Morning came as I yawned and stretched my arms. Though, when I did, I didn’t see Rose anywhere. “Mom?” I called out.
“Wha… huh…?” Twilight groaned rubbing her eyes. “What is it sweetie?”
“No, I meant… ugh, I’m gonna have to find a way to make this less confusing.”
“If you’re talking about Rose, she said she had somewhere to be this morning…” Twilight said getting out of bed.
“Did she say where?”
“Not exactly…” Twilight said stretching her wings a bit. “I’m sure it’s nothing you have to worry about.”
“Well maybe I should go look for her…” I said heading toward the door. Only to be stopped by a purple magic aura.
“Not so fast.” Twilight said bringing me to her. “You are not missing another day at school. You already have enough school work to make up for.”
“But Mom--”
“No buts.” Twilight said before starting to change my clothes. “Try to have a normal day in school today, okay? We’ve all had a pretty eventful week.”
“Okay…” I said sighing. After getting changed, I just picked up my books and headed out the door, off to school. On my way to school, I tried to keep a lookout to see if Rose was around, but I didn’t see a trace of her. “I wonder what she had to take care of…”
“Hey Crystal!”
“Huh?” I asked turning around to see Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon walking up to me. “Oh hey! What’s up?”
“You want to walk to school with us?” DT asked.
“Sure, I don’t mind.” I smiled walking up to the two, going with them to school.
“Here’s the work you missed from the rest class after you left.” DT said giving me some papers from her bag.
“Oh, thank you so much Diamond Tiara!”
“It’s no problem at all!” DT beamed happily. “Are you busy after school today? I was thinking that maybe the three of us could hang out!”
“Well… I’ll have to ask Mom before I say yes.”
Diamond Tiara just looked at me for a moment. “You feeling okay? You look kind of off.”
“To be honest, I don’t know.”
“What do you mean?”
“A lot of crazy stuff happened yesterday after I left school for the day…”
“Crazy… how?”
“Where do I even start?” I asked rubbing the back of my head.
“Four more months! Four more months!” a certain rainbow maned pegasus exclaimed flying by.
“Oookay then.” I said looking awkwardly at the direction she flew. “Wonder what that was about… Anyways. Like I said, a lot of crazy stuff happened yesterday. Stuff you probably wouldn’t believe.”
“Do tell.” Silver Spoon added.
“Well for starters… apparently I’m actually half pony…”
“What!?” DT and Silver Spoon both shouted at the same time.
“Yeah… it turns out that my real mom was born in Equestria…”
“How did you find that out?” DT asked.
I just gulped at the question. “That’s the other crazy part of the story… I heard it from my real mom’s mouth…”
…
“What!?” they both shouted again.
“But I thought you said--!” DT started.
“I know what I said!” I exclaimed interrupting them. “How do you think I feel??”
“So wait. If she’s still alive, does that mean Twilight isn’t considered your mother anymore?” Silver Spoon asked.
“That’s the weird part. Since Celestia didn’t even know she was alive, I was kind of made Twilight’s daughter for real.”
“You have so much explaining for us…” Diamond Tiara said.
“Are you kidding? My real mom didn’t even finish explaining everything to me.” I sighed walking through the door of the school as they followed. “I promise I’ll try to explain everything the best I can after school, okay?” I said getting into my seat. “You two and Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Applebloom.”
“Explain what?” Sweetie Belle asked overhearing me.
“A lot.” Diamond Tiara answered for me.
“Can it top what you told us yesterday?” Scootaloo asked chuckling.
“Oh definitely…” I answered.
“Alright students. Everyone who isn’t already, please be seated.” Miss. Cheerilee said walking into the room. “I have a wonderful announcement for all of you today. Starting today, we will be having somepony working alongside me as an assistant!”
“We’re gonna have two teachers now??” a random pony in the crowd asked.
“Not just any teacher! She’s a teacher who transferred from one of Canterlot’s most well known schools. Of course I’m talking about Princess Celestia’s school for gifted unicorns!”
...Wait a minute.
