Emerald Rose's POV

"Come on Emerald, you don't want to be late!" Comet called out running into the schoolhouse doors to catch up with her friends.

Grabbing my saddle bag off the ground, I went into class and sat right beside Mossy Tiger and his clutsy best friend Twisted Harmony. The both of them had their cutie marks and basically thought that they were the big shots of the schoolhouse. Both colts got on my nerves because of how they acted.

"Oh look, it's Emerald as usual!" Mossy Tiger said. He came up to me with his cutie marked flank in my face to reach across to Twisted Harmony. The clumped up striped moss cutie mark waved in front of my muzzle.

Un-amuzed, "Do you mind with your nasty flank to kindly get it out of my face, it's kind of stinking up the place."

"Why?" Twisted Harmony butted in, "We are just having a normal conversation about our cutie marks. Something a blank flank like you wouldn't understand."

"Oh I understand. It's not like you two dingwads talk about it all the time!"

"What did you just call me?" Twisted got into my face, his yellow fur up in my eyes, I shoved him away.

"You heard me and please keep your stupidity in your own bubble. I don't want your disease."

Twisted Harmony was silent for a second, then his dumbfounded face turned into an angry looking one and his hoof went up as if he was about to punch me. I didn't move out of the way or even cower. Mossy Tiger didn't even stop him. With one faithful swoop, all I remember was being on the ground, getting the living daylights punched out of me. Comet came running towards both Mossy Tiger and Twisted Harmony, beginning to fight back.

Crystal's POV

Sitting in my small chair in my office at home, I worked on a story to have published; the one I was working on before was submitted and yet again, denied. Meow had gone into town to get some dinner.

Soon in the middle of my writing the phone rang, I knew that I couldn't ask Meow to get it so then I didn't have to stop my train of thought. I answered the phone...

"Hello? This is Crystal Feather speaking." I professionally said hoping that it was a publisher.

"Mrs. Feather... I know you were probably expecting a publisher or something but indeed not. My name is Snapple and I am your two filly's teacher, Comet and Emerald Rose."

"Okay, I know you are probably going to tell me how amazing they both are, you don't have to tell me what I already know."

"Actually, the both of them have been sent to the principles office for misbehavior."

"What happened?" I asked bewildered by what I had heard. The both of them sent to the principles office.

"As per what I saw and what I was told, Emerald Rose picked a fight with two innocent colts and then Comet jumped in."

I was silent for a couple of seconds, took a deep breath, "Do I need to come in and get them?"

"Yes ma'am, and they will be suspended because of fighting for a couple to a few days."

"I'm on my way."

Hanging up the phone, I immediately called Metal Note, I knew today that she wasn't working.

"Hey, Crystal Feather, what's up?!" Metal Note answered almost within a second of the phone ringing.

"You are SO not going to believe me when I tell you what I'm about to tell you now. You'll just totally call me crazy."

"What happened?"

Without hesitation, I told her everything that I was just told. Even now telling the story, I couldn't even believe that those words were coming out of my own mouth about the foals. Both Emerald Rose and Comet know better than to retaliate.

Once I finished telling the story, Metal Note was silent for a few seconds and then said, "You're crazy!!"

"Not crazy... I just got off the phone with their teacher and she told me what she was told and what she saw."

"What in their right minds would they even think of doing that?! The both of them are so well behaved."

"EXACTLY!! This is the very fist time that they have ever done something like this. I have to go get them from the schoolhouse, I better go before anything else happens."

"Alright Crystal, don't be mad at them forever."

"I won't, I can't. But it'll feel so good to let it all out and correct them."

"It's the truth, I'll see you soon."

"Okay, bye."

"Bye."

Hanging up the phone I put done my crystal quill and made my way to the schoolhouse. Confusion and anger raged within my body, flaming up high, both Emerald Rose and Comet have never been in trouble before, I've trained them. Well, I trained Emerald and Meow trained Comet I just kept enforcing it. But the mere thought of both my girls getting into trouble for a fight in school."

Emerald Rose's POV

"You didn't have to jump into the fight, it was best that you didn't get into trouble for something that was my problem." I said turning to Comet. Only having one eye to be able to see out of, my other eye was swollen from the quarrel.

