Chapter 8
A Little Smarty Problem
By
Sparknanator
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Smarty felt her heart skip a beat. She was looking at the massive building in front of her and stepped back, looking at it with a bit of fear. If this is what a school looked like on the outside she feared how big it was on the inside. All she wanted to do was run back home and snuggle up with Big Mac. She yelped at the feeling of a hoof on her back and when she looked towards the feeling she saw Applebloom giving her a soft smile.
“Ain’t no need ta’ be scared Smarty.” Applebloom said beaming. She started looking around the school yard for her friends to excited to wait to introduce Smarty to them, “Ah see’em!” Applebloom said pointing to a white unicorn with a pink and purple swirled mane and tail standing next to a orange pegasus with a dark purple mane and tail holding a blue helmet with a hoof on a wooden scooter. She started trotting over to the pair with Smarty in tow “Hey girls!” She said excitedly.
“Oh hey Applebloom.” Scootaloo said smiling “It’s about time you got here.”
“Hey Applebloom!” Sweetie Belle said, “Scootaloo and I were just thinking of crusading ideas,” Sweetie Belle blinked, looking at the unfamiliar filly standing next to Applebloom. On closer inspection she noticed that the bottom half of the filly was blue with white polkadots “Umm Applebloom? Who is that?” Sweetie Belle asked pointing a hoof at Smarty.
“Oh this is Smarty,” Applebloom said “She my cousin.” Applebloom said, still not comfortable with the thought of somepony her age calling her ‘auntie’ in public or at all “She startin’ school today.” Applebloom said
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Twilight had cleaned up the kitchen and eventually went back to her bedroom. She had a hot cup of tea sitting on her bed side table and the lavender unicorn smiled before levitating a photo album her parents had given her when she moved to Ponyville. She had skimmed through the first few pages but had never taken the time to sit down and look at it.
She smiled while flipping open the first page labeled ‘one’ near the top left of the page. One of the first pictures she saw had Spike, not long after she had brought him back home, fast asleep cuddling a teddy bear. She remembered that day all too well, giggling at the memory she remembered when Shining tried to get close to him the little dragon threw a fit.
She looked at the next picture and another giggle escaped her lips, it was a picture of Shining reading her a bedtime story, a very thick book, the title somewhat visible, ‘1001 stories for sleepy foals.’ her ear twitched, she heard somepony opening the door, “Just one day off. Is that too much to ask?” She thought before standing up and stretching a bit. She trotted downstairs “Welcome to-” She stopped in mid sentence seeing Spike standing there shaking a little “Spike are you alright.” She asked, knowing he would like to spend as much time with Rarity as possible “Are you cold?” She asked while walking over to him. It was then she felt the little dragon cling to her leg.
***
“Attention everypony.” A sweet voice rang as a magenta earth pony stood in the front of a classroom “We have a new student joining us today!” Cheerilee said giving Smarty a little pat on the head “Go on introduce your self dear.”
Smarty looked at all the other ponies in the classroom sitting at their desks, staring at her. She felt like her chest was tightening up and wanted to run far away from the schoolhouse “H-hello.” She felt a lump in her throat and gulped, trying to swallow it to no avail, “Hello everypony m-my name is Smarty Pants.” She heard a few snickers here and there.
It was clear to Cheerilee that Smarty was scared and from the looks of it she seemed like she would break down at any second, “Go ahead and take a seat,” She said “You’ll be sitting near Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle.” Cheerilee smiled as Smarty nodded and shakily walked to her desk.
Smarty grabbed her notebook and a pencil, both felt comforting to her, reminding her of Twilight. She felt a tap on her shoulder and looked over to see a cream colored earth pony with bright red hair and a pair of purple glasses “Hi my namths Peppermint Twitht” She said smiling “You don’t have tho be nervoth Miss Cheerilee is sthuper nice!” she spoke kindly though some words came with a spittle coating.
“Thanks,” Smarty said with a little smile “You can do this Smarty.” She thought.
***
“Ouch!” Spike shouted jerking his head back “Twilight that stuff stings!” He whined fidgeting in his seat.
Twilight could only roll her eyes at Spike, she knew that the antibacterial spray stung but she was doing what she had to to keep it from getting an infection. “Well Spike if you would listen to me and pay attention to where you're going, this wouldn’t have happened.” Twilight said semi-scolding him, “Annd done” Twilight said smiling. Giving Spike a little pat on the head she spoke, “That wasn’t so bad now was it?”
