The Apprentice

Chapters

Enter: Twilight Sparkle
Twilight Sparkle's First Day
An Epic Quest Begins!
Twilight Sparkle To The Dean's Office

Enter: Twilight Sparkle

In the bustling city of Canterlot, lived a smart and curious girl named Twilight Sparkle. She lived with her parents and her brothers Shining and Spike.

She was a gifted child, very talented in the field of witchcraft starting at the age of six. So talented, that Princess Celestia, the empress of the land, requested that Twilight live with her at her castle so that she can further her studies. When she turned fourteen, the princess noticed that her faithful student wasn't very social. She decided to enroll her in Little Pony Academia, a prestigious witch school for aspiring witches like Twilight herself.

At first, Twilight was completely opposed to the idea. She begged the princess to let her stay. But Celestia was firm. "I want you to make friends." She had said. "Witchcraft in itself is a very powerful magic, but nothing compares to the magic of friendship."

Twilight didn't understand. "But Princess Celestia I want to stay here with you and Luna! I can learn all that I need from you! You're the only friend I need!" She hugged her dear teacher tight. Princess Celestia was a full figured woman, a face bright with motherly compassion, and skin just as bright as her smile. Twilight had no doubt that she was the right person to be in control of the sun.

The princess chuckled. "Twilight, I meant friends your own age. I'm four hundred and twenty seven years old. I think I have better things to do than hang around a teenager who's too smart for her own good." She teased.

"Hey! I am not too smart for my own good!" Twilight protested, crossing her arms. She hated when the princess teased her. Frankly she thought it was unbecoming of the older woman. She secretly liked it though. It made her feel like they had a special connection. A bond that only a teacher and her student that were so close that they seemed like sisters could have.

"You can write to me every week. I'll even request that Spike come see you off." Celestia threw in.

Twilight's face lit up. "Spike?! Really?!" Twilight was thrilled. She hadn't seen her younger brother in years. She yearned for a chance to see him again and catch up with him. She didn't really have to worry about Shining, he married Celestia's niece and Twilight's babysitter Cadence. He was in the castle practically all the time doing royal duties and what not. She would have loved to see her parents too though. But she knew her studies were important.

Celestia smiled. “Of course! Why not?! Anything to get you off my back!” she giggled.

Twilight gasped. “Tia! That isn’t funny!” She whined, calling the princess the nickname she had adapted for her when she was just a little girl. She had heard Luna call her the name many times over, and at the age of seven she was a quick learner. Though it frustrated her that she could never pronounce the princess’s full name. It used to embarrass her. The princess thought it was silly to be ashamed of such a thing, after all, the girl was still a child, and children often have difficulty pronouncing certain words. But Twilight insisted on trying to pronounce her name. And by the time she was nine, she had done it. Celestia didn’t see this as much of an accomplishment, but to see the sparkle in Twilight’s eyes... She made sure to praise the girl.

“Alright, alright. You go get some rest. I’ll inform your parents of your departure so that you can say goodbye.” The princess gave her student another warm smile before gliding down the hallway.

Twilight pumped her fist in the air. “Whoo-hoo! Yeah!” She cheered. She almost didn’t notice Luna had left her bedroom and come into the main hallway.

“Someone’s a happy little witch.” She commented.

“Eh?!” Twilight spun around on her heel to see the younger darker princess sipping on a cup of what she presumed to be soda. Her hair was just as dark as the sweatshirt she had on, and her demeanor was more laid back than her sisters. Luna was always the calm and collected one, Celestia the more assertive take charge one. To watch these two rule was like watching two koi fish swim. It was a constant flow, back and forth, harmony within itself. Twilight guessed after being alive for almost five hundred years and living with each other for almost all of it, the sisters had to find some common ground sometimes or else it would be chaos.

Though Celestia was her mentor, Luna was her friend. The only friend she had to goof off with besides Celestia. (When she’d allow it.)

Twilight cleared her throat. “Well, yes. I get to see my brother again. Though, I doubt I will enjoy this school.” The tan girl made quotation marks with her fingers as she said the word school. Having spent most of her adolescent years with both princesses, she wasn’t thrilled about leaving them to go somewhere less familiar.

“But don’t you want to venture out and make other friends?” Luna asked, shifting her weight.

Twilight rolled her eyes. They weren’t going to let this go, were they? “I believe that is my choice to make.” she growled.

Luna sighed before closing the space in between them. “Look, we don’t always believe in the way that Tia teaches her students or what she teaches them,” She held up a finger. “But, we have a good feeling that whatever she’s trying to prepare you for is something that you’re just going to have to go with. Okay?” Twilight only nodded, adjusting her tie.

“Fine.” The younger girl nodded. “I’ll give it a shot.”

The next morning, after a much needed night of rest, Twilight woke up to the smell of her favorite breakfast: waffles. “Oh my Celestia please tell me those are the ones with the little candies in them.” She mused hungrily as her mouth watered. She took another sniff of the air before sighing. It was. She jumped out of bed and put her slippers on before bounding down the stairs two at a time, almost stumbling over her own two feet. As she skid into the kitchen she was welcomed by the sight of Celestia in an apron and Luna at the table, her fork hanging out her mouth face glued to her DS.

“Hi! Hey! Waffles! Where?!” Was the first thing to come out of Twilight’s mouth. Luna rolled her eyes and Celestia smirked. She made Twilight a generous stack before holding up a finger as Twilight reached for it.

“Ah, Ah. Go say hello to your family first.”

Twilight ran full speed into the foyer where her family was and straight into her mother’s arms. She was happy to see them again. She released herself from her mother’s grip to hug her father and then lastly, Spike. She jumped a little, not expecting him to look as old as he did. “S-Spike? Is that you?”

“Of course it is! Why wouldn’t it be?” He answered. She pulled him in close. The last time she had seen him was before she had left to live with the princesses. She was seven, he was six. And now he was thirteen. He was incredibly tall, and handsome for his age. His green hair had grown out, and his fangs were starting to show. She guessed because he was a dragoon he aged more progressively.

“Oh, Spike.” She murmured as she buried herself in his musky scent. She actually loved the earthy smell of her brother. It reminded her of the times when they were young, playing in the sandbox in the backyard before going to catch fishes at the pond near their home. He wrapped his arms around her.

“I missed you too, Twi.” His voice rumbled into her and she smiled. She would never get tired of hearing him. He was the only other brother she had. She knew she had to spend as much time with him as she could before he outgrew his love for her. (Her parents thought this was silly because they had explained to her that she will always be his sister no matter what.) But still, she felt like she owed him a duty to make him and everyone else proud.

Just then, her stomach rumbled. “Looks like someone’s a hungry little witch.” He teased. Twilight blushed. She had forgotten all about her stack of candy waffles waiting for her in the kitchen. She groaned. They were probably cold now. “Race you to the kitchen!” Spike hollered before passing Twilight. She was left standing in the spot where he was, clueless as a swift wind rushed past her. She turned on her heel before developing a run of her own.

