Upon Lemon Zest's shriek, several students fled the hallway.

Caught off-guard, Sour reeled for a moment. She recovered quickly, rubbing her jaw. Moving faster than anyone could anticipate, Sour kicked Lemon in the stomach, hard.

Lemon fell to the floor and doubled over, fighting back the wave of nausea she felt from Sour's kick. She let out a groan as Sour loomed over her. Sensing a chance, Lemon crouched and launched herself like a torpedo with all her strength, headbutting Sour in the stomach.

Sour staggered a few feet, collapsed, then threw up on the floor. When she finished getting sick, she lifted her head. Her face was a dark shade of crimson, and her breathing was heavy. Nobody in Crystal Prep Academy had ever seen Sour Sweet this furious. All the students who stayed behind to watch the fight slowly backed away, fearing what either girl would do next and more than willing to avoid becoming part of any collateral damage.

"All of my pain..." said Lemon, tears streaming down her eyes. "All of my heartache..." she rushed towards Sour. "Is because of you!" She gave Sour a swift kick to the head, followed by a boxing of the ears.

Sour grabbed Lemon by the ankles, causing her to fall to the floor with a thud, her head nearly hitting it. Before she could get back up, Sour was directly in Lemon's face, tears in her eyes and an open wound on her cheek, bleeding slightly. "Pain? Heartache? You know nothing about either of those things." she whispered, punching Lemon in the face twice before receiving a headbutt, causing Sour to fall back.

"Then teach me, oh Enlightened One!" Lemon said sarcastically, with a flourish of her right hand, using her left to wipe off the blood from her nose. She then began to charge towards Sour.

Sour responded in kind.

Before either girl could get in another shot, Radiant Hope and Dean Cadence arrived, restraining Lemon Zest and Sour Sweet respectively.

"What on earth has gotten into you two?!" said Dean Cadence.

"Oh my god, you're both bleeding!" said Radiant Hope.

"I'm fine!" shouted Sour Sweet.

"Let me at that goddamn bitch! I've had enough of her bullshit!" yelled Lemon Zest.

"Enough!" bellowed Principal Cinch. Sour, Zest, Hope and Cadence all stopped at the sound of Cinch's voice. "What is the meaning of this?"

Lemon and Sour both started talking at the same time, then got angry again, and had to be held back again by Radiant Hope and Dean Cadence. Principal Cinch pinched the bridge of her nose. "I've heard enough." she said. "Lemon Zest. Sour Sweet. Go to the nurses office to get patched up. If I hear of one more incident involving you two I'm sending you both home for the day."

Lemon and Sour glared at each other.

"Do I make myself clear?" said Cinch, her patience long since lost.

"Yes, Principal Cinch." said Lemon and Sour, blushing.

The bell for the first class of the day rang as Lemon and Sour went to the nurse's office, avoiding eye contact with each other to avoid fighting again.

"Good lord, what happened to you two?!" exclaimed the nurse. Sour and Lemon were unresponsive. "A fight, huh?" she shrugged. "Kids these days..."

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As they left the nurses office, Sour and Lemon glanced at each other, then immediately looked the other way. Deciding not to invoke the Principal's wrath, they each walked in separate directions.

Lemon Zest sighed. God, I wish I had someone to talk to other than my parents. I mean, I love my parents with all of my heart, but I just feel so lonely here not having any peers to talk to... Her eyes lit up. Oh, right! That Twilight girl! Maybe she'd be up for a chat. Lemon scoured the halls for Twilight, unaware that news of her fight with Sour Sweet spread like wildfire after first period. She simply figured that all the voices she was hearing was just the idle chatter of her schoolmates.

After searching the halls for a few minutes, she heard the warning bell for second period. "Oh shit, I'm going to be late!" she said. She frantically ran through the halls, trying to find her classroom. The bell for second period rang and Lemon's shoulders sagged. "Dammit. First I get into a fight and miss first period, now I'm late for second period..." she sighed. "Might as well just grin and bear it." she said as she finally found her classroom.

"Excuse me, Miss Zest." said the teacher. "Would you care to explain why are you late?"

Lemon sighed again.

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Well, second period sure was a nightmare. thought Lemon. Maybe now I can find Twilight. She walked the halls, slowly coming to the realization that people were talking about her fight with Sour Sweet as she passed them by.

"I can't believe it, Sour's never shed blood in a fight before..."

"Probably the closest she came to losing..."

"No, I think it was a draw, man..."

"Dude, Sour totally had that girl on the ropes..."

"What's her name? ...Lemon Zest, huh?"

As Lemon passed the students, she noticed their phones were replaying the fight. All of Crystal Prep now knew of the fight between herself and Sour Sweet. Oh, great. Now I have a reputation. One that I didn't want, much less want to uphold. Now if Twilight sees me she'll probably be all 'Gah! Don't beat me up for my lunch money, just take it!' Lemon lowered her head and put her hand to her face. What a way to kick the day off, huh, Lemon? she thought to herself. Making a sputtering noise, she wandered the halls waiting for third period to begin. She wanted to go home already. She suddenly bumped into someone. Don't lose your cool, Lemon...look what happened last time that happened.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there!" said a familiar voice.

Right in front of Lemon was Twilight Sparkle.