Shining Armor got up early, like he said he would. He was more tired than normal as he got up an hour earlier than he normally would. He rolled out of bed with a grumble, stood on all fours and made his way out his bedroom door to the kitchen table for a quick breakfast.

Shining Armor made his way to the middle of the room where his mother sat, still reading the book. He sat down next to her, bags under his eyes with his head on the table. “Good morning…” He said, slowly, slurring his words.

Twilight Velvet lifted her head away from the book and looked at her Son. "Good morning, sweetie.” She glanced up at the clock. Seven o'clock. "You don't normally get up for school for another hour. Why are you up so early?" She asked.

"I said to Twilight I would go to school early to see Mrs. Sparks, our headmistress, to make a personal request about her putting Twilight in the same form class as me, just so I could help her out a bit." Shining Armor explained.

"Aww. You're such a good big brother." Twilight Velvet smiled while Shining Armor's cheeks went bright red. Twilight Velvet gave a slight chuckle at the sight of it. "Would you like something to eat before you leave?"

"Coffee, please. Milk and two sugars." Shining Armor replied.

"Ok. Don't tell Twilight that you've had coffee for breakfast. You know what she's like. Whatever you do, she wants to do. I can't imagine a coffee craving, hyperactive Twilight. She's already hyperactive for her age as it is." Twilight Velvet laughed. Shining Armor also smiled at the thought, it would be something to entertain him. Twilight Velvet served her Sons coffee and hers. She sat down and picked up the 'Canterlot Now' newspaper. "Well... I don't know what to say about this. Speechless, but yet again, disgraceful. Isn't Princess Celestia's school for gifted unicorns meant to be the best school in Equestria?" Twilight Velvet had a look of disapproval on her face as she passed the newspaper to her Son.

Shining Armor grasped the newspaper and looked at the headline on the first page. It read; 'P.C.S.G.U MAGICAL ARTS TEACHER BLAMED FOR MAGIC ACCIDENT!'. Shining armor was extremely surprised. Normally the teachers there were very reliable and professional. Nothing like this has ever happened before. He was interested and decided to read the rest of the article. It read;

On Friday, the 14th of October, a drunken Magical Arts teacher abandoned the teaching plans for his fifth lesson period with his final year students. The plan was to learn the shape changing spell, but the drunken teacher decided it would be a good idea to teach them about the harming spells by doing a one on one with teacher and student. The teacher identified as Mr. Guinness, a green Unicorn with a golden mane with a beer bottle as a cutie mark, who is now being labeled as an alcoholic, took his first student as an example and cast a very powerful harming spell on the student’s leg. The headmistress, Mrs. Magic Sparks, was told and the authorities were immediately informed about the incident. A Canterlot Royal Hospital carriage arrived to pick up the harmed student in five minutes with two Royal Guards arriving with it. The student was taken into the custody of the hospital with his parents and the teacher was arrested. Doctors of the hospital say that the student is lucky to be alive after being harmed by a spell as powerful as that. Action will be taken on Monday the 17th of October at the headmistress’s office of Princess Celestia's school for gifted unicorns as a punishment will be decided. More of the story will be printed on the 18th of October.

Twilight Velvet read the article with Shining Armor. She was gob smacked when she read the entire thing. "Wow... This was unexpected. But come on! Mr. Guinness? He was bound to be an alcoholic, it's in the name!"

Shining Armor pulled his head up from the newspaper. "Mom, whatever you do, do not show this to Twilight. You know how much she loves to read and if she reads this... Well... It isn't going to fill her with confidence. Honestly, it isn't filling me with confidence either. I'm already worrying about Twilight making new friends. I'm the only friend she's ever had, she doesn't care for friends, and she can't confine herself to books all her life." He explained.

"Hmm... You're right. But you don't need to worry. This is a new start for her, let her do what she wants, she'll come out of her shell soon enough. All you need to do is show her the basics." Twilight Velvet explained with a heartwarming smile.

"Ok, yeah, thanks mom!" Shining Armor looked over at the clock. It read seven fifteen. "Right, well I'm off to school to ask Mrs. Sparks about Twilight. See you later today, Mom." He chugged down the rest of his coffee and headed to the door.

"Ok sweetie, goodbye, I love you!" Twilight Velvet said with a mothers smile.

"Mom!"

"What?"

"You know I don't like you saying that out loud. It's embarrassing." Shining Armor's cheeks went red as a rose.

"There's nopony around."

"It's still embarrassing."

"Ok, I'm sorry." Her Son continued approaching the door. Before he reached the handle, she spoke up again. "I love you!" She giggled with a mischievous expression. Shining Armor narrowed his eyes before leaving and shutting the door to head off to the school for gifted unicorns.

Forty-five minutes later...

Twilight felt a hoof slightly nudging her hind leg. She started to squirm in her covers, attempting to get away from the hoof offending her peace.

"Twilight..."

Twilight was trying not to notice the jabbing. She wanted to open her eyes, but she wanted to stay disguised as sleeping. She was trying to resist the urge to whack the hoof away from her, but that would blow her cover.

"Twilight... It's time to go to your new school. Remember what your father said, you don't want to be late on your first day."

That's when Twilight's eyes shot wide open. Her eyes adjusted to the sudden light attacking them. She realized the hoof that was disturbing her good night’s sleep was belonged to her mother. "What!?" She jumped out of bed and was beginning to panic.

Twilight Velvets eyes widened when she noticed the state of panic her daughter was in. "Hey, hey, hey! Twilight, calm down! It's only eight o'clock. School starts in one hour; you have forty-five minutes before we need to leave to get there on time." Twilight started to relax. "Now, let's spend that time getting some breakfast in you. Get you set for the day. Oh, and don't forget to feed Spike." She laughed at the quick change of emotions that her daughter went through.

Twilight crawled out of bed and looked at the small, newborn baby dragon in a basket. Hatching a baby dragon egg was the thing she needed to do to be accepted in the school. She did it, but things got out of hoof. Twilight picked up some food that was left on the shelf in her bedroom. The dragons eyes started to glow as soon as he saw the food. Twilight poured it into his bowl and then followed her mother into the kitchen and sat down next to the kitchen table.

"What would you like for breakfast, sweetie?" Twilight Velvet asked.

Twilight's face lit up and then changed to a mischievous expression. She knew how it worked. She knew that her mother was forgetful sometimes. She knew that Shining Armor had coffee in the morning when Twilight wasn't looking and she knew that Shining Armor and her mother always try to keep it a secret. She knew exactly what to say to get coffee. "What did Shining Armor have?" She asked, mischievous smile still on her face.

"He had coff..." Twilight Velvet realized her mistake. "Oh for Celestia's sake!"

"I want coffee and chocolate spread sandwiches!"

"So much for the secret..." Twilight Velvet whispered under her breath. She sighed. "Ugh... FINE!"

"Twilight!" Twilight Velvet shouted while she stood ready at the front door to leave to take Twilight to her new school. "Time to put the book down, we need to get going."

"I can't find my bookmark."

"Would you rather have a book that you can continue reading where you left off or an education?"

"Hard decision."

Twilight Velvet rolled her eyes and walked into Twilight's bedroom. She used her magic to separate Twilight's book from her. She then lifted her up and out the door with a levitation spell. "You are coming with me. You mustn't be late!"