“Don’t you dare eat my waffles you little reptile!”

Six hours later Twilight found herself at the front of the Little Pony Academia main dorm building. “Ugh.” She groaned. She was still tired from the breakfast she had earlier and jet lagged from the ride over here. She also was a bit irritated, having seeing her family for the first time in years and then leaving so suddenly to go to a boarding school. The uniform was incredibly tacky, she noted, after fighting with Celestia on whether or not she would wear the the hat. She had a feeling she wasn’t going to enjoy this place at all.

Stepping up the first few stairs in front of the staircase, she huffed as she dragged her suitcase with her. Stupid school. Stupid uniforms. Stupid Celestia. Stupid Luna and her logic. Stupid friendship. Stupid, stupid, stupid. When she reached the front doors she sighed before opening the front doors. She then took this time to look around herself, at the interior of the dorm. It reminded her of the boarding school dorms she’d heard about as a child. The ones Shining used to go to and live in before he graduated and joined the royal guard.

She growled as she felt a pang of guilt. She wanted nothing more than to be at home with her family right now. With Luna and Tia and everyone else she held dear. But she knew that couldn’t happen, at least not just yet. Because she had a task to do. A task so daunting that she’d thought about turning around twice while she was walking to the bus stop. She gulped.

To make friends.

Which didn’t seem like a difficult task at all. If she had any social skills. Twilight scolded herself for not getting out of the castle more. Or making friends. But she guessed she couldn't change that now. She looked down at the piece of paper Celestia had given her with all the information she needed on it including her dorm room number. “Room 484.” She read to herself as she made it down the hall to the last room on the left. She took the key out her pocket and turned the lock. Before she could even get it open the door swung open on it’s own.

“Hey! You’re not our pizza!” The slightly taller girl that stood before her mused confusedly.

Twilight brushed her plaid skirt off and cleared her throat. “No, but I am your new roommate.” she answered.

“Oh, oh! Hey, come in!” The girl answered, opening the door wide enough for Twilight to come in. She looked around the room. It was surprisingly big, with a stainless steel bunk bed pushed against the wall to her left and a single to her right. There were three desks, one filled with pictures of a acrobatic team Twilight had briefly heard about called the Wonderbolts, the other with pictures of bunnies and other cute animals, and the last one completely bare. The bathroom door was next to the bunks.

“Nice place.” She commented. It really was. It had a great view of the training fields in the back of the school. She decided it was now an appropriate time to introduce herself. “Erm, I’m Twilight, Twilight Sparkle.”

“Ah.” The other girl commented. “So you’re the egghead the princess made her personal student.” A vein in Twilight’s forehead twitched. Egghead? The girl laughed. “Sorry sorry. I’m Rainbow Dash.” She added, pointing to herself. Only then did Twilight take notice of the girls brightly colored mane.

“What... a fitting name.” Twilight answered.

Rainbow laughed. “Yeah. You can call me Dash for short. Or Rainbow. Or RD. Everyone calls me that. Just don’t call me-”

“Dashie!”

Dash’s shoulders slumped. “That.” She sighed. “What is it, Fluttershy?” She called in the direction of the bathroom.

“I think-” Came a soft spoken voice then a crash. “I think I need your help!” Fluttershy called.

Twilight dropped her things on the floor as she followed Rainbow into the bathroom. “Fluttershy?” the rainbow haired girl asked. “What the heck happened?”

“W-Well I was doing some d-dishes and I slipped and fell.” The pink haired girl on the floor whimpered out like a scolded puppy.

Dash rolled her eyes and helped the thin girl up. “You need to be more careful.” She warned, patting her on her back. Fluttershy was just as tall as Rainbow, maybe a tad shorter. She had long pink hair that covered most of her face and a wary expression on it as Twilight unknowingly stared at her.

“Um, sorry. I’m Twilight.” She offered.

“F-Fluttershy.” Fluttershy answered. Twilight smiled at her, hopefully making her feel more comfortable. It worked, only a little, because Fluttershy giggled. “I’m such a klutz.” She sighed.

“It’s not that bad.” Twilight told her. “I’ve messed up a few spells in my time as a student that made me a total disaster.” This time everyone laughed, and suddenly She felt something bubbling deep inside her. Something happy, something glowing. Is this what friendship felt like?

There was a knock at the door and all the girls left to see who it was. A full figured girl about Twilight’s height sporting bright pink hair stood in the doorway holding a pizza box with a stupefying grin on her face. “Did you guys order a pizza and not tell me?!” her effervescent voice babbled.

Dash came up behind Twilight. “Yeah, because every time we get one you eat it.” She reminded her, snatching the box from her. She set the box on the bottom bunk, (Which Twilight guessed was Fluttershy’s courtesy of all the pink butterflies that adorned the green comforter)

“Aw come on, Dashie!” -Rainbow Dash flinched- “I don’t eat it all!”

“Yes, you do.” A new voice answered, coming in, bringing soda with her. This girl was taller than all of them, had blonde hair, and had a deep rich southern accent. “Last time you ate mah slice right off mah plate!” She set the soda down and put her hand on her hips. Twilight was confused as to why a fourteen year old would have such prominent hips.

“Hey!” The pink haired girl aimed at the blonde one. “You weren’t eating it!” She countered.

“That is not a legitimate excuse, Pinkie Pie. AppleJack is right.” A third voice tsked, running a hand through her hair. This girl had purple hair and spoke with poise. It reminded Twilight of the common folk in Canterlot back home. “If you keep this up you won't be able to ride your broom.”

Pinkie Pie’s cheeks puffed out. “Rarity you are such a downer!” She mumbled, but decided against having a slice thanks to the reminder that her broom was more important than her desire to be gluttonous. She plopped down on a purple beanbag by the bunks. “Hey, I haven’t seen you before! What’s your name?!”

Twilight was so enveloped in what was going on around her she had completely forgotten that she was in a room full of practically strangers. “Ah, well I’m Twilight Sparkle. I’m Dash and Fluttershy’s new roommate.”

“Oh darling, you must tell me what it’s like being the princess's apprentice!” Rarity cooed as she sat Twilight down on her bed.

“Um, well-”

“You’ve must’ve seen the Wonderbolt in person at the galas and parties and stuff right?! Have you met their capitan, Spitfire?!” Rainbow interrupted.

“Well, I-”

“Ooooh! Speaking of parties are they as good as everyone says they are?!” Pinkie blurted.

“Not really-”

“Oh for pete’s sake ya’ll let the girl speak!” AppleJack budded in. “Well?”

Everyone leaned in real close giving the witch in training their full attention. She finally opened her mouth but before she could say anything her stomach rumbled loudly.

The girls around her laughed.

AppleJack chuckled. “Maybe we should get some food in you first."

