Almost a week have passed since that day. Nothing really happened: the studies went just as well as in my second school, nothing important happened to me or either of my friends. Speaking of friends, I got to know Night Breeze better. Not her brother, though. He was away, mostly, and we didn't even talk much. What was the point of bringing him here in the first place? All help offers he gave to his sister were refused, and I could see that Night was really embarrassed because Moonshine and I could hear their almost constant arguing. Though, none of us pressed that issue. Let those siblings settle everything themselves, they don't need some strangers to help them.

Alright. So, today is an important day. It's three History lessons today, during which we will present the chosen topic that we decided on a week ago on the first history lesson. We've dug up a lot of information about music and how it came to be what it is today. And I discovered many interesting things!

As for Night Breeze's essay, I don't know much. Though, I'd like to hear what she has to say about her kind. There was also a colt coming to her everyday, and I suppose they were studying. Studying lunar unicorn's physiology—

Shut up, my dirty fucking mind! Why is that I keep returning to sex? Is that a sign I'm starting to go through puberty again? Since ponies grow up faster, it's possible... Though, I don't think it's really that. Uh, I mean... Whatever, fuck! I need to stop thinking about that.

I should've picked sex as a subject to talk about, I suppose.

...

*sigh*

Alright, I need to stop.

So, I've woken up early in the morning, as usual. As expected, Moonshine lied at my side, and my cat Molniya lied on the other.

Speaking about these two, they are getting along very well. Moonshine often plays with the cat and strokes it, and the cat rubs herself all over the filly just as often. Overall, they developed a friendship. It's good to know that Molniya accepted Moonshine, otherwise fights would be inevitable.

Also, my cat is curious about Night Breeze, but still keeps her distance. That's an interesting thing.

Trying not to disturb Moonshine, I crawled out of my bed and went to the bathroom. I need to get my morning routine done. Starting with washing my mane — it's a mess, as usual. I should also get my breath refreshened. I don't think I have a foul breath each morning since I don't eat meat, and I heard that meat and junk food is the main source of that smell, but cleaning teeth and mouth won't hurt.

***

After everything was done, Moonshine, Night Breeze, and I went to the school. Today, we have three History lessons and two Physical Culture lessons. Not much, but I'm not complaining. Almost everyday, we had Arcane Arts. During the last lesson, Celestia approached me and offered to teach me teleportation control. I agreed, and spent the whole lesson teleporting around the auditorium. In the end, I felt a bit sick, my head was aching, but the result is worth it. I have much better control now, and feel less nauseous after the teleportations. Though, there is still room to improve.

I've also heard that the next thing we'll be learning will be transfiguration — turning one object into another, no matter if it's living or not. That would be pretty interesting, maybe even more so than the teleportation! I'd love to mess around with stuff! To an extent, of course. I don't want to reanimate a creepy statue that would bright horror upon everyone. Nope, not messing with that sort of stuff, it always ends badly.

So, the three of us entered the auditorium where History will be held. Our new teacher is, unsurprisingly, Celestia. It makes sense since she's been alive for hundreds of years. What other history teacher witnessed the events that happened even a hundred years ago?

This is another of her auditoriums. However, the plant life doesn't capture every single thing. No, there's just a small tree in a pot and some flowers in pots as well. However, this auditorium has plenty of pictures depicting the events of the past. Actually, one wall is wholly covered with those pictures. Portraits, landscapes, everything has a history. Under each painting, there is a roll of paper on which the contents of the painting are described in detail. That's a very interesting way to teach history, as many students read these during breaks. Even I found myself interested by some paintings, mainly those that depicted alicorns. It's interesting to learn their history and how they managed with their power and status.

For example, there was someone who was considered an alicorn. It was a ruler of the long gone Crystal Empire, empress Heartfire. She always wore a cape that covered most of her body. Her magical prowess was great, and many thought she hid her wings under that cape. She did a great many things that would put many other rulers to shame. For example, she standardized measurement systems. Under her guidance, scientists developed the metric system. It's not described how that system came to be, as for what exactly is one meter, but it's pretty obvious that everything else aligns with human metric system perfectly. I should also mention that she was the one who accepted the Celsius way of measuring temperature, i.e. using the freezing point of water for zero, and the boiling point for one hundred. Though it's not called Celsius. It's just that — Standardized Temperature Measurement, STM for short. No other system is used in Equestria.

