I entered CHS, hoping to have an ordinary day for once. While working with Rarity, ended up going well, I really want to relax before the Friendship games arrive, since there's a chance, I could be picked to represent the school. As I continued walking through the halls, I got the feeling I was being watched. I nervously continued anyway, while looking all around me. Out of the corner of my eye, I swore I saw quick movements and before I could turn...

"Marky!" A certain someone exclaimed before tackling me with a hug, "Oh Marky. What a wonderful surprise to see you here," She beamed before nuzzling me.

"Pinkie, we're at school. Of course, we would end up seeing each other."

"That's what makes it wonderful!" She exclaimed, "The fact it's guaranteed."

I sighed in minor annoyance. When it comes to Pinkie Pie you can't exactly argue against her logically, because she goes by her own twisted form of reasoning.

"Now that's done, could you help me up?" I asked.

"Of course," She answered before somehow getting up, while holding on to me.

"So, how was it with you and Rarity?" She asked.

"It went well."

"That's good! I hope you two had fun" She began in a cheerful tone before it became a neutral one, "But not too much fun."

Well, it appears she is still jealous. Hopefully, this behavior doesn't last long. It's just plain wrong for her to not be cheery twenty-four seven. I was taken out of my thoughts when the school bell rang.

"Come on Pinkie we better get to class," I said, noticing she was still grabbing on to me.

"Aw. Why can't we have every class together?" She complained.

"Even if we did, we wouldn't be allowed to stay like this," I pointed out.

"That just sucks," She continued to complain, before reluctantly letting go of me.

Just great! She is becoming clingy. That's the last thing I need right now. I will try to deal with this later, if I can.

I'm currently standing in front of Wallflower's house, ready for our date, I guess you could call it. I was more than ready after school, but she insisted on getting ready first. I never could understand girls, sometimes. Anyway, I think she had plenty of time to prepare. At least I hope she has. I knocked on the door and waited patiently for her to answer. You know it feels weird doing this. Usually, someone else reaches out to me, to get me to do something social like this, but here I am reaching out to more of an introvert than I am. Is this how Pinkie feels when interacting with me? Before, I could continue this line of thought the door opened, revealing Wallflower in a different set of attire. She was wearing a sunflower themed outfit, with matching boots and there was even a sunflower accessory in her hair, that was in a loose ponytail. I found myself stunned by how adorable she looked.

"Oh. Hi," She greeted me nervously, "So, what are we..."

"Beautiful."

"Huh?" She asked, confused.

"I... It..." I began awkwardly and nervously, "I mean you look wonderful."

"Oh... I... Thank you," She began nervously with a light blush, "I haven't been asked to spend time with someone before, so I wanted to look my best. Sorry if it's a bit much, I haven't done something like this before."

"No, no it's fine. Like I said you look great," I answered, still somewhat nervous, "Well, shall we get to it?"

She simply nodded before we went on our way.

We both were sitting at a booth with burgers in front of us.

"So, how have things been?" Wallflower asked me before taking a bite.

"A little bit crazy to be completely honest," I answered, "I mean with the whole friendship games approaching and I might have to take part."

"You do?" She asked.

"Maybe, apparently I am tied with Sunset for the student with the highest GPA and we have to compete for the chance to help represent CHS."

I noticed when I mentioned Sunset, she seemed to get annoyed a bit, but she shrugged it off.

"That sounds great. I'm hoping you are the one that gets to."

"Thanks," I began awkwardly, "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"It's just I noticed you seemed annoyed when I brought up Sunset. I wasn't there when she was a bully, but I get that she has a rotten history."

She sighed, "It's a sore subject. It just annoys me how popular she is. Even at her worst she still was. Sure, it was only because of fear and her using underhanded tactics, but still. To make it worse she ended up seemingly turning over a new leaf. Don't get me wrong, on the surface it sounds great and at first people were giving her the kind of behavior she deserved. Almost no one liked her. At least until she managed to quickly change that. I know she helped save us all from the Dazzlings' control, but the fact everyone else seems to have quickly forgiven her, just rubs me the wrong way. If there were just a few more people not as easily swayed, or even never forgiving her, I would be fine with it," She ranted before taking a relaxing breath.

I was stunned by what she admitted and before I could respond she spoke up again.

"This sounds really petty, huh? It's just I am barely noticed, while she, despite being a horrible bully in the past, gets easily forgiven and is one of the most, if not the most popular girl in school. It's just not fair."

I shook my head, "Wallflower, listen to me," I began getting her attention, "If that's how you really feel, then you shouldn't feel too bad. To be honest you are justified to feel that way. Life isn't fair and that is the cruel reality. You have every right to feel that way, as long as you don't do something bad, because of it."

"Oh. Of course not," She began chuckling awkwardly, "Thank you. I guess I just needed to get that off of my chest."

I nodded, "No problem. Do you feel better?"

"Yeah," She nodded, smiling a little, "I think now I just need to relax and focus on the positives. At least now I have you and I think that's a good place to start for right now."

"That's the spirit."

"Thank you for this, I had fun," Wallflower told me as we were walking to her front door.

"No problem. I did too."

Wallflower opened the door, but she stopped right when she was about to go in and only stared at me for a few seconds.

"Is something wro-

I was interrupted when she suddenly gave me a hug. I awkwardly hugged her back and we stayed like that for a few seconds, before she let go.

"Right. Thanks again," She nervously said before entering her house.

"Yeah, no problem," I awkwardly said in response.

I took a relaxing breath before deciding to go on my way. Well, despite the suddenness of the hug, I actually enjoyed it and she seem to be getting more comfortable showing affection towards me. Now to get back home to relax and maybe prepare for the competition for the friendship games.

Along the way home there was a crowd of people, and it was kind of difficult to get past without bumping into people. Despite my best efforts I bumped into someone wearing a hoodie, knocking them down.

"Sorry about that," I sighed, holding out a hand.

The other person grabbed my hand and I pulled them up, which caused the hood of the hoodie to fall, allowing me to see the person I bumped into was a purple skinned girl around my age, with purple hair that had lighter purple and pink streaks, in a large bun. She was wearing thick glasses, giving her the appearance of a cute nerd.

"It's ok," She responded nervously, before pulling the hood back up and continuing on her way.

Now that I think about it, she seems kind of familiar. Like I've seen her somewhere before. Wait, she looks like the girl from another world that helped the girls against the Dazzlings. Twilight Sparkle. Oh of course. Pinkie did tell me about Twilight and how she is a princess from another world, filled with pony counterparts of her and her friends, so it logically would mean there's a human Twilight here. Wait, since Sunset is also from the same world, then that means her human counterpart is out there somewhere. I shook my head and cleared my thoughts. I will think about that more when I get home.

Marcus spends time with Wallflower, where I try to develop her in my way. Hopefully, Marcus is able to prevent the events from that special. He even ends up encountering human Twilight.

Next chapter- Training for the competition. Pinkie decided to help train the two together in cooking.