"It's fine, look Emerald we're sisters okay. We look out for each other."

"I know but, I just have this feeling that once they call mom that she will be infuriated. This is the very first time that she will has received a call about us."

"That I believe and I know dad will too, this kind of thing has happened before but it was over something pointless. When I told him everything he just laughed."

"What was it for?"

"Tipping over a chair in class."

"That's stupid!"

"Emerald Rose and Comet!" I heard in the distance, quickly looking up I saw Mom. Uh-oh the one thing that screeched in my ear as she started coming close.

"Mrs. Feather, can we see you inside for a second?" the principle asked. Mom nodded and as she walked by us to go inside she angrily looked at both Comet and I.

"I think she's a little angry with us." Comet somewhat hysterically said.

"You think?!"

The both of us were silent, staring at our own hooves. I starting thinking about how mom was going to give me punishment. If only my real father, Damen, was here and they had called him instead of mom. Normally she is very laid back, but this is the very first time that she has gotten mad at me, Dad would've just acted in front of them and then asked my side of the story, but that was like pre-school.

"What are you thinking about?" Comet asked with a hoof on my leg.

I sighed, "Nothing of real importance Comet." I answered pushing her hoof away.

She was silent then responded, "I know that you are scared, I can see it in your eyes. I am too, to be honest, as much as your mom is not my real mom I just know that I've been disloyal to her and dad."

"That's true."

"Come on you two, let's go home." Mom said sounding a little more calm than she was when she walked up and in. Comet and I followed her back to the house.

"Mom..." I gently tried getting her attention.

"I really don't want to talk with either of you two right now. Yes I'm really mad at the both of you, but I would like to discuss this with Meow."

Both Comet and I stopped for a second in our tracks and looked at each other, now we were frightened enough to just run. Comet began walking away to mom and I stayed trapped in my tracks. The both of them didn't stop, I stared at the ground. Tears streamed down my face both out of fear and the mere thought that I disobeyed mom and dad.

Looking at the ground, I could feel my eyes widen. An idea struck; I stood up and pointed my horn at the ground. With all my strength I had in my horn, I performed a crystal creating spell. Cringing and grunting I made an emerald rose with a hint of dark blue sapphire in it, an apology gift for mom.

***

"The both of you know how to behave better than those demonic ponies at your school." Dad scolded, "They may not have been trained like Crystal and I have done for the both of you. You have to be the bigger pony!"

"Yes sir..." Comet said with her head facing the floor, "I'm sorry mama that the school called and had you take time out of your writing to come get us."

"It's okay." Mom responded, "It better not happen again. Go to your rooms and sit in there until dinner."

"Yes ma'am."

***

When it got dark outside, I walked out into the living room and saw mom sitting on the couch staring at Star's picture again. Quietly I walked up to her, gently I nudged her, "Um... mom."

Mom looked at me, "What do you need?"

"I wanted to give you this," I pulled out the emerald rose I had created, "It hurt me a lot knowing that I had hurt you and disobeyed you. I made this on our way home."

She grabbed the emerald rose, tears ran down her eyes. Mom quickly wrapped her hooves around me, "Thank you." Then all the sudden pulled me away and had a shocked look on her face, then a smile, "Have you looked at your flank recently?"

"Mom I know it's blank, you don't have to-" I looked at my flank as I talked and then stopped once the blank flank I once had revealed a cutie mark. A rose with a small star, just like moms, on the side.

"My cutie mark!" I exclaimed surprised, doing a little dance of happiness. Both dad and Comet came into the room and noticed my no more blank flank.

At that point, I couldn't wait to go back to school and show every pony my cutie mark. And then showing it off in front of Mossy Tiger and Twisted Harmony's face, rubbing it in.

Author's Note

So many chapters to write, so little time. I have been stocked up high with homework and schoolwork that I haven't had the time or energy to even write like I would love to do. Still in the single digits of typing this story up, I have been writing this in a notebook and on chapter 25 right now as we speak. No spoilers!! Got to keep this story good and unexpected for some of you. Bring in some comments let me know what you all think, I'd love to hear from you guys!

Until next chapter,
CrystalFeather