Tuesday, September 29, 2015 / Early Morning
Today's Horoscope (Virgo): Your words have a more profound effect on others than you might realize.

Rainbow Dash will be returning to the dorm today.

"So, are you ready for the history test?" Twilight asks me as we walk Spike.

"I think so," I say.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 / Morning

Mr. Turner's test is brutal, but I think I did alright.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 / After School

All throughout the Music Club meeting, Trixie is giving me a sullen, almost pouty glare.

After the meeting, Trixie approaches me. Her fists are balled up, and she won't quite look me in the eye. "How dare you just...just walk out without giving Trixie a chance to...to...to have the last word?"

I groan. "Seriously?"

"Trixie is..." Trixie stops and takes a deep breath. "I am not an asshole." She looks down. "I just...I just don't know how to..." She sits on a desk, facing away from me. "I've...always had trouble making friends. I just...if I tried to go up to someone and talk to them, I didn't...I didn't know what to say. And they'd look at me like I was...some kind of weirdo, then walk away.

"Then I started learning magic from my dad, and guitar from my mom. I'd do little magic tricks for the other kids at school, and they'd clap and be impressed, and...and I felt like maybe...

"But then I realized...if I wasn't performing, if I wasn't showing off...I didn't really have anything to talk about." Trixie turns to look at me. "I had to be The Great And Powerful TRRRRIXIE!...or I wasn't anything." She looks down. "I thought...that would be..." She shakes her head. "But...everybody started...laughing at me. Saying things...calling me a loser, a joke, a loudmouth..." She sighs. "I just...don't know how to be anything else..."

Trixie starts sniffling. Without another word, she gathers her things and runs out of the room.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 / Evening

I return to the dorm to see Rainbow Dash sitting on the sofa in the lounge, covered in confetti, a big piece of cake on a plate in front of her. Pinkie Pie is bouncing around like a superball on crack; the others are all gathered as well.

"Hey Flash! You're home late!"

"Sorry," I say. "Hey Rainbow, welcome back."

"Thanks," Rainbow says. She sighs. "It's so lame I gotta be stuck here a whole two weeks, though..."

"Well, you'll have all the critters to keep you company during the day," Fluttershy says.

"And you can message us on Canterbook!" Pinkie says. "And after school and on weekends, we can totally watch movies and play video games and stuff!"

"Yes, darling...the next two weeks will fly by before you know it," Rarity says.

"Yeah, and I'll have trouble goin' to th' bathroom, an' I can't even take a bath by myself," Rainbow says, grumbling.

"Oh, well...I'll help you with the bathing," Fluttershy says. "Umm...if...you want me to." She blushes. "N-not that I...I mean...I just want to...to help..."

Rainbow smiles. "Thanks, Fluttershy. I appreciate it."

"Can you make her actually wear clothes around the dorm?" Twilight asks. We all laugh.

After Rainbow's welcome-back party, Applejack helps Rainbow up to her room, while the rest of us take care of homework and cleaning up the lounge. It's nearly midnight when I finally go to bed.

Author's Notes:

Social Link Status:

0. FOOL (Zodiac Investigation Team): rank 2
I. MAGICIAN (Twilight Sparkle): rank 5
IV. EMPEROR (Coach Shining Armor): rank 2
VI. LOVERS (Nurse Cadance): rank 2
VII. CHARIOT (Rainbow Dash): rank 3
IX. HERMIT (Coco Pommel): rank 4
XV. DEVIL (Juan the Janitor): rank 2
XVII. STAR (Pinkie Pie): rank 3
XVIII. MOON (Trixie Lulamoon): rank 4 (Rank up!)
XIX. SUN (Vinyl Scratch): rank 2