“Class, I’d like you all to welcome Miss. Rose!”
WHAT!?
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After Crystal went to school, I decided to do a little more research on Crystal’s world a bit myself. Heading to the basement, I could see Spike playing with Cocoa a bit. Of course he took notice of where I was going. “What are you doing, Twilight?” Spike asked.
“I’m just going to check on the portal… might do a little bit more research.” I answered.
“That reminds me… That book you have by the portal has been vibrating for a few minutes now.”
“What?? Why didn’t you tell me sooner??” I asked before quickly running to the direction of the portal. When I got there, I did in fact see that the book was vibrating. I went to open the book and saw what looked like a filly’s hoof writing.
“Can I come over to see Becky? There’s no school tomorrow so my mom said it was okay for me to sleepover!”
I just looked to the side for a moment, thinking of how to answer. “Actually… I think this can work.” I smile turning to a blank page starting to write in it.
“Feel free to come over! I don’t have a problem with it… but do you think you could bring your mother over as well? I’d like to have a chat with her too.” I responded before closing the book. When I did, I simply placed the book in the portal’s slot and waited. After only a few minutes, the portal came to life and two human beings stepped through it.
“Hi Miss. Sparkle!” Alexis exclaimed as she was wearing a backpack.
“She was so eager to come over, that she already got packed before you even responded.” Melissa chuckled as she held a cup of coffee in her hand.
“Honestly, I was going to contact you anyways.” I answered. “I wanted to ask you a few things about your world if that’s okay.”
“Well you’re in luck, because I myself don’t have any plans in the morning.” Melissa answered taking a sip from her coffee.
“When does Becky come home from school?” Alexis asked eagerly.
I just giggled in response. “Not for a while sweetie. She kind of started not that long ago…” I answered which made Alexis look a bit upset. “...However, if you want, I can show you a bit of Ponyville. The three of us can walk and talk about whatever comes to mind.”
“Sure, I don’t mind a late night walk.” Melissa joked.
The three of us just went to the floor of the library and met up with Spike who looked at us confused. “Wait, huh?” Spike asked tilting his head at us.
“Spike, meet Melissa and Alexis.” I smiled. “Alexis is Crystal’s friend from her world and Melissa is her mother.” I say before turning to the two. “I’d like you to meet Spike, my faithful assistant.”
“No dragon better!” Spike exclaimed proudly.
“That’s a real dragon??” Melissa asked in disbelief.
“It’s so cute!!” Alexis shouted.
Spike just blushed in embarrassment. “Why does everypony have to call me cute?”
Suddenly, Cocoa ran up to Alexis and started licking her, making her laugh a bit. “A puppy!”
“That’s actually Crystal’s dog… my friend, Fluttershy gave it to her as a gift.” I answered.
“See?? Even Becky gets to have a puppy!” Alexis whined.
“Do I look like Rebecca’s mother??” Melissa responded with a huff. “The answer is still no.”
“AWWW.” Alexis whined.
“Seriously, not in front of Twilight…” Melissa groaned.
I just giggled again in response. “Come on, how about we go for that walk?”
“Yeah, sounds great.” Melissa nodded. Alexis put her bag down and the three of us headed outside.
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I just looked wide-eyed at Rose walking into the classroom, who had her mane in a ponytail and was wearing glasses. “Good morning everypony!” Rose exclaimed in a happy tone. “I look forward to seeing what everyone is capable of in this school!”
“Uhh… seeing what we’re capable of?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“Not only will she be an assistant to our class, she will also be aiding unicorns with their magical capabilities!” Cheerilee announced.
“That sounds perfect for you Crystal!” Scootaloo exclaimed.
“Eheh… y-yeah…” I stammered.
“What’s wrong?” Diamond Tiara asked. “You’ve been looking anxious as soon as that new pony walked in here.”
“That’s my real mom…!” I whispered to Diamond Tiara.
“Wha-- her!?” Diamond Tiara whisper exclaimed looking back at Rose.
“What are you two whisperin’ about??” Applebloom asked almost hearing.
