//------------------------------// // Between Two Days // Story: Equestria Girls : Tale of the Silver Pen // by nicojaller //------------------------------// (Silver's POV) I arrive in the wing where our room is, only to see Solace staring at the door, with an eyebrow raised in interrogation. He look in my direction, he regains his smile. - '' Oh, I didn't see you, how was your afternoon ? '' I frown a bit at sudden change of mood. - '' A bit boring, but fine, question, why are you staring at the door of our room and not you, you know, actually open it ? '' He cringes a bit, he points at the door, looking like he didn't really know what to make of it. - '' I think you should see for yourself, it's certainly...something. '' Curious, I go towards the door, to see what was written on the door. Hate messages, I think I my face went to a even paler colour reading these. These went from really sympathetic like : '' I wished your moms aborted '' to '' Get out of our school, you two stinking bags of shit ''. There was a like a dozen of those. The only good thing, is there is probably not a dozen writters. There are only two or three different calligraphies, so it's probably just a salty gang. - '' Yes... that is most certainly something. '' I too wasn't really sure what to make of it, sure, I expected something like this to happen seeing the reception, but it's something I would have prefered to avoid having to deal with. Solace and I look at each for a few seconds, looking awkward. He scratches his head, thinking. - '' Ok, so what do we do with that ? '' - '' I don't know, should we talk about it to Principal Celestia ? '' Once again, he takes me by the shoulders. - '' Oh god no, it's the absolute last thing we should do ! '' - '' Why is that ? '' - '' You know we're trying be liked right ? Snitches doesn't tend to be liked. It will only bring trouble to the girls, then to us, so no, sorry, I absolutely reject that idea. '' Ok, so we retire that idea from the list, I think about other ways to deal with that situation. - '' Ok, so what about this, what if I took a photo of this and showed it to the girls tomorrow at lunch time. '' He nods, looking satisfied with that solution. I don't think there's many other things we can actually do in that situation. Of course, the ideal thing to do would be to go to the principal's office, but I can understand he doesn't want us to do that. In the long run, it doesn't help us at all. - '' Yeah, that would be the best way to go about it in my opinion, they should know how to handle this. '' We stare at the messages for a while, I take out my cellphone, take a photo of it. It's really damn annoying and damn, can they be harsh in these messages. But if they resolve to that to scare us, I'll have to guess they bark more than they actually bite so it doesn't worry me that much. What worries me is that some people may try bigger things afterwards, I'll repeat myself, but it's the god damn FIRST day, of a year. If I'm not wrong, we have almost 180 other days to go. We decide to clean the door afterwards, it takes us almost 30 minutes to clean all of it. Then we decided to get a pizza, to celebrate surviving the first day. Just kidding, it's just me that celebrates that. Solace him, decide to dedicate this delicacy for our first friends at Canterlot High School. After that, we play a couple of games of Mortal Kombat, until I remember what I wanted to talk to him about. - '' Hey, Sol, do you know a girl named Trixie ? '' - '' No, who's that ? A girl that caught your eye ? '' - '' No, well maybe, but that's not the point, she's the blue girl with white and blue hair. '' I see his eyes widening, then he fistbump the air, for apparently no reason, I won't question it. I don't really know what he's thinking half the time. - '' Oh yeah, I did see her once or twice today, she's in our class isn't she ? '' - '' Yes, I want to talk to you about her, because of something that I've seen today. '' I start telling him what I saw, about her being some sort of magician and how she got booed and pretty much chased away by the crowd of students. I don't think he's really listening, because he's smirking, amused by my concern. When I finish up telling the story, he shakes his head. - '' I don't think I can do much to help you there, but I must say, I am a bit surprised to see you so concerned for a girl you barely know. '' - '' I don't know why I even bother, but I feel concerned, I thought you may know what I should do. '' - '' I feel bad that I can't really help you, but you should know one thing, I'm 100% confident you will be able to come up with something, you're the most brilliant guy I ever met. If there's one person who can find a solution, it's you. '' It doesn't help me that much, but it does makes me confident, so I'm glad I had that conversation with him. He's a great moral support. I'll talk with the girls about that too. Well, at least we won't lack any subject for conversation, that's for sure, between that and the messages, tomorrow is pretty promising. I also take this opportunity to tease him a bit. - '' Sooo... what's going between you and Skittles ? '' He looks at me surprised, and... is he blushing ? Oh my god, he's blushing ! That's gold ! - '' W-what do you mean, she's my bro. '' - '' Yeah, I'd believe that if you weren't look at her like an especially delicious looking piece