Friendship

Cannon Car walked inside the desolated school building, looking around to make sure no one was following her or watching her go inside. She wanted to be alone after all, no. She needed to be alone.

She walked through the dark hallways like she has done several times in the past, admiring the beauty of the building. It felt like such a different place without all the students running around. She looked outside the window of one of the classrooms, watching the grey clouds and empty streets. "It's going to rain pretty hard today it seems..." She thought out loud, her voice echoing through the classroom.

She stared at the depressing scene with a smile. She liked it. The solitude and the incoming rain. It reflected her current inner state. But instead of making it even worse it almost made her happy. As if the sky was a mirror of her inner self or some other deep meaningful message like that.

However a distant noise derrailed her train of thought. She turned her attention away from the empty classroom and towards the center of the school, the "playground" if you may call it that way. There, sitting on one of the wooden tables was a young, brown coated stallion with a guitar on his lap. He was playing one string at a time, apparently tuning it.

Cannon was about to walk out, her peaceful time alone seemingly ruined. But then she realized she didn't recognize this stallion. Was he from the school? Or just a random stallion that happened to walk by the school and decided to walk in? She started doubting. Should she leave? She did come here to be alone but it was just to avoid her classmates, reason why she was on the school on a weekend. She knew all of her classmates would avoid this place at all costs.

After standing there unsure for several minutes, watching the stallion tuning his guitar and playing some random chords, she made a decision. She walked through the doorframe and waved to the stallion letting out a greeting, making her presence known from a distance so she wouldn't scare him off.

"Oh hey... I-uh, wasn't expecting to meet anyone here" The stallion said with a nervous smile "You and me both" Cannon said with a friendly one. She stood next to him and waved again, to which the stallion waved back this time. "That's a very nice guitar you got there" She said, pointing at the instrument on his lap. "Oh th-thanks. It was my dad's guitar, he really knew his stuff." He looked down at it and smiled before looking back up at Cannon.

"You are Cannon Car right? I've seen you a couple times during recess." "You have?!" Cannon asked shocked, a bit more loud than she intented "S-sorry. It's just that I don't think I've seen you before. I was going to ask you if you were from another town or something." Spot chuckled and leaned one arm on his guitar "Well it's hard to see anyone when you are always hanging your head low." He said trying to make a joke but realized he had brought a touchy subject with Cannon replied with a dry, forced chuckle. "A-and anyways I don't blame you for not noticing me. I'm not exactly the popular kid in the classroom you know?" He scratched the back of his head, trying to lighten up the mood.

"Really? I figured musicians tended to be the center of attention" Cannon joked back, recovering from that sudden drop "Well... I don't really bring my guitar to school. I only do it on weekends when-" "No one is around." Cannon finished Spot's sentence and they both shared a laugh "Yeah, exactly. I don't really think I'm good enough to perform in front of the class yet. I want to practice before I try that."

"Well, you've got to start somewhere" Cannon said and placed both hands on her hips "Show me what you can do... uuuuuh..." "Spot Light" The stallion said. "My name is Spot Light. What's yours?" Cannon smiled one more time "Cannon Car. Nice to meet you Spot!" "Right back at ya Cannon" He replied, playing one final chord to make sure the guitar was tuned. "Well... I guess I can handle a one mare crowd." He got a tight hold of the pick with his thumb and index finger and closed his eyes, playing the first song that came to mind. ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=98CD0n… )

Spot Light: me
Cannon Car: CannonCar 

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