After tutoring Robbie, Sci Twi was in the local library, looking at books about telekenesis to learn more about her powers.
Sci Twi thought, "If I can concentrate hard enough, I can make things move." She focused on a flag outside and it started waving.
She then turned to an empty library chair and stared hard at it.
"Come on Twilight, you can do this. You just have to focus."
After staring at the chair, it began to levitate into the air.
"I'm doing it. I'm actually making the chair float with my mind!"
"YEAH!!!" Sci Twi yelled. But her moment of glory was interrupted as the chair came crashing to the ground, catching the attention of several other people and the librarian.
"Shhhhhh!"
"Sorry." Sci Twi meekly whispered.
After a few more tries where she levitated some pieces of paper, Sci Twi checked out the books on telekinesis she was reading and left for home.
She was almost at her house when,
"Twilight!" Sci Twi turned to see Flash Sentry waving to her.
Sci Twi stopped in her tracks, "How do you know my name?"
Flash Sentry, not listening to her, came up to her, "I just wanted to ask you something. Will you be my date to the prom mixer at your school?"
"Wait, what?"
Flash reiterated his sentence, "I want you to be my date to the Canterlot High/Crystal Prep prom mixer. What do you say?"
Sci Twi became very confused, "I.. I.. don't know!"
She quickly ran home, leaving Flash Sentry alone to text Sunset the bad news.
Derpy came up to Flash Sentry and started to pat him on the shoulder, "It will be okay Flashie." she said, "My boyfriend can't make it to prom because he's too busy fighting the Daleks in another dimension."
Flash just gave her a confused look.
When she got home, Sci Twi saw her older brother, Shining Armor, and Cadence watching TV in the living room.
"Hi Twily, how was tutoring?"
Sci Twi replied, "Good. Hey Cadence, can we talk? Just you and me?"
Cadence agreed, "Shining, will you excuse me and your sister for a minute?"
Shining Armor nodded and the girls went upstairs.
As soon as the door in Sci Twi's room was shut, Cadence asked, "What happened?"
Sci Twi sat down on her bed, "I've been asked to prom by a Wondercolt named Flash Sentry. I told him I didn't know if I wanted to go."
Cadence asked, "Why not?"
Sci Twi sighed, "Because the kids at Crystal Prep are right, I'm not pretty at all. No boy would ever ask me out, I'm a joke. Remember when Marco Dafoy took me to the Radiant Hope Junior High eighth grade formal?”
*flashback*
14 year old Sci Twi was sitting in the living room of her house in her best dress.
The doorbell rang.
“He’s here!” Sci Twi ran to the door to find Marco Dafoy standing there with a bouquet of roses.
“Ready to have the best night ever Twilight?” Marco asked.
“I sure am.” Sci Twi giggled, “I’m so glad you went out of your way to take me to the dance! You’re the only boy who’s ever really talked to me since the rumors started.”
“Well what can I say? I think you’re a special girl.”
Sci Twi blushed.
Night Light and Twilight Velvet came downstairs with a camera to take a picture of the happy couple but Marco turned them away.
“My father rented a professional photographer and a limo so none of your assets are required tonight.”
The pair left and Sci Twi called, “I’ll be home by 11:30.”
As the door slammed, Mr and Mrs Sparkle looked at each other confused.
Later at the dance, Marco and Sci Twi arrived in front of the entire class.
“Aww, look Sci Twi’s here.” Suri said in a fake and sickeningly sweet voice, “We have a special seat for you. Girls.”
Fluer blindfolded Sci Twi and led her to the back of the middle school gym right to a garbage bin.
“Okay, you can sit down now.”
Sci Twi sat down as she was being wheeled to the center of the gym. Marco urged the Bread twins, Peter and Ginger Owlseye to come over and help him with part two of the plan.
“Now take off your blindfold.”
As Sci Twi removed her blindfold, Marco and Peter dumped piles of wet garbage on Sci Twi’s Head.
Everyone started laughing hysterically.
“Trash-head!” Lemon Zest called out.
“LOSER!”
“Even I wouldn’t hang out with her.” A nerdy student named Celery Stalk chimed in.
Sci Twi looked over at Marco, “Why?”
Marco grabbed Suri and twirled her around, “I never meant to ask you out. You’re just a joke.”
Just a joke...
Just a joke...
Back in the present day, Sci Twi was crying at the memory.
“I remember that night.” Cadence sighed, “You called Shining Armor while we were on our date to pick you up and there were so many tears on the ride home. You were so shaken you missed school for two weeks and the guidance counselor delivered your homework to the house.”
“See why I can’t go?” Sci Twi said, “They’ll just make fun of me again. I’m an ugly freak who doesn’t deserve to live.”
Cadence reassured her, "Twilight, you're the prettiest and most special person I know. Don't listen to those bullies."
She held up a mirror for Sci Twi to look in, "I don't see an ugly girl. I see a beautiful, smart, and confident young woman. Maybe if you let your hair down and put on a little makeup, you'd be prom ready. Never let anybody tell you you're not beautiful or that you don’t deserve to live."
Sci Twi hugged her school dean and sister-in-law, "Thanks Cadence."
Cadence said, "And I'll talk to Flash Sentry tomorrow."