"NO!" Twilight screamed. She used her magic to cancel her mothers. When Twilight was back on the ground, she used her magic again to lift Twilight Velvet off the floor and so Twilight was out of her reach. Anger started to spread across her face. "I will read the rest of the chapter in my BOOK!"

Twilight Velvet sighed. "The disadvantage of having a powerful, young unicorn filly." She mumbled quietly, but not quietly enough.

Twilight plucked two feathers out of her bed pillows with her magic and raised them to her mother’s height in the air. She had her devilish, mischievous smile on her face again. In a wicked, evil tone of voice, she said, "What was that, mommy?"

Twilight Velvet started to shake at the sight of the two feathers. Sweat was now coming off her brow. "N-nothing sweetie, heheh. Y-y-you keep reading your book." There were several seconds of silence before Twilight Velvet foolishly blurted something out. "It's because of the coffee that you're acting up, isn't it." Twilight didn't even lift her head. She just moved the feathers closer to her mother and started to tickle her. "N-no Twilight! HAHAHA! P-please, I'm s-s-sorry. Please stop! I b-beg you!"

Thirty minutes earlier...

The time was seven thirty in the morning and Shining Armor had left the house only fifteen minutes ago. Teachers were still not here and only some had just started to arrive. School didn't start for another hour and a half. Shining Armor was in the staff corridor where all the teachers’ offices were kept in one section of the school. All of their doors were open. He glanced at their faces when walking past their offices, making it look like he was minding his own business. They all looked like they were trying to listen to something; it explained why everypony was so quite. Then, suddenly a loud female voice came booming out of the headmistress’s office. Shining Armor now knew what they were listening too.

"WE ARE MEANT TO BE THE BEST SCHOOL IN EQUESTRIA! NOW BECAUSE OF YOUR FOOLISH STUNT, THIS STORY IS ALL OVER CANTERLOT, MAYBE ALL OVER EQUESTRIA!" Mrs. Sparks screamed at the very top of her voice.

"It was an accident! It wasn't my fault." said a familiar voice. It belonged to Mr Guinness and he sounded terrified. Honestly, she should be. Mrs. Sparks had the loudest voice Shining Armor had ever known.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WASN'T YOUR FAULT?! YOU ADMITTED TO DRINKING TWENTY SHOTS OF APPLE CIDER VODKA! YOU THEN CAME TO YOUR PLACE OF WORK THE NEXT DAY FILLED WITH YOUNG PONIES AND CAST A HARMING SPELL ON AN UNSUSPECTING STUDENT!" She screamed again.

"Then it was his fault. He should have learned the protection spells over two years ago in this school."

"IT WAS UNSUSPECTED AND SHE DIDN'T EXPECT A TRUSTED TEACHER TO ATTACK HER AND ALMOST KILL HER! I'M DONE WITH YOU! BUCK YOU! YOU'RE FIRED!"

"What?!"

"YOU'RE REALLY QUESTIONING MY DECISION AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO THAT STUDENT?! OH, AND I KNOW YOU'RE COURT PUNISHMENTS! ENJOY YOU'RE TWO YEAR PRISON SENTENCE! AND WHEN YOU GET OUT, YOU BETTER HOPE THAT ANOTHER SCHOOL WILL HIRE YOU BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT YOU NEED TO RAISE MONEY BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN ORDERED TO PAY THE HOSPITAL BILL AND YOU'VE BEEN SUED FOR FIFTY THOUSAND BITS!"

Mr. Guinness walked out of the office with the two Royal Guards escorting him with Mrs. Sparks behind him. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shut it, bitch. At least the positive side of prison is that I don't need to hear all the shit that comes out of your bucking hole under your muzzle every weekday." He pulled out a liter bottle of vodka that was half empty and started chugging it.

"W-WHAT!? YOU ARE DRINKING VODKA EARLY IN THE MORNING... AND IN A SCHOOL?! I-I JUST CA-" Mrs. Sparks voice lowered to indoor volume, sounding like she had given up on Guinness. "You know what? Just go. Guards, please take him away." Her head lowered as the guards took Guinness away, looking like she was already sick of the day. She looked up again when she saw Shining Armor come into her line of sight. "Oh. Hello, Shining. What are you doing here so early? School doesn't start for another hour and a half." She clicked onto what just happened. "Ugh... How much of that did you hear?"

"Just the end and I think every other teacher here heard it too. I came in early because I wanted to see you to ask you something." Shining Armor replied.

"Ask away."

"You know my little sister, Twilight Sparkle, is coming in for her first day today, right?"

"Yes, I am the one who will be giving her a tour of the premises."

"I was wondering if you would put her in my form class. Just so I can help her since she's young and new."

"Yes, of course I will anything for a good student like you."

"I also came in early because it will give me a chance to catch up on my History lessons."

"Ah, yes, ok. You're such a good and caring pony, aren't you?" Mrs. Sparks said with a smile. Shining Armor's cheeks went bright red once again. Mrs. Sparks giggled at the scene. She walked back into her office while Shining Armor trotted over to History catch up lessons.

"Have you ever been tortured with tickling before? You know how it feels?" Twilight Velvet asked.

"No, but you looked like you were enjoying it." Twilight smiled.

Her mother frowned. "Just because I was laughing doesn't mean I was enjoying it. It felt like I had been punished by the demons in Tartarus. I will get you back for that young filly."

"May I remind you that I still have those two feathers in my saddle bag? I'll do it in public and embarrass you if I must." Twilight replied with her mischievous smile returning.

Twilight Velvet was going to say something back, but she remembered what happened last time she said something that annoyed her daughter. Twilight would do it, if she wanted to she would do it in public. Twilight Velvet closed her mouth, a wise move. She didn't want anypony to know that her young daughter was stronger at magic than her.

Twilight and her mother left their home at eight thirty and it took thirty minutes to walk to the new school. It was nine o'clock on the dot, right on time. They could see the school gates in the distance, Twilight started to get excited, left her mother and ran towards it. Twilight Velvet followed. Twilight ran through the school gates and now she was in the school premises for the first time. Her eyes glowed as she saw the white building in front of her. There was a bunch of steps leading up to the entrance of the sparkling structure with pillars leading up to the roof. There was a large tower with a gold helix travelling down it painted on. Students of the school happily walked in, going to their lessons.

Twilight Velvet finally caught up. "Twilight, I should never give you coffee again. You are way too fast for me when you're full of it."

Twilight gave a look to her mother that just screamed 'Don't you dare!'. She knew one word that would make her mother quiver in fear. "FEATHERS!"

A mid-aged mare wearing a black, certificated mares suit heard the conversation and decided to walk over, presuming those two ponies were there one's she was expecting. "Twilight Velvet? Twilight Sparkle?"

"Hello." Twilight Velvet gave a smile to the pony.

"Hi!" Twilight sang.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Mrs. Magic Sparks, the headmistress of Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns. It's nice to finally meet you. I was much excited to meet the Unicorn that caused the stories around school about the Unicorn filly who turned her parents into cacti." Mrs. Sparks giggled.

Twilight and her mother blushed. Twilight Velvet spoke up. "Great, nice to meet you too."

Mrs. Sparks looked down at Twilight. "Let me run you through what we're going to do today. There will be no lessons for you today. I bet your loving that."

"Actually, I was looking forward to leaning in this school. I love learning."

