Alexander yawns as he stands beside Edward, the pair of them are waiting with the rest of Wyvern House, who are gathered in the courtyard of the main castle academy building. Twilight and Starlight are standing with them and it's only now do they realise the sheer scale of the main castle campus. Looking behind them they can see the many female students that belong to Valkyrie House, directly to their right is Hydra House and behind them is Golem House. Everyone is actually lined up neatly in their houses, seemingly waiting for something to happen.

"Can't believe he used the big bell..." Alexander whispers in a groan.

"Can't argue it's effective..." Edward comments rubbing his eyes.

"What sort of evil creature would wake everypony up at 8:00 Am in the morning to assemble out here?" Starlight whispers in a grumble.

At that moment everyone looks up at the third-floor head office balcony doors which open and an elderly gentleman steps out to greet them. He wears a long crimson jacket that has gold trim, black gilded trousers, black shoes, a white shirt and a crimson wizard's hat with its own gold trim and bent tip. Squinting their eyes, the two mares can see he has a long grey beard, short grey hair and light amber eyes. His overall presence causes any whispers to be silenced.

"Good morning, my students. I apologise for waking everyone at such an early hour, but I figured you'd all like an ample amount of time to enjoy the end of our bet's deal. I'm sure you all know what that means." The elderly gentleman rubs his hands together.

Holding his arms out with his hands spread, a cloud of many lights begins to come forth above the courtyard. Once the cloud of lights covers the whole courtyard, it begins to multiply and slowly hails many more lights which descend and cascade over the student. Looking all over each other and themselves, Starlight and Twilight notice that the colouring of their uniforms begins to change. The uniform of Golem house begins to shift from a lightning yellow to a rich dirt brown with gold trim, in front of them Hydra house's uniforms morph from the red to a more deep ocean blue with gold trim. Glancing behind them, the mares can see Valkyrie house regain their luxury bright yellow with a bold gold trim to help the main colour stand out. Now looking back to their own house, they practically see the colour of their uniforms become engulfed by an intense fire red which replaces their ocean blue and gets completed by the same gold trim as the others. All the houses besides Hydra elicit an excited cheer at the return of their natural forms.

"I am pleased to see you all missed the colours which define who you are as a house and represent the embodiment of your house familiar. I hope that next time you won't be so hasty to put your pride up for grabs on a bet. It was also a nightmare changing all the colours on campus, so please, do refrain from such bets in the future. I wish you all a pleasant day off to enjoy what you have regained." The elderly gentleman chuckles before walking back inside and closes the doors.

Alexander stretches, before looking at his uniform. "Feels nice to be back in red again."

"I concur, it's better suiting than the Hydra colours." Edward comments.

"It does kinda make two pastel coloured ponies stand out more, though..." Starlight comments, looking around herself.

"You're a pony and pastel coloured... You were going to stand out like fuck anyway..." Alexander sighs.

"Are you saying red doesn't look good on me?" Starlight frowns at Alexander.

"That's- I didn't even say those words..." Alexander deadpans at Starlight.

"If anything I think Twilight would stand out more given her race." Edward states looking at Alexander.

Alexander is giving Edward a sincere deadpan expression before sighing deeply.

"What?" Edward asks, looking innocent.

"They are sentient talking pastel fucking ponies... Regardless of if they have wings, a horn or even both, I think they'd stand out in this world... It's not like anyone else has familiars like this." Alexander begins walking out of the courtyard with the rest of Wyvern house.

"I mean, I guess..." Edward states in reply before following him with the mares.

"Speaking of people standing out... Who was that man?" Twilight asks as they exit the main gateway.

"That was the chancellor, the head of Kilgharah Academy." Alexander explains.

"We have been here for little over a week now and it's the first time we have seen him." Starlight comments as they begin to head back to their dorm.

"He's a private man mostly, comes out every now and then. Doesn't mean he isn't a great chancellor." Edward explains.

Starlight seems agitated as she tries to stretch multiple times, but doesn't seem to fix her problem.

"You okay, Starlight?" Twilight asks, looking concerned.

"I guess? Just can't shift some uncomfortable back issues... Must be our 'adequate' living conditions." Starlight rolls her eyes.

"The floor is always available if you don't like the pull out sofa..." Alexander comments as they walk.

"Do you still help out your other ex at the spa?" Edward asks bluntly.

"How many exes do you have?" Starlight asks with a frown.

"Just two, in case you thought there were seven of them and I haven't since we broke up, why?" Alexander asks.

"Well... If you remember what she taught you, maybe you could give Starlight a massage." Edward states as they reach the student village midpoint.

"I don't think-" Alexander attempts to protest.