“Now then.” Rose said standing in the middle of class. “Why don’t we do a little activity so that all of us are better acquainted?” Rose asked smiling.
“That sounds like an excellent idea!” Cheerilee nodded. “Everypony, please stand and make a circle around the room. Introduce yourself and tell everypony a bit about yourself!”
“This can’t get any weirder…” I said to myself walking to the circle. Eventually everypony else did the same and we were all standing in a sort of circle.
“Alright. We’ll start with one pony and work our way around the circle.” Rose said smiling. “And then I’ll share a little bit about myself.”
I just groaned a bit anxiously as ponies introduced themselves. To be honest, I didn’t exactly know what to say when it comes to my turn. She’s my mom. She should already know everything about me, right?
“Name’s Applebloom.” Applebloom said speaking up next. “I work at Sweet Apple Acres with my sister, my brother, and granny. I got five best friends here!”
“And who are these friends?” Rose asked.
“Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Crystal Sparkle, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon!” Applebloom answered.
“Wonderful!” Rose smiled moving onto the next pony being Diamond Tiara. “Next?”
“I’m Diamond Tiara… My mother is Spoiled Rich and my father is Filthy Rich and both of them are part of the school board. I have five best friends: Crystal Sparkle, Silver Spoon, Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, and Scootaloo.”
“More like she’s closest to Crystal.” chuckled one pony causing Diamond Tiara to blush in embarrassment.
“Is that true Miss. Tiara?” Rose asked looking down at her.
“I wasn’t lying… All of them are my best friends but… Crystal is the one who saved my life.”
At this Rose actually shook her head in surprise. “Saved your life? In what way?”
Oh no...
“Well, I almost got hit by lightning once… but she pushed me out of the way and got hit herself…” Diamond Tiara said looking down. “It was my own fault that I almost got hit, and at the time I wasn’t even nice to her… but she still……” Diamond Tiara stopped as she saw Rose’s dumbfounded expression.
Suddenly Rose just slowly turned to me and walked over to me adjusting her glasses. “How much did you know about magic at this time? Tell me you had some sort of protection spell for yourself.” Rose said in a serious tone.
“U-uh… no I still don’t know how to make any kind of forcefield…” I answered. For a moment I think I could see her eye twitch.
“I… think I need a minute…” Rose said slowly walking out the school door with a freaked out expression plastered on her face.
“Is she gonna be oka--” Diamond Tiara said before getting cut off by the sudden sound of an explosion outside.
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As we walked through town, we got a few strange looks from ponies we passed. “We’re kind of getting a lot of attention here…” I said chuckling nervously.
“Well we are humans in a pony world after all…” Melissa responded.
“There’s so many different ponies! This is so cool!” Alexis exclaimed hopping a bit.
“Alexis, please don’t make us stand out more than we already are…” Melissa sighed.
“Can you really blame her though?” I asked. “It’s a whole new world for her to learn about…” I said as we approached Sugar Cube Corner. “Here’s our first stop!”
“It looks like I could eat the building.” Melissa laughed.
“This is Sugar Cube Corner. Well known for its sweets… and a certain pink pony who works inside.” I smile leading them inside. When we went in, we were greeted by Pinkie Pie who was stirring a bowl of cake mix with the whisk in her tail. All while putting different delicious looking confections inside the oven. “Good morning Pinkie Pie!”
“Morning Twi-- *GASP*” Pinkie exhaled before dropping what she was doing, running over to us. “More new friends?? And they’re just like Crystal!”
“Pinkie Pie, this Melissa and her daughter Alexis… Alexis, is Crystal’s friend from her world.” I answered.
“You’re Crystal’s friend too??” Pinkie asked smiling. “How long will you be visiting? I have a lot of stuff planned today but I’m sure I can fit a party for you!” She exclaimed pulling out a giant sized planner seemingly from nowhere. “Let’s see, there’s the party I had for the Cake twins who were being so good today. A party for Cranky because he proposed to Matilda!” I cut Pinkie off by covering her mouth with my hoof.