"Wow. That's a first." Mrs. Sparks was extremely surprised, no student had ever wanted to learn. "Anyway, instead I am taking you on a tour of the school and you're going to meet your teachers, so make a good first impression like you have with me. We will be doing that all day until twelve thirty. We will then have lunch and you can explore the play grounds and school fields and other student break facilities. Then, at one thirty, you will spend a few minutes with your form class and get to know them before they need to go back to their lessons. That will be when the tour ends and you will be able to go home. Did you get all of that?" she asked.

"Crystal clear." Twilight replied with a bright smile.

"Ok, great!" Mrs. Sparks turned to Twilight Velvet. "May I just ask, are you doing anything today? If not, you are welcome to join us in touring the school." she offered.

"Oh, um... Y-yes. Yes I would love too! Thank you."

Mrs. Sparks smiled. "Excellent! Let's get started immediately!" She turned and headed inside. She glanced back and saw Twilight and her mother still standing in the same spot. "Chop, chop!" she called.

They started moving, following Mrs. Sparks every step. First they arrived at the main reception of the school and grabbed a few leaflets for Twilight and her mother to read so they could learn a bit more about the school. They also picked up a map of the school; it was organized in sections and departments. Twilight got the privilege of choosing which department to go to out of the lessons she had on her time table which started tomorrow. Mrs. Sparks was the one to ask.

"So, Twilight, which department do you want to go to first? Which of your teachers would you like to meet? Remember, they can only be from your lessons that all first years have." Mrs. Sparks explained.

"What were they again? I forgot." Twilight asked with a blank face, she wasn't even listening to Mrs. Sparks, she was too caught up in the leaflet about the school, and it looked pretty damn good.

"Equestrian Language, Literature, Math, Science, Physical Education-"

"What?"

Mrs. Sparks rolled her eyes; she decided to dumb it down. "Most students refer to it as PE. The rest of your lessons are Citizenship and Magical Arts." she explained again. "Which we will need a new teacher for..." she whispered to herself quietly.

"Hmm. Hard to choose." Twilight thought about her decision carefully. "I think I'll leave the best till last and go with my least favorite lesson. I think I'll see the PE department first." Twilight smiled.

"Ok, we'll go to the PE department first." Mrs. Sparks returned the smile.

The PE department building was separate from the rest of the school; it was standing on its own with a huge field behind it for outdoor sports. It had a race track going round the edges of it, at least a perimeter of five-hundred yards. There was already a class on it running a lap; they were around the half-way point. They didn't enter the building because Mrs. Sparks new that all the PE teachers would be out and about, she leaded Twilight and her mother onto the field to find the PE teacher Twilight would have.

"Right, I need to find Mr. Shuttlecock, I think he's over there playing Badminton with his class." Mrs. Sparks said to herself.

"Who's Mr. Shuttlecock?" Twilight wondered.

"He's your PE teacher and please, don't laugh at the name. A lot of students do when they first hear his name." Mrs. Sparks sighed. She was expecting it. Twilight Velvet was motioning behind her daughter, secretly telling Mrs. Sparks to zip her mouth shut.

"What’s so funny about Shuttlecock?" Twilight asked. She wasn't laughing, but she was confused.

"Oh, good, you’re too young to understand." Mrs. Sparks smiled. She now knew that there was at least one pony in Equestria who didn't find the name funny. That also means she won her bet and now the assistant head of the school owed her ten bits. Twilight Velvet gave a sigh of relief when Twilight answered. That confirmed it; Twilight was way too young to know. The three started to walk over to Mr. Shuttlecock’s class.

Over at where the class was playing, Mr. Shuttlecock, a white, buff Pegasus with a black mane and a Badminton cutie mark, was teaching one of the struggling students a technique on how to play better. He was distracted on his long lecture with the student on Badminton because of two fillies sitting on the side line of the field. "Vinyl, Octavia! Get back to playing. Every lesson I see you two sitting on the side lines not taking part and being lazy!" He shouted at the top of his voice. He had a loud and deep voice. When he shouted, ponies could feel the vibrations of the ground beneath their hooves.

"But sir! This is boring. Can't Vinyl and I go to Music?" Octavia moaned.

"No, of course you can't! You get one PE lesson per week and I'm guessing it's the only time you two get fresh air in your lungs. Octavia, you are always inside playing your cello inside and Vinyl is always inside shaking the walls of her house down with her dub-step. How is that even classed as music anyway?" Mr. Shuttlecock snapped back.

"Hey!" Vinyl yelled. "At least I'm learning how to play a type of music and not leaning how to move on our legs, we learned that when we were two years of age. Is that why ya became a PE teacher so ya could always remind yourself?" That earned a snicker from Octavia.

"Watch your lip, young mare! Now, get back in the game." Vinyl and Octavia slowly trotted off back to their game that they seemed to hate so much. Mr. Shuttlecock saw Mrs. Sparks and two other ponies walking over to him. "Ah! Hello, Mrs. Sparks, and who are these two mares following you?"

"Hello, Mr. Shuttlecock. This young filly here is the one I was telling you about, Twilight Sparkle." Mrs. Sparks looked between the two. "She'll be joining your first year class. Is that them over there, being extremely unenthusiastic about their game?"

"Yes, and it's really starting to annoy me. They are young; they should be outside all of the time. Things would be much different if I said they could all attack each other. Anyway, it's nice to meet you, Twilight. I'm hoping you'll be the best of your class over there. In fact, all you'll need to do to become the best of this class is walk for at least a few minutes."

"Maybe. Do your PE classes include reading books?" Twilight asked. She'd been thinking about getting back to that book all day.

"No."

"Then no."

"Ugh... You gave me hope and then took it away. Why is everypony always inside these days? When I was a colt, everypony was always outside. The streets were infested by us, mares and stallions couldn't move."

"Sorry, I'm just more interested in reading."

"You don't need to be sorry. If you like something, do it. “Mr. Shuttlecock looked over at Vinyl and Octavia and shouted over. "But only on your free time and not in your only PE lesson!"

Twilight Velvet giggled at that, it also earned a smirk from Mrs. Sparks. "Right, well we better get going, we've got a lot more places in the school to visit."

"Right, well of you go. I need to get back to paying attention to my class again before one of the school morons try to bounce a Shuttlecock of some ponies head. Chances are it will be Pork Pie. You know what he's like." Mr. Shuttlecock laughed.

"It's unfortunate that I even know him at all. How did he even get in this school?" Mr. Shuttlecock and Mrs. Sparks gave each other a nod of agreement. Twilight Velvet, Mrs. Sparks and Twilight, turned round and headed for the field gates.

"I like Mr. Shuttlecock. Do you mom?" Twilight smiled. Her mother nodded.

Mrs. Sparks looked down at Twilight who was smiling and bobbing her head around. She was really enjoying herself. "Ok, Twilight. Again, it's your choice. What department do you want to visit next?"

Again, it took Twilight a while to decide. She remembered that she was keeping the best to last. "Hmm, I think we'll go to Citizenship next." Twilight Velvet smiled at her decision, her daughter noticed, but didn't know why. "Why are you smiling, mom?"

"I'm just happy that you choose to see citizenship." Twilight Velvet looked back up to explain to Mrs. Sparks. "The reason is because she doesn't know much about the real world. I think she spends too much time reading books. The only real world she knows is the one that she’s being taught from by the books she reads. I know in citizenship, you learn about politics and stuff like that, but she doesn't know much about socializing. I'm hoping in this school, she doesn't confine herself. I want her to make friends here. She doesn't seem to think friends are important, but I want to change that." Twilight was frowning at her mother’s answer.