"Okay." Starlight agrees quickly.

"You sure..? I mean, her techniques are good, but..." Alexander rubs the back of his neck.

"I think she'll be fine. In the meantime, we need some supplies from the general store in the village. Twilight can help me with that while you sort out Starlight." Edward states as he and Twilight break off the group and head into the village.

"You're such a bastard..." Alexander groans under his breath as he and Starlight continue back to the dorm.

"So... Why are we shopping again?" Twilight asks squatting down on the floor to browse a spice shelf.

"Well, it's true we are in need of a few things. However, it's mainly due to Alexander's learnt techniques... It involves electric magic." Edward states as he holds a green basket.

"Ah... We won't be able to hear them from here... Right?" Twilight asks looking worried.

"That's the idea... However, his sound spells still need so much work..." Edward sighs deeply as they move on through the general store aisles.

"What do we actually need then?" Twilight asks grabbing a bottle of grape soda.

"A few spices, other essentials for cooking, milk, etc. It's not too much if I'm honest." Edward states grabbing a bottle of milk from the nearby fridge.

The pair collects everything they need plus some other luxuries before heading to the checkout. Behind the counter is a well-built male wearing a checkered shirt, blue jeans, sneakers and a white apron which bares a half apple logo on it. He has short spiky bright orange hair and dark green eyes with a white complexion. Twilight can't help but stare at him while Edward places their items on the counter for him to scan and place into bags.

"Is there anything else you'd like?" The man states making Twilight jump a little.

"Not that I can think of Big Mac, thanks." Edward states as the pair exchange gold and silver coins.

Edward leaves the store with Twilight who blinks several times before opening her mouth.

"He spoke? His name is still the same, though..." Twilight gets handed a bag.

"You have a Basil Macintosh in your world too?" Edward asks which gets a deadpan expression from Twilight.

"Not exactly, our version rarely speaks and he is called Big Macintosh or Big Mac like that one." Twilight replies taking up the bag in her magic.

"This world must seem extremely weird for you to live in? I mean, it's been over a week but I'd imagine learning stuff about our world is unsettling in some aspects." Edward states as they begin to walk back towards the Wyvern House dorm.

"It is somewhat weird despite spending a small amount of time here... The lessons are interesting enough and living conditions could be worse." Twilight looks up into the sky.

"We should invest in some inflatable mattresses that you two can sleep on rather than the pull out sofa. It'd likely be better for Starlight's back too." Edward states looking at Twilight.

"They should be done by now, right?" Twilight asks as they slowly approach the dorm.

"In theory, yes... However, for all its effectiveness, the whole thing would take a small amount of time. The assembly thing ended at 8:20 Am or something. It would have taken them at least ten or so minutes to get home... It's now 9:00 Am..." Edward promptly turns around with Twilight.

"W-what? Where are we going?" Twilight asks very confusedly as she is pushed along.

"Not going home, not yet. It's only been about thirty minutes since they would have gotten home... Factor in about ten minutes setup for Alexander... That's only twenty minutes into the massage... I don't think either of us needs to hear whatever she'd come out with given her affinity for lightning based magic..." Edward states shaking his head.

Twilight remembers the last time Starlight was woken up with lightning magic let alone if the application was used in a massage technique which makes her blush a bit.

"Something tells me they'd take longer than any normal massage he would have done on behalf of his ex..." Twilight keeps a fast pace with Edward as they retreat back to town.

Alexander and Starlight walk through the door before Alexander hangs up his blazer and rolls up his shirt sleeves.

"Could you get me the ingredients to make pancakes in the kitchen? We might as well have breakfast before starting and I need a little time to set up." Alexander asks as he walks through into the bedroom.

Starlight walks to the kitchen and begins setting up everything Alexander will need to bake them pancakes before leaning against a nearby work surface. A few minutes later, Alexander comes back through and begins sifting ingredients together into a bowl. He then puts on some butter to melt in a small pot before whisking milk and a few eggs together in a separate bowl.

"Who is this ex that taught you the massage technique?" Starlight asks, which gets a pained expression as its response.

"'She' is a bitch... Pretty much all I have to say about her." Alexander replies swiftly while adding the melted butter to the milk and egg bowl.

"You don't have that response towards Phoenix." Starlight states in observation.

"Phoenix is... A very different case to my first ex..." Alexander states mixing the two bowls before whisking with a fork.

"Oh, I thought Phoenix was first." Starlight gets out a non-stick pan from one of the cupboards for Alexander.

"Both of my relationships happened during my first year here... Phoenix was the better one and came after my first. I've no doubt someone could tell you about what happened the first time... I would, I want to tell you myself, but... It pains me to explain it again." Alexander states pouring the batter into the non-stick pan.

