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Littlepip Thought It Well

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 21:05

She took a deep breath, smelling the scent of dusty books, of threadbare school knowledge and of childish wishes that she would not give them 'that stupid homework' today. She smiled to herself, as if savoring every second of what would happen next.

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 21:05

"So, children, your homework is to write an essay about how Princesses united Equestria under their rule. Two pages."

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 21:10

An entire class of nineteen young foals — eleven colts and eight fillies — whimpered in disappointed unison. But the teacher, old pegasus mare with classical glasses and a grey mane pulled into a bun, did not even bat an eyelid. It was not her first time, and she hoped it would not be hers last every time she put textbooks into her old shabby saddlebag.

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 21:15

Every year she gave this basically simple homework to every class, and every year she received same reaction. It was no different from that she had expirienced in her first time as an young and tenderhoof part-time assistant helping a teacher just as old as she was now.

psychoshy 08.05.17 в 19:11

She knew that they whimpered just because they hoped for an easier task, reading a textbook for instance, but she always followed her curriculum. Everytime exactly on that day and exactly after that subject she gave children the homework: to write an essay. And nothing would ever make her waive this rule.

psychoshy 08.05.17 в 18:06

"It's just two pages," she added in her irenic tone. "But I don't want to see any wide gaps between words and lines, any sections starting on the end of sheet and any blank second sheets containing only few words! In-depth analysis of the events and information from literature will give you extra points."

She frowned and gave the class a stern look.

"As for you, Study Scroll," her glasses gleamed menacingly, when she looked at a reddish-brown coated colt, who had a skinny body and wore a pair of big glasses; he was smartest in the class. "I expect the best work from you. The lesson is over."

The foals, who had already packed their belongings, rushed out from the classroom before she knew it. She was left alone. An old classbook seemed to smile at her with its smooth hoofwritings, promising to brighten up her long familiar loneliness.

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 21:32

The mare just shook her head. She was a history teacher and liked her job as well as she liked to listen all those answers which her pupils gave her every day.

psychoshy 02.09.16 в 00:59

The foals — 'little perpetuum mobiles', as their natural science teacher had once called them — ran from the classroom to a locker room in a single burst of activity. After a few moment, they were all dressed up and ran outside, full of afterschool joy.

psychoshy 04.12.16 в 16:45

Unlike other cities of the Enclave, Volcano City for the most part was really situated on a sleeping volcano, and thus there was a large amount of earth ponies working on farms. In days of the Last War, it had been them who founded the city where they had sufficient political weight for a long time after. Thanks to their labor, Volcano City had gotten influence over many urgent matters that happened in the pegasi state, not to mention the fact that in exchange for food they could bargain anything from anypony.

psychoshy 04.12.16 в 15:34

Even from the very military machine of the Enclave: great numbers of old machines, which were usually held by the Enclave until the times of need, got into the hooves of the municipal services of Volcano City. The local authorities used them for improving agro-industrial complex, constantly expanding and digging deeper into the volcano and adjacent mountain range.

psychoshy 29.11.16 в 18:26

Certainly, having such resources was the reason why the city prospered. Many families moved and settled here upon obtaining permission from the Migration Department, starting their own business or working for local employers.

psychoshy 29.11.16 в 13:45

During the last two centuries since the Apocalypse, the city had grown more and more until it just could not give enough space to all residents. That was the moment when a truly ingenious solution had been found: to build up a second residential level intended only for pegasi. As a result, almost two-thirds of the land on the mountain were left unoccupied and immediately given to the municipality.

psychoshy 29.11.16 в 13:47

The authorities had sold most of the land to businessponies and started to improve the remaining part, using received finances. That was when they had built up the famous Steep Peak University, that was named after one of the nearest mountains, and the Grand Park which was planted in order of tourism development — what meant inflow of financial resources.

psychoshy 29.11.16 в 16:07

Thanks to these solutions, the rate of economic growth shown by the city was greatest of all, and even more ponies moved here. Pegasi dragged clouds for watering the Park and worked in service sector, earth ponies were involved in farming, while most unicorns teached students at the University Departments.

psychoshy 29.11.16 в 16:42

Volcano City became the equestrian dream itself — it was no surpise that one of most favourite holidays here was the Hearth's Warming Eve. 'Like Equestria of Old, but better!' was the advertising slogan of tour companies.