"Don't worry about that, she'll make loads of friends here. Everypony here is very open to meeting new ponies." Mrs. Sparks smiled. She glanced over to Twilight and saw that she was unhappy. "Twilight, your mother is right. Foal your age should have a lot of friends to socialize with. Reading well for your age because your mind is at the perfect age to take everything in. But having friends is also good because you are not alone and it not only makes ponies smile, but it helps you develop as a mare yourself. Don't you agree with us?"

Twilight grumbled for a while, but in the end, accepted it. "Yeah, I guess so."

"Good, now come on. We need to get going otherwise we won't finish our tour on time. Follow me, I'll lead the way."

Mrs. Sparks walked towards one of the buildings that were connected to the rest of the school. Once they entered, they saw the interior. There were rows of classrooms on both sides of the corridor; there was a stair case at the bottom of it that lead up to the top floor. The ground floor had a huge sign on the wall in capital letters saying, "CITIZENSHIP". Each floor was assigned a lesson department.

"Right, we need to go to Mrs. Cheerilee's class. It's over here." Mrs. Sparks pointed her hoof over at the classroom, second to the end of the corridor.

They walked over and Mrs. Sparks knocked on the door. Twilight looked through the window on the door and saw a purple-pinkish pony with a pink frizzy mane quit talking to her class and move towards the door. She opened it with a loving smile. "Hello, Mrs. Sparks. How may I help you today? I'm currently teaching my second years about some involvement in the community."

"That's great. They seem to be enjoying it." Mrs. Sparks looked behind Cheerilee. Students laughing and working together. "Well, this filly here is Twilight Sparkle, the one I was telling you about. You know... the entry exam." Mrs. Sparks winked.

Cheerilee giggled. "Oh yeah her, I remember."

"Have you told ponies about what Twilight did to me and her father?!" Twilight Velvet eyes narrowed at the two teachers in front of her.

Mrs. Sparks was the first to admit it. "Yes. Sorry. It's because nopony had ever done that before, it was a good story to tell."

Cheerilee changed to topic back to Twilight. "Well Twilight, I'm Mrs. Cheeilee and it's lovely to meet you at last. I think you'll enjoy having me as your Citizenship teacher, all my students love learning about the real world."

"Your mane looks funny."

Twilight Velvet spoke up before Twilight said anything else. "Twilight! Don't be so rude."

"No, no. It's fine. Everypony as young as me wears their manes like this when they're at parties. I just haven't returned it to normal yet. I'm actually thinking about keeping it like this for a while since this new fashion is starting to come into the spotlight." Cheerilee smiled.

"Mrs Cheeilee here is our youngest teacher, she only left school about two years ago and then came to work here about a year ago." Mrs. Sparks explained. "Is that right?"

"Yes. Anyway, I need to get back to my class and finish off the lesson. Goodbye, Twilight." Cheerilee waved as she turned and trotted back into her classroom.

The tree started to walk off. "So, did you like her too, Twilight?" Mrs. Sparks asked.

"Yeah! She was great." Twilight thought about the rest of her subjects. "Can we go to the Science department now?"

"Sure."

The three left the building they were once in and entered another that was across the school yard and proceeded to go up a flight of stairs to reach the Science department. This floor was different. It had the same amount of rooms on each floor but instead of the corridor being plain wall, they had built in bookshelves, all filled with Science text books. Twilight's eyes glowed at the sight.

Twilight couldn't help it, she had to say it. "Books! I think I'm going to love this place" she gave of a big fillies squeal.

Mrs. Sparks smiled. "I bet you will." She turned her head and frowned so Twilight couldn't see her change in expression. "I'm not sure about your teacher though..." she said, quietly.

The three stood in front of a door with a sign drilled on it, it read 'Miss Charge's room'. Mrs. Sparks let off a sigh. "Well... here we go. Your Science teacher, Miss Positive Charge." The sign was new, recently put there.

"Mrs. Sparks, is Miss Charge a new teacher in this school?" Twilight asked by the curiosity of the new sign.

"No. She has worked here for about thirteen years."

"But the sign is new. I can tell."

"How's that, then?"

"Because you said Mrs. Cheeilee has only worked here for a year and her sign looks older than one year. How has she been working here for thirteen years and have a new sign?"

"Um... I shouldn't really say." Mrs. Sparks raised her hoof and knocked on the door.

A Unicorn with a black bow tie and coat answered the door. She had a grey fur coat and a mane darker shade of grey. She looked very depressed and so did the class behind her. They were all quiet, not saying a word, like they were sharing the mood with Mrs. Charge. Unlike all the other teachers when they saw Twilight and Mrs. Sparks, she didn't smile. It was like a wave of sadness and worry had washed over her.

She finally opened her mouth. "Um... hello Mrs. Sparks."

"Hello Miss Charge, how are you today?" Mrs. Sparked smiled. Everypony was happy and cheerful, but for some reason, not her.

"I'm fine for the moment. I'm happy to say that none of my classes have given me bother yet. I don't think I could handle one of these classes I have today. I think you know which one I'm talking about."

"Yeah, Pork Pie, he will give you Tartarus if he finds out you know what."

"I know, he's an evil little brat. Sometimes I think he's the Son of Discord himself. What period do you have him?"

"Period five."

"I'll do you a favor. I'm not busy then, so I'll take him out of the class and put him somewhere else for a while. Save you the trouble. You don't deserve to get abused by a first year or by a student in any year for that matter."

Mrs. Charge cracked a small, almost invisible smile. "Thank you."

"Anyway, back to what we came to do. Miss Charge, this is Twilight Sparkle."

Miss Charge's emotions didn't change. Every teacher was happy to see Twilight. She was in a worse mood than she thought. Miss Charge looked down at Twilight, she didn't say much, she seemed confined to herself. Mrs. Sparks said that she shouldn't answer her question, so what was she hiding that's making her act this way. Not only that, but she seemed worried about a pony named Pork Pie. Who was he? Surprisingly, most questions Twilight wanted to ask were going towards a sad mare and an anonymous pony who being described as the Son of Discord, rather than the school, the whole reason she was here.

"Um... hello Twilight." Miss Charge looked back up to Mrs. Sparks. "I need to go back to my class. We're very busy." With no other words, she turned round, walked into the classroom and shut the door.

Twilight Velvet whispered to herself. "Well this wasn't expected."

Mrs. Sparks heard her. "I agree." She turned to Twilight Velvet and her daughter. "I apologize for Miss Charge. She's going through... rough times." There was a silence between the three, so Mrs. Sparks spoke up again. "Twilight, it seems that Miss Charge's mood had spread over to us as well. I think we should probably get going. Do you want to choose another department?"

"Math department next, please."

The mood had lightened on the way to Math. When they reached the department, it was decorated with numbers, sums, fractions, patterns and shapes. They were scattered across the wall of the corridor. Again, the corridor was the same basic shape but only some in the school were decorated. The trio arrived at a blue door with a circle window. Every door had a different color to it with a different shaped window peeping through. This department gave off more of a foalish appearance to it. The blue doors sign read 'Mr. Decagon's class'. Mrs. Sparks knocked on the door. It was opened almost immediately by a blue stallion with a light blue mane and a decagon for a cutie mark. He had a really big happy, cheesy smile on his face.

