"Wake the fuck up!" I yell as I shake Rainbow. She refuses to get up for her first day of school. Yesterday was Sunday, and we all voted that Rainbow should go to school with me. We even signed her up and everything. I figured it would be for the best as it wouldn't be a very good idea to leave her home alone all day. So here we are, Monday morning, about to run late because Rainbow is acting like a little kid.

"No... Matt, turn the light off please." Rainbow mumbles from under the sheets.

"Hell no, I don't want to be late!" I yell as I rip the covers off of Rainbow. She shivers as the cold morning air hits her suddenly. I wrap an old jacket around her to satisfy her, and pull her out into the hallway.

"Go get breakfast, I'll be down in a minute."

"Matt... I don't want to go! School is so boring!"

"Hey look, you were finally right about something! I don't want to go either, but life isn't fair. Now go eat."

"Fiiiine..." Rainbow trots down the stairs towards the kitchen while I head for the bathroom. I open a cabinet and pull out a razor and begin to shave the small amount of stubble that had grown over the weekend. I wash my hair in the sink, and rush downstairs.

"You must have gotten up early mom!" I express as I see the spread of different breakfast foods. She made eggs, sausage, bacon, toast even!

"Yup, thought I would make something special for Rainbow's big day. But it looks like she isn't all that excited about it." My mom says as she cleans a pan. I look over at Rainbow who is just eyeing the sausage and bacon with a disgusted look on her face. Her plate only consists of eggs and toast.

"Whatever, more for me!" I say as I plop down next to Rainbow. "You sure you wouldn't like some nice bacon?" I tease Rainbow as I wave a strip in front of her.

"Ew..." She mumbles as her eyes follow the strip of bacon. She scarfs down her eggs without even using a fork, but I don't judge her considering she can't really pick it up.

"You excited for school?" My mother asks as she continues to wash the dishes.

"I'm only going because Matt doesn't think I can take care of myself." Rainbow says as she gives me a stare.

"It's not you I'm worried about, I just don't want the house to be surrounded all day."

"I'm still not excited about this..."

"Seriously though, you aren't even taking any classes. You're only going to follow me around all day. You're lucky that you don't have homework and tests to worry about."

"I guess so. Will I get to meet your friends?"

"Probably. You already kinda met Alex at the beach. Then there's Skyler..." I lean in close so only Rainbow can hear me. "Don't tell anyone... but I kinda have this huge crush on her."

"Y-you what? Uh, I mean, my lips are sealed!"

"Good, now let's get going." I say as I jump up and push in my chair. "Thanks mom!" I yell with a wave as we run out the door.

We jog over to my truck in the cold morning air. I know when we get to school, we'll be immediately surrounded with a ton of people talking about us, but all I hope for is that it will be positive, not negative.

"Ready for more attention today?" I say as I open the door for Rainbow.

"Oh of course." Rainbow says sarcastically. "I just hope we can get through the day alright..."

"What's up with you today? You aren't your self-centered, peppy self today. Is something up?" I say as I reverse into the street.

"What? I-I'm fine, really!" She instantly perks up. "I"m... tired, that's all!"

"O...kay then. Anyway, I can't wait for you to meet my friends. They're pretty cool, compared to me anyway."

"What does that mean?"

"Well, I'm not the most popular guy at school, though I wouldn't be surprised if I am now... People usually just kinda push me aside or try to get on my nerves."

"Why would they do that?" Rainbow says angrily.

"Because I'm different than them, that's why. I play video games and shit, they play football and other stuff so they think they're better than anyone who doesn't."

"That doesn't sound fair at all! I'm going to give them a piece of my mind!" Rainbow says as her wings flare out involuntarily.

"Please don't. If you get mad, it just means that they win. If you show that they're getting to you, that just makes them even happier, so just ignore them like I do. I'll be fine, you don't need to be worried about me. In fact, I'm more worried about you."

"Why? Will they try to bully me too? Because I won't let them!"

"Well that depends on who you talk to. The nicer people like my friends will be glad to meet you. However, there are people who will laugh at both of us because you're from a show made for little kids."

"It's still weird to be referred to as a 'character' you know. It's weird that your entire world has heard of me even though I didn't exactly exist that long ago."

"Well apparently you've always been real. My hypothesis is that the TV show, and the world that you came from are two different things. It has to be since new episodes of the show are being made with you in them, which proves that you aren't actually the Rainbow Dash from the show, but are in fact an exact copy from some weird alternate universe!"

"...You lost me, but I'm gonna agree with you anyway."

"It makes sense if you don't think about it too hard." I say with a chuckle. "Shit, looks like we're here... You ready for this?"

"I think so. Just... stay close to me please."

"I wouldn't abandon you Rainbow." I give her a little smirk. "No man... or pony, left behind."

I park near the middle of the parking lot and jump out of the truck. I take a look around and see that I'm just on time with a good fifteen minutes before homeroom. I walk around the back of the truck and open the door for Rainbow. She jumps down and takes a long look at the school.

"I haven't done this in years..." She mumbles.

"Well, again, you aren't taking any classes, you're just going to follow me for the day."

"Okay, let's go then..." She says, her voice shaking a little. Never would I think that THE Rainbow that I've come to know would ever be nervous about anything.

We walk through the parking lot at fast pace, hoping to avoid any unwanted attention. A voice comes from a man getting out of his car to our left as we near the front entrance.

