It was a normal day for Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch. They were all about to meet up, until Patch's red collar snapped off his neck.

"Oh, my..." Patch frowned in concern. "I wonder how that happened."

"Maybe you outgrew it." Mo joked due to how strong the puppy was now.

"Ha, ha, very funny." Patch said before grabbing his Equestrian medallion/Pound Puppy tag, using it's magic to make his collar the perfect size and fixed it.

However, the collar changed from its red self and became a rope-like collar.

Patch was wondering how that happened, but he shrugged it off. Maybe a new collar in a new home would be better. "Well, I guess a new collar is better than no collar." he said.

"It happens..." Mo soothed. "Trust me, it was odd to see Angel wear a collar for a while after we got adopted, but it sure is nice to have a home of our own."

Cherry poked her head out of the front door of her house as everyone was coming to see her. "You guys won't believe who's here..."

The others looked to each other and went in to see what she was talking about.

---

Of all people, Teller was at Cherry's kitchen table, and was sipping from a cup of hot chocolate, provided by Cherry's mother.

"What's Teller doing here?" Patch asked.

"Must be something important." Atticus said.

Cherry came to Teller's side. "Um... H-How's the hot chocolate?"

"Bearable..." Teller said, setting the cup down. "Now, I bet you're all wondering why I'm here."

"Where's Penn?" Cherry bit her lip.

"This does not concern him," Teller replied. "After our last show, we decided to go to our hometowns to stretch our legs around Thanksgiving and I ran into a school I was once familiar with known as Crystal Prep Academy."

"Crystal Prep Academy?" Patch asked. "I've never heard of that school before."

"I didn't think you would..." Teller took out a yearbook from the school and cracked it open, flipping through pages, and turned to show him in a male dean uniform with a strict looking woman with glasses and a bun, wearing an outfit similar to the girl school uniforms.

"That woman makes me think of Prudence." Cherry whispered to Atticus.

Atticus nodded before looking at the yearbook and then shaking his head, seeing someone familiar. "No way! Is that Twilight?!" he asked.

Teller took the book and looked around. "Oh, yes, this is Princess Twilight's human counterpart, she lives in the city and has her own dog also named Spike."

"Weird..." Mo felt odd about that.

"So, uh, what do you know about the school?" Patch climbed into Teller's lap.

"Before I became a magician, I was a schoolteacher," Teller informed, while petting Patch on the head gently and comfortingly. "I taught a few years at Crystal Prep."

"Wow, cool, so how are the students there?" Mo asked.

"Umm..." Teller seemed hesitant to answer that question. "Well... Let's just say be thankful you've never been enrolled... They're cocky, I think it's because they always win the Friendship Games that comes every four years against Canterlot High."

"Oh, come on, Teller, there's no way they could win EVERY game..." Cherry said to him.

"Oh, really?" Teller asked before showing video tapes of the Friendship Games.

Cherry bit her lip, sinking in her seat then. "I-I withdraw my disagreement."

"They've always won..." Teller remarked, stopping the videos and coming back to the table, pushing his chair in. "Always have and always will... Principal Cinch has offered me to come back to take my old job as an English and Latin teacher, almost as if she was trying to drain me of my magic title."

"Wow." Atticus said.

"Well, at least she isn't wanting one of us to be transferred there." Mo said.

"Hmm..." Teller hummed like he disagreed with that statement.

The others looked nervous then.

"S-She doesn't, right...?" Cherry asked anxiously.

"Please don't tell us that we do have to transfer there." Atticus said.

Teller rubbed his arm then. "Now, Atticus, don't be angry, but I kinda talked her into enrolling you for a scholarship."

"You WHAT!?" Mo gaped at the man.

"I apologize," Teller put his hands up in innocence. "But you must infiltrate the school... Principal Cinch is very suspicious and Sci-Twi is finding everything out."

"Sci-Twi?" the others asked him.

"That's what I call their Twilight so we don't get mixed up." Teller explained.

"Alright, I'll do it." Atticus accepted after a little hesistance.

"Can't any of us go with him?" Mo was worried about her boyfriend now.

"Which one of you is willing to sacrifice yourself to the Shadowcolts?" Teller rested his chin between his pressed fingertips.

Cherry looked around and shrugged. "I've known Atticus since we were little kids... We're like a brother and sister..."

"Alright, then I'll tell Principal Cinch that you two will transfer to her school, but one of you will have to be with on her top students." Teller said, looking at Atticus.

"Are you saying I'm not smart?" Cherry sent him a glare.

"I apologize Cherry, but... You haven't been the smartest ever since you've gained a social life." Teller said to her.

"I'm still smart, I made the honor roll back when I was a loner!" Cherry insisted. "Ask me the hardest questions you know!"

"Would you help Sci-Twi understand magic and help her unleash it to understand how it works?" Teller asked.

That was a tough question.

Cherry frowned and sunk in her seat again. "Don't talk to me anymore, Teller, you frighten me..."

"I'm sorry, Cherry, but Atticus has always been on top of his game..." Teller put his arm around her. "It's not that I think you're not smart enough, I just think he has a better chance at this than you do."

