A Symbiote's Best Friend

Jessica looked at the note in her hand and then the room number. This was the place Celestia had wanted her to be. She signed and reached for the door handle.

"This should be good." Sling said sarcastically. Jessica rolled her eyes before opening the door and walking through. Immediately all eyes were on her. She looked at the five people sitting around the table looking at her. She recognised all five of them. She looked at each of them and recalled their names. Lyra, Octavia, Vinyl, Trixie and, Flash.

"Seriously, do we have to get stuck with the weird new girl?" Vinyl complained.

"Vinyl, be nice! And yes we're going to have to work with her." Octavia said. Vinyl grumbled before pushing up her purple shades and looking away from Jessica.

Jessica slowly approached the table the group was sitting around and took a seat between Flash and Trixie.

"Well atleast there are plenty of musically talented people in this group." Jessica said mentally to Sling.

"And hopefully they have some good ideas." Sling responded.

"So, did you guys have a plan before I joined?" Jessica sheepishly asked.

"Absolutely not." Lyra said bluntly. "We literally can't agree on anything."

"What do you mean can't agree?"

"What I mean is we don't know if to make our own song or to use an existing song and we don't know what genre to do!"

"Now hang on my idea was obviously the best!" Vinyl shouted.

"No, it wasn't Vinyl." Octavia said, cutting in to the conversation.

Jessica slowly tuned out the argument that was occurring across the table and her face fell in to her hands.

"We are so fucked." She said to herself mentally.

After a few short moments there was a small tap on her right shoulder. She looked up and saw Flash giving her a kind smile.

"Don't worry about those three. Their always arguing, but when they do me and Trixie get to work." Flash said.

"Heh, that's good to hear." Jessica said with a small smile.

"Names, Flash by the way." Flash offered Jessica a hand shake. She happily accepted it.

"Yes, I know who you are. I'm Jessica. It's nice to meet you."

There was a small tap on Jessica's left shoulder and she turned to face Trixie.

"And I am the great-" Trixie said before being cut off.

"The great and powerful Trixie. Yes I know you too" Jessica said with a small chuckle.

"Oh, good... everyone should know about Trixie." Trixie stated. Jessica couldn't help but laugh at the way Trixie spoke in the third person.

Jessica turned her attention back to the argument occurring on the other side of the table and saw how it had only intensified. She chucked to herself lightly.

"Maybe this won't be to bad." She said to Sling.

"Maybe..." Sling simply responded.

Before Jessica knew it the group session had ended and everyone in the room was packing up to go home. Jessica was suprised with how well she got along with Flash and Trixie. Trixie had a surprisingly enjoyable flair for the dramatic and Flash well, he was an amateur guitar play and music lover. And well Jessica, she loved music but never kean on learning an instrument.

Jessica put her bag on her shoulders before hearing Flash call her name she turned to face him.

"Hey, me and Trixie were gonna go get milkshakes before we head home, I was wondering if you wanted to tag along with us?" Flash asked.

"Oh my god yes!" Sling squealed in Jessica's mind. "Accept and get us a chocolate one!"

"Sure, I'll come along." Jessica said with a small laugh.

"Cool, let's get going." Flash said with a smile.

It didn't take long for the trio to get a seat Sugarcube Corner. They sat at a booth with Trixie and Flash on one side and Jessica on the other. They each slurped on a milkshake, Trixie had got a strawberry flavoured milkshake, Flash got a banana and per request of Sling, Jessica got chocolate.

"So, if you don't mind me asking what brought you to Canterlot?" Flash asked.

"Well, I am originally from here and got a little home sick." Jessica said. She knew it was a lie, she knew she had come here to hide Sling.

"Why did you originally leave?" Trixie asked "And where did you go?"

"Well I left after my dad died, I wanted to try and move on by moving to New York."

"Whoah, isn't rent there like, super high?" Flash asked.

"Yeah, it is but luckily I got an apartment with two other people and we all pitched in to pay the rent. So it wasn't to bad."

Jessica smiled at the memory of the apartment, almost every night she'd end up having pizza on the small coffee table with her roommates.

"But, then I started to miss this place and I decided to come back to live with my mom." Jessica continued.

"Sounds quite exciting." Flash said

"Eh, I guess you could say that."

Jessica looked out the window the saw an extremely fancy car with tinted black windows, this usually wouldn't bother her, but it was the words on the side of the car that shocked her. "Life Foundation".

"Oh, shit." Jessica said in her head as she watched the car role by. "Do they know we're here?"

"If they are here then most likely." Sling said.

Jessica forced a smile on her face and stood up.

"Well guys, this has been fun, but unfortunately I gotta get going." Jessica said as she slid a five dollar note on to the table. "I hope this covers my drink."

"Oh, ok. See you later Jessica." Flash said, he seemed a littlesuprisedat Jessica's sudden change in attitude as he waved her goodbye.

Jessica waved as she went out the door and in the opposite direction of the black car.

It was late at night and Jessica couldn't stop pacing back and fourth in her room. She couldn't stop thinking about the car she saw with the words on it. They knew she was here but how, how could they have known?

"Have you considered being a superhero might have something to do with them being here?" Sling suggested sarcastically.

"Don't take that tone with me." Jessica said as she continued to pace back and fourth. She eventually let out a groan and sat at the foot of her bed and let her face fall in to her hands. "Why can't they leave us alone?"

"Because we are special." Sling said in a soothing voice. Jessica felt a sea of warmth cover her as she was gently wrapped up by many of Sling's tentacles. She felt herself get moved up her bed before being gently pulled back in to something warm and slimey.

Jessica looked up and saw a pair of sharp white eyes looking down at her. Sling had formed herself a body and was now holding Jessica in her embrace. A pair of long arms wrapped around Jessica and pulled her even closer. Jessica couldn't help but cling on to Sling's arms, not wanting her to let go.

"But don't worry about them right now Jessica." Sling said. "It's like what I say, together we are strong, together we are safe."