“Hey Ditzy, it’s time to wake up…” You whisper in the gray Pegasus mare’s ear as the airship you two are riding begins its slow descent into the massive city below.

She yawns, “Already? But it’s only been a few hours…” She rubs her eyes with her hooves. Her yellow irises shine in the sunlight pouring through the small window beside you.

You chuckle, “We’ve been on here for a day, Ditzy. You’ve slept like a log…” You yawn, your lack of sleep catching up to you.

Ditzy giggles, “You know we could’ve taken a faster airship. We didn’t need the fanciest one available. Then again, you’ve always been one for showing off ever since Flight Camp.” She nudges you in the side with her elbow, jerking you back awake.

You sigh, “Yeah, I guess Rainbow rubbed off on me a bit. I wonder if she’s one of the ponies that made it in.” You look out the window, taking note of the massive cluster of large buildings gathered in the center of the city proper. In just a few hours, you and Ditzy will be standing in the courtyard of that large campus, meeting the dean of the school that offers you everything you’ve ever wanted.

Ditzy notices the glazed look in your eyes and laughs, “You really should’ve slept more, you stubborn mule. Now you’ll be all tired when we meet the dean!” She slaps a hoof onto your back, making you flinch slightly.

You scoff, “And? He’s just the dean. He can’t punish me for being tired.” You shrug your shoulders and smile.

“But he’ll think you’re a slacker and probably make somepony keep an eye on you! You know how prestigious this school is, and I doubt he’ll let a slacker take it easy here…” You hear genuine worry in Ditzy’s voice. Or at least what you think is genuine worry.

You place a hoof gently on her shoulder and take a deep breath. You laugh, “When have I ever not been a slacker? He’d be right to keep his eye on this Pegasus!” Your comment makes Ditzy smile again.

The two of you, along with everypony else on the ship, jerk from side to side as the airship makes its landing on the giant landing pad a mile east of the campus. Your heart flutters as you realize that you’re actually almost at the school. You hear the chatter of everypony around you as they realize the same thing. Every last one of you are about to be officially enrolled in the most prestigious and high-class school in all of Equestria. You can’t hold back a chuckle as the door opens and the flight attendant directs you to undo your safety belts and exit the ship single-file.

You’re the first one off of the ship, sudden excitement propelling you forward. You turn and offer a hoof to Ditzy, who gladly takes it as she steps from the airship. With a smile, you both start your trot to the booth set up a few yards from the ship. The sign hanging above the booth tells you that that’s where you get your luggage and campus maps. The two of you happily walk up to the booth and reclaim your possessions. The old mare behind the booth also hands you a large piece of folded up parchment.

You immediately unfold it, wondering what the map looks like. To your surprise, the map portrays the campus to be almost ten times bigger than you actually imagined. Ditzy lets out a stifled ‘Ooh’ as she sees the size of the campus. She pulls the map right up to her muzzle, getting as close a look as she can. You chuckle at her intense display of curiosity and fold your map back up. The only important place you need to know about is the campus courtyard, where the enrollment ceremony will be held. The rest of the campus could wait.

You look at the sky, noticing how late it’s getting. You tap Ditzy on the back with your hoof and start your trot in the direction of the courtyard. She folds her map up and places it in her satchel of luggage before trotting right behind you. The excitement sparks in both of you, and you can’t bring yourself to speak. You two continue your trot side by side and listen as everypony around you chatters wildly about how nervous they are. You scoff at their trembling voices.

Ditzy notices this scoff and asks, “Let me guess, you’re not nervous at all, huh?” She beams a wide grin at you as you continue your trot.

You laugh, “Of course not! My sense of nervousness died when Rainbow drew that d-!” You turn your head to respond to Ditzy and take your attention away from the path in front of you. Just as you are about to finish your sentence, you slam right into a large oak tree. A familiar mare’s laugh echoes from above you.

The cyan Pegasus wipes a tear from her eye, her gaze glued on you and Ditzy. She laughs, “How old are you, thirteen? Shouldn’t you be able to see something like a tree coming right at you?” She lands beside you and extends a hoof, trying to help you up.

You can’t help but chuckle as you take her hoof. You’re relieved to see that the prankster Pegasus made it into the school with you. After all, you two have been friends for years, ever since Elementary school. Flight Camp only made that friendship grow. You laugh, “I’m glad to see you here, you annoying filly…” You stand to your hooves and place one on Rainbow’s forehead, much to her disgust.

She jerks away and stamps a hoof. She scoffs, “You know I can’t stand ponies touching my mane!” She lifts a hoof to restyle her rainbow-colored mane. You hold back a smart retort, knowing how important Rainbow’s mane is to her.

Ditzy greets the Pegasus with a wide smile and cheers, “Yay, Rainbow! You made it to school with us!” She floats gently through the air with her wings and lands beside the cyan Pegasus. They both share a quick hug, having been friends for years more than you.

You wait patiently for the nostalgic hug to end before scoffing, “It’s only been two months, you two. Why are you so sentimental?”

The two ponies blush and stamp their hooves at you. Rainbow screams, “It’s cause we’re best friends, something you wouldn’t know about!”

Ditzy giggles, “What, are fond memories something else this mare stole from you back at Flight Camp?” You smile back at the two of them. Fond memories of the last few years flood into your brain.

You shrug your shoulders and sigh, “Look, that cyan pain-in-the-flank did some horrible stuff to me…” Your voice trails off as you think back to the story you were telling before you hit the tree. You continue, “…like when she drew that dick on my flank and didn’t even tell me!” Your face flushes red as you remember how long you walked around unaware of the phallus’s presence on your flank. This was back when you still had a blank flank, so most ponies were convinced in their childish thoughts that dicks were really your ‘special talent’.

Rainbow falls to the ground in a fit of hysteria. She chokes out, “That was the best week of my life! Everypony really thought you were-!” She couldn’t finish her sentence because the laughing became too intense. Ditzy couldn’t hold back a fit of her own as she remembered the week in question.

After Rainbow’s fit of hysteria ends, the three of you trot along on your way to the school campus. You share fond memories with each other as you hurry towards the most honorary school in the entire Equestrian kingdom. This school is the one place everypony wants to go, but the admission requirements are so strict that not many really get to. You ponder just how exactly Rainbow Dash of all ponies made it into the school, but decide to drop the thought.

After about ten minutes of walking, you find yourself staring at the splendid beauty of the courtyard of what would soon be your new home and educational facility…

Fillydelphia High…

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