Twilight blushed. "Um, yeah."

Author's Note

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Twilight Sparkle's First Day

Whoo wee! Third chapter already! Let's see what happens next! :)

Celestia's sun trickled light into the cramped dorm room as the three witches that inhabited it breathed softly in slumber. Morning had finally come, and this was going to be Twilight's first day at the Academia. As the soft glimmer finally reached her bed, her eyes fluttered open to realize that Fluttershy had fallen asleep in her arms.

Soft wisps of pale pink hair covered her face as her chest rose and fell. Twilight smiled. She looked so peaceful. She didn't want to wake her so as to not to disturb the other girl Twilight quietly slipped out from Fluttershy's grasp. Fluttershy turned on her side, completely unaware that Twilight had left. The darker girl sighed in relief before stretching. "Mornin' Twi."

Twilight jumped only to look up at the occupied top bunk to see a still half asleep grinning Rainbow Dash. "Dash. Hi." She greeted, surprised at how raspy her voice sounded.

"What happened to Flutters last night?" The rainbow haired girl inquired. She had never thought that Fluttershy would ever fall asleep in someone's arms like that. She figured something must have really been bothering her.

Twilight, who had sworn to secrecy, (at least she thought she had) waved the question off. "We were talking and I guess we both kind of nodded off." It wasn't exactly a lie, but it wasn't exactly the whole truth either.

"Oh. Okay. Well, I'm gonna get dressed. You hurry up and wake her up so that we can get to the mess hall before all the food's gone." And with that, Rainbow leaped down before shuffling towards the bathroom.

Twilight turned to Fluttershy, questioning on how she should wake her. The girl startled easily, so that was going to be a bit of a challenge. She went into the bathroom to ask for help. "Hey, Dash?" She called into the shower.

She heard a shampoo bottle open and close before she got an answer. "Yeah, Twi?"

"How do you wake Fluttershy without scaring her?"

Twilight heard a short laugh. "It depends. When I wake her I sorta just shake her a little. But she's in one of her 'after a long night' sleeps, so I suggest a different method or you'll be shaking her all morning." There was a brief. pause as Rainbow washed the soap from her hair. "I think you might want to tickle her."

"Tickle her?" Twilight repeated. Dash didn’t respond so the young warlock sighed and decided to take her advice.

She came upon the other girl’s still sleeping body and shook her gently. “Fluttershy.” She cooed. “Fluttershy...” She called again. Dash was right. Fluttershy was a heavy sleeper. She then decided to do what Dash had told her.

Twilight climbed on top of the bed and straddled Fluttershy. She hadn’t tickled anyone since she and Spike were children, so this was incredibly awkward for her.

Twilight leaned down and began tickling her. At first, no response, and then a faint smile spread across Fluttershy's lips. "Stop it, Dash I'm trying to sleep." She mumbled but still didn't fully wake. Twilight gave up and began shaking her again, this time more violently.

Fluttershy startled awake jumping up in the process and banging heads with Twilight. There was a simultaneous "Ow!" And then a laugh. Twilight opened her eyes to see
Rainbow Dash standing in her towel.

"Rule one of witch school: Always take anything a fellow witch says seriously." She grinned.

Twilight groaned and laid back down. She was beginning to think this was going to be a very long day.

An hour later the girls found themselves seated at a cramped lunch table with Pinkie, Rarity and Applejack. "What happened to your forehead?" Pinkie asked poking at the welt that had developed right between Twilight's eyebrows.

"I really don't want to talk about it." She grumbled, pushing the last of her pancakes around.

Applejack took a sip of her apple juice. Then said, "First years curfews been changed."

"What?! Again?!" Pinkie whined.

"What's it this time?!" Dash added, groaning.

"Yip. Dean says it's in by nine, lights out at nine thirty." Applejack responded, answering both their questions. "Ah think it has to do with all them girls disappearin'."

"Shhh!" Rarity silenced. "We cannot let the other girls hear about that! Who knows what Celestia awful thing they might attempt!"

"Rarity's right," Fluttershy agreed. "They might think this is some third year prank and try to get back at them."

"But why first years only? Shouldn't the other years be protected too?" Twilight thought out loud, adding to the conversation.

Applejack shrugs. "Who knows? It could be that the first years started this in the first place."

"What do you mean?" Twilight asked.

"The pattern of girls missing." Applejack explains. "It's weird. The only girls that are missing are either second years or third years."

"And no one else has noticed this?" Twilight was a little annoyed at the fact that all of this is being pushed under the rug. It wasn't some stupid scandal. Real lives were at stake.

"It's not like anyone would tell us anything." Rainbow Dash responded, folding her arms. "Like I told you yesterday, the admins want to keep this schools record squeaky clean. Even if they do lose a few student lives in the process."

"I think it's ludicrous." Rarity mumbled. "To think my parents sent me here to learn and I’ll just end up being a forgotten statistic." She pouted. “And there’s nothing we can do about it.”

“Actually, yes there is. I can write a letter to the princesses. I’m sure they’ll know what to do once the know what’s going on.” Twilight told her.

“That’s a great idea Twi! Nice thinking on your feet!” Rainbow high fived the girl who awkwardly returned the gesture. She’d never high fived anyone before.

“In the meantime,” Applejack said, as the bell for first period rung, “We don’t say anything about this to anyone. Ya hear?”

All the girls nodded before getting up. “C’mon Twilight, You've got Basic Spell casting with me and Pinkie.” Dash said as she pulled the purple haired girl with her after Pinkie.

“O-okay!” She responded, having no idea what was going to happen next.

When they reached the class, they sat down. Twilight and Rainbow in the front, Pinkie three rows back. “Why does she sit so far away?” Twilight asked out of curiosity.

Rainbow waved her question off. “She always does that.”

“But, why?” It wasn't logical to Twilight unless it had a logical answer. Light snoring could be heard above them, and Twilight looked up to see Pinkie with her head back, asleep.

“It’s the first class of the day, and she’s already tired?” Twilight mumbled.

“It’s Pinkie Pie. This is just what she does. You’ll get used to it once you get to know her better.” Rainbow explained. The bell rung again and the teacher walked in in the room.

After setting her books down, “I heard there was a new student?” She asked.

“Over here!” Dash called, pointing to Twilight. “She’s Twilight Sparkle! One of the best magical apprentices I know!”

“The only magical apprentice you know.” Twilight corrected her, rolling her eyes.

“Well, it’s nice to have a student like you, Twilight. Hopefully you’ll rub off on some of the slackers in here.” The teacher responded before summoning an air horn. She levitated it right next to Pinkie’s ear and set it off. Poor Pinkie jumped awake so quickly she slammed her head on the desk.

A few students snickered as the teacher continued with, “Miss Pinkamena Diane Pie I would appreciate if you would stop sleeping in my class.”

Pinkie rubbed the back of her neck. “Heheh, sorry teach.”

