Amore stretches her arms up and lays back on the grass bank next to the track field. She wears a white shirt that hugs her upper body, aqua coloured shorts with white trim and aqua blue sneakers. Yawning lightly she stares up at the clouds before being joined by Sugar Fizz who is wearing the same uniform but in black with blood red trim.

"Working hard I see?" Sugar Fizz teases as she sits down.

"Just having a little rest, the teacher is a slaver..." Amore frowns in the direction of the teacher who is taking down track times below.

The teacher in question is a cyan Pegasus mare with a rainbow coloured mane and cerise eyes. She is wearing a tracksuit top and bottoms with a cap, baby blue trainers and a whistle around her neck, holding a clipboard and pen with a stopwatch resting on it.

"That's it, that's it. Keep those laps coming ladies! Hey, Red?! I haven't seen you do a single lap yet; get down here and make up for lost time with thirty!" The mare yells at Amore, who sits up.

"That's cruel and unusual punishment!" Amore protests with a scrunched up muzzle.

"Having a 'little rest', right..?" Sugar Fizz chuckles as she rests her elbow on her knee before resting her head on her hand to watch Amore.

Amore gives Sugar Fizz an awkward smile before the teacher grabs her attention with more yelling.

"Forty now! If you don't get down here soon you'll be doing one hundred!" The rainbow-maned mare shouts at Amore.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Sighing deeply. she gets up and stretches.

"Mrs. Rainbow Dash tends not to tolerate slacking since her wife chews her out for it." Sugar Fizz chuckles as Amore heads down to the track.

Taking a few deep breathes, Amore begins her stacked up laps of the track field. By around the tenth lap, she is caught up to by Aqua Streak and Scarlet Orange.

"Ha, I see Mrs. Dash finally caught you slacking on the bank after, like, an hour." Aqua Streak laughs as she runs to the right of Amore.

"We told you it wouldn't take long. How many did she sting you for?" Scarlet Orange asks, keeping pace to the left of Amore.

Amore shakes her head and sighs.

"Forty laps... I have about thirty to go..." Amore groans deeply.

"Least you have dinner to look forward to? That's something." Aqua Streak states, already feeling her stomach growling.

Amore suddenly loses her balance and stumbles a little with a blush across her muzzle.

"Y-yeah... That's something to look forward to..." Amore coughs lightly.

The trio goes another ten laps together before Aqua Streak pipes up again to talk.

"Oh, yeah, I've been meaning to ask you... Rumour has it that you're living in the vice presidents room as her roommate?" Aqua Streak asks with a concerned expression on her face.

"That's right, I never got around to telling you which room was mine nor who my roommate was. Yeah, I'm in the bottom bunk in Sugar's room." Amore chuckles as she looks at the concerned expression the two sisters share.

They go another lap in silence before Scarlet Orange decides to speak this time.

"You know in the year she's been here, she hasn't had a single roommate." Scarlet Orange states with a less cheery tone than normal.

"There are honestly very few who'd take the chance with the only daughter of the Von Heartstrings family. You must be brave or she might be using you." Aqua Streak continues explaining as Amore frowns.

"I don't believe she is like that, least she doesn't give me that vibe about her." Amore states looking weirdly at the two.

The sisters share another glance before another four laps pass them by.

"Hey... Does she suck your blood?" Scarlet Orange asks, catching Amore off guard.

The mare in question stumbles over onto the track floor making the other two raise their eyebrows at each other before Amore gets back up. She then catches up and coughs hard at the query.

"W-what gives you that idea?! Just because we share a room doesn't mean she is sucking me, I mean my blood!" Amore shakes her head before speeding off ahead of them.

Ignoring the two sisters for the rest of the lesson, Amore was still doing laps after everypony else went off to dinner in the cafeteria. When finished with her forty laps, Amore hit the shower block, stripping off and picking a stall halfway down the block to begin cleaning herself up. Not hearing the door, Sugar Fizz sat down next to Amore's gym bag on the bench next to the three rows of lockers, facing the showers. Once Amore was done, she dried herself and wrapped the towel around her waist before walking back to her bag.

"Nice shower?" Sugar Fizz chuckles as she stares at Amore.

