Raven Flame sat down in the empty seat in between Scootaloo and Applebloom. Miss Cheerilee handed a stack of papers to each row of desks, the ponies passing them back to the pony behind them. The entire class let out a groan except for Scootaloo who immediately placed all of her focus onto the paper the second it was within her grasp. Raven Flame looked down to find what most would have percieved as a simple sheet of arithmetic.
Raven continued to glare at the numbers, everypony around her seemed to be hard at work. She stared at it feeling frustrated and to embarassed to ask for help. In an effort to appear she knew what she was doing, she picked up her pencil and started scribbling down random nonsense.
Half an hour passed of her sitting there doodling when Scootaloo suddenly hopped off her desk and dropped off the sheet onto Cheerilee's desk. A few more minutes passed then other ponies began to do the same. Eventually she would be the only pony to not have turned in the paper.
While a swarm of ponies were huddled around the desk Raven Flame grabbed her sheet and crumpled it up into a small ball. She then slipped through the rest of the crowd and discarded the sheet into the trash bin filled with other discarded papers. She bolted back down to her seat and looked around, no pony was looking at her.
The mass of ponies returned to their desks and Miss Cheerilee stood up, "Did everyone hand in their papers?"
"Yes Miss Cheerilee." The entire class replied with the exception of Raven Flame who sat quietly.
"Alright, well since it was test day and it's such a gorgeous day outside, I'm going to let you all leave early!"
The entire class cheered and rushed to the door. A sudden sinking filled Raven Flame's stomach, "A test?" she thought to herself as she carefully stepped behind the other ponies who vacated the classroom. Once outside the room she waited by the door for the other three ponies.
Scootaloo was the second to emerge from the room. "Hey Scootaloo." Raven Flame called out, waving her hoof.
"Oh, hey." Scootaloo replied weakly as she stumbled closer.
"Um, I was wondering… I saw how quickly you finished the test. Well I was hoping maybe you could…" Raven Flame pushed aside her pride and whispered, "Tutor me?"
"Okay." Scootaloo said in the same quiet voice when a piece of paper pinned onto the wall captured her eye. She moved towards it and pulled it off with her teeth and read it silently to herself. It was a flyer for an upcoming Pegasus race, although it was for older ponies she could still give it to Rainbow Dash who she had been dieing to see race again since the accident.
"What's that?" Raven Flame poked her head next to Scootaloo's and peered down at the sheet.
Scootaloo lit up, "There's a Pegasus race tonight! I'm so gonna tell Rainbow Dash about this, she just has to race!" she was practically squeaking with excitement.
"Rainbow Dash?" Raven Flame was confused, "Why do you want to see her race?"
"Rainbow Dash is like the greatest flier in all of Equestria!" Scootaloo squeaked again, "Well, she was before her accident, but that's behind her and she wouldn't let that stop her!"
"Whatcha talkin' bout?" Applebloom asked joining them by the schoolhouse wall.
"Apparently how great of a flier Rainbow Dash is." Raven Flame said doubtfully.
"That again?" Sweetiebelle asked from behind Applebloom.
"Ah swear Scootaloo, yer gonna get a face of Rainbow Dash fer yer cutie mark with how much yah obsess over her." Applebloom prodded the orange Pegasus's hip.
"I am not obsessed with her!" Scootaloo could feel her cheeks covering with a shade of bright pink. Embarrassed she pushed herself through the other three, "I have to go, make sure Rainbow knows!" she called out and started running.
The three of them watched as the pony retreated, "Ah don't think ah've ever seen her act so weird before." Applebloom shrugged and started walking towards the road they had come down on their from the farm.
Sweetiebelle patted Raven Flame on the head, "Sorry your first day of school had to be on a test day Raven. Usually class is more lively than that."
"Yeah, sorry. Well, ah guess we better go tell Rainbow Dash about this race thing like Scootaloo asked." Applebloom said.
"Tell me what?" Rainbow Dash blurted out from a cloud above the schoolgrounds.
"Rainbow, how long have yah been there?" Applebloom asked suspiciously.
"I just got here, I promise!" Rainbow Dash replied, "Now tell me what?"
"Theres going to be a Pegasus race tonight." Raven Flame answered.
Rainbow Dash grinned, she had been training for months on end but there hadn't been any competitions being held. She had almost decided she was going to compete when she remembered her promise to Raven Flame, "Hey Raven, I know I promised to show you a trick but do you want to see me race instead?"
Raven Flame's eyes narrowed with excitement, "Okay Dashie!" she said with almost no hesitation.