Now it was time for my first day at school. You don't know how hard the process was for registration. My first and last name is now officially: Orion Redheart. We had to properly register me, pay for my driver's license and new ID, buy me a phone, and then register me.
However, when I turned 16, I learned how to ride a motorcycle, so I went ahead and got that too.
Actually, I'm more surprised Ms. Redheart allowed me to get that, along with a motorcycle. Granted, the motorcycle was free since it was a friend of hers.
When the first day came around, both my mom and I rushed around the house trying to get me ready.
"Orion, do you have your book bag?!"
"Yeah!"
"Pencils, paper, binders?!"
"Yes, yes, and double yes!" I checked to see if everything was in order, and ran back to meet my mom. She looked at me with a surprised look and pointed downward.
"You don't have any pants!"
"Aw crap!" I ran back into the room, and slipped on some normal blue jeans. I stared into the mirror one last time to see if everything was right.
"Hair...clothes... phone... wallet and such. Alright, I'm good to go this time."
The reason we were both rushing was because we were both going to be late for something. My mom has to head to her job at the hospital, and I have to head to school.
Luckily, we can both take ourselves. My mom just wants to make sure I don't screw anything up.
"I'm ready!"
"Alright, good," We both headed outside, and we both got ready to head off. I hopped on my motorcycle, and she situated herself in the car. We both stared at each other with relieving smiles.
She rolled down her window, and said, "Good luck at your first day sweetie. Hope you have a great time."
"Yeah..., have a nice day at work mom...," We nodded at each other before she pulled out, and was off. I sighed as I put my helmet on, and revved up my motorcycle.
Again, the feeling I just had was pure happiness filled with joyful laughter. Once I stretched a little, I began to move my way out the driveway. I looked behind me left and right before stepping out more to finally ride my way to school.
As I continued driving, I noticed my hands were starting to hurt a little, "I guess you do need gloves. It is starting to hurt from the friction...," I'll just pick some up on the way home.
I saw the school over the horizon, and I took a deep breath as my anxiety began to take over my body. I entered the schools parking lot, and parked in the parking space near one of the windows of the school. I carefully took the key, and placed it in my front jacket pocket.
I took out the kickstand before looking around to see the many eyes staring at me. Some I recognized from the mall a few weeks ago, and a few new ones. Amongst them was one I was familiar with.
I took one last deep breath, and took off my helmet. I looked at everyone, and place my helmet on the handle bar before smiling nervously at everyone.
"Is this a new kid? He's pretty cool, and a little cute," That's what I kept hearing amongst the crowd.
I was so confused, but that same familiar face I saw earlier walked up to me, "Hey there Orion darling."
Of course, it was Rarity, "Good morning Rarity..."
"Quite the attention you've brought upon yourself, huh?" Rarity raised an eyebrow as I chuckled nervously.
"I really don't like this attention. My anxiety is going to get the best of me..."
"Oh..., uh, let's head on in. Let's get you out of this situation," She grabbed my arm, and pulled me inside.
"Uh, you don't have to do this..."
"Oh please, I think I should. You probably would've ended up soiling yourself if I hadn't."
"Point taken...," Once we stepped inside, I was surprised to see such a great looking school. Well, it was probably surreal to me since I've never been to a school before...
"Well, welcome to Canterlot High School. This is your first day, correct?"
"Yeah, I'm really nervous about it..."
"Well, that's usual for your first day. Don't worry though, I'll be sure to make your first day extremely divine!"
"Thank you Rarity."
"No thanks needed! Just helping out a fellow friend."
"I guess, but am I your friend?"
"Of course, why do you ask?"
"Well, you've only just met me, so why would you call me a friend?"
"Because, you look like a friend who is in need of just that... a friend. And I think my own friends and I can help you."
"How?" Before I could even continue, Rarity placed a finger on my lips.
"Honey, don't ask too many questions. You'll see how when you meet my friends. First of all, do you have your schedule?"
"Yeah, they mailed it to me."
"Let me see it," I handed her my schedule, and she scanned it, "Ah, you have geology and chemistry class with me. Hm, you have English, then Algebra for which my friends aren't in those classes during that period, and the same goes for music, I honestly don't know. Wait, music? Are you into music?"
"Yeah, when I was living at the orphanage, I picked up singing, playing guitar and the drums. I actually picked up quite a few skills with instruments, and even learned other languages just to try and impress any parents that was looking for someone to adopt."
"Wow? Did it ever work out?" I looked down and sighed, causing Rarity to gasp, "Well I'm surprised that no one would want to adopt you, or why anyone would abandon you. Such a fine, talented young man shouldn't have this type of treatment. Oh, if I may ask, what other languages do you know?"
"I know some Tagalog, which is the language of the Philippines. Japanese, and only a little bit of French."
"Can you write Japanese symbols?"
"No, I can only write it in romanji."