Blinking, Amore jumps in surprise as she nearly drops her towel.

"Sweet fucking Celestia, Sugar Fizz! What the fuck?!" Amore sits down on the bench and tries to calm her heart.

Laughing lightly, Sugar Fizz looks very amused as she tilts her head.

"Did I startle you? I thought you'd expect me to pop out of places by now. Also... You were taking your time after class, so I came looking for you. We skipped my lunch remember?" Sugar Fizz pouts, slightly, as a light blush graces her muzzle.

"I just didn't expect you to be waiting here when I got out of the shower. Needless to say, the door was like a ninja... Sorry about lunch; I had to arrange something last minute for next weekend." Amore rubs the back of her neck.

The two mares sit in silence for a minute or two before Sugar Fizz coughs to get Amore's attention.

"Well, shall we?" Sugar Fizz prompts Amore who nods and holds out her arm.

As Sugar Fizz takes a long deep breath, running her muzzle up and down Amore's freshly cleaned fur, Amore can't help but think about what her friends were talking about. Sugar Fizz nipped Amore's wrist like before making the mare squirm, but stops when she speaks.

"Hey, Sugar Fizz... You're not using me, are you? You know, just for my fresh blood?" Amore asks, noticing a flash of pain across Sugar Fizz's expression.

Amore's stomach suddenly feels tight as she considers the mistrust she was suggesting despite the first lesson she was taught upon attending Armonia.

"I did wonder what those twins would have said to make you stumble over... I should expect as much, given I have lived alone since coming here. Nor had I fed on a pony before you, either... We've been doing this for a week now, though. Do you really think that?" Sugar Fizz asks, a tang of pain in her voice making Amore feel horrible.

"I... I'm sorry..." Amore takes back her wrist as she rubs it, "I feel like trust is important to you and I didn't believe them when they proposed the possibility..." Amore looks away from Sugar Fizz, feeling guilty she even asked her such a stupid thing.

Sugar Fizz sighs as she brings Amore's face back to look at her.

"You're still new to our world and I understand some things might feel a little confusing. I would be surprised if somepony didn't think the daughter of a prestigious vampire family, who suddenly got a new roommate, let alone fed on her willingly, wasn't using her. I mean, the thought did cross my mind when you beat me, but... It's not really my style." Sugar Fizz smiles warmly, making Amore feel a little better.

"Still, I'm sorry I asked such a stupid question... I should have known better when we talked about trust the first time. You still hungry or did I make you lose your appetite?" Amore asks holding out her wrist again.

Sugar Fizz hums lightly before taking an unexpected seat on Amore's lap as she licks and teases the mare's neck.

"Hmm, I do love the scent of your bodywash~" Sugar Fizz whispers into Amore's ear before nipping her collarbone.

The mare in question mewls and gasps under the vampire mare's sensual ministrations to her neck and surrounding areas.

"I-I thought you said that the neck was a more... Intimate area?~" Amore barely manages to ask through her gasps.

Chuckling, Sugar Fizz nips and licks Amore's neck.

"I did... I want to demonstrate how much I trust you despite only knowing each other for a week. It's important to me that you know and understand, I wouldn't do this with just anypony." Sugar Fizz states softly running her fangs along Amore's soft flesh.

Giving the mare little time to prepare herself, Sugar Fizz sinks her fangs into Amore's skin as she begins drinking her blood slowly. Amore is forced to hold onto Sugar Fizz as she is filled with even more exquisite pleasure than before. Her moans and mewls unable to be contained as they escape by Sugar Fizz's ear, encouraging the silent drinker to suck at various paces, testing the reactions from Amore. After too short of a time, Sugar Fizz finished up and licked the wound clean before it healed up.

"That'll always amaze me when you're normal. How your healing so quickly." Sugar Fizz leans back to stare confused at a pouting Amore.

"Why'd you stop?" Amore asks looking upset.

"I had my fill? Oh, you were really getting into it there, weren't you? Maybe I'll start doing your neck from now on when we're alone." Sugar Fizz chuckles and gets off Amore.

"You're evil sometimes..." Amore blushes brightly before getting changed, Sugar Fizz looking away respectfully.