“Pinkie, relax. They’re just visiting. It’s not like they’re staying.” I smiled.
“Awwww…!” Pinkie pouted.
“Wow you really have a lot of energy…” Melissa said.
“Yup, that’s just how Pinkie Pie is.” I giggled in response.
“Well you at least have to try a cupcake!” Pinkie exclaimed pulling a tray out of the oven. “Just baked them fresh out of the oven!” She went ahead, quickly putting frosting and sprinkles on the cupcakes before she gave both Melissa and Alexis a cupcake.
Alexis was the first to take a bite out of it. She just looked at the cupcake in her hand in amazement. “This is the best cupcake I’ve ever had!”
Melissa just looked at the cupcake for a moment before taking a bite herself. “Wow… these are as delicious as they look! Think you could share your recipe for these?” Melissa asked.
“I’d be happy to!” Pinkie exclaimed. “In fact, I can just show you how to make them!”
Suddenly without warning, the sound of an explosion could be heard outside, making everypony jump. “What in the hay was that!?” I exclaimed.
“It sounded like it came from Crystal’s school!” Pinkie answered.
“What!?” I shouted. “Come on!” I exclaimed running out the bakery.
“See you later Pinkie Pie!” Alexis shouted before running out as Melissa followed.
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Rose walked back inside as calmly as she could while looking like she had some black marks on her as if she literally caused an explosion. “N-now then… while we’re on the subject, why don’t you go next?” She asked me directly.
“But… you already--” I said before getting cut off by her hoof.
“Look, I know you like being honest with everyone, and I get that… but maybe to avoid all the confusion, you should keep the ‘M’ word out of this classroom when you’re referring to me, okay…? For now just pretend this is our first time meeting. I’m not trying to be mean but you have to think about how well ponies take this sort of thing.” Rose whispered.
“But… Diamond Tiara already knows.” I whispered back.
“Then this can be a secret between you and her… just promise me you won’t tell anyone else unless you have to.”
I just sighed whispering back. “Okay, but at least let me tell the rest of my friends-- and Miss. Cheerilee. It wouldn’t be fair to them.”
“Fine, but just them… and they can’t tell anypony either.”
“Thank you…” I huffed.
“...Also, later we’re having a talk about that ‘lightning’ thing she mentioned.”
“...Okay.”
With that, Rose simply cleared her throat and put on a smile again. “Now then, when you’re ready, please introduce yourself and tell the class a little about yourself!”
I just awkwardly walked forward a bit. “My name is Crystal Sparkle. My mom is Twilight Sparkle. I don’t have a dad. I have five close friends here in school.”
“I’m pretty sure we can all guess who they are at this point.” Rose said giggling a bit. “Now then, my name is White Rose. I used to live in Canterlot as one of Princess Celestia’s hired professors and researchers. When I wasn’t shaping young minds, I was aiding Celestia in making new discoveries!”
“What kind of new discoveries??” Scootaloo asked getting excited. “Do any of them involve a different way to get your cutie mark??”
“Uh… No I don’t think I’ve seen anything like that in my studies.” Rose answered which made Scootaloo look upset immediately. “No, what I’ve discovered is much more amazing than a plain old cutie mark. It’s civilization outside Equestria!”
“Oh!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed raising her hoof. “You mean other than ponies?”
“That’s exactly what I mean!” Rose answered.
“Have you seen anyone like Crystal before??” Sweetie Belle asked.
Rose just looked at me silently for a moment before opening her mouth to speak again. “I have actually… human beings are definitely interesting people. Their world’s a lot different from ours.”
“Different how??” Sweetie Belle asked getting more excited.
“Well for starters, you all know that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna control the rising and setting of the sun and the moon, correct?” Rose asked getting a bunch of obvious nods in the crowd. “Well in the human world, the sun and the moon all move by themselves! Nothing controls them… Actually that’s partially true. The planet itself actually rotates around the sun. Other than that, everything just happens! The stars, the weather; all of that just happens on its own, and for human beings, it’s all natural to them.”
