Yesterday was a bust. They had spent all of lunch and half their 5th period looking for the intruder only not to find them and absoutly no clues leading to where they went after.
“Maybe we should check the security cameras?” Pinkie had asked through the earpiece as she ran around the building for the thousandth time that night.
“Can't, they’re broken.” Twilight responded with a sigh as she laid her back atop of the building. She had gone with principal Celestia earlier that morning and overheard a conversation about the camera’s not working, and also something about deleting.
“Uh-” She dragged on the word before saying. “Maybe they were dressed for Halloween but forget that it wasn't Halloween.”
“Highly unlikely Pinkie.” Twilight responded with a sigh, turning her body over.
They were getting absolutely nowhere, and honestly Twilight was too tired to even theorize anything anymore. The whole thing about the shards was confusing, sure shed realize that they were most likely brain washing devices but who was controlling them and how random people like Vinyl got their hands on them was still a mystery.
“Let’s just rest for now, I don't think any criminals are going to come out tonight.” Twilight advised, closing her eyes.
“Good idea.” Pinkie agreed. “Be right up!”
A second later Pinkie was right by Twilight’s side, sitting up staring up at the stars as the fire escape door shut behind.
“Twilight I know you’re tired but can I ask you something?” Pinkie asked.
Twilight contemplated for a second.
“Sure”
“Since Trixie knows who we are, does that mean really bad people also know who we are? Like are we going to be hunted down now?”
Silence followed. Twilight didn't really know that no one else knew, but she felt no one else knew. And that's what she told Pinkie. They were a team and Twilight had to be honest almost every step of the way.
“Honestly I'm not too sure.” Twilight stated, which made Pinkie bit her lip nervously. “But I have a good feeling that no, no one else knows.” Twilight finished with a smile as she propped herself up. Pinkie smiled in turn seemingly having feel better with Twilights prediction.
“Were you holding that in since this morning?” Twilight asked with a brow raised.
“Yeah, I guess I was a bit scared, like I know it's silly since we defeat criminals every week, but them knowing who we really are makes me nervous.” Pinkie admitted as she stared straight ahead.
Twilight looked at Pinkie.
She looked lost but assured. Pinkie was always confusing. It was something that Twilight learned how to, not deal with it, but something she learned to understand about her pink hair friend.
“Well, thanks for telling me that Pinkie, but trust me, I won’t let them hurt you. I’ll protect you, I promise.” Twilight exclaimed as she held out her pinkie for emphasis.
Pinkie stared, wide eyed before a smile took over her features and she crashed into Twilight for a hug instead of a pinkie promise.
“Woah Pinkie!” Twilight laughed as she wrapped her arms around the pink haired girl.
The two laughed the rest of the night, and just like Twilight predicted, there were no new criminals that night.
***
“I hate my life.”
It was lunchtime once again and this time Twilight actually got food and sat with her friends in the bustling cafeteria. This time it was not pizza but a very sad grilled sandwich. Twilight isn't usually picky but she didn't want a grilled cheese that was barely even grilled.
“It’s just a history test, Rainbow.” Sunburst said with a smile as he bit into his, very grilled, very cheesy, grilled cheese sandwich”
Twilight looked on in sadness before sighing, pushing the tray away from her and laying her head on the table, she felt Sunset’s worried eyes on her.
“The test wouldn't be a problem if I could actually learn in that lifeless class.” Rainbow replied, holding her head in her palm.
“If I'm being honest ya'll, I’m also not a fan of the class.” Applejack admitted with an apologetic smile.
Rainbow Dash’s eyes widened in surprise before she smiled. “Aha! See I’m not the only person who finds that class boring, stupid, ultimately unnecessary, and boring.” She finished as she leaned back in her chair.
“You said it was boring twice.” Starlight pointed out with an unimpressed look.
Rainbow Dash raised a brow. “Want me to say it a third time?”
Starlight looked back with a puzzled expression.
“Rainbow, darling, using boring twice to explain isn't really, well, an explanation. Applejack, dear, why don’t you explain your hatred for the subject.” Rarity said with a smile.