Sighing to herself she waits for Amore to fully dress back into her uniform before holding the door open.

"Right, let's get you some dinner, shall we?" Sugar Fizz prompts Amore who nods eagerly.

Moving Amore along gently down the basement stairs of the 1st-floor left wing, the mare herself being extremely confused at their direction after dinner.

"Explain to me why you're taking me down a set of stairs, which I can only fathom leads to the academy basement?" Amore asks as they reach the bottom.

Looking around, Amore can see the 'basement' is a lot different than she imagined. It being a decently long corridor which she figures runs the length of the academy and is a lot more vibrantly coloured than she expected.

"Because your mane is a slight mess and I'd really like for you to have it fixed. I don't mean the casual mess you normally pull off. Just that it needs a slight trim, is all." Sugar Fizz pleads as she moves Amore along down the pink decorated corridor.

"It's not that bad is it?" Amore asks looking up at her slightly messy mane.

Stopping them in front of a door which has a pair of silver scissors on it. Sugar Fizz opens and pushes Amore through before closing it. Moving her past a few hanging purple curtains to reach a decorated cylinder room which has around four mirrors and swivel chairs in front of the same amount of sinks. Besides the curtains at the entrance, there are a few magazines laid about at each station along with various bottles of beauty products.

"He should be around here somewhere, likely not long got back from dinner. He runs a little bit into the evening as some customers come at quieter times." Sugar Fizz explains as she takes up a spare seat in the small lounge to the left.

"This place is decorative, to say the least... It's not overly vibrant, but it has a mild charm, I guess." Amore states, looking around.

Entering through a staff door opposite the lounge, an anthro male sea serpent with purple scales and brilliant orange hair and moustache that have brilliant yellow streaks within walks through reading a fashion magazine. He wears a pair of blue jeans, black dress shoes, with a white and navy blue plaid frilled cuffed and collar shirt with a red flannel sticking out of the top of his shirt.

"Ah, Sugar Fizz, nice to see you, hun. This would be your infamous new roommate who duelled you when she first came here." The Sea Serpent states putting the magazine down on the curved side which the sinks sit in.

"Hello, Steven. Amore, this is Steven Magnet, the academy hairdresser. She needs a trim if you'd be so kind?" Sugar Fizz states, as she grabs a nearby magazine.

Circling Amore, Steven checks her out, before stopping to spin the chair around to face her.

"If you'd be so kind as to take a seat, my dear." Steven Prompts Amore, who gingerly sits down.

Spinning Amore back around, Steven picks up a pair of scissors before humming to himself as he shifts from side to side behind Amore.

"We'll go with just a trim for now then, you'll have to come back another time should you desire a new style." Steven states before putting a barber cloth over Amore to keep her clean.

"I guess a trim is fine... I don't really see a problem with my current style." Amore states looking at Steven before he directs her back to the mirror.

Starting to trim and cut off various small edges of Amore's mane and tail, the Sea Serpent hums to himself while working.

"Granted, while your current style is fine, one always needs a change of pace at some point. To aid in this, a haircut is often a good way to freshen this perspective." Steven explains as he finishes with Amore's tail and moves back to trimming her mane.

After several minutes Steven brushes her off and removes the cover. Looking at her mane in the mirror, Amore smiles a little.

"It does look much better and tidy now, but still in its more natural messy state, if that makes sense." Amore states, standing up.

"Plenty. I'll waver the price this time, Sugar. I hope to see you both again soon." Steven waves to the pair.

Sugar Fizz gets up and the pair exit out of the salon before Amore stretches.

"That was nice... Thanks, for taking me here. I haven't really explored this academy in the short week I've been here." Amore smiles as she yawns lightly.

"I'm glad you feel refreshed, let's head back to the room and get some sleep." Sugar Fizz states as she walks off, Amore watching her for a moment before catching up.

Author's Note

The third chapter is done and out. Hopefully, the new direction is progressing well. I had to take an alternate route towards the final scene as Aqua and Orange, while suspicious of Sugar, wouldn't take the drastic route they did in the original. As such, for this section we lost that lovely Team Rocket entrance I so enjoyed before, oh well. Guess I can find somewhere else for it. Stay tuned for more as I keep up with the chapters.