Rainbow sighed turning to Twilight. “See? Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie.”

“I will never in my life understand that girl.” Twilight breathed completely facing the front of the class.

“No one will, Twilight. No one will.” Rainbow Dash responded before pulling out her textbook.

As the lesson continued on, Twilight thought she could feel someone staring at her. She turned around to see that everyone was paying attention to what was on the board. She shrugged, then turned back around.

The feeling returned, and this time it was so strong she shuddered. “Somethin’ wrong?” Rainbow asked. Twilight shook her head. Maybe someone was just trying to spook her just because she was the new kid. Shining had told her all about the rough times he’d had at his first year at boarding school. Maybe this was her initiation.

“Yeah, yeah. I’m fine.” She finally responded. But she still couldn’t shake the feeling.

It continued on into the next class she had with Rainbow and the others, Flying and Broom Riding. She relaxed a bit, rationalizing that if anyone tried to start something she’d just hop on a broom and take off. Then she had an epiphany. “I can’t fly.” she whispered.

“What?” Applejack asked.

“I- They- The princesses never taught me how to ride a broom!” She yelled, shaking.

“Aw come on Twilight!” Pinkie bubbled, trying to cheer the darker girl up, “It’s just like riding a bike! Execpt there’s no pedals. And no handel bars. Also you’re 500 feet in the- Ow!” She rubbed at the spot on her arm Dash had just punched.

“Did I just hear what I think I did?” Trixie asked, smirking.

“It’s like she just shows up at the worst of times.” Rainbow muttered.

“Twilight Sparkle, the apprentice of the Sun and Moon goddesses themselves, doesn’t know the basics of broom riding?” Trixie added smugly.

“She can’t do that but she sure drenched you yesterday!” Pinkie defended, sticking her tongue out at the other girl.

Trixie growled before using her magic to force Pinkie’s tongue back into her mouth. “Ow,” she grumbled. “I bit it.”

“Anyway, Twilight Sparkle. You are nothing compared to me. The Great and Powerful Trixie!” Trixie beamed.

“Because I can’t fly or because I’m not as unbearably obnoxious as you?” Twilight sneered.

The comeback made the rest of the class snicker. Trixie was taken aback again, but this time seemed to recover quicker than she had before. “Very well then. You think you’re so amazing. Let’s see what you can do with a broom.”

“Twilight Sparkle!” Their teacher called.

Twilight gulped before stepping up to the the take off platform. “Y-yes ma’am?”

The teacher shoved a broom in Twilight’s hands. “Time to fly!”

“But ma’am I don’t know how to FLYEEEEE!” By the time Twilight was about to finish her sentence she was already in the air- and falling fast. “How do I do this! How do I do this!” She kept repeating. She tilted the broom up and luckily she shot back into the air. “Great. I’m not falling but how do I control this thing?!” She yelled to herself.

Apparently the other girls had heard her. Rainbow shouted “Whatever you do don’t let go!”

Who was quickly reprimanded with a smack in the head by Applejack who then added, “Just, sorta act like yer runnin’!”

Rarity gave her an incredulous look before shouting “Please don’t listen to them they have no idea what they’re talking about!”

Pinkie didn’t say anything. She was too busy shaking Fluttershy, who was frozen in place.

Twilight figured she was on her own, since none of them were any help. “Let’s see...” She mumbled she lifted the broom up higher to raise herself more in the the air.

Unfortunately she did it too quickly and did exactly what Rainbow told her not to do: She let go. “Help!” She screeched. She was falling, and very very fast and at this rate she didn’t think she would live to see the end of this. She closed her eyes, but opened them again once she saw something shoot past her. The thing that flew past her rounded back and before she knew it she as floating. “What the?” She asked. Twilight looked up to see that someone had grabbed her hand. And that that someone had been Rainbow Dash.

“Rainbow?” She asked.

“Now how many witches do you know with hair like mine and a name like that?” Rainbow chuckled as she pulled Twilight up and onto her broom before flying back to the takeoff platform.

Trixie was so smug Twilight wanted to pour more than water on her. “Looks like the apprentice has been put in her stupid little place.”

Rainbow rolled up her sleeves. “I’m gonna punch you in your stupid little face!” she growled taking a step towards Trixie.

“Rainbow, wait!” Twilight called but Applejack beat her to it.

She put a hand on Dash’s shoulder. “Whoa there, partner. Slow yerself down before you do somethin’ you’ll regret.” Dash glared at Trixie but rolled her sleeves back down. Twilight sighed in relief. She didn’t need another visit to the dean.

After lunch the girls decided to meet up again and figure out how to write a letter to the princesses.

“There is no way we can leave!” Rainbow stated. “They don’t care about us disappearing but they do care about us leaving campus!”

“Isn’t that the same thing?” Twilight asked, confused.

“Not by this school’s standards.” Applejack agreed.

“Well we can’t just leave this. What if one of us goes missing?” Rarity pondered.

The other girls thought for a moment. Then, Twilight had an idea. “Hey, Rainbow, you can do transportation spells, right?”

Dash nodded. “Yeah, why?”

“I’m going to need you to transport me back to Canterlot.” Twilight decided.

“I would love to, but my magic isn’t strong enough for that yet.” Rainbow responded, shaking her head.

Twilight sighed. “Okay, well, any other ideas?”

“I could probably transport the letter if you want me to.” the taller girl suggested.

“Rainbow that’s a great idea!” Twilight said, throwing her arms around her. She then straightened up. “We need to do this tonight. It’d be too much of a risk to do it during school hours.”

“Right.” Everyone agreed, and then made arrangements to meet up in Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rainbow’s dorm room after curfew.

Later on that night, the six witches gathered in the dark in the dimly lit room. Twilight had written the letter before hand, so she could be prepared to send it once Dash was ready. Since the distance for the letter to travel was a bit different than the distance for her usual stuff, Dash needed to form a bond with the other girls in order to use their powers. The bond would be broken once they were done, and then everything would be back to normal.

“Everybody ready?” Applejack asked.

Rainbow nodded, Rarity looked around nervously, Pinkie giggled, Fluttershy whimpered, and Twilight grunted. The girls connected hands, and a great surge of power flowed through Rainbow. She gasped. “I didn’t think you guys had this much in ya!” She joked. The letter started to levitate, and a portal was beginning to form. “Just a bit longer you guys!” She called, their intertwining powers causing the wind in the room to pick up at an incredible force.

The portal became bigger and bigger until a bright flash of light overcame the group, blinding them momentarily, which cause them to shield their eyes, thus breaking the bond.

Pinkie was the first to open hers. “Did, did it send?” she asked unsure if their combined efforts had completely worked.

“Yeah i think-” Dash tried to respond but coughed up blood.

“Oh my Celestia, Rainbow are you okay?!” Rarity and Fluttershy who were the closest to her, rushed to her side.

