Hero of the Despaired Future!
Chapter 7: Twilight's Running for Princess! Sunset Shimmer's Malicious Schemes!
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Twilight knocked on the door...
"Come in."
Twilight entered gracefully, bowing her head as she opened the door.
The principal, Celestia, was reading a file.
"How may I help you?" She asked.
Twilight was confused at how casual Celestia was, but...
She placed her bag on the ground.
"Um... Uh... Phew..." She said nervously.
Yeah- Celestia gestured for her to actually say something.
"My name's Twilight Sparkle. I-I'm new here, and... Well, I understand that Fluttershy found a crown this morning and gave it to you." Twilight said.
"Yes." Celestia said, standing up and walking over to a drawer.
"I've had Vice Principal Luna put it somewhere for safekeeping. No idea how it ended up in the front lawn." She said, putting the file in there and closing the drawer.
"Were you interested in running for Princess of the Fall Formal this year?" She asked.
"Uh, no. Not exactly. The truth is... Well, the truth is I... You see, the crown is actually... Princess of the Fall Formal?" Twilight asked.
Celestia marked the date on her calendar to show Twilight.
"It's Canterlot High's big Fall dance." She said.
"Like the Grand Galloping Gala." Twilight said.
"Uh, Grand Galloping Gala?" Celestia asked.
"Oh, uh, it was a big deal at my old school." Twilight said.
"And was there a princess?" Celestia asked.
"Yes, but she wasn't exactly a student..." Twilight said.
Then she noticed Sunset Shimmer on the walls.
Photos of the times she won as princess of anything.
Fall Formal, Spring Flung, ugh.
"Here at Canterlot High, the students select one of their peers to represent them. She receives her crown at the Fall Formal." Celestia said, letting Twilight out the door.
She took her bag.
"Hmm. You asked me if I was interested in running for Princess. Can anyone run?" Twilight asked.
"Yes. You just need to let the head of the Fall Formal planning committee know you'd like to be on the ballot. Was there anything else?" Celestia asked.
"Um... Nope! That was it!" Twilight said.
"Well, if you do need anything else, my door is always open." Celestia said.
Then she closed the door.
...
Spike popped out of her bag.
"Twilight, why didn't ya just tell her the crown was yours and ask for it back?" Spike asked.
"Oh, I was going to, but imagine if one of them showed up in Equestria saying they came from a place filled with tall, fleshy, bipedal creatures with these?" Twilight asked, twirling her arms around.
"We'd think they were crazy!" She said.
Micro Chips happened to see that... Happen.
...So he walked away in confusion.
"Hmm. You make a good point." Spike said.
"Looks like if I want my crown back, I'll have to become Princess of the Canterlot High Fall Formal. So that's what I'm gonna do!" Twilight said triumphantly!
"And how exactly do you plan on doing that?" Spike asked.
"I have NO idea!" Twilight said proudly.
Then the bell rang, and now the halls were full again.
Time for lunch!
Twilight and Fluttershy went to grab a tray of food.
Gohan just walked alongside them as they did that...
Carrying that giant lunch of his.
They took veggie burgers, glasses of water...
"I know we've just met, but I was wondering if you might be able to help me with something." Twilight said.
"Of course." Fluttershy said.
"Sure." Gohan said.
Then they took fruit bowls.
"I've decided to run for Princess of the Fall Formal, and-"
Fluttershy gasped and dropped her fruit bowl all over Twilight's shirt!
"Oh! Oh, gosh! Sorry!" She said, grabbing a bunch of napkins.
She started cleaning Twilight...
"It's just, oh, running for Fall Formal Princess is a really bad idea!" She said.
"Princess of the Fall Formal? Why's that such a bad idea?" Gohan asked.
"Sunset Shimmer wants to be Fall Formal Princess, and when she wants something, she gets it!" Fluttershy said.
She threw out the napkins and held her tray out to Granny Smith...
She placed an apple on there.
"She'll make life awful for anyone who stands in her way. Just ask the girl who ran against her for Princess of the Spring Fling." Fluttershy said.
Twilight got an apple...
Now the three started going to that empty table.
"How would she do that? Does she have some sort of mystical power?" Gohan asked.
Now the three sat at that empty table...
"It's not physical, she has an overwhelming mental power and can ruin anybody's image! In fact, she'd find a way to make you seem like a monster!" Fluttershy said, pointing at him.
"I have to try!" Twilight said.
