Reflected

The rays of light shone through my balcony, into my room. I growled and turned over, covering myself in blankets.

        Sure, here in the Empire, the mornings are nice and warm. But that doesn't stop me from locking my doors and listening to my maids screaming. Ignoring my maids. ("Get up this instant, you ingnorant foal! And unlock the door while you're at it!!!")

        After about an hour of this, I heard really loud banging. I decided it was probably a good idea to get up. I heard the banging again, so I yawned and crawled out of my purple sheets. I trotted over to my dresser which had a gigantic mirror going up the wall. I stared into it. I looked as I usually did when I woke up. Like a homeless pony. My light blue coat was dull and un-crystalized. My ragged yellow mane wasn't any better. I used my horn to levitate my brush. My aura is pink, like all of the unicorns in the Sparkle family.

        You heard me. I live in the Crystal Palace with my Dad, Shining Armor, who's Captain of the Royal Guard, and Princess Mi Amore di Cadenza. Or just Princess Cadence for short. I live the life of a Princess here. Seeing as I am the Princess. Not a a stuck up alicorn. (I'M NOT SAYING MY MOM IS STUCK UP, IT'S JUST MOST ALICORNS SEEM LIKE EGGHEADS!!!)

        Anyway... Where was I again? Oh, yes! The... 'Exciting' part. Well, not really.

        I finished brushing my mane. Then I heard the banging on the door, this time it was deafening. "Alright, okay, I get it!" I shouted.

        That probably wasn't the best response. I heard squeaking sound coming from the bolts and another loud bang. The door came tumbling down. There, standing in the doorway was my favorite stallion. "Fleck!" I said.

        Fleck is a light grey colt with cute white splotches all over his body. He has a darker grey mane which he keeps swept to the side, nicely framing his face. He also has the most bright and lively blue eyes in Equestria. That's what drew me to him. It most certainly wasn't his dried

Leaves cutiemark.

        "Hey, SkySparkle!" He laughed.

        My anger returned. "Fleck, what the hell is this crap!? Why did you break down my door!?"

        His face turned serious. "You weren't opening it. The

Maids were furious. They came to me and told me to smash it down!" He said. "The reason why is... interesting. Your parents would like to see you."

        I rolled my eyes as I lifted the foor up with him. "What this time?" The last important thing they told me was last month."

        We put the door up on it's frame and began tightening the screws. While he did the bottom one, I levitated with my magic and did the top one. He asked, "What was that?" I said slyly, "That Mum's pregnant."

        "Oh yeah." He smiled. "When you grow up, do you wanna have foals?"

        I dropped my screw on his head. "Sorry." I mumbled. "Silly me."

        Fleck simply picked it up and held it up to me. I thanked him. Then he repeated the question. I shook my head. He said, "I think it would be nice to have some little foals."

        I laughed and said, "That's just because you're a guy! You see it differently."

        I tightened the screw into the hole and smiled. "Done!"

        Then Fleck stood abruptly, hitting his head on my stomach. I gasped as he fell over, twisting onto his back. At the same time, My magic faltered from shock, and I fell right ontop of him. "Ohhhhh my gosh..." I said aloud.

        Of course at that moment a maid walked by. She stood in the doorway for a moment, observing the scene, While Fleck and I were frozen. Then I jumped off him and rammed into the door. Fleck jumped to his feet and hit his head on the ceiling being the strong earth pony he is. Then he ran up to the servant and stammered, "I swear to you, nothing happened! Nothing at all!"

        I recovered and stood beside him nodding vigirously. The maid smiled lightly and chuckled, "Next time, close the door!"

        She trotted off and I laughed into my hoof. Fleck was blushing beat red, but was laughing along. I said, "Oh. My. CELESTIA! I am soooo sorry Fleck! I didn't mean to do that!"

        His blushing subsided and He accepted my apology. "I'd better go see Mum and Dad." He nodded a little too much.

I trotted down the crystal stairways to the banquet room, which was our family meeting place. Sure enough, Mom was sitting in the main chair with her swollen belly and her hair up in a pony tail. She had circles under her eyes, but her eyes still light up when I entered the room. Dad was wearing his silver armor. He was holding Ma's hoof in his. He stared at me intensly. I sat at my Mom's left side, the opposite of where Dad was. "You called?" I asked.

        Dad nodded. "Yes. It's about you moving to Canterlot."

        Instantly my spirits dropped. "You were serious about that?"

        They were silent. I stared at them in horror. "C'mon, you guys! I have a life here! I have you guys here, a brother or sister on the way, lots of friends-"

        Mom said quietly, "Lots of friends?"

        I said, "Yeah! I mean, there's Fleck... You guys..." I struggled to think of another friend. "Fleck..."

        Dad said, "Exactly. Now, you have the chance to make lots of new friends!" I tilted my head sideways, curious. "We've enrolled you into the Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Ponies." Dad put an acception sheet on the table. "You got in. Terms start tomorrow."

        I glared at the sheet. Mom said, "We packed your bags while you were at that DJ Pon3 concert yesterday. You will also be accompanied by CometSwirl. You know, our mailpony."

