the bus!"

As it turned out, only Kendall, myself, and the girls were riding the bus in the afternoon that day. Because of this, it was an abnormally casual bus ride. We all talked about the day, asked them questions about their first day of school. And groaned about homework. Sure enough, we were home before we could even realize what happened.

"See ya, Kendall!" I waved as Kendall turned the corner towards her house. From there, it was just me and the six girls. For some reason, though, it was awkwardly silent.

"Guys?" I raised an eyebrow, "You okay?"

"Y-yes," Rarity started, "Just… a bit nervous, darling."

"Nervous? Why?"

"Well, because you always seem to get hurt on this walk home…"

I sighed, "Don't worry, we're not going that way."

"Huh?" Twilight asked, "There's another way home?"

"Yea," I shook my head, "I don't like to walk down that way, believe me. The day I met you guys… well it was about to rain. And since that way is shorter I thought, well that I could outrun them. The second time… I… wasn't exactly paying attention."

"Weren't payin' attention?" Applejack asked.

"Yea…," I sighed again, "I took a wrong turn."

With that, I hastily passed the turn to the shortcut, and continued on the long, blacktop path to my house. The girls walked unsettlingly behind me. It was a pretty long and awkward walk, but we all made it home in about half an hour. As soon as we got inside, Rainbow Dash proceeded to plummet into the couch.

"Sooo tired," she moaned.

"It'll be better tomorrow," I laughed, throwing my backpack to the side, "First day's always tiring. Get through this week, and it'll just be routine."

"I'm hungrier than a parasprite," Applejack sighed as she sat at the counter.

"No problemo, leave it to me," I marched into the kitchen, "Mac and Cheese sound okay?"

"Anything sounds okay to me," Rainbow Dash roared from the couch.

Both Rarity and Fluttershy offered to lend me a hand, but I turned it down and told them to work on their homework.

"If you guys need any help, just let me know!" I yelled downstairs as they ran to talk to eachother about their day. They all agreed and got to work. I shook my head and decided to get lost in my thoughts while cooking dinner. Things were finally starting to get into a normal routine with the girls around.

Maybe them being here with me… would just become normal?