of steak. '' If he was a little red before, now he would put a tomato to shame. He was trying to come out with an excuse before just giving up. - '' Okay, I find her hot, what's wrong with that ? '' I shrud. - '' Nothing, I personally think you'd make a pretty awesome couple. '' After that, I stopped teasing, I know that he likes teasing him, so from time to time, I decide to return to favor too. We spend the rest of the evening talking about random stuff, like the new games that would be coming out soon most notably. He talks about football for a bit, the american AND the european one. I pay attention to him even if I don't say much, I know that he's always hyper enthusiastic about those things so I let him talk about it as much as he likes even if I don't even understand half the time he says. After that, it pretty much goes on anything, movies, music or just jokes that we read on the Internet. I needed that after all the stress I had today. I could really use the laughs, for now, I try not to think about what will await us tomorrow. We each had a separate bed, which is pretty nice, I love Solace to death, but I don't think I would stand to sleep in bed with him. Don't take this out of context. Never take what is said here out of context. In bed, I think about everything that happened today. The first class, the reception, meeting Twilight and her friends, Trixie, the messages on the door. This day surely has been one rollercoaster of emotions, eh ? This is one rollercoaster I'd rather not ride that's for sure. I hope that the second day will be a bit less turbulent, even though, my to-do list is pretty full. What is important for me right now, is to be on top of my emotions, stay in control, that's how I'll survive here. If I let my fear or my nervosity get the better of me, it won't lead me anywhere. Great, since I don't seem to be able to sleep right now, I may as well think the way to go with the situation I have on my mind. My biggest problem is that I don't have enough info to make a real judgement. I think my first step will have to be search the Internet for her, to see if she got implicated in any major events. If this leads to nothing, I'll probably have to search forums and sites like that. Not the most neutral sites, but it'll give me a pretty good idea of what the popular opinion is, because I still don't know if this was just a minority or a global anger towards that one girl. I roll on the bed, trying to sleep, I hate nights like that, when it seems that your own mind's keeping you from resting. It turns you crazy. I turn to look at Solace who was sleeping, and snoring, that didn't help the problem either. I guess I should do like him, just relax for a little bit. Even if everything worries me, these are some things that I will deal with tomorrow, now, I have to just shut my brain up. If I don't rest now, I won't have enough energy to deal with… whatever fate will come up tomorrow. The time I realize what's happening, it's already the next morning and I'm waking up. Well, that was easier than expected. I feel refreshed and more energized, a bit more ready to deal with this school than yesterday's morning. I get out of bed to get myself dressed, this time I decide to go with a black and white hoodie. With grey Adidas pants. When I finish up, I see Solace entering, coming back from his early morning jogging. He looks surprised. '' Damn bro, it's rare to see you up on a school day and not looking like shit. No offence. '' '' None taken, I guess I slept better than usual. '' Which was true, even though it took me awhile, usually I always came in and out from sleep. It was one of these nights where it didn't happen, it's a good thing. Most mornings, back in Vanhoover, I would barely be able to wake up at all, and when I did, it always taken me a few hours to get into the rythm. I prepare for the day, making a quick breakfeast mostly composed of cereals, then some eggs. I'm thankful that Solace do know how to cook somewhat, so we decided that we would share the task of cooking. One day it would be me, the other it would be him. At least it insured that we would eat different things. I prepare my things for the first class of the day, I don't feel the nervosity from yesterday, but it has been replaced by a different form of apprehention. I'm not terrified, just nervous, the messages on the door was probably just the beginning of something. I can't say what, but my paranoia tells me that something bad will happens, even if it's today, next week or even next month. I can't let my guard down. Having a sensation of security in this school is the worst possible thing I can do right now. I kinda envy Solace in that sense, even if I think he's probably too trusting, it's probably his most important quality, since I'm not that trusting. The only reason I trust Twilight and her friends is because my guts tells me so. Can I trust the Trixie girl ? That's left to see, I'll do my research today, I'll ask her and the girls, but I sure as hell know that the only one I can really trust in this is my own logic. No information I'll get will be objective, that's for sure. So it will be up to me to take those informations to make the puzzle. I take my backpack, and I look at the door. I take a huge breathe, I'm as ready as I'll ever be. I go outside the room to face my second day as a Canterlot High School student.