"Hey! Hiya Mrs. Sparks! How are you today?" Mr. Decagon was like the complete opposite of the teacher they had just witnessed. He was all bright and cheerful. Twilight loved him already.

Mrs. Sparks chuckled. "Hello, Mr. Decagon. I'm doing just fine." She looked behind Mr. Decagon and saw his class chatting away and laughing. "I can see your students are having fun once again."

"Oh, yes. I have a beautiful class of first years. I love them. It's their second week at the School for Gifted Unicorns and I'm already very fond of them. I also hear that a new filly will be joining their class. I think her name is Twilight Sparkle. I know a member of staff is taking her on a tour of the school this morning and I'm going to meet her. I've heard the stories of her entry exam, pretty funny." Mr. Decagon laughed again and Twilight Velvet rolled her eyes. "I bet she's a star."

"Well that's why I'm here. If you look beside me, you can see a small, Unicorn filly. This is Twilight Sparkle." Mrs. Sparks also had a big cheesy smile on her face just like Mr. Decagon's. She was excited to see his reaction.

Twilight wagged her tail and smiled, her eye's shining like the stars of the night sky. Judging by Mr. Decagon’s statement saying she's a star, she was expecting a nice warm welcome. There was nothing. His smile, gone and his face were now unemotional. Twilight stopped wagging her tail and her wide sparkling eyes, now filled with worry.

"Why was there a sudden change of emotion." Twilight thought. "Did I come off as too cute? Is that a thing? For me, it probably is."

His blank face, staring back at Twilight. It was starting to get creepy. Then he finally opened his mouth. "Oh. Dear. Celestia. You're ADORABLE!" He squealed like a filly younger than Twilight. "My heart is melting by the sight of you!" Twilight started to wag her tail again and her sparkling eyes returned.

Twilight wanted to take advantage of his behavior. He was obviously a loving pony. He seemed very friendly. "Hiya Mr. Pwease can I have a cookie?" Twilight exposed her puppy dog eyes.

"Oh, dear Celestia. The adorableness is too much, you're teeming with it."

Twilight Velvet interrupted. "Twilight, we'll get some cookies later."

Mr. Decagon, who was now trying to calm himself down, spoke again. "I always love new students. You seem like a lively one, judging by the entry exam story. I'm sure you'll do well in my class." He looked back up and saw a pony behind Mrs. Sparks. "Who are you, Ms.?"

"I'm Twilight Velvet, Twilight's mother."

"Ah, well it's nice to meet you too."

"We should get going, Mr. Decagon. We have a few more departments to visit and a few other places in the school grounds." Mrs. Sparks smiled.

Twilight started thinking again. "Mrs. Sparks seems to be cheerful around him. I like him."

The trio turned and trotted away. "Goodbye, Twilight. I can't wait to see you in my class." Mr Decagon chucked in an evil tone for what he was going to say next. "Oh, and goodbye Ms. Cactus." Twilight laughed a little.

"What did you say?!" Mr. Decagon didn't hear, he was already backing into his classroom. Twilight Velvet's eyes narrowed.

"Twilight, you know the drill. What department next?" Mrs. Sparks asked once again.

"Equestrian Language department, please." Twilight felt happier by the presents of Mr. Decagon. He made her feel giddy.

"Done."

The Equestrian Language corridor was like the science one. Bookshelves dedicated to textbooks and again the exact same design for the corridor. They stood in front of a brown door. The sign read, 'Miss Turner'. To Twilight Velvet, the entire department looked like the walls screamed boredom. Equestrian Language wasn't her interests. But to Twilight, it was linked very well with books. So there was no question of if she liked it or not. Mrs. Sparks began her routine of greeting Twilight's teachers. She raised her hoof and knocked on the door and it was opened by a very dark colored mare. There was no bright colors to her. She was an Earth pony with a black mane, a brown fur coat and a cutie mark resembling a block with the letters 'ABC' on it. She had raised brow.

"She doesn't seem very friendly." Twilight thought. "She looks very strict."

"Yes?" she said in a voice that would make younger fillies than Twilight cry in fear.

"Hello, Miss Turner. I see you're busy, so I will get on with it. This little filly here beside me is Twilight Sparkle. I think you've been informed about her?" Mrs. Sparks asked. The kindness that she gave off was gone. It changed when she faced her.

"Hmm, yes. I've heard of her. The trouble maker who turned her parents into cacti." Miss Turner turned to look at Twilight. "Young mare, there will be no silliness in my classroom."

"O-ok. I wasn't planning on causing any trouble anyway." Twilight was nervous. She didn't like how this new teacher had introduced herself at all.

"I'm just going to inform you, Miss Turner that was a complete accident. It was a magic seizure and Twilight could not control it, but it did get her into the school and from what I've seen from her, she will be a shining star in this school." Mrs. Sparks reply to her wasn't expected.

"She doesn't seem to like Miss Turner very much." Twilight thought.

"Oh... Sorry. My mistake." Miss Turner looked back down to Twilight. "It's nice to meet you Twilight. As long as you're not a trouble maker and you're willing to learn, we will get on just fine."

"Twilight, Miss Page Turner is one of our oldest teachers. She is very skilled at her job and will be your Equestrian Language teacher and your Literature teacher." Mrs. Sparks turned back to Miss Turner. "We're going now. I hope the rest of the lesson goes well." She quickly left the area, Twilight and her mother followed.

They were now in the middle of the school yard. Twilight was curious of what just happened back there. She decided to ask. "Mrs. Sparks?"

"Yes, Twilight?"

"I couldn't help but ask. But when she answered the door to Miss Turner, you didn't look very happy. I mean, not as happy as you have been all day. Why is that?"

"Ugh... Twilight, I'll be honest with you here. I don't like Miss Turner very much. She doesn't go by my beliefs that I've sunk into the school for the better. I want all teachers in P.C.S.G.U to not be too strict and not too generous. Miss Turner is very strict. I believe to punish the individual that causes trouble and not the whole class. Sometimes she doesn't go by that either. I also like the teachers to connect with the students. By this, I mean being humorous and entertain students during lessons so they learn more and sometimes, even put themselves in the students place. I want the school to follow the motto I came up. If the teachers do this, which almost all of them are, we can make this school even better. The motto is 'Aspire. Achieve. Enjoy.'."

"Wow. Deep. I saw those words below the sign when we arrived."

"Yes. Below the P.C.S.G.U sign, the motto is there. I made it the schools motto and not my personal one."

Twilight Velvet, the pony who remained quiet for most of the tour, finally spoke up again. "Well, Mrs. Sparks. From what you have explained and what I have seen. You have got to be the best headmistress I have ever met. I can see you have done wonders for this school."

"Thank you." Mrs. Sparks smiled and turned back to Twilight. "One more department to visit, Twilight and then we can move on to our facilities and entertainment areas for students. C'mon, let’s go to Magical Arts. I bet you've been waiting for this all day."

"Yeah, duh! I love learning magic. It's the best!"

"Glad to hear it."

The trio trotted over to a building next to the one that stands out the most. Next to the white and gold tower was a building with a huge sign on the front side saying 'Magical Arts'. This department wasn't a corridor; it had a whole building dedicated to it. Because the school's main subject was Magical Arts, it was to be expected that the department would get a different style. It would also be expected that all teachers in the building would be Unicorns.