psychoshy 29.11.16 в 14:56

However, the children, who gathered up in the school yard, cared about neither adults' intrigues nor political and military aspirations. They had their own problems on their minds. At the moment, they just wanted to play hoofball.

psychoshy 11.05.17 в 04:19

The fillies never liked hoofball, so they left others. Also, two earth colts had to scurry home to their farms. The rest were pegasi, and they had no problems with the lack of firm ground under their hooves.

psychoshy 06.05.17 в 18:44

The problem of choosing a proper place for game was not going to disappear, though.

psychoshy 06.09.16 в 00:28

"We're going to the Upper Sky!" Cloud Kick, one of the colts, suggested. The Upper Sky was that particular part of the city which was located on clouds and inhabited by pegasi.

psychoshy 02.09.16 в 01:12

"Yeah, we're going to look for our ball on the ground all the weekend," retorted Paper Clip, his best white-and-blue coated friend. "Much better at the cloud cover than on the Upper Sky!"

psychoshy 06.09.16 в 00:13

"There's no field!" Cloud scolded and took a step towards Paper. His friend moved forward as well. Other foals stepped back, leaving the disputants enough space.

psychoshy 02.09.16 в 01:23

"We can make it by ourselves! You just take a cloud and make four goalposts. Easy-peasy!" Paper bridled up and looked down on the opponent.

His father was a local librarian, so since his foalhood Paper, when reading books and comics, imagined himself in the place of his favorite characters — particularly Daring Do. And, like his favorite fictional hero, he seriously intended never to give up and to fight until the very end.

psychoshy 02.09.16 в 01:31

A disjointed squeaking chorus of quiet murmurs demonstrated that Paper was supported by several other foals, but this did not stop Cloud.

psychoshy 06.05.17 в 19:43

"It's too far away!"

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 23:08

Most of them considered this argument more reasonable. It took an adult pegasus two or three minutes to get up to the Upper Floor; as for foals unable to fly, it took ten minutes to get to a bus stop on a cloud highway and another five to ride home. The school was very close to the highway, though. Besides, if they were lucky, some friend of their parents could easily drive them up on a wagon.

psychoshy 12.05.17 в 01:06

"Afraid of getting tired?" Paper slyly narrowed his eyes and stepped closer.

His whole posture radiated desire to win the wrangle, his small wings spread wide open. This, as he thought, made him more formidable. At least, all cool pegasi on posters in the library stood with spread wings — Wonderbolts of the Enclave, and Shadowbolts of Old Equestria, and even Rainbow Dash whose poster his father hid for some reason between two cabinets in his office.

psychoshy 10.09.16 в 16:52

"I always soar farther than you at PE, you know!" the grey colt approached as close to his friend as possible. "And I run faster than you! It's just... The field is lopsided, vertibucks flying all the time! What if we get caught?"

psychoshy 10.09.16 в 17:03

"Pfft," one of the foals standing around waved his hoof carelessly. "You have a dad in the Congress! Nothing bad will happen!"

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 23:42

"Yeah, and your mom! She's in the University!" another colt agreed.

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 23:04

"Let's go already!" clamored others.

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 22:59

Сloud Kick bit his lip and dug the hooves in the ground as if being tousling, but surely nobody was going to do it.

psychoshy 10.09.16 в 15:20

The last thing he wanted was to be reminded of what big wigs were his parents. Such modesty had been taught to him by the parents, moderate conservatives with a humble motto 'better to do well than to say well'. And they raised their son really well: he learned this lesson by heart.

psychoshy 12.05.17 в 19:10

Paper like a true leader who won the conflict went ahead, his head held high. Rough Sketch and Mane Cut, his deskmates, rushed after him almost immediately; the rest of the flock followed them except Cloud Kick and two other to whom his arguments seemed more intelligible. His wounded vanity was fighting the urge to go with friends and suffering an inglorious defeat. The fulsome imagination promised him visions of how he would restore status quo on playing field. When he moved over to Paper, his look, posture and gait practically said: "I'll tear you to shreds!" He followed Paper, and others followed him.

