A Young Artist's Journey

As Sketchbook sat gloomily in the classroom, the words of Flamethrower and Diamond Tiara's conversation floated in her head. It was all so crazy, she was barely paying attention to what Cheerilee was saying.

Famous. Dork. Her. Artwork. Best.

A shout made her snap back to reality. "Sketchbook! Are you listening?" It was Cheerilee.

"Y-Yes! I'm so sorry!" Of course, that made all the other kids giggle. Sketchbook blushed with embarrassment.

Sketchbook trotted home, the conversation from that morning still running through her mind.
"There's no way I could be famous!" She said to herself. "Barely anypony knows me!"
"You got that right."
Oh no. Sketchbook thought. It's Aquafine.

The dark blue stallion was standing right in front of her. Sketch knew it meant trouble.

"You got some more pencil scratches for me today?" He snarled.

"Go away!" Sketchbook yelled angrily.

"You think you can tell me what to do?" Aquafine laughed. He started running towards Sketchbook, but he was stopped right in his tracks.

"Hold it right there!" A lavender alicorn stood near Sketchbook and Aquafine. She was using her magic to hold onto Aqua's tail so that he couldn't move."How dare you try to hurt an innocent filly like that?!" Sketchbook gasped. She had recognized this pony as Twilight Sparkle. Princess Twilight Sparkle.

Aquafine blushed. "Oh.. Uh...Twilight! I was, uh,, just...."

"Bullying a filly?" Twilight Sparkle said angrily. "If Princess Celestia knew what was happening.." Her voice trailed off. She dropped Aquafine to the ground, and he scrambled away, kicking up dust. Sketchbook chuckled slightly.

"P-Princess Twilight!" Sketchbook said, astonished. "Thank you!"

"Of course." The purple mare said as if it were nothing. "What's that?"

She motioned to her sketchbook.

"Um, that's just my sketchbook." The filly said.