Reflected

       "Miss. Sparkle! Eyes up here."

       I stopped doodling on my wingpower textbook and stared boredly at the chalk board at the front. The teacher, Miss Sunny-Daze, (or just Ms. Daze) had just finished introducing herself. She was a pure white pegasus with an Orange, Pink, and Purple mane held up in a ponytail. Her cutie mark was a Sun. "Now, as I was saying, the southern winds blow..."

        I lost track of the conversation for about five minutes when my name was called. "Ms. Sparkle?"

        I blinked at her. "Yes Ms.?"

        She asked, "So, where does the rain water get prossesed, SkySparkle?"

        I bit my lip. "In the old days, the wind blew it to the old capitol of pegasi, Camelloop, but they decided CloudsDale was closer. So they set up a new factory there...?"

        Ms. Daze nodded suspiciously. "Correct. Now, everypony will have to read from page One-Hundred and Twelve to One-Hundred and Thirty Three. Then I'd like an essay on the importance of the water funnel. Minimum of five paragraphs, on my desk tomorrow."

        We all groaned and began our reading. I finished the pages quickly amd looked round' the room. There were at least ninty ponies in here. Most of them were pegasi. There were only two others who weren't Pegasus-seses. Me, and a purple unicorn I was sitting beside. She finished reading as well, and was doodling on the back cover. She had two golden earrings on her right ear, and had a neatly cut short dark purple mane streaked with gold. Her cutiemark had two golden lanterns.

        I whispered quietly, "Hi."

        She responded, "What's up." She sounded like she didn't know why she was talking to me.

        I pursed my lips. "I'm SkySparkle."

        She looked at me with her orange eyes. Her eyes flitted to my textbook, where I had scribbled my name on the cover. (Princess SkySparkle wuz here.) Then she rolled her eyes and muttered, "I can see that."

        I used my magic to lift the words off my cover. Then I dropped them on the ground and stepped on them. She noticed my magic. "Oh, you're a unicorn. I didn't notice your horn." She said. "I'm Kimono."

        I held out my hoof, but she looked at it distastfully, them whispered, "I don't care if you're a great unicorn, or that your daddy is the Captain of the Royal Guard, or that you're a Princess. I willbe the top of our magic class. I need to be entered into that duel tornament. Winning means being on the top of the heap for the rest of my life. Don't get in my way. Okay?"

        I said, "Don't count on it. If you're nice, I might just let you get second place."

        The bell rang. I grabbed my stuff together and teleported to the door. Then I trotted out, my long yellow tail held high.

I was glad to be out of that room. Double block classes suck. I put my books away in my room and grabbed some bits. We had an hour off to figure out lunch, be it the cafeteria, or just in the city. But we had to be back to class in an hour.

        I trotted onto the bridge leading out of the campus and into Canterlot. I looked at my bits for a moment and bumped right into MagmaEclipse again. I recoiled and rubbed my face. "Ow... Sorry... We've got to stop running into each other!"

        She smiled and laughed. "Yes... Where were you off to?"

        I told her I was going to the Zuppa café. Her rainbow eyes lit up. "I was going to meet my sisters there! We could lunch together!"

        I forced a smile. An afternoon with a teacher wasn't exactly my idea of fun. Earlier, I tried to ask CometSwirl or Pavaratti if they wanted to go, but Comet wanted to spend time to get to know her new roomate, who happened to be Pavaratti's sister, MelodyBreeze. Ratti wanted to go out with her. So, I was left by myself. Oh, well. I saw Magma trotting off the bridge. I ran after her. "So..." I panted.

        She glanced at me and slowed a bit. "Sorry." I nodded. She continued, "If we're gonna be friends, we should know more stuff about eachother."

        I nodded again. She asked, "What's your favorite colour?"

        I thought about that. "I like red and green."

        Magma laughed. "Like Hearth's Warming? Haha! I like blue and pink. And purple. Okay, your turn!"

        'To what!?' I asked myself. Then it hit me. 'I'm an idiot.' I told myself. Then a voice that sounded like a rock being dragged against another rock responded, 'Of course you are. You finally figured something out.'  I ignored the voice and asked Magma, "How old are you?"

         "Well... I'm immortal... So I kinda lost count of the years. But I'm around 987 years old... I'm trying to appear 17, however."

         I stared at her. Then I laughed, "Well it's working!" She joined in with my giggling. Then I say, "I'm fourteen."

         We joked a bit more. I learnt Magma enjoys reading and was born in a cave that apparently had a magic tree in it. I didn't believe that one, but meh. We kept talking until we were by the café. I trotted in. Then I stopped in my tracks. There, sitting at a table, were Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. They waved Magma over happily. She trotted over and sat. Then she pulled another pillow up and smiled at me, beckoning me. I walked cautiously up to their table and sat. They sat there, smiling at me. I blinked. Then Luna said in her refined voice, "Charmed to meet you personally, SkySparkle."

         I nodded. I had seen her with my mother, but never on my own. Then Celestia said, "My favourite Great Niece! How you've grown! Last I saw you, you were a little filly!"

         Her voice eased it's way into my soul and calmed me. I sat up and said, "It's nice to see you too. Both of you." I added.

         A waiter came along and served us a brown liquid I believe is tea. I sipped it. Perfect. I glanced at the sisters, seeing that they had finished their cups already. I blinked again, my jaw dropping. The three giggled. I blushed, then drank the rest of the cup. I laughed after. We talked for a bit, then I said Princess Celestia's name.

         The voice inside of me stirred and said almost evilly, "A daughter of Lumina? And Galaxor?" I had no idea what I was doing, because I thought the vouce was my self-consious, but it was doing this without my permission, seeing as I had no idea who Lumina or Galaxor were. It continued, "Revenge will be mine..." Then it disappeared.

         My ears had flopped downwards. Celestia looked flustered, while Luna and Magma were busy eating their Zesty Cucumber Sandwiches. Then Celestia asked, "SkySparkle... Would you want to set up any private sessions with me?"

         I blinked, then realized that she had heard the voice. She could help me understand what it was! I nodded and took a bite of my sandwich.

After all my other classes (Science, Arithmatic, check, double check, make it work!) I sulked back to the dorm. Ratti and MelodyBreeze and CometSwirl were sitting on the edge my bed. Melody stepped up. "We have decided..." Then she broke her formality. "Look, I'm really sorry about yesterday... I was having a bad day, and I wanted to make sure my little sis was safe. These two however tell me you're nice. I was wrong to do that."

        I nodded, taking in what she was saying. "It's cool. What kind of mare would I be if I didn't accept an apology like that?" I gave her an awkward hug. Then the chimes went off signaling it was time to get to our dorms. I said a farewell to CometSwirl and MelodyBreeze. I would see them again tomorrow in Studies on the Magic of Friendship. Ratti told me that Melody was in it two. Then I would only have to know One other mare/colt  in the class.

        I hopped into my bed, and read the SMF textbook. It seemed interesting enough. And on my over-all day, with Melody... Honestly, she didn't seem so bad.