“That actually sounds phenomenal!” Cheerilee added. “But how do humans prepare for special events that require clearing the weather?”
“Well, humans actually have a lot more advanced technology than we do here. That includes technology to read the weather and predict them so that they can plan accordingly.”
“Fascinating!” Cheerilee beamed. “Can you tell us more about the technology that humans have?”
Suddenly out of nowhere, the sound of a random jingle could be heard coming from Rose’s bag. “Oops!” She said levitating a smart phone out of her bag. “I forgot to turn the alarm on this thing off…” she said lightly tapping the screen with her hoof, stopping the alarm.
“What is that??” Cheerilee asked looking at the smartphone in awe.
“Oh, this is called a smartphone… something that humans use all the time in their day to day lives.” Rose answered. “It’s good for calling people at a long distance, sending messages, taking pictures, listening to music, looking up information, or even playing games!”
“You can do all that on a phone!?” Cheerilee asked. “Do you have any pictures of this world on there?”
“Uh… I may have some but it’s kind of hard to navigate through them without fingers…”
“Crystal? Do you mind giving us a hand?” Cheerilee asked.
“Why do I feel like that was a pun?” I asked before walking up to the front of the class. I just took the phone and went to the ‘images’ app and a bunch of images loaded up. Tapping on the first image, it showed Rose as a human… while wearing sunglasses and posing in front of the camera. Seeing this I couldn’t help but snicker. “There you go.” I said showing Cheerilee.
“Oh? Who’s this?” Cheerilee asked.
“That… would be me…” Rose answered blushing in embarrassment. “Not the first picture I would’ve shown but thank you Crystal…”
“Amazing…” Cheerilee said as I started flipping through pictures. “Honestly, even the colors look different from-- ...wait a second!” Cheerilee shouted as I had already swiped ahead by two pictures. “Go back.”... I swiped back once showing a pool party where Lexi and Sarah are visible in the picture. “One more…” I did so and she looked closely at it. When I looked at what she was looking at, I could see it was a picture of Rose… with her arms wrapped around me. “W-wha…”
“There’s something else you need to see.” Rose quickly answered before whispering into my ear. I simply typed what she was telling me to and showed it to Cheerilee when I was done. There was a message on the phone that read: “We can explain everything after class. Pretend I just showed you a picture that explained the other one you just saw.”
“I-I see…” Cheerilee said trying to regain her composure. “Okay, and you said this device plays music too? What’s an example of music from y-- that world?”
“Crystal? Would you mind picking a song on my phone?”
...I just smirked opening the music app, scrolling through it. Come on. Please still be here! I thought to myself. Wait… what is all this new music!? Has she been keeping up with it without me?? I just kept looking at the new songs until I actually looked at the album cover. Wait when did they start looking like this??
“Uh… is something wrong? You look a little freaked out.” Rose asked. I just shook my head and clicked on a song that I already knew instead.
…
“This Will Be The Day? Really?” Rose asked chuckling a bit.
“It’s my favorite!” I exclaimed levitating myself in the air.
“They see you as small and helpless.
They see you as just a child.
Surprised when they find out that a warrior will soon run wild!” The song sang as I sang along to it, letting the song play by itself for a bit. Without another word, Rose just hit the pause button. “Hey!”
“Why don’t we play something a little calmer for everypony, Crystal?” Rose asked.
“But that was awesome!” Scootaloo exclaimed.
“No, that was just loud…” Sweetie Belle said. “You like that sort of music, Crystal? I didn’t think you were the kind of person who did.”
“We aren’t gonna question why Miss. Rose has that song in the first place?” Applebloom added.
“Eheheh…” Rose said blushing a bit. “I admit, I do enjoy the music too… some of the songs can be really uplifting. But again, Crystal please play something calmer.”
“How about Caffeine?” I ask.
“That is the complete opposite of calm!”
“Fiiine.” I groaned picking a different song.
…
The music was a lot calmer than the last one I played. But Rose was completely quiet. I looked at the name of the song again. ‘Dive Too Deep’. I looked back at Rose and could see tears in her eyes for some reason. “Huh?” I asked stopping the music.