“Ah well, it's not the subject itself, it's the teacher." Rarity raised her eyebrows a bit in surprise, Applejack immediately raised her hands in defense. "Now don't get me wrong everybody, she does help other kids, but she just doesn't help me, sometimes I can't understand a dang thing she says…respectfully." Applejack coughed.
"Well darling, that's understandable, some people learn differently than others, to say my opinion I think she's a delightful teacher, she helps me understand history a lot better than last year's teacher." Rarity admitted.
“I think she’s a little strict with deadlines.” Fluttershy added. “Other than that I like her.”
“I agree with Fluttershy.” Starlight said.
“She’s annoying, I'm not gonna lie,” Sunset said, taking a bite of her grilled cheese before looking up to find everyone looking at her, she rolls her eye’s. “but I do learn better in that class than any other class.”
“I think she does her job correctly.” Sunburst commented with a smile.
“Of course you do four eyes, you always think every teacher does their job correctly.” Rainbow dash sneers.
Sunburst gasps, clearly offended. ”Why am I the only one called four eyes, Twilight has glasses too and you never call her that!”
“That's because I call Twilight an egg-head.” Rainbow Dash responded with a smirk.
Twilight brought her hand to do a thumbs up confirming what Rainbow was saying was true.
“Continuing- Pinkie darling, what's your opinion?” Rarity asked.
“About what?” Pinkie asked as she turned from her game of tic tac toe with Rainbow dash.
“Our history teacher.”
Pinkie hummed in thought for a second.
“I don’t know,” She said with a smile.
Rarity sighed, turning towards Twilight.
“What about you Twilight.”
Twilight tilted her head up just a bit making her eyes the only thing that the rest could see, her arm hiding the rest of her face. She looked around the table, everyone taking bites of their very grilled, cheese sandwiches. Twilight narrowed her eyes before tilting her head back down.
“Same as Pinkie.” Twilight responded as she turned her head to the side.
“Okay then… what about we change the subject hmm? Talking about classes while were in lunch is a little of downer the way I see it.” Rarity suggested.
The table agreed and started talking about everything but school, but Twilight couldn't take her mind off of getting a grilled cheese sandwich. And that's when her eyes landed on a grilled cheese sandwich.
Twilight eyes widened as she raised her head looking straight at the tray that had what she desires most at the moment. She smiled as she looked up, ready to stand and ask the owner if she could have it. Her face fell as soon as she saw who the owner was.
Trixie Luluamoon.
You got to be kidding me. Twilight thought to herself.
Twilight slumped back down as her eyes stared longingly at the grilled cheese sandwich. Oh how she wanted the grilled cheese sandwich.
Twilight sighed, right when she was about to turn her ahead away she noticed Trixie straightening her posture and then, Trixie took in a shudder breath before forcing herself to sit still.
“Can I ask what your powers are?”
“I can sense danger I guess, it sometimes detects wrong though."
Well isn't her remembering that conversation now convenient. Her powers being flukes sometimes doesn't mean she shouldn't at least be a bit worried. Twilight thought as she sat up straighter and looked around the room searching for any possible sign of danger. She found… absolutely nothing.
Twilight frowned and turned back towards Trixie only to find a guy right behind her. Her was hovering over her milk in his hand slowly tilting it over.
Twilight narrowed her eyes and let out a scoff, is being a bully in a school with magical friendship girls really a good idea. “ Twilight thought as she raised her hands.
The guy had finally tilted the milk all the way and its contaminants all fell out, but right before it hit Trixie a purple magical glow had enveloped the milk.
The guy gave a confused huff, he looked around the cafeteria before his eyes met Twilight's. His gaze suddenly switched from anger to worry.
“You need something?” Twilight heard Sunset say behind her.
“Nope sorry.” The guy said as his eyes widened slightly, Twilight assumes in fear, turning tail and running towards his group of friends across the cafeteria. Only then did Twilight notice the phone that the other friends were pointing at Trixie.