They entered the building, it was also different. It was better furnished and was very fancy. It was kept like it was brand new, like it was built yesterday, unlike some places in the school, where some of the walls were starting to crumble. Mrs. Sparks, Twilight and her mother walked past a door where some caretakers were taking dumpsters in and out of the classroom, putting objects inside of it. The doors sign read 'Mr Guinness' and the classroom was being cleared out. Twilight was once again curious and wanted to ask, but disregarded it. Twilight just thought that the teacher was too old and decided to retire or leave on his own terms, little did she know. They stood in front of another door. Mrs. Sparks once again knocked on the door and it was opened by a mid-aged mare with a white coat and a bright yellow mane. She had a smile on her face. Finally, it was good to see a teacher that smiled again.

"Ah, Mrs. Sparks! Nice to see you again." She was happy, but also nervous.

"Hello." Mrs. Sparks turned to Twilight. "Twilight let me introduce you to Mrs. Sun Spot. She is a new teacher here at P.C.S.G.U and is very skilled. Judging by her interview, we were lucky she showed up. She is probably the most skilled Unicorn in this school now. Sh-"

"We'll see about that..." Twilight's eyes narrowed and her horn glowed, trying to look threatening. Mrs. Spot giggled a bit.

Mrs. Sparks couldn't help but give off a small laugh as well. "Yes. Well she has replaced Mr Guinness pretty quickly which was very lucky. She is your new Magical Arts teacher."

Mrs. Spot spoke up. "So, Twilight. You think you're more powerful than me? I was once Princess Celestia's personal student."

"I know I'm more powerful."

Mrs. Spot lit up her horn and the magic ran through Twilight and eventually to Twilight's horn. Twilight was again, curious. "What are you doing?" she asked.

"I'm scanning you, specifically, the magic inside you. You aren't quite as powerful as me, but you are one of the most powerful foals I have ever met."

"I didn't give you permission for you to use you're magic on me."

"As long as it doesn't harm you in any way, it's aloud." Twilight sat on her rump, folded her forelegs and went into a little mares grumble. "But anyway, that's my job. I make you better. More skilled than you are now and maybe one day, you could become Princess Celestia's new personal student. I bet you would love that. I think every Unicorn would love that."

"Well, duh! Who wouldn't love that?"

"I know. But anyway, Twilight, I'm sorry I have to cut this greeting short, but I really must get back to decorating my new classroom."

Mrs. Sparks opened her mouth again. "Alright then. Good luck with that. We'll get a move on."

"Goodbye, Mrs. Spot." Twilight yelled and waved her hoof.

Mrs. Spot moved towards her door. "Goodbye, Twilight. I await your presents in my classroom in one lesson and I hope we get to know each other more. Believe me when I say this, but you're something special."

Mrs. Sparks, Twilight and her mother walked out of the building. "And that was all of the departments that all of your lessons are in."

"Does this mean it's the end of the tour?" Twilight's eyes started to water. She loved this place and didn't want to wait until tomorrow. "But you said we will be here till after lunch."

"No, it is not the end. We still need to visit the other places in the school grounds that you have access to and may also enjoy during break or lunch times." Mrs. Sparks smiled again. "So, now onto the other places. Hang-out rooms and the library and so much more to entertain you when you're not learning in lessons. We can also stop by at one of the displays and pick up a school club leaflet if you want. Where do you want to start?"

"I guess I'm doing the best till last thing again. I chose the hang-out rooms." Twilight Velvet frowned at Twilight's answer. Mrs. Sparks saw.

"Let's get going." The three started moving. Mrs. Sparks walked alongside Twilight Velvet to ask her about her expressions. "Can I just ask you, why did you frown when Twilight said that she wanted the best till last and then chose the Hang-out rooms?"

"Remember what I said earlier? About her making friends. Well I want her to and she's not going to make any if she doesn't start hanging around ponies."

"Hmm. Yes, I agree."

"I'll have a word with her later on in the day. I can try and convince her to start hanging around some ponies in school and lay off the books for a while. They're not the most important things in the world, so I think she should spare some time to be social."

"That would be a good idea. When I said she would defiantly make friends here, I can't promise it unless she puts some effort in too. I'll try and help her along the way."

"Thank you." Twilight Velvet made an appreciative smile. That whole conversation went on without Twilight even hearing.

The trio entered the hang-out rooms. It was well looked after and looked like it was decorated by some fancy Canterlot designer. Mrs. Sparks guided Twilight and her mother around the room. Twilight Velvet looked impressed. She was happy with it and she hoped Twilight was too. Maybe the stylish look and the comfy sofas would convince her to use it all of the time. Especially that they allow books from the library to be used in here. But Twilight wasn't interested. It was very boring for her.

"Now Twilight," Mrs. Sparks began to explain the room. "This is the hang-out room. As you can see, it is fitted with quality sof-"

"BORING! Can we go somewhere else?" Twilight moaned.

"You wanted to see this place."

"Yeah, but I didn't want to spend too much time here."

"We've been here for less than two minutes."

"Yes. Two minutes is too long for a boring room."

"Well if you don't want to be here, then you can wait outside the room. I'm sure your mother is interested." Twilight walked slowly out the room.

"Yes, I would be very interested to hear" Twilight Velvet was still thinking about how to get her in there.

"Ok then. As you can see, it is fitted with the best quality sofas in Canterlot. We have spent a lot of bits for the comfort of our students. We even have a coffee maker in here for them."

Twilight turned back around as her eyes widened. "What did you say?"

"We have a coffee maker in the hang-out rooms."

Twilight located the coffee maker in the room. Once she found it, she ran over to it and made herself a coffee. Once it was done, she poured it into a paper cup and sipped it. She tasted it and her smile grew wider. She then gulped the whole cup down.

Twilight Velvet wasn't pleased by her daughter’s actions. "That's two full cups of coffee you've had today."

"Yeah."

"You're going to be really hyperactive tonight aren't you? I hope your father won’t be annoyed by this."

"Yeah." Twilight looked back over to Mrs. Sparks. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Sparks. I take back everything I said about this place. I love the hang-out rooms."

Twilight Velvet and Mrs. Sparks glanced at each other and both smiled simultaneously, amused by Twilight and her new developing coffee obsession.

Mrs. Sparks decided to continue. "Well, that's it for this room. Where do you want to go next?"

"The library. Was there any doubt? Also, can we pick up a leaflet for the after school clubs? I want to know more about those."

"Sure we can."

Mrs. Sparks picked up a leaflet for Twilight on the way to the library. When she told Twilight where the library was, she started to get excited. The library was the white and gold tower at the back of the school. She got even more excited when she found out how big the library was. Twelve floors of books, all waiting for her to read. When she smashed the doors down to get inside, the sight made her jaw drop. She had never been in a library this big or as well organized. Except for Canterlot library of course, but it was the best school library she had ever seen. She was just about to run in and grab the first book she saw when...

"Excuse me, young mare. Do you have a pass to be in here?" The stallion’s voice was already strict. He wasn't the most welcoming pony in the school. He had a grew fur coat and no hair on his head. His mane was absent. It wasn't a common style to see. He also had a cutie mark of a dusty old book and wore a mare of glassed on his muzzle.

"Um..." Twilight was nervous around him. She already disliked him.

"If you don't have a pass, the please leave! I don't have time to waste. I need to finish organizing these books."

Mrs. Sparks got there just in time. "Oh, don't worry Mr. Hardback. She's with us. She's a new student here."