"Ah! Mr. Green! it's good to see you." The voice belongs to the principal, Mr. White.

"Morning Mr. White!" I say with a wave as I come to a stop. Rainbow tries to keep walking, but I grab her tail and pull her back.

"Matthew, this must be your new friend from the news report!" Mr. White says as he bends down to Rainbow's level.

"Hey little guy, how are you?" He talks to Rainbow like she's my pet which makes me almost burst out laughing.

"I'm not a guy." Rainbow says in confusion.

"Oh my! It talks!? Matthew this is incredible!" He looks up at me in astonishment. He clears his throat and recomposes himself. "Excuse my outburst, I am Mr. White, the principal of this school." He holds out his hand towards Rainbow.

"I'm Rainbow Dash." She says simply as she puts her hoof in his hand.

"I must be getting to my office now, have a good day Mr. Green!" He says with a wave as he heads for his office.

"Well that happened." I chuckle under my breath.

"He seems... nice..." Rainbow says with a weird expression.

"Well I need to go to my locker and get my history book. C'mon."

We make our way through the cars in the parking lot until we reach the front door. Most of the other students are already inside, so I don't have to worry about them until I actually enter the building.

"Ready?" I say as I put my hand on the door handle.

"Yep, let's do it!" Rainbow suddenly perks up.

I open the door, and immediately the entire hallway goes quiet. Heads turn directly towards us in the blink of an eye. I immediately regret even coming to school today as I look at all the different pairs of eyes staring at us.

We just walk quietly through the hallway, trying our best to ignore the whispers and stares we're receiving. I pull my hood over my head and head for my locker. My locker is on the bottom so I have to kneel to reach it. I unlock it and reach in and grab my history book. I turn around to see that Rainbow is no longer behind me.

"Rai-" I'm cut off by a girly squeal.

"Oh my God! She's so cute!" A girl's voice squeaks from around the corner. I get up and peek around the corner to see Skyler and Alex kneeling down in front of Rainbow.

"Don't fucking run off on me." I say as I approach the group.

"Matt! Is this the thing from the news? She's so cute!" Skyler says as she scratches behind Rainbow's ear. To my surprise, Rainbow is completely out of it with her eyes shut, obviously enjoying the scratching.

"I had no idea she would do that." I say as I point where Skyler's hand rest on Rainbow's head. Once she stops, Rainbow snaps back to reality and blushes deeply as she realizes what she just did.

"Alex, thanks so much for watching my mom and sister on Saturday, and sorry that it kinda ruined our day."

"No problem. I see she's better now. Did you end up taking her to the hospital?"

"Nah, I fixed it myself. She has the most annoying scream I've ever heard by the way. It's so high pitched!"

"Hey! There's nothing wrong with my voice!" Rainbow yells in defense.

"She talks!?" Skyler expresses excitedly. "That's so cool!"

The first bell rings which warns us that we have only a few minutes before class starts.

"I gotta go!" I yell as I look at my watch. "C'mon Rainbow!"

We start to jog towards my class which is on the other side of the building. When we get there, all of the other students in that class are already in their seats. Just like earlier, they all go quiet when we enter. I walk to my seat and plop down my bag on top of the desk. Rainbow sits down on the floor next to me and just looks around, trying not to make eye contact with anyone.

"Hey look, it's the pony boy!" A deep voice yells from across the room. I look over and see where the voice came from.

"Fuck... it's Jack... just ignore him." I whisper down to Rainbow.

"Hey Matt! My little sister watches that damn show. I didn't know she was manlier than you!" Jack mocks at me. His friends around him laugh at my expense.

"I can't believe this..." Rainbow mutters just loud enough for me to hear. Her wings start twitching involuntarily as her expression turns to one of anger.

"Just ignore them. This is my problem, not yours." I whisper back as I pull my books out of my bag.

Jack gets up and starts walking towards my desk. He looks all too excited to make my life a living hell, but I won't let that happen.

"What's wrong Matt? Pony got your tongue? C'mon say somethin'!" He's right next to me now, staring me down with his dumb smile.

"Matt I-" Rainbow is trying to say something to me, but is cut off by what I do next. Without even thinking my fist flashes through the air and makes contact with Jack's nose which makes a satisfying cracking sound. He backs up and covers his nose which is now bleeding profusely.

"Y-you little-" Jack's cut off as the teacher walks in.

"Jack sit down. Now!" Thankfully my history teacher is really strict and doesn't put up with Jack's shit. Jack obeys him, but gives me the most hateful stare as he heads for his seat.

"You... you hit him!" Rainbow whispers in astonishment. "I can't believe it."

"I'm sorry. I acted without thinking."

"Sorry!? Are you kidding!? That was awesome! I'm glad you stood up for yourself Matt. I like that."

"Class! please welcome our new student..." The teacher pauses to look at a clipboard. "Rainbow Dash?" He says questionably.

"Uh... hi." Rainbow says with a sheepish smile and a wave. The rest of the class gives mixed reaction from silence to friendly waves and greetings.

During class I continuously reach down and scratch behind Rainbow's ear, trying to keep her calm during the lesson. She leans into my hand and even falls asleep at one point during the lecture.

The first class ends after what feels like hours, and I realize I still have the entire day ahead of me.

As I leave the classroom I mumble to myself, "This is going to be a really long day..."