CW // swearing
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/The playground is silent after Neapolitan & the New Kid's argument. Neapolitan had rushed to the classroom, but was now returning, heading towards the tree the kid had hid behind/
Neapolitan: "HEY! NOT DAISY! I WANNA TALK TO YOU!"
"Not Daisy": "G-go away." /sniffling/ "Get lost or I'll fuck-"
Neapolitan: /covers ears/ "La la I'm not listening to you saying bad words! Stop swearing and I'll show you something cool."
"Not-Daisy": "... Can you call me Velvet Lace?"
Neapolitan: "Oh, right. Okay Velvet. Wanna see something cool?"
/Velvet nods their head vigorously, before realising Neapolitan is on the other side of the tree/
Velvet Lace: /awkwardly/ "Uh, yeah. I'd like to see."
Neapolitan: /walks around the tree to where Velvet Lace is, hiding something in her paws/ "Okay, but first, you've gotta promise that you won't tell anyone what I've got... I may habe stolen it. Well, borrowed it."
Velvet: /looks confused/ "You stole something?"
Neapolitan: "No! I borrowed it." /she opens her paws to reveal scissors/
/Velvet just looks even more confused/
Neapolitan: "To cut your hair! You said you didn't like it. I have a hairbrush somewhere..." /she sticks a paw in her mane, before pulling out a hairbrush/ "We're gonna brush it, then cut it!"
Velvet: /starts shaking and crying/ "B-but mama Fluttershy... She wanted me to look like her!"
Neapolitan: "I thought you said Fluttershy wasn't your mama?"
Velvet: "..." /she begins to cry harder, hugging herself as she dies so/
Neapolitan: "Unless..." /she thinks hard, crunching her nose and sticking her tongue out/
/Velvet laughs, in a snotty kinda way/
/Neapolitan thinks for a few more moments, before her hair crackles with electricity, as she suddenly realises what Velvet meant when they said they weren't Fluttershy's daughter/
Neapolitan: "You're like nini Limestone!"
Velvet: /sniffles, rubs muzzle/ "What?"
Neapolitan: "My nini! They're my mama Pie's sibling. They aren't a girl or a boy! Are like like that too?"
Velvet: /begins crying harder, but this time smiling/ "Yes! I'm not a girl or a boy! I still wanna be Fluttershy's kid, but I'm not her daughter or son!"
Neapolitan: /grins feeling very proud of herself/ "Oh, and Disco-Dad's kinda like that too. He says things like, 'Gender is a mortal construct, I just use he/him pronouns'... Whatever that means." /she giggles/
Velvet: /looks a little confused, but nods anyway/ "Uh-huh. But I don't like my hair. People keep calling me a girl. I thought I liked it when I was younger, because then people didn't call me a boy, but it just feels weird now."
Neapolitan: /holds up the scissors/ "Wanna cut it?"
Velvet: /nods/ "Yes please..."
Neapolitan: "Okay Velvet, let's cut this hair!"
/Peace settles on the playground. Kids go back to their playing, with a feeling in the air that a new beginning is coming/
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Unfortunately what comes next is... Not too good. But things will get better!
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