"Oh, I don't think you understand. You'd have to convince everyone here to vote for you instead of her: the athletes, the fashionistas, the dramas, the eco-kids, the techies, the rockers..." Fluttershy said.
"Why is everypony-"
Spike smacked Twilight in the head.
"Uh, everybody, separated this way?" She asked.
Gohan pulled out the red water container, the random black box and the chopsticks.
He opened it to reveal some assorted meats.
"Maybe it was different at your old school, but at CHS, everybody sticks to their own kind. One thing that they DO have in common is that they know Sunset Shimmer is gonna rule the school until we graduate." Fluttershy said.
"Then why don't they prevent it?" Gohan asked.
"What?" Fluttershy asked.
"If they really know that, why doesn't anybody try to stop her? She's a single person." Gohan said.
"She has others... Plus, any attempt to stop her gets ruined and fails..." Fluttershy said.
'How? Does she have connections to the freaking Androids!?' Gohan thought.
"Not if I can help it!" Twilight said proudly, using only her face to dive into her apple.
She started eating it just like that.
Fluttershy just glared at her funnily...
Then Twilight just stopped, using her hands.
...
"...I like your enthusiasm!" Gohan said.
Then he mimicked the same action as Twilight and dove into a chicken leg.
He started just eating with his mouth...
...Now he was being stared at.
...
Then he used his hand, taking the chicken leg out and started chewing.
"...So, uh, heheh...where would I find the head of the party planning committee?" Twilight asked.
"You'd find her in the gym." Fluttershy said.
"Where is that?" Twilight asked.
"It's not very easy to explain..." Fluttershy said.
"Why don't we just take her there?" Gohan asked.
'Sorry, but I don't want to go anywhere near Pinkie Pie anymore...' Fluttershy thought.
"I-I can't, sorry..." She said.
"Oh... Well, I guess I'll take you there after we're done eating." Gohan said.
"Well... How long will that take?" Twilight asked.
"I mean, not too long." Gohan said.
"...You have all that food, though." Twilight said.
"Oh, Gohan has a gigantic stomach. I don't know how to explain it..." Fluttershy said.
'Saiyan biology...' Gohan thought.
"It's genetic. My dad used to eat this much as well." He said.
'Used to...? What could that mean...?' Fluttershy thought, hiding a horrified expression.
"Huh. What spec- Nevermind." Twilight said.
'Why would I question what species we are...?' She thought.
Okay, now Gohan was eating like he hadn't eaten in days again.
...As usual.
Twilight was just surprised...
He's eating like a freaking dragon!
Now the gym was decorated.
Streamers, balloons, snack tables-
Holy crap, it's a party house.
"Well, this is the gym." Gohan said.
"Huh. Didn't think it'd be this decorated..." He said.
Spike was outside the bag and walking alongside the two.
"Thanks for your help." Twilight said.
"Oh, you're welcome." Gohan said.
"IIIINCOMIIIIING!
A torrential rain of streamers was coming right down at them!
Twilight and Spike instinctively got on the ground and covered.
Gohan stood still, letting them hit him.
...Now that they stopped falling, the three of them were covered in confetti.
Gohan just used his hands to get them off while Twilight and Spike just slid out the cover.
Then, they saw Pinkie Pie throwing confetti everywhere.
She even pulled a balloon off of her skirt...?
She started blowing into it...
Twilight walked up to her and asked...
"Hi, my name's Twilight Sparkle and... Pinkie Pie?"
She recognized her?
Once Pinkie heard that, she stopped blowing into the balloon, and the air blew her mouth flaps nearly off her face.
The balloon deflated.
Then she gasped and grabbed Twilight's shirt...
"Are you psychic!?" She asked.
Now she was practically carrying Twilight before she could fall to the ground.
"Uh, no. I don't think so. Unless of course that's something you can do here." Twilight said.
'Well, I could read minds...' Gohan thought.
'Wait, the real question is, how did she know her name?' He thought.
Pinkie then dropped Twilight on the floor...
"Eh. Not usually." She said.
She went to grab a yellow balloon and started blowing that one.
"Fluttershy said this is where I'd find the head of the Fall Formal planning committee." Twilight said.
Pinkie stopped blowing, but actually tied the balloon this time.
"Fluttershy, huh? Don't let the whole 'shy' thing fool you. She can be a real meanie." She warned.
"Wait, what?" Gohan asked.
'T-That's information anyone above the age of 10 would know. Anyone can be mean.' He thought.
"You two aren't friends?" Twilight asked.
"Is that supposed to be a surprise?" Gohan asked.