“Yeah, yeah. I’m fine. It was just a lot of power for me to take.” She replied, wiping her mouth.

“Oh darling don’t do that, that’s gross and uncouth! Here, have a tissue!” Rarity scolded then pulled a few tissues off of Fluttershy’s desk.

Twilight nearly burst into tears. “I-I’m sorry, Dash! This is all my fault!” she choked.

Rainbow Dash patted her shoulder. “You shouldn’t be. I just wanted to help you help others.” The shear look of sincerity on her face was overwhelming for Twilight.

“Okay.” She answered, sniffing. “I just hope it all wasn’t for nothing. I really hope they got it.”

Luna watched idly as her sister raised the bright stars over Canterlot with contempt clear on her dark features. “Sister, we would like to let you know that we can do this on our own.” She grumbled as Celestia sighed with pride as the last twinkling star was raised.

“I know Lu.” The sun goddess responded, ruffling her sisters cosmic blue hair to her dismay. “But every time you do it after a long night of gaming it looks lazy and uncared for.”

“It’s not our fault we kick so much butt on Team Fortress!” Luna pouted, rolling her eyes.

“It’s also not your fault that you’re stuck like that.” Celestia mumbled teasingly.

“Stuck like what?!” Luna demanded.

Celestia didn't responded.

“Tia! We demand an answer!” Luna tried again. but Celestia just pretended to ignore her before turning to go back into the castle.As she did, she stopped to pick something up, and read it.

Luna came bounding in after her, still demanding some sort of clarification about what she has said but realized Celestia was reading something. “What’s the matter Tia?” she asked.

Celestia’s face went from playfully joking to grim. She turned to a guard who had been standing at attention against the wall by the balcony. “Guard! Please summon Prince Shining Armor and Princess Cadence. There has been a threat made against the kingdom.”

“Tia?” Luna asked confused.

Celestia turned to her sister. “Please dear sister, get me Spike. There’s something I need to get across to my faithful student."

Author's Note

Please leave some comments and tell me what you think! Or if you wanna read more please like this story! :D

An Epic Quest Begins!

I renamed the story and changed the cover pic because i felt it fit better. It will still be the same story but it will go in a bit of a different direction. Please tell me what you think!

Celestia stood staring at a window grimly. Why now? Why of all times must he make a return? She thought. She didn’t even notice Luna had come to stand next to her. Her face was no longer calm and friendly, but just as grim and serious as her sisters. She no longer wore her shorts and sweatshirt, but her official royal gown.

“Sister, is it possible that it is him?” She asked, staring at the image in the stained glass window.

Celestia sighed. “I’m not going to lie to you Lu. But it is possible. And after I had sealed him away for so long.” She frowned. “It seems we must put our plan into action sooner than anticipated.”

“You mean the child?” Luna asked. “Twilight Sparkle? But she hasn’t had enough time to-”

Celestia held up a hand to silence her sister. “I know, Luna. But something tells me she soon won’t be fighting alone on this one.”

It was morning again, and sunlight flitted into the cramped room again. Six bodies, deep in sleep, breathed softly chests rising and falling with every breath.
The spell had completely drained them all, especially Rainbow Dash, who had fallen asleep first. The others followed suit after watching her intently to make sure she was okay.

Their mission was successful. They had gotten the message to the princesses. They were hopeful, but not delusional. Being the very important women that they were, it would probably take days or weeks before they would respond.

Twilight again, was the first to wake. She was used to being up so early in the morning because of her schedule at the castle. She looked around herself, to see that Rainbow was nuzzled into her bed, Rarity was in her lap, Pinkie leaning on her shoulder, and Applejack napped idly with her Stetson over her face, with Fluttershy back to back.

She shook Rarity first. "Hey, Rarity?" She asked, her voice groggy with sleep.

The purple haired girl's eyes fluttered open. "Yes, what is it, Twilight?"

"What, what time is it?" She asked.

Rarity reached for the clock that had been Twilight's desk that had flew into the floor from the sheer intensity of the spell. "It's 10:00." She yawned before haphazardly throwing the object back down.

Twilight yawned herself. "That's nice." Then, "Wait what?!" She hastily reached over Rarity to grab the clock. "Girls! Get up! We're late!"

Pinkie startled awake too fast and bumped her forehead on the footing of the bed, Rainbow fell off it, and Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy scrambled to their feet.

"Aye," Pinkie mumbled, rubbing the spot on her forehead.
Rainbow Dash lifted herself up. "What the heck?! What was that for?!" She groaned. She was still in pain from last night and the fall didn't help it much at all.

Twilight shoved the clock in her face. "We're two hours late!" Twilight was particular about being late for things. She hated it. Celestia used to tell her it was fine to be late sometimes for a valid reason. Twilight had zero tolerance for it. "We're tardy! Tardy!" She panicked.

"Jeez, what an egghead." Rainbow mumbled which earned her a smack in the head from both Rarity and Applejack. "Ow."

“Are we all going to go to class?” Fluttershy asked.

“It would make sense to.” Twilight responded.

“B-but it would look weird if all of us came in late together.” Fluttershy pointed out.

“Fluttershy’s right.” Applejack agreed. “It would look mighty suspicious if we all just walked in together.”

“So what do we do?” Dash asked. “We can’t just stay here either. That would raise questions too.”

“We do some inspecting. See what other students know.” Twilight decided.

“But what about being tardy?” Rainbow Dash teased. Applejack hit her again. “Oh come on! It was a valid question!”

“Even so.” Twilight replied. “We can’t just wait on the princesses for everything. If it’s one thing that they’ve taught me, it’s that you never wait for an opportunity, you take it.”

Everyone nodded. “So what’s the plan, boss?” Rainbow remarked.

Twilight was taken aback by the title but smirked. “We find us some students.”

Although mostly all the girls in their dorm were supposed to be in class, they weren’t. Most decided to skip so that they wouldn’t have to obey the new curfew or just go to class in general.

“When is it ever okay to skip school?” Twilight muttered after they had talked to a few girls down their hall.

“When is it not? I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t want to go missing either.” Rainbow muttered back.

Applejack heaved a sigh. “Ah can’t say Rainbow’s right, but Ah can say she’s sorta on the money.”

All the girls gave her a confused look. She continued, “I’m not saying skipping school is good, but in a situation like this, Ah understand it. Think about it, how many students have gone missing since all of you got here?”

Rainbow thought for a moment. “I came at the beginning of the year with Fluttershy. Around that time it was only two.”

Rarity frowned. “It was about five by the time I transferred.”

Pinkie shrugged. “It was like, ten when I actually started paying attention.

“See? And it’s up to about twenty girls now. It has almost tripled. Something is seriously going on.” Applejack mumbled.

“What do you suppose it is, Sherlock?” Rainbow asked Twilight.

“Well I’m not exactly sure but it just might be something Celestia had told me about when I was a child.” Twilight responded, thinking.