Spike grumbled standing up while Twilight was putting the first aid kit in the cabinet. He blinked as Twilight levitated a small gem in his hands. “Thanks Twilight!” Spike said, his eyes twinkling at it.
“Your welcome Spike.” Twilight leaned down and gave the little dragon a kiss on the forehead. “Now go to Rarity’s,” Twilight said before seeing him running to the door “And be careful this time!” She shouted. After hearing the door slam she rolled her eyes smiling; she looked at the clock hanging on the wall, ‘Well I have to pick Smarty up in a few hours.’ She smiled, unable to wait until school got out so she could hear what Smarty had learned and ask if she made any new friends.
***
Cheerilee smiled, seeing all of her students working so hard. ”Lunch time everypony!” She sang and within seconds almost every filly and colt jumped out of their desks, grabbed their lunches and ran out the door.
“Come on Smarty!” Applebloom said, seeing her slowly grab her lunch, “We get ta’ eat outside if tha’ weather is nice like today!” Applebloom cheered before grabbing Smarty’s hoof; she dragged the clearly frightened filly outside.
“Wait Applebloom!” Smarty tried to get out of her grasp, “I uhh I need to check my notes!” Smarty lied, hoping she could stay inside and eat but her words fell on deaf ears as she was dragged out the door. Smarty used one of her hooves to cover her eyes as she silently followed Applebloom over to a tree where Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle were sitting. She noticed Sweetie Belle setting out a dandelion sandwich and a juice box.
Scootaloo had a rose petal sandwich and a carrot with a small juice box, grape. Sitting down Smarty opened her lunch bag with a smile at what she saw; an apple sandwich with some apple juice. “Applejack packed me an apple sandwich!” Applebloom cheered, taking it out of the plastic bag she started eating.
Smarty pulled out her lunch, taking a bite of her sandwich she smiled immediately, “This is good!” Smarty said taking another bite as she spotted Peppermint Twist sitting at a picnic table with a few other classmates. Her smile got a little bigger as she took a sip of juice, ‘I wonder what mommy and daddy are doing right now.’ She thought.
Smarty eventually got lost in her own little world, giggling every so often at some of the silly thought she’d have as she took another bite of her sandwich not noticing it was the last of it, “So do we go back to class after we eat?” Smarty asked, she saw Scootaloo giving her an odd look.
Sweetie Belle shook her head “Normally Miss Cheerilee let’s out play for a bit.” She chirped standing up, “And someti-” Sweetie Belle was cut off by the sound of a bell ringing “Aww look’s like we have to go back to class.” She said a little disappointed.
***
Applejack gave a small sigh of relief “Well we did it Mac,” She said smiling. “Ah admit it took us a while but we finally cleared out tha’ north field.”
“Eeyup,” Big Mac said chewing on a piece of straw, “Ah’m jus’ glad we didn’t have any fillies on our hooves.” He said with a small chuckle “Ah remember when ah would be workin’ an’ ya’ wouldn’t get offa’ me, wantin’ ta’ help.” Bg Mac said earning a glare from Applejack.
Applejack looked away from her brother blushing “Well fer’ all we know Smarty might want ta’ be tha’ book type like Twilight.” Applejack pointed out “An’ as fer’ Applebloom she is gettin’ a bit better with apple buckin.’” Applejack said getting a nod from Big Mac though she couldn’t help but snicker a bit the last time Aplebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle had tried it; they had all managed to get covered in tree sap.
“Ah remember tha’ first time ya’ got an’ apple down it hit ya’ right in tha’ head.” Big Mac said laughing at his sisters angry look. Applejack, in one quick motion as fast as Rainbow Dash, slapped Big Mac in the back of his head “Ouch!”
Within seconds they were both laughing.
***
Twilight smiled, trotting away from Fluttershy’s house; her next stop was the school. She needed to pick Smarty up and to get her home to make sure she finished her homework and was ready for dinner. Twilight felt her heart pounding, this was the first time anypony aside from Applejack that was going to meet Smarty.
She continued to walk, passing Sofas and Quills, “Hey Twilight.” Couch Cushion said to the lavender mare “Need any quills? Or a sofa?” He asked eliciting a chuckle from Twilight “I’ll take that as a no?” He said.