"I-I mean... No..." Twilight stuttered.
Pinkie decided to ignore the question...
"Waited a bit to get your name on the ballot, huh? Dance is day after tomorrow." She said.
"I'm brand new here." Twilight said.
"Oooh! I thought you didn't look familiar. Though, now that I'm really lookin' at you... Do you have a twin sister who lives in the city, has a pet dog named Spike that looks just like that one?" Pinkie asked, pointing at Spike.
"Uh... Maybe?" Twilight asked.
"Thought so. Anywho!" Pinkie said, pulling out the sign up list from her hair...
Yeah...
It's on a clipboard.
"Just need to fill this out and you are officially up for the coveted Princess of the Fall Formal crown!" Pinkie said.
She even pulled a pen out of her hair.
She held it out to Twilight...
...
Twilight wasn't taking it?
Pinkie shook it a bit.
...
Twilight tried taking it with her mouth...
Pinkie didn't seem to mind, but Gohan was a little confused...
So, Twilight decided to use her hand instead.
She started writing on the paper, and...
"WOW!" Pinkie said, shocked.
"You have really bad handwriting. It's like you've never held a pen before." She said.
Twilight laughed nervously...
"Aheheh... Is it?" She asked.
"Yeah. It's worse than my dad's." Gohan said.
Then the door to the gym burst open again.
"Somebody order a dozen cases of fizzy apple cider?"
It was Applejack.
Twilight recognized that voice...
She came in, carrying one case of that apple cider.
"Oh! Oh! Me, me-me-me, me, yeah, ha-ha, me!" Pinkie said, running towards her.
Applejack placed the case on a table, wiping the sweat off her forehead.
"Can ya bring in the rest?" She asked her older brother, Big Macintosh.
He was carrying four cases at once.
I guess it's impressive...
"Eeyup." He said.
Applejack took one of the cases off him, and started taking that one to another table.
Before she put it down, she recognized Twilight...
"Hey... I know you!" She said.
"You do?" Twilight asked.
Applejack started carrying the case to another table.
"Sure. You're the new girl who gave Sunset Shimmer the what for today." She said.
She took one bottle out, and bit the cap off.
Fizzy...
"Oh, hey, you're that kid who destroyed everyone at dodgeball!" She said, pointing the bottle at Gohan.
"Oh, uh... Y-Yeah." Gohan said.
'I'm not a kid, you're a kid. You kid.' He thought.
"You did the same, right? Give Sunset Shimmer that what for?" Applejack asked.
"I mean... I guess I tried." Gohan said.
"Why are ya skipping gym? You're getting an easy A, ya know." Applejack said.
"Oh, the uh... Teachers are asking me to stay after class, and I felt sick sometimes..." Gohan lied.
'The teacher told me I couldn't play anymore.' He thought.
Applejack could tell he was lying, but...
"Whatever." She said, taking a sip of the apple cider.
"Twilight Sparkle here is gonna run against Sunset Shimmer for Princess of the Fall Formal." Pinkie said.
Then Applejack had to spit her drink out.
She placed the bottle on the table...
"I'd think twice about that. Oh, sure, she'll probably approach you all friendly like..." She said.
Then she pulled Pinkie off the... Ceiling and grabbed her heart balloon.
She grabbed a market and started drawing on it.
Pinkie was blowing another yellow balloon.
Applejack drew a face of Sunset Shimmer on the heart one, and a face of Twilight on the yellow one.
She taped a needle to the back of the heart one.
"I sure am lookin' forward to some friendly competition." She mimicked Sunset.
"That's so good to hear!" She mimicked Twilight.
"Then, here comes the backstabbing..." She said normally again, stabbing the Twilight balloon with the needle.
"About the only girl in this school you can trust less than Sunset Shimmer is Rainbow Dash." Applejack said.
"Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked.
Pinkie Pie decided to sit on and bounce a giant yellow balloon across the gym.
"She's the captain of, like, every team at Canterlot High." She said, popping that balloon.
"She's also the captain of sayin' she's gonna do somethin' for ya, and then turnin' around and not even botherin' to show up." Applejack said.
"Thanks for the advice, Applejack, but this is something I really need to do." Twilight said.
'But why?' Gohan thought.
"Huh, suit yourself. Hey, how'd you know my name is Applejack?" Applejack asked.
That is a really good question...
"Um, I uh... Heheh... Didn't you say?" Twilight asked.
"No." Gohan said.
"Nnnope." Big Mac said.
"Noverino!" Pinkie Pie said.