“Well what is it?” Rarity asked.

“Not a what, but a who.” Twilight responded. “Come on, let’s go back. I think I know what’s going on now.”

Each girl shared a confused look but followed after Twilight.

Back when Celestia and Luna were no more than children, the land was ruled by their mother and father. It was a peaceful time, their people living happily in harmony.

Their uncle, Discord, a warlock of a high caliber, completely detested the idea. He thought the land should be ruled in chaotic fury. Their parents strongly disagreed. Discord was furious. He snuck into the castle one night and murdered their parents.

With the King and Queen dead and their children too young to rule, Discord took over as ruler of the land.
The sisters watched as their people lived miserably with each other, unable to do anything about it. They were not as strong as him, nor did they have the expertise needed to outsmart him.

Then, when Celestia turned seventeen, the proper age to rule, she demanded that he step down so that she could come into power. He refused, and a epic battle ensued.

Celestia lost, and the kingdom was once again under Discord’s control. Four years later, the sisters tried again, and together they defeated him with a new kind of magic, called Los Elementos de la Armonía, or, in English, The Elements of Harmony.

The elements turned him into stone, sending him off into a faraway land, to be watched over by the guards of the kingdom that was now rightfully hers and her sister’s. He was never seen again, and the elements of harmony were scattered, only to be found again when or if he would be arisen. Only the true barriers, with the elements they represent deep within their hearts, would be able to see out the stones and their power to use them once again to defeat Discord and his evil ways.

“We have to find something called The Elements of Harmony?” Rainbow asked. “How are we going to do that?”

Twilight thought for a moment. “I have no idea.”

“And how are you so sure that it’s this Discord fella? The story said nothing about him making young witches disappear.” Applejack said pointedly.

Twilight sighed. “I know, but, it’s like I have this gut feeling that it is him.”

“I know what that’s like.” Rainbow agreed. Then she sighed. “I’m standing by Twilight. I think we should find these Elements of Harmony.”

Fluttershy looked scared. “B-But we don't know what they look like or where they are!”

Twilight shook her head picking up a thick brown book with a wand on the front of it. “Don’t you worry. I’ve got everything we need right here.”

Rainbow grinned. “Well alright! Who’s with me and Twilight?!” She asked, putting her arm out.

“I guess I’m in.” Applejack smiled as she put her hand in.

“Me too! Me too!” Pinkie bubbled doing the same.

“I am too, darling.” Rarity added.

Everyone looked to Fluttershy who became quite flustered. “Well- I- Um- I- Oh fine!” She finally decided.

Twilight looked at the excited faces of the girls around her and smiled. She felt that she could almost finally trust them. “Alright. We leave tomorrow morning.”

Author's Note

sorry this is so short, my laptop charger is broken and i wanted to finish this before the battery completely died. Please comment and tell me what you think!

Twilight Sparkle To The Dean's Office

Thanks for the criticism. I guess I was off to a rushed start. But I promise this story will get better and will be a lot slower now! :)

Twilight picked at the slice in front of her. She had never been in such a social situation in all her life. She didn't exactly quite know what to say either. She had been trained to greet guests at galas and respond to adults at parties but never seemed to quite grasp how to communicate with her own age group. Sure, adults were cynical and bland, but nothing was worse than the judging eye of the fellow teenager. "You must never let them know your weaknesses." Luna had told her at the breakfast table that morning. "You must never let them know who you really are."

Which she thought was stupid, because in order to gain a true friend the relationship must be based on trust. Not lies, distrust, and deceitfulness. In fact, Luna's advice was rendered redundant the minute she met every girl in this room because they already knew who she was. Why bother trying to deny it? She was Twilight Sparkle, she was Celestia's apprentice, and she was here to make friends.

It's not like she could deny it. She was practically Celestia's daughter. "Oh boy." Rainbow sighed as she patted her belly. "I'm stuffed."

"I'm not!" Pinkie whined, staring longingly at AppleJack's slice.

"Don't even think about it." Applejack said, as Pinkie reached for the slice behind her back.

"Argh!" She huffed in defeat, folding been arms.

Twilight sighed. If she was going to become friends with at least one of these girls, she was going to have to find a common interest. “So what kind of spells are you girls studying?”

AppleJack was the first to speak. “Well Ah study plant magic with Fluttershy and combat magic with RD. That’s how Ah met them.”

Rainbow nodded. “I’m actually trying to become a professional broom rider. The ones who race and stuff.” She added once she saw Twilight had no clue as to what she was talking about.

Twilight responded with a “Oh.” Then she said, “I’m studying a different kind of magic.” Twilight explained as she pulled one of her many notebooks out her bag. She laid it onto the floor and cleared a spot for her to work. She took out a bottle of water and let some of the liquid drop onto the ground. The other girls watched in wonder and anticipation as she poured salt over it. “Now watch closely girls.” She commanded. She held out her hand and with a flick of her wrist the water in the small puddle began to dissolve.

“Wow that’s incredible!” Fluttershy whispered so as to not break Twilight’s concentration. “We haven’t learned any dehydration spells yet! Those are usually reserved for third years!”

Twilight looked up. “Really? Because I mastered this spell when I was ten.” It was simple really. She just spent all her time on that one spell. Celestia had said it wasn’t healthy for a child to do that at all, but nonetheless, she persisted on and was able to do it.

“Um, Twilight?” Fluttershy whispered.

“Yeah?” She answered.

“The floors on fire.”

“The what?!” The young enchantress looked down again to see that the floor was indeed on fire. “Uh, uh! What do I do?! I never studied this with the princess!” she panicked.

“You never learned fire safety?” Fluttershy said, confused.

“You guys, we have bigger problems than that!” Rainbow called getting everyone’s attention back on the situation at hand. The fire was spreading, and fast.

“What do we do?! What do we do?!” Pinkie hollered covering her ears and running around in a circle.

“For starters, you can stop doing that!” Applejack responded putting a firm hand on the other girl’s shoulder. She forced the shorter girl down.

Smoke was starting to rise and trickle out into the hallway. “Oh for Pete’s sake!” Rarity rolled her eyes before throwing the rest of the water bottle onto small danger. It fizzled out and in its place was a six point star.

“That’s a weird mark.” Pinkie mused.

“That’s a signature, not a mark. Every witch has one. It’s how other people identify their magic. How do you not know this?” Twilight directed towards her.

“I kinda sleep through most of that class. Heheh.” Pinkie confessed, twiddling with her fingers. It figures. That was the first thing a witch in training learned. How to make a signature. It wasn’t just some random symbol either. It was the symbol of what your magical energy specialized in.

“Mines is a butterfly.” Fluttershy spoke up. “It’s because I specialize in natural magic.”

“Mines is a lightening bolt.” Rainbow added. “I think it has to do with the light and energy magic I’m really good at.”

