#askbladehurricane

Mistletoe ;u;

Midnight Dawn or ‘Dawn’ for short

She is a transfer student from northern equestria. Her left ear is torn from having a fight with a wolf back were she lived. Without a mother her and her father came to Canterlot to work at a factory. Tragically a reactor went critical and the factory was destroyed. It took several lives, one of which was her fathers. With few survivors she was left with a scar on her cheek. Now staying with a noble she enjoys it in Canterlot, and going to a fancy school too.

Mr. Cross: “Welcome to Canterlot Heights High, Miss Dawn. Do not worry much about socioeconomic status here. There isn’t only the privileged in attendance. Various  scholarships and programs allow for diversity amongst the student body. You will see soon enough for yourself that pony and nonpony attend our classes. Prejudice of any form is not tolerated here, be it racial, species-based, sexual, religious, class based, magical, and more. The student handbook should cover most of it. Yes, I know, most don’t read through such things but we have our policies and resources in place for the sake of our students and do our best to make them accessible.

"Ms River is the Headmistress and much more often the welcoming figure of the school but sometimes I like to be the one to greet. As Administrator of Disciplinary Actions being one of my official functions, the ‘final word in punishments’, I tend to be a figure of intimidation more than anything. Well, I also teach English and Literature, so hopefully you’ll be seeing all of the latter and none of the former, mm?"

A grimmer expression crossed his eyes. “My sincerest condolences for your loss and what happened to your community. There are those here you can talk to…but I have the feeling you’ve heard this and more. Worse, you’ve heard it enough that it probably sound perfunctory and more than a little fake. The only thing I can ask you is that when it gets hard is for you to test us. To approach one of the staff and ask for help. The onus, the responsibility, is with us, not you, to demonstrate that we can be trusted. So welcome to our school, young lady. Hopefully we can make something good here for you as we have for other students.”

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