Snowflake
Chapter 6: Bullying at School
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThe next day Snowflake was sitting with her friends: Li'l Cheese, Butterfly March and Nova Star Sparkle in the classroom.
"Oh I love school! It's always so cool!" Said Li'l Cheese
"Yes studying is always great, I learned this from my mother Princess Twilight Sparkle" said Nova Star Sparkle
"Wait, are you Twilight's daughter?" Snowflake asked
"Yeah, didn't you know? Li'l Cheese is the daughter of Pinkie Pie and Butterfly March is the daughter of Fluttershy. And also has Apple Sweet daughter of Applejack and Lumina daughter of Rarity, but they didn't come to school these days I don't know what why, but you'll like them too when you meet them! " Said New Star Sparkle
"I guess so"
"Hello girls! Sorry for the delay but Lumina took too long to get ready as usual ..." Said a foal as she approached the other four ponies sitting at the table.
"Darling have you never heard that fashion is life? My mom keeps teaching me that" another filly said
"Mine says this is freshness!"
"What? How dare you-"
Then they stopped arguing when they heard someone clearing their throat.
"Arguing about these nonsense again girls?" Said Butterfly March
"It's not silly it's just-" Lumina was cut off when she noticed the new foal on her friends' table.
"Girls who is she?" Lumina asked
"Lumina, Apple Sweet, this is Snowflake she's new here at school!" Li'l Cheese said
"Nice to meet you Suggercube" Apple Sweet said
"Yes we really are happy to meet her, I'm Lumina and this is Apple Sweet. Don't notice if I argue with her sometimes, but we're both like sisters" Lumina said
"I'm very happy to meet you girls ..." Snowflake said shyly
Then the two foals fixed Snowflake's eyes.
"Why are your eyes so bright?" Apple Sweet asked
"You are blind?" Lumina asked
Snowflake cringed at the question
"Well I'm..."
"Snowflake girls are kind of shy and she's very sensitive when they talk about her vision" explained Nova Star Sparkle
"Oh but don't worry about it Darling, we do you no harm because of it," said Lumina
"True Suggercube, here we are all friends and now you are our friend" Apple Sweet said and Snowflake smiled
"Thanks girls ... You two are daughters of Rarity and Applejack aren't you?" Snowflake said
"Yes we are! How did you know?" Apple Sweet asked
"Well I think I know your mother, you are all so much like your mother and they are very close friends with my mother Rainbow Dash" Snowflake said
"But that's very cool, isn't it? Our mothers are best friends, and now the six of us who are their daughters are!" Li'l Cheese said
"Yes that's quite a coincidence" Butterfly March said
Soon after the twins Sandstorm and Thunder Bolt approached the six foals.
"Hello, what do we have here, brother? The six losers and the most loser yet, Snowbat, mean girl back to the forest you came from," Sandstorm said.
"It's true sister look at her she shouldn't even be here at school!" Thunder Bolt said
"Hey, leave her alone! You have nothing else to do but hell with the lives of others?" Apple Sweet said defending her friend
"Yes, you don't know how ridiculous you are!" Lumina said
"It's true to mess with our friend you have to mess with agent first!" said Li'l Cheese and Butterfly March nodded
"Wow, what a fear we are!" Thunder Bolt said sarcastically
"You better stop now because if we don't tell Miss Cheerilee everything!" Said Nova Star Sparkle
"Okay alright we'll stop, not because you asked, but because we don't want to spend saliva with losers like you, even more Snowbat!" Sandstorm said as she and Thunder Bolt flew to their table.
"Thank you girls ..." Snowflake said
"No problem, anything you can count on," said New Star Sparkle, Snowflake smiled.
Soon after Cheerilee entered the room and began to teach.
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In the middle of class Snowflake felt a great urge to go to the bathroom.
"Uh, Miss Cheerilee?" Snowflake said
"Yes Snowflake?" Cheerilee said
"Can I go to the bathroom? I swear it will be fast"
"Alright you can go, do you want me to walk you there or can you go by yourself?"
"I think I can go by myself ..."
"OK then"
With that Snowflake walked out of the room and went to the bathroom.
"Miss Cheerilee?" Sandstorm said
"Yes Sandstorm?" Cheerilee said
"Can I go to the bathroom too? You know I'm in a crazy mood to go there, and if you want I can even help Snowba- I mean Snowflake find the bathroom."
"Ok you can go"
Then Sandstorm flew out of the room and into the bathroom.
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Snowflake was in the bathroom and was preparing to return to the living room until she heard a voice.
"Hello Snowbat!" She knew very well whose voice this was, Sandstorm was one of the foals who kept teasing her.
"Hi ...."
"Seriously, I don't know what you're still doing here at school and you're not even welcome, you should stay at Everfree Forest with your bat friends, I'm sure there you will identify much more there than here. , so why don't you move soon and leave everyone alone! " Sandstorm said as he pushed Snowflake to the ground.
Snowflake was on the floor not knowing what to do, all she had to do at that moment was cry.
"What's up? It's gonna cry? But it's a baby, isn't it? I heard your mother is Rainbow Dash right? Look I think you're adopted because she looks at you and looks at your mother, she's Equestria's best flying and Wonderbolt, you both have absolutely NOTHING in common, I bet she's even ashamed of a failed foal that you can't even see its hooves! "
These insults were making Snowflake cry in fear on the bathroom floor not knowing what to do as the foal laughed wickedly at her.
Then Nova Star Sparkle came into the bathroom and saw her friend being harassed by the foal.
"What's going on here?" She asked
"Oh nothing little princess, Snowbat just stumbled and fell to the ground and now it's crying like a baby, well I better go!" Sandstorm said as he left the bathroom
Nova Star Sparkle then approached her friend and helped her to her feet.
