Say Cheese! Chapter Two

The next morning was dull for Cheese Sandwich. He sleepily blinked his eyes open and sighed. After stepping out of bed, he trotted into the living room of his house, where his mother greeted him with a smile. He gave a fake smile back.

"Do I have to go to school again, mom?" Cheese asked sadly.

"Of course you do!" She replied. "Cheese, did something happen at school yesterday? You can tell me..." Cheese Sandwich looked up at her.

"...N-No, nothing happened!" He lied, not wanting his mother to worry about him. Sighing, he grabbed his back pack and trotted outside.

As he began making his way to school, Amethyst Splash and her sister, Sapphire Stone passed by him.

"Hey loser!" Amethyst said with a huge smirk. Cheese looked up and opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off when Sapphire pushed him back with her hoof, knocking him over.

"Ow..." He whined in pain. The two fillies laughed and walked away, leaving him alone once again. Cheese sighed and stood, walking the rest of the way to his school.

As he walked through the doors, whispers filled the room. Listening closely, he heard the words 'that new pony' multiple time. They couldn't even remember his name.

"Hey, new kid!" A colt called to him.

"My name is Cheese Sandwich..." Cheese replied softly.

"Whatever." The pony replied. With a smirk, the colt grabbed Cheese's glasses.

"He-Hey!!" Cheese exclaimed. "Give those back!!!"

"Make me, pipsqueak!" He laughed. The student was much larger then Cheese. He ran off with his glasses, laughing.

"I can't see anything!!" Cheese stumbled, tripping over something and falling to the ground. "Ow ow ow!" He heard all the other fillies and colts laughing at him and he looked up sadly.

"Are these yours?" He recognized the teachers voice and he reached out his hoof, finding his glasses and putting them on.

"Y-Yes, m'am..." Cheese whispered.

"I sent the colt who took them to the principle's office." She told him. Cheese looked down at his hooves sadly. "Hey...Cheese..." He looked up. "I know it's hard transferring to a new school, but I promise things will get better, okay?" He smiled slightly at the teacher and nodded.

Once the day had ended, nothing had gotten better. He had been insulted, pushed around, and tripped countless times by the end of the day once more, and he found himself racing home. As he burst through the doors of his home he sighed.

"Welcome home, sweetie!" His mom chimed. "Are you alright?"

"...I hate school..." As he said this, his mother's face turned to a frown.

"Why? What's wrong, baby?" She hugged him close.

"A-All the other ponies are so mean...they kept laughing and calling me names..." Cheese explained, a tear rolling down his cheek. "I felt like the whole w-world was against me..."

"Oh, Cheese..." His mom wiped his cheek. "Just you wait, little colt....your going to grow up to be just like your father." cheese felt a pang of sadness at the mention of his dad. "Your going to do great things, just like him. Your going to be a hero one day, Cheese Sandwich." She kissed his cheek. "Why don't you go upstairs? I'll call you when dinner is ready." Cheese nodded and trotted upstairs, crawling into his bed. Sighing, he picked up a picture of his dad and smiled.

"I'll come home, little stallion, just you wait. Your dad's gonna be a hero." His father's voice rang in his ears. Cheese flinched with the memory. His dad was right about being a hero...

But he never did make it home.