Alexander makes three thick pancakes each for them with the batter he made. Starlight helps by getting out two plates and any extras they might want such as maple syrup and sugar. Alexander sprinkles sugar on his pancakes before adding a healthy dose of maple syrup atop them. Starlight simply sticks with her sugar coated pancakes before they go and sit down on the sofa to start eating.

"Seeing as we are on the topic of relationships, do you have any back in Equestria?" Alexander asks cutting off a bit of pancake.

Starlight chuckles a little as she eats her own cut off piece.

"Not quite. I used to, they were even my first. However, it was time to move on at some point and we just didn't find the time to properly be together. So, we settled for being close friends." Starlight states with a slight smile.

"Sounds nice... It's not exactly like me and Nixie, but we are very close. I suppose how we are, confuses people the most, many can't decide if we are dating, screwing, disliking each other or all three. Before you ask it's none of those I just mentioned, we... I guess you could say we are how we are. We used to be a couple, my sister made things complicated but I understand why." Alexander sighs a little.

"You seem to have a list of complicated relationships. Why did she make things complicated, or is it connected to your first?" Starlight asks finishing her first pancake.

"It is... I'm sorry if my reluctance frustrates you." Alexander sighs deeply finishing his own first pancake.

"It's fine, I understand. How do your pancakes taste with the syrup as well? I normally only have sugar by itself." Starlight states looking at Alexander.

Thinking for a second, Alexander cuts off a sizeable square of a pancake before offering it to Starlight who suddenly blushes.

"I-I didn't mean you have to give me some... You can just put it on my plate you know?" Starlight tries to look anywhere else but at Alexander.

"I could... But I think the blush you're wearing is worth feeding it to you." Alexander continues to offer Starlight the pancake.

Rolling her eyes in defeat she leans forward and eats the offered square of pancake, before humming in delight.

"It's very nice~ You're still an ass for making me do that." Starlight nudges Alexander's arm with her fist playfully.

The pair finishes the remaining pancakes fairly quickly and washes the dishes before they head to the bedroom where Alexander has set up a towel on his bed with a bottle of oil on the bedside table.

"Well... I imagine you'll know how this will go?" Alexander coughs a little.

Starlight begins removing her clothes till she is entirely naked in front of Alexander. She stretches a little before laying down on the towel.

"If you've done this a few times, why do you seem a little awkward?" Starlight asks getting comfortable.

"I've only done a few and never someone I actually liked, always people I didn't really have any afflation with." Alexander takes a deep breath before applying some oil to his hands and rubbing them together.

Alexander lays a warm towel across Starlight's plot before placing his hands on her back to begin the massage.

"Hmm~ that actually feels nice." Starlight relaxes.

Alexander slowly slides his hands up Starlights back before bringing his hands down her sides and repeats the process a few times.

"I should mention that this oil isn't regular oil, it's a special composition I made a special request for to a friend of mine. It's expensive and used for specialist massages, luckily for all my ex is a bitch, she is one of the best masseuses on the island." Alexander informs Starlight as she continues to hum.

"I guess I'm lucky then, what's so special about the oil anyway?" Starlight asks relaxing.

Alexander takes this opportunity to whisper a few select words while gathering an aura in his hand. He casts his spell which makes the walls glow briefly minus the door wall.

"That should have sound proofed the dorm room... I hope... I'm still new to that magic." Alexander states before channelling electric magic to his free right hand while his left remains on Starlight's back.

"Hmm? Why would you need to sound proof the room?" Starlight asks trying to glance back at Alexander.

Alexander smiles briefly before running his finger along Starlight's spine softly while releasing the stored electric energy. Starlight suddenly shut her eyes and moans quite loudly which surprises Alexander but he keeps going till he reaches the base of her back. Once Alexander takes his finger away and after a few seconds Starlight calms down before looking flushed in the face.

"W-what the living buck was that?" Starlight asks blushing brightly.

"That was her unique technique. It's a special kind of electricity channelling which stores a charge within a select part of your body to be released either upon contact or when the caster wishes. The oil is unique because it magnifies the condensing factor of any afflicted surface, once it's all washed out the effect goes with it." Alexander explains as he continues massaging her back.

"To be honest... That felt amazingly good and I'm quite glad Twilight didn't have to hear that... Not feeling much better that you did either, though." Starlight looks away from Alexander.

"You don't like I'm able to make you moan?" Alexander smiles playfully as he discharges a small amount of electricity across her back making her squeeze the pillow nearby.

"You cheeky bastard... You're very weird, one minute feeling awkward but you get playful when the feeling is returned. Are you like this with all mares?" Starlight asks as she shifts slightly.