"Why don't you just say it?" Cherry put her hands to her eyes. "You think I'm dumb!"

"No, I don't, it's just that Atticus might have a stronger relationship with Sci-Twi since she's like Princess Twilight Sparkle except for having any friends." Teller said.

Cherry sighed. "Fine..."

"I'll take you both to Crystal Prep as soon as possible..." Teller told them. "Just remember, prep school is a lot tougher and stricter than public school."

"We know." Cherry and Atticus then said together.

"Very good..." Teller said, then continued to pet Patch and started to coo to him. "Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? That's right! That's right!"

"This is all going to have these two turned evil with Sci-Twi because of an overdose of magic, isn't it?" Patch asked.

Teller went wide-eyed and decided to take Patch out of the room with him to talk privately. Cherry, Atticus, and Mo looked to each other then.

"Are you sure you wanna go to Crystal Prep, Cherry?" Mo asked. "You're smart, but..."

"I don't get how having a social life makes my intelligence decrease." Cherry folded her arms.

---

While that was going on, Teller had brought Patch into the living room and then put up and force field so no one would overhear their conversation.

"How did he do that!?" Mo gaped at Teller. "How did you do that!? I thought you were a Las Vegas magician!"

But the only thing Teller heard was silence.

"I'm right, aren't I, Teller?" Patch asked.

Teller then changed from his disguise to who he really was.

"What's going on...?" Cherry narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Should I call you either name or should I call you by the name Derpy Hooves calls you?" Patch asked. "Yeah, I did a little research after finding out about who Scoots's parents are and who Applejack, Apple Bloom, and Big Mac's parents are."

"Teller in this dimension please..." Teller folded his arms.

"What...?" Cherry looked to him.

Teller smirked to her and looked her deeply into the eyes.

Cherry's eyes widened from the forced contact.

"Ever hear of the one they call Doctor Whooves?" Teller grinned rather sneakily.

"Um... A little... I know Derpy works with him..." Cherry shrugged.

"Cherry, I think they need to talk alone." Atticus said.

"Whatever you can say to a dog, you can say to me!" Cherry insisted.

"Shoo, shoo..." Teller pushed her up the hallway with Atticus and Mo into her bedroom. "I'll come back to you all shortly..." he then handed the Crystal Prep yearbook, shut the door, and turned into a stallion, going back to Patch.

"Don't shut me out of my own house, Raymond Joseph Teller!" Cherry called behind the door.

"I think he just did." Mo said.

"I'll kill him!" Cherry skyward screamed.

---

Doctor Whooves returned to Patch who smirked. "Clever little puppy, aren't you?"

"I'm wise beyond my dog years..." Patch smirked back.

"And yes, you are correct, they will most likely get consumed by all the magic that will be absorbed by a device." Doctor Whooves said.

"Is there a way to stop it, Doctor?" Patch asked in concern and hope.

"The only way is to stop Sci-Twi and Atticus from inventing the device and if that doesn't work stop them from unleashing the magic and if that doesn't work, well, we will just have to hope." Doctor Whooves said.

"What device?" Patch asked.

"It's sort of like a compass," Doctor Whooves explained. "It can contain any magical energy throughout the radius around the wielder of it. The bearers of the Elements of Harmony can pony up from using their elements and their magical forces will be drained from them in an instant."

Patch gulped, a little nervous about that. "Wait... What do you mean 'pony up'?"

"You know, when they glow and then they get the pony ears and other features their pony selves have." Doctor Whooves said.

"Oh..." Patch hit his forehead with his paw like he should had known that. "Is there any way for the magic to be unleashed back to the people who earn it?"

"The magic must be kept, otherwise Sci-Twi will endanger the magical world and the magic will be gone worse than the return of disharmony," Doctor Whooves informed. "Even Cherry, Atticus, and Mo are in danger since they have their own elements."

"I have my own element too!" Patch told him.

"So you are in just as much danger as they are..." Doctor Whooves said to him. "We just have to hope for the best... I'm afraid the only way to stop this is through the power of friendship."

"I agree," Patch nodded. "Anyways, once I see the device, should I destroy it?"

"Just be careful..." Doctor Whooves said in a hushed tone. "You don't know how dangerous it could be, but I wish you and the others a lot of luck on this adventure."

Patch nodded firmly. Doctor Whooves destroyed the force field and became Teller again and sat like a civilized gentleman, sipping his hot chocolate, he then snapped his fingers and opened Cherry's bedroom door to let the others out.

---

"SPILL!" Cherry demanded to Teller.

"Nope." Teller told her, sipping his drink.

"Trust me, it's best that you don't know." Patch said.

"Teller... Please..." Cherry begged.

"I'm sorry, but the subject is moot..." Teller told her, setting the cup down. "You and Atticus are going to Crystal Prep Academy, but that's all I can tell you."

Cherry flopped, meeting his feet, letting out a low groan. "I thought you cared about me..." she whispered.