Twilight decided to try and escape...
So...
"Well, it sure was nice meeting you both. I'm sure I'll be seeing you around!" Twilight said, running off with Spike.
She opened and closed the door.
'That's strange... How did she know their names? I've seen them before but I didn't even know who Pinkie Pie was.' Gohan thought.
"That one's tryin' to hide a secret, but I am totally on to her." Pinkie said to Applejack.
Then she leaned towards her ear.
"She's psychic!"
"Uh huh... If you say so." Applejack said.
"I'm not trusting that one either." Gohan said.
"Wait... How'd you hear that?" Pinkie asked.
'...Dang it!' Gohan thought.
Then the main gym doors burst open.
Revealing Sunset Shimmer, Snips and Snails...
Complete assholes...
"This looks terrible!" She yelled.
Gohan facepalmed.
'I don't know if I should be thankful or not. The first time I meet her, I keep runnin' into her! Come on!' He thought.
The three went to the center of the gym.
"There should be more streamers near the stage and fewer balloons." Sunset complained.
She popped two purple and pink balloons with one finger...
"Yeah! Streamers!" Snips yelled, ripping a pink streamer in half.
"And fewer balloons!" Snails yelled, bear hugging a yellow balloon.
He fell and couldn't pop the balloon...
Sunset picked up a bottle.
"Fizzy apple cider? Ugh! This is my coronation, not a hoedown." She said.
Offended people.
Offended and triggered people everywhere.
Seems familiar...
"Well, now, it ain't necessarily gonna be your coronation this time around." Applejack said.
Sunset literally appeared in front of Applejack like, wow.
She's quick.
"Oh, is that so? You country folk really aren't that bright. Must be why the other students say such awful things about you." She mocked, using Applejack's cowboy hat to cover her face.
Applejack literally cut the hat open with her glare.
"Sunset Shimmer, you need to stop." Gohan said.
"Oh, it's Karate Kid. What's he gonna do, scare me with his moves?" Sunset mocked.
"I have no intent on fighting anybody. It's been peaceful, and I intend to keep it that way. But I'm serious about you bullying people." Gohan said.
"Pfft. Didn't I already give you the rundown?" Sunset asked.
"Do you honestly think nobody will go against you?" Gohan asked.
"Pfft. If you dare." Sunset said.
"It's the entire school against you three. Who's odds are favorable?" Gohan asked.
"For my coronation? Where I'm running unopposed!?" Sunset asked, trying to contain her laughs.
"Not this time. The new girl just signed up!" Pinkie said, showing off the sign up sheet.
Twilight signed, like, every space below, holy crap.
"What!?" Sunset asked, completely shocked.
Pinkie gave Sunset the clipboard.
"I know! Her handwriting IS really bad!" She said.
Sunset looked extremely angry as she saw it...
"Where is this Twilight Sparkle?" She said to herself.
Was she able to read that shit?
Well, she said it a bit too out loud.
She noticed the other two listening in...
So she improvised.
She started laughing.
"I'm looking forward to meeting the competition!" She lied.
She and her goons started walking away.
'What a jerk...' Gohan thought.
Twilight was traversing the halls once more.
Crowded as usual...
But suddenly, Twilight found herself in a dark place of the hall...
The lights were flickering and nobody else was there.
Then Sunset Shimmer happened to be right behind her.
"Can't believe I didn't recognize you earlier. Shoulda known Princess Celestia would send her prized pupil here after my crown, and her little dog, too." She said.
"It's MY crown!" Twilight said.
"Whatever. This is just a minor setback for me. You don't know the first thing about this place, and I already rule it." Sunset said.
"If that's so, why do you even need my crown? You went to an awful lot of trouble to switch it with the one that belongs here." Twilight asked.
"Pop quiz: what happens when you bring an Element of Harmony into an alternate world?" Sunset asked.
...
"You don't know? Seriously!?" Sunset mocked, laughing.
"And you're supposed to be Princess Celestia's star student? Then again, what were the chances she'd find somepony as bright as me to take under her wing after I decided to leave Equestria? Bit embarrassing that you were the best she could do." She said.
Spike popped out of the bag and barked at her.
"Oh, and I'd keep an eye on your mutt. Hate for him to be... taken away from you." Sunset said.
"Is that a threat?" Spike asked.
"Oh, of course not." Sunset mocked.
Spike barked again, growling...
But Sunset put a finger to his face.
"But I'd cut down on the chatter if I were you. Don't want everyone to know you don't belong here, now would you? You wanna be a princess here? Please. You don't know the first thing about fitting in." She said.
