We managed to pull up infront of the school with a couple minutes to spare, Trixie and I jumped out of the car and waved to my dad as he drove off. Trixie and I entered the school and walked side by side down the hallway towards home room. "So..." Trixie began both of us feeling somewhat awkward after that morning. "When were you going to tell me you planned to enter us in the talent show?" She asked.
I chuckled nervously rubbing the back of my neck. "Well you know heheh, I figured it might help. You know to perform infront of the school, build your confidence."
"THE WHOLE SCHOOL?! IN A WEEK?! ARE YOU INSANES?!" She yelled at the top of her lungs.
"W-we'll it seemed like a good idea at the time."
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! WHAT IF I MESS UP?! OR WORSE!" Trixie began to panic, a frightened look on her face. I began to feel and look worried as she became more and more worked up, then as I couldn't hold it in anymore I tried to calm her down a little.
"Woah woah! Trixie calm down!" I said worriedly, trying to be gentle with her as a good friend should.
"Calm down?! There are hundreds of students in this school and you expect me to get up on stage and sing infront of all of them in only a week?! I... I... I can't I just can't!" She said bringing her hands up to the sides of her head as she clamped her eyes shut and shook her head. "What if I get up on stage and pass out?! O-or they all just boo me off stage without even giving me a chance! Or! Or!" As she started to hyperventilate I grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her violently.
"Trixie! Calm down!" I yelled in her face and instantly Trixie fell silent staring at me looking like a frightened spchikd, great now I'd gone and upset her, I looked at my feet sighing, then raised my gaze back up to her. "T-Trixie I... I'm sorry, I just couldn't bare to see you worrying yourself like that." Trixie blinked a few times, never taking her eyes of of mine. "Look, you are the prettiest, most talented, most wonderful girl I know... And no matter what anyone thinks.. I... I will... Why is this so hard to say?!" I asked frustrated, Trixie raised an eyebrow looking slightly confused.
"W-what? What are you trying to say?" She asked.
"Just... Please... Don't get upset." I said and with that, still holding on tightly to Trixie's shoulders, I pulled her into a deep passionate kiss. She blushed eyes wide at first, but then as we progressed, her eyes slowly closed as she began to melt into the kiss, bringing her arms up and wrapping them around my neck. Trixie's leg slowly lifted up behind her as she leaned into the kiss, a feeling of pure bliss washing over the both of us as we embraced each other tightly.
We stood there for what felt like an eternity but as we pulled away form each other, panting heavily as we stared into each other's warm loving, and in Trixie's case, beautiful eyes. "Trixie... I love you." I finally said not thinking at all, I wasn't considering the consequences, I wasn't pondering how to say it, in the what of the moment.. I just let it slip.
Trixie smiled blushing. "I... I love you too." She admitted slightly nervous. I felt my heart skip a beat as I heard her say those words over and over in my head, then without thinking again, the two of us leaned in slowly for another kiss.
This one however was broken up prematurely at the sound of the school bell, class had already started and now we were both definitely late. "Oh crap, come on we better go." I said pulling her by her arm, Trixie did her best to keep up, the two of us smiling as halfway through running for our lives to class we realized we were both holding hands, we both gave a slight blush and smiled at each other. Neither of us said anything, nothing needed to be said and without another action or word we both ran as fast as we could to class, chuckling a little for no apparent reason, we both just felt really silly thinking about how long it had taken the two of us to finally admit to each other just how we felt. And how we'd both worried the other might not share the same feelings we had for each other.
As the two of us burst into the gymnasium, still holding hands and laughing a few of the students already there glanced over at us, a few of the staff members did also including principal Celestia and vice Principla Luna. "Sorry we're late." Trixie called over to them. "Can we still sign up for the talent show?" The students all began gossiping amongst each other in. Their small groups and even to other groups as Principal Celestia made her way over to us with her sister Luna at her side.
"Is there a reason the two of you are late?" Luna asked coldly.
"Yeah sorry about that." I said nervously rubbing the back of my neck stil holding Trixie's hand "We uh, heheh you see we uh.. Kinda slept in." Luna gave me a glare, Celestia however took one look a our hands, then at me, then Trixie and finally she smiled raising an eyebrow.
"I see." She said calmly. "Well in any case just try to be on time in the future." Luna looked to her sister confused. Celestia then held up her clipboard, bringing her ben to an empty box at the bottom of the list of participants for the talent show next week. "Now you two said you wished to participate in the talent show correct? What is it you would be doing exactly?"
"Well um, we're uh." Trixie began shyly, still quite nervous and a little concerned about her stage fright. "We're going to sing. "
"Ah, a duet then?" Celestia asked.
"We'll um, actually I'm providing the music, Trixie here's the star of the act. She's the one doing the singing." Celestia turned to. Trixie the same suspicious smile on her face.
"I see, well that's fine. And will you be performing your own piece or something we'll known?" She asked scribbling something down on. Her clipboard.
"Well um, I think the tune belongs to someone else. " Trixie answered. "But I'm putting my own lyrics to it."
"I see, we'll I look forward to seeing you two on stage next week, I hope you don't mind but since you signed up last you'll be performing at the end." The both of us nodded.
"Yes you'll be performing right after miss Adagio Dazzle." Luna added. Trixie and I both froze.
"Um sorry but, could you repeat that?" Trixie asked both of us unsure weather we'd heard Luna correctly.
