Celestia had gotten Solaris out of the car and into the preschool. She had been worried about Solaris throwing some sort of fit about getting out of his car seat, but he was well behaved for that. She followed the map of the building that she had been given and arrived at a classroom in short order with her son in tow. The red haired boy looked around, his eyes scanning the room for anything wrong. A light blue skinned woman walked over, "Hi, I'm the teacher here, Dawn Care. You must be Celestia," she said as she extended her hand to the nearly pale woman.

The vice-principal of Canterlot High shook the teacher's hand with a smile the light blue skinned woman knelt down, her gray eyes looking at the child before her, "This must be little Solaris!" she exclaimed excited.

The young child became deeply afraid of someone other than one of the few people he had known in his short life and hid behind his mother's legs. Celestia moved out of the way and he moved back behind her legs and buried his face within the violet pants. He felt safe with his mother and didn't want to leave her side, this place was new and it was scary to him. This new adult wasn't someone he knew, these children he was going to be around weren't people he knew. He didn't want to risk leaving his comfort zone, he knew where he felt safe and where he felt the best. He was terrified of all of this, which didn't surprise anyone in the slightest.

His mother finally pried him off her leg and knelt down next to him, "I promise, I will be back at four PM," she said as she gave him a hug.

She handed his lunch and snack to the teacher and broke the hug, standing up. She walked out of the room leaving the young child on his own. He tried to run after her, but his shorter legs meant that he couldn't keep up. The door closed before he could get to it, causing him to stop at the door. Everyone was looking at him, but he didn't care. All he wanted was to see his mother or Miss Cadance as he called her again. He didn't want to be in this new place where he didn't know anyone. Tears started to form in his eyes and he started pounding on the door. "Mommy... mommy please... mommy come back! Mommy!" he started to call out.

Gentle arms wrapped around him, Dawn Care had seen this going on and had quietly followed the boy over to the door. She gently lifted him off the ground and took him over to a corner of the room where she could speak to him alone. She moved a couple of mats around and ensure that the child would be comfortable as the two of them spoke. She placed him on the ground and sat down, knowing that it would be easier for her to get through to him if she wasn't standing up and being authoritative. The two of them locked eyes for a moment, but Solaris looked away from her. He saw that everyone was looking at him and he got angry. "Go away!" he screamed.

"That is not how we talk to the other students around here, Solaris," the teacher said firmly, but calmly. She wanted to get his attention, not cause him distress.

He looked at her attentively, a look of pain was on his face, but she knew that it was a mask to hide his fear. She knew that she had to be careful in order to win his trust, "I know that you're hurt and I know that you're afraid. This is likely the first time you've not been with your mother and I know it's scary for you to be away from her and in a strange new place. But, I promise that there isn't anything here that will hurt you and all of your classmates are really nice and just want to get to know you and be your friend," she said gently.

He didn't entirely understand her, but her gentle tone was enough to get him to give her a chance to see if she was right. She gave him the same look that his aunt gave him when she wanted him to apologize to his mom. He turned around to the other students and looked down, "I'm sorry," he muttered.

"Louder," the teacher said.

"I'm sorry!" he cried out.

The rest of the students looked at each other and went back to what they were previously doing. Except for one of them, it was a red skinned girl with orange and yellow hair. She walked over to him and smiled at him, holding her hand out to him, "Hey, kid. My name is Blazing Shield, what's your name?" she asked, introducing herself in the process.

"Solaris..." he replied, looking away from her.

The teacher smiled a little as it was an improvement from what had been just earlier before. The young child was finally talking to someone. Blazing grabbed the other child and led him over to the activity table, "Come on, kid. You just need to color with us! It'll be fun!" she exclaimed.

The young boy didn't know what coloring was, but he was surprised when their teacher placed a box of crayons and a piece of paper with something drawn on it, something he didn't recognize. He looked up at the teacher pleadingly, he had never seen one of these things and she walked over to him with a gentle smile, "It's a fish, Solaris, you can color it however you want. The idea is for you to continue to develop motor skills with activity time, plus coloring is fun!" she said excitedly.

He nodded and pulled out a blue crayon and started to color in the fish, he didn't know what motor skills were or what develop meant, but the teacher was right, coloring was fun. He enjoyed it, even if he had never done it before. It was fun and kept him busy.

It wasn't long before he was done coloring the fish and he looked up for his mother, who wasn't there. Tears started to form in his eyes again, but the teacher walked over and looked at the fish, "That's very good Solaris!" she encouraged

She noticed the pained look in his eyes and sighed, kneeling down to look him in the eye. "Solaris, would you feel more comfortable if I were to call your aunt. Your mom listed her as an emergency contact and she'd be able to get here easier than your mother would," she offered.

Solaris sniffled and nodded, the teacher stood up and motioned for him to get up as well. He followed her as she pressed a button on the wall, "I need someone to watch over my students while I go make a call," the teacher said calmly.

A few quiet minutes passed as a green skinned man walked into the room, he and Dawn Care shared a quiet nod in understanding with each other. She led the young child out of the room and into another room that had a phone, she helped him on the chair and picked up the phone. She dialed a number and placed it against her ear, "Hello, is this Miss Luna? Yes, your nephew is seeming to have a bit of anxiety, I've tried to get him to calm down, but it would seem that he is very emotional without his mother around. Oh, I didn't know that. Would you like to talk to him for a bit?", she said into the phone ending with a question.

She handed the phone to him and he held the object in his hands as best he could, "Aunt Luna?", he asked.

"Solaris, I know that you're upset. Celestia told me earlier that if I had to, I'd be able to stay at the preschool with you on days where I don't have a lot of classes to make sure that you get accustomed to being there. Do you need me to come up there?", Luna asked over the phone

"Y-yes, I miss mommy...", he said sadly, eyes nearly full of tears.

"Well I'm not mommy and I know that you're afraid of me to some degree as I'm more harsh than your mother, but I'll stay with you and help your teacher out. I know that deep down, you want to go home, but you're too young and both Cadance and I are trying to become teachers," she replied sternly.

"O-okay," was all he could say.

He handed the phone back to his teacher who placed it against her ear, "I'll stay here with him him until you get here, ma'am. I promise." She hung up the phone and sat in a chair near her young student.

"She said that she'll be here in twenty minutes, I'll stay here and make sure that nothing happens," the teacher said gently.

Solaris nodded, he felt alone, but at least with someone else here, he'd be safe and secure. He didn't trust the teacher, but he had no other choice to listen to her. He hugged his knees and rested his chin against them, looking to the door in anticipation, it'd be the longest twenty minutes of his life as thoughts of his aunt and mother both not showing up entered his head, which further saddened and scared him. He wanted to see his aunt immediately, but unfortunately for him, he was going to have to learn patience for the first time in his life.