Love You to Death

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Chapter 03

The lunch break finally came, and he had an hour and half to eat, and then maybe get some rest. With all the students out of the class he took his satchel and closed the door. He then went back to the main hall to find where the teacher's room was.

Alas, he found it. It was located on the first floor, where it could be easily accessed by everypony. As he approached the door he could see a lot of ponies inside the room. Probably all of the teachers were there, having lunch and chatting. He had heard of a few names of some good teachers in other schools of magic but he didn't know their faces so he found himself in an awkward position.

He entered the room, took a cup of coffee and two pancakes that were there for who he didn't want to go back home to eat, and then took a plate and sat by a round table. Glancing around, he noticed that every teacher seemed to be talking to one another so it would lower his possibility of being spoken to.

He couldn't quite understand why he was like that, always trying to hide and not taking great responsibilities in research or big projects. He wished to be different but something kept preventing him from changing. He could understand so many things but he couldn't understand himself. Maybe it was just a phase and soon it would pass... maybe it-,

"Hello there, may I sit down next to you?"

As usual, as he was beginning to drift away in his own thoughts, someone was there to disturb him. He was taken aback by the mare standing in front of him, and he only managed to mumble.

"Uh yes, that's no problem at all. I guess." He laughed quietly.

"Deep in your thoughts, I see?" The white coated unicorn prodded.

"Ah yes. I tend to do it quite often." He took a quick look at her, noticing that she was wearing a simple yellow dress matching the color of her mane.

"I see."

"Yeah."

Before she could say anything more the bell rang signaling that the next classes would begin. He quickly gathered his things and headed to the door when he heard the same voice tell him, "See you around."

"See you." he answered.

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The rest of the day seemed to fly by even though he had to repeat the same classes about what, four, five times? But it had to be done, and who said that teaching was an easy task?

With the classes finished, Dilectus organized all his things and left the room at a quick pace. He hurried down some stairs, and eventually was downstairs next to the front the door when he felt a hoof touching his shoulder.

"Hey there, what's the rush?" a male unicorn asked him, "We're going to have a little meeting with the princess here at the main hall."

"Oh, is it now?"

"Yes. We might as well go."

"Uh, okay I guess." Dilectus let out a slight grunt, but he had to go since it was important. He couldn't miss this meeting. Not on his first day.

There at the middle of the main hall, stood Princess Celestia in front of a small fountain. She was waiting for everypony to gather around. The small crowd of teachers went silent to allow the princess to speak.

"Congratulations dear students, I can assure you all that it is a privilege that you all are teaching here at our school. I welcome and wish that you all have a good time here. Not only teaching, but learning too. Also, any problem that you might encounter should be reported to me directly at the castle or to Luna. I won't take too much of your time since I'm sure that this day was quite busy. Feel free to go home. I hope to see you all here tomorrow."

Everypony bowed before the princess and soon left the school.

Dilectus soon arrived at his house. He opened the door and saw his mother at the living room reading a book. She noticed him entering and closed it, "Hi there son."

"Hello mom." He said with a warm smile.

"So, how was it?"

"Umm good I guess. Nopony got burned... too much."

Lumen giggled softly then asked, "Really?"

"Haha nothing near that, to be honest, but it was really, really good. It's nice to teach interested ponies."

"That's wonderful, shall we have dinner then?"

"Sure thing, I'm starving."

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As soon as they finished dinner, Dilectus and Lumen did the dishes and put everything back in its proper place. At that moment, the moon had just appeared in the night sky.

"Well mom, I think I'm going to shower and go to sleep, good night."

"Good night son."

He went upstairs, took a shower and went to his room, readied his clothes for the next day and went to the balcony to take a look at the sky. The moon and stars seemed to be brighter that night, emanating even more light than usual. He could see in the distance beyond the school the other parts of the castle, noticing every golden detail reflecting in the moonlight.

"Heh, looks like Luna did a special work tonight."

He began wondering about how he had always preferred the night to the day. He never enjoyed the movement, the business, or the irritating loudness of day time. Since he was a young colt, he always loved the peace that the night always brought to him. Especially the moon that he had always loved to watch, which rested so peacefully in the sky. The moon that always heard his thoughts and never replied.

But even the peaceful night couldn't shake the solitude in his heart; he couldn't hold back a single teardrop that slowly fell to the floor.

"Maybe someday..."