Not Everything Is What It Looks Like

by Twilight Star


4 Flashback

Twilight was reading books. Twilight couldn’t deny that she was having so much fun. She spent most of her time reading books. Until, she heard a knock on the door before it opened. Twilight looked over to where the sound came from and saw her ‘parents’, “honey, we need to get out”

 Twilight was confused and raised an eyebrow, “Where to?”

 “To go to Summer Sun Celebration, you and your brother come with us”, replied Twilight Velvet.

 Twilight was still confused, “What is the Summer Sun Celebration?”

 “That’s when the longest day occurs”, replied Night Light.

 Twilight figured maybe Celestia was there, so she decided to ask to be sure, “who’s going to be there to raise the sun?”

 “Princess Celestia”, replied Twilight Velvet, now confused by why her daughter asks that.

 Twilight pretended to be happy, “the princess?! Let’s go then”, she grabbed a backpack and put some books inside before running out of the room.

 


 When Twilight, her ‘parents’ and her ‘brother’ arrived at the festival site, Shining Armor went to have fun. While Twilight grabbed a book from her backpack to read. Twilight’s parents were confused, “Twilight”, began Twilight Velvet.

 Twilight stopped reading and looked at her ‘mother’, “yes?”

 “Aren’t you going to have fun with your brother?” asked Twilight Velvet.

 “No. I’m going to be reading a book I brought in until the princess appears to raise the sun”, answered Twilight Sparkle, before reading again.


 After Twilight finished reading, she heard her parents, “daughter! Comes! Princess Celestia will raise the sun”

 Twilight put the book in her backpack and ran to where her ‘parents’ were. The horns began to ring. Twilight wanted to stay ahead to see Celestia up close. When Celestia appeared, Twilight pretended to be happy to see her. Celestia began to rise. Twilght pretended to be amazed by it. When Celestia reached the top, she raised the sun. When Celestia finished, the ponies cheered except for Twilight who looked ‘amazed’ at what she saw.

 


 When the festival was over, Twilight still pretended to be amazed. Of course your ‘parents’ noticed this, “daughter, is everything ok?” asked Twilight Velvet.

 Twilight Sparkle looked at her ‘mother’, “did you see that mother?”

 Twilight Velvet was confused, “I saw what?”

 “Princess Celestia has raised the sun, mother. Isn’t that amazing?”

 Twilight Velvet smiled, “yes, daughter. It’s amazing”

 


 When they got home, Twilight picked up several books that had in the house to read. She wanted to read to learn more about magic to improve her skills. Because as she was a Changeling, Twilight wants to hone her skills. She sat in a chair to start reading. In the background, Twilight Velvet motioned for Night Light to follow her. The stallion followed, “Do you want to talk to me about something, honey?”

 “Yes, honey”, answered Twilight Velvet, still looking ahead.

 “What would you like to talk to me about?” asked Night Light.

 Twilight Velvet and Night Light stopped walking. They looked at each other, “It’s about our daughter”

 “What about her?” asked Night Light, now confused with his ears down.

 “Since Twilight saw Celestia raise the sun, she has decided to study more about magic”, replied Twilight Velvet.

 Night Light blinked a few times, “Where are you going with this?”

 “I think we should find a school for Twilight to study”, replied Twilight Velvet.

 “That’s a good idea, honey. That way she can study and make friends at the same time”, said Night Light with a smile.

 


 When Twilight Sparkle finished reading the last book, she closed it. Beside her was a stack of books. She was tired of reading. She practically read all day. Twilight heard footsteps and saw that they were her ‘parents’. Night Light held in its mouth a leaflet with a V. Twilight approached to read. Twilight couldn’t believe it, she would enter Princess Celestia’s school for gifted unicorn. She began to jump with joy. No. Twilight wasn’t jumping because she was going to be a princess’s student. Twilight was jumping because she could spy on Celestia. The parents look happy at their daughter. Twilight glanced at her parents, “when does my class start? When?” asked Twilight Sparkle all excited.

 Night Light took the paper out of his mouth with its magic to read. Twilight Velvet read along. As they read, they looked nervous. Twilight was confused, “Mom? Dad? What happened?”

 Night Light and Twilight Velvet looked at their daughter, “daughter ...” began Twilight Velvet, still nervous.

 “What happened? Can’t I go to this school?” asked Twilight Sparkle, now in a panic. She was hoping they would say “no”.

 “What? That’s not it, daughter”, replied Twilight Velvet, no longer nervous now.

 Twilight Sparkle was relieved, “so what is it?”

 “you will have to do a test to go to school”, replied Twilight Velvet.

 Twilight was nervous and doubtful at the same time, “Are you talking about equal test proves that foals do on paper or is it spell testing?”

 Twilight Velvet and Night Light looked at the paper before looking at their daughter again, “spell testing”

 Twilight Sparkle got nervous before taking a deep breath, “ok. I think I can read some books to help me prepare for this. When will the test be?”

 Twilight Velvet and Night Light looked at the paper again before looking at the foal, “today and it will be at seven o’clock at night”, they looked at the living room clock before looking back at Twilight Sparkle, “it’s almost seven o’clock. We need to go to school now”, said Twilight Velvet and Night Light running with Twilight Sparkle to school.

 


 Upon arriving at school, Twilight Velvet got a number from the receptionist, Twilight Velvet read, “one”, she looked at a TV and saw that she was at number one. Twilight Velvet went to Twilight Sparkle, “Daughter you’re number one”

 Twilight Sparkle stopped reading the book she brought and they went to the room where the test was going to be. Twilight was nervous about the test. She looked at her parents. They smiled at her, Twilight became calmer. A door opened and a fur-colored stallion handed over a cart with a dragon egg, “so, Mrs. Sparkle?” asked a mare with glasses. A stallion coughed.

 Twilight knew she was good at magic so for her it would be easy peasy. So she used a lot of magic to make the egg break and the egg did break. Everypony except Twilight Sparkle was surprised. Twilight smiled with pride. If that didn’t make her a student of Celestia, she didn’t know what else to do. She looked at the jurors and saw that one of them was writing a letter. The jurors were not looking at her. Twilight looked at her’ parents’ and saw that they were talking. Twilight took advantage of this moment to use a spell that would make a Cutie Mark appear on her flanc. The Cutie Mark that appeared was a six-pointed pink star surrounded by five white stars. Sound of footsteps were heard, Twilight Sparkle looked back and saw Celestia smiling at her. Twilight rushed to Celestia in false joy, “Princess Celestia!”

 “You’re Twilight Sparkle, right?” asked Celestia with a smile.

 Twilight, still smiling, replied, “yes, princess”

 “Did you make that dragon egg crack?” asked Celestia, now pointing with a hoof to the baby dragon in the stroller.

 Twilight was already getting annoyed by these questions, but kept her cool, “yes, princess. Where do you want to go with this?”

 “I have never seen a unicorn with such talent”, replied Celestia.

 “Huh?” pretended Twilight Sparkle to be confused.

 “Twilight, would you like to be my student?” asked Celestia.

 “Yes!!” exclaimed Twilight Sparkle, now in the air with false joy.

 “Another thing, Twilight”

 “More?” asked Twilight Sparkle before falling to the floor. Celestia approached Twilight and pointed with a hoof to the flank of Twilight. Twilight looked at his Cutie Mark, “my Cutie Mark! Yes! Yes! Yes!” she started jumping around Celestia in false joy. Now just send a letter to your mother saying she’ll be able to spy on Celestia. But she knew she needed to study too so as not to arouse suspicion of her ‘mentor’.