"Hm, that's really impressive. Again, I don't know how anyone would skip out on someone like you..."
"Hey, it's just how the world works. It's not up to me..."
"Oh Orion, you've lived such a rough life..."
Oh it's worse than what she thinks. Oh well, when we finished up, she brought me to my first class, which was Geology.
"Geology?"
"It's the science that deals with-."
"I know what it is, but..."
"Hm?"
"Oh never mind, I'm just not used to really anything at school yet. I've never attended a school before, so I don't really know what expect. I didn't choose my schedule, and neither did my mom. I guess it generated randomly."
"Ah, I see. Well, no need to fret Orion darling. I'll be sure to keep you safe from all harm!"
"What harm will come to me though...," I say under my breath. Either way, once I arrived in the class, I saw other students conversing with one another. Possibly about their future plans, or how their weekends went etc. I was surprised to see such energy so early in the morning. I guess that's how having friends feel like...
Rarity caught my face change expressions, and did something fast, "Hey now, don't be so down in the dumps. I'm sure you'll make plenty of friends here at CHS. I promise you that," Rarity's genuine smile made grow a small, yet somewhat forced smile. She must have a good eye for this because she caught that too, "Don't force a smile Orion. Here, let me help you," She began poking me in my stomach a little bit, causing me to flinch, and chuckle a little, bringing a genuine smile out of me, "Now that's smile right there Orion. You look cute when you smile. And I felt some muscle when I poked you. Do you work out?"
"Occasionally, yes, I do like sports and all."
"Oh, I have a friend who might just like you Orion. Come now, we must prepare for class," Rarity led me to a desk beside hers, and sat me down.
I took off my backpack, and placed it on the ground. I took out a binder, which already had paper in it, and a pencil. I sat patiently, and tapped my foot anxiously.
"Orion, please calm down. Just remember that I'm here whenever you need me, alright?"
I took a deep breath and looked at her before nodding.
"Don't worry," She then grabbed my hand, causing me to jump slightly, "I'm here for you."
I looked away, and stared out the window, "Yeah, I'll try to calm myself...," I soon saw the teacher step in.
"Good morning class. Before we start class, I'd like to introduce our new student," Of course, as the teacher said that, I felt my throat get dry, and the sweat trace down the back of my head, "Now stand up, and tell us who you are."
I gulped heavily as I looked at Rarity for moral support. She only smiled at me, causing me to take a deep breath. I stood up, and stared at the large amount of eyes staring at me, "M-My name... is Orion... R-R-Redheart..."
"Well hello Orion," The teacher responded, and she seemed to have caught onto my nervousness as well, "And don't be shy. We all want to be your friends here Orion," I heard murmurs of agreement around me as I looked around at the students smiling at me.
I then looked at Rarity who smiled warmly at me. I took my seat before sighing deeply, "That was... quite a surreal moment for me..."
"See, I knew you could do it. And from the looks of it," Rarity turned around to see some of the female students staring deeply at Orion, "you've earned the hearts of a few of our female students here as well."
"I didn't think I could..."
"Well, have you ever looked in a mirror?"
"Well, yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?"
"Orion, you're pretty cute. Perfect face, body, and smile. Any girls would be head-over-heels for you," These comments made me blush slightly, earning a small, cute chuckle from Rarity, "And when you blush, it's also cute," I turned away from her to hide my blush, earning another chuckle from Rarity.
I could feel a warm feeling building in my chest. It tightened as time passed on. I didn't know what else to expect from today, "Hey Orion."
"Yeah?"
"How about after school, I show you to my friends, huh?"
"Uh, are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure. I wouldn't ask if I wasn't."
Reluctantly, I agreed to meet her friends, "Yeah, I could do that. My mom works late since she's a nurse."
"Oh, I guess you have time to properly meet them huh? I mean, you can drive yourself home anyway, right?"
"Yeah, I guess...," I don't see what's so bad about meeting her friends. I guess it's just my anxiety speaking for me.
Later that day, once I left my music class, I stuffed a bunch of folded pieces of paper into a pocket on my backpack, "That's about 15 numbers today. Geez, I didn't think I'd be this popular with the ladies. I hope some of the guys here don't envy me..."
I soon saw Rarity wave from the entrance of the school as I checked for my motorcycle key walking towards her, "Looking for something?"
"Yeah, just making sure I have my key to my motorcycle...," I continued looking for them, and patted my pocket on my chest, "There it is..."
"Well, my friends are waiting by your motorcycle. Let's head on out," I nodded as I followed her to my motorcycle. I soon saw a group of girls waiting around my motorcycle, "There they are."
"There's... 5 of them...," I stopped as they caught a glimpse of us. I stepped back slightly, only for Rarity to grab my jacket sleeve.
"Remember what we talked about this morning?"
"Yeah... sorry, my anxiety keeps taking over in situations like these..."
"Come on, they want to meet you," She, like this morning, pulled me somewhere I was nervous of being.