"She's a bit late. School started two weeks ago and first years are already sorted out and in lessons."

"Yes, I know that. She was one of the ponies who were the last for the entry exams."

"Why are you organizing an entry exam in school terms? I thought you wanted the best for the students."

"I do. But this is the most popular school in Equestria for Unicorns. We also get lots of funding from the Equestrian government. We use it wisely and that is why we're the best. We also give our staff better paychecks. Even the school librarians, while other schools pay less and I bet those school librarians are not as stuck up as some that I know. Maybe we should replace our librarian for a more grateful one."

"Hmm. Y-yes. Ok, that's fine." He said.

"Twilight, this is Mr. Hardback. He is in charge of the school library."

"Oh." Twilight turned to him. "Hello, Mr. Hardback."

"Hello." That was it. No long cheerful greeting like she got most times. Just a simple 'hello' and was shoved out of the picture to finish what we were doing. Twilight had never met a more grumpy and miserable pony in her life.

"Uh-huh. We should get moving, Twilight." Mrs. Sparks gave Mr. Hardback a disapproving stare. She didn't like that teacher either. Honestly, neither did Twilight. At least Miss Turner changed her mood half way through her first encounter with Twilight.

Twilight looked at the map of the library. They trio moved deeper into it, Twilight Velvet and Mrs. Sparks walked, but for some reason, Twilight rushed. Twilight head was turning to see every inch of it. They moved from section to section, floor to floor. Going passed authors, each with parts of the library dedicated to them. Clover the clever, Star Swirl the bearded and many, many more. Twilight finally stopped running when she reached the top of the tower at the J K Yearling section. Mrs. Sparks and Twilight Velvet eventually caught up with her.

"Twilight, how can you run up that many flights of stairs?!" Twilight Velvet was shocked.

By the expression of Mrs. Sparks' face, she was shocked by the speeds of the little filly too. "Those speeds from a filly like you should be impossible. How can you possible do it?"

"Coffee."

Twilight Velvet didn't give her daughter an approving look. But she felt like Twilight was teasing her. "Seriously Twilight, why did you run all of the way up here?"

"A few ponies I know recommended these books to me. I thought I might take a peek at them. They're meant to be really interesting."

"What books?"

"The Daring Do series by J K Yearling."

"I've never heard of them."

"That's because you're old, Mom."

Twilight Velvet was quite for a minute. She thought to herself. "She daughter just called her old. Was it true? It couldn't be. In fact, at her age, she was still considered a young mare." She looked back to Twilight. "I'm twenty-nine! I'm not old."

"You look old for your age."

"No I don't."

"You have as many wrinkles as Miss Turner."

"That's a lie! Listen, young mare. If you don't zip your yappy muzzle up. I might just ground you until the day I die. Then you'll know how young I am and how I actually look good for my age."

"Won't be a long punishment."

"Hey! Don't push you're luck." Twilight started to roll on the floor, laughing. Her mother, totally not amused. "Just look for the book you want to look at."

Twilight walked over to the shelf where she assumed it should be located if the library really was that organised. She read the spines of the books that had their titles on them. Then she finally found it, the first Daring Do book of the series. "Looks like those ponies were right. This does look interesting just by looking at the cover. I am definitely reading this." She looked back over to Mrs. Sparks. "Mrs. Sparks, can I take this book out?"

"Sure, why not. I'll go sign it out for you."

"Thanks." Just then, the bell rang. "What was that for?"

"That was the bell for lunch. Time to get something to eat and take a look around the cafeteria."

"Good. I'm starving." Twilight Velvet was relieved by the word food.

"Don't worry, Mom. We'll get some food in ya. We don't want you to have no energy so you can't use those brittle, old legs of yours." Twilight had her mischievous smile on again.

"Stop it."

Twilight and her mother, along with Mrs. Sparks were a long way away from the cafeteria. They had to run to get there as early as they could. They had to run from the top of the tower, all the way down and across the yard into one part of the buildings she had never entered before. By the time they got there, the que for lunch was coming out of the cafeteria doors and growing.

Twilight's stomach grumbled. "Oh great! It'll take all lunch time to get some food now! I'll starve to death by then!"

Twilight Velvet rolled her eyes. "How do you think I feel? I didn't have any breakfast because I was trying to get you ready for your tour."

"But I'm more important."

"Oh yes, you are. Sorry I forgot, Princess."

"I will be a Princess. You watch, I'll be a Princess one day and I'll never go hungry again. I will just stuff myself with food to last a life time when I'm a princess."

"You would stuff yourself?"

"Yep."

"But what about all the ponies around the rest of the world who don't have as much food as Equestria? As a Princess, you would have to choose to help them out."

"I will help them. They can have anything they want as long as I get my hay-fries."

Mrs. Sparks couldn't help but laugh at the conversation Twilight was having with her mother. But she had to step in before it got funnier and made her go into a laughing fit. "Twilight, dear. I think you're forgetting that I am a member of staff. The headmistress even. Because you two are with me, we can cut straight to the front of the line."

"Really? Being a teacher is awesome!"

"I'm guessing you want to be a teacher now, Twilight?"

"No. Still a Princess. I want unlimited about of hay-fries."

"Well, you can have potion of hay-fries instead, right now." Mrs. Sparks laughed at her own witty comment.

They moved deeper into the crowed of ponies demanding their food as if they were going to starve. At the back, near where they stood before, ponies seemed devastated that they arrived at that time. Honestly, Twilight would be devastated too if that happened to her. Some ponies even felt jealous that Twilight was with Mrs. Sparks and not them. It was all a bit overdramatic for a lunch queue. Twilight grabbed her tray and proceeded to the front of the queue. An old mare was standing on the other side of the counter. She was very greasy and wrinkly.

"What'd ya want?" she said in a miserable voice.

"Hay-fries."

The mare picked up a spatula, scooped up some hay-fries and dumped them on a plate and passed it over to Twilight's tray. "Move along." she said with the same tone of voice.

After all three of them were served, they found a table in the cafeteria and sat down. The first time of the day that Mrs. Sparks could have a normal conversation with Twilight to get to know more about her.

Mrs. Sparks took advantage of the moment. "So Twilight, I want to know more about you. What are your interests? From what I've seen and heard, you adore books. I also don't need to know what you think about magic, because of the stories I've heard about your entry exam. Quite an amusing tale, I must say."

"I love books. Books are awesome. We can learn a lot from them, but they can also entertain us. I like to think that books are the greatest weapons in the world."

"That sounds familiar. Is that from somewhere? A quote or something?" Mrs. Sparks shook her head and reminded herself to stay on the subject.

"With magic, I feel the same way. I think it's great, especially now that I know I'm more powerful than my Mom."

"Yes Mrs. Velvet, I'm curious, what did it feel like to be a cactus?"

Twilight shook her head. "No, no, no. That's not what I meant." Twilight pulled out two feathers from her saddle bag. "What I meant was-"

Twilight Velvet's cheeks started to glow bright red. "Twilight, please don't say anything about that."

"Why not?" Twilight resumed to her story. "What happened was my Mom wanted me to leave for school, but I wanted to finish a chapter of a book. When she tried to take the book away from her I-"

"Twilight! Please! I will double your allowance for a week."

"A month."

"Deal."

The table was quiet for a few minutes. Nopony knew what to say next. Twilight was happy with her doubled allowance. Twilight Velvet was relieved that her daughter didn't say anything about the little struggle she went through to get her to school and there was only one thing on Mrs. Sparks' mind.