“No not today Cushion.” Twilight said keeping up a steady pace, wanting Smarty to have some play time before she got to the school. Twilight wanted to speak with Cheerilee while she was there to see how Smarty did on her first day. She remembered her first day of school she was excited until she got there, she had ended up hugging her parents legs and crying like many of the other fillies and colts in her class.
But once she had got to spend some more personal time with Princess Celestia she wasn’t nearly as nervous, though she was still scared that if she had done one thing wrong she would be dropped as her student. Over time Twilight had figured out that the princess wouldn’t do that, looking up she saw Ditzy ‘I’m guessing she is going to pick Dinky up. Maybe I’ll see her when I get Smarty.’ Twilight thought, knowing how clumsy, to say the least, the grey mare could be and she knew from experience. Twilight had to replace more broken windows then she’d like to count. Giggling a bit, Twilight remembered the first time Ditzy had accidentally broke one of her windows. It had scared her half to death, she hadn’t been in Ponyville for a month when it had happened.
When it had happened, according to Ditzy, she had been running late on her mail route and had broke down in front of her, apologizing. The entire moment, to Twilight, was awkward. She ended up getting Ditzy to calm down and had been kind enough to give her the card of a small business in Ponyville that would replace her window.
Twilight had arrived at the school and stopped dead in her tracks. She couldn’t help but smile at the sight of Smarty playing with Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom from the looks of it. She was having fun. Twilight sighed, hating that she had to break up their little game; trotting up Twilight kept a smile on her face.
“Mommy!” Smarty screamed before running up to Twilight. The little filly jumped up to hug her, nearly tackling Twilight. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo blinked, unable to comprehend the scene in front of them.
Twilight hadn’t expected Smarty to be as strong as she was but none the less Twilight hugged Smarty back ‘Look’s like she get’s her strength from her father.’ Twilight thought giving Smarty a kiss on the forehead, “Smarty you go play with your friends for a while I have to speak with Miss Cheerilee alright?” Twilight said, getting a firm nod from Smarty as the unicorn started trotting off, she could hear Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle firing off questions to Smarty.
“Can I come in?” Twilight asked after knocking on the door.
Cheerilee looked up from the stack of papers and smiled “Why of course Twilight!” She said, motioning for the mare to come inside the school “Is their something on your mind?” Cherilee asked.
Twilight shook her head “No not at all,” She said “I just wanted to ask how Smarty did.”
“Well,” Cheerilee began “It looked a little bumpy at first when I had her introduce herself to the class but other then that.” Cheerilee sat her pen down “Twilight your daughter is an exceptional student.” Cheerilee said
“That’s great!” Twilight beamed “That’s all I needed to know that and what kind of homework are you giving her?
“None” Cheerilee said she saw the look Twilight was giving her “Don’t worry dear it’s just for today, I thought since we had a new student I wouldn’t assign any tonight.”
***
Trotting out of the school, Twilight walked over to Smarty “Alright Smarty say goodbye to your friends.” Twilight said earning a collective ‘aww’ from the four fillies “I’m sorry but we have to.”
“But Twilight ah promised Smarty we’d show her a surprise once school was out.” Applebloom said “Can we show’er ah planned on makin’ Smarty a crusader!” Applebloom spoke aloud.
Biting her lip, Twilight looked at the fillies “Well alright,” She started and after hearing them cheer “But! I want to be clear that I want her back home before five alright?” Twilight said.
“Got it!” Applebloom said excitedly.
Twilight gave Smarty a little kiss on the forehead and levitated her saddlebags, “Don’t worry Smarty, I’ll take these home for you.” Twilight ruffled her mane, “You four have fun and be careful!” Twilight shouted, watching them run off leaving a path of dust in their wake chuckling watched them leave before Twilight began walking home.
***
Smarty blinked looking at the tree house was this the surprise to her it didn't look like much “Do ya’ like it?” Applebloom asked walking up the little path, “Come on in Smarty.” She said Scootaloo and Sweetie were standing at the door grinning like hyenas leaving Smarty a little uneasy.
She followed her cousin, a little nervous and giddy with excitement at the same time. When she got inside the tree house she saw a dark red banner with a blue shield and a little pony sewn inside of it, Smarty blinked a bit confused, “What is this?” she asked.
