Fifth period ended, and Indigo grinned excitedly. One step closer to the Friendship Games! "But first...lunch!" She skated her way to the cafeteria, enjoying the wind in her hair. She stopped once she arrived in the cafeteria, then grabbed her lunch. Thinking it was time for a change of pace, Indigo ate her food at a moderate speed rather than inhaling it like she normally would. As she did, she closed her eyes and bathed in all the chatter of her fellow students. Sometimes it feels good just to take it slow. Sometimes.
Indigo glanced at the clock. "Whoa!" She exclaimed, her jaw nearly dropping. "Did I really spend that much time eating? Who am I and what have I done with myself?!" She snickered, amusing herself. "Oh, well." She said as she got up from her seat. "Time to move on!"
Indigo walked the halls of Crystal Prep, humming a tune to herself until the sound of airhorns filled her ears. She gasped. "The Indigo signal! Someone needs my assistance!" She grabbed her phone and played airhorns at maximum volume and ran through the halls until she passed through a crowd of students staring at Sour Sweet. She pressed her phone with her thumb, cutting off the noise. "I hope you know how many you people you just pissed off, Sour Sweet." She said, wearing her trademark grin on her face.
Sour Sweet folded her arms and rolled her eyes. "Believe me, Indigo. I do." She shook her head rapidly, forcing herself to focus. "Look, I called you over here because Principal Cinch wanted me to get all of the team members together for a formal meeting."
Indigo blinked. "So you've been getting us all one by one? Wouldn't it have been more efficient to have them follow you around as you looked for the other teammates?"
Sour Sweet's jaw dropped, and she remained motionless for a couple of moments. She snapped back to attention. "Excuse me for just a second, Indigo. Stay right there."
Indigo put her arms behind her head. "No worries. I'm not going anywhere."
"Great." Said Sour Sweet. A moment later, Indigo heard a barely muffled shriek of unhinged rage. She walked back inisde and returned to Indigo.
Indigo patted Sour Sweet on the back. "Feeling better?" She asked.
Sour Sweet sighed. "A little, yeah."
"Great!" Said Indigo. "Now let's get going already!"
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Sour Sweet left Indigo in the room with Neon Lights, Sugarcoat, Jet Set, Upper Crust, Royal Pin, Suri Polomare and Trender. "Hey." Indigo said, waving to everyone in the room. They all waved back. "Soooo..." She said. "Any reason we're all meeting in here? We all already know each other in passing at least."
"This does indeed seem rather arbitrary." Said Royal Pin, "But I'd rather not question it, lest it incurs Principal Cinch's wrath." Everyone in the room murmured in agreement.
"How the hell did Cinch even become Principal in the first place?" Indigo said, scratching her head in puzzlement. Everyone in the room looked at each other.
"That's actually a good question." Said Jet Set.
"Beats the hell outta me." Said Neon Lights as he shrugged. "But then again, I have no idea how that sort of thing works."
"Does it really matter how she became Principal?" Asked Sugarcoat.
"Perhaps not." Said Royal, "But in my personal opinion, I think she can be rather...cutthroat from time to time." Everyone in the room murmured agreement again.
"But so are we." Said Suri, "This school as a whole is fiercely competitive. It's like she's got a spell cast on the student body!"
Before anyone could respond, Sour Sweet returned with Sunny Flare, who waved to everyone and then folded her arms. "All we need now is Lemon Zest."
"And Twilight Sparkle." said Sour.
Sunny blinked. "Wait, what? When did Twilight decide to compete? She's not the type for this sort of thing!"
"I'm pretty sure Principal Cinch 'convinced' her to join." Sour said, rolling her eyes.
"You mean like how Lemon 'convinced' us into playing nice for the Friendship Games?" said Sugarcoat.
Sour sighed. "Lemon might have a point, though. We've always treated each other like crap for the most part. Except for you, Royal Pin. You're all right." she smiled. Royal smiled and nodded in acknowledgement.
"That doesn't justify her actions, Sour." said Indigo.
"Maybe not, Indigo, but did all of you really believe something like this wouldn't happen?" Sour said. "Lemon and I have gotten into a fight in the hallway, everybody seems to like making each other paranoid..." She put her head in her hands and sighed again. "Something had to give eventually and that something was Lemon Zest. Is it really such a bad thing to try to be friends?"
Sunny rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Oh, please. Get off of your soapbox and get Lemon and Twilight so we can all move on with our lives."
"Shut the fuck up, Flare!" yelled Sour, getting in her face. "I don't care what sort of bullshit caused you to be the Queen Mother of all bitches, but if I hear one more goddamn word out of your mouth I swear to god I will find two pairs of the sharpest scissors in this school and jam each of them into both of your lower holes as hard as I fucking can!"
Silence engulfed the room, save for Sour's heavy breathing after her rant.
"I'm getting Lemon and Twilight." Sour said, opening the door. She slammed it so hard it startled everyone in the room.
Silence followed again until Indigo spoke up. "Holy shit. I don't think I've ever heard her make a threat like that before."
"Indeed." said Royal. "I believe you pushed the wrong buttons this time, Sunny."
"Congratulations." said Sugarcoat. "You've pissed Sour Sweet off even harder than Lemon Zest."
"Fuck you guys." Sunny said. "Fuck all of you." She turned around and wiped a tear from her face and stifled a sniffle.
A moment later, Sour returned with Lemon and Twilight.
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After the team meeting, Indigo began to head to her sixth period class. Man, it's like nearly everyone around here is messed up. She made a sputtering noise as she skated through the halls. Oh, who am I kidding? I've known that all this time, but I've just ignored the fact! She put her head in her hands for a second before looking back up so she wouldn't run into anyone or anything. "Maybe I need to change...just a little bit." She said upon reaching the door to her classroom.
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Sixth period was over, and Indigo practically jumped out of the classroom. "Argh! Come on already!" She said, staring at the clock in the hallway. "I wanna Friendship Games already!!" She said impatiently, flailing her arms. She sighed heavily, sagging her arms in defeat. "Must kill time!" She skated through the halls and hummed until she reached her seventh period class.
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"Okay." Indigo said upon leaving her classroom. "Seventh period over. Just stay cool, Indigo. Just stay cool." She took a deep and calming breath. "Okay, that worked." She calmly walked the halls, averting her gaze from all the clocks in the hallway. She almost got her phone out of her pocket, then she stopped herself. Dammit, no! No checking phones either! She mumbled angrily, then sighed. Just go to class. That's all I should do. Let time do the rest. She thought as she entered her next class.
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Indigo walked out of the classroom, visibly sweating. "Final period of the day...final period of the day!!" She could barely contain her impatience as she tried taking another deep breath. "Screw it." She grabbed a notebook from her bag and tore out a sheet of paper. She folded a paper airplane and launched it, then ran after it and caught it. "Ah. I feel a little better now." She said, smiling contentedly. "Time for the final class of the day."
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"Freedom! Glorious, glorious freedom!" Indigo shouted as she left her final class for the day. "Time to get the hell outta here!" She ran towards the front doors of Crystal Prep, then shoved the doors open with her arms. She grinned widely, jumping from the top of the stairs and landing perfectly on the bottom. "Stuck my dismount, bitches!" She said, then skated to where her bus was.
Once Indigo boarded her bus, she got all the way into the back like always. Huh. She thought as realization struck her. I wonder where De Verre is. I haven't seen her in a while. I hope she's okay. She rested her head on her chin, then stared out the window until she arrived at her stop. She eagerly left the bus, then skated to the front door and opened it.