“I think that’s enough with my phone for now…” Rose said rubbing her eyes, putting the phone away in her bag.
“Did I do something wrong…?”
“N-no it’s nothing, Crystal…” Rose said sniffling a bit. “Why don’t we move on then?”
“Uh…” Cheerilee interjected. “Actually, can you give us 10 minutes, class?” Cheerilee asked leading Rose outside. “Crystal, why don’t you come with us?” I just sighed knowing I did something wrong despite what Rose said. Without another word, I just followed them outside. “Okay… I think we need to get the important business out of the way first. Crystal? How well do you know Miss. Rose…?”
I just looked to the side before answering. “She’s my mom… my real mom…”
Cheerilee gaped her mouth for a moment, wide-eyed. “But I thought you said that she was killed…!”
“I… thought she really was, but…”
“But it was my fault.” Rose said cutting in. “I was the one that left Rebecca to think I was dead… she wouldn’t have known if she didn’t find me.”
“But Princess Celestia told me that you transferred from Canterlot…!”
“And she wasn’t lying…” Rose answered. “Canterlot really was my original home.”
“Wait a minute. Wait a minute…” Cheerilee said shaking her hoof in the air a bit. “You’re saying that you’re actually from Equestria? But then what about Crystal?”
“She was still born in that world… but she isn’t full human. She’s the world's first half pony.”
“H-half… pony…?” Cheerilee asked looking at me.
“Yeah… would you believe I only just found out about all this yesterday after I left school?”
“Seriously…?” Cheerilee asked.
“There’s a lot more to explain but I think it would take the entire day if we tried to right now…” Rose said rubbing the back of her head. “But while we’re here, she’s still known as Twilight’s daughter, and is just another one of my students… only certain ponies know about me.”
“Okay… and who would that be?”
“Celestia, Luna, Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity…” Rose started.
“Oh… Diamond Tiara already knows too.” I added. “I’m also going to tell the rest of my close friends…”
“But after that, nopony else needs to know.” Rose continued. “I’ve seen how ponies talk to ‘Princess Crystal’. I don’t think it would be a good idea for this new information to go public.”
“This is just… wow.” Cheerilee said holding her head a bit. “I have to say though, I’m really happy that I actually got to meet you get to work with you!... Though now I can see why you decided to transfer to Ponyville.” She said looking at me. “I promise that your secret is safe with me.”
“Thank you so much Cheerilee.” Rose said smiling a bit.
“It’s no problem at all… but I still look forward to what you have to teach the students.” Cheerilee said before her face got confused again. “Wait, Crystal told a few of us that something happened that even allowed her to use magic in the first place… is that something true?”
“I assume you’re talking about the experiment…” Rose said with a heavy sigh. “Yes, that’s true… for both of us.”
“Both of you…?”
“The experiment was done on both of us, yes.”
“I-I… I don’t know what to say…” Cheerilee said. “This is a lot to process all at once…”
“I know the feeling…” I said sighing.
“Well why don’t we just head back into class…?” Cheerilee suggested. “I won’t ask anymore about this matter.”
“Yeah… the rest of the students are probably still confused about why we left.” Rose said in agreement before turning to me. “As for earlier, Rebecca… don’t worry about why I was crying. That song is just… special to me.”
“Sorry…” I said anyways.
Rose just placed a hoof on my head. “You don’t have to apologize… now come on, let’s go back inside.”
“Okay.” I answered before walking back inside with the two following behind. When I got in, I just sat at my seat as everyone else had already sat down.
For a little while, Cheerilee was teaching us new things while Rose just observed for now. After Cheerilee’s lesson was over, Rose walked back to the front of the class. “Now then… which unicorn would like to volunteer to show the class what they can do?”
The students just looked at each other with unsure looks on their faces. “Uh… honestly Miss. Rose, not every unicorn can use magic that good.” Sweetie Belle said.
“Well that’s just one of the things I’ll be helping you all with in this class then.” Rose said smiling. “Along with a few new spells that are normally reserved for the ponies of Canterlot.” She whispered with a wink which got a few unicorns excited.