Twilight took a deep breath before she got up and walked towards Trixie. Twilight rounded the table before sitting slightly across from the girl
“Hey” Twilight sang as she smiled a toothy grin.
Trixie gave her an unimpressed look. She sighed.
“You didn’t have to do that.” Trixie said as an embarrassed blush took over her features. Twilight looked down for a second.
Twilight remembered the first time she told Shining Armor about her getting bullied, how she felt when he went to Cadence in turn, how she felt when she had told the bullies to back off. Embarrassment every single time, pure embarrassment. Back then she spent nights wishing she had just dealt with it instead of getting special treatment from the school.
“I didn’t do it for you, I did it for the grilled cheese, speaking of, are you gonna eat it or can I have it?” Twilight asked her hand hovering over said sandwich as she looked up at Trixie.
Trixie raised a brow. “Uh sure?”
That was all Twilight needed to grab the sandwich and start digging in. She took a few more bites before remembering her manners and coughing into her fist.
“Thank you, anyways, that's not all I came here for. I was wondering if you would like to join me and Pinkies, uh, late night activities.” Twilight said, trying to find a way to say it without it sounding like she was a criminal. Which she isn't, well sorta isn't.
“Yeah no thanks, I don't wanna join your "late night activities"” Trixie said, using her fingers for quotation marks as she got up from the table.
“Ah- wait please just this one mission, I have a lead about the shards.” Twilight added as she too stood up to follow Trixie.
“Oh great and what's that?" Trixie said in a sarcastic tone.
"Well I noticed that the day before the intruder, the day me and Pinkie took down a criminal, he had a necklace on, with a purple shard." Twilight said.
"News flash the Shards that the intruder had were green-"
"I'm getting to that!" Twilight interrupts as she whispered yelled.
"Anyway but before that, when we first saw him, his necklace was green. And when we defeated him and the necklace turned purple, He seemed to get amnesia, y'know. He had no idea what was going on." Twilight finished with a smile, she had practically solved a case.
"Okay that sounds…"
"Odd I know."
"So you think it's…"
"Brain washing." Twilight said, finishing Trixie’s statement.
Trixie seemed lost in thought for a moment.
"Okay so what do you need my help for?" Trixie said a minute after.
Twilight's smile grew now as she realized Trixie was considering helping them.
"Well, with you being able to detect danger, me and Pinkie were wondering if you were willing to try and help us find a shard to run tests on.” Twilight said, linking her hands behind her back as she walked with Trixie as she threw her trash away.
Trixie sighed looking at the ceiling, once again she seemed lost in thought.
“Fine I’ll do it, but I'm not going to fight, or jump, or do whatever you guys do. I detect, then you do the rest. I’m not gonna risk my life like you weirdos.” Trixie finished as she rubbed her hands over the trash can, getting rid of invisible dust.
Twilight smiled in victory as Pinkie appeared behind Trixie with her own very excited smile.
“Ah I'm so glad you decided to help us, I love making new friends.” Pinkie exclaimed with a joyful smile. “Even if you used to be a meanie pants.”
Trixie jumped at the sudden appearance of the girl but slowly nodded after. She took a step back getting further away from Pinkie.
“I feel like I'm going to regret this.” Trixie started. “But whatever, I'll see you later weirdos.” Trixie finished waving goodbye, but before she left she stood by the door.
“Another thing, I think we should ask Princess Twilight, like pony Twilight, for help.” Trixie added as she went through the door.
Twilight’s eyes narrowed in thought, it wasn't a bad idea don’t get her wrong, but she just didn't want to bother the princess, hero, ruler, Twilight Sparkle over something so little. But she might give it a shot.
“What were you guys talking to Trixie about?” Sunset's voice rang out as she threw away her trash, taking Twilight out of her thoughts.
“Nothing.” Pinkie replied happily as she immediately went towards Rainbow dash.
“Just some cheese sandwiches.” Twilight replied as she smiled towards Sunset.
“Okay then.” Sunset laughed bringing an arm around Twilight as the group left the cafeteria getting ready for their history test that Rainbow dash was totally going to fail.