It's pretty interesting to see how ponies came up with a system I've seen on the Earth. At least they're not using the freezing point of a strange mix of stuff for zero and the body temperature of an ill person for one hundred. That system is really bad and makes no sense whatsoever. And, as far as I know, that system is used only in the USA.

'Murica, fuck... off!

Alright, I should stop lest I become USA hater or something.

Back to the topic at hand. Moonshine and I better prepare to present our topic. I will speak most of the time while she prepares herself. As far as I know, she doesn't have stage fright, at least not its severe form. I? I don't think it'll be too difficult for me to speak in front of all these ponies.

***

Since the lesson started, I've seen a few ponies taking their turns to tell about agriculture and written art. And now, it's Moonshine's and my turn to go all the way down there to speak to the class about music. I'm prepared well and Moonshine seems to be okay.

We were called by Celestia. Here we go...

Descending to the blackboard and teacher's desk, I braced myself for the speech.

"Ahem," I cleared my throat, immediately gaining all attention. So far, I'm alright. "Moonshine and I are going to speak about music and its history up to the present day." seems to be a good start.

So, I started talking about the earliest history of music, remembering all that I've read. The rhythmic, captivating music consisting of drums and vocals was the first to be invented. Then, I spoke about how piano and guitar were invented. All of that I knew before coming to CSGU, and I still remember that. But now, I will speak about something new.

"Now, I want to speak about the biggest instrument in history." I spoke. "The pipe organ. It is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving wind through organ pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass..."

After explaining how the pipe organ works, I let Moonshine speak. She nodded, cleared her throat, and begun her speech.

"I will tell you about modern music, mawave." she said. "Unicorns have always wondered about creating music using only magic. At first, they were unsuccessful as the sounds they made were reminiscent of low-quality string instruments. But at twenty-nine eleven the first mawave song was made that featured sounds no one has ever heard before. The new mawave genre became extremely popular amongst unicorns in a very short while and remains that way to this day. Being an extremely easy way to create music, it is popular among young unicorns. Various traditional instruments were replicated by magic as well, though some complicated instruments still remain as traditional instruments without the use of magic."

I can say she goes very well! I don't even see her nervousness! Good job, Moonshine!

***

After we finished our presentation, we demonstrated a classical guitar and mawave synthesizer. Yes, I brought my instruments here, though not by physical means but by magic. I teleported them here, speaking simply. Using them, both of us played a simple tune, demonstrating the sounds and the difference between a classical instrument and mawave one. That earned us an extra point from Celestia.

A few other ponies talked about some subjects I'm not really interested about, and the turn came for Night Breeze and her partner to present their topic.

"We're going to tell you, um, about lunar pegasi, my own kind." Night spoke first. "Unfortunately, not much is known about our origin and our earliest history, mostly due to Discord destroying a lot of books that mentioned us in one way or another. However, it is known that we came from beneath, from the many caves that go through the land of Equestria. We'd rarely contacted other ponies until princesses Celestia and Luna came to power. My kind, seeing Luna as the worthy ruler, came out of shadows to join ponies. Though, even to this day, we live separated from each-other. Lunar pegasi hold a bit of a grudge against the ponies of the day for banishing Luna. But, well, everything goes more or less well now.

"We have a different culture from what 'ponies of day', as we call them, have. This prevents us to integrate into the society. We have different... values and goals in life, and, mainly, the view on relationships. Until recently, we've not had any daylight ponies among us. However, as you can see, I am an example of a unicorn and a lunar pegasus' union." she proudly stated. "Thus, I can safely say that we can and will form different relationships with daylight ponies. Now, I give word to my partner."

Then, the colt spoke. It was not as interesting as what Night Breeze said, containing mostly information on how many lunar pegasi are there, where do they live, how they served Luna and returned into hiding when she was banished, and how they returned a few decades prior to her return. Then, a few drawings made by the lunar pegasi were demonstrated, and I have to say that their art is excellent! I'm not an artist of that kind, but I can see the amount of work, the number of details, all of that put into even the smallest painting. It is amazing how good their art is!