She started strutting away...
And now she's gone, thank God.
...But Twilight was left with low self esteem...
Nope, still cutting to Sunset.
She was walking towards the gym, where she encountered Snips and Snails.
They were dizzy and covered in streamers...
So Sunset pulled the streamers with so much force that the two spun around like a tornado.
So she also had to stop them in place.
Even more dizzy...
"I want you to follow her. Bring me something I can use just like I did with that last girl who thought she could challenge me." She demanded.
"You got it, Sunset Shimmer." Snips said, saluting alongside Snails.
Sunset Shimmer turned around and muttered to herself.
"When the crown and its power are mine, Twilight Sparkle will be sorry she ever set hoof into this world. Not that she would've been much safer if she'd stayed in Equestria." She muttered.
"Yeah!" Snips said.
"In Equestria!" He said.
He obviously doesn't know anything about what he's saying.
"What are you still doing here!? Go!" Sunset yelled.
Those two rushed away.
Twilight was now trying to figure out the world again.
She found herself against a ending machine full of snacks.
She is kinda hungry...
She saw the perfect snack! Peanut butter crackers!
But how to get it?
She tried pulling the glass off.
Didn't work.
She tried pushing it.
Nope.
Okay, final measures.
She got down on all fours, and was about to buck it!
Break that glass and shit!
...Until someone walked up to her.
It was "The Great and Powerful" Trixie.
"Excuse me." She said, going ahead of Twilight.
"The Great and Powerful Trixie!...Needs some peanut butter crackers." She said.
Inserted a coin, punched in the code, and...
It fell down.
"VoilĂ !" Trixie said, pulling the snack out.
She walked away.
Twilight stood up in embarrassment...
Spike poked his head or of the bag.
"Sunset Shimmer is right. I don't know the first thing about this place. If I'm gonna really fit in and win votes, we need to do some research." Twilight said, starting to walk.
"Research?" Spike asked.
"This place has a school. It must also have a..." Twilight said, looking at a library.
"Library!" She said proudly.
She rushed inside.
Snips and Snails just happened to be behind the doors...
Shouldn't they be in class?
"Got your phone?" Snips asked Snails.
Snails pulled out his purple phone and hit record.
"Got yours?" Snails asked.
Snips pulled out his yellow phone too.
It's go time.
Snips sneakily snipped away as Snails... Well, moved like a snail.
But stealthily.
Twilight sat at a computer, dumbfounded.
She didn't know what the hell to do.
Spike was outside the bag, too.
"So I just push the letters here, and then the words and moving pictures will come up here?" Twilight asked.
She held the monitor now.
Cheerilee happened to be nearby...
She sighed, because she hates her job.
Then she put on a fake smile.
"That's right!" She said, making Twilight put the monitor down.
"Maybe this place does have magic!" Twilight said.
Cheerilee didn't care, so she walked away with a cart of books.
Snips and Snails happened to be behind that cart, recording...
So they fled.
Then some crappy music started playing.
Cheerilee had to come back with the cart...
Turns out three kids, known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders, were blasting music at the other side of the table.
Scootaloo, Applebloom, and Sweetie Belle...
Cheerilee had to turn the speaker off...
"Uh, girls, what are you doing?" She asked with a forced smile.
Twilight was banging on the keyboard with her fists.
Gently, though.
Gently.
"We're just seeing how many hits our new music video has gotten." Sweetie Belle said.
Then Applebloom started blasting the music.
Ugh, Cheerilee hated it too.
"No... Just..." She said, turning the speaker off.
Then she took the speaker.
"No! The school computers are for research purposes ONLY!" She said.
Then she walked away with the speaker.
"It's just as well, y'all. Some of the comments about our song were really awful. 'Epic fail'...'Funniest thing I've ever seen'!?" Applebloom asked.
"Funniest thing they've ever seen, huh?" Sweetie Belle asked.
Then the three of them had an epiphany.
They started running off.
"Uh, I don't know that that's what you should take from..." Twilight said.
But they were gone, so...
Sighs.
Twilight tried figuring the computer out.
She pulled the monitor, and started using her fists on the keyboard again...
Snips and Snails recorded that.
They snickered behind her back!
Even more examples of Twilight acting like a complete buffoon were recorded by Snips and Snails.
You know, carrying loads of books and dropping them all clumsily...
Picking books up with her mouth instead of her hands, on all fours...
She even got blown away by the printer shining off a light.