"You're one to talk. You've had several playful moments, but get awkward or embarrassed once it turns a certain direction." Alexander quips back.

"I suppose... Though, I would have thought you'd felt a bit weird seeing me naked in general. I'm a different race after all." Starlight gets comfortable again.

Alexander shifts the charge to both his hands and rubs up against her sides slowly making her bite her lip, trying to hold back any moans she might feel like releasing.

"Magicians are known to have relationships with their familiars from time to time. I know you're not a familiar, truly. However, people will see you like that as they don't know the truth... I'm just saying, I mean... Not that I'm saying we will be in a relationship, just that odd taste isn't as abnormal as you'd think here between races." Alexander coughs a little as he blushes.

"Oh? So, you wouldn't want to be in one with your current portrayed familiar?" Starlight smirks a little.

Alexander suddenly takes this opportunity to move along to Starlight's thighs and applies more oil before using a light charge to get a playful moan out of her.

"If I'm being honest... I'd say you're a rough yet beautiful mare who can be prickly at times but is ultimately sweet and kind... You can also be kinky as hell." Alexander states massaging Starlight's thighs.

"Shit~ did you seriously have to discharge it that close?" Starlight muffles herself with the pillow.

"What do you mean? Oh... I umm... Sorry?" Alexander swallows a little and looks awkward.

"I wasn't complaining- Oh, shut up and do it again~" Starlight blushes.

Alexander complies with the request releasing a larger charge while massaging Starlight's thighs which makes her moan louder into the pillow she is laying her head on.

"Maybe I shouldn't do that again... You might make a mess at this rate if you haven't already." Alexander wears a bright blush as he moves to massage her feet.

Alexander slowly massages Starlight's soles before lightly using a slight charge which makes Starlight bite harder into her pillow with a loud moan.

"M-maybe I should have mentioned... I like having my feet played with..." Starlight pants a little.

"I'll have to remember that... Do you think maybe we should finish up? It's kinda getting a little heated." Alexander states as Starlight finally manages to look at his eyes.

"I suppose... To be honest I was quite enjoying myself... Though, it's feeling a bit intimate or at least is heading there. We've been here little over a week so... It's a bit early for stuff like that." Starlight states in a non-confident manner.

"Something tells me you don't fully believe or want me to stop... I honestly have no idea what I'm doing at this point and you being naughty doesn't help... I'm not saying I don't enjoy hearing you and such... This is where I get terrible with words." Alexander blushes brightly as he moves to massage her back again.

"I honestly don't mind... I am liking this a lot, maybe a bit too much... We're not foals but it'd be better to wait for some things." Starlight clears her throat.

"I agree... Sorry if this suddenly went from arousing to awkward... Though if we ever eventually figure 'that' out, I'm sure another more explicit massage could be done." Alexander chuckles a little nervously.

"I think I would like that, for now, we should finish up before they get back." Starlight relaxes again.

Alexander nods in agreement and decides on one last surprise. Getting a little bit more oil he slides his hands around underneath Starlight to lightly cup her breasts and apply a final charge to her body which makes her moan a bit too loudly then he expected. Suddenly they hear the door close and both share an expression of sheer terror.

"What the buck was that?" Starlight asks as they both suddenly get up.

Alexander hands her a fresh towel which she uses to start wiping off oil and anything else which might have appeared during the massage.

"The door, I guess?" Alexander starts clearing up his area.

"I meant that final charge you used." Starlight asks while getting dressed.

"I don't know, a little surprise I guess." Alexander blushes fiercely.

"I loved it by the way, just in case you were worried I didn't." Starlight states in reassurance.

"I umm... you're welcome? Let's not talk about any of this outside us, yeah?" Alexander states before his eyes widen in sudden shock.

"What? Is something wrong?" Starlight asks before following his eyes to the floor.

Starlight's eyes reflect the shock that Alexander's holds.

"Did she not..?" Starlight asks fixing her uniform.

"I did not see her at the assembly..." Alexander adds as they look at each other.

"She would have heard every sound I made... Is my life in danger?" Starlight asks as they finish clearing up.

"I hope not... But to be safe I'd not say anything too obvious when she is around." Alexander and Starlight leave the room.

Looking to the right into the living room area they can see a fiercely blushing Edward and Twilight who coughs lightly upon seeing the pair.

"Umm... How is your back now, Starlight?" Twilight asks, her eyes looking all over the room.

"It's much better, thanks... Umm..." Starlight feels very awkward as they put the towels in a wash basket that sits in the bathroom.

"You guys ran a bit over my estimations... We even had breakfast before coming back hoping you'd be finished by now." Edward coughs.