I noticed that it's centered around the night, as almost every single piece of art has depiction of moon and stars in one way or another. Luna is also seen very often. I guess they worship her. It's no surprise since she's the alicorn of the night, and lunar pegasi are associated with the night.

***

After the history lesson, Moonshine and I went to the sports hall. Night Breeze isn't allowed to go there until her legs are completely healed, and thus she went back to the apartment to rest.

Our physical training is more intense now, I must mention. Celestia told us that we should stay healthy and fit. And I agree with her — I don't want to be fat. Until the age of sixteen, I was a pretty fat kid with some extra weight. Couldn't make a single pull-up. Of course, when puberty started for me, I lost some, but it wasn't enough. So, I went to the gym and picked up advice from the guys training there about both exercise and eating. That helped me a ton. And... I don't want to sound like metrosexual, but I found myself far more handsome when I became thinner. Didn't help me much in the relationship department with girls, though... Doesn't matter now anymore. I have a girl, a filly. That's pretty much all I could ever wish for when I was nine. I didn't think a lot about that, but I do now. I'm more mature now, and I understand how important a love relationship is.

I think I went another way again. Carried away, that is.

What was I thinking about? Oh yeah, fitness. Well, it is important to live a healthy life. And I do want to live a healthy life. I mean... Ugh, you get the meaning.

CSGU's sports hall is a bit bigger than what we had in the previous school. There is more stuff here, as well. Today, we will be training along with the second year students, and we'll have a volleyball match at the second lesson.

I looked at that group of ponies. They're not too different from us, or so it seems. We'll see them in act soon.

So, we all started with a warm-up. Trotting, galloping, doing sit-ups, jumping, that sort of thing. Our teacher Blaze is said to be a former captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard. He's an old unicorn with white fur and blue mane. Just like a standard royal guard looks, some would say. However, his eyes are orange, just like the fire. Hence, his name. And he's one tough stallion. I don't think any of us can compete with him in any way, be it strength or endurance. Even if his mane has streaks of gray, his face is a bit wrinkly, his body is certainly in a good shape and still well-kept. As far as I know, he's in his eighties. While I still don't know the average lifetime of a pony, this number is still impressive, very much so.

And he trains us like he wants us all to enroll at the Royal Guard Academy or something. I don't hate him, he does a good thing, but I don't think many classmates would agree with me. Unicorns of Canterlot aren't exactly known for being fit. Wealth spoils you with tasty stuff you'd like to eat instead of training. Though, there are no obese ponies, as far as I can see. Or maybe fat isn't clearly seen on them, I don't know.

After the warmup, we started the real training. Blaze knows our individual strengths and abilities and uses them to make us better. He praised me on one occasion for being tougher than I look.

So, he advised me to do more sit-ups with additional weight, but not too much of it since it'd be bad for the knees and spine. He told me that my legs are rather thin and could use more training so that I look less a mare and more a stallion.

Am I feminine now? Um... well, I'm not gay. And I still have a dick. Last time I checked, anyway. But maybe I do look a bit feminine. I don't really know. Maybe I'd look less like that if I bothered to cut my hair but, oh well, I'm not about to cut one thing I always wanted to have.

It doesn't really bother me whether I look feminine or not. Maybe it's just an alicorn thing? If I remember correctly, there wasn't a single male alicorn before me. Maybe they were confused for mares? That'd be pretty hilarious.

I hope my genitals won't shrink as I grow up. That'd be horrible.

I think I lost myself in weird thoughts. No one seemed to notice, though.

I suppose I should take a day off and relax. Truly relax, to straighten my mind. The question is, how? I should consult someone... Luna, maybe. Or Celestia... Better Luna. I'm not too comfortable around Celestia just yet.

Author's Notes:

I thought about the character of Night Breeze and lunar pegasi, and now I really want to write a story about her origins. How did a regular unicorn fell in love with a lunar pegasus, how those pegasi of the night came back to Equestria, their connection to Luna, and how they reunited with daylight ponies.

That is, I want to do a collaboration with someone who is willing to take such a story and write it to the end. I have some ideas, but I have no time to write. Besides, maybe someone can do it better than me.

If you're up for this, PM me.