When chemicals were involved, it was always best to have one of the staff on hand to keep an eye on things, even when not directly intervening in what the students were doing. Such was the case today, as the teens within the chemistry class went about their respective work. Several groups had gathered since the class started, and each was working on a project of their own. Though subjects like this had often gained an unfortunate reputation for being boring or uninteresting, there didn't seem to be nay such sentiment here today, as the looks on everybody's faces seemed to convey excitement or simple enjoyment in the work they were all doing. Happiest of all, was, obviously, Twilight Sparkle, who was hard at work writing note after note in her book, always making sure to properly check the equipment and chemicals she and her group-mates had put before her. After going over those notes several times over, however, she broke into a smile, closing the book and addressing her friends.

"Alright then...shall we get started?"

The others, Rarity, Derpy and Flash, all gave simultaneous nods, expression their shared eagerness to begin the work. Rubbing her hands together slightly, Twilight went first, taking several test-tubes and ensuring that they were all properly secured above the Bunsen-burners. Derpy and Flash, meanwhile, were busy making sure they had the correct measurements of all the various chemicals they needed, with Flash in particular keeping a narrow eye over their measuring tools. Drop by drop he watched, raising a hand to his colleague as soon as they had enough. As for Rarity, she had taken to looking over Twilight's notes, largely to ensure that she too had a clear idea of what they were trying to achieve and how they'd do it. After some time had passed, she set the book down, looking to her spectacled friend.

"I trust you're confident we can do this, Twilight?"

Smiling, Twilight nodded back.

"I am. It's all standard stuff really. All the pieces are in place, all the chemicals and catalysts are gathered...and all we need to do now... is go step-by-step."

Flash, scratching the back of his head briefly, then took to raising his hands, holding out goggles for his team-mates.

"Let's not forget these, girls."

Giggling, Twilight took hold of the offered safety equipment, as indeed did Derpy and Rarity. The four took a moment to ensure their eyes were properly covered, and afterwards, took hold of some nearby gloves. Once those too were on, all eyes were upon Twilight, and she got down to one knee and carefully placed the first few liquids into their respective tubes. The others watched, beads of sweat rolling down their brows as the young scientist did what she did. Then, as soon as she was convinced that everything was in order, Twilight then took the aforementioned catalyst and, even more carefully, placed just a few drops within each tube. At first, there was nothing, for it was heat that was now required. Heat that Twilight and the others were more than willing to give, as they each took a burner for their own and, on the count of three, turned them on.

"Okay...let's see..." Twilight mused.

It took a few moments, but eventually, the chemicals within the tube began to ripple, and then, they changed colour, becoming a bright blue from the clear and transparent look they had before. Everyone smiled at this, Twilight especially, and she clapped her hands together.

"We did it! A total metamorphic reaction!"

Rarity, sweeping aside some of her hair, looked proudly to what they'd done.

"Well, I think we can safely say that this went rather well."

Derpy nodded.

"Yep."

Then, a sly smirk came to the blonde girl, and she turned to Flash.

"Certainly better than the first chemistry experiment you were ever part of, right, Flash?"

The boy chuckled, looking away slightly. Rarity too joined in on the laughter, and Twilight, adjusting her glasses a little, looked on at all of this with some confusion.

"Um...what happened, exactly?"

Flash sighed.

"It was a stupid mistake on my part really. It was basically a simple version of what we're doing here, but when it came time to clean up everything, I...well...I failed to let the tubes cool down before I put them under the water-tap."

Twilight nodded, understanding.

"Ah...I get it."

The boy nodded.

"Yep...shattered glass all over. Had to stay after class for a bit to help clean it all up."

Twilight smiled once more.

"Well, not to worry. Nobody got hurt, right?"

Flash chuckled.

"Right," he concurred.

Together, all four of the group looked down to the chemicals still reacting, seeing that shade of blue turn darker and darker. Twilight, clearly satisfied with this, raised her had, gaining the attention of the nearby teacher. The latter walked over, and from a short distance, she looked to what the four students had done. A smile crossed her face, and she gave a short nod, indicating her approval, much to Twilight's delight. As the teacher began to move away to monitor other students' work, Rarity spoke up again.

"Well, I may not have as much enthusiasm for the sciences as you, Twilight, but I must say, I do enjoy a good experiment such as this every so often."

Derpy smiled to that before adding her own voice to matters.

"Me too!"

Twilight giggled.

"Well, like I told Sunset a while back, science has been pretty much my whole life since I was little. There's nothing that gives me more joy."

A pause as she considered those words.

"Well...besides spending time with you and my other friends, obviously."

Rarity seemed touched by that.

"Awww...the feeling is mutual, darling!"

Taking off his gloves, Flash chuckled briefly, drawing the attention of Twilight.

"Something funny?"

The boy shook his head.

"Nah. I was just thinking of my Dad. The way Mom tells it, he was always terrible at this kind of thing. Every time he tried to add one thing to another, boom, right in his face."

In response, Twilight stifled a need to laugh.

"Oh dear."

Placing his hands upon his hips, Flash nodded.

"Yep. But, it was during those classes that he met my Mom though. She'd laugh when he got his face covered in soot, then walk over and wipe it off him with her handkerchief."

To that, the other three girls looked to him as though they'd just seen an adorable puppy.

"Awwwwww!" they all said together.

Flash chortled to that.

"Yeah, Scootlaoo reacted the same way."

But, before anybody else was able to say anything further on the matter, they turned in unison to see that, yet again, the teacher had arrived. She handed a piece of paper to Twilight, who graciously accepted it, before again turning to go to the other students. Together, all four gathered around, looking to the paper, and soon after, broke out into wide smiles.

"We passed!" Derpy exclaimed.

"Indeed we did, Miss Hooves! A true triumph, I believe," Rarity added.

"Yep, call me pretty happy about this," Flash remarked.

Adjusting her glasses slightly, Twilight looked on fondly to her colleagues in all of this, before taking on a look of pride as she regarded the equipment from their experiment.

"Well...guess we'd better start cleaning up."

Derpy put on another smirk as she turned to Flash.

"Let's wait until it's all cooled off first, right?"

To that, Flash rolled his eyes.

"Yeah...never hearing the end of that one."