Dreams of Absolution
Chapter 5: 5) Familiar faces
Previous Chapter Next ChapterPrincipal Celestia sat in her office as she did every single day, making sure the school still had enough funds, checking on student profiles and recording any magical mishaps that occurred. It would have been like any other day for her if it weren't for one thing that brought a genuine smile to her face as she sipper her coffee, one of her beloved nephews were coming to apply for a place in the school. She had quite a few cousins in her family as her mother had many brothers and sisters that gave birth to her cousins and later they birthed her nieces and nephews.
While she did already have a nephew attending Canterlot High, he was a bit of a trouble maker. She still loved him and made sure he wasn't put in detention to avoid a tantrum. However, an even bigger smile made its way to her face as she remembered who it was that was coming to the school, it was one who would be able to sort out Blueblood once and for all, in a nonviolent way of course.
As she set her coffee down she heard a knock on her office door, her smile staying with her as she got up to answer it personally instead of just calling the person in. She opened the door to reveal the familiar green haired teen behind it, his scarf still covering the bottom half of his face. "Roden Godswell, you have no idea how good it is to see your face again after so long." She greeted warmly as she brought Roden into a hug, unintentionally placing his head on her chest.
"It's good to see you too auntie." Roden replied in a muffled voice.
"This is awkward."
"I forgot how affectionate she was, perhaps too affectionate. Oh well, at least you aren't enjoying it in a weird way."
Roden just rolled his eyes at the voices and pulled away from the hug, freeing his face from his aunts chest. "I can tell I was missed." He said calmly, unfazed by what had just happened as it happened far too often when he visited any of his aunts, he's just kinda used to it by now.
"Very much so. I've been meaning to visit you and Chrysalis more often, but I've been really busy for the past few years with all of these new students coming in and a few...incidents involving the supernatural." Celestia explained.
"The supernatural eh? Sounds like this place will hold no end as far as excitement goes." Roden said with a soft smile. "I assume that with everything happening you will need some assistance with sorting out the students? I heard that quite a few of the new pupils have had very hard lives."
"I could use all the help I can get, but Luna and I are able to keep things running...although there was that time where Superintendent Discord attempted to take over the school and sent everything into chaos." Celestia replied with a tired laugh.
"Seems like something he would do." Roden said in a bored tone, having dealt with the troublemaker at a few meetings. "I may not be able to help with Discord, but I could however help with the students."
Celestia looked at him with interest. "And how would you do that?"
Roden put a hand to his chest and smiled. "I now happen to be a licensed therapist, and have been looking for people to attend my sessions. I still get a few patients, mostly people that are either in prison or are just looking for a good, cheap therapy session." He stated with a sense of accomplishment.
Celestia smiled at him warmly while patting him on the shoulder. "Well I think that if a few of the students here attended your sessions it would help us all out quite a bit, if it's you that is giving them advice or just listening to their problems then I'm sure that they'll be better than ever."
"I'll try my best to make sure that they will walk out of my office as better people." Roden stated with a nod.
"Well, since I already know you and most things about you, I don't think we'll need to have an interview. I'll fill out the forms and you just worry about getting here on Monday morning, I'll tell the school of your therapy in an assembly." Celestia stated with a happy tone.
"You'll need these." Roden reached into his hoodie pocket and pulled out a small pile of business cards for his practice. "it's got the contact info and the address on it, just give them to anyone who is interested."
"Since when did you turn into a business man?"
Roden ignored Zerlindas question and handed the cards to his aunt. "I'll be sure to give them out to those that seem interested, thank you Roden."
"I should be thanking you for this, if this works out my practice will be able to bring in more money, I was worried that I'd have to start charging my current patients extra just to keep things going." Roden thanked with a relieved smile. "Well if that's everything, I think I'll be off now."
Celestia nodded and hugged him again, putting him into the familiar situation he always found himself in for some reason.
"I'm starting to wonder if our aunts are doing this on purpose or not."
As Roden pulled away he nodded to his aunt and walked out the door.
"So what now?"
"Now? I think I'll try and find a nice tree to nap under for awhile, then I'll head home." As he turned a corner he lost his smile. "But it looks like I'll have to deal with this first."
Ditzy, Shard, Mise and Treble had walked into the school to retrieve something that Ditzy had left behind nad needed help looking for. As the group walked down the main hallway they came face to face with the schools own personal douchebag, Maurice Blueblood (figured he could use a full name instead of just Blueblood)
"Well well well, look who we have here." He said in a voice that stated he was all high and mighty. "The weirdo, the drunk, the ninja wannabe..." He turned to Ditzy with an evil smirk. "...and finally the cross eyed freak."
Shard glared at Blueblood with a literal burning rage. "Take...that...back!" He demanded while holding Ditzy who was close to tears.
"Or what? You're gonna kill me? Tell on me? What're you gonna do?"
"I like option one!" Shard reached behind him to grab his sword when he felt a hand being placed on his shoulder.
"I'll take it from here." A voice said in a tired tone. Shard moved out of the way and the group watched as Roden walked past them and stood in front of them, facing Blueblood. "Hello Maurice, it's been awhile."
Blueblood just started shaking, staring into Rodens eyes which were filled with pure and utter detest for the overprivileged bully. "W-Why cousin Roden! I-I wasn't told you would be visiting!" Blueblood took a step back as he tried to fake a smile, but one look at Rodens eyes just made him gulp.
"Causing trouble again Maurice? Looks like I'll need to have another little chat with you."
Next Chapter: 6) Making new friends Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 43 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Don't worry it's not a fight scene, those don't happen in this story (apart from two or three that will happen later)
Also, I'd like to hear what you think of the voices in Rodens head. Am I making them work? Are they entertaing? I'd like to know.
Also, if any of your OCs would like to attend Rodens therapy sessions just say so.