"Hey Rarity!" One of them yelled. It was one who had rainbow-colored hair. That must've been Rainbow Dash. Huh, she actually looks pretty cute...
"Hi Rainbow, this is Orion. He's who I've been talking about."
I waved to them shyly, causing Rainbow to laugh, "No need to be shy dude. My name is Rainbow Dash, the coolest, and most athletic gal in the school!Rarity told us about you, so you shouldn't be shy around us."
"That's right...," A yellow, light-pinkie haired girl responded shyly, "I mean... yeah...," She turned away as a strand of her hair fell in front of one of her eyes, causing her to brush it away. I felt my heart pound like a taiko drum as I saw this.
She wielded the same beauty Rarity had. However, her beauty seemed... natural. Rarity looks to try her best to look her best, but for this girl... it just seems to be in her genes...
"That's Fluttershy darling. She's like you. Shy around just about anyone."
"Well, that's one thing we both have in common...," Even her name has "shy" in it. And it doesn't seem like it's a fib either. As I was lost in thought, I felt someone pop out of my shirt, causing me to fall onto my back, "Whoa!"
It was a pink... uh... everything girl. I mean, everything about her was pink, apart from her clothes of course. But her hair, and skin color were both pink. And I'm not sure what the personality for pink is, but if it was hyper, she would definitely fit the part. This was without a doubt, Pinkie Pie.
"Pinkie Pie is my name. Nice to meetcha'!" She pulled her hand out of my shirt, and held it out. I shook it somewhat reluctantly as I had a smile on my face at her rambunctious nature.
"Pinkie, yer' making him feel weird," The next girl pulled Pinkie out of my shirt, and helped me up with practically one arm, "How are ya' doin'. The name's Applejack," She held her hand out, and I grasped it. She had a tight grip too. I'm strong, but boy was she strong.
She also has that type of southern hospitality and southern accent that I'm used to seeing and hearing back at Tennessee. Well, the hospitality whenever I'm shown it.
"Actually Orion, Ah' seem to here a slight country accent in ya'. It's not too noticeable though."
"Oh, people usually look past that, but yeah, I do have an accent slightly. It's just not as thick as yours Applejack."
"Ah' can see that," She chuckled a little, causing me to ease up a little, and chuckle in return.
Then came the last girl, "Hey there, my name is Sunset Shimmer," She was kind of reluctant to hold her hand out, and I was the same.
As I did so, Rarity pulled me back and said, "She's pretty new to this school, so she's still getting used to this place," She added a wink as she said this, causing me to look on in confusion.
"Huh...," I kind of just stood there with our hands still together. I realized this, and jerked my hand back, "Sorry..."
"No, it's fine..."
The ambiance sort of just got awkward around us, and Rarity broke it, "Well, that's all of my friends. What do you think?"
"Well, it's definitely a mosh-pit of personalities. Something you don't see in many groups like this, but if you think about, the same can go for everyone here. My mom told me that nerds and jocks were friends and the same with other social groups. I guess it's true. No one here seems to be keeping a certain status quo anymore. It something you don't see everywhere."
"Yes, it all thanks to the power of friendship who brought everyone close to one another. It brings good vibes to school, don't you think?" I nodded in return as I stared at all my, apparently, new friends. I can't lie. This is definitely a unique social group to be with, but hey, this whole world is unique to me. With some things I still have a hard time to comprehend, I can get pretty used to living here.
Later that night, I decided to talk to Goddess, "Goddess? Are you here?"
"Yes? Do you have a report?"
"My first day at school was pretty interesting."
"Oh, would you please tell me?"
"It's an interesting first report."
"I'm sure it'll be the perfect first report."
"Well, Rarity helped me through the first part of my day, and throughout the day, girls kept giving me their numbers. I definitely wasn't used to such attention."
"I see, have you contacted any of them?"
"Well, I don't really know how to use my phone myself. I've never had a phone before, so I'm still trying to work out the kinks."
"Mhm, go on..."
"Well, Rarity then introduced me to her friends. And I must say, I consider myself lucky. Her group of friends are so unique. However, they're all girls, so I don't feel like I fit in."
"Cause you're a boy?"
"Well, not only that, but I'm also from a whole other world. So I'm a boy, and an alien."
"I see, but don't they see you as they're friend already?"
"Yeah, but I just can't seem but feel out of place. Those girls seem to have been friends for years, so I just feel like if they bring up their past, it'll just force me to bring up my past, and I don't want them to get intertwined over something like that."
"I understand, and all I can say is to act as the situation calls for it. If you act too much on your anxiety, it might just stir up more trouble than need be."
"Yeah, I understand. Well, that's my report for today."
"Hm, quite interesting. You haven't cease to amaze me yet, and I don't expect that to change. I hope your next report will be just as great."
I nodded to wherever she could see me as I, again, slowly felt myself fall into a deep sleep once again.