psychoshy 29.05.17 в 15:38

Low-rise buildings sullenly watched them as they went past blocks of flats, occasionally flashing by signboards of shops located on the ground floor. The foals did not bother with which way to go and chose a route that seemed them the shortest one. The road was going to take just about fifteen or twenty minutes anyway.

psychoshy 29.05.17 в 16:13

Those 'fifteen or twenty minutes' lasted for a good half of an hour, because the kids got distracted by a pastry shop where everyone bought an ice cream for his pocket money. Another obstacle on their way was a comic book store wherein they split down the middle, arguing about their favorite superheroes.

psychoshy 12.05.17 в 11:50

Rough Sketch insisted that Psionika woud easily defeat Extra using her psionic talents, and Extra's illusions would be unable to do anything with it. Other foals — Mane Cut argued him especially loudly — responsed that even Mastermind who was Psionika's father and even more powerful superhero could not defeat Extra. If so, his daughter, a relatively young and inexperienced superhero, would certainly fail to cope with her. Rough was not going to let it up and offered a deal: if he won, Mane would have to kiss the ugliest filly in the class on next day, but if he lost, he would do it himself.

psychoshy 12.05.17 в 14:19

Rough Sketch just cheated a bit: his parents worked at a publishing house, and he already saw the drafts of future comics. In fact, he actually wanted to ride Mane's scooter and would offer this as a prize, but his desire to screw over the deskmate was a little bit stronger. Besides, he had nothing comparable to give in return in case he lost.

psychoshy 12.05.17 в 18:42

The last place of interest, which they passed by, was a large festival field for live music, where now preparations for a gig of Aleph Baker and his popular band performing their new hit Boom Kaboom! We bombed Canterlot CityCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC were being made. Further was a clear, absolutely empty cloud space. Standing on its edge, they heard a test record playing:

psychoshy 10.09.16 в 11:49

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! We bombed Canterlot City...

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 23:18

"Its leprous waterfalls aren't worth our pity,

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 23:24

"And I remembered that day forever,

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 23:30

"Just because that day we met together..."

psychoshy 01.09.16 в 23:31

After a few steps, the cloud cover gently licked their hooves, causing the foals to burst into a storm of sincere childish delight.

psychoshy 10.09.16 в 17:24

Crossing the line between the ground and clouds was scary only for the first time; the instinct of the self-preservation was drawing a colorful picture of their own unmerciful fall. It was like shifting dunes or magma — take a step and vanish forever. And your hoof froze in indecision to take this step. Of course, the flames were fanned by parents and school teachers, explaining how dangerous it is to just even stand on it: among children there even was a horror story about an intractable foal who went too far and began bragging in front of his less brave friends, when suddenly a black claw gushed out from below, tearing the delicate layer of the cover. As big as a foal, as big as a two-storey house! The more Spooky Tale told this story, the bigger it grew. The claw dragged the careless pony below, only his cap left after him. Spooky swore that he knew a poor foal's classmate who had seen that cap firsthoof.

psychoshy 14.01.18 в 12:43

The cloud cover was supposed to be there forever, though. After all, it had been at its place before they were born, and before their grandmothers and grandfathers, and even before their great-great-grandparents.

psychoshy 29.11.16 в 14:42

And somewhere far to the South, there was a plainly visible rainbow which the children had seen this morning on the way from the Upper Floor to the school. It beckoned them in earnest.

psychoshy 14.01.18 в 13:13

So, those parental admonitions always worked only once. The first time, of course, all kids were afraid to even approach the edge of firm land where a cloud seamlessly overlapped sloping ground, but eventually, urged by jokes from their more brave fellows, they started with touching the white haze, then gently put one hoof, then the second and finally rested upon them with dramatic caution like they were checking if the cloud would fail. Fear hanged upon them as often as the cottonwool-like matter softly bounced under pressure. It used to be said that below clouds the ground goes down in a steep cliff.

psychoshy 14.01.18 в 13:30

In the end they were afraid only for the first time, and next time they just leaped the borderline without even noticing it. As it happened this time.

psychoshy 14.01.18 в 13:58

The foals did not start preparations for the game immediately. First off, they wanted to make sure that nobody would disturb them, neither adults eyeing them from the height of the Upper Floor nor soldiers returning to their base from patrol. There was such a place: quite a small rectangular field hidden between the folds of cloud hills.

psychoshy 14.01.18 в 14:05