Rarity huffed. “I have a diamond as my mark because I can find gews with my magic.”

“Apple for me.” AppleJack said. “Truth to be told I don’t know why its an apple.”

“Maybe it has to do with your name.” Twilight suggested.

Applejack thought for a moment. “Hmm...Ah think you’re right!”

“Guys, not to you know ruin the friendly mood or anything but how are we going to explain this to Trixie?” Rainbow muttered.

“Trixie? Who’s Trixie?” Twilight asked.

“Only the most conceited, pompous, most egotistical third year at this school. She’s our RA.” AppleJack snorted.

“Third year?” Twilight asked. She was still unsure how this school worked. “A little help?”

“You see darling,” Rarity began, “This school is divided up into years instead of grades. Your entire first year you would be called a first year because it is your first year at this school. When it’s your third year, you are graduating.” Twilight nodded, and then she continued. “The band on your witch hat,” -she pointed to the red ribbon on Twilight’s hat- “Let’s everyone know what year you’re in. Red is first, blue is second, and green is third.”

“Okay. But who exactly is this Trixie?”

“Only the most beautiful dorm RA Little Pony Academia has ever seen!” A voice in the doorway answered for her.

“Oh, brother.” Applejack sighed, rolling her eyes.

“I am the Great and Powerful Trixie! How is it that you have not heard of me?” The older girl demanded.

Twilight took this time to look the girl over. She had a ridiculous cape on that had stars and moons all over it. Her hat wasn’t black like hers, but blue with the same atrocious pattern. The only difference was the green band standing out obtrusively.

“I’m Twilight Sparkle and I’ve spent most of my life studying with Princess Luna and Princess Celestia. I have no idea who you are.” She deadpanned.

Trixie’s confidence waned and the other girls snickered. “You’ve been studying with the princesses?! That’s impossible! You’re just a measly first year!”

“Maybe so. But I can do magic that even third years can’t do.” Twilight smirked. She knew the minute she heard of this girl that she had no skills to back up that ridiculous name.

Trixie looked from Twilight to the floor where her mark was, and her bag that had the same mark. She too smirked. “Oh yeah? What about you setting the floor on fire?”

Twilight jumped. “How did you-”

“Oh please. Every witch has a signature, don’t you know that?” Trixie snickered.

Twilight’s frowned. “But I-”

Trixie held up a finger. “No need to try and impress me with your lies, Twilight Sparkle. I can see you’re just a lowly underclassmen.”

Twilight grimaced. “On the contrary, Trixie.” She responded, pulling out another notebook. “I can perform many spells.” She explained before flipping through the notebook for the right spell quickly. When she found it, she raised her hand and suddenly a bucket of water turned over above Trixie's head, dropping it’s contents all over her and soaking her to the bone. Twilight giggled. “Like that.”

Trixie groaned. “You haven’t heard the last of me, Twilight Sparkle! You just made yourself an enemy!” She growled before stopping down the hallway.

“Alright!” Rainbow cheered, high fiving Twilight. “Way to go Twi!”

Twi? Twilight had never had a nickname before. It made her feel...special. “Way to go, Twilight!” Applejack added clapping a hand on her shoulder.

“No you guys, that was not the way to go!” Pinkie corrected, bouncing in place.

“Huh? What are you talking about? Trixie finally got what she deserved!” Rainbow shouted.

“Yes, but she’s going to the dean about this, I’m sure of it.” Fluttershy backed Pinkie up.

Rainbow’s face fell. “Oh man, you’re right. There’s no telling what the dean might do to us.”

“The dean? Maybe I can speak to this dean of yours.” Twilight offered.

“I don’t think so Twilight. She can be... a little overwhelming.” Rarity told her.

“No problem. I’ve dealt with my share of stick in the muds at the castle. I’m sure this dean is no different.” Twilight answered before walking out the door.

The five girls who she just had become familiar with shared a look. Needless to say, they definitely didn't think she could do it.

The sun was just beginning to set when Twilight reached the huge office building on the opposite side of the school. She sighed as she made it inside before raping on the dean’s office door. It appeared to be open, so she twisted the knob and entered. “H-Hello?” She called.

“Ah, Miss Twilight Sparkle. I’ve been expecting you.” A womanly voice answered. Twilight followed the voice into a dimly lit room. She realized the voice came from the big red leather chair turned around behind a huge oak desk.

“Yes?” She answered.

The chair swiveled around and she was met with the eyes of a very good looking middle aged woman. “I heard you were causing problems in my first year dorm rooms.” The woman said blankly.

Twilight realized this was what the girls were talking about. This woman seemed blunt, and straight to the point. “Yes, ma’am but Trixie-”

“This has nothing to do with Trixie!”

The sudden outburst scared Twilight. “Okay well, she tried to start a fight with my-” Twilight paused. Did she have the right to call these girls friends? After all, she’s only known all of them for a few hours. She rarely knew anything about them. She had no right to call them her friends. She didn’t even know if she could trust them. At least not just yet. She cleared her throat and corrected herself. “She tried to start a fight with my roommates and their friends.” Much better.

“Do you think that just because you’ve trained with the princesses you can come here and think you run things?” The woman asked, adjusting her glasses.

“Excuse me?” Twilight asked. She thought she hadn’t just heard the woman clearly. Twilight had one mission and one mission only. And the sooner she accomplished that, the sooner she could get back to her independent studies at the castle. She seriously didn’t have time for this.

“You heard me!” The woman bellowed, then folded her arms.

Twilight looked at the nameplate on the desk. “Miss,” She looked again to make sure she was correct, “Ah, Cheerilee. I think you’ve made a mistake. I didn’t do anything wrong.”

“Actually, Miss Sparkle,” Cheerilee responded as she got out of her seat to approach the young wizard, “You did. There is no magic in the dormitories. Spell casting is prohibited.” Oh. That was unfortunate.

Twilight sighed. “I’m really sorry ma’am. I had no idea.” She sincerely apologized.

The dean gave her a small smile. “Apology accepted. But you will have a swift and appropriate punishment received tomorrow.” Twilight’s shoulders slumped. At least she apologized.

Twilight yawned as she made her way back to her dorm room. She realized it was getting late and decided that as soon as she got in she would hit the sack. She opened the door to see that the other girls had left, and it was just Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, cleaning up what the others hadn’t.

“So? How’d it go?” Rainbow asked as she threw the last of the paper plates and plastic cups away into a black garbage bag. She tied it up before glancing back at Twilight.

Twilight sighed. “Horrible. Now I know what you guys mean.” She threw herself down on the bed realizing that it had already been made. She guessed that Fluttershy was the culprit, because all her bags were put away and her notebooks were neatly laid on her now adorned desk.

Rainbow chuckled. “Yeah. There’s a reason why we try to stay away from her.” She picked up the bag with her left hand and snapped her fingers on her right. The bag engulfed with bright blue light, then vanished before Twilight’s eyes.

