Canterlot Academy Trials

“So everything’s back to normal, huh?” Grimrose asked as she took a spoonful of the curry from Nebula’s box.

As it turned out, Saffron had given them so much that they couldn’t finish it all. Nebula shared his portion with Grimrose and Mei shared her portion with blue. They all sat in their dorm’s common area to eat. A simple room with two couches, a coffee table, a fireplace, beautiful redwood floors, and a luxury bohemian rug it all sat upon.

Both couples sat on each couch as they ate.

“More or less,” Nebula replied as he looked out of the nearby window that overlooked the rest of Canterlot. There, he could see loads of ponies--and other creatures--lining up to get various foods. “At this point, they might need to start a delivery service of some kind.”

“Friggin’ awesome,” Blue gave an arrogant huff as he puffed out his chest, “It’s thanks to us that Zesty’s no longer a shithead and Mr. Anzac can finally chill out.”

“Oh yeah, that reminds me,” Grimrose spoke up and grabbed the local newspaper off of the coffee table titled Canterlot Supreme. “They announced Zesty’s sentencing,” Rose explained as she flipped through the article, “Apparently, they’re gonna make her eat at everyone’s restaurants in order to make up for the damage she caused.”

Blue leaned forward to check out the article. Then he leaned back with a wide smirk on his face. “Well fuckin’ finally,” he scoffed, “People here needed to wake up and start eating actually good food for a change. All this other microscopic shit ain’t been enough to feed a hamster even.”

“Tell me about it,” Nebula replied, “It’s nice to be able to enact social change, huh…”

Mei levitated a can of soda away from her face and spoke up. “Oh now you agree with me. I told you that being able to help society improve was worth it, Nebby-”

“Yeah, yeah, you have a point. Still, I don’t want us to start using this power willy-nilly,” he explained in a more candid tone, “This is something that can easily be abused for personal gain, and I want us all to agree right now to never dive into people’s minds for such things.”

The stone of the room shifted when Nebula spoke in such a manner. Everyone else started to think through the implications of their actions up to this point. They had successfully changed the minds of not one but two individuals. A griffon bully and a pony who directly impacted the welfare of Canterlot itself.

But as Nebula said, they had to be cautious and only make use of this power when it was absolutely necessary.

“I getcha,” Blue replied with a nod, “Trust me, I don’t wanna start invading heads just for the sake of it. That’d be like mind control which is…” he paused to shudder as his wings expanded, “Blech…not my style.”

“Agreed,” Mei spoke up after Blue. “I don’t wanna go into someone’s head unless I absolutely have to.”

And of course, Grimrose had the most to say since she was the one who had to cast the spell in the first place. “...yeah. I agree wholeheartedly. If we can avoid doing that if we don’t have to, then I’d appreciate it. It takes quite a toll on me when I make use of that power with my feathers.”

“Good,” Nebula replied with a smile, “Then we’re all in agreement here over the ethical implications of diving into other’s minds. With that out of the way…” He leaned back against the couch he was sitting on and gave a deep breath, “...hoo. Gotta get ready for the finals tomorrow.”

“There’s no flyer like last time,” Mei pointed out, “I don’t know who you guys are facing and quite frankly? I’m worried.”

Blue wasn’t. In fact, the dragon was so confident in himself, that he brushed her concerns aside. “Meh, don’t sweat the small stuff, Mei. All you gotta worry about is cheering on the rest of us while we’re out there kicking ass.”

“She’s right though, don’t get careless,” Grimrose scolded him, “The fight I had was a bit more difficult than I expected. I only barely managed to scrape by. Heck, you barely managed in your fight against that minotaur guy!”

Yet again though, Blue brushed it off with a dismissive trill. “Pbbbt. Semantics, semantics. I’ll be fine, and so will the rest of you. We’re gonna take our team to the top, baby!”

“Augh…” Grimrose groaned with her hoof against her forehead out of frustration. It seemed as if Blue simply wouldn’t listen--likely due to his draconic pride. Because of that, she knew it wouldn’t be worth it to question him any further…

Their day went on as normal. Since the rest of the exams were set to take place the next day, all of the students were mandated to rest up to retain their energy so they wouldn’t burn themselves out.