The Program

I ran through the Ponyville streets, and breathed heavily out of my mouth!

In and out, as the houses, and buildings passed on either side!

Why did Diamond try to do that? Doesn’t she know that would set off anypony?

And now, I’m running away! That pink filly looked pissed!

<*****>

My day was SO boring!

Especially since my marefriend wasn’t at work today…

I’ll need to go by The Castle of Friendship and check on her, on my way back to my place…

I sigh, I love that mare!

I stared out over the empty classroom, and smile when I think about how my students are progressing…

I furrow my brow and sigh, as I look at the dossier on the desk…

I’m still not sure what a dossier actually is, but there’s one here!

Maybe I should read it?

I glanced over the top, to see the words Sleeper Dance written on it, when suddenly, there’s a knock on my door!

<*****>

“Always!” I hear the magenta unicorn say, as she travels to the other side of the classroom to leave.

I don’t know what she was talking about, but I couldn’t help but frown as I trotted up to the front desk…

The blue mare behind it smiles, “Uh, yes little gray pony! Can the Great and Powerful Trixie, help you?”

I widen my eyes, “Oh, gosh, Miss Trixie! A pink bully was beating up my friend and um, I ran away!”

She frowns, “Pink bully?”

<*****>

I have no idea what this gray foal is going on about, and I still need to see my marefriend!

I mean um, my coworker! Yes! The Great and Powerful Trixie needs to see her coworker!

She nods, “Um, y-yeah! I need to go back to her house soon, to check on her, b-but I left! I left when she was attacked!”

I stare at the foal… “You’re kinda a coward, aren’t you?”

She frowns, “YES! I’m such a wuss, and I’m sorry!”

I sigh, “Well, usually this is what my marefriend handles, but since she’s not here, I guess I’ll do the counselor thing?” and smile widely at the foal, “Would you like some empathy cocoa?”

<*****>

I stare up at the blue mare, “So, my best friend just got beat up, and so I’m drinking cocoa with you! Does that sound accurate, oh Great and Powerful Trixie?”

She smiles, “Yup! Cheers!” and lifts her own cocoa in her hoof, and takes a sip…

I sigh, “I just wish she wasn’t so demanding!” and take my own sip, before widening my eyes as I realize it’s really hot!

She must have an iron mouth? I think to myself!

She sighs, “Yeah, I know what it’s like when certain ponies lean on you heavily! You feel like you’re the only pony she could EVER go to for anything, am I right?”

I widen my eyes, “Yeah, exactly! Like I’m not only her best friend, but her only friend, right?”

She smiles, “We’re not so different, little pony! Uh, what did you say your name was?” and takes another sip.

I finally crack a smile, “Uh, Silver Spoon! And you are The Great and Powerful Trixie!”

She giggles, “Just Trixie is fine!”

I snicker slightly, “Um, right!” before staring at her, and growing curious, “So who relies on you a lot?”

“It’s my marefriend Starlight! She always needs something, and I know how busy she is with her job as counselor, and so I can’t just say no, and it’s just an ugh situation, you know?” She frantically states as her right hoof circles the air.

By his point, my eyes are huge, “Oh, wow!”

Her hoof lowers to the desk, “Yeah, so believe me, I know what it’s like when ponies count on you a little too much… “ and she takes another sip of her cocoa, before staring at me with her lavender eyes, “You’ve barely touched your cocoa! Are you okay?”

I smile when I realize she does care about me! “Yeah, I’m fine!” and take another slow sip of cocoa… And widen my eyes, “It’s pretty hot!”

“Well, the milk used to make it was boiling!”

My smile lower slightly, “Well, that’s why I was taking my time!”

She smiles and giggles while flitting her hoof, “Okay, that makes sense!” and takes another sip of her cocoa, with her jaws of steel…

I grin and giggle again!

<*****>

This cocoa is really hot!

Well, I can’t wuss out now! I think to myself, as I take another sip of the ultra-hot cocoa.

The filly giggles, as I torture myself some more, and suddenly, there’s a knock on my door!

I lower the cocoa to the desk, and see my escape as I look at the blue door to my right and say, “Come in!”

It opens, and I see a zebra, with golden rings around her neck and enormous golden hoops in her ears, trot in to say, “I apologize for the interruption, oh great Trixie, but there’s something near my house in the Everfree I believe you should see!”

I frown, “What?”

The gray foal cringes, while Zecora continues, “You defeated Chrysalis earlier, but she has come back superior! And she is no longer evil, and has adopted a foal!”

“What?” I repeat myself.

She smiles, “Perhaps it is better that I show you, for you to truly understand with your eyes? That way, you’ll know that I say no lies!”

I turn to the gray foal, “Power slam your cocoa, filly! We’re heading out soon!”

The horrified filly looks at me, “Do we have to?”

I sigh, “Look filly, we’re short-hoofed today, but I can talk to you about your problems on the way? And some fresh air could only do you some good?” and turn back to the zebra, “Can we make one slight detour, on our way out though? I need to check on my marefriend!”

<*****>

I take a deep breath and feel the wind pass through my body as the blue unicorn opens the front door, and trots in to say, “Starlight! You’ll never guess what happened to Chrysalis!”

At least this delays the meeting between me and Diamond! I think to myself, while trotting behind the magical pony…

I hear another feminine voice say, “How would I know? And who’s the filly?” before staring up to see a magenta unicorn, with a violet wavy mane on her head, pointing at me with her hoof…

“SILVER SPOON!” I hear my best friend’s voice say, before I notice the pink earth filly, sitting in the chair in front of the new unicorn’s desk!

“Oh, good! You two know each other!” The new pony says, before turning towards me, “Silver Spoon, was it?” and she takes a sip of the cocoa on her desk…

“Why did you run away?” I hear the pink filly ask me…

I gulp, “I uh, I got scared! I’m so sorry, Diamond Tiara! That unicorn was fierce, and I got scared!” before cringing to the side, as I embraced her tightly in my hooves…

I finally let go of Diamond, “But I was running STRAIGHT to your house, after the fact, and I wanted to make sure you were okay!” while gaze at her attentively, from behind my glasses…

Diamond sniffles, and I suddenly see a red mark on her chin, “Well, I’m fine! No thanks to you!”

The magenta pony stares down at both of us, “Okay, slow down, everypony! We can talk this out!” before her eyes widen, and she smiles, “Would anypony like empathy cocoa?”

(To be continued… )