        A yellow pony stepped out from behind the throne Mom was sitting in. She had a turquoise mane kept in a bun and pretty eyes which matched her mane. Her cutie Mark had two flying shoes, which she was wearing. She also had two packs strapped to her back. She whispered, "Hello."

       I stared at my parents. "So, you're sending me to Canterlot for a year." They nodded. "To stay in the dorms at some... School?" They nodded again. "And... Just, right now? Lickety-split?" They looked at eachother for a moment, then nodded.

        A big saddle bag with my cutie mark on it appeared on the table. I grabbed it and put it on. "Alright. I see how it is. I'll see you in a year."

        With that, I turned around and marched out the door, closely followed by CometSwirl.

I stared gloomily out of the train window. Comet and I had gone to the station to find everything for us was already payed for. After that, I said goodbye to the Crystal Empire, and Hello to an hour on a train ride to Canterlot.

        I saw in the reflection of the mirror, that as soon as we left the north pole, CometSwirl's coat de-crystalized and her mame tumbled out of it's bun. She stared at it in awe. I turned to her. "We kinda got off on the wrong hoof. You know, me ignoring you. I'm really sorry about that."

        She shrugged. "A shy, defensless pony like me... I'm used to it by now." Her voice was quiet and sweet. I smiled.

        I reached out my hoof for a hoofshake. "SkySparkle."

        She grasped my hoof uncertainly and said, "CometSwirl."

        I asked, "You're the mailpony, right? Are you local or Equestria wide?"

        She replied, "I'm just local. I'm too scared to go out of The Empire by myself."

        We talked for ages. We didn't have too much in common, aside from the fact that nobody understands us. Finally, the intercom screeched, "All off for Canterlot!!!"

        We collected our bags and trotted off. I looked around. The streets were all made frim cobblestone. The houses were all white with some fancy purple and yellow accents. I noticed how everypony carriyed themselves, hooves high and nises in the air. I imitated one of them and strutted about for a while. Comet was laughing her head off. Then after a while of this, we reach where the school was supposed to be. I winked at CometSwirl and kept strutting forwards. Comet fell into line behind me and said in a snooty voice that roooolled Rs, "Announcing her Rrrroyal highness! Princess-"

        I bumped right into somepony and knocked CometSwirl down along with me. I got mad and sat up. "Hey! You should watch where you're going, you..." I trailed off.

        The pony stood and towered over me. She was light orange and had a darker orange mane. The thing about her was, her mane faded into blue at the ends of it, the tip of her horn was purple and her eyes were rainbow. She shook herself off and smiled. "Well, THAT woke me up." She said.

        Then she opened her wings and dusted them off. The edges of her wings were also purple. 'Wait a sec...' I thought. 'Flowing orange and blue mane, wings and horn... Princess MagmaEclipse!!!'

        The realization crept onto me that I had just knocked over Princess MagmaEclipse, Patron of animals and Creator of Eclipses. I grabbed her hooves and cried, "Princess! I didn't realize it was you! Ishould of watched where I was going! I am SO sorry!Please don't banish me to the moon!"

        She stared at me for a moment and then burst out laughing. I froze. "What?" I asked.

        "Why in Equestria would I banish you to the moon?!" She said good-naturedly.

        She offered me her hoof. I took it and stood. I hadn't realized I was on the bridge to the academy. I had passed the security gate. Then I remembered I was wearing my Crystal Empire official pass. MagmaEclipse squinted her strange eyes and read my badge. "Princess SkySparkle! I can't believe I didn't realize it was you! I should have known, my apologies!" She looked over my shoulder at Comet. Magma helped her up and said, "And you must be CometSwirl! Lovely to meet you!"

        Comet looked at me with a mixture of shock and happiness on her face. Then Magma said, "You know, I have you both in at least one of my classes!"

        I tilted my head. "Really? I didn't know you were a teacher. What classes?"

        Magma picked up some sheets she had dropped. "Oops, wrong schedual, this isn't Bloomfountain!"

        My jaw dropped. She was in Bloomfountain? What is Bloomfountain? Oh sorry. It is the absolute BEST school in Equestria. It was a university that most ponies with even the best magical abilities or the highest level of intelligence couldn't get in. Then Magma said, "Ah here we go! CometSwirl, I have you for History class, and Studies on the Magic of Friendship! Or just SMF for short," Comet beamed. "And SkySparkle... I have you for..." She shuffled her papers a bit. I stared at her waved mane for about a minute until she cried, "Found it! SkySparkle, I have you in THREE different optional courses! Good for you, you must have really high grades back in the Empire!"

         I forced a smile. Of course my parents put me in three courses that didn't have to be taken. She continued,

"They are... Magic for Cilons and Unicorns, Understanding Wing Power," I rolled my eyes. Honestly? I'm not a freakin pegasus! "And you are also in SMF!"

        I forced another smile. Then I said, "It was really nice meeting you, and sorry for bumping into you, but I think CometSwirl and I have to check into our dorms... See you tomorrow!"

        "Bye!" Magma said. Comet and I galloped towards the entrance of the school, to our new lives.