"We were just finishing... Umm... Let's not talk about it..." Alexander takes a deep breath before going through to the kitchen.

The group spent the day in relative silence other than continuing their designated workloads for this week. Lucita came out of her hole briefly but avoided contact with anyone, especially Alexander as she passed in silence wearing a bright blush. The dorm room is relatively quiet as everyone was busy doing their own things till Edward noticed it was 9:00 Pm. Getting up from his work setup in the bathroom which is composed of the bath filled with cold water, a metal stool and pair of tongs, he walks through into the living room stretching lightly. Twilight is reading on his green portable iPad which has a black gear and hammer decal on the back. Starlight is lying on the sofa watching Alexander cut some gems to fit into the jewellery Edward has made.

"Alexander, have you heard from Adam and Robert?" Edward asks looking over the work.

"Mhmm..." Alexander replies as he tries to fit a red gem into a necklace.

"What did they say about our regular Friday night?" Edward continues his question as he stands back up straight.

"One sec..." Alexander states before holding his breath.

Using extreme precision, Alexander manages to fit the gem into a tricky slot position. Once done he exhales before looking up at Edward.

"Well..?" Edward presses Alexander who gets given his phone by Starlight.

"They said we should meet them at the student village entrance before we continue on to where we are going." Alexander states checking his text messages.

"When do you think we should go? It should be pretty dark by now or at least it should be getting close, no doubt they are open by now." Edward states as he heads back to the bathroom to clear up.

"So, where are we going?" Starlight asks looking up from Alexander's phone.

"Just somewhere we normally go with the guys on a Friday night. It'll be fun, least it normally is." Alexander stands up and stretches.

"There's only one nightclub on the island right? If I remember my information correctly... It's the Fantasia, which is run by Nigel Lights." Twilight informs Starlight.

"Hmm seems kinda odd, not that I can't see Neon's counterpart having a nightclub. It's just not what I expected." Starlight states getting up from the sofa.

"We're going to have to get you a phone of your own, that way you won't have to use mine to play any phone games you might like." Alexander sighs deeply as he struggles to get his phone back from Starlight.

The group gather anything they need and head out the dorm door to start making their way to the student village. Alexander constantly tries to wrestle his phone from Starlight who keeps it away using magic.

"No, it's addicting... You can't make me give up your phone." Starlight protests.

Using a controlled discharge to her back which makes her squeak, losing her focus which causes her to drop the phone. Alexander grabs it and chuckles in victory as they walk down the path.

"Ha, I know your weakness." Alexander exclaims as he saves and exits the phone game before putting the phone in his pocket.

"You're no fun..." Starlight pouts cutely as they reach the student village after a few minutes.

Upon reaching the entrance to the student village the group are approached by Adam and Robert before they continue towards their destination.

"So, did you tell them where we are going?" Robert asks as Nāve pops into existence to sit on his shoulder.

"Not yet, I want it to be a surprise." Alexander states as they pass the general store.

The student village looks a bit more peaceful and less hectic at night. The group eventually come to a large building close in size to Rare Threads with a sign on it saying 'Fantasia'.

"Is this the place?" Starlight asks looking at the nightclub.

The nightclub is decorated rather brightly with plain building materials but is illuminated by colourful magic lights. Alexander chuckles and leads the group down a side alley to the right of Fantasia.

"No, you see, while Nigel runs Fantasia there is another nightclub in Kilgharaha. However, it's rather select in its company. Despite its long list of clientele you have to get invited by Vivienne first before you can actually enter the club." Alexander walks them up to a seemingly very secure door.

"That door has some serious wards and enchantments on it... What is this place?" Twilight asks looking confused.

"This is where the misfits and less popular members of Kilgharaha come to unwind and have a drink. You have to get a magically encrypted digital invitation from the owner before actually being able to get into the club.They are unique to each individual she sends them to and requires you to input a personal security question when you fill it out. After that, you open up the app she sent you, input the password, use it on this door and you're in." Alexander explains while typing on his phone.

"That explanation seemed a little long..." Adam complains as he, Edward and Robert get out their own phones.

"Familiars are automatically welcome along with the owners so we should be fine." Edward shares a knowing worried glance with Alexander.

The four hold their phones up to the door which makes several clicking noises before finally opening.

"Right then, let's go see what tonight has in store for us." Edward states as the group slowly enter through the door.

Author's Notes:

A bit late... Last week was somewhat distracting and I didn't get around to writing the scene between Alexander and Starlight till Tuesday this week. Yeah, that bit took me some time to figure out and write well. I thank everyone for your patience and I pray things will get back on rhythm very soon.