"Sweetie, breakfast is ready, come down to eat while it's hot" I grumble to myself, why do I have to wake up early, I don't have school or work, at least for now.

"I'm coming" I reluctantly leave the comfort of my bed and walk up to the bathroom, when I look in the mirror, I see the same boring-looking unicorn stallion I see every morning, a light blue coat and a midnight blue mane with a black strip and emerald green eyes, then I proceed with the morning stuff, taking a bath, brushing my teeth and doing what I need to do in the toilet. As soon as I start to go down the stairs I'm hit with the marvelous smell of haybacons and eggs.

When I enter the kitchen, I see my "mom" cooking our meal, a light brown earth pony with a golden mane, and amber orbs looking at me with a light smile on her face.

"Good morning sleepy head," she says with a sweet voice looking back at the stove.

"Morning and it's not even 8 AM," I say a little annoyed, it's too early for this.

"Hey, come on, it's not that early!" She smiles, "Besides, it's a beautiful day outside, why don't you go out a little? It will be good for you"

"Meh, I'm not in the mood, besides, what would I do out there?" I ask while eating my food.

"Well... you could try to meet somepony?" Not this again...

"Please don't start with this again" I scowl at her comment.

"Please, you know you need to-" Before she could finish, I brought my hoof down to the table, to make a little noise, she got the memo.

"Well, at least have thought about what will you do next?"

"I don't know... maybe I will apply to some college, maybe study magic theory? Or whatever" She looks at me with little worry.

"Why don't you try the Celestia School for Unicorns?" I look at her with a confused look.

"You know we can't pay for that school, besides, I'm awful with my magic, I wouldn't even get past the entry exam"

"But you read so many books about magic, you must know something to impress them!"

"Just because I read a lot about magic doesn't mean I know how to cast it, sure, I know most if not all magic that is in the books, but what good it does if I can't cast them?" I say angry at myself, why do I have to be the worst magic caster in history?

"Sorry that I brought that up," she says sadly, her ears on the back of her head, water starting to form in her eyes.

"It's fine, I don't care about it anyway" I lied, I do care about it, but I can't make her suffer more than she already does.

"How else will you apply to be a guard then?" I almost choke on my juice after she says that.

“That was my dream when I was 8, I grew past that, I'm 16 now, and I know how hard it is to be a guard, not sure I want that anymore."

Well, I still want to be a guard deep down, but, if you know you can't succeed why even try?

"But you would look so handsome in one of those golden armors." She says with a glee.

"Ugh, I wouldn't try for the solar guard anyway, the lunar guard was my objective" That's still true, I prefer the night over the day, and since Princess Luna came back, the Lunar Guard became bigger and stronger, probably even stronger than the solar one

"Wait, what day is today?" I ask her "Hm? It's the 12th of December silly" Oh shit, I need to return that book to the library.

"Oh no, I gotta go, you got your wish, I will need to go out" She smiles at that.

"See you later sweetie!" She says with a smile waving at me. "See you later Goldy," I say to her trotting in the direction of Canterlot Library.

As I reach for the door, somepony beats me to it, a light yellow unicorn mare with a tri-color mane, red and two tones of purple, one lighter than the other, Moon Dancer I believe was her name, she was a senior in my school when I was a freshman, she is one of the most intelligent ponies I have ever seen, second only to Twilight Sparkle, the personal student of Celestia, we used to talk a little, she is nice, a little awkward but nice.

“Oh, hey Moon Dancer, long time no see!” I say with little enthusiasm.

The mare doesn’t even look up her book and just says in a monotonous voice “Hey” and starts walking off.

“Uh, Moon Dancer, are you alright?” The mare finally decides to look in my direction, she looks surprised.

“Oh, Crescent Dusk, long time no see” At least she remembers my name.

“Hey, you know it’s just Dusk for you” I take a look at the book she is holding, an advanced tome of ancient magic, outdated but still an interesting read.

“Studying for something in particular?” I ask her.

“Oh, not really, just thought that this book looked interesting” Wait, Moon Dancer, isn’t studying anymore? Something weird happened.

“What? Did you already finish college or something?”

“I didn’t go to college Dusk” What the hay, she used to always say that she would enter the School for Gifted Unicorns, what happened?

“Wait? Didn’t you apply for Celestia’s School?” Her face turns into a sad one, ears drooping and eyes focusing on the ground.

“I... I didn’t pass the entry exam” She says almost in a whisper.

“How? You were the top 2 student from our school, this isn’t possible!” I say with genuine surprise.

“Magic, that’s what kept me from entering, sure I know a lot about magic, but I'm slightly above average at spell casting, that’s not what they were looking for” She sighs and looks back at me.

“Well, it was nice meeting you Dusk, we should meet up for some study session later, see you” She then waves at me and starts walking away,

“See you” Wow, if even Moon Dancer wasn’t able to pass that test, what could I even do there?

As I reach the return table the librarian notices me.

“Hey Dusk, here to check out the magic and tricks for self-defense vol.3?” She says with a smile.

“Hello, Dusty!” I put the book on the counter “And yes, that’s what I’m here for, the book is due today and I already finished it anyway”

“Did you enjoy it?” She asks while preparing all the stuff for the checkout.

“Well, while not as good as the other two volumes, it had some interesting theories about shield magic, I just hoped I would be able to cast them,” I say a little saddened by the statement.

“I’m sorry to hear that, I wish I could help, but I'm just an old earth pony mare,” She says with a concerned look.

“Anyway, everything is all set, you can get another book now if you want” A happy smile on her face again.

“Thanks, but I think I’m going to pass, need to do some other stuff” I waved her goodbye “See you later Dusty”

“See ya Dusk” She waves back.

Now outside the library, I'm alone with my thoughts, too early to go home, I think I'm just going to take a stroll at the local park.

The park is beautiful this morning, even in early winter most of the flowers are still there, decorating the park with a rainbow of colors, the grass is a beautiful green, not many ponies around though, I then sit on a bench near a lake.

Lots of stuff is plaguing my mind, what can I even do? Too poor for a good education, too stupid for a good scholarship, and awful with magic for Celestia’s school.

While I was lost in my mind, I failed to notice the Pegasi mare who just approached me, she cleared her throat to get my attention, which worked.

“You are Crescent Dusk, right?” She formally asks me.

“Yeah,” I simply respond.

“There is a letter for you”

“A letter? From who?” I have never received any letter in my whole life.

“We don’t have the sender’s name or an address” OK, now this sends me the chills, who knows my name and would need to send a letter like this?

I take the letter on my magic and give it a puzzled look.

“Have a nice day” The mare says to me, I just respond with “You too”

After some careful looks and some prodding, I decided to open the letter.

It’s a simple invitation, a little too fancy for my taste, it reads.

Congratulations on getting into Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns, as the current head of the board of directors I come in this letter to ask you to get in contact with us as fast as you can so we can set up all the paperwork, we expect only the best coming from you Crescent Dusk.

-Sincerely, head director of the CSCGU, Ink Quill.

What?

Author's Note

Since my brain decided to go blank for the next chapter of "My new life in equestria" I decided to create another story, something more serious, I will try my best to do things I would never do with my other story, but this one won't be updated as fast as the other one, I want this to be the best as it can be.