The next day morning, when we were having breakfast, Dad asked me about my new friend. That’s never a good sign.

“So, I would like to know more about this new friend of yours.”

That got my attention. I gulped my orange juice and thought of an answer.

“They are actually my class project teammate.”

“Oh! Is that so? Then I should assume you two were working on your project at their house yesterday?”

“Yes, we were!” Thanks for covering for me, Dad.

“Hmm, I see. Then you should invite them here as well,” he said as picked up his teacup.

Yeah, I was super mega troubled at that point. He really wanted to see her, but with the whole magic thing she has, things are NOT gonna turn out normal, and on top of that she might probably give me away on the whole kidnapping thing. I don’t want to make everybody in this house worry about me; they were through enough, they can’t take pressure. I needed to somehow get over this.

“I don’t think they like to, ‘cause, you know, they are kinda shy.” If I could make a little bittle of a delay, I might be able to finish the project and forget about this whole thing forever.

“Anyhow, invite them. We need to show our manners, at least.” He raised his eyebrows up and took a slip of his tea.

“Suuuuure, I’ll definitely do that.”

After that I got ready to head for school. And when I reached it, Steely was there already.

“Where were you last night? I couldn’t contact you. Even your father called our home, looking for you!”

“Yeah, that’s a long story, man.”

So I told him the whole story, how I got to talk to Sunshine and sorted things out once and for all. He listened very carefully; I almost felt like he was going to start taking notes.

“So I guess you don’t want your father to find out about this, right?”

“Right, I don’t.”

“And what are you going to do about your phone?”

“I’m gonna buy a new one after school. You coming?” I don’t know why but he blushed again when I said that.

“Well, uh, I am kinda busy today, you know?” He was acting weird and I wasn’t sure why.

“Uh, OK, whatever you say, buddie.”

We headed to math class, and almost everyone was there, except Sunshine. I figured she’s not used to being kidnapped like I am. But that wasn’t the case. Mr. Cranky Doodle was absent. You’d think that Principal Celestia would sub for him, but no: Prof. Skull Mustache came! I was not happy about that!

This guy is like a vampire, and I can prove it:
1: his face is cold gray.
2: he dresses up like one.
3: he can understand your movements without seeing you. Rose was looking outside right by the window and I was staring at him and I swear he did not look at her even a second. But while he was writing stuff on the board he said: “If you really are eager to join my textbook, I will gladly escort you outside, Ms. Rose” it was at that point she just looked back at the class. I mean, yeah, he doesn’t drink blood or at least not that I have seen him, but aren’t these the signs of a vampire?

However, now he is teaching us calculus, and I didn’t really care. After a while Sunshine showed up, too, late to be precise. She took her seat; after that, Prof. Skull Mustache messed around with her.

I was barely holding up in the class; the stuff he was teaching was so easy and yet others were like they totally didn’t get it. And it was just getting on my nerve since Pro. Skull Mustache had to keep repeating one topic again and again, giving the examples to do and some to showcase. It was just nerve-wracking.

On top of all that, Flash Sentry kept jumping up to answer and each time it was incorrect. The last time he did it I told him his answer was wrong and that he had to be really stupid to not be able to understand such an easy topic. But he took it way too seriously and started rambling about how he is going to beat me up. So I reminded him about the last time he tried to do so and happened to become one with the floors. However Pro. Skull Mustache took both of us by the ear and pulled. I don’t say it was really bad but at least it tuned both of us down.

After the class we head to the Music room since Steely and Twilight Sparkle wanted to inform us about their new discoveries. Steely told us how his new invention works and what exactly he has in mind to do with my magic: fusing it with another object so it will contain my abilities. Which it does sound a little bittle weird and thought provoking, considering why would we need an object to burst flames out of it?

The rest of the day was not so important: attending archery, chilling in Music Room, talking with Steely after classes, that sort of stuff. Though I am getting curious to know why he is blushing constantly when I ask him what he wants to do and what is his plan. I guess he found someone, but we’ll see about that.

After school, I headed to the mall to buy a new phone, since all those two stupids got from me was my phone. At that point I remembered Sunshine needs a phone, too!

Author's Note

Special thanks to my editor Daniel Drazen.

Make sure you read other chapter too.