One month had passed and I continued to easily cast more and more difficult spells. The upcoming day would be different though. Despite me being Celestia's protege, she did want me to take academic courses such as astronomy and mathematics as well. Yeah, I always have been good with astronomy but mathematics was always one subject that caused me problems.
After breakfast Celestia led me down to the main school. She asked, "Starlight, I know we have been doing a ton of magic study but you have to learn academic material as well. Are you ready for this?"
I replied, "You bet I am!"
Celestia also knew about how things were where I grew up and she continued, "You know, there will likely be more fillies in the classroom than you ever encountered growing up!"
My pupils shrank as I never was fond of large crowds and given that I would pretty much be on the same level as them, I was a bit nervous but hey, I mastered time travel and altered the destiny of multiple ponies so this shouldn't be too hard! I sighed, "I know your Majesty, I just hope I won't let you down."
Celestia gave me that same half-smile she always does when I refer to her as "your Majesty" and replied, "Don't worry Starlight, I know you'll do great."
I gulped and headed into the classroom and Celestia was right, there were a lot of fillies in there, five of who seemed very close and for some odd reason, I found myself drawn to them so I sat down next to a blue unicorn with a blue and white mane and tail. She glanced my way and asked, "Who are you? I've never seen you here before."
I replied, "My name is Starlight Glimmer."
She hugged me and replied, "It's so nice to meet you Starlight! My name is Minuette!"
I replied back, "It's nice to meet you too Minuette."
Seeing her enthusiastic and warm greeting towards me prompted her friends to want to meet me as well.
A white unicorn with a pink mane and tail said, "My name is Twinkleshine."
A yellow unicorn with a blue mane and tail said, "My name is Lemon Hearts."
A mint green unicorn with a mint green and white mane and tail said, "My name is Lyra Heartstrings."
There was a fifth unicorn as well, one who wore glasses that seemed a lot more shy. She looked up and said, "My name is Moondancer."
I introduced myself to them and it is kind of odd, I seemed to bond with all five of them immediately which is odd given that I have never truly bonded with anypony except for Sunburst. I asked, "Sooo....how long have you been in school here?"
Minuette replied, "I've been here for two years."
Twinkleshine added, "I've been here for two years as well."
Moondancer added, "I've been here for three years."
Lemon Hearts added, "Three years for me as well."
Lyra finished, "This is my first year here." She looked at me and asked, "You look really young, I take it this is your first year?"
I replied, "Yeah it is my first."
Lemon Hearts asked, "How did you get in at such an early age?"
I replied, "Well my parents thought that since I know a lot of magic that they would bring me up here for an entrance exam. Not only did I pass the entrance exam but I also hatched a dragon's egg."
All five of them gasped in shock. Moondancer asked, "So I take it you are the princess's protege?"
I replied, "Yep and I must say, I thought things would be a lot more difficult so far but the basic spells she's had me working on haven't been difficult for me."
Lyra asked, "Maybe you could help me with my magic sometime because I am really having problems with basic levitation."
I realized that I had said the absolute wrong thing. While Lyra seemed friendly and I know a ton of magic, including magic that I can't even let Celestia know I have, I was not sure if I would be ready to aid other students in their studies. I do know that I would feel really bad if I wouldn't be able to help Lyra in her studies.
Just as I was about to reply the teacher came into the classroom and we all went silent. Apparently most of the students she had seen before because she pointed towards Lyra and myself and asked, "It looks like we have a couple new students. Would you two like to introduce yourselves?"
Lyra stood up and replied, "Yes. My name is Lyra Heartstrings and I am from here in Canterlot."
I was much more nervous and you know how I am when I get nervous. I teleported up to the front of the classroom and replied, "Hello, my name is Starlight Glimmer and I am from Eastern Equestria."
Everypony gasped when they saw me teleport. I saw my teacher's jaw drop open as she asked, "Wait....you can already teleport at such a young age?"
I really didn't feel like telling everypony that I have been able to teleport for as long as I have. After all, if I was to tell them that I've had this ability for decades, they would think I was nuts so I came up with a different excuse. I replied, "Yeah, I get nervous in front of crowds and when I'm nervous, I do things like that."
The teacher replied, "Well I can tell one thing, you are extremely talented and I wouldn't be one bit surprised if Princess Celestia makes you her protege one day."
Lyra raised her hoof and said, "She already is Princess Celestia's protege!"
All of a sudden every single student was fawning over me and this is not what I wanted. I didn't mind when my five new acquaintances learned about it but the whole class? I headed back to my desk and buried my face in my hooves as I do not like getting that much attention. To make matters worse, my teacher said, "Wow Starlight, despite you being so young, I bet you'll be helping everypony in class with their magic one day."
I looked up and replied, "Yeah, maybe."
Minuette piped up, "Don't be so modest Starlight, you'll be helping everypony!"
While I was flattered that Minuette thought that, I simply didn't want that attention. Luckily though the teacher got class started so their attention shifted to her rather than me. That day we started out with basic math and astronomy. Of course the astronomy we studied was basically learning the order of the planets and the math was basic addition, things that I would think that some of my classmates would know, especially given some of them had been there for two or three years.