“Hey, I thought we couldn’t do magic in the dorms?” She asked confused. She hoped the rule didn’t just apply to her.

“We can’t. But I do it anyway. I’m just more discreet with it.” Rainbow smirked. Figures. Twilight didn’t need to know Rainbow long to know she was the rebel and the troublemaker of the group. “Plus it makes chores easier. I don’t like going outside when it’s dark. At least not anymore.”

“What do you mean?” Twilight questioned. This just might be the type of thing she could report to Princess Celestia without having to mention her run in with the dean.

“Well, apparently, and you didn’t hear this from me,” Dash quickly added the last part before continuing, “Some students have been disappearing.”

Twilight’s ears perked up. Definitely something to report to the princess. “Disappearing?” she repeated.

Dash nodded. “Yeah like,” She picked up a napkin off the floor; placing it in her right hand before clapping both of them and whispering, “Poof.” as it disappeared. Twilight really started to wonder where all the things that Rainbow Dash dissipated really went.

“Has anyone said anything?” She answered.

“Nope.” Rainbow responded, shaking her head. “This is an all girl witch school with some of the top grades in the country. Do you really think any of the admins would let this get out?” Which was true, as messed up as it sounded. In order to keep a prestigious school well, prestigious, there had to be things that would have to be handled behind the scenes. So that the public would be completely ignorant of it, so that they could keep sending their daughters here and shelling out thousands of dollars every year without suspecting a thing. A very messed up thing indeed.

“That means anything being complained about or reported could have been ignored for only Celestia knows how long.” Twilight frowned. She didn't like the sound of that. “That also means that missing students could be written off as runaways or delinquents.” It was actually really convenient. Blame the child, not the school. Twilight wondered if there was really more to the reason why she was sent here.

Dash coughed. “I haven’t told Fluttershy, so please don’t say anything. She’ll get all paranoid and start sticking to me like glue.” She snapped her fingers and a blue light lit the room. Twilight hadn’t even realized they had been sitting in the dark. The light from the athletic girls fingers lit the room dimly. She watched Twilight gasp in awe and grinned. “It’s nothing special. Just a light spell I learned when I was a little squirt so that I could stay outside longer.”

Twilight knew the feeling. She learned a few spells as a child just so that she could do certain things too. Celestia called it “Inviting mischief” but Twilight thought of it as more of a way to “Bettering her skills for her personal life”.

“I won’t say a word.” Twilight finally said, responding to the first thing Dash had said. As for the second, “I wouldn’t do that for much longer if I were you.”

“What? Why?” Dash asked, but before Twilight could respond, the light flickered out and she fell to the floor in pain. “Agh! What happened, Twilight?!”

“You used up all the magical energy in your arm so it cramped up. Don’t you look at how much mana each spell uses before learning it?” Twilight scolded.

The pained look on Dash’s face was a definite no. Twilight giggled before pulling the other girl up onto her bed. “Alright, alright. Give me your hand.” Rainbow reluctantly gave her the arm that was cramped and felt a cool sensation as a purple glow enveloped Twilight’s hand as she touched hers. She rubbed the whole arm tenderly until she could feel Dash’s arm muscles relax.

“What the heck was that?” Rainbow asked once her arm felt better. She flexed it in amazement. She could move it perfectly. Possibly better than before.

“A muscle reliever spell. I studied a little medical stuff once I finished all the practical spells.” Twilight explained as she got out of her robe and put her hat on her desk. She had almost forgotten she was in her uniform. She stretched and smirked as she felt her bones satisfyingly crack before putting on her pjs. She suddenly felt fatigue take over her again afterwards and swayed back onto her bed. “Jeez, I’m tired.” She yawned again.

The light turned off in the bathroom as Fluttershy was seen for the first time in what Twilight thought was an hour. “I would ask you how it went, but it looks like you’re ready to pass out.” She giggled as she watched Twilight try to open her eyes to give a coherent answer.

Rainbow had gotten ready for bed at the same time as Twilight and she too was catching the sleepiness that enveloped the room. “Yeah,” She yawned. “You can find out in the morning.” She climbed onto the top bunk and flopped down on it before drift off to sleep, snoring loudly.

Twilight flinched. Fluttershy laughed a little. “You’ll get used to it. She eventually stops after an hour or two.” She sat next to Twilight giving the girl a calm warm look. “Are you okay?”

Twilight laughed a little herself. “Honestly? I could be better.” They shared a smile before Twilight laid back down. “I really miss my brother. And my parents. Sometimes I wish,” She paused. “Sometimes I wish I could just leave this all behind you know? Just live a normal life.”

Silence overtook the pair as Fluttershy contemplated her answer before she spoke. “Twilight, I’m going to tell you something that no one knows. Not even Rainbow Dash.” Twilight’s lavender eyes fell on Fluttershy’s green ones. Fluttershy played with a strand of stray pink hair that obstructed her right eye. “I’ve always been shy.” Twilight was confused as to how this was a secret, it was completely evident that the girl before her was sheepish. It was even in her name.

A thin smile graced the taller girls lips. “I know what you’re thinking.”

Twilight actually had to laugh this time. “Alright, you got me.”

Fluttershy nodded, but continued. “I had this pet bunny. His name was Angel. I loved him so dearly. He...he was my best friend.” Twilight didn’t say anything so she went on. “I loved feeding him vegetables. It was my favorite thing to do.” She sighed. “Granted, I was a little girl. I didn’t know he couldn’t eat certain things. And then...And then...” She couldn't finish the sentence. Twilight could see it in her eyes. It was absolutely too painful. Tears silently fell from Fluttershy’s pale face, causing a few pieces of hair to stick to her cheeks and forehead. “I went to check on him in the morning and he, he-”

“He was dead.” Twilight finished for her. She was breathless. For her it was an unbearable story to hear. For Fluttershy it was an unbearable thing to bear. Fluttershy hiccuped. Twilight held out her arms and Fluttershy immediately accepted the hug. “Oh Fluttershy, I’m so sorry.” She consoled.

“He was my only friend Twilight. He was the only thing in this world that truly made me happy and i killed him.” Fluttershy sobbed. Twilight rubbed the other girls back. “That’s why I wanted to take up natural magic.” She sniffed as she released herself from Twilight’s embrace. “So that I can heal things in this world, have hand in nurturing them and not kill them.” Twilight understood this. She started studying magic for almost the same exact reason.

“I came here, and that’s when I met Rainbow. She helped me see that I can do more than just hurt people.” Fluttershy smiled as she glanced at Rainbow’s sleeping figure. She turned back to Twilight and took both her hand in hers. “That’s why you should give this school a chance, Twilight. Because you never know what opening yourself up and meeting new people can do for you. Promise me you will?”

Twilight didn't know what to say, so she just nodded, before tugging Fluttershy in for another hug.

“I promise.”

Author's Note

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