"Hmm... Twilight!" Pinkie said. "You can go next!"

"M-me? Oh no, I'm sure Fluttershy has a better story to tell. Leave me till last."

"Twilight, you're so boring!" Pinkie flailed her hooves in the air for effect. "Just tell us!"

"Me? I'm not boring! Just leave me till last, please!"

By now everypony in the room was watching. "Everypony wants to know, Twilight! If it's so bad, get it out of the way!"

"I guess I don't have a choice, do I...?" No answer. "Okay, well..."

I was studying hard at Canterlot's School For Gifted Unicorns when the teacher cleared her throat. "Well," she said, "today we are going to be doing mathematics."

A large groan emitted from all of the class. All of the class except me, anyway. Those guys didn't know how important maths was. It was the most important thing! Besides magic, of course. I looked around me, studying every face. They all looked bored. Why did they look bored? I thought.

Rainbow Dash raised her hoof.

"Yes?"

"Because it was maths."

Anyway, thanks to our friend here, I've forgotten where I am. Ah, now I remember. We were given worksheets and told to do our work. It was kind of hard for me back then, so I took more time than I would have liked. But it was okay as I was done before lunch and gave it to the teacher. At least, I waited to give it to the teacher as the line of other students who had rushed through blocked my way. I sighed as the teacher scanned all of them. "Wrong, wrong..." she muttered.

As soon as she got to me, the bell for lunch rang in our ears. "No, you're not going, students," she said, "not until you correct your work."

"B-but!" I said, waving my forelegs about. "What about me?"

"Whaddya mean 'what about me'? You're staying here, too, and I'll be watching."

"But I've done it!"

"Well then," she said, getting up and moving to the desk, "here's the second sheet."

A white magical aura wrapped around a piece of paper and floated it over to my desk, revealing harder sums than I could imagine at that age. I gripped my pencil tight with my magical aura and gritted my teeth, letting out a disapproving growl.

"Now, now, let's not be like that."

"But I'm tardy for lunch!" I cried. "And I never should be tardy! NEVER!"

My magic took hold and a magenta coloured beam flew out of my horn and straight towards the teacher. The whole class was watching now as it hit her shoulder and she howled in pain. She took a few minutes to recover, but eventually she said, "class dismissed. Go to lunch."

Ponies filed out of the room, pushing and shoving, as I stayed low at the back. The teacher spotted me. "And you," she said, "I'm going to have a word with your parents."

I hung my head. "Okay, bye..."

"Do you wanna build-"

"No, Pinkie. No."

Right then, I walked out of the room, my head hung low and blah blah blah. When I got to the dining area, everypony from my class started giggling as I got my food and sat down. I hung my head low as I channelled my magic to pick up my spoon, but the same teacher from earlier came walking up to me. "I have phoned your parents, and they said you're grounded."

"GROUNDED!" I yelled. Suddenly a surge of magic flew out of my horn, hitting the light that illuminated the room and sending debris flying onto the floor. "GROUNDED! NOTHING! I DID NOTHING!"

The teacher simply sighed. "Well, you hit my shoulder with a magic beam and blew up the light," she stated simply, "so you have done something to deserve your punishment." The teacher continued. "Anyway, you're Twilight, why do you care about being grounded?"

"Because-because-because... I don't know," I replied, rubbing my chin with a hoof. "I really don't know. I just... I... I don't know." I began to panic. "B-but! I have to know! It's important I know, that I learn everything possible! And then there's something laid out in front of me, for all to look at, that I don't know! I have failed my kin! My genes! MY GENES! FAILED!"

Tears formed in my eyes as I looked at the floor with everypony looking at me. "F-F-FAILED! I'VE FAILED MY GENES! SO I'VE FAILED MYSELF! AAAA-"

"Getting a little too realistic with the screaming," Rarity said, "and the tears."

"Sorry," Twilight sniffed, "it was such a sad time..."

I screamed so much that I think it made more impact than when I unleashed giant Spike on the castle. Anyway, Princess Celestia rushed in with an army of royal guards to see that it was just me screaming. She dismissed her guards and the scream intensified as she came closer to me. Then she proceeded to shove her hoof into my mouth until I started choking and then took it out. Then she walked away, muttering under her breath.

"Uh huh," said Applejack. "Is there much more ta tell?"

"No," Twilight said quickly, turning to Pinkie. "Who's next?"

Pinkie rubbed her chin for a moment before smirking and turning to the most shy of the six ponies. "Fluttershy, you're up."

"M-me?!"

Author's Note

No voting today because Twilight and 'Shy got the same amount of votes. Sorry for the delay in uploading.