"I said in the line up for the talent show you two will go last after a performance by Adagio Dazzle." The room was still for a moment, Trixie and I both stared wide eyed straight ahead, then all of our attention was diverted to the door as an all too familiar face stepped into the Gymnasium.
A rather tall girl wearing purple platform boots with gold spikes on them, topped off with a purple and lavender outfit and her fluffy orange hair tied back with a purple and gold spiked heparin and. "Hope you've brought your A game kiddies cuz I'm going to bring you to your knees." A confident and highly competitive Adagio Dazzle said as she stepped into the room swaying her hips as she walked and smirking confidently.
"Adagio is going to be performing a solo act." Celestia explained.
"Yes and after taking some classes and a lot of hard work I believe I can finally sing my way right to the top." Adagio added. Trixie and I exchanged worried looks then glared at adagio.
"Well then, now that everyone is here let's get the first rehearsal underway, we'll start with... Oh.. My." Celestia said with a tone of worry. "D-Ditzy Doo.. And her... Juggling pins." Luna's eyes widened remembering last year when Ditzy had attempted to do a firedance and nearly burned down the gymnasium, even setting her hair on fire. She quickly grabbed a crash helmet and strapped it onto her head, Celestia gave her sister a disapproving look and they both turned towards the stage as Ditzy stepped up on stage... Facing the wrong way, then another girl walked up on stage facing her the right way and quickly running offstage for fear she might get injured standing too close to her.
Trixie and I walked over to Adagio who was currently filing down her nails. "Alrigh Adagio what 's the big idea?" I asked remembering when she and the other two sirens had attempted to take over the school during the battle of the bands. "And where are your lacking Aria and. Sonata?"
"Oh I ditched those two a while ago." Adagio said not even looking up form her nails, a flat, bored tone in her voice. "I'm a solo act now, and what I'm doing little boy? Is taking my rightful place as queen of Canterlot high." She chuckled wickedly.
"And just how do you plan to do that when you sing like fingernails on a chalk board?" Trixie asked referring to the Dazzling's aweful singing after Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Soarkle and all their friends destroyed their amulets with the powers of music, friendship and badass rainbow lasers.
"Oh, you mean like this?" Adagio clear her throat and opened her mouth, letting out a beautiful melodious note leaving both of us speechless.
Celestia turned to us. "Quiet please." As she said this one of Ditzy's bowling puns she was juggling hit Celestia in the back of the head and she turned to glare at Ditzy who just smiled nervously, holding her arms up in a sort of 'whoops.' Pose.
"I just don't know what went wrong." She said rubbing the back of her head nervously, Celestia gave a long sigh and Luna snickered thankful she wasn't the one who had been struck by the cross eyed girl's clumsiness.
"H-how did?!" Trixie asked shocked and very, VERY worried.
"Well that's my little secret now isn't it?" Adagio said then noticing. Trixie's worried expression she began to taunt Trixie, old habits making it hard for her to resist picking on the silver haired girl. "Aaaw what's the matter Trixie?" She asked mockingly. "Oh I know, you're worried I'm going to outshine you on stage and when you step up to perform, everyone in the audience will just boo you off without even giving you a chance, can't say I blame them though. You have quite the reputation miss 'Great' and 'Powerful' Trixie." Adagio snickered. Trixie hugged herself tears starting to well up in her eyes. "Aaaw is the little baby gonna cry? You gonna cry now?" She taunted mercilessly rubbing her eyes pretending to cry, my hands balled up into fists as I fought back the urge to punch her in the teeth. "Hahaha, you're pathetic." Adagio continued. "Just face it your fifteen minutes of fame came and went, you should just go on home to your wagon and cry to mommy." Trixie gave a look that made my heart stop, there was a moment of silence before Trixie burst into tears, running out of the gymnasium.
As the door closed, I found myself staring for just a moment before closing my eyes, when I opened them again my face had scrunched up into a furious grimace. Slowly I turned towards Adagio who was laughing triumphantly, it made my blood boil. "You... Little.... BITCH!" I cried out, everyone turning to face me as I grabbed Adagio's jacket, pinning her to the wall and completely lost it. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT SHE'S BEEN THROUGH?! THE CHALLENGES SHE'S FACED! THE HEARTBREAK SHE'S SUFFERED!" Luna and Celestia stood up, walking over to me to try and pull me off of Adagio, Adagio stared at me wide eyed as I continued to scream at her. "YOU ARE A HEARTLESS! VILE! LOWLIFE PIECE OF SCUM! NOW I WANT YOU TO GET ONE THING THROUGH THAT THICK SKULL! AND EVEN THICKER MESS OF TRASHY OVERSTARCHED HAIR OF YOURS! YOU ARE NEVER! I REPEAT 'NEVER!' TO DO THAT TO HER AGAIN BECAUSE IF YOU DO I CAN PROMISE YOU THERE IS NO PLACE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HIDE FROM ME! I WILL FIND YOU AND WILL PULL EVERY LOCK OF HAIR FROM YOUR ARROGANT, OVERSIZED HEAD AND FORCE THEM DOWN YOUR THROAT!"
As Principal Celestia and vice principal Luna pulled me off of Adagio, allowing her to fall to the floor I turned to the door and ran out after Trixie. Adagio slowly got up glaring at where I had ran out, gasping for breath, I'd placed of my hands around her throat and without even realizing tried to strangle her. "Mark my words!" She said quietly to herself. "You'll pay for that!" As Celestia knelt down to help adagio up she burst into crockadile tears and began making up some story of how I'd violently attacked her without warning or reason.