"Are you alright?"
"Yes, I think so..."
"What happened here?"
"Nothing ... I just tripped and fell like Sandstorm said"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes..."
Nova Star Sparkle nodded and decided not to investigate further. Soon after the two foals returned to the classroom.
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A week later...
Snowflake week at school has had its good side and its bad side. The good thing was, she had great friends she could always tell and they were always there for her, and the bad thing was that Sandstorm and Thunder Bolt's provocations to Snowflake didn't stop, but the provocations only got worse.
Snowflake's friends always defended her when they noticed the taunts, but they weren't with her all the time, and when they weren't she didn't know how to fend off the taunts, she was too shy and sweet to do anything. She didn't tell her parents about the teasing even to Cheerilee.
She knew they were silly insults but sometimes they made jokes and insults that crossed the line, and she could do nothing about it. The result was this, she was harassed at school because of her differences, even though she was too shy to do anything to defend herself, she still stood firm and strong.
But what she didn't know was that today was going to be the worst day of her life at school.
It was school recess time, and everyone in the room was gathered in the courtyard in front of Sandstorm and Thunder Bolt.
"And today my sister and I would like to give the title of weirdest school pony to Snowflake!" Thunder Bolt said
"I think you meant Snowbat brother!" Sandstorm said
Then everyone in the room started laughing.
Snowflake was with her friends across the yard as she listened to the insults of the two foals.
"These two are very stupid!" Said Apple Sweet
"Yes they have no idea of ridicule!" Lumina said
"Calm girls just ignore it" said Nova Star Sparkle
Then the twins began flying toward the six friends along with a group of ponies.
"Look guys the bat is hiding with his friends!" Sandstorm said while laughing and everyone started laughing too
That's when Snowflake got up the courage and decided to tackle them for the first time.
"Enough now! I've been putting up with your teasing a lot but that's awesome!" Snowflake said
"Look Thunder Snowbat finally decided to brave us? I doubt she has the courage to face us again after that," Sandstorm said, waving at his brother.
Thunder Bolt then picked up a baseball bat and used it to hit Snowflake. All the ponies around were laughing at the foal's situation. When she was all hurt and unable to defend herself she simply lay on the floor and began to cry.
"That's what you deserve for being in this stupid school! Look around nobody here likes you and your friends don't even tell you because they are complete idiots just like you and if you want real friends you'll die trying! But there guys let's get started! Bat! Bat! Bat! " Sandstorm said
Then all the other foals started laughing and calling Snowflake a bat.
"Enough Sandstorm! You and your brother have now crossed the line!" Said Nova Star Sparkle
"You don't know how ridiculous you are doing this to a pony that can't even defend itself!" Lumina said
Then the bell rang and all the foals rushed into the room. Snowflake's friends helped her into the room because she was too hurt to go alone.
When Cheerilee realized the situation of the colt her eyes widened and then she quickly went to the wounded colt.
"Oh my god, Snowflake! What happened to you?!"
Snowflake's friends then told Cheerilee all about what had happened at recess and the other bullying events of the week.
At the end of the day everyone went home except Snowflake, Sandstorm and Thunder Bolt. They had stayed for a meeting with their parents.
When Rainbow Dash and Soarin arrived at school and saw their daughter injured, they immediately ran to her and hugged her.
"Snow, what happened to you ?!" Rainbow Dash said desperately
Snowflake didn't answer she simply put her face on her mother's chest and began to cry as Rainbow Dash hugged her.
Soon after she was in mother bear mode.
"So we just have to wait for Sandstorm and Thunder Bolt's mom to arrive and then we can start," Cheerilee said.
Soon after the door to the living room opened revealing the mother of the twins. Rainbow Dash's eyes widened in surprise to see who it was.
"Hello Rainbow Dash, how long isn't it?" It was Lightning Dust, Rainbow Dash's old rival
"Lightning Dust! I should have known these were your children! And I can't believe you're living near Ponyville!" Rainbow Dash said in an annoyed tone
"For you to see how life is full of surprises" Lightning Dust said
"Very well can we start?" Cheerilee asked and everyone nodded.
"Very well today at the time of recess the daughter of Rainbow Dash and Soarin was harassed by the foals Sandstorm and Thunder Bolt, and from what they told me this was not the only time they did it, but today has crossed the line because I want to report that bullying here is inadmissible here. Miss Lightning Dust do you have anything to say about what your children did? " Cheerilee said
"I have nothing to say if my children did this they must have had their reasons!" Lightning Dust said
Rainbow Dash was raging right now, and Soarin was trying her best to calm her down.
"How can you say that ?! My Snow would never do anything to your children! She's just the sweetest, shyest, kindest thing there is. I'm sure she would never do a lake like that!" Dash said
"Yes, but if you were really smart Rainbow Dash you would have put your daughter in a blind institution where they would have ponies with the same problem as hers, to prevent that kind of thing from happening!" Lightning Dust said
Rainbow Dash was now seething with anger.
"You, you ...." She said
"Dash please calm down" Soarin said rubbing his wife's shoulders to try to calm her down.
"Miss Lightning Dust I am sorry to say that but you are wrong, as are your children and because of this reckless behavior they have had I will have no choice but to suspend for two weeks at school, and I hope that when you come home you talk to them about it "Cheerilee said
Lightning Dust rolled her eyes but nodded, so she got up and left with her two children.
"Look Mr. and Mrs. Dash I'm so sorry for what happened today, I promise I'll do everything to make it not happen again" Cheerilee said
"Alright Miss Cheerilee, thanks," Rainbow Dash said as she picked up her daughter and put her on her back before taking off with Soarin home.
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To be continued...
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