"So how did it feel to become a cactus?"

"I'd rather not talk about it. It was unpleasant, that's all I'm going to say."

Sooner than expected, lunch was over and the bell had just rang for all students to go to registration at their form classes. Ponies were exiting the cafeteria and heading to their classrooms. There was only one more place to go. To see her form class.

Twilight stood in front of a door with another sign on it, it read, "Mr. Brush" and this stallion was Twilight's form teacher. Mrs. Sparks knocked on the door and it was opened in seconds. A stallion with a drawn back, green mane and a white fur coat stood in the door way. He looked down at Twilight and immediately smiled.

"You must be Twilight Sparkle."

"Yep."

"Good, good. Your brother, Shining Armor, has been telling us all about you thus far and the rest of the form class is excited to meet you and would also like to hear more, but from you instead. Come in, come in." He moved his hoof, motioning the three to come in.

Once they entered, Twilight was put on edge as she soon found out everypony was looking at her and that she was the center of attention. Twilight gave a nervous laugh and a small wave. Mr. Brush took the attention back when he started talking again.

"Right, let me introduce myself, Twilight. My name is Mr. Paint Brush. I am an Art teacher here at the school for gifted unicorns and also you’re form teacher." He raised his hoof and pointed. "And this is the rest of the class. Feel free to ask any questions, everypony. I'm sure Twilight won't mind."

Twilight Velvet saw Shining Armor sitting at one of the tables. She smiled and waved while he was hiding his face in his hooves like he was trying to send a message to his mother to stop. The class was a mixture of first years going up to final year students.

A white unicorn filly raised her hoof. It was the first student she saw in the school. If Twilight could remember correctly, her name was Vinyl Scratch. "I have a question. What are ya interests? Do ya like Music 'n' stuff?"

Twilight answered quickly. "No, not music. My interests are books and magic. I do find music entertaining though. I love how there are tons of different types, but I don’t like all types. What types of music to do you like?"

"I prefer dub step. It's awesome and with my mind which is equally awesome, I can create my own tracks. I don't wanna brag, but I'm pretty skillful with my beats. Do ya like dub step too?"

"No, if anything, I love classical way better. I normally play it when I'm reading because it's very soothing."

"I have a friend who would adore ya just 'cus ya said that. Her name is Octavia; I should introduce her to you some time."

"Great, I would love to meet her." Twilight Velvet smiled at her daughters answer. It was a sign she was finally opening up. She looked over to Mrs. Sparks who also smiled and then winked at her.

"Ok. Next question?" Mr. Brush asked.

Suddenly, a loud voice came from the back of the room. "ARE YOU SINGLE?"

"WHAT?!" Twilight screamed. She was in shock because of the unexpected question.

Mr. Brush wasn't happy with the question that the young colts question. "Pork Pie! Be quiet you mischievous little brat!" He turned back to Twilight. "Sorry about that. That was Pork Pie, the troublemaker of the class."

The school bell went and it was time for the students to go to their next lesson, but for Twilight, it was the end of the tour. Mrs. Sparks lead Twilight and her mother out of the classroom and to the exit of the school. As they were walking, Twilight had one question in her mind.

"Mrs. Sparks that pony, Vinyl Scratch said she was friends with a pony named Octavia. But I saw Octavia today, she's an earth pony. How did she get into this school?"

"This school isn't just for unicorns. You will see some Pegasus students and some earth pony students here. The reason is that if those ponies have very high scores in passed exams, they will be allowed into this school. Because they're not unicorns, their scores need to be higher to be accepted and they also can't do Magical Arts, but they're still allowed in. It's just that a school for unicorns will be more dedicated to unicorns."

"Ok, now I understand. I think that's a really good idea."

"All part of making the school equal."

They reached the school gates that Twilight had first arrived at early in the morning. It was now mid-day.

"Well, goodbye Twilight. I'll see you tomorrow when you start lessons."

"You will. I don't want to miss out now that I know what's here."

"And it was nice meeting you too, Mrs. Velvet."

"Same to you, goodbye."

Mrs. Sparks returned to the school while Twilight and her mother walked slowly back home, both happy with the results of that day out. The school was better than they both thought. Even though some teachers didn't seem like their selves and some were just grumpy, it was still better than the average school.

It was late at night; Twilight had about thirty minutes before she had to go to bed. She was sharing a chair with her mother while they both flickered through the leaflet they got off Mrs. Sparks about the clubs and activities at the school for gifted unicorns. She wasn't interested in all of the clubs around the school. Art club, not interesting. Catch-up lesson clubs, maybe when she was behind in her school work, but that would probably never happen for her. Magical Arts club and the reading club? Was there any doubt about the obvious answer? At that moment, Twilight's father walked through the door from his job at the Lunar Guard.

"Aww, look at that. Mother and daughter sitting together, smiling. How adorable! How was it today, Twilight?"

"Brilliant! Mom and I went with Mrs. Sparks to tour the school. I met all of my teachers who are going to be leading my lessons and I think I made a friend."

Night Light smiled and looked at his wife and mouthed, "Really? Already?” Twilight Velvet nodded with a smile. Night Light turned back to Twilight. "T-that's excellent, Twilight. Well done. Nice to see you opening up so soon. So, what do you think of the teachers?"

"Love them, most of them anyway. Mrs. Sparks is the headmistress and she is amazing. Mr. Shuttlecock seems nice too, he's my PE teacher. Mrs. Cheerilee is pretty nice too, she is my Citizenship teacher. Miss Charge was... I don't know how to describe her. I didn't see much of her, but she was really sad and it was like she didn't even want to be there at that moment. Something must be wrong with her. Mr. Decagon was a brilliant, bright teacher. He was smiling all the way through my first encounter with him. He is really nice. Then there was Miss Turner. She was really strict and wasn't very nice at first. She thought I was a trouble maker because of the story about my entry exam, but she soon opened up to me in the end. She is my Equestrian Language and Literature teacher. Then there was Mrs. Spot who is my Magical Arts teacher. She is a nice and skilled teacher; she was also once Princess Celestia's personal student. Then there was Mr. Brush who is an Art teacher, not mine but is my form teacher. Finally, there was Mr. Hardback. But I don't want to talk about him. He was the worst and he was really grumpy."

"Good. It sounds like you had fun."

"Oh, I did. I can't wait to go back tomorrow. I didn't learn anything today because of the tour, but it’ll be good when I finally get started."

"Glad you're looking forward to it." Night Light turned to Twilight Velvet. "Where is Shining Armor?"

"Doing his homework in his bedroom." Night Light gave an approving look. Twilight Velvet turned back to her daughter. "Twilight, do you want to go to bed now? You have a big day tomorrow. Your first lessons you will be taught in."

"Sure, can I read a chapter of my book before I go to sleep?"

"Yeah, just because you're going to bed early though." Twilight gave a big smile that revealed her teeth. "But don't keep yourself up until midnight just to read more. You need your sleep."

"Bu-"

"Don't deny you don't do that because we've heard you laugh at night."

"Fine." Twilight trotted over to her room and closed the door. She kept herself quiet and covered her muzzle when she was going to laugh once she decided to once again, read until midnight.

Author's Note

Next chapter will be out as soon as it's finished. By the way, for anyone who didn't work it out, P.C.S.G.U stands for Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns.