Starlight and Spike were at the outside of the school, seeing the Mane 6 off, and while they all left Spike decided to speak.

“Good bye guys, be safe.” Spike said.

“Come back soon, please.” Starlight added with a strained smile.

The two then heard an exaggerated nose blow, and saw Discord using a Hankey.

“I hate good byes, they just make me go to pieces.” Discord over dramatically stated before disassembling himself and falling on the floor.

“Discord, nice to see you.” Starlight forced out with a fake smile still remembering their last encounter.

Discord reassembled himself and stood up smirking right between Starlight and Spike which the former knew was on purpose.

“Nice to see you too Starlight and Spike.” Discord said in fake joy, to make sure Spike did not catch onto what he was doing.

“This is your first time in our school right?” Spike asked nervously.

It was actually the second but Spike doesn’t need to know one of his best friends is being an ass, also now isn’t the best time to confess Starlight thought with anger but put on a fake smile.

“Oh, was I not invited to the grand opening? Friends and Family Day? Baccalaureate? I hadn't noticed.” Discord seethed in anger.

“Well, at least you're here now. Um, why are you here now?” Spike said trying to change the subject.

“To help you fill in for Twilight of course, since you are in charge after all.” Discord said while pointing at Spike.

“Oh sorry I’m not in charge, Starlight is.” Spike said.

“Really is there some mistake? I thought former criminals aren’t qualified to be head-mare.” Discord asked Starlight coldly.

Starlight did her best not to lose her temper at Discord.

“Nope. Twilight picked me for the job. And she left pretty detailed instructions for me to follow.” Starlight explained while holding up a scroll.

“Well, I'm sure that she wouldn't mind a few tiny suggestions.” Discord said while teleporting the scroll and a quill to himself.

Discord began to write on the scroll.

"Item one – Gravity is optional." Discord declared.

As he said this everything in the school including Spike and Starlight began floating but Starlight then used her own magic to float up to Discord and snatch his list.

“Not gonna happen. I promised Twilight I'd handle this her way. So thanks, but no thanks.” Starlight said in a bored tone.

Discord was now a bit angry with Starlight, as she grabbed Spike with her magic and put him on her back and he grabbed onto her so he didn’t float off which she seemed to like, and Discord seemed to have misinterpreted this,

Oh you are so doing that on purpose so you can can get him to feel your coat. Ugh how pathetic of you Glim Glam. Whatever it’s a bit too early to judge you now, so I will just keep going with this test. Discord angrily thought while looking at Starlight.

“Reeeeeeally? Well, we'll see if you change your mind.” Discord seethed before teleporting away.

Once Discord left gravity then struck and everything in the area fell back down.

Spike then regained control of his wings and got off of Starlight who was levitating herself to the floor.

“Uh Starlight quick warning. When we play Ogres & Oubliettes and Discord puts that many E's in "really", the things don't usually end well.” Spike warned Starlight.

“Ugh, figures, let’s just get things ready for the school day. Also if he does show up, I will make sure he leaves.” Starlight reassures Spike.

“Starlight, do you have any idea why Discord was in a bad mood, he seemed angrier than usual.” Spike asked in concern.

Starlight knew exactly why Discord was mad at her, but she figured she shouldn’t confess yet, it’s a busy day, and it’d just distract Spike and get him more stressed out.

“No I have no clue, I honestly don’t know how he works.” Starlight lied.

“Okay, well let’s head inside and see what we need to do to get ready” Spike suggests.

“Okay sure.” Starlight agreed.

Once the two were inside they walked through the hallway as Spike then went through the list Twilight gave them, and listed most of the stuff off.

“Okay. I hid the artifacts for the Spell-venger Hunt and ordered school supplies for the week. All you have to worry about is finding substitutes.” Spike told Starlight.

“Oh thanks Spike, that’s a relief maybe we will get through this okay.” Starlight spoke with relief.

“No problem, happy to help.” Spike said.

Starlight blushed a little at Spike once he said that.

When the two walked in Twilight’s office they found the room filled with a bunch of things Discord put in, and Discord himself was sitting on Twilight’s desk which was floating.

“Oh do come in, besides you’ll let the Twitter Mites out.” Discord greeted.

“Wait Twittermites?” Spike asked before he ended up getting zapped by some of them making him fall in the water.

“Discord! What are you doing?!” Starlight asked in anger.

“Nopony was at your desk, imagine what Twilight would say.” Discord said.

Discord then put on a Twilight wig and said “Oh how could you Starlight, you spent most of your time flirting with Spike, and broken my trust ergo failing me completely.”

Starlight was losing her patience with Discord but thankfully Spike got out of the water while also getting it out of his ear, so it’s clear he didn’t hear Discord which she wanted.

Discord then took off the wig and said “Oh don’t worry I’ve covered for you already, by the way you had a list of substitutes for the day, so I decided to help you out with that, I was able to get Maud, Spitfire, and Trixie here, oh and I promised Trixie that you would be here to prove it’s not a trick, so you’re welcome.”

“Actually that was pretty helpful and it was next on our to-do list.” Spike said gratefully which Discord smiled at.

“Don’t push your luck Discord, I’m not sure if you actually were telling the truth, I will check on the classes to see if you are telling the truth.” Starlight lectured.

“Oh but are you sure you rather wouldn’t do something else?” Discord asked suggestively while looking at Spike which made said dragon confused.

Starlight knew full well what he meant when he asked that but she would not stoop to that level.

“No I would not, my top priority is taking care of school.” Starlight concludes.

Discord smiles at this, that was exactly the answer he wanted.

“Now Discord why don’t you relax and have a cup of tea, at home.” Starlight said while shoving Discord out the door.

“So Spike, you check up on Maud, and I’ll go check on Trixie.” Starlight said.

Spike gave Starlight a thumbs up, and they split up. Discord watching over them with a smirk, Starlight seems to love him, but the final part will confirm whether Starlight truly loves Spike.

Author's Note

What will happen next, find out next chapter.