"Cherry, please get up, you two will be going to Crystal Prep Academy tomorrow." Teller said.

"Oh, you are just like Forte..." Cherry grumbled a little.

Teller helped her up and dusted her clean. "Now, I have a couple of spare uniforms in my wardrobe..." he then walked down the hallway to the guest room. "I anticipated this adventure, so you two better get ready..." he then turned to both Cherry and Atticus, showing the Crystal Prep Academy school uniforms.

"Thanks, oh, and also after this is all over, me and Cherry are transferring back to Canterlot High." Atticus said.

"I applaud your decision..." Teller nodded to them.

"I dunno about this..." Cherry didn't like the sound of this idea suddenly.

"Please...?" Teller smirked in an attempt to seduce her, he knew very well that she had a crush on him.

Cherry blushed from the smirk and turned away to avoid eye contact with him.

"Come on, Cherry." Atticus said.

"I just..." Cherry shook her head.

Teller kissed his fingertips and tickled her face with them. "For me...?"

Cherry giggled, feeling weak suddenly, unable to keep her balance. "I-I-I'll try..."

"Good." Teller said.

Cherry giggled bashfully. Teller took the uniforms and put them on the two with a smile to make them try them on. Cherry wore a dark maroon coat with a purple neckerchief bow around her collar. There was also a dark plaid skirt on her and she now wore white knee socks with black dress shoes. Atticus wore a dark maroon coat with a light blue undershirt with a dark purple tie around his neck. He had on a black belt with a blue crystal buckle, dark violet pants, and had on black dress shoes.

"It feels like I'm going to a royal school." Atticus said.

"Something like that, Crystal Prep Academy also expects the best for and from its students," Teller circled them. "The finest educators, the promising students, the fact that they always win... A lot worse than Perfecto Prep in Acme Acres."

"Don't these people realize that even if they get a bad grade or lose, it's not the end of the world?" Atticus asked.

"They're prep school students, they don't follow that logic." Teller replied. "One of the reasons why I left teaching that horrible place... If one makes one mistake, the others shun the one who does not belong. Unfortunately, Sci-Twi is left in that department... I'm going to call Principal Cinch, you all should become students by tomorrow..." he then walked off with his phone to call the dreaded headmistress of the school.

"Oh, great, sounds like that place is possibly going to be a nightmare." Atticus groaned.

"Gnarly..." Cherry groaned.

---

Teller drummed his fingertips against the wall as he had the phone to his ear.

'Abacus Iris Cinch speaking...' a firm female voice replied.

"Hey, it's me," Teller greeted, just as firm, doing well to hide his fear. "I got two new students to enroll into your school just in time for the Friendship Games."

"Are they the same two students that will be transferred to Crystal Prep?" Principal Cinch asked.

"Yes, ma'am..." Teller replied. "One Atticus Fudo and Cherry Butler."

"Excellent." Principal Cinch smiled evilly.

Teller shook a chill down his spine almost as if he could feel that smile striking fear into his heart, but he dare not let it show or be heard.

"They must report to my office tomorrow morning at 7:00 sharp." Principal Cinch told him.

"Of course..." Teller slowly shut his eyes, trying to sound a little snooty with bravery. "Tardiness is just as bad as not showing up at all and they should not show their faces if they fail you."

"Exactly." Principal Cinch said.

"So it's agreed upon then." Teller nodded.

"Very good, I trust to see you with them for their first day of school and they should not disappoint me..." Principal Cinch firmly finalized. "Good day."

"Yes, ma'am," Teller said before hanging up and heaved a sigh of relief. "Ooh... I hate that woman!"

---

After a while Teller left along with Mo, Atticus, and Patch so that Atticus and Cherry could be ready for their first day of school the next day. Cherry was lying down on her bed, looking through the Crystal Prep yearbook that Teller left behind. It had been true, Crystal Prep always won against Canterlot High at absolutely everything.

"Wow, this school really has won against Canterlot High at everything." Cherry said while looking through the book. She sighed with a yawn and put the book under her bed as she tucked herself in for the night. "Guess I better get some sleep... Tomorrow's going to be a new adventure..." she then curled up under her covers and fell fast asleep.

---

Elizabeth came into a bedroom, carrying Junior in her arms as he was fast asleep in her arms and she set him in his crib.

"Mom, do you know anything about Crystal Prep?" Mo asked her adoptive mother quietly.

"Only that they always win at everything and that they are very strict." Elizabeth said.

Mo frowned, very worried about Atticus, she believed in him, but they might be too tough on him.

"I'm sure it'll be all right, dear..." Elizabeth hugged Mo gently. "Get some sleep, okay?"

Mo sighed, she then put her hands behind her head so she could untie her bandanna. "Okay... Night, Mom..."

---

At the Fudo house, Atticus was in bed ready for sleep. Patch yawned as he came into the room to sleep with Atticus and hopped up on the bed, stretching a little, going in his small circle before lying down.

"Good night, Patch." Atticus smiled.

"Night..." Patch mumbled with a smile.

They both then went to sleep so then they wouldn't be too sleepy for tomorrow.