Applebloom quickly ran behind a podium with Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle standing next to her “Smarty; we, the cutie mark crusaders, hereby cordially invite you to join us in our quest ta’ find out cutie marks!” Applebloom said.
“What about the speech I wrote?” Scootaloo asked pouting a little.
“No more speeches!” Both Sweetie Belle and Applebloom said simultaneously.
Applebloom hopped down bringing a cape over to Smarty and placed it on her back “Smarty welcome to tha’ cutie mark crusaders!” Applebloom said watching Smarty’s face light up “An’ tomorrow we are goin’ ta’ go crusadin’.”
***
Smiling, Twilight set down the last plate needed she looked at the clock ‘Good everything is almost done’ she thought ‘Now where is Smarty at? I told Applebloom to have her back at five.’
She glanced at the clock again ‘And it’s nearly fifteen after!’ Twilight was starting to get worried, she knew how much trouble the crusaders were able to get into in a short amount of time. She heard the door open and hooves trotting into the living room. She walked into the living room, seeing Smarty, and letting out a sigh of relief. Twilight hugged the little filly “Applebloom I thought I told you to have Smarty back at five.” She glared at the filly.
“Ah’m sorry Twilight but we lost track of time.” Applebloom said “An’ then we started explainin’ ta’ Smarty bout’ crusadin.’” Applebloom blushed “Ah’m really sorry.”
“It seems so fun too!” Smarty chirped “I can’t wait to do it!” Smarty ginned excitedly.
Twilight looked at Smarty and smiled “Well Smarty go put your cape up in your bedroom.” She said “When you go upstairs look at the second door on the right.” Twilight said, seeing Smarty run upstairs, “You three can join her.” Twilight said watching Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Applebloom quickly follow.
Twilight flinched when she heard a loud and ear shattering scream ‘Sweet Celestia!’ Twilight jumped a bit ‘They don’t need to be that loud.’ she sighed and went back into the kitchen to finish working on dinner. Normally Spike would make dinner and all the meals but she felt like giving him a little break, though compared to him Twilight’s cooking skills seemed mediocre at best..
“Twilight ah’m here” Applejack said trotting into the kitchen.
Twilight smiled “Hey Applejack,” Twilight said “You're here early” She giggled “Don’t worry about the girls they are upstairs.”
Applejack sat down “Ah hope they haven’t been too much trouble” Applejack said
“No not at all.” Twilight said “Well unless you count the ear shattering scream.” Twilight said electing a chuckle from Applejack “What’s so funny?” She asked.
“Well ah’ve heard that shout so much it doesn’t affect me or any of us anymore.” Applejack said rubbing her head, “Well it still scares Fluttershy jus’ a bit.”
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Uh-oh, I get the feeling Fluttershy was crushing on Big Macintosh and isn't too happy that he and Twilight are now the "parents" of Smarty Pants. Tell me if I'm wrong.
Oooh, intriguing story, will indeed read more.
Four sir
So when are we going to see the scene where Sweetie and Scootaloo ask Apple Bloom to explain why her 'cousin' called Twilight 'Mommy'?
Is it supposed to seem like Twilight's doing her best to avoid any problems Spike could have? Like, he seemed genuinely upset Smarty was treated... well like an actual child, with school and socializing, but she distracted him with food. Was he just angry right up front and needed to calm down, or is this a potentially serious issue that Twilight is simply doing her best to avoid?
I had expected that diamond tiara would bully smarty pants
By these two lines we see that Twilight has told Applebloom to have Smarty home by four... then a few lines later...
That has got to be one of the smoothest first days at school ever.
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Thank you both for pointing that out I just fixed it
4180794 Soon very soon
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You are very welcome good sir.
4181949 Oh bad, oh bad, oh bad.
I am loving this!!
I'm willing to wait another forever.
4410986 At the very beginning of the episode, Apple Bloom was afraid of Zecora as well. She changed her stance after Twilight called them out on it.
This story is awesome
Surprised diamond and silver didn't go after smarty
guess that'll happen later.
I really enjoyed this and can't wait to see everypony's reaction to smarty... Hang on. Spike didn't even blink when twilight told him smarty was the one going to school. You'd think he'd have paused a little wondering why twi's fillyhood toy would be going to school
Your welcome Spike
Twilight had to replace more broken windows then she’d like to count
remembered the first time Ditzy had accidentally broke one of her windows
1. You're.
2. Than.
3. Broken.