There are plenty more examples, but those are just a few...
Okay, so, end of the school day.
No animal shelter today.
So Gohan was just going to head home.
He and Fluttershy were outside the entrance, saying their byes.
"See you later." Gohan said, starting to walk to the sidewalk.
"W-Wait..." Fluttershy said.
Gohan stopped and looked over his shoulder.
"I was meaning to ask you this morning, but you ran off..." Fluttershy said.
"Oh. Sorry..." Gohan said, fully facing her again.
"It's alright... But... Are you going to the Fall Formal?" Fluttershy asked.
"No. At least... I don't think so." Gohan said.
"Oh... I... I just wondered if you... Would like to... Um..." Fluttershy said, completely nervous.
It was vividly clear.
"Take your time." Gohan said.
"I was wondering... W-Would you... Like to... G-Go to the Fall Formal with...me...?" Fluttershy asked.
She kinda blushed.
...
"You want me to go to the Fall Formal with you?" Gohan asked.
Fluttershy silently nodded, looking down at the ground.
"...Well, sure." Gohan said.
"...R-Really?" Fluttershy asked, a little surprised, looking at him again.
She mostly expected a "No."
"I mean... Yeah. If you want me to go, I'll go..." Gohan said.
Fluttershy mentally had a victory screech.
"OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO-"
"O-Okay, see you tomorrow!" She said excitedly, running off.
"Uh... See you!" Gohan said as she ran off.
He was confused, though.
'Why was she so excited about that?' He thought.
Twilight and Spike had gone through a ton of books.
She sat at a table, while Spike was under that table.
And since it was the end of the day, the P.A. came on to say:
"The library will be closing in five minutes."
Then she had realized...
"I hadn't even thought about where we're gonna sleep tonight!" She said.
Spike started walking out from underneath the table.
"Way ahead of you." He said.
Twilight followed him, taking a single book with her.
Spike led her to a further part to the library...
A part where nobody goes to.
He had a tarp over the surprise for some reason.
"It's a little..." Spike said, pulling that tarp off.
It was dusty, and he had to cough a bit.
How was it that dusty?
It was a bed made of books...
"...dusty, but it doesn't seem like anybody comes up here." He finished.
"It's perfect, Spike." Twilight said.
She's probably lying, but...
She petted Spike and scratched his ear as a reward.
She sat down.
"So, how did your research go?" Spike asked.
"I found this book. It's called a yearbook. It seems to be something they use to keep a record of things that have happened at the school." Twilight said, opening said book.
She flipped to a certain page with her humanized friends as freshmen.
Spike came up to her level to see.
"Look. That's Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, and I'm gonna bet the girl on the far right is Rarity." Twilight said, pointing at her.
Spike instantly swiped that book!
"There's a Rarity here!?" He asked excitedly.
...Then he decided to play it cool...
"Uh, I mean, uh... interesting photo." He said, handing it back to Twilight.
"It's interesting because they look like they're friends." Twilight said.
"They do look like our friends. But I thought we'd figured that out already." Spike said.
"No, I mean... they look like they're friends with each other. But it doesn't seem like they're friends now." Twilight said.
"Not so much." Spike said.
"I just can't help but get the feeling that Sunset Shimmer had something to do with it." Twilight said.
"I wouldn't put it past her. But she wanted your crown 'cause she's planning on doing something even worse! If you're gonna stop her, you have to focus on making friends here. Can't worry about why these girls aren't friends anymore." Spike said.
"Yeah, you're right. Eye on the prize..." Twilight said.
"Where's Gohan in the yearbook?" Spike asked.
"Actually, I couldn't find him. It's safe to say he's a transfer student." Twilight said.
"But I can't recognize him, whereas I could recognize everyone else here." Spike said.
"Yeah. I've never seen someone with an orange and blue uniform with boots like that in Equestria." Twilight said.
"Maybe he lives far away from Ponyville. Or... Since this is Canterlot, he lives far away from there too." Spike said.
"Perhaps. I'd like to know what the symbol on his back meant." Twilight said, laying down on the books.
"Where did you find that?" Spike asked, going towards the tarp.
"I've caught many glimpses of it. It's hidden behind his bag." Twilight said.
"Oh. Well..." Spike said, grabbing the tarp and putting it on Twilight.
"Thanks, Spike." Twilight said, getting cozy.
Spike decided to lie down right next to her head.
"Ah... You're welcome. Good night." He said.
"Good night." Twilight said, closing her eyes and drifting to sleep...
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