Author's Notes:

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ UP TO CHAPTER 51 OF 64 VS THE UNDERGROUND THEN THIS STORY WILL MAKE NO FUCKING SENSE

Ghost POV

I walked into the classroom with Applebloom in tow, looking around excitedly. Cheerilee was surprised that I had willingly come to the school house to enroll myself, thinking that the Apples wanted to me to go. Part of me just wanted to keep an eye on Applebloom while was was at school so she wouldn't have another episode, but the other part of me just wanted to know what school was like!

"Where do you usually sit Applebloom?" I asked, seeing that most of the seats were available.

"Ah sit right here in the center, but usually Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo sit at mah sides." She admitted, pointing to her seat. I sat one seat in front of her desk, waving her over to sit down. As she sat down, more and more of the other students came into the room, some of them giving strange glances towards 'the new kid'. I just ignored them, I was too excited to start my first day.

I looked around and saw that on both sides of me, two seats were empty. I wondered if the desks were empty due to nopony using them, but I saw that both of them were decorated with things such as little colorings and the drawing of a... tiara?

"Don't worry everypony! We're not late!" A girls voice called out, coming from the door way. I looked up and saw two fillies, each of them, smiling with their noses stuck up into the air. One of them was a pink filly with a light purple mane with white streaks going through it, and the other was a grey filly with an even lighter shade of grey for her mane, which was done in a braid.

"Thank you for arriving on time Diamond Tiara, now please take your seats, both of you." Cheerilee instructed, using a tone as if she had to deal with them on a day to day basis, which wasn't a good thing. "Now class, you may have notice that you have a new student sitting with you today. Can you please come to the front of the class and introduce yourself to us?"

I smiled and walked up to the front of the class room, standing in front of Cheerilee's desk and waving my hoof at the class. "Hello! My name's Ghost! I came to Ponyville a few days ago, right before Nightmare Night. I'm here because I'm visiting the Apple family from Canterlot." I explained, seeing that as I named the city, the same two fillies that had nearly walked into class late eyes widened, both of the casting a glance at each other with a smirk on their faces. 64 taught me a lot of things, and he taught me that that look was one that I shouldn't trust.

"Uh, can I ask a question?" An orange unicorn with turquoise mane said from the back of the class. He had an accent I couldn't quite place...

"Sure! What is it?"

"If you're from Canterlot, then why are you going to school in Ponyville?"

A light mumbling went throughout the classroom, but those two same fillies just kept staring at me, a conniving look in their eyes. "Oh, I... uh, am a distant, uh... family friend to the Apple Family! Yeah! I'm here to have a small reunion with the Apple's and my parents didn't want me to fall behind in school, so I enrolled here!" I lied, trying to give the best excuse that I could. I knew that everypony in here would buy it, maybe with the exception of Cheerilee, but it would have to do for now.

"I have a question!" The pink filly with diamond tiara on her head called out, holding her hoof up patiently. I was reluctant to do so, but I didn't want to seem rude.

"Yes?"

"What does your cutie mark mean?" She asked, as I looked down to the mark I had given myself. It was a compass rose with a heart in the middle. I didn't really have a meaning for it, but I was able to think of one on the fly.

"It means that I can tell when a pony is in love or not really easily. I first got it when I saw that a few of my friends up in Canterlot were trying to hide that they liked each other, but I was the first one to see it and was able to get them to confess to each other. Seems like a good cutie mark to get in my opinion." I said, conjuring up a story like 64 conjured weapons. The filly seemed to buy it, smiling at me with her legs on her table and hooves under her chin, as if she was completely mesmerized by the story.

Applebloom smiled and winked at me, knowing the reality behind the stories. Unfortunately Changelings never gained cutie marks, meaning that I would never have a true cutie mark story. It seemed like nopony else in the the room had any questions, so I sat back down into my seat.

"Thank you for that Ghost. Now, today we will be learning all about the Life Cycle of different kinds of bugs that are in Ponyville!" Cheerilee said excitedly, some of the students cheering in glee, and some others groaning in boredom. At the word 'bug', I recoiled a bit, remembering the derogatory phrase that some of the nastier ponies in Canterlot muttered under their breath from time to time.

We began with some of the more common insects around Ponyville, things like ants and butterflies and stuff. I honestly had no idea that female Praying Mantises did something like that! Now that's the kind of stuff I wouldn't have learned at Canterlot! Whenever I needed a spare sheet of paper, all I did was ask Ms. Cheerilee if she had any extra, and she was more than often happy to oblige.

"Applebloom, did you write that last one down about the Glowworm? I didn't catch it." I asked, but saw that Applebloom was staring off into space. "Applebloom?"

That roused her from her state of slumber, causing her to gasp and look over to me. "Wha? Oh, sorry Ghost. Ah wasn't payin' attention..." She admitted, grinning bashfully at her poor attention span.

"Oh, it's ok. Just make sure you keep writing this down, it seems really cool!" I whispered excitedly, writing down the average lifespan of a fly. 10 days... fascinating...

Apparently, time flies when you are having fun, because before I knew it, the lunch bell rang, causing everypony in the room to quickly pack up their stuff and rush outside. The Cutie Mark Crusaders and I took our time, allowing Ms. Cheerilee to come up to me with a smile.

"So how did you like your first day of class Ghost? Must be very different from the schooling you've received in Canterlot!" She commented, my nod being my response.

"Yep! In Canterlot I studied alone with a tutor, but I feel less pressured when I'm here with you all!" I admitted, nearly bouncing up and down in excitement.

"Well, I don't want to keep you waiting go ahead and enjoy your lunch."

"Thanks Ms. Cheerliee!" I said, rushing out the door to meet up with Applebloom.