I was just confused with what she meant. “What kind of spells?” I asked.
“Why don’t I show you one of them?” Rose asked before levitating me to the front of the class. After she did, she just took a few steps away from me. “Alright Crystal, are you able to use your magic to shoot at certain targets?”
“Yeah, I can do that.” I answered.
“Alright then, I want you to try shooting at me.” She said which startled some ponies in the class including myself.
“Wait you want me to shoot at you??” I asked.
“Trust me, Crystal. I can take it.” She winked.
Well yeah, I saw that first hand… “A-alright…” I stammered a bit pointing at Rose. Focusing the magic on my finger, I shot at her.
As soon as the shot came to her, she used her own magic to make a small wall and reflected it in the direction outside the window. “See? No problem.” Rose smiled. “You think you’ll be able to learn it? … along with a forcefield spell?”
“You just won’t let that go will you?” I asked.
“Safety is important Crystal!” Rose exclaimed. “I’m sure everypony can agree with that.”
I just huffed a bit. “Alright, so what do I have to do first?” I asked.
For a few minutes, Rose was explaining what I needed to do to cast the reflecting spell. I tried to cast it a few times with no luck. I kept practicing for about 15 minutes while Rose was explaining to the rest of the class why this sort of spell was important. Eventually I was able to bring out a wall like she did. “There you go!” Rose exclaimed happily before taking a few steps back again. “Alright, now I’m going to shoot at you and you’re going to be the one to reflect the spell this time, okay?” I just nodded before getting ready. With that, Rose shot her own magic beam at me. When she did, I was able to summon the magic wall to reflect it like she did… sort of.
When I reflected her magic, I accidentally reflected it back at her, knocking her back.”M-Miss. Rose!” I stammered running over to her.
“Whew…” Rose groaned getting back to her hooves wearing a surprised expression. “It’s fine Crystal… Your next lesson will be how to angle that wall.” Rose chuckled a bit still with a surprised expression on her face.
“Alright class, it’s time for recess!” Cheerilee announced. With that, every filly and colt ran outside leaving just me and Mom.
“That was really good, Rebecca.” Rose said before kissing my cheek. “Honestly… I’m amazed at how quickly you even learned it.”
“Well… you are a good teacher, Mom.” I smiled a bit blushing awkwardly.
Suddenly Rose’s face went serious again. “Okay, now that we’re alone now, can you explain to me why you thought it was a good idea to run into a lightning bolt!? What was on your mind when this happened??”
I just looked down and sighed a bit. “Nothing was really on my mind… I kind of just ran at her without thinking because I wanted to save her.”
“It was my fault it even happened in the first place!” A voice exclaimed from the door. Looking over we could see Diamond Tiara walking in. “The whole day was crazy with the weather… I wasn’t paying attention enough!”
Rose just looked over at Diamond Tiara. “You must've been really frightened when it happened…”
“I… was shocked and confused and… the next thing I saw was Crystal on the ground…”
“It’s alright Diamond Tiara, I’m not mad at you… if anything, I’m happy you showed so much concern for her.” Rose answered. “If you don’t mind though, could you give me some alone time with my daughter for a bit?”
“O-oh… alright.” Diamond Tiara nodded before slowly walking back out.
“Mom?” I asked getting her attention. “Why exactly did you want to be a teacher here?”
Rose just looked at me. “Well, there are a few reasons for that… for one, things would be complicated in my old job if I just ‘came back from the dead’ and started working again like normal… not like I could anyways, my position was filled already. But on top of that, I just wanted to be able to spend more time with you, sweetheart…” Rose said pulling me into a tight hug. I just slowly wrap my arms around her as well. My mind was full of mixed emotions… happiness… sadness… regret………… rage…? Without realizing it, my body started trembling, tears were coming out of my eyes. “R-Rebecca…?”
“H-huh?” I snapped out of it and stopped, rubbing my eyes. “Sorry, I don’t know where that came from…”
“...Rebecca… please don’t repress your emotions…” Rose said.
