//------------------------------// // Sci-Twi // Story: The Friendship Games: Amber Shine // by PonyyCode //------------------------------// A teenage girl walked through the hallways carrying her books. She was purple-skinned and had dark purple hair with a magenta streak. She donned a patterned purple skirt, a vest, a white collard shirt underneath, a tie, long blue socks, and royal blue shoes with diamonds on the buckle. The hallways were rarely empty, considering she had bumped into multiple people along her way. "Hey! Watch it! "I'm walking here!" "Sorry...sorry" She quickly said as she picked up the pace. Still holding her books close to her chest, she arrived at her dorm room and went inside. Inside was a bunch of science equipment complete with test tubes, posters, a work desk, and a trashcan full of papers. On the wall of the work desk, are pictures of Canterlot High that all seemed to be connecting to the Wondercolt's statue in the front. Also in the room is a purple and green puppy with a purple spiked collared around his neck. He excitedly wagged his tail and ran over to his owner in excitement. "Arf!" He barked. The girl giggled as she sat down at her work desk and he jumped on her lap. "Did you miss me, Spike?" She asked playfully as she petted the top of his head. He barked playfully as he spun around. "Calm down, Spike! You're acting like you haven't seen me all week!" She laughed as Spike hopped off her lap and continued to wag his tail. "Guess what, Spike? I was able to get a reading off of Canterlot High!" She squealed holding a circular magic device in her hands. Spike growled in response upon hearing Canterlot High which the girl sighed. "I know I know I don't like it there either but I just couldn't help it!" Spike looked at her with a confused tilt of his head. A knocking sound came from the door and a young woman opened it. She had long purple, dark purple, and yellow-streaked hair with a light pink skin tone. She wore an aqua blue skirt with a formal blue blazer and a crystal heart emblem on the front and golden heels. It was the Dean of Crystal Prep: Dean Cadence. "Twilight, you know the rules against having pets on school grounds," she said giving her a stern look. Twilight laughed nervously and held up Spike. "But Spike isn't a pet, Dean Cadence. He's the main focus of my research: Human Canine cohabitation." She said patting Spike on the head. "If you say so, but I suggest you get changed. Principal Cinch is highly allergic and she's waiting for you in her office." Cadence said picking a piece of Spike's fur off of Twilight's shirt. "Oooh is it about my application into the Everton Independent study program?!" Twilight asked enthusiastically. Cadence let out a sigh and tried to put on a small smile. "That's what I was meaning to talk to you about...Are you sure you want to take those classes? There's hardly anyone in the same class as you're taking," She gave a slight frown. "It's like you'll be doing everything by yourself." "Well I mean it's not called an Independent Study Program for nothing, right?" Twilight chuckled. "But this is exactly what I want! To be able to focus on my career and future!" "If that's what you want, I can't stop you," Cadence said. "I just don't want you to miss out on anything, and being around other people can teach you a few life lessons along the way." She turned to leave but not before asking, "See you in Principal Cinch's office?" "I'll be there," Twilight said. Cadence closed the door leaving Twilight and Spike by herself. Twilight knelt down as Spike hopped on her lap. "I don't know why she's worried, Spike. It's not like I'm going to need any friends," her dog hopped off her lap as Twilight started to make her way towards the Principal's office. "I'll be back Spike." She closed the door behind her. *Canterlot High* It did not take long for word to get around about Amber just moving in. Not only that, but is actually competing in them as well. If that wasn't surprising to anyone then it was the fact that she was one of the Regional best took almost everyone by surprise "What?! The Great and Powerful T-r-r-r-r-rixie does not believe such lie!" Trixie says in surprise. "It's true. Believe it or not. You're looking at the girl who beats our rival's asses like it's sunday breakfast." Raibow smirked. "Isn't the proper saying like 'A stroll in the park'? Sunset pointed out. Rainbow rolled her eyes. "Whatever, but yeah Trixie. If there's one thing Crystal Prep can't do, is beat the school that she came from." "So Cloudsdale has like never lost before?" Trixie asked Amber. "Let me tell you something, Trixie, my grandpa also went to the same school and competed in the Friendship Games when he was my age. He tells me that even back then, Crystal Prep didn't even win once. Oh and our most recent win against that school? They trained for over 2 months and we only had 2 days to train and we still whooped their sorry asses 3-0," Amber said with a smug. "So yeah, you could say Cloudsdale's never lost before." "Wow...." Trixie said her eyes blinking in surprise. "Woah, are you Amber!" asked a boy who had just approached them. He wore a yellow shirt with green cuffs, grey jeans, and dark blue shoes. He also had on a pair of glasses and on his shirt was the symbol strucutre of an atom. "Oh sorry I probably should introduce myself. *ahem*. Name's Microchips. I just heard about someone with unmatched talent going to compete in the Friendship Games. Are you really Amber shine?" "Yes, that is me. And nice to meet you, Microchips." Amber smiled kindly as she looked at him. "I assume you're also competing?" "Oh yeah, and when I heard you were going to be on the team, I just got really excited. You know I'm sick of Crystal Prep always beating us. Well I guess I'll see you in the games I guess." Micro Chips waved bye. "Alright, cya there." "You know, Crystal Prep doesn't even seem big and bad when you talk about them." "They're really not. It's just their 'rich' they think they're above everyone else." Amber explained. "They have money, the expensive uniforms, but they're extremely overrated when it comes to the actual games. They had only won in the district, but regionals? They don't even stand a chance."