"Ugh..."

Twilight looked down on a slumbering Trixie, her face contorted into a clear look of disapproval.

Two o' clock in the afternoon and she still hasn't bothered to get her lazy flanks out of bed. That's it, enough is enough.

"Trixie!" Twilight yelled, shaking the slumbering magician.

"Huh? wha?" Trixie mumbled as she was violently yanked from her sleep.

"I've had enough of this Trixie. If you're going to stay here you're not going to stay in bed all day, especially if you won't even tell me the reason you're here. I'm not running a hotel here, in fact, in a hotel I'd actually get paid, but so far all I've gotten is a unicorn who-"

"Jeez I'm barely awake half a minute and you're already going at me. Even in my sleep I can irritate you," she said with a smile as she stretched in the bed, her voice holding a tone of pride in her ability to annoy the purple unicorn.

"You've just wandered into my home claiming to be sent here by Princess Luna on some important errand which, for some reason I can't fathom, you won't even tell me what it is! I mean seriously-"

"If I tell you why I'm here will you leave me alone?"

"That'd be kinda hard Trixie since the reason you are here seems to involve you living with me."

"I mean will you at least stop yelling at me for five minutes?"

"If you could actually give me some answers and stop being so difficult about everything, sure."

"Fine!" Trixie agreed, still wrapped in her blankets. A few moments of silence passed.

"Well?!" Twilight snapped, impatient.

"I'm here to get some..." Trixie mumbled, her voice trailing off.

"I didn't quite hear that."

"I'm here to get some tutoring ok!" Trixie finally answered, her voice angry, as though she was furious at having to admit the fact.

"Tutoring on what?"

"Ugh... I used to go to Celestia's stupid School For Gifted Unicorns."

"Really? You went there?"

"Yeah, why? Is that a surprise? Think I'm not good enough for that snobby place?"

"Well I am a little surprised, I mean its a pretty prestigious school, although, I'm guessing you weren't too fond of the place?"

"Wow, you really are a genius!" Sarcasm dripped from Trixie's voice.

"Right look, clearly you have some history with the place you're not happy about, and that's fine. I for one really enjoyed the school, but that's neither here nor there right now. You've come here for help. What is it you need?"

"I dropped out of the place before doing my final exams. I asked if I could repeat it and Luna told me it would be possible, but she said I would need to get help, despite me telling her I'm sure I could handle it by myself. She insisted, and I wasn't in the mood to argue with the pony who once tried to plunge the world into eternal darkness."

"That wasn't..." Twilight sighed, allowing the comment on Nightmare Moon to pass. She didn't need more arguments, she was finally getting some real answers.

"Right fine, so Luna suggested me?"

"Yup," Trixie confirmed. She had adopted a sitting position against the bedpost, fore hooves crossed at her chest.

Twilight could not help but feel smug at being recommended to teach Trixie.

"Well Trixie, I'd be happy to have you as a student-"

"Student?! Oh no, that's not what this is. I'm only here because apparently I need to be tutored by someone who sat the exam. I can handle it by myself, I'm not going to be bossed around by you."

Twilight's patience had run its course.

"I'm offering to help you and you just keep throwing it back in my face! What's your problem? I let you stay here, I fed you, and I just agreed to help you. Can't you just be grateful for once?" her voice had reached that high pitch again, and she found herself heaving as she yelled at the arrogant pony sitting in the bed before her.

Trixie looked down at Twilight, and smiled once again as she witnessed the furious bookworm. She really is adorable when she gets all angry, she mused.

"Right, fine," Trixie conceded, her mood improved by the sight of a frazzled Twilight, something she had really come to enjoy. "I'll accept your help, just don't get ahead of yourself and think this means you can boss me around."

Twilight took a deep breath to calm herself. She realised she was in a position of power here. Even if Trixie wouldn't admit it, she needed her help. Twilight just had to figure out how to use that fact to her advantage.

"Alright, I'm going to need to head to Canterlot to grab some of the course material, I don't have the books here."