Anga's Origin

Chapter 2: A Weird Feeling

"I am going to school, mother!" Anga strapped his bag onto his back and ran to the door.

"Have a great day, dear. Do well on your quizzes today! Also, do not forget to ask Miss Merry Loo about extra hours of study!" Purity said from the kitchen.

"I will, mother! Do not worry!" Anga ran out the door and down the road to school. As he ran, he spotted the sign that read Talltale Elementary for the gifted. No matter how many times he passed it, Anga always felt butterflies in his tummy. He was so excited to be able to learn something new every single day. Not only that, his teacher, Miss Merry Loo was the best teacher he'd ever had. She's sweet, she knows how to teach, she makes learning fun, unlike his parents. Anga was so happy when his parents decided they were done with home schooling him.

Then, Anga heard a familiar voice, "Hey, Anga! Over here!" He turned to see his best friend, Suiter. A gray unicorn with a short, smooth black mane that hung between his light red-orange eyes. Anga smiled and ran over to his friend. Anga couldn't describe it, but he felt warm and happy whenever he saw his friend. Nopony else made him happier. He brushed the feelings off, thinking it was just how ponies felt whenever they saw their best friend.

"Hello, Suiter! How are you doing?" Anga asked.

"I'm doing alright, hey you did the homework, right? What'd you get for number three? Miss Merry Loo really makes challenging work." Suiter asked, pulling out a sheet of paper from his bag with his magic. They both huddled around the piece of paper and looked at the question that Suiter had left blank. Anga could tell his friend tried various methods by all of the eraser streaks and faded writing on the paper.

"What did you try before?"

"Well, I used the method she used in class, but i get some random number.. Look." Suiter wrote down the same thing he had tried the night before and got a very long, irrational number. Anga looked over his work carefully. He mumbled some math things while reading until he had his aha moment.

"I see your problem, Suiter. Look at the graph closely." Anga said, pointing at the graph in the question.

Suiter tried to see what Anga was getting at, but couldn't quite understand the problem. He replied, "Yeah, what about it?"

"The graph is a cosine graph, not a Sine graph. You used Sine instead of Cosine in your equation. The method was correct, however, you must have just had a momentary.. Um.. what is the term?"

"Brain fart.. I see it now." Suiter replied, "Thanks Anga, you're so much better at this math thing. I wish math was as easy as design class."

"Easy for you, Suiter. If you do not mind, I would need help on the project."

"What do we have here? A couple of ponies cheating on their homework?" The two colts turned their heads quickly, feeling nervous and scared for a moment. However, when they turned around, they had a sigh of relief.

"Oh, you scared us there, Miss Merry Loo." Suiter said to the very light pink pegasus mare. She had a graying, purple, curled mane that nearly went over her glasses. Her fake frown turned to a smile as the two colts gazed upon her.

"We are sorry, Miss Merry Loo. Suiter had issues with one of the homework problems and asked for my assistance." Anga explained to his favorite teacher.

"Don't worry, darling. While some teachers outlaw this, I love seeing my pupils help each other to learn. Did you two figure it out?" The teacher asked.

"Yea, I.. kinda used Sine instead of Cosine.. Heh..." Suiter responded.

"Don't worry, dear. It happens all the time. That is why you should always have somepony check over your work. Now, you two should hurry, classes are about to start."