There was two ponies resting inside a rather cramped room, with hardly any space between themselves yet the both of them attempted to look comfortable. One pony was a pegasus pony, with a mane the color of corn and orange and a coat of light yellow. She looked rather serious, and adorned glasses as well, which complemented and matched her serious look rather well. The other pony opposite of her was an earth pony, with a coat of grey and a mane of charcoal black. The grey mare's nervous purple eyes darted all around the quaint room as she sat there in hesitation, looking back up to the yellow pony every now and then. The serious looking pony then cleared her throat and spoke clearly.

"So Ms. Melody, I take it?" she asked.

The grey pony smiled nervously and nodded her head.

"Good. Well, tell me about yourself." she asked again, raising an eyebrow.

The grey pony nodded her head again for no reason and gulped, clearing her throat and answering.

"Well I'm Octavia and well quite frankly, I'm an excellent student. I lo-"

"Next question." interrupted the serious pony.

Octavia's strong smile now became a weak one as she stopped what she was saying. The serious pony tilted her head to the side and rested one hoof under her jaw as she continued what she was saying.

"Why are you interested in our university?"

"Star Swirl University is an excellent site for future artists of all genres to effectively practice and sh-"

"Next question!" the serious pony interrupted again.

Whatever smile Octavia had was now long gone; instead a grimace stood in its place.

"What can I tell you about our college?" the serious pony said calmly, reclining back into her chair.

Octavia was hesitant to answer but she did anyways, knowing that the interviewer would just interrupt her again.

"With all respect ma'am, I think this is rather-" Octavia began, getting slightly upset.

"Next. Question!" the serious pony snapped rather viciously as she was getting bored with Octavia's replies and rested her limbs on the desk as a result.

"But ma'am, I hav-"

"Next question Ms. Melody! If you're ready for it!"

"Yes ma-"

"Good! Who in your life has most influenced you?" the serious pony almost screamed in her face as she leaned closer to Octavia.

Octavia thought about the answer to that question rather deeply in such a short amount of time and replied.

"Star Swirl of course ma'-"

"Star Swirl? Come on!? What are you? A rear-kisser? Get out!" The serious pony yelled at Octavia.

Octavia looked at the serious pony in such shock.

"But Mrs. Spitfire-"

"Are you deaf? Or incompetent? Because it seems you are both. Either way, GET OUT! If you can't handle challenges Mrs. Melody, then Star Swirl University doesn't want anything to do with you." she declared to Octavia strongly.

Octavia, with her emotions now surfacing, started crying slightly as her lips trembled.

"Oh come on don't cry! Blah! I had enough of crybaby's when I was with the 'bolts."

Spitfire beckoned for Octavia to leave and Octavia got up, leaving as quickly as she could and taking her whimpers with her as well.
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