The teacher just sat there.

When I entered the classroom, I saw the teacher sitting at her desk, filling a notebook. She was a beige unicorn, with a red, purple-highlighted mane. She wore thick, black glasses along with the white tie and collar that was part of the school dress code.

She did not utter a word. Not even a 'Hello' or 'Good morning.' She did not even look at us. Just continued doing her work.

There were already some students seated in the class. To my surprise, there were not only ponies. I saw a griffon and a changeling in the far corner. I took a seat in the front row and took out my supplies. The Cake twins sat next to me.

I sat there. Waiting. As the clock was ticking, more students filed in the class. After what seemed like eternity, the class was full and the teacher closed the door with her magic, got up and spoke:

"Good morning, dear students! I am Professor Moondancer, this year's history teacher. If you don't know, history is the study of past events. Now, I have some rules. First, please pay attention in class. Second, remain seated. Do not teleport or fly in my class. Third, do not hesitate to ask questions. Any questions?"

Prof. Moondancer scanned the class for questions. None. She continued:

"Since you have nothing to ask, I think we should get started on our first lesson. But before that, I should probably give you these."

She lifted a carton box over our heads and started giving out books. A copy landed on my desk. It was a brown book, on which was written in readable calligraphy: 'The History of Equestria: Abridged for Youngsters.' That's our schoolbooks! I immediately started going through the colourful pages, looking at the events of the past and the actions of my ancestors, a smile plastered on my face. I am so excited to learn about them all!

Prof. Moondancer continued, "You can read your books after class. For now, we'll begin our fisrt lesson: the foundation of Equestria!"

She began drawing the 3 races of ponies (minus alicorns) on the blackboard. "A very long time ago, more than a thousand years ago, there were 3 tribes: Earth ponies, unicorns and pegasi. They hated each other!"

I gasped. And so did my new classmates.

"They only looked out for their own tribe's well-being. The earth ponies cared for the land and grew food, the pegasi controlled the weather, as they do now, and the unicorns used their magic to bring forth day and night. They did all this in exchange for something else that the two other tribes gave. That's how they lived for generations. But one day, the weather grew inexplicably cold. No one knew the reason."

As if on cue, the classroom grew a bit colder and fake snow fell from the ceiling. Prof. Moondancer must have installed those effects to keep her students interested.

"The tribes decided to hold a meeting. The leaders came to it. There was Chancellor Pudinghead of the Earth Ponies, Princess Platinium of the unicorns and Commander Hurricane of the pegasi."

The lights went off and the projector was switched on. We saw the leaders' black-and-white pictures.

"The summit was fruitless. The leaders only blamed other for the disater. Each went home and made the same decision separately: to find a new land. They each went with their loyal assisstants: Smart Cookie of the earth ponies, Clover the Clever of the unicorns and Private Pansy of the pegasi."

Another slide. We saw the ever-so loyal assisstants.

"They did find their lands. But to their utter shock, it was at the same place!"

Another slide. We saw the pegasi on the clouds, the unicorns on a mountain and the Earth ponies on the ground. They were looking at each other with anger and hate.

"The land was perfect. But since it was the same place, the leaders started fighting again. The cold came back, colder than before! They found shelter in a cave nearby."

The temperature fell further.

"And more fightining. This unknown blizzard entered their cave and... froze the leaders!"

A lot of gasps were heard.

"Yes! Froze the leaders! The assisstants were shocked, naturally. Clover explained that the cold was caused by the Windigos; creatures that feed off hate to create the cold! They admitted to each other that they never hated anypony. And just before the ice could envelop them all, something magical happened from Clover the Clever's horn! The Fire of Friendship!"

Suddenly, a pink, heart-shaped flame illuminated the room. It was bright and heartwarming.

"The three of them kept the fire burning by sharing love and friendship. Eventually, this unfroze the leaders who made peace afterwards. They went to the land they found, which was even more beautiful than before, and decided to share. They named it Equestria!"

The lights went on and flag of our land stood right in front of us. This was beautiful.

Prof. Moondancer looked at us with a genuine smile. She looked pleased. She looked at the clock and so did I.

The bell rang.

"Class dismissed. See you next time!"

I stayed back to go through the book again. The teacher noticed that.

She approached me, "Aren't you going to go, Miss...?"

"Flurry Heart," I finished, then looked at her, "And I will. In a minute or two."

"Flurry Heart," Prof. Moondancer repeated, "You are the daughter of the royal couple of the Crystal Empire. You are the heir of the throne, aren't you?"

"Yup," I answered nonchalantly. Truth be told, I don't really want to rule someday. Leading sounds like an awful lot of work. I should probably tell her that. "But, you know Professor, I really don't want to."

"Why?"

"It sounds like an awful lot of work and stress. I don't have my cutie mark, so I don't really know if its my destiny," I explained.

"I see," Prof. Moondancer lifted her eyes to the celing. "If you ever need to talk, I'm here," she continued with a warm smile.

I returned it, took my saddlebags and headed out.

I flew down the hallway to my locker. Opening it, I starred at my history textbook.

It's official. Prof. Moondancer is my best teacher.

Author's Notes:

That was a long chapter...