“H-huh…?”
“I mean don’t try to hide them… holding back your emotions isn’t good for anypony… it’s best to just let it out so you can get it off your chest.”
“B-but… You already know what happens when I get angry…” I stammered.
Suddenly, Rose used her magic to create a giant bubble around me. “I want you to let your emotions out… vent all you want, nothing will be damaged from in there… please Rebecca, speak what’s on your mind.”
I just stood there looking at Rose, slightly gritting my teeth with tears welling up in my eyes. “I get why you left… you wanted to keep me safe… but… Why didn’t you come back once?? Why did you just leave me alone to think that you were dead!?!?” I shouted starting to surge a bit. Rose just looked down sadly as I spoke. “If I didn’t find you in that castle, would you ever even bother looking for me!?!?” I screamed as my eyes started going blank.
Rose just looked at me with tears in her eyes as well. “I told you… I did want to go back…”
“So what stopped you then!?!?” I shouted again.
“I was afraid…” Rose finally answered which confused me. “I was just afraid of you getting hurt or getting involved in any way with whatever she is planning…” She said before walking up to the bubble. “I wanted to see you every minute since we were separated… I wanted to find you and tell you that I was still alive… but it was my own damn fear that prevented me from doing it.” Rose said. Just then she walked closer to me, going through the bubble, and walked right up to me, wrapping her arms around me in tears despite me surging. “I’m so sorry Rebecca… I never meant to abandon you... You have every right to hate me for what I did…”
After that, the surging stopped and I just wrapped my arms around her again, sobbing over her. “Please promise me you won’t leave me again, Mom…!”
She just rubbed her hood on my back. “I… I promise…” She responded. I just rubbed my eyes trying to calm down again.
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Running up to the school, we could see ponies already coming out for recess. “Hmm… everything seems okay…” I said before walking up to Diamond Tiara. “Hey, Diamond Tiara.”
“Huh?” Diamond Tiara asked before looking over at the two other humans next to me. “Wait what the--!?”
“What's up?” another filly said walking up to us. “Twilight?” Asked the pony. It turned out that the voice belonged to Scootaloo. “Who are those two?”
“No time to explain. We heard an explosion over here! Is everypony okay??” I asked looking around. “Where’s Crystal??”
“Everypony is fine… and Crystal is still inside talking with the new teacher.” Sweetie Belle answered.
“New teacher…?”
“Yeah, her name’s Miss. Rose.” Applebloom added.
“This is where she had to go??” I asked myself before running inside. When I got there, I could see Rose with her arms wrapped around Crystal as she cried over her. “Crystal…?”
“H-huh?” Crystal asked looking at me, away from Rose. “Mom...? What's wrong…?”
“We came as soon as we heard an explosion! Why are you crying?? Is anypony hurt??”
“We’re fine, Twilight… there’s nothing to worry abo--...” Rose started. “Wait, we?”
As if on cue, the other two humans that were with me, walked in behind me. “Becky? Why are you crying?” Alexis asked as three crusaders walked in behind them… but kept their distance at the same time.
“H-huh??” Crystal exclaimed rubbing her eyes. “Lexi?? What are you doing here??”
“Your mom and my mom said I could sleep over…” Lexi said before looking at Miss. Rose… who had a look of complete shock on her face.
Rose looked at Lexi for a moment… before turning her attention to Melissa. Feeling a little awkward, Melissa was the first to speak. “Yeah so um… I know this is weird since Crystal is usually the only human here but--”
“Melissa…?” Rose asked looking at Melissa directly.
Melissa just looked at Rose confused and shocked herself now. “Wait… how did you…”
Rose just walked up to Melissa and smiled with tears in her eyes. “I always wanted to show you Equestria… to show you where I came from, and here you are…”
Melissa just stared at Rose for a moment. Her eyes widened in realization. “W-wait… your voice… Y-you… can’t be…!”
Rose just stared for a moment. "Who can't I be?"
".........R… Ra...chel…?"
To be continued...